Power Platform Job Trends in Manchester

Microsoft Power Platform
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Manchester requiring Power Platform skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 44 55 56
Rank change year-on-year +11 +1 +19
Permanent jobs citing Power Platform 105 138 117
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 4.55% 4.08% 5.19%
As % of the Cloud Services category 12.00% 11.29% 11.54%
Number of salaries quoted 83 95 108
10th Percentile £36,700 £40,000 £32,125
25th Percentile £43,250 £42,500 £40,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -8.33% +20.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £69,375 £72,813
90th Percentile £77,500 £79,500 £89,125
North West median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +4.76% +5.00%

All Cloud Skills
Manchester

Power Platform falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring cloud computing skills in Manchester.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 875 1,222 1,014
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 37.91% 36.11% 44.99%
Number of salaries quoted 580 677 883
10th Percentile £29,725 £36,050 £32,550
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £43,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +4.35%
75th Percentile £77,500 £73,886 £75,875
90th Percentile £90,000 £85,000 £86,250
North West median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -

Power Platform
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Power Platform relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Power Platform job vacancy trend in Manchester

Power Platform
Salary Trend in Manchester

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Power Platform.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Power Platform

Power Platform
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Power Platform in Manchester over the 6 months to 2 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Power Platform in Manchester

Power Platform
Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Power Platform within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 2 December 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Altrincham - 6 £27,500 - 2
Bolton +12 4 £46,250 +15.63% 9
Salford - 2 £45,000 -
Stockport +6 1 £50,000 +5.26% 6
Cheadle - 1 £55,000 - 1
Oldham - 1 £50,000 - 2
Power Platform
North West

Power Platform
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 15 (14.29%) SharePoint
2 5 (4.76%) WordPress
3 3 (2.86%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.95%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.95%) Confluence
Applications
1 35 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (9.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 7 (6.67%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (3.81%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.95%) SAP ERP
2 1 (0.95%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 37 (35.24%) Azure
2 22 (20.95%) Dynamics 365
3 16 (15.24%) Microsoft 365
3 16 (15.24%) Power Automate
4 11 (10.48%) Entra ID
4 11 (10.48%) OneDrive
5 10 (9.52%) Cloud Computing
6 8 (7.62%) Azure Data Factory
7 7 (6.67%) Snowflake
8 6 (5.71%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 5 (4.76%) Azure DevOps
9 5 (4.76%) Microsoft Copilot
9 5 (4.76%) Microsoft Purview
10 4 (3.81%) PowerApps
11 3 (2.86%) Azure AI
11 3 (2.86%) Azure Logic Apps
11 3 (2.86%) Azure Monitor
11 3 (2.86%) SaaS
12 2 (1.90%) Google Drive
12 2 (1.90%) Google Workspace
Database & Business Intelligence
1 74 (70.48%) Power BI
2 11 (10.48%) Tableau
3 8 (7.62%) SQL Server
4 7 (6.67%) Azure SQL Database
4 7 (6.67%) Data Warehouse
4 7 (6.67%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 7 (6.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 5 (4.76%) Data Vault
5 5 (4.76%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 4 (3.81%) BusinessObjects
6 4 (3.81%) Data Lake
6 4 (3.81%) Data Mining
7 3 (2.86%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
8 2 (1.90%) Snowflake Schema
9 1 (0.95%) Amazon Redshift
9 1 (0.95%) Power Query
9 1 (0.95%) Qlik Sense
9 1 (0.95%) QlikView
9 1 (0.95%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 6 (5.71%) GitLab
2 2 (1.90%) JIRA
General
1 39 (37.14%) Finance
2 38 (36.19%) Social Skills
3 31 (29.52%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (9.52%) Manufacturing
5 8 (7.62%) Banking
5 8 (7.62%) Law
6 7 (6.67%) Presentation Skills
6 7 (6.67%) Public Sector
7 6 (5.71%) Organisational Skills
7 6 (5.71%) Retail
8 5 (4.76%) Investment Banking
8 5 (4.76%) Tech for Good
9 4 (3.81%) Advertising
9 4 (3.81%) Pharmaceutical
10 3 (2.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (2.86%) Marketing
10 3 (2.86%) Telecoms
11 2 (1.90%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (1.90%) Military
12 1 (0.95%) Legal
Job Titles
1 37 (35.24%) Analyst
2 16 (15.24%) Senior
3 14 (13.33%) Developer
4 12 (11.43%) Financial Analyst
5 9 (8.57%) Platform Engineer
6 8 (7.62%) Consultant
7 7 (6.67%) Commercial Analyst
7 7 (6.67%) Data Analyst
7 7 (6.67%) Data Engineer
8 6 (5.71%) Business Intelligence Analyst
8 6 (5.71%) Power Platform Engineer
8 6 (5.71%) Snowflake Developer
9 5 (4.76%) Application Development Manager
9 5 (4.76%) Applications Development Manager
9 5 (4.76%) Applications Manager
9 5 (4.76%) Development Manager
9 5 (4.76%) IT Support
9 5 (4.76%) Support Officer
10 4 (3.81%) Power Platform Developer
10 4 (3.81%) Senior Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (5.71%) .NET
1 6 (5.71%) HTML
2 3 (2.86%) Snowpark
3 2 (1.90%) Middleware
4 1 (0.95%) ASP.NET Web API
4 1 (0.95%) Blazor
4 1 (0.95%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 14 (13.33%) Social Media
2 12 (11.43%) Analytical Mindset
3 9 (8.57%) Product Ownership
4 5 (4.76%) Data Structures
4 5 (4.76%) Onboarding
4 5 (4.76%) Video Conferencing
5 3 (2.86%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (1.90%) AI Agents
6 2 (1.90%) Algorithms
6 2 (1.90%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (1.90%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 2 (1.90%) Management Information System
7 1 (0.95%) Blog
7 1 (0.95%) Cloud Native
7 1 (0.95%) Derivative
7 1 (0.95%) Equities
7 1 (0.95%) Fixed Income
7 1 (0.95%) Low-Code
7 1 (0.95%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 12 (11.43%) Windows
2 5 (4.76%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (66.67%) Business Intelligence
2 28 (26.67%) Agile
3 24 (22.86%) Decision-Making
4 19 (18.10%) Analytics
5 18 (17.14%) Data Analysis
5 18 (17.14%) Problem-Solving
6 16 (15.24%) Actionable Insight
6 16 (15.24%) AI
6 16 (15.24%) Budgeting and Forecasting
6 16 (15.24%) Stakeholder Management
7 14 (13.33%) Financial Modelling
7 14 (13.33%) Process Improvement
8 13 (12.38%) ERP
9 12 (11.43%) Data Modelling
10 11 (10.48%) Commercial Awareness
10 11 (10.48%) Continuous Improvement
10 11 (10.48%) Data Management
11 10 (9.52%) Data Governance
11 10 (9.52%) Data Pipeline
11 10 (9.52%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 36 (34.29%) SQL
2 13 (12.38%) Python
3 6 (5.71%) ANSI SQL
3 6 (5.71%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 4 (3.81%) C#
4 4 (3.81%) VBA
5 3 (2.86%) T-SQL
6 2 (1.90%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.95%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.95%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 20 (19.05%) Degree
2 13 (12.38%) DBS Check
3 12 (11.43%) ACCA
3 12 (11.43%) CIMA
4 8 (7.62%) Security Cleared
5 7 (6.67%) SC Cleared
6 5 (4.76%) A+ Certification
7 4 (3.81%) Azure Certification
7 4 (3.81%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (3.81%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (2.86%) AAT
8 3 (2.86%) Master's Degree
9 2 (1.90%) CBAP
9 2 (1.90%) MCP
10 1 (0.95%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.95%) DV Cleared
10 1 (0.95%) MBA
10 1 (0.95%) SAP Certification
10 1 (0.95%) Six Sigma Green Belt
10 1 (0.95%) Tableau Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (7.62%) Data Quality
2 5 (4.76%) Cyber Essentials
2 5 (4.76%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 5 (4.76%) QA
3 4 (3.81%) SLA
4 2 (1.90%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.95%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (0.95%) GDPR
5 1 (0.95%) PMO
System Software
1 3 (2.86%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 8 (7.62%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (3.81%) Single Sign-On
3 3 (2.86%) Terraform
Vendors
1 61 (58.10%) Microsoft
2 6 (5.71%) Oracle
3 4 (3.81%) Facebook
4 3 (2.86%) Concur
4 3 (2.86%) New Relic
4 3 (2.86%) SAP
4 3 (2.86%) Splunk
5 2 (1.90%) Google
5 2 (1.90%) Sage
5 2 (1.90%) Salesforce
5 2 (1.90%) UiPath
6 1 (0.95%) Adaptive Insights
6 1 (0.95%) Alteryx
6 1 (0.95%) Anaplan
6 1 (0.95%) Ariba
6 1 (0.95%) Bloomberg
6 1 (0.95%) Cognos
6 1 (0.95%) Databricks
6 1 (0.95%) ServiceNow