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 11 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 45 63 58
Rank change year-on-year +18 -5 +7
Permanent jobs citing Power Platform 235 104 152
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 3.20% 4.33% 3.72%
As % of the Cloud Services category 12.41% 11.91% 10.51%
Number of salaries quoted 168 80 119
10th Percentile £38,550 £35,750 £41,500
25th Percentile £43,000 £42,500 £45,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.83% +9.09% +9.48%
75th Percentile £60,000 £74,375 £68,750
90th Percentile £70,750 £90,500 £84,964
North West median annual salary £51,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -7.27% - +9.74%

All Cloud Computing 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 1,894 873 1,446
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 25.80% 36.36% 35.42%
Number of salaries quoted 1,435 583 865
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,500 £35,750
25th Percentile £47,500 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% - -
75th Percentile £85,000 £77,170 £73,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £89,750 £85,000
North West median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -4.35%

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 11 September 2026.

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 11 September 2026. 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
Ashton-under-Lyne - 16 £51,000 - 2
Wigan +8 9 £37,500 - 1
Bolton +4 6 £46,250 -22.92% 2
Salford -16 6 £42,500 -5.56% 2
Cheadle - 5 - -
Oldham +6 3 £54,250 +8.50% 5
Sale - 3 £62,500 -
Altrincham +2 1 £47,500 +72.73% 1
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 33 (14.04%) SharePoint
2 6 (2.55%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.28%) Confluence
4 2 (0.85%) Apache
4 2 (0.85%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.85%) ArcGIS
4 2 (0.85%) IIS
5 1 (0.43%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 47 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (2.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (1.28%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (0.85%) AutoCAD
4 2 (0.85%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.85%) Navisworks
4 2 (0.85%) ProjectWise
4 2 (0.85%) Revit
5 1 (0.43%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 17 (7.23%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (2.13%) SAP PM
3 3 (1.28%) Dynamics AX
4 2 (0.85%) Integrated Workplace Management System
5 1 (0.43%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 81 (34.47%) Azure
2 52 (22.13%) Dynamics 365
3 48 (20.43%) Microsoft 365
3 48 (20.43%) PowerApps
4 44 (18.72%) Power Automate
5 35 (14.89%) Microsoft Copilot
6 25 (10.64%) Azure DevOps
7 22 (9.36%) Copilot Studio
8 14 (5.96%) Azure AI
9 11 (4.68%) Azure Logic Apps
10 10 (4.26%) Microsoft Purview
11 9 (3.83%) OneDrive
12 8 (3.40%) Snowflake
13 6 (2.55%) GitHub
13 6 (2.55%) GitHub Actions
14 5 (2.13%) Serverless
15 4 (1.70%) AWS
15 4 (1.70%) Entra ID
15 4 (1.70%) GCP
15 4 (1.70%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.13%) Firewall
1 5 (2.13%) SAN
2 3 (1.28%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 133 (56.60%) Power BI
2 28 (11.91%) Tableau
3 15 (6.38%) SQL Server
4 14 (5.96%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 12 (5.11%) Power Query
6 7 (2.98%) Data Warehouse
7 5 (2.13%) Relational Database
7 5 (2.13%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 4 (1.70%) Azure SQL Database
8 4 (1.70%) Data Lake
8 4 (1.70%) Delta Lake
8 4 (1.70%) Metadata
9 2 (0.85%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
9 2 (0.85%) Data Mining
9 2 (0.85%) Looker
10 1 (0.43%) Data Vault
10 1 (0.43%) Electronic Patient Records
10 1 (0.43%) MySQL
10 1 (0.43%) OLTP
10 1 (0.43%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 5 (2.13%) Git
2 3 (1.28%) JIRA
3 2 (0.85%) Oracle Forms
4 1 (0.43%) MLflow
4 1 (0.43%) Postman
General
1 70 (29.79%) Social Skills
2 48 (20.43%) Analytical Skills
3 40 (17.02%) Finance
4 39 (16.60%) Law
5 21 (8.94%) Military
5 21 (8.94%) Telecoms
6 19 (8.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 18 (7.66%) Legal
8 17 (7.23%) Retail
9 9 (3.83%) Marketing
10 7 (2.98%) Manufacturing
11 6 (2.55%) Local Government
12 5 (2.13%) General Ledger
12 5 (2.13%) Presentation Skills
13 4 (1.70%) Banking
13 4 (1.70%) Legal Technology
13 4 (1.70%) Public Sector
14 2 (0.85%) Influencing Skills
14 2 (0.85%) Organisational Skills
14 2 (0.85%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 47 (20.00%) Developer
2 39 (16.60%) Senior
3 38 (16.17%) Analyst
4 26 (11.06%) Data Analyst
5 25 (10.64%) Consultant
6 21 (8.94%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
6 21 (8.94%) Microsoft 365 Developer
7 19 (8.09%) Architect
8 18 (7.66%) Data Manager
9 14 (5.96%) Dynamics 365 Developer
9 14 (5.96%) Power Platform Developer
10 12 (5.11%) Administrator
10 12 (5.11%) Systems Developer
11 11 (4.68%) Data Administrator
11 11 (4.68%) Lead
11 11 (4.68%) Support Consultant
12 10 (4.26%) Functional Consultant
12 10 (4.26%) Power Platform Consultant
12 10 (4.26%) Senior Developer
13 9 (3.83%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (9.79%) HTML
2 16 (6.81%) CSS
3 13 (5.53%) HTML5 Canvas
4 11 (4.68%) Microsoft Graph
5 9 (3.83%) SPFx
6 8 (3.40%) REST
7 7 (2.98%) PySpark
7 7 (2.98%) Terraform
8 6 (2.55%) .NET
9 5 (2.13%) EDI
10 3 (1.28%) Web Services
11 1 (0.43%) ADO
11 1 (0.43%) ASP.NET
11 1 (0.43%) Blazor
11 1 (0.43%) Razor View Engine
11 1 (0.43%) React
11 1 (0.43%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 21 (8.94%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 14 (5.96%) Product Ownership
3 12 (5.11%) Management Information System
4 7 (2.98%) Low-Code
4 7 (2.98%) Self-Motivation
5 5 (2.13%) Data Structures
6 4 (1.70%) Pricing Data
6 4 (1.70%) Taxonomies
7 3 (1.28%) Onboarding
7 3 (1.28%) Public Cloud
8 2 (0.85%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (0.85%) Cyberattack
8 2 (0.85%) Hackathon
8 2 (0.85%) Learning Management System
8 2 (0.85%) Web Conferencing
9 1 (0.43%) Credit Risk
9 1 (0.43%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (0.43%) Greenfield Project
9 1 (0.43%) NHS
9 1 (0.43%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 5 (2.13%) Windows
2 2 (0.85%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 118 (50.21%) Business Intelligence
2 65 (27.66%) AI
3 53 (22.55%) Analytics
4 52 (22.13%) Continuous Improvement
5 44 (18.72%) Problem-Solving
6 42 (17.87%) Agile
7 38 (16.17%) Visualisation
8 37 (15.74%) Decision-Making
8 37 (15.74%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 37 (15.74%) Stakeholder Management
9 35 (14.89%) DevOps
10 29 (12.34%) Data Modelling
11 28 (11.91%) Data Protection
11 28 (11.91%) Data Visualisation
12 27 (11.49%) CI/CD
13 25 (10.64%) Actionable Insight
13 25 (10.64%) Translating Business Requirements
14 24 (10.21%) Customer Engagement
15 23 (9.79%) Roadmaps
16 22 (9.36%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 68 (28.94%) SQL
2 37 (15.74%) Python
3 32 (13.62%) JavaScript
4 26 (11.06%) C#
5 6 (2.55%) R
5 6 (2.55%) VBA
6 5 (2.13%) Bicep
6 5 (2.13%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 5 (2.13%) PowerShell
7 4 (1.70%) T-SQL
8 3 (1.28%) Scala
9 2 (0.85%) Java
10 1 (0.43%) Kusto Query Language
10 1 (0.43%) PHP
10 1 (0.43%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 14 (5.96%) Degree
2 12 (5.11%) Microsoft Certification
2 12 (5.11%) SC Cleared
2 12 (5.11%) Security Cleared
3 10 (4.26%) Azure Certification
4 6 (2.55%) ACCA
5 5 (2.13%) CIMA
5 5 (2.13%) ITIL Certification
6 3 (1.28%) CIPD
7 1 (0.43%) CFA
7 1 (0.43%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (11.49%) Data Quality
2 16 (6.81%) Accessibility
3 14 (5.96%) QA
4 11 (4.68%) GDPR
5 7 (2.98%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 3 (1.28%) SLA
7 2 (0.85%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (0.85%) ISO 19650
8 1 (0.43%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.43%) IFRS
8 1 (0.43%) IFRS 9
8 1 (0.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.43%) NEBOSH
System Software
1 5 (2.13%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (0.85%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 131 (55.74%) Microsoft
2 9 (3.83%) Databricks
3 6 (2.55%) YouTube
4 5 (2.13%) Oracle
4 5 (2.13%) SAP
4 5 (2.13%) VMware
5 4 (1.70%) Foundry
5 4 (1.70%) OneTrust
6 3 (1.28%) Google
7 2 (0.85%) Autodesk
7 2 (0.85%) IFS
7 2 (0.85%) Saba
8 1 (0.43%) Adobe
8 1 (0.43%) Adyen
8 1 (0.43%) HighQ
8 1 (0.43%) HubSpot
8 1 (0.43%) Legatics
8 1 (0.43%) Legora
8 1 (0.43%) Liquidlogic
8 1 (0.43%) UiPath