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 24 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 52 39 45
Rank change year-on-year -13 +6 +30
Permanent jobs citing Power Platform 107 153 170
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 3.46% 5.80% 5.55%
As % of the Cloud Services category 8.95% 14.91% 13.87%
Number of salaries quoted 77 96 155
10th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £42,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% +8.57% +5.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £84,056
North West median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year - +22.22% -

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 1,195 1,026 1,226
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 38.69% 38.89% 40.03%
Number of salaries quoted 639 588 1,088
10th Percentile £29,500 £36,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £59,526
Median % change year-on-year - +0.80% +2.97%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £87,500 £85,300
North West median annual salary £56,750 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +3.18% +4.76% -4.55%

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 24 January 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 24 January 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
Oldham - 7 £42,000 -
Altrincham - 5 £27,500 - 1
Bolton +6 2 £51,250 +28.13% 2
Stockport +5 1 £50,000 +5.26% 4
Cheadle - 1 £55,000 -
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 23 (21.50%) SharePoint
2 5 (4.67%) WordPress
3 1 (0.93%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.93%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.93%) Confluence
3 1 (0.93%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 31 (28.97%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (7.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (4.67%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 6 (5.61%) NEC Housing
2 4 (3.74%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.93%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.93%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 44 (41.12%) Azure
2 26 (24.30%) Microsoft 365
3 20 (18.69%) Power Automate
4 19 (17.76%) Dynamics 365
5 15 (14.02%) Entra ID
5 15 (14.02%) OneDrive
6 10 (9.35%) Cloud Computing
7 9 (8.41%) Azure Monitor
7 9 (8.41%) PowerApps
8 8 (7.48%) Microsoft Purview
8 8 (7.48%) SaaS
9 7 (6.54%) Snowflake
10 6 (5.61%) Azure AI
10 6 (5.61%) Azure Data Factory
10 6 (5.61%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 3 (2.80%) Azure DevOps
12 2 (1.87%) Intacct
12 2 (1.87%) Workato
13 1 (0.93%) Collibra
13 1 (0.93%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.93%) VPN
1 1 (0.93%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 72 (67.29%) Power BI
2 13 (12.15%) Tableau
3 9 (8.41%) SQL Server
4 8 (7.48%) Data Warehouse
5 7 (6.54%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 6 (5.61%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 5 (4.67%) Azure SQL Database
7 5 (4.67%) Data Lake
7 5 (4.67%) Data Vault
7 5 (4.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 4 (3.74%) BusinessObjects
8 4 (3.74%) Data Mining
9 3 (2.80%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
10 2 (1.87%) Snowflake Schema
11 1 (0.93%) Amazon Redshift
11 1 (0.93%) Metadata
11 1 (0.93%) Qlik Sense
11 1 (0.93%) QlikView
11 1 (0.93%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 6 (5.61%) GitLab
2 2 (1.87%) JIRA
General
1 47 (43.93%) Social Skills
2 31 (28.97%) Analytical Skills
3 29 (27.10%) Finance
4 8 (7.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 7 (6.54%) Banking
5 7 (6.54%) Presentation Skills
5 7 (6.54%) Retail
6 5 (4.67%) Investment Banking
6 5 (4.67%) Law
6 5 (4.67%) Manufacturing
6 5 (4.67%) Tech for Good
7 4 (3.74%) Advertising
7 4 (3.74%) Organisational Skills
7 4 (3.74%) Public Sector
8 3 (2.80%) Marketing
9 2 (1.87%) Games
10 1 (0.93%) Billing
10 1 (0.93%) Electronics
10 1 (0.93%) Legal
10 1 (0.93%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 35 (32.71%) Analyst
2 19 (17.76%) Senior
3 13 (12.15%) Developer
3 13 (12.15%) Platform Engineer
4 9 (8.41%) Consultant
4 9 (8.41%) Data Analyst
5 8 (7.48%) Applications Support
5 8 (7.48%) Senior Analyst
5 8 (7.48%) Senior Applications Support
6 7 (6.54%) Data Engineer
6 7 (6.54%) Financial Analyst
6 7 (6.54%) Power Platform Consultant
6 7 (6.54%) Support Analyst
7 6 (5.61%) Applications Support Analyst
7 6 (5.61%) Junior
7 6 (5.61%) Junior Analyst
7 6 (5.61%) Junior Data Analyst
7 6 (5.61%) Senior Applications Support Analyst
7 6 (5.61%) Senior Support Analyst
7 6 (5.61%) Snowflake Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (5.61%) HTML
2 4 (3.74%) .NET
3 3 (2.80%) PyTorch
3 3 (2.80%) Snowpark
3 3 (2.80%) TensorFlow
4 2 (1.87%) Middleware
5 1 (0.93%) Blazor
5 1 (0.93%) CSS
5 1 (0.93%) Kafka
5 1 (0.93%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 8 (7.48%) Analytical Mindset
1 8 (7.48%) Enterprise Software
1 8 (7.48%) Social Media
2 7 (6.54%) Product Ownership
3 5 (4.67%) Data Structures
3 5 (4.67%) Onboarding
3 5 (4.67%) Video Conferencing
4 4 (3.74%) Low-Code
5 2 (1.87%) Management Information System
5 2 (1.87%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (0.93%) Cloud Native
6 1 (0.93%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (0.93%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 1 (0.93%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 13 (12.15%) Windows
2 6 (5.61%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (65.42%) Business Intelligence
2 31 (28.97%) Agile
3 24 (22.43%) Problem-Solving
4 23 (21.50%) AI
5 20 (18.69%) Decision-Making
6 18 (16.82%) Data Analysis
7 17 (15.89%) Analytics
8 13 (12.15%) Continuous Improvement
8 13 (12.15%) DevOps
8 13 (12.15%) Platform Engineering
8 13 (12.15%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 13 (12.15%) Stakeholder Management
9 12 (11.21%) Actionable Insight
9 12 (11.21%) Data Modelling
9 12 (11.21%) Process Improvement
9 12 (11.21%) User Experience
10 11 (10.28%) ETL
11 10 (9.35%) Change Management
11 10 (9.35%) Data Governance
11 10 (9.35%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 37 (34.58%) SQL
2 17 (15.89%) Python
3 6 (5.61%) ANSI SQL
4 5 (4.67%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 4 (3.74%) C#
5 4 (3.74%) VBA
6 2 (1.87%) PowerShell
6 2 (1.87%) T-SQL
7 1 (0.93%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 18 (16.82%) Degree
2 8 (7.48%) DBS Check
3 7 (6.54%) ACCA
3 7 (6.54%) CIMA
4 6 (5.61%) Azure Certification
5 5 (4.67%) A+ Certification
6 3 (2.80%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (2.80%) Security Cleared
7 2 (1.87%) Master's Degree
7 2 (1.87%) PMI Certification
7 2 (1.87%) PMP
7 2 (1.87%) SC Cleared
8 1 (0.93%) AAT
8 1 (0.93%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.93%) MBA
8 1 (0.93%) SAP Certification
8 1 (0.93%) Six Sigma Green Belt
8 1 (0.93%) Tableau Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (4.67%) Cyber Essentials
1 5 (4.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 5 (4.67%) Data Quality
2 4 (3.74%) QA
3 2 (1.87%) Accessibility
3 2 (1.87%) PMO
4 1 (0.93%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (0.93%) GDPR
4 1 (0.93%) SLA
System Software
1 9 (8.41%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 14 (13.08%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (8.41%) Single Sign-On
3 8 (7.48%) Terraform
Vendors
1 64 (59.81%) Microsoft
2 8 (7.48%) New Relic
2 8 (7.48%) Splunk
3 7 (6.54%) Oracle
4 6 (5.61%) Northgate
5 4 (3.74%) Facebook
6 3 (2.80%) Anaplan
6 3 (2.80%) Concur
6 3 (2.80%) SAP
7 2 (1.87%) Genesys
7 2 (1.87%) Sage
7 2 (1.87%) ServiceNow
7 2 (1.87%) UiPath
7 2 (1.87%) Verint
8 1 (0.93%) Adaptive Insights
8 1 (0.93%) Ariba
8 1 (0.93%) Cognos
8 1 (0.93%) Informatica
8 1 (0.93%) Salesforce