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

6 months to
4 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 45 65 52
Rank change year-on-year +20 -13 +18
Permanent jobs citing Power Platform 221 102 172
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 3.09% 4.27% 4.13%
As % of the Cloud Services category 11.77% 11.81% 11.47%
Number of salaries quoted 163 79 142
10th Percentile £37,800 £38,050 £40,125
25th Percentile £43,945 £42,500 £43,720
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,250 £60,000 £54,750
Median % change year-on-year -9.58% +9.59% +8.98%
75th Percentile £60,000 £75,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £70,750 £91,000 £84,964
North West median annual salary £51,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -11.30% +4.55% +9.48%

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 1,877 864 1,499
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 26.27% 36.14% 36.00%
Number of salaries quoted 1,440 575 953
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% - -1.64%
75th Percentile £85,000 £76,840 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £90,000 £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 4 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 4 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 - 3
Wigan +10 8 £37,500 -
Bolton +13 6 £46,250 -22.92% 2
Salford -17 6 £42,500 -5.56% 1
Cheadle - 5 - -
Oldham +6 3 £54,250 +8.50% 5
Sale - 3 £62,500 -
Altrincham +7 1 £47,500 +72.73% 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 29 (13.12%) SharePoint
2 5 (2.26%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.36%) Confluence
4 2 (0.90%) Apache
4 2 (0.90%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.90%) ArcGIS
4 2 (0.90%) IIS
Applications
1 48 (21.72%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (2.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (1.36%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.45%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.45%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.45%) Navisworks
4 1 (0.45%) ProjectWise
4 1 (0.45%) Revit
Business Applications
1 16 (7.24%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (2.26%) SAP PM
3 3 (1.36%) Dynamics AX
4 1 (0.45%) Integrated Workplace Management System
4 1 (0.45%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 78 (35.29%) Azure
2 49 (22.17%) Dynamics 365
3 46 (20.81%) Microsoft 365
3 46 (20.81%) PowerApps
4 43 (19.46%) Power Automate
5 35 (15.84%) Microsoft Copilot
6 24 (10.86%) Azure DevOps
7 22 (9.95%) Copilot Studio
8 14 (6.33%) Azure AI
9 10 (4.52%) Azure Logic Apps
9 10 (4.52%) Microsoft Purview
10 8 (3.62%) OneDrive
10 8 (3.62%) Snowflake
11 6 (2.71%) GitHub
11 6 (2.71%) GitHub Actions
12 4 (1.81%) AWS
12 4 (1.81%) GCP
12 4 (1.81%) SaaS
12 4 (1.81%) Serverless
13 3 (1.36%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.26%) Firewall
1 5 (2.26%) SAN
2 3 (1.36%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 123 (55.66%) Power BI
2 29 (13.12%) Tableau
3 14 (6.33%) SQL Server
4 13 (5.88%) Power Query
4 13 (5.88%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 7 (3.17%) Data Warehouse
6 5 (2.26%) Relational Database
6 5 (2.26%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 4 (1.81%) Azure SQL Database
7 4 (1.81%) Delta Lake
7 4 (1.81%) Metadata
8 3 (1.36%) Data Lake
9 2 (0.90%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
9 2 (0.90%) Data Mining
9 2 (0.90%) Looker
10 1 (0.45%) Electronic Patient Records
10 1 (0.45%) GIS
10 1 (0.45%) MySQL
10 1 (0.45%) OLAP
10 1 (0.45%) OLTP
Development Applications
1 4 (1.81%) Git
2 3 (1.36%) JIRA
3 2 (0.90%) Oracle Forms
4 1 (0.45%) MLflow
4 1 (0.45%) Postman
General
1 69 (31.22%) Social Skills
2 43 (19.46%) Analytical Skills
3 38 (17.19%) Law
4 34 (15.38%) Finance
5 20 (9.05%) Military
5 20 (9.05%) Telecoms
6 18 (8.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 17 (7.69%) Legal
8 16 (7.24%) Retail
9 9 (4.07%) Marketing
10 6 (2.71%) Local Government
10 6 (2.71%) Manufacturing
11 5 (2.26%) General Ledger
12 4 (1.81%) Banking
12 4 (1.81%) Legal Technology
12 4 (1.81%) Presentation Skills
13 3 (1.36%) Public Sector
14 2 (0.90%) Influencing Skills
14 2 (0.90%) Social Housing
15 1 (0.45%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 43 (19.46%) Developer
2 40 (18.10%) Senior
3 38 (17.19%) Analyst
4 26 (11.76%) Data Analyst
5 23 (10.41%) Consultant
6 19 (8.60%) Architect
6 19 (8.60%) Data Manager
6 19 (8.60%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
6 19 (8.60%) Microsoft 365 Developer
7 14 (6.33%) Power Platform Developer
8 13 (5.88%) Dynamics 365 Developer
9 12 (5.43%) Administrator
9 12 (5.43%) Systems Developer
10 11 (4.98%) Data Administrator
10 11 (4.98%) Lead
11 10 (4.52%) Functional Consultant
11 10 (4.52%) Senior Developer
12 9 (4.07%) Junior
12 9 (4.07%) Solutions Architect
12 9 (4.07%) Support Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (10.41%) HTML
2 16 (7.24%) CSS
3 13 (5.88%) HTML5 Canvas
4 11 (4.98%) Microsoft Graph
5 9 (4.07%) SPFx
6 8 (3.62%) REST
7 7 (3.17%) PySpark
7 7 (3.17%) Terraform
8 6 (2.71%) .NET
9 4 (1.81%) EDI
10 3 (1.36%) Web Services
11 1 (0.45%) ADO
11 1 (0.45%) ASP.NET
11 1 (0.45%) Blazor
11 1 (0.45%) Razor View Engine
11 1 (0.45%) React
11 1 (0.45%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 21 (9.50%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 14 (6.33%) Product Ownership
3 10 (4.52%) Management Information System
4 7 (3.17%) Low-Code
5 6 (2.71%) Self-Motivation
6 5 (2.26%) Data Structures
6 5 (2.26%) Pricing Data
7 4 (1.81%) Taxonomies
8 3 (1.36%) Public Cloud
9 2 (0.90%) Analytical Mindset
9 2 (0.90%) Cyberattack
9 2 (0.90%) Onboarding
10 1 (0.45%) Credit Risk
10 1 (0.45%) Enterprise Cloud
10 1 (0.45%) Enterprise Software
10 1 (0.45%) Greenfield Project
10 1 (0.45%) Legacy Systems
10 1 (0.45%) Operational Technology
10 1 (0.45%) Reference Data
10 1 (0.45%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 5 (2.26%) Windows
2 2 (0.90%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 108 (48.87%) Business Intelligence
2 63 (28.51%) AI
3 49 (22.17%) Continuous Improvement
4 47 (21.27%) Analytics
5 42 (19.00%) Agile
5 42 (19.00%) Problem-Solving
6 35 (15.84%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 35 (15.84%) Visualisation
7 34 (15.38%) Decision-Making
7 34 (15.38%) DevOps
7 34 (15.38%) Stakeholder Management
8 28 (12.67%) Data Modelling
9 27 (12.22%) CI/CD
9 27 (12.22%) Data Protection
10 26 (11.76%) Data Visualisation
10 26 (11.76%) Translating Business Requirements
11 24 (10.86%) Customer Engagement
12 23 (10.41%) Actionable Insight
12 23 (10.41%) Roadmaps
13 21 (9.50%) Digital Transformation Programme
Programming Languages
1 67 (30.32%) SQL
2 38 (17.19%) Python
3 32 (14.48%) JavaScript
4 25 (11.31%) C#
5 7 (3.17%) VBA
6 6 (2.71%) R
7 5 (2.26%) Bicep
7 5 (2.26%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 5 (2.26%) PowerShell
8 4 (1.81%) T-SQL
9 3 (1.36%) Scala
10 2 (0.90%) Java
11 1 (0.45%) PHP
11 1 (0.45%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 13 (5.88%) Degree
2 12 (5.43%) Microsoft Certification
3 11 (4.98%) Azure Certification
3 11 (4.98%) SC Cleared
3 11 (4.98%) Security Cleared
4 6 (2.71%) ACCA
5 5 (2.26%) CIMA
5 5 (2.26%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (0.45%) CFA
6 1 (0.45%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (11.31%) Data Quality
2 14 (6.33%) Accessibility
2 14 (6.33%) QA
3 11 (4.98%) GDPR
4 7 (3.17%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 3 (1.36%) SLA
6 2 (0.90%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.45%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.45%) IFRS
7 1 (0.45%) IFRS 9
7 1 (0.45%) ISO 19650
7 1 (0.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 5 (2.26%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (0.90%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 123 (55.66%) Microsoft
2 9 (4.07%) Databricks
3 5 (2.26%) SAP
3 5 (2.26%) VMware
3 5 (2.26%) YouTube
4 4 (1.81%) Foundry
4 4 (1.81%) OneTrust
5 3 (1.36%) Oracle
6 2 (0.90%) Google
6 2 (0.90%) IFS
7 1 (0.45%) Adobe
7 1 (0.45%) Adyen
7 1 (0.45%) Autodesk
7 1 (0.45%) HighQ
7 1 (0.45%) HubSpot
7 1 (0.45%) Legatics
7 1 (0.45%) Legora
7 1 (0.45%) Liquidlogic
7 1 (0.45%) UiPath