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 30 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 51 30 34
Rank change year-on-year -21 +4 +48
Permanent jobs citing Power Platform 142 159 306
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 2.72% 7.57% 6.21%
As % of the Cloud Services category 8.44% 17.79% 15.96%
Number of salaries quoted 96 94 275
10th Percentile £28,789 £40,000 £36,100
25th Percentile £41,000 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £62,500 £51,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +22.55% +1.52%
75th Percentile £66,563 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £83,200 £88,750
North West median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -13.04% +21.05% -

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 1,682 894 1,917
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 32.17% 42.55% 38.92%
Number of salaries quoted 980 657 1,599
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +8.70% -
75th Percentile £85,000 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,511 £85,000
North West median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +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 30 April 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 30 April 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 +2 6 £42,000 +33.33% 1
Bolton +1 5 £42,500 +6.25% 1
Wigan 0 5 £42,500 +8.97% 3
Salford -15 4 £35,609 -
Stockport -7 1 £50,000 -31.03% 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 23 (16.20%) SharePoint
2 5 (3.52%) Confluence
2 5 (3.52%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (2.11%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (1.41%) ArcGIS
5 1 (0.70%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 58 (40.85%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (3.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 6 (4.23%) Dynamics CRM
1 6 (4.23%) NEC Housing
2 5 (3.52%) SAP PM
3 3 (2.11%) Dynamics AX
4 2 (1.41%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 46 (32.39%) Azure
2 34 (23.94%) Microsoft 365
3 21 (14.79%) Azure AI
4 16 (11.27%) Power Automate
5 15 (10.56%) Dynamics 365
5 15 (10.56%) PowerApps
6 12 (8.45%) Microsoft Purview
7 10 (7.04%) Entra ID
8 9 (6.34%) Azure Monitor
8 9 (6.34%) Microsoft Copilot
8 9 (6.34%) OneDrive
9 8 (5.63%) SaaS
9 8 (5.63%) Snowflake
10 6 (4.23%) Azure Logic Apps
11 4 (2.82%) Dropbox
12 3 (2.11%) AWS
12 3 (2.11%) Azure DevOps
13 2 (1.41%) Cloud Computing
13 2 (1.41%) dbt
13 2 (1.41%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.70%) Firewall
1 1 (0.70%) SAN
1 1 (0.70%) VPN
1 1 (0.70%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 97 (68.31%) Power BI
2 28 (19.72%) Tableau
3 11 (7.75%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 9 (6.34%) Power Query
5 8 (5.63%) SQL Server
6 7 (4.93%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 3 (2.11%) MySQL
8 2 (1.41%) Data Lake
8 2 (1.41%) Data Mining
8 2 (1.41%) Data Vault
8 2 (1.41%) Data Warehouse
9 1 (0.70%) Azure SQL Database
9 1 (0.70%) Metadata
9 1 (0.70%) Semantic Layer
9 1 (0.70%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 5 (3.52%) JIRA
2 2 (1.41%) Git
2 2 (1.41%) GitLab
3 1 (0.70%) Oracle Forms
General
1 59 (41.55%) Social Skills
2 32 (22.54%) Analytical Skills
3 21 (14.79%) Law
4 20 (14.08%) Finance
5 15 (10.56%) Military
5 15 (10.56%) Telecoms
6 14 (9.86%) Retail
7 10 (7.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 7 (4.93%) Marketing
8 7 (4.93%) Presentation Skills
9 5 (3.52%) Banking
9 5 (3.52%) Tech for Good
10 4 (2.82%) Manufacturing
11 2 (1.41%) Games
11 2 (1.41%) Investment Banking
12 1 (0.70%) Advertising
12 1 (0.70%) Digital Health
12 1 (0.70%) Legal
12 1 (0.70%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 54 (38.03%) Analyst
2 29 (20.42%) Data Analyst
3 24 (16.90%) Senior
4 21 (14.79%) Junior
4 21 (14.79%) Junior Analyst
4 21 (14.79%) Junior Data Analyst
5 15 (10.56%) Senior Analyst
6 12 (8.45%) Administrator
6 12 (8.45%) Data Administrator
7 11 (7.75%) Data Manager
8 10 (7.04%) Developer
8 10 (7.04%) Support Analyst
9 8 (5.63%) Consultant
9 8 (5.63%) Platform Engineer
10 7 (4.93%) Business Analyst
10 7 (4.93%) Lead
10 7 (4.93%) Power Platform Developer
11 6 (4.23%) Applications Support
11 6 (4.23%) Applications Support Analyst
11 6 (4.23%) Power Platform Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.82%) EDI
1 4 (2.82%) PyTorch
1 4 (2.82%) TensorFlow
2 3 (2.11%) Web Services
3 1 (0.70%) CSS
3 1 (0.70%) HTML
3 1 (0.70%) Kafka
3 1 (0.70%) Snowpark
Miscellaneous
1 8 (5.63%) Enterprise Software
2 7 (4.93%) Pricing Data
3 5 (3.52%) Low-Code
3 5 (3.52%) Management Information System
4 3 (2.11%) Analytical Mindset
4 3 (2.11%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (2.11%) Social Media
5 2 (1.41%) Legacy Applications
5 2 (1.41%) Product Ownership
5 2 (1.41%) Replication
6 1 (0.70%) Algorithms
6 1 (0.70%) Cloud Native
6 1 (0.70%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (0.70%) Reinsurance
6 1 (0.70%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 7 (4.93%) Windows
2 1 (0.70%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 89 (62.68%) Business Intelligence
2 45 (31.69%) AI
3 34 (23.94%) Analytics
4 26 (18.31%) Problem-Solving
5 24 (16.90%) Continuous Improvement
6 23 (16.20%) Decision-Making
7 22 (15.49%) Agile
8 20 (14.08%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 17 (11.97%) User Experience
10 16 (11.27%) Visualisation
11 15 (10.56%) Actionable Insight
11 15 (10.56%) Performance Improvement
12 13 (9.15%) Change Management
12 13 (9.15%) DevOps
13 12 (8.45%) Business Case
13 12 (8.45%) Data Governance
13 12 (8.45%) Data Modelling
14 11 (7.75%) Data Analysis
14 11 (7.75%) Data Pipeline
14 11 (7.75%) Data Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 49 (34.51%) SQL
2 37 (26.06%) Python
3 9 (6.34%) VBA
4 5 (3.52%) JavaScript
5 4 (2.82%) C#
5 4 (2.82%) T-SQL
6 3 (2.11%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 2 (1.41%) ANSI SQL
8 1 (0.70%) Bash
8 1 (0.70%) Bicep
8 1 (0.70%) PowerShell
8 1 (0.70%) R
Qualifications
1 21 (14.79%) Azure Certification
2 15 (10.56%) Degree
3 3 (2.11%) ACCA
3 3 (2.11%) CIMA
3 3 (2.11%) DBS Check
4 2 (1.41%) ITIL Certification
4 2 (1.41%) PMI Certification
4 2 (1.41%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (6.34%) Data Quality
2 8 (5.63%) QA
3 3 (2.11%) SLA
4 2 (1.41%) GDPR
5 1 (0.70%) PMO
System Software
1 9 (6.34%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.70%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 9 (6.34%) Microsoft Intune
1 9 (6.34%) Terraform
2 8 (5.63%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 69 (48.59%) Microsoft
2 8 (5.63%) New Relic
2 8 (5.63%) Splunk
3 6 (4.23%) Northgate
4 5 (3.52%) Oracle
4 5 (3.52%) SAP
5 3 (2.11%) Databricks
6 2 (1.41%) Adyen
6 2 (1.41%) Anaplan
6 2 (1.41%) Genesys
6 2 (1.41%) IFS
6 2 (1.41%) ServiceNow
6 2 (1.41%) Verint
7 1 (0.70%) Alteryx
7 1 (0.70%) HubSpot
7 1 (0.70%) Informatica
7 1 (0.70%) VMware