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

6 months to
14 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 45 62 58
Rank change year-on-year +17 -4 +9
Permanent jobs citing Power Platform 236 103 150
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 3.21% 4.32% 3.70%
As % of the Cloud Services category 12.58% 11.98% 10.52%
Number of salaries quoted 167 80 117
10th Percentile £38,400 £35,750 £41,500
25th Percentile £43,000 £42,500 £45,000
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 £55,750 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.52% +1.36% +10.00%

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 1,876 860 1,426
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 25.51% 36.07% 35.18%
Number of salaries quoted 1,422 573 849
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,500 £36,200
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 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £88,750 £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 14 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 14 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 +7 9 £37,500 - 2
Salford -16 6 £42,500 -5.56% 2
Bolton +2 5 £42,500 -29.17% 4
Cheadle - 5 - -
Oldham +6 3 £54,250 +8.50% 4
Sale - 3 £62,500 -
Altrincham +3 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 34 (14.41%) SharePoint
2 6 (2.54%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.27%) Confluence
4 2 (0.85%) Apache
4 2 (0.85%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.85%) IIS
5 1 (0.42%) ArcGIS
5 1 (0.42%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 44 (18.64%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (2.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (1.27%) 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 (0.42%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 17 (7.20%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (2.12%) SAP PM
3 3 (1.27%) Dynamics AX
4 2 (0.85%) Integrated Workplace Management System
5 1 (0.42%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 81 (34.32%) Azure
2 53 (22.46%) Dynamics 365
3 50 (21.19%) Microsoft 365
4 48 (20.34%) PowerApps
5 44 (18.64%) Power Automate
6 35 (14.83%) Microsoft Copilot
7 25 (10.59%) Azure DevOps
8 22 (9.32%) Copilot Studio
9 14 (5.93%) Azure AI
10 11 (4.66%) Azure Logic Apps
11 10 (4.24%) Microsoft Purview
12 9 (3.81%) OneDrive
13 8 (3.39%) Snowflake
14 6 (2.54%) GitHub
14 6 (2.54%) GitHub Actions
15 5 (2.12%) Serverless
16 4 (1.69%) AWS
16 4 (1.69%) Entra ID
16 4 (1.69%) GCP
16 4 (1.69%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.12%) Firewall
1 5 (2.12%) SAN
2 3 (1.27%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 130 (55.08%) Power BI
2 27 (11.44%) Tableau
3 15 (6.36%) SQL Server
4 13 (5.51%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 10 (4.24%) Power Query
6 7 (2.97%) Data Warehouse
7 5 (2.12%) Relational Database
8 4 (1.69%) Azure SQL Database
8 4 (1.69%) Data Lake
8 4 (1.69%) Delta Lake
8 4 (1.69%) Metadata
8 4 (1.69%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 2 (0.85%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
9 2 (0.85%) Data Mining
9 2 (0.85%) Looker
10 1 (0.42%) Electronic Patient Records
10 1 (0.42%) GIS
10 1 (0.42%) MySQL
10 1 (0.42%) OLAP
10 1 (0.42%) OLTP
Development Applications
1 5 (2.12%) Git
2 3 (1.27%) JIRA
3 1 (0.42%) MLflow
3 1 (0.42%) Oracle Forms
3 1 (0.42%) Postman
General
1 68 (28.81%) Social Skills
2 47 (19.92%) Analytical Skills
3 40 (16.95%) Finance
4 38 (16.10%) Law
5 21 (8.90%) Military
5 21 (8.90%) Telecoms
6 19 (8.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 18 (7.63%) Legal
8 16 (6.78%) Retail
9 7 (2.97%) Manufacturing
9 7 (2.97%) Marketing
10 6 (2.54%) Local Government
11 5 (2.12%) General Ledger
11 5 (2.12%) Presentation Skills
12 4 (1.69%) Legal Technology
12 4 (1.69%) Public Sector
13 3 (1.27%) Banking
14 2 (0.85%) Influencing Skills
14 2 (0.85%) Organisational Skills
14 2 (0.85%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 49 (20.76%) Developer
2 39 (16.53%) Senior
3 38 (16.10%) Analyst
4 26 (11.02%) Consultant
4 26 (11.02%) Data Analyst
5 23 (9.75%) Microsoft 365 Developer
6 22 (9.32%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
7 19 (8.05%) Architect
8 17 (7.20%) Data Manager
9 14 (5.93%) Dynamics 365 Developer
9 14 (5.93%) Power Platform Developer
10 12 (5.08%) Administrator
10 12 (5.08%) Support Consultant
10 12 (5.08%) Systems Developer
11 11 (4.66%) Data Administrator
12 10 (4.24%) Functional Consultant
12 10 (4.24%) Lead
12 10 (4.24%) Power Platform Consultant
12 10 (4.24%) Senior Developer
13 9 (3.81%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (9.75%) HTML
2 16 (6.78%) CSS
3 13 (5.51%) HTML5 Canvas
4 11 (4.66%) Microsoft Graph
5 9 (3.81%) SPFx
6 8 (3.39%) REST
7 7 (2.97%) PySpark
7 7 (2.97%) Terraform
8 6 (2.54%) .NET
9 5 (2.12%) EDI
10 3 (1.27%) Web Services
11 1 (0.42%) ADO
11 1 (0.42%) ASP.NET
11 1 (0.42%) Blazor
11 1 (0.42%) Razor View Engine
11 1 (0.42%) React
11 1 (0.42%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 21 (8.90%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 14 (5.93%) Product Ownership
3 11 (4.66%) Management Information System
4 7 (2.97%) Low-Code
4 7 (2.97%) Self-Motivation
5 5 (2.12%) Data Structures
6 4 (1.69%) Taxonomies
7 3 (1.27%) Hackathon
7 3 (1.27%) Learning Management System
7 3 (1.27%) Onboarding
7 3 (1.27%) Pricing Data
7 3 (1.27%) Public Cloud
7 3 (1.27%) Web Conferencing
8 2 (0.85%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (0.85%) Cyberattack
9 1 (0.42%) Credit Risk
9 1 (0.42%) Enterprise Cloud
9 1 (0.42%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (0.42%) Greenfield Project
9 1 (0.42%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 5 (2.12%) Windows
2 2 (0.85%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 115 (48.73%) Business Intelligence
2 66 (27.97%) AI
3 52 (22.03%) Analytics
4 50 (21.19%) Continuous Improvement
5 42 (17.80%) Agile
5 42 (17.80%) Problem-Solving
6 37 (15.68%) Visualisation
7 36 (15.25%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 36 (15.25%) Stakeholder Management
8 35 (14.83%) Decision-Making
8 35 (14.83%) DevOps
9 29 (12.29%) Data Modelling
10 28 (11.86%) Data Protection
11 27 (11.44%) CI/CD
11 27 (11.44%) Data Visualisation
12 25 (10.59%) Translating Business Requirements
13 24 (10.17%) Actionable Insight
13 24 (10.17%) Customer Engagement
14 23 (9.75%) Roadmaps
15 21 (8.90%) Digital Transformation Programme
Programming Languages
1 67 (28.39%) SQL
2 37 (15.68%) Python
3 32 (13.56%) JavaScript
4 26 (11.02%) C#
5 6 (2.54%) R
6 5 (2.12%) Bicep
6 5 (2.12%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 5 (2.12%) PowerShell
7 4 (1.69%) T-SQL
7 4 (1.69%) VBA
8 3 (1.27%) Scala
9 2 (0.85%) Java
10 1 (0.42%) Kusto Query Language
10 1 (0.42%) PHP
10 1 (0.42%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 13 (5.51%) Degree
2 12 (5.08%) Microsoft Certification
2 12 (5.08%) SC Cleared
2 12 (5.08%) Security Cleared
3 10 (4.24%) Azure Certification
4 6 (2.54%) ACCA
5 5 (2.12%) CIMA
5 5 (2.12%) ITIL Certification
6 4 (1.69%) CIPD
7 1 (0.42%) CFA
7 1 (0.42%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (11.02%) Data Quality
2 17 (7.20%) Accessibility
3 14 (5.93%) QA
4 10 (4.24%) GDPR
5 7 (2.97%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 3 (1.27%) SLA
7 2 (0.85%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (0.85%) ISO 19650
8 1 (0.42%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.42%) IFRS
8 1 (0.42%) IFRS 9
8 1 (0.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.42%) NEBOSH
System Software
1 5 (2.12%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (0.85%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 135 (57.20%) Microsoft
2 9 (3.81%) Databricks
3 6 (2.54%) YouTube
4 5 (2.12%) Oracle
4 5 (2.12%) SAP
4 5 (2.12%) VMware
5 4 (1.69%) Foundry
5 4 (1.69%) OneTrust
6 3 (1.27%) Google
6 3 (1.27%) Saba
7 2 (0.85%) Autodesk
8 1 (0.42%) Adobe
8 1 (0.42%) Adyen
8 1 (0.42%) HighQ
8 1 (0.42%) HP
8 1 (0.42%) IFS
8 1 (0.42%) Legatics
8 1 (0.42%) Legora
8 1 (0.42%) Liquidlogic
8 1 (0.42%) UiPath