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 12 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 58 31 31
Rank change year-on-year -27 0 +56
Permanent jobs citing Power Platform 114 154 288
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 2.89% 6.95% 6.70%
As % of the Cloud Services category 8.27% 16.19% 16.81%
Number of salaries quoted 80 87 258
10th Percentile £41,250 £38,100 £32,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £41,875 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £56,500 £51,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.19% +10.78% +2.00%
75th Percentile £69,063 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £76,375 £79,750 £91,125
North West median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year - +15.79% +5.56%

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 1,378 951 1,713
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 34.89% 42.93% 39.84%
Number of salaries quoted 771 643 1,488
10th Percentile £30,500 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% +4.35% -
75th Percentile £81,250 £77,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £93,778 £85,000
North West median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £53,924
% change year-on-year - +6.63% -1.96%

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 12 March 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 12 March 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 -1 6 £42,000 +33.33%
Bolton +3 3 £50,000 +25.00% 1
Wigan +1 2 £47,500 +21.79% 2
Stockport -2 2 £50,000 -16.67% 5
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 24 (21.05%) SharePoint
2 5 (4.39%) Confluence
2 5 (4.39%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (2.63%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.88%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.88%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 33 (28.95%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.88%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 6 (5.26%) NEC Housing
2 3 (2.63%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.88%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (0.88%) Magento
3 1 (0.88%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.88%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 43 (37.72%) Azure
2 27 (23.68%) Microsoft 365
3 17 (14.91%) Power Automate
4 15 (13.16%) Dynamics 365
4 15 (13.16%) PowerApps
5 13 (11.40%) Azure AI
6 12 (10.53%) Microsoft Purview
7 11 (9.65%) Entra ID
8 10 (8.77%) OneDrive
9 9 (7.89%) Azure Monitor
10 8 (7.02%) SaaS
11 7 (6.14%) Microsoft Copilot
12 6 (5.26%) Azure Data Factory
12 6 (5.26%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 5 (4.39%) Snowflake
14 4 (3.51%) Dropbox
15 3 (2.63%) AWS
15 3 (2.63%) Azure Logic Apps
15 3 (2.63%) Cloud Computing
16 2 (1.75%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.88%) VPN
1 1 (0.88%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 72 (63.16%) Power BI
2 21 (18.42%) Tableau
3 11 (9.65%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 10 (8.77%) SQL Server
5 8 (7.02%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 7 (6.14%) Data Warehouse
7 6 (5.26%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 5 (4.39%) Azure SQL Database
8 5 (4.39%) Data Lake
9 4 (3.51%) Power Query
10 3 (2.63%) Data Vault
10 3 (2.63%) MySQL
11 2 (1.75%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
12 1 (0.88%) Amazon Redshift
12 1 (0.88%) Metadata
12 1 (0.88%) Qlik Sense
12 1 (0.88%) QlikView
12 1 (0.88%) Relational Database
12 1 (0.88%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 6 (5.26%) JIRA
2 4 (3.51%) GitLab
3 1 (0.88%) Oracle Forms
General
1 44 (38.60%) Social Skills
2 24 (21.05%) Finance
3 23 (20.18%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (7.89%) Retail
5 8 (7.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 8 (7.02%) Presentation Skills
6 6 (5.26%) Law
7 5 (4.39%) Manufacturing
7 5 (4.39%) Marketing
7 5 (4.39%) Tech for Good
8 4 (3.51%) Banking
9 3 (2.63%) Advertising
9 3 (2.63%) Investment Banking
10 2 (1.75%) Games
10 2 (1.75%) Legal
10 2 (1.75%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.88%) Billing
11 1 (0.88%) Digital Health
11 1 (0.88%) Electronics
11 1 (0.88%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 40 (35.09%) Analyst
2 19 (16.67%) Senior
3 15 (13.16%) Data Analyst
4 13 (11.40%) Developer
4 13 (11.40%) Junior
4 13 (11.40%) Junior Analyst
4 13 (11.40%) Junior Data Analyst
5 11 (9.65%) Platform Engineer
5 11 (9.65%) Senior Analyst
6 8 (7.02%) Data Engineer
6 8 (7.02%) Lead
6 8 (7.02%) Support Analyst
7 7 (6.14%) Consultant
7 7 (6.14%) Power Platform Developer
8 6 (5.26%) Applications Support
8 6 (5.26%) Business Analyst
8 6 (5.26%) Financial Analyst
8 6 (5.26%) Power Platform Consultant
8 6 (5.26%) Senior Applications Support
8 6 (5.26%) Senior Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.51%) PyTorch
1 4 (3.51%) TensorFlow
2 3 (2.63%) .NET
3 1 (0.88%) Blazor
3 1 (0.88%) CSS
3 1 (0.88%) EDI
3 1 (0.88%) HTML
3 1 (0.88%) Kafka
3 1 (0.88%) Microsoft Graph
3 1 (0.88%) Snowpark
3 1 (0.88%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 8 (7.02%) Enterprise Software
2 7 (6.14%) Social Media
3 6 (5.26%) Analytical Mindset
4 5 (4.39%) Low-Code
5 4 (3.51%) Product Ownership
6 3 (2.63%) Management Information System
6 3 (2.63%) Pricing Data
7 2 (1.75%) Legacy Applications
7 2 (1.75%) Replication
7 2 (1.75%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.88%) Algorithms
8 1 (0.88%) Cloud Native
8 1 (0.88%) Legacy Systems
8 1 (0.88%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 9 (7.89%) Windows
2 1 (0.88%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 72 (63.16%) Business Intelligence
2 34 (29.82%) AI
3 25 (21.93%) Agile
4 23 (20.18%) Analytics
4 23 (20.18%) Problem-Solving
5 20 (17.54%) Decision-Making
6 17 (14.91%) Continuous Improvement
7 15 (13.16%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 14 (12.28%) User Experience
9 13 (11.40%) Change Management
9 13 (11.40%) ETL
9 13 (11.40%) Stakeholder Management
10 12 (10.53%) Data Pipeline
11 11 (9.65%) Actionable Insight
11 11 (9.65%) Data Modelling
11 11 (9.65%) DevOps
11 11 (9.65%) Platform Engineering
11 11 (9.65%) Proactive Monitoring
12 10 (8.77%) Machine Learning
13 9 (7.89%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 42 (36.84%) SQL
2 24 (21.05%) Python
3 5 (4.39%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 4 (3.51%) ANSI SQL
4 4 (3.51%) C#
4 4 (3.51%) T-SQL
4 4 (3.51%) VBA
5 2 (1.75%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.88%) Bash
6 1 (0.88%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 16 (14.04%) Degree
2 13 (11.40%) Azure Certification
3 7 (6.14%) DBS Check
4 6 (5.26%) ACCA
4 6 (5.26%) CIMA
5 2 (1.75%) PMI Certification
5 2 (1.75%) PMP
6 1 (0.88%) AAT
6 1 (0.88%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.88%) DV Cleared
6 1 (0.88%) Master's Degree
6 1 (0.88%) MBA
6 1 (0.88%) SAP Certification
6 1 (0.88%) Security Cleared
6 1 (0.88%) Six Sigma Green Belt
6 1 (0.88%) Tableau Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (5.26%) Data Quality
2 2 (1.75%) PMO
2 2 (1.75%) SLA
3 1 (0.88%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (0.88%) GDPR
3 1 (0.88%) QA
System Software
1 9 (7.89%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 9 (7.89%) Microsoft Intune
1 9 (7.89%) Single Sign-On
2 8 (7.02%) Terraform
Vendors
1 64 (56.14%) Microsoft
2 8 (7.02%) New Relic
2 8 (7.02%) Splunk
3 7 (6.14%) Oracle
4 6 (5.26%) Northgate
5 3 (2.63%) Anaplan
5 3 (2.63%) SAP
6 2 (1.75%) Genesys
6 2 (1.75%) ServiceNow
6 2 (1.75%) Verint
7 1 (0.88%) Adaptive Insights
7 1 (0.88%) Adyen
7 1 (0.88%) Alteryx
7 1 (0.88%) Ariba
7 1 (0.88%) Cognos
7 1 (0.88%) Concur
7 1 (0.88%) Databricks
7 1 (0.88%) HubSpot
7 1 (0.88%) Informatica
7 1 (0.88%) Salesforce