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

6 months to
31 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 53 37 39
Rank change year-on-year -16 +2 +42
Permanent jobs citing Power Platform 106 150 197
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 3.34% 5.82% 5.93%
As % of the Cloud Services category 8.79% 14.85% 14.83%
Number of salaries quoted 74 92 178
10th Percentile £39,250 £40,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,313 £42,500 £39,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £58,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.56% +11.43% +5.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £77,500 £81,000 £84,056
North West median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year - +15.79% -

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 1,206 1,010 1,328
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 37.98% 39.21% 40.00%
Number of salaries quoted 645 579 1,183
10th Percentile £28,500 £36,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £87,500 £85,000
North West median annual salary £55,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +0.91% +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 31 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 31 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% 1
Stockport +2 1 £50,000 -16.67% 3
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 (21.70%) SharePoint
2 5 (4.72%) WordPress
3 1 (0.94%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.94%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.94%) Confluence
3 1 (0.94%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 33 (31.13%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (7.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (4.72%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 6 (5.66%) NEC Housing
2 4 (3.77%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.94%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.94%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 44 (41.51%) Azure
2 26 (24.53%) Microsoft 365
3 19 (17.92%) Dynamics 365
3 19 (17.92%) Power Automate
4 15 (14.15%) Entra ID
4 15 (14.15%) OneDrive
5 9 (8.49%) Azure Monitor
5 9 (8.49%) Cloud Computing
5 9 (8.49%) PowerApps
6 8 (7.55%) Microsoft Purview
6 8 (7.55%) SaaS
7 7 (6.60%) Azure AI
8 6 (5.66%) Azure Data Factory
8 6 (5.66%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 6 (5.66%) Snowflake
9 2 (1.89%) Azure DevOps
9 2 (1.89%) Intacct
9 2 (1.89%) Workato
10 1 (0.94%) Collibra
10 1 (0.94%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.94%) VPN
1 1 (0.94%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 72 (67.92%) Power BI
2 14 (13.21%) Tableau
3 8 (7.55%) Data Warehouse
3 8 (7.55%) SQL Server
4 7 (6.60%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 6 (5.66%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 5 (4.72%) Azure SQL Database
6 5 (4.72%) Data Lake
6 5 (4.72%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 4 (3.77%) BusinessObjects
7 4 (3.77%) Data Mining
7 4 (3.77%) Data Vault
8 3 (2.83%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
9 2 (1.89%) Snowflake Schema
10 1 (0.94%) Amazon Redshift
10 1 (0.94%) Metadata
10 1 (0.94%) Qlik Sense
10 1 (0.94%) QlikView
10 1 (0.94%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 5 (4.72%) GitLab
2 2 (1.89%) JIRA
General
1 47 (44.34%) Social Skills
2 31 (29.25%) Analytical Skills
3 29 (27.36%) Finance
4 8 (7.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 7 (6.60%) Presentation Skills
5 7 (6.60%) Retail
6 6 (5.66%) Banking
7 5 (4.72%) Law
7 5 (4.72%) Tech for Good
8 4 (3.77%) Investment Banking
8 4 (3.77%) Manufacturing
8 4 (3.77%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (2.83%) Advertising
9 3 (2.83%) Marketing
9 3 (2.83%) Public Sector
10 2 (1.89%) Games
11 1 (0.94%) Billing
11 1 (0.94%) Electronics
11 1 (0.94%) Legal
11 1 (0.94%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 36 (33.96%) Analyst
2 19 (17.92%) Senior
3 13 (12.26%) Platform Engineer
4 11 (10.38%) Developer
5 10 (9.43%) Data Analyst
6 8 (7.55%) Applications Support
6 8 (7.55%) Consultant
6 8 (7.55%) Senior Analyst
6 8 (7.55%) Senior Applications Support
7 7 (6.60%) Data Engineer
7 7 (6.60%) Financial Analyst
7 7 (6.60%) Junior
7 7 (6.60%) Junior Analyst
7 7 (6.60%) Junior Data Analyst
7 7 (6.60%) Support Analyst
8 6 (5.66%) Applications Support Analyst
8 6 (5.66%) Lead
8 6 (5.66%) Power Platform Consultant
8 6 (5.66%) Senior Applications Support Analyst
8 6 (5.66%) Senior Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (5.66%) HTML
2 4 (3.77%) .NET
3 3 (2.83%) PyTorch
3 3 (2.83%) TensorFlow
4 2 (1.89%) Middleware
4 2 (1.89%) Snowpark
5 1 (0.94%) Blazor
5 1 (0.94%) CSS
5 1 (0.94%) Kafka
5 1 (0.94%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 8 (7.55%) Analytical Mindset
1 8 (7.55%) Enterprise Software
1 8 (7.55%) Social Media
2 6 (5.66%) Product Ownership
3 5 (4.72%) Data Structures
3 5 (4.72%) Onboarding
3 5 (4.72%) Video Conferencing
4 4 (3.77%) Low-Code
5 2 (1.89%) Management Information System
5 2 (1.89%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (0.94%) Cloud Native
6 1 (0.94%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (0.94%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 1 (0.94%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 13 (12.26%) Windows
2 6 (5.66%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (66.04%) Business Intelligence
2 30 (28.30%) Agile
3 24 (22.64%) AI
3 24 (22.64%) Problem-Solving
4 19 (17.92%) Decision-Making
5 18 (16.98%) Data Analysis
6 17 (16.04%) Analytics
7 13 (12.26%) Platform Engineering
7 13 (12.26%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 13 (12.26%) Stakeholder Management
8 12 (11.32%) Actionable Insight
8 12 (11.32%) Continuous Improvement
8 12 (11.32%) DevOps
8 12 (11.32%) Process Improvement
8 12 (11.32%) User Experience
9 11 (10.38%) ETL
10 10 (9.43%) Business Development
10 10 (9.43%) Change Management
10 10 (9.43%) Data Modelling
10 10 (9.43%) Data Pipeline
Programming Languages
1 37 (34.91%) SQL
2 17 (16.04%) Python
3 5 (4.72%) ANSI SQL
4 4 (3.77%) C#
4 4 (3.77%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 4 (3.77%) VBA
5 2 (1.89%) PowerShell
5 2 (1.89%) T-SQL
6 1 (0.94%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 18 (16.98%) Degree
2 8 (7.55%) DBS Check
3 7 (6.60%) ACCA
3 7 (6.60%) Azure Certification
3 7 (6.60%) CIMA
4 5 (4.72%) A+ Certification
5 3 (2.83%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (1.89%) Master's Degree
6 2 (1.89%) PMI Certification
6 2 (1.89%) PMP
6 2 (1.89%) Security Cleared
7 1 (0.94%) AAT
7 1 (0.94%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.94%) MBA
7 1 (0.94%) SAP Certification
7 1 (0.94%) SC Cleared
7 1 (0.94%) Six Sigma Green Belt
7 1 (0.94%) Tableau Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (4.72%) Cyber Essentials
1 5 (4.72%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 5 (4.72%) Data Quality
2 4 (3.77%) QA
3 2 (1.89%) Accessibility
3 2 (1.89%) PMO
4 1 (0.94%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (0.94%) GDPR
4 1 (0.94%) SLA
System Software
1 9 (8.49%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 14 (13.21%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (8.49%) Single Sign-On
3 8 (7.55%) Terraform
Vendors
1 63 (59.43%) Microsoft
2 8 (7.55%) New Relic
2 8 (7.55%) Splunk
3 7 (6.60%) Oracle
4 6 (5.66%) Northgate
5 4 (3.77%) Facebook
6 3 (2.83%) Anaplan
6 3 (2.83%) Concur
6 3 (2.83%) SAP
7 2 (1.89%) Genesys
7 2 (1.89%) Sage
7 2 (1.89%) ServiceNow
7 2 (1.89%) UiPath
7 2 (1.89%) Verint
8 1 (0.94%) Adaptive Insights
8 1 (0.94%) Ariba
8 1 (0.94%) Cognos
8 1 (0.94%) Informatica
8 1 (0.94%) Salesforce