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 28 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 54 53 33
Rank change year-on-year -1 -20 +51
Permanent jobs citing Power Platform 164 135 304
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 2.79% 6.31% 5.87%
As % of the Cloud Services category 9.14% 14.55% 15.33%
Number of salaries quoted 109 76 272
10th Percentile £35,000 £39,875 £36,000
25th Percentile £41,000 £45,938 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +20.00% -0.47%
75th Percentile £62,500 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £70,750 £82,500 £86,571
North West median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +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 1,794 928 1,983
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 30.51% 43.38% 38.27%
Number of salaries quoted 1,196 588 1,625
10th Percentile £33,000 £31,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £61,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.56% +6.09% -3.40%
75th Percentile £85,000 £77,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,528 £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 28 May 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 28 May 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
Wigan +6 8 £37,500 -3.85% 1
Oldham +11 6 £42,000 +33.33%
Bolton +12 5 £42,500 -29.17%
Salford -16 4 £35,609 - 5
Stockport -4 1 £50,000 -31.03%
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 25 (15.24%) SharePoint
2 7 (4.27%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (3.66%) Confluence
4 2 (1.22%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (1.22%) ArcGIS
4 2 (1.22%) IIS
5 1 (0.61%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 54 (32.93%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (3.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (1.83%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 9 (5.49%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (3.66%) NEC Housing
3 5 (3.05%) SAP PM
4 4 (2.44%) Dynamics AX
5 2 (1.22%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 54 (32.93%) Azure
2 37 (22.56%) Microsoft 365
3 22 (13.41%) Power Automate
4 20 (12.20%) Dynamics 365
4 20 (12.20%) PowerApps
5 19 (11.59%) Azure AI
6 17 (10.37%) Microsoft Purview
7 15 (9.15%) Microsoft Copilot
8 10 (6.10%) Azure Logic Apps
9 8 (4.88%) Azure DevOps
10 7 (4.27%) Azure Monitor
10 7 (4.27%) Entra ID
10 7 (4.27%) Snowflake
11 6 (3.66%) Copilot Studio
11 6 (3.66%) OneDrive
11 6 (3.66%) SaaS
12 5 (3.05%) Serverless
13 4 (2.44%) AWS
13 4 (2.44%) Dropbox
14 3 (1.83%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.83%) Firewall
1 3 (1.83%) LTE
1 3 (1.83%) SAN
2 1 (0.61%) VPN
2 1 (0.61%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 117 (71.34%) Power BI
2 35 (21.34%) Tableau
3 15 (9.15%) SQL Server
3 15 (9.15%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 9 (5.49%) Power Query
5 7 (4.27%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 5 (3.05%) Relational Database
7 4 (2.44%) Data Lake
8 3 (1.83%) Data Warehouse
8 3 (1.83%) MySQL
9 2 (1.22%) Azure SQL Database
9 2 (1.22%) Data Mining
9 2 (1.22%) Looker
10 1 (0.61%) Delta Lake
10 1 (0.61%) Metadata
10 1 (0.61%) OLAP
10 1 (0.61%) OLTP
10 1 (0.61%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 6 (3.66%) JIRA
2 2 (1.22%) Git
2 2 (1.22%) Oracle Forms
3 1 (0.61%) Postman
General
1 63 (38.41%) Social Skills
2 33 (20.12%) Analytical Skills
3 23 (14.02%) Law
4 21 (12.80%) Finance
5 18 (10.98%) Retail
6 16 (9.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 15 (9.15%) Military
7 15 (9.15%) Telecoms
8 8 (4.88%) Marketing
9 7 (4.27%) Presentation Skills
10 4 (2.44%) Manufacturing
11 3 (1.83%) Banking
12 2 (1.22%) Games
12 2 (1.22%) Local Government
13 1 (0.61%) Billing
13 1 (0.61%) Digital Health
13 1 (0.61%) Legal
13 1 (0.61%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 53 (32.32%) Analyst
2 33 (20.12%) Senior
3 31 (18.90%) Data Analyst
4 19 (11.59%) Data Manager
4 19 (11.59%) Junior
4 19 (11.59%) Junior Analyst
4 19 (11.59%) Junior Data Analyst
5 17 (10.37%) Senior Analyst
6 13 (7.93%) Administrator
6 13 (7.93%) Consultant
7 12 (7.32%) Data Administrator
7 12 (7.32%) Developer
8 11 (6.71%) Lead
9 10 (6.10%) Power Platform Consultant
9 10 (6.10%) Support Analyst
10 7 (4.27%) Architect
10 7 (4.27%) Business Analyst
10 7 (4.27%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
10 7 (4.27%) Power Platform Developer
11 6 (3.66%) Data Governance Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (3.05%) EDI
2 4 (2.44%) PyTorch
2 4 (2.44%) TensorFlow
2 4 (2.44%) Web Services
3 2 (1.22%) CSS
3 2 (1.22%) HTML
3 2 (1.22%) REST
4 1 (0.61%) .NET
4 1 (0.61%) ADO
4 1 (0.61%) Kafka
4 1 (0.61%) Microsoft Graph
4 1 (0.61%) PySpark
4 1 (0.61%) React
4 1 (0.61%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 7 (4.27%) Pricing Data
1 7 (4.27%) Product Ownership
2 6 (3.66%) Enterprise Software
2 6 (3.66%) Low-Code
2 6 (3.66%) Management Information System
3 5 (3.05%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (1.22%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (1.22%) Cyberattack
4 2 (1.22%) Legacy Applications
4 2 (1.22%) Public Cloud
4 2 (1.22%) Replication
5 1 (0.61%) Algorithms
5 1 (0.61%) Enterprise Cloud
5 1 (0.61%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (0.61%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (0.61%) Reinsurance
5 1 (0.61%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 7 (4.27%) Windows
2 2 (1.22%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.61%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 107 (65.24%) Business Intelligence
2 55 (33.54%) AI
3 44 (26.83%) Analytics
4 29 (17.68%) Visualisation
5 28 (17.07%) Continuous Improvement
6 27 (16.46%) Decision-Making
6 27 (16.46%) Problem-Solving
7 24 (14.63%) Agile
7 24 (14.63%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 22 (13.41%) Data Visualisation
9 19 (11.59%) Data Governance
9 19 (11.59%) Data Modelling
10 18 (10.98%) Actionable Insight
11 17 (10.37%) Data Management
12 16 (9.76%) ETL
12 16 (9.76%) User Experience
13 15 (9.15%) Data Analysis
13 15 (9.15%) DevOps
13 15 (9.15%) Performance Improvement
13 15 (9.15%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 60 (36.59%) SQL
2 41 (25.00%) Python
3 9 (5.49%) VBA
4 7 (4.27%) C#
4 7 (4.27%) JavaScript
5 6 (3.66%) T-SQL
6 3 (1.83%) Bicep
6 3 (1.83%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 3 (1.83%) PowerShell
7 2 (1.22%) R
8 1 (0.61%) Bash
8 1 (0.61%) Java
Qualifications
1 21 (12.80%) Azure Certification
2 17 (10.37%) Degree
3 3 (1.83%) ITIL Certification
3 3 (1.83%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (1.22%) PMI Certification
4 2 (1.22%) PMP
4 2 (1.22%) SC Cleared
4 2 (1.22%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (10.98%) Data Quality
2 10 (6.10%) GDPR
3 9 (5.49%) QA
4 6 (3.66%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 4 (2.44%) SLA
6 3 (1.83%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.61%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.61%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.61%) PMO
System Software
1 6 (3.66%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.83%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 9 (5.49%) Terraform
2 6 (3.66%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (3.05%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (1.22%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 79 (48.17%) Microsoft
2 6 (3.66%) Databricks
2 6 (3.66%) Northgate
3 5 (3.05%) New Relic
3 5 (3.05%) Oracle
3 5 (3.05%) SAP
3 5 (3.05%) Splunk
4 3 (1.83%) VMware
5 2 (1.22%) Adyen
5 2 (1.22%) Anaplan
5 2 (1.22%) Genesys
5 2 (1.22%) Google
5 2 (1.22%) IFS
5 2 (1.22%) ServiceNow
5 2 (1.22%) Verint
6 1 (0.61%) Alteryx
6 1 (0.61%) HubSpot
6 1 (0.61%) Informatica