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

6 months to
23 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 41 57 61
Rank change year-on-year +16 +4 +1
Permanent jobs citing Power Platform 252 107 139
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 3.34% 4.56% 3.51%
As % of the Cloud Services category 13.08% 12.62% 9.98%
Number of salaries quoted 177 85 107
10th Percentile £39,300 £36,250 £41,500
25th Percentile £43,000 £42,500 £43,730
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +11.11% +6.44%
75th Percentile £60,000 £76,250 £65,813
90th Percentile £70,750 £93,000 £75,395
North West median annual salary £51,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -11.30% +4.55% +9.48%

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 1,926 848 1,393
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 25.51% 36.13% 35.19%
Number of salaries quoted 1,438 564 804
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,500 £35,825
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 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £87,500 £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 23 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 23 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 - 19 £44,000 - 6
Wigan +9 9 £37,500 - 1
Salford -19 7 £42,500 -5.56% 7
Cheadle +4 5 - -
Bolton -3 5 £42,500 -29.17% 8
Oldham +5 3 £54,250 +8.50% 2
Sale - 3 £62,500 - 3
Altrincham +4 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 41 (16.27%) SharePoint
2 6 (2.38%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (1.59%) Confluence
4 2 (0.79%) Apache
4 2 (0.79%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.79%) IIS
4 2 (0.79%) SharePoint Server
5 1 (0.40%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 44 (17.46%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (2.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (1.19%) AutoCAD
3 3 (1.19%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.19%) Navisworks
3 3 (1.19%) ProjectWise
3 3 (1.19%) Revit
3 3 (1.19%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (0.79%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 20 (7.94%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (1.98%) SAP PM
3 3 (1.19%) Dynamics AX
3 3 (1.19%) Integrated Workplace Management System
4 1 (0.40%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 83 (32.94%) Azure
2 58 (23.02%) Dynamics 365
3 55 (21.83%) Microsoft 365
3 55 (21.83%) PowerApps
4 52 (20.63%) Power Automate
5 39 (15.48%) Microsoft Copilot
6 28 (11.11%) Azure DevOps
7 27 (10.71%) Copilot Studio
8 12 (4.76%) Azure AI
8 12 (4.76%) OneDrive
9 11 (4.37%) Azure Logic Apps
10 10 (3.97%) Microsoft Purview
11 8 (3.17%) Snowflake
12 6 (2.38%) Entra ID
12 6 (2.38%) GitHub
12 6 (2.38%) GitHub Actions
13 5 (1.98%) GCP
13 5 (1.98%) Serverless
14 4 (1.59%) AWS
14 4 (1.59%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.98%) Firewall
1 5 (1.98%) SAN
2 3 (1.19%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 135 (53.57%) Power BI
2 24 (9.52%) Tableau
3 15 (5.95%) SQL Server
4 13 (5.16%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 10 (3.97%) Power Query
6 7 (2.78%) Data Warehouse
7 5 (1.98%) Data Lake
7 5 (1.98%) Relational Database
8 4 (1.59%) Azure SQL Database
8 4 (1.59%) Delta Lake
8 4 (1.59%) Metadata
8 4 (1.59%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 3 (1.19%) Looker
10 2 (0.79%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
10 2 (0.79%) BusinessObjects
10 2 (0.79%) Electronic Patient Records
11 1 (0.40%) Data Mining
11 1 (0.40%) MySQL
11 1 (0.40%) OLAP
11 1 (0.40%) OLTP
Development Applications
1 5 (1.98%) Git
2 4 (1.59%) JIRA
3 1 (0.40%) MLflow
3 1 (0.40%) Oracle Forms
3 1 (0.40%) Postman
General
1 69 (27.38%) Social Skills
2 46 (18.25%) Analytical Skills
3 41 (16.27%) Finance
4 39 (15.48%) Law
5 22 (8.73%) Legal
5 22 (8.73%) Military
5 22 (8.73%) Telecoms
6 20 (7.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 15 (5.95%) Retail
8 7 (2.78%) Manufacturing
9 6 (2.38%) Local Government
9 6 (2.38%) Marketing
10 5 (1.98%) General Ledger
10 5 (1.98%) Organisational Skills
10 5 (1.98%) Presentation Skills
10 5 (1.98%) Public Sector
11 4 (1.59%) Influencing Skills
11 4 (1.59%) Legal Technology
12 2 (0.79%) Banking
12 2 (0.79%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 57 (22.62%) Developer
2 37 (14.68%) Analyst
3 36 (14.29%) Senior
4 30 (11.90%) Consultant
5 29 (11.51%) Microsoft 365 Developer
6 25 (9.92%) Data Analyst
7 24 (9.52%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
8 19 (7.54%) Architect
9 16 (6.35%) Data Manager
10 15 (5.95%) Dynamics 365 Developer
11 14 (5.56%) Power Platform Developer
11 14 (5.56%) Support Consultant
12 13 (5.16%) Power Platform Consultant
13 12 (4.76%) Administrator
13 12 (4.76%) Functional Consultant
13 12 (4.76%) Systems Developer
14 11 (4.37%) Data Administrator
15 10 (3.97%) Power Platform Specialist
15 10 (3.97%) Product Specialist
15 10 (3.97%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (10.32%) HTML
2 16 (6.35%) CSS
3 14 (5.56%) HTML5 Canvas
4 12 (4.76%) Microsoft Graph
5 10 (3.97%) SPFx
6 9 (3.57%) REST
7 7 (2.78%) PySpark
7 7 (2.78%) Terraform
8 6 (2.38%) .NET
9 5 (1.98%) EDI
10 3 (1.19%) Web Services
11 2 (0.79%) React
12 1 (0.40%) ADO
12 1 (0.40%) ASP.NET
12 1 (0.40%) Blazor
12 1 (0.40%) OAuth
12 1 (0.40%) Razor View Engine
12 1 (0.40%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 24 (9.52%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 14 (5.56%) Product Ownership
3 12 (4.76%) Management Information System
4 10 (3.97%) Self-Motivation
5 9 (3.57%) Low-Code
6 5 (1.98%) Data Structures
6 5 (1.98%) Hackathon
6 5 (1.98%) Learning Management System
6 5 (1.98%) Web Conferencing
7 4 (1.59%) Onboarding
7 4 (1.59%) Taxonomies
8 3 (1.19%) Public Cloud
9 2 (0.79%) Cyberattack
9 2 (0.79%) NHS
9 2 (0.79%) Pricing Data
10 1 (0.40%) Credit Risk
10 1 (0.40%) Enterprise Cloud
10 1 (0.40%) Enterprise Software
10 1 (0.40%) Reference Data
10 1 (0.40%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 5 (1.98%) Windows
2 2 (0.79%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 120 (47.62%) Business Intelligence
2 67 (26.59%) AI
3 57 (22.62%) Continuous Improvement
4 54 (21.43%) Analytics
5 48 (19.05%) Problem-Solving
6 47 (18.65%) Agile
7 40 (15.87%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 40 (15.87%) Stakeholder Management
8 37 (14.68%) DevOps
9 36 (14.29%) Visualisation
10 35 (13.89%) Decision-Making
11 31 (12.30%) Data Protection
12 28 (11.11%) Data Modelling
13 27 (10.71%) CI/CD
13 27 (10.71%) Data Visualisation
14 26 (10.32%) Translating Business Requirements
15 25 (9.92%) Actionable Insight
16 24 (9.52%) Roadmaps
17 23 (9.13%) Customer Engagement
17 23 (9.13%) Digital Transformation Programme
Programming Languages
1 65 (25.79%) SQL
2 36 (14.29%) JavaScript
3 34 (13.49%) Python
4 27 (10.71%) C#
5 6 (2.38%) PowerShell
5 6 (2.38%) R
6 5 (1.98%) Bicep
6 5 (1.98%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 4 (1.59%) T-SQL
7 4 (1.59%) VBA
8 3 (1.19%) Scala
9 2 (0.79%) Java
9 2 (0.79%) TypeScript
10 1 (0.40%) Kusto Query Language
10 1 (0.40%) PHP
Qualifications
1 14 (5.56%) Microsoft Certification
2 12 (4.76%) SC Cleared
2 12 (4.76%) Security Cleared
3 11 (4.37%) Degree
4 8 (3.17%) Azure Certification
5 6 (2.38%) ACCA
6 5 (1.98%) CIMA
6 5 (1.98%) ITIL Certification
7 4 (1.59%) CIPD
8 1 (0.40%) CFA
8 1 (0.40%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (12.70%) Data Quality
2 22 (8.73%) Accessibility
3 14 (5.56%) QA
4 9 (3.57%) GDPR
5 7 (2.78%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 3 (1.19%) ISO 19650
6 3 (1.19%) SLA
7 2 (0.79%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (0.79%) NEBOSH
8 1 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.40%) IFRS
8 1 (0.40%) IFRS 9
8 1 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 5 (1.98%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.40%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (0.79%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 147 (58.33%) Microsoft
2 8 (3.17%) Databricks
3 7 (2.78%) Oracle
4 6 (2.38%) YouTube
5 5 (1.98%) Saba
5 5 (1.98%) SAP
5 5 (1.98%) VMware
6 4 (1.59%) Foundry
6 4 (1.59%) Google
6 4 (1.59%) OneTrust
7 3 (1.19%) Autodesk
8 2 (0.79%) HP
8 2 (0.79%) UiPath
9 1 (0.40%) Adobe
9 1 (0.40%) Adyen
9 1 (0.40%) HighQ
9 1 (0.40%) Legatics
9 1 (0.40%) Legora
9 1 (0.40%) Liquidlogic