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

6 months to
11 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 58 27 30
Rank change year-on-year -31 +3 +56
Permanent jobs citing Power Platform 112 154 286
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 2.86% 6.91% 6.65%
As % of the Cloud Services category 8.25% 16.13% 16.78%
Number of salaries quoted 78 87 256
10th Percentile £41,250 £38,100 £32,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £41,875 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £51,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +7.84% +2.00%
75th Percentile £69,688 £70,000 £68,125
90th Percentile £76,625 £79,750 £91,875
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 1,357 955 1,704
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 34.67% 42.86% 39.64%
Number of salaries quoted 757 643 1,484
10th Percentile £30,650 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,750 £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 £56,000 £52,501
% change year-on-year +2.68% +6.67% -4.54%

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 11 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 11 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 +2 2 £51,250 +28.13% 3
Wigan +1 2 £47,500 +21.79% 2
Stockport -1 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 (21.43%) SharePoint
2 5 (4.46%) Confluence
2 5 (4.46%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (2.68%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.89%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 32 (28.57%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.89%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 6 (5.36%) NEC Housing
2 3 (2.68%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.89%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (0.89%) Magento
3 1 (0.89%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.89%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 44 (39.29%) Azure
2 27 (24.11%) Microsoft 365
3 17 (15.18%) Power Automate
4 15 (13.39%) Dynamics 365
4 15 (13.39%) PowerApps
5 13 (11.61%) Azure AI
6 12 (10.71%) Microsoft Purview
7 11 (9.82%) Entra ID
8 10 (8.93%) OneDrive
9 9 (8.04%) Azure Monitor
10 8 (7.14%) SaaS
11 7 (6.25%) Microsoft Copilot
12 6 (5.36%) Azure Data Factory
12 6 (5.36%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 5 (4.46%) Snowflake
14 4 (3.57%) Dropbox
15 3 (2.68%) AWS
15 3 (2.68%) Azure Logic Apps
15 3 (2.68%) Cloud Computing
16 2 (1.79%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.89%) VPN
1 1 (0.89%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 70 (62.50%) Power BI
2 20 (17.86%) Tableau
3 10 (8.93%) SQL Server
3 10 (8.93%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 8 (7.14%) Data Warehouse
5 7 (6.25%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 6 (5.36%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 5 (4.46%) Azure SQL Database
7 5 (4.46%) Data Lake
8 3 (2.68%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
8 3 (2.68%) Data Vault
8 3 (2.68%) MySQL
8 3 (2.68%) Power Query
9 1 (0.89%) Amazon Redshift
9 1 (0.89%) Metadata
9 1 (0.89%) Qlik Sense
9 1 (0.89%) QlikView
9 1 (0.89%) Relational Database
9 1 (0.89%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 6 (5.36%) JIRA
2 4 (3.57%) GitLab
General
1 43 (38.39%) Social Skills
2 23 (20.54%) Analytical Skills
2 23 (20.54%) Finance
3 10 (8.93%) Retail
4 8 (7.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 8 (7.14%) Presentation Skills
5 5 (4.46%) Law
5 5 (4.46%) Manufacturing
5 5 (4.46%) Marketing
5 5 (4.46%) Tech for Good
6 3 (2.68%) Advertising
6 3 (2.68%) Banking
6 3 (2.68%) Investment Banking
7 2 (1.79%) Games
7 2 (1.79%) Legal
7 2 (1.79%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (0.89%) Digital Health
8 1 (0.89%) Electronics
8 1 (0.89%) Public Sector
8 1 (0.89%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 40 (35.71%) Analyst
2 20 (17.86%) Senior
3 15 (13.39%) Data Analyst
4 13 (11.61%) Developer
4 13 (11.61%) Junior
4 13 (11.61%) Junior Analyst
4 13 (11.61%) Junior Data Analyst
5 11 (9.82%) Platform Engineer
5 11 (9.82%) Senior Analyst
6 9 (8.04%) Data Engineer
7 8 (7.14%) Support Analyst
8 7 (6.25%) Consultant
8 7 (6.25%) Lead
8 7 (6.25%) Power Platform Developer
9 6 (5.36%) Applications Support
9 6 (5.36%) Applications Support Analyst
9 6 (5.36%) Business Analyst
9 6 (5.36%) Power Platform Consultant
9 6 (5.36%) Senior Applications Support
9 6 (5.36%) Senior Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.57%) PyTorch
1 4 (3.57%) TensorFlow
2 3 (2.68%) .NET
3 1 (0.89%) Blazor
3 1 (0.89%) CSS
3 1 (0.89%) EDI
3 1 (0.89%) HTML
3 1 (0.89%) Kafka
3 1 (0.89%) Microsoft Graph
3 1 (0.89%) Snowpark
3 1 (0.89%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 8 (7.14%) Enterprise Software
2 7 (6.25%) Social Media
3 6 (5.36%) Analytical Mindset
4 5 (4.46%) Low-Code
5 4 (3.57%) Product Ownership
6 3 (2.68%) Management Information System
6 3 (2.68%) Pricing Data
7 2 (1.79%) Legacy Applications
7 2 (1.79%) Replication
7 2 (1.79%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.89%) Algorithms
8 1 (0.89%) Cloud Native
8 1 (0.89%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 9 (8.04%) Windows
2 1 (0.89%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (62.50%) Business Intelligence
2 34 (30.36%) AI
3 25 (22.32%) Agile
4 22 (19.64%) Problem-Solving
5 21 (18.75%) Analytics
6 19 (16.96%) Decision-Making
7 15 (13.39%) Continuous Improvement
8 14 (12.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 14 (12.50%) User Experience
9 13 (11.61%) Data Pipeline
9 13 (11.61%) ETL
9 13 (11.61%) Stakeholder Management
10 12 (10.71%) Change Management
10 12 (10.71%) DevOps
11 11 (9.82%) Data Modelling
11 11 (9.82%) Platform Engineering
11 11 (9.82%) Proactive Monitoring
12 10 (8.93%) Actionable Insight
12 10 (8.93%) Machine Learning
13 9 (8.04%) Identity Access Management
Programming Languages
1 42 (37.50%) SQL
2 24 (21.43%) Python
3 5 (4.46%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 4 (3.57%) ANSI SQL
4 4 (3.57%) C#
4 4 (3.57%) T-SQL
5 3 (2.68%) VBA
6 2 (1.79%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.89%) Bash
7 1 (0.89%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 16 (14.29%) Degree
2 13 (11.61%) Azure Certification
3 7 (6.25%) DBS Check
4 6 (5.36%) ACCA
4 6 (5.36%) CIMA
5 2 (1.79%) PMI Certification
5 2 (1.79%) PMP
6 1 (0.89%) AAT
6 1 (0.89%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.89%) DV Cleared
6 1 (0.89%) Master's Degree
6 1 (0.89%) MBA
6 1 (0.89%) SAP Certification
6 1 (0.89%) Security Cleared
6 1 (0.89%) Six Sigma Green Belt
6 1 (0.89%) Tableau Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (4.46%) Data Quality
2 2 (1.79%) PMO
2 2 (1.79%) SLA
3 1 (0.89%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (0.89%) GDPR
3 1 (0.89%) QA
System Software
1 9 (8.04%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 9 (8.04%) Microsoft Intune
1 9 (8.04%) Single Sign-On
2 8 (7.14%) Terraform
Vendors
1 64 (57.14%) Microsoft
2 8 (7.14%) New Relic
2 8 (7.14%) Splunk
3 6 (5.36%) Northgate
3 6 (5.36%) Oracle
4 3 (2.68%) Anaplan
4 3 (2.68%) SAP
5 2 (1.79%) Genesys
5 2 (1.79%) ServiceNow
5 2 (1.79%) Verint
6 1 (0.89%) Adaptive Insights
6 1 (0.89%) Adyen
6 1 (0.89%) Alteryx
6 1 (0.89%) Ariba
6 1 (0.89%) Cognos
6 1 (0.89%) Concur
6 1 (0.89%) Databricks
6 1 (0.89%) Informatica
6 1 (0.89%) Salesforce