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

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 45 39 49
Rank change year-on-year -6 +10 +24
Permanent jobs citing Power Platform 104 146 127
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 3.58% 5.50% 4.98%
As % of the Cloud Services category 8.99% 14.41% 11.99%
Number of salaries quoted 75 91 119
10th Percentile £39,500 £40,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £41,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,000 £57,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.75% -0.87% +15.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £77,500 £81,250 £85,750
North West median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year - +15.79% +0.79%

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 1,157 1,013 1,059
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 39.87% 38.18% 41.56%
Number of salaries quoted 613 573 921
10th Percentile £29,550 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £44,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +0.80%
75th Percentile £77,500 £73,886 £75,000
90th Percentile £93,500 £85,000 £86,250
North West median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +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 13 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 13 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 -
Bolton +6 2 £51,250 +28.13% 2
Stockport +6 1 £50,000 +5.26% 3
Salford - 1 £45,000 - 2
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 19 (18.27%) SharePoint
2 5 (4.81%) WordPress
3 1 (0.96%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.96%) Confluence
3 1 (0.96%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 32 (30.77%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (7.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (4.81%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 6 (5.77%) NEC Housing
2 4 (3.85%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.96%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.96%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 42 (40.38%) Azure
2 22 (21.15%) Microsoft 365
3 20 (19.23%) Dynamics 365
4 18 (17.31%) Power Automate
5 15 (14.42%) Entra ID
5 15 (14.42%) OneDrive
6 10 (9.62%) Cloud Computing
7 9 (8.65%) Azure Monitor
8 8 (7.69%) Microsoft Purview
8 8 (7.69%) SaaS
9 7 (6.73%) Snowflake
10 6 (5.77%) Azure Data Factory
10 6 (5.77%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 6 (5.77%) PowerApps
11 5 (4.81%) Azure AI
12 3 (2.88%) Azure DevOps
13 2 (1.92%) Intacct
13 2 (1.92%) Workato
14 1 (0.96%) dbt
14 1 (0.96%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.96%) VPN
1 1 (0.96%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 71 (68.27%) Power BI
2 12 (11.54%) Tableau
3 9 (8.65%) SQL Server
4 7 (6.73%) Data Warehouse
4 7 (6.73%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 6 (5.77%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 5 (4.81%) Azure SQL Database
6 5 (4.81%) Data Vault
6 5 (4.81%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 4 (3.85%) BusinessObjects
7 4 (3.85%) Data Lake
7 4 (3.85%) Data Mining
8 3 (2.88%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
9 2 (1.92%) Snowflake Schema
10 1 (0.96%) Amazon Redshift
10 1 (0.96%) Power Query
10 1 (0.96%) Qlik Sense
10 1 (0.96%) QlikView
10 1 (0.96%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 6 (5.77%) GitLab
2 2 (1.92%) JIRA
General
1 44 (42.31%) Social Skills
2 34 (32.69%) Analytical Skills
3 30 (28.85%) Finance
4 8 (7.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 7 (6.73%) Banking
5 7 (6.73%) Presentation Skills
6 6 (5.77%) Law
6 6 (5.77%) Retail
7 5 (4.81%) Investment Banking
7 5 (4.81%) Manufacturing
7 5 (4.81%) Tech for Good
8 4 (3.85%) Advertising
8 4 (3.85%) Organisational Skills
8 4 (3.85%) Public Sector
9 3 (2.88%) Marketing
10 2 (1.92%) Games
10 2 (1.92%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.96%) Legal
11 1 (0.96%) Military
11 1 (0.96%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 36 (34.62%) Analyst
2 18 (17.31%) Senior
3 14 (13.46%) Platform Engineer
4 13 (12.50%) Developer
5 9 (8.65%) Data Analyst
6 8 (7.69%) Applications Support
6 8 (7.69%) Financial Analyst
6 8 (7.69%) Senior Applications Support
7 7 (6.73%) Data Engineer
7 7 (6.73%) Senior Analyst
7 7 (6.73%) Support Analyst
8 6 (5.77%) Applications Support Analyst
8 6 (5.77%) Consultant
8 6 (5.77%) Power Platform Engineer
8 6 (5.77%) Senior Applications Support Analyst
8 6 (5.77%) Senior Support Analyst
8 6 (5.77%) Snowflake Developer
9 5 (4.81%) Junior Data Analyst
9 5 (4.81%) Lead
9 5 (4.81%) Support Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (5.77%) HTML
2 4 (3.85%) .NET
3 3 (2.88%) PyTorch
3 3 (2.88%) Snowpark
3 3 (2.88%) TensorFlow
4 2 (1.92%) Middleware
5 1 (0.96%) Blazor
5 1 (0.96%) CSS
5 1 (0.96%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 10 (9.62%) Analytical Mindset
2 9 (8.65%) Social Media
3 8 (7.69%) Enterprise Software
4 7 (6.73%) Product Ownership
5 5 (4.81%) Data Structures
5 5 (4.81%) Onboarding
5 5 (4.81%) Video Conferencing
6 4 (3.85%) Low-Code
7 2 (1.92%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (1.92%) Management Information System
8 1 (0.96%) Cloud Native
8 1 (0.96%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 1 (0.96%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 13 (12.50%) Windows
2 6 (5.77%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 69 (66.35%) Business Intelligence
2 30 (28.85%) Agile
3 25 (24.04%) Problem-Solving
4 22 (21.15%) AI
5 20 (19.23%) Decision-Making
6 18 (17.31%) Data Analysis
7 16 (15.38%) Analytics
8 14 (13.46%) Actionable Insight
8 14 (13.46%) Platform Engineering
9 13 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
9 13 (12.50%) DevOps
9 13 (12.50%) Process Improvement
10 12 (11.54%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 12 (11.54%) Stakeholder Management
10 12 (11.54%) User Experience
11 11 (10.58%) Budgeting and Forecasting
11 11 (10.58%) Data Management
11 11 (10.58%) Data Modelling
12 10 (9.62%) Data Pipeline
12 10 (9.62%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 38 (36.54%) SQL
2 17 (16.35%) Python
3 6 (5.77%) ANSI SQL
4 5 (4.81%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 4 (3.85%) C#
5 4 (3.85%) VBA
6 2 (1.92%) PowerShell
6 2 (1.92%) T-SQL
7 1 (0.96%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 16 (15.38%) Degree
2 9 (8.65%) DBS Check
3 8 (7.69%) ACCA
3 8 (7.69%) CIMA
4 5 (4.81%) A+ Certification
4 5 (4.81%) Azure Certification
5 3 (2.88%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (2.88%) Security Cleared
6 2 (1.92%) Master's Degree
6 2 (1.92%) PMI Certification
6 2 (1.92%) PMP
6 2 (1.92%) SC Cleared
7 1 (0.96%) AAT
7 1 (0.96%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.96%) MBA
7 1 (0.96%) SAP Certification
7 1 (0.96%) Six Sigma Green Belt
7 1 (0.96%) Tableau Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (4.81%) Cyber Essentials
1 5 (4.81%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 5 (4.81%) Data Quality
1 5 (4.81%) QA
2 2 (1.92%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.96%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (0.96%) GDPR
3 1 (0.96%) PMO
3 1 (0.96%) SLA
System Software
1 9 (8.65%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 14 (13.46%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (8.65%) Single Sign-On
3 8 (7.69%) Terraform
Vendors
1 61 (58.65%) Microsoft
2 8 (7.69%) New Relic
2 8 (7.69%) Splunk
3 7 (6.73%) Oracle
4 6 (5.77%) Northgate
5 4 (3.85%) Facebook
6 3 (2.88%) Anaplan
6 3 (2.88%) Concur
6 3 (2.88%) SAP
7 2 (1.92%) Genesys
7 2 (1.92%) Sage
7 2 (1.92%) ServiceNow
7 2 (1.92%) UiPath
7 2 (1.92%) Verint
8 1 (0.96%) Adaptive Insights
8 1 (0.96%) Ariba
8 1 (0.96%) Cognos
8 1 (0.96%) Salesforce