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 4 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 48 46 37
Rank change year-on-year -2 -9 +50
Permanent jobs citing Power Platform 167 136 302
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 2.80% 6.13% 5.53%
As % of the Cloud Services category 9.60% 14.24% 14.86%
Number of salaries quoted 112 76 267
10th Percentile £36,250 £39,875 £35,600
25th Percentile £41,188 £45,938 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,750 £60,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.75% +20.00% -0.47%
75th Percentile £62,500 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £70,750 £85,000 £87,550
North West median annual salary £51,250 £55,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -6.82% +15.79% -3.00%

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 1,739 955 2,032
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 29.19% 43.06% 37.18%
Number of salaries quoted 1,229 608 1,643
10th Percentile £33,700 £31,250 £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% -4.17%
75th Percentile £85,000 £77,500 £71,991
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 4 June 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 4 June 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 +7 8 £37,500 -3.85%
Bolton +13 5 £42,500 -29.17%
Oldham +13 5 £42,000 +33.33% 1
Salford -12 4 £35,609 - 4
Ashton-under-Lyne - 3 £51,000 - 4
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 (14.97%) SharePoint
2 7 (4.19%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (2.99%) Confluence
4 2 (1.20%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (1.20%) Apache Spark
4 2 (1.20%) ArcGIS
4 2 (1.20%) IIS
5 1 (0.60%) Apache
Applications
1 53 (31.74%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (3.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (1.80%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 8 (4.79%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (2.99%) NEC Housing
2 5 (2.99%) SAP PM
3 4 (2.40%) Dynamics AX
4 2 (1.20%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 52 (31.14%) Azure
2 38 (22.75%) Microsoft 365
3 24 (14.37%) Power Automate
4 23 (13.77%) PowerApps
5 20 (11.98%) Dynamics 365
6 18 (10.78%) Azure AI
6 18 (10.78%) Microsoft Copilot
7 17 (10.18%) Microsoft Purview
8 11 (6.59%) Azure Logic Apps
9 8 (4.79%) Azure DevOps
9 8 (4.79%) Copilot Studio
10 7 (4.19%) Snowflake
11 6 (3.59%) OneDrive
12 5 (2.99%) AWS
12 5 (2.99%) Azure Monitor
12 5 (2.99%) Entra ID
12 5 (2.99%) SaaS
12 5 (2.99%) Serverless
13 4 (2.40%) Dropbox
14 3 (1.80%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.80%) Firewall
1 3 (1.80%) LTE
1 3 (1.80%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 117 (70.06%) Power BI
2 36 (21.56%) Tableau
3 15 (8.98%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 14 (8.38%) SQL Server
5 9 (5.39%) Power Query
6 7 (4.19%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 5 (2.99%) Relational Database
8 4 (2.40%) Data Lake
9 3 (1.80%) Data Warehouse
9 3 (1.80%) MySQL
10 2 (1.20%) Azure SQL Database
10 2 (1.20%) Data Mining
10 2 (1.20%) Delta Lake
10 2 (1.20%) Looker
11 1 (0.60%) Metadata
11 1 (0.60%) OLAP
11 1 (0.60%) OLTP
11 1 (0.60%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 5 (2.99%) JIRA
2 2 (1.20%) Git
2 2 (1.20%) Oracle Forms
3 1 (0.60%) Postman
General
1 61 (36.53%) Social Skills
2 34 (20.36%) Analytical Skills
3 23 (13.77%) Law
4 22 (13.17%) Finance
5 19 (11.38%) Retail
6 16 (9.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 15 (8.98%) Military
7 15 (8.98%) Telecoms
8 8 (4.79%) Marketing
9 6 (3.59%) Presentation Skills
10 4 (2.40%) Banking
10 4 (2.40%) Manufacturing
11 2 (1.20%) Games
11 2 (1.20%) Local Government
12 1 (0.60%) Billing
12 1 (0.60%) Digital Health
12 1 (0.60%) Legal
12 1 (0.60%) Public Sector
12 1 (0.60%) Retail Finance
12 1 (0.60%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 51 (30.54%) Analyst
2 33 (19.76%) Senior
3 30 (17.96%) Data Analyst
4 20 (11.98%) Data Manager
5 18 (10.78%) Junior
5 18 (10.78%) Junior Analyst
5 18 (10.78%) Junior Data Analyst
6 16 (9.58%) Senior Analyst
7 15 (8.98%) Developer
8 14 (8.38%) Consultant
9 13 (7.78%) Administrator
10 12 (7.19%) Data Administrator
11 11 (6.59%) Power Platform Consultant
12 10 (5.99%) Lead
13 9 (5.39%) Architect
13 9 (5.39%) Support Analyst
14 7 (4.19%) Data Governance Manager
14 7 (4.19%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
14 7 (4.19%) Governance Manager
14 7 (4.19%) Power Platform Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.99%) EDI
2 4 (2.40%) HTML
2 4 (2.40%) Web Services
3 3 (1.80%) CSS
3 3 (1.80%) Microsoft Graph
3 3 (1.80%) PyTorch
3 3 (1.80%) REST
3 3 (1.80%) TensorFlow
4 1 (0.60%) .NET
4 1 (0.60%) ADO
4 1 (0.60%) HTML5 Canvas
4 1 (0.60%) Kafka
4 1 (0.60%) PySpark
4 1 (0.60%) React
4 1 (0.60%) SPFx
4 1 (0.60%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 8 (4.79%) Product Ownership
2 7 (4.19%) Pricing Data
3 6 (3.59%) Management Information System
4 5 (2.99%) Enterprise Software
4 5 (2.99%) Self-Motivation
5 4 (2.40%) Low-Code
6 3 (1.80%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 2 (1.20%) Analytical Mindset
7 2 (1.20%) Cyberattack
7 2 (1.20%) Legacy Applications
7 2 (1.20%) Public Cloud
7 2 (1.20%) Replication
8 1 (0.60%) Algorithms
8 1 (0.60%) Enterprise Cloud
8 1 (0.60%) Greenfield Project
8 1 (0.60%) Legacy Systems
8 1 (0.60%) Onboarding
8 1 (0.60%) Reinsurance
8 1 (0.60%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 6 (3.59%) Windows
2 2 (1.20%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 107 (64.07%) Business Intelligence
2 54 (32.34%) AI
3 44 (26.35%) Analytics
4 30 (17.96%) Visualisation
5 29 (17.37%) Continuous Improvement
5 29 (17.37%) Decision-Making
5 29 (17.37%) Problem-Solving
6 23 (13.77%) Agile
6 23 (13.77%) Data Visualisation
6 23 (13.77%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 20 (11.98%) Data Modelling
8 19 (11.38%) Actionable Insight
8 19 (11.38%) Data Governance
9 18 (10.78%) Data Management
10 17 (10.18%) Stakeholder Management
11 15 (8.98%) Data Analysis
11 15 (8.98%) DevOps
11 15 (8.98%) ETL
11 15 (8.98%) Performance Improvement
11 15 (8.98%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 60 (35.93%) SQL
2 41 (24.55%) Python
3 9 (5.39%) C#
3 9 (5.39%) JavaScript
3 9 (5.39%) VBA
4 6 (3.59%) T-SQL
5 3 (1.80%) Bicep
5 3 (1.80%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 3 (1.80%) PowerShell
5 3 (1.80%) R
6 1 (0.60%) Bash
6 1 (0.60%) Java
6 1 (0.60%) Scala
Qualifications
1 20 (11.98%) Azure Certification
2 18 (10.78%) Degree
3 3 (1.80%) ITIL Certification
3 3 (1.80%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (1.20%) PMI Certification
4 2 (1.20%) PMP
4 2 (1.20%) SC Cleared
4 2 (1.20%) Security Cleared
5 1 (0.60%) ACCA
5 1 (0.60%) CFA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (12.57%) Data Quality
2 11 (6.59%) GDPR
3 9 (5.39%) QA
4 7 (4.19%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 4 (2.40%) Accessibility
5 4 (2.40%) SLA
6 1 (0.60%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.60%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.60%) IFRS
6 1 (0.60%) IFRS 9
6 1 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.60%) PMO
System Software
1 4 (2.40%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.80%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 8 (4.79%) Terraform
2 4 (2.40%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (2.40%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (1.20%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 81 (48.50%) Microsoft
2 7 (4.19%) Databricks
3 5 (2.99%) Northgate
3 5 (2.99%) SAP
4 4 (2.40%) New Relic
4 4 (2.40%) Oracle
4 4 (2.40%) Splunk
5 3 (1.80%) VMware
6 2 (1.20%) Adyen
6 2 (1.20%) Anaplan
6 2 (1.20%) Genesys
6 2 (1.20%) Google
6 2 (1.20%) IFS
6 2 (1.20%) ServiceNow
6 2 (1.20%) Verint
7 1 (0.60%) Adobe
7 1 (0.60%) Alteryx
7 1 (0.60%) HubSpot
7 1 (0.60%) Informatica