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 12 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 42 55 66
Rank change year-on-year +13 +11 -11
Permanent jobs citing Power Platform 260 108 126
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 3.40% 4.60% 3.24%
As % of the Cloud Services category 13.74% 12.77% 9.29%
Number of salaries quoted 184 87 92
10th Percentile £38,100 £37,600 £41,275
25th Percentile £43,000 £43,125 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +14.29% +3.48%
75th Percentile £60,000 £71,875 £65,094
90th Percentile £75,000 £90,000 £75,000
North West median annual salary £51,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -7.27% - +11.18%

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 1,892 846 1,357
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 24.74% 36.06% 34.94%
Number of salaries quoted 1,397 566 752
10th Percentile £34,700 £29,500 £35,750
25th Percentile £46,250 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% - -
75th Percentile £81,000 £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 12 October 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 12 October 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 - 22 £44,000 - 4
Wigan +10 8 £37,500 - 2
Salford -12 6 £62,500 +38.89% 2
Cheadle +1 5 - -
Bolton -2 4 £28,718 -52.14% 7
Oldham +5 3 £54,250 +8.50% 2
Sale - 3 £62,500 -
Altrincham +3 1 £47,500 +72.73%
Rochdale - 1 - - 4
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 46 (17.69%) SharePoint
2 8 (3.08%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (1.54%) Confluence
4 2 (0.77%) Apache
4 2 (0.77%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.77%) IIS
4 2 (0.77%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 35 (13.46%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.15%) AutoCAD
2 3 (1.15%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.15%) Navisworks
2 3 (1.15%) ProjectWise
2 3 (1.15%) Revit
2 3 (1.15%) Spreadsheet
3 2 (0.77%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 19 (7.31%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.15%) Dynamics AX
2 3 (1.15%) Integrated Workplace Management System
3 1 (0.38%) Sage 200
3 1 (0.38%) Sage CRM
Cloud Services
1 85 (32.69%) Azure
2 63 (24.23%) Microsoft 365
3 57 (21.92%) Dynamics 365
3 57 (21.92%) PowerApps
4 54 (20.77%) Power Automate
5 43 (16.54%) Microsoft Copilot
6 30 (11.54%) Copilot Studio
7 28 (10.77%) Azure DevOps
8 15 (5.77%) OneDrive
9 10 (3.85%) Azure Logic Apps
9 10 (3.85%) Microsoft Purview
10 8 (3.08%) Azure AI
10 8 (3.08%) Entra ID
10 8 (3.08%) Snowflake
11 7 (2.69%) SaaS
12 6 (2.31%) AWS
12 6 (2.31%) GCP
12 6 (2.31%) GitHub
12 6 (2.31%) GitHub Actions
12 6 (2.31%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.92%) Firewall
1 5 (1.92%) SAN
2 3 (1.15%) LTE
3 2 (0.77%) DHCP
3 2 (0.77%) DNS
3 2 (0.77%) Remote Desktop
3 2 (0.77%) SNMP
3 2 (0.77%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 131 (50.38%) Power BI
2 19 (7.31%) Tableau
3 16 (6.15%) SQL Server
4 11 (4.23%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 9 (3.46%) Power Query
6 8 (3.08%) Data Warehouse
7 6 (2.31%) Relational Database
8 5 (1.92%) Data Lake
8 5 (1.92%) Metadata
9 4 (1.54%) Azure SQL Database
9 4 (1.54%) Delta Lake
9 4 (1.54%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 3 (1.15%) Looker
11 2 (0.77%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
11 2 (0.77%) BusinessObjects
11 2 (0.77%) Electronic Patient Records
12 1 (0.38%) Amazon Athena
12 1 (0.38%) BigQuery
12 1 (0.38%) Flink
12 1 (0.38%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 5 (1.92%) Git
1 5 (1.92%) JIRA
2 1 (0.38%) Claude Code
2 1 (0.38%) MLflow
2 1 (0.38%) Oracle Forms
2 1 (0.38%) Postman
General
1 61 (23.46%) Social Skills
2 47 (18.08%) Finance
3 45 (17.31%) Analytical Skills
4 36 (13.85%) Law
5 25 (9.62%) Legal
6 20 (7.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 19 (7.31%) Military
7 19 (7.31%) Telecoms
8 14 (5.38%) Retail
9 7 (2.69%) Local Government
9 7 (2.69%) Manufacturing
10 6 (2.31%) Presentation Skills
11 5 (1.92%) General Ledger
11 5 (1.92%) Legal Technology
11 5 (1.92%) Marketing
11 5 (1.92%) Organisational Skills
11 5 (1.92%) Public Sector
12 4 (1.54%) Influencing Skills
13 2 (0.77%) Social Housing
14 1 (0.38%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 66 (25.38%) Developer
2 39 (15.00%) Microsoft 365 Developer
3 36 (13.85%) Analyst
4 35 (13.46%) Senior
5 29 (11.15%) Consultant
6 23 (8.85%) Data Analyst
6 23 (8.85%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
7 19 (7.31%) Architect
8 15 (5.77%) Dynamics 365 Developer
8 15 (5.77%) Microsoft Developer
9 14 (5.38%) Power Platform Developer
10 13 (5.00%) Power Platform Consultant
10 13 (5.00%) Support Consultant
11 12 (4.62%) Administrator
11 12 (4.62%) Functional Consultant
11 12 (4.62%) Systems Developer
12 11 (4.23%) Data Administrator
12 11 (4.23%) Data Manager
12 11 (4.23%) Lead
13 10 (3.85%) Platform Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (11.15%) HTML
2 16 (6.15%) CSS
3 14 (5.38%) HTML5 Canvas
4 12 (4.62%) Microsoft Graph
5 10 (3.85%) SPFx
6 9 (3.46%) REST
7 8 (3.08%) PySpark
7 8 (3.08%) Terraform
8 6 (2.31%) .NET
9 4 (1.54%) EDI
10 3 (1.15%) Web Services
11 2 (0.77%) React
11 2 (0.77%) SAML
12 1 (0.38%) ADO
12 1 (0.38%) ASP.NET
12 1 (0.38%) Blazor
12 1 (0.38%) JSON
12 1 (0.38%) OAuth
12 1 (0.38%) Razor View Engine
12 1 (0.38%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 27 (10.38%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 16 (6.15%) Management Information System
3 14 (5.38%) Product Ownership
4 10 (3.85%) Self-Motivation
5 9 (3.46%) Low-Code
5 9 (3.46%) Onboarding
6 6 (2.31%) Hackathon
6 6 (2.31%) Learning Management System
6 6 (2.31%) Web Conferencing
7 5 (1.92%) Data Structures
8 4 (1.54%) Taxonomies
9 3 (1.15%) Enterprise Software
9 3 (1.15%) Public Cloud
10 2 (0.77%) Cyberattack
10 2 (0.77%) Data Centre
10 2 (0.77%) NHS
10 2 (0.77%) Replication
11 1 (0.38%) Greenfield Project
11 1 (0.38%) Operational Technology
11 1 (0.38%) Pricing Data
Operating Systems
1 7 (2.69%) Windows
2 4 (1.54%) Windows Server
3 2 (0.77%) Windows Server 2016
3 2 (0.77%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 115 (44.23%) Business Intelligence
2 70 (26.92%) AI
3 57 (21.92%) Continuous Improvement
4 54 (20.77%) Problem-Solving
5 49 (18.85%) Agile
5 49 (18.85%) Analytics
6 42 (16.15%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 42 (16.15%) Stakeholder Management
7 36 (13.85%) DevOps
8 34 (13.08%) Data Protection
9 33 (12.69%) Visualisation
10 32 (12.31%) Decision-Making
11 30 (11.54%) Data Modelling
11 30 (11.54%) Translating Business Requirements
12 28 (10.77%) CI/CD
12 28 (10.77%) Roadmaps
13 24 (9.23%) CRM
14 23 (8.85%) Data Visualisation
14 23 (8.85%) Digital Transformation Programme
15 21 (8.08%) Customer Engagement
Programming Languages
1 64 (24.62%) SQL
2 38 (14.62%) JavaScript
3 32 (12.31%) Python
4 26 (10.00%) C#
5 8 (3.08%) PowerShell
6 6 (2.31%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 6 (2.31%) R
7 5 (1.92%) Bicep
8 4 (1.54%) T-SQL
9 3 (1.15%) Kusto Query Language
9 3 (1.15%) Scala
10 2 (0.77%) Java
10 2 (0.77%) TypeScript
10 2 (0.77%) VBA
11 1 (0.38%) PHP
Qualifications
1 14 (5.38%) Degree
1 14 (5.38%) Microsoft Certification
1 14 (5.38%) SC Cleared
1 14 (5.38%) Security Cleared
2 7 (2.69%) ACCA
2 7 (2.69%) CIPD
3 6 (2.31%) Azure Certification
3 6 (2.31%) CIMA
4 5 (1.92%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (0.38%) CFA
5 1 (0.38%) CISA
5 1 (0.38%) CISM
5 1 (0.38%) CISSP
5 1 (0.38%) CRISC
5 1 (0.38%) DBS Check
5 1 (0.38%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
5 1 (0.38%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
5 1 (0.38%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (13.08%) Data Quality
2 26 (10.00%) Accessibility
3 9 (3.46%) GDPR
4 8 (3.08%) QA
5 7 (2.69%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 4 (1.54%) NEBOSH
7 3 (1.15%) ISO 19650
7 3 (1.15%) SLA
8 2 (0.77%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (0.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 1 (0.38%) COBIT
9 1 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.38%) GRC
9 1 (0.38%) IFRS
9 1 (0.38%) IFRS 9
9 1 (0.38%) NIST
System Software
1 7 (2.69%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (1.15%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.77%) DFS Replication
3 2 (0.77%) Hyper-V
3 2 (0.77%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 2 (0.77%) FortiGate
1 2 (0.77%) Microsoft Clustering
1 2 (0.77%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (0.77%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 157 (60.38%) Microsoft
2 9 (3.46%) Databricks
3 8 (3.08%) Oracle
4 7 (2.69%) VMware
5 6 (2.31%) Saba
5 6 (2.31%) YouTube
6 4 (1.54%) Foundry
6 4 (1.54%) Google
6 4 (1.54%) OneTrust
7 3 (1.15%) Autodesk
8 2 (0.77%) Aruba
8 2 (0.77%) HighQ
8 2 (0.77%) HP
8 2 (0.77%) SolarWinds
8 2 (0.77%) UiPath
8 2 (0.77%) Zscaler
9 1 (0.38%) Adobe
9 1 (0.38%) Legatics
9 1 (0.38%) Legora
9 1 (0.38%) Sage