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 8 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 53 64 52
Rank change year-on-year +11 -12 +23
Permanent jobs citing Power Platform 107 122 126
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 4.36% 3.37% 5.19%
As % of the Cloud Services category 12.17% 9.52% 11.16%
Number of salaries quoted 86 86 115
10th Percentile £37,375 £41,500 £31,750
25th Percentile £42,875 £46,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.27% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £68,125 £71,875
90th Percentile £80,625 £75,000 £88,000
North West median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +10.00% +3.63%

All Cloud 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 879 1,282 1,129
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 35.80% 35.37% 46.50%
Number of salaries quoted 609 702 969
10th Percentile £29,500 £35,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +4.35%
75th Percentile £77,500 £73,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £87,750 £84,675 £85,200
North West median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -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 8 November 2025.

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 8 November 2025. 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
Altrincham - 6 £27,500 - 2
Bolton +14 4 £46,250 -2.63% 36
Salford - 2 £45,000 - 2
Stockport +5 1 £50,000 +5.26% 2
Wigan - 1 - - 3
Cheadle - 1 £55,000 - 1
Oldham - 1 £50,000 -
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 14 (13.08%) SharePoint
2 6 (5.61%) WordPress
3 3 (2.80%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (1.87%) Confluence
5 1 (0.93%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 36 (33.64%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (10.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 7 (6.54%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (3.74%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.93%) SAP ERP
2 1 (0.93%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 38 (35.51%) Azure
2 22 (20.56%) Dynamics 365
3 19 (17.76%) Power Automate
4 13 (12.15%) Microsoft 365
5 10 (9.35%) Azure Data Factory
5 10 (9.35%) Entra ID
6 8 (7.48%) Azure DevOps
6 8 (7.48%) Cloud Computing
6 8 (7.48%) OneDrive
7 6 (5.61%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 5 (4.67%) Azure Logic Apps
8 5 (4.67%) Microsoft Copilot
8 5 (4.67%) PowerApps
8 5 (4.67%) Snowflake
9 3 (2.80%) Azure Service Bus
10 2 (1.87%) AWS
10 2 (1.87%) Google Docs
10 2 (1.87%) Intacct
10 2 (1.87%) Microsoft Purview
10 2 (1.87%) Workato
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.93%) DNS
1 1 (0.93%) Firewall
1 1 (0.93%) SD-WAN
1 1 (0.93%) VPN
1 1 (0.93%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 80 (74.77%) Power BI
2 10 (9.35%) Tableau
3 8 (7.48%) Azure SQL Database
3 8 (7.48%) Data Warehouse
3 8 (7.48%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 7 (6.54%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 6 (5.61%) SQL Server
6 5 (4.67%) BusinessObjects
6 5 (4.67%) Data Lake
6 5 (4.67%) Data Mining
6 5 (4.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 3 (2.80%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
7 3 (2.80%) Data Vault
8 1 (0.93%) Amazon Redshift
8 1 (0.93%) Big Data
8 1 (0.93%) Power Query
8 1 (0.93%) Qlik Sense
8 1 (0.93%) QlikView
8 1 (0.93%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.93%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 4 (3.74%) GitLab
2 3 (2.80%) JIRA
3 1 (0.93%) Git
3 1 (0.93%) MLflow
3 1 (0.93%) RStudio
General
1 40 (37.38%) Finance
2 37 (34.58%) Social Skills
3 33 (30.84%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (10.28%) Manufacturing
5 9 (8.41%) Retail
6 8 (7.48%) Law
6 8 (7.48%) Presentation Skills
7 7 (6.54%) Banking
7 7 (6.54%) Organisational Skills
7 7 (6.54%) Public Sector
8 4 (3.74%) Marketing
8 4 (3.74%) Pharmaceutical
9 3 (2.80%) Advertising
9 3 (2.80%) Documentation Skills
9 3 (2.80%) Investment Banking
9 3 (2.80%) Tech for Good
9 3 (2.80%) Telecoms
10 2 (1.87%) Military
11 1 (0.93%) Electronics
11 1 (0.93%) Legal
Job Titles
1 37 (34.58%) Analyst
2 18 (16.82%) Developer
3 17 (15.89%) Senior
4 13 (12.15%) Financial Analyst
5 8 (7.48%) Consultant
6 7 (6.54%) Data Engineer
7 6 (5.61%) Business Intelligence Analyst
7 6 (5.61%) Commercial Analyst
7 6 (5.61%) Data Analyst
7 6 (5.61%) Platform Engineer
7 6 (5.61%) Power Platform Developer
7 6 (5.61%) Power Platform Engineer
8 5 (4.67%) Business Analyst
8 5 (4.67%) IT Support
8 5 (4.67%) Support Officer
9 4 (3.74%) Report Analyst
9 4 (3.74%) Senior Analyst
9 4 (3.74%) Senior Data Engineer
9 4 (3.74%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
9 4 (3.74%) Snowflake Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (6.54%) .NET
1 7 (6.54%) HTML
2 2 (1.87%) ASP.NET Web API
2 2 (1.87%) Middleware
2 2 (1.87%) Snowpark
3 1 (0.93%) Blazor
3 1 (0.93%) CSS
3 1 (0.93%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 16 (14.95%) Social Media
2 15 (14.02%) Analytical Mindset
3 8 (7.48%) Product Ownership
4 6 (5.61%) Data Structures
5 5 (4.67%) Onboarding
5 5 (4.67%) Video Conferencing
6 3 (2.80%) Data Protection Act
6 3 (2.80%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 2 (1.87%) AI Agents
7 2 (1.87%) Algorithms
7 2 (1.87%) Blog
7 2 (1.87%) Derivative
7 2 (1.87%) Equities
7 2 (1.87%) Fixed Income
7 2 (1.87%) Management Information System
8 1 (0.93%) Data Centre
8 1 (0.93%) Driving Licence
8 1 (0.93%) Low-Code
8 1 (0.93%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.93%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 9 (8.41%) Windows
2 5 (4.67%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 72 (67.29%) Business Intelligence
2 33 (30.84%) Agile
3 24 (22.43%) Decision-Making
4 21 (19.63%) Actionable Insight
4 21 (19.63%) Analytics
5 20 (18.69%) Data Analysis
6 17 (15.89%) Budgeting and Forecasting
6 17 (15.89%) Problem-Solving
6 17 (15.89%) Stakeholder Management
7 15 (14.02%) Commercial Awareness
7 15 (14.02%) Financial Modelling
8 14 (13.08%) ERP
8 14 (13.08%) Process Improvement
9 13 (12.15%) AI
9 13 (12.15%) Business Analysis
10 12 (11.21%) Data Modelling
11 11 (10.28%) Business Development
11 11 (10.28%) Data Management
12 10 (9.35%) Continuous Improvement
12 10 (9.35%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 40 (37.38%) SQL
2 10 (9.35%) Python
3 6 (5.61%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 5 (4.67%) VBA
5 4 (3.74%) ANSI SQL
5 4 (3.74%) C#
6 3 (2.80%) JavaScript
6 3 (2.80%) PowerShell
6 3 (2.80%) T-SQL
7 1 (0.93%) Bicep
7 1 (0.93%) PHP
7 1 (0.93%) R
7 1 (0.93%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 23 (21.50%) Degree
2 15 (14.02%) DBS Check
3 13 (12.15%) ACCA
3 13 (12.15%) CIMA
4 9 (8.41%) Security Cleared
5 8 (7.48%) SC Cleared
6 5 (4.67%) A+ Certification
7 4 (3.74%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (3.74%) Master's Degree
7 4 (3.74%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (2.80%) AAT
9 2 (1.87%) Azure Certification
9 2 (1.87%) CBAP
9 2 (1.87%) MCP
10 1 (0.93%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.93%) MBA
10 1 (0.93%) PhD
10 1 (0.93%) SAP Certification
10 1 (0.93%) Six Sigma Green Belt
10 1 (0.93%) Tableau Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (7.48%) Data Quality
2 5 (4.67%) Cyber Essentials
2 5 (4.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 5 (4.67%) QA
3 4 (3.74%) SLA
4 2 (1.87%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.93%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (0.93%) GDPR
5 1 (0.93%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (0.93%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 5 (4.67%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (1.87%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 60 (56.07%) Microsoft
2 5 (4.67%) Facebook
3 4 (3.74%) Oracle
4 3 (2.80%) Alteryx
4 3 (2.80%) Concur
4 3 (2.80%) Databricks
4 3 (2.80%) SAP
5 2 (1.87%) Bloomberg
5 2 (1.87%) Google
5 2 (1.87%) Sage
5 2 (1.87%) Salesforce
5 2 (1.87%) UiPath
6 1 (0.93%) Adaptive Insights
6 1 (0.93%) Anaplan
6 1 (0.93%) Ariba
6 1 (0.93%) Cognos
6 1 (0.93%) Meraki
6 1 (0.93%) MicroStrategy
6 1 (0.93%) ServiceNow