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

6 months to
4 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 56 27 34
Rank change year-on-year -29 +7 +46
Permanent jobs citing Power Platform 124 150 297
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 2.76% 7.47% 6.40%
As % of the Cloud Services category 8.24% 16.89% 16.33%
Number of salaries quoted 83 84 266
10th Percentile £41,050 £38,950 £35,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,188 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £58,750 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.38% +11.90% +4.50%
75th Percentile £68,666 £70,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £70,000 £80,500 £93,750
North West median annual salary £54,000 £55,000 £47,513
% change year-on-year -1.82% +15.76% +0.03%

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 1,505 888 1,819
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 33.44% 44.25% 39.19%
Number of salaries quoted 860 659 1,540
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £58,650
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +6.56% +2.00%
75th Percentile £83,750 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £96,500 £86,250
North West median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £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 4 April 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 April 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 +9 4 £48,750 +21.88% 2
Wigan -4 3 £47,500 +21.79% 1
Salford -12 2 £42,500 - 1
Stockport -3 1 £50,000 -16.67% 2
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 23 (18.55%) SharePoint
2 5 (4.03%) Confluence
3 4 (3.23%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (2.42%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (1.61%) ArcGIS
6 1 (0.81%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 46 (37.10%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (5.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.81%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 6 (4.84%) NEC Housing
2 5 (4.03%) SAP PM
3 3 (2.42%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.81%) Dynamics AX
4 1 (0.81%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 43 (34.68%) Azure
2 33 (26.61%) Microsoft 365
3 17 (13.71%) Azure AI
4 14 (11.29%) Power Automate
4 14 (11.29%) PowerApps
5 13 (10.48%) Dynamics 365
6 12 (9.68%) Microsoft Purview
7 10 (8.06%) Entra ID
8 9 (7.26%) Azure Monitor
8 9 (7.26%) Microsoft Copilot
8 9 (7.26%) OneDrive
9 8 (6.45%) SaaS
10 5 (4.03%) Azure Data Factory
10 5 (4.03%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 4 (3.23%) Dropbox
12 3 (2.42%) AWS
12 3 (2.42%) Azure Logic Apps
12 3 (2.42%) Snowflake
13 2 (1.61%) Azure DevOps
13 2 (1.61%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.81%) VPN
1 1 (0.81%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 82 (66.13%) Power BI
2 25 (20.16%) Tableau
3 11 (8.87%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 8 (6.45%) SQL Server
4 8 (6.45%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 7 (5.65%) Power Query
6 5 (4.03%) Azure SQL Database
7 4 (3.23%) Data Lake
8 3 (2.42%) MySQL
8 3 (2.42%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 2 (1.61%) Data Mining
9 2 (1.61%) Data Vault
9 2 (1.61%) Data Warehouse
10 1 (0.81%) Metadata
10 1 (0.81%) Qlik Sense
10 1 (0.81%) Semantic Layer
10 1 (0.81%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 5 (4.03%) JIRA
2 2 (1.61%) GitLab
3 1 (0.81%) Git
3 1 (0.81%) Oracle Forms
General
1 57 (45.97%) Social Skills
2 33 (26.61%) Analytical Skills
3 22 (17.74%) Finance
4 10 (8.06%) Presentation Skills
4 10 (8.06%) Retail
5 9 (7.26%) Law
6 8 (6.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 8 (6.45%) Marketing
7 6 (4.84%) Telecoms
8 5 (4.03%) Banking
8 5 (4.03%) Manufacturing
8 5 (4.03%) Military
8 5 (4.03%) Tech for Good
9 2 (1.61%) Games
9 2 (1.61%) Investment Banking
9 2 (1.61%) Legal
10 1 (0.81%) Advertising
10 1 (0.81%) Billing
10 1 (0.81%) Digital Health
10 1 (0.81%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 47 (37.90%) Analyst
2 22 (17.74%) Senior
3 19 (15.32%) Data Analyst
4 17 (13.71%) Junior
4 17 (13.71%) Junior Analyst
4 17 (13.71%) Junior Data Analyst
5 13 (10.48%) Senior Analyst
6 10 (8.06%) Developer
7 9 (7.26%) Data Manager
7 9 (7.26%) Platform Engineer
8 8 (6.45%) Business Analyst
8 8 (6.45%) Lead
8 8 (6.45%) Support Analyst
9 7 (5.65%) Consultant
9 7 (5.65%) Power Platform Developer
10 6 (4.84%) Applications Support
10 6 (4.84%) Applications Support Analyst
10 6 (4.84%) Financial Analyst
10 6 (4.84%) Senior Applications Support Analyst
10 6 (4.84%) Senior Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.23%) PyTorch
1 4 (3.23%) TensorFlow
2 2 (1.61%) .NET
3 1 (0.81%) Blazor
3 1 (0.81%) CSS
3 1 (0.81%) EDI
3 1 (0.81%) HTML
3 1 (0.81%) Kafka
3 1 (0.81%) Snowpark
3 1 (0.81%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 8 (6.45%) Enterprise Software
2 6 (4.84%) Analytical Mindset
2 6 (4.84%) Social Media
3 5 (4.03%) Low-Code
3 5 (4.03%) Management Information System
3 5 (4.03%) Pricing Data
4 3 (2.42%) Product Ownership
5 2 (1.61%) Legacy Applications
5 2 (1.61%) Replication
5 2 (1.61%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (0.81%) Algorithms
6 1 (0.81%) Cloud Native
6 1 (0.81%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (0.81%) Reinsurance
6 1 (0.81%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 8 (6.45%) Windows
2 1 (0.81%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 82 (66.13%) Business Intelligence
2 39 (31.45%) AI
3 31 (25.00%) Analytics
4 27 (21.77%) Decision-Making
5 25 (20.16%) Agile
6 24 (19.35%) Problem-Solving
7 22 (17.74%) Continuous Improvement
8 16 (12.90%) Actionable Insight
9 15 (12.10%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 14 (11.29%) Business Case
10 14 (11.29%) User Experience
10 14 (11.29%) Visualisation
11 13 (10.48%) Change Management
11 13 (10.48%) Data Analysis
11 13 (10.48%) Data Governance
12 12 (9.68%) Data Modelling
13 11 (8.87%) Data Pipeline
13 11 (8.87%) DevOps
13 11 (8.87%) Proactive Monitoring
13 11 (8.87%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 43 (34.68%) SQL
2 28 (22.58%) Python
3 7 (5.65%) VBA
4 6 (4.84%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 3 (2.42%) C#
5 3 (2.42%) T-SQL
6 2 (1.61%) ANSI SQL
6 2 (1.61%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.81%) Bash
Qualifications
1 17 (13.71%) Azure Certification
1 17 (13.71%) Degree
2 6 (4.84%) ACCA
2 6 (4.84%) CIMA
2 6 (4.84%) DBS Check
3 2 (1.61%) PMI Certification
3 2 (1.61%) PMP
4 1 (0.81%) AAT
4 1 (0.81%) DV Cleared
4 1 (0.81%) Security Cleared
4 1 (0.81%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (8.87%) Data Quality
2 8 (6.45%) QA
3 2 (1.61%) GDPR
3 2 (1.61%) PMO
4 1 (0.81%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (0.81%) SLA
System Software
1 9 (7.26%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 9 (7.26%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (6.45%) Single Sign-On
2 8 (6.45%) Terraform
Vendors
1 69 (55.65%) Microsoft
2 8 (6.45%) New Relic
2 8 (6.45%) Splunk
3 6 (4.84%) Northgate
3 6 (4.84%) SAP
4 5 (4.03%) Oracle
5 2 (1.61%) Anaplan
5 2 (1.61%) Databricks
5 2 (1.61%) Genesys
5 2 (1.61%) IFS
5 2 (1.61%) ServiceNow
5 2 (1.61%) Verint
6 1 (0.81%) Adyen
6 1 (0.81%) Alteryx
6 1 (0.81%) HubSpot
6 1 (0.81%) Informatica