Power Platform Job Trends in the North East

Microsoft Power Platform
England > North East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North East requiring Power Platform skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 42 61 32
Rank change year-on-year +19 -29 +1
Permanent jobs citing Power Platform 41 28 35
As % of all permanent jobs in the North East 4.00% 2.86% 5.75%
As % of the Cloud Services category 15.07% 9.15% 14.77%
Number of salaries quoted 17 17 26
10th Percentile £40,000 £25,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,500 £46,250 £33,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +38.89% -10.00%
75th Percentile £73,750 £67,500 £50,938
90th Percentile £81,250 £89,100 £56,250
England median annual salary £57,500 £61,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -6.50% +6.96% -1.94%

All Cloud Computing Skills
North East

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 the North East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 272 306 237
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North East 26.51% 31.29% 38.92%
Number of salaries quoted 199 166 203
10th Percentile £28,250 £34,250 £30,100
25th Percentile £35,000 £42,313 £36,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £68,750 £73,802 £64,375
90th Percentile £81,250 £88,750 £75,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% -3.85%

Power Platform
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Power Platform relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the North East.

Power Platform job vacancy trend in the North East

Power Platform
Salary Trend in the North East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Power Platform.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Power Platform

Power Platform
Salary Histogram in the North East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Power Platform in the North East over the 6 months to 2 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Power Platform in the North East

Power Platform
Job Locations in the North East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Power Platform within the North East region over the 6 months to 2 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
Tyne and Wear +16 35 £55,000 -12.00% 16
Durham +8 6 - - 1
Power Platform
England

Power Platform
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North East 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 4 (9.76%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.44%) CMS
Applications
1 21 (51.22%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (4.88%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (4.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (2.44%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (4.88%) Dynamics GP
2 1 (2.44%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 28 (68.29%) Azure
2 12 (29.27%) Azure AI
3 9 (21.95%) Microsoft 365
4 5 (12.20%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 5 (12.20%) IaaS
4 5 (12.20%) SaaS
5 4 (9.76%) Azure Data Factory
5 4 (9.76%) Microsoft Copilot
6 3 (7.32%) Azure Stack
6 3 (7.32%) PaaS
7 2 (4.88%) Entra ID
8 1 (2.44%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (2.44%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (2.44%) Google Analytics
8 1 (2.44%) Power Automate
8 1 (2.44%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.88%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (68.29%) Power BI
2 14 (34.15%) Tableau
3 5 (12.20%) SQL Server
4 4 (9.76%) Azure SQL Database
4 4 (9.76%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 2 (4.88%) Data Lake
5 2 (4.88%) Power Query
6 1 (2.44%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 1 (2.44%) JIRA
General
1 20 (48.78%) Social Skills
2 13 (31.71%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (14.63%) Finance
3 6 (14.63%) Presentation Skills
4 5 (12.20%) Legal
5 4 (9.76%) Games
5 4 (9.76%) Law
6 2 (4.88%) Advertising
6 2 (4.88%) Billing
6 2 (4.88%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (4.88%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (2.44%) Manufacturing
7 1 (2.44%) Public Sector
7 1 (2.44%) Retail
Job Titles
1 21 (51.22%) Analyst
2 12 (29.27%) Data Analyst
3 10 (24.39%) Junior
3 10 (24.39%) Junior Analyst
3 10 (24.39%) Junior Data Analyst
4 9 (21.95%) Architect
5 7 (17.07%) Senior
6 4 (9.76%) Azure Architect
6 4 (9.76%) Senior Architect
6 4 (9.76%) Senior Manager
7 3 (7.32%) Data Analytics Analyst
7 3 (7.32%) Support Analyst
8 2 (4.88%) Business Analyst
8 2 (4.88%) Business Manager
8 2 (4.88%) Cloud Architect
8 2 (4.88%) Commercial Analyst
8 2 (4.88%) Insight Manager
8 2 (4.88%) Lead
8 2 (4.88%) Senior Analyst
8 2 (4.88%) Trainer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.44%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 4 (9.76%) Analytical Mindset
2 3 (7.32%) Enterprise Software
2 3 (7.32%) Product Ownership
3 2 (4.88%) Cloud Native
3 2 (4.88%) Data Centre
3 2 (4.88%) Driving Licence
3 2 (4.88%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (4.88%) Reinsurance
3 2 (4.88%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (2.44%) Data Structures
4 1 (2.44%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (68.29%) Business Intelligence
2 19 (46.34%) AI
3 12 (29.27%) Analytics
3 12 (29.27%) Decision-Making
4 11 (26.83%) Continuous Improvement
5 9 (21.95%) Actionable Insight
5 9 (21.95%) Problem-Solving
6 8 (19.51%) WFM
7 7 (17.07%) Stakeholder Management
8 6 (14.63%) Migration
8 6 (14.63%) Six Sigma
8 6 (14.63%) Strategic Thinking
8 6 (14.63%) Time Management
9 5 (12.20%) Data Modelling
9 5 (12.20%) Data-Driven Decision Making
9 5 (12.20%) Process Improvement
9 5 (12.20%) Translating Business Requirements
10 4 (9.76%) Agile
10 4 (9.76%) Data Analysis
10 4 (9.76%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 21 (51.22%) SQL
2 11 (26.83%) Python
3 4 (9.76%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 2 (4.88%) Bicep
5 1 (2.44%) C#
5 1 (2.44%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 10 (24.39%) Azure Certification
2 9 (21.95%) Degree
3 5 (12.20%) PMI Certification
3 5 (12.20%) PMP
4 2 (4.88%) Six Sigma Green Belt
5 1 (2.44%) CISSP
5 1 (2.44%) ISEB
5 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.88%) Actionable Recommendations
1 2 (4.88%) Data Quality
1 2 (4.88%) ISO 9001
2 1 (2.44%) GDPR
Vendors
1 22 (53.66%) Microsoft
2 5 (12.20%) ServiceNow
3 4 (9.76%) Anaplan
3 4 (9.76%) Genesys
3 4 (9.76%) Verint
4 1 (2.44%) Atlassian
4 1 (2.44%) Google