Power Platform Job Trends in the North of England

Microsoft Power Platform
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring Power Platform skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 40 67 34
Rank change year-on-year +27 -33 +19
Permanent jobs citing Power Platform 727 336 852
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 3.94% 4.53% 5.06%
As % of the Cloud Services category 12.50% 13.50% 14.35%
Number of salaries quoted 337 220 740
10th Percentile £34,000 £36,250 £31,579
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,375 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +15.79% -
75th Percentile £68,666 £70,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £83,650 £84,964
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -4.35%

All Cloud Computing Skills
North of England

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 of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 5,818 2,488 5,936
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 31.56% 33.52% 35.28%
Number of salaries quoted 2,857 1,696 4,973
10th Percentile £28,250 £30,000 £28,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £39,875 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,239 £55,021 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.03% +4.80% -4.55%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £69,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £82,548
England median annual salary £62,500 £61,644 £57,500
% change year-on-year +1.39% +7.21% -11.54%

Power Platform
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Power Platform job vacancy trend in the North of England

Power Platform
Salary Trend in the North of England

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Power Platform

Power Platform
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Power Platform in the North of England over the 6 months to 9 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Power Platform in the North of England

Power Platform
Job Locations in the North of England

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 of England region over the 6 months to 9 May 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
Yorkshire +38 332 £47,500 -3.06% 60
North West +14 322 £50,000 -13.04% 108
North East +2 73 £52,500 -12.50% 20
Power Platform
England

Power Platform
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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 66 (9.08%) SharePoint
2 32 (4.40%) Microsoft Exchange
3 11 (1.51%) Apache Airflow
4 8 (1.10%) Apache Spark
4 8 (1.10%) Confluence
5 4 (0.55%) Apache
6 2 (0.28%) ArcGIS
6 2 (0.28%) CMS
6 2 (0.28%) Umbraco
7 1 (0.14%) IIS
7 1 (0.14%) WordPress
Applications
1 420 (57.77%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (1.79%) MS Visio
3 9 (1.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.55%) Microsoft Office
5 2 (0.28%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 21 (2.89%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.83%) NEC Housing
3 5 (0.69%) SAP PM
4 4 (0.55%) Dynamics AX
4 4 (0.55%) IBM Planning Analytics
5 3 (0.41%) Magento
5 3 (0.41%) Sage 200
6 2 (0.28%) Dynamics NAV
7 1 (0.14%) Oracle SCM
7 1 (0.14%) Primavera
7 1 (0.14%) ResourceLink
7 1 (0.14%) SAP Business One
7 1 (0.14%) Shopify
7 1 (0.14%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 446 (61.35%) Azure
2 318 (43.74%) Azure AI
3 89 (12.24%) Microsoft 365
4 82 (11.28%) PowerApps
5 77 (10.59%) Power Automate
6 72 (9.90%) Dynamics 365
7 28 (3.85%) Microsoft Copilot
8 27 (3.71%) Entra ID
9 26 (3.58%) Azure DevOps
10 24 (3.30%) AWS
11 20 (2.75%) Microsoft Purview
12 19 (2.61%) GCP
13 18 (2.48%) Snowflake
14 17 (2.34%) Azure Logic Apps
14 17 (2.34%) Boomi
15 16 (2.20%) Azure Data Factory
16 14 (1.93%) GitHub
17 13 (1.79%) OneDrive
17 13 (1.79%) SaaS
18 12 (1.65%) Copilot Studio
Communications & Networking
1 8 (1.10%) DHCP
1 8 (1.10%) DNS
2 7 (0.96%) Firewall
3 4 (0.55%) VPN
4 3 (0.41%) LAN
4 3 (0.41%) WAN
5 2 (0.28%) Broadband
5 2 (0.28%) Internet
5 2 (0.28%) Intranet
5 2 (0.28%) LTE
5 2 (0.28%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (0.28%) Wireless
6 1 (0.14%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 619 (85.14%) Power BI
2 351 (48.28%) Tableau
3 36 (4.95%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 31 (4.26%) Data Warehouse
5 29 (3.99%) Power Query
6 28 (3.85%) SQL Server
7 14 (1.93%) Data Lake
8 13 (1.79%) BigQuery
8 13 (1.79%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 10 (1.38%) Looker
10 9 (1.24%) PostgreSQL
11 8 (1.10%) Metadata
11 8 (1.10%) PowerPivot
12 6 (0.83%) Data Vault
13 5 (0.69%) Amazon Redshift
13 5 (0.69%) Star Schema
14 4 (0.55%) Azure SQL Database
14 4 (0.55%) MySQL
14 4 (0.55%) Semantic Layer
15 3 (0.41%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 26 (3.58%) JIRA
2 10 (1.38%) Git
3 4 (0.55%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 2 (0.28%) GitLab
4 2 (0.28%) Oracle Forms
4 2 (0.28%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.14%) MLflow
5 1 (0.14%) NUnit
5 1 (0.14%) Postman
General
1 463 (63.69%) Social Skills
2 121 (16.64%) Analytical Skills
3 72 (9.90%) Finance
4 42 (5.78%) Retail
5 37 (5.09%) Public Sector
6 36 (4.95%) Law
7 29 (3.99%) Legal
8 22 (3.03%) Marketing
9 20 (2.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 18 (2.48%) Presentation Skills
10 18 (2.48%) Telecoms
11 16 (2.20%) Advertising
12 15 (2.06%) Military
13 14 (1.93%) Manufacturing
14 12 (1.65%) Organisational Skills
15 11 (1.51%) Influencing Skills
16 10 (1.38%) Tech for Good
17 9 (1.24%) Games
18 8 (1.10%) Documentation Skills
19 7 (0.96%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 444 (61.07%) Analyst
2 356 (48.97%) Data Analyst
3 317 (43.60%) Junior
4 316 (43.47%) Junior Analyst
4 316 (43.47%) Junior Data Analyst
5 80 (11.00%) Senior
6 63 (8.67%) Developer
7 33 (4.54%) Architect
8 32 (4.40%) Business Analyst
9 26 (3.58%) Lead
10 25 (3.44%) Senior Analyst
11 20 (2.75%) Senior Manager
11 20 (2.75%) Support Analyst
12 19 (2.61%) Data Engineer
13 18 (2.48%) Consultant
14 17 (2.34%) Data Manager
14 17 (2.34%) Senior Developer
15 16 (2.20%) Business Intelligence Analyst
16 15 (2.06%) Power Platform Developer
17 14 (1.93%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (3.30%) REST
2 22 (3.03%) .NET
3 18 (2.48%) Middleware
4 17 (2.34%) EDI
5 15 (2.06%) JSON
6 13 (1.79%) SOAP
6 13 (1.79%) XML
7 7 (0.96%) CSS
8 6 (0.83%) HTML
8 6 (0.83%) HTML5 Canvas
8 6 (0.83%) PySpark
9 5 (0.69%) .NET Core
9 5 (0.69%) PyTorch
9 5 (0.69%) TensorFlow
10 4 (0.55%) .NET Framework
10 4 (0.55%) React
10 4 (0.55%) Web Services
11 3 (0.41%) AngularJS
11 3 (0.41%) Node.js
11 3 (0.41%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 27 (3.71%) Low-Code
2 25 (3.44%) Management Information System
3 18 (2.48%) Legacy Systems
4 15 (2.06%) Product Ownership
5 14 (1.93%) Hybrid Cloud
5 14 (1.93%) Legacy Applications
6 13 (1.79%) Enterprise Cloud
7 9 (1.24%) Enterprise Software
8 7 (0.96%) Pricing Data
9 6 (0.83%) Data Structures
10 5 (0.69%) Self-Motivation
11 4 (0.55%) Analytical Mindset
12 3 (0.41%) Cloud Native
12 3 (0.41%) Cyber Security Posture
12 3 (0.41%) Greenfield Project
13 2 (0.28%) AI Agents
13 2 (0.28%) Cyberattack
13 2 (0.28%) Life Science
13 2 (0.28%) Onboarding
13 2 (0.28%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 10 (1.38%) Windows
2 3 (0.41%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.14%) Android
3 1 (0.14%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.14%) Windows 10
3 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2016
3 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 587 (80.74%) Business Intelligence
2 375 (51.58%) AI
3 119 (16.37%) Analytics
4 115 (15.82%) Problem-Solving
5 95 (13.07%) Continuous Improvement
6 91 (12.52%) Decision-Making
7 65 (8.94%) Agile
8 58 (7.98%) Data Modelling
9 56 (7.70%) Stakeholder Management
10 54 (7.43%) Data Governance
11 52 (7.15%) DevOps
11 52 (7.15%) ERP
12 50 (6.88%) Data Analysis
12 50 (6.88%) Project Management
13 49 (6.74%) Mentoring
13 49 (6.74%) Visualisation
14 45 (6.19%) Actionable Insight
14 45 (6.19%) CRM
15 43 (5.91%) Translating Business Requirements
16 42 (5.78%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 473 (65.06%) SQL
2 359 (49.38%) Python
3 30 (4.13%) C#
4 22 (3.03%) VBA
5 19 (2.61%) JavaScript
6 18 (2.48%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 12 (1.65%) T-SQL
8 8 (1.10%) Java
9 5 (0.69%) TypeScript
10 4 (0.55%) PowerShell
11 3 (0.41%) R
12 2 (0.28%) ANSI SQL
12 2 (0.28%) Bash
12 2 (0.28%) Bicep
12 2 (0.28%) Kusto Query Language
13 1 (0.14%) C
13 1 (0.14%) PL/SQL
13 1 (0.14%) Shell Script
13 1 (0.14%) VB
Qualifications
1 321 (44.15%) Azure Certification
2 54 (7.43%) Degree
3 14 (1.93%) PMI Certification
3 14 (1.93%) PMP
4 9 (1.24%) DBS Check
5 7 (0.96%) Security Cleared
6 5 (0.69%) ISEB
6 5 (0.69%) Microsoft Certification
6 5 (0.69%) SC Cleared
7 3 (0.41%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (0.41%) ITIL Certification
8 2 (0.28%) ACCA
8 2 (0.28%) CIMA
8 2 (0.28%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.14%) CCNA
9 1 (0.14%) CIPD
9 1 (0.14%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.14%) CISM
9 1 (0.14%) CISSP
9 1 (0.14%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 52 (7.15%) Data Quality
2 29 (3.99%) QA
3 22 (3.03%) GDPR
4 17 (2.34%) TickIT
5 13 (1.79%) Accessibility
6 8 (1.10%) PMO
7 5 (0.69%) SLA
8 4 (0.55%) Actionable Recommendations
8 4 (0.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 3 (0.41%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 3 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (0.28%) WCAG
11 1 (0.14%) GxP
11 1 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 28 (3.85%) Active Directory
2 4 (0.55%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 16 (2.20%) Microsoft Intune
2 11 (1.51%) Terraform
3 8 (1.10%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 500 (68.78%) Microsoft
2 15 (2.06%) Databricks
3 12 (1.65%) ServiceNow
4 11 (1.51%) Google
4 11 (1.51%) Oracle
4 11 (1.51%) SAP
5 10 (1.38%) Intapp
6 9 (1.24%) Aderant
6 9 (1.24%) Anaplan
6 9 (1.24%) Genesys
6 9 (1.24%) iManage
6 9 (1.24%) Splunk
6 9 (1.24%) Verint
7 8 (1.10%) New Relic
8 7 (0.96%) Salesforce
9 6 (0.83%) Alteryx
9 6 (0.83%) Northgate
10 5 (0.69%) HubSpot
11 4 (0.55%) Sage
11 4 (0.55%) VMware