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

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 53 48 35
Rank change year-on-year -5 -13 +14
Permanent jobs citing Power Platform 377 404 525
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 3.50% 4.44% 6.17%
As % of the Cloud Services category 9.09% 13.90% 15.72%
Number of salaries quoted 210 225 421
10th Percentile £36,125 £36,250 £31,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - +15.79% -5.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £69,250 £63,000
90th Percentile £78,875 £80,250 £75,625
England median annual salary £57,500 £62,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.00% +13.64% -6.78%

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 4,149 2,907 3,339
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 38.51% 31.97% 39.24%
Number of salaries quoted 1,884 1,617 2,849
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,970 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
75th Percentile £73,750 £71,250 £71,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £84,056
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -7.69%

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 14 January 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 14 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
North West -2 216 £55,000 - 82
Yorkshire -9 120 £52,500 -11.39% 50
North East +27 41 £67,500 +8.00% 32
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 38 (10.08%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.33%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (1.33%) WordPress
3 4 (1.06%) Apache Airflow
3 4 (1.06%) Apache Spark
3 4 (1.06%) CMS
4 3 (0.80%) Umbraco
5 2 (0.53%) Apache
6 1 (0.27%) Confluence
6 1 (0.27%) IIS
Applications
1 166 (44.03%) Microsoft Excel
2 20 (5.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 10 (2.65%) Microsoft Office
4 7 (1.86%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (1.06%) Chatbot
6 3 (0.80%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.53%) AutoCAD
7 2 (0.53%) Revit
Business Applications
1 19 (5.04%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (1.86%) Shopify
3 6 (1.59%) NEC Housing
4 4 (1.06%) SAP Business One
5 3 (0.80%) ResourceLink
6 2 (0.53%) Dynamics GP
7 1 (0.27%) Dynamics AX
7 1 (0.27%) Dynamics NAV
7 1 (0.27%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.27%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 168 (44.56%) Azure
2 79 (20.95%) Azure AI
3 59 (15.65%) Microsoft 365
4 50 (13.26%) Dynamics 365
5 48 (12.73%) Power Automate
6 33 (8.75%) PowerApps
7 20 (5.31%) AWS
7 20 (5.31%) Snowflake
8 19 (5.04%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 18 (4.77%) Entra ID
10 17 (4.51%) Azure Data Factory
10 17 (4.51%) Microsoft Copilot
11 16 (4.24%) OneDrive
11 16 (4.24%) SaaS
12 10 (2.65%) Cloud Computing
13 9 (2.39%) Azure Monitor
14 8 (2.12%) GCP
14 8 (2.12%) Microsoft Purview
15 7 (1.86%) Azure DevOps
16 6 (1.59%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.59%) DHCP
1 6 (1.59%) DNS
1 6 (1.59%) Firewall
1 6 (1.59%) LAN
1 6 (1.59%) WAN
2 4 (1.06%) VoIP
3 3 (0.80%) VPN
4 2 (0.53%) Intranet
5 1 (0.27%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 294 (77.98%) Power BI
2 113 (29.97%) Tableau
3 29 (7.69%) SQL Server
4 23 (6.10%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 14 (3.71%) Azure SQL Database
5 14 (3.71%) Data Warehouse
6 10 (2.65%) Data Lake
6 10 (2.65%) Power Query
7 8 (2.12%) Amazon Redshift
7 8 (2.12%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 7 (1.86%) BigQuery
8 7 (1.86%) BusinessObjects
8 7 (1.86%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 6 (1.59%) Data Vault
9 6 (1.59%) Looker
10 4 (1.06%) Crystal Reports
10 4 (1.06%) Data Mining
11 3 (0.80%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
11 3 (0.80%) Metadata
12 2 (0.53%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 6 (1.59%) GitLab
2 4 (1.06%) JIRA
3 1 (0.27%) Git
3 1 (0.27%) Selenium
General
1 185 (49.07%) Social Skills
2 103 (27.32%) Analytical Skills
3 91 (24.14%) Finance
4 22 (5.84%) Tech for Good
5 21 (5.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 20 (5.31%) Presentation Skills
7 18 (4.77%) Manufacturing
8 17 (4.51%) Public Sector
9 15 (3.98%) Organisational Skills
10 14 (3.71%) Legal
11 12 (3.18%) Law
12 11 (2.92%) Games
12 11 (2.92%) Retail
12 11 (2.92%) Telecoms
13 10 (2.65%) Banking
14 9 (2.39%) Marketing
15 6 (1.59%) Advertising
16 5 (1.33%) Billing
16 5 (1.33%) Influencing Skills
16 5 (1.33%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 161 (42.71%) Analyst
2 105 (27.85%) Data Analyst
3 75 (19.89%) Junior
3 75 (19.89%) Junior Analyst
3 75 (19.89%) Junior Data Analyst
4 53 (14.06%) Senior
5 34 (9.02%) Developer
6 20 (5.31%) Architect
7 19 (5.04%) Application Development Manager
7 19 (5.04%) Applications Development Manager
7 19 (5.04%) Applications Manager
7 19 (5.04%) Development Manager
8 18 (4.77%) Lead
9 15 (3.98%) Data Engineer
9 15 (3.98%) Platform Engineer
9 15 (3.98%) Senior Analyst
10 12 (3.18%) Support Officer
11 11 (2.92%) Consultant
12 10 (2.65%) Power Platform Developer
12 10 (2.65%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (5.31%) .NET
2 9 (2.39%) HTML
3 5 (1.33%) REST
4 4 (1.06%) CSS
4 4 (1.06%) XML
5 3 (0.80%) ASP.NET
5 3 (0.80%) JSON
5 3 (0.80%) PyTorch
5 3 (0.80%) Razor View Engine
5 3 (0.80%) Snowpark
5 3 (0.80%) TensorFlow
6 2 (0.53%) .NET Core
6 2 (0.53%) .NET Framework
6 2 (0.53%) ASP.NET Core
6 2 (0.53%) Blazor
6 2 (0.53%) Middleware
7 1 (0.27%) Ajax
7 1 (0.27%) CSS3
7 1 (0.27%) HTML5
7 1 (0.27%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 19 (5.04%) Analytical Mindset
2 14 (3.71%) Data Structures
2 14 (3.71%) Management Information System
3 13 (3.45%) Product Ownership
4 11 (2.92%) Enterprise Software
4 11 (2.92%) Low-Code
5 9 (2.39%) Social Media
6 8 (2.12%) Onboarding
7 7 (1.86%) Legacy Systems
8 6 (1.59%) AI Agents
8 6 (1.59%) Self-Motivation
9 5 (1.33%) Video Conferencing
10 4 (1.06%) Cloud Native
10 4 (1.06%) FMCG
11 3 (0.80%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 3 (0.80%) Hybrid Cloud
12 2 (0.53%) Data Centre
12 2 (0.53%) Data Protection Act
12 2 (0.53%) Driving Licence
12 2 (0.53%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 21 (5.57%) Windows
2 6 (1.59%) Mac OS
2 6 (1.59%) Windows 10
3 2 (0.53%) Linux
3 2 (0.53%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 288 (76.39%) Business Intelligence
2 127 (33.69%) AI
3 78 (20.69%) Decision-Making
4 70 (18.57%) Problem-Solving
5 60 (15.92%) Analytics
6 59 (15.65%) Continuous Improvement
7 50 (13.26%) Agile
8 48 (12.73%) Actionable Insight
9 43 (11.41%) Data Analysis
10 42 (11.14%) Visualisation
11 40 (10.61%) Stakeholder Management
12 36 (9.55%) Data Modelling
13 35 (9.28%) Process Improvement
14 34 (9.02%) Data Governance
15 33 (8.75%) Project Management
16 31 (8.22%) CRM
17 28 (7.43%) Change Management
17 28 (7.43%) WFM
18 27 (7.16%) Data-Driven Decision Making
18 27 (7.16%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 182 (48.28%) SQL
2 112 (29.71%) Python
3 19 (5.04%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 15 (3.98%) PowerShell
5 13 (3.45%) C#
6 12 (3.18%) VBA
7 6 (1.59%) ANSI SQL
8 5 (1.33%) Bash
8 5 (1.33%) JavaScript
9 4 (1.06%) T-SQL
10 3 (0.80%) R
11 2 (0.53%) Bicep
11 2 (0.53%) Java
12 1 (0.27%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 75 (19.89%) Azure Certification
2 57 (15.12%) Degree
3 15 (3.98%) DBS Check
4 10 (2.65%) PMI Certification
4 10 (2.65%) PMP
5 8 (2.12%) ACCA
5 8 (2.12%) CIMA
6 7 (1.86%) Master's Degree
7 6 (1.59%) Security Cleared
8 5 (1.33%) A+ Certification
8 5 (1.33%) Six Sigma Green Belt
9 4 (1.06%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (1.06%) SC Cleared
10 3 (0.80%) CIPD
11 2 (0.53%) Chartered Engineer
12 1 (0.27%) AAT
12 1 (0.27%) BPSS Clearance
12 1 (0.27%) DV Cleared
12 1 (0.27%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 1 (0.27%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (6.90%) Data Quality
2 24 (6.37%) Accessibility
3 23 (6.10%) QA
4 12 (3.18%) GDPR
5 9 (2.39%) PMO
6 8 (2.12%) Cyber Essentials
7 5 (1.33%) Actionable Recommendations
7 5 (1.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 3 (0.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 3 (0.80%) SLA
9 2 (0.53%) ISO 9001
9 2 (0.53%) WCAG
10 1 (0.27%) Disclosure Scotland
10 1 (0.27%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 12 (3.18%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.53%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 21 (5.57%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (2.65%) Single Sign-On
3 8 (2.12%) Terraform
4 1 (0.27%) Grafana
4 1 (0.27%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 205 (54.38%) Microsoft
2 14 (3.71%) ServiceNow
3 10 (2.65%) Anaplan
4 9 (2.39%) Genesys
4 9 (2.39%) Verint
5 8 (2.12%) HubSpot
5 8 (2.12%) New Relic
5 8 (2.12%) Splunk
6 7 (1.86%) Google
6 7 (1.86%) Northgate
6 7 (1.86%) Oracle
6 7 (1.86%) SAP
7 4 (1.06%) Facebook
8 3 (0.80%) Concur
8 3 (0.80%) Databricks
8 3 (0.80%) Openreach
8 3 (0.80%) Sparx
8 3 (0.80%) UiPath
9 2 (0.53%) Alteryx
9 2 (0.53%) MuleSoft