Power Platform Jobs in the North West

Microsoft Power Platform
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West requiring Power Platform skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Power Platform over the 6 months leading up to 14 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 126 42 72
Rank change year-on-year -84 +30 +18
Permanent jobs citing Power Platform 236 488 355
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 2.96% 4.96% 4.51%
As % of the Cloud Services category 15.85% 14.55% 10.69%
Number of salaries quoted 134 435 232
10th Percentile £37,800 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £37,500 £36,270
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £47,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +21.05% - -
75th Percentile £70,000 £62,500 £56,250
90th Percentile £82,500 £84,964 £71,250
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% +4.55%

All Cloud Skills
North West

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 West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 1,489 3,355 3,322
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 18.65% 34.08% 42.25%
Number of salaries quoted 890 2,648 1,927
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - -
75th Percentile £77,000 £70,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £93,778 £85,000 £85,000
England median annual salary £61,000 £57,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +6.09% -11.54% +4.00%

Power Platform
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing Power Platform as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for Power Platform in the North West

Power Platform
Salary Trend in the North West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Power Platform in the North West.

Salary trend for Power Platform in the North West

Power Platform
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Power Platform in the North West over the 6 months to 14 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Power Platform in the North West

Power Platform
Job Locations in the North West

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 West region over the 6 months to 14 May 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
Manchester -11 157 £60,000 +20.00% 143
Lancashire -67 40 £47,683 -13.30% 68
Merseyside 0 21 £53,750 +19.44% 30
Cheshire -27 18 £53,750 +34.38% 43
Power Platform
England

Power Platform
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 24 (10.17%) SharePoint
2 6 (2.54%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.85%) Apache
3 2 (0.85%) Apache Spark
3 2 (0.85%) nginx
4 1 (0.42%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.42%) SharePoint Server
4 1 (0.42%) WordPress
Applications
1 60 (25.42%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (5.51%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (5.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.42%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.42%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 9 (3.81%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (1.69%) Infor LN
3 3 (1.27%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.42%) iTrent
4 1 (0.42%) NEC Housing
4 1 (0.42%) Orchard Housing
4 1 (0.42%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 65 (27.54%) Azure
2 28 (11.86%) Dynamics 365
3 18 (7.63%) AWS
3 18 (7.63%) PowerApps
4 17 (7.20%) Power Automate
5 12 (5.08%) Microsoft 365
6 10 (4.24%) Azure DevOps
7 9 (3.81%) Azure Data Factory
7 9 (3.81%) Azure Logic Apps
7 9 (3.81%) Entra ID
8 8 (3.39%) Microsoft Copilot
9 7 (2.97%) Snowflake
10 6 (2.54%) SaaS
11 5 (2.12%) Azure Service Bus
12 4 (1.69%) Azure Functions
12 4 (1.69%) GCP
12 4 (1.69%) Serverless
13 3 (1.27%) Copilot Studio
14 2 (0.85%) Azure AI
14 2 (0.85%) Azure API Management
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.27%) DNS
1 3 (1.27%) Firewall
1 3 (1.27%) VPN
1 3 (1.27%) WAN
2 2 (0.85%) Internet
2 2 (0.85%) Reverse Proxy
2 2 (0.85%) SD-WAN
3 1 (0.42%) ADSL
3 1 (0.42%) LAN
3 1 (0.42%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.42%) VLAN
3 1 (0.42%) VoIP
3 1 (0.42%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 192 (81.36%) Power BI
2 25 (10.59%) Tableau
3 17 (7.20%) SQL Server
4 12 (5.08%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 11 (4.66%) Data Warehouse
6 7 (2.97%) Data Lake
7 5 (2.12%) Power Query
7 5 (2.12%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 5 (2.12%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 4 (1.69%) Azure SQL Database
8 4 (1.69%) Big Data
8 4 (1.69%) BusinessObjects
9 3 (1.27%) Data Hub
9 3 (1.27%) Metadata
9 3 (1.27%) MySQL
9 3 (1.27%) SQL CLR
10 2 (0.85%) Hadoop
10 2 (0.85%) PostgreSQL
11 1 (0.42%) MongoDB
11 1 (0.42%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 7 (2.97%) Git
2 2 (0.85%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 1 (0.42%) MLflow
3 1 (0.42%) Visual Studio
General
1 136 (57.63%) Social Skills
2 83 (35.17%) Finance
3 58 (24.58%) Organisational Skills
4 56 (23.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 42 (17.80%) Analytical Skills
6 22 (9.32%) Presentation Skills
7 14 (5.93%) Law
7 14 (5.93%) Retail
8 6 (2.54%) Manufacturing
9 5 (2.12%) Automotive
9 5 (2.12%) Legal
9 5 (2.12%) Marketing
10 3 (1.27%) Advertising
10 3 (1.27%) Back Office
10 3 (1.27%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (1.27%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (0.85%) Telecoms
12 1 (0.42%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.42%) Electronics
12 1 (0.42%) Games
Job Titles
1 117 (49.58%) Analyst
2 52 (22.03%) Digital Analyst
3 40 (16.95%) Data Analyst
4 31 (13.14%) Senior
5 30 (12.71%) Developer
6 26 (11.02%) Procurement Analyst
7 25 (10.59%) Graduate
7 25 (10.59%) Graduate Analyst
8 14 (5.93%) Architect
8 14 (5.93%) Consultant
9 12 (5.08%) Data Engineer
10 11 (4.66%) Financial Analyst
11 10 (4.24%) Platform Specialist
11 10 (4.24%) Power Platform Specialist
12 8 (3.39%) Senior Analyst
13 7 (2.97%) Lead
13 7 (2.97%) Power Platform Consultant
13 7 (2.97%) Power Platform Developer
13 7 (2.97%) Report Analyst
13 7 (2.97%) Senior Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (4.66%) .NET
2 7 (2.97%) REST
3 5 (2.12%) CSS
3 5 (2.12%) HTML
4 4 (1.69%) ASP.NET Web API
5 3 (1.27%) .NET Framework
5 3 (1.27%) ASP.NET
5 3 (1.27%) Entity Framework
5 3 (1.27%) JSON
6 2 (0.85%) Apache NiFi
7 1 (0.42%) HTML5 Canvas
7 1 (0.42%) Kafka
7 1 (0.42%) Laravel
7 1 (0.42%) Node.js
7 1 (0.42%) PySpark
7 1 (0.42%) React
7 1 (0.42%) RESTful
7 1 (0.42%) SOAP
7 1 (0.42%) SPFx
7 1 (0.42%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 34 (14.41%) Management Information System
2 15 (6.36%) Social Media
3 9 (3.81%) Analytical Mindset
4 5 (2.12%) Legacy Systems
5 3 (1.27%) Cloud Native
5 3 (1.27%) Private Cloud
5 3 (1.27%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (0.85%) Data Centre
6 2 (0.85%) Data Structures
6 2 (0.85%) Hybrid Cloud
6 2 (0.85%) Life Science
6 2 (0.85%) Low-Code
6 2 (0.85%) NHS
6 2 (0.85%) Product Ownership
7 1 (0.42%) Blog
7 1 (0.42%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (0.42%) FMCG
7 1 (0.42%) Housing Association
7 1 (0.42%) Legacy Applications
7 1 (0.42%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 11 (4.66%) Windows
2 10 (4.24%) Windows Vista
3 1 (0.42%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 155 (65.68%) Business Intelligence
2 122 (51.69%) Analytics
3 89 (37.71%) Data Analytics
4 83 (35.17%) Agile
5 65 (27.54%) Artificial Intelligence
6 61 (25.85%) Visualisation
7 60 (25.42%) Project Delivery
8 56 (23.73%) Time Management
9 54 (22.88%) Technology Transformation
10 52 (22.03%) Digital Strategy
11 42 (17.80%) Data Analysis
12 40 (16.95%) Data Management
13 35 (14.83%) Problem-Solving
13 35 (14.83%) Process Improvement
14 34 (14.41%) ERP
15 32 (13.56%) Decision-Making
16 26 (11.02%) Economics
16 26 (11.02%) Indirect Procurement
16 26 (11.02%) Source to Pay
17 25 (10.59%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 64 (27.12%) SQL
2 22 (9.32%) Python
3 14 (5.93%) T-SQL
4 9 (3.81%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 8 (3.39%) C#
5 8 (3.39%) PowerShell
6 5 (2.12%) JavaScript
6 5 (2.12%) R
7 3 (1.27%) Java
8 2 (0.85%) Bicep
8 2 (0.85%) TypeScript
8 2 (0.85%) VBA
9 1 (0.42%) Bash
9 1 (0.42%) PHP
Qualifications
1 109 (46.19%) Degree
2 27 (11.44%) DBS Check
3 18 (7.63%) ACCA
3 18 (7.63%) CIMA
4 12 (5.08%) Security Cleared
5 6 (2.54%) AAT
6 5 (2.12%) BPSS Clearance
6 5 (2.12%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (2.12%) Master's Degree
6 5 (2.12%) Microsoft Certification
6 5 (2.12%) SC Cleared
7 4 (1.69%) Azure Certification
7 4 (1.69%) ICAEW
8 3 (1.27%) AWS Certification
8 3 (1.27%) PhD
9 2 (0.85%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 1 (0.42%) DV Cleared
10 1 (0.42%) SnowPro
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (19.92%) Data Quality
2 7 (2.97%) QA
3 5 (2.12%) IFRS
4 3 (1.27%) Accessibility
4 3 (1.27%) GDPR
5 2 (0.85%) SLA
6 1 (0.42%) GRC
6 1 (0.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.42%) SOC 2
System Software
1 6 (2.54%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.27%) Virtual Machines
2 3 (1.27%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.42%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (1.27%) Failover Clustering
2 2 (0.85%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (0.85%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.42%) Istio
3 1 (0.42%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.42%) SCCM
3 1 (0.42%) Terraform
Vendors
1 82 (34.75%) Microsoft
2 59 (25.00%) Alteryx
3 35 (14.83%) SAP
4 10 (4.24%) Databricks
5 8 (3.39%) Informatica
6 4 (1.69%) Cognos
6 4 (1.69%) Hyperion
6 4 (1.69%) Infor
6 4 (1.69%) Salesforce
7 3 (1.27%) VMware
8 2 (0.85%) Apple
8 2 (0.85%) Facebook
8 2 (0.85%) Hitachi
8 2 (0.85%) IBM
8 2 (0.85%) Meraki
8 2 (0.85%) Talend
9 1 (0.42%) Blue Prism
9 1 (0.42%) ConnectWise
9 1 (0.42%) HubSpot
9 1 (0.42%) UiPath