Power Platform Job Trends in Preston

Microsoft Power Platform
Lancashire > Preston

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Preston 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 7 14 14
Rank change year-on-year +7 0 +22
Permanent jobs citing Power Platform 14 16 5
As % of all permanent jobs in Preston 14.89% 11.51% 4.90%
As % of the Cloud Services category 53.85% 48.48% 19.23%
Number of salaries quoted 6 0 3
10th Percentile £25,813 - £30,400
25th Percentile £31,125 - £31,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 - £32,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -28.89%
75th Percentile £42,500 - £41,625
90th Percentile - - £47,400
Lancashire median annual salary £26,125 £55,000 £40,750
% change year-on-year -52.50% +34.97% +1.88%

All Cloud Computing Skills
Preston

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 Preston.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 26 33 26
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Preston 27.66% 23.74% 25.49%
Number of salaries quoted 13 16 21
10th Percentile £30,700 £32,375 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £57,688 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £66,250 £46,000
Median % change year-on-year -39.62% +44.02% +2.22%
75th Percentile £60,000 £73,625 £47,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £97,500 £57,500
Lancashire median annual salary £40,000 £52,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year -23.81% +23.53% -

Power Platform
Job Vacancy Trend in Preston

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

Power Platform job vacancy trend in Preston

Power Platform
Salary Trend in Preston

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Preston citing Power Platform.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Preston citing Power Platform

Power Platform
Salary Histogram in Preston

Salary distribution for jobs citing Power Platform in Preston over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Power Platform in Preston

Power Platform
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Preston 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:

Applications
1 8 (57.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (7.14%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 5 (35.71%) Azure
1 5 (35.71%) Azure AI
2 3 (21.43%) AWS
2 3 (21.43%) Snowflake
3 1 (7.14%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.14%) DHCP
1 1 (7.14%) DNS
1 1 (7.14%) Firewall
1 1 (7.14%) LAN
1 1 (7.14%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (100.00%) Power BI
2 5 (35.71%) Tableau
General
1 9 (64.29%) Social Skills
2 4 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (21.43%) Finance
Job Titles
1 9 (64.29%) Analyst
1 9 (64.29%) Data Analyst
2 5 (35.71%) Junior
2 5 (35.71%) Junior Analyst
2 5 (35.71%) Junior Data Analyst
3 1 (7.14%) 1st Line Support
3 1 (7.14%) Applications Support
3 1 (7.14%) IT Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (21.43%) .NET
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.14%) Mac OS
1 1 (7.14%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
2 5 (35.71%) AI
3 4 (28.57%) Business Strategy
3 4 (28.57%) Data Governance
3 4 (28.57%) Data Management
3 4 (28.57%) Data Security
3 4 (28.57%) Decision-Making
3 4 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (28.57%) Translating Business Requirements
4 3 (21.43%) CRM
4 3 (21.43%) Migration
5 1 (7.14%) Configuration Management
5 1 (7.14%) Customer Service
5 1 (7.14%) Disaster Recovery
5 1 (7.14%) ITIL
5 1 (7.14%) ITSM
5 1 (7.14%) Kanban
5 1 (7.14%) Product Management
5 1 (7.14%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (7.14%) Technology Strategy
Programming Languages
1 12 (85.71%) SQL
2 5 (35.71%) Python
3 1 (7.14%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 5 (35.71%) Azure Certification
2 1 (7.14%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.14%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (7.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
Systems Management
1 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (7.14%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 6 (42.86%) Microsoft
2 1 (7.14%) ServiceNow