Power Platform Job Trends in Reading

Microsoft Power Platform
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Reading requiring Power Platform skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 31 47 53
Rank change year-on-year +16 +6 +5
Permanent jobs citing Power Platform 64 20 51
As % of all permanent jobs in Reading 4.14% 3.64% 3.56%
As % of the Cloud Services category 16.20% 10.93% 15.00%
Number of salaries quoted 49 18 18
10th Percentile £46,950 £58,750 £39,550
25th Percentile £65,000 £59,563 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £69,840 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.23% +47.03% -15.14%
75th Percentile £80,000 - £63,609
90th Percentile - £71,763 £65,069
Berkshire median annual salary £60,000 £67,420 £50,000
% change year-on-year -11.01% +34.84% -16.67%

All Cloud Computing Skills
Reading

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 Reading.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 395 183 340
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 25.55% 33.27% 23.73%
Number of salaries quoted 292 110 191
10th Percentile £41,250 £29,000 £27,750
25th Percentile £50,000 £41,563 £40,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £64,250 £57,525
Median % change year-on-year +8.95% +11.69% -11.50%
75th Percentile £90,000 £83,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £91,250 £86,000
Berkshire median annual salary £62,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +13.64% - -8.33%

Power Platform
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Power Platform job vacancy trend in Reading

Power Platform
Salary Trend in Reading

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Power Platform.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Power Platform

Power Platform
Salary Histogram in Reading

Salary distribution for jobs citing Power Platform in Reading over the 6 months to 29 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Power Platform in Reading

Power Platform
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Reading 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 13 (20.31%) SharePoint
Applications
1 19 (29.69%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 19 (29.69%) Microsoft 365
2 13 (20.31%) Azure
3 12 (18.75%) Azure AI
4 5 (7.81%) Power Automate
5 3 (4.69%) Microsoft Copilot
5 3 (4.69%) Microsoft Purview
5 3 (4.69%) PowerApps
5 3 (4.69%) WeChat
6 2 (3.13%) Anthropic Claude
6 2 (3.13%) Azure Cognitive Services
6 2 (3.13%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (3.13%) Azure Machine Learning
6 2 (3.13%) Cloud Computing
6 2 (3.13%) GitHub
6 2 (3.13%) GitHub Copilot
7 1 (1.56%) Azure Data Factory
7 1 (1.56%) SaaS
7 1 (1.56%) SuccessFactors
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (37.50%) Power BI
2 14 (21.88%) Tableau
3 1 (1.56%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (1.56%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (1.56%) Snowflake Schema
3 1 (1.56%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.56%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 1 (1.56%) Git
General
1 19 (29.69%) Social Skills
2 6 (9.38%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (7.81%) Finance
4 3 (4.69%) Mandarin Language
5 2 (3.13%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (3.13%) Retail
5 2 (3.13%) Telecoms
6 1 (1.56%) Banking
6 1 (1.56%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (1.56%) Marketing
6 1 (1.56%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 38 (59.38%) Consultant
2 22 (34.38%) Power Platform Consultant
3 18 (28.13%) Analyst
4 16 (25.00%) Data Analyst
5 13 (20.31%) Lead
5 13 (20.31%) Lead Consultant
6 10 (15.63%) Junior
6 10 (15.63%) Junior Analyst
6 10 (15.63%) Junior Data Analyst
6 10 (15.63%) SharePoint Consultant
7 6 (9.38%) Senior
8 4 (6.25%) Functional Consultant
8 4 (6.25%) Operations Analyst
9 3 (4.69%) Artificial Intelligence Consultant
9 3 (4.69%) Developer
9 3 (4.69%) Microsoft 365 Consultant
9 3 (4.69%) Microsoft Consultant
9 3 (4.69%) Sales Analyst
9 3 (4.69%) Senior Consultant
9 3 (4.69%) Solutions Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.13%) .NET
1 2 (3.13%) FastAPI
1 2 (3.13%) Model Context Protocol
1 2 (3.13%) Node.js
1 2 (3.13%) React
Miscellaneous
1 2 (3.13%) AI Agents
1 2 (3.13%) Autonomous Agent
1 2 (3.13%) Data Structures
2 1 (1.56%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (1.56%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (35.94%) Business Intelligence
2 20 (31.25%) AI
3 12 (18.75%) Problem-Solving
4 8 (12.50%) Data Analysis
5 7 (10.94%) Analytics
6 6 (9.38%) Data Modelling
6 6 (9.38%) Data Visualisation
6 6 (9.38%) Decision-Making
6 6 (9.38%) Process Improvement
6 6 (9.38%) Visualisation
7 5 (7.81%) Stakeholder Management
8 4 (6.25%) Business Case
8 4 (6.25%) Continuous Improvement
9 3 (4.69%) Business Analysis
9 3 (4.69%) Data Cleansing
9 3 (4.69%) Kalman Filter
9 3 (4.69%) Mentoring
9 3 (4.69%) People Analytics
9 3 (4.69%) Technical Leadership
9 3 (4.69%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 17 (26.56%) SQL
2 15 (23.44%) Python
3 4 (6.25%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 2 (3.13%) C#
5 1 (1.56%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 12 (18.75%) Azure Certification
2 3 (4.69%) ACCA
2 3 (4.69%) CIMA
3 2 (3.13%) Microsoft Certified Professional
4 1 (1.56%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (7.81%) Data Quality
2 1 (1.56%) PMO
2 1 (1.56%) SLA
Vendors
1 49 (76.56%) Microsoft
2 5 (7.81%) CA Agile Central
3 2 (3.13%) OpenAI
3 2 (3.13%) SAP
4 1 (1.56%) Xero