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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 44 48 55
Rank change year-on-year +4 +7 -5
Permanent jobs citing Power Platform 21 51 49
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 3.93% 3.75% 4.15%
As % of the Cloud Services category 11.73% 14.96% 11.04%
Number of salaries quoted 19 17 26
10th Percentile £58,100 £39,400 £42,500
25th Percentile £59,250 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,840 £52,500 £55,975
Median % change year-on-year +33.03% -6.21% +1.77%
75th Percentile - £64,563 £71,875
90th Percentile £71,122 £65,500 £100,000
Berkshire median annual salary £69,840 £50,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +39.68% -16.67% +9.09%

All Cloud 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 179 341 444
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 33.52% 25.06% 37.63%
Number of salaries quoted 107 175 322
10th Percentile £28,800 £27,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £46,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,000 £59,125 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.25% -5.40% -3.85%
75th Percentile £83,750 £78,750 £78,438
90th Percentile £91,250 £85,000 £105,000
Berkshire median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% -4.17% -6.25%

Power Platform
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

Job postings citing Power Platform as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Reading.

Job vacancy trend for Power Platform 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 13 September 2025.

Salary histogram for Power Platform in Reading

Power Platform
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading 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 1 (4.76%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (4.76%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 20 (95.24%) Azure
2 9 (42.86%) Microsoft Purview
3 8 (38.10%) Azure DevOps
4 6 (28.57%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (9.52%) Azure Data Factory
5 2 (9.52%) Entra ID
5 2 (9.52%) Power Automate
6 1 (4.76%) AWS
6 1 (4.76%) Azure AI
6 1 (4.76%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 1 (4.76%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 1 (4.76%) Azure Key Vault
6 1 (4.76%) Azure Monitor
6 1 (4.76%) Azure Service Bus
6 1 (4.76%) IaaS
6 1 (4.76%) iPaaS
6 1 (4.76%) PaaS
6 1 (4.76%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.76%) DNS
1 1 (4.76%) Firewall
1 1 (4.76%) SD-WAN
1 1 (4.76%) VPN
1 1 (4.76%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (90.48%) Power BI
2 10 (47.62%) SQL Server
3 2 (9.52%) Data Lake
4 1 (4.76%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (4.76%) MySQL
4 1 (4.76%) Power Query
4 1 (4.76%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 1 (4.76%) Git
1 1 (4.76%) JIRA
General
1 14 (66.67%) Finance
2 9 (42.86%) Games
3 5 (23.81%) Law
4 3 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (9.52%) Social Skills
6 1 (4.76%) Manufacturing
6 1 (4.76%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (4.76%) Retail
Job Titles
1 10 (47.62%) Lead
2 6 (28.57%) Developer
2 6 (28.57%) Dynamics 365 Developer
3 2 (9.52%) Architect
3 2 (9.52%) Senior
4 1 (4.76%) Administrator
4 1 (4.76%) Automation Specialist
4 1 (4.76%) Business Intelligence Lead
4 1 (4.76%) Business Intelligence Specialist
4 1 (4.76%) Business Manager
4 1 (4.76%) Cloud Architect
4 1 (4.76%) Data Analytics Specialist
4 1 (4.76%) Data Architect
4 1 (4.76%) Data Manager
4 1 (4.76%) DevOps Administrator
4 1 (4.76%) Power BI Specialist
4 1 (4.76%) Scrum Master
4 1 (4.76%) Senior Business Manager
4 1 (4.76%) Senior DevOps
4 1 (4.76%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (23.81%) .NET
1 5 (23.81%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.76%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (4.76%) Data Centre
1 1 (4.76%) NHS
1 1 (4.76%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (85.71%) Business Intelligence
2 15 (71.43%) Data Management
3 10 (47.62%) Data Governance
4 9 (42.86%) Data Governance Strategy
4 9 (42.86%) Data Lineage
4 9 (42.86%) Data Privacy
4 9 (42.86%) Data Security
4 9 (42.86%) Data Validation
4 9 (42.86%) Validation
5 8 (38.10%) DevOps
6 7 (33.33%) Migration
7 6 (28.57%) Data Migration
8 5 (23.81%) Security Testing
8 5 (23.81%) Translating Business Requirements
9 3 (14.29%) Analytics
10 2 (9.52%) Agile
10 2 (9.52%) Artificial Intelligence
10 2 (9.52%) Data Analytics
10 2 (9.52%) Decision-Making
10 2 (9.52%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 9 (42.86%) SQL
2 5 (23.81%) C#
3 3 (14.29%) X++
4 1 (4.76%) Bicep
4 1 (4.76%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 1 (4.76%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (9.52%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (4.76%) Azure Certification
2 1 (4.76%) DBS Check
2 1 (4.76%) Degree
2 1 (4.76%) SC Cleared
2 1 (4.76%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (47.62%) Accessibility
1 10 (47.62%) Data Quality
System Software
1 1 (4.76%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 2 (9.52%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 8 (38.10%) Microsoft
2 3 (14.29%) Databricks
3 1 (4.76%) Meraki
3 1 (4.76%) Talend