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 2 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 45 43
Rank change year-on-year +17 -2 +20
Permanent jobs citing Power Platform 68 19 48
As % of all permanent jobs in Reading 4.14% 3.65% 3.75%
As % of the Cloud Services category 18.04% 11.66% 13.95%
Number of salaries quoted 53 17 17
10th Percentile £48,000 £58,750 £38,500
25th Percentile £65,000 £59,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £69,840 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.23% +55.20% -14.29%
75th Percentile £80,000 - £64,563
90th Percentile - £72,404 £65,500
Berkshire median annual salary £65,000 £69,840 £50,000
% change year-on-year -6.93% +39.68% -4.76%

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 377 163 344
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 22.96% 31.29% 26.90%
Number of salaries quoted 294 96 166
10th Percentile £44,750 £28,500 £27,750
25th Percentile £55,313 £42,188 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £64,250 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.84% +7.08% -
75th Percentile £95,000 £82,813 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £91,875 £85,000
Berkshire median annual salary £65,000 £50,000 £59,563
% change year-on-year +30.00% -16.05% +5.37%

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 2 October 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 (19.12%) SharePoint
Applications
1 14 (20.59%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (2.94%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 23 (33.82%) Microsoft 365
2 8 (11.76%) Azure
3 6 (8.82%) Azure AI
4 5 (7.35%) Power Automate
5 3 (4.41%) Azure DevOps
5 3 (4.41%) Microsoft Copilot
5 3 (4.41%) Microsoft Purview
5 3 (4.41%) PowerApps
5 3 (4.41%) WeChat
6 2 (2.94%) Anthropic Claude
6 2 (2.94%) AWS
6 2 (2.94%) Azure Cognitive Services
6 2 (2.94%) Azure Machine Learning
6 2 (2.94%) Cloud Computing
6 2 (2.94%) GitHub
6 2 (2.94%) GitHub Copilot
6 2 (2.94%) SuccessFactors
7 1 (1.47%) Amazon S3
7 1 (1.47%) GCP
7 1 (1.47%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (35.29%) Power BI
2 10 (14.71%) Tableau
3 1 (1.47%) Amazon Athena
3 1 (1.47%) Data Lake
3 1 (1.47%) Data Vault
3 1 (1.47%) DynamoDB
3 1 (1.47%) Power Query
3 1 (1.47%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.47%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (1.47%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 1 (1.47%) Burp Suite
1 1 (1.47%) Git
1 1 (1.47%) JIRA
1 1 (1.47%) JMeter
1 1 (1.47%) Selenium
General
1 16 (23.53%) Social Skills
2 9 (13.24%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (8.82%) Finance
4 3 (4.41%) Mandarin Language
4 3 (4.41%) Organisational Skills
4 3 (4.41%) Retail
5 2 (2.94%) Telecoms
6 1 (1.47%) Banking
6 1 (1.47%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (1.47%) Legal
6 1 (1.47%) Marketing
6 1 (1.47%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 42 (61.76%) Consultant
2 26 (38.24%) Power Platform Consultant
3 15 (22.06%) Analyst
4 14 (20.59%) Lead
5 13 (19.12%) Lead Consultant
6 12 (17.65%) Data Analyst
7 10 (14.71%) SharePoint Consultant
8 8 (11.76%) Functional Consultant
9 6 (8.82%) Senior
10 4 (5.88%) Junior
10 4 (5.88%) Junior Analyst
10 4 (5.88%) Junior Data Analyst
10 4 (5.88%) Operations Analyst
11 3 (4.41%) Artificial Intelligence Consultant
11 3 (4.41%) Data Engineer
11 3 (4.41%) Microsoft 365 Consultant
11 3 (4.41%) Microsoft Consultant
11 3 (4.41%) Sales Analyst
11 3 (4.41%) Senior Consultant
11 3 (4.41%) Solutions Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.94%) .NET
1 2 (2.94%) FastAPI
1 2 (2.94%) Model Context Protocol
1 2 (2.94%) Node.js
1 2 (2.94%) React
2 1 (1.47%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 2 (2.94%) AI Agents
1 2 (2.94%) Autonomous Agent
1 2 (2.94%) Data Structures
1 2 (2.94%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (1.47%) Cloud Native
2 1 (1.47%) FMCG
2 1 (1.47%) Management Information System
2 1 (1.47%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (33.82%) Business Intelligence
2 14 (20.59%) AI
3 13 (19.12%) Problem-Solving
4 12 (17.65%) Analytics
5 9 (13.24%) Data Modelling
6 8 (11.76%) Data Analysis
6 8 (11.76%) Decision-Making
6 8 (11.76%) Stakeholder Management
6 8 (11.76%) Visualisation
7 7 (10.29%) Data Visualisation
8 6 (8.82%) Process Improvement
9 5 (7.35%) Continuous Improvement
9 5 (7.35%) Cybersecurity
10 4 (5.88%) Business Analysis
10 4 (5.88%) Business Case
10 4 (5.88%) CI/CD
10 4 (5.88%) DevOps
10 4 (5.88%) Kalman Filter
10 4 (5.88%) Mentoring
10 4 (5.88%) People Analytics
Programming Languages
1 14 (20.59%) SQL
2 11 (16.18%) Python
3 5 (7.35%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 2 (2.94%) C#
5 1 (1.47%) Java
5 1 (1.47%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 6 (8.82%) Azure Certification
2 3 (4.41%) ACCA
2 3 (4.41%) CIMA
3 2 (2.94%) Microsoft Certified Professional
3 2 (2.94%) SC Cleared
3 2 (2.94%) Security Cleared
4 1 (1.47%) CREST Certified
4 1 (1.47%) Degree
4 1 (1.47%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (10.29%) Data Quality
2 2 (2.94%) QA
3 1 (1.47%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (1.47%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (1.47%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (1.47%) IASME
3 1 (1.47%) ISO 9001
3 1 (1.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.47%) PMO
3 1 (1.47%) SLA
Vendors
1 47 (69.12%) Microsoft
2 6 (8.82%) CA Agile Central
3 3 (4.41%) Databricks
3 3 (4.41%) SAP
4 2 (2.94%) OpenAI
5 1 (1.47%) Xero