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 13 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 39 47 62
Rank change year-on-year +8 +15 -13
Permanent jobs citing Power Platform 18 46 37
As % of all permanent jobs in Reading 3.61% 3.82% 3.46%
As % of the Cloud Services category 12.16% 13.81% 9.89%
Number of salaries quoted 16 18 15
10th Percentile £57,125 £38,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £59,250 £40,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,840 £48,750 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +43.26% -7.14% -2.33%
75th Percentile - £64,563 £65,013
90th Percentile £73,045 £65,375 £73,250
Berkshire median annual salary £69,840 £50,000 £52,250
% change year-on-year +39.68% -4.31% -3.24%

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 148 333 374
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 29.66% 27.66% 35.02%
Number of salaries quoted 85 161 259
10th Percentile £28,500 £27,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £41,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,500 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.83% +4.35% -11.54%
75th Percentile £76,250 £80,000 £74,250
90th Percentile £92,500 £85,000 £98,000
Berkshire median annual salary £49,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -18.33% +9.09% -15.38%

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 13 October 2025.

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 1 (5.56%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 16 (88.89%) Azure
2 9 (50.00%) Microsoft Purview
3 4 (22.22%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (16.67%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (11.11%) Azure Data Factory
5 2 (11.11%) Entra ID
5 2 (11.11%) Power Automate
6 1 (5.56%) AWS
6 1 (5.56%) Azure AI
6 1 (5.56%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 1 (5.56%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 1 (5.56%) Azure Key Vault
6 1 (5.56%) Azure Monitor
6 1 (5.56%) Azure Service Bus
6 1 (5.56%) IaaS
6 1 (5.56%) iPaaS
6 1 (5.56%) PaaS
6 1 (5.56%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.56%) DNS
1 1 (5.56%) Firewall
1 1 (5.56%) SD-WAN
1 1 (5.56%) VPN
1 1 (5.56%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (100.00%) Power BI
2 9 (50.00%) SQL Server
3 2 (11.11%) Data Lake
4 1 (5.56%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (5.56%) Geospatial Data
4 1 (5.56%) MySQL
4 1 (5.56%) Power Query
4 1 (5.56%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 1 (5.56%) Git
1 1 (5.56%) JIRA
General
1 12 (66.67%) Finance
2 9 (50.00%) Games
3 3 (16.67%) Law
4 1 (5.56%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (5.56%) Manufacturing
4 1 (5.56%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (5.56%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (55.56%) Lead
2 3 (16.67%) Developer
2 3 (16.67%) Dynamics 365 Developer
3 2 (11.11%) Architect
4 1 (5.56%) Automation Specialist
4 1 (5.56%) Business Intelligence Lead
4 1 (5.56%) Business Intelligence Manager
4 1 (5.56%) Business Intelligence Specialist
4 1 (5.56%) Business Manager
4 1 (5.56%) Cloud Architect
4 1 (5.56%) Data Analytics Specialist
4 1 (5.56%) Data Architect
4 1 (5.56%) Data Manager
4 1 (5.56%) Power BI Specialist
4 1 (5.56%) Scrum Master
4 1 (5.56%) Senior
4 1 (5.56%) Senior Business Manager
4 1 (5.56%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (16.67%) .NET
1 3 (16.67%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.56%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (5.56%) Data Centre
1 1 (5.56%) NHS
1 1 (5.56%) Private Cloud
1 1 (5.56%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (94.44%) Business Intelligence
2 14 (77.78%) Data Management
3 10 (55.56%) Data Governance
4 9 (50.00%) Data Governance Strategy
4 9 (50.00%) Data Lineage
4 9 (50.00%) Data Privacy
4 9 (50.00%) Data Security
4 9 (50.00%) Data Validation
4 9 (50.00%) Validation
5 4 (22.22%) DevOps
5 4 (22.22%) Migration
6 3 (16.67%) Analytics
6 3 (16.67%) Data Migration
6 3 (16.67%) Security Testing
6 3 (16.67%) Translating Business Requirements
7 2 (11.11%) Agile
7 2 (11.11%) AI
7 2 (11.11%) Data Analytics
7 2 (11.11%) ETL
7 2 (11.11%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 8 (44.44%) SQL
2 3 (16.67%) C#
3 1 (5.56%) Bicep
3 1 (5.56%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 1 (5.56%) PowerShell
3 1 (5.56%) Python
3 1 (5.56%) X++
Qualifications
1 1 (5.56%) Azure Certification
1 1 (5.56%) DBS Check
1 1 (5.56%) Degree
1 1 (5.56%) SC Cleared
1 1 (5.56%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (55.56%) Accessibility
1 10 (55.56%) Data Quality
System Software
1 1 (5.56%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 2 (11.11%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 4 (22.22%) Microsoft
2 3 (16.67%) Databricks
3 1 (5.56%) Meraki
3 1 (5.56%) Talend