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 12 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 53 71
Rank change year-on-year +25 +18 -42
Permanent jobs citing Power Platform 21 24 30
As % of all permanent jobs in Reading 3.65% 3.31% 2.77%
As % of the Cloud Services category 15.56% 8.99% 8.17%
Number of salaries quoted 11 7 15
10th Percentile £42,500 £38,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £44,875 £43,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,840 £59,125 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +18.12% +12.62% +5.00%
75th Percentile £73,045 £64,781 £64,388
90th Percentile £83,750 £67,000 £76,000
Berkshire median annual salary £56,000 £55,813 £49,750
% change year-on-year +0.34% +12.19% -0.50%

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 135 267 367
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 23.44% 36.78% 33.86%
Number of salaries quoted 86 125 265
10th Percentile £31,250 £38,600 £32,800
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,250 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% +8.70% -11.54%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £86,875 £85,000 £83,750
Berkshire median annual salary £50,000 £62,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -20.00% +13.64% -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 12 January 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 1 (4.76%) Confluence
1 1 (4.76%) SAS
1 1 (4.76%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (4.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 18 (85.71%) Azure
2 5 (23.81%) Azure AI
3 4 (19.05%) Azure Data Factory
4 3 (14.29%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (14.29%) Azure Logic Apps
4 3 (14.29%) Microsoft Purview
5 2 (9.52%) AWS
5 2 (9.52%) GCP
5 2 (9.52%) Power Automate
6 1 (4.76%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 1 (4.76%) Azure Service Bus
6 1 (4.76%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 1 (4.76%) Copilot Studio
6 1 (4.76%) dbt
6 1 (4.76%) Entra ID
6 1 (4.76%) iPaaS
6 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Copilot
6 1 (4.76%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (76.19%) Power BI
2 6 (28.57%) Tableau
3 4 (19.05%) SQL Server
4 3 (14.29%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (14.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 2 (9.52%) Data Lake
6 1 (4.76%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (4.76%) Geospatial Data
6 1 (4.76%) Looker
6 1 (4.76%) Metadata
6 1 (4.76%) MySQL
6 1 (4.76%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (4.76%) Power Query
6 1 (4.76%) Relational Database
6 1 (4.76%) SAS EBI
6 1 (4.76%) Semantic Layer
6 1 (4.76%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 2 (9.52%) Git
2 1 (4.76%) JIRA
General
1 9 (42.86%) Finance
2 7 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 5 (23.81%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (14.29%) Games
5 1 (4.76%) Manufacturing
5 1 (4.76%) Marketing
5 1 (4.76%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (28.57%) Analyst
2 5 (23.81%) Data Analyst
2 5 (23.81%) Junior
2 5 (23.81%) Junior Analyst
2 5 (23.81%) Junior Data Analyst
3 4 (19.05%) Developer
3 4 (19.05%) Lead
4 3 (14.29%) Power Platform Developer
5 2 (9.52%) Data Manager
5 2 (9.52%) Senior
6 1 (4.76%) Business Intelligence Developer
6 1 (4.76%) Business Intelligence Manager
6 1 (4.76%) Business Intelligence Specialist
6 1 (4.76%) Business Manager
6 1 (4.76%) Portfolio Analyst
6 1 (4.76%) Power BI Specialist
6 1 (4.76%) Scrum Master
6 1 (4.76%) Senior Business Manager
6 1 (4.76%) Senior Manager
6 1 (4.76%) Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.76%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 3 (14.29%) Low-Code
2 1 (4.76%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (4.76%) Private Cloud
2 1 (4.76%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (76.19%) Business Intelligence
2 10 (47.62%) Data Governance
3 9 (42.86%) AI
4 6 (28.57%) Analytics
4 6 (28.57%) Data Management
5 5 (23.81%) CI/CD
5 5 (23.81%) Problem-Solving
6 4 (19.05%) Agile
6 4 (19.05%) Data Security
6 4 (19.05%) Data Validation
6 4 (19.05%) ETL
6 4 (19.05%) Stakeholder Management
6 4 (19.05%) Validation
7 3 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
7 3 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
7 3 (14.29%) Data Analytics
7 3 (14.29%) Data Architecture
7 3 (14.29%) Data Engineering
7 3 (14.29%) Data Privacy
7 3 (14.29%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 12 (57.14%) SQL
2 11 (52.38%) Python
3 3 (14.29%) C#
3 3 (14.29%) JavaScript
4 1 (4.76%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 1 (4.76%) R
Qualifications
1 5 (23.81%) Azure Certification
2 3 (14.29%) Degree
3 1 (4.76%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (38.10%) Data Quality
2 4 (19.05%) Accessibility
3 1 (4.76%) California Consumer Privacy Act
3 1 (4.76%) GDPR
3 1 (4.76%) PMO
Systems Management
1 1 (4.76%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 10 (47.62%) Microsoft
2 4 (19.05%) Databricks
3 1 (4.76%) IFS
3 1 (4.76%) Informatica
3 1 (4.76%) Talend