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 25 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 34 57 56
Rank change year-on-year +23 -1 -22
Permanent jobs citing Power Platform 27 14 51
As % of all permanent jobs in Reading 3.69% 2.35% 4.05%
As % of the Cloud Services category 14.36% 6.22% 11.26%
Number of salaries quoted 11 6 32
10th Percentile - £44,875 £42,625
25th Percentile £42,500 £53,750 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £63,750 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -29.41% +15.91% +10.00%
75th Percentile £52,000 £68,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £72,500 £72,500
Berkshire median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% -

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 188 225 453
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 25.72% 37.69% 35.98%
Number of salaries quoted 102 113 349
10th Percentile £31,625 £36,250 £31,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +4.35% -12.88%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £84,875 £83,750 £83,750
Berkshire median annual salary £50,000 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -16.67% +14.29% -19.23%

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 25 February 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 2 (7.41%) SharePoint
2 1 (3.70%) Confluence
2 1 (3.70%) SAS
Applications
1 14 (51.85%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (7.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 23 (85.19%) Azure
2 11 (40.74%) Azure AI
3 7 (25.93%) Azure DevOps
3 7 (25.93%) Azure Logic Apps
4 3 (11.11%) Azure Data Factory
5 2 (7.41%) AWS
5 2 (7.41%) GCP
6 1 (3.70%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 1 (3.70%) Azure Service Bus
6 1 (3.70%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 1 (3.70%) Copilot Studio
6 1 (3.70%) dbt
6 1 (3.70%) Microsoft Copilot
6 1 (3.70%) Power Automate
6 1 (3.70%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (66.67%) Power BI
2 12 (44.44%) Tableau
3 3 (11.11%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (7.41%) Data Lake
4 2 (7.41%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (3.70%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (3.70%) Geospatial Data
5 1 (3.70%) Looker
5 1 (3.70%) Metadata
5 1 (3.70%) MySQL
5 1 (3.70%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (3.70%) Relational Database
5 1 (3.70%) SAS EBI
5 1 (3.70%) Semantic Layer
5 1 (3.70%) SQL Server
5 1 (3.70%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 2 (7.41%) Git
2 1 (3.70%) JIRA
General
1 14 (51.85%) Social Skills
2 11 (40.74%) Finance
3 9 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (3.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (3.70%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 13 (48.15%) Analyst
2 11 (40.74%) Data Analyst
2 11 (40.74%) Junior
2 11 (40.74%) Junior Analyst
2 11 (40.74%) Junior Data Analyst
3 8 (29.63%) Developer
4 7 (25.93%) Power Platform Developer
5 2 (7.41%) Portfolio Analyst
6 1 (3.70%) Business Intelligence Developer
6 1 (3.70%) Data Engineer
6 1 (3.70%) Data Manager
6 1 (3.70%) Scrum Master
6 1 (3.70%) Senior
6 1 (3.70%) Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.70%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 7 (25.93%) Low-Code
2 1 (3.70%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (3.70%) Private Cloud
2 1 (3.70%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (66.67%) Business Intelligence
2 15 (55.56%) AI
3 10 (37.04%) Data Governance
4 9 (33.33%) CI/CD
5 8 (29.63%) Problem-Solving
6 7 (25.93%) Business Process Analysis
6 7 (25.93%) Cybersecurity
6 7 (25.93%) Deployment Automation
6 7 (25.93%) DevOps
7 5 (18.52%) Stakeholder Management
8 4 (14.81%) Agile
8 4 (14.81%) Analytics
8 4 (14.81%) Continuous Improvement
9 3 (11.11%) Data Architecture
9 3 (11.11%) Data Engineering
9 3 (11.11%) Data Pipeline
9 3 (11.11%) ETL
10 2 (7.41%) Data-Driven Decision Making
10 2 (7.41%) Decision-Making
10 2 (7.41%) Scaled Agile Framework
Programming Languages
1 21 (77.78%) Python
2 16 (59.26%) SQL
3 7 (25.93%) C#
3 7 (25.93%) JavaScript
4 1 (3.70%) R
Qualifications
1 11 (40.74%) Azure Certification
2 3 (11.11%) Degree
3 1 (3.70%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (14.81%) Data Quality
2 2 (7.41%) PMO
3 1 (3.70%) California Consumer Privacy Act
3 1 (3.70%) GDPR
Vendors
1 19 (70.37%) Microsoft
2 3 (11.11%) Databricks
3 2 (7.41%) IFS
4 1 (3.70%) Informatica