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 18 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 37 47 47
Rank change year-on-year +10 0 +2
Permanent jobs citing Power Platform 41 17 69
As % of all permanent jobs in Reading 3.07% 3.11% 4.19%
As % of the Cloud Services category 12.20% 8.54% 16.20%
Number of salaries quoted 25 16 37
10th Percentile £38,000 £58,750 £39,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £59,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,420 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.59% +28.42% -12.50%
75th Percentile £76,250 £69,840 £64,563
90th Percentile £80,000 - £70,000
Berkshire median annual salary £50,001 £62,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -20.00% +25.00% -20.00%

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 336 199 426
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 25.17% 36.45% 25.85%
Number of salaries quoted 212 120 298
10th Percentile £40,000 £31,025 £26,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £38,563 £36,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +13.64% -21.43%
75th Percentile £83,750 £79,688 £72,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £85,125 £86,000
Berkshire median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% +10.00% -23.08%

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 18 July 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 4 (9.76%) SharePoint
Applications
1 20 (48.78%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 19 (46.34%) Azure
2 15 (36.59%) Azure AI
3 4 (9.76%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (7.32%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (7.32%) Azure Logic Apps
4 3 (7.32%) WeChat
5 1 (2.44%) Azure Data Factory
5 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Copilot
5 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Purview
5 1 (2.44%) Power Automate
5 1 (2.44%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (53.66%) Power BI
2 19 (46.34%) Tableau
3 1 (2.44%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (2.44%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (2.44%) Snowflake Schema
3 1 (2.44%) SQL Server
3 1 (2.44%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 1 (2.44%) Git
General
1 18 (43.90%) Social Skills
2 5 (12.20%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (9.76%) Finance
4 3 (7.32%) Mandarin Language
5 2 (4.88%) Telecoms
6 1 (2.44%) Banking
6 1 (2.44%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (2.44%) Marketing
6 1 (2.44%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (2.44%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 19 (46.34%) Analyst
2 18 (43.90%) Data Analyst
3 16 (39.02%) Consultant
4 15 (36.59%) Junior
4 15 (36.59%) Junior Analyst
4 15 (36.59%) Junior Data Analyst
5 9 (21.95%) Power Platform Consultant
6 6 (14.63%) Lead
6 6 (14.63%) Lead Consultant
7 4 (9.76%) Developer
7 4 (9.76%) Operations Analyst
8 3 (7.32%) Artificial Intelligence Consultant
8 3 (7.32%) Microsoft Consultant
8 3 (7.32%) Power Platform Developer
8 3 (7.32%) Sales Analyst
8 3 (7.32%) SharePoint Consultant
8 3 (7.32%) Solutions Consultant
9 1 (2.44%) Accountant
9 1 (2.44%) Fibre Analyst
9 1 (2.44%) Power BI Developer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (7.32%) Low-Code
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (53.66%) AI
2 21 (51.22%) Business Intelligence
3 8 (19.51%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (9.76%) Data Analysis
4 4 (9.76%) Data Governance
5 3 (7.32%) Business Analysis
5 3 (7.32%) Business Process Analysis
5 3 (7.32%) CI/CD
5 3 (7.32%) Cybersecurity
5 3 (7.32%) Data Cleansing
5 3 (7.32%) Deployment Automation
5 3 (7.32%) DevOps
5 3 (7.32%) Process Improvement
6 2 (4.88%) Analytics
6 2 (4.88%) Decision-Making
6 2 (4.88%) Translating Business Requirements
6 2 (4.88%) User Stories
7 1 (2.44%) Data Visualisation
7 1 (2.44%) Dimensional Modelling
7 1 (2.44%) ETL Development
Programming Languages
1 21 (51.22%) Python
2 19 (46.34%) SQL
3 3 (7.32%) C#
3 3 (7.32%) JavaScript
4 1 (2.44%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 1 (2.44%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 15 (36.59%) Azure Certification
2 1 (2.44%) ACCA
2 1 (2.44%) CIMA
2 1 (2.44%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.44%) PMO
1 1 (2.44%) SLA
Vendors
1 35 (85.37%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.44%) SAP
2 1 (2.44%) Xero