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 7 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 31 58 55
Rank change year-on-year +27 -3 -4
Permanent jobs citing Power Platform 41 9 61
As % of all permanent jobs in Reading 3.72% 1.73% 4.09%
As % of the Cloud Services category 14.75% 4.79% 13.23%
Number of salaries quoted 15 7 36
10th Percentile - £54,750 £43,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £59,000 £47,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £63,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +14.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,625 £70,000
90th Percentile £68,000 £70,650 £72,500
Berkshire median annual salary £50,001 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +0.00% - -2.44%

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 278 188 461
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 25.23% 36.22% 30.90%
Number of salaries quoted 142 123 361
10th Percentile £35,000 £34,000 £27,750
25th Percentile £45,313 £40,125 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -17.86%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £83,750 £86,250
Berkshire median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +20.00% -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 7 May 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 3 (7.32%) SharePoint
Applications
1 25 (60.98%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (4.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 32 (78.05%) Azure
2 21 (51.22%) Azure AI
3 7 (17.07%) Azure DevOps
3 7 (17.07%) Azure Logic Apps
4 3 (7.32%) Azure Data Factory
5 2 (4.88%) AWS
5 2 (4.88%) GCP
6 1 (2.44%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 1 (2.44%) Azure Service Bus
6 1 (2.44%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 1 (2.44%) dbt
6 1 (2.44%) Microsoft 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (65.85%) Power BI
2 23 (56.10%) Tableau
3 4 (9.76%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (4.88%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (4.88%) SQL Server
4 2 (4.88%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (2.44%) Data Lake
5 1 (2.44%) Looker
5 1 (2.44%) Metadata
5 1 (2.44%) MySQL
5 1 (2.44%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (2.44%) Relational Database
5 1 (2.44%) Semantic Layer
5 1 (2.44%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 3 (7.32%) Git
General
1 23 (56.10%) Social Skills
2 11 (26.83%) Finance
3 10 (24.39%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (4.88%) Marketing
4 2 (4.88%) Telecoms
5 1 (2.44%) Banking
5 1 (2.44%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (2.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (2.44%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (2.44%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 24 (58.54%) Analyst
2 21 (51.22%) Data Analyst
2 21 (51.22%) Junior
2 21 (51.22%) Junior Analyst
2 21 (51.22%) Junior Data Analyst
3 9 (21.95%) Developer
4 7 (17.07%) Power Platform Developer
5 5 (12.20%) Consultant
6 3 (7.32%) Artificial Intelligence Consultant
6 3 (7.32%) Solutions Consultant
7 2 (4.88%) Business Intelligence Developer
7 2 (4.88%) Portfolio Analyst
8 1 (2.44%) Accountant
8 1 (2.44%) Business Analyst
8 1 (2.44%) Management Accountant
8 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Consultant
8 1 (2.44%) Operations Analyst
8 1 (2.44%) Operations Business Analyst
8 1 (2.44%) Power BI Developer
8 1 (2.44%) SharePoint Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.44%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 7 (17.07%) Low-Code
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (70.73%) AI
2 27 (65.85%) Business Intelligence
3 10 (24.39%) Data Governance
4 9 (21.95%) CI/CD
4 9 (21.95%) Problem-Solving
5 7 (17.07%) Business Process Analysis
5 7 (17.07%) Cybersecurity
5 7 (17.07%) Deployment Automation
5 7 (17.07%) DevOps
6 4 (9.76%) Analytics
6 4 (9.76%) Stakeholder Management
7 3 (7.32%) Data Modelling
7 3 (7.32%) Decision-Making
7 3 (7.32%) ETL
8 2 (4.88%) Dashboard Development
8 2 (4.88%) Data Engineering
8 2 (4.88%) Data Pipeline
8 2 (4.88%) Machine Learning
8 2 (4.88%) Performance Tuning
8 2 (4.88%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 30 (73.17%) Python
2 24 (58.54%) SQL
3 7 (17.07%) C#
3 7 (17.07%) JavaScript
4 1 (2.44%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 1 (2.44%) R
4 1 (2.44%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 21 (51.22%) Azure Certification
2 4 (9.76%) Degree
3 1 (2.44%) ACCA
3 1 (2.44%) CIMA
3 1 (2.44%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (7.32%) Data Quality
1 3 (7.32%) PMO
2 1 (2.44%) California Consumer Privacy Act
2 1 (2.44%) GDPR
2 1 (2.44%) SLA
Vendors
1 34 (82.93%) Microsoft
2 2 (4.88%) IFS
3 1 (2.44%) Databricks
3 1 (2.44%) Informatica
3 1 (2.44%) Xero