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 8 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 32 45 48
Rank change year-on-year +13 +3 +8
Permanent jobs citing Power Platform 50 19 50
As % of all permanent jobs in Reading 3.42% 3.57% 3.47%
As % of the Cloud Services category 13.48% 10.16% 14.45%
Number of salaries quoted 35 18 20
10th Percentile £44,500 £58,750 -
25th Percentile £65,000 £59,563 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £69,840 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.23% +47.03% -13.71%
75th Percentile £80,000 - £61,703
90th Percentile - - £64,731
Berkshire median annual salary £55,000 £63,250 £50,000
% change year-on-year -13.04% +26.50% -16.67%

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 371 187 346
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 25.36% 35.15% 24.03%
Number of salaries quoted 251 111 216
10th Percentile £40,000 £31,250 £27,750
25th Percentile £50,000 £40,125 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £57,013
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +9.63% -12.29%
75th Percentile £85,000 £78,750 £73,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £83,750 £86,000
Berkshire median annual salary £61,250 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +16.67% -4.55% -12.00%

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 8 August 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 11 (22.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 19 (38.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 15 (30.00%) Azure
2 13 (26.00%) Azure AI
3 11 (22.00%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (8.00%) Power Automate
5 3 (6.00%) Microsoft Copilot
5 3 (6.00%) Microsoft Purview
5 3 (6.00%) PowerApps
5 3 (6.00%) WeChat
6 1 (2.00%) Azure Data Factory
6 1 (2.00%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (2.00%) Azure Logic Apps
6 1 (2.00%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (44.00%) Power BI
2 17 (34.00%) Tableau
3 1 (2.00%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (2.00%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (2.00%) Snowflake Schema
3 1 (2.00%) SQL Server
3 1 (2.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 1 (2.00%) Git
General
1 18 (36.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (6.00%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (6.00%) Finance
2 3 (6.00%) Mandarin Language
3 2 (4.00%) Organisational Skills
3 2 (4.00%) Telecoms
4 1 (2.00%) Banking
4 1 (2.00%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (2.00%) Marketing
4 1 (2.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 27 (54.00%) Consultant
2 17 (34.00%) Analyst
3 16 (32.00%) Data Analyst
4 13 (26.00%) Junior
4 13 (26.00%) Junior Analyst
4 13 (26.00%) Junior Data Analyst
4 13 (26.00%) Power Platform Consultant
5 10 (20.00%) Lead
5 10 (20.00%) Lead Consultant
6 8 (16.00%) SharePoint Consultant
7 4 (8.00%) Operations Analyst
8 3 (6.00%) Artificial Intelligence Consultant
8 3 (6.00%) Microsoft 365 Consultant
8 3 (6.00%) Microsoft Consultant
8 3 (6.00%) Sales Analyst
8 3 (6.00%) Senior
8 3 (6.00%) Senior Consultant
8 3 (6.00%) Solutions Consultant
9 2 (4.00%) Accountant
9 2 (4.00%) Management Accountant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (2.00%) Data Structures
1 1 (2.00%) Low-Code
1 1 (2.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (42.00%) AI
1 21 (42.00%) Business Intelligence
2 7 (14.00%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (10.00%) Data Analysis
4 4 (8.00%) Process Improvement
5 3 (6.00%) Analytics
5 3 (6.00%) Business Analysis
5 3 (6.00%) Data Cleansing
5 3 (6.00%) Decision-Making
6 2 (4.00%) Budgeting
6 2 (4.00%) Data Governance
6 2 (4.00%) Data Modelling
6 2 (4.00%) Data Visualisation
6 2 (4.00%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (4.00%) Translating Business Requirements
6 2 (4.00%) User Stories
6 2 (4.00%) Visualisation
7 1 (2.00%) Budget Management
7 1 (2.00%) Business Strategy
7 1 (2.00%) ETL Development
Programming Languages
1 18 (36.00%) SQL
2 17 (34.00%) Python
3 2 (4.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 1 (2.00%) C#
4 1 (2.00%) JavaScript
4 1 (2.00%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (26.00%) Azure Certification
2 2 (4.00%) ACCA
2 2 (4.00%) CIMA
3 1 (2.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.00%) Data Quality
1 1 (2.00%) PMO
1 1 (2.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 42 (84.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.00%) CA Agile Central
2 1 (2.00%) SAP
2 1 (2.00%) Xero