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

6 months to
2 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 34 47 55
Rank change year-on-year +13 +8 +3
Permanent jobs citing Power Platform 48 17 50
As % of all permanent jobs in Reading 3.35% 3.20% 3.44%
As % of the Cloud Services category 13.08% 9.04% 14.53%
Number of salaries quoted 33 16 20
10th Percentile £42,500 £58,750 -
25th Percentile £56,250 £59,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £67,420 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.83% +41.94% -13.71%
75th Percentile £80,000 £69,840 £61,703
90th Percentile - - £64,731
Berkshire median annual salary £51,500 £62,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -17.60% +25.00% -18.37%

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 367 188 344
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 25.61% 35.34% 23.68%
Number of salaries quoted 244 112 216
10th Percentile £40,000 £31,250 £27,750
25th Percentile £50,000 £39,000 £41,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £55,763
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +12.08% -19.04%
75th Percentile £85,000 £79,688 £72,813
90th Percentile £100,000 £83,750 £86,000
Berkshire median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% +1.85% -13.60%

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 2 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 9 (18.75%) SharePoint
Applications
1 20 (41.67%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 17 (35.42%) Azure
2 14 (29.17%) Azure AI
3 9 (18.75%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (6.25%) WeChat
5 2 (4.17%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (4.17%) Azure Logic Apps
5 2 (4.17%) Microsoft Copilot
5 2 (4.17%) Microsoft Purview
5 2 (4.17%) Power Automate
5 2 (4.17%) PowerApps
6 1 (2.08%) Azure Data Factory
6 1 (2.08%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (45.83%) Power BI
2 18 (37.50%) Tableau
3 1 (2.08%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (2.08%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (2.08%) Snowflake Schema
3 1 (2.08%) SQL Server
3 1 (2.08%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 1 (2.08%) Git
General
1 18 (37.50%) Social Skills
2 4 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (8.33%) Finance
3 3 (6.25%) Mandarin Language
4 2 (4.17%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (4.17%) Telecoms
5 1 (2.08%) Banking
5 1 (2.08%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (2.08%) Marketing
5 1 (2.08%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 24 (50.00%) Consultant
2 18 (37.50%) Analyst
3 17 (35.42%) Data Analyst
4 14 (29.17%) Junior
4 14 (29.17%) Junior Analyst
4 14 (29.17%) Junior Data Analyst
5 12 (25.00%) Power Platform Consultant
6 9 (18.75%) Lead
6 9 (18.75%) Lead Consultant
7 7 (14.58%) SharePoint Consultant
8 4 (8.33%) Operations Analyst
9 3 (6.25%) Artificial Intelligence Consultant
9 3 (6.25%) Developer
9 3 (6.25%) Microsoft Consultant
9 3 (6.25%) Sales Analyst
9 3 (6.25%) Solutions Consultant
10 2 (4.17%) Accountant
10 2 (4.17%) Microsoft 365 Consultant
10 2 (4.17%) Power Platform Developer
10 2 (4.17%) Senior
Miscellaneous
1 2 (4.17%) Low-Code
2 1 (2.08%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (45.83%) AI
2 21 (43.75%) Business Intelligence
3 7 (14.58%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (8.33%) Data Analysis
4 4 (8.33%) Process Improvement
5 3 (6.25%) Business Analysis
5 3 (6.25%) Data Cleansing
5 3 (6.25%) Data Governance
5 3 (6.25%) Decision-Making
6 2 (4.17%) Analytics
6 2 (4.17%) Budgeting
6 2 (4.17%) Business Process Analysis
6 2 (4.17%) CI/CD
6 2 (4.17%) Cybersecurity
6 2 (4.17%) Deployment Automation
6 2 (4.17%) DevOps
6 2 (4.17%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (4.17%) Translating Business Requirements
6 2 (4.17%) User Stories
7 1 (2.08%) Information Management
Programming Languages
1 19 (39.58%) Python
2 18 (37.50%) SQL
3 2 (4.17%) C#
3 2 (4.17%) JavaScript
4 1 (2.08%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 1 (2.08%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 14 (29.17%) Azure Certification
2 2 (4.17%) ACCA
2 2 (4.17%) CIMA
3 1 (2.08%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.08%) PMO
1 1 (2.08%) SLA
Vendors
1 41 (85.42%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.08%) SAP
2 1 (2.08%) Xero