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 12 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 36 50 62
Rank change year-on-year +14 +12 -21
Permanent jobs citing Power Platform 18 40 35
As % of all permanent jobs in Reading 3.68% 3.48% 3.44%
As % of the Cloud Services category 13.95% 12.20% 10.03%
Number of salaries quoted 16 14 13
10th Percentile £57,125 £38,950 -
25th Percentile £66,375 £40,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,840 £42,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +64.33% -19.05% -6.25%
75th Percentile - £64,563 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £64,869 £72,000
Berkshire median annual salary £69,840 £50,000 £51,000
% change year-on-year +39.68% -1.96% -5.56%

All Cloud 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 129 328 349
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 26.38% 28.50% 34.35%
Number of salaries quoted 73 156 236
10th Percentile £29,000 £30,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £39,380
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £56,713
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +5.80% -12.75%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £74,250
90th Percentile £91,250 £85,000 £83,750
Berkshire median annual salary £46,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -23.33% +9.09% -15.38%

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 12 November 2025.

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 1 (5.56%) Confluence
1 1 (5.56%) SAS
Applications
1 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 16 (88.89%) Azure
2 9 (50.00%) Microsoft Purview
3 3 (16.67%) Azure Data Factory
4 2 (11.11%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (11.11%) Dynamics 365
4 2 (11.11%) Power Automate
5 1 (5.56%) Azure Cosmos DB
5 1 (5.56%) Copilot Studio
5 1 (5.56%) Entra ID
5 1 (5.56%) iPaaS
5 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Copilot
5 1 (5.56%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (100.00%) Power BI
2 9 (50.00%) SQL Server
3 2 (11.11%) Data Lake
3 2 (11.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (5.56%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (5.56%) Geospatial Data
4 1 (5.56%) Power Query
4 1 (5.56%) SAS EBI
4 1 (5.56%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (5.56%) JIRA
General
1 12 (66.67%) Finance
2 9 (50.00%) Games
3 2 (11.11%) Law
4 1 (5.56%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (5.56%) Manufacturing
4 1 (5.56%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (5.56%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (55.56%) Lead
2 2 (11.11%) Data Manager
2 2 (11.11%) Developer
2 2 (11.11%) Dynamics 365 Developer
2 2 (11.11%) Senior
3 1 (5.56%) Architect
3 1 (5.56%) Automation Specialist
3 1 (5.56%) Business Intelligence Lead
3 1 (5.56%) Business Intelligence Manager
3 1 (5.56%) Business Intelligence Specialist
3 1 (5.56%) Business Manager
3 1 (5.56%) Data Analytics Specialist
3 1 (5.56%) Data Architect
3 1 (5.56%) Power BI Specialist
3 1 (5.56%) Scrum Master
3 1 (5.56%) Senior Business Manager
3 1 (5.56%) Senior Manager
3 1 (5.56%) Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (11.11%) .NET
1 2 (11.11%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.56%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (5.56%) Private Cloud
1 1 (5.56%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
2 14 (77.78%) Data Management
3 11 (61.11%) Data Governance
4 9 (50.00%) Data Governance Strategy
4 9 (50.00%) Data Lineage
4 9 (50.00%) Data Privacy
4 9 (50.00%) Data Security
4 9 (50.00%) Data Validation
4 9 (50.00%) Validation
5 3 (16.67%) Agile
5 3 (16.67%) Analytics
5 3 (16.67%) Mentoring
6 2 (11.11%) AI
6 2 (11.11%) Coaching
6 2 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (11.11%) Data Analytics
6 2 (11.11%) Data Migration
6 2 (11.11%) Migration
6 2 (11.11%) Security Testing
6 2 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (44.44%) SQL
2 2 (11.11%) C#
3 1 (5.56%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 1 (5.56%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (5.56%) Degree
1 1 (5.56%) SC Cleared
1 1 (5.56%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (61.11%) Data Quality
2 10 (55.56%) Accessibility
Systems Management
1 1 (5.56%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 4 (22.22%) Databricks
1 4 (22.22%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.56%) Talend