Power Platform Job Trends in the South West

Microsoft Power Platform
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South West requiring Power Platform skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 45 48 64
Rank change year-on-year +3 +16 -5
Permanent jobs citing Power Platform 273 139 352
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 3.30% 4.23% 3.60%
As % of the Cloud Services category 13.10% 14.34% 13.72%
Number of salaries quoted 144 111 276
10th Percentile £29,750 £34,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,931 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,500 £57,500 £50,500
Median % change year-on-year -24.35% +13.86% +1.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £71,250
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.35% - -

All Cloud Computing Skills
South West

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 the South West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 2,084 969 2,566
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 25.18% 29.48% 26.22%
Number of salaries quoted 1,278 760 2,045
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,588 £28,600
25th Percentile £36,750 £35,000 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £75,000 £68,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £90,000 £81,500
England median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -11.54%

Power Platform
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Power Platform relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Power Platform job vacancy trend in the South West

Power Platform
Salary Trend in the South West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Power Platform.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Power Platform

Power Platform
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Power Platform in the South West over the 6 months to 11 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Power Platform in the South West

Power Platform
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Power Platform within the South West region over the 6 months to 11 July 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Bristol -24 64 £58,750 -2.08% 29
Devon +21 59 £62,500 -10.71% 5
Gloucestershire +16 59 £36,750 -33.18% 7
Somerset -27 42 £39,490 -31.32% 8
Dorset +16 32 £42,500 +6.25% 1
Wiltshire -21 13 £55,000 -4.35% 7
Cornwall -1 1 £32,464 -39.88% 1
Power Platform
England

Power Platform
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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 13 (4.76%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.10%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (1.10%) WordPress
3 2 (0.73%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (0.73%) Oracle Application Server
4 1 (0.37%) Apache
Applications
1 168 (61.54%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (4.03%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (1.47%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.37%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.37%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.37%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 18 (6.59%) NetSuite
2 7 (2.56%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.73%) Visualfiles
4 1 (0.37%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 152 (55.68%) Azure
2 109 (39.93%) Azure AI
3 30 (10.99%) Microsoft 365
4 29 (10.62%) Dynamics 365
5 20 (7.33%) PowerApps
6 18 (6.59%) AWS
6 18 (6.59%) Power Automate
7 11 (4.03%) Snowflake
8 7 (2.56%) Microsoft Copilot
9 6 (2.20%) Azure Data Factory
10 5 (1.83%) GCP
11 3 (1.10%) Azure DevOps
11 3 (1.10%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 3 (1.10%) ChatGPT
11 3 (1.10%) dbt
11 3 (1.10%) SaaS
11 3 (1.10%) Serverless
12 2 (0.73%) AWS Step Functions
12 2 (0.73%) Copilot Studio
12 2 (0.73%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.73%) VoIP
2 1 (0.37%) Firewall
2 1 (0.37%) SD-WAN
2 1 (0.37%) WAN
2 1 (0.37%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 225 (82.42%) Power BI
2 125 (45.79%) Tableau
3 14 (5.13%) SQL Server
4 13 (4.76%) Power Query
5 12 (4.40%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 11 (4.03%) Data Lake
7 9 (3.30%) PowerPivot
7 9 (3.30%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 8 (2.93%) Data Warehouse
9 6 (2.20%) Data Vault
9 6 (2.20%) Star Schema
10 4 (1.47%) Azure SQL Database
10 4 (1.47%) Looker
10 4 (1.47%) Relational Database
10 4 (1.47%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 3 (1.10%) OLAP
11 3 (1.10%) PostgreSQL
12 2 (0.73%) BigQuery
12 2 (0.73%) Oracle ODI
12 2 (0.73%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 3 (1.10%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
2 2 (0.73%) DBeaver
3 1 (0.37%) Git
General
1 173 (63.37%) Social Skills
2 52 (19.05%) Analytical Skills
3 44 (16.12%) Finance
4 23 (8.42%) Organisational Skills
5 9 (3.30%) Documentation Skills
6 8 (2.93%) Legal
7 7 (2.56%) Marketing
7 7 (2.56%) Retail
8 6 (2.20%) Agriculture
9 5 (1.83%) Public Sector
10 3 (1.10%) Billing
10 3 (1.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (1.10%) Military
11 2 (0.73%) Telecoms
12 1 (0.37%) Advertising
12 1 (0.37%) Law
12 1 (0.37%) Publishing
12 1 (0.37%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 159 (58.24%) Analyst
2 129 (47.25%) Data Analyst
3 121 (44.32%) Junior
4 120 (43.96%) Junior Analyst
5 109 (39.93%) Junior Data Analyst
6 28 (10.26%) Architect
7 20 (7.33%) Developer
8 18 (6.59%) Solutions Architect
9 17 (6.23%) Financial Analyst
10 15 (5.49%) Business Intelligence Analyst
11 13 (4.76%) Power BI Analyst
12 12 (4.40%) Data Engineer
13 11 (4.03%) Senior
14 10 (3.66%) Accountant
14 10 (3.66%) Dynamics 365 Architect
14 10 (3.66%) Lead
14 10 (3.66%) Management Accountant
14 10 (3.66%) SQL Analyst
15 9 (3.30%) Report Analyst
16 8 (2.93%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (3.66%) .NET
2 7 (2.56%) ASP.NET
3 5 (1.83%) PySpark
4 4 (1.47%) .NET Framework
4 4 (1.47%) Entity Framework
5 3 (1.10%) ASP.NET Core
5 3 (1.10%) Blazor
5 3 (1.10%) HTML
5 3 (1.10%) jQuery
5 3 (1.10%) React
6 1 (0.37%) CSS
6 1 (0.37%) Kafka
6 1 (0.37%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 30 (10.99%) Management Information System
2 14 (5.13%) Analytical Mindset
2 14 (5.13%) Self-Motivation
3 9 (3.30%) Onboarding
4 8 (2.93%) Enterprise Software
4 8 (2.93%) Legacy Systems
5 6 (2.20%) Renewable Energy
6 5 (1.83%) NHS
7 4 (1.47%) Driving Licence
8 2 (0.73%) AI Agents
8 2 (0.73%) Social Media
9 1 (0.37%) Data Structures
9 1 (0.37%) Hybrid Cloud
9 1 (0.37%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.10%) Windows
2 1 (0.37%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 223 (81.68%) Business Intelligence
2 139 (50.92%) AI
3 62 (22.71%) Problem-Solving
4 33 (12.09%) Analytics
5 29 (10.62%) Continuous Improvement
6 28 (10.26%) Data Analysis
6 28 (10.26%) Visualisation
7 27 (9.89%) Process Improvement
8 24 (8.79%) Decision-Making
9 23 (8.42%) CRM
9 23 (8.42%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 23 (8.42%) Workflow
10 22 (8.06%) Agile
11 20 (7.33%) ETL
12 17 (6.23%) LLM
13 16 (5.86%) Data Modelling
14 15 (5.49%) Budgeting and Forecasting
15 14 (5.13%) User Experience
16 13 (4.76%) Information Management
16 13 (4.76%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 185 (67.77%) SQL
2 146 (53.48%) Python
3 30 (10.99%) C#
4 22 (8.06%) JavaScript
5 15 (5.49%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 7 (2.56%) R
6 7 (2.56%) T-SQL
7 6 (2.20%) VBA
8 3 (1.10%) Kusto Query Language
8 3 (1.10%) PHP
8 3 (1.10%) PL/SQL
8 3 (1.10%) VB.NET
9 2 (0.73%) PowerShell
9 2 (0.73%) VB
Qualifications
1 109 (39.93%) Azure Certification
2 23 (8.42%) Degree
3 15 (5.49%) AAT
3 15 (5.49%) ACCA
3 15 (5.49%) CIMA
4 8 (2.93%) Security Cleared
5 5 (1.83%) SC Cleared
6 3 (1.10%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.37%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.37%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.37%) HND
7 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (8.42%) Data Quality
2 9 (3.30%) QA
3 3 (1.10%) GDPR
3 3 (1.10%) SLA
4 1 (0.37%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 1 (0.37%) Active Directory
1 1 (0.37%) Virtual Desktop
1 1 (0.37%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 206 (75.46%) Microsoft
2 6 (2.20%) Cognos
2 6 (2.20%) MicroStrategy
2 6 (2.20%) Oracle
3 3 (1.10%) HubSpot
4 2 (0.73%) Databricks
5 1 (0.37%) Aruba
5 1 (0.37%) Google
5 1 (0.37%) Veeam
5 1 (0.37%) VMware
5 1 (0.37%) Zerto
5 1 (0.37%) Zoho