Power Platform Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Microsoft Power Platform
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Power Platform skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 47 53 75
Rank change year-on-year +6 +22 -9
Permanent jobs citing Power Platform 174 182 124
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 4.90% 4.24% 3.63%
As % of the Cloud Services category 15.00% 14.97% 10.83%
Number of salaries quoted 73 69 92
10th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £40,125
25th Percentile £43,750 £46,250 £42,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £59,125 £50,250
Median % change year-on-year +1.48% +17.66% -6.94%
75th Percentile £67,750 £65,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,100 £69,000 £71,138
South East median annual salary £50,000 £56,250 £52,500
% change year-on-year -11.11% +7.14% -4.55%

All Cloud Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 1,160 1,216 1,145
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 32.69% 28.31% 33.52%
Number of salaries quoted 552 597 934
10th Percentile £30,500 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,125 £42,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £56,525 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.39% +2.77% -7.95%
75th Percentile £68,000 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £86,750 £83,750
South East median annual salary £46,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -20.00% +4.55% -4.35%

Power Platform
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Power Platform job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Power Platform
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Power Platform.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Power Platform

Power Platform
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Power Platform in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 11 November 2025.

Salary histogram for Power Platform in the Thames Valley

Power Platform
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Power Platform within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 11 November 2025. 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
Berkshire -2 101 £69,840 +39.68% 40
Buckinghamshire +7 49 £47,500 -26.92% 33
Oxfordshire +36 24 £62,500 +13.64% 17
Power Platform
South East

Power Platform
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 10 (5.75%) SugarCRM
2 4 (2.30%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.15%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.57%) Confluence
4 1 (0.57%) Oracle Workflow
4 1 (0.57%) SAS
Applications
1 101 (58.05%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.57%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.57%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (1.72%) NetSuite
2 2 (1.15%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.57%) Dynamics GP
3 1 (0.57%) Sage 200
3 1 (0.57%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 99 (56.90%) Azure
2 13 (7.47%) Power Automate
3 11 (6.32%) Azure Data Factory
4 9 (5.17%) Microsoft Purview
4 9 (5.17%) SaaS
5 8 (4.60%) Microsoft 365
6 7 (4.02%) Dynamics 365
6 7 (4.02%) Snowflake
7 6 (3.45%) Azure DevOps
8 4 (2.30%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 4 (2.30%) PowerApps
9 3 (1.72%) AWS
9 3 (1.72%) iPaaS
9 3 (1.72%) Microsoft Copilot
10 2 (1.15%) Azure Machine Learning
10 2 (1.15%) Entra ID
10 2 (1.15%) GCP
10 2 (1.15%) GitHub
10 2 (1.15%) Google Analytics
10 2 (1.15%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.30%) Broadband
2 1 (0.57%) Ethernet
2 1 (0.57%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 167 (95.98%) Power BI
2 70 (40.23%) Data Lake
3 63 (36.21%) SAP BW
4 19 (10.92%) SQL Server
5 16 (9.20%) Tableau
6 13 (7.47%) Data Warehouse
7 10 (5.75%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 9 (5.17%) Power Query
8 9 (5.17%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 5 (2.87%) Metadata
9 5 (2.87%) PowerPivot
9 5 (2.87%) Qlik Sense
10 4 (2.30%) Looker
11 3 (1.72%) Azure SQL Database
12 2 (1.15%) Amazon Redshift
12 2 (1.15%) BigQuery
12 2 (1.15%) BusinessObjects
12 2 (1.15%) MySQL
12 2 (1.15%) PostgreSQL
12 2 (1.15%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 4 (2.30%) Git
2 2 (1.15%) JIRA
General
1 93 (53.45%) Social Skills
2 78 (44.83%) Analytical Skills
3 52 (29.89%) Finance
4 24 (13.79%) Marketing
5 17 (9.77%) Retail
6 12 (6.90%) Presentation Skills
7 9 (5.17%) Games
8 8 (4.60%) Manufacturing
9 6 (3.45%) Legal
10 4 (2.30%) Law
10 4 (2.30%) Retail Finance
10 4 (2.30%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.57%) Banking
11 1 (0.57%) Billing
11 1 (0.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.57%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.57%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 78 (44.83%) Analyst
2 56 (32.18%) Lead
3 37 (21.26%) Report Analyst
4 30 (17.24%) Business Intelligence Lead
5 28 (16.09%) Sustainability Analyst
6 23 (13.22%) Data Analyst
7 13 (7.47%) Commercial Analyst
7 13 (7.47%) Senior
8 12 (6.90%) Commercial Data Analyst
8 12 (6.90%) Procurement Analyst
9 10 (5.75%) Business Intelligence Analyst
10 8 (4.60%) Developer
11 7 (4.02%) Financial Analyst
12 6 (3.45%) Data Manager
13 5 (2.87%) Senior Analyst
14 4 (2.30%) Business Intelligence Developer
14 4 (2.30%) Business Manager
14 4 (2.30%) Senior Business Manager
14 4 (2.30%) Senior Manager
14 4 (2.30%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.30%) .NET
1 4 (2.30%) .NET Framework
2 2 (1.15%) Hugging Face
2 2 (1.15%) JSON
2 2 (1.15%) NumPy
2 2 (1.15%) Pandas
2 2 (1.15%) REST
2 2 (1.15%) scikit-learn
2 2 (1.15%) XML
3 1 (0.57%) Flash
3 1 (0.57%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 21 (12.07%) Analytical Mindset
2 13 (7.47%) FMCG
2 13 (7.47%) Management Information System
3 5 (2.87%) SCADA
4 4 (2.30%) Data Structures
4 4 (2.30%) Industry 4.0
4 4 (2.30%) Learning Management System
4 4 (2.30%) Manufacturing Execution System
5 3 (1.72%) Product Ownership
6 2 (1.15%) Driving Licence
6 2 (1.15%) Low-Code
7 1 (0.57%) Algorithms
7 1 (0.57%) Educational Technology
7 1 (0.57%) Industrial Internet of Things
7 1 (0.57%) IoT
7 1 (0.57%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (0.57%) Private Cloud
7 1 (0.57%) Robotics
7 1 (0.57%) SCORM
7 1 (0.57%) Sports Betting
Processes & Methodologies
1 164 (94.25%) Business Intelligence
2 118 (67.82%) Analytics
3 88 (50.57%) Problem-Solving
4 69 (39.66%) Data Modelling
5 60 (34.48%) Decision-Making
6 56 (32.18%) Actionable Insight
7 48 (27.59%) Data Governance
8 37 (21.26%) Data Cleansing
9 34 (19.54%) ERP
10 28 (16.09%) GAP Analysis
10 28 (16.09%) Quality Management
10 28 (16.09%) Source to Pay
11 27 (15.52%) Data Analysis
12 26 (14.94%) Data Management
12 26 (14.94%) Visualisation
13 24 (13.79%) AI
14 22 (12.64%) Validation
15 21 (12.07%) Data Analytics
16 20 (11.49%) Data Visualisation
17 19 (10.92%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 59 (33.91%) SQL
2 29 (16.67%) Python
3 16 (9.20%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 9 (5.17%) C#
5 5 (2.87%) T-SQL
5 5 (2.87%) VBA
6 4 (2.30%) Kusto Query Language
7 3 (1.72%) JavaScript
7 3 (1.72%) PowerShell
8 2 (1.15%) R
Qualifications
1 106 (60.92%) Degree
2 10 (5.75%) HNC
3 9 (5.17%) CIMA
4 8 (4.60%) ACCA
5 3 (1.72%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (1.72%) SC Cleared
5 3 (1.72%) Security Cleared
6 2 (1.15%) AAT
7 1 (0.57%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.57%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.57%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.57%) PhD
7 1 (0.57%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.57%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 80 (45.98%) Data Quality
2 10 (5.75%) Accessibility
3 2 (1.15%) QA
4 1 (0.57%) GDPR
4 1 (0.57%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 1 (0.57%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (0.57%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 70 (40.23%) SAP
2 21 (12.07%) Microsoft
3 6 (3.45%) Databricks
4 5 (2.87%) Allen-Bradley
4 5 (2.87%) HubSpot
4 5 (2.87%) Salesforce
4 5 (2.87%) Siemens
5 4 (2.30%) Google
6 3 (1.72%) OpenAI
6 3 (1.72%) Oracle
6 3 (1.72%) Talend
7 2 (1.15%) Alteryx
7 2 (1.15%) Cognos
7 2 (1.15%) ServiceNow
7 2 (1.15%) Xero
7 2 (1.15%) Zoho
8 1 (0.57%) Adobe
8 1 (0.57%) JDA
8 1 (0.57%) RedPrairie
8 1 (0.57%) Sage