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 4 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 39 85 43
Rank change year-on-year +46 -42 +31
Permanent jobs citing Power Platform 193 113 326
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 3.41% 3.37% 4.72%
As % of the Cloud Services category 13.46% 13.52% 17.07%
Number of salaries quoted 122 73 230
10th Percentile £42,500 £36,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +15.79% -5.00%
75th Percentile £65,625 £66,250 £60,563
90th Percentile £75,000 £73,968 £70,000
South East median annual salary £57,500 £52,500 £51,000
% change year-on-year +9.52% +2.94% -7.27%

All Cloud Computing 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 1,434 836 1,910
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 25.37% 24.90% 27.68%
Number of salaries quoted 962 420 1,475
10th Percentile £32,625 £31,250 £30,150
25th Percentile £42,500 £39,000 £37,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +10.00% -13.04%
75th Percentile £73,750 £71,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £76,250
South East median annual salary £55,000 £53,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +2.80% +7.00% -12.28%

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 4 June 2026.

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 4 June 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
Berkshire +31 98 £50,500 -19.20% 26
Buckinghamshire +28 61 £62,500 +5.93% 20
Oxfordshire +4 34 £65,625 +38.16% 13
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 9 (4.66%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.04%) Apache Airflow
2 2 (1.04%) SAS
3 1 (0.52%) CMS
Applications
1 92 (47.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (6.74%) Microsoft Project
3 9 (4.66%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (1.04%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (1.04%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 9 (4.66%) SAP CO
2 5 (2.59%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.52%) Dynamics GP
3 1 (0.52%) SAP QM
3 1 (0.52%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 99 (51.30%) Azure
2 54 (27.98%) Azure AI
3 29 (15.03%) Power Automate
4 17 (8.81%) Azure Logic Apps
5 15 (7.77%) Azure DevOps
6 9 (4.66%) PowerApps
7 8 (4.15%) AWS
7 8 (4.15%) Dynamics 365
8 7 (3.63%) Microsoft 365
9 5 (2.59%) dbt
9 5 (2.59%) Fivetran
9 5 (2.59%) Snowflake
10 4 (2.07%) Azure Data Factory
10 4 (2.07%) Google Analytics
10 4 (2.07%) Microsoft Copilot
11 3 (1.55%) GCP
12 1 (0.52%) Azure Stack
12 1 (0.52%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 1 (0.52%) Google Ads
12 1 (0.52%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.55%) Firewall
1 3 (1.55%) Modbus
1 3 (1.55%) MQTT
1 3 (1.55%) NAS
1 3 (1.55%) VoIP
1 3 (1.55%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (0.52%) Broadband
2 1 (0.52%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 158 (81.87%) Power BI
2 72 (37.31%) Tableau
3 7 (3.63%) Data Warehouse
4 6 (3.11%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 5 (2.59%) Airbyte
5 5 (2.59%) Relational Database
6 2 (1.04%) SAP BW
6 2 (1.04%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 1 (0.52%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.52%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.52%) Metadata
7 1 (0.52%) PowerPivot
7 1 (0.52%) Snowflake Schema
7 1 (0.52%) SQL Server
7 1 (0.52%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 6 (3.11%) Git
General
1 100 (51.81%) Social Skills
2 66 (34.20%) Finance
3 63 (32.64%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (8.29%) Marketing
5 15 (7.77%) Manufacturing
6 10 (5.18%) Influencing Skills
7 9 (4.66%) Law
8 8 (4.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 8 (4.15%) Public Sector
9 6 (3.11%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (1.55%) Legal
10 3 (1.55%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (1.04%) Social Housing
11 2 (1.04%) Telecoms
12 1 (0.52%) Banking
12 1 (0.52%) Pharmaceutical
12 1 (0.52%) Retail
Job Titles
1 98 (50.78%) Analyst
2 65 (33.68%) Data Analyst
3 54 (27.98%) Junior
3 54 (27.98%) Junior Analyst
3 54 (27.98%) Junior Data Analyst
4 31 (16.06%) Developer
5 19 (9.84%) IT Support
6 16 (8.29%) Applications Manager
6 16 (8.29%) Applications Support
6 16 (8.29%) Applications Support Manager
6 16 (8.29%) IT Manager
6 16 (8.29%) IT Support Manager
6 16 (8.29%) Support Manager
7 15 (7.77%) Power Platform Developer
8 14 (7.25%) Business Intelligence Developer
9 13 (6.74%) Report Analyst
10 11 (5.70%) Consultant
11 10 (5.18%) Power BI Developer
12 9 (4.66%) Business Developer
12 9 (4.66%) Financial Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (4.66%) SAP CO-PA
2 2 (1.04%) .NET
2 2 (1.04%) HTML
2 2 (1.04%) React
2 2 (1.04%) RESTful
2 2 (1.04%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 15 (7.77%) Low-Code
2 14 (7.25%) Management Information System
3 5 (2.59%) Cloud Native
4 4 (2.07%) Data Structures
5 3 (1.55%) IoT
5 3 (1.55%) Manufacturing Execution System
5 3 (1.55%) Product Ownership
5 3 (1.55%) SCADA
6 2 (1.04%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (1.04%) Distributed Systems
6 2 (1.04%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (1.04%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 2 (1.04%) Learning Management System
7 1 (0.52%) Educational Technology
7 1 (0.52%) FMCG
7 1 (0.52%) Housing Association
7 1 (0.52%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (0.52%) Podcast
7 1 (0.52%) Sports Betting
7 1 (0.52%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.55%) Windows
1 3 (1.55%) Windows 10
1 3 (1.55%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 139 (72.02%) Business Intelligence
2 76 (39.38%) AI
3 57 (29.53%) Decision-Making
4 37 (19.17%) Budgeting and Forecasting
5 36 (18.65%) Analytics
6 35 (18.13%) Problem-Solving
7 30 (15.54%) ETL
8 26 (13.47%) Data Governance
9 25 (12.95%) Agile
9 25 (12.95%) CI/CD
10 22 (11.40%) Budgeting
10 22 (11.40%) DevOps
10 22 (11.40%) ERP
11 21 (10.88%) CRM
12 19 (9.84%) Visualisation
13 17 (8.81%) Data Management
13 17 (8.81%) Project Management
14 16 (8.29%) Data Visualisation
15 15 (7.77%) Performance Analysis
15 15 (7.77%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 102 (52.85%) SQL
2 87 (45.08%) Python
3 17 (8.81%) JavaScript
4 15 (7.77%) C#
5 11 (5.70%) VBA
6 10 (5.18%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 2 (1.04%) Java
8 1 (0.52%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 56 (29.02%) Azure Certification
2 31 (16.06%) ACCA
2 31 (16.06%) CIMA
3 29 (15.03%) Degree
4 13 (6.74%) AAT
5 7 (3.63%) SC Cleared
5 7 (3.63%) Security Cleared
6 5 (2.59%) ICAEW
7 4 (2.07%) DBS Check
8 2 (1.04%) AWS Certification
8 2 (1.04%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 2 (1.04%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (1.04%) PMI Certification
8 2 (1.04%) PMP
8 2 (1.04%) TOGAF Certification
9 1 (0.52%) APMG
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (9.84%) Data Quality
2 5 (2.59%) GDPR
2 5 (2.59%) PMO
3 4 (2.07%) SLA
4 2 (1.04%) QA
5 1 (0.52%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.52%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 1 (0.52%) IFRS
5 1 (0.52%) PERC
System Software
1 3 (1.55%) BitLocker
1 3 (1.55%) Terminal Services
1 3 (1.55%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (1.04%) Terraform
2 1 (0.52%) MOM
Vendors
1 116 (60.10%) Microsoft
2 25 (12.95%) SAP
3 6 (3.11%) Databricks
4 4 (2.07%) Google
5 3 (1.55%) Barracuda Networks
5 3 (1.55%) Oracle
5 3 (1.55%) Sage
5 3 (1.55%) Sophos
5 3 (1.55%) VMware
6 2 (1.04%) HubSpot
6 2 (1.04%) IFS
6 2 (1.04%) Xero
7 1 (0.52%) Marketo