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 8 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 35 65 41
Rank change year-on-year +30 -24 +41
Permanent jobs citing Power Platform 209 147 317
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 3.73% 4.40% 4.86%
As % of the Cloud Services category 14.43% 16.54% 16.75%
Number of salaries quoted 122 92 234
10th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £43,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £58,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.17% +22.11% -5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £67,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £71,250 £76,000 £70,000
South East median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £51,000
% change year-on-year - +7.84% -2.86%

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 1,448 889 1,892
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 25.82% 26.58% 29.03%
Number of salaries quoted 895 496 1,504
10th Percentile £33,750 £32,375 £31,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £56,250 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.22% +12.50% -13.04%
75th Percentile £73,750 £75,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £77,500
South East median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +10.00% -9.09%

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 8 May 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 8 May 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 +38 104 £50,001 +0.00% 33
Buckinghamshire 0 69 £62,500 +4.17% 12
Oxfordshire +7 36 £63,750 +34.21% 12
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 7 (3.35%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.44%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (0.96%) SAS
4 1 (0.48%) CMS
Applications
1 109 (52.15%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (6.22%) Microsoft Project
2 13 (6.22%) Spreadsheet
3 2 (0.96%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 9 (4.31%) SAP CO
2 1 (0.48%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.48%) SAP QM
2 1 (0.48%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 110 (52.63%) Azure
2 63 (30.14%) Azure AI
3 29 (13.88%) Power Automate
4 18 (8.61%) Azure Logic Apps
5 17 (8.13%) Azure DevOps
6 10 (4.78%) AWS
6 10 (4.78%) Snowflake
7 7 (3.35%) dbt
8 6 (2.87%) Azure Data Factory
8 6 (2.87%) Microsoft 365
8 6 (2.87%) PowerApps
9 5 (2.39%) GCP
10 4 (1.91%) Fivetran
10 4 (1.91%) Google Analytics
11 3 (1.44%) Microsoft Copilot
12 2 (0.96%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 1 (0.48%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 1 (0.48%) Azure Service Bus
13 1 (0.48%) Azure Stack
13 1 (0.48%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.39%) Modbus
1 5 (2.39%) MQTT
2 4 (1.91%) Wi-Fi
3 3 (1.44%) Firewall
3 3 (1.44%) NAS
3 3 (1.44%) VoIP
4 1 (0.48%) Broadband
4 1 (0.48%) DHCP
4 1 (0.48%) DNS
4 1 (0.48%) Intranet
4 1 (0.48%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 181 (86.60%) Power BI
2 87 (41.63%) Tableau
3 8 (3.83%) Data Warehouse
4 6 (2.87%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 5 (2.39%) Airbyte
6 4 (1.91%) Metadata
6 4 (1.91%) Power Query
7 3 (1.44%) Data Lake
7 3 (1.44%) PowerPivot
7 3 (1.44%) Relational Database
7 3 (1.44%) Snowflake Schema
8 2 (0.96%) Azure SQL Database
8 2 (0.96%) Looker
8 2 (0.96%) SAP BW
8 2 (0.96%) SQL Server
8 2 (0.96%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 1 (0.48%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
9 1 (0.48%) Data Hub
9 1 (0.48%) QGIS
9 1 (0.48%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 9 (4.31%) Git
2 1 (0.48%) JIRA
2 1 (0.48%) Oracle APEX
General
1 121 (57.89%) Social Skills
2 77 (36.84%) Analytical Skills
3 71 (33.97%) Finance
4 18 (8.61%) Manufacturing
5 14 (6.70%) Influencing Skills
6 12 (5.74%) Marketing
7 9 (4.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 8 (3.83%) Law
8 8 (3.83%) Public Sector
9 6 (2.87%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (1.44%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (0.96%) Back Office
11 2 (0.96%) Legal
11 2 (0.96%) Pharmaceutical
11 2 (0.96%) Telecoms
12 1 (0.48%) Banking
12 1 (0.48%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 111 (53.11%) Analyst
2 80 (38.28%) Data Analyst
3 63 (30.14%) Junior
3 63 (30.14%) Junior Analyst
3 63 (30.14%) Junior Data Analyst
4 37 (17.70%) Developer
5 20 (9.57%) IT Support
6 19 (9.09%) Business Intelligence Developer
7 16 (7.66%) Applications Manager
7 16 (7.66%) Applications Support
7 16 (7.66%) Applications Support Manager
7 16 (7.66%) IT Manager
7 16 (7.66%) IT Support Manager
7 16 (7.66%) Power Platform Developer
7 16 (7.66%) Support Manager
8 14 (6.70%) Financial Analyst
9 13 (6.22%) Power BI Developer
9 13 (6.22%) Report Analyst
10 10 (4.78%) Business Developer
11 8 (3.83%) Business Intelligence Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (4.31%) SAP CO-PA
2 2 (0.96%) .NET
2 2 (0.96%) RESTful
2 2 (0.96%) Snowpark
3 1 (0.48%) GeoPandas
3 1 (0.48%) HTML
3 1 (0.48%) MapLibre
3 1 (0.48%) NetworkX
3 1 (0.48%) PostGIS
3 1 (0.48%) PySpark
3 1 (0.48%) React
3 1 (0.48%) Streamlit
3 1 (0.48%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 17 (8.13%) Low-Code
2 15 (7.18%) Management Information System
3 5 (2.39%) IoT
3 5 (2.39%) Manufacturing Execution System
3 5 (2.39%) SCADA
4 4 (1.91%) Analytical Mindset
4 4 (1.91%) Data Structures
5 2 (0.96%) Cloud Native
5 2 (0.96%) Distributed Systems
5 2 (0.96%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (0.96%) Learning Management System
5 2 (0.96%) Product Ownership
6 1 (0.48%) Educational Technology
6 1 (0.48%) FMCG
6 1 (0.48%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 1 (0.48%) Podcast
6 1 (0.48%) Replication
6 1 (0.48%) Sports Betting
6 1 (0.48%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.91%) Windows
1 4 (1.91%) Windows 10
2 3 (1.44%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 162 (77.51%) Business Intelligence
2 82 (39.23%) AI
3 63 (30.14%) Decision-Making
4 42 (20.10%) Problem-Solving
5 41 (19.62%) Analytics
6 39 (18.66%) Budgeting and Forecasting
7 37 (17.70%) ETL
8 27 (12.92%) Data Governance
9 26 (12.44%) Agile
9 26 (12.44%) Budgeting
9 26 (12.44%) CI/CD
10 24 (11.48%) Visualisation
11 22 (10.53%) ERP
12 21 (10.05%) DevOps
13 19 (9.09%) Data Visualisation
14 18 (8.61%) Data Modelling
14 18 (8.61%) Performance Analysis
15 17 (8.13%) Continuous Improvement
15 17 (8.13%) CRM
15 17 (8.13%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 126 (60.29%) SQL
2 106 (50.72%) Python
3 18 (8.61%) C#
4 16 (7.66%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 16 (7.66%) JavaScript
4 16 (7.66%) VBA
5 2 (0.96%) Java
6 1 (0.48%) Kusto Query Language
6 1 (0.48%) R
6 1 (0.48%) Scala
6 1 (0.48%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 65 (31.10%) Azure Certification
2 36 (17.22%) CIMA
3 35 (16.75%) ACCA
4 33 (15.79%) Degree
5 14 (6.70%) AAT
6 7 (3.35%) SC Cleared
6 7 (3.35%) Security Cleared
7 3 (1.44%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (1.44%) DBS Check
8 2 (0.96%) AWS Certification
8 2 (0.96%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 2 (0.96%) PMI Certification
8 2 (0.96%) PMP
8 2 (0.96%) TOGAF Certification
9 1 (0.48%) APMG
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (8.13%) Data Quality
2 5 (2.39%) PMO
3 4 (1.91%) SLA
4 3 (1.44%) QA
5 2 (0.96%) Accessibility
5 2 (0.96%) GDPR
6 1 (0.48%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.48%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 1 (0.48%) IFRS
System Software
1 3 (1.44%) BitLocker
1 3 (1.44%) Terminal Services
1 3 (1.44%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.48%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (1.44%) Terraform
2 1 (0.48%) Argo
Vendors
1 119 (56.94%) Microsoft
2 29 (13.88%) SAP
3 8 (3.83%) Databricks
4 4 (1.91%) Google
5 3 (1.44%) Barracuda Networks
5 3 (1.44%) Sophos
5 3 (1.44%) VMware
5 3 (1.44%) Xero
6 2 (0.96%) HubSpot
6 2 (0.96%) IFS
6 2 (0.96%) Oracle
7 1 (0.48%) Foundry
7 1 (0.48%) Informatica
7 1 (0.48%) Mapbox
7 1 (0.48%) Marketo
7 1 (0.48%) Palantir
7 1 (0.48%) Sage
7 1 (0.48%) Salesforce