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 22 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 39 47 43
Rank change year-on-year +8 -4 +27
Permanent jobs citing Power Platform 177 136 302
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 3.70% 4.96% 4.89%
As % of the Cloud Services category 13.58% 15.03% 16.49%
Number of salaries quoted 108 90 244
10th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £38,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £43,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,750 £58,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.33% +22.11% -5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £71,250 £60,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £76,000 £67,500
South East median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% -4.55%

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 1,303 905 1,831
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 27.21% 32.99% 29.63%
Number of salaries quoted 771 528 1,517
10th Percentile £32,000 £32,500 £31,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +15.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £76,000 £64,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £80,000
South East median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -13.04% +15.00% -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 22 March 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 22 March 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 79 £50,001 +5.26% 33
Buckinghamshire -12 65 £62,500 +4.17% 20
Oxfordshire +8 33 £47,500 - 7
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 4 (2.26%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.69%) Apache Airflow
2 3 (1.69%) SAS
3 1 (0.56%) CMS
Applications
1 93 (52.54%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (7.34%) Spreadsheet
3 9 (5.08%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (1.13%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (1.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 9 (5.08%) SAP CO
2 1 (0.56%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.56%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 87 (49.15%) Azure
2 45 (25.42%) Azure AI
3 22 (12.43%) Power Automate
4 17 (9.60%) Azure DevOps
4 17 (9.60%) Azure Logic Apps
5 10 (5.65%) Snowflake
6 8 (4.52%) AWS
7 5 (2.82%) GCP
7 5 (2.82%) PowerApps
8 4 (2.26%) Azure Data Factory
8 4 (2.26%) dbt
8 4 (2.26%) Microsoft 365
9 3 (1.69%) Microsoft Copilot
10 2 (1.13%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 2 (1.13%) SaaS
11 1 (0.56%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 1 (0.56%) Azure Service Bus
11 1 (0.56%) Copilot Studio
11 1 (0.56%) Fivetran
11 1 (0.56%) Google Ads
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.82%) Modbus
1 5 (2.82%) MQTT
2 1 (0.56%) Broadband
2 1 (0.56%) DHCP
2 1 (0.56%) DNS
2 1 (0.56%) TCP/IP
2 1 (0.56%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 153 (86.44%) Power BI
2 73 (41.24%) Tableau
3 10 (5.65%) Data Warehouse
3 10 (5.65%) Power Query
4 7 (3.95%) PowerPivot
5 6 (3.39%) Metadata
5 6 (3.39%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 3 (1.69%) Data Lake
6 3 (1.69%) Looker
6 3 (1.69%) Qlik Sense
7 2 (1.13%) Airbyte
7 2 (1.13%) BusinessObjects
7 2 (1.13%) SAP BW
7 2 (1.13%) Snowflake Schema
7 2 (1.13%) SQL Server
7 2 (1.13%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.56%) Data Hub
8 1 (0.56%) Geospatial Data
8 1 (0.56%) MySQL
8 1 (0.56%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 5 (2.82%) Git
2 2 (1.13%) JIRA
3 1 (0.56%) Oracle APEX
General
1 116 (65.54%) Social Skills
2 81 (45.76%) Analytical Skills
3 78 (44.07%) Finance
4 18 (10.17%) Manufacturing
5 14 (7.91%) Influencing Skills
6 8 (4.52%) Marketing
7 5 (2.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (1.13%) Back Office
8 2 (1.13%) Law
8 2 (1.13%) Pharmaceutical
8 2 (1.13%) Public Sector
9 1 (0.56%) Banking
9 1 (0.56%) Legal
9 1 (0.56%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 101 (57.06%) Analyst
2 70 (39.55%) Data Analyst
3 45 (25.42%) Junior
3 45 (25.42%) Junior Analyst
3 45 (25.42%) Junior Data Analyst
4 36 (20.34%) Developer
5 19 (10.73%) Business Intelligence Developer
5 19 (10.73%) Financial Analyst
6 15 (8.47%) Power Platform Developer
7 13 (7.34%) Power BI Developer
7 13 (7.34%) Report Analyst
8 11 (6.21%) Senior
9 10 (5.65%) Applications Support
9 10 (5.65%) Business Developer
10 9 (5.08%) IT Support
11 8 (4.52%) Applications Support Manager
11 8 (4.52%) Business Intelligence Specialist
11 8 (4.52%) IT Manager
11 8 (4.52%) IT Support Manager
11 8 (4.52%) Support Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (5.08%) SAP CO-PA
2 2 (1.13%) .NET
2 2 (1.13%) RESTful
2 2 (1.13%) Snowpark
3 1 (0.56%) GeoPandas
3 1 (0.56%) MapLibre
3 1 (0.56%) NetworkX
3 1 (0.56%) PostGIS
3 1 (0.56%) PySpark
3 1 (0.56%) Streamlit
Miscellaneous
1 17 (9.60%) Low-Code
2 10 (5.65%) Management Information System
3 5 (2.82%) Analytical Mindset
3 5 (2.82%) IoT
3 5 (2.82%) Manufacturing Execution System
3 5 (2.82%) SCADA
4 3 (1.69%) Cloud Native
5 2 (1.13%) Data Structures
5 2 (1.13%) Distributed Systems
5 2 (1.13%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (1.13%) Product Ownership
6 1 (0.56%) Algorithms
6 1 (0.56%) Educational Technology
6 1 (0.56%) Learning Management System
6 1 (0.56%) Podcast
6 1 (0.56%) Private Cloud
6 1 (0.56%) Replication
6 1 (0.56%) Sports Betting
6 1 (0.56%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.56%) Windows
1 1 (0.56%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 141 (79.66%) Business Intelligence
2 63 (35.59%) Decision-Making
3 56 (31.64%) AI
4 46 (25.99%) Problem-Solving
5 38 (21.47%) Budgeting and Forecasting
6 35 (19.77%) ETL
7 33 (18.64%) Analytics
8 25 (14.12%) Budgeting
9 24 (13.56%) Data Governance
9 24 (13.56%) Visualisation
10 23 (12.99%) CI/CD
11 21 (11.86%) Agile
12 20 (11.30%) Continuous Improvement
12 20 (11.30%) ERP
13 19 (10.73%) Data Visualisation
13 19 (10.73%) DevOps
14 16 (9.04%) Computer Science
14 16 (9.04%) Cybersecurity
14 16 (9.04%) Data Integration
15 15 (8.47%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 115 (64.97%) SQL
2 94 (53.11%) Python
3 25 (14.12%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 22 (12.43%) C#
5 21 (11.86%) VBA
6 15 (8.47%) JavaScript
7 5 (2.82%) Kusto Query Language
8 3 (1.69%) R
9 2 (1.13%) Java
10 1 (0.56%) Scala
Qualifications
1 47 (26.55%) Azure Certification
2 37 (20.90%) CIMA
3 36 (20.34%) ACCA
4 30 (16.95%) Degree
5 15 (8.47%) AAT
6 3 (1.69%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (1.69%) SC Cleared
6 3 (1.69%) Security Cleared
7 2 (1.13%) AWS Certification
7 2 (1.13%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 2 (1.13%) TOGAF Certification
8 1 (0.56%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.56%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (8.47%) Data Quality
2 4 (2.26%) PMO
3 3 (1.69%) QA
4 1 (0.56%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.56%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (0.56%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 1 (0.56%) GDPR
4 1 (0.56%) IFRS
System Software
1 1 (0.56%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (1.69%) Terraform
2 1 (0.56%) Argo
Vendors
1 82 (46.33%) Microsoft
2 33 (18.64%) SAP
3 8 (4.52%) Databricks
4 2 (1.13%) HubSpot
4 2 (1.13%) IFS
4 2 (1.13%) Oracle
4 2 (1.13%) Salesforce
4 2 (1.13%) Xero
5 1 (0.56%) Foundry
5 1 (0.56%) Informatica
5 1 (0.56%) Mapbox
5 1 (0.56%) Marketo
5 1 (0.56%) Palantir
5 1 (0.56%) ServiceNow