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 5 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 36 47 79
Rank change year-on-year +11 +32 -12
Permanent jobs citing Power Platform 195 212 111
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 5.10% 5.22% 3.41%
As % of the Cloud Services category 16.50% 16.37% 10.51%
Number of salaries quoted 80 91 87
10th Percentile £41,250 £41,000 £40,750
25th Percentile £43,750 £46,875 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +20.00% -5.66%
75th Percentile £67,500 £68,750 £60,000
90th Percentile £72,650 £76,000 £70,500
South East median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -13.04% +9.52% -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 1,182 1,295 1,056
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 30.94% 31.87% 32.44%
Number of salaries quoted 585 674 864
10th Percentile £30,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £43,875 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.83% +9.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £68,750 £77,375 £71,313
90th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £83,750
South East median annual salary £49,000 £58,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -15.52% +10.48% -8.70%

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 5 December 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 5 December 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 +9 107 £63,670 +27.34% 31
Buckinghamshire 0 57 £51,250 -21.15% 23
Oxfordshire +33 31 £61,250 +16.42% 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 (5.13%) SugarCRM
2 2 (1.03%) SAS
2 2 (1.03%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.51%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.51%) Confluence
Applications
1 114 (58.46%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (2.05%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (1.03%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (1.03%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.51%) Dynamics GP
2 1 (0.51%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 108 (55.38%) Azure
2 14 (7.18%) Power Automate
3 13 (6.67%) Snowflake
4 11 (5.64%) Azure AI
4 11 (5.64%) Azure Data Factory
5 7 (3.59%) AWS
5 7 (3.59%) Microsoft 365
5 7 (3.59%) SaaS
6 6 (3.08%) Azure DevOps
6 6 (3.08%) dbt
6 6 (3.08%) Microsoft Purview
7 5 (2.56%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 4 (2.05%) Azure Logic Apps
8 4 (2.05%) Dynamics 365
8 4 (2.05%) GCP
9 3 (1.54%) Azure Service Bus
9 3 (1.54%) Fivetran
9 3 (1.54%) Microsoft Copilot
9 3 (1.54%) PowerApps
10 2 (1.03%) Copilot Studio
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.05%) Modbus
2 3 (1.54%) Broadband
2 3 (1.54%) MQTT
3 1 (0.51%) DHCP
3 1 (0.51%) DNS
3 1 (0.51%) Ethernet
3 1 (0.51%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.51%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 187 (95.90%) Power BI
2 71 (36.41%) Data Lake
3 63 (32.31%) SAP BW
4 29 (14.87%) Tableau
5 17 (8.72%) Data Warehouse
5 17 (8.72%) SQL Server
6 12 (6.15%) Power Query
6 12 (6.15%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 10 (5.13%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 8 (4.10%) Metadata
9 7 (3.59%) PowerPivot
10 5 (2.56%) Looker
10 5 (2.56%) Qlik Sense
11 3 (1.54%) Azure SQL Database
11 3 (1.54%) MySQL
11 3 (1.54%) PostgreSQL
11 3 (1.54%) Relational Database
12 2 (1.03%) Amazon Redshift
12 2 (1.03%) BusinessObjects
12 2 (1.03%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 9 (4.62%) Git
2 3 (1.54%) JIRA
3 1 (0.51%) Oracle APEX
General
1 107 (54.87%) Social Skills
2 86 (44.10%) Analytical Skills
3 54 (27.69%) Finance
4 21 (10.77%) Marketing
5 14 (7.18%) Retail
6 12 (6.15%) Manufacturing
6 12 (6.15%) Presentation Skills
7 6 (3.08%) Games
8 5 (2.56%) Influencing Skills
9 4 (2.05%) Legal
10 3 (1.54%) Retail Finance
10 3 (1.54%) Telecoms
11 2 (1.03%) Back Office
11 2 (1.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (1.03%) Law
12 1 (0.51%) Banking
12 1 (0.51%) Billing
12 1 (0.51%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.51%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 94 (48.21%) Analyst
2 52 (26.67%) Lead
3 39 (20.00%) Data Analyst
4 37 (18.97%) Report Analyst
5 30 (15.38%) Business Intelligence Lead
6 28 (14.36%) Sustainability Analyst
7 16 (8.21%) Senior
8 13 (6.67%) Commercial Analyst
8 13 (6.67%) Developer
9 12 (6.15%) Commercial Data Analyst
9 12 (6.15%) Financial Analyst
9 12 (6.15%) Procurement Analyst
10 10 (5.13%) Business Intelligence Analyst
11 9 (4.62%) Business Intelligence Developer
11 9 (4.62%) Junior
11 9 (4.62%) Junior Analyst
11 9 (4.62%) Junior Data Analyst
12 7 (3.59%) Data Manager
13 6 (3.08%) Senior Analyst
13 6 (3.08%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.03%) .NET
1 2 (1.03%) .NET Framework
1 2 (1.03%) Hugging Face
1 2 (1.03%) NumPy
1 2 (1.03%) Pandas
1 2 (1.03%) scikit-learn
1 2 (1.03%) Snowpark
2 1 (0.51%) Flash
2 1 (0.51%) GeoPandas
2 1 (0.51%) JSON
2 1 (0.51%) MapLibre
2 1 (0.51%) NetworkX
2 1 (0.51%) PostGIS
2 1 (0.51%) PySpark
2 1 (0.51%) REST
2 1 (0.51%) Streamlit
2 1 (0.51%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 21 (10.77%) Analytical Mindset
2 13 (6.67%) FMCG
2 13 (6.67%) Management Information System
3 8 (4.10%) SCADA
4 7 (3.59%) Manufacturing Execution System
5 5 (2.56%) Data Structures
6 4 (2.05%) Industry 4.0
6 4 (2.05%) IoT
7 3 (1.54%) Learning Management System
7 3 (1.54%) Low-Code
7 3 (1.54%) Product Ownership
8 1 (0.51%) Algorithms
8 1 (0.51%) Driving Licence
8 1 (0.51%) Educational Technology
8 1 (0.51%) Legacy Systems
8 1 (0.51%) Private Cloud
8 1 (0.51%) Replication
8 1 (0.51%) Robotics
8 1 (0.51%) SCORM
8 1 (0.51%) Sports Betting
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.51%) Windows
1 1 (0.51%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 185 (94.87%) Business Intelligence
2 123 (63.08%) Analytics
3 91 (46.67%) Problem-Solving
4 76 (38.97%) Data Modelling
5 68 (34.87%) Decision-Making
6 56 (28.72%) Actionable Insight
7 51 (26.15%) Data Governance
8 40 (20.51%) ERP
9 38 (19.49%) Data Cleansing
10 36 (18.46%) AI
11 31 (15.90%) Visualisation
12 30 (15.38%) Quality Management
13 29 (14.87%) Data Analysis
14 28 (14.36%) GAP Analysis
14 28 (14.36%) Source to Pay
15 27 (13.85%) ETL
16 24 (12.31%) Data Visualisation
16 24 (12.31%) Validation
17 23 (11.79%) Data Analytics
18 21 (10.77%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 80 (41.03%) SQL
2 49 (25.13%) Python
3 21 (10.77%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 10 (5.13%) C#
4 10 (5.13%) VBA
5 5 (2.56%) Kusto Query Language
5 5 (2.56%) T-SQL
6 4 (2.05%) JavaScript
7 3 (1.54%) R
8 2 (1.03%) PowerShell
9 1 (0.51%) Scala
Qualifications
1 106 (54.36%) Degree
2 14 (7.18%) CIMA
3 13 (6.67%) ACCA
4 10 (5.13%) HNC
5 9 (4.62%) Azure Certification
6 3 (1.54%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (1.03%) AAT
8 1 (0.51%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.51%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.51%) PhD
8 1 (0.51%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.51%) PMP
8 1 (0.51%) SC Cleared
8 1 (0.51%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 82 (42.05%) Data Quality
2 8 (4.10%) Accessibility
3 3 (1.54%) QA
4 1 (0.51%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 1 (0.51%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (0.51%) Argo
1 1 (0.51%) Single Sign-On
1 1 (0.51%) Terraform
Vendors
1 76 (38.97%) SAP
2 29 (14.87%) Microsoft
3 7 (3.59%) Databricks
4 5 (2.56%) Allen-Bradley
4 5 (2.56%) Salesforce
4 5 (2.56%) Siemens
5 3 (1.54%) HubSpot
5 3 (1.54%) OpenAI
5 3 (1.54%) Oracle
5 3 (1.54%) Talend
6 2 (1.03%) Alteryx
6 2 (1.03%) Cognos
6 2 (1.03%) Google
6 2 (1.03%) Xero
6 2 (1.03%) Zoho
7 1 (0.51%) Foundry
7 1 (0.51%) Palantir
7 1 (0.51%) RedPrairie
7 1 (0.51%) SendGrid
7 1 (0.51%) ServiceNow