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

6 months to
5 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 47 57 43
Rank change year-on-year +10 -14 +42
Permanent jobs citing Power Platform 209 192 230
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 3.00% 4.94% 4.68%
As % of the Cloud Services category 13.17% 17.99% 17.37%
Number of salaries quoted 151 71 102
10th Percentile £37,500 £38,750 £36,375
25th Percentile £50,000 £46,250 £41,447
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,750 £60,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% +20.00% -9.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £67,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,750 £67,375
South East median annual salary £60,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +20.00% -9.09% +3.40%

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 1,587 1,067 1,324
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 22.76% 27.44% 26.95%
Number of salaries quoted 1,171 473 770
10th Percentile £32,750 £29,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £43,125 £36,250 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £50,000 £51,250
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -2.44% -10.87%
75th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £66,875
90th Percentile £90,000 £83,750 £83,750
South East median annual salary £57,500 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +15.00% -9.09% -1.05%

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 September 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 5 September 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 +6 110 £65,000 -6.93% 36
Buckinghamshire +4 51 £62,500 +31.58% 27
Oxfordshire -9 48 £63,750 +4.08% 20
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 30 (14.35%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.96%) CMS
3 1 (0.48%) SAS
Applications
1 62 (29.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (4.31%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (3.35%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 11 (5.26%) NetSuite
2 9 (4.31%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.48%) Dynamics GP
3 1 (0.48%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.48%) SAP QM
3 1 (0.48%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 68 (32.54%) Azure
2 30 (14.35%) Microsoft 365
2 30 (14.35%) Power Automate
3 29 (13.88%) Azure AI
4 20 (9.57%) Dynamics 365
5 12 (5.74%) PowerApps
6 11 (5.26%) Azure Data Factory
7 10 (4.78%) Azure DevOps
7 10 (4.78%) Microsoft Copilot
8 8 (3.83%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 7 (3.35%) AWS
9 7 (3.35%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 7 (3.35%) Snowflake
10 6 (2.87%) dbt
10 6 (2.87%) Fivetran
10 6 (2.87%) SaaS
11 5 (2.39%) Azure Logic Apps
11 5 (2.39%) Copilot Studio
11 5 (2.39%) SuccessFactors
12 4 (1.91%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.44%) Firewall
1 3 (1.44%) NAS
1 3 (1.44%) VoIP
1 3 (1.44%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (0.48%) Intranet
2 1 (0.48%) Modbus
2 1 (0.48%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 140 (66.99%) Power BI
2 46 (22.01%) Tableau
3 17 (8.13%) Data Warehouse
4 12 (5.74%) Relational Database
5 8 (3.83%) Azure SQL Database
5 8 (3.83%) DynamoDB
5 8 (3.83%) Metadata
5 8 (3.83%) Snowflake Schema
5 8 (3.83%) SQL Server
5 8 (3.83%) Star Schema
6 7 (3.35%) Amazon QuickSight
6 7 (3.35%) MongoDB
6 7 (3.35%) NoSQL
7 6 (2.87%) Airbyte
8 5 (2.39%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 3 (1.44%) Power Query
9 3 (1.44%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 2 (0.96%) Data Lake
10 2 (0.96%) Qlik Sense
10 2 (0.96%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 14 (6.70%) Git
General
1 65 (31.10%) Social Skills
2 47 (22.49%) Finance
3 42 (20.10%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (6.70%) Marketing
5 13 (6.22%) Manufacturing
6 12 (5.74%) Law
7 8 (3.83%) Organisational Skills
8 6 (2.87%) Documentation Skills
8 6 (2.87%) Public Sector
9 5 (2.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (1.44%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (1.44%) Legal
10 3 (1.44%) Mandarin Language
10 3 (1.44%) Retail
11 2 (0.96%) Social Housing
11 2 (0.96%) Telecoms
12 1 (0.48%) Banking
12 1 (0.48%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 78 (37.32%) Analyst
2 45 (21.53%) Consultant
3 44 (21.05%) Data Analyst
4 28 (13.40%) Senior
5 27 (12.92%) Junior
5 27 (12.92%) Junior Analyst
5 27 (12.92%) Junior Data Analyst
6 25 (11.96%) Power Platform Consultant
7 23 (11.00%) Developer
8 22 (10.53%) Lead
9 18 (8.61%) IT Support
10 17 (8.13%) Systems Analyst
11 15 (7.18%) Applications Support
12 13 (6.22%) Lead Consultant
13 11 (5.26%) Applications Manager
13 11 (5.26%) Data Engineer
13 11 (5.26%) IT Manager
13 11 (5.26%) IT Support Manager
13 11 (5.26%) Support Analyst
13 11 (5.26%) Support Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.91%) React
2 2 (0.96%) .NET
2 2 (0.96%) FastAPI
2 2 (0.96%) HTML
2 2 (0.96%) Model Context Protocol
2 2 (0.96%) Node.js
2 2 (0.96%) Web Services
3 1 (0.48%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 18 (8.61%) Management Information System
2 13 (6.22%) Data Structures
3 11 (5.26%) Product Ownership
4 10 (4.78%) Legacy Systems
5 9 (4.31%) Driving Licence
6 7 (3.35%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (1.44%) Cloud Native
7 3 (1.44%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 2 (0.96%) AI Agents
8 2 (0.96%) Autonomous Agent
8 2 (0.96%) Operational Technology
8 2 (0.96%) Sports Betting
8 2 (0.96%) SystemC
9 1 (0.48%) FMCG
9 1 (0.48%) Housing Association
9 1 (0.48%) IoT
9 1 (0.48%) Learning Management System
9 1 (0.48%) Manufacturing Execution System
9 1 (0.48%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 10 (4.78%) Windows
2 9 (4.31%) Linux
3 3 (1.44%) Windows 10
3 3 (1.44%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 137 (65.55%) Business Intelligence
2 73 (34.93%) AI
3 54 (25.84%) Analytics
4 46 (22.01%) Problem-Solving
5 43 (20.57%) Decision-Making
6 37 (17.70%) Data Management
6 37 (17.70%) Data Modelling
6 37 (17.70%) ERP
7 35 (16.75%) Continuous Improvement
8 27 (12.92%) CRM
9 26 (12.44%) Agile
10 25 (11.96%) Dashboard Development
10 25 (11.96%) ETL
11 24 (11.48%) Data Analysis
11 24 (11.48%) Data Governance
12 22 (10.53%) Data Architecture
12 22 (10.53%) Data Engineering
12 22 (10.53%) Translating Business Requirements
13 21 (10.05%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 20 (9.57%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 84 (40.19%) SQL
2 50 (23.92%) Python
3 10 (4.78%) PowerShell
4 9 (4.31%) C#
5 8 (3.83%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 5 (2.39%) T-SQL
7 4 (1.91%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 30 (14.35%) Degree
2 29 (13.88%) Azure Certification
3 19 (9.09%) ACCA
3 19 (9.09%) CIMA
4 12 (5.74%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (3.35%) SC Cleared
5 7 (3.35%) Security Cleared
6 5 (2.39%) ICAEW
7 4 (1.91%) DBS Check
8 2 (0.96%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 1 (0.48%) APMG
9 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.48%) PMI Certification
9 1 (0.48%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (20.57%) Data Quality
2 12 (5.74%) GDPR
3 7 (3.35%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 4 (1.91%) SLA
5 3 (1.44%) PMO
6 2 (0.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.48%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.48%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.48%) PERC
7 1 (0.48%) QA
System Software
1 3 (1.44%) BitLocker
1 3 (1.44%) Terminal Services
1 3 (1.44%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (0.48%) MOM
Vendors
1 136 (65.07%) Microsoft
2 19 (9.09%) Sage
3 17 (8.13%) SAP
4 10 (4.78%) Oracle
5 7 (3.35%) Informatica
5 7 (3.35%) Talend
6 6 (2.87%) CA Agile Central
7 5 (2.39%) Salesforce
8 4 (1.91%) Google
9 3 (1.44%) Barracuda Networks
9 3 (1.44%) Databricks
9 3 (1.44%) Sophos
9 3 (1.44%) VMware
10 2 (0.96%) OpenAI
10 2 (0.96%) Xero
11 1 (0.48%) HubSpot