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

6 months to
11 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 33 54 48
Rank change year-on-year +21 -6 +22
Permanent jobs citing Power Platform 223 151 239
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 5.11% 4.63% 4.45%
As % of the Cloud Services category 17.52% 14.55% 14.90%
Number of salaries quoted 100 75 187
10th Percentile £42,375 £41,250 £38,603
25th Percentile £43,438 £45,625 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,750 £60,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.08% +26.32% -5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £76,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £75,000 - £67,500
South East median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -13.04% +9.52% -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 1,273 1,038 1,604
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 29.18% 31.82% 29.88%
Number of salaries quoted 691 544 1,327
10th Percentile £31,375 £31,650 £30,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +14.29% -8.70%
75th Percentile £70,000 £77,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £79,250
South East median annual salary £50,000 £60,000 £51,000
% change year-on-year -16.67% +17.65% -7.27%

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 11 February 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 11 February 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 +33 132 £55,000 +15.79% 20
Buckinghamshire +6 64 £62,500 +4.17% 9
Oxfordshire +18 27 £58,750 +23.68% 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 3 (1.35%) Apache Airflow
1 3 (1.35%) SAS
2 2 (0.90%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.90%) SugarCRM
3 1 (0.45%) CMS
3 1 (0.45%) Confluence
Applications
1 143 (64.13%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (5.38%) Spreadsheet
3 2 (0.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 9 (4.04%) SAP CO
2 2 (0.90%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.45%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 125 (56.05%) Azure
2 26 (11.66%) Azure AI
3 15 (6.73%) Azure DevOps
4 14 (6.28%) Azure Logic Apps
4 14 (6.28%) Power Automate
5 10 (4.48%) Snowflake
6 8 (3.59%) AWS
7 7 (3.14%) Azure Data Factory
8 6 (2.69%) Microsoft 365
9 5 (2.24%) GCP
10 4 (1.79%) dbt
10 4 (1.79%) PowerApps
10 4 (1.79%) SaaS
11 3 (1.35%) Microsoft Copilot
12 2 (0.90%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 2 (0.90%) Copilot Studio
13 1 (0.45%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 1 (0.45%) Azure Service Bus
13 1 (0.45%) Fivetran
13 1 (0.45%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.24%) Modbus
1 5 (2.24%) MQTT
2 1 (0.45%) Broadband
2 1 (0.45%) DHCP
2 1 (0.45%) DNS
2 1 (0.45%) TCP/IP
2 1 (0.45%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 201 (90.13%) Power BI
2 66 (29.60%) Data Lake
3 64 (28.70%) SAP BW
4 48 (21.52%) Tableau
5 12 (5.38%) Data Warehouse
6 11 (4.93%) Power Query
7 8 (3.59%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 7 (3.14%) Metadata
8 7 (3.14%) PowerPivot
9 4 (1.79%) Qlik Sense
9 4 (1.79%) SQL Server
10 3 (1.35%) Azure SQL Database
10 3 (1.35%) Looker
10 3 (1.35%) MySQL
10 3 (1.35%) PostgreSQL
10 3 (1.35%) Relational Database
10 3 (1.35%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 2 (0.90%) Airbyte
11 2 (0.90%) BusinessObjects
11 2 (0.90%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 7 (3.14%) Git
2 3 (1.35%) JIRA
3 1 (0.45%) Oracle APEX
General
1 135 (60.54%) Social Skills
2 115 (51.57%) Analytical Skills
3 82 (36.77%) Finance
4 18 (8.07%) Manufacturing
4 18 (8.07%) Marketing
5 13 (5.83%) Influencing Skills
6 5 (2.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (0.90%) Back Office
7 2 (0.90%) Law
7 2 (0.90%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (0.90%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (0.90%) Public Sector
8 1 (0.45%) Banking
8 1 (0.45%) Legal
8 1 (0.45%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 119 (53.36%) Analyst
2 60 (26.91%) Data Analyst
3 42 (18.83%) Report Analyst
4 36 (16.14%) Lead
5 35 (15.70%) Developer
6 30 (13.45%) Business Intelligence Lead
7 28 (12.56%) Sustainability Analyst
8 24 (10.76%) Junior
8 24 (10.76%) Junior Analyst
8 24 (10.76%) Junior Data Analyst
9 20 (8.97%) Business Intelligence Developer
10 19 (8.52%) Financial Analyst
11 14 (6.28%) Power Platform Developer
12 13 (5.83%) Power BI Developer
13 12 (5.38%) Commercial Analyst
13 12 (5.38%) Commercial Data Analyst
13 12 (5.38%) Procurement Analyst
13 12 (5.38%) Senior
14 10 (4.48%) Business Developer
15 9 (4.04%) Business Intelligence Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (4.04%) SAP CO-PA
2 2 (0.90%) .NET
2 2 (0.90%) RESTful
2 2 (0.90%) Snowpark
3 1 (0.45%) GeoPandas
3 1 (0.45%) MapLibre
3 1 (0.45%) NetworkX
3 1 (0.45%) PostGIS
3 1 (0.45%) PySpark
3 1 (0.45%) REST
3 1 (0.45%) Streamlit
Miscellaneous
1 18 (8.07%) Analytical Mindset
2 16 (7.17%) Low-Code
3 12 (5.38%) FMCG
4 5 (2.24%) IoT
4 5 (2.24%) Management Information System
4 5 (2.24%) Manufacturing Execution System
4 5 (2.24%) SCADA
5 3 (1.35%) Cloud Native
5 3 (1.35%) Product Ownership
6 2 (0.90%) Data Structures
6 2 (0.90%) Distributed Systems
6 2 (0.90%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.45%) Algorithms
7 1 (0.45%) Educational Technology
7 1 (0.45%) Learning Management System
7 1 (0.45%) Podcast
7 1 (0.45%) Private Cloud
7 1 (0.45%) Replication
7 1 (0.45%) Sports Betting
7 1 (0.45%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.45%) Windows
1 1 (0.45%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 198 (88.79%) Business Intelligence
2 113 (50.67%) Analytics
2 113 (50.67%) Problem-Solving
3 80 (35.87%) Decision-Making
4 77 (34.53%) Data Modelling
5 54 (24.22%) Data Governance
6 51 (22.87%) Actionable Insight
7 49 (21.97%) AI
7 49 (21.97%) ERP
8 38 (17.04%) ETL
8 38 (17.04%) Visualisation
9 37 (16.59%) Data Cleansing
10 34 (15.25%) Budgeting and Forecasting
11 32 (14.35%) Data Visualisation
12 30 (13.45%) Quality Management
13 28 (12.56%) Computer Science
13 28 (12.56%) GAP Analysis
13 28 (12.56%) Source to Pay
14 26 (11.66%) Budgeting
15 25 (11.21%) Data Analytics
Programming Languages
1 99 (44.39%) SQL
2 73 (32.74%) Python
3 26 (11.66%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 20 (8.97%) C#
4 20 (8.97%) VBA
5 13 (5.83%) JavaScript
6 5 (2.24%) Kusto Query Language
7 3 (1.35%) R
8 2 (0.90%) Java
8 2 (0.90%) PowerShell
8 2 (0.90%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.45%) Scala
Qualifications
1 104 (46.64%) Degree
2 30 (13.45%) CIMA
3 29 (13.00%) ACCA
4 26 (11.66%) Azure Certification
5 10 (4.48%) AAT
6 3 (1.35%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (1.35%) SC Cleared
6 3 (1.35%) Security Cleared
7 2 (0.90%) AWS Certification
7 2 (0.90%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 2 (0.90%) HNC
7 2 (0.90%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 79 (35.43%) Data Quality
2 4 (1.79%) QA
3 3 (1.35%) PMO
4 2 (0.90%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.45%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (0.45%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 1 (0.45%) GDPR
5 1 (0.45%) IFRS
System Software
1 1 (0.45%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (1.35%) Terraform
2 1 (0.45%) Argo
2 1 (0.45%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 94 (42.15%) SAP
2 53 (23.77%) Microsoft
3 10 (4.48%) Databricks
4 3 (1.35%) Oracle
5 2 (0.90%) HubSpot
5 2 (0.90%) IFS
5 2 (0.90%) Salesforce
5 2 (0.90%) Xero
6 1 (0.45%) Cognos
6 1 (0.45%) Foundry
6 1 (0.45%) Informatica
6 1 (0.45%) Mapbox
6 1 (0.45%) Marketo
6 1 (0.45%) OpenAI
6 1 (0.45%) Palantir
6 1 (0.45%) ServiceNow
6 1 (0.45%) Talend