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

6 months to
4 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 31 53 49
Rank change year-on-year +22 -4 +14
Permanent jobs citing Power Platform 222 156 230
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 5.19% 4.67% 4.36%
As % of the Cloud Services category 17.72% 14.65% 14.66%
Number of salaries quoted 101 74 181
10th Percentile £42,500 £41,254 £38,603
25th Percentile £43,750 £46,563 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +26.32% -5.00%
75th Percentile £66,250 £76,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £75,000 - £66,250
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 1,253 1,065 1,569
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 29.31% 31.91% 29.71%
Number of salaries quoted 681 551 1,307
10th Percentile £31,375 £31,500 £30,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £39,190
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 £80,000
South East median annual salary £50,000 £60,000 £52,000
% change year-on-year -16.67% +15.38% -7.14%

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 4 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 4 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 +32 130 £56,000 +12.00% 20
Buckinghamshire +5 66 £62,500 +4.17% 6
Oxfordshire +17 26 £58,750 +23.68% 10
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 (1.80%) SugarCRM
2 3 (1.35%) Apache Airflow
2 3 (1.35%) SAS
3 2 (0.90%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.45%) CMS
4 1 (0.45%) Confluence
Applications
1 138 (62.16%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (4.95%) Spreadsheet
3 2 (0.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 9 (4.05%) SAP CO
2 2 (0.90%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.45%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 123 (55.41%) Azure
2 23 (10.36%) Azure AI
3 14 (6.31%) Azure DevOps
3 14 (6.31%) Power Automate
4 13 (5.86%) Azure Logic Apps
5 10 (4.50%) Snowflake
6 8 (3.60%) AWS
7 7 (3.15%) Azure Data Factory
8 6 (2.70%) Microsoft 365
9 5 (2.25%) GCP
10 4 (1.80%) dbt
10 4 (1.80%) PowerApps
10 4 (1.80%) SaaS
11 3 (1.35%) Microsoft Copilot
12 2 (0.90%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 2 (0.90%) Copilot Studio
12 2 (0.90%) Microsoft Purview
13 1 (0.45%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 1 (0.45%) Azure Service Bus
13 1 (0.45%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.25%) Modbus
1 5 (2.25%) 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 (90.54%) Power BI
2 66 (29.73%) Data Lake
3 64 (28.83%) SAP BW
4 45 (20.27%) Tableau
5 13 (5.86%) Data Warehouse
6 11 (4.95%) Power Query
7 8 (3.60%) Metadata
7 8 (3.60%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 7 (3.15%) PowerPivot
9 6 (2.70%) SQL Server
10 5 (2.25%) Qlik Sense
11 3 (1.35%) Azure SQL Database
11 3 (1.35%) Looker
11 3 (1.35%) MySQL
11 3 (1.35%) PostgreSQL
11 3 (1.35%) Relational Database
11 3 (1.35%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 2 (0.90%) Airbyte
12 2 (0.90%) BusinessObjects
12 2 (0.90%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 7 (3.15%) Git
2 3 (1.35%) JIRA
3 1 (0.45%) Oracle APEX
General
1 133 (59.91%) Social Skills
2 114 (51.35%) Analytical Skills
3 80 (36.04%) Finance
4 18 (8.11%) Manufacturing
4 18 (8.11%) Marketing
5 12 (5.41%) Influencing Skills
6 5 (2.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (1.80%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (0.90%) Back Office
8 2 (0.90%) Games
8 2 (0.90%) Law
8 2 (0.90%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (0.90%) Public Sector
9 1 (0.45%) Banking
9 1 (0.45%) Legal
9 1 (0.45%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 115 (51.80%) Analyst
2 56 (25.23%) Data Analyst
3 41 (18.47%) Lead
3 41 (18.47%) Report Analyst
4 34 (15.32%) Developer
5 30 (13.51%) Business Intelligence Lead
6 28 (12.61%) Sustainability Analyst
7 21 (9.46%) Junior
7 21 (9.46%) Junior Analyst
7 21 (9.46%) Junior Data Analyst
8 20 (9.01%) Business Intelligence Developer
9 18 (8.11%) Financial Analyst
10 13 (5.86%) Power BI Developer
10 13 (5.86%) Power Platform Developer
11 12 (5.41%) Commercial Analyst
11 12 (5.41%) Commercial Data Analyst
11 12 (5.41%) Procurement Analyst
11 12 (5.41%) Senior
12 10 (4.50%) Business Developer
12 10 (4.50%) Business Intelligence Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (4.05%) 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 (8.11%) Analytical Mindset
2 15 (6.76%) Low-Code
3 12 (5.41%) FMCG
4 7 (3.15%) Management Information System
5 5 (2.25%) IoT
5 5 (2.25%) Manufacturing Execution System
5 5 (2.25%) SCADA
6 3 (1.35%) Cloud Native
6 3 (1.35%) Product Ownership
7 2 (0.90%) Data Structures
7 2 (0.90%) Distributed Systems
7 2 (0.90%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.45%) Algorithms
8 1 (0.45%) Learning Management System
8 1 (0.45%) Podcast
8 1 (0.45%) Private Cloud
8 1 (0.45%) Replication
8 1 (0.45%) Sports Betting
8 1 (0.45%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.45%) Windows
1 1 (0.45%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 198 (89.19%) Business Intelligence
2 117 (52.70%) Analytics
3 113 (50.90%) Problem-Solving
4 81 (36.49%) Decision-Making
5 78 (35.14%) Data Modelling
6 57 (25.68%) Data Governance
7 51 (22.97%) Actionable Insight
8 48 (21.62%) ERP
9 46 (20.72%) AI
10 39 (17.57%) Visualisation
11 38 (17.12%) ETL
12 37 (16.67%) Data Cleansing
13 34 (15.32%) Budgeting and Forecasting
14 32 (14.41%) Data Visualisation
15 30 (13.51%) Quality Management
16 28 (12.61%) Computer Science
16 28 (12.61%) GAP Analysis
16 28 (12.61%) Source to Pay
17 27 (12.16%) Budgeting
18 25 (11.26%) Data Analytics
Programming Languages
1 97 (43.69%) SQL
2 70 (31.53%) Python
3 26 (11.71%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 19 (8.56%) C#
4 19 (8.56%) VBA
5 12 (5.41%) JavaScript
6 5 (2.25%) 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
1 106 (47.75%) Degree
2 27 (12.16%) CIMA
3 26 (11.71%) ACCA
4 23 (10.36%) Azure Certification
5 9 (4.05%) AAT
6 4 (1.80%) HNC
7 3 (1.35%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (1.35%) SC Cleared
7 3 (1.35%) Security Cleared
8 2 (0.90%) AWS Certification
8 2 (0.90%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 2 (0.90%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 82 (36.94%) Data Quality
2 5 (2.25%) QA
3 4 (1.80%) Accessibility
4 3 (1.35%) PMO
5 1 (0.45%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (0.45%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 1 (0.45%) GDPR
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 93 (41.89%) SAP
2 49 (22.07%) Microsoft
3 10 (4.50%) Databricks
4 3 (1.35%) Oracle
5 2 (0.90%) Cognos
5 2 (0.90%) HubSpot
5 2 (0.90%) IFS
5 2 (0.90%) Salesforce
5 2 (0.90%) Xero
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