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

6 months to
5 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 36 47 41
Rank change year-on-year +11 -6 +33
Permanent jobs citing Power Platform 193 144 309
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 3.85% 5.25% 4.84%
As % of the Cloud Services category 14.47% 16.44% 16.45%
Number of salaries quoted 114 92 243
10th Percentile £41,625 £36,750 £38,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £43,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £59,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.02% +24.21% -5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £67,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £71,250 £76,000 £69,750
South East median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £51,750
% change year-on-year -4.55% +6.28% -4.72%

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 1,334 876 1,878
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 26.58% 31.91% 29.43%
Number of salaries quoted 827 522 1,544
10th Percentile £32,000 £32,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £59,063 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.88% +18.13% -9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £75,000 £64,750
90th Percentile £83,750 £85,000 £78,750
South East median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% +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 5 April 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 April 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 88 £50,001 +0.00% 29
Buckinghamshire -15 71 £62,500 +4.17% 21
Oxfordshire +1 34 £42,500 -10.53% 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 5 (2.59%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.55%) Apache Airflow
2 3 (1.55%) SAS
3 1 (0.52%) CMS
Applications
1 100 (51.81%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (6.74%) Spreadsheet
3 12 (6.22%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (1.04%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (1.04%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 9 (4.66%) SAP CO
2 1 (0.52%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.52%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 97 (50.26%) Azure
2 51 (26.42%) Azure AI
3 30 (15.54%) Power Automate
4 17 (8.81%) Azure DevOps
4 17 (8.81%) Azure Logic Apps
5 10 (5.18%) Snowflake
6 8 (4.15%) AWS
7 7 (3.63%) Azure Data Factory
8 5 (2.59%) GCP
8 5 (2.59%) Microsoft 365
8 5 (2.59%) PowerApps
9 4 (2.07%) dbt
10 3 (1.55%) Microsoft Copilot
11 2 (1.04%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 1 (0.52%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 1 (0.52%) Azure Service Bus
12 1 (0.52%) Azure Stack
12 1 (0.52%) Fivetran
12 1 (0.52%) Google Ads
12 1 (0.52%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.59%) Modbus
1 5 (2.59%) MQTT
2 3 (1.55%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (1.04%) Firewall
3 2 (1.04%) NAS
3 2 (1.04%) VoIP
4 1 (0.52%) Broadband
4 1 (0.52%) DHCP
4 1 (0.52%) DNS
4 1 (0.52%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 170 (88.08%) Power BI
2 79 (40.93%) Tableau
3 10 (5.18%) Data Warehouse
3 10 (5.18%) Power Query
4 8 (4.15%) PowerPivot
5 6 (3.11%) Metadata
5 6 (3.11%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 4 (2.07%) Data Lake
7 3 (1.55%) Looker
7 3 (1.55%) Snowflake Schema
7 3 (1.55%) SQL Server
7 3 (1.55%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 2 (1.04%) Airbyte
8 2 (1.04%) Azure SQL Database
8 2 (1.04%) BusinessObjects
8 2 (1.04%) Qlik Sense
8 2 (1.04%) SAP BW
9 1 (0.52%) Data Hub
9 1 (0.52%) Geospatial Data
9 1 (0.52%) SAS EBI
Development Applications
1 6 (3.11%) Git
2 2 (1.04%) JIRA
3 1 (0.52%) Oracle APEX
General
1 122 (63.21%) Social Skills
2 82 (42.49%) Analytical Skills
3 79 (40.93%) Finance
4 18 (9.33%) Manufacturing
5 14 (7.25%) Influencing Skills
6 9 (4.66%) Marketing
7 7 (3.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (2.07%) Law
8 4 (2.07%) Public Sector
9 2 (1.04%) Back Office
9 2 (1.04%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (1.04%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (1.04%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (0.52%) Banking
10 1 (0.52%) Legal
Job Titles
1 108 (55.96%) Analyst
2 76 (39.38%) Data Analyst
3 51 (26.42%) Junior
3 51 (26.42%) Junior Analyst
3 51 (26.42%) Junior Data Analyst
4 37 (19.17%) Developer
5 20 (10.36%) Business Intelligence Developer
6 19 (9.84%) Financial Analyst
7 16 (8.29%) IT Support
8 15 (7.77%) Applications Support
8 15 (7.77%) Power Platform Developer
9 14 (7.25%) Power BI Developer
10 13 (6.74%) Applications Manager
10 13 (6.74%) Applications Support Manager
10 13 (6.74%) IT Manager
10 13 (6.74%) IT Support Manager
10 13 (6.74%) Report Analyst
10 13 (6.74%) Support Manager
11 11 (5.70%) Senior
12 10 (5.18%) Business Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (4.66%) SAP CO-PA
2 2 (1.04%) .NET
2 2 (1.04%) RESTful
2 2 (1.04%) Snowpark
3 1 (0.52%) GeoPandas
3 1 (0.52%) MapLibre
3 1 (0.52%) NetworkX
3 1 (0.52%) PostGIS
3 1 (0.52%) PySpark
3 1 (0.52%) Streamlit
Miscellaneous
1 17 (8.81%) Low-Code
2 13 (6.74%) Management Information System
3 5 (2.59%) Analytical Mindset
3 5 (2.59%) IoT
3 5 (2.59%) Manufacturing Execution System
3 5 (2.59%) SCADA
4 3 (1.55%) Cloud Native
4 3 (1.55%) Data Structures
4 3 (1.55%) Product Ownership
5 2 (1.04%) Distributed Systems
5 2 (1.04%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (0.52%) Algorithms
6 1 (0.52%) Educational Technology
6 1 (0.52%) Learning Management System
6 1 (0.52%) Podcast
6 1 (0.52%) Private Cloud
6 1 (0.52%) Replication
6 1 (0.52%) Sports Betting
6 1 (0.52%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.55%) Windows
1 3 (1.55%) Windows 10
2 2 (1.04%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 154 (79.79%) Business Intelligence
2 65 (33.68%) Decision-Making
3 63 (32.64%) AI
4 50 (25.91%) Problem-Solving
5 38 (19.69%) Budgeting and Forecasting
6 37 (19.17%) Analytics
7 35 (18.13%) ETL
8 26 (13.47%) Data Governance
8 26 (13.47%) Visualisation
9 25 (12.95%) Budgeting
10 23 (11.92%) Agile
10 23 (11.92%) CI/CD
11 21 (10.88%) Data Visualisation
12 20 (10.36%) Continuous Improvement
12 20 (10.36%) ERP
13 19 (9.84%) DevOps
14 17 (8.81%) Data Analysis
15 16 (8.29%) CRM
15 16 (8.29%) Cybersecurity
15 16 (8.29%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 124 (64.25%) SQL
2 100 (51.81%) Python
3 26 (13.47%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 22 (11.40%) C#
5 21 (10.88%) VBA
6 15 (7.77%) JavaScript
7 5 (2.59%) Kusto Query Language
8 3 (1.55%) R
9 2 (1.04%) Java
10 1 (0.52%) Scala
10 1 (0.52%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 53 (27.46%) Azure Certification
2 38 (19.69%) CIMA
3 37 (19.17%) ACCA
4 33 (17.10%) Degree
5 15 (7.77%) AAT
6 5 (2.59%) SC Cleared
6 5 (2.59%) Security Cleared
7 3 (1.55%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (1.04%) AWS Certification
8 2 (1.04%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 2 (1.04%) DBS Check
8 2 (1.04%) TOGAF Certification
9 1 (0.52%) PMI Certification
9 1 (0.52%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (7.77%) Data Quality
2 4 (2.07%) PMO
3 3 (1.55%) QA
4 2 (1.04%) Accessibility
4 2 (1.04%) SLA
5 1 (0.52%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (0.52%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 1 (0.52%) GDPR
5 1 (0.52%) IFRS
System Software
1 2 (1.04%) BitLocker
1 2 (1.04%) Terminal Services
1 2 (1.04%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.52%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (1.55%) Terraform
2 1 (0.52%) Argo
Vendors
1 94 (48.70%) Microsoft
2 33 (17.10%) SAP
3 8 (4.15%) Databricks
4 2 (1.04%) Barracuda Networks
4 2 (1.04%) HubSpot
4 2 (1.04%) IFS
4 2 (1.04%) Oracle
4 2 (1.04%) Salesforce
4 2 (1.04%) Sophos
4 2 (1.04%) VMware
4 2 (1.04%) Xero
5 1 (0.52%) Foundry
5 1 (0.52%) Google
5 1 (0.52%) Informatica
5 1 (0.52%) Mapbox
5 1 (0.52%) Marketo
5 1 (0.52%) Palantir
5 1 (0.52%) ServiceNow