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

6 months to
18 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 38 56 47
Rank change year-on-year +18 -9 +19
Permanent jobs citing Power Platform 187 141 242
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 4.29% 4.39% 4.46%
As % of the Cloud Services category 15.02% 13.76% 14.95%
Number of salaries quoted 103 74 191
10th Percentile - £41,250 £38,603
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,563 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +26.32% -5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £76,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £74,800 - £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 1,245 1,025 1,619
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 28.55% 31.89% 29.82%
Number of salaries quoted 706 542 1,340
10th Percentile £31,375 £31,250 £31,000
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% -7.89%
75th Percentile £70,000 £76,813 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £88,400 £80,000
South East median annual salary £50,000 £60,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -16.67% +20.00% -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 18 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 18 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 +34 93 £55,000 +10.00% 28
Buckinghamshire +1 65 £62,500 +4.17% 9
Oxfordshire +13 29 £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 (1.60%) Apache Airflow
1 3 (1.60%) SAS
2 2 (1.07%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.53%) CMS
3 1 (0.53%) Confluence
3 1 (0.53%) SugarCRM
Applications
1 106 (56.68%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (6.95%) Spreadsheet
3 3 (1.60%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (1.07%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.53%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 9 (4.81%) SAP CO
2 2 (1.07%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.53%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 87 (46.52%) Azure
2 32 (17.11%) Azure AI
3 17 (9.09%) Azure DevOps
4 16 (8.56%) Azure Logic Apps
4 16 (8.56%) Power Automate
5 10 (5.35%) Snowflake
6 8 (4.28%) AWS
7 6 (3.21%) Microsoft 365
8 5 (2.67%) Azure Data Factory
8 5 (2.67%) GCP
9 4 (2.14%) dbt
9 4 (2.14%) Microsoft Copilot
9 4 (2.14%) PowerApps
9 4 (2.14%) SaaS
10 2 (1.07%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 2 (1.07%) Copilot Studio
11 1 (0.53%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 1 (0.53%) Azure Service Bus
11 1 (0.53%) Fivetran
11 1 (0.53%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.67%) Modbus
1 5 (2.67%) MQTT
2 1 (0.53%) Broadband
2 1 (0.53%) DHCP
2 1 (0.53%) DNS
2 1 (0.53%) TCP/IP
2 1 (0.53%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 163 (87.17%) Power BI
2 55 (29.41%) Tableau
3 21 (11.23%) Data Lake
4 20 (10.70%) SAP BW
5 11 (5.88%) Data Warehouse
5 11 (5.88%) Power Query
6 7 (3.74%) Metadata
6 7 (3.74%) PowerPivot
7 6 (3.21%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 4 (2.14%) Qlik Sense
9 3 (1.60%) Looker
9 3 (1.60%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 2 (1.07%) Airbyte
10 2 (1.07%) BusinessObjects
10 2 (1.07%) Snowflake Schema
10 2 (1.07%) SQL Server
11 1 (0.53%) MySQL
11 1 (0.53%) PostgreSQL
11 1 (0.53%) QGIS
11 1 (0.53%) SAS EBI
Development Applications
1 5 (2.67%) Git
2 3 (1.60%) JIRA
3 1 (0.53%) Oracle APEX
General
1 120 (64.17%) Social Skills
2 98 (52.41%) Analytical Skills
3 86 (45.99%) Finance
4 19 (10.16%) Marketing
5 18 (9.63%) Manufacturing
6 14 (7.49%) Influencing Skills
7 5 (2.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (1.07%) Back Office
8 2 (1.07%) Law
8 2 (1.07%) Public Sector
9 1 (0.53%) Banking
9 1 (0.53%) Legal
9 1 (0.53%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.53%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (0.53%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 106 (56.68%) Analyst
2 67 (35.83%) Data Analyst
3 35 (18.72%) Developer
4 30 (16.04%) Junior
4 30 (16.04%) Junior Analyst
4 30 (16.04%) Junior Data Analyst
5 21 (11.23%) Report Analyst
6 20 (10.70%) Financial Analyst
7 19 (10.16%) Business Intelligence Developer
8 16 (8.56%) Power Platform Developer
9 13 (6.95%) Power BI Developer
10 12 (6.42%) Commercial Analyst
10 12 (6.42%) Commercial Data Analyst
10 12 (6.42%) Lead
10 12 (6.42%) Procurement Analyst
11 11 (5.88%) Senior
12 10 (5.35%) Business Developer
13 9 (4.81%) Business Intelligence Analyst
13 9 (4.81%) Business Intelligence Specialist
13 9 (4.81%) Power BI Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (4.81%) SAP CO-PA
2 2 (1.07%) .NET
2 2 (1.07%) RESTful
2 2 (1.07%) Snowpark
3 1 (0.53%) GeoPandas
3 1 (0.53%) MapLibre
3 1 (0.53%) NetworkX
3 1 (0.53%) PostGIS
3 1 (0.53%) PySpark
3 1 (0.53%) REST
3 1 (0.53%) Streamlit
Miscellaneous
1 19 (10.16%) Analytical Mindset
2 18 (9.63%) Low-Code
3 12 (6.42%) FMCG
4 6 (3.21%) Management Information System
5 5 (2.67%) IoT
5 5 (2.67%) Manufacturing Execution System
5 5 (2.67%) SCADA
6 3 (1.60%) Cloud Native
6 3 (1.60%) Product Ownership
7 2 (1.07%) Data Structures
7 2 (1.07%) Distributed Systems
7 2 (1.07%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.53%) Algorithms
8 1 (0.53%) Educational Technology
8 1 (0.53%) Learning Management System
8 1 (0.53%) Podcast
8 1 (0.53%) Private Cloud
8 1 (0.53%) Replication
8 1 (0.53%) Sports Betting
8 1 (0.53%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.53%) Windows
1 1 (0.53%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 157 (83.96%) Business Intelligence
2 81 (43.32%) Decision-Making
3 67 (35.83%) Analytics
3 67 (35.83%) Problem-Solving
4 56 (29.95%) AI
5 37 (19.79%) ETL
5 37 (19.79%) Visualisation
6 35 (18.72%) Budgeting and Forecasting
7 32 (17.11%) Data Governance
7 32 (17.11%) Data Modelling
8 31 (16.58%) Data Visualisation
9 29 (15.51%) Actionable Insight
10 28 (14.97%) Computer Science
11 27 (14.44%) ERP
12 26 (13.90%) Budgeting
13 24 (12.83%) Data Analytics
14 23 (12.30%) CI/CD
15 22 (11.76%) Agile
16 21 (11.23%) Continuous Improvement
17 19 (10.16%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 104 (55.61%) SQL
2 81 (43.32%) Python
3 26 (13.90%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 22 (11.76%) C#
5 21 (11.23%) VBA
6 15 (8.02%) JavaScript
7 5 (2.67%) Kusto Query Language
8 3 (1.60%) R
9 2 (1.07%) Java
10 1 (0.53%) Scala
Qualifications
1 58 (31.02%) Degree
2 32 (17.11%) Azure Certification
2 32 (17.11%) CIMA
3 31 (16.58%) ACCA
4 11 (5.88%) AAT
5 3 (1.60%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (1.60%) SC Cleared
5 3 (1.60%) Security Cleared
6 2 (1.07%) AWS Certification
6 2 (1.07%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 2 (1.07%) TOGAF Certification
7 1 (0.53%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (18.72%) Data Quality
2 4 (2.14%) QA
3 3 (1.60%) PMO
4 1 (0.53%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.53%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (0.53%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 1 (0.53%) GDPR
4 1 (0.53%) IFRS
System Software
1 1 (0.53%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (1.60%) Terraform
2 1 (0.53%) Argo
2 1 (0.53%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 63 (33.69%) Microsoft
2 51 (27.27%) SAP
3 9 (4.81%) Databricks
4 3 (1.60%) Oracle
5 2 (1.07%) HubSpot
5 2 (1.07%) IFS
5 2 (1.07%) Salesforce
5 2 (1.07%) Xero
6 1 (0.53%) Cognos
6 1 (0.53%) Foundry
6 1 (0.53%) Informatica
6 1 (0.53%) Mapbox
6 1 (0.53%) Marketo
6 1 (0.53%) OpenAI
6 1 (0.53%) Palantir
6 1 (0.53%) ServiceNow
6 1 (0.53%) Talend