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

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 49 74
Rank change year-on-year +19 +25 -12
Permanent jobs citing Power Platform 212 174 129
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 5.22% 5.13% 3.26%
As % of the Cloud Services category 17.49% 15.79% 11.16%
Number of salaries quoted 96 75 103
10th Percentile £41,250 £41,263 £38,603
25th Percentile £44,688 £51,622 £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 £67,750 £76,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £75,000 - £65,000
South East median annual salary £51,250 £59,125 £50,000
% change year-on-year -13.32% +18.25% -9.09%

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 1,212 1,102 1,156
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 29.87% 32.50% 29.22%
Number of salaries quoted 651 569 947
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,400 £32,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £44,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +9.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £70,000 £78,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £88,750 £82,500
South East median annual salary £50,000 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -16.67% +14.29% -8.70%

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 15 January 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 15 January 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 +19 121 £57,500 -2.75% 37
Buckinghamshire +5 64 £52,500 -12.50% 15
Oxfordshire +20 27 £60,000 +26.32% 13
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 7 (3.30%) SugarCRM
2 3 (1.42%) Apache Airflow
2 3 (1.42%) SAS
3 2 (0.94%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.47%) Confluence
Applications
1 125 (58.96%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (3.77%) Spreadsheet
3 2 (0.94%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 7 (3.30%) SAP CO
2 2 (0.94%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.94%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.47%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 119 (56.13%) Azure
2 17 (8.02%) Azure AI
3 14 (6.60%) Power Automate
4 13 (6.13%) Azure DevOps
5 12 (5.66%) Snowflake
6 10 (4.72%) AWS
7 9 (4.25%) Azure Data Factory
7 9 (4.25%) Azure Logic Apps
8 7 (3.30%) GCP
9 6 (2.83%) dbt
9 6 (2.83%) Microsoft 365
9 6 (2.83%) SaaS
10 4 (1.89%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 4 (1.89%) PowerApps
11 3 (1.42%) Dynamics 365
11 3 (1.42%) Fivetran
11 3 (1.42%) Microsoft Purview
12 2 (0.94%) Amazon SageMaker
12 2 (0.94%) Copilot Studio
12 2 (0.94%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.36%) Modbus
1 5 (2.36%) MQTT
2 1 (0.47%) DHCP
2 1 (0.47%) DNS
2 1 (0.47%) TCP/IP
2 1 (0.47%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 194 (91.51%) Power BI
2 68 (32.08%) Data Lake
3 63 (29.72%) SAP BW
4 38 (17.92%) Tableau
5 14 (6.60%) Data Warehouse
6 11 (5.19%) Power Query
7 10 (4.72%) SQL Server
7 10 (4.72%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 8 (3.77%) Metadata
9 7 (3.30%) PowerPivot
10 5 (2.36%) Looker
10 5 (2.36%) Qlik Sense
10 5 (2.36%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 3 (1.42%) Azure SQL Database
11 3 (1.42%) MySQL
11 3 (1.42%) PostgreSQL
11 3 (1.42%) Relational Database
12 2 (0.94%) Amazon Redshift
12 2 (0.94%) BigQuery
12 2 (0.94%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 9 (4.25%) Git
2 3 (1.42%) JIRA
3 1 (0.47%) Oracle APEX
General
1 125 (58.96%) Social Skills
2 101 (47.64%) Analytical Skills
3 71 (33.49%) Finance
4 18 (8.49%) Marketing
5 17 (8.02%) Manufacturing
6 9 (4.25%) Influencing Skills
7 8 (3.77%) Presentation Skills
8 5 (2.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 5 (2.36%) Retail
9 3 (1.42%) Games
9 3 (1.42%) Law
10 2 (0.94%) Back Office
10 2 (0.94%) Public Sector
11 1 (0.47%) Banking
11 1 (0.47%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.47%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 106 (50.00%) Analyst
2 48 (22.64%) Data Analyst
3 45 (21.23%) Lead
4 38 (17.92%) Report Analyst
5 30 (14.15%) Business Intelligence Lead
6 28 (13.21%) Developer
6 28 (13.21%) Sustainability Analyst
7 18 (8.49%) Business Intelligence Developer
8 15 (7.08%) Financial Analyst
8 15 (7.08%) Junior
8 15 (7.08%) Junior Analyst
8 15 (7.08%) Junior Data Analyst
9 14 (6.60%) Senior
10 12 (5.66%) Business Intelligence Analyst
10 12 (5.66%) Commercial Analyst
10 12 (5.66%) Commercial Data Analyst
10 12 (5.66%) Procurement Analyst
11 11 (5.19%) Power BI Developer
12 9 (4.25%) Power Platform Developer
13 8 (3.77%) Business Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (3.30%) SAP CO-PA
2 3 (1.42%) .NET
3 2 (0.94%) Hugging Face
3 2 (0.94%) NumPy
3 2 (0.94%) Pandas
3 2 (0.94%) RESTful
3 2 (0.94%) scikit-learn
3 2 (0.94%) Snowpark
4 1 (0.47%) .NET Framework
4 1 (0.47%) GeoPandas
4 1 (0.47%) MapLibre
4 1 (0.47%) NetworkX
4 1 (0.47%) PostGIS
4 1 (0.47%) PySpark
4 1 (0.47%) REST
4 1 (0.47%) Streamlit
Miscellaneous
1 17 (8.02%) Analytical Mindset
2 12 (5.66%) FMCG
3 11 (5.19%) Low-Code
4 9 (4.25%) Management Information System
5 7 (3.30%) Manufacturing Execution System
5 7 (3.30%) SCADA
6 5 (2.36%) IoT
7 3 (1.42%) Cloud Native
7 3 (1.42%) Product Ownership
8 2 (0.94%) Data Structures
8 2 (0.94%) Distributed Systems
8 2 (0.94%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (0.94%) Industry 4.0
9 1 (0.47%) Algorithms
9 1 (0.47%) Private Cloud
9 1 (0.47%) Replication
9 1 (0.47%) Sports Betting
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.47%) Windows
1 1 (0.47%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 192 (90.57%) Business Intelligence
2 121 (57.08%) Analytics
3 106 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
4 78 (36.79%) Data Modelling
5 76 (35.85%) Decision-Making
6 54 (25.47%) Data Governance
7 53 (25.00%) Actionable Insight
8 46 (21.70%) ERP
9 41 (19.34%) AI
10 38 (17.92%) Visualisation
11 37 (17.45%) Data Cleansing
12 36 (16.98%) ETL
13 32 (15.09%) Data Visualisation
14 30 (14.15%) Quality Management
15 29 (13.68%) Budgeting and Forecasting
16 28 (13.21%) GAP Analysis
16 28 (13.21%) Source to Pay
17 26 (12.26%) Computer Science
18 25 (11.79%) Budgeting
18 25 (11.79%) Data Analytics
Programming Languages
1 92 (43.40%) SQL
2 61 (28.77%) Python
3 26 (12.26%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 16 (7.55%) C#
4 16 (7.55%) VBA
5 9 (4.25%) JavaScript
6 5 (2.36%) Kusto Query Language
7 3 (1.42%) R
8 2 (0.94%) Java
8 2 (0.94%) PowerShell
8 2 (0.94%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.47%) Scala
Qualifications
1 106 (50.00%) Degree
2 21 (9.91%) CIMA
3 20 (9.43%) ACCA
4 17 (8.02%) Azure Certification
5 7 (3.30%) HNC
6 6 (2.83%) AAT
7 3 (1.42%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (1.42%) SC Cleared
7 3 (1.42%) Security Cleared
8 2 (0.94%) AWS Certification
8 2 (0.94%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 2 (0.94%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 82 (38.68%) Data Quality
2 5 (2.36%) Accessibility
2 5 (2.36%) QA
3 2 (0.94%) PMO
4 1 (0.47%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (0.47%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 1 (0.47%) GDPR
System Software
1 1 (0.47%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (1.42%) Terraform
2 1 (0.47%) Argo
2 1 (0.47%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 87 (41.04%) SAP
2 40 (18.87%) Microsoft
3 10 (4.72%) Databricks
4 4 (1.89%) Salesforce
5 3 (1.42%) HubSpot
5 3 (1.42%) OpenAI
5 3 (1.42%) Oracle
5 3 (1.42%) Talend
6 2 (0.94%) Allen-Bradley
6 2 (0.94%) Alteryx
6 2 (0.94%) Cognos
6 2 (0.94%) Google
6 2 (0.94%) IFS
6 2 (0.94%) Siemens
6 2 (0.94%) Xero
6 2 (0.94%) Zoho
7 1 (0.47%) Foundry
7 1 (0.47%) Informatica
7 1 (0.47%) Palantir
7 1 (0.47%) ServiceNow