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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 57 44 81
Rank change year-on-year -13 +37 -10
Permanent jobs citing Power Platform 198 209 127
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 5.03% 4.34% 3.36%
As % of the Cloud Services category 18.15% 16.08% 9.12%
Number of salaries quoted 73 81 88
10th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £38,750
25th Percentile £46,250 £41,263 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £69,840 £65,000 £66,813
90th Percentile £79,250 £68,750 £75,375
South East median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -13.04% +9.52% -4.55%

All Cloud 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 1,091 1,300 1,393
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 27.71% 26.97% 36.88%
Number of salaries quoted 481 712 1,140
10th Percentile £29,000 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £38,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% -8.70% -4.17%
75th Percentile £70,000 £68,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £83,625 £90,000
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - -3.51%

Power Platform
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing Power Platform as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Power Platform 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 16 September 2025.

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 16 September 2025. 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 -9 130 £69,840 +39.68% 111
Buckinghamshire -20 42 £47,500 -17.39% 27
Oxfordshire +36 26 £62,500 +31.58% 24
Power Platform
South East

Power Platform
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 32 (16.16%) SharePoint
2 10 (5.05%) SugarCRM
3 2 (1.01%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.51%) Confluence
4 1 (0.51%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 95 (47.98%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 6 (3.03%) Dynamics GP
2 2 (1.01%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.01%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.51%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 133 (67.17%) Azure
2 35 (17.68%) Power Automate
3 30 (15.15%) PowerApps
4 13 (6.57%) Azure DevOps
5 10 (5.05%) Azure Data Factory
5 10 (5.05%) Dynamics 365
5 10 (5.05%) Microsoft 365
6 9 (4.55%) Microsoft Purview
6 9 (4.55%) SaaS
7 7 (3.54%) AWS
8 5 (2.53%) Azure Service Bus
8 5 (2.53%) PaaS
9 4 (2.02%) Azure AI
9 4 (2.02%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 4 (2.02%) Entra ID
9 4 (2.02%) Snowflake
10 3 (1.52%) Azure Logic Apps
10 3 (1.52%) GCP
10 3 (1.52%) iPaaS
11 2 (1.01%) Azure ExpressRoute
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.02%) Broadband
2 2 (1.01%) DNS
2 2 (1.01%) Firewall
2 2 (1.01%) SD-WAN
2 2 (1.01%) VPN
2 2 (1.01%) WAN
3 1 (0.51%) Ethernet
3 1 (0.51%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 182 (91.92%) Power BI
2 95 (47.98%) Data Lake
3 63 (31.82%) SAP BW
4 31 (15.66%) Tableau
5 26 (13.13%) SQL Server
6 24 (12.12%) Big Data
7 18 (9.09%) Data Warehouse
8 14 (7.07%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 12 (6.06%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 5 (2.53%) MySQL
10 5 (2.53%) PostgreSQL
11 4 (2.02%) BigQuery
12 3 (1.52%) Azure SQL Database
12 3 (1.52%) MongoDB
13 2 (1.01%) Amazon Redshift
13 2 (1.01%) Elasticsearch
13 2 (1.01%) Looker
13 2 (1.01%) Power Query
13 2 (1.01%) Relational Database
14 1 (0.51%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 6 (3.03%) Git
2 2 (1.01%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.51%) JIRA
3 1 (0.51%) Visual Studio
General
1 78 (39.39%) Social Skills
2 69 (34.85%) Analytical Skills
3 44 (22.22%) Finance
4 31 (15.66%) Law
5 28 (14.14%) Marketing
6 19 (9.60%) Retail
7 12 (6.06%) Presentation Skills
8 9 (4.55%) Games
9 8 (4.04%) Manufacturing
10 6 (3.03%) Legal
11 4 (2.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 4 (2.02%) Retail Finance
11 4 (2.02%) Telecoms
12 1 (0.51%) Billing
12 1 (0.51%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 79 (39.90%) Lead
2 68 (34.34%) Analyst
3 37 (18.69%) Report Analyst
4 30 (15.15%) Business Intelligence Lead
5 28 (14.14%) Sustainability Analyst
6 18 (9.09%) Commercial Analyst
7 16 (8.08%) Data Analyst
8 12 (6.06%) Commercial Data Analyst
8 12 (6.06%) Procurement Analyst
9 11 (5.56%) Developer
9 11 (5.56%) Senior
10 7 (3.54%) Financial Analyst
11 6 (3.03%) Project Analyst
12 5 (2.53%) Business Intelligence Analyst
13 4 (2.02%) Data Manager
13 4 (2.02%) Dynamics 365 Developer
13 4 (2.02%) Manufacturing Engineer
13 4 (2.02%) Pricing Manager
13 4 (2.02%) Senior Systems Engineer
13 4 (2.02%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (4.55%) .NET
1 9 (4.55%) .NET Framework
2 4 (2.02%) REST
3 3 (1.52%) JSON
3 3 (1.52%) React
3 3 (1.52%) XML
4 2 (1.01%) ActiveMQ
4 2 (1.01%) ASP.NET
4 2 (1.01%) Hugging Face
4 2 (1.01%) Kafka
4 2 (1.01%) NumPy
4 2 (1.01%) Pandas
4 2 (1.01%) scikit-learn
4 2 (1.01%) Spring Boot
5 1 (0.51%) .NET Core
5 1 (0.51%) Flash
5 1 (0.51%) PySpark
5 1 (0.51%) RESTful
5 1 (0.51%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 19 (9.60%) Analytical Mindset
2 13 (6.57%) FMCG
3 11 (5.56%) Management Information System
4 5 (2.53%) SCADA
5 4 (2.02%) AS400
5 4 (2.02%) Industry 4.0
5 4 (2.02%) iSeries
5 4 (2.02%) Learning Management System
5 4 (2.02%) Mainframe
5 4 (2.02%) Manufacturing Execution System
6 3 (1.52%) Data Structures
6 3 (1.52%) Product Ownership
7 2 (1.01%) Algorithms
7 2 (1.01%) Data Centre
7 2 (1.01%) Driving Licence
7 2 (1.01%) Low-Code
7 2 (1.01%) NHS
8 1 (0.51%) Educational Technology
8 1 (0.51%) Legacy Systems
8 1 (0.51%) SCORM
Processes & Methodologies
1 178 (89.90%) Business Intelligence
2 135 (68.18%) Analytics
3 87 (43.94%) Problem-Solving
4 69 (34.85%) Data Governance
5 66 (33.33%) Data Modelling
6 57 (28.79%) Actionable Insight
7 50 (25.25%) Data Management
7 50 (25.25%) Decision-Making
8 45 (22.73%) Data Analytics
9 44 (22.22%) Data Analysis
10 38 (19.19%) Computer Science
11 37 (18.69%) Data Cleansing
12 36 (18.18%) Storytelling
13 34 (17.17%) ERP
14 32 (16.16%) Project Management
15 30 (15.15%) Quality Management
16 29 (14.65%) Mentoring
16 29 (14.65%) Service Management
17 28 (14.14%) Business Strategy
17 28 (14.14%) Source to Pay
Programming Languages
1 50 (25.25%) SQL
2 22 (11.11%) Python
3 8 (4.04%) C#
4 6 (3.03%) JavaScript
4 6 (3.03%) T-SQL
5 5 (2.53%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 5 (2.53%) PowerShell
6 4 (2.02%) RPG
7 2 (1.01%) Bicep
7 2 (1.01%) Java
7 2 (1.01%) TypeScript
7 2 (1.01%) VBA
7 2 (1.01%) X++
Qualifications
1 128 (64.65%) Degree
2 10 (5.05%) HNC
3 4 (2.02%) SC Cleared
3 4 (2.02%) Security Cleared
4 3 (1.52%) DBS Check
5 2 (1.01%) Azure Certification
5 2 (1.01%) Master's Degree
5 2 (1.01%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (0.51%) ACCA
6 1 (0.51%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (0.51%) CIMA
6 1 (0.51%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.51%) PhD
6 1 (0.51%) PMI Certification
6 1 (0.51%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 100 (50.51%) Data Quality
2 12 (6.06%) Accessibility
3 2 (1.01%) QA
4 1 (0.51%) GDPR
4 1 (0.51%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 2 (1.01%) Docker
1 2 (1.01%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (0.51%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (1.52%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (1.01%) Ansible
Vendors
1 63 (31.82%) SAP
2 54 (27.27%) Microsoft
3 25 (12.63%) ServiceNow
4 6 (3.03%) Databricks
5 5 (2.53%) Allen-Bradley
5 5 (2.53%) Siemens
6 4 (2.02%) Google
6 4 (2.02%) HubSpot
7 3 (1.52%) OpenAI
7 3 (1.52%) Salesforce
7 3 (1.52%) Talend
8 2 (1.01%) Alteryx
8 2 (1.01%) Cognos
8 2 (1.01%) Meraki
8 2 (1.01%) Oracle
8 2 (1.01%) WSO2
8 2 (1.01%) Zoho
9 1 (0.51%) Concur
9 1 (0.51%) Freshdesk
9 1 (0.51%) SendGrid