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

6 months to
9 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 43 79 43
Rank change year-on-year +36 -36 +35
Permanent jobs citing Power Platform 186 119 337
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 3.27% 3.55% 4.73%
As % of the Cloud Services category 13.21% 13.76% 17.31%
Number of salaries quoted 118 76 233
10th Percentile £42,500 £36,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +15.79% -5.00%
75th Percentile £65,625 £66,500 £61,250
90th Percentile £75,000 £72,420 £70,000
South East median annual salary £57,500 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +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 1,408 865 1,947
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 24.77% 25.77% 27.31%
Number of salaries quoted 966 435 1,480
10th Percentile £33,125 £31,250 £30,488
25th Percentile £42,500 £39,000 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £53,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.15% +7.00% -13.04%
75th Percentile £73,750 £71,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £86,250 £83,750 £76,250
South East median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -12.28%

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 9 June 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 9 June 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 +28 93 £50,500 -19.20% 27
Buckinghamshire +22 58 £62,500 +5.93% 12
Oxfordshire +6 35 £68,750 +44.74% 12
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 9 (4.84%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.08%) Apache Airflow
2 2 (1.08%) SAS
3 1 (0.54%) CMS
Applications
1 89 (47.85%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (6.99%) Microsoft Project
3 9 (4.84%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (1.08%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (1.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 7 (3.76%) SAP CO
2 5 (2.69%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.54%) Dynamics GP
3 1 (0.54%) SAP QM
3 1 (0.54%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 93 (50.00%) Azure
2 51 (27.42%) Azure AI
3 29 (15.59%) Power Automate
4 15 (8.06%) Azure Logic Apps
5 13 (6.99%) Azure DevOps
6 9 (4.84%) PowerApps
7 8 (4.30%) Dynamics 365
8 7 (3.76%) AWS
8 7 (3.76%) Microsoft 365
9 5 (2.69%) dbt
9 5 (2.69%) Fivetran
9 5 (2.69%) Snowflake
10 4 (2.15%) Google Analytics
10 4 (2.15%) Microsoft Copilot
11 3 (1.61%) Azure Data Factory
12 2 (1.08%) GCP
13 1 (0.54%) Azure Stack
13 1 (0.54%) Google Ads
13 1 (0.54%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.61%) Firewall
1 3 (1.61%) Modbus
1 3 (1.61%) MQTT
1 3 (1.61%) NAS
1 3 (1.61%) VoIP
1 3 (1.61%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (0.54%) Broadband
2 1 (0.54%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 154 (82.80%) Power BI
2 71 (38.17%) Tableau
3 7 (3.76%) Relational Database
4 6 (3.23%) Data Warehouse
5 5 (2.69%) Airbyte
5 5 (2.69%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 2 (1.08%) SAP BW
6 2 (1.08%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 2 (1.08%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.54%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.54%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.54%) Metadata
7 1 (0.54%) PowerPivot
7 1 (0.54%) Snowflake Schema
7 1 (0.54%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (3.23%) Git
General
1 94 (50.54%) Social Skills
2 63 (33.87%) Finance
3 60 (32.26%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (8.06%) Marketing
5 13 (6.99%) Manufacturing
6 10 (5.38%) Influencing Skills
6 10 (5.38%) Law
7 8 (4.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 8 (4.30%) Public Sector
8 6 (3.23%) Documentation Skills
9 3 (1.61%) Legal
9 3 (1.61%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (1.08%) Social Housing
10 2 (1.08%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.54%) Banking
11 1 (0.54%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (0.54%) Retail
Job Titles
1 97 (52.15%) Analyst
2 62 (33.33%) Data Analyst
3 51 (27.42%) Junior
3 51 (27.42%) Junior Analyst
3 51 (27.42%) Junior Data Analyst
4 27 (14.52%) Developer
5 19 (10.22%) IT Support
6 16 (8.60%) Applications Manager
6 16 (8.60%) Applications Support
6 16 (8.60%) Applications Support Manager
6 16 (8.60%) IT Manager
6 16 (8.60%) IT Support Manager
6 16 (8.60%) Support Manager
7 13 (6.99%) Power Platform Developer
7 13 (6.99%) Report Analyst
8 11 (5.91%) Business Intelligence Developer
9 10 (5.38%) Consultant
10 9 (4.84%) Financial Analyst
10 9 (4.84%) Systems Analyst
11 8 (4.30%) Power BI Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (3.76%) SAP CO-PA
2 2 (1.08%) .NET
2 2 (1.08%) HTML
2 2 (1.08%) React
2 2 (1.08%) RESTful
2 2 (1.08%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 14 (7.53%) Management Information System
2 13 (6.99%) Low-Code
3 6 (3.23%) Data Structures
4 5 (2.69%) Cloud Native
5 3 (1.61%) IoT
5 3 (1.61%) Manufacturing Execution System
5 3 (1.61%) Product Ownership
5 3 (1.61%) SCADA
6 2 (1.08%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (1.08%) Distributed Systems
6 2 (1.08%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (1.08%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 2 (1.08%) Learning Management System
7 1 (0.54%) Educational Technology
7 1 (0.54%) FMCG
7 1 (0.54%) Housing Association
7 1 (0.54%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (0.54%) Podcast
7 1 (0.54%) Sports Betting
7 1 (0.54%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.61%) Windows
1 3 (1.61%) Windows 10
1 3 (1.61%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 135 (72.58%) Business Intelligence
2 74 (39.78%) AI
3 56 (30.11%) Decision-Making
4 37 (19.89%) Budgeting and Forecasting
5 33 (17.74%) Analytics
6 31 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
7 28 (15.05%) ETL
8 25 (13.44%) Agile
8 25 (13.44%) Data Governance
9 24 (12.90%) ERP
10 23 (12.37%) CI/CD
11 21 (11.29%) CRM
12 20 (10.75%) Budgeting
12 20 (10.75%) DevOps
13 19 (10.22%) Data Management
14 18 (9.68%) Visualisation
15 17 (9.14%) Project Management
16 15 (8.06%) Data Modelling
16 15 (8.06%) Data Visualisation
16 15 (8.06%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 97 (52.15%) SQL
2 81 (43.55%) Python
3 15 (8.06%) JavaScript
4 13 (6.99%) C#
5 11 (5.91%) VBA
6 8 (4.30%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 2 (1.08%) Java
7 2 (1.08%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 53 (28.49%) Azure Certification
2 33 (17.74%) ACCA
2 33 (17.74%) CIMA
3 27 (14.52%) Degree
4 13 (6.99%) AAT
5 7 (3.76%) SC Cleared
5 7 (3.76%) Security Cleared
6 5 (2.69%) ICAEW
7 4 (2.15%) DBS Check
8 2 (1.08%) AWS Certification
8 2 (1.08%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 2 (1.08%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (1.08%) PMI Certification
8 2 (1.08%) PMP
8 2 (1.08%) TOGAF Certification
9 1 (0.54%) APMG
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (10.75%) Data Quality
2 5 (2.69%) PMO
3 4 (2.15%) GDPR
3 4 (2.15%) SLA
4 2 (1.08%) QA
5 1 (0.54%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.54%) IFRS
5 1 (0.54%) PERC
System Software
1 3 (1.61%) BitLocker
1 3 (1.61%) Terminal Services
1 3 (1.61%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (1.08%) Terraform
2 1 (0.54%) MOM
Vendors
1 110 (59.14%) Microsoft
2 25 (13.44%) SAP
3 5 (2.69%) Databricks
3 5 (2.69%) Oracle
3 5 (2.69%) Sage
4 4 (2.15%) Google
5 3 (1.61%) Barracuda Networks
5 3 (1.61%) Sophos
5 3 (1.61%) VMware
6 2 (1.08%) HubSpot
6 2 (1.08%) IFS
6 2 (1.08%) Xero
7 1 (0.54%) Marketo