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

6 months to
1 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 31 52 47
Rank change year-on-year +21 -5 +19
Permanent jobs citing Power Platform 219 159 225
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 5.15% 4.69% 4.39%
As % of the Cloud Services category 17.68% 14.60% 14.87%
Number of salaries quoted 98 75 176
10th Percentile £42,125 £41,255 £38,603
25th Percentile £43,750 £46,875 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,500 £60,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.50% +26.32% -5.00%
75th Percentile £65,938 £76,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £75,000 - £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 1,239 1,089 1,513
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 29.15% 32.11% 29.55%
Number of salaries quoted 672 564 1,257
10th Percentile £31,375 £31,650 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £43,462 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +14.29% -8.70%
75th Percentile £70,000 £77,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £88,200 £80,000
South East median annual salary £50,000 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -16.67% +14.29% -8.40%

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 1 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 1 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 +35 129 £55,500 +11.00% 22
Buckinghamshire +8 64 £57,500 -4.17% 7
Oxfordshire +19 26 £58,750 +23.68% 9
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 4 (1.83%) SugarCRM
2 3 (1.37%) Apache Airflow
2 3 (1.37%) SAS
3 2 (0.91%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.46%) CMS
4 1 (0.46%) Confluence
Applications
1 136 (62.10%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (4.57%) Spreadsheet
3 2 (0.91%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.46%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.46%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 8 (3.65%) SAP CO
2 2 (0.91%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.46%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 123 (56.16%) Azure
2 23 (10.50%) Azure AI
3 14 (6.39%) Azure DevOps
3 14 (6.39%) Power Automate
4 13 (5.94%) Azure Logic Apps
5 10 (4.57%) Snowflake
6 8 (3.65%) AWS
7 7 (3.20%) Azure Data Factory
8 6 (2.74%) Microsoft 365
9 5 (2.28%) GCP
10 4 (1.83%) dbt
10 4 (1.83%) PowerApps
10 4 (1.83%) SaaS
11 3 (1.37%) Microsoft Copilot
12 2 (0.91%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 2 (0.91%) Copilot Studio
12 2 (0.91%) Microsoft Purview
13 1 (0.46%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 1 (0.46%) Azure Service Bus
13 1 (0.46%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.28%) Modbus
1 5 (2.28%) MQTT
2 1 (0.46%) Broadband
2 1 (0.46%) DHCP
2 1 (0.46%) DNS
2 1 (0.46%) TCP/IP
2 1 (0.46%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 198 (90.41%) Power BI
2 66 (30.14%) Data Lake
3 64 (29.22%) SAP BW
4 44 (20.09%) Tableau
5 13 (5.94%) Data Warehouse
6 11 (5.02%) Power Query
7 8 (3.65%) Metadata
7 8 (3.65%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 7 (3.20%) PowerPivot
9 6 (2.74%) SQL Server
10 5 (2.28%) Qlik Sense
11 3 (1.37%) Azure SQL Database
11 3 (1.37%) Looker
11 3 (1.37%) MySQL
11 3 (1.37%) PostgreSQL
11 3 (1.37%) Relational Database
11 3 (1.37%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 2 (0.91%) Airbyte
12 2 (0.91%) BusinessObjects
12 2 (0.91%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 7 (3.20%) Git
2 3 (1.37%) JIRA
3 1 (0.46%) Oracle APEX
General
1 130 (59.36%) Social Skills
2 111 (50.68%) Analytical Skills
3 77 (35.16%) Finance
4 18 (8.22%) Marketing
5 17 (7.76%) Manufacturing
6 11 (5.02%) Influencing Skills
7 5 (2.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (1.83%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (0.91%) Back Office
9 2 (0.91%) Games
9 2 (0.91%) Law
9 2 (0.91%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (0.91%) Public Sector
10 1 (0.46%) Banking
10 1 (0.46%) Legal
10 1 (0.46%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 113 (51.60%) Analyst
2 55 (25.11%) Data Analyst
3 41 (18.72%) Lead
4 40 (18.26%) Report Analyst
5 33 (15.07%) Developer
6 30 (13.70%) Business Intelligence Lead
7 28 (12.79%) Sustainability Analyst
8 21 (9.59%) Junior
8 21 (9.59%) Junior Analyst
8 21 (9.59%) Junior Data Analyst
9 19 (8.68%) Business Intelligence Developer
10 17 (7.76%) Financial Analyst
11 13 (5.94%) Power Platform Developer
12 12 (5.48%) Commercial Analyst
12 12 (5.48%) Commercial Data Analyst
12 12 (5.48%) Power BI Developer
12 12 (5.48%) Procurement Analyst
12 12 (5.48%) Senior
13 10 (4.57%) Business Intelligence Analyst
14 9 (4.11%) Business Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (3.65%) SAP CO-PA
2 2 (0.91%) .NET
2 2 (0.91%) RESTful
2 2 (0.91%) Snowpark
3 1 (0.46%) GeoPandas
3 1 (0.46%) MapLibre
3 1 (0.46%) NetworkX
3 1 (0.46%) PostGIS
3 1 (0.46%) PySpark
3 1 (0.46%) REST
3 1 (0.46%) Streamlit
Miscellaneous
1 18 (8.22%) Analytical Mindset
2 15 (6.85%) Low-Code
3 12 (5.48%) FMCG
4 7 (3.20%) Management Information System
5 5 (2.28%) IoT
5 5 (2.28%) Manufacturing Execution System
5 5 (2.28%) SCADA
6 3 (1.37%) Cloud Native
6 3 (1.37%) Product Ownership
7 2 (0.91%) Data Structures
7 2 (0.91%) Distributed Systems
7 2 (0.91%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.46%) Algorithms
8 1 (0.46%) Learning Management System
8 1 (0.46%) Podcast
8 1 (0.46%) Private Cloud
8 1 (0.46%) Replication
8 1 (0.46%) Sports Betting
8 1 (0.46%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.46%) Windows
1 1 (0.46%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 195 (89.04%) Business Intelligence
2 116 (52.97%) Analytics
3 112 (51.14%) Problem-Solving
4 78 (35.62%) Data Modelling
4 78 (35.62%) Decision-Making
5 57 (26.03%) Data Governance
6 51 (23.29%) Actionable Insight
7 47 (21.46%) ERP
8 46 (21.00%) AI
9 38 (17.35%) Visualisation
10 37 (16.89%) Data Cleansing
11 36 (16.44%) ETL
12 31 (14.16%) Budgeting and Forecasting
12 31 (14.16%) Data Visualisation
13 30 (13.70%) Quality Management
14 28 (12.79%) GAP Analysis
14 28 (12.79%) Source to Pay
15 27 (12.33%) Computer Science
16 25 (11.42%) Budgeting
17 24 (10.96%) Data Analytics
Programming Languages
1 95 (43.38%) SQL
2 69 (31.51%) Python
3 25 (11.42%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 19 (8.68%) C#
5 18 (8.22%) VBA
6 12 (5.48%) JavaScript
7 5 (2.28%) Kusto Query Language
8 3 (1.37%) R
9 2 (0.91%) Java
9 2 (0.91%) PowerShell
9 2 (0.91%) T-SQL
10 1 (0.46%) Scala
Qualifications
1 105 (47.95%) Degree
2 25 (11.42%) CIMA
3 24 (10.96%) ACCA
4 23 (10.50%) Azure Certification
5 8 (3.65%) AAT
6 4 (1.83%) HNC
7 3 (1.37%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (1.37%) SC Cleared
7 3 (1.37%) Security Cleared
8 2 (0.91%) AWS Certification
8 2 (0.91%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 2 (0.91%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 82 (37.44%) Data Quality
2 5 (2.28%) QA
3 4 (1.83%) Accessibility
4 3 (1.37%) PMO
5 1 (0.46%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (0.46%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 1 (0.46%) GDPR
System Software
1 1 (0.46%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (1.37%) Terraform
2 1 (0.46%) Argo
2 1 (0.46%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 91 (41.55%) SAP
2 49 (22.37%) Microsoft
3 10 (4.57%) Databricks
4 3 (1.37%) Oracle
5 2 (0.91%) Cognos
5 2 (0.91%) HubSpot
5 2 (0.91%) IFS
5 2 (0.91%) Salesforce
5 2 (0.91%) Xero
6 1 (0.46%) Foundry
6 1 (0.46%) Informatica
6 1 (0.46%) Mapbox
6 1 (0.46%) Marketo
6 1 (0.46%) OpenAI
6 1 (0.46%) Palantir
6 1 (0.46%) ServiceNow
6 1 (0.46%) Talend