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

6 months to
18 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 35 74 43
Rank change year-on-year +39 -31 +36
Permanent jobs citing Power Platform 210 123 314
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 3.70% 3.61% 4.82%
As % of the Cloud Services category 14.68% 14.45% 16.81%
Number of salaries quoted 127 79 228
10th Percentile £42,500 £36,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £41,875 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,609 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +14.05% +10.76% -5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £62,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £74,400 £75,150 £70,000
South East median annual salary £55,000 £52,609 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.54% +5.22% -7.94%

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 1,431 851 1,868
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 25.22% 24.96% 28.69%
Number of salaries quoted 940 453 1,471
10th Percentile £33,750 £31,250 £30,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,500 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.36% +10.00% -13.04%
75th Percentile £73,750 £72,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £86,000 £76,250
South East median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +10.00% -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 May 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 May 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 +33 107 £50,250 +0.50% 38
Buckinghamshire +18 67 £62,500 +4.17% 18
Oxfordshire +6 36 £63,750 +34.21% 10
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 8 (3.81%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.43%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (0.95%) SAS
4 1 (0.48%) CMS
Applications
1 103 (49.05%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (6.19%) Microsoft Project
2 13 (6.19%) Spreadsheet
3 2 (0.95%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.95%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 9 (4.29%) SAP CO
2 3 (1.43%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.48%) Dynamics GP
3 1 (0.48%) SAP QM
3 1 (0.48%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 111 (52.86%) Azure
2 60 (28.57%) Azure AI
3 29 (13.81%) Power Automate
4 18 (8.57%) Azure Logic Apps
5 17 (8.10%) Azure DevOps
6 10 (4.76%) AWS
7 9 (4.29%) Snowflake
8 7 (3.33%) dbt
8 7 (3.33%) Microsoft 365
8 7 (3.33%) PowerApps
9 6 (2.86%) Azure Data Factory
10 5 (2.38%) Dynamics 365
10 5 (2.38%) GCP
11 4 (1.90%) Fivetran
11 4 (1.90%) Google Analytics
12 3 (1.43%) Microsoft Copilot
13 2 (0.95%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 1 (0.48%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 1 (0.48%) Azure Service Bus
14 1 (0.48%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.86%) Modbus
1 6 (2.86%) MQTT
2 4 (1.90%) Wi-Fi
3 3 (1.43%) Firewall
3 3 (1.43%) NAS
3 3 (1.43%) VoIP
4 1 (0.48%) Broadband
4 1 (0.48%) DHCP
4 1 (0.48%) DNS
4 1 (0.48%) Intranet
4 1 (0.48%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 176 (83.81%) Power BI
2 80 (38.10%) Tableau
3 9 (4.29%) Data Warehouse
4 6 (2.86%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 5 (2.38%) Airbyte
6 3 (1.43%) Data Lake
6 3 (1.43%) Metadata
6 3 (1.43%) Relational Database
6 3 (1.43%) Snowflake Schema
7 2 (0.95%) Azure SQL Database
7 2 (0.95%) Power Query
7 2 (0.95%) PowerPivot
7 2 (0.95%) SAP BW
7 2 (0.95%) SQL Server
7 2 (0.95%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.48%) Data Hub
8 1 (0.48%) Looker
8 1 (0.48%) PostgreSQL
8 1 (0.48%) QGIS
8 1 (0.48%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 9 (4.29%) Git
2 1 (0.48%) JIRA
2 1 (0.48%) Oracle APEX
General
1 112 (53.33%) Social Skills
2 73 (34.76%) Analytical Skills
3 72 (34.29%) Finance
4 19 (9.05%) Manufacturing
5 14 (6.67%) Influencing Skills
5 14 (6.67%) Marketing
6 9 (4.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 8 (3.81%) Law
7 8 (3.81%) Public Sector
8 6 (2.86%) Documentation Skills
9 3 (1.43%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (0.95%) Back Office
10 2 (0.95%) Legal
10 2 (0.95%) Pharmaceutical
10 2 (0.95%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.48%) Banking
11 1 (0.48%) Retail
11 1 (0.48%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 107 (50.95%) Analyst
2 77 (36.67%) Data Analyst
3 60 (28.57%) Junior
3 60 (28.57%) Junior Analyst
3 60 (28.57%) Junior Data Analyst
4 36 (17.14%) Developer
5 20 (9.52%) IT Support
6 18 (8.57%) Business Intelligence Developer
7 16 (7.62%) Applications Manager
7 16 (7.62%) Applications Support
7 16 (7.62%) Applications Support Manager
7 16 (7.62%) IT Manager
7 16 (7.62%) IT Support Manager
7 16 (7.62%) Power Platform Developer
7 16 (7.62%) Support Manager
8 13 (6.19%) Financial Analyst
8 13 (6.19%) Report Analyst
9 12 (5.71%) Power BI Developer
10 10 (4.76%) Business Developer
11 9 (4.29%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (4.29%) SAP CO-PA
2 2 (0.95%) .NET
2 2 (0.95%) RESTful
2 2 (0.95%) Snowpark
3 1 (0.48%) GeoPandas
3 1 (0.48%) HTML
3 1 (0.48%) MapLibre
3 1 (0.48%) NetworkX
3 1 (0.48%) PostGIS
3 1 (0.48%) PySpark
3 1 (0.48%) React
3 1 (0.48%) Streamlit
3 1 (0.48%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 17 (8.10%) Low-Code
2 13 (6.19%) Management Information System
3 6 (2.86%) IoT
3 6 (2.86%) Manufacturing Execution System
3 6 (2.86%) SCADA
4 4 (1.90%) Cloud Native
5 3 (1.43%) Analytical Mindset
5 3 (1.43%) Data Structures
5 3 (1.43%) Product Ownership
6 2 (0.95%) Distributed Systems
6 2 (0.95%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (0.95%) Learning Management System
7 1 (0.48%) Educational Technology
7 1 (0.48%) FMCG
7 1 (0.48%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 1 (0.48%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (0.48%) Podcast
7 1 (0.48%) Replication
7 1 (0.48%) Sports Betting
7 1 (0.48%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.90%) Windows
1 4 (1.90%) Windows 10
2 3 (1.43%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 156 (74.29%) Business Intelligence
2 82 (39.05%) AI
3 60 (28.57%) Decision-Making
4 41 (19.52%) Analytics
5 39 (18.57%) Problem-Solving
6 38 (18.10%) Budgeting and Forecasting
7 36 (17.14%) ETL
8 28 (13.33%) Agile
8 28 (13.33%) CI/CD
9 27 (12.86%) Data Governance
10 25 (11.90%) Budgeting
10 25 (11.90%) ERP
10 25 (11.90%) Visualisation
11 23 (10.95%) DevOps
12 20 (9.52%) CRM
12 20 (9.52%) Data Visualisation
13 18 (8.57%) Data Modelling
13 18 (8.57%) Performance Analysis
14 17 (8.10%) Project Management
15 16 (7.62%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 121 (57.62%) SQL
2 101 (48.10%) Python
3 17 (8.10%) C#
3 17 (8.10%) JavaScript
4 15 (7.14%) VBA
5 13 (6.19%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 2 (0.95%) Java
7 1 (0.48%) R
7 1 (0.48%) Scala
7 1 (0.48%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 62 (29.52%) Azure Certification
2 33 (15.71%) ACCA
2 33 (15.71%) CIMA
3 31 (14.76%) Degree
4 13 (6.19%) AAT
5 7 (3.33%) SC Cleared
5 7 (3.33%) Security Cleared
6 3 (1.43%) DBS Check
6 3 (1.43%) ICAEW
7 2 (0.95%) AWS Certification
7 2 (0.95%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 2 (0.95%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (0.95%) PMI Certification
7 2 (0.95%) PMP
7 2 (0.95%) TOGAF Certification
8 1 (0.48%) APMG
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (8.57%) Data Quality
2 5 (2.38%) PMO
3 4 (1.90%) SLA
4 3 (1.43%) GDPR
4 3 (1.43%) QA
5 2 (0.95%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.48%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.48%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 1 (0.48%) IFRS
6 1 (0.48%) PERC
System Software
1 3 (1.43%) BitLocker
1 3 (1.43%) Terminal Services
1 3 (1.43%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.48%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (1.43%) Terraform
2 1 (0.48%) Argo
2 1 (0.48%) MOM
Vendors
1 123 (58.57%) Microsoft
2 28 (13.33%) SAP
3 8 (3.81%) Databricks
4 4 (1.90%) Google
5 3 (1.43%) Barracuda Networks
5 3 (1.43%) Sophos
5 3 (1.43%) VMware
6 2 (0.95%) HubSpot
6 2 (0.95%) IFS
6 2 (0.95%) Oracle
6 2 (0.95%) Xero
7 1 (0.48%) Foundry
7 1 (0.48%) Informatica
7 1 (0.48%) Mapbox
7 1 (0.48%) Marketo
7 1 (0.48%) Palantir
7 1 (0.48%) Sage