Microsoft Power Platform
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Power Platform skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Power Platform over the 6 months to 2 December 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 37 70 77
Rank change year-on-year +33 +7 +23
Permanent jobs citing Power Platform 3,359 5,779 5,361
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 6.29% 4.61% 4.14%
As % of the Cloud Services category 14.76% 10.74% 8.86%
Number of salaries quoted 2,418 4,283 4,161
10th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £33,000
25th Percentile £43,000 £45,000 £41,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year - +7.48% +7.00%
75th Percentile £72,500 £75,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £86,000 £87,500 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year - +11.11% -

All Cloud Skills
UK

Power Platform is in the Cloud Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 22,754 53,785 60,507
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 42.64% 42.91% 46.78%
Number of salaries quoted 17,950 35,940 42,584
10th Percentile £32,750 £34,664 £33,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £64,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.34% +6.67% +4.35%
75th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £53,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -2.73% +4.76% +5.00%

Power Platform
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Power Platform as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Power Platform in the UK

Power Platform
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Power Platform.

Salary trend for Power Platform in the UK

Power Platform
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Power Platform over the 6 months to 2 December 2023.

Salary histogram for Power Platform in the UK

Power Platform
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Power Platform within the UK over the 6 months to 2 December 2023. 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
England +25 2,862 £57,500 - 1,310
UK excluding London +33 1,979 £50,000 - 905
Work from Home +41 1,683 £58,400 +1.57% 695
London +24 1,136 £67,500 +3.63% 483
North of England +36 606 £50,000 - 267
Midlands +37 377 £50,000 - 171
North West +52 317 £52,500 +7.69% 143
South West +38 296 £49,000 +4.26% 93
South East +9 289 £52,500 -4.55% 197
West Midlands +36 280 £50,000 - 123
Yorkshire +18 265 £50,000 -3.38% 81
Scotland +40 196 £47,557 +2.83% 82
Wales +10 100 £34,000 -15.00% 26
East Midlands +34 97 £37,500 -25.00% 47
East of England +36 79 £47,500 -13.64% 73
Northern Ireland +37 50 £50,000 +21.21% 7
North East +16 24 £45,000 -10.00% 45
Channel Islands +11 3 £65,000 -

Power Platform
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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
1 361 (10.75%) SharePoint
2 68 (2.02%) Apache Spark
3 60 (1.79%) Apache
4 41 (1.22%) Confluence
5 27 (0.80%) Apache Airflow
6 22 (0.65%) IIS
7 15 (0.45%) MS Exchange
7 15 (0.45%) Tomcat
8 12 (0.36%) SAS
9 10 (0.30%) CMS
9 10 (0.30%) Oracle Application Server
10 8 (0.24%) Mendix
11 6 (0.18%) Jupyter
11 6 (0.18%) WordPress
12 5 (0.15%) IBM Domino
12 5 (0.15%) Luigi
13 4 (0.12%) NServiceBus
14 2 (0.060%) Alfresco
14 2 (0.060%) Cloud Foundry
14 2 (0.060%) Drupal
Applications
1 463 (13.78%) Microsoft Excel
2 155 (4.61%) Microsoft Office
3 71 (2.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 25 (0.74%) MS Visio
5 24 (0.71%) Microsoft Project
6 17 (0.51%) Spreadsheet
7 10 (0.30%) Photoshop
8 9 (0.27%) InDesign
9 7 (0.21%) AutoCAD
10 6 (0.18%) SPSS
11 5 (0.15%) Trello
12 4 (0.12%) Chatbot
13 2 (0.060%) 3ds Max
13 2 (0.060%) Blender
13 2 (0.060%) CINEMA 4D
13 2 (0.060%) MicroStation
14 1 (0.030%) Acrobat
14 1 (0.030%) Adobe After Effects
14 1 (0.030%) Adobe Illustrator
14 1 (0.030%) Adobe Premiere
Business Applications
1 507 (15.09%) Dynamics CRM
2 18 (0.54%) Primavera
3 17 (0.51%) Dynamics NAV
4 15 (0.45%) Dynamics AX
5 12 (0.36%) Maximo
6 9 (0.27%) Shopify
6 9 (0.27%) Unit4 Business World
7 7 (0.21%) BusinessWorks
7 7 (0.21%) SAP ERP
7 7 (0.21%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 6 (0.18%) Dynamics GP
8 6 (0.18%) iTrent
8 6 (0.18%) NetSuite
8 6 (0.18%) Sage 200
9 5 (0.15%) Oracle EBS
9 5 (0.15%) Oracle Financials
9 5 (0.15%) SystmOne
10 4 (0.12%) Epicor Tropos
10 4 (0.12%) Oracle Payables
10 4 (0.12%) Siebel CRM
Cloud Services
1 1,732 (51.56%) Azure
2 897 (26.70%) Dynamics 365
3 593 (17.65%) PowerApps
4 526 (15.66%) Azure DevOps
5 421 (12.53%) Microsoft 365
6 336 (10.00%) Power Automate
7 332 (9.88%) Serverless
8 296 (8.81%) PaaS
9 292 (8.69%) Azure Functions
10 280 (8.34%) SaaS
11 261 (7.77%) IaaS
12 199 (5.92%) Azure Data Factory
13 190 (5.66%) GCP
14 184 (5.48%) AWS
15 140 (4.17%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 119 (3.54%) Azure Logic Apps
17 94 (2.80%) Snowflake
18 90 (2.68%) Google Analytics
19 67 (1.99%) GitHub
20 51 (1.52%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 31 (0.92%) DNS
2 21 (0.63%) Network Security
3 19 (0.57%) TCP/IP
4 17 (0.51%) Firewall
5 15 (0.45%) Intranet
6 14 (0.42%) DHCP
6 14 (0.42%) VPN
7 13 (0.39%) Internet
7 13 (0.39%) SSL
7 13 (0.39%) WAN
8 11 (0.33%) LAN
9 6 (0.18%) IPv6
9 6 (0.18%) Remote Desktop
9 6 (0.18%) SAN
9 6 (0.18%) SD-WAN
10 5 (0.15%) VSAN
11 4 (0.12%) BGP
11 4 (0.12%) Unified Communications
11 4 (0.12%) VLAN
11 4 (0.12%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2,393 (71.24%) Power BI
2 579 (17.24%) SQL Server
3 489 (14.56%) Tableau
4 415 (12.35%) Data Warehouse
5 323 (9.62%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 318 (9.47%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 230 (6.85%) Data Lake
8 170 (5.06%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 134 (3.99%) Relational Database
10 125 (3.72%) Azure SQL Database
11 115 (3.42%) Power Query
12 106 (3.16%) MySQL
12 106 (3.16%) NoSQL
13 100 (2.98%) Looker
14 91 (2.71%) Big Data
15 90 (2.68%) PostgreSQL
16 87 (2.59%) BigQuery
17 66 (1.96%) Microsoft Analysis Services
18 62 (1.85%) BusinessObjects
19 51 (1.52%) Bigtable
Development Applications
1 87 (2.59%) JIRA
2 85 (2.53%) Git
3 63 (1.88%) Jenkins
4 43 (1.28%) Visual Studio
5 28 (0.83%) Team Foundation Server
6 19 (0.57%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 8 (0.24%) Visual Studio Team System
8 7 (0.21%) ERwin
8 7 (0.21%) SonarQube
8 7 (0.21%) Visual Studio Code
9 6 (0.18%) Selenium
9 6 (0.18%) SpecFlow
10 5 (0.15%) MSTest
10 5 (0.15%) NUnit
10 5 (0.15%) Visual Website Optimizer
11 4 (0.12%) Maven
11 4 (0.12%) RStudio
12 3 (0.089%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 3 (0.089%) Cucumber
12 3 (0.089%) GitLab
General
1 1,202 (35.78%) Finance
2 915 (27.24%) Social Skills
3 604 (17.98%) Analytical Skills
4 290 (8.63%) Retail
5 253 (7.53%) Marketing
6 210 (6.25%) Banking
7 141 (4.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 140 (4.17%) Presentation Skills
9 132 (3.93%) Law
10 123 (3.66%) Manufacturing
11 115 (3.42%) Legal
12 110 (3.27%) Public Sector
13 51 (1.52%) Organisational Skills
14 42 (1.25%) Influencing Skills
15 35 (1.04%) Advertising
15 35 (1.04%) Documentation Skills
16 32 (0.95%) Telecoms
17 26 (0.77%) Electronics
18 24 (0.71%) Pharmaceutical
19 13 (0.39%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 781 (23.25%) Analyst
2 717 (21.35%) Developer
3 568 (16.91%) Architect
4 418 (12.44%) Dynamics 365 Architect
5 369 (10.99%) Senior
6 313 (9.32%) Data Analyst
7 235 (7.00%) Data Engineer
8 230 (6.85%) Solutions Architect
9 229 (6.82%) Lead
10 227 (6.76%) CRM Architect
11 225 (6.70%) Business Intelligence Developer
12 223 (6.64%) Dynamics CRM Architect
13 173 (5.15%) Consultant
14 169 (5.03%) Business Intelligence Analyst
15 156 (4.64%) Dynamics 365 Solution Architect
16 145 (4.32%) Dynamics 365 Developer
17 134 (3.99%) Power BI Developer
18 120 (3.57%) Senior Analyst
19 106 (3.16%) Power Platform Developer
20 92 (2.74%) Power BI Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 354 (10.54%) .NET
2 178 (5.30%) HTML
3 137 (4.08%) CSS
4 80 (2.38%) REST
5 77 (2.29%) .NET Framework
6 65 (1.94%) ASP.NET
7 57 (1.70%) JSON
8 56 (1.67%) XML
9 50 (1.49%) Kafka
10 43 (1.28%) React
11 41 (1.22%) PySpark
12 37 (1.10%) Web Services
13 36 (1.07%) HTML5 Canvas
14 32 (0.95%) AngularJS
14 32 (0.95%) Middleware
15 28 (0.83%) Entity Framework
16 25 (0.74%) Pandas
16 25 (0.74%) SOAP
17 24 (0.71%) RESTful
18 23 (0.68%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 123 (3.66%) Management Information System
2 118 (3.51%) Low-Code
3 92 (2.74%) Data Structures
4 68 (2.02%) Product Ownership
4 68 (2.02%) Public Cloud
5 65 (1.94%) Enterprise Software
5 65 (1.94%) Self-Motivation
6 47 (1.40%) Onboarding
7 41 (1.22%) Legacy Systems
8 35 (1.04%) Greenfield Project
9 32 (0.95%) Analytical Mindset
10 30 (0.89%) IoT
10 30 (0.89%) NHS
11 28 (0.83%) Renewable Energy
12 27 (0.80%) Algorithms
13 24 (0.71%) Cloud Native
14 21 (0.63%) Housing Association
14 21 (0.63%) Mobile App
14 21 (0.63%) Reinsurance
15 19 (0.57%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 119 (3.54%) Windows
2 48 (1.43%) Windows Server
3 37 (1.10%) Linux
4 27 (0.80%) Unix
5 23 (0.68%) Windows 10
6 22 (0.65%) Android
7 13 (0.39%) Apple iOS
8 9 (0.27%) Windows Server 2016
9 7 (0.21%) Windows Server 2019
10 6 (0.18%) Mac OS
11 4 (0.12%) VMS
12 3 (0.089%) Windows Server 2012
13 1 (0.030%) CentOS
13 1 (0.030%) Debian
13 1 (0.030%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 1 (0.030%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,038 (60.67%) Business Intelligence
2 1,264 (37.63%) Agile
3 901 (26.82%) Analytics
4 709 (21.11%) DevOps
5 698 (20.78%) Visualisation
6 609 (18.13%) CRM
7 601 (17.89%) Actionable Insight
8 584 (17.39%) Problem-Solving
9 472 (14.05%) ETL
10 458 (13.64%) Data Modelling
11 453 (13.49%) Data Visualisation
12 433 (12.89%) Data Analysis
13 416 (12.38%) Mentoring
14 412 (12.27%) Roadmaps
15 373 (11.10%) Decision-Making
16 324 (9.65%) Data Analytics
17 306 (9.11%) Requirements Gathering
18 284 (8.45%) Presales
19 258 (7.68%) Strategic Roadmap
20 246 (7.32%) Customer Engagement
Programming Languages
1 1,436 (42.75%) SQL
2 435 (12.95%) Python
3 407 (12.12%) C#
4 304 (9.05%) JavaScript
5 242 (7.20%) T-SQL
6 198 (5.89%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 149 (4.44%) PowerShell
8 121 (3.60%) R
9 50 (1.49%) TypeScript
10 43 (1.28%) Java
11 36 (1.07%) VBA
12 32 (0.95%) PHP
12 32 (0.95%) VB.NET
13 23 (0.68%) PL/SQL
14 21 (0.63%) VB
15 17 (0.51%) Scala
16 12 (0.36%) Bicep
17 11 (0.33%) X++
18 10 (0.30%) Ruby
19 8 (0.24%) C++
Qualifications
1 501 (14.92%) Degree
2 162 (4.82%) Security Cleared
3 125 (3.72%) SC Cleared
4 111 (3.30%) Microsoft Certification
5 92 (2.74%) Computer Science Degree
6 56 (1.67%) Azure Certification
7 52 (1.55%) Master's Degree
8 27 (0.80%) BPSS Clearance
9 20 (0.60%) MCSE
10 16 (0.48%) DV Cleared
11 11 (0.33%) ACCA
12 9 (0.27%) Numerate Degree
13 8 (0.24%) ITIL Certification
14 7 (0.21%) DBS Check
14 7 (0.21%) MBA
14 7 (0.21%) PMI Certification
15 6 (0.18%) MCSA
15 6 (0.18%) PMP
16 5 (0.15%) Postgraduate
17 4 (0.12%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 246 (7.32%) Data Quality
2 109 (3.25%) QA
3 68 (2.02%) GDPR
4 49 (1.46%) SLA
5 43 (1.28%) PMO
6 37 (1.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 26 (0.77%) Accessibility
8 14 (0.42%) GMP
9 12 (0.36%) NIST
10 11 (0.33%) Actionable Recommendations
10 11 (0.33%) GRC
11 8 (0.24%) COBIT
11 8 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials
12 7 (0.21%) PCI DSS
13 6 (0.18%) WCAG
14 4 (0.12%) ISO 9001
14 4 (0.12%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 3 (0.089%) ISO 22301
16 2 (0.060%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 2 (0.060%) GAAP
System Software
1 110 (3.27%) Active Directory
2 36 (1.07%) Docker
3 35 (1.04%) VMware Infrastructure
4 17 (0.51%) Hyper-V
5 15 (0.45%) Virtual Desktop
6 10 (0.30%) Virtual Machines
7 7 (0.21%) vSphere
8 5 (0.15%) VMware ESXi
9 4 (0.12%) Firmware
10 3 (0.089%) IAG
11 2 (0.060%) HDFS
12 1 (0.030%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 73 (2.17%) Terraform
2 49 (1.46%) Microsoft Intune
3 32 (0.95%) Kubernetes
4 15 (0.45%) SCCM
5 9 (0.27%) Ansible
6 5 (0.15%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 5 (0.15%) Jamf Pro
6 5 (0.15%) Microsoft Clustering
7 4 (0.12%) SysTrack
8 2 (0.060%) Kibana
8 2 (0.060%) Oracle Identity Management
9 1 (0.030%) Cisco CUCM
9 1 (0.030%) Failover Clustering
9 1 (0.030%) logstash
9 1 (0.030%) Nagios
9 1 (0.030%) Puppet
9 1 (0.030%) SCOM
9 1 (0.030%) WSUS
9 1 (0.030%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 1,758 (52.34%) Microsoft
2 198 (5.89%) Google
3 168 (5.00%) Databricks
4 153 (4.55%) Oracle
5 101 (3.01%) SAP
6 71 (2.11%) Salesforce
7 68 (2.02%) Alteryx
8 43 (1.28%) VMware
9 42 (1.25%) ServiceNow
10 26 (0.77%) Adobe
11 23 (0.68%) Atlassian
12 21 (0.63%) Teradata
13 20 (0.60%) IBM
14 19 (0.57%) Informatica
15 18 (0.54%) OpenAI
16 13 (0.39%) UiPath
17 12 (0.36%) Blue Prism
17 12 (0.36%) Cisco
17 12 (0.36%) Hotjar
17 12 (0.36%) MicroStrategy