Power Platform Job Trends

Microsoft Power Platform
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Power Platform skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 40 51 49
Rank change year-on-year +11 -2 +11
Permanent jobs citing Power Platform 3,440 2,179 4,762
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 3.69% 4.89% 4.40%
As % of the Cloud Services category 13.71% 14.58% 13.32%
Number of salaries quoted 1,960 1,639 3,810
10th Percentile £35,963 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £43,944 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -0.12%
75th Percentile £75,250 £72,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £90,000 £92,500 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £53,460 £50,000
% change year-on-year -1.80% +6.92% -

All Cloud Computing Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 25,087 14,945 35,747
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 26.89% 33.53% 33.02%
Number of salaries quoted 16,217 10,308 27,353
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,750 £30,250
25th Percentile £43,497 £41,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -10.16%
75th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £76,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £50,685
% change year-on-year +4.76% +3.58% -7.85%

Power Platform
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Power Platform relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Power Platform job vacancy trend in the UK

Power Platform
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Power Platform.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Power Platform

Power Platform
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Power Platform over the 6 months to 16 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Power Platform in the UK

Power Platform
Top 17 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 16 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
England +12 3,068 £60,000 +4.35% 1,033
UK excluding London +26 2,379 £52,500 -1.80% 772
Work from Home +9 870 £60,000 +4.35% 454
London 0 853 £70,000 +2.94% 430
North of England +57 731 £50,000 -9.09% 183
Midlands +22 520 £50,000 -6.87% 149
South East +13 464 £57,500 +12.75% 244
North West +52 351 £53,250 -3.18% 115
West Midlands +6 309 £50,000 -7.92% 88
Yorkshire +52 308 £45,000 -11.76% 51
South West +9 248 £45,000 -21.74% 80
East Midlands +29 209 £45,000 -3.74% 61
East of England +23 207 £58,000 +22.11% 57
Scotland +57 119 £75,000 +42.86% 30
Wales +8 84 £41,740 -19.73% 17
North East +4 72 £48,000 -4.00% 18
Northern Ireland -18 23 £45,000 -30.77% 28

Power Platform
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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
1 346 (10.06%) SharePoint
2 73 (2.12%) Microsoft Exchange
3 49 (1.42%) Apache Spark
4 46 (1.34%) Apache Airflow
5 17 (0.49%) Confluence
6 13 (0.38%) Apache
7 9 (0.26%) CMS
7 9 (0.26%) SAS
8 8 (0.23%) WordPress
9 6 (0.17%) ArcGIS
9 6 (0.17%) IIS
10 3 (0.087%) Drupal
10 3 (0.087%) Palantir Foundry
10 3 (0.087%) Umbraco
11 2 (0.058%) Headless CMS
11 2 (0.058%) Luigi
11 2 (0.058%) Oracle Application Server
11 2 (0.058%) Oracle Workflow
12 1 (0.029%) Appian
12 1 (0.029%) Mendix
Applications
1 1,330 (38.66%) Microsoft Excel
2 83 (2.41%) Microsoft Office
3 46 (1.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 37 (1.08%) MS Visio
5 28 (0.81%) Spreadsheet
6 27 (0.78%) Microsoft Project
7 2 (0.058%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 2 (0.058%) ProjectWise
7 2 (0.058%) SOLIDWORKS
7 2 (0.058%) Trello
8 1 (0.029%) Revit
Business Applications
1 143 (4.16%) Dynamics CRM
2 27 (0.78%) NetSuite
3 21 (0.61%) Dynamics AX
4 12 (0.35%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 10 (0.29%) Dynamics NAV
6 7 (0.20%) SAP CO
6 7 (0.20%) SAP ERP
6 7 (0.20%) SAP S/4HANA
7 6 (0.17%) IBM Planning Analytics
7 6 (0.17%) Magento
8 5 (0.15%) Dynamics GP
8 5 (0.15%) SAP PM
8 5 (0.15%) Shopify
9 4 (0.12%) Elite 3E
10 3 (0.087%) Aladdin
10 3 (0.087%) Alphatax
10 3 (0.087%) Integrated Workplace Management System
10 3 (0.087%) NEC Housing
10 3 (0.087%) Sage 200
10 3 (0.087%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 1,838 (53.43%) Azure
2 908 (26.40%) Azure AI
3 486 (14.13%) PowerApps
4 485 (14.10%) Microsoft 365
5 479 (13.92%) Power Automate
6 446 (12.97%) Dynamics 365
7 181 (5.26%) Azure DevOps
8 166 (4.83%) Microsoft Copilot
9 147 (4.27%) Azure Data Factory
10 145 (4.22%) AWS
10 145 (4.22%) Azure Logic Apps
11 122 (3.55%) SaaS
12 120 (3.49%) Snowflake
13 116 (3.37%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 115 (3.34%) Entra ID
15 91 (2.65%) Microsoft Purview
16 87 (2.53%) OneDrive
17 86 (2.50%) GCP
18 76 (2.21%) dbt
19 75 (2.18%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 33 (0.96%) Firewall
2 20 (0.58%) Broadband
3 14 (0.41%) DHCP
3 14 (0.41%) DNS
4 11 (0.32%) Intranet
5 10 (0.29%) WAN
6 9 (0.26%) VPN
7 8 (0.23%) VoIP
7 8 (0.23%) Wi-Fi
8 5 (0.15%) SAN
9 4 (0.12%) Internet
9 4 (0.12%) LAN
9 4 (0.12%) LTE
9 4 (0.12%) Network Security
10 3 (0.087%) Mobile Broadband
10 3 (0.087%) Modbus
10 3 (0.087%) MQTT
10 3 (0.087%) NAS
10 3 (0.087%) SMS
10 3 (0.087%) Softphone
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2,715 (78.92%) Power BI
2 1,162 (33.78%) Tableau
3 207 (6.02%) SQL Server
4 197 (5.73%) Data Warehouse
5 128 (3.72%) Data Lake
6 122 (3.55%) Power Query
7 113 (3.28%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 78 (2.27%) Azure SQL Database
9 77 (2.24%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 75 (2.18%) Looker
11 57 (1.66%) Relational Database
12 53 (1.54%) Metadata
13 52 (1.51%) BigQuery
14 42 (1.22%) Big Data
15 41 (1.19%) Amazon Redshift
16 39 (1.13%) PostgreSQL
17 37 (1.08%) Star Schema
18 31 (0.90%) MySQL
19 29 (0.84%) Snowflake Schema
20 23 (0.67%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 66 (1.92%) Git
2 61 (1.77%) JIRA
3 29 (0.84%) Visual Studio
4 27 (0.78%) MLflow
5 17 (0.49%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 14 (0.41%) Jenkins
7 10 (0.29%) Postman
8 8 (0.23%) Oracle Forms
9 7 (0.20%) Selenium
10 6 (0.17%) Cypress.io
11 4 (0.12%) Balsamiq
12 3 (0.087%) ERwin
13 2 (0.058%) DBeaver
13 2 (0.058%) Visual Studio Code
14 1 (0.029%) Axure RP
14 1 (0.029%) Browser DevTools
14 1 (0.029%) NUnit
14 1 (0.029%) PowerDesigner
14 1 (0.029%) RStudio
14 1 (0.029%) Toad
General
1 1,709 (49.68%) Social Skills
2 741 (21.54%) Finance
3 639 (18.58%) Analytical Skills
4 176 (5.12%) Law
5 158 (4.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 146 (4.24%) Public Sector
7 135 (3.92%) Legal
8 126 (3.66%) Marketing
9 112 (3.26%) Retail
10 100 (2.91%) Manufacturing
11 85 (2.47%) Organisational Skills
12 50 (1.45%) Presentation Skills
13 42 (1.22%) Documentation Skills
14 37 (1.08%) Influencing Skills
15 33 (0.96%) Billing
16 32 (0.93%) Banking
17 27 (0.78%) Legal Technology
17 27 (0.78%) Telecoms
18 20 (0.58%) Publishing
19 19 (0.55%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 1,489 (43.28%) Analyst
2 1,101 (32.01%) Data Analyst
3 919 (26.72%) Junior
4 902 (26.22%) Junior Analyst
5 890 (25.87%) Junior Data Analyst
6 469 (13.63%) Developer
7 373 (10.84%) Senior
8 221 (6.42%) Architect
9 220 (6.40%) Lead
10 161 (4.68%) Data Engineer
11 144 (4.19%) Power Platform Developer
12 135 (3.92%) Consultant
13 90 (2.62%) Business Intelligence Developer
14 89 (2.59%) Business Intelligence Analyst
15 86 (2.50%) Support Analyst
16 81 (2.35%) Business Analyst
17 78 (2.27%) Senior Analyst
18 77 (2.24%) Data Manager
19 71 (2.06%) IT Support
20 67 (1.95%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 151 (4.39%) .NET
2 78 (2.27%) REST
3 71 (2.06%) HTML
4 66 (1.92%) CSS
5 61 (1.77%) JSON
6 57 (1.66%) HTML5 Canvas
7 50 (1.45%) PySpark
8 45 (1.31%) XML
9 41 (1.19%) .NET Core
10 39 (1.13%) Kafka
11 36 (1.05%) React
12 35 (1.02%) PyTorch
13 34 (0.99%) Microsoft Graph
14 33 (0.96%) SPFx
15 30 (0.87%) Middleware
15 30 (0.87%) scikit-learn
15 30 (0.87%) SOAP
16 29 (0.84%) ASP.NET
16 29 (0.84%) TensorFlow
17 28 (0.81%) LangChain
Miscellaneous
1 140 (4.07%) Management Information System
2 123 (3.58%) Low-Code
3 83 (2.41%) Data Structures
3 83 (2.41%) Product Ownership
4 72 (2.09%) Cloud Native
5 66 (1.92%) Onboarding
6 62 (1.80%) Analytical Mindset
7 56 (1.63%) Legacy Systems
8 39 (1.13%) Self-Motivation
9 38 (1.10%) Enterprise Software
10 34 (0.99%) NHS
11 31 (0.90%) AI Agents
12 30 (0.87%) Public Cloud
13 28 (0.81%) Clustering
14 24 (0.70%) Hybrid Cloud
15 19 (0.55%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
15 19 (0.55%) Social Media
16 18 (0.52%) Enterprise Cloud
16 18 (0.52%) Greenfield Project
17 17 (0.49%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 94 (2.73%) Windows
2 33 (0.96%) Windows Server
3 28 (0.81%) Linux
4 11 (0.32%) VMS
5 7 (0.20%) Unix
5 7 (0.20%) Windows Server 2019
6 6 (0.17%) Apple iOS
6 6 (0.17%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (0.087%) Android
7 3 (0.087%) Mac OS
7 3 (0.087%) Windows 10
7 3 (0.087%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,580 (75.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1,347 (39.16%) AI
3 750 (21.80%) Analytics
4 547 (15.90%) Problem-Solving
5 504 (14.65%) Decision-Making
6 454 (13.20%) Continuous Improvement
7 438 (12.73%) Data Modelling
8 404 (11.74%) Agile
9 340 (9.88%) Visualisation
10 332 (9.65%) DevOps
11 303 (8.81%) CRM
12 285 (8.28%) Data Governance
13 274 (7.97%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 265 (7.70%) ETL
15 258 (7.50%) ERP
16 243 (7.06%) Stakeholder Management
17 240 (6.98%) Data Visualisation
18 228 (6.63%) CI/CD
18 228 (6.63%) Data Engineering
19 224 (6.51%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 1,903 (55.32%) SQL
2 1,343 (39.04%) Python
3 230 (6.69%) C#
4 184 (5.35%) JavaScript
5 157 (4.56%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 113 (3.28%) PowerShell
7 82 (2.38%) VBA
8 66 (1.92%) T-SQL
9 53 (1.54%) R
10 45 (1.31%) TypeScript
11 20 (0.58%) Java
12 18 (0.52%) Kusto Query Language
12 18 (0.52%) Scala
13 12 (0.35%) PHP
14 9 (0.26%) Bicep
14 9 (0.26%) VB
14 9 (0.26%) VBScript
15 7 (0.20%) Delphi
16 6 (0.17%) Julia
17 5 (0.15%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 927 (26.95%) Azure Certification
2 343 (9.97%) Degree
3 114 (3.31%) Security Cleared
4 87 (2.53%) SC Cleared
5 82 (2.38%) Microsoft Certification
6 80 (2.33%) ACCA
7 77 (2.24%) CIMA
8 47 (1.37%) DBS Check
9 40 (1.16%) Computer Science Degree
10 39 (1.13%) PMI Certification
10 39 (1.13%) PMP
11 33 (0.96%) Master's Degree
12 22 (0.64%) AAT
13 21 (0.61%) HND
14 12 (0.35%) MBA
15 11 (0.32%) CompTIA Security+
15 11 (0.32%) SSCP
16 10 (0.29%) CompTIA CySA+
17 9 (0.26%) Cisco Certification
18 8 (0.23%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 341 (9.91%) Data Quality
2 148 (4.30%) GDPR
3 121 (3.52%) QA
4 72 (2.09%) SLA
5 64 (1.86%) Accessibility
6 46 (1.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 43 (1.25%) PMO
8 38 (1.10%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 17 (0.49%) TickIT
10 16 (0.47%) Actionable Recommendations
10 16 (0.47%) NIST
11 14 (0.41%) GRC
12 13 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials
13 12 (0.35%) IFRS
14 5 (0.15%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 4 (0.12%) GAAP
15 4 (0.12%) IFRS 17
15 4 (0.12%) ITGC
15 4 (0.12%) NIST 800
15 4 (0.12%) PERC
System Software
1 117 (3.40%) Active Directory
2 22 (0.64%) Docker
3 20 (0.58%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (0.20%) Virtual Desktop
5 6 (0.17%) BitLocker
5 6 (0.17%) Hyper-V
6 3 (0.087%) Terminal Services
7 2 (0.058%) IAG
7 2 (0.058%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (0.058%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.029%) Apache Flume
Systems Management
1 60 (1.74%) Microsoft Intune
2 33 (0.96%) Terraform
3 22 (0.64%) Kubernetes
4 16 (0.47%) SCCM
4 16 (0.47%) Single Sign-On
5 11 (0.32%) Ansible
6 9 (0.26%) FortiGate
7 4 (0.12%) Microsoft Clustering
8 3 (0.087%) MOM
9 2 (0.058%) Control-M
9 2 (0.058%) SCOM
10 1 (0.029%) Grafana
10 1 (0.029%) QRadar
10 1 (0.029%) SQL Sentry
10 1 (0.029%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 2,182 (63.43%) Microsoft
2 181 (5.26%) Databricks
3 110 (3.20%) SAP
4 87 (2.53%) Oracle
5 71 (2.06%) Google
6 56 (1.63%) Salesforce
7 42 (1.22%) Adobe
8 36 (1.05%) ServiceNow
9 34 (0.99%) Informatica
10 31 (0.90%) OpenAI
11 27 (0.78%) Alteryx
11 27 (0.78%) Intapp
12 24 (0.70%) Cloudera
13 23 (0.67%) Dell
13 23 (0.67%) iManage
14 22 (0.64%) Sage
14 22 (0.64%) VMware
15 17 (0.49%) Concur
16 16 (0.47%) Cognos
17 14 (0.41%) Foundry