Power Platform Jobs

Microsoft Power Platform
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Power Platform skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Power Platform over the 6 months leading up to 16 January 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jan 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 57 42 58
Rank change year-on-year -15 +16 +17
Permanent jobs citing Power Platform 2,721 3,299 5,362
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 4.18% 5.60% 5.00%
As % of the Cloud Services category 13.42% 13.80% 11.39%
Number of salaries quoted 1,535 2,428 3,854
10th Percentile £37,487 £34,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% +7.65%
75th Percentile £76,000 £72,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £87,500 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% +10.19%

All Cloud 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 20,270 23,907 47,060
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 31.13% 40.58% 43.89%
Number of salaries quoted 11,376 18,515 32,449
10th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £46,500 £45,000 £46,330
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,750 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.92% -7.69% +8.33%
75th Percentile £83,500 £80,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £102,500 £100,000 £101,668
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% +4.76%

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 16 January 2025.

Salary histogram for Power Platform in the UK

Power Platform
Top 19 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 January 2025. 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 -16 2,483 £62,500 +13.64% 827
UK excluding London -22 1,666 £55,000 +15.79% 445
London -12 910 £67,500 - 381
Work from Home -25 899 £60,250 +9.55% 577
North of England -33 411 £55,000 +15.79% 155
South East +1 386 £59,063 +18.13% 74
Midlands -40 280 £50,500 +3.06% 100
North West -36 261 £55,000 +15.79% 101
South West +17 252 £47,500 - 59
West Midlands -31 234 £52,500 +5.00% 70
East of England 0 176 £68,750 +44.74% 34
Yorkshire -23 126 £60,000 +22.45% 45
Scotland -19 117 £44,500 -6.32% 22
East Midlands -64 46 £45,000 +11.11% 30
Wales -30 28 £47,500 +39.71% 9
North East -33 24 £62,500 +46.20% 9
Northern Ireland -4 12 £75,000 +39.53% 6
Channel Islands -5 4 £60,000 -7.69%
Isle of Man - 2 £38,000 -

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
1 310 (11.39%) SharePoint
2 39 (1.43%) Microsoft Exchange
3 31 (1.14%) Apache Spark
4 20 (0.74%) OpenEdge
5 17 (0.62%) SAS
6 16 (0.59%) Apache
6 16 (0.59%) Confluence
7 12 (0.44%) Apache Airflow
8 9 (0.33%) ArcGIS
9 8 (0.29%) CMS
10 4 (0.15%) Appian
10 4 (0.15%) Jupyter
10 4 (0.15%) SharePoint Server
11 3 (0.11%) IBM Notes
11 3 (0.11%) SugarCRM
12 2 (0.074%) IIS
12 2 (0.074%) nginx
12 2 (0.074%) Oracle SOA Suite
13 1 (0.037%) Oracle Application Server
13 1 (0.037%) Umbraco
Applications
1 485 (17.82%) Microsoft Excel
2 135 (4.96%) Microsoft Office
3 59 (2.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 21 (0.77%) Microsoft Project
5 17 (0.62%) MS Visio
6 13 (0.48%) Trello
7 11 (0.40%) Spreadsheet
8 10 (0.37%) AutoCAD
9 4 (0.15%) Chatbot
10 1 (0.037%) Acrobat
10 1 (0.037%) Simulink
10 1 (0.037%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 234 (8.60%) Dynamics CRM
2 20 (0.74%) Dynamics NAV
3 11 (0.40%) SAP Business One
4 8 (0.29%) Sage X3
5 7 (0.26%) Dynamics GP
6 6 (0.22%) Dynamics AX
6 6 (0.22%) NetSuite
7 5 (0.18%) Elite 3E
7 5 (0.18%) Maximo
8 4 (0.15%) iTrent
8 4 (0.15%) SAP S/4HANA
9 3 (0.11%) Aladdin
9 3 (0.11%) Cognos Business Intelligence
9 3 (0.11%) IBM Planning Analytics
9 3 (0.11%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
9 3 (0.11%) Infor M3
9 3 (0.11%) Primavera
9 3 (0.11%) Salesforce CRM
9 3 (0.11%) SAP ERP
9 3 (0.11%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 1,111 (40.83%) Azure
2 621 (22.82%) PowerApps
3 522 (19.18%) Power Automate
4 508 (18.67%) Dynamics 365
5 346 (12.72%) Microsoft 365
6 344 (12.64%) Azure DevOps
7 238 (8.75%) Azure Logic Apps
8 187 (6.87%) AWS
8 187 (6.87%) Serverless
9 164 (6.03%) Azure Functions
10 143 (5.26%) PaaS
11 141 (5.18%) Azure Data Factory
12 137 (5.03%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 127 (4.67%) IaaS
14 96 (3.53%) Snowflake
15 79 (2.90%) GitHub
16 67 (2.46%) SaaS
17 57 (2.09%) GCP
18 52 (1.91%) Entra ID
19 41 (1.51%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 36 (1.32%) DNS
2 29 (1.07%) Firewall
3 25 (0.92%) Internet
4 21 (0.77%) Intranet
5 14 (0.51%) DHCP
5 14 (0.51%) SAN
6 11 (0.40%) VPN
7 10 (0.37%) TCP/IP
7 10 (0.37%) VLAN
7 10 (0.37%) Wi-Fi
8 9 (0.33%) Wireless
9 7 (0.26%) Remote Desktop
9 7 (0.26%) VoIP
10 6 (0.22%) Reverse Proxy
10 6 (0.22%) VRRP
11 5 (0.18%) Fibre Channel
11 5 (0.18%) iSCSI
11 5 (0.18%) LAN
11 5 (0.18%) NAS
11 5 (0.18%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1,899 (69.79%) Power BI
2 458 (16.83%) SQL Server
3 361 (13.27%) Data Warehouse
4 359 (13.19%) Tableau
5 190 (6.98%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 178 (6.54%) Power Query
7 167 (6.14%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 125 (4.59%) Data Lake
9 112 (4.12%) GIS
10 102 (3.75%) Geospatial Data
11 87 (3.20%) Azure SQL Database
12 78 (2.87%) Relational Database
13 54 (1.98%) Big Data
14 50 (1.84%) PostgreSQL
15 49 (1.80%) SQL Server Analysis Services
16 44 (1.62%) Looker
17 42 (1.54%) Qlik Sense
18 38 (1.40%) Data Mining
19 32 (1.18%) BusinessObjects
20 31 (1.14%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 72 (2.65%) JIRA
2 66 (2.43%) Git
3 54 (1.98%) Visual Studio
4 25 (0.92%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 20 (0.74%) Visual Studio Code
6 16 (0.59%) Team Foundation Server
7 11 (0.40%) PyCharm
8 6 (0.22%) Bitbucket
8 6 (0.22%) Mercurial
8 6 (0.22%) Postman
8 6 (0.22%) Terragrunt
9 5 (0.18%) SoapUI
9 5 (0.18%) SpecFlow
10 4 (0.15%) Cypress.io
10 4 (0.15%) Jenkins
10 4 (0.15%) JMeter
10 4 (0.15%) MLflow
10 4 (0.15%) NUnit
10 4 (0.15%) Selenium
10 4 (0.15%) Zephyr
General
1 896 (32.93%) Social Skills
2 616 (22.64%) Finance
3 571 (20.98%) Analytical Skills
4 299 (10.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 202 (7.42%) Marketing
6 131 (4.81%) Organisational Skills
7 129 (4.74%) Law
8 116 (4.26%) Presentation Skills
9 110 (4.04%) Manufacturing
10 95 (3.49%) Retail
11 84 (3.09%) Public Sector
12 66 (2.43%) Legal
13 55 (2.02%) Banking
14 39 (1.43%) Pharmaceutical
14 39 (1.43%) Telecoms
15 30 (1.10%) Influencing Skills
16 24 (0.88%) Automotive
17 23 (0.85%) Documentation Skills
18 19 (0.70%) Billing
19 18 (0.66%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 704 (25.87%) Analyst
2 534 (19.63%) Developer
3 351 (12.90%) Senior
4 296 (10.88%) Lead
5 200 (7.35%) Data Analyst
6 176 (6.47%) Architect
7 153 (5.62%) Senior Analyst
8 149 (5.48%) Data Engineer
9 148 (5.44%) Consultant
10 130 (4.78%) Power Platform Developer
11 102 (3.75%) Business Intelligence Developer
12 97 (3.56%) Dynamics 365 Developer
13 83 (3.05%) Solutions Architect
14 71 (2.61%) Applications Support
15 67 (2.46%) Digital Analyst
16 65 (2.39%) Senior Developer
17 63 (2.32%) SQL Developer
18 59 (2.17%) Data Manager
19 57 (2.09%) Business Intelligence Analyst
19 57 (2.09%) Power BI Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 275 (10.11%) .NET
2 142 (5.22%) HTML
3 88 (3.23%) CSS
4 64 (2.35%) REST
5 53 (1.95%) JSON
6 49 (1.80%) XML
7 47 (1.73%) Web Services
8 41 (1.51%) ASP.NET
9 38 (1.40%) ASP.NET Web API
10 37 (1.36%) React
11 36 (1.32%) SOAP
12 28 (1.03%) HTML5 Canvas
13 26 (0.96%) Kafka
14 25 (0.92%) .NET Framework
15 24 (0.88%) AngularJS
16 20 (0.74%) PySpark
17 18 (0.66%) Middleware
18 16 (0.59%) SPFx
19 15 (0.55%) ADO
19 15 (0.55%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 172 (6.32%) Data Structures
2 170 (6.25%) Management Information System
3 117 (4.30%) Algorithms
4 66 (2.43%) Low-Code
5 55 (2.02%) Product Ownership
6 48 (1.76%) NHS
7 47 (1.73%) Onboarding
8 40 (1.47%) Self-Motivation
9 37 (1.36%) Legacy Systems
10 34 (1.25%) Analytical Mindset
11 29 (1.07%) Data Centre
12 26 (0.96%) Cyberattack
13 24 (0.88%) Enterprise Software
14 22 (0.81%) Cloud Native
14 22 (0.81%) Social Media
15 21 (0.77%) Reinsurance
15 21 (0.77%) Virtual Team
16 17 (0.62%) Life Science
17 14 (0.51%) Data Protection Act
18 13 (0.48%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 88 (3.23%) Windows
2 38 (1.40%) Windows Server
3 30 (1.10%) Linux
4 12 (0.44%) Unix
5 10 (0.37%) Windows Server 2012
5 10 (0.37%) Windows Server 2019
5 10 (0.37%) Windows Vista
6 9 (0.33%) Windows Server 2016
7 6 (0.22%) Windows 10
8 4 (0.15%) Apple iOS
9 2 (0.074%) Mac OS
9 2 (0.074%) SUSE
10 1 (0.037%) Android
10 1 (0.037%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,575 (57.88%) Business Intelligence
2 702 (25.80%) Analytics
3 647 (23.78%) Agile
4 633 (23.26%) Problem-Solving
5 548 (20.14%) Visualisation
6 511 (18.78%) DevOps
7 382 (14.04%) Data Analysis
8 362 (13.30%) Data Visualisation
9 358 (13.16%) Decision-Making
10 336 (12.35%) Data Modelling
11 330 (12.13%) ETL
12 329 (12.09%) CRM
13 325 (11.94%) Data Management
14 279 (10.25%) Data Analytics
15 272 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
16 270 (9.92%) Actionable Insight
17 262 (9.63%) Mentoring
18 260 (9.56%) Artificial Intelligence
19 246 (9.04%) Data Science
20 218 (8.01%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 1,317 (48.40%) SQL
2 479 (17.60%) Python
3 333 (12.24%) C#
4 232 (8.53%) JavaScript
5 177 (6.50%) T-SQL
6 152 (5.59%) PowerShell
7 139 (5.11%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 107 (3.93%) R
9 68 (2.50%) VBA
10 67 (2.46%) TypeScript
11 50 (1.84%) Java
12 26 (0.96%) VB
13 25 (0.92%) PL/SQL
14 23 (0.85%) Scala
15 21 (0.77%) C++
16 9 (0.33%) Shell Script
17 8 (0.29%) X++
18 6 (0.22%) Ruby
18 6 (0.22%) VB.NET
19 5 (0.18%) Julia
Qualifications
1 539 (19.81%) Degree
2 207 (7.61%) Security Cleared
3 165 (6.06%) Azure Certification
4 110 (4.04%) SC Cleared
5 97 (3.56%) Microsoft Certification
6 85 (3.12%) Computer Science Degree
7 81 (2.98%) DBS Check
8 59 (2.17%) Master's Degree
9 42 (1.54%) DV Cleared
10 37 (1.36%) ACCA
11 31 (1.14%) CIMA
12 28 (1.03%) CISA
13 26 (0.96%) CCAB
14 16 (0.59%) BPSS Clearance
14 16 (0.59%) PMI Certification
15 13 (0.48%) HND
15 13 (0.48%) TOGAF Certification
16 12 (0.44%) MBA
17 10 (0.37%) AAT
17 10 (0.37%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 212 (7.79%) Data Quality
2 95 (3.49%) QA
3 70 (2.57%) Accessibility
4 68 (2.50%) GDPR
5 33 (1.21%) PMO
5 33 (1.21%) SLA
6 26 (0.96%) ITGC
7 14 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 11 (0.40%) GRC
9 7 (0.26%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 6 (0.22%) Cyber Essentials
10 6 (0.22%) HL7
10 6 (0.22%) SNOMED CT
11 5 (0.18%) Actionable Recommendations
11 5 (0.18%) MiFID
11 5 (0.18%) NIST
12 4 (0.15%) EMIR
12 4 (0.15%) ISO 9001
12 4 (0.15%) Software Quality Assurance
13 3 (0.11%) SOC 1
System Software
1 72 (2.65%) Active Directory
2 26 (0.96%) Virtual Machines
3 25 (0.92%) Hyper-V
4 21 (0.77%) VMware Infrastructure
5 14 (0.51%) Docker
6 6 (0.22%) Firmware
6 6 (0.22%) vSphere
6 6 (0.22%) XenDesktop
7 5 (0.18%) Virtual Desktop
8 4 (0.15%) HDFS
9 2 (0.074%) pfSense
9 2 (0.074%) Terminal Server
9 2 (0.074%) XenApp
10 1 (0.037%) Virtual Servers
10 1 (0.037%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 33 (1.21%) Microsoft Intune
2 29 (1.07%) Terraform
3 10 (0.37%) SCCM
4 9 (0.33%) FortiGate
5 8 (0.29%) Ansible
5 8 (0.29%) Kubernetes
6 7 (0.26%) Grafana
7 3 (0.11%) Backup Exec
7 3 (0.11%) SCOM
7 3 (0.11%) WSUS
8 2 (0.074%) Failover Clustering
8 2 (0.074%) Kibana
8 2 (0.074%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.074%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.037%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 1 (0.037%) Istio
Vendors
1 1,289 (47.37%) Microsoft
2 212 (7.79%) Databricks
3 80 (2.94%) SAP
4 77 (2.83%) Oracle
5 73 (2.68%) Alteryx
6 65 (2.39%) Salesforce
7 61 (2.24%) Google
8 41 (1.51%) ServiceNow
9 37 (1.36%) Cisco
10 29 (1.07%) IBM
11 26 (0.96%) Cognos
12 24 (0.88%) VMware
13 19 (0.70%) Meraki
14 16 (0.59%) Veeam
15 15 (0.55%) Citrix
16 14 (0.51%) UiPath
17 12 (0.44%) Epicor
17 12 (0.44%) Genesys
17 12 (0.44%) Verint
18 11 (0.40%) Sage