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

6 months to
11 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 46 48 51
Rank change year-on-year +2 +3 -6
Permanent jobs citing Power Platform 3,526 2,379 3,047
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 2.98% 4.82% 4.22%
As % of the Cloud Services category 13.16% 15.31% 13.09%
Number of salaries quoted 2,473 1,727 1,843
10th Percentile £36,250 £35,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £42,501 £41,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.88% -5.00% +8.96%
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £53,335 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% -9.09% +10.00%

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 26,793 15,536 23,269
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 22.67% 31.47% 32.19%
Number of salaries quoted 18,282 10,452 14,136
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £43,250 £38,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £58,400 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.02% -10.15% +4.00%
75th Percentile £83,750 £80,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -

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 11 October 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 11 October 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 +3 3,133 £57,500 - 3,008
UK excluding London +4 2,170 £53,335 +6.67% 1,861
Work from Home +2 1,151 £57,500 +4.55% 1,346
London -4 1,148 £70,000 +3.70% 1,328
North of England +56 694 £50,000 -9.09% 493
Midlands +5 443 £55,000 +7.84% 313
North West +53 406 £51,000 -7.27% 302
South East -29 390 £62,500 +30.21% 436
West Midlands -7 285 £55,000 +1.87% 197
South West -19 253 £52,500 +5.00% 159
Yorkshire +49 196 £45,000 -14.29% 144
East of England -28 166 £50,163 +7.30% 193
East Midlands +12 158 £47,500 +5.56% 116
North East -12 92 £47,500 -5.00% 49
Wales -19 84 £55,000 +5.77% 53
Scotland +10 77 £67,500 +36.36% 146
Northern Ireland -15 70 £45,000 -35.71% 85

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
1 557 (15.80%) SharePoint
2 80 (2.27%) Microsoft Exchange
3 35 (0.99%) CMS
4 32 (0.91%) Apache Spark
5 27 (0.77%) Sitecore CMS
6 22 (0.62%) Apache Airflow
7 18 (0.51%) Apache
8 16 (0.45%) Confluence
9 8 (0.23%) WordPress
10 7 (0.20%) IIS
11 5 (0.14%) MS Project Server
11 5 (0.14%) Oracle Workflow
11 5 (0.14%) SAS
12 4 (0.11%) Luigi
13 3 (0.085%) Appian
13 3 (0.085%) ArcGIS
13 3 (0.085%) Umbraco
14 2 (0.057%) Oracle Application Server
14 2 (0.057%) SharePoint Server
14 2 (0.057%) Tornado
Applications
1 722 (20.48%) Microsoft Excel
2 96 (2.72%) Microsoft Office
3 54 (1.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 21 (0.60%) Microsoft Project
4 21 (0.60%) Spreadsheet
5 20 (0.57%) Chatbot
5 20 (0.57%) MS Visio
6 10 (0.28%) ProjectWise
7 7 (0.20%) Notion
8 5 (0.14%) Revit
9 4 (0.11%) Navisworks
10 3 (0.085%) AutoCAD
11 2 (0.057%) SOLIDWORKS
11 2 (0.057%) SPSS
12 1 (0.028%) Adobe Illustrator
12 1 (0.028%) Civil 3D
12 1 (0.028%) InDesign
12 1 (0.028%) Inkscape
Business Applications
1 238 (6.75%) Dynamics CRM
2 49 (1.39%) NetSuite
3 24 (0.68%) Dynamics NAV
4 20 (0.57%) Dynamics AX
5 16 (0.45%) Elite 3E
6 13 (0.37%) SAP S/4HANA
7 12 (0.34%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 11 (0.31%) Carpe Diem
9 9 (0.26%) IBM Planning Analytics
9 9 (0.26%) Visualfiles
10 8 (0.23%) Workday HCM
11 7 (0.20%) Dynamics GP
11 7 (0.20%) Infor M3
12 5 (0.14%) SystmOne
13 4 (0.11%) Sage 200
14 3 (0.085%) Integrated Workplace Management System
14 3 (0.085%) Payment Gateway
14 3 (0.085%) Salesforce CRM
14 3 (0.085%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
15 2 (0.057%) Infor CloudSuite
Cloud Services
1 1,364 (38.68%) Azure
2 687 (19.48%) Microsoft 365
3 664 (18.83%) Dynamics 365
4 647 (18.35%) Power Automate
5 645 (18.29%) PowerApps
6 373 (10.58%) Microsoft Copilot
7 294 (8.34%) Azure DevOps
8 260 (7.37%) Azure AI
9 184 (5.22%) Azure Data Factory
10 183 (5.19%) AWS
11 169 (4.79%) Copilot Studio
12 155 (4.40%) SaaS
13 152 (4.31%) Entra ID
14 149 (4.23%) Azure Logic Apps
15 123 (3.49%) Microsoft Purview
16 121 (3.43%) Serverless
17 113 (3.20%) OneDrive
18 108 (3.06%) Snowflake
19 96 (2.72%) Azure Synapse Analytics
20 94 (2.67%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 40 (1.13%) WAN
2 39 (1.11%) LAN
3 37 (1.05%) Firewall
4 16 (0.45%) Intranet
5 15 (0.43%) Broadband
6 10 (0.28%) DNS
7 8 (0.23%) Network Security
7 8 (0.23%) PBX
8 7 (0.20%) VPN
8 7 (0.20%) Wi-Fi
9 6 (0.17%) SAN
9 6 (0.17%) SMS
10 5 (0.14%) HTTP
11 4 (0.11%) DHCP
11 4 (0.11%) LTE
11 4 (0.11%) MQTT
11 4 (0.11%) Wireless
12 3 (0.085%) NetScaler
12 3 (0.085%) VoIP
13 2 (0.057%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2,370 (67.21%) Power BI
2 493 (13.98%) Tableau
3 271 (7.69%) Data Warehouse
4 224 (6.35%) SQL Server
5 145 (4.11%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 135 (3.83%) Data Lake
7 132 (3.74%) Power Query
8 118 (3.35%) Azure SQL Database
9 93 (2.64%) Metadata
10 91 (2.58%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 78 (2.21%) Relational Database
12 62 (1.76%) Looker
13 56 (1.59%) Star Schema
14 37 (1.05%) NoSQL
15 33 (0.94%) Big Data
16 31 (0.88%) Delta Lake
16 31 (0.88%) PostgreSQL
16 31 (0.88%) Semantic Layer
17 30 (0.85%) MySQL
18 29 (0.82%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 133 (3.77%) Git
2 61 (1.73%) JIRA
3 21 (0.60%) Jenkins
4 16 (0.45%) Visual Studio
5 10 (0.28%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 9 (0.26%) GitLab
7 7 (0.20%) Visual Studio Code
8 6 (0.17%) Oracle Forms
9 5 (0.14%) MLflow
10 3 (0.085%) ERwin
10 3 (0.085%) Postman
10 3 (0.085%) Selenium
11 2 (0.057%) Ant
11 2 (0.057%) Apache Ivy
11 2 (0.057%) Cypress.io
11 2 (0.057%) Gatling
11 2 (0.057%) IBM UrbanCode
11 2 (0.057%) Maven
11 2 (0.057%) NUnit
11 2 (0.057%) REST Assured
General
1 1,375 (39.00%) Social Skills
2 1,046 (29.67%) Finance
3 743 (21.07%) Analytical Skills
4 237 (6.72%) Law
5 213 (6.04%) Legal
6 199 (5.64%) Public Sector
7 198 (5.62%) Marketing
8 181 (5.13%) Manufacturing
9 180 (5.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 156 (4.42%) Organisational Skills
11 143 (4.06%) Retail
12 98 (2.78%) Presentation Skills
13 69 (1.96%) Banking
14 61 (1.73%) Documentation Skills
15 54 (1.53%) Influencing Skills
16 43 (1.22%) Billing
17 38 (1.08%) Publishing
18 36 (1.02%) Telecoms
19 29 (0.82%) Military
20 27 (0.77%) Legal Technology
Job Titles
1 778 (22.06%) Analyst
2 648 (18.38%) Developer
3 471 (13.36%) Senior
4 406 (11.51%) Data Analyst
5 304 (8.62%) Lead
6 290 (8.22%) Architect
6 290 (8.22%) Consultant
7 215 (6.10%) Data Engineer
8 208 (5.90%) Junior
9 183 (5.19%) Junior Analyst
10 169 (4.79%) Junior Data Analyst
11 166 (4.71%) Power Platform Developer
12 123 (3.49%) Dynamics 365 Developer
13 95 (2.69%) Solutions Architect
14 91 (2.58%) Business Intelligence Developer
15 89 (2.52%) Data Manager
16 85 (2.41%) Administrator
17 79 (2.24%) Business Analyst
18 76 (2.16%) Business Intelligence Analyst
18 76 (2.16%) Senior Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 197 (5.59%) .NET
2 122 (3.46%) REST
3 98 (2.78%) HTML
4 80 (2.27%) PySpark
5 72 (2.04%) CSS
6 58 (1.64%) HTML5 Canvas
6 58 (1.64%) Terraform
7 54 (1.53%) JSON
8 49 (1.39%) Microsoft Graph
9 43 (1.22%) React
10 42 (1.19%) ASP.NET
11 38 (1.08%) XML
12 34 (0.96%) SPFx
13 32 (0.91%) Kafka
14 31 (0.88%) .NET Core
15 24 (0.68%) EDI
16 23 (0.65%) RESTful
17 22 (0.62%) .NET Framework
17 22 (0.62%) Middleware
18 19 (0.54%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 252 (7.15%) Management Information System
2 127 (3.60%) Low-Code
3 120 (3.40%) Product Ownership
4 97 (2.75%) Data Structures
4 97 (2.75%) Onboarding
5 90 (2.55%) Self-Motivation
6 85 (2.41%) AI Agents
7 77 (2.18%) Enterprise Software
8 59 (1.67%) Cloud Native
9 48 (1.36%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 45 (1.28%) Analytical Mindset
11 42 (1.19%) Greenfield Project
12 39 (1.11%) Blog
12 39 (1.11%) Driving Licence
12 39 (1.11%) Legacy Systems
13 37 (1.05%) Marketing Technology
14 35 (0.99%) NHS
15 24 (0.68%) FMCG
15 24 (0.68%) Web Conferencing
16 21 (0.60%) Educational Technology
Operating Systems
1 107 (3.03%) Windows
2 32 (0.91%) Windows Server
3 30 (0.85%) Linux
4 12 (0.34%) Windows Server 2019
5 6 (0.17%) macOS
5 6 (0.17%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (0.085%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.057%) Android
7 2 (0.057%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.057%) Solaris
7 2 (0.057%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.028%) Unix
8 1 (0.028%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,239 (63.50%) Business Intelligence
2 1,059 (30.03%) AI
3 909 (25.78%) Analytics
4 885 (25.10%) Problem-Solving
5 755 (21.41%) Continuous Improvement
6 664 (18.83%) Decision-Making
7 549 (15.57%) Data Modelling
8 540 (15.31%) Stakeholder Management
9 509 (14.44%) Agile
10 449 (12.73%) DevOps
11 430 (12.20%) CRM
12 423 (12.00%) Visualisation
13 407 (11.54%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 350 (9.93%) Data Governance
15 349 (9.90%) Roadmaps
16 335 (9.50%) ERP
17 333 (9.44%) CI/CD
18 322 (9.13%) ETL
19 309 (8.76%) Translating Business Requirements
20 300 (8.51%) Actionable Insight
Programming Languages
1 1,413 (40.07%) SQL
2 731 (20.73%) Python
3 351 (9.95%) C#
4 277 (7.86%) JavaScript
5 198 (5.62%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 126 (3.57%) PowerShell
7 63 (1.79%) T-SQL
8 59 (1.67%) R
9 57 (1.62%) TypeScript
10 44 (1.25%) VBA
11 33 (0.94%) Java
12 26 (0.74%) Scala
13 24 (0.68%) Bicep
14 15 (0.43%) PHP
15 12 (0.34%) Kusto Query Language
16 11 (0.31%) C++
17 7 (0.20%) C
17 7 (0.20%) VB.NET
18 5 (0.14%) PL/SQL
19 4 (0.11%) VB
Qualifications
1 366 (10.38%) Degree
2 258 (7.32%) Azure Certification
3 184 (5.22%) Security Cleared
4 153 (4.34%) Microsoft Certification
5 146 (4.14%) SC Cleared
6 115 (3.26%) ACCA
7 110 (3.12%) CIMA
8 45 (1.28%) Computer Science Degree
9 39 (1.11%) DBS Check
10 34 (0.96%) PMI Certification
11 32 (0.91%) PMP
12 23 (0.65%) Master's Degree
13 19 (0.54%) AAT
13 19 (0.54%) BPSS Clearance
14 11 (0.31%) AWS Certification
14 11 (0.31%) HND
15 10 (0.28%) ITIL Certification
16 9 (0.26%) CFA
16 9 (0.26%) CISSP
16 9 (0.26%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 592 (16.79%) Data Quality
2 194 (5.50%) GDPR
3 133 (3.77%) QA
4 101 (2.86%) Accessibility
5 47 (1.33%) PMO
6 42 (1.19%) GRC
7 38 (1.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 34 (0.96%) Cyber Essentials
9 32 (0.91%) SLA
10 31 (0.88%) Actionable Recommendations
11 24 (0.68%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 14 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 11 (0.31%) ISO 9001
14 10 (0.28%) NIST
14 10 (0.28%) WCAG
15 7 (0.20%) GAAP
15 7 (0.20%) ISO 19650
15 7 (0.20%) PERC
16 6 (0.17%) TickIT
17 5 (0.14%) SOC 2
System Software
1 87 (2.47%) Active Directory
2 48 (1.36%) Docker
3 13 (0.37%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (0.20%) Virtual Desktop
5 5 (0.14%) Hyper-V
6 4 (0.11%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (0.057%) IAG
8 1 (0.028%) BitLocker
8 1 (0.028%) DFS Replication
8 1 (0.028%) Firmware
8 1 (0.028%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.028%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 56 (1.59%) Microsoft Intune
2 41 (1.16%) Kubernetes
3 11 (0.31%) FortiGate
4 10 (0.28%) Single Sign-On
5 8 (0.23%) Ansible
6 7 (0.20%) EnCase
6 7 (0.20%) FTK
7 4 (0.11%) Argo
7 4 (0.11%) SCCM
8 3 (0.085%) SQL Sentry
9 2 (0.057%) Grafana
9 2 (0.057%) HP Fortify
9 2 (0.057%) Microsoft Clustering
9 2 (0.057%) Progress Chef
9 2 (0.057%) Puppet
10 1 (0.028%) EMC NetWorker
10 1 (0.028%) Failover Clustering
10 1 (0.028%) Kibana
10 1 (0.028%) MOM
10 1 (0.028%) QRadar
Vendors
1 2,086 (59.16%) Microsoft
2 209 (5.93%) Databricks
3 128 (3.63%) SAP
4 97 (2.75%) Oracle
5 94 (2.67%) Google
6 62 (1.76%) Salesforce
7 53 (1.50%) OpenAI
8 43 (1.22%) ServiceNow
9 38 (1.08%) Foundry
10 36 (1.02%) Sage
11 35 (0.99%) Alteryx
12 29 (0.82%) Informatica
13 28 (0.79%) Sitecore
14 24 (0.68%) Intapp
15 23 (0.65%) Workday
16 20 (0.57%) Concur
16 20 (0.57%) YouTube
17 15 (0.43%) iManage
18 13 (0.37%) Adobe
18 13 (0.37%) VMware