Power Platform Job Trends in Wales

Microsoft Power Platform
UK > Wales

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

6 months to
16 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 42 50
Rank change year-on-year +20 +8 -7
Permanent jobs citing Power Platform 94 19 69
As % of all permanent jobs in Wales 5.58% 3.57% 3.78%
As % of the Cloud Services category 19.79% 13.97% 12.78%
Number of salaries quoted 29 13 54
10th Percentile £36,650 £30,250 £36,750
25th Percentile £37,500 £33,750 £42,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,740 £49,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.82% -10.91% +37.50%
75th Percentile £55,873 £54,500 £60,938
90th Percentile £86,000 £66,300 £70,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -1.79%

All Cloud Computing Skills
Wales

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 Wales.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 475 136 540
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 28.21% 25.56% 29.62%
Number of salaries quoted 215 116 469
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,375 £28,290
25th Percentile £37,500 £41,250 £37,101
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £54,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.43% +9.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £56,875 £71,779 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £70,390
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -11.54%

Power Platform
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Power Platform job vacancy trend in Wales

Power Platform
Salary Trend in Wales

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Power Platform.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Power Platform

Power Platform
Salary Histogram in Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing Power Platform in Wales over the 6 months to 16 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Power Platform in Wales

Power Platform
Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Power Platform within the Wales region over the 6 months to 16 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
South Wales +13 70 £41,740 -17.35% 21
West Wales -4 21 - - 3
Dyfed - 1 £40,000 -
Mid Wales - 1 £40,000 -
Power Platform
UK

Power Platform
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wales 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 12 (12.77%) SharePoint
Applications
1 64 (68.09%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 10 (10.64%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (2.13%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 80 (85.11%) Azure
2 65 (69.15%) Azure AI
3 18 (19.15%) PowerApps
4 14 (14.89%) Power Automate
5 10 (10.64%) Azure Logic Apps
6 9 (9.57%) Azure Service Bus
7 8 (8.51%) Azure Functions
7 8 (8.51%) Serverless
8 6 (6.38%) Dynamics 365
9 4 (4.26%) Azure DevOps
10 2 (2.13%) Copilot Studio
10 2 (2.13%) Microsoft Copilot
11 1 (1.06%) Azure Data Factory
11 1 (1.06%) Google Sheets
11 1 (1.06%) iPaaS
11 1 (1.06%) Microsoft 365
11 1 (1.06%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 75 (79.79%) Power BI
2 65 (69.15%) Tableau
3 2 (2.13%) GIS
4 1 (1.06%) Looker
Development Applications
1 1 (1.06%) Oracle Forms
General
1 70 (74.47%) Social Skills
2 7 (7.45%) Finance
3 5 (5.32%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (5.32%) Public Sector
4 3 (3.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (2.13%) Presentation Skills
5 2 (2.13%) Welsh Language
6 1 (1.06%) Banking
6 1 (1.06%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (1.06%) Games
6 1 (1.06%) Law
6 1 (1.06%) Marketing
6 1 (1.06%) Retail
6 1 (1.06%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 68 (72.34%) Analyst
2 64 (68.09%) Data Analyst
2 64 (68.09%) Junior
3 63 (67.02%) Junior Analyst
3 63 (67.02%) Junior Data Analyst
4 11 (11.70%) Developer
5 5 (5.32%) Architect
6 4 (4.26%) Enterprise Architect
7 3 (3.19%) Senior
8 2 (2.13%) Administrator
8 2 (2.13%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
8 2 (2.13%) GIS Officer
8 2 (2.13%) Low-Code Developer
8 2 (2.13%) Senior Developer
8 2 (2.13%) SEO Developer
9 1 (1.06%) Application Development Manager
9 1 (1.06%) CRM Specialist
9 1 (1.06%) Dynamics CRM Specialist
9 1 (1.06%) Power Platform Specialist
9 1 (1.06%) Senior Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.19%) HTML5 Canvas
2 1 (1.06%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 6 (6.38%) Low-Code
2 4 (4.26%) NHS
3 3 (3.19%) Data Structures
4 1 (1.06%) Enterprise Software
Processes & Methodologies
1 75 (79.79%) Business Intelligence
2 70 (74.47%) AI
3 10 (10.64%) Agile
3 10 (10.64%) Collaborative Working
3 10 (10.64%) CRM
3 10 (10.64%) DevOps
3 10 (10.64%) Problem-Solving
4 9 (9.57%) Continuous Improvement
4 9 (9.57%) Scrum
5 8 (8.51%) Acceptance Criteria
5 8 (8.51%) Performance Optimisation
6 5 (5.32%) Decision-Making
7 4 (4.26%) Data Analysis
7 4 (4.26%) Data Security
7 4 (4.26%) Enterprise Architecture
7 4 (4.26%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 4 (4.26%) Technical Architecture
8 3 (3.19%) Data Governance
8 3 (3.19%) Migration
8 3 (3.19%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 71 (75.53%) SQL
2 69 (73.40%) Python
3 3 (3.19%) C#
3 3 (3.19%) JavaScript
3 3 (3.19%) R
4 2 (2.13%) TypeScript
5 1 (1.06%) Google Apps Script
Qualifications
1 63 (67.02%) Azure Certification
2 6 (6.38%) Degree
3 2 (2.13%) DBS Check
4 1 (1.06%) PMI Certification
4 1 (1.06%) PMP
4 1 (1.06%) SC Cleared
4 1 (1.06%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.13%) HMG Security Policy Framework
1 2 (2.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (1.06%) Data Quality
2 1 (1.06%) GDPR
Vendors
1 89 (94.68%) Microsoft
2 2 (2.13%) ESRI
3 1 (1.06%) Anaplan
3 1 (1.06%) Genesys
3 1 (1.06%) Google
3 1 (1.06%) Oracle
3 1 (1.06%) ServiceNow
3 1 (1.06%) Verint