Power Platform Job Trends in the West Midlands

Microsoft Power Platform
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring Power Platform skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 38 30 25
Rank change year-on-year -8 -5 +13
Permanent jobs citing Power Platform 335 191 487
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 3.94% 6.09% 6.50%
As % of the Cloud Services category 12.42% 17.18% 20.00%
Number of salaries quoted 193 166 415
10th Percentile £36,250 £38,750 £33,160
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,688 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.87% -2.39% +14.49%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £77,500 £71,250 £80,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -4.35%

All Cloud Computing Skills
West Midlands

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 the West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 2,698 1,112 2,435
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 31.73% 35.45% 32.52%
Number of salaries quoted 1,204 806 2,086
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,750 £26,500
25th Percentile £43,497 £36,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,193 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +14.96% -0.58% -2.78%
75th Percentile £75,000 £67,500 £67,288
90th Percentile £90,000 £81,250 £82,500
England 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 the West Midlands

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

Power Platform job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Power Platform
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Power Platform.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Power Platform

Power Platform
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Power Platform in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 21 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Power Platform in the West Midlands

Power Platform
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Power Platform within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 21 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
Birmingham -5 140 £60,000 +9.09% 35
Staffordshire +16 51 £42,500 -20.84% 6
Herefordshire +2 32 £40,000 -25.93%
Coventry +4 31 £47,500 -24.00% 4
Wolverhampton -3 28 £40,000 -38.46% 2
Warwickshire +1 26 £42,500 -23.77% 8
Walsall +3 10 £38,750 +19.23% 3
Halesowen - 4 £47,500 -
Worcestershire -31 3 £26,500 -48.29% 6
Solihull -3 2 £67,500 +12.50%
Shropshire -37 1 - - 4
West Bromwich - 1 £60,000 - 2
Power Platform
England

Power Platform
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 23 (6.87%) SharePoint
2 3 (0.90%) WordPress
3 2 (0.60%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.30%) Apache
4 1 (0.30%) FileNet
4 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 139 (41.49%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (1.79%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (1.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.60%) Trello
5 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.30%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 9 (2.69%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (1.19%) Shopify
3 3 (0.90%) Magento
3 3 (0.90%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.30%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.30%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 189 (56.42%) Azure
2 100 (29.85%) Azure AI
3 33 (9.85%) PowerApps
4 30 (8.96%) Dynamics 365
5 29 (8.66%) Power Automate
6 28 (8.36%) Microsoft 365
7 25 (7.46%) Azure Data Factory
8 17 (5.07%) Snowflake
9 15 (4.48%) PaaS
10 14 (4.18%) IaaS
11 13 (3.88%) Azure DevOps
11 13 (3.88%) Entra ID
12 11 (3.28%) Microsoft Purview
13 8 (2.39%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 7 (2.09%) AWS
15 5 (1.49%) Microsoft Copilot
16 4 (1.19%) Azure Logic Apps
16 4 (1.19%) Azure Stack
16 4 (1.19%) SaaS
16 4 (1.19%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.90%) Firewall
2 1 (0.30%) DHCP
2 1 (0.30%) DNS
2 1 (0.30%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 282 (84.18%) Power BI
2 123 (36.72%) Tableau
3 27 (8.06%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 21 (6.27%) Power Query
5 14 (4.18%) SQL Server
6 12 (3.58%) Data Warehouse
6 12 (3.58%) Star Schema
7 8 (2.39%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 6 (1.79%) Data Lake
9 5 (1.49%) Amazon Redshift
9 5 (1.49%) Looker
10 4 (1.19%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
10 4 (1.19%) MySQL
10 4 (1.19%) Semantic Layer
11 3 (0.90%) Azure SQL Database
12 2 (0.60%) BigQuery
12 2 (0.60%) Delta Lake
12 2 (0.60%) Metadata
13 1 (0.30%) Amazon QuickSight
13 1 (0.30%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 5 (1.49%) JIRA
2 4 (1.19%) Git
3 2 (0.60%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 1 (0.30%) Oracle Forms
General
1 150 (44.78%) Social Skills
2 59 (17.61%) Finance
3 48 (14.33%) Analytical Skills
4 24 (7.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 17 (5.07%) Public Sector
6 14 (4.18%) Legal
7 10 (2.99%) Manufacturing
8 8 (2.39%) Law
9 7 (2.09%) Marketing
10 5 (1.49%) Retail
11 4 (1.19%) Organisational Skills
12 3 (0.90%) Billing
12 3 (0.90%) Presentation Skills
13 2 (0.60%) Social Housing
13 2 (0.60%) Spanish Language
14 1 (0.30%) Digital Health
14 1 (0.30%) Games
14 1 (0.30%) Local Government
14 1 (0.30%) Publishing
14 1 (0.30%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 145 (43.28%) Analyst
2 125 (37.31%) Data Analyst
3 107 (31.94%) Junior
4 105 (31.34%) Junior Analyst
4 105 (31.34%) Junior Data Analyst
5 56 (16.72%) Developer
6 35 (10.45%) Senior
7 31 (9.25%) Business Intelligence Developer
8 26 (7.76%) Data Engineer
9 21 (6.27%) Architect
10 20 (5.97%) Business Developer
11 19 (5.67%) Business Intelligence Analyst
12 16 (4.78%) Snowflake Data Engineer
12 16 (4.78%) Snowflake Engineer
13 14 (4.18%) Power BI Developer
13 14 (4.18%) Power Platform Developer
14 12 (3.58%) Azure Data Engineer
14 12 (3.58%) Azure Engineer
14 12 (3.58%) Power BI Analyst
14 12 (3.58%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (2.39%) .NET
2 6 (1.79%) PySpark
3 5 (1.49%) EDI
4 3 (0.90%) CSS
4 3 (0.90%) HTML
4 3 (0.90%) REST
4 3 (0.90%) RESTful
5 2 (0.60%) HTML5 Canvas
5 2 (0.60%) JSON
5 2 (0.60%) Middleware
6 1 (0.30%) AngularJS
6 1 (0.30%) EDIFACT
6 1 (0.30%) React
6 1 (0.30%) SOAP
6 1 (0.30%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 17 (5.07%) Management Information System
2 14 (4.18%) Cloud Native
3 8 (2.39%) Enterprise Software
4 7 (2.09%) Analytical Mindset
4 7 (2.09%) Legacy Systems
4 7 (2.09%) Product Ownership
5 5 (1.49%) Hybrid Cloud
5 5 (1.49%) Low-Code
5 5 (1.49%) NHS
6 3 (0.90%) Data Structures
6 3 (0.90%) Legacy Applications
6 3 (0.90%) Linux Command Line
6 3 (0.90%) Onboarding
7 2 (0.60%) Cyberattack
7 2 (0.60%) Driving Licence
7 2 (0.60%) FMCG
7 2 (0.60%) Robotics
8 1 (0.30%) AI Agents
8 1 (0.30%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 1 (0.30%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 12 (3.58%) Windows
2 3 (0.90%) Linux
3 1 (0.30%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.30%) Windows Server 2016
3 1 (0.30%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 278 (82.99%) Business Intelligence
2 132 (39.40%) AI
3 94 (28.06%) Analytics
4 54 (16.12%) Decision-Making
5 50 (14.93%) Problem-Solving
6 45 (13.43%) Data Modelling
7 37 (11.04%) Visualisation
8 35 (10.45%) Continuous Improvement
9 33 (9.85%) CRM
10 30 (8.96%) Agile
10 30 (8.96%) ETL
11 28 (8.36%) Data Visualisation
12 26 (7.76%) Data Analysis
12 26 (7.76%) Data Governance
12 26 (7.76%) DevOps
13 24 (7.16%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 22 (6.57%) Data-Driven Decision Making
15 20 (5.97%) Actionable Insight
16 19 (5.67%) Project Delivery
16 19 (5.67%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 198 (59.10%) SQL
2 141 (42.09%) Python
3 34 (10.15%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 9 (2.69%) VBA
5 7 (2.09%) JavaScript
5 7 (2.09%) T-SQL
6 4 (1.19%) R
7 3 (0.90%) C#
8 1 (0.30%) ActionScript
8 1 (0.30%) ActionScript 2.0
8 1 (0.30%) Java
8 1 (0.30%) PHP
8 1 (0.30%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 103 (30.75%) Azure Certification
2 32 (9.55%) Degree
3 12 (3.58%) Microsoft Certification
4 10 (2.99%) Security Cleared
5 8 (2.39%) SC Cleared
6 5 (1.49%) PMI Certification
6 5 (1.49%) PMP
7 4 (1.19%) A+ Certification
8 3 (0.90%) ACCA
8 3 (0.90%) CIMA
8 3 (0.90%) CITP
8 3 (0.90%) Network+ Certification
8 3 (0.90%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 2 (0.60%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (0.30%) AWS Certification
10 1 (0.30%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.30%) CBAP
10 1 (0.30%) CIPFA
10 1 (0.30%) Master's Degree
10 1 (0.30%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (8.66%) Data Quality
2 15 (4.48%) GDPR
3 10 (2.99%) QA
4 6 (1.79%) Accessibility
5 5 (1.49%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 3 (0.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (0.90%) PMO
7 2 (0.60%) HIPAA
System Software
1 14 (4.18%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.30%) Hyper-V
2 1 (0.30%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (1.19%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.30%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 197 (58.81%) Microsoft
2 12 (3.58%) Databricks
3 6 (1.79%) Oracle
4 4 (1.19%) Google
5 3 (0.90%) Sparx
6 2 (0.60%) Adobe
6 2 (0.60%) Civica
6 2 (0.60%) DocuSign
6 2 (0.60%) ServiceNow
7 1 (0.30%) Anaplan
7 1 (0.30%) Cognos
7 1 (0.30%) Genesys
7 1 (0.30%) Hotjar
7 1 (0.30%) IBM
7 1 (0.30%) Informatica
7 1 (0.30%) OpenAI
7 1 (0.30%) Salesforce
7 1 (0.30%) SAP
7 1 (0.30%) Verint
7 1 (0.30%) VMware