Microsoft Power Platform
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Power Platform skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Power Platform over the 6 months to 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 48 58 89
Rank change year-on-year +10 +31 -12
Permanent jobs citing Power Platform 4,589 5,309 6,005
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 4.66% 5.13% 3.84%
As % of the Cloud Services category 13.00% 11.99% 7.96%
Number of salaries quoted 3,734 3,335 4,202
10th Percentile £35,000 £35,795 £33,879
25th Percentile £42,500 £44,525 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £56,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.65% +2.73% +4.76%
75th Percentile £70,622 £75,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £88,750 £92,500 £80,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +5.26% - +5.56%

All Cloud Skills
UK

Power Platform is in the Cloud Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 35,310 44,297 75,463
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 35.84% 42.78% 48.22%
Number of salaries quoted 26,696 29,083 41,953
10th Percentile £30,000 £34,750 £33,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% +4.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £102,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%

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 4 May 2024.

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 4 May 2024. 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 +15 4,110 £55,000 -4.35% 1,147
UK excluding London +8 3,009 £50,000 +5.26% 726
Work from Home +4 1,943 £55,000 - 639
London +17 1,328 £67,500 - 440
North of England +16 853 £47,500 - 185
Midlands +17 651 £53,635 +12.92% 170
South East +12 625 £51,000 -2.86% 160
North West +30 487 £47,500 - 109
West Midlands +15 479 £55,000 +15.79% 111
South West +5 344 £50,000 +5.26% 84
Yorkshire -4 253 £49,990 +7.51% 53
East of England +78 247 £48,500 -3.00% 61
Scotland -27 213 £47,500 -6.75% 48
East Midlands +10 169 £45,000 - 58
North East +7 113 £42,500 -15.00% 23
Wales -19 71 £55,000 +37.50% 19
Northern Ireland -16 10 £66,250 +47.22% 10
Channel Islands -3 1 £57,500 +64.29% 1
Isle of Man - 1 £36,000 - 2

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
1 681 (14.84%) SharePoint
2 114 (2.48%) Microsoft Exchange
3 52 (1.13%) Confluence
4 45 (0.98%) Apache Spark
5 33 (0.72%) SAS
6 32 (0.70%) Apache
7 30 (0.65%) IIS
8 25 (0.54%) Apache Airflow
9 15 (0.33%) CMS
9 15 (0.33%) WordPress
10 7 (0.15%) Jupyter
10 7 (0.15%) Umbraco
11 5 (0.11%) IBM Notes
11 5 (0.11%) Oracle Application Server
12 4 (0.087%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
13 3 (0.065%) Alfresco
13 3 (0.065%) Documentum
13 3 (0.065%) IBM Domino
13 3 (0.065%) SharePoint Server
14 2 (0.044%) Joomla!
Applications
1 888 (19.35%) Microsoft Excel
2 226 (4.92%) Microsoft Office
3 125 (2.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 60 (1.31%) Spreadsheet
5 34 (0.74%) MS Visio
6 16 (0.35%) Microsoft Project
7 12 (0.26%) SPSS
7 12 (0.26%) Trello
8 7 (0.15%) Photoshop
9 6 (0.13%) InDesign
10 4 (0.087%) AutoCAD
11 3 (0.065%) Autodesk Inventor
12 2 (0.044%) Adobe Creative Suite
13 1 (0.022%) Acrobat
13 1 (0.022%) Adobe After Effects
13 1 (0.022%) Adobe Illustrator
13 1 (0.022%) Adobe Premiere
13 1 (0.022%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 415 (9.04%) Dynamics CRM
2 34 (0.74%) Dynamics AX
3 33 (0.72%) Dynamics NAV
4 20 (0.44%) Primavera
5 17 (0.37%) Elite 3E
6 14 (0.31%) Epicor Tropos
7 10 (0.22%) NetSuite
7 10 (0.22%) SAP Business One
8 8 (0.17%) Maximo
9 7 (0.15%) SAP S/4HANA
9 7 (0.15%) Shopify
10 6 (0.13%) Oracle Applications
10 6 (0.13%) SAP PLM
10 6 (0.13%) Teamcenter
11 4 (0.087%) Dynamics GP
11 4 (0.087%) Finacle
11 4 (0.087%) FLEXCUBE
11 4 (0.087%) Oracle Assets
11 4 (0.087%) Oracle Payables
11 4 (0.087%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 1,912 (41.66%) Azure
2 915 (19.94%) PowerApps
3 832 (18.13%) Dynamics 365
4 771 (16.80%) Power Automate
5 719 (15.67%) Microsoft 365
6 320 (6.97%) Azure DevOps
7 281 (6.12%) Azure Data Factory
8 243 (5.30%) AWS
9 215 (4.69%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 153 (3.33%) GCP
11 149 (3.25%) Azure Logic Apps
12 148 (3.23%) Serverless
13 109 (2.38%) Snowflake
14 104 (2.27%) Entra ID
15 94 (2.05%) SaaS
16 85 (1.85%) PaaS
17 83 (1.81%) Azure Functions
18 75 (1.63%) Azure Service Bus
19 66 (1.44%) Google Analytics
20 65 (1.42%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 78 (1.70%) DNS
2 74 (1.61%) Broadband
3 62 (1.35%) Intranet
4 45 (0.98%) DHCP
5 42 (0.92%) Firewall
6 36 (0.78%) WAN
7 29 (0.63%) Network Security
8 25 (0.54%) LAN
9 22 (0.48%) Internet
10 20 (0.44%) Wi-Fi
11 19 (0.41%) Unified Communications
12 14 (0.31%) VPN
13 12 (0.26%) SD-WAN
13 12 (0.26%) VoIP
14 10 (0.22%) Remote Desktop
15 8 (0.17%) HTTP
15 8 (0.17%) TCP/IP
15 8 (0.17%) WebEx
16 7 (0.15%) NAS
17 6 (0.13%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3,509 (76.47%) Power BI
2 836 (18.22%) SQL Server
3 629 (13.71%) Data Warehouse
4 618 (13.47%) Tableau
5 422 (9.20%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 381 (8.30%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 277 (6.04%) Data Lake
8 214 (4.66%) Azure SQL Database
9 171 (3.73%) Power Query
10 167 (3.64%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 138 (3.01%) Relational Database
12 86 (1.87%) Big Data
13 79 (1.72%) Looker
14 72 (1.57%) QlikView
15 69 (1.50%) NoSQL
16 63 (1.37%) BigQuery
17 61 (1.33%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
18 58 (1.26%) Data Mining
19 54 (1.18%) MySQL
20 52 (1.13%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 193 (4.21%) JIRA
2 106 (2.31%) Git
3 96 (2.09%) Visual Studio
4 52 (1.13%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 40 (0.87%) Team Foundation Server
6 23 (0.50%) Jenkins
7 15 (0.33%) RStudio
8 10 (0.22%) GitLab
8 10 (0.22%) gulp
8 10 (0.22%) Oracle Forms
8 10 (0.22%) Yeoman
9 9 (0.20%) TeamCity
9 9 (0.20%) Visual Studio Code
10 8 (0.17%) Octopus Deploy
11 6 (0.13%) SpecFlow
12 4 (0.087%) ERwin
12 4 (0.087%) Selenium
12 4 (0.087%) Visual Studio Team System
13 3 (0.065%) ER Studio
13 3 (0.065%) NUnit
General
1 1,582 (34.47%) Social Skills
2 1,203 (26.21%) Finance
3 958 (20.88%) Analytical Skills
4 383 (8.35%) Retail
5 369 (8.04%) Marketing
6 328 (7.15%) Public Sector
7 238 (5.19%) Law
8 229 (4.99%) Legal
9 226 (4.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 171 (3.73%) Presentation Skills
11 166 (3.62%) Manufacturing
12 153 (3.33%) Banking
13 84 (1.83%) Organisational Skills
14 65 (1.42%) Local Government
15 56 (1.22%) Back Office
16 51 (1.11%) Documentation Skills
16 51 (1.11%) Fire and Rescue
16 51 (1.11%) Pharmaceutical
17 49 (1.07%) Telecoms
18 45 (0.98%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 1,121 (24.43%) Developer
2 1,012 (22.05%) Analyst
3 529 (11.53%) Senior
4 397 (8.65%) Data Analyst
5 394 (8.59%) Lead
6 350 (7.63%) Consultant
7 337 (7.34%) Architect
8 273 (5.95%) Data Engineer
9 263 (5.73%) Business Intelligence Developer
9 263 (5.73%) Power Platform Developer
10 207 (4.51%) Dynamics 365 Developer
11 182 (3.97%) Senior Developer
12 168 (3.66%) Business Intelligence Analyst
13 161 (3.51%) Power BI Developer
14 156 (3.40%) Senior Analyst
15 152 (3.31%) Solutions Architect
16 128 (2.79%) DBA
17 117 (2.55%) SQL DBA
18 112 (2.44%) Data Manager
19 111 (2.42%) Power Platform Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 443 (9.65%) .NET
2 195 (4.25%) HTML
3 129 (2.81%) CSS
4 103 (2.24%) HTML5 Canvas
4 103 (2.24%) JSON
5 86 (1.87%) .NET Framework
5 86 (1.87%) REST
6 77 (1.68%) ASP.NET
7 63 (1.37%) Web Services
8 59 (1.29%) XML
9 46 (1.00%) RESTful
10 41 (0.89%) .NET Core
10 41 (0.89%) React
11 36 (0.78%) PySpark
12 35 (0.76%) AngularJS
13 30 (0.65%) ASP.NET Web API
14 27 (0.59%) Entity Framework
15 24 (0.52%) MDX
16 22 (0.48%) Node.js
16 22 (0.48%) SPFx
Miscellaneous
1 188 (4.10%) Management Information System
2 143 (3.12%) Self-Motivation
3 130 (2.83%) Low-Code
4 120 (2.61%) Product Ownership
5 101 (2.20%) Onboarding
6 95 (2.07%) Enterprise Software
7 75 (1.63%) Data Structures
8 69 (1.50%) Analytical Mindset
9 50 (1.09%) FMCG
10 44 (0.96%) Virtual Team
11 43 (0.94%) NHS
12 41 (0.89%) Algorithms
13 37 (0.81%) Data Centre
14 34 (0.74%) Driving Licence
15 29 (0.63%) Enterprise Cloud
15 29 (0.63%) Greenfield Project
16 26 (0.57%) Legacy Systems
17 25 (0.54%) Housing Association
18 24 (0.52%) Cloud Native
18 24 (0.52%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 191 (4.16%) Windows
2 83 (1.81%) VMS
3 72 (1.57%) Windows Server
4 63 (1.37%) Linux
5 35 (0.76%) Windows 10
6 26 (0.57%) Unix
7 13 (0.28%) Windows Server 2016
8 12 (0.26%) Windows Server 2019
9 9 (0.20%) Windows Server 2012
10 8 (0.17%) Android
10 8 (0.17%) Apple iOS
11 5 (0.11%) Mac OS
12 1 (0.022%) Ubuntu
12 1 (0.022%) Windows 7
12 1 (0.022%) Windows Vista
12 1 (0.022%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,998 (65.33%) Business Intelligence
2 1,040 (22.66%) Agile
3 1,006 (21.92%) Analytics
4 822 (17.91%) Visualisation
5 785 (17.11%) Problem-Solving
6 644 (14.03%) ETL
7 613 (13.36%) DevOps
8 580 (12.64%) Data Analysis
9 574 (12.51%) CRM
10 547 (11.92%) Data Visualisation
11 534 (11.64%) Data Modelling
12 462 (10.07%) Decision-Making
13 425 (9.26%) Project Management
14 413 (9.00%) Migration
15 404 (8.80%) Stakeholder Management
16 389 (8.48%) Artificial Intelligence
17 382 (8.32%) Continuous Improvement
18 374 (8.15%) Roadmaps
19 367 (8.00%) Data Science
20 361 (7.87%) Data Analytics
Programming Languages
1 2,131 (46.44%) SQL
2 646 (14.08%) Python
3 530 (11.55%) C#
4 421 (9.17%) T-SQL
5 360 (7.84%) JavaScript
6 260 (5.67%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 219 (4.77%) PowerShell
8 164 (3.57%) R
9 102 (2.22%) TypeScript
10 87 (1.90%) Java
11 72 (1.57%) VBA
12 39 (0.85%) PL/SQL
13 25 (0.54%) PHP
13 25 (0.54%) VB
14 20 (0.44%) C
15 17 (0.37%) Bash
15 17 (0.37%) VB.NET
16 13 (0.28%) Kusto Query Language
16 13 (0.28%) Scala
17 12 (0.26%) Go
Qualifications
1 800 (17.43%) Degree
2 296 (6.45%) Microsoft Certification
3 184 (4.01%) Security Cleared
4 170 (3.70%) DBS Check
5 126 (2.75%) SC Cleared
6 116 (2.53%) Computer Science Degree
7 90 (1.96%) Master's Degree
8 77 (1.68%) Azure Certification
9 35 (0.76%) BPSS Clearance
10 31 (0.68%) ITIL Certification
11 29 (0.63%) PMI Certification
12 24 (0.52%) CIPD
13 18 (0.39%) MCSE
14 17 (0.37%) Numerate Degree
15 16 (0.35%) CIMA
15 16 (0.35%) CISM
15 16 (0.35%) CISSP
15 16 (0.35%) MBA
16 15 (0.33%) Network+ Certification
17 13 (0.28%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 338 (7.37%) Data Quality
2 188 (4.10%) GDPR
3 110 (2.40%) QA
4 62 (1.35%) Accessibility
5 44 (0.96%) PMO
6 35 (0.76%) SLA
7 28 (0.61%) Cyber Essentials
8 27 (0.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 21 (0.46%) Actionable Recommendations
10 13 (0.28%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 13 (0.28%) NIST
11 12 (0.26%) COBIT
12 9 (0.20%) GRC
12 9 (0.20%) ISO 9001
13 8 (0.17%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 4 (0.087%) ISO 22301
14 4 (0.087%) PCI DSS
15 2 (0.044%) HIPAA
15 2 (0.044%) NCSC
16 1 (0.022%) GMP
System Software
1 178 (3.88%) Active Directory
2 87 (1.90%) Virtual Machines
3 33 (0.72%) VMware Infrastructure
4 23 (0.50%) Hyper-V
5 17 (0.37%) Docker
6 8 (0.17%) Firmware
7 6 (0.13%) Virtual Desktop
8 3 (0.065%) vSphere
9 2 (0.044%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 73 (1.59%) Microsoft Intune
2 45 (0.98%) Terraform
3 37 (0.81%) Kubernetes
4 20 (0.44%) Ansible
5 16 (0.35%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 9 (0.20%) SCCM
7 7 (0.15%) Foglight
7 7 (0.15%) Microsoft Clustering
7 7 (0.15%) Nagios
7 7 (0.15%) WSUS
8 5 (0.11%) Single Sign-On
9 4 (0.087%) Grafana
9 4 (0.087%) Puppet
10 3 (0.065%) HP Fortify
10 3 (0.065%) Jamf Pro
11 2 (0.044%) cPanel
12 1 (0.022%) Kibana
12 1 (0.022%) logstash
12 1 (0.022%) Salt
12 1 (0.022%) vMotion
Vendors
1 2,335 (50.88%) Microsoft
2 242 (5.27%) Databricks
3 216 (4.71%) Oracle
4 181 (3.94%) Google
5 129 (2.81%) SAP
6 108 (2.35%) Alteryx
7 60 (1.31%) Salesforce
8 43 (0.94%) VMware
9 37 (0.81%) iManage
10 35 (0.76%) IFS
11 31 (0.68%) Cognos
11 31 (0.68%) ServiceNow
12 30 (0.65%) UiPath
13 28 (0.61%) Adobe
14 26 (0.57%) Sophos
15 25 (0.54%) Blue Prism
16 21 (0.46%) Automation Anywhere
16 21 (0.46%) Veeam
17 20 (0.44%) Aderant
17 20 (0.44%) IBM