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 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 49 58 90
Rank change year-on-year +9 +32 -7
Permanent jobs citing Power Platform 4,587 5,165 6,112
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 4.59% 5.21% 3.80%
As % of the Cloud Services category 12.95% 12.09% 7.85%
Number of salaries quoted 3,728 3,256 4,225
10th Percentile £35,000 £35,931 £33,947
25th Percentile £42,500 £44,750 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,667 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.20% +1.21% +4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £92,500 £81,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £48,250 £47,500
% change year-on-year +3.63% +1.58% +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 35,421 42,712 77,813
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 35.46% 43.07% 48.42%
Number of salaries quoted 26,675 28,032 41,298
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £34,000
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 £96,000 £102,500 £98,750
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 18 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 18 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 +14 4,107 £55,000 -4.35% 1,211
UK excluding London +9 3,006 £50,000 +3.63% 788
Work from Home 0 1,935 £55,000 - 589
London +15 1,326 £67,500 - 478
North of England +16 846 £47,500 - 185
Midlands +15 657 £53,818 +13.30% 159
South East +13 632 £50,000 -7.94% 225
North West +37 485 £47,500 - 111
West Midlands +14 485 £55,000 +15.79% 113
South West +6 349 £50,000 +5.26% 98
Yorkshire -4 248 £50,000 +5.26% 54
East of England +65 239 £48,500 -5.37% 67
Scotland -33 209 £47,500 -6.75% 36
East Midlands +10 169 £45,000 - 45
North East +6 113 £42,500 -10.53% 20
Wales -18 70 £55,000 +37.50% 21
Northern Ireland -25 8 £66,250 +47.22% 9
Channel Islands -2 2 £62,500 +78.57% 1
Isle of Man - 1 £36,000 - 1

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
1 667 (14.54%) SharePoint
2 108 (2.35%) Microsoft Exchange
3 47 (1.02%) Confluence
4 39 (0.85%) Apache Spark
5 31 (0.68%) Apache
5 31 (0.68%) SAS
6 28 (0.61%) IIS
7 24 (0.52%) Apache Airflow
8 15 (0.33%) WordPress
9 14 (0.31%) CMS
10 7 (0.15%) Umbraco
11 6 (0.13%) Jupyter
12 5 (0.11%) IBM Notes
13 4 (0.087%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
13 4 (0.087%) Oracle Application Server
14 3 (0.065%) SharePoint Server
15 2 (0.044%) Alfresco
15 2 (0.044%) Drupal
15 2 (0.044%) Joomla!
15 2 (0.044%) nginx
Applications
1 884 (19.27%) Microsoft Excel
2 228 (4.97%) Microsoft Office
3 122 (2.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 59 (1.29%) Spreadsheet
5 34 (0.74%) MS Visio
6 15 (0.33%) Microsoft Project
7 12 (0.26%) SPSS
7 12 (0.26%) Trello
8 3 (0.065%) AutoCAD
8 3 (0.065%) Autodesk Inventor
9 1 (0.022%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.022%) Chatbot
9 1 (0.022%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 415 (9.05%) Dynamics CRM
2 35 (0.76%) Dynamics NAV
3 34 (0.74%) Dynamics AX
4 20 (0.44%) Primavera
5 17 (0.37%) Elite 3E
6 13 (0.28%) Epicor Tropos
7 12 (0.26%) NetSuite
8 10 (0.22%) SAP Business One
9 8 (0.17%) SAP S/4HANA
9 8 (0.17%) Shopify
10 6 (0.13%) Maximo
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%) Temenos T24
12 3 (0.065%) Sage 300 ERP
12 3 (0.065%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 1,915 (41.75%) Azure
2 915 (19.95%) PowerApps
3 840 (18.31%) Dynamics 365
4 782 (17.05%) Power Automate
5 702 (15.30%) Microsoft 365
6 317 (6.91%) Azure DevOps
7 283 (6.17%) Azure Data Factory
8 238 (5.19%) AWS
9 229 (4.99%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 148 (3.23%) Azure Logic Apps
11 147 (3.20%) Serverless
12 135 (2.94%) GCP
13 108 (2.35%) Snowflake
14 104 (2.27%) Entra ID
15 98 (2.14%) SaaS
16 84 (1.83%) Azure Functions
17 81 (1.77%) PaaS
18 79 (1.72%) Azure Service Bus
19 64 (1.40%) Google Analytics
20 61 (1.33%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 76 (1.66%) DNS
2 74 (1.61%) Broadband
3 59 (1.29%) Intranet
4 43 (0.94%) DHCP
5 41 (0.89%) Firewall
6 38 (0.83%) WAN
7 29 (0.63%) Network Security
8 26 (0.57%) LAN
9 22 (0.48%) Internet
10 20 (0.44%) Wi-Fi
11 19 (0.41%) Unified Communications
12 15 (0.33%) VPN
13 13 (0.28%) VoIP
14 12 (0.26%) SD-WAN
15 10 (0.22%) Remote Desktop
16 7 (0.15%) NAS
16 7 (0.15%) TCP/IP
16 7 (0.15%) WebEx
17 6 (0.13%) HTTP
17 6 (0.13%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3,507 (76.46%) Power BI
2 822 (17.92%) SQL Server
3 644 (14.04%) Data Warehouse
4 610 (13.30%) Tableau
5 418 (9.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 365 (7.96%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 289 (6.30%) Data Lake
8 212 (4.62%) Azure SQL Database
9 174 (3.79%) Power Query
10 164 (3.58%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 136 (2.96%) Relational Database
12 84 (1.83%) Big Data
13 72 (1.57%) Looker
14 71 (1.55%) QlikView
15 65 (1.42%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
16 61 (1.33%) NoSQL
17 59 (1.29%) Data Mining
18 56 (1.22%) BigQuery
18 56 (1.22%) BusinessObjects
19 55 (1.20%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 185 (4.03%) JIRA
2 106 (2.31%) Git
3 98 (2.14%) Visual Studio
4 50 (1.09%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 39 (0.85%) Team Foundation Server
6 17 (0.37%) Jenkins
7 14 (0.31%) RStudio
8 10 (0.22%) GitLab
8 10 (0.22%) gulp
8 10 (0.22%) Oracle Forms
8 10 (0.22%) Yeoman
9 8 (0.17%) Octopus Deploy
9 8 (0.17%) Visual Studio Code
10 7 (0.15%) SpecFlow
10 7 (0.15%) TeamCity
11 5 (0.11%) ERwin
12 4 (0.087%) Cucumber
13 3 (0.065%) NUnit
13 3 (0.065%) Selenium
13 3 (0.065%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 1,584 (34.53%) Social Skills
2 1,211 (26.40%) Finance
3 969 (21.12%) Analytical Skills
4 371 (8.09%) Retail
5 367 (8.00%) Marketing
6 329 (7.17%) Public Sector
7 234 (5.10%) Law
8 233 (5.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 229 (4.99%) Legal
10 166 (3.62%) Presentation Skills
11 161 (3.51%) Manufacturing
12 145 (3.16%) Banking
13 86 (1.87%) Organisational Skills
14 67 (1.46%) Local Government
15 59 (1.29%) Back Office
16 53 (1.16%) Pharmaceutical
17 51 (1.11%) Fire and Rescue
18 47 (1.02%) Telecoms
19 45 (0.98%) Documentation Skills
20 43 (0.94%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 1,114 (24.29%) Developer
2 1,012 (22.06%) Analyst
3 531 (11.58%) Senior
4 396 (8.63%) Data Analyst
5 395 (8.61%) Lead
6 345 (7.52%) Architect
6 345 (7.52%) Consultant
7 290 (6.32%) Data Engineer
8 273 (5.95%) Power Platform Developer
9 260 (5.67%) Business Intelligence Developer
10 205 (4.47%) Dynamics 365 Developer
11 186 (4.05%) Senior Developer
12 172 (3.75%) Business Intelligence Analyst
13 158 (3.44%) Power BI Developer
14 155 (3.38%) Senior Analyst
15 153 (3.34%) Solutions Architect
16 127 (2.77%) DBA
17 121 (2.64%) Power Platform Architect
18 117 (2.55%) SQL DBA
19 107 (2.33%) Data Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 442 (9.64%) .NET
2 195 (4.25%) HTML
3 130 (2.83%) CSS
4 101 (2.20%) HTML5 Canvas
5 97 (2.11%) JSON
6 85 (1.85%) .NET Framework
7 83 (1.81%) REST
8 71 (1.55%) ASP.NET
9 64 (1.40%) Web Services
10 61 (1.33%) XML
11 44 (0.96%) RESTful
12 41 (0.89%) .NET Core
12 41 (0.89%) React
13 40 (0.87%) PySpark
14 33 (0.72%) AngularJS
15 30 (0.65%) ASP.NET Web API
16 27 (0.59%) Entity Framework
17 23 (0.50%) MDX
18 22 (0.48%) Node.js
18 22 (0.48%) SPFx
Miscellaneous
1 188 (4.10%) Management Information System
2 145 (3.16%) Self-Motivation
3 122 (2.66%) Low-Code
4 118 (2.57%) Product Ownership
5 103 (2.25%) Onboarding
6 93 (2.03%) Enterprise Software
7 77 (1.68%) Analytical Mindset
8 76 (1.66%) Data Structures
9 51 (1.11%) FMCG
10 48 (1.05%) NHS
11 47 (1.02%) Virtual Team
12 41 (0.89%) Algorithms
13 38 (0.83%) Data Centre
14 34 (0.74%) Driving Licence
15 30 (0.65%) Greenfield Project
16 27 (0.59%) Enterprise Cloud
16 27 (0.59%) Legacy Systems
17 26 (0.57%) Cloud Native
18 25 (0.55%) Housing Association
19 24 (0.52%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 183 (3.99%) Windows
2 83 (1.81%) VMS
3 68 (1.48%) Windows Server
4 60 (1.31%) Linux
5 32 (0.70%) Windows 10
6 25 (0.55%) Unix
7 12 (0.26%) Windows Server 2016
8 11 (0.24%) Windows Server 2019
9 9 (0.20%) Android
9 9 (0.20%) Apple iOS
10 8 (0.17%) Windows Server 2012
11 6 (0.13%) Mac OS
12 2 (0.044%) Ubuntu
13 1 (0.022%) Windows 7
13 1 (0.022%) Windows Vista
13 1 (0.022%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,992 (65.23%) Business Intelligence
2 1,009 (22.00%) Agile
3 1,006 (21.93%) Analytics
4 818 (17.83%) Visualisation
5 779 (16.98%) Problem-Solving
6 630 (13.73%) ETL
7 606 (13.21%) DevOps
8 586 (12.78%) Data Analysis
9 574 (12.51%) CRM
10 546 (11.90%) Data Visualisation
11 541 (11.79%) Data Modelling
12 457 (9.96%) Decision-Making
13 425 (9.27%) Project Management
14 412 (8.98%) Migration
15 397 (8.65%) Stakeholder Management
16 384 (8.37%) Artificial Intelligence
16 384 (8.37%) Continuous Improvement
17 372 (8.11%) Roadmaps
18 359 (7.83%) Data Science
19 356 (7.76%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 2,136 (46.57%) SQL
2 647 (14.11%) Python
3 535 (11.66%) C#
4 413 (9.00%) T-SQL
5 356 (7.76%) JavaScript
6 269 (5.86%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 219 (4.77%) PowerShell
8 161 (3.51%) R
9 95 (2.07%) TypeScript
10 84 (1.83%) Java
11 76 (1.66%) VBA
12 38 (0.83%) PL/SQL
13 25 (0.55%) VB
14 20 (0.44%) C
14 20 (0.44%) PHP
15 17 (0.37%) Bash
15 17 (0.37%) VB.NET
16 13 (0.28%) Kusto Query Language
17 12 (0.26%) Go
18 11 (0.24%) U-SQL
Qualifications
1 817 (17.81%) Degree
2 297 (6.47%) Microsoft Certification
3 176 (3.84%) Security Cleared
4 170 (3.71%) DBS Check
5 129 (2.81%) Computer Science Degree
6 119 (2.59%) SC Cleared
7 91 (1.98%) Master's Degree
8 82 (1.79%) Azure Certification
9 29 (0.63%) BPSS Clearance
9 29 (0.63%) ITIL Certification
9 29 (0.63%) PMI Certification
10 24 (0.52%) CIPD
11 17 (0.37%) CIMA
11 17 (0.37%) Numerate Degree
12 16 (0.35%) CISM
12 16 (0.35%) CISSP
12 16 (0.35%) MBA
12 16 (0.35%) MCSE
13 15 (0.33%) Network+ Certification
14 13 (0.28%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 345 (7.52%) Data Quality
2 191 (4.16%) GDPR
3 114 (2.49%) QA
4 64 (1.40%) Accessibility
5 43 (0.94%) PMO
6 33 (0.72%) SLA
7 29 (0.63%) Cyber Essentials
8 28 (0.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 22 (0.48%) Actionable Recommendations
10 14 (0.31%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 13 (0.28%) NIST
12 11 (0.24%) COBIT
13 9 (0.20%) GRC
13 9 (0.20%) ISO 9001
14 6 (0.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 4 (0.087%) ISO 22301
15 4 (0.087%) PCI DSS
16 2 (0.044%) NCSC
17 1 (0.022%) HIPAA
17 1 (0.022%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 178 (3.88%) Active Directory
2 86 (1.87%) Virtual Machines
3 31 (0.68%) VMware Infrastructure
4 23 (0.50%) Hyper-V
5 16 (0.35%) Docker
6 8 (0.17%) Firmware
7 4 (0.087%) Virtual Desktop
8 3 (0.065%) vSphere
9 2 (0.044%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 72 (1.57%) Microsoft Intune
2 44 (0.96%) Terraform
3 37 (0.81%) Kubernetes
4 20 (0.44%) Ansible
5 14 (0.31%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 11 (0.24%) SCCM
7 7 (0.15%) Foglight
7 7 (0.15%) Microsoft Clustering
7 7 (0.15%) Nagios
8 6 (0.13%) WSUS
9 5 (0.11%) Single Sign-On
10 4 (0.087%) Grafana
10 4 (0.087%) Puppet
11 3 (0.065%) HP Fortify
12 2 (0.044%) cPanel
12 2 (0.044%) Jamf Pro
13 1 (0.022%) logstash
13 1 (0.022%) Packer
13 1 (0.022%) PaperCut
13 1 (0.022%) vMotion
Vendors
1 2,346 (51.14%) Microsoft
2 250 (5.45%) Databricks
3 214 (4.67%) Oracle
4 176 (3.84%) Google
5 128 (2.79%) SAP
6 103 (2.25%) Alteryx
7 57 (1.24%) Salesforce
8 42 (0.92%) VMware
9 36 (0.78%) IFS
9 36 (0.78%) iManage
10 31 (0.68%) Cognos
11 29 (0.63%) UiPath
12 26 (0.57%) Sophos
13 24 (0.52%) ServiceNow
14 23 (0.50%) Aderant
14 23 (0.50%) Blue Prism
15 21 (0.46%) Adobe
16 20 (0.44%) Automation Anywhere
16 20 (0.44%) Veeam
17 19 (0.41%) Epicor