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

6 months to
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 48 58 91
Rank change year-on-year +10 +33 -9
Permanent jobs citing Power Platform 4,601 5,320 5,945
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 4.67% 5.12% 3.81%
As % of the Cloud Services category 13.01% 11.95% 7.89%
Number of salaries quoted 3,740 3,345 4,152
10th Percentile £35,000 £35,918 £34,000
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 £70,684 £75,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £88,750 £92,500 £80,000
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 35,366 44,509 75,327
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 35.89% 42.88% 48.24%
Number of salaries quoted 26,758 29,173 41,880
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £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 £96,250 £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 2 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 2 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 +16 4,121 £55,000 -4.35% 1,085
UK excluding London +11 3,020 £50,000 +5.26% 686
Work from Home +4 1,948 £55,000 - 580
London +17 1,327 £67,500 - 419
North of England +16 858 £47,500 - 185
Midlands +18 651 £53,635 +12.92% 160
South East +11 629 £51,000 -6.10% 147
North West +34 489 £47,500 - 108
West Midlands +15 479 £55,000 +15.79% 104
South West 0 343 £50,000 +5.26% 77
Yorkshire -2 256 £49,990 +7.51% 53
East of England +74 249 £48,500 -3.00% 53
Scotland -22 214 £47,500 -6.10% 47
East Midlands +7 169 £45,000 - 55
North East +5 113 £42,500 -15.00% 24
Wales -17 71 £55,000 +37.50% 21
Northern Ireland -9 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
1 688 (14.95%) 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 29 (0.63%) 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%) Alfresco
12 4 (0.087%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
12 4 (0.087%) Documentum
13 3 (0.065%) FileNet
13 3 (0.065%) IBM Domino
13 3 (0.065%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 891 (19.37%) Microsoft Excel
2 225 (4.89%) Microsoft Office
3 125 (2.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 60 (1.30%) Spreadsheet
5 34 (0.74%) MS Visio
6 16 (0.35%) Microsoft Project
7 12 (0.26%) SPSS
7 12 (0.26%) Trello
8 9 (0.20%) Photoshop
9 8 (0.17%) InDesign
10 4 (0.087%) AutoCAD
11 3 (0.065%) Autodesk Inventor
12 2 (0.043%) 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
1 416 (9.04%) Dynamics CRM
2 35 (0.76%) Dynamics AX
3 34 (0.74%) Dynamics NAV
4 20 (0.43%) Primavera
5 17 (0.37%) Elite 3E
6 14 (0.30%) Epicor Tropos
7 10 (0.22%) NetSuite
7 10 (0.22%) SAP Business One
8 9 (0.20%) 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 1,923 (41.80%) Azure
2 918 (19.95%) PowerApps
3 833 (18.10%) Dynamics 365
4 771 (16.76%) Power Automate
5 723 (15.71%) Microsoft 365
6 322 (7.00%) Azure DevOps
7 282 (6.13%) Azure Data Factory
8 244 (5.30%) AWS
9 219 (4.76%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 151 (3.28%) GCP
11 150 (3.26%) Azure Logic Apps
12 149 (3.24%) Serverless
13 109 (2.37%) Snowflake
14 103 (2.24%) Entra ID
15 95 (2.06%) SaaS
16 86 (1.87%) PaaS
17 84 (1.83%) Azure Functions
18 76 (1.65%) Azure Service Bus
19 66 (1.43%) Google Analytics
19 66 (1.43%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 77 (1.67%) DNS
2 74 (1.61%) Broadband
3 62 (1.35%) Intranet
4 45 (0.98%) DHCP
5 42 (0.91%) Firewall
6 36 (0.78%) WAN
7 29 (0.63%) Network Security
8 25 (0.54%) LAN
9 22 (0.48%) Internet
10 20 (0.43%) Wi-Fi
11 19 (0.41%) Unified Communications
12 14 (0.30%) 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 3,513 (76.35%) Power BI
2 840 (18.26%) SQL Server
3 632 (13.74%) Data Warehouse
4 618 (13.43%) Tableau
5 425 (9.24%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 385 (8.37%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 280 (6.09%) Data Lake
8 215 (4.67%) Azure SQL Database
9 172 (3.74%) Power Query
10 168 (3.65%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 138 (3.00%) Relational Database
12 86 (1.87%) Big Data
13 79 (1.72%) Looker
14 71 (1.54%) NoSQL
14 71 (1.54%) QlikView
15 62 (1.35%) BigQuery
16 61 (1.33%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
17 58 (1.26%) Data Mining
18 54 (1.17%) MySQL
19 53 (1.15%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 192 (4.17%) JIRA
2 107 (2.33%) Git
3 96 (2.09%) Visual Studio
4 52 (1.13%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 41 (0.89%) 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 5 (0.11%) ERwin
13 4 (0.087%) Selenium
13 4 (0.087%) Visual Studio Team System
14 3 (0.065%) ER Studio
14 3 (0.065%) NUnit
General
1 1,588 (34.51%) Social Skills
2 1,207 (26.23%) Finance
3 961 (20.89%) Analytical Skills
4 384 (8.35%) Retail
5 373 (8.11%) Marketing
6 328 (7.13%) Public Sector
7 242 (5.26%) Law
8 231 (5.02%) Legal
9 226 (4.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 172 (3.74%) Presentation Skills
11 166 (3.61%) Manufacturing
12 153 (3.33%) Banking
13 84 (1.83%) Organisational Skills
14 65 (1.41%) 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 (1.06%) Telecoms
18 47 (1.02%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 1,129 (24.54%) Developer
2 1,013 (22.02%) Analyst
3 531 (11.54%) Senior
4 398 (8.65%) Data Analyst
5 395 (8.59%) Lead
6 350 (7.61%) Consultant
7 337 (7.32%) Architect
8 274 (5.96%) Data Engineer
9 266 (5.78%) Business Intelligence Developer
10 263 (5.72%) Power Platform Developer
11 208 (4.52%) Dynamics 365 Developer
12 185 (4.02%) Senior Developer
13 168 (3.65%) Business Intelligence Analyst
14 164 (3.56%) Power BI Developer
15 156 (3.39%) Senior Analyst
16 151 (3.28%) Solutions Architect
17 128 (2.78%) DBA
18 117 (2.54%) SQL DBA
19 112 (2.43%) Applications Developer
19 112 (2.43%) Data Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 446 (9.69%) .NET
2 198 (4.30%) HTML
3 132 (2.87%) CSS
4 105 (2.28%) HTML5 Canvas
4 105 (2.28%) JSON
5 88 (1.91%) REST
6 86 (1.87%) .NET Framework
7 76 (1.65%) ASP.NET
8 63 (1.37%) Web Services
9 61 (1.33%) XML
10 47 (1.02%) RESTful
11 42 (0.91%) .NET Core
11 42 (0.91%) React
12 37 (0.80%) AngularJS
13 36 (0.78%) PySpark
14 30 (0.65%) ASP.NET Web API
15 27 (0.59%) Entity Framework
16 24 (0.52%) MDX
17 22 (0.48%) Node.js
17 22 (0.48%) SPFx
Miscellaneous
1 186 (4.04%) Management Information System
2 142 (3.09%) Self-Motivation
3 131 (2.85%) Low-Code
4 120 (2.61%) Product Ownership
5 101 (2.20%) Onboarding
6 95 (2.06%) Enterprise Software
7 75 (1.63%) Data Structures
8 69 (1.50%) Analytical Mindset
9 50 (1.09%) FMCG
10 43 (0.93%) NHS
10 43 (0.93%) Virtual Team
11 41 (0.89%) Algorithms
12 37 (0.80%) Data Centre
13 34 (0.74%) Driving Licence
14 29 (0.63%) Enterprise Cloud
14 29 (0.63%) Greenfield Project
15 26 (0.57%) Legacy Systems
16 25 (0.54%) Cloud Native
16 25 (0.54%) Housing Association
17 24 (0.52%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 190 (4.13%) Windows
2 83 (1.80%) VMS
3 70 (1.52%) Windows Server
4 63 (1.37%) Linux
5 36 (0.78%) 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 3,004 (65.29%) Business Intelligence
2 1,044 (22.69%) Agile
3 1,010 (21.95%) Analytics
4 821 (17.84%) Visualisation
5 788 (17.13%) Problem-Solving
6 645 (14.02%) ETL
7 619 (13.45%) DevOps
8 584 (12.69%) Data Analysis
9 577 (12.54%) CRM
10 546 (11.87%) Data Visualisation
11 536 (11.65%) Data Modelling
12 464 (10.08%) Decision-Making
13 426 (9.26%) Project Management
14 412 (8.95%) Migration
15 408 (8.87%) Stakeholder Management
16 392 (8.52%) Artificial Intelligence
17 380 (8.26%) Continuous Improvement
18 375 (8.15%) Roadmaps
19 371 (8.06%) Data Science
20 363 (7.89%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 2,138 (46.47%) SQL
2 649 (14.11%) Python
3 533 (11.58%) C#
4 423 (9.19%) T-SQL
5 364 (7.91%) JavaScript
6 260 (5.65%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 219 (4.76%) PowerShell
8 164 (3.56%) R
9 104 (2.26%) TypeScript
10 87 (1.89%) Java
11 72 (1.56%) VBA
12 39 (0.85%) PL/SQL
13 26 (0.57%) PHP
14 25 (0.54%) VB
15 21 (0.46%) C
16 17 (0.37%) Bash
16 17 (0.37%) VB.NET
17 13 (0.28%) Kusto Query Language
17 13 (0.28%) Scala
18 12 (0.26%) Go
Qualifications
1 801 (17.41%) Degree
2 297 (6.46%) Microsoft Certification
3 183 (3.98%) Security Cleared
4 170 (3.69%) DBS Check
5 125 (2.72%) SC Cleared
6 116 (2.52%) Computer Science Degree
7 89 (1.93%) Master's Degree
8 76 (1.65%) Azure Certification
9 36 (0.78%) BPSS Clearance
10 31 (0.67%) 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
1 340 (7.39%) Data Quality
2 188 (4.09%) GDPR
3 109 (2.37%) QA
4 62 (1.35%) Accessibility
5 44 (0.96%) PMO
6 36 (0.78%) 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 (0.043%) HIPAA
15 2 (0.043%) NCSC
16 1 (0.022%) GMP
System Software
1 178 (3.87%) Active Directory
2 87 (1.89%) 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 (0.043%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 74 (1.61%) Microsoft Intune
2 45 (0.98%) Terraform
3 37 (0.80%) Kubernetes
4 20 (0.43%) Ansible
5 16 (0.35%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 8 (0.17%) 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 (0.043%) cPanel
12 1 (0.022%) Kibana
12 1 (0.022%) logstash
12 1 (0.022%) Salt
12 1 (0.022%) vMotion
Vendors
1 2,342 (50.90%) Microsoft
2 245 (5.32%) Databricks
3 217 (4.72%) Oracle
4 180 (3.91%) Google
5 129 (2.80%) SAP
6 109 (2.37%) Alteryx
7 62 (1.35%) Salesforce
8 43 (0.93%) VMware
9 38 (0.83%) iManage
10 35 (0.76%) IFS
11 31 (0.67%) Cognos
11 31 (0.67%) ServiceNow
12 30 (0.65%) Adobe
12 30 (0.65%) UiPath
13 26 (0.57%) Sophos
14 25 (0.54%) Blue Prism
15 23 (0.50%) IBM
16 21 (0.46%) Automation Anywhere
16 21 (0.46%) Veeam
17 20 (0.43%) Aderant