Power Platform Contract Job Trends in County Antrim

Microsoft Power Platform
Northern Ireland > County Antrim

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in County Antrim requiring Power Platform skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 33 25 21
Rank change year-on-year -8 -4 +7
Contract jobs citing Power Platform 3 5 4
As % of all contract jobs in County Antrim 1.24% 2.91% 2.88%
As % of the Cloud Services category 7.50% 12.20% 13.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 3
10th Percentile £499 - £132
25th Percentile £516 - £139
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 - £150
Median % change year-on-year - - -70.00%
75th Percentile £591 - £225
90th Percentile £596 - £270
Northern Ireland median daily rate £563 - £225
% change year-on-year - - -55.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £16.00
Northern Ireland median hourly rate - - £16.00

All Cloud Skills
County Antrim

Power Platform falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring cloud computing skills in County Antrim.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 40 41 29
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in County Antrim 16.60% 23.84% 20.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 16 18
10th Percentile £328 £313 £185
25th Percentile £372 £463 £217
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £568 £363
Median % change year-on-year -29.52% +56.55% -27.50%
75th Percentile £591 £631 £500
90th Percentile £638 £675 £636
Northern Ireland median daily rate £400 £575 £400
% change year-on-year -30.43% +43.75% -20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 2
10th Percentile - - £16.03
25th Percentile £21.50 - £16.06
Median hourly rate £23.00 - £16.75
75th Percentile £31.97 - £18.06
90th Percentile £36.44 - £18.48
Northern Ireland median hourly rate £23.00 - £16.75

Power Platform
Job Vacancy Trend in County Antrim

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Power Platform relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in County Antrim.

Power Platform job vacancy trend in County Antrim

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Daily Rate Trend in County Antrim

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in County Antrim citing Power Platform.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in County Antrim citing Power Platform

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Hourly Rate Trend in County Antrim

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in County Antrim citing Power Platform.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in County Antrim citing Power Platform

Power Platform
Contract Job Locations in County Antrim

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Power Platform within the County Antrim region over the 6 months to 12 November 2025. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Belfast -7 3 £563 - 11
Power Platform
Northern Ireland

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in County Antrim 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:

Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) Power BI
2 2 (66.67%) Tableau
General
1 3 (100.00%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Banking
2 1 (33.33%) Financial Institution
2 1 (33.33%) Front Office
2 1 (33.33%) Investment Banking
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Banking Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Business Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Business Data Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Consultant
1 1 (33.33%) Data Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) PMO Consultant
1 1 (33.33%) Senior
1 1 (33.33%) Senior Consultant
1 1 (33.33%) Senior PMO
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (33.33%) Actionable Insight
2 1 (33.33%) Data Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) Python
1 2 (66.67%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) Data Quality
2 1 (33.33%) EMIR
2 1 (33.33%) MiFID
2 1 (33.33%) PMO