Power Platform Contracts in Northern Ireland

Microsoft Power Platform
UK > Northern Ireland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Northern Ireland requiring Power Platform skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Power Platform over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 30 12 23
Rank change year-on-year -18 +11 +4
Contract jobs citing Power Platform 2 12 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 1.26% 8.05% 4.95%
As % of the Cloud Services category 5.26% 31.58% 15.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 11 7
10th Percentile £345 - £408
25th Percentile £375 £525 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £600 £425
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% +41.18% -
75th Percentile £525 £656 £475
90th Percentile £555 £688 £560
UK median daily rate £480 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -4.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £13.25
Median hourly rate - - £13.50
75th Percentile - - £13.75
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £29.16 £22.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year +29.60% -59.09% +139.13%

All Cloud Skills
Northern Ireland

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 Northern Ireland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 38 38 63
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 23.90% 25.50% 31.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 25 25
10th Percentile £189 £470 £182
25th Percentile £292 £525 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £563 £450
Median % change year-on-year -16.44% +25.00% -10.00%
75th Percentile £510 £645 £588
90th Percentile £548 £673 £650
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 2
10th Percentile - - £13.33
25th Percentile £22.50 - £13.46
Median hourly rate £24.18 - £13.84
Median % change year-on-year - - +9.04%
75th Percentile - - £14.15
90th Percentile - - £14.22
UK median hourly rate £27.35 £21.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +30.24% -40.00% +62.79%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

Job postings citing Power Platform as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland.

Job vacancy trend for Power Platform in Northern Ireland

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Power Platform in Northern Ireland.

Daily rate trend for Power Platform in Northern Ireland

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Daily Rate Histogram in Northern Ireland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Power Platform in Northern Ireland over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Power Platform in Northern Ireland

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Power Platform in Northern Ireland.

Hourly rate trend for Power Platform in Northern Ireland

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Contract Job Locations in Northern Ireland

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 Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
County Antrim -20 2 £450 -25.00% 24
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UK

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Northern Ireland 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:

Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Power BI
1 2 (100.00%) Tableau
General
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Banking
2 1 (50.00%) Financial Institution
2 1 (50.00%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Data Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Business Data Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (50.00%) Derivative
1 1 (50.00%) Fixed Income
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Actionable Insight
2 1 (50.00%) Data Governance
2 1 (50.00%) Data Management
2 1 (50.00%) Process Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Python
2 1 (50.00%) R
2 1 (50.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) QA