Power BI Job Trends in Northern Ireland

Microsoft Power BI
UK > Northern Ireland

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Northern Ireland requiring Power BI skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 70 30 61
Rank change year-on-year -40 +31 +8
Permanent jobs citing Power BI 22 4 3
As % of all permanent jobs in Northern Ireland 1.94% 1.36% 0.50%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 61.11% 9.76% 4.00%
Number of salaries quoted 6 1 1
10th Percentile £39,500 - -
25th Percentile £40,250 £31,250 £82,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £32,500 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year +38.46% -61.76% +100.00%
75th Percentile £47,500 £33,750 £87,500
90th Percentile £53,750 - -
UK median annual salary £55,000 £56,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -2.65% +2.73% -

All Database & Business Intelligence Skills
Northern Ireland

Power BI falls under the Databases and Business Intelligence category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring database or business intelligence skills in Northern Ireland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 36 41 75
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 3.17% 13.90% 12.48%
Number of salaries quoted 15 16 41
10th Percentile £36,800 £36,875 £38,750
25th Percentile £41,000 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £68,750 £60,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £76,750 £69,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £61,182 £57,500
% change year-on-year -1.93% +6.40% -8.00%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Power BI relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland.

Power BI job vacancy trend in Northern Ireland

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Salary Trend in Northern Ireland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing Power BI.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing Power BI

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Salary Histogram in Northern Ireland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Power BI in Northern Ireland over the 6 months to 13 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Power BI in Northern Ireland

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Job Locations in Northern Ireland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Power BI within the Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 13 July 2026. 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
County Antrim -19 21 £45,000 +38.46% 8
Newry - 1 £60,000 -
County Down - 1 £60,000 - 1
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UK

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northern Ireland 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 16 (72.73%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (13.64%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 22 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 16 (72.73%) Azure
2 16 (72.73%) Azure AI
3 3 (13.64%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (4.55%) Power Automate
4 1 (4.55%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (72.73%) Tableau
General
1 16 (72.73%) Social Skills
2 5 (22.73%) Finance
Job Titles
1 22 (100.00%) Analyst
2 16 (72.73%) Data Analyst
2 16 (72.73%) Junior
2 16 (72.73%) Junior Analyst
2 16 (72.73%) Junior Data Analyst
3 5 (22.73%) Financial Analyst
4 3 (13.64%) Dynamics 365 Analyst
5 2 (9.09%) Report Analyst
6 1 (4.55%) Analyst Developer
6 1 (4.55%) Business Intelligence Analyst
6 1 (4.55%) Business Intelligence Developer
6 1 (4.55%) Developer
6 1 (4.55%) Senior
6 1 (4.55%) Senior Analyst
6 1 (4.55%) Senior Analyst Developer
6 1 (4.55%) Senior Business Intelligence Analyst
6 1 (4.55%) Senior Business Intelligence Developer
6 1 (4.55%) Senior Developer
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
2 16 (72.73%) AI
3 5 (22.73%) ERP
4 3 (13.64%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (9.09%) Decision-Making
6 1 (4.55%) Data Modelling
6 1 (4.55%) Data Transformation
6 1 (4.55%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 17 (77.27%) SQL
2 16 (72.73%) Python
3 1 (4.55%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 16 (72.73%) Azure Certification
Vendors
1 17 (77.27%) Microsoft
2 3 (13.64%) SAP