Power Platform Job Trends in Northern Ireland

Microsoft Power Platform
UK > Northern Ireland

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Northern Ireland requiring Power Platform skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 46 23 65
Rank change year-on-year -23 +42 -1
Permanent jobs citing Power Platform 36 10 5
As % of all permanent jobs in Northern Ireland 3.42% 3.62% 0.82%
As % of the Cloud Services category 15.79% 15.87% 2.44%
Number of salaries quoted 7 5 2
10th Percentile £39,500 £40,750 £51,000
25th Percentile £41,000 £55,000 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £70,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -35.71% +3.70% +58.82%
75th Percentile £53,750 £72,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £61,000 £81,500 £84,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -0.12%

All Cloud Computing 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 permanent job vacancies requiring cloud computing skills in Northern Ireland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 228 63 205
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 21.65% 22.83% 33.55%
Number of salaries quoted 64 32 149
10th Percentile £32,000 £41,026 £32,300
25th Percentile £38,188 £45,313 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% -8.33% +14.29%
75th Percentile £65,625 £66,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £86,750 £95,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -8.73%

Power Platform
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Power Platform job vacancy trend in Northern Ireland

Power Platform
Salary Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing Power Platform

Power Platform
Salary Histogram in Northern Ireland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Power Platform in Northern Ireland over the 6 months to 4 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Power Platform in Northern Ireland

Power Platform
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 Platform within the Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 4 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 -10 27 £45,000 -35.71% 12
County Down - 5 £60,000 - 2
County Armagh - 4 - -
Newry - 1 £60,000 - 2
Power Platform
UK

Power Platform
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (2.78%) SharePoint
Applications
1 16 (44.44%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (8.33%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 29 (80.56%) Azure
2 16 (44.44%) Azure AI
3 14 (38.89%) Microsoft 365
4 13 (36.11%) Cloud Computing
5 3 (8.33%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (2.78%) Power Automate
6 1 (2.78%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 13 (36.11%) LAN
1 13 (36.11%) WAN
2 1 (2.78%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (61.11%) Power BI
2 16 (44.44%) Tableau
General
1 29 (80.56%) Social Skills
2 18 (50.00%) Finance
3 13 (36.11%) Law
3 13 (36.11%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 22 (61.11%) Analyst
2 16 (44.44%) Data Analyst
2 16 (44.44%) Junior
2 16 (44.44%) Junior Analyst
2 16 (44.44%) Junior Data Analyst
3 13 (36.11%) Architect
3 13 (36.11%) Systems Architect
4 5 (13.89%) Financial Analyst
5 3 (8.33%) Dynamics 365 Analyst
6 2 (5.56%) Report Analyst
7 1 (2.78%) Analyst Developer
7 1 (2.78%) Business Intelligence Analyst
7 1 (2.78%) Business Intelligence Developer
7 1 (2.78%) Developer
7 1 (2.78%) Senior
7 1 (2.78%) Senior Analyst
7 1 (2.78%) Senior Analyst Developer
7 1 (2.78%) Senior Business Intelligence Analyst
7 1 (2.78%) Senior Business Intelligence Developer
7 1 (2.78%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.78%) Microsoft Graph
1 1 (2.78%) SPFx
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (61.11%) Business Intelligence
2 17 (47.22%) AI
3 13 (36.11%) Architecture Roadmap
3 13 (36.11%) Business Case
3 13 (36.11%) Business Strategy
3 13 (36.11%) Containerisation
3 13 (36.11%) Enterprise Architecture
3 13 (36.11%) Information Security
3 13 (36.11%) Infrastructure as Code
3 13 (36.11%) IT Strategy
3 13 (36.11%) Logistics
3 13 (36.11%) Network Architecture
3 13 (36.11%) Network Design
3 13 (36.11%) Project Delivery
3 13 (36.11%) Risk Management
3 13 (36.11%) Roadmaps
3 13 (36.11%) Technical Architecture
3 13 (36.11%) Technology Strategy
4 5 (13.89%) ERP
5 3 (8.33%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 17 (47.22%) SQL
2 16 (44.44%) Python
3 1 (2.78%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 16 (44.44%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (36.11%) GRC
Vendors
1 31 (86.11%) Microsoft
2 3 (8.33%) SAP