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 citing Power Platform skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 25 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	59	42	43
Rank change year-on-year	-17	+1	0
Permanent jobs citing Power Platform	73	6	10
As % of all permanent jobs in Northern Ireland	4.35%	1.77%	2.09%
As % of the Cloud Services category	17.42%	6.98%	6.33%
Number of salaries quoted	7	3	1
10^th Percentile	£41,300	£43,650	-
25^th Percentile	£42,500	£50,250	-
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£60,000	£62,500	£75,000
Median % change year-on-year	-4.00%	-16.67%	+66.67%
75^th Percentile	£65,000	£66,875	-
90^th Percentile	-	£68,750	-
UK median annual salary	£57,500	£57,000	£62,500
% change year-on-year	+0.88%	-8.80%	+13.63%

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 citing cloud computing skills in Northern Ireland.

	6 months to 25 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies citing cloud computing skills	419	86	158
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland	24.96%	25.37%	32.99%
Number of salaries quoted	49	31	72
10^th Percentile	£35,250	£39,250	£33,500
25^th Percentile	£38,750	£46,750	£45,938
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£60,000	£60,000	£63,750
Median % change year-on-year	-	-5.88%	+27.50%
75^th Percentile	£78,224	£78,790	£74,358
90^th Percentile	£80,000	£82,241	£93,750
UK median annual salary	£62,500	£57,500	£65,000
% change year-on-year	+8.70%	-11.54%	+4.00%

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 Salary Trend in Northern Ireland

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 25 October 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 25 October 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	Job Ads Past 6 Months	Median Salary Past 6 Months	Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
County Antrim	-18	38	£55,000	-21.43%	54
County Down	-	23	£60,000	-
County Armagh	-25	12	-	-	2
Newry	-	1	£60,000	-
Power Platform UK

Power Platform Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northern Ireland

For the 6 months to 25 October 2026, job vacancies citing Power Platform also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Northern Ireland region citing Power Platform.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Microsoft	52.1%	38
2	Power BI	50.7%	37
3	Problem-Solving	45.2%	33
4	Analytics	43.8%	32
4	Azure	43.8%	32
6	Architecture Roadmap	41.1%	30
6	Business Case	41.1%	30
6	Business Strategy	41.1%	30
6	Cloud Computing	41.1%	30
6	Containerisation	41.1%	30
6	Enterprise Architecture	41.1%	30
6	GRC	41.1%	30
6	Information Security	41.1%	30
6	Infrastructure as Code	41.1%	30
6	IT Strategy	41.1%	30
6	LAN	41.1%	30
6	Logistics	41.1%	30
6	Microsoft 365	41.1%	30
6	Network Architecture	41.1%	30
6	Network Design	41.1%	30
6	Project Delivery	41.1%	30
6	Risk Management	41.1%	30
6	Roadmaps	41.1%	30
6	Technical Architecture	41.1%	30
6	Technology Strategy	41.1%	30
6	WAN	41.1%	30
27	PowerApps	37.0%	27
27	Project Management	37.0%	27
29	Business Development	35.6%	26
29	CMS	35.6%	26

Power Platform Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northern Ireland by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Cloud Services

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Azure	43.8%	32
2	Cloud Computing	41.1%	30
2	Microsoft 365	41.1%	30
4	PowerApps	37.0%	27
5	Dynamics 365	9.6%	7
6	AWS	5.5%	4
7	SaaS	4.1%	3
8	PaaS	2.7%	2
9	Copilot Studio	1.4%	1
9	Microsoft Copilot	1.4%	1
9	Power Automate	1.4%	1