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 28 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 35 28 53
Rank change year-on-year -7 +25 +17
Permanent jobs citing Power Platform 39 9 10
As % of all permanent jobs in Northern Ireland 4.02% 3.30% 1.94%
As % of the Cloud Services category 16.05% 13.85% 5.56%
Number of salaries quoted 10 4 5
10th Percentile £42,200 £38,375 £50,000
25th Percentile £45,625 £49,063 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +44.44%
75th Percentile £70,000 £76,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £70,875 £83,000 £82,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -3.57%

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 243 65 180
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 25.05% 23.81% 34.95%
Number of salaries quoted 80 29 137
10th Percentile £32,000 £42,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £50,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% +9.52%
75th Percentile £70,000 £87,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £100,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £61,500 £62,373 £57,500
% change year-on-year -1.40% +8.47% -11.54%

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 28 April 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 28 April 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 -3 35 £65,000 - 7
Newry - 4 - -
County Down - 4 - -
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 (2.56%) Confluence
1 1 (2.56%) SharePoint
Applications
1 26 (66.67%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (2.56%) Dynamics AX
1 1 (2.56%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 27 (69.23%) Azure
2 21 (53.85%) Azure AI
3 6 (15.38%) Dynamics 365
4 5 (12.82%) Azure Data Factory
5 4 (10.26%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 1 (2.56%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (2.56%) Boomi
6 1 (2.56%) iPaaS
6 1 (2.56%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (2.56%) Power Automate
6 1 (2.56%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.56%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (84.62%) Power BI
2 25 (64.10%) Tableau
3 5 (12.82%) Azure SQL Database
3 5 (12.82%) SQL Server
3 5 (12.82%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (2.56%) MySQL
4 1 (2.56%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 1 (2.56%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 1 (2.56%) Git
1 1 (2.56%) JIRA
General
1 25 (64.10%) Social Skills
2 8 (20.51%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (17.95%) Finance
4 6 (15.38%) Presentation Skills
5 4 (10.26%) Games
5 4 (10.26%) Tech for Good
6 2 (5.13%) Billing
Job Titles
1 26 (66.67%) Analyst
2 21 (53.85%) Data Analyst
2 21 (53.85%) Junior
2 21 (53.85%) Junior Analyst
2 21 (53.85%) Junior Data Analyst
3 4 (10.26%) Application Development Manager
3 4 (10.26%) Applications Development Manager
3 4 (10.26%) Applications Manager
3 4 (10.26%) Architect
3 4 (10.26%) Development Manager
3 4 (10.26%) Senior
3 4 (10.26%) Senior Architect
3 4 (10.26%) Senior Manager
4 2 (5.13%) Business Manager
4 2 (5.13%) Commercial Analyst
4 2 (5.13%) Dynamics 365 Analyst
4 2 (5.13%) Financial Analyst
4 2 (5.13%) Insight Analyst
4 2 (5.13%) Insight Manager
4 2 (5.13%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.56%) .NET
1 1 (2.56%) Microsoft Graph
1 1 (2.56%) SPFx
Miscellaneous
1 4 (10.26%) Analytical Mindset
2 2 (5.13%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (2.56%) Legacy Applications
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (84.62%) Business Intelligence
2 24 (61.54%) AI
3 10 (25.64%) Decision-Making
4 8 (20.51%) WFM
5 7 (17.95%) Continuous Improvement
5 7 (17.95%) Problem-Solving
6 6 (15.38%) Six Sigma
6 6 (15.38%) Time Management
7 5 (12.82%) Analytics
7 5 (12.82%) Data-Driven Decision Making
7 5 (12.82%) Migration
7 5 (12.82%) Process Improvement
8 4 (10.26%) Actionable Insight
8 4 (10.26%) Knowledge Transfer
8 4 (10.26%) Project Management
8 4 (10.26%) Stakeholder Management
8 4 (10.26%) Strategic Thinking
8 4 (10.26%) Translating Business Requirements
8 4 (10.26%) Visual Analytics
8 4 (10.26%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 27 (69.23%) SQL
2 21 (53.85%) Python
3 4 (10.26%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 1 (2.56%) C#
4 1 (2.56%) PHP
4 1 (2.56%) T-SQL
4 1 (2.56%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 21 (53.85%) Azure Certification
2 8 (20.51%) Degree
3 4 (10.26%) PMI Certification
3 4 (10.26%) PMP
4 2 (5.13%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.13%) Actionable Recommendations
1 2 (5.13%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 25 (64.10%) Microsoft
2 4 (10.26%) Anaplan
2 4 (10.26%) Genesys
2 4 (10.26%) ServiceNow
2 4 (10.26%) Verint
3 2 (5.13%) Databricks
4 1 (2.56%) MuleSoft
4 1 (2.56%) RedGate
4 1 (2.56%) SAP