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 21 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 40 28 44
Rank change year-on-year -12 +16 +20
Permanent jobs citing Power Platform 31 16 9
As % of all permanent jobs in Northern Ireland 4.23% 4.79% 2.26%
As % of the Cloud Services category 14.42% 14.04% 5.63%
Number of salaries quoted 11 3 4
10th Percentile £39,500 £57,500 £45,875
25th Percentile £43,750 £61,250 £50,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £70,000 £61,250
Median % change year-on-year -10.71% +14.29% +36.11%
75th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £69,063
90th Percentile - £84,500 £71,875
UK median annual salary £59,527 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -0.79% +9.09% -4.35%

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 215 114 160
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 29.33% 34.13% 40.10%
Number of salaries quoted 79 35 126
10th Percentile £32,000 - £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £51,250 £36,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +14.29%
75th Percentile £70,000 £82,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £100,000 £91,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +13.04% -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 21 February 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 21 February 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 -2 23 £70,000 - 1
Newry - 4 - -
County Down - 4 - -
County Tyrone -5 1 £40,500 -
County Armagh - 1 - -
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 (3.23%) Confluence
1 1 (3.23%) SharePoint
Applications
1 17 (54.84%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (3.23%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (3.23%) Dynamics AX
1 1 (3.23%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 18 (58.06%) Azure
2 10 (32.26%) Azure AI
3 7 (22.58%) Dynamics 365
4 6 (19.35%) Azure Data Factory
5 4 (12.90%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 2 (6.45%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (6.45%) Power Automate
7 1 (3.23%) Amazon Bedrock
7 1 (3.23%) Amazon Kinesis
7 1 (3.23%) Amazon S3
7 1 (3.23%) Anthropic Claude
7 1 (3.23%) AWS
7 1 (3.23%) Azure Functions
7 1 (3.23%) Azure Logic Apps
7 1 (3.23%) Boomi
7 1 (3.23%) iPaaS
7 1 (3.23%) PowerApps
7 1 (3.23%) SaaS
7 1 (3.23%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (83.87%) Power BI
2 15 (48.39%) Tableau
3 6 (19.35%) SQL Server
4 5 (16.13%) Azure SQL Database
4 5 (16.13%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (3.23%) Amazon Athena
5 1 (3.23%) Amazon QuickSight
5 1 (3.23%) Amazon Redshift
5 1 (3.23%) Crystal Reports
5 1 (3.23%) MySQL
5 1 (3.23%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 1 (3.23%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 2 (6.45%) JIRA
2 1 (3.23%) Git
General
1 15 (48.39%) Social Skills
2 9 (29.03%) Finance
3 8 (25.81%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (19.35%) Presentation Skills
5 4 (12.90%) Games
5 4 (12.90%) Tech for Good
6 2 (6.45%) Billing
7 1 (3.23%) Advertising
7 1 (3.23%) Manufacturing
7 1 (3.23%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 17 (54.84%) Analyst
2 11 (35.48%) Data Analyst
3 10 (32.26%) Junior
3 10 (32.26%) Junior Analyst
3 10 (32.26%) Junior Data Analyst
4 5 (16.13%) Senior
5 4 (12.90%) Application Development Manager
5 4 (12.90%) Applications Development Manager
5 4 (12.90%) Applications Manager
5 4 (12.90%) Architect
5 4 (12.90%) Development Manager
5 4 (12.90%) Senior Architect
5 4 (12.90%) Senior Manager
6 2 (6.45%) Business Manager
6 2 (6.45%) Commercial Analyst
6 2 (6.45%) Developer
6 2 (6.45%) Dynamics 365 Analyst
6 2 (6.45%) Financial Analyst
6 2 (6.45%) Insight Analyst
6 2 (6.45%) Insight Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (6.45%) .NET
2 1 (3.23%) EDI
2 1 (3.23%) HTML5 Canvas
2 1 (3.23%) JSON
2 1 (3.23%) Kafka
2 1 (3.23%) REST
2 1 (3.23%) SOAP
2 1 (3.23%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (12.90%) Analytical Mindset
2 2 (6.45%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (3.23%) Cloud Native
3 1 (3.23%) Driving Licence
3 1 (3.23%) Legacy Applications
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (83.87%) Business Intelligence
2 13 (41.94%) AI
3 11 (35.48%) Decision-Making
4 8 (25.81%) Analytics
4 8 (25.81%) Problem-Solving
4 8 (25.81%) WFM
5 7 (22.58%) Continuous Improvement
5 7 (22.58%) Six Sigma
6 6 (19.35%) Data-Driven Decision Making
6 6 (19.35%) Migration
6 6 (19.35%) Time Management
7 5 (16.13%) ERP
7 5 (16.13%) Process Improvement
7 5 (16.13%) Translating Business Requirements
8 4 (12.90%) Actionable Insight
8 4 (12.90%) Data Analysis
8 4 (12.90%) Data Modelling
8 4 (12.90%) Project Management
8 4 (12.90%) Stakeholder Management
8 4 (12.90%) Visual Analytics
Programming Languages
1 18 (58.06%) SQL
2 11 (35.48%) Python
3 4 (12.90%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 2 (6.45%) C#
4 2 (6.45%) T-SQL
5 1 (3.23%) JavaScript
5 1 (3.23%) PHP
5 1 (3.23%) PL/SQL
5 1 (3.23%) TypeScript
5 1 (3.23%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 11 (35.48%) Azure Certification
2 10 (32.26%) Degree
3 4 (12.90%) PMI Certification
3 4 (12.90%) PMP
4 2 (6.45%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (6.45%) Six Sigma Green Belt
5 1 (3.23%) AWS Certification
5 1 (3.23%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.45%) Actionable Recommendations
1 2 (6.45%) Data Quality
2 1 (3.23%) GMP
Vendors
1 15 (48.39%) Microsoft
2 4 (12.90%) Anaplan
2 4 (12.90%) Genesys
2 4 (12.90%) ServiceNow
2 4 (12.90%) Verint
3 2 (6.45%) Databricks
3 2 (6.45%) SAP
4 1 (3.23%) MuleSoft
4 1 (3.23%) OpenAI
4 1 (3.23%) Oracle
4 1 (3.23%) RedGate