Power BI Developer Contract Job Trends in Edinburgh

Microsoft Power BI Developer
Scotland > Edinburgh

The median Microsoft Power BI Developer daily rate in Edinburgh is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 5 April 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 62 - 70
Rank change year-on-year - - +44
Contract jobs requiring a Power BI Developer 1 0 4
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 0.15% - 0.49%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.16% - 0.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 4
10th Percentile - - £416
25th Percentile - - £422
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 - £488
Median % change year-on-year - - +8.33%
75th Percentile - - £525
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median daily rate £538 £425 £450
% change year-on-year +26.47% -5.56% -2.70%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Edinburgh

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Edinburgh. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Edinburgh with a recognized job title 622 578 784
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.28% 93.83% 95.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 317 330 445
10th Percentile £250 £205 £185
25th Percentile £406 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £463 £480
Median % change year-on-year -2.70% -3.65% +1.05%
75th Percentile £558 £538 £575
90th Percentile £651 £638 £663
Scotland median daily rate £450 £450 £475
% change year-on-year - -5.26% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 23 55
10th Percentile £19.93 £17.55 £16.10
25th Percentile £50.00 £21.00 £17.86
Median hourly rate £53.75 £24.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +123.96% -52.00% +135.18%
75th Percentile £75.00 £24.42 £61.13
90th Percentile £81.24 £33.11 £66.00
Scotland median hourly rate £21.20 £22.94 £35.00
% change year-on-year -7.57% -34.46% +61.51%

Power BI Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Power BI Developer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

Power BI Developer job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

Power BI Developer
Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Power BI Developer job vacancies in Edinburgh.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Power BI Developer job vacancies in Edinburgh

Power BI Developer Skill Set
Top 13 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh

For the 6 months to 5 April 2026, Power BI Developer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Edinburgh region featuring Power BI Developer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
1 1 (100.00%) Data Development
1 1 (100.00%) Data Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Deployment Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Power BI
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
1 1 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Snowflake
1 1 (100.00%) SQL

Power BI Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
1 1 (100.00%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Power BI
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Data Development
1 1 (100.00%) Data Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Deployment Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft