Power BI Contract Job Trends in Edinburgh

Microsoft Power BI
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Edinburgh requiring Power BI skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 37 50 46
Rank change year-on-year +13 -4 +15
Contract jobs citing Power BI 33 19 24
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 4.41% 2.91% 2.97%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 26.19% 12.18% 21.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 9 12
10th Percentile £288 £398 £368
25th Percentile £356 £444 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £405 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - -
75th Percentile £472 £500 £572
90th Percentile £543 £515 £649
Scotland median daily rate £400 £450 £450
% change year-on-year -11.11% - -2.70%

All Database & BI Skills
Edinburgh

Power BI falls under the Databases and Business Intelligence category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring database or business intelligence skills in Edinburgh.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 126 156 111
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 16.82% 23.85% 13.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 71 88 69
10th Percentile £355 £429 £345
25th Percentile £411 £450 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +11.11% -7.69%
75th Percentile £494 £538 £520
90th Percentile £575 £592 £598
Scotland median daily rate £425 £489 £450
% change year-on-year -13.09% +8.67% -8.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
Median hourly rate £50.00 - -
Scotland median hourly rate £50.00 £55.00 £19.59
% change year-on-year -9.09% +180.76% -69.57%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Power BI job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

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Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Power BI.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Power BI

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Daily Rate Histogram in Edinburgh

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Power BI in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 17 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Power BI in Edinburgh

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Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Power BI.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Power BI

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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:

Applications
1 8 (24.24%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (3.03%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (12.12%) Primavera
2 3 (9.09%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (6.06%) iTrent
Cloud Services
1 33 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 8 (24.24%) Azure
3 5 (15.15%) Power Automate
3 5 (15.15%) PowerApps
4 3 (9.09%) Dynamics 365
4 3 (9.09%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (6.06%) Microsoft Copilot
5 2 (6.06%) Snowflake
6 1 (3.03%) Azure Data Factory
6 1 (3.03%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (3.03%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 1 (3.03%) Cloud Run
6 1 (3.03%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (21.21%) Power Query
2 3 (9.09%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (6.06%) BusinessObjects
3 2 (6.06%) Tableau
4 1 (3.03%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (3.03%) BigQuery
4 1 (3.03%) Data Lake
4 1 (3.03%) Data Vault
4 1 (3.03%) Geospatial Data
4 1 (3.03%) Metadata
4 1 (3.03%) Relational Database
4 1 (3.03%) Semantic Layer
4 1 (3.03%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 1 (3.03%) Git
General
1 11 (33.33%) Finance
2 10 (30.30%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (27.27%) Public Sector
3 9 (27.27%) Social Skills
4 3 (9.09%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (6.06%) Manufacturing
6 1 (3.03%) Local Government
6 1 (3.03%) Military
6 1 (3.03%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 11 (33.33%) Analyst
2 8 (24.24%) Consultant
3 6 (18.18%) Developer
4 5 (15.15%) Data Analyst
4 5 (15.15%) Power BI Consultant
5 4 (12.12%) Business Intelligence Consultant
6 3 (9.09%) Accountant
6 3 (9.09%) Power Platform Developer
6 3 (9.09%) Report Analyst
6 3 (9.09%) Systems Accountant
7 2 (6.06%) Cybersecurity Analyst
7 2 (6.06%) Data Engineer
7 2 (6.06%) Digital Analyst
7 2 (6.06%) HR Specialist
7 2 (6.06%) Power BI Developer
7 2 (6.06%) Report Specialist
7 2 (6.06%) Risk Analyst
7 2 (6.06%) Senior
7 2 (6.06%) Senior Data Engineer
7 2 (6.06%) Solutions Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (6.06%) PySpark
2 1 (3.03%) JSON
2 1 (3.03%) Kafka
2 1 (3.03%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 3 (9.09%) Data Protection Act
1 3 (9.09%) Management Information System
2 2 (6.06%) Data Structures
2 2 (6.06%) Legacy Systems
2 2 (6.06%) Product Ownership
3 1 (3.03%) Freedom of Information
3 1 (3.03%) Mobile App
3 1 (3.03%) Onboarding
3 1 (3.03%) Reference Data
3 1 (3.03%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (93.94%) Business Intelligence
2 11 (33.33%) Analytics
2 11 (33.33%) Data Modelling
3 10 (30.30%) Decision-Making
4 9 (27.27%) Visualisation
5 8 (24.24%) Data Analysis
6 7 (21.21%) Agile
7 6 (18.18%) Collaborative Working
8 5 (15.15%) Dashboard Development
8 5 (15.15%) Data Visualisation
8 5 (15.15%) Validation
9 4 (12.12%) Change Management
9 4 (12.12%) Cybersecurity
9 4 (12.12%) ETL
9 4 (12.12%) Risk Management
9 4 (12.12%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 3 (9.09%) Continuous Improvement
10 3 (9.09%) Data Cleansing
10 3 (9.09%) Data Protection
10 3 (9.09%) Risk Assessment
Programming Languages
1 8 (24.24%) SQL
2 4 (12.12%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 3 (9.09%) C#
3 3 (9.09%) JavaScript
3 3 (9.09%) PowerShell
3 3 (9.09%) Python
4 2 (6.06%) T-SQL
5 1 (3.03%) Scala
Qualifications
1 4 (12.12%) SC Cleared
1 4 (12.12%) Security Cleared
2 2 (6.06%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (6.06%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (21.21%) Data Quality
2 5 (15.15%) QA
3 3 (9.09%) Disclosure Scotland
4 1 (3.03%) Accessibility
System Software
1 1 (3.03%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 15 (45.45%) Microsoft
2 3 (9.09%) Databricks
3 2 (6.06%) SAP
4 1 (3.03%) Google