Power BI Contract Job Trends in Glasgow

Microsoft Power BI
Scotland > Glasgow

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Glasgow requiring Power BI skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 54 47 56
Rank change year-on-year -7 +9 -10
Contract jobs citing Power BI 26 25 21
As % of all contract jobs in Glasgow 3.43% 3.53% 2.53%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 12.21% 20.33% 13.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 13 16
10th Percentile £295 £351 £353
25th Percentile £431 £375 £391
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £408 £450
Median % change year-on-year +22.70% -9.44% -
75th Percentile £525 £455 £534
90th Percentile £575 £555 £644
Scotland median daily rate £500 £450 £465
% change year-on-year +11.11% -3.23% +3.33%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
Glasgow

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 Glasgow.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 213 123 152
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow 28.10% 17.37% 18.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 122 81 113
10th Percentile £313 £323 -
25th Percentile £386 £356 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £454 £400 £475
Median % change year-on-year +13.50% -15.79% -5.00%
75th Percentile £530 £475 £541
90th Percentile £648 £525 £638
Scotland median daily rate £475 £450 £479
% change year-on-year +5.56% -6.10% -2.19%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 4 0
10th Percentile - £17.72 -
25th Percentile £52.50 £18.92 -
Median hourly rate £55.00 £19.59 -
Median % change year-on-year +180.76% - -
75th Percentile £57.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median hourly rate £55.00 £19.59 £19.50
% change year-on-year +180.76% +0.46% -7.14%

Power BI
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

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

Power BI job vacancy trend in Glasgow

Power BI
Daily Rate Trend in Glasgow

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

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

Power BI
Daily Rate Histogram in Glasgow

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Power BI in Glasgow over the 6 months to 30 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Power BI in Glasgow

Power BI
Hourly Rate Trend in Glasgow

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

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

Power BI
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Glasgow 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 4 (15.38%) Apache
1 4 (15.38%) Apache Airflow
1 4 (15.38%) Apache Spark
2 1 (3.85%) Confluence
2 1 (3.85%) SharePoint
Applications
1 10 (38.46%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (3.85%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (11.54%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 26 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 4 (15.38%) Snowflake
3 3 (11.54%) Azure
4 1 (3.85%) Azure Data Factory
4 1 (3.85%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 1 (3.85%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Purview
4 1 (3.85%) Power Automate
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (38.46%) Data Warehouse
2 9 (34.62%) Tableau
3 5 (19.23%) Power Query
4 4 (15.38%) Big Data
4 4 (15.38%) Hadoop
5 2 (7.69%) Oracle Reports
5 2 (7.69%) QlikView
6 1 (3.85%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
6 1 (3.85%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (3.85%) Data Lake
6 1 (3.85%) Metadata
6 1 (3.85%) SQL Server
6 1 (3.85%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 4 (15.38%) Git
2 2 (7.69%) JIRA
General
1 16 (61.54%) Finance
2 15 (57.69%) Social Skills
3 11 (42.31%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (26.92%) Public Sector
5 3 (11.54%) Banking
5 3 (11.54%) Influencing Skills
5 3 (11.54%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (7.69%) Investment Banking
6 2 (7.69%) Legal
6 2 (7.69%) Retail
7 1 (3.85%) Billing
7 1 (3.85%) French Language
7 1 (3.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 8 (30.77%) Analyst
2 4 (15.38%) Data Engineer
2 4 (15.38%) Python Data Engineer
2 4 (15.38%) Python Engineer
3 3 (11.54%) Business Intelligence Analyst
3 3 (11.54%) Data Analyst
3 3 (11.54%) HR Analyst
3 3 (11.54%) HR Data Analyst
3 3 (11.54%) Lead
3 3 (11.54%) Oracle Analyst
3 3 (11.54%) Oracle HRMS Analyst
3 3 (11.54%) Power BI Analyst
4 2 (7.69%) Architect
4 2 (7.69%) Business Analyst
4 2 (7.69%) Business Intelligence Developer
4 2 (7.69%) Data Architect
4 2 (7.69%) Data Scientist
4 2 (7.69%) Developer
4 2 (7.69%) Power BI Developer
5 1 (3.85%) Data Visualisation Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (19.23%) REST
2 4 (15.38%) RESTful
3 3 (11.54%) Oracle Fusion
4 1 (3.85%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 4 (15.38%) Analytical Mindset
2 2 (7.69%) FMCG
2 2 (7.69%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (3.85%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 4 (15.38%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (96.15%) Business Intelligence
2 10 (38.46%) Data Analysis
3 9 (34.62%) Data Modelling
3 9 (34.62%) Visualisation
4 8 (30.77%) Problem-Solving
5 7 (26.92%) Analytics
6 6 (23.08%) Actionable Insight
6 6 (23.08%) API Integration
6 6 (23.08%) Decision-Making
6 6 (23.08%) ETL
7 5 (19.23%) Agile
7 5 (19.23%) Data Integration
7 5 (19.23%) Data Visualisation
7 5 (19.23%) Migration
7 5 (19.23%) Service Delivery
7 5 (19.23%) Sprint Planning
8 4 (15.38%) Dashboard Development
8 4 (15.38%) Data Governance
8 4 (15.38%) Performance Tuning
8 4 (15.38%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 8 (30.77%) Python
2 7 (26.92%) SQL
3 5 (19.23%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 2 (7.69%) R
Qualifications
1 4 (15.38%) Degree
2 2 (7.69%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (7.69%) SC Cleared
2 2 (7.69%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (26.92%) GDPR
2 4 (15.38%) Data Quality
3 1 (3.85%) Disclosure Scotland
3 1 (3.85%) PMO
3 1 (3.85%) QA
System Software
1 1 (3.85%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 4 (15.38%) Databricks
1 4 (15.38%) ServiceNow
2 3 (11.54%) Microsoft
2 3 (11.54%) Oracle
3 2 (7.69%) MobileIron