Power BI Contract Job Trends in the Highlands

Microsoft Power BI
Scotland > Highlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Highlands requiring Power BI skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Power BI 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the Highlands 9.09% - -
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 100.00% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £325 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 - -
75th Percentile £375 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median daily rate £450 £413 £475
% change year-on-year +9.09% -13.16% +5.56%

All Database & BI Skills
Highlands

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 the Highlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 1 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Highlands 9.09% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £325 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 - -
75th Percentile £375 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median daily rate £450 £460 £484
% change year-on-year -2.17% -4.86% -1.58%

Power BI
Job Vacancy Trend in the Highlands

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

Power BI job vacancy trend in the Highlands

Power BI
Contract Job Locations in the Highlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Power BI within the Highlands region over the 6 months to 28 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Inverness - 1 £350 - 1
Power BI
Scotland

Power BI
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Highlands 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
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Business Data Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft