Power Platform Contract Job Trends in the Highlands

Microsoft Power Platform
Scotland > Highlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Highlands requiring Power Platform skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 5 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Power Platform 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the Highlands 10.00% - -
As % of the Cloud Services category 100.00% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £413 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 - -
75th Percentile £438 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median daily rate £488 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +8.33% -10.00% +11.11%

All Cloud Computing Skills
Highlands

Power Platform falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring cloud computing skills in the Highlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 1 1 3
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Highlands 10.00% 14.29% 18.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £413 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £250 -
Median % change year-on-year +70.00% - -
75th Percentile £438 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median daily rate £500 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% +5.26%

Power Platform
Job Vacancy Trend in the Highlands

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

Power Platform job vacancy trend in the Highlands

Power Platform
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 Platform within the Highlands region over the 6 months to 19 January 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 £425 - 1
Power Platform
Scotland

Power Platform
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%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Sentinel
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Project Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Hybrid Cloud
1 1 (100.00%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Data Extraction
1 1 (100.00%) Email Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Project Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) PMO
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft