Power BI Contract Job Trends in Scotland

Microsoft Power BI
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring Power BI skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 46 63 57
Rank change year-on-year +17 -6 +36
Contract jobs citing Power BI 67 56 83
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 4.03% 3.38% 3.62%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 21.27% 16.18% 20.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 33 58
10th Percentile £320 £287 £301
25th Percentile £323 £363 £366
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £425 £466
Median % change year-on-year - -8.80% -1.89%
75th Percentile £539 £476 £525
90th Percentile £590 £520 £663
UK median daily rate £490 £475 £492
% change year-on-year +3.16% -3.36% -1.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 2
10th Percentile £11.42 £25.36 £24.60
25th Percentile £11.66 £25.52 £29.04
Median hourly rate £12.20 £26.93 £37.07
Median % change year-on-year -54.69% -27.37% -
75th Percentile £12.61 £28.22 £45.72
90th Percentile £12.79 £28.32 £50.54
UK median hourly rate £25.42 £28.84 £23.22
% change year-on-year -11.86% +24.21% -58.84%

All Database & BI Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 315 346 402
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 18.93% 20.91% 17.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 180 230 289
10th Percentile £313 £300 £325
25th Percentile £361 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £460 £480
Median % change year-on-year -4.89% -4.17% -1.84%
75th Percentile £538 £538 £575
90th Percentile £603 £589 £663
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 3 3
10th Percentile £19.53 £20.72 £18.93
25th Percentile £39.69 £22.42 £19.95
Median hourly rate £50.00 £26.50 £21.64
Median % change year-on-year +88.68% +22.46% -38.17%
75th Percentile £54.69 £28.07 £37.70
90th Percentile £64.00 £28.25 £47.33
UK median hourly rate £51.00 £32.23 £40.00
% change year-on-year +58.26% -19.44% -33.33%

Power BI
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Power BI job vacancy trend in Scotland

Power BI
Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

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

Power BI
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Power BI in Scotland over the 6 months to 3 April 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Power BI in Scotland

Power BI
Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

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

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

Power BI
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

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 Scotland region over the 6 months to 3 April 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
Edinburgh +10 32 £495 -1.00% 9
Glasgow +15 29 £388 -4.91% 10
Renfrewshire - 2 - - 1
West Lothian - 1 - -
Highlands - 1 £350 - 1
Perth and Kinross - 1 £375 -
Power BI
UK

Power BI
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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 10 (14.93%) SharePoint
2 7 (10.45%) SharePoint Server
3 4 (5.97%) Apache Airflow
4 3 (4.48%) Apache
4 3 (4.48%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 21 (31.34%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (5.97%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (2.99%) MS Visio
4 1 (1.49%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 12 (17.91%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (2.99%) IntelliMatch
2 2 (2.99%) iTrent
2 2 (2.99%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (1.49%) Infor M3
3 1 (1.49%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (1.49%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (1.49%) Sonata
Cloud Services
1 67 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 28 (41.79%) Power Automate
3 21 (31.34%) Azure
3 21 (31.34%) PowerApps
4 15 (22.39%) Dynamics 365
5 11 (16.42%) Microsoft 365
6 10 (14.93%) Snowflake
7 9 (13.43%) Azure DevOps
8 7 (10.45%) Entra ID
9 3 (4.48%) Microsoft Purview
10 2 (2.99%) AWS
10 2 (2.99%) Azure Data Factory
10 2 (2.99%) Azure Functions
10 2 (2.99%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 2 (2.99%) GCP
10 2 (2.99%) Microsoft Copilot
10 2 (2.99%) Serverless
11 1 (1.49%) Boomi
11 1 (1.49%) dbt
11 1 (1.49%) Matillion
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.49%) Internet
1 1 (1.49%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (13.43%) Tableau
2 6 (8.96%) Data Warehouse
3 5 (7.46%) SQL Server
4 4 (5.97%) Big Data
4 4 (5.97%) Metadata
5 3 (4.48%) BusinessObjects
5 3 (4.48%) Data Lake
5 3 (4.48%) Hadoop
5 3 (4.48%) Power Query
6 2 (2.99%) Azure SQL Database
6 2 (2.99%) QlikView
6 2 (2.99%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (1.49%) BusinessObjects XI
7 1 (1.49%) Geospatial Data
7 1 (1.49%) MySQL
7 1 (1.49%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (1.49%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 4 (5.97%) Git
1 4 (5.97%) JIRA
General
1 23 (34.33%) Social Skills
2 22 (32.84%) Public Sector
3 19 (28.36%) Finance
4 11 (16.42%) Documentation Skills
5 10 (14.93%) Analytical Skills
6 8 (11.94%) Banking
7 2 (2.99%) Investment Banking
7 2 (2.99%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (2.99%) Retail Banking
8 1 (1.49%) Billing
8 1 (1.49%) Front Office
8 1 (1.49%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.49%) Marketing
8 1 (1.49%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (1.49%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 23 (34.33%) Analyst
2 20 (29.85%) Developer
3 10 (14.93%) Data Analyst
3 10 (14.93%) Power Platform Developer
4 9 (13.43%) Report Analyst
5 8 (11.94%) Business Analyst
6 7 (10.45%) Cybersecurity Analyst
6 7 (10.45%) Security Analyst
6 7 (10.45%) SharePoint Developer
7 5 (7.46%) Data Engineer
8 4 (5.97%) Consultant
8 4 (5.97%) Dynamics 365 Developer
9 2 (2.99%) Architect
9 2 (2.99%) Business Intelligence Developer
9 2 (2.99%) Data Architect
9 2 (2.99%) Document Controller
9 2 (2.99%) HR Specialist
9 2 (2.99%) Power Platform Consultant
9 2 (2.99%) Project Manager
9 2 (2.99%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (20.90%) REST
2 8 (11.94%) CSS
2 8 (11.94%) HTML
3 7 (10.45%) React
3 7 (10.45%) SPFx
4 3 (4.48%) .NET
5 2 (2.99%) JSON
5 2 (2.99%) SOAP
6 1 (1.49%) Kafka
6 1 (1.49%) NumPy
6 1 (1.49%) Pandas
6 1 (1.49%) PySpark
6 1 (1.49%) WCF
6 1 (1.49%) WinForms
6 1 (1.49%) WPF
6 1 (1.49%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (7.46%) Data Structures
2 3 (4.48%) Onboarding
3 2 (2.99%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (2.99%) Low-Code
4 1 (1.49%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (1.49%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (1.49%) Derivative
4 1 (1.49%) Freedom of Information
4 1 (1.49%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.49%) Manufacturing Execution System
4 1 (1.49%) Product Ownership
4 1 (1.49%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 4 (5.97%) Linux
2 1 (1.49%) Unix
2 1 (1.49%) Windows
2 1 (1.49%) Windows Server
2 1 (1.49%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (92.54%) Business Intelligence
2 22 (32.84%) Agile
3 18 (26.87%) Analytics
3 18 (26.87%) Problem-Solving
4 14 (20.90%) CI/CD
5 12 (17.91%) CRM
6 11 (16.42%) Migration
7 10 (14.93%) Data Modelling
7 10 (14.93%) Visualisation
8 9 (13.43%) Data Analysis
8 9 (13.43%) DevOps
8 9 (13.43%) ETL
9 8 (11.94%) Data Governance
9 8 (11.94%) Data Integration
10 7 (10.45%) Cybersecurity
10 7 (10.45%) Data Pipeline
10 7 (10.45%) Decision-Making
10 7 (10.45%) Document Management
11 6 (8.96%) Business Analysis
11 6 (8.96%) Performance Tuning
Programming Languages
1 23 (34.33%) SQL
2 19 (28.36%) JavaScript
3 13 (19.40%) C#
4 10 (14.93%) PowerShell
5 9 (13.43%) Python
5 9 (13.43%) TypeScript
6 4 (5.97%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 1 (1.49%) T-SQL
7 1 (1.49%) VBA
Qualifications
1 9 (13.43%) BPSS Clearance
2 3 (4.48%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (2.99%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (1.49%) CCAB
4 1 (1.49%) Degree
4 1 (1.49%) FFIEC
4 1 (1.49%) Security Cleared
4 1 (1.49%) SnowPro
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (13.43%) Data Quality
2 5 (7.46%) QA
3 4 (5.97%) Disclosure Scotland
3 4 (5.97%) GDPR
4 3 (4.48%) Accessibility
5 2 (2.99%) ISO 20022
5 2 (2.99%) ISO 8583
5 2 (2.99%) PMO
5 2 (2.99%) SLA
5 2 (2.99%) WCAG
6 1 (1.49%) Basel III
System Software
1 3 (4.48%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (1.49%) Grafana
Vendors
1 27 (40.30%) Microsoft
2 5 (7.46%) Oracle
3 4 (5.97%) Databricks
3 4 (5.97%) SAP
4 3 (4.48%) Alteryx
5 2 (2.99%) FIS
5 2 (2.99%) Fiserv
5 2 (2.99%) ServiceNow
5 2 (2.99%) SmartStream
6 1 (1.49%) Ariba
6 1 (1.49%) CA Agile Central
6 1 (1.49%) Infor
6 1 (1.49%) MuleSoft
6 1 (1.49%) Salesforce