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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 70 67 78
Rank change year-on-year -3 +11 +7
Contract jobs citing Power BI 47 51 69
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 2.94% 2.73% 2.82%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 12.34% 17.23% 15.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 27 52
10th Percentile £271 £123 £327
25th Percentile £391 £369 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% - -
75th Percentile £525 £550 £553
90th Percentile - £643 £649
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -

All Database and Business Intelligence 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 381 296 434
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 23.83% 15.82% 17.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 210 194 327
10th Percentile £313 £333 £393
25th Percentile £414 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £494 £461 £480
Median % change year-on-year +6.99% -3.91% -2.04%
75th Percentile £538 £537 £543
90th Percentile £625 £646 £638
UK median daily rate £500 £533 £545
% change year-on-year -6.19% -2.20% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 3
10th Percentile - £17.45 £29.14
25th Percentile £52.50 £18.26 £41.53
Median hourly rate £55.00 £19.59 £64.38
Median % change year-on-year +180.76% -69.57% +179.89%
75th Percentile £57.50 - £67.66
90th Percentile - - £68.31
UK median hourly rate £43.50 £35.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year +24.29% -36.36% +22.22%

Power BI
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing Power BI as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Power BI 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 18 September 2025.

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 18 September 2025. 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
Glasgow -12 27 £500 +12.36% 13
Edinburgh +2 19 £450 - 13
Aberdeen +1 1 £350 - 4
Power BI
UK

Power BI
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 7 (14.89%) SharePoint
2 4 (8.51%) Apache
2 4 (8.51%) Apache Airflow
2 4 (8.51%) Apache Spark
2 4 (8.51%) Confluence
Applications
1 14 (29.79%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (8.51%) MS Visio
3 3 (6.38%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (2.13%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (2.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (2.13%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (8.51%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (6.38%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (2.13%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 47 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 6 (12.77%) Azure
2 6 (12.77%) Power Automate
3 5 (10.64%) Dynamics 365
3 5 (10.64%) PowerApps
3 5 (10.64%) Snowflake
4 2 (4.26%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (4.26%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 1 (2.13%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (2.13%) Microsoft Copilot
5 1 (2.13%) Microsoft Purview
5 1 (2.13%) OCI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (27.66%) Data Warehouse
2 9 (19.15%) Tableau
3 5 (10.64%) Power Query
4 4 (8.51%) Big Data
4 4 (8.51%) Hadoop
5 3 (6.38%) Oracle Reports
6 2 (4.26%) QlikView
7 1 (2.13%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
7 1 (2.13%) Oracle BI Publisher
Development Applications
1 5 (10.64%) Git
1 5 (10.64%) JIRA
General
1 28 (59.57%) Social Skills
2 25 (53.19%) Finance
3 15 (31.91%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (23.40%) Public Sector
5 8 (17.02%) Banking
6 5 (10.64%) Influencing Skills
7 4 (8.51%) Presentation Skills
8 3 (6.38%) Investment Banking
9 2 (4.26%) Retail
10 1 (2.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (2.13%) Legal
Job Titles
1 14 (29.79%) Analyst
2 7 (14.89%) Data Analyst
3 5 (10.64%) Data Engineer
4 4 (8.51%) Architect
4 4 (8.51%) Business Intelligence Analyst
4 4 (8.51%) Data Architect
4 4 (8.51%) Lead
4 4 (8.51%) Power BI Analyst
4 4 (8.51%) Python Data Engineer
4 4 (8.51%) Python Engineer
5 3 (6.38%) Developer
5 3 (6.38%) HR Analyst
5 3 (6.38%) HR Data Analyst
5 3 (6.38%) Oracle Analyst
5 3 (6.38%) Oracle HRMS Analyst
5 3 (6.38%) Project Manager
6 2 (4.26%) Cybersecurity Analyst
6 2 (4.26%) Power BI Developer
6 2 (4.26%) Re-Platforming Analyst
6 2 (4.26%) Vulnerability Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (10.64%) REST
2 4 (8.51%) Oracle Fusion
2 4 (8.51%) RESTful
3 1 (2.13%) SOAP
3 1 (2.13%) Streamlit
Miscellaneous
1 4 (8.51%) Analytical Mindset
2 3 (6.38%) Legacy Systems
2 3 (6.38%) Management Information System
3 2 (4.26%) Cloud Native
3 2 (4.26%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (4.26%) FMCG
3 2 (4.26%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (2.13%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (2.13%) Low-Code
4 1 (2.13%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 5 (10.64%) Linux
2 1 (2.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (2.13%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (93.62%) Business Intelligence
2 15 (31.91%) Data Analysis
3 14 (29.79%) Agile
3 14 (29.79%) Problem-Solving
3 14 (29.79%) Visualisation
4 13 (27.66%) Data Modelling
5 10 (21.28%) Analytics
6 9 (19.15%) Decision-Making
6 9 (19.15%) Migration
7 8 (17.02%) Data Visualisation
8 7 (14.89%) Dashboard Development
8 7 (14.89%) Data Integration
8 7 (14.89%) ETL
8 7 (14.89%) Performance Monitoring
9 6 (12.77%) Actionable Insight
9 6 (12.77%) Data Governance
9 6 (12.77%) DevOps
9 6 (12.77%) Service Delivery
10 5 (10.64%) Stakeholder Management
10 5 (10.64%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 11 (23.40%) Python
2 9 (19.15%) SQL
3 6 (12.77%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 4 (8.51%) C#
4 4 (8.51%) JavaScript
4 4 (8.51%) PowerShell
5 2 (4.26%) R
Qualifications
1 9 (19.15%) Degree
2 3 (6.38%) Security Cleared
3 2 (4.26%) CISM
3 2 (4.26%) CISSP
3 2 (4.26%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (4.26%) SC Cleared
4 1 (2.13%) ISACA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (17.02%) Disclosure Scotland
2 6 (12.77%) GDPR
3 5 (10.64%) Data Quality
4 3 (6.38%) PMO
4 3 (6.38%) QA
5 1 (2.13%) P3O
System Software
1 1 (2.13%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 16 (34.04%) Microsoft
2 5 (10.64%) Databricks
3 4 (8.51%) Oracle
3 4 (8.51%) ServiceNow
4 2 (4.26%) MobileIron
4 2 (4.26%) Qualys
5 1 (2.13%) Pega