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 4 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 68 67 71
Rank change year-on-year -1 +4 +16
Contract jobs citing Power BI 47 53 73
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 2.93% 2.99% 3.07%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 13.09% 17.91% 17.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 24 51
10th Percentile £295 £254 £325
25th Percentile £406 £375 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £467
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -3.64% +3.78%
75th Percentile £525 £513 £574
90th Percentile £555 £619 £650
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 359 296 409
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 22.35% 16.70% 17.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 209 185 289
10th Percentile £313 £328 £375
25th Percentile £408 £391 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £488
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -7.69% -0.51%
75th Percentile £538 £513 £550
90th Percentile £630 £625 £638
UK median daily rate £500 £530 £534
% change year-on-year -5.66% -0.75% -2.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 4 1
10th Percentile - £17.72 -
25th Percentile £52.50 £18.92 £18.25
Median hourly rate £55.00 £19.59 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year +180.76% +0.46% -7.14%
75th Percentile £57.50 - £20.75
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £43.50 £31.55 £47.50
% change year-on-year +37.90% -33.59% -5.00%

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 4 November 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 4 November 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 -7 26 £500 +22.70% 15
Edinburgh +6 20 £456 -13.10% 10
Aberdeen -4 1 £350 - 4
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 5 (10.64%) SharePoint
2 4 (8.51%) Apache
2 4 (8.51%) Apache Airflow
2 4 (8.51%) Apache Spark
3 1 (2.13%) Confluence
Applications
1 12 (25.53%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (4.26%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (2.13%) MS Visio
3 1 (2.13%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 9 (19.15%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (6.38%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 47 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 12 (25.53%) Power Automate
3 10 (21.28%) Dynamics 365
3 10 (21.28%) PowerApps
4 8 (17.02%) Azure
5 5 (10.64%) Snowflake
6 3 (6.38%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 2 (4.26%) Azure Data Factory
7 2 (4.26%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (2.13%) AWS
8 1 (2.13%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (2.13%) GCP
8 1 (2.13%) Microsoft 365
8 1 (2.13%) Microsoft Copilot
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (25.53%) 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 2 (4.26%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
5 2 (4.26%) Oracle Reports
5 2 (4.26%) QlikView
6 1 (2.13%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (2.13%) Data Lake
6 1 (2.13%) Metadata
6 1 (2.13%) NoSQL
6 1 (2.13%) SQL Server
6 1 (2.13%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 5 (10.64%) Git
2 2 (4.26%) JIRA
General
1 28 (59.57%) Social Skills
2 20 (42.55%) Finance
3 17 (36.17%) Public Sector
4 13 (27.66%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (8.51%) Banking
5 4 (8.51%) Presentation Skills
6 3 (6.38%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (4.26%) Investment Banking
7 2 (4.26%) Legal
7 2 (4.26%) Retail
8 1 (2.13%) Billing
8 1 (2.13%) French Language
8 1 (2.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 11 (23.40%) Analyst
2 8 (17.02%) Developer
3 6 (12.77%) Power Platform Developer
4 5 (10.64%) Data Analyst
5 4 (8.51%) Architect
5 4 (8.51%) Business Intelligence Analyst
5 4 (8.51%) Data Architect
5 4 (8.51%) Data Engineer
5 4 (8.51%) Lead
5 4 (8.51%) Power BI Analyst
5 4 (8.51%) Python Data Engineer
5 4 (8.51%) Python Engineer
6 3 (6.38%) Business Analyst
6 3 (6.38%) HR Analyst
6 3 (6.38%) HR Data Analyst
6 3 (6.38%) Oracle Analyst
6 3 (6.38%) Oracle HRMS Analyst
7 2 (4.26%) Data Migration Manager
7 2 (4.26%) Migration Project Manager
7 2 (4.26%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (12.77%) REST
2 4 (8.51%) RESTful
3 3 (6.38%) Oracle Fusion
4 2 (4.26%) SOAP
5 1 (2.13%) Streamlit
Miscellaneous
1 4 (8.51%) Analytical Mindset
2 2 (4.26%) Cloud Native
2 2 (4.26%) FMCG
2 2 (4.26%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (2.13%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (2.13%) Low-Code
3 1 (2.13%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.13%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 4 (8.51%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (95.74%) Business Intelligence
2 18 (38.30%) Problem-Solving
3 17 (36.17%) Agile
4 11 (23.40%) Analytics
4 11 (23.40%) Data Analysis
5 10 (21.28%) Data Modelling
5 10 (21.28%) Visualisation
6 9 (19.15%) CRM
7 8 (17.02%) Data Governance
7 8 (17.02%) Decision-Making
7 8 (17.02%) Migration
8 7 (14.89%) Actionable Insight
8 7 (14.89%) ETL
8 7 (14.89%) Performance Monitoring
9 6 (12.77%) API Integration
9 6 (12.77%) Data Integration
9 6 (12.77%) Service Delivery
10 5 (10.64%) Dashboard Development
10 5 (10.64%) Data Engineering
10 5 (10.64%) Sprint Planning
Programming Languages
1 9 (19.15%) C#
1 9 (19.15%) JavaScript
1 9 (19.15%) PowerShell
1 9 (19.15%) Python
1 9 (19.15%) SQL
2 6 (12.77%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 2 (4.26%) R
Qualifications
1 6 (12.77%) Degree
2 3 (6.38%) Security Cleared
3 2 (4.26%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (4.26%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (17.02%) GDPR
2 6 (12.77%) Disclosure Scotland
3 5 (10.64%) Data Quality
4 3 (6.38%) PMO
5 1 (2.13%) P3O
5 1 (2.13%) QA
System Software
1 1 (2.13%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 18 (38.30%) Microsoft
2 5 (10.64%) Databricks
3 4 (8.51%) ServiceNow
4 3 (6.38%) Oracle
5 2 (4.26%) MobileIron
6 1 (2.13%) Informatica
6 1 (2.13%) Talend