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 10 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 56 65 65
Rank change year-on-year +9 0 +23
Contract jobs citing Power BI 54 57 78
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 3.50% 3.52% 3.28%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 17.25% 17.65% 18.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 25 57
10th Percentile £285 £328 £313
25th Percentile £400 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £390 £475
Median % change year-on-year +28.21% -17.89% +7.95%
75th Percentile £550 £475 £550
90th Percentile £641 £500 £663
UK median daily rate £480 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -4.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 2
10th Percentile - £25.36 £24.60
25th Percentile £11.25 £25.52 £29.04
Median hourly rate £11.50 £26.93 £37.07
Median % change year-on-year -57.29% -27.37% +48.28%
75th Percentile £11.75 £28.22 £45.72
90th Percentile - £28.32 £50.54
UK median hourly rate £22.00 £28.00 £23.82
% change year-on-year -21.43% +17.54% -59.45%

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 313 323 432
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 20.26% 19.96% 18.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 186 206 310
10th Percentile £313 £349 £392
25th Percentile £400 £397 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £465 £482
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% -3.43% -1.53%
75th Percentile £550 £534 £575
90th Percentile £675 £634 £663
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 3 3
10th Percentile £27.88 £20.72 £18.93
25th Percentile £46.25 £22.42 £19.95
Median hourly rate £53.75 £26.50 £21.64
Median % change year-on-year +102.83% +22.46% -0.51%
75th Percentile £64.00 £28.07 £37.70
90th Percentile £65.50 £28.25 £47.33
UK median hourly rate £53.25 £38.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year +38.31% -9.41% -25.26%

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 10 February 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 10 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
Edinburgh +13 29 £500 +33.33% 10
Glasgow -7 21 £500 +26.58% 14
Renfrewshire - 1 - - 1
Perth and Kinross - 1 £375 - 4
West Lothian - 1 - -
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UK

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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 6 (11.11%) Apache Airflow
2 5 (9.26%) Apache
2 5 (9.26%) Apache Spark
3 2 (3.70%) SharePoint
Applications
1 20 (37.04%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (5.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (3.70%) MS Visio
3 2 (3.70%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 10 (18.52%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.85%) Infor M3
2 1 (1.85%) Oracle Payables
2 1 (1.85%) Oracle Receivables
2 1 (1.85%) Sonata
Cloud Services
1 54 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 20 (37.04%) Power Automate
3 16 (29.63%) Azure
4 13 (24.07%) Dynamics 365
4 13 (24.07%) PowerApps
5 9 (16.67%) Azure DevOps
5 9 (16.67%) Snowflake
6 3 (5.56%) AWS
6 3 (5.56%) Azure Data Factory
6 3 (5.56%) GCP
6 3 (5.56%) Microsoft 365
7 2 (3.70%) Azure Functions
7 2 (3.70%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 2 (3.70%) Microsoft Purview
7 2 (3.70%) Serverless
8 1 (1.85%) Boomi
8 1 (1.85%) dbt
8 1 (1.85%) Matillion
8 1 (1.85%) Microsoft Copilot
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (20.37%) Data Warehouse
2 6 (11.11%) Tableau
3 5 (9.26%) Big Data
3 5 (9.26%) Hadoop
4 4 (7.41%) Metadata
4 4 (7.41%) SQL Server
5 3 (5.56%) Data Lake
6 2 (3.70%) Azure SQL Database
6 2 (3.70%) QlikView
6 2 (3.70%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (1.85%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
7 1 (1.85%) BusinessObjects
7 1 (1.85%) BusinessObjects XI
7 1 (1.85%) NoSQL
7 1 (1.85%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 6 (11.11%) Git
2 4 (7.41%) JIRA
General
1 21 (38.89%) Social Skills
2 17 (31.48%) Finance
2 17 (31.48%) Public Sector
3 6 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (11.11%) Banking
4 2 (3.70%) Investment Banking
4 2 (3.70%) Retail Banking
5 1 (1.85%) Billing
5 1 (1.85%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (1.85%) French Language
5 1 (1.85%) Front Office
5 1 (1.85%) Legal
5 1 (1.85%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (1.85%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (1.85%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 17 (31.48%) Analyst
2 10 (18.52%) Developer
3 9 (16.67%) Power Platform Developer
4 7 (12.96%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 7 (12.96%) Data Analyst
4 7 (12.96%) Report Analyst
4 7 (12.96%) Security Analyst
5 6 (11.11%) Data Engineer
6 5 (9.26%) Business Analyst
6 5 (9.26%) Lead
7 4 (7.41%) Consultant
7 4 (7.41%) Dynamics 365 Developer
8 3 (5.56%) Project Manager
9 2 (3.70%) Architect
9 2 (3.70%) Data Architect
9 2 (3.70%) Data Migration Manager
9 2 (3.70%) Migration Project Manager
9 2 (3.70%) Solutions Architect
9 2 (3.70%) Team Leader
9 2 (3.70%) Web Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (16.67%) REST
2 2 (3.70%) .NET
2 2 (3.70%) JSON
2 2 (3.70%) RESTful
2 2 (3.70%) SOAP
3 1 (1.85%) CSS
3 1 (1.85%) HTML
3 1 (1.85%) NumPy
3 1 (1.85%) Pandas
3 1 (1.85%) PySpark
3 1 (1.85%) Streamlit
3 1 (1.85%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (3.70%) Data Structures
1 2 (3.70%) Low-Code
1 2 (3.70%) Onboarding
2 1 (1.85%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (1.85%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (1.85%) Derivative
2 1 (1.85%) Product Ownership
2 1 (1.85%) Replication
2 1 (1.85%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 5 (9.26%) Linux
2 1 (1.85%) Windows
2 1 (1.85%) Windows Server
2 1 (1.85%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (96.30%) Business Intelligence
2 18 (33.33%) Agile
3 17 (31.48%) Problem-Solving
4 15 (27.78%) Analytics
5 11 (20.37%) Data Governance
5 11 (20.37%) ETL
6 10 (18.52%) CRM
6 10 (18.52%) Data Modelling
6 10 (18.52%) Migration
7 9 (16.67%) Data Integration
7 9 (16.67%) DevOps
8 8 (14.81%) Cybersecurity
8 8 (14.81%) Visualisation
9 7 (12.96%) Performance Tuning
10 6 (11.11%) API Integration
10 6 (11.11%) CI/CD
10 6 (11.11%) Data Analysis
10 6 (11.11%) Decision-Making
11 5 (9.26%) Stakeholder Management
11 5 (9.26%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 17 (31.48%) SQL
2 11 (20.37%) C#
2 11 (20.37%) JavaScript
3 9 (16.67%) PowerShell
4 8 (14.81%) Python
5 3 (5.56%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 2 (3.70%) TypeScript
7 1 (1.85%) VBA
Qualifications
1 2 (3.70%) BPSS Clearance
1 2 (3.70%) Degree
1 2 (3.70%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (1.85%) FFIEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (14.81%) Data Quality
2 5 (9.26%) Disclosure Scotland
2 5 (9.26%) GDPR
3 3 (5.56%) PMO
3 3 (5.56%) QA
4 2 (3.70%) Accessibility
4 2 (3.70%) WCAG
5 1 (1.85%) Basel III
System Software
1 2 (3.70%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 20 (37.04%) Microsoft
2 6 (11.11%) Databricks
3 3 (5.56%) ServiceNow
4 2 (3.70%) MobileIron
4 2 (3.70%) Oracle
5 1 (1.85%) Alteryx
5 1 (1.85%) Ariba
5 1 (1.85%) CA Agile Central
5 1 (1.85%) Infor
5 1 (1.85%) Informatica
5 1 (1.85%) MuleSoft
5 1 (1.85%) Salesforce
5 1 (1.85%) SAP
5 1 (1.85%) Talend