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

6 months to
3 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 55 59 61
Rank change year-on-year +4 +2 +23
Contract jobs citing Power BI 56 64 78
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 3.50% 3.80% 3.34%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 18.06% 17.88% 18.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 35 57
10th Percentile £305 £287 £298
25th Percentile £358 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £425 £467
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -8.99% +3.78%
75th Percentile £540 £482 £538
90th Percentile £597 £515 £663
UK median daily rate £475 £496 £475
% change year-on-year -4.26% +4.45% -5.00%
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 £24.22 £27.43 £23.22
% change year-on-year -11.68% +18.13% -59.63%

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 310 358 415
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 19.39% 21.27% 17.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 189 241 292
10th Percentile £313 £300 £351
25th Percentile £363 £390 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £447 £460 £485
Median % change year-on-year -2.83% -5.15% -0.51%
75th Percentile £540 £538 £575
90th Percentile £635 £613 £663
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 4 3
10th Percentile £35.00 - £18.93
25th Percentile - £19.59 £19.95
Median hourly rate £50.00 £23.05 £21.64
Median % change year-on-year +116.97% +6.49% -27.87%
75th Percentile £59.50 £27.91 £37.70
90th Percentile £64.00 £28.19 £47.33
UK median hourly rate £52.50 £32.81 £42.50
% change year-on-year +60.01% -22.80% -22.73%

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 March 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 March 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 +7 27 £525 +5.00% 11
Glasgow -1 24 £431 +7.81% 10
West Lothian - 1 - -
Renfrewshire - 1 - - 1
Highlands - 1 £350 - 2
Perth and Kinross - 1 £375 -
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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 4 (7.14%) Apache Airflow
1 4 (7.14%) SharePoint
2 3 (5.36%) Apache
2 3 (5.36%) Apache Spark
3 2 (3.57%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 20 (35.71%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (5.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (3.57%) MS Visio
4 1 (1.79%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 11 (19.64%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (3.57%) IntelliMatch
2 2 (3.57%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (1.79%) Infor M3
3 1 (1.79%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (1.79%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (1.79%) Sonata
Cloud Services
1 56 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 22 (39.29%) Power Automate
3 18 (32.14%) Azure
4 15 (26.79%) PowerApps
5 13 (23.21%) Dynamics 365
6 9 (16.07%) Azure DevOps
7 6 (10.71%) Microsoft 365
7 6 (10.71%) Snowflake
8 3 (5.36%) AWS
8 3 (5.36%) Azure Data Factory
8 3 (5.36%) GCP
8 3 (5.36%) Microsoft Purview
9 2 (3.57%) Azure Functions
9 2 (3.57%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 2 (3.57%) Entra ID
9 2 (3.57%) Microsoft Copilot
9 2 (3.57%) Serverless
10 1 (1.79%) Boomi
10 1 (1.79%) dbt
10 1 (1.79%) Matillion
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (14.29%) Data Warehouse
1 8 (14.29%) Tableau
2 4 (7.14%) Metadata
2 4 (7.14%) SQL Server
3 3 (5.36%) Big Data
3 3 (5.36%) Data Lake
3 3 (5.36%) Hadoop
4 2 (3.57%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (3.57%) QlikView
4 2 (3.57%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (1.79%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
5 1 (1.79%) BusinessObjects
5 1 (1.79%) BusinessObjects XI
5 1 (1.79%) NoSQL
5 1 (1.79%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 4 (7.14%) JIRA
2 3 (5.36%) Git
General
1 21 (37.50%) Social Skills
2 18 (32.14%) Public Sector
3 16 (28.57%) Finance
4 8 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (14.29%) Banking
5 5 (8.93%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (3.57%) Investment Banking
6 2 (3.57%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (3.57%) Retail Banking
7 1 (1.79%) Billing
7 1 (1.79%) French Language
7 1 (1.79%) Front Office
7 1 (1.79%) Legal
7 1 (1.79%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.79%) Marketing
7 1 (1.79%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.79%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 20 (35.71%) Analyst
2 13 (23.21%) Developer
3 9 (16.07%) Power Platform Developer
4 8 (14.29%) Business Analyst
5 7 (12.50%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 7 (12.50%) Data Analyst
5 7 (12.50%) Report Analyst
5 7 (12.50%) Security Analyst
6 4 (7.14%) Consultant
6 4 (7.14%) Data Engineer
6 4 (7.14%) Dynamics 365 Developer
7 3 (5.36%) Lead
7 3 (5.36%) Project Manager
8 2 (3.57%) Architect
8 2 (3.57%) Data Architect
8 2 (3.57%) Data Business Analyst
8 2 (3.57%) Data Migration Manager
8 2 (3.57%) Data Migration Project Manager
8 2 (3.57%) Migration Manager
8 2 (3.57%) Power Platform Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (16.07%) REST
2 3 (5.36%) .NET
2 3 (5.36%) CSS
2 3 (5.36%) HTML
3 2 (3.57%) JSON
3 2 (3.57%) React
3 2 (3.57%) SOAP
3 2 (3.57%) SPFx
4 1 (1.79%) NumPy
4 1 (1.79%) Pandas
4 1 (1.79%) PySpark
4 1 (1.79%) WCF
4 1 (1.79%) WinForms
4 1 (1.79%) WPF
4 1 (1.79%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (3.57%) Data Structures
1 2 (3.57%) Low-Code
1 2 (3.57%) Onboarding
2 1 (1.79%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (1.79%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (1.79%) Derivative
2 1 (1.79%) Manufacturing Execution System
2 1 (1.79%) Product Ownership
2 1 (1.79%) Replication
2 1 (1.79%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 3 (5.36%) Linux
2 1 (1.79%) Windows
2 1 (1.79%) Windows Server
2 1 (1.79%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (92.86%) Business Intelligence
2 19 (33.93%) Agile
2 19 (33.93%) Problem-Solving
3 16 (28.57%) Analytics
4 13 (23.21%) Migration
5 11 (19.64%) CRM
5 11 (19.64%) Data Governance
6 9 (16.07%) DevOps
6 9 (16.07%) ETL
7 8 (14.29%) CI/CD
7 8 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
7 8 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
7 8 (14.29%) Visualisation
8 7 (12.50%) Data Analysis
8 7 (12.50%) Data Integration
8 7 (12.50%) Data Modelling
9 6 (10.71%) Business Analysis
9 6 (10.71%) Data Pipeline
9 6 (10.71%) Decision-Making
10 5 (8.93%) Performance Tuning
Programming Languages
1 19 (33.93%) SQL
2 13 (23.21%) JavaScript
3 12 (21.43%) C#
4 9 (16.07%) PowerShell
5 7 (12.50%) Python
6 4 (7.14%) TypeScript
7 2 (3.57%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (1.79%) VBA
Qualifications
1 4 (7.14%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (3.57%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (1.79%) Degree
3 1 (1.79%) FFIEC
3 1 (1.79%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (1.79%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (14.29%) Data Quality
2 5 (8.93%) GDPR
3 3 (5.36%) Disclosure Scotland
3 3 (5.36%) QA
4 2 (3.57%) Accessibility
4 2 (3.57%) ISO 20022
4 2 (3.57%) ISO 8583
4 2 (3.57%) PMO
4 2 (3.57%) SLA
4 2 (3.57%) WCAG
5 1 (1.79%) Basel III
System Software
1 3 (5.36%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 24 (42.86%) Microsoft
2 4 (7.14%) Databricks
2 4 (7.14%) Oracle
3 3 (5.36%) Alteryx
4 2 (3.57%) FIS
4 2 (3.57%) Fiserv
4 2 (3.57%) MobileIron
4 2 (3.57%) SAP
4 2 (3.57%) SmartStream
5 1 (1.79%) Ariba
5 1 (1.79%) CA Agile Central
5 1 (1.79%) Infor
5 1 (1.79%) Informatica
5 1 (1.79%) MuleSoft
5 1 (1.79%) Salesforce
5 1 (1.79%) ServiceNow
5 1 (1.79%) Talend