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

6 months to
19 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 46 73 63
Rank change year-on-year +27 -10 +12
Contract jobs citing Power BI 107 47 52
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 4.48% 2.95% 2.78%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 27.72% 12.40% 17.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 64 27 27
10th Percentile - £271 £123
25th Percentile £320 £391 £369
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% +11.11% -
75th Percentile £538 £525 £550
90th Percentile £587 - £643
UK median daily rate £488 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +2.63% -5.00% -

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 386 379 305
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 16.14% 23.76% 16.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 220 208 198
10th Percentile £313 £313 £330
25th Percentile £368 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £430 £494 £455
Median % change year-on-year -12.87% +8.46% -5.21%
75th Percentile £509 £538 £537
90th Percentile £588 £625 £661
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £533
% change year-on-year - -6.19% -2.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 4
10th Percentile - - £17.72
25th Percentile £36.25 £52.50 £18.92
Median hourly rate £37.50 £55.00 £19.59
Median % change year-on-year -31.82% +180.76% -69.57%
75th Percentile £38.75 £57.50 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £40.18 £43.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year -7.63% +24.29% -36.36%

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

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Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Power BI in Scotland over the 6 months to 19 September 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 19 September 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
Glasgow +11 57 £425 -15.00% 37
Edinburgh +12 38 £400 -11.11% 20
Aberdeen +2 7 £520 +48.57% 12
Highlands - 4 £786 - 1
Lanarkshire - 1 £625 - 18
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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 19 (17.76%) SharePoint
2 11 (10.28%) SharePoint Server
3 5 (4.67%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.93%) Confluence
Applications
1 19 (17.76%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (5.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (2.80%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (1.87%) Navisworks
4 2 (1.87%) ProjectWise
4 2 (1.87%) Revit
5 1 (0.93%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.93%) Civil 3D
Business Applications
1 6 (5.61%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (3.74%) Primavera
3 2 (1.87%) iTrent
4 1 (0.93%) Integrated Workplace Management System
4 1 (0.93%) Sonata
4 1 (0.93%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 107 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 33 (30.84%) Azure
3 27 (25.23%) Power Automate
4 26 (24.30%) Snowflake
5 23 (21.50%) Microsoft 365
5 23 (21.50%) PowerApps
6 21 (19.63%) Entra ID
7 7 (6.54%) Dynamics 365
8 5 (4.67%) AWS
8 5 (4.67%) Azure DevOps
8 5 (4.67%) Microsoft Purview
8 5 (4.67%) OneDrive
9 3 (2.80%) Microsoft Copilot
10 2 (1.87%) GCP
11 1 (0.93%) Azure Data Factory
11 1 (0.93%) Azure Functions
11 1 (0.93%) Azure Logic Apps
11 1 (0.93%) Google Analytics
11 1 (0.93%) SaaS
11 1 (0.93%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.93%) Internet
1 1 (0.93%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (16.82%) Tableau
2 11 (10.28%) Relational Database
3 10 (9.35%) Big Data
3 10 (9.35%) Metadata
4 9 (8.41%) Data Warehouse
4 9 (8.41%) Power Query
5 8 (7.48%) SQL Server
6 6 (5.61%) Data Lake
6 6 (5.61%) Snowflake Schema
7 5 (4.67%) MySQL
7 5 (4.67%) PostgreSQL
7 5 (4.67%) Semantic Layer
8 2 (1.87%) BusinessObjects
8 2 (1.87%) Star Schema
9 1 (0.93%) Azure SQL Database
9 1 (0.93%) BigQuery
9 1 (0.93%) Data Vault
9 1 (0.93%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
9 1 (0.93%) Metadata Repository
9 1 (0.93%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 12 (11.21%) Git
2 2 (1.87%) JIRA
3 1 (0.93%) ER Studio
3 1 (0.93%) ERwin
3 1 (0.93%) PowerDesigner
General
1 45 (42.06%) Social Skills
2 38 (35.51%) Analytical Skills
3 29 (27.10%) Finance
4 18 (16.82%) Documentation Skills
5 13 (12.15%) Banking
6 10 (9.35%) Investment Banking
7 9 (8.41%) Public Sector
8 5 (4.67%) Presentation Skills
9 4 (3.74%) Manufacturing
10 3 (2.80%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (1.87%) Corporate Banking
11 2 (1.87%) Retail Banking
12 1 (0.93%) Advertising
12 1 (0.93%) Local Government
12 1 (0.93%) Military
12 1 (0.93%) Pharmaceutical
12 1 (0.93%) Retail
Job Titles
1 26 (24.30%) Analyst
2 25 (23.36%) Developer
3 13 (12.15%) Data Engineer
4 12 (11.21%) Senior
5 11 (10.28%) Data Analyst
5 11 (10.28%) Project Manager
5 11 (10.28%) SharePoint Developer
6 8 (7.48%) Consultant
7 7 (6.54%) Data Integration Engineer
7 7 (6.54%) Integration Engineer
7 7 (6.54%) Kafka Engineer
7 7 (6.54%) Python Engineer
7 7 (6.54%) Site Engineer
7 7 (6.54%) Site Reliability Engineer
7 7 (6.54%) Snowflake Engineer
8 5 (4.67%) Microsoft 365 Manager
8 5 (4.67%) Microsoft 365 Project Manager
8 5 (4.67%) Power BI Consultant
8 5 (4.67%) Technical Manager
8 5 (4.67%) Technical Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (13.08%) REST
2 11 (10.28%) CSS
2 11 (10.28%) HTML
2 11 (10.28%) Kafka
2 11 (10.28%) React
2 11 (10.28%) SPFx
3 4 (3.74%) .NET
4 2 (1.87%) PySpark
5 1 (0.93%) JSON
5 1 (0.93%) Middleware
5 1 (0.93%) MIDP
5 1 (0.93%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 16 (14.95%) Data Structures
2 8 (7.48%) Management Information System
3 5 (4.67%) Data Protection Act
4 4 (3.74%) Enterprise Software
5 3 (2.80%) Product Ownership
6 2 (1.87%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (1.87%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (0.93%) AI Agents
7 1 (0.93%) Cloud Native
7 1 (0.93%) CMDB
7 1 (0.93%) Cyber Threat
7 1 (0.93%) Distributed Systems
7 1 (0.93%) IoT
7 1 (0.93%) Manufacturing Execution System
7 1 (0.93%) Mobile App
7 1 (0.93%) Onboarding
7 1 (0.93%) Operational Technology
7 1 (0.93%) Reference Data
7 1 (0.93%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.93%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 5 (4.67%) Linux
1 5 (4.67%) Unix
2 1 (0.93%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 105 (98.13%) Business Intelligence
2 35 (32.71%) Analytics
3 30 (28.04%) Agile
4 26 (24.30%) CI/CD
4 26 (24.30%) Data Modelling
5 24 (22.43%) Visualisation
6 22 (20.56%) Validation
7 21 (19.63%) AI
7 21 (19.63%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 20 (18.69%) Data Pipeline
9 19 (17.76%) Decision-Making
10 18 (16.82%) Change Management
10 18 (16.82%) Data Governance
10 18 (16.82%) Stakeholder Management
11 17 (15.89%) Continuous Improvement
12 16 (14.95%) Data Engineering
12 16 (14.95%) Problem-Solving
12 16 (14.95%) Risk Management
13 15 (14.02%) ETL
14 14 (13.08%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 34 (31.78%) SQL
2 29 (27.10%) Python
3 17 (15.89%) JavaScript
4 11 (10.28%) TypeScript
5 6 (5.61%) C#
6 5 (4.67%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 3 (2.80%) PowerShell
7 3 (2.80%) R
8 1 (0.93%) PL/SQL
8 1 (0.93%) Scala
8 1 (0.93%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (12.15%) BPSS Clearance
2 7 (6.54%) SC Cleared
2 7 (6.54%) Security Cleared
3 3 (2.80%) SnowPro
4 1 (0.93%) Degree
4 1 (0.93%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (19.63%) Data Quality
2 15 (14.02%) QA
3 6 (5.61%) Disclosure Scotland
4 5 (4.67%) GDPR
5 3 (2.80%) Accessibility
6 2 (1.87%) ISO 19650
7 1 (0.93%) GxP
7 1 (0.93%) PMO
System Software
1 6 (5.61%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 10 (9.35%) Grafana
Vendors
1 38 (35.51%) Microsoft
2 13 (12.15%) Databricks
3 6 (5.61%) Oracle
4 3 (2.80%) Google
4 3 (2.80%) ServiceNow
5 2 (1.87%) Autodesk
5 2 (1.87%) SAP
6 1 (0.93%) Informatica
6 1 (0.93%) Sparx
6 1 (0.93%) Talend
6 1 (0.93%) Teradata