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

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 61 60 71
Rank change year-on-year -1 +11 +14
Contract jobs citing Power BI 49 54 68
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 3.35% 3.46% 2.96%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 16.23% 18.31% 16.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 21 51
10th Percentile £290 £356 £313
25th Percentile £388 £363 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £400 £475
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -15.79% +6.74%
75th Percentile £533 £476 £538
90th Percentile £575 £500 £650
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 0
10th Percentile - £25.36 -
25th Percentile £11.25 £25.52 -
Median hourly rate £11.50 £26.93 -
Median % change year-on-year -57.29% - -
75th Percentile £11.75 £28.22 -
90th Percentile - £28.32 -
UK median hourly rate £24.02 £28.00 £30.50
% change year-on-year -14.23% -8.20% -39.60%

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 302 295 407
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 20.64% 18.90% 17.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 188 187 293
10th Percentile £313 £356 £393
25th Percentile £401 £410 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £464 £468 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.80% -6.50% +2.56%
75th Percentile £540 £536 £575
90th Percentile £612 £638 £661
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £534
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.69% -2.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 4 1
10th Percentile £15.13 - -
25th Percentile £20.94 £19.59 £18.25
Median hourly rate £30.75 £23.05 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year +33.43% +18.18% -15.22%
75th Percentile £40.44 £27.91 £20.75
90th Percentile £46.18 £28.19 -
UK median hourly rate £48.72 £35.00 £46.18
% change year-on-year +39.20% -24.21% -16.04%

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 11 January 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 11 January 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 -2 25 £500 +26.58% 6
Edinburgh +8 22 £500 - 8
Renfrewshire - 1 - -
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 7 (14.29%) Apache
1 7 (14.29%) Apache Airflow
1 7 (14.29%) Apache Spark
2 4 (8.16%) SharePoint
Applications
1 22 (44.90%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (4.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (4.08%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (4.08%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (2.04%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 7 (14.29%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (2.04%) Infor M3
2 1 (2.04%) Oracle Payables
2 1 (2.04%) Oracle Receivables
2 1 (2.04%) Sonata
Cloud Services
1 49 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 15 (30.61%) Power Automate
3 13 (26.53%) Azure
4 10 (20.41%) Dynamics 365
4 10 (20.41%) Snowflake
5 8 (16.33%) PowerApps
6 6 (12.24%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (6.12%) AWS
7 3 (6.12%) Azure Data Factory
7 3 (6.12%) GCP
8 2 (4.08%) Azure Functions
8 2 (4.08%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 2 (4.08%) Microsoft Purview
8 2 (4.08%) Serverless
9 1 (2.04%) Boomi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (30.61%) Data Warehouse
2 8 (16.33%) Tableau
3 7 (14.29%) Big Data
3 7 (14.29%) Hadoop
4 4 (8.16%) Metadata
5 3 (6.12%) Data Lake
5 3 (6.12%) SQL Server
6 2 (4.08%) Azure SQL Database
6 2 (4.08%) Power Query
6 2 (4.08%) QlikView
6 2 (4.08%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (2.04%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
7 1 (2.04%) BusinessObjects
7 1 (2.04%) BusinessObjects XI
7 1 (2.04%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 8 (16.33%) Git
2 3 (6.12%) JIRA
General
1 21 (42.86%) Finance
1 21 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 16 (32.65%) Public Sector
3 9 (18.37%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (14.29%) Banking
5 2 (4.08%) Investment Banking
5 2 (4.08%) Retail Banking
6 1 (2.04%) Billing
6 1 (2.04%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (2.04%) French Language
6 1 (2.04%) Legal
6 1 (2.04%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 14 (28.57%) Analyst
2 8 (16.33%) Developer
3 7 (14.29%) Data Analyst
3 7 (14.29%) Data Engineer
4 6 (12.24%) Power Platform Developer
5 4 (8.16%) Business Analyst
5 4 (8.16%) Consultant
5 4 (8.16%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 4 (8.16%) Lead
5 4 (8.16%) Python Data Engineer
5 4 (8.16%) Python Engineer
5 4 (8.16%) Report Analyst
5 4 (8.16%) Security Analyst
6 3 (6.12%) Dynamics 365 Developer
7 2 (4.08%) Business Intelligence Developer
7 2 (4.08%) Data Migration Manager
7 2 (4.08%) Data Migration Project Manager
7 2 (4.08%) Data Scientist
7 2 (4.08%) Migration Manager
7 2 (4.08%) Power Platform Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (22.45%) REST
2 4 (8.16%) RESTful
3 2 (4.08%) .NET
3 2 (4.08%) JSON
3 2 (4.08%) SOAP
4 1 (2.04%) CSS
4 1 (2.04%) HTML
4 1 (2.04%) NumPy
4 1 (2.04%) Pandas
4 1 (2.04%) PySpark
4 1 (2.04%) Streamlit
4 1 (2.04%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (4.08%) Analytical Mindset
1 2 (4.08%) Low-Code
1 2 (4.08%) Onboarding
2 1 (2.04%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (2.04%) Data Structures
2 1 (2.04%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 7 (14.29%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (95.92%) Business Intelligence
2 16 (32.65%) Agile
2 16 (32.65%) Analytics
2 16 (32.65%) Problem-Solving
3 12 (24.49%) Data Modelling
4 11 (22.45%) Data Integration
4 11 (22.45%) ETL
4 11 (22.45%) Visualisation
5 10 (20.41%) Data Governance
5 10 (20.41%) Migration
6 9 (18.37%) Performance Tuning
7 8 (16.33%) API Integration
7 8 (16.33%) Data Analysis
7 8 (16.33%) Decision-Making
8 7 (14.29%) CRM
9 6 (12.24%) Data Visualisation
9 6 (12.24%) DevOps
9 6 (12.24%) Sprint Planning
10 5 (10.20%) Actionable Insight
10 5 (10.20%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 15 (30.61%) SQL
2 10 (20.41%) Python
3 8 (16.33%) C#
3 8 (16.33%) JavaScript
4 6 (12.24%) PowerShell
5 3 (6.12%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 2 (4.08%) R
6 2 (4.08%) TypeScript
7 1 (2.04%) VBA
Qualifications
1 5 (10.20%) Degree
2 2 (4.08%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (4.08%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (4.08%) SC Cleared
2 2 (4.08%) Security Cleared
3 1 (2.04%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (16.33%) Data Quality
2 5 (10.20%) GDPR
3 4 (8.16%) Disclosure Scotland
3 4 (8.16%) PMO
3 4 (8.16%) QA
4 1 (2.04%) P3O
Vendors
1 13 (26.53%) Microsoft
2 8 (16.33%) Databricks
3 5 (10.20%) ServiceNow
4 2 (4.08%) MobileIron
5 1 (2.04%) Ariba
5 1 (2.04%) Infor
5 1 (2.04%) Informatica
5 1 (2.04%) MuleSoft
5 1 (2.04%) Oracle
5 1 (2.04%) Salesforce
5 1 (2.04%) SAP
5 1 (2.04%) Talend