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 17 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 17 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 40 | 70 | 73 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +30 | +3 | +1 |
| Contract jobs citing Power BI | 115 | 45 | 48 |
| As % of all contract jobs in Scotland | 4.76% | 2.83% | 2.60% |
| As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category | 28.54% | 12.40% | 16.05% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 72 | 29 | 24 |
| 10th Percentile | £290 | £295 | £153 |
| 25th Percentile | £375 | £406 | £370 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £428 | £500 | £450 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -14.50% | +11.11% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £538 | £525 | £541 |
| 90th Percentile | £600 | £535 | £619 |
| 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.
| 6 months to 17 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills | 403 | 363 | 299 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland | 16.67% | 22.86% | 16.21% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 239 | 204 | 187 |
| 10th Percentile | £313 | £313 | £330 |
| 25th Percentile | £375 | £406 | £398 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £440 | £475 | £455 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -7.37% | +4.40% | -4.21% |
| 75th Percentile | £509 | £538 | £519 |
| 90th Percentile | £578 | £625 | £643 |
| UK median daily rate | £505 | £500 | £528 |
| % change year-on-year | +1.00% | -5.21% | -1.95% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £17.72 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.13 | £52.50 | £18.92 |
| Median hourly rate | £16.75 | £55.00 | £19.59 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -69.55% | +180.76% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £17.38 | £57.50 | - |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| UK median hourly rate | £40.18 | £39.48 | £33.22 |
| % change year-on-year | +1.77% | +18.86% | -34.94% |
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 Daily Rate Trend in Scotland
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 17 October 2026.
Power BI Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland
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 17 October 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 | +4 | 52 | £428 | -14.50% | 30 |
| Edinburgh | +23 | 47 | £400 | -11.11% | 18 |
| Aberdeen | +5 | 9 | £475 | +35.71% | 5 |
| Highlands | - | 4 | £786 | - | 1 |
| Stirling | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| Lanarkshire | - | 1 | £625 | - | 5 |
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Power BI Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Database & Business Intelligence
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Data Warehouse | 13.0% | 15 |
| 1 | Metadata | 13.0% | 15 |
| 3 | Power Query | 11.3% | 13 |
| 3 | Tableau | 11.3% | 13 |
| 5 | Relational Database | 7.8% | 9 |
| 6 | Big Data | 6.1% | 7 |
| 6 | Snowflake Schema | 6.1% | 7 |
| 8 | Data Lake | 5.2% | 6 |
| 9 | Semantic Layer | 4.3% | 5 |
| 9 | SQL Server | 4.3% | 5 |
| 11 | MySQL | 1.7% | 2 |
| 11 | PostgreSQL | 1.7% | 2 |
| 11 | Star Schema | 1.7% | 2 |
| 14 | Amazon QuickSight | 0.9% | 1 |
| 14 | Apache Iceberg | 0.9% | 1 |
| 14 | Azure SQL Database | 0.9% | 1 |
| 14 | BigQuery | 0.9% | 1 |
| 14 | BusinessObjects | 0.9% | 1 |
| 14 | BusinessObjects XI | 0.9% | 1 |
| 14 | Data Vault | 0.9% | 1 |