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

6 months to
17 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 47 75 64
Rank change year-on-year +28 -11 +20
Contract jobs citing Power BI 97 49 62
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 4.29% 2.89% 3.03%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 25.06% 13.00% 17.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 54 33 38
10th Percentile - £267 £152
25th Percentile £320 £366 £366
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% - -
75th Percentile £464 £518 £534
90th Percentile £538 £565 £641
UK median daily rate £488 £475 £480
% change year-on-year +2.63% -1.04% -4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £24.60
25th Percentile - - £29.04
Median hourly rate £12.90 - £37.07
75th Percentile - - £45.72
90th Percentile - - £50.54
UK median hourly rate £29.96 £31.64 £30.00
% change year-on-year -5.31% +5.47% -17.81%

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 387 377 345
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 17.12% 22.23% 16.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 212 219 249
10th Percentile £313 £281 £321
25th Percentile £358 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £470 £450
Median % change year-on-year -9.57% +4.44% -6.15%
75th Percentile £488 £538 £519
90th Percentile £575 £600 £619
UK median daily rate £500 £512 £525
% change year-on-year -2.39% -2.43% -2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 3 4
10th Percentile £35.13 £26.17 £17.72
25th Percentile £46.56 £36.05 £18.92
Median hourly rate £50.00 £55.00 £20.62
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +166.80% -41.10%
75th Percentile £57.25 £57.50 £29.67
90th Percentile £64.00 - £44.12
UK median hourly rate £41.71 £36.25 £38.50
% change year-on-year +15.06% -5.84% -30.00%

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 17 July 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 17 July 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 +18 55 £358 -20.44% 12
Edinburgh +10 37 £425 -5.56% 4
Aberdeen -1 1 £475 +35.71% 1
Renfrewshire - 1 - - 1
West Lothian - 1 - -
Highlands - 1 £350 -
Perth and Kinross - 1 £375 -
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 17 (17.53%) SharePoint
2 15 (15.46%) SharePoint Server
3 1 (1.03%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 17 (17.53%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (5.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (2.06%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 8 (8.25%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (4.12%) Primavera
3 2 (2.06%) IntelliMatch
3 2 (2.06%) iTrent
3 2 (2.06%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (1.03%) Sonata
Cloud Services
1 97 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 26 (26.80%) Azure
3 24 (24.74%) Snowflake
4 23 (23.71%) Power Automate
4 23 (23.71%) PowerApps
5 22 (22.68%) Microsoft 365
6 15 (15.46%) Entra ID
7 8 (8.25%) Dynamics 365
8 4 (4.12%) Azure DevOps
8 4 (4.12%) Microsoft Copilot
9 1 (1.03%) AWS
9 1 (1.03%) dbt
9 1 (1.03%) Google Analytics
9 1 (1.03%) Matillion
9 1 (1.03%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.03%) Internet
1 1 (1.03%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (16.49%) Tableau
2 10 (10.31%) Big Data
3 8 (8.25%) Relational Database
4 7 (7.22%) Power Query
4 7 (7.22%) SQL Server
5 5 (5.15%) MySQL
5 5 (5.15%) PostgreSQL
6 4 (4.12%) Snowflake Schema
7 3 (3.09%) Data Warehouse
7 3 (3.09%) Metadata
7 3 (3.09%) Semantic Layer
8 2 (2.06%) BusinessObjects
8 2 (2.06%) Data Lake
8 2 (2.06%) QlikView
8 2 (2.06%) Star Schema
9 1 (1.03%) Azure SQL Database
9 1 (1.03%) Geospatial Data
9 1 (1.03%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 12 (12.37%) Git
General
1 30 (30.93%) Social Skills
2 25 (25.77%) Analytical Skills
2 25 (25.77%) Finance
3 24 (24.74%) Documentation Skills
4 17 (17.53%) Public Sector
5 11 (11.34%) Banking
6 9 (9.28%) Investment Banking
7 3 (3.09%) Manufacturing
7 3 (3.09%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (1.03%) Front Office
8 1 (1.03%) Marketing
8 1 (1.03%) Military
8 1 (1.03%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (1.03%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 29 (29.90%) Developer
2 23 (23.71%) Analyst
3 15 (15.46%) SharePoint Developer
4 12 (12.37%) Data Engineer
5 10 (10.31%) Data Analyst
6 9 (9.28%) Consultant
7 7 (7.22%) Data Integration Engineer
7 7 (7.22%) Integration Engineer
7 7 (7.22%) Kafka Engineer
7 7 (7.22%) Python Engineer
7 7 (7.22%) Site Engineer
7 7 (7.22%) Site Reliability Engineer
7 7 (7.22%) Snowflake Engineer
8 6 (6.19%) Business Analyst
8 6 (6.19%) Power Platform Developer
8 6 (6.19%) Senior
9 5 (5.15%) Business Data Analyst
9 5 (5.15%) Power BI Consultant
10 4 (4.12%) Accountant
10 4 (4.12%) Power BI Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (15.46%) CSS
1 15 (15.46%) HTML
1 15 (15.46%) React
1 15 (15.46%) REST
1 15 (15.46%) SPFx
2 10 (10.31%) Kafka
3 2 (2.06%) .NET
3 2 (2.06%) PySpark
4 1 (1.03%) WCF
4 1 (1.03%) WinForms
4 1 (1.03%) WPF
4 1 (1.03%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 14 (14.43%) Data Structures
2 6 (6.19%) Management Information System
3 4 (4.12%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (2.06%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (2.06%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.03%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (1.03%) Cloud Native
5 1 (1.03%) CMDB
5 1 (1.03%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (1.03%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (1.03%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.03%) Freedom of Information
5 1 (1.03%) Manufacturing Execution System
5 1 (1.03%) Mobile App
5 1 (1.03%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.03%) Operational Technology
5 1 (1.03%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 5 (5.15%) Linux
1 5 (5.15%) Unix
2 1 (1.03%) Windows
2 1 (1.03%) Windows Server
2 1 (1.03%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 92 (94.85%) Business Intelligence
2 31 (31.96%) Analytics
3 29 (29.90%) Agile
4 27 (27.84%) CI/CD
5 23 (23.71%) Visualisation
6 21 (21.65%) AI
7 19 (19.59%) Data Modelling
7 19 (19.59%) Data Pipeline
8 17 (17.53%) Decision-Making
9 16 (16.49%) Change Management
10 15 (15.46%) Document Management
10 15 (15.46%) Validation
11 14 (14.43%) ETL
11 14 (14.43%) Risk Management
12 13 (13.40%) Data Engineering
12 13 (13.40%) Use Case
13 12 (12.37%) Problem-Solving
14 11 (11.34%) Data Integration
14 11 (11.34%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 11 (11.34%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 29 (29.90%) SQL
2 25 (25.77%) Python
3 22 (22.68%) JavaScript
4 15 (15.46%) TypeScript
5 8 (8.25%) C#
6 6 (6.19%) PowerShell
7 5 (5.15%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 2 (2.06%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 18 (18.56%) BPSS Clearance
2 8 (8.25%) Security Cleared
3 7 (7.22%) SC Cleared
4 3 (3.09%) SnowPro
5 2 (2.06%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (1.03%) CCAB
6 1 (1.03%) Degree
6 1 (1.03%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (13.40%) QA
2 10 (10.31%) Data Quality
3 4 (4.12%) Accessibility
3 4 (4.12%) Disclosure Scotland
4 2 (2.06%) ISO 20022
4 2 (2.06%) ISO 8583
4 2 (2.06%) SLA
4 2 (2.06%) WCAG
5 1 (1.03%) GDPR
System Software
1 3 (3.09%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 10 (10.31%) Grafana
Vendors
1 32 (32.99%) Microsoft
2 13 (13.40%) Databricks
3 9 (9.28%) Oracle
4 3 (3.09%) SAP
4 3 (3.09%) ServiceNow
5 2 (2.06%) Alteryx
5 2 (2.06%) FIS
5 2 (2.06%) Fiserv
5 2 (2.06%) SmartStream
6 1 (1.03%) Google
6 1 (1.03%) Teradata