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

6 months to
17 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 45 61 55
Rank change year-on-year +16 -6 +36
Contract jobs citing Power BI 62 57 78
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 3.82% 3.43% 3.41%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 20.13% 16.43% 19.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 34 53
10th Percentile £309 £287 £283
25th Percentile £358 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £425 £467
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -8.99% -1.68%
75th Percentile £538 £476 £525
90th Percentile £575 £518 £663
UK median daily rate £490 £490 £475
% change year-on-year - +3.16% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 2
10th Percentile £11.42 £25.36 £24.60
25th Percentile £11.66 £25.52 £29.04
Median hourly rate £12.20 £26.93 £37.07
Median % change year-on-year -54.69% -27.37% -
75th Percentile £12.61 £28.22 £45.72
90th Percentile £12.79 £28.32 £50.54
UK median hourly rate £22.52 £27.35 £23.22
% change year-on-year -17.68% +17.81% -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 308 347 404
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 18.95% 20.85% 17.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 182 232 285
10th Percentile £313 £300 £325
25th Percentile £359 £388 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £453 £475
Median % change year-on-year -3.31% -4.74% -4.23%
75th Percentile £538 £538 £575
90th Percentile £580 £589 £663
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 4 3
10th Percentile £17.32 - £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% -38.17%
75th Percentile £55.00 £27.91 £37.70
90th Percentile £64.00 £28.19 £47.33
UK median hourly rate £50.00 £30.00 £40.25
% change year-on-year +66.67% -25.47% -32.92%

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 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 17 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 +12 30 £465 -7.00% 9
Glasgow +6 26 £406 +1.56% 11
Renfrewshire - 2 - - 1
West Lothian - 1 - - 1
Highlands - 1 £350 - 2
Perth and Kinross - 1 £375 -
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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 6 (9.68%) SharePoint
2 4 (6.45%) Apache Airflow
2 4 (6.45%) SharePoint Server
3 3 (4.84%) Apache
3 3 (4.84%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 21 (33.87%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (4.84%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (3.23%) MS Visio
4 1 (1.61%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 12 (19.35%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (3.23%) IntelliMatch
2 2 (3.23%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (1.61%) Infor M3
3 1 (1.61%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (1.61%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (1.61%) Sonata
Cloud Services
1 62 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 25 (40.32%) Power Automate
3 20 (32.26%) Azure
4 18 (29.03%) PowerApps
5 15 (24.19%) Dynamics 365
6 9 (14.52%) Azure DevOps
7 8 (12.90%) Microsoft 365
8 6 (9.68%) Snowflake
9 4 (6.45%) Entra ID
10 3 (4.84%) AWS
10 3 (4.84%) Azure Data Factory
10 3 (4.84%) GCP
10 3 (4.84%) Microsoft Purview
11 2 (3.23%) Azure Functions
11 2 (3.23%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 2 (3.23%) Microsoft Copilot
11 2 (3.23%) Serverless
12 1 (1.61%) Boomi
12 1 (1.61%) dbt
12 1 (1.61%) Matillion
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (12.90%) Data Warehouse
2 7 (11.29%) Tableau
3 4 (6.45%) Metadata
3 4 (6.45%) SQL Server
4 3 (4.84%) Big Data
4 3 (4.84%) Data Lake
4 3 (4.84%) Hadoop
4 3 (4.84%) Power Query
5 2 (3.23%) Azure SQL Database
5 2 (3.23%) QlikView
5 2 (3.23%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (1.61%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
6 1 (1.61%) BusinessObjects
6 1 (1.61%) BusinessObjects XI
6 1 (1.61%) Geospatial Data
6 1 (1.61%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 4 (6.45%) JIRA
2 3 (4.84%) Git
General
1 22 (35.48%) Public Sector
1 22 (35.48%) Social Skills
2 15 (24.19%) Finance
3 9 (14.52%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (12.90%) Banking
5 7 (11.29%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (3.23%) Investment Banking
6 2 (3.23%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (3.23%) Retail Banking
7 1 (1.61%) Billing
7 1 (1.61%) French Language
7 1 (1.61%) Front Office
7 1 (1.61%) Legal
7 1 (1.61%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.61%) Marketing
7 1 (1.61%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.61%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 23 (37.10%) Analyst
2 16 (25.81%) Developer
3 10 (16.13%) Data Analyst
3 10 (16.13%) Power Platform Developer
4 9 (14.52%) Report Analyst
5 8 (12.90%) Business Analyst
6 7 (11.29%) Cybersecurity Analyst
6 7 (11.29%) Security Analyst
7 4 (6.45%) Consultant
7 4 (6.45%) Data Engineer
7 4 (6.45%) Dynamics 365 Developer
7 4 (6.45%) SharePoint Developer
8 2 (3.23%) Architect
8 2 (3.23%) Data Architect
8 2 (3.23%) Data Business Analyst
8 2 (3.23%) Document Controller
8 2 (3.23%) Lead
8 2 (3.23%) Project Manager
8 2 (3.23%) Solutions Architect
8 2 (3.23%) Web Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (17.74%) REST
2 5 (8.06%) CSS
2 5 (8.06%) HTML
3 4 (6.45%) React
3 4 (6.45%) SPFx
4 3 (4.84%) .NET
5 2 (3.23%) JSON
5 2 (3.23%) SOAP
6 1 (1.61%) NumPy
6 1 (1.61%) Pandas
6 1 (1.61%) PySpark
6 1 (1.61%) WCF
6 1 (1.61%) WinForms
6 1 (1.61%) WPF
6 1 (1.61%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (4.84%) Data Structures
2 2 (3.23%) Low-Code
2 2 (3.23%) Onboarding
3 1 (1.61%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (1.61%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (1.61%) Derivative
3 1 (1.61%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (1.61%) Manufacturing Execution System
3 1 (1.61%) Product Ownership
3 1 (1.61%) Replication
3 1 (1.61%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 3 (4.84%) Linux
2 1 (1.61%) Windows
2 1 (1.61%) Windows Server
2 1 (1.61%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (91.94%) Business Intelligence
2 20 (32.26%) Agile
3 19 (30.65%) Problem-Solving
4 15 (24.19%) Analytics
5 12 (19.35%) CRM
6 11 (17.74%) Migration
7 10 (16.13%) CI/CD
7 10 (16.13%) Data Governance
7 10 (16.13%) ETL
8 9 (14.52%) DevOps
9 8 (12.90%) Cybersecurity
9 8 (12.90%) Data Analysis
9 8 (12.90%) Data Modelling
9 8 (12.90%) Visualisation
10 7 (11.29%) Data Integration
10 7 (11.29%) Stakeholder Management
11 6 (9.68%) Business Analysis
11 6 (9.68%) Data Pipeline
11 6 (9.68%) Decision-Making
11 6 (9.68%) Performance Tuning
Programming Languages
1 21 (33.87%) SQL
2 16 (25.81%) JavaScript
3 13 (20.97%) C#
4 10 (16.13%) PowerShell
5 7 (11.29%) Python
6 6 (9.68%) TypeScript
7 3 (4.84%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (1.61%) T-SQL
8 1 (1.61%) VBA
Qualifications
1 6 (9.68%) BPSS Clearance
2 3 (4.84%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (3.23%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (1.61%) CCAB
4 1 (1.61%) Degree
4 1 (1.61%) FFIEC
4 1 (1.61%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (14.52%) Data Quality
2 5 (8.06%) GDPR
3 3 (4.84%) Accessibility
3 3 (4.84%) Disclosure Scotland
3 3 (4.84%) QA
4 2 (3.23%) ISO 20022
4 2 (3.23%) ISO 8583
4 2 (3.23%) PMO
4 2 (3.23%) SLA
4 2 (3.23%) WCAG
5 1 (1.61%) Basel III
System Software
1 3 (4.84%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 26 (41.94%) Microsoft
2 4 (6.45%) Oracle
3 3 (4.84%) Alteryx
3 3 (4.84%) Databricks
4 2 (3.23%) FIS
4 2 (3.23%) Fiserv
4 2 (3.23%) SAP
4 2 (3.23%) SmartStream
5 1 (1.61%) Ariba
5 1 (1.61%) CA Agile Central
5 1 (1.61%) Infor
5 1 (1.61%) Informatica
5 1 (1.61%) MobileIron
5 1 (1.61%) MuleSoft
5 1 (1.61%) Salesforce
5 1 (1.61%) ServiceNow
5 1 (1.61%) Talend