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

6 months to
28 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 46 69 67
Rank change year-on-year +23 -2 +10
Contract jobs citing Power BI 106 48 50
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 4.49% 3.00% 2.65%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 28.12% 12.73% 15.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 65 27 26
10th Percentile £298 £271 £121
25th Percentile £320 £391 £366
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £500 £444
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% +12.68% -1.39%
75th Percentile £538 £525 £550
90th Percentile £582 - £644
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 377 377 314
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 15.98% 23.56% 16.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 220 205 204
10th Percentile £313 £313 £327
25th Percentile £363 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £430 £495 £450
Median % change year-on-year -13.13% +10.00% -6.98%
75th Percentile £509 £538 £533
90th Percentile £588 £625 £646
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £530
% change year-on-year - -5.66% -1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 4
10th Percentile - - £17.72
25th Percentile - £52.50 £18.92
Median hourly rate - £55.00 £19.59
Median % change year-on-year - +180.76% -70.57%
75th Percentile - £57.50 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £40.18 £40.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +0.45% +14.29% -33.33%

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 28 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 28 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 +10 55 £425 -15.00% 34
Edinburgh +14 39 £400 -11.11% 27
Aberdeen +3 7 £520 +48.57% 15
Highlands - 4 £786 - 1
Lanarkshire - 1 £625 - 14
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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 (17.92%) SharePoint
2 9 (8.49%) SharePoint Server
3 5 (4.72%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.94%) Confluence
Applications
1 21 (19.81%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (5.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (2.83%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (1.89%) Navisworks
4 2 (1.89%) ProjectWise
4 2 (1.89%) Revit
5 1 (0.94%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.94%) Civil 3D
Business Applications
1 6 (5.66%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (3.77%) Primavera
3 1 (0.94%) Integrated Workplace Management System
3 1 (0.94%) Sonata
3 1 (0.94%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 106 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 31 (29.25%) Azure
3 26 (24.53%) Power Automate
4 24 (22.64%) Microsoft 365
4 24 (22.64%) Snowflake
5 22 (20.75%) PowerApps
6 19 (17.92%) Entra ID
7 7 (6.60%) Dynamics 365
8 6 (5.66%) AWS
9 5 (4.72%) Azure DevOps
9 5 (4.72%) Microsoft Copilot
9 5 (4.72%) Microsoft Purview
9 5 (4.72%) OneDrive
10 2 (1.89%) GCP
11 1 (0.94%) Azure Data Factory
11 1 (0.94%) Azure Functions
11 1 (0.94%) Azure Logic Apps
11 1 (0.94%) Cloud Run
11 1 (0.94%) Copilot Studio
11 1 (0.94%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (13.21%) Tableau
2 10 (9.43%) Metadata
2 10 (9.43%) Relational Database
3 9 (8.49%) Big Data
3 9 (8.49%) Data Warehouse
3 9 (8.49%) Power Query
4 7 (6.60%) SQL Server
5 6 (5.66%) Data Lake
5 6 (5.66%) Snowflake Schema
6 5 (4.72%) Semantic Layer
7 4 (3.77%) MySQL
7 4 (3.77%) PostgreSQL
8 2 (1.89%) Star Schema
9 1 (0.94%) Amazon QuickSight
9 1 (0.94%) Azure SQL Database
9 1 (0.94%) BigQuery
9 1 (0.94%) Data Vault
9 1 (0.94%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
9 1 (0.94%) Spark SQL
9 1 (0.94%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 11 (10.38%) Git
2 2 (1.89%) JIRA
3 1 (0.94%) ER Studio
3 1 (0.94%) ERwin
3 1 (0.94%) PowerDesigner
General
1 45 (42.45%) Social Skills
2 39 (36.79%) Analytical Skills
3 25 (23.58%) Finance
4 15 (14.15%) Documentation Skills
5 12 (11.32%) Banking
5 12 (11.32%) Public Sector
6 9 (8.49%) Investment Banking
7 5 (4.72%) Presentation Skills
8 4 (3.77%) Manufacturing
9 3 (2.83%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (1.89%) Corporate Banking
10 2 (1.89%) Retail Banking
11 1 (0.94%) Advertising
11 1 (0.94%) Local Government
11 1 (0.94%) Military
11 1 (0.94%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (0.94%) Retail
Job Titles
1 29 (27.36%) Analyst
2 24 (22.64%) Developer
3 13 (12.26%) Data Engineer
4 12 (11.32%) Data Analyst
4 12 (11.32%) Senior
5 10 (9.43%) Project Manager
6 9 (8.49%) SharePoint Developer
7 8 (7.55%) Consultant
8 7 (6.60%) Data Integration Engineer
8 7 (6.60%) Integration Engineer
8 7 (6.60%) Python Engineer
8 7 (6.60%) Snowflake Engineer
9 6 (5.66%) Kafka Engineer
9 6 (5.66%) Site Engineer
9 6 (5.66%) Site Reliability Engineer
10 5 (4.72%) Microsoft 365 Manager
10 5 (4.72%) Microsoft 365 Project Manager
10 5 (4.72%) Power BI Consultant
10 5 (4.72%) Technical Manager
10 5 (4.72%) Technical Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (11.32%) REST
2 10 (9.43%) Kafka
3 9 (8.49%) CSS
3 9 (8.49%) HTML
3 9 (8.49%) React
3 9 (8.49%) SPFx
4 4 (3.77%) .NET
5 2 (1.89%) PySpark
6 1 (0.94%) JSON
6 1 (0.94%) Middleware
6 1 (0.94%) MIDP
6 1 (0.94%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 14 (13.21%) Data Structures
2 8 (7.55%) Management Information System
3 5 (4.72%) Data Protection Act
4 4 (3.77%) Enterprise Software
5 3 (2.83%) Product Ownership
6 2 (1.89%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (1.89%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (1.89%) Web Conferencing
7 1 (0.94%) AI Agents
7 1 (0.94%) Cloud Native
7 1 (0.94%) CMDB
7 1 (0.94%) Cyber Threat
7 1 (0.94%) Distributed Systems
7 1 (0.94%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 1 (0.94%) IoT
7 1 (0.94%) Manufacturing Execution System
7 1 (0.94%) Microsoft Licensing
7 1 (0.94%) Operational Technology
7 1 (0.94%) Reference Data
7 1 (0.94%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 4 (3.77%) Linux
1 4 (3.77%) Unix
2 1 (0.94%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 104 (98.11%) Business Intelligence
2 33 (31.13%) Analytics
3 29 (27.36%) Agile
4 24 (22.64%) Data Modelling
5 23 (21.70%) CI/CD
5 23 (21.70%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 23 (21.70%) Visualisation
6 21 (19.81%) AI
7 20 (18.87%) Validation
8 19 (17.92%) Continuous Improvement
8 19 (17.92%) Data Pipeline
8 19 (17.92%) Stakeholder Management
9 18 (16.98%) Change Management
9 18 (16.98%) Data Governance
9 18 (16.98%) Decision-Making
10 16 (15.09%) Problem-Solving
11 15 (14.15%) Data Analysis
11 15 (14.15%) Data Engineering
12 14 (13.21%) ETL
13 13 (12.26%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 33 (31.13%) SQL
2 27 (25.47%) Python
3 15 (14.15%) JavaScript
4 9 (8.49%) TypeScript
5 6 (5.66%) C#
6 5 (4.72%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 4 (3.77%) R
8 3 (2.83%) PowerShell
9 1 (0.94%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.94%) Scala
9 1 (0.94%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 11 (10.38%) BPSS Clearance
2 7 (6.60%) SC Cleared
2 7 (6.60%) Security Cleared
3 2 (1.89%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (1.89%) SnowPro
4 1 (0.94%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (19.81%) Data Quality
2 13 (12.26%) QA
3 7 (6.60%) GDPR
4 6 (5.66%) Disclosure Scotland
5 3 (2.83%) Accessibility
6 2 (1.89%) ISO 19650
7 1 (0.94%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.94%) GxP
7 1 (0.94%) PMO
System Software
1 6 (5.66%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 9 (8.49%) Grafana
Vendors
1 40 (37.74%) Microsoft
2 12 (11.32%) Databricks
3 5 (4.72%) Oracle
4 3 (2.83%) Google
5 2 (1.89%) Autodesk
5 2 (1.89%) ServiceNow
6 1 (0.94%) Informatica
6 1 (0.94%) Sparx
6 1 (0.94%) Talend
6 1 (0.94%) Teradata