Power BI Contracts in Scotland

Microsoft Power BI
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland requiring Power BI skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Power BI over the 6 months leading up to 3 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 74 55 75
Rank change year-on-year -19 +20 +11
Contract jobs citing Power BI 47 67 94
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 2.75% 3.23% 3.49%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 12.74% 18.72% 17.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 41 72
10th Percentile £265 £163 £360
25th Percentile £338 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £450
75th Percentile £500 £550 £550
90th Percentile £525 £663 £626
UK median daily rate £475 £475 £500
% change year-on-year - -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £37.07 -
UK median hourly rate £31.64 £23.82 £36.50
% change year-on-year +32.82% -34.73% +62.22%

All Database and Business Intelligence 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 369 358 531
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 21.63% 17.27% 19.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 213 258 406
10th Percentile £300 £315 £379
25th Percentile £408 £400 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £454 £496
Median % change year-on-year +4.68% -8.58% -0.73%
75th Percentile £530 £525 £550
90th Percentile £589 £620 £638
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -2.38% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 3 6
10th Percentile £26.17 £20.00 £19.56
25th Percentile £36.05 £20.62 £24.41
Median hourly rate £55.00 £21.64 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +154.16% -38.17% +34.62%
75th Percentile £57.50 £37.70 £58.67
90th Percentile - £47.33 £67.66
UK median hourly rate £34.99 £39.25 £56.95
% change year-on-year -10.85% -31.08% +50.66%

Power BI
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing Power BI as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Power BI in Scotland

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Power BI in Scotland.

Daily rate trend for Power BI in Scotland

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Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Power BI in Scotland over the 6 months to 3 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Power BI in Scotland

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Power BI in Scotland.

Hourly rate trend for Power BI in Scotland

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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 3 July 2025. 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 -13 25 £425 -5.56% 12
Edinburgh -3 20 £450 -18.18% 22
Aberdeen - 1 £350 - 7
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UK

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 8 (17.02%) SharePoint
2 5 (10.64%) Confluence
Applications
1 8 (17.02%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (10.64%) MS Visio
3 3 (6.38%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (2.13%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (2.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 7 (14.89%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (6.38%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (2.13%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 47 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 10 (21.28%) Power Automate
3 8 (17.02%) PowerApps
4 7 (14.89%) Azure
4 7 (14.89%) Dynamics 365
5 3 (6.38%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (4.26%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 1 (2.13%) Copilot Studio
7 1 (2.13%) Microsoft 365
7 1 (2.13%) OCI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (14.89%) Tableau
2 5 (10.64%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (6.38%) Oracle Reports
3 3 (6.38%) Power Query
4 1 (2.13%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
4 1 (2.13%) Data Mining
4 1 (2.13%) Hadoop
4 1 (2.13%) Oracle BI Publisher
Development Applications
1 6 (12.77%) JIRA
2 1 (2.13%) RStudio
General
1 28 (59.57%) Social Skills
2 18 (38.30%) Finance
3 15 (31.91%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (19.15%) Public Sector
5 8 (17.02%) Banking
6 7 (14.89%) Influencing Skills
7 4 (8.51%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (4.26%) Retail
9 1 (2.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (2.13%) Investment Banking
9 1 (2.13%) Legal
Job Titles
1 20 (42.55%) Analyst
2 7 (14.89%) Data Analyst
3 6 (12.77%) Developer
4 5 (10.64%) Business Intelligence Developer
5 4 (8.51%) Architect
5 4 (8.51%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 4 (8.51%) Data Architect
5 4 (8.51%) Power BI Developer
5 4 (8.51%) Security Analyst
6 3 (6.38%) Business Intelligence Analyst
6 3 (6.38%) ETL Analyst
6 3 (6.38%) HR Analyst
6 3 (6.38%) Oracle Analyst
6 3 (6.38%) Oracle HRMS Analyst
6 3 (6.38%) PMO Analyst
6 3 (6.38%) Power BI Analyst
6 3 (6.38%) Project Manager
6 3 (6.38%) Re-Platforming Analyst
6 3 (6.38%) Technical Analyst
6 3 (6.38%) Vulnerability Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (8.51%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (2.13%) REST
2 1 (2.13%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 3 (6.38%) Analytical Mindset
1 3 (6.38%) Legacy Systems
1 3 (6.38%) Management Information System
2 2 (4.26%) Cloud Native
2 2 (4.26%) Data Protection Act
2 2 (4.26%) FMCG
2 2 (4.26%) Greenfield Project
2 2 (4.26%) Security Posture
3 1 (2.13%) Cyber Security Posture
3 1 (2.13%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (2.13%) Data Structures
3 1 (2.13%) Low-Code
3 1 (2.13%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.26%) Linux
1 2 (4.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 2 (4.26%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (91.49%) Business Intelligence
2 17 (36.17%) Data Analysis
3 15 (31.91%) Agile
4 14 (29.79%) Problem-Solving
5 13 (27.66%) Visualisation
6 12 (25.53%) Data Modelling
7 10 (21.28%) Data Visualisation
8 8 (17.02%) CRM
8 8 (17.02%) DevOps
9 7 (14.89%) Analytics
9 7 (14.89%) Dashboard Development
9 7 (14.89%) Decision-Making
9 7 (14.89%) Migration
10 5 (10.64%) Cybersecurity
10 5 (10.64%) Data Governance
10 5 (10.64%) Data Integration
10 5 (10.64%) Stakeholder Management
11 4 (8.51%) Actionable Insight
11 4 (8.51%) Change Management
11 4 (8.51%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 11 (23.40%) SQL
2 8 (17.02%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 7 (14.89%) Python
4 6 (12.77%) C#
4 6 (12.77%) JavaScript
4 6 (12.77%) PowerShell
5 1 (2.13%) R
Qualifications
1 8 (17.02%) Degree
2 3 (6.38%) CISM
2 3 (6.38%) CISSP
3 2 (4.26%) ISACA
4 1 (2.13%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (14.89%) Disclosure Scotland
2 5 (10.64%) Data Quality
2 5 (10.64%) GDPR
3 4 (8.51%) QA
4 3 (6.38%) PMO
5 2 (4.26%) P3O
System Software
1 1 (2.13%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 21 (44.68%) Microsoft
2 4 (8.51%) Oracle
3 3 (6.38%) Qualys
4 2 (4.26%) Databricks
5 1 (2.13%) Pega