Power Platform Contracts in Scotland

Microsoft Power Platform
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland requiring Power Platform skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Power Platform over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 61 40 74
Rank change year-on-year -21 +34 -1
Contract jobs citing Power Platform 58 96 89
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 3.50% 4.50% 3.33%
As % of the Cloud Services category 9.37% 13.22% 9.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 40 62 67
10th Percentile £258 £264 £363
25th Percentile £313 £400 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £420 £470 £475
Median % change year-on-year -10.64% -1.05% +5.56%
75th Percentile £491 £538 £544
90th Percentile £526 £663 £600
UK median daily rate £486 £495 £500
% change year-on-year -1.77% -1.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 6 0
Median hourly rate - £17.00 -
UK median hourly rate £31.64 £23.22 £51.25
% change year-on-year +36.29% -54.70% +92.04%

All Cloud Skills
Scotland

Power Platform falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring cloud computing skills in Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 619 726 962
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 37.36% 34.07% 36.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 427 505 708
10th Percentile £311 £219 £250
25th Percentile £408 £370 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £453 £475
Median % change year-on-year +3.75% -4.63% -2.56%
75th Percentile £538 £538 £550
90th Percentile £589 £625 £625
UK median daily rate £508 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.33% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 8 11
10th Percentile £16.21 £16.08 £17.72
25th Percentile £17.90 £16.50 £26.63
Median hourly rate £21.22 £17.00 £60.55
Median % change year-on-year +24.82% -71.92% +65.89%
75th Percentile £25.06 £22.28 £66.50
90th Percentile £27.05 £33.05 £76.00
UK median hourly rate £28.00 £21.37 £37.00
% change year-on-year +31.02% -42.24% +65.18%

Power Platform
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Power Platform in Scotland

Power Platform
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for Power Platform in Scotland

Power Platform
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Power Platform in Scotland over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Power Platform in Scotland

Power Platform
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Hourly rate trend for Power Platform in Scotland

Power Platform
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 Platform within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 31 May 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
Edinburgh -4 29 £450 -14.29% 30
Glasgow -25 25 £375 -16.67% 35
Aberdeen - 2 £350 - 16
Perthshire - 1 £375 -
Power Platform
UK

Power Platform
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 16 (27.59%) SharePoint
2 6 (10.34%) Confluence
3 2 (3.45%) SharePoint Server
4 1 (1.72%) Camunda
Applications
1 9 (15.52%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (8.62%) MS Visio
3 3 (5.17%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (5.17%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (1.72%) Acrobat
4 1 (1.72%) InfoPath
4 1 (1.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 9 (15.52%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (3.45%) Dynamics GP
3 1 (1.72%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 20 (34.48%) PowerApps
2 18 (31.03%) Power Automate
3 17 (29.31%) Azure
4 12 (20.69%) Azure DevOps
5 9 (15.52%) Dynamics 365
6 8 (13.79%) Microsoft 365
7 4 (6.90%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 3 (5.17%) Azure Monitor
8 3 (5.17%) IaaS
8 3 (5.17%) Microsoft Copilot
8 3 (5.17%) OneDrive
8 3 (5.17%) PaaS
8 3 (5.17%) SaaS
9 2 (3.45%) Copilot Studio
10 1 (1.72%) Azure AKS
10 1 (1.72%) OCI
10 1 (1.72%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.45%) Firewall
2 1 (1.72%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (70.69%) Power BI
2 4 (6.90%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (6.90%) Tableau
3 3 (5.17%) Azure SQL Database
3 3 (5.17%) MariaDB
3 3 (5.17%) MongoDB
3 3 (5.17%) MySQL
3 3 (5.17%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (5.17%) Power Query
3 3 (5.17%) Redis
4 1 (1.72%) Data Mining
4 1 (1.72%) Hadoop
4 1 (1.72%) Oracle BI Publisher
4 1 (1.72%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (1.72%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 14 (24.14%) JIRA
2 4 (6.90%) Git
3 3 (5.17%) Cucumber
3 3 (5.17%) Cypress.io
3 3 (5.17%) Jenkins
3 3 (5.17%) Postman
3 3 (5.17%) Selenium
3 3 (5.17%) Subversion
3 3 (5.17%) TeamCity
3 3 (5.17%) WebDriver
4 1 (1.72%) RStudio
4 1 (1.72%) SonarQube
General
1 27 (46.55%) Social Skills
2 20 (34.48%) Public Sector
3 19 (32.76%) Finance
4 11 (18.97%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (13.79%) Banking
6 5 (8.62%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (1.72%) Back Office
7 1 (1.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.72%) Investment Banking
7 1 (1.72%) Legal
7 1 (1.72%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 18 (31.03%) Analyst
2 8 (13.79%) Developer
3 5 (8.62%) Business Intelligence Developer
4 4 (6.90%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 4 (6.90%) Data Analyst
4 4 (6.90%) Power BI Developer
4 4 (6.90%) Security Analyst
5 3 (5.17%) Administrator
5 3 (5.17%) Business Data Analyst
5 3 (5.17%) Consultant
5 3 (5.17%) Cybersecurity Specialist
5 3 (5.17%) DevOps Engineer
5 3 (5.17%) ETL Analyst
5 3 (5.17%) PMO Analyst
5 3 (5.17%) Project Manager
5 3 (5.17%) QA Engineer
5 3 (5.17%) Re-Platforming Analyst
5 3 (5.17%) Security Specialist
5 3 (5.17%) Technical Analyst
5 3 (5.17%) Vulnerability Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (5.17%) .NET
1 3 (5.17%) ARM Templates
1 3 (5.17%) HTML5 Canvas
1 3 (5.17%) JSON
1 3 (5.17%) YAML
2 2 (3.45%) REST
2 2 (3.45%) SPFx
3 1 (1.72%) AngularJS
3 1 (1.72%) CSS
3 1 (1.72%) Express.js
3 1 (1.72%) HTML
3 1 (1.72%) Node.js
3 1 (1.72%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (1.72%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 5 (8.62%) Low-Code
2 4 (6.90%) Cyber Threat
3 3 (5.17%) Client/Server
3 3 (5.17%) Legacy Systems
3 3 (5.17%) Linux Command Line
3 3 (5.17%) Management Information System
3 3 (5.17%) Mobile App
4 2 (3.45%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (3.45%) Onboarding
4 2 (3.45%) PKI
4 2 (3.45%) Security Posture
5 1 (1.72%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (1.72%) Cyber Security Posture
5 1 (1.72%) Data Structures
5 1 (1.72%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 4 (6.90%) Windows
2 2 (3.45%) Linux
2 2 (3.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 2 (3.45%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (60.34%) Business Intelligence
2 26 (44.83%) Agile
3 18 (31.03%) Problem-Solving
4 16 (27.59%) DevOps
5 12 (20.69%) Data Analysis
5 12 (20.69%) Migration
6 11 (18.97%) CRM
7 10 (17.24%) Visualisation
8 9 (15.52%) Analytics
8 9 (15.52%) Cybersecurity
8 9 (15.52%) Data Modelling
9 8 (13.79%) Stakeholder Management
10 7 (12.07%) CI/CD
10 7 (12.07%) Data Visualisation
10 7 (12.07%) Kanban
11 6 (10.34%) Decision-Making
11 6 (10.34%) Software Delivery
11 6 (10.34%) Waterfall
12 5 (8.62%) Dashboard Development
12 5 (8.62%) Data Integration
Programming Languages
1 14 (24.14%) SQL
2 12 (20.69%) PowerShell
3 10 (17.24%) JavaScript
3 10 (17.24%) Python
4 9 (15.52%) C#
5 8 (13.79%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 6 (10.34%) Java
7 3 (5.17%) Bash
7 3 (5.17%) Bicep
7 3 (5.17%) C++
7 3 (5.17%) Shell Script
7 3 (5.17%) VBA
7 3 (5.17%) VBScript
8 2 (3.45%) Groovy
9 1 (1.72%) R
9 1 (1.72%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 11 (18.97%) Degree
2 4 (6.90%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (5.17%) CISM
3 3 (5.17%) CISSP
3 3 (5.17%) ISEB
3 3 (5.17%) ISTQB
3 3 (5.17%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
4 2 (3.45%) ISACA
4 2 (3.45%) ITIL Certification
4 2 (3.45%) MCSE
5 1 (1.72%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (1.72%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (15.52%) Disclosure Scotland
2 7 (12.07%) QA
3 5 (8.62%) Data Quality
4 4 (6.90%) PMO
5 2 (3.45%) P3O
6 1 (1.72%) Accessibility
System Software
1 2 (3.45%) Active Directory
1 2 (3.45%) Hyper-V
2 1 (1.72%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (6.90%) Terraform
2 3 (5.17%) Ansible
2 3 (5.17%) Grafana
2 3 (5.17%) Progress Chef
2 3 (5.17%) Prometheus
3 2 (3.45%) SCCM
4 1 (1.72%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 24 (41.38%) Microsoft
2 3 (5.17%) Qualys
3 2 (3.45%) Databricks
3 2 (3.45%) Oracle
4 1 (1.72%) Adobe
4 1 (1.72%) DocuSign
4 1 (1.72%) Nintex
4 1 (1.72%) Pega