Power BI Job Trends in Glasgow

Microsoft Power BI
Scotland > Glasgow

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Glasgow requiring Power BI skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 33 21 81
Rank change year-on-year -12 +60 -10
Permanent jobs citing Power BI 19 55 48
As % of all permanent jobs in Glasgow 2.79% 7.57% 3.98%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 38.00% 36.91% 11.19%
Number of salaries quoted 9 25 34
10th Percentile £37,350 £32,600 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £37,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £42,500 £46,250
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -8.11% -11.90%
75th Percentile £48,750 £49,750 £61,835
90th Percentile £55,600 £67,500 £64,625
Scotland median annual salary £47,500 £42,500 £47,557
% change year-on-year +11.76% -10.63% +18.89%

All Database & Business Intelligence Skills
Glasgow

Power BI falls under the Databases and Business Intelligence category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring database or business intelligence skills in Glasgow.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 50 149 429
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Glasgow 7.33% 20.50% 35.60%
Number of salaries quoted 24 59 106
10th Percentile £35,225 £37,450 £31,250
25th Percentile £38,438 £39,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,250 £50,000 £51,750
Median % change year-on-year -7.50% -3.38% -1.43%
75th Percentile £55,938 £63,125 £61,835
90th Percentile £63,500 £80,000 £67,500
Scotland median annual salary £46,250 £52,125 £57,500
% change year-on-year -11.27% -9.35% +4.55%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Power BI relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Glasgow.

Power BI job vacancy trend in Glasgow

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Salary Trend in Glasgow

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing Power BI.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing Power BI

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Salary Histogram in Glasgow

Salary distribution for jobs citing Power BI in Glasgow over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Power BI in Glasgow

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Glasgow 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 2 (10.53%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (42.11%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (10.53%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 19 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 8 (42.11%) Azure
3 5 (26.32%) Azure AI
4 2 (10.53%) Azure Data Factory
4 2 (10.53%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 1 (5.26%) AWS
5 1 (5.26%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (5.26%) Power Automate
5 1 (5.26%) PowerApps
5 1 (5.26%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (52.63%) Tableau
2 5 (26.32%) SQL Server
3 3 (15.79%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 2 (10.53%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (10.53%) Metadata
5 1 (5.26%) BusinessObjects
5 1 (5.26%) SQL Server Integration Services
General
1 10 (52.63%) Analytical Skills
1 10 (52.63%) Social Skills
2 7 (36.84%) Finance
3 2 (10.53%) Presentation Skills
3 2 (10.53%) Retail
4 1 (5.26%) Billing
4 1 (5.26%) Games
Job Titles
1 11 (57.89%) Analyst
2 6 (31.58%) Data Analyst
3 5 (26.32%) Developer
3 5 (26.32%) Junior
3 5 (26.32%) Junior Analyst
3 5 (26.32%) Junior Data Analyst
4 4 (21.05%) Insight Analyst
5 3 (15.79%) Analyst Developer
5 3 (15.79%) Report Analyst
5 3 (15.79%) Report Developer
6 2 (10.53%) Lead
6 2 (10.53%) Senior
7 1 (5.26%) Automation Specialist
7 1 (5.26%) Commercial Analyst
7 1 (5.26%) Compliance Specialist
7 1 (5.26%) Data Engineer
7 1 (5.26%) Insight Manager
7 1 (5.26%) Power Platform Developer
7 1 (5.26%) Senior Architect
7 1 (5.26%) SQL Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.26%) .NET
1 1 (5.26%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 2 (10.53%) Analytical Mindset
1 2 (10.53%) Life Science
1 2 (10.53%) Management Information System
2 1 (5.26%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
2 8 (42.11%) Decision-Making
3 6 (31.58%) AI
3 6 (31.58%) Visualisation
4 5 (26.32%) Actionable Insight
4 5 (26.32%) Analytics
4 5 (26.32%) Data Management
4 5 (26.32%) ETL
4 5 (26.32%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (21.05%) Data Analysis
5 4 (21.05%) Data Analytics
5 4 (21.05%) Migration
6 3 (15.79%) Computer Science
6 3 (15.79%) Data Extraction
6 3 (15.79%) Data Visualisation
6 3 (15.79%) WFM
7 2 (10.53%) Business Transformation
7 2 (10.53%) Continuous Improvement
7 2 (10.53%) Data Governance
7 2 (10.53%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 14 (73.68%) SQL
2 6 (31.58%) Python
3 2 (10.53%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 1 (5.26%) Bash
4 1 (5.26%) C#
4 1 (5.26%) PowerShell
4 1 (5.26%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 5 (26.32%) Azure Certification
1 5 (26.32%) Degree
2 1 (5.26%) PMI Certification
2 1 (5.26%) PMP
2 1 (5.26%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (15.79%) Data Quality
2 1 (5.26%) Actionable Recommendations
Vendors
1 6 (31.58%) Microsoft
2 3 (15.79%) Alteryx
2 3 (15.79%) Teradata
3 1 (5.26%) Anaplan
3 1 (5.26%) Dataiku
3 1 (5.26%) Genesys
3 1 (5.26%) ServiceNow
3 1 (5.26%) Verint