Power BI Job Trends in Scotland

Microsoft Power BI
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring Power BI skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 52 58 104
Rank change year-on-year +6 +46 +29
Permanent jobs citing Power BI 115 88 156
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 3.85% 3.85% 3.53%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 42.91% 19.38% 12.13%
Number of salaries quoted 22 37 131
10th Percentile £37,100 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £37,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £44,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.74% -6.32% +3.83%
75th Percentile £62,813 £52,500 £61,250
90th Percentile £71,400 £63,750 £73,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +14.29% -4.55%

All Database & 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 permanent job vacancies requiring database or business intelligence skills in Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 268 454 1,286
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 8.96% 19.88% 29.08%
Number of salaries quoted 86 202 461
10th Percentile £26,250 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% -4.55% -4.18%
75th Percentile £67,500 £66,563 £68,500
90th Percentile £78,790 £85,000 £84,056
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +13.04% -8.00%

Power BI
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Power BI job vacancy trend in Scotland

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Salary Trend in Scotland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Power BI.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Power BI

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Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Power BI in Scotland over the 6 months to 28 February 2026.

Salary histogram for Power BI in Scotland

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Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Power BI within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 28 February 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Edinburgh +10 50 £47,500 -17.39% 8
Glasgow -9 25 £45,000 +5.88% 7
West Dunbartonshire - 12 - -
Aberdeen -1 11 - - 3
Dundee - 11 - -
North Lanarkshire - 1 £45,000 -
Highlands - 1 £52,500 - 1
Argyll and Bute - 1 £38,000 -
Power BI
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 14 (12.17%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 7 (6.09%) SharePoint
3 6 (5.22%) Confluence
Applications
1 54 (46.96%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (10.43%) MS Visio
3 4 (3.48%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.87%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 14 (12.17%) Oracle ERP
2 4 (3.48%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (1.74%) Alphatax
4 1 (0.87%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.87%) FIS Private Capital Suite
Cloud Services
1 115 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 95 (82.61%) Azure
3 44 (38.26%) Azure AI
4 39 (33.91%) Azure DevOps
5 21 (18.26%) GitHub
5 21 (18.26%) GitHub Copilot
5 21 (18.26%) Microsoft 365
6 15 (13.04%) Azure Data Factory
7 14 (12.17%) OCI
8 12 (10.43%) Power Automate
9 9 (7.83%) Snowflake
10 8 (6.96%) PowerApps
11 2 (1.74%) AWS
11 2 (1.74%) Azure Logic Apps
11 2 (1.74%) Azure Stack
11 2 (1.74%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 2 (1.74%) dbt
11 2 (1.74%) Dynamics 365
11 2 (1.74%) OneDrive
12 1 (0.87%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.74%) Broadband
1 2 (1.74%) DHCP
1 2 (1.74%) DNS
1 2 (1.74%) Firewall
1 2 (1.74%) Mobile Broadband
1 2 (1.74%) Softphone
1 2 (1.74%) VLAN
1 2 (1.74%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 69 (60.00%) Tableau
2 8 (6.96%) Data Warehouse
3 7 (6.09%) Metadata
4 6 (5.22%) SQL Server
5 4 (3.48%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
5 4 (3.48%) Azure SQL Database
6 2 (1.74%) Data Vault
6 2 (1.74%) Snowflake Schema
6 2 (1.74%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (0.87%) BusinessObjects
7 1 (0.87%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 20 (17.39%) JIRA
2 14 (12.17%) Git
2 14 (12.17%) Jenkins
2 14 (12.17%) Oracle Forms
3 1 (0.87%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 59 (51.30%) Social Skills
2 39 (33.91%) Finance
3 21 (18.26%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (12.17%) Billing
5 4 (3.48%) Manufacturing
6 3 (2.61%) Law
6 3 (2.61%) Legal
6 3 (2.61%) Retail
7 2 (1.74%) Marketing
7 2 (1.74%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (0.87%) Games
8 1 (0.87%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 72 (62.61%) Analyst
2 45 (39.13%) Junior
3 44 (38.26%) Data Analyst
3 44 (38.26%) Junior Analyst
3 44 (38.26%) Junior Data Analyst
4 21 (18.26%) Applications Engineer
5 18 (15.65%) Support Analyst
6 16 (13.91%) Applications Support
6 16 (13.91%) Applications Support Analyst
7 14 (12.17%) Cloud Engineer
8 5 (4.35%) Business Analyst
8 5 (4.35%) Data Engineer
9 4 (3.48%) Developer
9 4 (3.48%) Insight Analyst
9 4 (3.48%) Lead
9 4 (3.48%) Technical Analyst
9 4 (3.48%) Technical Business Analyst
10 3 (2.61%) Analyst Developer
10 3 (2.61%) Report Analyst
10 3 (2.61%) Report Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (12.17%) OAuth
1 14 (12.17%) OAuth2
1 14 (12.17%) RESTful
1 14 (12.17%) SAML
2 2 (1.74%) .NET
2 2 (1.74%) Web Services
3 1 (0.87%) CSS
3 1 (0.87%) HTML
3 1 (0.87%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 18 (15.65%) Product Ownership
2 16 (13.91%) Management Information System
3 14 (12.17%) Cloud Native
3 14 (12.17%) Enterprise Software
4 12 (10.43%) Low-Code
5 8 (6.96%) Self-Motivation
6 5 (4.35%) Analytical Mindset
7 2 (1.74%) iPhone
7 2 (1.74%) Life Science
7 2 (1.74%) Onboarding
8 1 (0.87%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (0.87%) Data Structures
8 1 (0.87%) Driving Licence
8 1 (0.87%) Housing Association
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.74%) Apple iOS
1 2 (1.74%) Windows
1 2 (1.74%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 114 (99.13%) Business Intelligence
2 73 (63.48%) AI
3 44 (38.26%) Agile
4 40 (34.78%) DevOps
5 31 (26.96%) Coaching
6 29 (25.22%) Asset Management
7 26 (22.61%) Analytics
8 24 (20.87%) Visualisation
9 22 (19.13%) CI/CD
10 21 (18.26%) ERP
10 21 (18.26%) Test Automation
11 17 (14.78%) Continuous Improvement
12 15 (13.04%) API Integration
12 15 (13.04%) Process Improvement
13 14 (12.17%) Clean Code
13 14 (12.17%) Event-Driven
13 14 (12.17%) Event-Driven Architecture
13 14 (12.17%) Microservices
13 14 (12.17%) SOA
13 14 (12.17%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 89 (77.39%) SQL
2 77 (66.96%) Python
3 18 (15.65%) PL/SQL
4 15 (13.04%) Shell Script
5 14 (12.17%) Java
6 4 (3.48%) PowerShell
7 2 (1.74%) C#
7 2 (1.74%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (0.87%) Bash
8 1 (0.87%) VBA
Qualifications
1 44 (38.26%) Azure Certification
2 19 (16.52%) Degree
3 12 (10.43%) HND
4 1 (0.87%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (0.87%) PMI Certification
4 1 (0.87%) PMP
4 1 (0.87%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (12.17%) Accessibility
2 12 (10.43%) SLA
3 6 (5.22%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.87%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (0.87%) P3O
4 1 (0.87%) PMO
System Software
1 2 (1.74%) Active Directory
1 2 (1.74%) BitLocker
1 2 (1.74%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 14 (12.17%) Single Sign-On
1 14 (12.17%) Terraform
2 2 (1.74%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 82 (71.30%) Microsoft
2 18 (15.65%) Oracle
3 12 (10.43%) Adobe
3 12 (10.43%) Freshdesk
3 12 (10.43%) Nintex
4 4 (3.48%) Concur
4 4 (3.48%) SAP
5 3 (2.61%) Alteryx
5 3 (2.61%) Teradata
6 2 (1.74%) Bomgar
6 2 (1.74%) iManage
7 1 (0.87%) Anaplan
7 1 (0.87%) Dataiku
7 1 (0.87%) FIS
7 1 (0.87%) Genesys
7 1 (0.87%) Meraki
7 1 (0.87%) ServiceNow
7 1 (0.87%) Verint