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 15 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 81 53 60
Rank change year-on-year -28 +7 +41
Permanent jobs citing Power BI 73 116 120
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 2.63% 3.51% 5.03%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 23.03% 23.43% 23.53%
Number of salaries quoted 37 57 99
10th Percentile £37,200 £27,500 £35,336
25th Percentile £42,500 £32,750 £42,439
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £42,500 £47,557
Median % change year-on-year +11.76% -10.63% +11.90%
75th Percentile £57,500 £52,250 £61,835
90th Percentile £63,750 £63,850 £78,811
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 317 495 510
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 11.40% 14.98% 21.36%
Number of salaries quoted 111 219 431
10th Percentile £26,000 £33,750 £35,733
25th Percentile £35,000 £39,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £51,500 £56,318
Median % change year-on-year -7.77% -8.55% +7.27%
75th Percentile £67,500 £65,000 £72,433
90th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £84,056
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -4.00%

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 15 November 2025.

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 15 November 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Edinburgh +20 45 £47,500 +5.56% 17
Glasgow -33 19 £45,000 +5.88% 23
West Dunbartonshire - 2 £57,500 -
North Lanarkshire - 1 £45,000 -
Highlands - 1 £52,500 - 1
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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 12 (16.44%) Confluence
2 11 (15.07%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 2 (2.74%) SharePoint
Applications
1 19 (26.03%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (2.74%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (1.37%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (1.37%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 11 (15.07%) Oracle EBS
1 11 (15.07%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (1.37%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 73 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 37 (50.68%) Azure
3 28 (38.36%) Azure DevOps
4 16 (21.92%) GitHub
4 16 (21.92%) GitHub Copilot
4 16 (21.92%) Snowflake
5 13 (17.81%) PowerApps
6 12 (16.44%) Azure Data Factory
7 11 (15.07%) OCI
8 8 (10.96%) Power Automate
9 5 (6.85%) Microsoft 365
10 2 (2.74%) AWS
10 2 (2.74%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 2 (2.74%) dbt
10 2 (2.74%) SaaS
11 1 (1.37%) Amazon S3
11 1 (1.37%) Azure Logic Apps
11 1 (1.37%) Azure Monitor
11 1 (1.37%) Azure Stack
11 1 (1.37%) Miro
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (41.10%) Tableau
2 15 (20.55%) Data Warehouse
3 8 (10.96%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 7 (9.59%) Metadata
5 5 (6.85%) SQL Server
6 4 (5.48%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
6 4 (5.48%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 2 (2.74%) Azure SQL Database
7 2 (2.74%) Data Vault
7 2 (2.74%) Power Query
7 2 (2.74%) Snowflake Schema
8 1 (1.37%) BusinessObjects
8 1 (1.37%) Oracle ODI
8 1 (1.37%) Oracle Reports
8 1 (1.37%) PostgreSQL
8 1 (1.37%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 24 (32.88%) JIRA
2 11 (15.07%) Git
2 11 (15.07%) Jenkins
2 11 (15.07%) Oracle Forms
General
1 42 (57.53%) Finance
2 25 (34.25%) Analytical Skills
3 13 (17.81%) Social Skills
4 12 (16.44%) Manufacturing
5 8 (10.96%) Marketing
6 6 (8.22%) Law
7 4 (5.48%) Retail
8 3 (4.11%) Legal
9 2 (2.74%) Billing
10 1 (1.37%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (1.37%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 35 (47.95%) Analyst
2 16 (21.92%) Applications Engineer
3 12 (16.44%) Applications Support
3 12 (16.44%) Applications Support Analyst
3 12 (16.44%) Support Analyst
4 11 (15.07%) Cloud Engineer
5 10 (13.70%) Business Analyst
6 9 (12.33%) Developer
7 7 (9.59%) Insight Analyst
8 6 (8.22%) Business Intelligence Developer
9 4 (5.48%) Data Business Analyst
9 4 (5.48%) Report Analyst
9 4 (5.48%) Senior
9 4 (5.48%) Systems Analyst
9 4 (5.48%) Technical Analyst
9 4 (5.48%) Technical Business Analyst
10 3 (4.11%) Analyst Developer
10 3 (4.11%) Lead
10 3 (4.11%) Report Developer
10 3 (4.11%) Technologist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (15.07%) OAuth
1 11 (15.07%) OAuth2
1 11 (15.07%) RESTful
1 11 (15.07%) SAML
2 1 (1.37%) REST
2 1 (1.37%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 12 (16.44%) Product Ownership
2 11 (15.07%) Analytical Mindset
2 11 (15.07%) Cloud Native
2 11 (15.07%) Enterprise Software
2 11 (15.07%) Low-Code
3 10 (13.70%) Management Information System
4 8 (10.96%) Onboarding
5 6 (8.22%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (2.74%) Life Science
7 1 (1.37%) FMCG
7 1 (1.37%) Replication
Processes & Methodologies
1 73 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
2 33 (45.21%) Agile
3 30 (41.10%) AI
3 30 (41.10%) Asset Management
3 30 (41.10%) Coaching
4 28 (38.36%) DevOps
5 26 (35.62%) ERP
6 25 (34.25%) Analytics
7 21 (28.77%) ETL
8 20 (27.40%) Continuous Improvement
8 20 (27.40%) Visualisation
9 17 (23.29%) CI/CD
9 17 (23.29%) Test Automation
10 12 (16.44%) Acceptance Criteria
10 12 (16.44%) API Integration
10 12 (16.44%) ITIL
10 12 (16.44%) User Stories
10 12 (16.44%) Validation
11 11 (15.07%) Data Analysis
11 11 (15.07%) SOA
Programming Languages
1 61 (83.56%) SQL
2 30 (41.10%) Python
3 22 (30.14%) PL/SQL
4 12 (16.44%) Shell Script
5 11 (15.07%) Java
6 4 (5.48%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 1 (1.37%) Bash
7 1 (1.37%) PowerShell
7 1 (1.37%) VBA
Qualifications
1 7 (9.59%) Degree
2 1 (1.37%) ACCA
2 1 (1.37%) CIMA
2 1 (1.37%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (10.96%) Accessibility
2 6 (8.22%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.37%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (1.37%) P3O
3 1 (1.37%) PMO
3 1 (1.37%) QA
Systems Management
1 11 (15.07%) Single Sign-On
1 11 (15.07%) Terraform
Vendors
1 26 (35.62%) Oracle
2 16 (21.92%) Microsoft
3 11 (15.07%) Concur
3 11 (15.07%) SAP
4 6 (8.22%) Alteryx
5 3 (4.11%) Teradata
6 1 (1.37%) CyberArk