Power BI Jobs in Scotland

Microsoft Power BI
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland requiring Power BI skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Power BI over the 6 months leading up to 2 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 130 104 108
Rank change year-on-year -26 +4 +9
Permanent jobs citing Power BI 40 191 115
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 1.24% 2.90% 2.76%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 10.44% 11.83% 14.20%
Number of salaries quoted 30 156 75
10th Percentile £36,925 £27,500 £35,733
25th Percentile £39,250 £35,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,750 £45,000 £50,238
Median % change year-on-year +19.44% -10.43% +11.64%
75th Percentile £70,022 £59,625 £57,654
90th Percentile £83,738 £71,750 £70,500
UK median annual salary £56,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +2.73% - -

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 383 1,614 810
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 11.89% 24.54% 19.43%
Number of salaries quoted 136 450 479
10th Percentile £36,625 £32,500 £35,733
25th Percentile £46,730 £38,875 £44,898
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £58,500
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -10.26% +6.36%
75th Percentile £77,500 £64,750 £73,072
90th Percentile £98,474 £75,000 £83,811
UK median annual salary £62,000 £57,500 £63,000
% change year-on-year +7.83% -8.73% +5.00%

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

Power BI
Salary Trend in Scotland

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

Salary trend for Power BI in Scotland

Power BI
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Power BI in Scotland over the 6 months to 2 July 2025.

Salary histogram for Power BI in Scotland

Power BI
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 2 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Glasgow +89 20 £44,500 -20.89% 42
Edinburgh +8 16 £74,870 +36.13% 58
Aberdeen +9 2 £45,000 +5.88% 19
West Dunbartonshire - 1 £55,000 -
Power BI
UK

Power BI
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 2 (5.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.50%) Apache
2 1 (2.50%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 7 (17.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.50%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.50%) MS Visio
2 1 (2.50%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 2 (5.00%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 40 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 6 (15.00%) Azure
3 5 (12.50%) SaaS
4 4 (10.00%) Azure Data Factory
4 4 (10.00%) Snowflake
5 2 (5.00%) Amazon S3
5 2 (5.00%) Amazon SageMaker
5 2 (5.00%) AWS
5 2 (5.00%) AWS Lambda
5 2 (5.00%) Azure Logic Apps
5 2 (5.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 2 (5.00%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (5.00%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (5.00%) Power Automate
5 2 (5.00%) PowerApps
5 2 (5.00%) Serverless
6 1 (2.50%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 1 (2.50%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (2.50%) Miro
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (37.50%) Tableau
2 9 (22.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 8 (20.00%) SQL Server
4 5 (12.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 4 (10.00%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (7.50%) Power Query
7 2 (5.00%) Azure SQL Database
7 2 (5.00%) Data Lake
7 2 (5.00%) Oracle ODI
7 2 (5.00%) PostgreSQL
7 2 (5.00%) Star Schema
8 1 (2.50%) Metadata
8 1 (2.50%) NoSQL
8 1 (2.50%) Oracle Reports
8 1 (2.50%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 2 (5.00%) JIRA
2 1 (2.50%) Jenkins
General
1 19 (47.50%) Finance
2 10 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (17.50%) Banking
4 5 (12.50%) Social Skills
5 3 (7.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (5.00%) Automotive
6 2 (5.00%) Law
7 1 (2.50%) Legal
7 1 (2.50%) Manufacturing
7 1 (2.50%) Marketing
7 1 (2.50%) Retail
Job Titles
1 13 (32.50%) Analyst
2 11 (27.50%) Developer
2 11 (27.50%) Senior
3 6 (15.00%) Business Intelligence Developer
4 5 (12.50%) Senior Developer
5 4 (10.00%) Data Analyst
5 4 (10.00%) Data Manager
5 4 (10.00%) Insight Analyst
5 4 (10.00%) Lead
5 4 (10.00%) Senior Manager
6 3 (7.50%) Senior Business Intelligence Developer
7 2 (5.00%) CRM Developer
7 2 (5.00%) IT Analyst
7 2 (5.00%) Power BI Developer
7 2 (5.00%) QA Engineer
7 2 (5.00%) Report Analyst
7 2 (5.00%) Senior Analyst
7 2 (5.00%) Senior SQL Developer
7 2 (5.00%) SQL Developer
7 2 (5.00%) SQL Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.00%) JSON
2 1 (2.50%) CSS
2 1 (2.50%) HTML
2 1 (2.50%) jQuery
2 1 (2.50%) PySpark
2 1 (2.50%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.00%) Legacy Systems
1 2 (5.00%) Low-Code
1 2 (5.00%) Product Ownership
1 2 (5.00%) Replication
2 1 (2.50%) FMCG
2 1 (2.50%) Reference Data
2 1 (2.50%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (95.00%) Business Intelligence
2 17 (42.50%) Analytics
3 12 (30.00%) Decision-Making
4 11 (27.50%) Data Science
5 10 (25.00%) Actionable Insight
5 10 (25.00%) Data Analysis
5 10 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
6 9 (22.50%) Artificial Intelligence
6 9 (22.50%) Visualisation
7 8 (20.00%) Data Visualisation
7 8 (20.00%) ETL
8 7 (17.50%) Dimensional Modelling
9 6 (15.00%) Migration
9 6 (15.00%) Validation
10 5 (12.50%) Agile
10 5 (12.50%) Data Modelling
10 5 (12.50%) Machine Learning
10 5 (12.50%) Mentoring
10 5 (12.50%) Use Case
11 4 (10.00%) People Management
Programming Languages
1 25 (62.50%) SQL
2 4 (10.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
2 4 (10.00%) Python
3 3 (7.50%) C#
4 2 (5.00%) JavaScript
5 1 (2.50%) Java
5 1 (2.50%) PHP
5 1 (2.50%) R
Qualifications
1 6 (15.00%) Degree
2 3 (7.50%) ACCA
3 2 (5.00%) CISM
3 2 (5.00%) CISSP
4 1 (2.50%) Azure Certification
4 1 (2.50%) CIMA
4 1 (2.50%) HND
4 1 (2.50%) Security Cleared
4 1 (2.50%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (10.00%) QA
2 3 (7.50%) Actionable Recommendations
2 3 (7.50%) Data Quality
3 2 (5.00%) NIST
Systems Management
1 1 (2.50%) Kubernetes
1 1 (2.50%) Terraform
Vendors
1 7 (17.50%) Microsoft
2 6 (15.00%) Oracle
3 2 (5.00%) Alteryx
3 2 (5.00%) Databricks
4 1 (2.50%) CyberArk
4 1 (2.50%) Epicor