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 3 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 89 83 60
Rank change year-on-year -6 -23 -7
Permanent jobs citing Power BI 53 67 129
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 1.27% 2.60% 3.54%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 27.60% 19.31% 21.79%
Number of salaries quoted 28 41 70
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £39,321 £42,500 £29,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £47,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +36.84% +11.76% -15.00%
75th Percentile £73,625 £57,500 £49,500
90th Percentile £112,500 £63,750 £64,350
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% +9.09%

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 192 347 592
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 4.60% 13.44% 16.26%
Number of salaries quoted 116 104 248
10th Percentile £27,500 £26,425 £32,425
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - -11.22%
75th Percentile £75,000 £62,813 £64,813
90th Percentile £103,750 £73,750 £73,963
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - -7.69% +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 3 October 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 3 October 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
Glasgow +8 17 £67,500 +50.00% 37
Edinburgh -10 16 £105,000 +121.05% 37
Aberdeen - 5 - - 21
North Lanarkshire +6 4 £35,000 -22.22% 5
Dundee - 4 - - 8
Fife - 3 £27,000 - 6
Stirling - 2 £32,500 - 2
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 2 (3.77%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.89%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 19 (35.85%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.89%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (7.55%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.89%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 53 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 33 (62.26%) Azure
3 16 (30.19%) Azure AI
4 7 (13.21%) Power Automate
5 5 (9.43%) Dynamics 365
6 3 (5.66%) Microsoft 365
6 3 (5.66%) PowerApps
6 3 (5.66%) SaaS
6 3 (5.66%) Snowflake
7 1 (1.89%) AWS
7 1 (1.89%) Entra ID
7 1 (1.89%) GCP
7 1 (1.89%) Microsoft Purview
7 1 (1.89%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.89%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (37.74%) Tableau
2 9 (16.98%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (7.55%) Metadata
3 4 (7.55%) SQL Server
4 2 (3.77%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
4 2 (3.77%) Oracle Database
4 2 (3.77%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (1.89%) Data Lake
5 1 (1.89%) Looker
5 1 (1.89%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 3 (5.66%) Git
2 2 (3.77%) Oracle Forms
General
1 31 (58.49%) Social Skills
2 14 (26.42%) Analytical Skills
3 11 (20.75%) Finance
4 4 (7.55%) Public Sector
5 3 (5.66%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (3.77%) Law
6 2 (3.77%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.89%) Local Government
7 1 (1.89%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.89%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 22 (41.51%) Analyst
2 20 (37.74%) Junior
3 19 (35.85%) Data Analyst
4 16 (30.19%) Junior Analyst
4 16 (30.19%) Junior Data Analyst
5 12 (22.64%) Developer
6 5 (9.43%) Architect
6 5 (9.43%) Data Architect
6 5 (9.43%) Senior
7 4 (7.55%) Business Intelligence Developer
7 4 (7.55%) Dynamics 365 Developer
7 4 (7.55%) Junior Business Intelligence Developer
7 4 (7.55%) Junior Developer
7 4 (7.55%) Lead
8 3 (5.66%) Business Intelligence Analyst
8 3 (5.66%) Data Manager
8 3 (5.66%) Lead Architect
8 3 (5.66%) Lead Data Architect
8 3 (5.66%) Senior Developer
9 2 (3.77%) Senior Systems Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (7.55%) .NET
2 1 (1.89%) ODBC
Miscellaneous
1 4 (7.55%) Enterprise Software
2 3 (5.66%) Cloud Native
3 2 (3.77%) Data Fabric
3 2 (3.77%) Management Information System
3 2 (3.77%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.89%) NHS
4 1 (1.89%) Web Conferencing
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
2 20 (37.74%) AI
3 14 (26.42%) Analytics
4 12 (22.64%) Decision-Making
5 10 (18.87%) Visualisation
6 9 (16.98%) Problem-Solving
7 8 (15.09%) Data Modelling
8 7 (13.21%) Data Architecture
8 7 (13.21%) Data Governance
8 7 (13.21%) ETL
8 7 (13.21%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 6 (11.32%) Actionable Insight
9 6 (11.32%) Continuous Improvement
9 6 (11.32%) Data Strategy
9 6 (11.32%) Lakehouse
10 5 (9.43%) Customer Service
10 5 (9.43%) Dashboard Development
10 5 (9.43%) Data Migration
10 5 (9.43%) Data Pipeline
10 5 (9.43%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 31 (58.49%) SQL
2 22 (41.51%) Python
3 5 (9.43%) JavaScript
4 4 (7.55%) C#
5 3 (5.66%) R
6 2 (3.77%) PL/SQL
6 2 (3.77%) PowerShell
6 2 (3.77%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 16 (30.19%) Azure Certification
2 2 (3.77%) Degree
3 1 (1.89%) ACCA
3 1 (1.89%) CIMA
3 1 (1.89%) MCT
3 1 (1.89%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (1.89%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (22.64%) Data Quality
2 2 (3.77%) GDPR
Vendors
1 34 (64.15%) Microsoft
2 4 (7.55%) Oracle
3 1 (1.89%) Alteryx
3 1 (1.89%) Salesforce