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 14 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 56 58 86
Rank change year-on-year +2 +28 +36
Permanent jobs citing Power BI 114 97 161
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 3.86% 4.07% 3.95%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 42.07% 20.77% 14.73%
Number of salaries quoted 24 38 136
10th Percentile £38,300 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £37,500 £40,033
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £44,500 £47,529
Median % change year-on-year +6.74% -6.37% +15.22%
75th Percentile £60,938 £53,438 £61,250
90th Percentile £69,700 £63,750 £73,625
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +14.29% -6.25%

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 271 467 1,093
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 9.17% 19.58% 26.80%
Number of salaries quoted 86 204 482
10th Percentile £26,250 £35,000 £33,025
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £42,439
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,250 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.90% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £66,563 £63,328 £70,000
90th Percentile £78,790 £75,875 £85,000
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

Power BI
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 14 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 14 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 +18 56 £47,500 -17.39% 9
Glasgow -12 23 £45,000 +3.45% 11
West Dunbartonshire - 11 - -
Aberdeen -1 9 - - 3
Dundee - 9 - -
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 16 (14.04%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 10 (8.77%) Confluence
3 7 (6.14%) SharePoint
Applications
1 50 (43.86%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (9.65%) MS Visio
3 4 (3.51%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.88%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 16 (14.04%) Oracle ERP
2 6 (5.26%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (1.75%) Alphatax
4 1 (0.88%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.88%) FIS Private Capital Suite
Cloud Services
1 114 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 92 (80.70%) Azure
3 44 (38.60%) Azure DevOps
4 36 (31.58%) Azure AI
5 23 (20.18%) GitHub
5 23 (20.18%) GitHub Copilot
6 20 (17.54%) Microsoft 365
7 16 (14.04%) OCI
8 15 (13.16%) Azure Data Factory
9 13 (11.40%) Snowflake
10 12 (10.53%) Power Automate
11 10 (8.77%) PowerApps
12 2 (1.75%) AWS
12 2 (1.75%) Azure Logic Apps
12 2 (1.75%) Azure Stack
12 2 (1.75%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 2 (1.75%) dbt
12 2 (1.75%) Dynamics 365
12 2 (1.75%) OneDrive
13 1 (0.88%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.75%) Broadband
1 2 (1.75%) DHCP
1 2 (1.75%) DNS
1 2 (1.75%) Firewall
1 2 (1.75%) Mobile Broadband
1 2 (1.75%) Softphone
1 2 (1.75%) VLAN
1 2 (1.75%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 67 (58.77%) Tableau
2 12 (10.53%) Data Warehouse
3 7 (6.14%) Metadata
4 6 (5.26%) SQL Server
5 4 (3.51%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
5 4 (3.51%) Azure SQL Database
6 2 (1.75%) Data Vault
6 2 (1.75%) Snowflake Schema
6 2 (1.75%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (0.88%) BusinessObjects
7 1 (0.88%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 26 (22.81%) JIRA
2 16 (14.04%) Git
2 16 (14.04%) Jenkins
2 16 (14.04%) Oracle Forms
3 1 (0.88%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 51 (44.74%) Social Skills
2 45 (39.47%) Finance
3 25 (21.93%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (11.40%) Billing
5 6 (5.26%) Manufacturing
5 6 (5.26%) Marketing
6 3 (2.63%) Law
6 3 (2.63%) Legal
6 3 (2.63%) Retail
7 2 (1.75%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (0.88%) Games
8 1 (0.88%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 69 (60.53%) Analyst
2 37 (32.46%) Junior
3 36 (31.58%) Data Analyst
3 36 (31.58%) Junior Analyst
3 36 (31.58%) Junior Data Analyst
4 23 (20.18%) Applications Engineer
5 19 (16.67%) Support Analyst
6 17 (14.91%) Applications Support
6 17 (14.91%) Applications Support Analyst
7 16 (14.04%) Cloud Engineer
8 7 (6.14%) Business Analyst
9 5 (4.39%) Data Engineer
10 4 (3.51%) Developer
10 4 (3.51%) Insight Analyst
10 4 (3.51%) Lead
10 4 (3.51%) Technical Analyst
10 4 (3.51%) Technical Business Analyst
11 3 (2.63%) Analyst Developer
11 3 (2.63%) Report Analyst
11 3 (2.63%) Report Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (14.04%) OAuth
1 16 (14.04%) OAuth2
1 16 (14.04%) RESTful
1 16 (14.04%) SAML
2 2 (1.75%) .NET
2 2 (1.75%) Web Services
3 1 (0.88%) CSS
3 1 (0.88%) HTML
3 1 (0.88%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 21 (18.42%) Product Ownership
2 19 (16.67%) Management Information System
3 16 (14.04%) Cloud Native
3 16 (14.04%) Enterprise Software
4 12 (10.53%) Low-Code
5 9 (7.89%) Analytical Mindset
6 8 (7.02%) Self-Motivation
7 6 (5.26%) Onboarding
8 2 (1.75%) iPhone
8 2 (1.75%) Life Science
9 1 (0.88%) Data Protection Act
9 1 (0.88%) Data Structures
9 1 (0.88%) Driving Licence
9 1 (0.88%) Housing Association
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.75%) Apple iOS
1 2 (1.75%) Windows
1 2 (1.75%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 113 (99.12%) Business Intelligence
2 71 (62.28%) AI
3 49 (42.98%) Agile
4 45 (39.47%) DevOps
5 37 (32.46%) Coaching
6 35 (30.70%) Asset Management
7 28 (24.56%) Analytics
8 25 (21.93%) ERP
9 24 (21.05%) CI/CD
9 24 (21.05%) Visualisation
10 23 (20.18%) Test Automation
11 21 (18.42%) Continuous Improvement
12 17 (14.91%) API Integration
13 16 (14.04%) Clean Code
13 16 (14.04%) Event-Driven
13 16 (14.04%) Event-Driven Architecture
13 16 (14.04%) Microservices
13 16 (14.04%) RBAC
13 16 (14.04%) SOA
14 14 (12.28%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 89 (78.07%) SQL
2 75 (65.79%) Python
3 22 (19.30%) PL/SQL
4 17 (14.91%) Shell Script
5 16 (14.04%) Java
6 4 (3.51%) PowerShell
7 2 (1.75%) C#
7 2 (1.75%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (0.88%) Bash
8 1 (0.88%) VBA
Qualifications
1 36 (31.58%) Azure Certification
2 18 (15.79%) Degree
3 11 (9.65%) HND
4 1 (0.88%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (0.88%) PMI Certification
4 1 (0.88%) PMP
4 1 (0.88%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (14.91%) Accessibility
2 11 (9.65%) SLA
3 6 (5.26%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.88%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (0.88%) P3O
4 1 (0.88%) PMO
System Software
1 2 (1.75%) Active Directory
1 2 (1.75%) BitLocker
1 2 (1.75%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 16 (14.04%) Single Sign-On
1 16 (14.04%) Terraform
2 2 (1.75%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 75 (65.79%) Microsoft
2 22 (19.30%) Oracle
3 11 (9.65%) Adobe
3 11 (9.65%) Freshdesk
3 11 (9.65%) Nintex
4 6 (5.26%) Concur
4 6 (5.26%) SAP
5 3 (2.63%) Alteryx
5 3 (2.63%) Teradata
6 2 (1.75%) Bomgar
6 2 (1.75%) iManage
7 1 (0.88%) Anaplan
7 1 (0.88%) Dataiku
7 1 (0.88%) FIS
7 1 (0.88%) Genesys
7 1 (0.88%) Meraki
7 1 (0.88%) ServiceNow
7 1 (0.88%) Verint