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 12 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 117 121 115
Rank change year-on-year +4 -6 +9
Permanent jobs citing Power BI 47 182 112
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 1.57% 2.71% 2.42%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 12.43% 9.39% 13.15%
Number of salaries quoted 33 150 62
10th Percentile £35,000 £27,500 £33,008
25th Percentile £37,000 £36,438 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £47,709
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -0.44% +0.44%
75th Percentile £67,500 £59,875 £57,500
90th Percentile £83,738 £71,750 £73,644
UK median annual salary £57,500 £54,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +6.48% -1.82% -

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 378 1,939 852
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 12.63% 28.91% 18.43%
Number of salaries quoted 199 474 476
10th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £40,200 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% +13.21%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £91,413 £76,250 £89,852
UK median annual salary £62,500 £57,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +8.70% -11.54% +8.33%

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 12 May 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 12 May 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 +3 22 £69,022 +25.50% 28
Glasgow +132 16 £44,500 -17.59% 19
Aberdeen +12 7 £40,000 -5.88% 12
Renfrewshire -14 2 £48,500 +9.15% 4
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 (4.26%) Apache Spark
2 1 (2.13%) Apache
2 1 (2.13%) Jupyter
2 1 (2.13%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (14.89%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.13%) MS Visio
2 1 (2.13%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 2 (4.26%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (2.13%) Cloudability
Cloud Services
1 47 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 10 (21.28%) Azure
3 5 (10.64%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (8.51%) Dynamics 365
4 4 (8.51%) Snowflake
5 3 (6.38%) AWS
5 3 (6.38%) Power Automate
5 3 (6.38%) PowerApps
5 3 (6.38%) SaaS
6 2 (4.26%) Azure Data Factory
6 2 (4.26%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (4.26%) Azure Logic Apps
6 2 (4.26%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 2 (4.26%) dbt
6 2 (4.26%) GitHub
7 1 (2.13%) Amazon EMR
7 1 (2.13%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 1 (2.13%) Entra ID
7 1 (2.13%) GCP
7 1 (2.13%) OCI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (42.55%) Tableau
2 12 (25.53%) SQL Server
3 8 (17.02%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 6 (12.77%) Data Warehouse
5 5 (10.64%) MS Access
6 4 (8.51%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 3 (6.38%) Data Lake
8 2 (4.26%) Azure SQL Database
8 2 (4.26%) Looker
8 2 (4.26%) Metadata
8 2 (4.26%) MongoDB
8 2 (4.26%) PostgreSQL
8 2 (4.26%) Power Query
8 2 (4.26%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 1 (2.13%) Amazon QuickSight
9 1 (2.13%) Data Mart
9 1 (2.13%) Elasticsearch
9 1 (2.13%) Neo4j
9 1 (2.13%) NoSQL
9 1 (2.13%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (2.13%) Jenkins
General
1 19 (40.43%) Finance
2 15 (31.91%) Analytical Skills
3 14 (29.79%) Social Skills
4 10 (21.28%) Banking
5 8 (17.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (6.38%) Marketing
7 2 (4.26%) Automotive
8 1 (2.13%) Billing
8 1 (2.13%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (2.13%) Legal
Job Titles
1 11 (23.40%) Developer
1 11 (23.40%) Senior
2 10 (21.28%) Analyst
3 5 (10.64%) Configuration Engineer
3 5 (10.64%) Data Analyst
3 5 (10.64%) Lead
3 5 (10.64%) Software Configuration Engineer
4 4 (8.51%) Applications Support
4 4 (8.51%) Data Manager
4 4 (8.51%) Senior Manager
5 3 (6.38%) Applications Support Analyst
5 3 (6.38%) Consultant
5 3 (6.38%) Senior Developer
5 3 (6.38%) Software Developer
5 3 (6.38%) Support Analyst
6 2 (4.26%) Architect
6 2 (4.26%) Data Scientist
6 2 (4.26%) Database Analyst
6 2 (4.26%) Security Consultant
6 2 (4.26%) SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (17.02%) .NET
2 4 (8.51%) CSS
2 4 (8.51%) HTML
3 2 (4.26%) ASP.NET Web API
3 2 (4.26%) HTML5
3 2 (4.26%) JSON
3 2 (4.26%) Kafka
4 1 (2.13%) jQuery
4 1 (2.13%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 2 (4.26%) Legacy Systems
1 2 (4.26%) Mobile Banking
1 2 (4.26%) Product Ownership
1 2 (4.26%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (2.13%) Data Centre
2 1 (2.13%) Data Fabric
2 1 (2.13%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (2.13%) Low-Code
2 1 (2.13%) Private Cloud
2 1 (2.13%) Public Cloud
2 1 (2.13%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.13%) Linux
1 1 (2.13%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (80.85%) Business Intelligence
2 17 (36.17%) Analytics
2 17 (36.17%) Problem-Solving
3 15 (31.91%) Data Science
4 13 (27.66%) Data Analysis
4 13 (27.66%) Visualisation
5 11 (23.40%) Data Visualisation
5 11 (23.40%) Decision-Making
6 9 (19.15%) Data Modelling
7 8 (17.02%) Actionable Insight
7 8 (17.02%) Artificial Intelligence
8 6 (12.77%) Dashboard Development
8 6 (12.77%) Data Management
8 6 (12.77%) Mentoring
8 6 (12.77%) Use Case
9 5 (10.64%) Dimensional Modelling
9 5 (10.64%) Machine Learning
9 5 (10.64%) Migration
9 5 (10.64%) Stakeholder Management
9 5 (10.64%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 26 (55.32%) SQL
2 11 (23.40%) C#
3 5 (10.64%) Python
4 3 (6.38%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 3 (6.38%) JavaScript
5 2 (4.26%) R
6 1 (2.13%) Java
6 1 (2.13%) PHP
6 1 (2.13%) PowerShell
6 1 (2.13%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (8.51%) Degree
2 2 (4.26%) ACCA
2 2 (4.26%) Azure Certification
2 2 (4.26%) CISM
2 2 (4.26%) CISSP
3 1 (2.13%) DBS Check
3 1 (2.13%) HND
3 1 (2.13%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (2.13%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (8.51%) Data Quality
2 3 (6.38%) Actionable Recommendations
3 2 (4.26%) NIST
3 2 (4.26%) QA
System Software
1 1 (2.13%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (4.26%) Kubernetes
2 1 (2.13%) Terraform
Vendors
1 10 (21.28%) Microsoft
2 2 (4.26%) Databricks
2 2 (4.26%) Oracle
3 1 (2.13%) Epicor
3 1 (2.13%) Google
3 1 (2.13%) StreamSets