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 17 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 17 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 102 | 92 | 56 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -10 | -36 | +3 |
| Permanent jobs citing Power BI | 46 | 66 | 115 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland | 1.08% | 2.52% | 3.46% |
| As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category | 25.56% | 19.41% | 22.46% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 29 | 40 | 60 |
| 10th Percentile | £35,000 | £36,700 | £27,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £40,345 | £42,500 | £29,584 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £64,500 | £47,500 | £42,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +35.79% | +11.76% | -19.05% |
| 75th Percentile | £72,500 | £57,813 | £49,750 |
| 90th Percentile | £112,500 | £63,750 | £61,525 |
| 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.
| 6 months to 17 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills | 180 | 340 | 512 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland | 4.21% | 13.00% | 15.42% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 114 | 102 | 220 |
| 10th Percentile | £29,700 | £25,800 | £32,725 |
| 25th Percentile | £40,607 | £35,875 | £38,750 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,500 | £48,000 | £50,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +15.63% | -4.00% | -13.04% |
| 75th Percentile | £75,000 | £63,750 | £64,813 |
| 90th Percentile | £101,750 | £73,750 | £75,000 |
| UK median annual salary | £60,000 | £60,000 | £65,000 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -7.69% | +4.08% |
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 Salary Trend in Scotland
Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Power BI.
Power BI Salary Histogram in Scotland
Salary distribution for jobs citing Power BI in Scotland over the 6 months to 17 October 2026.
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 17 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 | +5 | 16 | £66,000 | +46.67% | 30 |
| Edinburgh | -14 | 13 | £105,000 | +121.05% | 17 |
| North Lanarkshire | +5 | 4 | £35,000 | -22.22% | 2 |
| Fife | - | 3 | £27,000 | - | 2 |
| Dundee | - | 3 | - | - | 7 |
| Aberdeen | - | 2 | - | - | 5 |
| Stirling | - | 2 | £32,500 | - | 1 |
| Aberdeenshire | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
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Power BI Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Database & Business Intelligence
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Data Warehouse | 19.6% | 9 |
| 2 | Tableau | 17.4% | 8 |
| 3 | SQL Server | 10.9% | 5 |
| 3 | SQL Server Reporting Services | 10.9% | 5 |
| 5 | Metadata | 8.7% | 4 |
| 6 | Enterprise Data Warehouse | 4.3% | 2 |
| 6 | Oracle Database | 4.3% | 2 |
| 8 | Data Lake | 2.2% | 1 |
| 8 | Looker | 2.2% | 1 |