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 31 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 55 52 97
Rank change year-on-year -3 +45 +19
Permanent jobs citing Power BI 108 105 149
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 3.72% 4.24% 3.77%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 40.30% 22.01% 13.98%
Number of salaries quoted 27 45 121
10th Percentile £40,100 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £37,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £44,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.74% -6.32% +18.75%
75th Percentile £58,750 £52,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £63,750 £66,000 £73,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +14.29% -8.70%

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 268 477 1,066
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 9.24% 19.28% 26.97%
Number of salaries quoted 89 211 469
10th Percentile £26,250 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.65% -5.45% -
75th Percentile £63,750 £63,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £75,758 £75,000 £85,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £64,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -6.98% +12.17% -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

Power BI
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Power BI in Scotland over the 6 months to 31 January 2026.

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 31 January 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 +20 58 £47,500 -17.39% 13
Glasgow -14 19 £45,000 +5.88% 10
West Dunbartonshire - 10 £60,000 - 1
Aberdeen 0 7 - - 3
Dundee - 7 - -
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 17 (15.74%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 12 (11.11%) Confluence
3 5 (4.63%) SharePoint
Applications
1 44 (40.74%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (8.33%) MS Visio
3 2 (1.85%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.93%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 17 (15.74%) Oracle ERP
2 8 (7.41%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.93%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.93%) FIS Private Capital Suite
Cloud Services
1 108 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 83 (76.85%) Azure
3 45 (41.67%) Azure DevOps
4 28 (25.93%) Azure AI
5 24 (22.22%) GitHub
5 24 (22.22%) GitHub Copilot
6 17 (15.74%) OCI
7 16 (14.81%) Microsoft 365
8 15 (13.89%) Azure Data Factory
8 15 (13.89%) Snowflake
9 12 (11.11%) Power Automate
9 12 (11.11%) PowerApps
10 2 (1.85%) AWS
10 2 (1.85%) Azure Stack
10 2 (1.85%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 2 (1.85%) dbt
11 1 (0.93%) Azure Logic Apps
11 1 (0.93%) Azure Monitor
11 1 (0.93%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 63 (58.33%) Tableau
2 14 (12.96%) Data Warehouse
3 7 (6.48%) Metadata
4 5 (4.63%) SQL Server
5 4 (3.70%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
6 3 (2.78%) Azure SQL Database
6 3 (2.78%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 2 (1.85%) Data Vault
7 2 (1.85%) Snowflake Schema
8 1 (0.93%) BusinessObjects
8 1 (0.93%) Power Query
8 1 (0.93%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 29 (26.85%) JIRA
2 17 (15.74%) Git
2 17 (15.74%) Jenkins
2 17 (15.74%) Oracle Forms
3 1 (0.93%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 47 (43.52%) Finance
2 43 (39.81%) Social Skills
3 28 (25.93%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (10.19%) Billing
5 8 (7.41%) Manufacturing
5 8 (7.41%) Marketing
6 4 (3.70%) Law
7 3 (2.78%) Legal
7 3 (2.78%) Retail
8 2 (1.85%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.93%) Games
9 1 (0.93%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 62 (57.41%) Analyst
2 29 (26.85%) Junior
3 28 (25.93%) Data Analyst
3 28 (25.93%) Junior Analyst
3 28 (25.93%) Junior Data Analyst
4 24 (22.22%) Applications Engineer
5 17 (15.74%) Applications Support
5 17 (15.74%) Applications Support Analyst
5 17 (15.74%) Cloud Engineer
5 17 (15.74%) Support Analyst
6 9 (8.33%) Business Analyst
7 5 (4.63%) Data Engineer
7 5 (4.63%) Developer
8 4 (3.70%) Data Business Analyst
8 4 (3.70%) Insight Analyst
8 4 (3.70%) Lead
8 4 (3.70%) Systems Analyst
8 4 (3.70%) Technical Analyst
8 4 (3.70%) Technical Business Analyst
9 3 (2.78%) Report Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (15.74%) OAuth
1 17 (15.74%) OAuth2
1 17 (15.74%) RESTful
1 17 (15.74%) SAML
2 1 (0.93%) .NET
2 1 (0.93%) CSS
2 1 (0.93%) HTML
2 1 (0.93%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 21 (19.44%) Product Ownership
2 19 (17.59%) Management Information System
3 17 (15.74%) Cloud Native
3 17 (15.74%) Enterprise Software
4 11 (10.19%) Analytical Mindset
4 11 (10.19%) Low-Code
5 8 (7.41%) Onboarding
5 8 (7.41%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (1.85%) Life Science
7 1 (0.93%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (0.93%) Data Structures
7 1 (0.93%) Driving Licence
7 1 (0.93%) Housing Association
Processes & Methodologies
1 108 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
2 66 (61.11%) AI
3 47 (43.52%) Agile
4 45 (41.67%) DevOps
5 38 (35.19%) Asset Management
5 38 (35.19%) Coaching
6 28 (25.93%) Analytics
6 28 (25.93%) ERP
7 25 (23.15%) Visualisation
8 24 (22.22%) CI/CD
8 24 (22.22%) Test Automation
9 23 (21.30%) Continuous Improvement
10 18 (16.67%) API Integration
11 17 (15.74%) Clean Code
11 17 (15.74%) Event-Driven
11 17 (15.74%) Event-Driven Architecture
11 17 (15.74%) Microservices
11 17 (15.74%) RBAC
11 17 (15.74%) SOA
12 14 (12.96%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 87 (80.56%) SQL
2 69 (63.89%) Python
3 25 (23.15%) PL/SQL
4 18 (16.67%) Shell Script
5 17 (15.74%) Java
6 3 (2.78%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 1 (0.93%) Bash
7 1 (0.93%) C#
7 1 (0.93%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.93%) VBA
Qualifications
1 28 (25.93%) Azure Certification
2 16 (14.81%) Degree
3 9 (8.33%) HND
4 1 (0.93%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (0.93%) PMI Certification
4 1 (0.93%) PMP
4 1 (0.93%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (15.74%) Accessibility
2 9 (8.33%) SLA
3 6 (5.56%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.93%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (0.93%) P3O
4 1 (0.93%) PMO
Systems Management
1 17 (15.74%) Single Sign-On
1 17 (15.74%) Terraform
Vendors
1 63 (58.33%) Microsoft
2 26 (24.07%) Oracle
3 9 (8.33%) Adobe
3 9 (8.33%) Freshdesk
3 9 (8.33%) Nintex
4 8 (7.41%) Concur
4 8 (7.41%) SAP
5 4 (3.70%) Alteryx
6 3 (2.78%) Teradata
7 1 (0.93%) Anaplan
7 1 (0.93%) Dataiku
7 1 (0.93%) FIS
7 1 (0.93%) Genesys
7 1 (0.93%) Meraki
7 1 (0.93%) ServiceNow
7 1 (0.93%) Verint