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 22 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 72 54 62
Rank change year-on-year -18 +8 +42
Permanent jobs citing Power BI 78 119 116
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 2.89% 3.54% 4.88%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 25.74% 22.84% 22.61%
Number of salaries quoted 36 60 96
10th Percentile £37,125 £27,500 £34,741
25th Percentile £42,500 £33,500 £42,439
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £42,500 £47,557
Median % change year-on-year +11.76% -10.63% +11.90%
75th Percentile £57,500 £52,500 £61,876
90th Percentile £63,750 £64,350 £80,778
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -

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 303 521 513
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 11.21% 15.52% 21.58%
Number of salaries quoted 110 239 431
10th Percentile £25,975 £33,750 £35,733
25th Percentile £35,000 £39,304 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 £52,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.77% -9.57% +9.52%
75th Percentile £68,438 £65,000 £72,433
90th Percentile £77,625 £75,000 £84,056
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -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

Power BI
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Power BI in Scotland over the 6 months to 22 November 2025.

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 22 November 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 +11 48 £47,500 - 19
Glasgow -29 19 £45,000 +5.88% 25
West Dunbartonshire - 2 £57,500 -
Aberdeen +1 1 - -
Dundee - 1 - - 1
North Lanarkshire - 1 £45,000 -
Highlands - 1 £52,500 -
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 12 (15.38%) Confluence
1 12 (15.38%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 2 (2.56%) SharePoint
Applications
1 23 (29.49%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (2.56%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (1.28%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (1.28%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 12 (15.38%) Oracle ERP
2 11 (14.10%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (1.28%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 78 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 43 (55.13%) Azure
3 30 (38.46%) Azure DevOps
4 18 (23.08%) GitHub
4 18 (23.08%) GitHub Copilot
5 16 (20.51%) Snowflake
6 13 (16.67%) Azure Data Factory
6 13 (16.67%) PowerApps
7 12 (15.38%) OCI
8 9 (11.54%) Power Automate
9 5 (6.41%) Microsoft 365
10 4 (5.13%) Azure AI
11 2 (2.56%) AWS
11 2 (2.56%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 2 (2.56%) dbt
11 2 (2.56%) SaaS
12 1 (1.28%) Amazon S3
12 1 (1.28%) Azure Logic Apps
12 1 (1.28%) Azure Monitor
12 1 (1.28%) Miro
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (44.87%) Tableau
2 15 (19.23%) Data Warehouse
3 7 (8.97%) Metadata
3 7 (8.97%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 5 (6.41%) SQL Server
5 4 (5.13%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
6 3 (3.85%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 2 (2.56%) Azure SQL Database
7 2 (2.56%) Data Vault
7 2 (2.56%) Power Query
7 2 (2.56%) Snowflake Schema
8 1 (1.28%) BusinessObjects
8 1 (1.28%) Oracle ODI
8 1 (1.28%) Oracle Reports
8 1 (1.28%) PostgreSQL
8 1 (1.28%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 25 (32.05%) JIRA
2 12 (15.38%) Git
2 12 (15.38%) Jenkins
2 12 (15.38%) Oracle Forms
General
1 44 (56.41%) Finance
2 26 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
3 18 (23.08%) Social Skills
4 12 (15.38%) Manufacturing
5 8 (10.26%) Marketing
6 6 (7.69%) Law
7 4 (5.13%) Retail
8 3 (3.85%) Legal
9 2 (2.56%) Billing
10 1 (1.28%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (1.28%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 39 (50.00%) Analyst
2 18 (23.08%) Applications Engineer
3 12 (15.38%) Applications Support
3 12 (15.38%) Applications Support Analyst
3 12 (15.38%) Cloud Engineer
3 12 (15.38%) Support Analyst
4 10 (12.82%) Business Analyst
5 8 (10.26%) Developer
6 7 (8.97%) Insight Analyst
7 5 (6.41%) Business Intelligence Developer
7 5 (6.41%) Data Analyst
8 4 (5.13%) Data Business Analyst
8 4 (5.13%) Junior
8 4 (5.13%) Junior Analyst
8 4 (5.13%) Junior Data Analyst
8 4 (5.13%) Report Analyst
8 4 (5.13%) Senior
8 4 (5.13%) Systems Analyst
8 4 (5.13%) Technical Analyst
8 4 (5.13%) Technical Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (15.38%) OAuth
1 12 (15.38%) OAuth2
1 12 (15.38%) RESTful
1 12 (15.38%) SAML
2 1 (1.28%) REST
2 1 (1.28%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 12 (15.38%) Cloud Native
1 12 (15.38%) Enterprise Software
1 12 (15.38%) Low-Code
1 12 (15.38%) Product Ownership
2 11 (14.10%) Analytical Mindset
3 10 (12.82%) Management Information System
4 8 (10.26%) Onboarding
5 7 (8.97%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (2.56%) Life Science
7 1 (1.28%) FMCG
7 1 (1.28%) Replication
Processes & Methodologies
1 78 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
2 36 (46.15%) AI
3 35 (44.87%) Agile
4 32 (41.03%) Asset Management
4 32 (41.03%) Coaching
5 30 (38.46%) DevOps
6 27 (34.62%) ERP
7 26 (33.33%) Analytics
8 21 (26.92%) Continuous Improvement
8 21 (26.92%) Visualisation
9 20 (25.64%) ETL
10 19 (24.36%) CI/CD
10 19 (24.36%) Test Automation
11 13 (16.67%) API Integration
12 12 (15.38%) Clean Code
12 12 (15.38%) Event-Driven
12 12 (15.38%) Event-Driven Architecture
12 12 (15.38%) Microservices
12 12 (15.38%) RBAC
12 12 (15.38%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 66 (84.62%) SQL
2 36 (46.15%) Python
3 23 (29.49%) PL/SQL
4 13 (16.67%) Shell Script
5 12 (15.38%) Java
6 4 (5.13%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 1 (1.28%) Bash
7 1 (1.28%) PowerShell
7 1 (1.28%) VBA
Qualifications
1 7 (8.97%) Degree
2 4 (5.13%) Azure Certification
3 1 (1.28%) ACCA
3 1 (1.28%) CIMA
3 1 (1.28%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (10.26%) Accessibility
2 6 (7.69%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.28%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (1.28%) P3O
3 1 (1.28%) PMO
3 1 (1.28%) QA
Systems Management
1 12 (15.38%) Single Sign-On
1 12 (15.38%) Terraform
Vendors
1 27 (34.62%) Oracle
2 21 (26.92%) Microsoft
3 11 (14.10%) Concur
3 11 (14.10%) SAP
4 6 (7.69%) Alteryx
5 3 (3.85%) Teradata
6 1 (1.28%) CyberArk