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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 85 93 61
Rank change year-on-year +8 -32 +47
Permanent jobs citing Power BI 62 119 125
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 2.46% 2.69% 4.67%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 17.87% 13.77% 21.26%
Number of salaries quoted 41 71 106
10th Percentile £37,500 £27,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £29,875 £42,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £42,500 £49,250
Median % change year-on-year +14.12% -13.71% +9.44%
75th Percentile £60,000 £49,250 £61,218
90th Percentile £83,738 £68,114 £73,644
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 347 864 588
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 13.76% 19.53% 21.95%
Number of salaries quoted 102 258 488
10th Percentile £32,575 £32,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £38,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -13.04% +7.48%
75th Percentile £71,625 £64,750 £72,450
90th Percentile £82,751 £73,886 £82,548
UK median annual salary £60,000 £63,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +0.80% +4.17%

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

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 16 September 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 16 September 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 +27 40 £50,000 +21.21% 10
Glasgow +51 16 £42,500 -4.49% 16
West Dunbartonshire - 2 £57,500 -
North Lanarkshire - 1 £45,000 - 1
Highlands - 1 £52,500 - 1
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 9 (14.52%) Confluence
2 6 (9.68%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 3 (4.84%) SharePoint
Applications
1 14 (22.58%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.61%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.61%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (1.61%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 10 (16.13%) Oracle EBS
2 6 (9.68%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (1.61%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 62 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 20 (32.26%) Azure
3 15 (24.19%) Azure DevOps
4 14 (22.58%) Snowflake
5 12 (19.35%) PowerApps
6 6 (9.68%) GitHub
6 6 (9.68%) GitHub Copilot
6 6 (9.68%) OCI
7 4 (6.45%) SaaS
8 3 (4.84%) AWS
8 3 (4.84%) Azure Data Factory
8 3 (4.84%) Power Automate
9 2 (3.23%) Amazon S3
9 2 (3.23%) Amazon SageMaker
9 2 (3.23%) AWS Lambda
9 2 (3.23%) Microsoft 365
9 2 (3.23%) Serverless
10 1 (1.61%) Azure Logic Apps
10 1 (1.61%) Azure Monitor
10 1 (1.61%) Miro
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (46.77%) Tableau
2 11 (17.74%) Data Warehouse
3 8 (12.90%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 6 (9.68%) SQL Server
5 4 (6.45%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 2 (3.23%) Metadata
6 2 (3.23%) Oracle ODI
6 2 (3.23%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (3.23%) Power Query
6 2 (3.23%) Star Schema
7 1 (1.61%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
7 1 (1.61%) BusinessObjects
7 1 (1.61%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 17 (27.42%) JIRA
2 6 (9.68%) Git
2 6 (9.68%) Jenkins
2 6 (9.68%) Oracle Forms
General
1 34 (54.84%) Finance
2 16 (25.81%) Analytical Skills
3 11 (17.74%) Manufacturing
4 8 (12.90%) Marketing
5 6 (9.68%) Banking
6 5 (8.06%) Social Skills
7 3 (4.84%) Law
8 2 (3.23%) Automotive
8 2 (3.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (1.61%) Legal
9 1 (1.61%) Public Sector
9 1 (1.61%) Retail
Job Titles
1 31 (50.00%) Analyst
2 11 (17.74%) Applications Support
2 11 (17.74%) Applications Support Analyst
2 11 (17.74%) Support Analyst
3 10 (16.13%) Senior
4 9 (14.52%) Developer
5 7 (11.29%) Business Analyst
6 6 (9.68%) Applications Engineer
6 6 (9.68%) Business Intelligence Developer
6 6 (9.68%) Cloud Engineer
7 5 (8.06%) Insight Analyst
8 4 (6.45%) Data Business Analyst
8 4 (6.45%) Data Manager
8 4 (6.45%) Lead
8 4 (6.45%) Senior Developer
8 4 (6.45%) Senior Manager
8 4 (6.45%) Systems Analyst
9 3 (4.84%) Data Analyst
9 3 (4.84%) Report Analyst
10 2 (3.23%) SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (9.68%) OAuth
1 6 (9.68%) OAuth2
1 6 (9.68%) RESTful
1 6 (9.68%) SAML
2 1 (1.61%) REST
2 1 (1.61%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 11 (17.74%) Product Ownership
2 8 (12.90%) Analytical Mindset
2 8 (12.90%) Management Information System
2 8 (12.90%) Onboarding
3 6 (9.68%) Cloud Native
3 6 (9.68%) Enterprise Software
4 3 (4.84%) Low-Code
5 2 (3.23%) Replication
6 1 (1.61%) FMCG
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (96.77%) Business Intelligence
2 23 (37.10%) Artificial Intelligence
3 22 (35.48%) Analytics
4 21 (33.87%) Agile
5 19 (30.65%) ETL
6 18 (29.03%) ERP
7 16 (25.81%) Coaching
8 15 (24.19%) Asset Management
8 15 (24.19%) DevOps
9 12 (19.35%) Actionable Insight
9 12 (19.35%) Continuous Improvement
10 11 (17.74%) Decision-Making
10 11 (17.74%) ITIL
11 10 (16.13%) Visualisation
12 9 (14.52%) Acceptance Criteria
12 9 (14.52%) Data Science
12 9 (14.52%) User Stories
13 8 (12.90%) Client Onboarding
13 8 (12.90%) Data Engineering
13 8 (12.90%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 46 (74.19%) SQL
2 17 (27.42%) Python
3 16 (25.81%) PL/SQL
4 7 (11.29%) Shell Script
5 6 (9.68%) Java
6 2 (3.23%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 1 (1.61%) Bash
7 1 (1.61%) PowerShell
7 1 (1.61%) VBA
Qualifications
1 7 (11.29%) Degree
2 2 (3.23%) CISM
2 2 (3.23%) CISSP
3 1 (1.61%) ACCA
3 1 (1.61%) CIMA
3 1 (1.61%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (12.90%) Accessibility
2 3 (4.84%) Actionable Recommendations
3 2 (3.23%) Data Quality
3 2 (3.23%) NIST
3 2 (3.23%) QA
4 1 (1.61%) P3O
4 1 (1.61%) PMO
Systems Management
1 6 (9.68%) Single Sign-On
1 6 (9.68%) Terraform
Vendors
1 23 (37.10%) Oracle
2 10 (16.13%) Concur
2 10 (16.13%) Microsoft
2 10 (16.13%) SAP
3 4 (6.45%) Alteryx
4 1 (1.61%) CyberArk
4 1 (1.61%) Teradata