Power Platform Job Trends in Scotland

Microsoft Power Platform
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring Power Platform skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 46 50 82
Rank change year-on-year +4 +32 +22
Permanent jobs citing Power Platform 127 104 179
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 4.28% 4.33% 4.37%
As % of the Cloud Services category 15.66% 12.14% 10.71%
Number of salaries quoted 34 39 152
10th Percentile £42,500 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £45,313 £37,500 £40,800
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,750 £44,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +20.79% -6.32% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £55,625 £61,250
90th Percentile £71,575 £64,500 £73,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -4.35%

All Cloud Computing Skills
Scotland

Power Platform falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring cloud computing skills in Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 811 857 1,672
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 27.31% 35.66% 40.84%
Number of salaries quoted 289 421 877
10th Percentile £26,250 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £29,000 £39,250 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.73% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,778 £85,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +13.04% -11.54%

Power Platform
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Power Platform relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Power Platform job vacancy trend in Scotland

Power Platform
Salary Trend in Scotland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Power Platform.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Power Platform

Power Platform
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Power Platform in Scotland over the 6 months to 15 February 2026.

Salary histogram for Power Platform in Scotland

Power Platform
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 Platform within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 15 February 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 +21 60 £47,500 -17.39% 11
Glasgow -7 32 £58,500 +34.48% 15
West Dunbartonshire - 11 - -
Aberdeen -2 9 - - 3
Dundee - 9 - -
North Lanarkshire - 1 £45,000 -
Highlands - 1 £52,500 - 1
Argyll and Bute - 1 £38,000 -
Power Platform
UK

Power Platform
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 16 (12.60%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 10 (7.87%) Confluence
3 7 (5.51%) SharePoint
Applications
1 50 (39.37%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (8.66%) MS Visio
3 4 (3.15%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.79%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 16 (12.60%) Oracle ERP
2 6 (4.72%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (2.36%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (1.57%) Alphatax
5 1 (0.79%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.79%) FIS Private Capital Suite
Cloud Services
1 99 (77.95%) Azure
2 47 (37.01%) Azure DevOps
3 36 (28.35%) Azure AI
4 26 (20.47%) Microsoft 365
5 23 (18.11%) GitHub
5 23 (18.11%) GitHub Copilot
6 18 (14.17%) Power Automate
7 16 (12.60%) OCI
8 15 (11.81%) Azure Data Factory
9 14 (11.02%) PowerApps
10 13 (10.24%) Snowflake
11 10 (7.87%) Dynamics 365
12 4 (3.15%) Copilot Studio
13 3 (2.36%) Entra ID
13 3 (2.36%) Microsoft Copilot
14 2 (1.57%) AWS
14 2 (1.57%) Azure Logic Apps
14 2 (1.57%) Azure Stack
14 2 (1.57%) dbt
14 2 (1.57%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.57%) Broadband
1 2 (1.57%) DHCP
1 2 (1.57%) DNS
1 2 (1.57%) Firewall
1 2 (1.57%) Mobile Broadband
1 2 (1.57%) Softphone
1 2 (1.57%) VLAN
1 2 (1.57%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 114 (89.76%) Power BI
2 67 (52.76%) Tableau
3 12 (9.45%) Data Warehouse
4 7 (5.51%) Metadata
5 6 (4.72%) SQL Server
6 4 (3.15%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
6 4 (3.15%) Azure SQL Database
7 2 (1.57%) Data Vault
7 2 (1.57%) Snowflake Schema
7 2 (1.57%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 1 (0.79%) BusinessObjects
8 1 (0.79%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 26 (20.47%) JIRA
2 16 (12.60%) Git
2 16 (12.60%) Jenkins
2 16 (12.60%) Oracle Forms
3 1 (0.79%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 56 (44.09%) Social Skills
2 48 (37.80%) Finance
3 25 (19.69%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (10.24%) Billing
5 6 (4.72%) Manufacturing
5 6 (4.72%) Marketing
6 5 (3.94%) Presentation Skills
6 5 (3.94%) Public Sector
7 4 (3.15%) Tech for Good
8 3 (2.36%) Law
8 3 (2.36%) Legal
8 3 (2.36%) Retail
9 1 (0.79%) Games
Job Titles
1 70 (55.12%) Analyst
2 37 (29.13%) Junior
3 36 (28.35%) Data Analyst
3 36 (28.35%) Junior Analyst
3 36 (28.35%) Junior Data Analyst
4 23 (18.11%) Applications Engineer
5 20 (15.75%) Support Analyst
6 17 (13.39%) Applications Support
6 17 (13.39%) Applications Support Analyst
7 16 (12.60%) Cloud Engineer
8 7 (5.51%) Business Analyst
9 6 (4.72%) Applications Manager
9 6 (4.72%) Senior
10 5 (3.94%) Data Engineer
11 4 (3.15%) Application Development Manager
11 4 (3.15%) Applications Development Manager
11 4 (3.15%) Development Manager
11 4 (3.15%) Insight Analyst
11 4 (3.15%) Technical Analyst
11 4 (3.15%) Technical Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (12.60%) OAuth
1 16 (12.60%) OAuth2
1 16 (12.60%) RESTful
1 16 (12.60%) SAML
2 2 (1.57%) .NET
2 2 (1.57%) Web Services
3 1 (0.79%) CSS
3 1 (0.79%) HTML
3 1 (0.79%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 21 (16.54%) Product Ownership
2 19 (14.96%) Management Information System
3 17 (13.39%) Enterprise Software
4 16 (12.60%) Cloud Native
5 13 (10.24%) Low-Code
6 9 (7.09%) Analytical Mindset
7 8 (6.30%) Self-Motivation
8 6 (4.72%) Onboarding
9 2 (1.57%) iPhone
9 2 (1.57%) Life Science
10 1 (0.79%) Data Protection Act
10 1 (0.79%) Data Structures
10 1 (0.79%) Driving Licence
10 1 (0.79%) Housing Association
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.57%) Apple iOS
1 2 (1.57%) Windows
1 2 (1.57%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 113 (88.98%) Business Intelligence
2 71 (55.91%) AI
3 49 (38.58%) Agile
4 48 (37.80%) DevOps
5 40 (31.50%) Coaching
6 38 (29.92%) Asset Management
7 28 (22.05%) Analytics
8 25 (19.69%) CI/CD
8 25 (19.69%) ERP
9 24 (18.90%) Visualisation
10 23 (18.11%) Test Automation
11 22 (17.32%) Continuous Improvement
12 17 (13.39%) API Integration
13 16 (12.60%) Clean Code
13 16 (12.60%) Event-Driven
13 16 (12.60%) Event-Driven Architecture
13 16 (12.60%) Microservices
13 16 (12.60%) RBAC
13 16 (12.60%) SOA
14 15 (11.81%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 89 (70.08%) SQL
2 75 (59.06%) Python
3 22 (17.32%) PL/SQL
4 17 (13.39%) Shell Script
5 16 (12.60%) Java
6 4 (3.15%) PowerShell
7 3 (2.36%) C#
8 2 (1.57%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 1 (0.79%) Bash
9 1 (0.79%) JavaScript
9 1 (0.79%) VBA
Qualifications
1 36 (28.35%) Azure Certification
2 18 (14.17%) Degree
3 11 (8.66%) HND
4 1 (0.79%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (0.79%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (0.79%) PMI Certification
4 1 (0.79%) PMP
4 1 (0.79%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (13.39%) Accessibility
2 11 (8.66%) SLA
3 6 (4.72%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.79%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (0.79%) P3O
4 1 (0.79%) PMO
System Software
1 5 (3.94%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.57%) BitLocker
2 2 (1.57%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 16 (12.60%) Single Sign-On
1 16 (12.60%) Terraform
2 2 (1.57%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 84 (66.14%) Microsoft
2 22 (17.32%) Oracle
3 11 (8.66%) Adobe
3 11 (8.66%) Freshdesk
3 11 (8.66%) Nintex
4 6 (4.72%) Concur
4 6 (4.72%) SAP
5 3 (2.36%) Alteryx
5 3 (2.36%) Teradata
6 2 (1.57%) Bomgar
6 2 (1.57%) iManage
7 1 (0.79%) Anaplan
7 1 (0.79%) Dataiku
7 1 (0.79%) FIS
7 1 (0.79%) Genesys
7 1 (0.79%) Meraki
7 1 (0.79%) ServiceNow
7 1 (0.79%) Verint