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 19 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 36 99 100
Rank change year-on-year +63 +1 -7
Permanent jobs citing Power Platform 119 46 210
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 3.66% 2.06% 3.22%
As % of the Cloud Services category 14.78% 8.07% 8.24%
Number of salaries quoted 42 35 175
10th Percentile £35,000 £35,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £51,000 £38,375 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £52,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +42.86% +10.53% -6.10%
75th Percentile £90,000 £65,544 £61,250
90th Percentile - £83,738 £71,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -0.36%

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 805 570 2,548
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 24.73% 25.48% 39.09%
Number of salaries quoted 375 268 1,012
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £27,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £44,688 £38,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +8.49% -3.64%
75th Percentile £78,125 £80,000 £68,114
90th Percentile £92,500 £95,000 £81,800
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -9.75%

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 19 June 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 19 June 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 +35 37 £75,000 +63.04% 9
Edinburgh +30 36 £80,000 +6.85% 10
Aberdeen -4 16 - - 1
Dundee - 16 - -
West Dunbartonshire +2 9 - -
North Lanarkshire - 4 £35,000 -
Fife - 1 £27,000 - 1
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 7 (5.88%) SharePoint
2 3 (2.52%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.84%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.84%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 66 (55.46%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (7.56%) MS Visio
3 2 (1.68%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (1.68%) Alphatax
1 2 (1.68%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.84%) FIS Private Capital Suite
2 1 (0.84%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 95 (79.83%) Azure
2 64 (53.78%) Azure AI
3 20 (16.81%) Dynamics 365
4 19 (15.97%) Microsoft 365
5 13 (10.92%) Azure DevOps
6 7 (5.88%) Power Automate
7 6 (5.04%) Microsoft Copilot
8 5 (4.20%) OneDrive
9 4 (3.36%) SaaS
10 3 (2.52%) Azure Data Factory
10 3 (2.52%) Copilot Studio
11 2 (1.68%) AWS
11 2 (1.68%) GCP
11 2 (1.68%) GitHub
12 1 (0.84%) Azure Logic Apps
12 1 (0.84%) Azure Stack
12 1 (0.84%) GitHub Copilot
12 1 (0.84%) Microsoft Purview
12 1 (0.84%) OCI
12 1 (0.84%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.52%) Broadband
2 2 (1.68%) DHCP
2 2 (1.68%) DNS
2 2 (1.68%) Firewall
2 2 (1.68%) Mobile Broadband
2 2 (1.68%) Softphone
2 2 (1.68%) VLAN
2 2 (1.68%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 93 (78.15%) Power BI
2 68 (57.14%) Tableau
3 5 (4.20%) SQL Server
4 2 (1.68%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (1.68%) MySQL
5 1 (0.84%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.84%) Data Vault
5 1 (0.84%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.84%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 2 (1.68%) Oracle Forms
2 1 (0.84%) Git
2 1 (0.84%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.84%) JIRA
2 1 (0.84%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 74 (62.18%) Social Skills
2 9 (7.56%) Billing
3 5 (4.20%) Finance
4 4 (3.36%) Public Sector
5 3 (2.52%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (1.68%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (0.84%) Law
7 1 (0.84%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 75 (63.03%) Analyst
2 69 (57.98%) Junior
3 64 (53.78%) Data Analyst
3 64 (53.78%) Junior Analyst
3 64 (53.78%) Junior Data Analyst
4 18 (15.13%) Architect
5 14 (11.76%) Dynamics 365 Architect
6 11 (9.24%) Support Analyst
7 9 (7.56%) Applications Support
7 9 (7.56%) Applications Support Analyst
8 6 (5.04%) Developer
9 5 (4.20%) Consultant
10 4 (3.36%) Business Intelligence Developer
10 4 (3.36%) Data Engineer
10 4 (3.36%) Junior Business Intelligence Developer
10 4 (3.36%) Junior Developer
11 3 (2.52%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
11 3 (2.52%) Senior
11 3 (2.52%) Solutions Consultant
12 2 (1.68%) IT Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.52%) .NET
1 3 (2.52%) Microsoft Graph
2 2 (1.68%) ODBC
2 2 (1.68%) Web Services
3 1 (0.84%) CSS
3 1 (0.84%) HTML
3 1 (0.84%) OAuth
3 1 (0.84%) OAuth2
3 1 (0.84%) PySpark
3 1 (0.84%) RESTful
3 1 (0.84%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 9 (7.56%) Management Information System
1 9 (7.56%) Product Ownership
2 2 (1.68%) Cloud Native
2 2 (1.68%) Data Fabric
2 2 (1.68%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (1.68%) iPhone
3 1 (0.84%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (0.84%) Data Structures
3 1 (0.84%) Low-Code
3 1 (0.84%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.68%) Apple iOS
1 2 (1.68%) Windows
1 2 (1.68%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 92 (77.31%) Business Intelligence
2 72 (60.50%) AI
3 14 (11.76%) DevOps
4 13 (10.92%) Agile
5 12 (10.08%) Customer Service
6 11 (9.24%) Analytics
7 10 (8.40%) Process Improvement
7 10 (8.40%) Requirements Gathering
7 10 (8.40%) Stakeholder Management
8 9 (7.56%) Regression Testing
8 9 (7.56%) Storyboarding
8 9 (7.56%) Waterfall
9 5 (4.20%) Data Modelling
9 5 (4.20%) Data Strategy
9 5 (4.20%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 5 (4.20%) Workflow
10 4 (3.36%) CI/CD
10 4 (3.36%) Decision-Making
10 4 (3.36%) Generative AI
10 4 (3.36%) Presales
Programming Languages
1 73 (61.34%) SQL
2 71 (59.66%) Python
3 6 (5.04%) PowerShell
4 2 (1.68%) C#
5 1 (0.84%) Java
5 1 (0.84%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.84%) PL/SQL
5 1 (0.84%) Scala
5 1 (0.84%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 67 (56.30%) Azure Certification
2 10 (8.40%) Degree
3 9 (7.56%) HND
4 4 (3.36%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (0.84%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (0.84%) MCT
5 1 (0.84%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (7.56%) Accessibility
1 9 (7.56%) SLA
2 3 (2.52%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.84%) PMO
System Software
1 2 (1.68%) Active Directory
1 2 (1.68%) BitLocker
1 2 (1.68%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 2 (1.68%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.84%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.84%) Terraform
Vendors
1 110 (92.44%) Microsoft
2 9 (7.56%) Adobe
2 9 (7.56%) Freshdesk
2 9 (7.56%) Nintex
3 3 (2.52%) OpenAI
4 2 (1.68%) Bomgar
4 2 (1.68%) iManage
4 2 (1.68%) Oracle
4 2 (1.68%) Salesforce
5 1 (0.84%) Databricks
5 1 (0.84%) FIS
5 1 (0.84%) Meraki