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 6 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 56 44 64
Rank change year-on-year -12 +20 +28
Permanent jobs citing Power Platform 104 139 120
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 3.75% 4.46% 4.91%
As % of the Cloud Services category 15.18% 13.57% 13.27%
Number of salaries quoted 40 70 97
10th Percentile £42,500 £28,929 £34,940
25th Percentile £45,000 £35,250 £42,439
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £42,500 £47,557
Median % change year-on-year +11.76% -10.63% +0.12%
75th Percentile £63,750 £53,438 £62,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £71,275 £78,622
UK median annual salary £57,500 £62,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -7.26% +7.83% -

All Cloud 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 685 1,024 904
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 24.73% 32.88% 37.02%
Number of salaries quoted 259 508 690
10th Percentile £26,250 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £29,500 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% -3.64% -
75th Percentile £71,391 £71,250 £72,433
90th Percentile £90,000 £82,500 £87,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% - -2.56%

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 6 December 2025.

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 6 December 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 +17 58 £47,500 +5.56% 10
Glasgow -17 28 £52,750 +24.12% 17
Aberdeen -3 4 - - 6
Dundee - 4 - - 1
West Dunbartonshire - 2 £60,000 - 2
North Lanarkshire - 1 £45,000 -
Highlands - 1 £52,500 - 2
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 15 (14.42%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 12 (11.54%) Confluence
3 3 (2.88%) SharePoint
Applications
1 34 (32.69%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.92%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.92%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.96%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 15 (14.42%) Oracle ERP
2 11 (10.58%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (2.88%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.96%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 66 (63.46%) Azure
2 37 (35.58%) Azure DevOps
3 22 (21.15%) GitHub
3 22 (21.15%) GitHub Copilot
4 19 (18.27%) PowerApps
5 16 (15.38%) Azure AI
5 16 (15.38%) Power Automate
6 15 (14.42%) OCI
6 15 (14.42%) Snowflake
7 14 (13.46%) Azure Data Factory
8 12 (11.54%) Microsoft 365
9 8 (7.69%) Dynamics 365
10 6 (5.77%) Copilot Studio
11 5 (4.81%) Microsoft Copilot
12 4 (3.85%) Entra ID
13 2 (1.92%) Azure Logic Apps
13 2 (1.92%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 2 (1.92%) dbt
14 1 (0.96%) Azure Monitor
14 1 (0.96%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.96%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 90 (86.54%) Power BI
2 50 (48.08%) Tableau
3 14 (13.46%) Data Warehouse
4 7 (6.73%) Metadata
5 4 (3.85%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
5 4 (3.85%) SQL Server
5 4 (3.85%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 3 (2.88%) Azure SQL Database
7 2 (1.92%) Data Vault
7 2 (1.92%) Snowflake Schema
7 2 (1.92%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.96%) BusinessObjects
8 1 (0.96%) Data Lake
8 1 (0.96%) Oracle Reports
8 1 (0.96%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 28 (26.92%) JIRA
2 15 (14.42%) Git
2 15 (14.42%) Jenkins
2 15 (14.42%) Oracle Forms
General
1 50 (48.08%) Finance
2 35 (33.65%) Social Skills
3 28 (26.92%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (10.58%) Manufacturing
5 8 (7.69%) Marketing
6 6 (5.77%) Law
6 6 (5.77%) Presentation Skills
7 4 (3.85%) Tech for Good
8 3 (2.88%) Billing
8 3 (2.88%) Legal
8 3 (2.88%) Public Sector
8 3 (2.88%) Retail
9 1 (0.96%) Games
Job Titles
1 50 (48.08%) Analyst
2 22 (21.15%) Applications Engineer
3 17 (16.35%) Data Analyst
4 16 (15.38%) Cloud Engineer
4 16 (15.38%) Junior
4 16 (15.38%) Junior Analyst
4 16 (15.38%) Junior Data Analyst
5 14 (13.46%) Support Analyst
6 13 (12.50%) Applications Support
6 13 (12.50%) Applications Support Analyst
7 10 (9.62%) Business Analyst
8 9 (8.65%) Senior
9 6 (5.77%) Developer
10 5 (4.81%) Insight Analyst
11 4 (3.85%) Application Development Manager
11 4 (3.85%) Applications Development Manager
11 4 (3.85%) Data Business Analyst
11 4 (3.85%) Development Manager
11 4 (3.85%) Systems Analyst
11 4 (3.85%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (14.42%) OAuth
1 15 (14.42%) OAuth2
1 15 (14.42%) RESTful
1 15 (14.42%) SAML
2 1 (0.96%) .NET
2 1 (0.96%) REST
2 1 (0.96%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 17 (16.35%) Enterprise Software
2 15 (14.42%) Cloud Native
3 13 (12.50%) Product Ownership
4 12 (11.54%) Low-Code
5 11 (10.58%) Analytical Mindset
5 11 (10.58%) Management Information System
6 8 (7.69%) Onboarding
6 8 (7.69%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (1.92%) Life Science
8 1 (0.96%) IoT
Processes & Methodologies
1 90 (86.54%) Business Intelligence
2 51 (49.04%) AI
3 40 (38.46%) Asset Management
3 40 (38.46%) Coaching
4 39 (37.50%) Agile
5 37 (35.58%) DevOps
6 30 (28.85%) ERP
7 26 (25.00%) Analytics
8 24 (23.08%) CI/CD
9 23 (22.12%) Continuous Improvement
10 22 (21.15%) Test Automation
10 22 (21.15%) Visualisation
11 17 (16.35%) ETL
12 16 (15.38%) API Integration
12 16 (15.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 15 (14.42%) Event-Driven
13 15 (14.42%) Event-Driven Architecture
13 15 (14.42%) Microservices
13 15 (14.42%) RBAC
13 15 (14.42%) SOA
Programming Languages
1 77 (74.04%) SQL
2 51 (49.04%) Python
3 26 (25.00%) PL/SQL
4 16 (15.38%) Shell Script
5 15 (14.42%) Java
6 3 (2.88%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 2 (1.92%) C#
8 1 (0.96%) Bash
8 1 (0.96%) Bicep
8 1 (0.96%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.96%) PowerShell
8 1 (0.96%) VBA
Qualifications
1 16 (15.38%) Azure Certification
2 9 (8.65%) Degree
3 1 (0.96%) ACCA
3 1 (0.96%) CIMA
3 1 (0.96%) HND
3 1 (0.96%) Master's Degree
3 1 (0.96%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (0.96%) PMI Certification
3 1 (0.96%) PMP
3 1 (0.96%) SC Cleared
3 1 (0.96%) Security Cleared
3 1 (0.96%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (8.65%) Accessibility
2 6 (5.77%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.96%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (0.96%) P3O
3 1 (0.96%) PMO
3 1 (0.96%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (3.85%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.96%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (0.96%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 15 (14.42%) Single Sign-On
1 15 (14.42%) Terraform
Vendors
1 46 (44.23%) Microsoft
2 28 (26.92%) Oracle
3 11 (10.58%) Concur
3 11 (10.58%) SAP
4 5 (4.81%) Alteryx
5 3 (2.88%) Teradata
6 1 (0.96%) Adobe
6 1 (0.96%) Anaplan
6 1 (0.96%) CyberArk
6 1 (0.96%) Freshdesk
6 1 (0.96%) Genesys
6 1 (0.96%) Nintex
6 1 (0.96%) ServiceNow
6 1 (0.96%) Verint
6 1 (0.96%) VMware