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 1 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 68 84 56
Rank change year-on-year +16 -28 -3
Permanent jobs citing Power Platform 82 77 142
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 1.99% 3.02% 3.88%
As % of the Cloud Services category 10.76% 12.50% 12.26%
Number of salaries quoted 56 50 76
10th Percentile £35,625 £37,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £52,259 £45,000 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £49,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +42.86% +15.29% -15.00%
75th Percentile £90,000 £60,000 £49,750
90th Percentile £96,250 £72,949 £69,375
UK median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -4.17% +9.09%

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 762 616 1,158
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 18.50% 24.19% 31.63%
Number of salaries quoted 457 218 545
10th Percentile £27,500 £27,850 £30,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £35,000 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £85,375 £81,700
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% -4.00% -

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 1 October 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 1 October 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 +13 32 £72,500 +51.04% 47
Edinburgh +2 30 £70,000 +47.37% 45
Aberdeen - 5 - - 20
North Lanarkshire +5 4 £35,000 -22.22% 4
Dundee - 4 - - 6
Fife - 3 £27,000 - 4
Stirling - 2 £32,500 - 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 7 (8.54%) SharePoint
2 4 (4.88%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 19 (23.17%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 9 (10.98%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.22%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 44 (53.66%) Azure
2 22 (26.83%) Dynamics 365
3 16 (19.51%) Azure AI
4 12 (14.63%) Microsoft 365
5 11 (13.41%) Power Automate
6 7 (8.54%) Microsoft Copilot
7 6 (7.32%) SaaS
8 5 (6.10%) OneDrive
8 5 (6.10%) PowerApps
9 4 (4.88%) Azure Functions
9 4 (4.88%) Azure Logic Apps
9 4 (4.88%) Serverless
10 3 (3.66%) Azure Service Bus
10 3 (3.66%) Copilot Studio
10 3 (3.66%) Snowflake
11 2 (2.44%) Entra ID
11 2 (2.44%) Microsoft Purview
12 1 (1.22%) AWS
12 1 (1.22%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.22%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 53 (64.63%) Power BI
2 20 (24.39%) Tableau
3 9 (10.98%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (4.88%) Metadata
4 4 (4.88%) SQL Server
5 2 (2.44%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
5 2 (2.44%) Oracle Database
5 2 (2.44%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (1.22%) Data Lake
6 1 (1.22%) Looker
6 1 (1.22%) MySQL
6 1 (1.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 3 (3.66%) Git
2 2 (2.44%) Oracle Forms
General
1 34 (41.46%) Social Skills
2 14 (17.07%) Analytical Skills
3 12 (14.63%) Finance
4 5 (6.10%) Public Sector
5 4 (4.88%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (2.44%) Law
6 2 (2.44%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.22%) Local Government
7 1 (1.22%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.22%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 22 (26.83%) Analyst
2 20 (24.39%) Junior
3 19 (23.17%) Data Analyst
4 17 (20.73%) Architect
5 16 (19.51%) Developer
5 16 (19.51%) Junior Analyst
5 16 (19.51%) Junior Data Analyst
6 12 (14.63%) Dynamics 365 Architect
7 9 (10.98%) Consultant
8 8 (9.76%) Senior
9 6 (7.32%) Senior Developer
10 5 (6.10%) Data Architect
10 5 (6.10%) Dynamics 365 Developer
10 5 (6.10%) Lead
11 4 (4.88%) Business Intelligence Developer
11 4 (4.88%) Functional Consultant
11 4 (4.88%) Junior Business Intelligence Developer
11 4 (4.88%) Junior Developer
11 4 (4.88%) Power Platform Consultant
12 3 (3.66%) Data Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (9.76%) .NET
2 4 (4.88%) Microsoft Graph
3 1 (1.22%) ASP.NET
3 1 (1.22%) ASP.NET Web API
3 1 (1.22%) HTML5 Canvas
3 1 (1.22%) ODBC
Miscellaneous
1 5 (6.10%) Enterprise Software
2 3 (3.66%) Cloud Native
3 2 (2.44%) Data Fabric
3 2 (2.44%) Management Information System
3 2 (2.44%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.22%) Low-Code
4 1 (1.22%) NHS
4 1 (1.22%) Web Conferencing
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (64.63%) Business Intelligence
2 24 (29.27%) AI
3 16 (19.51%) Decision-Making
4 14 (17.07%) Analytics
5 10 (12.20%) Continuous Improvement
5 10 (12.20%) Visualisation
6 9 (10.98%) CRM
6 9 (10.98%) Problem-Solving
7 8 (9.76%) Data Modelling
8 7 (8.54%) Data Architecture
8 7 (8.54%) Data Governance
8 7 (8.54%) ETL
8 7 (8.54%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 6 (7.32%) Actionable Insight
9 6 (7.32%) Data Migration
9 6 (7.32%) Data Strategy
9 6 (7.32%) Lakehouse
9 6 (7.32%) Migration
10 5 (6.10%) Customer Service
10 5 (6.10%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 32 (39.02%) SQL
2 22 (26.83%) Python
3 9 (10.98%) JavaScript
4 8 (9.76%) C#
5 6 (7.32%) PowerShell
6 3 (3.66%) R
6 3 (3.66%) TypeScript
7 2 (2.44%) PL/SQL
7 2 (2.44%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 19 (23.17%) Azure Certification
2 4 (4.88%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (2.44%) Degree
4 1 (1.22%) ACCA
4 1 (1.22%) CIMA
4 1 (1.22%) MCT
4 1 (1.22%) Postgraduate
4 1 (1.22%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (14.63%) Data Quality
2 2 (2.44%) GDPR
3 1 (1.22%) PMO
Vendors
1 60 (73.17%) Microsoft
2 4 (4.88%) Oracle
3 3 (3.66%) OpenAI
4 1 (1.22%) Alteryx
4 1 (1.22%) Salesforce