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 12 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 51 49 88
Rank change year-on-year -2 +39 0
Permanent jobs citing Power Platform 109 117 132
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 4.01% 4.54% 4.23%
As % of the Cloud Services category 15.46% 12.93% 10.35%
Number of salaries quoted 35 52 106
10th Percentile £42,500 £35,000 £29,671
25th Percentile £45,000 £37,500 £37,558
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £44,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.74% -6.32% +2.15%
75th Percentile £63,125 £61,250 £57,275
90th Percentile £70,000 £71,100 £79,528
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 705 905 1,275
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 25.92% 35.10% 40.84%
Number of salaries quoted 263 434 737
10th Percentile £26,300 £31,250 £30,650
25th Percentile £28,250 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% - -
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £72,433
90th Percentile £87,050 £87,701 £90,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £64,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -6.98% +7.50% -7.69%

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 12 January 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 12 January 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 +17 61 £47,500 -17.39% 8
Glasgow -9 24 £54,000 +27.06% 8
West Dunbartonshire - 7 £60,000 - 1
Aberdeen -3 5 - - 7
Dundee - 5 - -
North Lanarkshire - 1 £45,000 - 1
Highlands - 1 £52,500 - 1
Argyll and Bute - 1 £38,000 - 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 17 (15.60%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 12 (11.01%) Confluence
3 4 (3.67%) SharePoint
Applications
1 35 (32.11%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (5.50%) MS Visio
3 2 (1.83%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.92%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 17 (15.60%) Oracle ERP
2 10 (9.17%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (1.83%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.92%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 76 (69.72%) Azure
2 43 (39.45%) Azure DevOps
3 24 (22.02%) GitHub
3 24 (22.02%) GitHub Copilot
4 20 (18.35%) Azure AI
5 19 (17.43%) PowerApps
6 17 (15.60%) OCI
6 17 (15.60%) Power Automate
7 16 (14.68%) Microsoft 365
8 15 (13.76%) Snowflake
9 14 (12.84%) Azure Data Factory
10 6 (5.50%) Dynamics 365
11 5 (4.59%) Copilot Studio
12 4 (3.67%) Entra ID
12 4 (3.67%) Microsoft Copilot
13 2 (1.83%) Azure Stack
13 2 (1.83%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 2 (1.83%) dbt
14 1 (0.92%) Azure Logic Apps
14 1 (0.92%) Azure Monitor
Database & Business Intelligence
1 99 (90.83%) Power BI
2 54 (49.54%) Tableau
3 14 (12.84%) Data Warehouse
4 8 (7.34%) Metadata
5 5 (4.59%) SQL Server
6 4 (3.67%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
7 3 (2.75%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 2 (1.83%) Azure SQL Database
8 2 (1.83%) Data Vault
8 2 (1.83%) Snowflake Schema
9 1 (0.92%) BusinessObjects
9 1 (0.92%) Power Query
9 1 (0.92%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 29 (26.61%) JIRA
2 17 (15.60%) Git
2 17 (15.60%) Jenkins
2 17 (15.60%) Oracle Forms
General
1 51 (46.79%) Finance
2 40 (36.70%) Social Skills
3 28 (25.69%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (9.17%) Manufacturing
5 8 (7.34%) Billing
5 8 (7.34%) Marketing
6 6 (5.50%) Presentation Skills
7 4 (3.67%) Law
7 4 (3.67%) Tech for Good
8 3 (2.75%) Legal
8 3 (2.75%) Retail
9 2 (1.83%) Public Sector
10 1 (0.92%) Games
Job Titles
1 55 (50.46%) Analyst
2 24 (22.02%) Applications Engineer
3 21 (19.27%) Data Analyst
4 20 (18.35%) Junior
4 20 (18.35%) Junior Analyst
4 20 (18.35%) Junior Data Analyst
5 17 (15.60%) Cloud Engineer
5 17 (15.60%) Support Analyst
6 16 (14.68%) Applications Support
6 16 (14.68%) Applications Support Analyst
7 9 (8.26%) Business Analyst
8 5 (4.59%) Developer
8 5 (4.59%) Senior
9 4 (3.67%) Application Development Manager
9 4 (3.67%) Data Business Analyst
9 4 (3.67%) Data Engineer
9 4 (3.67%) Insight Analyst
9 4 (3.67%) Lead
9 4 (3.67%) Power Platform Engineer
9 4 (3.67%) Systems Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (15.60%) OAuth
1 17 (15.60%) OAuth2
1 17 (15.60%) RESTful
1 17 (15.60%) SAML
2 1 (0.92%) .NET
2 1 (0.92%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 18 (16.51%) Enterprise Software
1 18 (16.51%) Product Ownership
2 17 (15.60%) Cloud Native
3 16 (14.68%) Management Information System
4 12 (11.01%) Low-Code
5 11 (10.09%) Analytical Mindset
6 8 (7.34%) Onboarding
6 8 (7.34%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (1.83%) Life Science
8 1 (0.92%) Driving Licence
8 1 (0.92%) Housing Association
Processes & Methodologies
1 99 (90.83%) Business Intelligence
2 57 (52.29%) AI
3 44 (40.37%) Agile
4 43 (39.45%) DevOps
5 42 (38.53%) Asset Management
5 42 (38.53%) Coaching
6 30 (27.52%) ERP
7 28 (25.69%) Analytics
8 25 (22.94%) CI/CD
8 25 (22.94%) Visualisation
9 24 (22.02%) Test Automation
10 23 (21.10%) Continuous Improvement
11 18 (16.51%) API Integration
12 17 (15.60%) Clean Code
12 17 (15.60%) Event-Driven
12 17 (15.60%) Event-Driven Architecture
12 17 (15.60%) Microservices
12 17 (15.60%) RBAC
12 17 (15.60%) SOA
13 16 (14.68%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 81 (74.31%) SQL
2 60 (55.05%) Python
3 27 (24.77%) PL/SQL
4 18 (16.51%) Shell Script
5 17 (15.60%) Java
6 3 (2.75%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 2 (1.83%) C#
8 1 (0.92%) Bash
8 1 (0.92%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.92%) PowerShell
8 1 (0.92%) VBA
Qualifications
1 20 (18.35%) Azure Certification
2 12 (11.01%) Degree
3 6 (5.50%) HND
4 1 (0.92%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (0.92%) PMI Certification
4 1 (0.92%) PMP
4 1 (0.92%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (12.84%) Accessibility
2 7 (6.42%) Data Quality
3 6 (5.50%) SLA
4 1 (0.92%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (0.92%) P3O
4 1 (0.92%) PMO
System Software
1 4 (3.67%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 17 (15.60%) Single Sign-On
1 17 (15.60%) Terraform
Vendors
1 57 (52.29%) Microsoft
2 28 (25.69%) Oracle
3 10 (9.17%) Concur
3 10 (9.17%) SAP
4 6 (5.50%) Adobe
4 6 (5.50%) Freshdesk
4 6 (5.50%) Nintex
5 4 (3.67%) Alteryx
6 3 (2.75%) Teradata
7 1 (0.92%) Anaplan
7 1 (0.92%) Dataiku
7 1 (0.92%) Genesys
7 1 (0.92%) Meraki
7 1 (0.92%) ServiceNow
7 1 (0.92%) Verint