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 25 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 60 45 57
Rank change year-on-year -15 +12 +29
Permanent jobs citing Power Platform 97 135 122
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 3.58% 4.11% 5.20%
As % of the Cloud Services category 14.06% 13.06% 14.65%
Number of salaries quoted 47 66 98
10th Percentile £37,500 £27,500 £35,138
25th Percentile £45,000 £34,063 £42,439
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £42,500 £47,557
Median % change year-on-year +14.12% -10.63% +5.68%
75th Percentile £62,500 £53,438 £61,959
90th Percentile £70,000 £69,375 £77,717
UK median annual salary £57,500 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.00% +8.70% -

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 690 1,034 833
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 25.44% 31.49% 35.48%
Number of salaries quoted 269 510 688
10th Percentile £26,250 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £29,500 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -
75th Percentile £71,250 £71,250 £72,433
90th Percentile £90,000 £82,625 £85,726
UK median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -11.54% +4.00% -0.79%

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 25 November 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 25 November 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 +18 53 £47,500 - 15
Glasgow -25 30 £52,500 +20.69% 20
Aberdeen +3 2 - - 6
West Dunbartonshire - 2 £57,500 - 2
Dundee - 2 - - 3
North Lanarkshire - 1 £45,000 - 1
Highlands - 1 £52,500 -
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 12 (12.37%) Confluence
1 12 (12.37%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 2 (2.06%) SharePoint
Applications
1 27 (27.84%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (2.06%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (1.03%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (1.03%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 12 (12.37%) Oracle ERP
2 11 (11.34%) Oracle EBS
3 4 (4.12%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (1.03%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 55 (56.70%) Azure
2 33 (34.02%) Azure DevOps
3 19 (19.59%) PowerApps
4 18 (18.56%) GitHub
4 18 (18.56%) GitHub Copilot
5 16 (16.49%) Power Automate
5 16 (16.49%) Snowflake
6 14 (14.43%) Azure Data Factory
7 12 (12.37%) OCI
8 10 (10.31%) Microsoft 365
9 9 (9.28%) Dynamics 365
10 8 (8.25%) Azure AI
11 6 (6.19%) Copilot Studio
12 5 (5.15%) Microsoft Copilot
13 4 (4.12%) Entra ID
14 2 (2.06%) AWS
14 2 (2.06%) Azure Logic Apps
14 2 (2.06%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 2 (2.06%) SaaS
14 2 (2.06%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.03%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 82 (84.54%) Power BI
2 39 (40.21%) Tableau
3 15 (15.46%) Data Warehouse
4 7 (7.22%) Metadata
4 7 (7.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 5 (5.15%) SQL Server
6 4 (4.12%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
7 3 (3.09%) Azure SQL Database
7 3 (3.09%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 2 (2.06%) Data Vault
8 2 (2.06%) Power Query
8 2 (2.06%) Snowflake Schema
9 1 (1.03%) BusinessObjects
9 1 (1.03%) Data Lake
9 1 (1.03%) Oracle ODI
9 1 (1.03%) Oracle Reports
9 1 (1.03%) PostgreSQL
9 1 (1.03%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 25 (25.77%) JIRA
2 12 (12.37%) Git
2 12 (12.37%) Jenkins
2 12 (12.37%) Oracle Forms
General
1 49 (50.52%) Finance
2 27 (27.84%) Analytical Skills
2 27 (27.84%) Social Skills
3 12 (12.37%) Manufacturing
4 8 (8.25%) Marketing
5 7 (7.22%) Law
6 5 (5.15%) Presentation Skills
7 4 (4.12%) Public Sector
7 4 (4.12%) Retail
7 4 (4.12%) Tech for Good
8 3 (3.09%) Legal
9 2 (2.06%) Billing
Job Titles
1 44 (45.36%) Analyst
2 18 (18.56%) Applications Engineer
3 13 (13.40%) Cloud Engineer
3 13 (13.40%) Support Analyst
4 12 (12.37%) Applications Support
4 12 (12.37%) Applications Support Analyst
5 11 (11.34%) Senior
6 10 (10.31%) Business Analyst
7 9 (9.28%) Data Analyst
7 9 (9.28%) Developer
8 8 (8.25%) Junior
8 8 (8.25%) Junior Analyst
8 8 (8.25%) Junior Data Analyst
9 7 (7.22%) Insight Analyst
10 5 (5.15%) Business Intelligence Developer
11 4 (4.12%) Application Development Manager
11 4 (4.12%) Data Business Analyst
11 4 (4.12%) Development Manager
11 4 (4.12%) Power Platform Engineer
11 4 (4.12%) Systems Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (12.37%) OAuth
1 12 (12.37%) OAuth2
1 12 (12.37%) RESTful
1 12 (12.37%) SAML
2 1 (1.03%) REST
2 1 (1.03%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 14 (14.43%) Enterprise Software
2 13 (13.40%) Low-Code
3 12 (12.37%) Cloud Native
3 12 (12.37%) Product Ownership
4 11 (11.34%) Analytical Mindset
5 10 (10.31%) Management Information System
6 8 (8.25%) Onboarding
7 7 (7.22%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (2.06%) Life Science
9 1 (1.03%) FMCG
9 1 (1.03%) IoT
9 1 (1.03%) Replication
Processes & Methodologies
1 82 (84.54%) Business Intelligence
2 40 (41.24%) AI
3 36 (37.11%) Agile
3 36 (37.11%) Asset Management
3 36 (37.11%) Coaching
4 33 (34.02%) DevOps
5 28 (28.87%) ERP
6 27 (27.84%) Analytics
7 22 (22.68%) Continuous Improvement
8 21 (21.65%) CI/CD
8 21 (21.65%) Visualisation
9 20 (20.62%) ETL
10 19 (19.59%) Test Automation
11 15 (15.46%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 13 (13.40%) API Integration
13 12 (12.37%) Acceptance Criteria
13 12 (12.37%) Event-Driven Architecture
13 12 (12.37%) Microservices
13 12 (12.37%) Problem-Solving
13 12 (12.37%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 71 (73.20%) SQL
2 40 (41.24%) Python
3 23 (23.71%) PL/SQL
4 13 (13.40%) Shell Script
5 12 (12.37%) Java
6 4 (4.12%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 1 (1.03%) Bash
7 1 (1.03%) Bicep
7 1 (1.03%) C#
7 1 (1.03%) JavaScript
7 1 (1.03%) PowerShell
7 1 (1.03%) VBA
Qualifications
1 8 (8.25%) Azure Certification
1 8 (8.25%) Degree
2 2 (2.06%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (1.03%) ACCA
3 1 (1.03%) CIMA
3 1 (1.03%) Master's Degree
3 1 (1.03%) SC Cleared
3 1 (1.03%) Security Cleared
3 1 (1.03%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (8.25%) Accessibility
2 6 (6.19%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.03%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (1.03%) P3O
3 1 (1.03%) PMO
3 1 (1.03%) QA
System Software
1 4 (4.12%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.03%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (1.03%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 12 (12.37%) Single Sign-On
1 12 (12.37%) Terraform
Vendors
1 35 (36.08%) Microsoft
2 27 (27.84%) Oracle
3 11 (11.34%) Concur
3 11 (11.34%) SAP
4 6 (6.19%) Alteryx
5 3 (3.09%) Teradata
6 1 (1.03%) CyberArk
6 1 (1.03%) VMware