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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 77 84 55
Rank change year-on-year +7 -29 +32
Permanent jobs citing Power Platform 76 137 137
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 3.00% 3.14% 5.10%
As % of the Cloud Services category 12.60% 8.97% 14.14%
Number of salaries quoted 51 81 112
10th Percentile £37,500 £27,500 £37,523
25th Percentile £45,000 £31,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £42,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% -15.00% +8.11%
75th Percentile £62,500 £49,750 £61,835
90th Percentile £83,738 £68,114 £74,900
UK median annual salary £57,500 £61,500 £55,050
% change year-on-year -6.50% +11.72% +0.09%

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 603 1,528 969
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 23.82% 34.97% 36.05%
Number of salaries quoted 223 603 801
10th Percentile £28,250 £30,000 £30,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £38,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,855 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.26% - -
75th Percentile £71,391 £70,000 £72,433
90th Percentile £86,850 £82,500 £82,548
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% - -

Power Platform
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing Power Platform as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Power Platform 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 17 September 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 17 September 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 +33 44 £50,000 +21.21% 15
Glasgow +45 25 £48,500 +7.78% 22
West Dunbartonshire - 2 £57,500 -
North Lanarkshire - 1 £45,000 - 1
Highlands - 1 £52,500 - 1
Power Platform
UK

Power Platform
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 9 (11.84%) Confluence
2 6 (7.89%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 3 (3.95%) SharePoint
Applications
1 14 (18.42%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.32%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.32%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (1.32%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 10 (13.16%) Oracle EBS
2 6 (7.89%) Oracle ERP
3 4 (5.26%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (1.32%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 30 (39.47%) Azure
2 18 (23.68%) Azure DevOps
2 18 (23.68%) PowerApps
3 14 (18.42%) Snowflake
4 10 (13.16%) Power Automate
5 7 (9.21%) Dynamics 365
5 7 (9.21%) Microsoft 365
5 7 (9.21%) Microsoft Copilot
6 6 (7.89%) Copilot Studio
6 6 (7.89%) GitHub
6 6 (7.89%) GitHub Copilot
6 6 (7.89%) OCI
7 4 (5.26%) Azure Data Factory
7 4 (5.26%) Entra ID
7 4 (5.26%) SaaS
8 3 (3.95%) AWS
8 3 (3.95%) Serverless
9 2 (2.63%) Amazon SageMaker
9 2 (2.63%) AWS Lambda
9 2 (2.63%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.32%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 63 (82.89%) Power BI
2 30 (39.47%) Tableau
3 11 (14.47%) Data Warehouse
4 8 (10.53%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 6 (7.89%) SQL Server
6 4 (5.26%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 2 (2.63%) Metadata
7 2 (2.63%) Oracle ODI
7 2 (2.63%) PostgreSQL
7 2 (2.63%) Power Query
7 2 (2.63%) Star Schema
8 1 (1.32%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
8 1 (1.32%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (1.32%) BusinessObjects
8 1 (1.32%) Data Lake
8 1 (1.32%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 17 (22.37%) JIRA
2 6 (7.89%) Git
2 6 (7.89%) Jenkins
2 6 (7.89%) Oracle Forms
General
1 43 (56.58%) Finance
2 18 (23.68%) Analytical Skills
3 11 (14.47%) Manufacturing
4 10 (13.16%) Social Skills
5 8 (10.53%) Marketing
6 7 (9.21%) Law
7 6 (7.89%) Banking
8 4 (5.26%) Presentation Skills
8 4 (5.26%) Public Sector
9 2 (2.63%) Automotive
9 2 (2.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (1.32%) Legal
10 1 (1.32%) Retail
Job Titles
1 32 (42.11%) Analyst
2 19 (25.00%) Senior
3 11 (14.47%) Applications Support
3 11 (14.47%) Applications Support Analyst
3 11 (14.47%) Developer
3 11 (14.47%) Support Analyst
4 7 (9.21%) Business Analyst
4 7 (9.21%) Cloud Engineer
5 6 (7.89%) Applications Engineer
5 6 (7.89%) Business Intelligence Developer
5 6 (7.89%) Consultant
5 6 (7.89%) Insight Analyst
6 5 (6.58%) Senior Developer
6 5 (6.58%) Senior Manager
7 4 (5.26%) Data Business Analyst
7 4 (5.26%) Data Manager
7 4 (5.26%) Lead
7 4 (5.26%) Power Platform Engineer
7 4 (5.26%) Report Analyst
7 4 (5.26%) Systems Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (7.89%) OAuth
1 6 (7.89%) OAuth2
1 6 (7.89%) RESTful
1 6 (7.89%) SAML
2 1 (1.32%) REST
2 1 (1.32%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 11 (14.47%) Product Ownership
2 8 (10.53%) Analytical Mindset
2 8 (10.53%) Enterprise Software
2 8 (10.53%) Management Information System
2 8 (10.53%) Onboarding
3 6 (7.89%) Cloud Native
4 5 (6.58%) Low-Code
5 2 (2.63%) Replication
6 1 (1.32%) FMCG
6 1 (1.32%) IoT
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (80.26%) Business Intelligence
2 24 (31.58%) Agile
2 24 (31.58%) Analytics
3 23 (30.26%) Artificial Intelligence
4 20 (26.32%) Coaching
4 20 (26.32%) ERP
4 20 (26.32%) ETL
5 19 (25.00%) Asset Management
6 18 (23.68%) DevOps
7 13 (17.11%) Actionable Insight
7 13 (17.11%) Continuous Improvement
7 13 (17.11%) Decision-Making
8 11 (14.47%) ITIL
8 11 (14.47%) Visualisation
9 10 (13.16%) CI/CD
10 9 (11.84%) Acceptance Criteria
10 9 (11.84%) Data Science
10 9 (11.84%) Data Visualisation
10 9 (11.84%) Mentoring
10 9 (11.84%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 48 (63.16%) SQL
2 17 (22.37%) Python
3 16 (21.05%) PL/SQL
4 7 (9.21%) Shell Script
5 6 (7.89%) Java
6 2 (2.63%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 1 (1.32%) Bash
7 1 (1.32%) Bicep
7 1 (1.32%) C#
7 1 (1.32%) JavaScript
7 1 (1.32%) PowerShell
7 1 (1.32%) VBA
Qualifications
1 12 (15.79%) Degree
2 4 (5.26%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (5.26%) SC Cleared
2 4 (5.26%) Security Cleared
3 2 (2.63%) CISM
3 2 (2.63%) CISSP
3 2 (2.63%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (2.63%) Master's Degree
4 1 (1.32%) ACCA
4 1 (1.32%) Azure Certification
4 1 (1.32%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (1.32%) CIMA
4 1 (1.32%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (10.53%) Accessibility
2 3 (3.95%) Actionable Recommendations
3 2 (2.63%) Data Quality
3 2 (2.63%) NIST
3 2 (2.63%) QA
4 1 (1.32%) P3O
4 1 (1.32%) PMO
System Software
1 4 (5.26%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.32%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (1.32%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (7.89%) Single Sign-On
1 6 (7.89%) Terraform
Vendors
1 23 (30.26%) Oracle
2 22 (28.95%) Microsoft
3 10 (13.16%) Concur
3 10 (13.16%) SAP
4 5 (6.58%) Alteryx
5 2 (2.63%) Teradata
6 1 (1.32%) CyberArk
6 1 (1.32%) VMware