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

6 months to
2 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 58 49 61
Rank change year-on-year -9 +12 +19
Permanent jobs citing Power Platform 97 135 122
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 3.51% 4.31% 5.07%
As % of the Cloud Services category 14.16% 13.35% 13.82%
Number of salaries quoted 40 67 99
10th Percentile £42,500 £28,452 £35,336
25th Percentile £45,000 £35,625 £42,439
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £42,500 £47,557
Median % change year-on-year +11.76% -10.63% +2.83%
75th Percentile £63,750 £57,500 £61,917
90th Percentile £70,000 £71,350 £76,811
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 685 1,011 883
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 24.80% 32.27% 36.68%
Number of salaries quoted 258 501 689
10th Percentile £26,250 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £29,500 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £54,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% -1.82% -
75th Percentile £71,532 £71,250 £72,433
90th Percentile £90,000 £82,500 £87,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £63,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -5.51% +1.60% -2.34%

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 2 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 2 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 +18 56 £47,500 +5.56% 11
Glasgow -23 26 £52,750 +21.26% 19
Aberdeen -4 3 - - 7
Dundee - 3 - - 2
West Dunbartonshire - 1 £60,000 - 3
North Lanarkshire - 1 £45,000 - 1
Highlands - 1 £52,500 - 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 14 (14.43%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 12 (12.37%) Confluence
3 3 (3.09%) SharePoint
Applications
1 30 (30.93%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (2.06%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (1.03%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (1.03%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 14 (14.43%) Oracle ERP
2 11 (11.34%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (3.09%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (1.03%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 60 (61.86%) Azure
2 35 (36.08%) Azure DevOps
3 21 (21.65%) GitHub
3 21 (21.65%) GitHub Copilot
4 19 (19.59%) PowerApps
5 16 (16.49%) Power Automate
6 15 (15.46%) Snowflake
7 14 (14.43%) Azure Data Factory
7 14 (14.43%) OCI
8 12 (12.37%) Azure AI
9 11 (11.34%) Microsoft 365
10 8 (8.25%) Dynamics 365
11 6 (6.19%) Copilot Studio
12 5 (5.15%) Microsoft Copilot
13 4 (4.12%) Entra ID
14 2 (2.06%) Azure Logic Apps
14 2 (2.06%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 2 (2.06%) dbt
15 1 (1.03%) Azure Service Bus
15 1 (1.03%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.03%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 83 (85.57%) Power BI
2 44 (45.36%) Tableau
3 14 (14.43%) Data Warehouse
4 7 (7.22%) Metadata
5 4 (4.12%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
5 4 (4.12%) SQL Server
5 4 (4.12%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 3 (3.09%) Azure SQL Database
7 2 (2.06%) Data Vault
7 2 (2.06%) Snowflake Schema
7 2 (2.06%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (1.03%) BusinessObjects
8 1 (1.03%) Data Lake
8 1 (1.03%) Oracle Reports
8 1 (1.03%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 27 (27.84%) JIRA
2 14 (14.43%) Git
2 14 (14.43%) Jenkins
2 14 (14.43%) Oracle Forms
General
1 49 (50.52%) Finance
2 31 (31.96%) Social Skills
3 27 (27.84%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (11.34%) Manufacturing
5 8 (8.25%) Marketing
6 6 (6.19%) Law
7 5 (5.15%) Presentation Skills
8 4 (4.12%) Tech for Good
9 3 (3.09%) Legal
9 3 (3.09%) Public Sector
9 3 (3.09%) Retail
10 2 (2.06%) Billing
Job Titles
1 45 (46.39%) Analyst
2 21 (21.65%) Applications Engineer
3 15 (15.46%) Cloud Engineer
4 13 (13.40%) Data Analyst
4 13 (13.40%) Support Analyst
5 12 (12.37%) Applications Support
5 12 (12.37%) Applications Support Analyst
5 12 (12.37%) Junior
5 12 (12.37%) Junior Analyst
5 12 (12.37%) Junior Data Analyst
6 10 (10.31%) Business Analyst
7 8 (8.25%) Senior
8 6 (6.19%) Developer
9 5 (5.15%) Insight Analyst
10 4 (4.12%) Application Development Manager
10 4 (4.12%) Applications Development Manager
10 4 (4.12%) Applications Manager
10 4 (4.12%) Systems Analyst
10 4 (4.12%) Technical Analyst
10 4 (4.12%) Technical Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (14.43%) OAuth
1 14 (14.43%) OAuth2
1 14 (14.43%) RESTful
1 14 (14.43%) SAML
2 1 (1.03%) .NET
2 1 (1.03%) REST
2 1 (1.03%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 16 (16.49%) Enterprise Software
2 14 (14.43%) Cloud Native
3 12 (12.37%) Low-Code
3 12 (12.37%) Product Ownership
4 11 (11.34%) Analytical Mindset
5 10 (10.31%) Management Information System
6 8 (8.25%) Onboarding
6 8 (8.25%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (2.06%) Life Science
8 1 (1.03%) IoT
Processes & Methodologies
1 83 (85.57%) Business Intelligence
2 46 (47.42%) AI
3 39 (40.21%) Asset Management
3 39 (40.21%) Coaching
4 37 (38.14%) Agile
5 35 (36.08%) DevOps
6 29 (29.90%) ERP
7 25 (25.77%) Analytics
8 23 (23.71%) CI/CD
9 22 (22.68%) Continuous Improvement
9 22 (22.68%) Visualisation
10 21 (21.65%) Test Automation
11 17 (17.53%) ETL
12 16 (16.49%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 15 (15.46%) API Integration
14 14 (14.43%) Clean Code
14 14 (14.43%) Event-Driven
14 14 (14.43%) Event-Driven Architecture
14 14 (14.43%) Microservices
14 14 (14.43%) RBAC
Programming Languages
1 72 (74.23%) SQL
2 46 (47.42%) Python
3 25 (25.77%) PL/SQL
4 15 (15.46%) Shell Script
5 14 (14.43%) Java
6 3 (3.09%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 2 (2.06%) C#
8 1 (1.03%) Bash
8 1 (1.03%) Bicep
8 1 (1.03%) JavaScript
8 1 (1.03%) PowerShell
8 1 (1.03%) VBA
Qualifications
1 12 (12.37%) Azure Certification
2 7 (7.22%) Degree
3 1 (1.03%) ACCA
3 1 (1.03%) CIMA
3 1 (1.03%) Master's Degree
3 1 (1.03%) Microsoft Certification
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
System Software
1 4 (4.12%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.03%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (1.03%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 14 (14.43%) Single Sign-On
1 14 (14.43%) Terraform
Vendors
1 40 (41.24%) Microsoft
2 27 (27.84%) Oracle
3 11 (11.34%) Concur
3 11 (11.34%) SAP
4 5 (5.15%) Alteryx
5 3 (3.09%) Teradata
6 1 (1.03%) CyberArk
6 1 (1.03%) VMware