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

6 months to
15 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 73 46 53
Rank change year-on-year -27 +7 +26
Permanent jobs citing Power Platform 87 132 130
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 3.13% 4.00% 5.44%
As % of the Cloud Services category 12.52% 13.13% 15.38%
Number of salaries quoted 47 63 104
10th Percentile £37,500 £27,500 £35,733
25th Percentile £45,000 £33,250 £42,439
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £42,500 £47,557
Median % change year-on-year +11.76% -10.63% +5.68%
75th Percentile £61,250 £52,500 £61,876
90th Percentile £70,000 £70,500 £76,750
UK median annual salary £57,125 £62,500 £56,000
% change year-on-year -8.60% +11.61% -2.61%

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 695 1,005 845
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 25.00% 30.42% 35.39%
Number of salaries quoted 266 480 709
10th Percentile £26,250 £31,250 £30,824
25th Percentile £29,500 £37,500 £39,250
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 £88,125 £82,500 £85,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -11.54% +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 15 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 15 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 +20 49 £47,500 +5.56% 18
Glasgow -31 28 £48,500 +14.12% 28
West Dunbartonshire - 2 £57,500 -
North Lanarkshire - 1 £45,000 -
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 12 (13.79%) Confluence
2 11 (12.64%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 2 (2.30%) SharePoint
Applications
1 19 (21.84%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (2.30%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (1.15%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (1.15%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 11 (12.64%) Oracle EBS
1 11 (12.64%) Oracle ERP
2 4 (4.60%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (1.15%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 45 (51.72%) Azure
2 31 (35.63%) Azure DevOps
3 19 (21.84%) PowerApps
4 16 (18.39%) GitHub
4 16 (18.39%) GitHub Copilot
4 16 (18.39%) Snowflake
5 15 (17.24%) Power Automate
6 13 (14.94%) Azure Data Factory
7 11 (12.64%) OCI
8 10 (11.49%) Microsoft 365
9 8 (9.20%) Dynamics 365
10 6 (6.90%) Copilot Studio
11 5 (5.75%) Microsoft Copilot
12 4 (4.60%) Entra ID
13 2 (2.30%) AWS
13 2 (2.30%) Azure Logic Apps
13 2 (2.30%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 2 (2.30%) dbt
13 2 (2.30%) SaaS
13 2 (2.30%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.15%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 73 (83.91%) Power BI
2 30 (34.48%) Tableau
3 15 (17.24%) Data Warehouse
4 8 (9.20%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 7 (8.05%) Metadata
6 5 (5.75%) SQL Server
7 4 (4.60%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
7 4 (4.60%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 3 (3.45%) Azure SQL Database
9 2 (2.30%) Data Vault
9 2 (2.30%) Power Query
9 2 (2.30%) Snowflake Schema
10 1 (1.15%) BusinessObjects
10 1 (1.15%) Data Lake
10 1 (1.15%) Oracle ODI
10 1 (1.15%) Oracle Reports
10 1 (1.15%) PostgreSQL
10 1 (1.15%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 24 (27.59%) JIRA
2 11 (12.64%) Git
2 11 (12.64%) Jenkins
2 11 (12.64%) Oracle Forms
General
1 47 (54.02%) Finance
2 26 (29.89%) Analytical Skills
3 18 (20.69%) Social Skills
4 12 (13.79%) Manufacturing
5 8 (9.20%) Marketing
6 7 (8.05%) Law
7 5 (5.75%) Presentation Skills
8 4 (4.60%) Public Sector
8 4 (4.60%) Retail
9 3 (3.45%) Legal
9 3 (3.45%) Tech for Good
10 2 (2.30%) Billing
Job Titles
1 36 (41.38%) Analyst
2 16 (18.39%) Applications Engineer
3 13 (14.94%) Support Analyst
4 12 (13.79%) Applications Support
4 12 (13.79%) Applications Support Analyst
4 12 (13.79%) Cloud Engineer
5 11 (12.64%) Senior
6 10 (11.49%) Business Analyst
6 10 (11.49%) Developer
7 7 (8.05%) Insight Analyst
8 6 (6.90%) Business Intelligence Developer
9 4 (4.60%) Data Business Analyst
9 4 (4.60%) Power Platform Engineer
9 4 (4.60%) Report Analyst
9 4 (4.60%) Systems Analyst
9 4 (4.60%) Technical Analyst
9 4 (4.60%) Technical Business Analyst
10 3 (3.45%) Lead
10 3 (3.45%) Platform Specialist
10 3 (3.45%) Power Platform Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (12.64%) OAuth
1 11 (12.64%) OAuth2
1 11 (12.64%) RESTful
1 11 (12.64%) SAML
2 1 (1.15%) REST
2 1 (1.15%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 13 (14.94%) Enterprise Software
2 12 (13.79%) Low-Code
2 12 (13.79%) Product Ownership
3 11 (12.64%) Analytical Mindset
3 11 (12.64%) Cloud Native
4 10 (11.49%) Management Information System
5 8 (9.20%) Onboarding
6 6 (6.90%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (2.30%) Life Science
8 1 (1.15%) FMCG
8 1 (1.15%) IoT
8 1 (1.15%) Replication
Processes & Methodologies
1 73 (83.91%) Business Intelligence
2 34 (39.08%) Agile
2 34 (39.08%) Asset Management
2 34 (39.08%) Coaching
3 31 (35.63%) DevOps
4 30 (34.48%) AI
5 27 (31.03%) ERP
6 26 (29.89%) Analytics
7 21 (24.14%) Continuous Improvement
7 21 (24.14%) ETL
8 20 (22.99%) Visualisation
9 19 (21.84%) CI/CD
10 17 (19.54%) Test Automation
11 14 (16.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 12 (13.79%) Acceptance Criteria
12 12 (13.79%) API Integration
12 12 (13.79%) ITIL
12 12 (13.79%) User Stories
12 12 (13.79%) Validation
13 11 (12.64%) SOA
Programming Languages
1 62 (71.26%) SQL
2 30 (34.48%) Python
3 22 (25.29%) PL/SQL
4 12 (13.79%) Shell Script
5 11 (12.64%) Java
6 4 (4.60%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 1 (1.15%) Bash
7 1 (1.15%) Bicep
7 1 (1.15%) C#
7 1 (1.15%) JavaScript
7 1 (1.15%) PowerShell
7 1 (1.15%) VBA
Qualifications
1 8 (9.20%) Degree
2 2 (2.30%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (1.15%) ACCA
3 1 (1.15%) CIMA
3 1 (1.15%) Master's Degree
3 1 (1.15%) SC Cleared
3 1 (1.15%) Security Cleared
3 1 (1.15%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (9.20%) Accessibility
2 6 (6.90%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.15%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (1.15%) P3O
3 1 (1.15%) PMO
3 1 (1.15%) QA
System Software
1 4 (4.60%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.15%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (1.15%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 11 (12.64%) Single Sign-On
1 11 (12.64%) Terraform
Vendors
1 26 (29.89%) Microsoft
1 26 (29.89%) Oracle
2 11 (12.64%) Concur
2 11 (12.64%) SAP
3 6 (6.90%) Alteryx
4 3 (3.45%) Teradata
5 1 (1.15%) CyberArk
5 1 (1.15%) VMware