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 1 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 47 55 96
Rank change year-on-year +8 +41 +13
Permanent jobs citing Power Platform 126 90 178
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 4.22% 3.97% 3.89%
As % of the Cloud Services category 15.85% 11.72% 9.18%
Number of salaries quoted 32 37 149
10th Percentile £42,500 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £44,375 £37,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £44,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +25.84% -6.32% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £52,500 £61,250
90th Percentile £72,025 £63,750 £72,546
UK median annual salary £59,527 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -0.79% +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 795 768 1,938
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 26.63% 33.88% 42.39%
Number of salaries quoted 286 405 876
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £30,125 £39,250 £38,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,928 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.47% +9.52% -8.70%
75th Percentile £78,171 £75,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,778 £84,528
UK median annual salary £60,000 £64,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -6.25% +11.30% -11.54%

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 1 March 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 1 March 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 +21 52 £47,500 -17.39% 10
Glasgow -6 34 £58,500 +34.48% 12
West Dunbartonshire - 12 - -
Aberdeen -3 11 - - 5
Dundee - 11 - -
North Lanarkshire - 1 £45,000 -
Highlands - 1 £52,500 - 1
Argyll and Bute - 1 £38,000 -
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 (11.11%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 8 (6.35%) SharePoint
3 6 (4.76%) Confluence
Applications
1 54 (42.86%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (9.52%) MS Visio
3 4 (3.17%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.79%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 14 (11.11%) Oracle ERP
2 4 (3.17%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (2.38%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (1.59%) Alphatax
5 1 (0.79%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.79%) FIS Private Capital Suite
Cloud Services
1 99 (78.57%) Azure
2 44 (34.92%) Azure AI
3 42 (33.33%) Azure DevOps
4 26 (20.63%) Microsoft 365
5 21 (16.67%) GitHub
5 21 (16.67%) GitHub Copilot
6 16 (12.70%) Power Automate
7 15 (11.90%) Azure Data Factory
8 14 (11.11%) OCI
9 10 (7.94%) Dynamics 365
9 10 (7.94%) PowerApps
10 8 (6.35%) Snowflake
11 2 (1.59%) Azure Logic Apps
11 2 (1.59%) Azure Stack
11 2 (1.59%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 2 (1.59%) Copilot Studio
11 2 (1.59%) dbt
11 2 (1.59%) OneDrive
12 1 (0.79%) Entra ID
12 1 (0.79%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.59%) Broadband
1 2 (1.59%) DHCP
1 2 (1.59%) DNS
1 2 (1.59%) Firewall
1 2 (1.59%) Mobile Broadband
1 2 (1.59%) Softphone
1 2 (1.59%) VLAN
1 2 (1.59%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 114 (90.48%) Power BI
2 69 (54.76%) Tableau
3 8 (6.35%) Data Warehouse
4 7 (5.56%) Metadata
5 5 (3.97%) SQL Server
6 4 (3.17%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
6 4 (3.17%) Azure SQL Database
7 2 (1.59%) Data Vault
7 2 (1.59%) Snowflake Schema
7 2 (1.59%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 1 (0.79%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 20 (15.87%) JIRA
2 14 (11.11%) Git
2 14 (11.11%) Jenkins
2 14 (11.11%) Oracle Forms
3 1 (0.79%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 61 (48.41%) Social Skills
2 40 (31.75%) Finance
3 21 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (11.11%) Billing
5 5 (3.97%) Public Sector
6 4 (3.17%) Manufacturing
6 4 (3.17%) Tech for Good
7 3 (2.38%) Law
7 3 (2.38%) Legal
7 3 (2.38%) Presentation Skills
7 3 (2.38%) Retail
8 2 (1.59%) Marketing
9 1 (0.79%) Games
Job Titles
1 73 (57.94%) Analyst
2 45 (35.71%) Junior
3 44 (34.92%) Data Analyst
3 44 (34.92%) Junior Analyst
3 44 (34.92%) Junior Data Analyst
4 21 (16.67%) Applications Engineer
5 19 (15.08%) Support Analyst
6 16 (12.70%) Applications Support
6 16 (12.70%) Applications Support Analyst
7 14 (11.11%) Cloud Engineer
8 6 (4.76%) Applications Manager
9 5 (3.97%) Business Analyst
9 5 (3.97%) Developer
10 4 (3.17%) Application Development Manager
10 4 (3.17%) Applications Development Manager
10 4 (3.17%) Data Engineer
10 4 (3.17%) Development Manager
10 4 (3.17%) Insight Analyst
10 4 (3.17%) Technical Analyst
10 4 (3.17%) Technical Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (11.11%) OAuth
1 14 (11.11%) OAuth2
1 14 (11.11%) RESTful
1 14 (11.11%) SAML
2 3 (2.38%) .NET
3 2 (1.59%) Web Services
4 1 (0.79%) CSS
4 1 (0.79%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 18 (14.29%) Product Ownership
2 16 (12.70%) Management Information System
3 15 (11.90%) Enterprise Software
4 14 (11.11%) Cloud Native
5 13 (10.32%) Low-Code
6 8 (6.35%) Self-Motivation
7 5 (3.97%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (1.59%) iPhone
8 2 (1.59%) Life Science
8 2 (1.59%) Onboarding
9 1 (0.79%) Data Protection Act
9 1 (0.79%) Data Structures
9 1 (0.79%) Driving Licence
9 1 (0.79%) Housing Association
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.59%) Apple iOS
1 2 (1.59%) Windows
1 2 (1.59%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 113 (89.68%) Business Intelligence
2 73 (57.94%) AI
3 44 (34.92%) Agile
4 43 (34.13%) DevOps
5 32 (25.40%) Coaching
6 30 (23.81%) Asset Management
7 26 (20.63%) Analytics
8 24 (19.05%) Visualisation
9 23 (18.25%) CI/CD
10 21 (16.67%) ERP
10 21 (16.67%) Test Automation
11 18 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
12 16 (12.70%) Process Improvement
13 15 (11.90%) API Integration
14 14 (11.11%) Clean Code
14 14 (11.11%) Event-Driven
14 14 (11.11%) Event-Driven Architecture
14 14 (11.11%) Microservices
14 14 (11.11%) SOA
14 14 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 89 (70.63%) SQL
2 77 (61.11%) Python
3 18 (14.29%) PL/SQL
4 14 (11.11%) Java
4 14 (11.11%) Shell Script
5 3 (2.38%) C#
5 3 (2.38%) PowerShell
6 2 (1.59%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 1 (0.79%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.79%) VBA
Qualifications
1 44 (34.92%) Azure Certification
2 19 (15.08%) Degree
3 12 (9.52%) HND
4 1 (0.79%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (0.79%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (0.79%) PMI Certification
4 1 (0.79%) PMP
4 1 (0.79%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (11.11%) Accessibility
2 12 (9.52%) SLA
3 6 (4.76%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.79%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (0.79%) P3O
4 1 (0.79%) PMO
System Software
1 3 (2.38%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.59%) BitLocker
2 2 (1.59%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 14 (11.11%) Single Sign-On
1 14 (11.11%) Terraform
2 2 (1.59%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 89 (70.63%) Microsoft
2 18 (14.29%) Oracle
3 12 (9.52%) Adobe
3 12 (9.52%) Freshdesk
3 12 (9.52%) Nintex
4 4 (3.17%) Concur
4 4 (3.17%) SAP
5 3 (2.38%) Alteryx
5 3 (2.38%) Teradata
6 2 (1.59%) Bomgar
6 2 (1.59%) iManage
7 1 (0.79%) Anaplan
7 1 (0.79%) Dataiku
7 1 (0.79%) FIS
7 1 (0.79%) Genesys
7 1 (0.79%) Meraki
7 1 (0.79%) ServiceNow
7 1 (0.79%) Verint