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

6 months to
1 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 35 69 107
Rank change year-on-year +34 +38 0
Permanent jobs citing Power Platform 143 53 213
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 4.27% 2.83% 3.35%
As % of the Cloud Services category 15.85% 10.15% 7.62%
Number of salaries quoted 32 36 178
10th Percentile £45,175 £35,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £52,000 £38,313 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +40.00% +5.26% -6.10%
75th Percentile £80,000 £67,500 £60,938
90th Percentile £90,000 £83,738 £71,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -3.08%

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 902 522 2,794
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 26.93% 27.90% 43.92%
Number of salaries quoted 348 358 1,027
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,775 £28,250
25th Percentile £33,250 £45,000 £38,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +9.52% -8.70%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,438 £68,307
90th Percentile £90,000 £95,000 £82,548
UK median annual salary £62,500 £61,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +1.63% +6.96% -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 May 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 May 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 +26 44 £80,000 +26.63% 13
Glasgow +7 44 £70,000 +45.83% 11
Aberdeen -7 21 - - 2
Dundee - 21 - - 2
West Dunbartonshire - 12 - -
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 8 (5.59%) Oracle SOA Suite
1 8 (5.59%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.40%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.70%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 85 (59.44%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (8.39%) MS Visio
3 2 (1.40%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 8 (5.59%) Oracle ERP
2 2 (1.40%) Alphatax
2 2 (1.40%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.70%) FIS Private Capital Suite
Cloud Services
1 123 (86.01%) Azure
2 84 (58.74%) Azure AI
3 27 (18.88%) Azure DevOps
4 22 (15.38%) Microsoft 365
5 17 (11.89%) Dynamics 365
6 13 (9.09%) GitHub
7 12 (8.39%) GitHub Copilot
8 10 (6.99%) Power Automate
9 8 (5.59%) OCI
10 7 (4.90%) Azure Data Factory
11 4 (2.80%) Microsoft Copilot
11 4 (2.80%) OneDrive
12 3 (2.10%) SaaS
13 2 (1.40%) AWS
13 2 (1.40%) Copilot Studio
13 2 (1.40%) GCP
13 2 (1.40%) PowerApps
14 1 (0.70%) Azure Logic Apps
14 1 (0.70%) Azure Stack
14 1 (0.70%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.40%) Broadband
1 2 (1.40%) DHCP
1 2 (1.40%) DNS
1 2 (1.40%) Firewall
1 2 (1.40%) Mobile Broadband
1 2 (1.40%) Softphone
1 2 (1.40%) VLAN
1 2 (1.40%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 121 (84.62%) Power BI
2 95 (66.43%) Tableau
3 5 (3.50%) SQL Server
4 2 (1.40%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (1.40%) MySQL
5 1 (0.70%) Data Vault
5 1 (0.70%) Delta Lake
5 1 (0.70%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 8 (5.59%) Git
1 8 (5.59%) Jenkins
1 8 (5.59%) JIRA
1 8 (5.59%) Oracle Forms
2 1 (0.70%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 96 (67.13%) Social Skills
2 15 (10.49%) Finance
3 12 (8.39%) Billing
4 7 (4.90%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (3.50%) Tech for Good
6 3 (2.10%) Public Sector
7 2 (1.40%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (0.70%) Games
8 1 (0.70%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 99 (69.23%) Analyst
2 85 (59.44%) Junior
3 84 (58.74%) Data Analyst
3 84 (58.74%) Junior Analyst
3 84 (58.74%) Junior Data Analyst
4 15 (10.49%) Support Analyst
5 12 (8.39%) Applications Engineer
5 12 (8.39%) Applications Support
5 12 (8.39%) Applications Support Analyst
6 11 (7.69%) Architect
7 8 (5.59%) Cloud Engineer
7 8 (5.59%) Dynamics 365 Architect
8 6 (4.20%) Applications Manager
9 5 (3.50%) Consultant
10 4 (2.80%) Application Development Manager
10 4 (2.80%) Applications Development Manager
10 4 (2.80%) Development Manager
11 3 (2.10%) Data Engineer
11 3 (2.10%) Senior
12 2 (1.40%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (5.59%) OAuth
1 8 (5.59%) OAuth2
1 8 (5.59%) RESTful
1 8 (5.59%) SAML
2 3 (2.10%) .NET
3 2 (1.40%) Microsoft Graph
3 2 (1.40%) ODBC
3 2 (1.40%) Web Services
4 1 (0.70%) CSS
4 1 (0.70%) HTML
4 1 (0.70%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 12 (8.39%) Management Information System
1 12 (8.39%) Product Ownership
2 9 (6.29%) Cloud Native
3 8 (5.59%) Enterprise Software
4 5 (3.50%) Low-Code
5 4 (2.80%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (1.40%) iPhone
7 1 (0.70%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (0.70%) Data Structures
7 1 (0.70%) Driving Licence
7 1 (0.70%) Housing Association
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.40%) Apple iOS
1 2 (1.40%) Windows
1 2 (1.40%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 120 (83.92%) Business Intelligence
2 100 (69.93%) AI
3 28 (19.58%) Agile
3 28 (19.58%) DevOps
4 14 (9.79%) CI/CD
4 14 (9.79%) Coaching
4 14 (9.79%) Customer Service
4 14 (9.79%) Stakeholder Management
5 13 (9.09%) Analytics
5 13 (9.09%) Process Improvement
5 13 (9.09%) Requirements Gathering
6 12 (8.39%) Asset Management
6 12 (8.39%) Regression Testing
6 12 (8.39%) Storyboarding
6 12 (8.39%) Test Automation
6 12 (8.39%) Waterfall
7 9 (6.29%) RBAC
8 8 (5.59%) Clean Code
8 8 (5.59%) Event-Driven
8 8 (5.59%) Event-Driven Architecture
Programming Languages
1 104 (72.73%) SQL
2 102 (71.33%) Python
3 8 (5.59%) Java
3 8 (5.59%) PL/SQL
3 8 (5.59%) Shell Script
4 5 (3.50%) PowerShell
5 2 (1.40%) C#
6 1 (0.70%) Scala
Qualifications
1 86 (60.14%) Azure Certification
2 14 (9.79%) Degree
3 12 (8.39%) HND
4 2 (1.40%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (0.70%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (0.70%) PMI Certification
5 1 (0.70%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (8.39%) Accessibility
1 12 (8.39%) SLA
2 2 (1.40%) Data Quality
System Software
1 2 (1.40%) Active Directory
1 2 (1.40%) BitLocker
1 2 (1.40%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 8 (5.59%) Single Sign-On
1 8 (5.59%) Terraform
2 2 (1.40%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 130 (90.91%) Microsoft
2 12 (8.39%) Adobe
2 12 (8.39%) Freshdesk
2 12 (8.39%) Nintex
3 8 (5.59%) Oracle
4 2 (1.40%) Bomgar
4 2 (1.40%) iManage
4 2 (1.40%) OpenAI
4 2 (1.40%) Salesforce
5 1 (0.70%) Anaplan
5 1 (0.70%) Databricks
5 1 (0.70%) Dataiku
5 1 (0.70%) FIS
5 1 (0.70%) Genesys
5 1 (0.70%) Meraki
5 1 (0.70%) ServiceNow
5 1 (0.70%) Verint