Power Platform Contract Job Trends in Edinburgh

Microsoft Power Platform
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Edinburgh requiring Power Platform skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 39 51
Rank change year-on-year +18 +12 +9
Contract jobs citing Power Platform 58 27 30
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 8.36% 4.31% 3.60%
As % of the Cloud Services category 18.41% 10.67% 9.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 14 17
10th Percentile £270 £402 £393
25th Percentile £343 £430 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £456 £525
Median % change year-on-year -6.85% -13.10% +16.67%
75th Percentile £538 £497 £550
90th Percentile £596 £500 £608
Scotland median daily rate £444 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -6.58% - +5.56%

All Cloud Computing Skills
Edinburgh

Power Platform falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring cloud computing skills in Edinburgh.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 315 253 304
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 45.39% 40.42% 36.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 174 145 184
10th Percentile £231 £413 £191
25th Percentile £375 £450 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +11.11% -4.61%
75th Percentile £557 £550 £530
90th Percentile £638 £621 £588
Scotland median daily rate £475 £500 £450
% change year-on-year -5.00% +11.11% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 1 7
10th Percentile - - £16.20
25th Percentile - - £18.92
Median hourly rate £15.81 £60.00 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year -73.65% +172.73% +24.15%
75th Percentile £18.75 - £24.18
90th Percentile £26.50 - -
Scotland median hourly rate £15.81 £37.55 £21.14
% change year-on-year -57.89% +77.58% +19.31%

Power Platform
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Power Platform relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

Power Platform job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

Power Platform
Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Power Platform.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Power Platform

Power Platform
Daily Rate Histogram in Edinburgh

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Power Platform in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 2 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Power Platform in Edinburgh

Power Platform
Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Power Platform.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Power Platform

Power Platform
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh 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 7 (12.07%) SharePoint
2 3 (5.17%) Apache
2 3 (5.17%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 14 (24.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.72%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (1.72%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (8.62%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (6.90%) Primavera
3 2 (3.45%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 23 (39.66%) Azure
2 16 (27.59%) Microsoft 365
3 14 (24.14%) PowerApps
4 13 (22.41%) Power Automate
5 8 (13.79%) Microsoft Copilot
6 7 (12.07%) Dynamics 365
7 6 (10.34%) Snowflake
8 4 (6.90%) Azure Data Factory
8 4 (6.90%) Azure DevOps
8 4 (6.90%) Entra ID
9 3 (5.17%) AWS
9 3 (5.17%) dbt
9 3 (5.17%) Fivetran
10 2 (3.45%) Azure Monitor
11 1 (1.72%) Azure Functions
11 1 (1.72%) Azure Logic Apps
11 1 (1.72%) Cloud Run
11 1 (1.72%) Copilot Studio
11 1 (1.72%) Microsoft Purview
11 1 (1.72%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 5 (8.62%) Firewall
2 2 (3.45%) SSL
3 1 (1.72%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (75.86%) Power BI
2 11 (18.97%) Power Query
3 5 (8.62%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (3.45%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (3.45%) SQL Server
4 2 (3.45%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (1.72%) Amazon QuickSight
5 1 (1.72%) BigQuery
5 1 (1.72%) Data Lake
5 1 (1.72%) Data Vault
5 1 (1.72%) Metadata
5 1 (1.72%) MongoDB
5 1 (1.72%) MySQL
5 1 (1.72%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (1.72%) Redis
5 1 (1.72%) Relational Database
5 1 (1.72%) Semantic Layer
5 1 (1.72%) Spark SQL
5 1 (1.72%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (5.17%) GitLab
2 1 (1.72%) Git
General
1 20 (34.48%) Social Skills
2 19 (32.76%) Finance
3 16 (27.59%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (24.14%) Public Sector
5 4 (6.90%) Presentation Skills
6 3 (5.17%) Banking
6 3 (5.17%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (3.45%) Manufacturing
7 2 (3.45%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (1.72%) Corporate Banking
8 1 (1.72%) Investment Banking
8 1 (1.72%) Local Government
8 1 (1.72%) Military
8 1 (1.72%) Retail
8 1 (1.72%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 17 (29.31%) Analyst
2 10 (17.24%) Developer
3 9 (15.52%) Data Analyst
4 8 (13.79%) Consultant
5 6 (10.34%) Data Engineer
6 5 (8.62%) Power BI Consultant
6 5 (8.62%) Power Platform Developer
7 4 (6.90%) Business Intelligence Consultant
7 4 (6.90%) Cybersecurity Specialist
7 4 (6.90%) Security Specialist
7 4 (6.90%) Snowflake Data Engineer
7 4 (6.90%) Snowflake Engineer
8 3 (5.17%) Accountant
8 3 (5.17%) DevOps Engineer
8 3 (5.17%) Systems Accountant
9 2 (3.45%) Cybersecurity Analyst
9 2 (3.45%) Lead
9 2 (3.45%) Power Platform Engineer
9 2 (3.45%) Senior
9 2 (3.45%) Senior Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (5.17%) REST
2 2 (3.45%) ARM Templates
2 2 (3.45%) JSON
2 2 (3.45%) PySpark
2 2 (3.45%) Terraform
3 1 (1.72%) .NET
3 1 (1.72%) ASP.NET
3 1 (1.72%) HTML
3 1 (1.72%) Kafka
3 1 (1.72%) Microsoft Graph
3 1 (1.72%) OpenJDK
3 1 (1.72%) SOAP
3 1 (1.72%) XML
3 1 (1.72%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (8.62%) Data Protection Act
2 3 (5.17%) Management Information System
2 3 (5.17%) PKI
2 3 (5.17%) Product Ownership
3 2 (3.45%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (3.45%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (3.45%) Web Conferencing
4 1 (1.72%) Data Structures
4 1 (1.72%) Distributed Architecture
4 1 (1.72%) Distributed Systems
4 1 (1.72%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.72%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 1 (1.72%) Linux Command Line
4 1 (1.72%) Low-Code
4 1 (1.72%) Microsoft Licensing
4 1 (1.72%) Mobile App
4 1 (1.72%) Reference Data
4 1 (1.72%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 4 (6.90%) Windows
1 4 (6.90%) Windows Server
2 1 (1.72%) AIX
2 1 (1.72%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (72.41%) Business Intelligence
2 22 (37.93%) Agile
3 15 (25.86%) Data Modelling
4 14 (24.14%) Visualisation
5 13 (22.41%) Decision-Making
6 11 (18.97%) Analytics
7 10 (17.24%) Data Analysis
8 9 (15.52%) CI/CD
8 9 (15.52%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 8 (13.79%) Cybersecurity
9 8 (13.79%) Data Visualisation
9 8 (13.79%) Problem-Solving
10 7 (12.07%) Collaborative Working
10 7 (12.07%) Dashboard Development
10 7 (12.07%) DevOps
10 7 (12.07%) Risk Assessment
10 7 (12.07%) Stakeholder Management
11 6 (10.34%) Data Protection
11 6 (10.34%) ETL
11 6 (10.34%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 14 (24.14%) SQL
2 13 (22.41%) Python
3 5 (8.62%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 4 (6.90%) PowerShell
4 4 (6.90%) R
5 3 (5.17%) C#
5 3 (5.17%) JavaScript
6 2 (3.45%) Bash
6 2 (3.45%) Bicep
7 1 (1.72%) Java
7 1 (1.72%) Scala
7 1 (1.72%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (10.34%) Microsoft Certification
2 5 (8.62%) SC Cleared
2 5 (8.62%) Security Cleared
3 4 (6.90%) BPSS Clearance
3 4 (6.90%) MCSE
4 3 (5.17%) Degree
5 1 (1.72%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (1.72%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (15.52%) Data Quality
2 7 (12.07%) Disclosure Scotland
3 5 (8.62%) QA
4 1 (1.72%) Accessibility
4 1 (1.72%) GDPR
System Software
1 5 (8.62%) Active Directory
2 4 (6.90%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 4 (6.90%) Microsoft Intune
1 4 (6.90%) SCCM
2 2 (3.45%) Grafana
2 2 (3.45%) Kubernetes
2 2 (3.45%) Prometheus
3 1 (1.72%) Argo
Vendors
1 31 (53.45%) Microsoft
2 3 (5.17%) Databricks
3 1 (1.72%) Google
3 1 (1.72%) Pega