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

6 months to
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 33 41 51
Rank change year-on-year +8 +10 +29
Contract jobs citing Power Platform 31 28 33
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 5.27% 4.42% 3.63%
As % of the Cloud Services category 12.45% 10.77% 9.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 9 19
10th Percentile £319 £425 £403
25th Percentile £411 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £456 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -8.75% - +11.11%
75th Percentile £497 £538 £593
90th Percentile £547 £545 £645
Scotland median daily rate £488 £455 £478
% change year-on-year +7.14% -4.71% +6.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £27.35 -
Scotland median hourly rate £11.50 £26.93 £30.00
% change year-on-year -57.29% -10.25% +30.43%

All Cloud 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 249 260 355
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 42.35% 41.07% 39.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 133 150 230
10th Percentile £373 £192 £300
25th Percentile £440 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £453 £475
Median % change year-on-year +10.50% -4.74% -
75th Percentile £575 £529 £550
90th Percentile £625 £600 £625
Scotland median daily rate £500 £450 £488
% change year-on-year +11.11% -7.69% +2.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 12 1
10th Percentile £17.88 £19.71 -
25th Percentile £24.90 £20.82 -
Median hourly rate £36.95 £23.50 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year +57.24% +32.62% -
75th Percentile £48.65 £24.18 -
90th Percentile £55.46 - -
Scotland median hourly rate £31.95 £23.50 £16.57
% change year-on-year +35.97% +41.82% -6.49%

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 20 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Power Platform in Edinburgh

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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 4 (12.90%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (25.81%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (6.45%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (3.23%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 7 (22.58%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 16 (51.61%) Azure
2 10 (32.26%) Dynamics 365
2 10 (32.26%) Microsoft 365
3 9 (29.03%) Power Automate
4 8 (25.81%) PowerApps
5 3 (9.68%) AWS
5 3 (9.68%) GCP
5 3 (9.68%) Snowflake
6 2 (6.45%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 1 (3.23%) Azure Data Factory
7 1 (3.23%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (3.23%) Azure Functions
7 1 (3.23%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 1 (3.23%) Microsoft Copilot
7 1 (3.23%) Microsoft Purview
7 1 (3.23%) OneDrive
7 1 (3.23%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (64.52%) Power BI
2 2 (6.45%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (6.45%) Metadata
2 2 (6.45%) SQL Server
3 1 (3.23%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
3 1 (3.23%) BusinessObjects
3 1 (3.23%) BusinessObjects XI
3 1 (3.23%) NoSQL
3 1 (3.23%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (9.68%) Git
General
1 18 (58.06%) Public Sector
2 16 (51.61%) Social Skills
3 5 (16.13%) Finance
4 4 (12.90%) Banking
5 3 (9.68%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (6.45%) Back Office
6 2 (6.45%) Retail Banking
7 1 (3.23%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (3.23%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (29.03%) Analyst
2 8 (25.81%) Developer
3 6 (19.35%) Data Analyst
3 6 (19.35%) Power Platform Developer
4 3 (9.68%) Delivery Manager
4 3 (9.68%) Dynamics 365 Developer
5 2 (6.45%) Architect
5 2 (6.45%) Business Analyst
5 2 (6.45%) Consultant
5 2 (6.45%) Data Migration Manager
5 2 (6.45%) Data Migration Project Manager
5 2 (6.45%) Digital Delivery Manager
5 2 (6.45%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
5 2 (6.45%) Migration Manager
5 2 (6.45%) Migration Project Manager
5 2 (6.45%) Project Manager
5 2 (6.45%) User Researcher
6 1 (3.23%) Data Architect
6 1 (3.23%) Security Analyst
6 1 (3.23%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (9.68%) REST
2 2 (6.45%) AngularJS
2 2 (6.45%) CSS
2 2 (6.45%) Express.js
2 2 (6.45%) HTML
2 2 (6.45%) Node.js
3 1 (3.23%) .NET
3 1 (3.23%) JSON
3 1 (3.23%) Streamlit
Miscellaneous
1 2 (6.45%) Cyber Threat
1 2 (6.45%) Management Information System
1 2 (6.45%) Onboarding
1 2 (6.45%) Product Ownership
2 1 (3.23%) Cloud Native
2 1 (3.23%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (3.23%) Data Structures
2 1 (3.23%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (3.23%) Low-Code
2 1 (3.23%) Replication
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (64.52%) Business Intelligence
2 19 (61.29%) Agile
3 7 (22.58%) CRM
3 7 (22.58%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (19.35%) Migration
4 6 (19.35%) Stakeholder Management
5 5 (16.13%) CI/CD
5 5 (16.13%) Data Governance
6 4 (12.90%) Cybersecurity
6 4 (12.90%) Data Analysis
6 4 (12.90%) Data Modelling
6 4 (12.90%) Decision-Making
6 4 (12.90%) DevOps
6 4 (12.90%) Project Delivery
7 3 (9.68%) Analytics
7 3 (9.68%) Data Architecture
7 3 (9.68%) Data Migration
7 3 (9.68%) Project Management
7 3 (9.68%) Risk Management
7 3 (9.68%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 9 (29.03%) JavaScript
2 7 (22.58%) C#
3 6 (19.35%) PowerShell
4 5 (16.13%) SQL
5 3 (9.68%) TypeScript
6 1 (3.23%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 1 (3.23%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (9.68%) Degree
2 2 (6.45%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (3.23%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 1 (3.23%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (16.13%) Disclosure Scotland
2 4 (12.90%) Data Quality
3 2 (6.45%) Accessibility
3 2 (6.45%) GRC
3 2 (6.45%) PMO
4 1 (3.23%) GDPR
4 1 (3.23%) P3O
4 1 (3.23%) QA
Systems Management
1 2 (6.45%) Terraform
Vendors
1 21 (67.74%) Microsoft
2 2 (6.45%) Oracle
3 1 (3.23%) Databricks
3 1 (3.23%) Informatica
3 1 (3.23%) Talend