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

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 32 45 44
Rank change year-on-year +13 -1 +40
Contract jobs citing Power Platform 35 22 36
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 5.91% 3.74% 4.08%
As % of the Cloud Services category 13.26% 9.21% 11.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 6 21
10th Percentile £315 £416 £431
25th Percentile £425 £436 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £475 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.63% -9.52% +16.67%
75th Percentile £500 £528 £638
90th Percentile £548 £556 £663
Scotland median daily rate £475 £453 £490
% change year-on-year +4.97% -7.65% +8.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £27.35 -
Scotland median hourly rate £11.50 £26.93 -
% change year-on-year -57.29% - -

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 264 239 326
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 44.59% 40.65% 36.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 129 148 207
10th Percentile £348 £194 £333
25th Percentile £440 £400 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £450 £480
Median % change year-on-year +13.33% -6.25% +1.05%
75th Percentile £599 £531 £563
90th Percentile £625 £591 £640
Scotland median daily rate £500 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% +4.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 11 1
10th Percentile £17.88 £20.30 -
25th Percentile £24.90 £21.75 -
Median hourly rate £36.95 £24.00 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year +53.97% +35.44% -
75th Percentile £48.65 £24.18 -
90th Percentile £55.46 - -
Scotland median hourly rate £31.95 £24.00 £15.42
% change year-on-year +33.14% +55.64% -12.98%

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 15 January 2026.

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 3 (8.57%) SharePoint
Applications
1 14 (40.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (8.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (5.71%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (2.86%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 7 (20.00%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 21 (60.00%) Azure
2 15 (42.86%) Power Automate
3 10 (28.57%) Dynamics 365
4 9 (25.71%) Microsoft 365
5 8 (22.86%) PowerApps
6 7 (20.00%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (8.57%) AWS
7 3 (8.57%) GCP
7 3 (8.57%) Snowflake
8 2 (5.71%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 1 (2.86%) Azure Data Factory
9 1 (2.86%) Azure Functions
9 1 (2.86%) OneDrive
9 1 (2.86%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (68.57%) Power BI
2 2 (5.71%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (5.71%) Metadata
2 2 (5.71%) SQL Server
3 1 (2.86%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
3 1 (2.86%) BusinessObjects
3 1 (2.86%) BusinessObjects XI
3 1 (2.86%) NoSQL
3 1 (2.86%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (8.57%) Git
1 3 (8.57%) JIRA
General
1 17 (48.57%) Public Sector
2 15 (42.86%) Social Skills
3 5 (14.29%) Finance
4 4 (11.43%) Banking
5 2 (5.71%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (5.71%) Back Office
5 2 (5.71%) Retail Banking
6 1 (2.86%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 14 (40.00%) Analyst
2 8 (22.86%) Developer
3 7 (20.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
3 7 (20.00%) Security Analyst
4 6 (17.14%) Data Analyst
4 6 (17.14%) Power Platform Developer
4 6 (17.14%) Report Analyst
5 3 (8.57%) Delivery Manager
5 3 (8.57%) Dynamics 365 Developer
6 2 (5.71%) Consultant
6 2 (5.71%) Data Migration Manager
6 2 (5.71%) Data Migration Project Manager
6 2 (5.71%) Digital Delivery Manager
6 2 (5.71%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
6 2 (5.71%) Migration Manager
6 2 (5.71%) Migration Project Manager
6 2 (5.71%) Project Manager
6 2 (5.71%) User Researcher
7 1 (2.86%) Angular Developer
7 1 (2.86%) Data Analytics Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (8.57%) REST
2 2 (5.71%) AngularJS
2 2 (5.71%) CSS
2 2 (5.71%) Express.js
2 2 (5.71%) HTML
2 2 (5.71%) Node.js
3 1 (2.86%) .NET
3 1 (2.86%) JSON
3 1 (2.86%) Streamlit
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.71%) Cyber Threat
1 2 (5.71%) Management Information System
1 2 (5.71%) Onboarding
1 2 (5.71%) Product Ownership
2 1 (2.86%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (2.86%) Data Structures
2 1 (2.86%) Low-Code
2 1 (2.86%) Replication
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (68.57%) Business Intelligence
2 18 (51.43%) Agile
3 10 (28.57%) Cybersecurity
4 9 (25.71%) Analytics
4 9 (25.71%) DevOps
5 7 (20.00%) CRM
5 7 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
6 6 (17.14%) Stakeholder Management
7 5 (14.29%) Migration
8 4 (11.43%) CI/CD
8 4 (11.43%) Data Analysis
8 4 (11.43%) Data Governance
8 4 (11.43%) Data Modelling
8 4 (11.43%) Project Delivery
9 3 (8.57%) Backlog Management
9 3 (8.57%) Data Migration
9 3 (8.57%) Decision-Making
9 3 (8.57%) Project Management
9 3 (8.57%) Risk Management
9 3 (8.57%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 11 (31.43%) SQL
2 9 (25.71%) JavaScript
3 7 (20.00%) C#
4 6 (17.14%) PowerShell
5 3 (8.57%) TypeScript
6 1 (2.86%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 1 (2.86%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (8.57%) Degree
2 2 (5.71%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (2.86%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 1 (2.86%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (11.43%) Data Quality
1 4 (11.43%) Disclosure Scotland
2 2 (5.71%) Accessibility
2 2 (5.71%) GRC
2 2 (5.71%) PMO
3 1 (2.86%) GDPR
3 1 (2.86%) P3O
3 1 (2.86%) QA
System Software
1 1 (2.86%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (5.71%) Terraform
Vendors
1 19 (54.29%) Microsoft
2 2 (5.71%) Oracle
3 1 (2.86%) Databricks
3 1 (2.86%) Informatica
3 1 (2.86%) Talend