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

6 months to
9 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 35 39 50
Rank change year-on-year +4 +11 +44
Contract jobs citing Power Platform 29 31 39
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 4.85% 4.70% 4.15%
As % of the Cloud Services category 11.69% 11.36% 10.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 12 24
10th Percentile £408 £433 £363
25th Percentile £439 £450 £427
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £525 £475
Median % change year-on-year -10.71% +10.53% +5.56%
75th Percentile £510 £578 £584
90th Percentile £549 £633 £626
Scotland median daily rate £500 £461 £475
% change year-on-year +8.40% -2.89% +5.56%
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 248 273 377
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 41.47% 41.43% 40.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 131 154 253
10th Percentile £400 £191 £300
25th Percentile £445 £390 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £453 £475
Median % change year-on-year +10.50% -4.74% -
75th Percentile £552 £534 £550
90th Percentile £625 £600 £623
Scotland median daily rate £500 £450 £477
% change year-on-year +11.11% -5.71% +0.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 13 1
10th Percentile £17.88 £18.48 -
25th Percentile £24.90 £20.30 -
Median hourly rate £36.95 £23.00 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year +60.66% +29.80% -
75th Percentile £48.65 £24.18 -
90th Percentile £55.46 - -
Scotland median hourly rate £31.95 £23.00 £16.57
% change year-on-year +38.92% +38.81% -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

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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

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Daily Rate Histogram in Edinburgh

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Power Platform in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 9 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 (13.79%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (17.24%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (6.90%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 5 (17.24%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (6.90%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 16 (55.17%) Azure
2 9 (31.03%) Microsoft 365
3 8 (27.59%) Dynamics 365
3 8 (27.59%) Power Automate
4 7 (24.14%) PowerApps
5 3 (10.34%) AWS
5 3 (10.34%) GCP
5 3 (10.34%) Snowflake
6 2 (6.90%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 2 (6.90%) Azure Sentinel
6 2 (6.90%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 1 (3.45%) Azure Data Factory
7 1 (3.45%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (3.45%) Azure Functions
7 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Copilot
7 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Purview
7 1 (3.45%) OneDrive
7 1 (3.45%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.90%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (65.52%) Power BI
2 2 (6.90%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (6.90%) Metadata
2 2 (6.90%) SQL Server
3 1 (3.45%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
3 1 (3.45%) BusinessObjects
3 1 (3.45%) BusinessObjects XI
3 1 (3.45%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 3 (10.34%) Git
General
1 16 (55.17%) Public Sector
2 14 (48.28%) Social Skills
3 4 (13.79%) Finance
4 3 (10.34%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (10.34%) Banking
5 2 (6.90%) Back Office
5 2 (6.90%) Retail Banking
6 1 (3.45%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (3.45%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (24.14%) Developer
2 6 (20.69%) Analyst
3 5 (17.24%) Data Analyst
3 5 (17.24%) Power Platform Developer
4 3 (10.34%) Delivery Manager
4 3 (10.34%) Lead
5 2 (6.90%) Architect
5 2 (6.90%) Cloud Architect
5 2 (6.90%) Consultant
5 2 (6.90%) Data Architect
5 2 (6.90%) Data Migration Manager
5 2 (6.90%) Data Migration Project Manager
5 2 (6.90%) Digital Delivery Manager
5 2 (6.90%) Dynamics 365 Developer
5 2 (6.90%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
5 2 (6.90%) Migration Manager
5 2 (6.90%) Migration Project Manager
5 2 (6.90%) Project Manager
5 2 (6.90%) User Researcher
6 1 (3.45%) Power Platform Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (10.34%) REST
2 2 (6.90%) AngularJS
2 2 (6.90%) CSS
2 2 (6.90%) Express.js
2 2 (6.90%) HTML
2 2 (6.90%) Node.js
3 1 (3.45%) .NET
3 1 (3.45%) JSON
3 1 (3.45%) Streamlit
Miscellaneous
1 2 (6.90%) Cloud Native
1 2 (6.90%) Cyber Threat
1 2 (6.90%) Onboarding
1 2 (6.90%) PKI
2 1 (3.45%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (3.45%) Low-Code
2 1 (3.45%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 2 (6.90%) Windows
1 2 (6.90%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (65.52%) Business Intelligence
2 15 (51.72%) Agile
3 6 (20.69%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (17.24%) CI/CD
4 5 (17.24%) CRM
4 5 (17.24%) DevOps
4 5 (17.24%) Migration
5 4 (13.79%) Cybersecurity
5 4 (13.79%) Data Architecture
5 4 (13.79%) Data Governance
5 4 (13.79%) Decision-Making
5 4 (13.79%) Infrastructure as Code
5 4 (13.79%) Service Delivery
5 4 (13.79%) Stakeholder Management
6 3 (10.34%) Analytics
6 3 (10.34%) Data Analysis
6 3 (10.34%) Data Modelling
6 3 (10.34%) Project Delivery
6 3 (10.34%) Project Management
6 3 (10.34%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 8 (27.59%) JavaScript
2 6 (20.69%) C#
3 5 (17.24%) PowerShell
4 4 (13.79%) SQL
5 3 (10.34%) TypeScript
6 1 (3.45%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 1 (3.45%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (10.34%) Degree
2 1 (3.45%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (3.45%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
2 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (20.69%) Disclosure Scotland
2 3 (10.34%) Data Quality
3 2 (6.90%) Accessibility
3 2 (6.90%) PMO
4 1 (3.45%) GDPR
4 1 (3.45%) P3O
4 1 (3.45%) QA
System Software
1 2 (6.90%) Active Directory
1 2 (6.90%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 2 (6.90%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (6.90%) SCCM
1 2 (6.90%) Terraform
Vendors
1 19 (65.52%) Microsoft
2 2 (6.90%) Oracle
3 1 (3.45%) Databricks
3 1 (3.45%) Fortinet
3 1 (3.45%) Informatica
3 1 (3.45%) Qualys
3 1 (3.45%) Talend