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

6 months to
3 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 43 35
Rank change year-on-year +18 -8 +29
Contract jobs citing Power Platform 53 28 36
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 7.19% 4.50% 4.55%
As % of the Cloud Services category 16.72% 11.20% 12.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 14 19
10th Percentile £288 £376 £403
25th Percentile £363 £411 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £450 £525
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% -14.29% +10.53%
75th Percentile £538 £497 £556
90th Percentile £555 £500 £640
Scotland median daily rate £425 £463 £480
% change year-on-year -8.11% -3.65% +1.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £16.50
Median hourly rate - - £17.00
75th Percentile - - £17.50
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median hourly rate £12.90 - £17.00
% change year-on-year - - -43.33%

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 317 250 298
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 43.01% 40.19% 37.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 176 137 177
10th Percentile £238 £410 £179
25th Percentile £384 £450 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £461 £494 £450
Median % change year-on-year -6.63% +9.78% -4.15%
75th Percentile £557 £538 £538
90th Percentile £608 £600 £615
Scotland median daily rate £475 £475 £450
% change year-on-year - +5.56% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 1 10
10th Percentile - - £16.17
25th Percentile - - £16.50
Median hourly rate £15.81 £60.00 £19.33
Median % change year-on-year -73.65% +210.40% +9.09%
75th Percentile £17.28 - £23.89
90th Percentile £34.25 - £24.18
Scotland median hourly rate £15.81 £37.55 £19.00
% change year-on-year -57.89% +97.61% -36.67%

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 3 September 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 3 (5.66%) SharePoint
Applications
1 11 (20.75%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.89%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (9.43%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (7.55%) Primavera
3 2 (3.77%) Dynamics GP
3 2 (3.77%) iTrent
Cloud Services
1 22 (41.51%) Azure
2 13 (24.53%) Microsoft 365
3 12 (22.64%) Power Automate
3 12 (22.64%) PowerApps
4 7 (13.21%) Dynamics 365
5 5 (9.43%) Entra ID
5 5 (9.43%) Microsoft Copilot
6 4 (7.55%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (3.77%) Azure Monitor
7 2 (3.77%) Snowflake
8 1 (1.89%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 1 (1.89%) Azure Data Factory
8 1 (1.89%) Azure Functions
8 1 (1.89%) Azure Key Vault
8 1 (1.89%) Azure Logic Apps
8 1 (1.89%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 1 (1.89%) Cloud Run
8 1 (1.89%) GCP
8 1 (1.89%) OneDrive
8 1 (1.89%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 5 (9.43%) Firewall
2 2 (3.77%) DNS
2 2 (3.77%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (71.70%) Power BI
2 12 (22.64%) Power Query
3 3 (5.66%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (3.77%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (3.77%) BusinessObjects
4 2 (3.77%) SQL Server
4 2 (3.77%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 2 (3.77%) Tableau
5 1 (1.89%) BigQuery
5 1 (1.89%) Data Lake
5 1 (1.89%) Data Vault
5 1 (1.89%) Geospatial Data
5 1 (1.89%) Metadata
5 1 (1.89%) MongoDB
5 1 (1.89%) MySQL
5 1 (1.89%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (1.89%) Redis
5 1 (1.89%) Relational Database
5 1 (1.89%) Semantic Layer
5 1 (1.89%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 1 (1.89%) Git
General
1 18 (33.96%) Social Skills
2 15 (28.30%) Analytical Skills
2 15 (28.30%) Finance
2 15 (28.30%) Public Sector
3 3 (5.66%) Documentation Skills
3 3 (5.66%) Presentation Skills
4 2 (3.77%) Manufacturing
4 2 (3.77%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (1.89%) Banking
5 1 (1.89%) Local Government
5 1 (1.89%) Military
Job Titles
1 14 (26.42%) Analyst
2 10 (18.87%) Developer
3 8 (15.09%) Consultant
3 8 (15.09%) Data Analyst
4 5 (9.43%) Power BI Consultant
4 5 (9.43%) Power Platform Developer
5 4 (7.55%) Business Intelligence Consultant
5 4 (7.55%) Cybersecurity Specialist
5 4 (7.55%) Security Specialist
6 3 (5.66%) Accountant
6 3 (5.66%) DevOps Engineer
6 3 (5.66%) Report Analyst
6 3 (5.66%) Senior
6 3 (5.66%) Systems Accountant
7 2 (3.77%) Cybersecurity Analyst
7 2 (3.77%) Data Engineer
7 2 (3.77%) Platform Engineer
7 2 (3.77%) Power BI Developer
7 2 (3.77%) Power Platform Engineer
7 2 (3.77%) Senior Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (5.66%) REST
2 2 (3.77%) ARM Templates
2 2 (3.77%) JSON
2 2 (3.77%) PySpark
2 2 (3.77%) Terraform
3 1 (1.89%) .NET
3 1 (1.89%) ASP.NET
3 1 (1.89%) HTML
3 1 (1.89%) Kafka
3 1 (1.89%) Microsoft Graph
3 1 (1.89%) SOAP
3 1 (1.89%) XML
3 1 (1.89%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (7.55%) Data Protection Act
1 4 (7.55%) PKI
2 3 (5.66%) Management Information System
2 3 (5.66%) Product Ownership
3 2 (3.77%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (3.77%) Data Structures
3 2 (3.77%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (3.77%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.89%) Distributed Architecture
4 1 (1.89%) Distributed Systems
4 1 (1.89%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.89%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 1 (1.89%) Freedom of Information
4 1 (1.89%) Linux Command Line
4 1 (1.89%) Low-Code
4 1 (1.89%) Mobile App
4 1 (1.89%) Onboarding
4 1 (1.89%) Reference Data
4 1 (1.89%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 5 (9.43%) Windows
1 5 (9.43%) Windows Server
2 1 (1.89%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (67.92%) Business Intelligence
2 15 (28.30%) Agile
3 13 (24.53%) Data Modelling
4 12 (22.64%) Analytics
5 10 (18.87%) Data Analysis
5 10 (18.87%) Decision-Making
5 10 (18.87%) Visualisation
6 9 (16.98%) Cybersecurity
7 7 (13.21%) Collaborative Working
7 7 (13.21%) Dashboard Development
7 7 (13.21%) DevOps
7 7 (13.21%) Risk Assessment
8 6 (11.32%) CI/CD
8 6 (11.32%) Data Visualisation
8 6 (11.32%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 5 (9.43%) Continuous Improvement
9 5 (9.43%) Data Cleansing
9 5 (9.43%) Problem-Solving
9 5 (9.43%) Security Operations
9 5 (9.43%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 13 (24.53%) SQL
2 8 (15.09%) Python
3 6 (11.32%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 4 (7.55%) PowerShell
5 3 (5.66%) C#
5 3 (5.66%) JavaScript
5 3 (5.66%) R
6 2 (3.77%) Bash
6 2 (3.77%) Bicep
6 2 (3.77%) T-SQL
7 1 (1.89%) Scala
Qualifications
1 7 (13.21%) Microsoft Certification
2 5 (9.43%) MCSE
2 5 (9.43%) SC Cleared
2 5 (9.43%) Security Cleared
3 4 (7.55%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (3.77%) Degree
4 2 (3.77%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (1.89%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (16.98%) Data Quality
2 6 (11.32%) QA
3 5 (9.43%) Disclosure Scotland
4 1 (1.89%) Accessibility
4 1 (1.89%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (1.89%) NCSC
4 1 (1.89%) NIST
System Software
1 6 (11.32%) Active Directory
2 5 (9.43%) Hyper-V
3 1 (1.89%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (9.43%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (7.55%) SCCM
3 2 (3.77%) Grafana
3 2 (3.77%) Kubernetes
3 2 (3.77%) Prometheus
4 1 (1.89%) Argo
Vendors
1 30 (56.60%) Microsoft
2 3 (5.66%) Databricks
3 2 (3.77%) SAP
4 1 (1.89%) Google
4 1 (1.89%) Pega
4 1 (1.89%) Qualys
4 1 (1.89%) VMware