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 5 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 32 35
Rank change year-on-year +5 +3 +38
Contract jobs citing Power Platform 44 37 36
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 6.06% 5.91% 4.49%
As % of the Cloud Services category 13.54% 13.36% 12.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 16 18
10th Percentile £346 £247 £398
25th Percentile £375 £394 £427
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £456 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.85% -17.05% +15.79%
75th Percentile £489 £538 £663
90th Percentile £608 £563 £675
Scotland median daily rate £425 £425 £475
% change year-on-year - -10.53% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £26.32 £16.50
Median hourly rate - £27.35 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year - +60.88% -
75th Percentile - £28.38 £17.50
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median hourly rate £12.20 £26.93 £17.00
% change year-on-year -54.69% +58.38% -

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 325 277 296
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 44.77% 44.25% 36.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 164 181 183
10th Percentile £350 £250 £276
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £514 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +8.16% - -
75th Percentile £600 £538 £594
90th Percentile £652 £600 £685
Scotland median daily rate £475 £465 £463
% change year-on-year +2.15% +0.54% -2.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 7 6
10th Percentile - £21.62 £15.80
25th Percentile - £22.50 £16.50
Median hourly rate £64.00 £24.00 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year +166.67% +41.18% -4.06%
75th Percentile - £26.28 £17.50
90th Percentile - £28.38 £17.61
Scotland median hourly rate £14.44 £24.09 £17.00
% change year-on-year -40.06% +41.71% -71.92%

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 5 May 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

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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 1 (2.27%) SharePoint
Applications
1 16 (36.36%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (6.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (2.27%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (2.27%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 11 (25.00%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (4.55%) iTrent
Cloud Services
1 21 (47.73%) Azure
2 18 (40.91%) Power Automate
3 12 (27.27%) PowerApps
4 11 (25.00%) Dynamics 365
5 9 (20.45%) Azure DevOps
5 9 (20.45%) Microsoft 365
6 3 (6.82%) Snowflake
7 2 (4.55%) AWS
7 2 (4.55%) GCP
8 1 (2.27%) Azure Functions
8 1 (2.27%) Azure Key Vault
8 1 (2.27%) Entra ID
8 1 (2.27%) IaaS
8 1 (2.27%) Microsoft Copilot
8 1 (2.27%) PaaS
8 1 (2.27%) SaaS
8 1 (2.27%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.27%) DNS
1 1 (2.27%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (75.00%) Power BI
2 4 (9.09%) Tableau
3 3 (6.82%) BusinessObjects
4 2 (4.55%) Metadata
4 2 (4.55%) Power Query
5 1 (2.27%) BusinessObjects XI
5 1 (2.27%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (2.27%) Geospatial Data
5 1 (2.27%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 4 (9.09%) JIRA
2 2 (4.55%) Git
3 1 (2.27%) Cucumber
3 1 (2.27%) Cypress.io
3 1 (2.27%) Jenkins
3 1 (2.27%) Selenium
3 1 (2.27%) Subversion
3 1 (2.27%) TeamCity
3 1 (2.27%) WebDriver
General
1 18 (40.91%) Public Sector
2 11 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 8 (18.18%) Finance
4 5 (11.36%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (6.82%) Banking
6 2 (4.55%) Retail Banking
7 1 (2.27%) Front Office
7 1 (2.27%) Marketing
7 1 (2.27%) Military
7 1 (2.27%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 21 (47.73%) Analyst
2 12 (27.27%) Developer
3 9 (20.45%) Cybersecurity Analyst
3 9 (20.45%) Power Platform Developer
3 9 (20.45%) Report Analyst
3 9 (20.45%) Security Analyst
4 8 (18.18%) Data Analyst
5 3 (6.82%) Business Analyst
5 3 (6.82%) Risk Analyst
6 2 (4.55%) Architect
6 2 (4.55%) Consultant
6 2 (4.55%) Data Business Analyst
6 2 (4.55%) Dynamics 365 Developer
6 2 (4.55%) HR Specialist
6 2 (4.55%) Report Specialist
7 1 (2.27%) Azure Architect
7 1 (2.27%) Cloud Engineer
7 1 (2.27%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
7 1 (2.27%) Power BI Developer
7 1 (2.27%) Senior Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.55%) .NET
2 1 (2.27%) JSON
2 1 (2.27%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 4 (9.09%) Management Information System
2 3 (6.82%) Data Structures
2 3 (6.82%) Onboarding
2 3 (6.82%) Product Ownership
3 2 (4.55%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (4.55%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (4.55%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (4.55%) Low-Code
4 1 (2.27%) Client/Server
4 1 (2.27%) Freedom of Information
4 1 (2.27%) Mobile App
4 1 (2.27%) PKI
4 1 (2.27%) Security Posture
4 1 (2.27%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.27%) Windows
1 1 (2.27%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (70.45%) Business Intelligence
2 17 (38.64%) Agile
3 13 (29.55%) Cybersecurity
4 11 (25.00%) CRM
5 10 (22.73%) Analytics
5 10 (22.73%) DevOps
6 8 (18.18%) Data Modelling
6 8 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
7 6 (13.64%) Data Analysis
8 5 (11.36%) Data-Driven Decision Making
8 5 (11.36%) Decision-Making
8 5 (11.36%) Migration
8 5 (11.36%) Risk Management
8 5 (11.36%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 4 (9.09%) Change Management
9 4 (9.09%) Risk Assessment
10 3 (6.82%) Data Visualisation
10 3 (6.82%) Validation
10 3 (6.82%) Visualisation
10 3 (6.82%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 15 (34.09%) SQL
2 9 (20.45%) C#
2 9 (20.45%) JavaScript
3 7 (15.91%) PowerShell
4 2 (4.55%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 2 (4.55%) Python
5 1 (2.27%) C++
5 1 (2.27%) Java
5 1 (2.27%) Shell Script
5 1 (2.27%) T-SQL
5 1 (2.27%) TypeScript
5 1 (2.27%) VBA
5 1 (2.27%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 4 (9.09%) BPSS Clearance
2 3 (6.82%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (2.27%) Degree
3 1 (2.27%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (2.27%) MCSE
3 1 (2.27%) SC Cleared
3 1 (2.27%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (15.91%) Data Quality
2 4 (9.09%) Disclosure Scotland
3 3 (6.82%) QA
4 2 (4.55%) GRC
5 1 (2.27%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (2.27%) NCSC
5 1 (2.27%) NIST
System Software
1 3 (6.82%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.27%) Hyper-V
2 1 (2.27%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (2.27%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 25 (56.82%) Microsoft
2 2 (4.55%) SAP
3 1 (2.27%) Pega
3 1 (2.27%) Qualys
3 1 (2.27%) VMware