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 25 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 33 40 49
Rank change year-on-year +7 +9 +41
Contract jobs citing Power Platform 29 27 39
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 4.75% 3.93% 4.10%
As % of the Cloud Services category 11.79% 10.23% 10.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 10 24
10th Percentile £410 £448 £358
25th Percentile £444 £463 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £525 £475
Median % change year-on-year -11.90% +10.53% +5.56%
75th Percentile £500 £575 £556
90th Percentile £548 £639 £626
Scotland median daily rate £500 £475 £475
% change year-on-year +5.26% - +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £27.35 -
Scotland median hourly rate - £26.93 £30.00
% change year-on-year - -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 246 264 380
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 40.33% 38.43% 39.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 133 147 252
10th Percentile £400 £192 £300
25th Percentile £447 £386 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £455 £475
Median % change year-on-year +9.89% -4.21% -
75th Percentile £550 £536 £545
90th Percentile £625 £600 £600
Scotland median daily rate £500 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +11.11% -5.26% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 14 1
10th Percentile £17.88 £18.62 -
25th Percentile £24.90 £20.47 -
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 £36.95 £23.50 £16.57
% change year-on-year +57.24% +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

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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 25 November 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

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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 4 (13.79%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (13.79%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (6.90%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 6 (20.69%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (6.90%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 15 (51.72%) Azure
2 9 (31.03%) Dynamics 365
2 9 (31.03%) Microsoft 365
2 9 (31.03%) Power Automate
3 8 (27.59%) PowerApps
4 2 (6.90%) AWS
4 2 (6.90%) Azure Cosmos DB
4 2 (6.90%) Azure Sentinel
4 2 (6.90%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 2 (6.90%) GCP
4 2 (6.90%) Snowflake
5 1 (3.45%) Azure Data Factory
5 1 (3.45%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (3.45%) Azure Functions
5 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Copilot
5 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Purview
5 1 (3.45%) OneDrive
5 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%) 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%) Metadata
3 1 (3.45%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 3 (10.34%) Git
General
1 16 (55.17%) Public Sector
2 15 (51.72%) Social Skills
3 4 (13.79%) Finance
4 3 (10.34%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (6.90%) Back Office
5 2 (6.90%) Banking
6 1 (3.45%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (3.45%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (3.45%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 7 (24.14%) Developer
2 5 (17.24%) Analyst
2 5 (17.24%) Power Platform Developer
3 4 (13.79%) Data Analyst
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%) Report Manager
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%) PKI
2 1 (3.45%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (3.45%) Low-Code
2 1 (3.45%) Onboarding
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 16 (55.17%) Agile
3 7 (24.14%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (20.69%) CRM
5 5 (17.24%) CI/CD
5 5 (17.24%) DevOps
6 4 (13.79%) Cybersecurity
6 4 (13.79%) Data Governance
6 4 (13.79%) Infrastructure as Code
6 4 (13.79%) Migration
6 4 (13.79%) Service Delivery
6 4 (13.79%) Stakeholder Management
7 3 (10.34%) Analytics
7 3 (10.34%) Data Architecture
7 3 (10.34%) Data Engineering
7 3 (10.34%) Decision-Making
7 3 (10.34%) Mentoring
7 3 (10.34%) Project Delivery
7 3 (10.34%) Project Management
7 3 (10.34%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 9 (31.03%) JavaScript
2 7 (24.14%) C#
3 6 (20.69%) PowerShell
4 3 (10.34%) SQL
4 3 (10.34%) TypeScript
5 1 (3.45%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 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 7 (24.14%) Disclosure Scotland
2 2 (6.90%) Accessibility
2 2 (6.90%) Data Quality
2 2 (6.90%) PMO
3 1 (3.45%) GDPR
3 1 (3.45%) P3O
3 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 20 (68.97%) 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