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 7 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 34 36
Rank change year-on-year +4 +2 +40
Contract jobs citing Power Platform 37 33 45
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 5.77% 5.17% 5.12%
As % of the Cloud Services category 12.98% 12.50% 13.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 15 22
10th Percentile £319 £338 £414
25th Percentile £413 £416 £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £456 £500 £538
Median % change year-on-year -8.75% -6.98% +19.44%
75th Percentile £539 £538 £663
90th Percentile £638 £565 -
Scotland median daily rate £450 £450 £490
% change year-on-year - -8.16% +8.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 3
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 £11.50 £26.93 £17.00
% change year-on-year -57.29% +58.38% -32.00%

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 285 264 345
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 44.46% 41.38% 39.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 142 175 215
10th Percentile £355 £193 £325
25th Percentile £413 £400 £418
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £470 £480
Median % change year-on-year +9.57% -2.08% +1.05%
75th Percentile £625 £538 £588
90th Percentile £674 £600 £663
Scotland median daily rate £475 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 8 5
10th Percentile £23.36 £21.84 £15.66
25th Percentile £38.60 £22.50 £16.50
Median hourly rate £64.00 £24.09 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year +165.67% +41.71% -4.06%
75th Percentile - £25.23 £17.50
90th Percentile - £28.38 £17.63
Scotland median hourly rate £42.50 £24.18 £17.00
% change year-on-year +75.77% +42.24% -32.00%

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 7 March 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:

Applications
1 13 (35.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (8.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (2.70%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 12 (32.43%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 20 (54.05%) Azure
2 19 (51.35%) Power Automate
3 14 (37.84%) Dynamics 365
4 13 (35.14%) PowerApps
5 9 (24.32%) Azure DevOps
6 7 (18.92%) Microsoft 365
7 3 (8.11%) AWS
7 3 (8.11%) GCP
8 2 (5.41%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 2 (5.41%) Snowflake
9 1 (2.70%) Azure Data Factory
9 1 (2.70%) Azure Functions
9 1 (2.70%) IaaS
9 1 (2.70%) Microsoft Copilot
9 1 (2.70%) PaaS
9 1 (2.70%) SaaS
9 1 (2.70%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (75.68%) Power BI
2 2 (5.41%) Metadata
2 2 (5.41%) SQL Server
2 2 (5.41%) Tableau
3 1 (2.70%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
3 1 (2.70%) BusinessObjects
3 1 (2.70%) BusinessObjects XI
3 1 (2.70%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (2.70%) NoSQL
3 1 (2.70%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 4 (10.81%) JIRA
2 3 (8.11%) Git
3 1 (2.70%) Cucumber
3 1 (2.70%) Cypress.io
3 1 (2.70%) Jenkins
3 1 (2.70%) Selenium
3 1 (2.70%) Subversion
3 1 (2.70%) TeamCity
3 1 (2.70%) WebDriver
General
1 20 (54.05%) Public Sector
2 13 (35.14%) Social Skills
3 5 (13.51%) Finance
4 3 (8.11%) Banking
5 2 (5.41%) Back Office
5 2 (5.41%) Retail Banking
6 1 (2.70%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (2.70%) Front Office
6 1 (2.70%) Marketing
6 1 (2.70%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 15 (40.54%) Analyst
2 12 (32.43%) Developer
3 10 (27.03%) Power Platform Developer
4 8 (21.62%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 8 (21.62%) Security Analyst
5 7 (18.92%) Report Analyst
6 5 (13.51%) Data Analyst
7 4 (10.81%) Dynamics 365 Developer
8 3 (8.11%) Business Analyst
9 2 (5.41%) Consultant
9 2 (5.41%) Data Business Analyst
9 2 (5.41%) Data Migration Manager
9 2 (5.41%) Data Migration Project Manager
9 2 (5.41%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
9 2 (5.41%) Migration Manager
9 2 (5.41%) Migration Project Manager
9 2 (5.41%) Project Manager
9 2 (5.41%) User Researcher
10 1 (2.70%) Angular Developer
10 1 (2.70%) Microsoft 365 Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (8.11%) REST
2 2 (5.41%) .NET
2 2 (5.41%) AngularJS
2 2 (5.41%) CSS
2 2 (5.41%) Express.js
2 2 (5.41%) HTML
2 2 (5.41%) Node.js
3 1 (2.70%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.41%) Cyber Threat
1 2 (5.41%) Management Information System
1 2 (5.41%) Onboarding
1 2 (5.41%) Product Ownership
2 1 (2.70%) Client/Server
2 1 (2.70%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (2.70%) Data Structures
2 1 (2.70%) Low-Code
2 1 (2.70%) Mobile App
2 1 (2.70%) Replication
2 1 (2.70%) Web Conferencing
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (72.97%) Business Intelligence
2 21 (56.76%) Agile
3 12 (32.43%) CRM
4 11 (29.73%) Cybersecurity
4 11 (29.73%) DevOps
4 11 (29.73%) Problem-Solving
5 9 (24.32%) Analytics
6 5 (13.51%) CI/CD
6 5 (13.51%) Migration
7 4 (10.81%) Data Governance
7 4 (10.81%) Stakeholder Management
8 3 (8.11%) Backlog Management
8 3 (8.11%) Change Management
8 3 (8.11%) Data Analysis
8 3 (8.11%) Data Migration
8 3 (8.11%) Data Modelling
8 3 (8.11%) Data-Driven Decision Making
8 3 (8.11%) Decision-Making
8 3 (8.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 3 (8.11%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 14 (37.84%) JavaScript
2 12 (32.43%) C#
2 12 (32.43%) SQL
3 10 (27.03%) PowerShell
4 3 (8.11%) TypeScript
5 1 (2.70%) C++
5 1 (2.70%) Java
5 1 (2.70%) Python
5 1 (2.70%) Shell Script
5 1 (2.70%) VBA
5 1 (2.70%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 3 (8.11%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (2.70%) Degree
2 1 (2.70%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (13.51%) Data Quality
2 3 (8.11%) Disclosure Scotland
3 2 (5.41%) Accessibility
3 2 (5.41%) GRC
3 2 (5.41%) QA
4 1 (2.70%) GDPR
System Software
1 2 (5.41%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (5.41%) Terraform
Vendors
1 23 (62.16%) Microsoft
2 2 (5.41%) Oracle
3 1 (2.70%) Databricks
3 1 (2.70%) Informatica
3 1 (2.70%) Talend