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 26 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 36 50 49
Rank change year-on-year +14 -1 +41
Contract jobs citing Power Platform 31 25 40
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 5.00% 3.24% 4.01%
As % of the Cloud Services category 12.50% 8.65% 10.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 15 28
10th Percentile £414 £428 £318
25th Percentile £447 £450 £372
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £525 £463
Median % change year-on-year -11.90% +13.51% +2.49%
75th Percentile £500 £556 £525
90th Percentile £530 £618 £615
Scotland median daily rate £500 £471 £450
% change year-on-year +6.10% +4.72% -

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 248 289 396
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 40.00% 37.48% 39.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 140 173 268
10th Percentile £412 £191 £253
25th Percentile £450 £380 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £474
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -4.96% -2.12%
75th Percentile £550 £520 £538
90th Percentile £625 £587 £588
Scotland median daily rate £500 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +11.11% -5.26% -2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 7 1
Median hourly rate £60.00 £22.00 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year +172.73% +24.15% -
Scotland median hourly rate £37.55 £21.14 £17.72
% change year-on-year +77.58% +19.31% -

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 26 October 2025.

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 4 (12.90%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (6.45%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (3.23%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (3.23%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 9 (29.03%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (6.45%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 15 (48.39%) Azure
2 12 (38.71%) Power Automate
3 11 (35.48%) Dynamics 365
4 10 (32.26%) PowerApps
5 9 (29.03%) Microsoft 365
6 3 (9.68%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 2 (6.45%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (6.45%) Azure Sentinel
7 2 (6.45%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 2 (6.45%) Microsoft Copilot
8 1 (3.23%) AWS
8 1 (3.23%) Azure Data Factory
8 1 (3.23%) Azure Monitor
8 1 (3.23%) GCP
8 1 (3.23%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (3.23%) OneDrive
8 1 (3.23%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.45%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (64.52%) Power BI
2 2 (6.45%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (6.45%) SQL Server
3 1 (3.23%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
3 1 (3.23%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (3.23%) MariaDB
3 1 (3.23%) MongoDB
3 1 (3.23%) MySQL
3 1 (3.23%) NoSQL
3 1 (3.23%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (3.23%) Power Query
3 1 (3.23%) Redis
Development Applications
1 3 (9.68%) Git
General
1 18 (58.06%) Public Sector
1 18 (58.06%) Social Skills
2 4 (12.90%) Finance
3 2 (6.45%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (6.45%) Back Office
4 1 (3.23%) Banking
4 1 (3.23%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (3.23%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (22.58%) Developer
2 5 (16.13%) Power Platform Developer
3 3 (9.68%) Analyst
3 3 (9.68%) Delivery Manager
3 3 (9.68%) Lead
4 2 (6.45%) Architect
4 2 (6.45%) Cloud Architect
4 2 (6.45%) Data Analyst
4 2 (6.45%) Data Architect
4 2 (6.45%) Data Migration Manager
4 2 (6.45%) Data Migration Project Manager
4 2 (6.45%) Digital Delivery Manager
4 2 (6.45%) Dynamics 365 Developer
4 2 (6.45%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
4 2 (6.45%) Migration Manager
4 2 (6.45%) Migration Project Manager
4 2 (6.45%) Project Manager
4 2 (6.45%) User Researcher
5 1 (3.23%) Analytics Consultant
5 1 (3.23%) Power BI Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (6.45%) AngularJS
1 2 (6.45%) CSS
1 2 (6.45%) Express.js
1 2 (6.45%) HTML
1 2 (6.45%) Node.js
1 2 (6.45%) REST
2 1 (3.23%) ARM Templates
2 1 (3.23%) HTML5 Canvas
2 1 (3.23%) JSON
2 1 (3.23%) Streamlit
2 1 (3.23%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (6.45%) Cloud Native
1 2 (6.45%) Cyber Threat
1 2 (6.45%) PKI
2 1 (3.23%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (3.23%) Linux Command Line
2 1 (3.23%) Low-Code
2 1 (3.23%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 2 (6.45%) Windows
1 2 (6.45%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (61.29%) Agile
1 19 (61.29%) Business Intelligence
2 9 (29.03%) CRM
2 9 (29.03%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (19.35%) DevOps
4 5 (16.13%) CI/CD
4 5 (16.13%) Infrastructure as Code
5 4 (12.90%) Analytics
5 4 (12.90%) Cybersecurity
5 4 (12.90%) Mentoring
5 4 (12.90%) Project Management
5 4 (12.90%) Service Delivery
5 4 (12.90%) Stakeholder Management
6 3 (9.68%) Data Engineering
6 3 (9.68%) Data Governance
6 3 (9.68%) Migration
6 3 (9.68%) Project Delivery
6 3 (9.68%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 2 (6.45%) Observability
7 2 (6.45%) User Research
Programming Languages
1 11 (35.48%) JavaScript
2 10 (32.26%) PowerShell
3 9 (29.03%) C#
4 3 (9.68%) SQL
5 2 (6.45%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 2 (6.45%) Python
5 2 (6.45%) TypeScript
6 1 (3.23%) Bash
6 1 (3.23%) Bicep
6 1 (3.23%) Java
Qualifications
1 3 (9.68%) Degree
2 1 (3.23%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
2 1 (3.23%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (25.81%) Disclosure Scotland
2 2 (6.45%) Accessibility
2 2 (6.45%) PMO
3 1 (3.23%) Data Quality
3 1 (3.23%) GDPR
3 1 (3.23%) P3O
System Software
1 2 (6.45%) Active Directory
1 2 (6.45%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 3 (9.68%) Terraform
2 2 (6.45%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (6.45%) SCCM
3 1 (3.23%) Ansible
3 1 (3.23%) Grafana
3 1 (3.23%) Progress Chef
3 1 (3.23%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 22 (70.97%) Microsoft
2 2 (6.45%) Oracle
3 1 (3.23%) Databricks
3 1 (3.23%) Fortinet
3 1 (3.23%) Informatica
3 1 (3.23%) Qualys
3 1 (3.23%) Talend