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 9 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 37 32
Rank change year-on-year +12 -5 +27
Contract jobs citing Power Platform 53 32 48
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 6.57% 4.84% 5.48%
As % of the Cloud Services category 14.85% 11.68% 14.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 19 24
10th Percentile £330 £286 £378
25th Percentile £375 £388 £423
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £450 £525
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% -14.29% +13.51%
75th Percentile £538 £513 £600
90th Percentile £562 £550 £663
Scotland median daily rate £416 £450 £480
% change year-on-year -7.50% -6.25% +6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
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 357 274 337
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 44.24% 41.45% 38.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 193 174 206
10th Percentile £350 £302 £203
25th Percentile £413 £425 £407
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £481 £475 £454
Median % change year-on-year +1.16% +4.68% -4.47%
75th Percentile £575 £537 £559
90th Percentile £650 £589 £655
Scotland median daily rate £475 £475 £450
% change year-on-year - +5.56% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 1 8
10th Percentile - - £14.53
25th Percentile £15.81 £26.32 £16.15
Median hourly rate £55.00 £27.35 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year +101.10% +60.88% -4.06%
75th Percentile £64.00 £28.38 £17.77
90th Percentile - - £20.25
Scotland median hourly rate £15.81 £21.22 £17.00
% change year-on-year -25.49% +24.82% -63.24%

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 9 July 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 2 (3.77%) SharePoint
Applications
1 11 (20.75%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.89%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.89%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 10 (18.87%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (7.55%) Primavera
3 2 (3.77%) iTrent
4 1 (1.89%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 22 (41.51%) Azure
2 15 (28.30%) Power Automate
3 13 (24.53%) PowerApps
4 11 (20.75%) Microsoft 365
5 9 (16.98%) Dynamics 365
6 7 (13.21%) Azure DevOps
7 6 (11.32%) Microsoft Copilot
8 4 (7.55%) Entra ID
9 2 (3.77%) Azure Monitor
9 2 (3.77%) Snowflake
10 1 (1.89%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 1 (1.89%) Azure Key Vault
10 1 (1.89%) IaaS
10 1 (1.89%) OneDrive
10 1 (1.89%) PaaS
10 1 (1.89%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (7.55%) Firewall
2 2 (3.77%) DNS
3 1 (1.89%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (71.70%) Power BI
2 7 (13.21%) Power Query
3 3 (5.66%) Tableau
4 2 (3.77%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (3.77%) BusinessObjects
5 1 (1.89%) Data Warehouse
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%) QlikView
5 1 (1.89%) Redis
5 1 (1.89%) Semantic Layer
5 1 (1.89%) Spark SQL
5 1 (1.89%) SQL Server
5 1 (1.89%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 2 (3.77%) Git
1 2 (3.77%) JIRA
2 1 (1.89%) Cucumber
2 1 (1.89%) Cypress.io
2 1 (1.89%) Jenkins
2 1 (1.89%) Selenium
2 1 (1.89%) Subversion
2 1 (1.89%) TeamCity
2 1 (1.89%) WebDriver
General
1 17 (32.08%) Public Sector
2 14 (26.42%) Finance
2 14 (26.42%) Social Skills
3 10 (18.87%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (5.66%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (3.77%) Manufacturing
6 1 (1.89%) Front Office
6 1 (1.89%) Marketing
6 1 (1.89%) Military
6 1 (1.89%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 14 (26.42%) Analyst
2 12 (22.64%) Developer
3 8 (15.09%) Consultant
3 8 (15.09%) Power Platform Developer
4 6 (11.32%) Data Analyst
4 6 (11.32%) Report Analyst
5 5 (9.43%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 5 (9.43%) Security Analyst
6 4 (7.55%) Power BI Consultant
7 3 (5.66%) Accountant
7 3 (5.66%) Business Intelligence Consultant
7 3 (5.66%) Cybersecurity Specialist
7 3 (5.66%) DevOps Engineer
7 3 (5.66%) Security Specialist
7 3 (5.66%) Systems Accountant
8 2 (3.77%) Architect
8 2 (3.77%) Business Analyst
8 2 (3.77%) HR Specialist
8 2 (3.77%) Report Specialist
8 2 (3.77%) Risk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.77%) .NET
1 2 (3.77%) ARM Templates
2 1 (1.89%) ASP.NET
2 1 (1.89%) HTML
2 1 (1.89%) JSON
2 1 (1.89%) Microsoft Graph
2 1 (1.89%) PySpark
2 1 (1.89%) REST
2 1 (1.89%) SOAP
2 1 (1.89%) XML
2 1 (1.89%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (7.55%) Data Protection Act
1 4 (7.55%) PKI
2 3 (5.66%) Management Information System
3 2 (3.77%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (3.77%) Data Structures
3 2 (3.77%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (3.77%) Product Ownership
4 1 (1.89%) Client/Server
4 1 (1.89%) Distributed Architecture
4 1 (1.89%) Distributed Systems
4 1 (1.89%) Enterprise Software
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%) Security Posture
4 1 (1.89%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.89%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 4 (7.55%) Windows
1 4 (7.55%) Windows Server
2 1 (1.89%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (66.04%) Business Intelligence
2 17 (32.08%) Agile
3 12 (22.64%) Analytics
4 11 (20.75%) Cybersecurity
5 10 (18.87%) CRM
5 10 (18.87%) Decision-Making
6 9 (16.98%) Data Modelling
6 9 (16.98%) DevOps
7 8 (15.09%) Change Management
7 8 (15.09%) Data Analysis
7 8 (15.09%) Visualisation
8 7 (13.21%) Problem-Solving
9 6 (11.32%) Risk Assessment
9 6 (11.32%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 5 (9.43%) Collaborative Working
10 5 (9.43%) Continuous Improvement
10 5 (9.43%) Risk Management
11 4 (7.55%) Dashboard Development
11 4 (7.55%) Kalman Filter
11 4 (7.55%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 11 (20.75%) SQL
2 8 (15.09%) C#
2 8 (15.09%) JavaScript
2 8 (15.09%) PowerShell
3 5 (9.43%) Python
4 3 (5.66%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 2 (3.77%) Bash
5 2 (3.77%) Bicep
5 2 (3.77%) T-SQL
6 1 (1.89%) C++
6 1 (1.89%) Java
6 1 (1.89%) Shell Script
6 1 (1.89%) VBA
6 1 (1.89%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 5 (9.43%) BPSS Clearance
1 5 (9.43%) Microsoft Certification
1 5 (9.43%) SC Cleared
1 5 (9.43%) Security Cleared
2 4 (7.55%) MCSE
3 2 (3.77%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (1.89%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (11.32%) Data Quality
1 6 (11.32%) QA
2 4 (7.55%) Disclosure Scotland
3 1 (1.89%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (1.89%) NCSC
3 1 (1.89%) NIST
System Software
1 7 (13.21%) Active Directory
2 4 (7.55%) Hyper-V
3 1 (1.89%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (7.55%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (5.66%) SCCM
3 2 (3.77%) Grafana
3 2 (3.77%) Kubernetes
3 2 (3.77%) Prometheus
3 2 (3.77%) Terraform
4 1 (1.89%) Argo
Vendors
1 31 (58.49%) Microsoft
2 2 (3.77%) Databricks
2 2 (3.77%) SAP
3 1 (1.89%) Pega
3 1 (1.89%) Qualys
3 1 (1.89%) VMware