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

6 months to
22 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 33 33
Rank change year-on-year +5 0 +46
Contract jobs citing Power Platform 41 34 42
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 6.41% 5.55% 5.05%
As % of the Cloud Services category 14.34% 12.78% 12.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 16 18
10th Percentile £328 £247 £426
25th Percentile £413 £394 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £457 £481 £563
Median % change year-on-year -5.14% -14.44% +18.42%
75th Percentile £538 £538 £663
90th Percentile £613 £563 £666
Scotland median daily rate £450 £431 £480
% change year-on-year +4.35% -10.16% -0.26%
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 286 266 326
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 44.69% 43.39% 39.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 136 175 197
10th Percentile £350 £193 £308
25th Percentile £413 £400 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £463 £479
Median % change year-on-year +8.11% -3.44% +0.84%
75th Percentile £603 £538 £588
90th Percentile £675 £600 £675
Scotland median daily rate £463 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +2.78% -5.26% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 8 6
10th Percentile £23.36 £21.84 £15.80
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 £17.61
Scotland median hourly rate £35.00 £24.18 £17.00
% change year-on-year +44.75% +42.24% -62.22%

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 22 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 (31.71%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (7.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (2.44%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 12 (29.27%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (4.88%) iTrent
Cloud Services
1 20 (48.78%) Azure
2 19 (46.34%) Power Automate
3 14 (34.15%) Dynamics 365
4 13 (31.71%) PowerApps
5 9 (21.95%) Azure DevOps
6 8 (19.51%) Microsoft 365
7 2 (4.88%) AWS
7 2 (4.88%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 2 (4.88%) GCP
7 2 (4.88%) Snowflake
8 1 (2.44%) Azure Functions
8 1 (2.44%) Azure Key Vault
8 1 (2.44%) Entra ID
8 1 (2.44%) IaaS
8 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Copilot
8 1 (2.44%) PaaS
8 1 (2.44%) SaaS
8 1 (2.44%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.44%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (75.61%) Power BI
2 4 (9.76%) Tableau
3 3 (7.32%) BusinessObjects
4 2 (4.88%) Metadata
4 2 (4.88%) Power Query
4 2 (4.88%) SQL Server
5 1 (2.44%) BusinessObjects XI
5 1 (2.44%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (2.44%) Geospatial Data
5 1 (2.44%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 4 (9.76%) JIRA
2 3 (7.32%) Git
3 1 (2.44%) Cucumber
3 1 (2.44%) Cypress.io
3 1 (2.44%) Jenkins
3 1 (2.44%) Selenium
3 1 (2.44%) Subversion
3 1 (2.44%) TeamCity
3 1 (2.44%) WebDriver
General
1 23 (56.10%) Public Sector
2 14 (34.15%) Social Skills
3 5 (12.20%) Finance
4 3 (7.32%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (7.32%) Banking
5 2 (4.88%) Back Office
5 2 (4.88%) Retail Banking
6 1 (2.44%) Front Office
6 1 (2.44%) Marketing
6 1 (2.44%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 18 (43.90%) Analyst
2 12 (29.27%) Developer
3 10 (24.39%) Power Platform Developer
4 9 (21.95%) Report Analyst
5 8 (19.51%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 8 (19.51%) Data Analyst
5 8 (19.51%) Security Analyst
6 4 (9.76%) Dynamics 365 Developer
7 3 (7.32%) Business Analyst
8 2 (4.88%) Consultant
8 2 (4.88%) Data Business Analyst
8 2 (4.88%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
8 2 (4.88%) HR Specialist
8 2 (4.88%) Report Specialist
8 2 (4.88%) User Researcher
9 1 (2.44%) Angular Developer
9 1 (2.44%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
9 1 (2.44%) Microsoft 365 Business Analyst
9 1 (2.44%) Power Platform Consultant
9 1 (2.44%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (7.32%) REST
2 2 (4.88%) .NET
2 2 (4.88%) AngularJS
2 2 (4.88%) CSS
2 2 (4.88%) Express.js
2 2 (4.88%) HTML
2 2 (4.88%) Node.js
3 1 (2.44%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 3 (7.32%) Data Structures
1 3 (7.32%) Management Information System
1 3 (7.32%) Onboarding
2 2 (4.88%) Cyber Threat
2 2 (4.88%) Product Ownership
3 1 (2.44%) Client/Server
3 1 (2.44%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (2.44%) Freedom of Information
3 1 (2.44%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (2.44%) Low-Code
3 1 (2.44%) Mobile App
3 1 (2.44%) PKI
3 1 (2.44%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.44%) Windows
1 1 (2.44%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (73.17%) Business Intelligence
2 21 (51.22%) Agile
3 12 (29.27%) CRM
3 12 (29.27%) Cybersecurity
4 11 (26.83%) DevOps
4 11 (26.83%) Problem-Solving
5 9 (21.95%) Analytics
6 5 (12.20%) CI/CD
6 5 (12.20%) Data Analysis
6 5 (12.20%) Data Modelling
7 4 (9.76%) Change Management
7 4 (9.76%) Decision-Making
7 4 (9.76%) Migration
7 4 (9.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 3 (7.32%) Backlog Management
8 3 (7.32%) Data-Driven Decision Making
8 3 (7.32%) Infrastructure as Code
8 3 (7.32%) Stakeholder Management
8 3 (7.32%) Workflow
9 2 (4.88%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 14 (34.15%) JavaScript
1 14 (34.15%) SQL
2 12 (29.27%) C#
3 10 (24.39%) PowerShell
4 3 (7.32%) TypeScript
5 1 (2.44%) C++
5 1 (2.44%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 1 (2.44%) Java
5 1 (2.44%) Python
5 1 (2.44%) Shell Script
5 1 (2.44%) T-SQL
5 1 (2.44%) VBA
5 1 (2.44%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 3 (7.32%) BPSS Clearance
1 3 (7.32%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (2.44%) Degree
2 1 (2.44%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (2.44%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (14.63%) Data Quality
2 4 (9.76%) Disclosure Scotland
3 3 (7.32%) QA
4 2 (4.88%) Accessibility
4 2 (4.88%) GRC
5 1 (2.44%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (2.44%) NCSC
5 1 (2.44%) NIST
System Software
1 3 (7.32%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.44%) Hyper-V
2 1 (2.44%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (4.88%) Terraform
2 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 23 (56.10%) Microsoft
2 2 (4.88%) Oracle
2 2 (4.88%) SAP
3 1 (2.44%) Qualys
3 1 (2.44%) VMware