Power BI Contracts in the UK excluding London

Microsoft Power BI
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for Power BI skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Power BI over the 6 months to 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 64 70 82
Rank change year-on-year +6 +12 0
Contract jobs citing Power BI 609 772 925
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 2.97% 3.29% 3.04%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 23.79% 21.40% 17.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 452 541 706
10th Percentile £285 £263 £300
25th Percentile £363 £363 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £460 £450
Median % change year-on-year -2.17% +2.22% +8.43%
75th Percentile £538 £550 £549
90th Percentile £611 £638 £638
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 39 34
10th Percentile £14.00 £21.35 £14.25
25th Percentile £15.42 £26.17 £17.32
Median hourly rate £22.86 £55.00 £22.40
Median % change year-on-year -58.44% +145.54% +14.87%
75th Percentile £43.75 £65.00 £33.00
90th Percentile - £67.75 £62.10
UK median hourly rate £24.43 £51.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -52.10% +126.67% +4.65%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
UK excluding London

Power BI is in the Databases and Business Intelligence category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 2,560 3,607 5,311
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 12.50% 15.38% 17.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,810 2,589 3,804
10th Percentile £316 £337 £327
25th Percentile £400 £413 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £495
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +1.01% +10.61%
75th Percentile £588 £599 £580
90th Percentile £675 £688 £663
UK median daily rate £525 £545 £550
% change year-on-year -3.67% -0.91% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 97 114 130
10th Percentile £13.50 £21.46 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.50 £32.30 £20.75
Median hourly rate £40.00 £56.95 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -29.76% +62.71% +42.86%
75th Percentile £61.50 £67.27 £55.69
90th Percentile £77.00 £75.68 £68.78
UK median hourly rate £40.13 £60.00 £42.92
% change year-on-year -33.13% +39.80% +59.07%

Power BI
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Power BI as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Power BI in the UK excluding London

Power BI
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Power BI in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Power BI in the UK excluding London

Power BI
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Power BI in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Power BI in the UK excluding London

Power BI
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Power BI in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Power BI in the UK excluding London

Power BI
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Power BI in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Power BI in the UK excluding London

Power BI
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Power BI within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 9 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North of England +7 157 £450 -2.70% 145
South East +6 127 £450 -5.26% 124
Midlands +25 118 £425 -11.46% 142
North West +2 106 £450 -2.70% 86
South West -1 95 £463 -2.63% 65
West Midlands +16 89 £425 -12.14% 89
Scotland +37 77 £450 -5.26% 29
Yorkshire +10 43 £450 -2.70% 47
East of England -31 35 £410 +2.50% 51
East Midlands +24 28 £400 +23.08% 53
Wales +20 11 £500 +74.67% 13
North East +9 8 £663 +32.50% 12
Northern Ireland -5 1 £338 -22.86% 5
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UK

Power BI
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 37 (6.08%) SharePoint
2 24 (3.94%) Confluence
3 14 (2.30%) Microsoft Exchange
4 12 (1.97%) SAS
5 6 (0.99%) Apache
6 5 (0.82%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.33%) Umbraco
8 1 (0.16%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.16%) GeoServer
8 1 (0.16%) Jadu
Applications
1 105 (17.24%) Microsoft Excel
2 27 (4.43%) Microsoft Office
3 19 (3.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (1.64%) Microsoft Project
5 6 (0.99%) Spreadsheet
6 4 (0.66%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.16%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 15 (2.46%) Dynamics CRM
1 15 (2.46%) Remedy ITSM
2 7 (1.15%) Oracle EBS
3 4 (0.66%) Maximo
3 4 (0.66%) NetSuite
3 4 (0.66%) Oracle ERP
4 2 (0.33%) Dynamics AX
4 2 (0.33%) SAP BPC
4 2 (0.33%) SAP Business One
4 2 (0.33%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.16%) Epicor Tropos
5 1 (0.16%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (0.16%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.16%) Shopify
5 1 (0.16%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 609 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 187 (30.71%) Azure
3 78 (12.81%) PowerApps
4 77 (12.64%) Power Automate
5 67 (11.00%) Azure Data Factory
6 43 (7.06%) Dynamics 365
7 30 (4.93%) Azure DevOps
8 29 (4.76%) Snowflake
9 27 (4.43%) AWS
10 26 (4.27%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 26 (4.27%) Microsoft 365
11 18 (2.96%) Entra ID
12 17 (2.79%) Serverless
13 16 (2.63%) GCP
14 15 (2.46%) Azure Functions
15 14 (2.30%) Collibra
16 10 (1.64%) Azure Cosmos DB
16 10 (1.64%) Azure Logic Apps
16 10 (1.64%) Azure Monitor
17 8 (1.31%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 7 (1.15%) Firewall
2 6 (0.99%) Unified Communications
3 4 (0.66%) MegaStream
4 3 (0.49%) Skype
5 2 (0.33%) Radio Access Network
5 2 (0.33%) Remote Desktop
5 2 (0.33%) XCAP
6 1 (0.16%) FTP
6 1 (0.16%) SNMP
6 1 (0.16%) VLAN
6 1 (0.16%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 86 (14.12%) Data Warehouse
2 73 (11.99%) Tableau
3 70 (11.49%) SQL Server
4 57 (9.36%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 49 (8.05%) Data Lake
6 43 (7.06%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 29 (4.76%) Power Query
7 29 (4.76%) Relational Database
8 28 (4.60%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 23 (3.78%) Azure SQL Database
10 19 (3.12%) Microsoft Analysis Services
11 17 (2.79%) BusinessObjects
12 14 (2.30%) Big Data
12 14 (2.30%) Data Mining
13 11 (1.81%) MySQL
14 9 (1.48%) GIS
14 9 (1.48%) Metadata
14 9 (1.48%) Oracle Reports
14 9 (1.48%) Qlik Sense
15 8 (1.31%) Ataccama
Development Applications
1 40 (6.57%) JIRA
2 9 (1.48%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
2 9 (1.48%) Visual Studio
3 6 (0.99%) Eclipse
3 6 (0.99%) PyCharm
4 5 (0.82%) Hudson
5 4 (0.66%) Git
6 3 (0.49%) Bitbucket
6 3 (0.49%) ER Studio
6 3 (0.49%) Postman
7 2 (0.33%) GitLab
8 1 (0.16%) Gatling
8 1 (0.16%) Gradle
8 1 (0.16%) Jenkins
8 1 (0.16%) JUnit
General
1 165 (27.09%) Social Skills
2 163 (26.77%) Analytical Skills
3 127 (20.85%) Finance
4 47 (7.72%) Public Sector
5 30 (4.93%) Retail
6 25 (4.11%) Manufacturing
7 24 (3.94%) Legal
8 21 (3.45%) Pharmaceutical
8 21 (3.45%) Presentation Skills
9 20 (3.28%) Marketing
10 14 (2.30%) Telecoms
11 13 (2.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 12 (1.97%) Local Government
13 11 (1.81%) Influencing Skills
14 8 (1.31%) Banking
14 8 (1.31%) Billing
15 7 (1.15%) Organisational Skills
16 6 (0.99%) Law
17 5 (0.82%) Back Office
18 4 (0.66%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 187 (30.71%) Analyst
2 129 (21.18%) Developer
3 101 (16.58%) Data Analyst
4 80 (13.14%) Business Intelligence Developer
5 68 (11.17%) Power BI Developer
6 60 (9.85%) Data Engineer
7 59 (9.69%) Senior
8 39 (6.40%) Business Intelligence Analyst
9 36 (5.91%) Lead
10 34 (5.58%) Consultant
10 34 (5.58%) Senior Analyst
11 28 (4.60%) Business Analyst
12 26 (4.27%) Architect
13 24 (3.94%) Power BI Analyst
14 19 (3.12%) Azure Engineer
15 18 (2.96%) Project Manager
16 17 (2.79%) Business Intelligence Data Analyst
16 17 (2.79%) Report Analyst
17 16 (2.63%) Data Architect
18 14 (2.30%) Azure Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (2.13%) .NET
2 9 (1.48%) Oracle Fusion
3 7 (1.15%) PySpark
3 7 (1.15%) XML
4 5 (0.82%) Microsoft Graph
4 5 (0.82%) Pandas
4 5 (0.82%) Web Services
5 4 (0.66%) ADO
5 4 (0.66%) CSS
5 4 (0.66%) HTML
6 3 (0.49%) .NET Framework
6 3 (0.49%) Flask
6 3 (0.49%) REST
6 3 (0.49%) SOAP
7 2 (0.33%) Apache Beam
7 2 (0.33%) Entity Framework
7 2 (0.33%) NumPy
7 2 (0.33%) XSLT
8 1 (0.16%) ASP.NET
8 1 (0.16%) LAMP
Miscellaneous
1 31 (5.09%) Management Information System
2 16 (2.63%) Data Structures
3 15 (2.46%) Product Ownership
4 10 (1.64%) Life Science
4 10 (1.64%) Self-Motivation
5 9 (1.48%) CMDB
6 8 (1.31%) Analytical Mindset
6 8 (1.31%) NHS
6 8 (1.31%) Onboarding
7 7 (1.15%) Data Protection Act
8 6 (0.99%) Digital Signage
8 6 (0.99%) PKI
8 6 (0.99%) Smart Meter
9 5 (0.82%) DTCC
9 5 (0.82%) Legacy Systems
9 5 (0.82%) Market Risk
9 5 (0.82%) Virtual Team
10 4 (0.66%) Algorithms
10 4 (0.66%) e-Health
11 3 (0.49%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 19 (3.12%) Windows
2 10 (1.64%) Linux
2 10 (1.64%) Unix
3 7 (1.15%) VMS
3 7 (1.15%) Windows Server
4 6 (0.99%) Windows Server 2016
4 6 (0.99%) Windows Server 2019
5 4 (0.66%) Apple iOS
5 4 (0.66%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.33%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 522 (85.71%) Business Intelligence
2 143 (23.48%) Analytics
3 131 (21.51%) Visualisation
4 106 (17.41%) ETL
5 98 (16.09%) Data Analysis
6 97 (15.93%) Data Modelling
7 86 (14.12%) Problem-Solving
8 85 (13.96%) Agile
9 77 (12.64%) Data Visualisation
10 66 (10.84%) Migration
11 51 (8.37%) Stakeholder Management
12 50 (8.21%) DevOps
12 50 (8.21%) Project Management
13 44 (7.22%) Data Management
14 43 (7.06%) Data Analytics
15 42 (6.90%) Continuous Improvement
16 41 (6.73%) Decision-Making
17 37 (6.08%) Data Governance
18 33 (5.42%) ITIL
19 32 (5.25%) Data Migration
Programming Languages
1 257 (42.20%) SQL
2 89 (14.61%) Python
3 45 (7.39%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 34 (5.58%) T-SQL
5 26 (4.27%) PowerShell
6 19 (3.12%) C#
7 13 (2.13%) Java
7 13 (2.13%) JavaScript
8 7 (1.15%) Scala
9 6 (0.99%) Groovy
9 6 (0.99%) PL/SQL
9 6 (0.99%) VBA
10 4 (0.66%) R
10 4 (0.66%) VB
11 2 (0.33%) PHP
12 1 (0.16%) HiveQL
12 1 (0.16%) Julia
12 1 (0.16%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 51 (8.37%) Security Cleared
2 42 (6.90%) SC Cleared
3 41 (6.73%) Degree
4 15 (2.46%) BPSS Clearance
5 7 (1.15%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (0.82%) DV Cleared
7 4 (0.66%) CISM
7 4 (0.66%) CISSP
8 3 (0.49%) HNC
8 3 (0.49%) PMI Certification
8 3 (0.49%) Postgraduate
9 2 (0.33%) Master's Degree
9 2 (0.33%) PMP
10 1 (0.16%) Azure Certification
10 1 (0.16%) DBS Check
10 1 (0.16%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.16%) Numerate Degree
10 1 (0.16%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 1 (0.16%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 54 (8.87%) Data Quality
2 33 (5.42%) QA
3 21 (3.45%) PMO
4 14 (2.30%) GxP
5 13 (2.13%) GDPR
6 9 (1.48%) SLA
7 7 (1.15%) Accessibility
8 6 (0.99%) Good Clinical Practice
9 5 (0.82%) GAMP
10 4 (0.66%) Actionable Recommendations
11 3 (0.49%) Disclosure Scotland
12 2 (0.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 1 (0.16%) IFRS
13 1 (0.16%) IFRS 9
System Software
1 16 (2.63%) Active Directory
2 7 (1.15%) Virtual Machines
3 5 (0.82%) Virtual Desktop
4 3 (0.49%) Docker
4 3 (0.49%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.33%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.16%) HDFS
6 1 (0.16%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 16 (2.63%) Single Sign-On
2 12 (1.97%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (0.82%) SysTrack
4 3 (0.49%) Kubernetes
5 2 (0.33%) Kibana
5 2 (0.33%) Terraform
6 1 (0.16%) Ansible
Vendors
1 174 (28.57%) Microsoft
2 45 (7.39%) Databricks
3 37 (6.08%) Oracle
4 35 (5.75%) SAP
5 21 (3.45%) Salesforce
6 17 (2.79%) Remedy
7 15 (2.46%) Google
8 14 (2.30%) ServiceNow
9 13 (2.13%) Alteryx
10 11 (1.81%) Atlassian
11 10 (1.64%) CA
12 8 (1.31%) Informatica
13 7 (1.15%) Ab Initio
13 7 (1.15%) Dataiku
13 7 (1.15%) Trillium
14 6 (0.99%) Citrix
15 5 (0.82%) Autodesk
15 5 (0.82%) New Relic
15 5 (0.82%) OpenAI
15 5 (0.82%) Sophos