Power BI Contracts

Microsoft Power BI
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 12 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 61 71 84
Rank change year-on-year +10 +13 -2
Contract jobs citing Power BI 1,394 1,878 2,614
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 3.24% 3.23% 2.98%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 19.14% 18.02% 14.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 993 1,331 1,870
10th Percentile £310 £325 £350
25th Percentile £400 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +8.70%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £588
90th Percentile £685 £700 £675
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £450 £450
% change year-on-year - - +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 50 40
10th Percentile £14.00 £21.80 £14.25
25th Percentile £20.77 £26.25 £18.26
Median hourly rate £24.43 £46.54 £22.75
Median % change year-on-year -47.50% +104.55% +5.81%
75th Percentile £43.75 £64.88 £35.00
90th Percentile £55.00 £65.75 £63.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.86 £46.54 £22.40
% change year-on-year -50.88% +107.75% +14.87%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 7,284 10,421 17,542
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 16.94% 17.91% 20.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,210 7,416 12,469
10th Percentile £350 £375 £375
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £542 £548
Median % change year-on-year -3.05% -1.23% +9.65%
75th Percentile £650 £663 £650
90th Percentile £775 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £495
% change year-on-year -5.00% +1.01% +11.24%
Number of hourly rates quoted 145 186 194
10th Percentile £14.00 £21.24 £15.37
25th Percentile £20.98 £33.05 £22.43
Median hourly rate £40.00 £58.59 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -31.73% +30.20% +66.79%
75th Percentile £61.60 £73.74 £64.94
90th Percentile £74.00 £81.25 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £55.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -27.27% +57.14% +42.45%

Power BI
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Power BI as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Power BI in the UK

Power BI
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Power BI.

Daily rate trend for Power BI in the UK

Power BI
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Power BI over the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Power BI in the UK

Power BI
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Power BI.

Hourly rate trend for Power BI in the UK

Power BI
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Power BI over the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Power BI in the UK

Power BI
Top 17 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 12 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
England +7 1,199 £475 -5.00% 916
London +12 626 £524 -0.24% 346
UK excluding London +13 612 £450 - 584
Work from Home +19 554 £475 -4.04% 486
North of England +2 160 £450 -2.70% 148
South East +4 127 £450 - 140
Midlands +19 119 £425 -11.46% 140
North West +3 106 £450 -2.70% 88
South West +5 96 £469 +0.27% 67
West Midlands +15 90 £425 -11.46% 91
Scotland +38 76 £450 -5.26% 25
Yorkshire +14 46 £450 -5.26% 46
East of England -33 34 £410 +2.50% 51
East Midlands +21 28 £400 +23.08% 49
Wales +21 11 £500 +74.67% 13
North East +10 8 £663 +26.19% 14
Northern Ireland -4 1 £338 -22.86% 6

Power BI
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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
1 120 (8.61%) SharePoint
2 50 (3.59%) Confluence
3 22 (1.58%) Apache Spark
4 20 (1.43%) SAS
5 19 (1.36%) Microsoft Exchange
6 16 (1.15%) Apache
7 12 (0.86%) MTS
8 5 (0.36%) Apache Airflow
9 2 (0.14%) ArcGIS
9 2 (0.14%) IIS
9 2 (0.14%) Jadu
9 2 (0.14%) Umbraco
10 1 (0.072%) BizTalk Server
10 1 (0.072%) GeoServer
10 1 (0.072%) Jupyter
10 1 (0.072%) Oracle Workflow
10 1 (0.072%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 200 (14.35%) Microsoft Excel
2 50 (3.59%) Microsoft Office
3 36 (2.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 31 (2.22%) MS Visio
5 13 (0.93%) Spreadsheet
6 11 (0.79%) Microsoft Project
7 4 (0.29%) Adobe XD
7 4 (0.29%) InVision
7 4 (0.29%) Sketch
8 3 (0.22%) Camtasia
8 3 (0.22%) SPSS
9 2 (0.14%) AutoCAD
9 2 (0.14%) Chatbot
9 2 (0.14%) Revit
9 2 (0.14%) Trello
10 1 (0.072%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 46 (3.30%) Dynamics CRM
2 27 (1.94%) Dynamics AX
3 20 (1.43%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 17 (1.22%) Remedy ITSM
5 12 (0.86%) Endur
5 12 (0.86%) EuroRunner
6 11 (0.79%) Aligne
7 9 (0.65%) Oracle EBS
8 6 (0.43%) Aladdin
8 6 (0.43%) SimCorp Dimension
9 5 (0.36%) Maximo
9 5 (0.36%) Oracle ERP
9 5 (0.36%) SAP S/4HANA
10 4 (0.29%) NetSuite
11 3 (0.22%) Primavera
11 3 (0.22%) SAP BPC
12 2 (0.14%) Elite 3E
12 2 (0.14%) SAP Business One
12 2 (0.14%) Workfront
13 1 (0.072%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 1,394 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 488 (35.01%) Azure
3 216 (15.49%) PowerApps
4 214 (15.35%) Power Automate
5 128 (9.18%) Azure Data Factory
6 115 (8.25%) Azure DevOps
7 113 (8.11%) Dynamics 365
8 98 (7.03%) AWS
9 95 (6.81%) Microsoft 365
10 67 (4.81%) Snowflake
11 64 (4.59%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 42 (3.01%) GCP
12 42 (3.01%) Serverless
13 40 (2.87%) Entra ID
14 37 (2.65%) GitHub
15 33 (2.37%) Azure Functions
16 24 (1.72%) Google Analytics
17 23 (1.65%) Collibra
18 21 (1.51%) Azure Logic Apps
19 20 (1.43%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 11 (0.79%) Firewall
2 6 (0.43%) DNS
2 6 (0.43%) Radio Access Network
2 6 (0.43%) Unified Communications
3 4 (0.29%) 3GPP
3 4 (0.29%) 4G
3 4 (0.29%) 5G
3 4 (0.29%) 5G NR
3 4 (0.29%) LTE
3 4 (0.29%) MegaStream
3 4 (0.29%) Remote Desktop
4 3 (0.22%) DHCP
4 3 (0.22%) Intranet
4 3 (0.22%) Skype
4 3 (0.22%) SNMP
5 2 (0.14%) Cisco Nexus
5 2 (0.14%) HTTP
5 2 (0.14%) VPN
5 2 (0.14%) XCAP
6 1 (0.072%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 217 (15.57%) Data Warehouse
2 203 (14.56%) Tableau
3 193 (13.85%) SQL Server
4 133 (9.54%) Data Lake
5 106 (7.60%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 76 (5.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 59 (4.23%) Azure SQL Database
8 54 (3.87%) Power Query
9 48 (3.44%) Relational Database
10 47 (3.37%) Big Data
11 46 (3.30%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 43 (3.08%) Metadata
13 38 (2.73%) BusinessObjects
14 37 (2.65%) NoSQL
15 31 (2.22%) PostgreSQL
16 27 (1.94%) Microsoft Analysis Services
16 27 (1.94%) MySQL
17 25 (1.79%) QlikView
18 24 (1.72%) BigQuery
19 23 (1.65%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 96 (6.89%) JIRA
2 20 (1.43%) ERwin
3 15 (1.08%) ER Studio
3 15 (1.08%) Git
3 15 (1.08%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 14 (1.00%) Visual Studio
5 13 (0.93%) GitLab
6 8 (0.57%) Postman
7 6 (0.43%) Eclipse
7 6 (0.43%) PyCharm
8 5 (0.36%) Hudson
8 5 (0.36%) Jenkins
9 4 (0.29%) Bitbucket
10 3 (0.22%) RStudio
10 3 (0.22%) Sonatype Nexus
11 2 (0.14%) Zephyr
12 1 (0.072%) Gradle
12 1 (0.072%) NeoLoad
12 1 (0.072%) SonarQube
12 1 (0.072%) SpecFlow
General
1 398 (28.55%) Social Skills
2 377 (27.04%) Finance
3 334 (23.96%) Analytical Skills
4 130 (9.33%) Public Sector
5 76 (5.45%) Retail
6 72 (5.16%) Banking
7 71 (5.09%) Marketing
8 50 (3.59%) Presentation Skills
9 41 (2.94%) Manufacturing
10 34 (2.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 33 (2.37%) Legal
12 31 (2.22%) Pharmaceutical
13 29 (2.08%) Telecoms
14 28 (2.01%) General Ledger
15 22 (1.58%) Local Government
16 20 (1.43%) Influencing Skills
17 18 (1.29%) Billing
17 18 (1.29%) Financial Institution
18 15 (1.08%) Front Office
18 15 (1.08%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 396 (28.41%) Analyst
2 263 (18.87%) Developer
3 196 (14.06%) Data Analyst
4 151 (10.83%) Business Intelligence Developer
5 128 (9.18%) Data Engineer
5 128 (9.18%) Power BI Developer
6 119 (8.54%) Architect
7 105 (7.53%) Consultant
7 105 (7.53%) Senior
8 82 (5.88%) Business Analyst
9 71 (5.09%) Data Architect
10 69 (4.95%) Lead
11 64 (4.59%) Business Intelligence Analyst
12 52 (3.73%) Power BI Analyst
12 52 (3.73%) Senior Analyst
13 51 (3.66%) Azure Engineer
14 39 (2.80%) Power Platform Developer
15 36 (2.58%) Project Manager
16 34 (2.44%) Data Scientist
17 32 (2.30%) Azure Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (2.65%) PySpark
2 34 (2.44%) .NET
2 34 (2.44%) JSON
3 30 (2.15%) XML
4 27 (1.94%) HTML
5 24 (1.72%) CSS
6 14 (1.00%) HTML5 Canvas
6 14 (1.00%) Microsoft Graph
7 13 (0.93%) REST
8 12 (0.86%) Web Services
9 11 (0.79%) Oracle Fusion
10 9 (0.65%) .NET Framework
10 9 (0.65%) Node.js
10 9 (0.65%) SOAP
11 8 (0.57%) SAML
12 7 (0.50%) ADO
12 7 (0.50%) RESTful
13 6 (0.43%) AngularJS
13 6 (0.43%) Kafka
13 6 (0.43%) React
Miscellaneous
1 64 (4.59%) Management Information System
2 48 (3.44%) Data Structures
2 48 (3.44%) Product Ownership
3 25 (1.79%) Onboarding
4 19 (1.36%) Market Risk
4 19 (1.36%) Self-Motivation
5 18 (1.29%) NHS
6 16 (1.15%) Reference Data
7 14 (1.00%) Analytical Mindset
8 13 (0.93%) Data Protection Act
8 13 (0.93%) Renewable Energy
9 12 (0.86%) Life Science
10 11 (0.79%) Low-Code
11 9 (0.65%) CMDB
11 9 (0.65%) Legacy Systems
11 9 (0.65%) Marketing Technology
12 8 (0.57%) Hedge funds
12 8 (0.57%) Solar Panel
12 8 (0.57%) Virtual Team
13 7 (0.50%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 29 (2.08%) Windows
2 19 (1.36%) Linux
3 16 (1.15%) Unix
4 11 (0.79%) Windows Server
5 8 (0.57%) VMS
5 8 (0.57%) Windows Server 2016
6 6 (0.43%) Windows Server 2019
7 4 (0.29%) Apple iOS
7 4 (0.29%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.14%) Windows 10
8 2 (0.14%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,181 (84.72%) Business Intelligence
2 331 (23.74%) Analytics
3 313 (22.45%) Visualisation
4 292 (20.95%) Data Modelling
5 268 (19.23%) Agile
6 236 (16.93%) ETL
7 231 (16.57%) Data Analysis
8 206 (14.78%) Problem-Solving
9 198 (14.20%) Data Visualisation
10 182 (13.06%) DevOps
11 132 (9.47%) Migration
12 115 (8.25%) Data Governance
13 114 (8.18%) Stakeholder Management
14 109 (7.82%) Decision-Making
15 106 (7.60%) Data Analytics
16 103 (7.39%) Data Management
17 94 (6.74%) Project Management
18 89 (6.38%) Data Science
19 87 (6.24%) Dashboard Development
20 83 (5.95%) Data Integration
Programming Languages
1 560 (40.17%) SQL
2 250 (17.93%) Python
3 110 (7.89%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 72 (5.16%) PowerShell
5 64 (4.59%) T-SQL
6 57 (4.09%) C#
7 52 (3.73%) JavaScript
8 41 (2.94%) R
9 28 (2.01%) Java
10 22 (1.58%) PL/SQL
11 21 (1.51%) Scala
12 16 (1.15%) VBA
13 12 (0.86%) VB
14 10 (0.72%) MATLAB
15 9 (0.65%) TypeScript
16 7 (0.50%) XPath
16 7 (0.50%) XQuery
17 6 (0.43%) Groovy
18 5 (0.36%) Shell Script
19 3 (0.22%) PHP
Qualifications
1 125 (8.97%) Degree
2 115 (8.25%) Security Cleared
3 88 (6.31%) SC Cleared
4 36 (2.58%) Computer Science Degree
5 27 (1.94%) BPSS Clearance
6 18 (1.29%) Master's Degree
7 11 (0.79%) DV Cleared
7 11 (0.79%) Microsoft Certification
8 9 (0.65%) Azure Certification
8 9 (0.65%) PMI Certification
9 8 (0.57%) Postgraduate
10 6 (0.43%) CIMA
10 6 (0.43%) CISM
10 6 (0.43%) CISSP
10 6 (0.43%) ITIL Certification
10 6 (0.43%) PMP
11 4 (0.29%) HNC
12 3 (0.22%) ACCA
12 3 (0.22%) CFA
12 3 (0.22%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 126 (9.04%) Data Quality
2 69 (4.95%) QA
3 32 (2.30%) PMO
4 25 (1.79%) GDPR
5 24 (1.72%) SLA
6 20 (1.43%) GxP
7 12 (0.86%) Accessibility
8 9 (0.65%) Good Clinical Practice
9 7 (0.50%) CDISC
10 6 (0.43%) Actionable Recommendations
11 5 (0.36%) GAMP
12 3 (0.22%) Disclosure Scotland
12 3 (0.22%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 2 (0.14%) GRC
14 1 (0.072%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 1 (0.072%) Cyber Essentials
14 1 (0.072%) GAAP
14 1 (0.072%) IFRS
14 1 (0.072%) IFRS 9
System Software
1 31 (2.22%) Active Directory
2 16 (1.15%) Virtual Machines
3 9 (0.65%) Docker
4 5 (0.36%) Virtual Desktop
5 4 (0.29%) VMware Infrastructure
6 3 (0.22%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.072%) HDFS
7 1 (0.072%) Microsoft App-V
7 1 (0.072%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 19 (1.36%) Single Sign-On
2 14 (1.00%) Microsoft Intune
3 11 (0.79%) Terraform
4 7 (0.50%) Jamf Pro
4 7 (0.50%) Kubernetes
5 5 (0.36%) SysTrack
6 3 (0.22%) Kibana
6 3 (0.22%) SCCM
7 2 (0.14%) SCOM
8 1 (0.072%) Ansible
8 1 (0.072%) CASB
8 1 (0.072%) Grafana
8 1 (0.072%) HP ALM
8 1 (0.072%) logstash
8 1 (0.072%) Matomo
8 1 (0.072%) Microsoft Clustering
8 1 (0.072%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.072%) SCOrch
8 1 (0.072%) SCVMM
8 1 (0.072%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 446 (31.99%) Microsoft
2 133 (9.54%) Databricks
3 97 (6.96%) Oracle
4 74 (5.31%) SAP
5 47 (3.37%) ServiceNow
6 45 (3.23%) Google
7 43 (3.08%) Salesforce
8 35 (2.51%) Alteryx
9 28 (2.01%) Informatica
10 21 (1.51%) Sparx
11 20 (1.43%) Remedy
12 18 (1.29%) Adobe
13 14 (1.00%) Atlassian
14 12 (0.86%) CA
15 11 (0.79%) Talend
16 10 (0.72%) MicroStrategy
17 9 (0.65%) Splunk
18 8 (0.57%) Dataiku
18 8 (0.57%) Qualys
19 7 (0.50%) Nexthink