Power BI Contracts with Work from Home Options

Microsoft Power BI
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 51 71 75
Rank change year-on-year +20 +4 0
Contract jobs citing Power BI 562 806 1,428
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 3.73% 3.21% 3.26%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 19.47% 16.86% 15.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 378 612 1,073
10th Percentile £323 £325 £355
25th Percentile £400 £412 £407
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £495 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.04% -1.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £567 £597 £588
90th Percentile £663 £699 £650
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 8 18
10th Percentile - £21.29 £18.89
25th Percentile £20.77 £25.92 £20.31
Median hourly rate £23.22 £38.00 £25.24
Median % change year-on-year -38.91% +50.55% -27.89%
75th Percentile £35.50 £46.75 £37.25
90th Percentile £56.30 £56.50 £63.00
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
Work from Home

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 WFH option and a requirement for database or business intelligence skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 2,887 4,781 9,514
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 19.15% 19.06% 21.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,125 3,489 6,911
10th Percentile £356 £381 £375
25th Percentile £425 £450 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £518 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.36% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £734
UK median daily rate £525 £545 £550
% change year-on-year -3.67% -0.91% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 83 83
10th Percentile £20.06 £22.20 £19.20
25th Percentile £22.61 £41.75 £22.08
Median hourly rate £40.25 £65.00 £46.67
Median % change year-on-year -38.08% +39.28% +50.55%
75th Percentile £63.00 £75.00 £62.15
90th Percentile £72.50 £85.00 £68.20
UK median hourly rate £40.13 £60.00 £42.92
% change year-on-year -33.13% +39.80% +59.07%

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Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Power BI as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Power BI trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Power BI.

Power BI daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

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Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Power BI over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Power BI daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Power BI.

Power BI hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

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Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Power BI over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Power BI hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 42 (7.47%) SharePoint
2 19 (3.38%) Confluence
3 11 (1.96%) SAS
4 3 (0.53%) Apache
4 3 (0.53%) MTS
5 2 (0.36%) ArcGIS
5 2 (0.36%) IIS
5 2 (0.36%) Umbraco
6 1 (0.18%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.18%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.18%) GeoServer
6 1 (0.18%) Jupyter
6 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.18%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 69 (12.28%) Microsoft Excel
2 23 (4.09%) Microsoft Office
3 18 (3.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (1.78%) MS Visio
5 4 (0.71%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.36%) AutoCAD
6 2 (0.36%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.36%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.36%) Revit
Business Applications
1 23 (4.09%) Dynamics CRM
2 22 (3.91%) Dynamics AX
3 11 (1.96%) Remedy ITSM
4 5 (0.89%) Oracle EBS
5 4 (0.71%) NetSuite
6 3 (0.53%) Aligne
6 3 (0.53%) Endur
6 3 (0.53%) EuroRunner
7 2 (0.36%) Oracle ERP
8 1 (0.18%) Elite 3E
8 1 (0.18%) OPENHousing
8 1 (0.18%) Oracle General Ledger
8 1 (0.18%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 562 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 167 (29.72%) Azure
3 104 (18.51%) PowerApps
4 96 (17.08%) Power Automate
5 63 (11.21%) Azure DevOps
6 62 (11.03%) Dynamics 365
7 48 (8.54%) Azure Data Factory
8 34 (6.05%) Microsoft 365
9 28 (4.98%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 20 (3.56%) AWS
11 19 (3.38%) GCP
12 16 (2.85%) Snowflake
13 15 (2.67%) GitHub
13 15 (2.67%) Google Analytics
14 13 (2.31%) Serverless
15 12 (2.14%) Azure Cosmos DB
16 9 (1.60%) Azure Functions
17 7 (1.25%) Veeva
18 6 (1.07%) Google Sheets
18 6 (1.07%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.07%) Radio Access Network
2 4 (0.71%) 3GPP
2 4 (0.71%) 4G
2 4 (0.71%) 5G
2 4 (0.71%) 5G NR
2 4 (0.71%) DNS
2 4 (0.71%) LTE
2 4 (0.71%) MegaStream
2 4 (0.71%) Remote Desktop
3 3 (0.53%) SNMP
4 2 (0.36%) Cisco Nexus
4 2 (0.36%) DHCP
4 2 (0.36%) HTTP
4 2 (0.36%) XCAP
5 1 (0.18%) Firewall
5 1 (0.18%) FTP
5 1 (0.18%) Intranet
5 1 (0.18%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 73 (12.99%) Data Warehouse
2 69 (12.28%) SQL Server
3 64 (11.39%) Tableau
4 55 (9.79%) Data Lake
5 29 (5.16%) Power Query
6 27 (4.80%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 25 (4.45%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 22 (3.91%) Azure SQL Database
9 19 (3.38%) BigQuery
10 15 (2.67%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 14 (2.49%) Looker
12 12 (2.14%) BusinessObjects
13 10 (1.78%) GIS
13 10 (1.78%) Metadata
14 9 (1.60%) Big Data
14 9 (1.60%) Relational Database
15 8 (1.42%) Microsoft Analysis Services
15 8 (1.42%) NoSQL
16 7 (1.25%) Amazon Redshift
16 7 (1.25%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 37 (6.58%) JIRA
2 8 (1.42%) Git
3 7 (1.25%) Postman
4 5 (0.89%) Visual Studio
5 4 (0.71%) GitLab
5 4 (0.71%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 3 (0.53%) Jenkins
6 3 (0.53%) Sonatype Nexus
7 2 (0.36%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.36%) ERwin
8 1 (0.18%) Gatling
8 1 (0.18%) JMeter
8 1 (0.18%) NeoLoad
8 1 (0.18%) NUnit
8 1 (0.18%) RStudio
8 1 (0.18%) Selenium
8 1 (0.18%) SoapUI
8 1 (0.18%) SonarQube
General
1 184 (32.74%) Social Skills
2 155 (27.58%) Finance
3 135 (24.02%) Analytical Skills
4 55 (9.79%) Public Sector
5 42 (7.47%) Retail
6 29 (5.16%) Marketing
7 23 (4.09%) General Ledger
8 22 (3.91%) Banking
9 20 (3.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 18 (3.20%) Presentation Skills
11 13 (2.31%) Telecoms
12 11 (1.96%) Influencing Skills
12 11 (1.96%) Manufacturing
13 10 (1.78%) Back Office
14 9 (1.60%) Legal
15 8 (1.42%) Billing
15 8 (1.42%) Retail Banking
16 7 (1.25%) Local Government
17 6 (1.07%) Publishing
18 5 (0.89%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 164 (29.18%) Analyst
2 111 (19.75%) Developer
3 78 (13.88%) Data Analyst
4 60 (10.68%) Business Intelligence Developer
4 60 (10.68%) Consultant
5 52 (9.25%) Power BI Developer
6 47 (8.36%) Data Engineer
7 43 (7.65%) Senior
8 41 (7.30%) Business Analyst
9 39 (6.94%) Architect
10 37 (6.58%) Business Intelligence Analyst
11 31 (5.52%) Power BI Analyst
12 25 (4.45%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
13 21 (3.74%) Data Architect
13 21 (3.74%) Power Platform Developer
14 20 (3.56%) Azure Engineer
14 20 (3.56%) Data Scientist
14 20 (3.56%) Lead
15 15 (2.67%) Azure Data Engineer
15 15 (2.67%) Microsoft Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (3.38%) JSON
2 17 (3.02%) .NET
3 8 (1.42%) CSS
3 8 (1.42%) HTML
3 8 (1.42%) HTML5 Canvas
3 8 (1.42%) PySpark
4 6 (1.07%) Node.js
4 6 (1.07%) XML
5 5 (0.89%) jQuery
5 5 (0.89%) Oracle Fusion
5 5 (0.89%) Web Services
6 4 (0.71%) DOM
6 4 (0.71%) RESTful
6 4 (0.71%) SOAP
6 4 (0.71%) SPFx
6 4 (0.71%) Swagger
7 3 (0.53%) Kafka
7 3 (0.53%) Pandas
7 3 (0.53%) React
7 3 (0.53%) Shiny
Miscellaneous
1 30 (5.34%) Management Information System
2 24 (4.27%) Data Structures
3 15 (2.67%) Product Ownership
4 11 (1.96%) NHS
4 11 (1.96%) Self-Motivation
5 9 (1.60%) Low-Code
6 5 (0.89%) CMDB
6 5 (0.89%) Onboarding
7 4 (0.71%) Legacy Applications
7 4 (0.71%) Marketing Technology
7 4 (0.71%) Reference Data
8 3 (0.53%) Educational Technology
8 3 (0.53%) Greenfield Project
8 3 (0.53%) Market Risk
9 2 (0.36%) Clustering
9 2 (0.36%) Credit Risk
9 2 (0.36%) Data Protection Act
9 2 (0.36%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 2 (0.36%) Legacy Systems
9 2 (0.36%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 6 (1.07%) Windows
2 5 (0.89%) Linux
3 3 (0.53%) Unix
3 3 (0.53%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.36%) Windows Server 2012
4 2 (0.36%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (0.18%) VMS
5 1 (0.18%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 488 (86.83%) Business Intelligence
2 125 (22.24%) Visualisation
3 117 (20.82%) Data Modelling
4 112 (19.93%) Analytics
5 107 (19.04%) Agile
6 94 (16.73%) Data Analysis
7 89 (15.84%) DevOps
8 83 (14.77%) Problem-Solving
9 81 (14.41%) Data Visualisation
10 79 (14.06%) ETL
11 47 (8.36%) Migration
12 46 (8.19%) Data Science
13 45 (8.01%) Stakeholder Management
14 38 (6.76%) Actionable Insight
14 38 (6.76%) Data Management
14 38 (6.76%) Decision-Making
15 36 (6.41%) CRM
16 33 (5.87%) Dashboard Development
17 31 (5.52%) Data Governance
18 30 (5.34%) Data Analytics
Programming Languages
1 208 (37.01%) SQL
2 96 (17.08%) Python
3 51 (9.07%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 35 (6.23%) C#
5 24 (4.27%) JavaScript
6 23 (4.09%) R
7 17 (3.02%) PowerShell
8 12 (2.14%) T-SQL
9 8 (1.42%) Scala
10 7 (1.25%) Java
10 7 (1.25%) VB
11 6 (1.07%) PL/SQL
12 3 (0.53%) MATLAB
12 3 (0.53%) Shell Script
12 3 (0.53%) TypeScript
12 3 (0.53%) VBA
13 2 (0.36%) Kusto Query Language
14 1 (0.18%) HiveQL
14 1 (0.18%) PHP
14 1 (0.18%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 55 (9.79%) Degree
2 44 (7.83%) Security Cleared
3 34 (6.05%) SC Cleared
4 15 (2.67%) BPSS Clearance
5 11 (1.96%) Computer Science Degree
6 6 (1.07%) Microsoft Certification
7 5 (0.89%) CISM
7 5 (0.89%) CISSP
8 4 (0.71%) Azure Certification
8 4 (0.71%) HNC
8 4 (0.71%) Master's Degree
9 3 (0.53%) DV Cleared
9 3 (0.53%) PMI Certification
10 2 (0.36%) ACCA
10 2 (0.36%) AWS Certification
10 2 (0.36%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 2 (0.36%) CIMA
10 2 (0.36%) PMP
11 1 (0.18%) DBS Check
11 1 (0.18%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (6.76%) Data Quality
2 29 (5.16%) QA
3 9 (1.60%) PMO
4 7 (1.25%) CDISC
4 7 (1.25%) SLA
5 6 (1.07%) GxP
6 4 (0.71%) Accessibility
7 3 (0.53%) GDPR
7 3 (0.53%) Good Clinical Practice
8 2 (0.36%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (0.36%) Disclosure Scotland
9 1 (0.18%) GAAP
System Software
1 5 (0.89%) Docker
2 4 (0.71%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.36%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.18%) HDFS
4 1 (0.18%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.18%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.18%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 6 (1.07%) Kubernetes
1 6 (1.07%) Terraform
2 4 (0.71%) Jamf Pro
3 3 (0.53%) SCCM
4 2 (0.36%) Kibana
4 2 (0.36%) SCOM
5 1 (0.18%) Ansible
5 1 (0.18%) Failover Clustering
5 1 (0.18%) Grafana
5 1 (0.18%) HP ALM
5 1 (0.18%) logstash
5 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Clustering
5 1 (0.18%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.18%) SCOrch
5 1 (0.18%) SCVMM
5 1 (0.18%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.18%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 195 (34.70%) Microsoft
2 47 (8.36%) Databricks
3 25 (4.45%) Google
4 17 (3.02%) Oracle
5 13 (2.31%) Remedy
5 13 (2.31%) SAP
6 11 (1.96%) Salesforce
7 9 (1.60%) ServiceNow
8 7 (1.25%) Alteryx
8 7 (1.25%) Informatica
8 7 (1.25%) Qualys
9 6 (1.07%) Adobe
10 5 (0.89%) Atlassian
10 5 (0.89%) Monetate
10 5 (0.89%) Optimizely
11 4 (0.71%) Ensighten
11 4 (0.71%) Nexthink
11 4 (0.71%) Snow
11 4 (0.71%) Tealium
11 4 (0.71%) Workday