Power BI Contract Job Trends in Berkshire

Microsoft Power BI
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Berkshire requiring Power BI skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 70 60 46
Rank change year-on-year -10 -14 +26
Contract jobs citing Power BI 54 36 70
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 2.98% 3.03% 4.05%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 30.51% 19.35% 25.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 16 44
10th Percentile £261 £406 £243
25th Percentile £441 £500 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £536 £504
Median % change year-on-year -2.05% +6.35% -12.35%
75th Percentile £598 £613 £623
90th Percentile £623 £700 £650
South East median daily rate £475 £450 £478
% change year-on-year +5.56% -5.76% -9.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 2 3
10th Percentile £29.66 - £28.92
25th Percentile £43.81 - £41.16
Median hourly rate £81.50 £32.05 £63.15
Median % change year-on-year +154.29% -49.25% -5.88%
75th Percentile £84.84 - £64.73
90th Percentile £93.75 - -
South East median hourly rate £38.25 £32.05 £63.15
% change year-on-year +19.34% -49.25% +95.51%

All Database & BI Skills
Berkshire

Power BI falls under the Databases and Business Intelligence category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring database or business intelligence skills in Berkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 177 186 279
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 9.77% 15.67% 16.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 122 121 166
10th Percentile £319 £406 £372
25th Percentile £413 £450 £458
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £578
Median % change year-on-year - -9.09% +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £650
90th Percentile £637 £664 £663
South East median daily rate £500 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 2 13
10th Percentile £26.86 - £26.24
25th Percentile £30.94 - £48.18
Median hourly rate £81.50 £32.05 £61.60
Median % change year-on-year +154.29% -47.97% -6.67%
75th Percentile £83.68 - -
90th Percentile £89.60 - £64.10
South East median hourly rate £38.25 £32.05 £51.59
% change year-on-year +19.34% -37.88% +3.18%

Power BI
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Power BI relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Power BI job vacancy trend in Berkshire

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Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Power BI.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Power BI

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Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Power BI in Berkshire over the 6 months to 12 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Power BI in Berkshire

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Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Power BI.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Power BI

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Hourly Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Power BI in Berkshire over the 6 months to 12 September 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Power BI in Berkshire

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Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

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 Berkshire region over the 6 months to 12 September 2026. 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
Reading -6 39 £550 -4.14% 24
Wokingham -9 7 £265 -57.60% 4
Slough +4 3 £500 -4.76% 7
Windsor +5 1 £550 - 2
Bracknell -4 1 - - 4
Maidenhead -5 1 £475 - 3
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South East

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire 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 4 (7.41%) SharePoint
2 3 (5.56%) ArcGIS
3 2 (3.70%) Apache
3 2 (3.70%) Apache Superset
4 1 (1.85%) Confluence
Applications
1 16 (29.63%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (7.41%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (1.85%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (1.85%) MS Visio
3 1 (1.85%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 8 (14.81%) iTrent
2 3 (5.56%) Maximo
3 2 (3.70%) SAP QM
3 2 (3.70%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 54 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 13 (24.07%) Azure
3 11 (20.37%) AWS
4 8 (14.81%) SuccessFactors
5 4 (7.41%) Smartsheet
6 3 (5.56%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (3.70%) Amazon S3
7 2 (3.70%) AWS Lambda
7 2 (3.70%) AWS Step Functions
7 2 (3.70%) Collibra
7 2 (3.70%) GCP
7 2 (3.70%) Microsoft 365
7 2 (3.70%) OpenShift
7 2 (3.70%) Power Automate
7 2 (3.70%) Serverless
8 1 (1.85%) Azure Logic Apps
8 1 (1.85%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 1 (1.85%) PowerApps
8 1 (1.85%) SaaS
8 1 (1.85%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.85%) Mobile Backhaul
1 1 (1.85%) OpenFlow
1 1 (1.85%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (24.07%) Tableau
2 7 (12.96%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (5.56%) Amazon Redshift
3 3 (5.56%) GIS
4 2 (3.70%) Amazon Athena
4 2 (3.70%) Metadata
4 2 (3.70%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (1.85%) Amazon QuickSight
5 1 (1.85%) NoSQL
5 1 (1.85%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 2 (3.70%) Git
1 2 (3.70%) JIRA
2 1 (1.85%) Burp Suite
2 1 (1.85%) JMeter
2 1 (1.85%) Selenium
General
1 22 (40.74%) Social Skills
2 18 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (16.67%) Aerospace
4 4 (7.41%) Finance
5 3 (5.56%) Organisational Skills
5 3 (5.56%) Telecoms
6 2 (3.70%) Manufacturing
6 2 (3.70%) Public Sector
7 1 (1.85%) Banking
7 1 (1.85%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.85%) Military
7 1 (1.85%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (1.85%) Retail
Job Titles
1 24 (44.44%) Analyst
2 14 (25.93%) Data Analyst
3 8 (14.81%) Business Analyst
4 7 (12.96%) HR Analyst
4 7 (12.96%) HR Data Analyst
5 4 (7.41%) Architect
5 4 (7.41%) Data Business Analyst
5 4 (7.41%) Data Engineer
5 4 (7.41%) Developer
5 4 (7.41%) Project Manager
6 3 (5.56%) Cybersecurity Analyst
6 3 (5.56%) Security Analyst
7 2 (3.70%) Consultant
7 2 (3.70%) Data Analytics Engineer
7 2 (3.70%) Data Architect
7 2 (3.70%) Project Quality Manager
7 2 (3.70%) Senior Data Engineer
7 2 (3.70%) Technical Project Manager
7 2 (3.70%) Workstream Manager
7 2 (3.70%) Workstream Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (5.56%) Terraform
2 1 (1.85%) ADO
2 1 (1.85%) AngularJS
2 1 (1.85%) JSON
2 1 (1.85%) Node.js
2 1 (1.85%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 5 (9.26%) Onboarding
2 4 (7.41%) CMDB
2 4 (7.41%) Operational Technology
3 3 (5.56%) Product Ownership
4 2 (3.70%) Data Structures
4 2 (3.70%) FMCG
4 2 (3.70%) Hybrid Cloud
4 2 (3.70%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.85%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (1.85%) Data Centre
5 1 (1.85%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (1.85%) Distributed Computing
5 1 (1.85%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (1.85%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.85%) Windows
1 1 (1.85%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (98.15%) Business Intelligence
2 16 (29.63%) Analytics
2 16 (29.63%) Stakeholder Management
3 14 (25.93%) Dashboard Development
4 13 (24.07%) Data Analysis
5 11 (20.37%) Decision-Making
5 11 (20.37%) Problem-Solving
5 11 (20.37%) Process Improvement
5 11 (20.37%) Visualisation
6 10 (18.52%) Agile
6 10 (18.52%) Data Modelling
7 9 (16.67%) Data Visualisation
7 9 (16.67%) DevOps
8 8 (14.81%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 7 (12.96%) CI/CD
9 7 (12.96%) Continuous Improvement
9 7 (12.96%) Data Governance
9 7 (12.96%) Data Pipeline
9 7 (12.96%) Validation
10 6 (11.11%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 15 (27.78%) SQL
2 11 (20.37%) Python
3 2 (3.70%) PowerShell
4 1 (1.85%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 1 (1.85%) Java
4 1 (1.85%) JavaScript
4 1 (1.85%) R
Qualifications
1 22 (40.74%) Security Cleared
2 18 (33.33%) SC Cleared
3 5 (9.26%) Degree
4 3 (5.56%) Azure Certification
4 3 (5.56%) PMI Certification
4 3 (5.56%) PMP
5 2 (3.70%) CISSP
6 1 (1.85%) AWS Certification
6 1 (1.85%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 1 (1.85%) Chartered Engineer
6 1 (1.85%) CISA
6 1 (1.85%) CompTIA Security+
6 1 (1.85%) DV Cleared
6 1 (1.85%) Master's Degree
6 1 (1.85%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (27.78%) Data Quality
2 5 (9.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (7.41%) QA
4 2 (3.70%) GRC
5 1 (1.85%) GDPR
5 1 (1.85%) PMO
System Software
1 3 (5.56%) Docker
2 1 (1.85%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.85%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 5 (9.26%) Kubernetes
2 2 (3.70%) Ansible
2 2 (3.70%) Grafana
3 1 (1.85%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 18 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 15 (27.78%) SAP
3 8 (14.81%) Workday
4 7 (12.96%) Oracle
5 4 (7.41%) Databricks
6 3 (5.56%) ESRI
6 3 (5.56%) IBM
7 2 (3.70%) Salesforce
7 2 (3.70%) ServiceNow
7 2 (3.70%) Teradata
8 1 (1.85%) Foundry
8 1 (1.85%) Google
8 1 (1.85%) Palantir
8 1 (1.85%) Planview