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 25 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 64 49 89
Rank change year-on-year -15 +40 -41
Contract jobs citing Power BI 47 50 35
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 3.04% 3.76% 1.90%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 22.82% 23.15% 14.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 40 25 22
10th Percentile £411 £268 £262
25th Percentile £494 £363 £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £410 £513
Median % change year-on-year +28.05% -20.00% +7.33%
75th Percentile £632 £538 £588
90th Percentile £670 £650 £625
South East median daily rate £484 £475 £483
% change year-on-year +1.89% -1.55% -3.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 4
10th Percentile - - £60.80
25th Percentile - £41.25 £61.25
Median hourly rate - £63.15 £70.59
Median % change year-on-year - -10.54% -8.73%
75th Percentile - £64.73 £79.78
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £12.36 £63.15 £32.32
% change year-on-year -80.43% +95.39% -18.69%

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 206 216 238
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 13.33% 16.25% 12.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 159 129 150
10th Percentile £406 £373 £348
25th Percentile £425 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £550 £581
Median % change year-on-year -6.82% -5.38% +16.25%
75th Percentile £600 £656 £675
90th Percentile £664 £675 £688
South East median daily rate £475 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 8 14
10th Percentile - £34.67 £29.50
25th Percentile - £41.25 £56.87
Median hourly rate - £63.15 £63.00
Median % change year-on-year - +0.24% -18.55%
75th Percentile - £64.95 £70.88
90th Percentile - £65.62 £79.78
South East median hourly rate £37.00 £63.15 £54.50
% change year-on-year -41.41% +15.87% +37.11%

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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 25 January 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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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 25 January 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 0 28 £600 +46.34% 2
Wokingham -21 13 £505 +55.38% 5
Maidenhead - 3 £475 - 3
Windsor - 2 £575 - 1
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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 15 (31.91%) SharePoint
2 2 (4.26%) Confluence
3 1 (2.13%) Jupyter
3 1 (2.13%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 4 (8.51%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (6.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (10.64%) Oracle ERP
2 2 (4.26%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (4.26%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 47 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 30 (63.83%) Azure
3 17 (36.17%) Azure DevOps
3 17 (36.17%) Microsoft 365
4 14 (29.79%) PowerApps
5 12 (25.53%) Power Automate
6 10 (21.28%) Copilot Studio
6 10 (21.28%) Microsoft Copilot
6 10 (21.28%) SaaS
7 6 (12.77%) Entra ID
7 6 (12.77%) GCP
8 4 (8.51%) AWS
9 3 (6.38%) Azure Event Grid
9 3 (6.38%) Azure Functions
9 3 (6.38%) Azure Logic Apps
9 3 (6.38%) Azure Service Bus
9 3 (6.38%) GitHub
9 3 (6.38%) Miro
9 3 (6.38%) Serverless
10 2 (4.26%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.26%) 2G
1 2 (4.26%) 5G
1 2 (4.26%) LTE
1 2 (4.26%) Mobile Backhaul
1 2 (4.26%) SD-WAN
1 2 (4.26%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (17.02%) Oracle BI Publisher
2 6 (12.77%) Tableau
3 5 (10.64%) Oracle Reports
4 4 (8.51%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (4.26%) Relational Database
6 1 (2.13%) Metadata
6 1 (2.13%) MongoDB
6 1 (2.13%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 6 (12.77%) JIRA
2 4 (8.51%) Git
3 1 (2.13%) NeoLoad
3 1 (2.13%) Postman
General
1 11 (23.40%) Social Skills
2 10 (21.28%) Finance
3 8 (17.02%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (12.77%) Public Sector
5 5 (10.64%) Influencing Skills
6 3 (6.38%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (4.26%) Telecoms
8 1 (2.13%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 11 (23.40%) Architect
2 10 (21.28%) Platform Architect
2 10 (21.28%) Power Platform Architect
3 9 (19.15%) Project Manager
4 7 (14.89%) Analyst
4 7 (14.89%) Oracle Project Manager
5 6 (12.77%) Integration Manager
6 4 (8.51%) Data Analyst
6 4 (8.51%) Delivery Manager
6 4 (8.51%) Senior
7 3 (6.38%) ERP Manager
7 3 (6.38%) Lead
7 3 (6.38%) PMO Analyst
8 2 (4.26%) Business Data Analyst
8 2 (4.26%) ERP Project Manager
8 2 (4.26%) Integration Project Manager
8 2 (4.26%) IT Project Manager
8 2 (4.26%) Oracle Programme Manager
8 2 (4.26%) Security Project Manager
8 2 (4.26%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (14.89%) ADO
2 3 (6.38%) Oracle Fusion
2 3 (6.38%) Plotly
3 2 (4.26%) Pandas
4 1 (2.13%) Matplotlib
4 1 (2.13%) NumPy
4 1 (2.13%) Oracle GoldenGate
4 1 (2.13%) PySpark
4 1 (2.13%) PyTorch
4 1 (2.13%) REST
4 1 (2.13%) SailPoint
4 1 (2.13%) scikit-learn
4 1 (2.13%) TensorFlow
4 1 (2.13%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 4 (8.51%) Product Ownership
2 3 (6.38%) Algorithms
3 2 (4.26%) IoT
3 2 (4.26%) Operational Technology
4 1 (2.13%) AI Agents
4 1 (2.13%) Cloud Native
4 1 (2.13%) Data Structures
4 1 (2.13%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (2.13%) Replication
4 1 (2.13%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (91.49%) Business Intelligence
2 19 (40.43%) DevOps
3 17 (36.17%) Waterfall
4 14 (29.79%) Agile
5 11 (23.40%) Problem-Solving
6 10 (21.28%) PRINCE2
7 7 (14.89%) Analytics
7 7 (14.89%) Contingency Planning
7 7 (14.89%) E-business
7 7 (14.89%) ERP
7 7 (14.89%) Matrix Organization
7 7 (14.89%) Stakeholder Management
8 6 (12.77%) Data Modelling
8 6 (12.77%) Project Delivery
8 6 (12.77%) Visualisation
9 5 (10.64%) Change Control
9 5 (10.64%) Data Visualisation
9 5 (10.64%) Machine Learning
9 5 (10.64%) Project Management
9 5 (10.64%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 7 (14.89%) SQL
2 5 (10.64%) PowerShell
2 5 (10.64%) Python
3 2 (4.26%) R
Qualifications
1 7 (14.89%) Security Cleared
2 3 (6.38%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 3 (6.38%) SC Cleared
3 1 (2.13%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (2.13%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (6.38%) Data Quality
1 3 (6.38%) PMO
2 2 (4.26%) QA
3 1 (2.13%) GDPR
System Software
1 4 (8.51%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (2.13%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 16 (34.04%) Oracle
2 14 (29.79%) Microsoft
3 4 (8.51%) Databricks
4 3 (6.38%) Foundry
4 3 (6.38%) OpenAI
4 3 (6.38%) Palantir
5 1 (2.13%) Alteryx
5 1 (2.13%) CyberArk
5 1 (2.13%) ServiceNow