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 15 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 55 60 72
Rank change year-on-year +5 +12 -17
Contract jobs citing Power BI 69 30 47
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 3.76% 2.62% 2.44%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 30.94% 18.75% 19.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 48 16 31
10th Percentile £266 £275 £243
25th Percentile £400 £392 £281
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £496 £450
Median % change year-on-year +1.76% +10.28% -5.26%
75th Percentile £559 £541 £563
90th Percentile £658 £606 £588
South East median daily rate £475 £475 £456
% change year-on-year - +4.11% -1.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 2 1
10th Percentile £28.94 - -
25th Percentile £31.50 - £60.50
Median hourly rate £81.50 £32.05 £61.00
Median % change year-on-year +154.29% -47.46% -22.97%
75th Percentile £82.25 - £61.50
90th Percentile £82.55 - -
South East median hourly rate £37.00 £32.05 £23.82
% change year-on-year +15.44% +34.54% -26.25%

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 223 160 244
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 12.15% 13.97% 12.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 163 102 133
10th Percentile £268 £407 £309
25th Percentile £392 £466 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £514 £508
Median % change year-on-year -1.66% +1.08% +1.60%
75th Percentile £588 £597 £650
90th Percentile £638 £675 £688
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £484
% change year-on-year - +3.41% -6.12%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 4 11
10th Percentile £24.49 - £19.00
25th Percentile £29.44 £32.05 £38.32
Median hourly rate £79.15 £47.90 £61.60
Median % change year-on-year +65.25% -22.24% -18.41%
75th Percentile £82.25 £65.62 -
90th Percentile £83.60 - £67.50
South East median hourly rate £36.71 £32.05 £58.91
% change year-on-year +14.54% -45.59% +7.10%

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 15 May 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 15 May 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 15 May 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 +7 42 £525 -8.70% 10
Wokingham -12 19 £500 +1.52%
Slough +6 2 - - 6
Maidenhead - 2 £475 - 1
Bracknell -3 1 - - 1
Windsor - 1 £575 - 4
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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 16 (23.19%) SharePoint
2 3 (4.35%) Confluence
3 2 (2.90%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 18 (26.09%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (4.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (2.90%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (1.45%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 8 (11.59%) iTrent
2 2 (2.90%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (2.90%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (2.90%) SAP QM
2 2 (2.90%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (1.45%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 69 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 20 (28.99%) Azure
3 16 (23.19%) Microsoft 365
4 14 (20.29%) Azure DevOps
4 14 (20.29%) PowerApps
5 13 (18.84%) Power Automate
6 11 (15.94%) Copilot Studio
6 11 (15.94%) Microsoft Copilot
7 9 (13.04%) SaaS
8 8 (11.59%) SuccessFactors
9 7 (10.14%) AWS
10 6 (8.70%) Entra ID
11 5 (7.25%) Serverless
12 4 (5.80%) OneDrive
13 3 (4.35%) Azure Event Grid
13 3 (4.35%) Azure Functions
13 3 (4.35%) Azure Logic Apps
13 3 (4.35%) Azure Service Bus
13 3 (4.35%) GitHub
14 2 (2.90%) Amazon S3
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (14.49%) Tableau
2 8 (11.59%) Data Warehouse
2 8 (11.59%) Oracle BI Publisher
3 7 (10.14%) Oracle Reports
4 2 (2.90%) Amazon Athena
4 2 (2.90%) Amazon Redshift
5 1 (1.45%) Metadata
5 1 (1.45%) MongoDB
5 1 (1.45%) RDBMS
5 1 (1.45%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 5 (7.25%) JIRA
2 2 (2.90%) Git
3 1 (1.45%) Postman
General
1 22 (31.88%) Social Skills
2 21 (30.43%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (10.14%) Public Sector
4 5 (7.25%) Finance
5 4 (5.80%) Influencing Skills
5 4 (5.80%) Organisational Skills
6 3 (4.35%) Telecoms
7 2 (2.90%) Aerospace
7 2 (2.90%) Manufacturing
7 2 (2.90%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (1.45%) Advertising
8 1 (1.45%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (1.45%) Marketing
8 1 (1.45%) Military
Job Titles
1 28 (40.58%) Analyst
2 20 (28.99%) Data Analyst
3 12 (17.39%) Architect
4 11 (15.94%) Platform Architect
4 11 (15.94%) Power Platform Architect
5 7 (10.14%) HR Analyst
5 7 (10.14%) HR Data Analyst
6 6 (8.70%) Integration Manager
7 5 (7.25%) Data Engineer
7 5 (7.25%) Project Manager
7 5 (7.25%) Senior
8 3 (4.35%) Delivery Manager
8 3 (4.35%) Oracle Project Manager
8 3 (4.35%) PMO Analyst
8 3 (4.35%) Senior Data Engineer
9 2 (2.90%) Business Data Analyst
9 2 (2.90%) Integration Project Manager
9 2 (2.90%) SAP Manager
9 2 (2.90%) Technical Analyst
9 2 (2.90%) Workstream Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (8.70%) ADO
2 1 (1.45%) AngularJS
2 1 (1.45%) JSON
2 1 (1.45%) Node.js
2 1 (1.45%) Oracle GoldenGate
2 1 (1.45%) Plotly
2 1 (1.45%) PySpark
2 1 (1.45%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 10 (14.49%) CMDB
2 3 (4.35%) Product Ownership
3 2 (2.90%) Data Structures
3 2 (2.90%) FMCG
3 2 (2.90%) Onboarding
4 1 (1.45%) AI Agents
4 1 (1.45%) Distributed Computing
4 1 (1.45%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (1.45%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (1.45%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.45%) Operational Technology
4 1 (1.45%) Replication
4 1 (1.45%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (92.75%) Business Intelligence
2 21 (30.43%) DevOps
3 16 (23.19%) Dashboard Development
4 15 (21.74%) Analytics
5 14 (20.29%) Data Modelling
6 13 (18.84%) Agile
7 12 (17.39%) Service Management
7 12 (17.39%) Visualisation
8 11 (15.94%) Actionable Insight
8 11 (15.94%) Data Analysis
8 11 (15.94%) Data Visualisation
8 11 (15.94%) Process Improvement
9 10 (14.49%) ITSM
9 10 (14.49%) PRINCE2
9 10 (14.49%) Problem-Solving
10 9 (13.04%) Continuous Improvement
10 9 (13.04%) Decision-Making
11 8 (11.59%) Data Governance
11 8 (11.59%) Performance Metrics
11 8 (11.59%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 14 (20.29%) SQL
2 5 (7.25%) PowerShell
2 5 (7.25%) Python
Qualifications
1 22 (31.88%) Security Cleared
2 14 (20.29%) SC Cleared
3 3 (4.35%) Degree
3 3 (4.35%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 2 (2.90%) PMI Certification
4 2 (2.90%) PMP
5 1 (1.45%) AWS Certification
5 1 (1.45%) Azure Certification
5 1 (1.45%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (27.54%) Data Quality
2 9 (13.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (10.14%) QA
4 4 (5.80%) SLA
5 3 (4.35%) PMO
6 2 (2.90%) GDPR
7 1 (1.45%) GRC
System Software
1 4 (5.80%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (2.90%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (2.90%) SCCM
2 1 (1.45%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 17 (24.64%) Microsoft
2 16 (23.19%) Oracle
3 10 (14.49%) SAP
4 8 (11.59%) Workday
5 5 (7.25%) Databricks
6 3 (4.35%) OpenAI
6 3 (4.35%) ServiceNow
7 2 (2.90%) Foundry
7 2 (2.90%) Palantir
7 2 (2.90%) Remedy
8 1 (1.45%) Alteryx
8 1 (1.45%) CyberArk
8 1 (1.45%) Salesforce