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

6 months to
4 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 69 50 87
Rank change year-on-year -19 +37 -35
Contract jobs citing Power BI 40 53 34
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 2.71% 3.77% 2.00%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 20.00% 22.65% 15.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 25 20
10th Percentile £413 £333 £251
25th Percentile £481 £367 £398
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £536 £450 £513
Median % change year-on-year +19.11% -12.20% +11.41%
75th Percentile £653 £538 £591
90th Percentile £670 £635 £626
South East median daily rate £480 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +0.95% -5.00% -
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% -6.50%
75th Percentile - £64.73 £79.78
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate - £63.15 £39.91
% change year-on-year - +58.23% +10.86%

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 200 234 219
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 13.56% 16.65% 12.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 152 140 151
10th Percentile £410 £381 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £506 £578 £575
Median % change year-on-year -12.34% +0.43% +19.79%
75th Percentile £602 £656 £663
90th Percentile £664 £676 £688
South East median daily rate £463 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -7.50% -4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 8 12
10th Percentile - £34.67 £56.44
25th Percentile - £41.25 £60.13
Median hourly rate - £63.15 £65.25
Median % change year-on-year - -3.22% -13.58%
75th Percentile - £64.95 £73.94
90th Percentile - £65.62 £79.78
South East median hourly rate £44.36 £63.15 £57.32
% change year-on-year -29.75% +10.17% +91.07%

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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 4 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 4 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 -1 25 £625 +38.89% 13
Wokingham -21 9 £505 +55.38% 2
Maidenhead - 3 £475 -
Windsor - 2 £575 -
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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 14 (35.00%) SharePoint
2 2 (5.00%) Confluence
3 1 (2.50%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (2.50%) Jupyter
3 1 (2.50%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (7.50%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (7.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (12.50%) Oracle ERP
2 2 (5.00%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (5.00%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 40 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 29 (72.50%) Azure
3 16 (40.00%) Azure DevOps
3 16 (40.00%) Microsoft 365
4 11 (27.50%) PowerApps
5 10 (25.00%) SaaS
6 9 (22.50%) Power Automate
7 7 (17.50%) Copilot Studio
7 7 (17.50%) GCP
7 7 (17.50%) Microsoft Copilot
8 5 (12.50%) AWS
9 4 (10.00%) Entra ID
10 3 (7.50%) Miro
11 2 (5.00%) Azure Event Grid
11 2 (5.00%) Azure Key Vault
11 2 (5.00%) Azure Logic Apps
11 2 (5.00%) Azure Monitor
11 2 (5.00%) Azure Service Bus
11 2 (5.00%) Dynamics 365
11 2 (5.00%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.00%) 2G
1 2 (5.00%) 5G
1 2 (5.00%) LTE
1 2 (5.00%) Mobile Backhaul
1 2 (5.00%) SD-WAN
1 2 (5.00%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (20.00%) Oracle BI Publisher
2 7 (17.50%) Tableau
3 5 (12.50%) Data Warehouse
3 5 (12.50%) Oracle Reports
4 2 (5.00%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 6 (15.00%) JIRA
2 4 (10.00%) Git
3 1 (2.50%) NeoLoad
3 1 (2.50%) Postman
General
1 11 (27.50%) Social Skills
2 10 (25.00%) Finance
3 8 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (12.50%) Influencing Skills
5 4 (10.00%) Public Sector
6 3 (7.50%) Organisational Skills
6 3 (7.50%) Telecoms
7 1 (2.50%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 9 (22.50%) Project Manager
2 8 (20.00%) Architect
3 7 (17.50%) Oracle Project Manager
3 7 (17.50%) Platform Architect
3 7 (17.50%) Power Platform Architect
4 6 (15.00%) Analyst
4 6 (15.00%) Integration Manager
5 4 (10.00%) Delivery Manager
6 3 (7.50%) Data Analyst
6 3 (7.50%) ERP Manager
6 3 (7.50%) Lead
6 3 (7.50%) PMO Analyst
6 3 (7.50%) Senior
7 2 (5.00%) Cybersecurity Manager
7 2 (5.00%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
7 2 (5.00%) Oracle Programme Manager
7 2 (5.00%) Project Manager - Cybersecurity
7 2 (5.00%) Security Project Manager
7 2 (5.00%) Senior PMO
7 2 (5.00%) Senior PMO Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (17.50%) ADO
2 3 (7.50%) Oracle Fusion
3 2 (5.00%) Pandas
3 2 (5.00%) Plotly
4 1 (2.50%) Matplotlib
4 1 (2.50%) NumPy
4 1 (2.50%) PySpark
4 1 (2.50%) PyTorch
4 1 (2.50%) REST
4 1 (2.50%) scikit-learn
4 1 (2.50%) TensorFlow
4 1 (2.50%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 4 (10.00%) Product Ownership
2 3 (7.50%) Algorithms
3 2 (5.00%) IoT
3 2 (5.00%) Operational Technology
4 1 (2.50%) Cloud Native
4 1 (2.50%) Data Structures
4 1 (2.50%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (97.50%) Business Intelligence
2 18 (45.00%) DevOps
3 17 (42.50%) Waterfall
4 14 (35.00%) Agile
5 11 (27.50%) Problem-Solving
6 10 (25.00%) PRINCE2
7 7 (17.50%) Analytics
7 7 (17.50%) Contingency Planning
7 7 (17.50%) E-business
7 7 (17.50%) ERP
7 7 (17.50%) Matrix Organization
7 7 (17.50%) Stakeholder Management
8 6 (15.00%) Data Modelling
8 6 (15.00%) Project Delivery
8 6 (15.00%) Visualisation
9 5 (12.50%) Change Control
9 5 (12.50%) Digital Transformation Programme
9 5 (12.50%) Project Management
9 5 (12.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 5 (12.50%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 7 (17.50%) SQL
2 6 (15.00%) Python
3 4 (10.00%) PowerShell
4 2 (5.00%) R
Qualifications
1 6 (15.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (7.50%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 3 (7.50%) SC Cleared
3 2 (5.00%) Degree
4 1 (2.50%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (2.50%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (7.50%) Data Quality
1 3 (7.50%) PMO
2 2 (5.00%) QA
System Software
1 4 (10.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (2.50%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 15 (37.50%) Oracle
2 11 (27.50%) Microsoft
3 3 (7.50%) Foundry
3 3 (7.50%) Palantir
4 2 (5.00%) OpenAI