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 13 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 67 55 67
Rank change year-on-year -12 +12 -9
Contract jobs citing Power BI 59 41 53
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 3.01% 3.35% 2.70%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 26.82% 22.40% 20.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 19 39
10th Percentile £254 £328 £241
25th Percentile £275 £406 £281
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £500 £482
Median % change year-on-year +1.90% +3.73% -8.19%
75th Percentile £550 £544 £603
90th Percentile £600 £595 £645
South East median daily rate £475 £450 £450
% change year-on-year +5.56% - -14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 2 1
10th Percentile £28.94 - -
25th Percentile £31.50 - £20.75
Median hourly rate £81.50 £32.05 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year +154.29% +49.07% -72.85%
75th Percentile £82.25 - £22.25
90th Percentile £82.55 - -
South East median hourly rate £37.69 £32.05 £22.97
% change year-on-year +17.58% +39.56% -24.03%

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 220 183 253
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 11.24% 14.94% 12.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 150 120 146
10th Percentile £309 £406 £309
25th Percentile £375 £454 £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £503 £505 £513
Median % change year-on-year -0.50% -1.46% -2.38%
75th Percentile £594 £588 £638
90th Percentile £638 £650 £681
South East median daily rate £500 £493 £485
% change year-on-year +1.52% +1.55% -7.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 2 11
10th Percentile £24.49 - £20.75
25th Percentile £29.44 - £48.18
Median hourly rate £79.15 £32.05 £61.60
Median % change year-on-year +146.96% -47.97% -5.23%
75th Percentile £82.25 - -
90th Percentile £83.60 - -
South East median hourly rate £36.71 £24.00 £48.18
% change year-on-year +52.96% -50.19% -12.40%

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 13 July 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 13 July 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 13 July 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 -3 39 £525 -4.55% 9
Wokingham -18 12 £268 -47.32%
Slough +5 2 - - 1
Maidenhead -3 2 £475 - 2
Bracknell 0 1 - - 1
Windsor - 1 £550 - 3
Power BI
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 9 (15.25%) SharePoint
2 2 (3.39%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.69%) Confluence
Applications
1 17 (28.81%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (3.39%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (1.69%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (1.69%) MS Visio
3 1 (1.69%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 8 (13.56%) iTrent
2 2 (3.39%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (3.39%) SAP QM
2 2 (3.39%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (1.69%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 59 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 11 (18.64%) Azure
3 8 (13.56%) AWS
3 8 (13.56%) SuccessFactors
4 7 (11.86%) Microsoft 365
4 7 (11.86%) Power Automate
5 6 (10.17%) PowerApps
6 5 (8.47%) Entra ID
7 4 (6.78%) OneDrive
8 3 (5.08%) Azure DevOps
8 3 (5.08%) Copilot Studio
8 3 (5.08%) Microsoft Copilot
8 3 (5.08%) Serverless
8 3 (5.08%) Smartsheet
9 2 (3.39%) Amazon S3
9 2 (3.39%) AWS Lambda
9 2 (3.39%) AWS Step Functions
9 2 (3.39%) Azure Logic Apps
9 2 (3.39%) GCP
10 1 (1.69%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (18.64%) Tableau
2 8 (13.56%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (5.08%) Amazon Redshift
4 2 (3.39%) Amazon Athena
4 2 (3.39%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (1.69%) Metadata
5 1 (1.69%) MongoDB
5 1 (1.69%) RDBMS
5 1 (1.69%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 2 (3.39%) Git
2 1 (1.69%) JIRA
General
1 21 (35.59%) Analytical Skills
1 21 (35.59%) Social Skills
2 5 (8.47%) Public Sector
3 3 (5.08%) Aerospace
3 3 (5.08%) Finance
3 3 (5.08%) Telecoms
4 2 (3.39%) Manufacturing
4 2 (3.39%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (3.39%) Pharmaceutical
5 1 (1.69%) Advertising
5 1 (1.69%) Banking
5 1 (1.69%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (1.69%) Marketing
5 1 (1.69%) Military
Job Titles
1 30 (50.85%) Analyst
2 21 (35.59%) Data Analyst
3 7 (11.86%) HR Analyst
3 7 (11.86%) HR Data Analyst
4 5 (8.47%) Data Engineer
5 4 (6.78%) Architect
5 4 (6.78%) Business Analyst
6 3 (5.08%) Cybersecurity Analyst
6 3 (5.08%) Platform Architect
6 3 (5.08%) Power Platform Architect
6 3 (5.08%) Project Manager
6 3 (5.08%) Security Analyst
6 3 (5.08%) Senior
6 3 (5.08%) Senior Data Engineer
6 3 (5.08%) Service Analyst
7 2 (3.39%) Consultant
7 2 (3.39%) SAP Project Manager
7 2 (3.39%) Technical Analyst
7 2 (3.39%) Technical Manager
7 2 (3.39%) Technical Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.69%) ADO
1 1 (1.69%) AngularJS
1 1 (1.69%) JSON
1 1 (1.69%) Node.js
1 1 (1.69%) Oracle GoldenGate
1 1 (1.69%) Plotly
1 1 (1.69%) PySpark
1 1 (1.69%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 10 (16.95%) CMDB
2 6 (10.17%) Onboarding
3 4 (6.78%) Operational Technology
4 2 (3.39%) Data Structures
4 2 (3.39%) FMCG
4 2 (3.39%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.69%) AI Agents
5 1 (1.69%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (1.69%) Data Centre
5 1 (1.69%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (1.69%) Distributed Computing
5 1 (1.69%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (1.69%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (1.69%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.69%) Replication
5 1 (1.69%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.69%) Windows
1 1 (1.69%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (89.83%) Business Intelligence
2 19 (32.20%) Dashboard Development
3 14 (23.73%) Analytics
3 14 (23.73%) Data Analysis
3 14 (23.73%) Data Modelling
3 14 (23.73%) Visualisation
4 12 (20.34%) Data Visualisation
4 12 (20.34%) Decision-Making
4 12 (20.34%) Process Improvement
4 12 (20.34%) Service Management
5 11 (18.64%) Actionable Insight
5 11 (18.64%) Agile
6 10 (16.95%) DevOps
6 10 (16.95%) ITSM
6 10 (16.95%) Validation
7 9 (15.25%) Continuous Improvement
7 9 (15.25%) Problem-Solving
7 9 (15.25%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 9 (15.25%) Stakeholder Management
8 8 (13.56%) Configuration Management
Programming Languages
1 15 (25.42%) SQL
2 6 (10.17%) Python
3 3 (5.08%) PowerShell
4 1 (1.69%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 1 (1.69%) R
Qualifications
1 20 (33.90%) Security Cleared
2 15 (25.42%) SC Cleared
3 4 (6.78%) Degree
4 3 (5.08%) PMI Certification
4 3 (5.08%) PMP
5 1 (1.69%) AWS Certification
5 1 (1.69%) Azure Certification
5 1 (1.69%) CISA
5 1 (1.69%) CompTIA Security+
5 1 (1.69%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (30.51%) Data Quality
2 9 (15.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (11.86%) QA
4 4 (6.78%) SLA
5 2 (3.39%) GDPR
5 2 (3.39%) GRC
6 1 (1.69%) PMO
System Software
1 3 (5.08%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.69%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 3 (5.08%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (3.39%) SCCM
3 1 (1.69%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 14 (23.73%) Microsoft
2 12 (20.34%) SAP
3 8 (13.56%) Oracle
3 8 (13.56%) Workday
4 5 (8.47%) Databricks
4 5 (8.47%) ServiceNow
5 2 (3.39%) Foundry
5 2 (3.39%) Palantir
5 2 (3.39%) Remedy
5 2 (3.39%) Salesforce
6 1 (1.69%) Alteryx
6 1 (1.69%) CyberArk
6 1 (1.69%) OpenAI
6 1 (1.69%) Planview