Power BI Contract Job Trends in Central London

Microsoft Power BI
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Central London requiring Power BI skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 40 58 62
Rank change year-on-year +18 +4 +19
Contract jobs citing Power BI 108 76 110
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 5.54% 3.28% 3.42%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 25.84% 15.57% 16.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 69 51 75
10th Percentile £360 £368 £321
25th Percentile £418 £460 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £575 £500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +15.00% -5.66%
75th Percentile £680 £675 £641
90th Percentile £838 £750 £738
London median daily rate £500 £523 £532
% change year-on-year -4.31% -1.84% +1.39%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile £19.60 - -
25th Percentile £24.25 - -
Median hourly rate £34.00 - £38.00
75th Percentile £35.34 - -
90th Percentile £35.74 - -
London median hourly rate £34.65 £55.00 £45.50
% change year-on-year -37.00% +20.88% +30.00%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
Central London

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 Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 418 488 655
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 21.42% 21.03% 20.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 281 352 439
10th Percentile £385 £413 £377
25th Percentile £425 £488 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% - +2.13%
75th Percentile £675 £714 £700
90th Percentile £800 £815 £788
London median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 2 2
10th Percentile £25.80 £37.20 £38.95
25th Percentile £32.25 £37.88 £40.38
Median hourly rate £34.65 £40.00 £44.00
Median % change year-on-year -13.38% -9.09% -22.12%
75th Percentile £63.75 £41.38 £48.88
90th Percentile £78.25 £41.60 £51.05
London median hourly rate £53.75 £47.50 £53.75
% change year-on-year +13.16% -11.63% -2.27%

Power BI
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Job postings citing Power BI as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Job vacancy trend for Power BI in Central London

Power BI
Daily Rate Trend in Central London

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Power BI

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Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Power BI in Central London over the 6 months to 18 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Power BI in Central London

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Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Power BI

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Hourly Rate Histogram in Central London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Power BI in Central London over the 6 months to 18 September 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Power BI in Central London

Power BI
Contract Job Locations in Central London

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 Central London region over the 6 months to 18 September 2025. 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
City of London +26 105 £578 -0.43% 143
Camden - 1 - - 1
City of Westminster - 1 - - 2
Power BI
London

Power BI
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 13 (12.04%) SharePoint
2 5 (4.63%) Confluence
3 3 (2.78%) Apache Spark
4 2 (1.85%) Apache
4 2 (1.85%) Jupyter
5 1 (0.93%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 39 (36.11%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (10.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 8 (7.41%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (3.70%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (1.85%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.93%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (4.63%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.93%) Oracle Financials
2 1 (0.93%) Oracle Payables
2 1 (0.93%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (0.93%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 108 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 39 (36.11%) Azure
3 20 (18.52%) Power Automate
4 16 (14.81%) PowerApps
5 13 (12.04%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 11 (10.19%) Microsoft 365
7 10 (9.26%) Azure Data Factory
7 10 (9.26%) Dynamics 365
7 10 (9.26%) SaaS
7 10 (9.26%) Snowflake
8 9 (8.33%) Azure DevOps
9 7 (6.48%) Entra ID
9 7 (6.48%) GCP
10 6 (5.56%) AWS
11 5 (4.63%) Microsoft Copilot
12 4 (3.70%) ShareGate
13 3 (2.78%) Azure Logic Apps
13 3 (2.78%) GitHub
13 3 (2.78%) Microsoft Purview
13 3 (2.78%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.85%) SSH
2 1 (0.93%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (18.52%) Tableau
2 14 (12.96%) Data Lake
3 10 (9.26%) Data Warehouse
4 9 (8.33%) SQL Server
5 8 (7.41%) Data Mining
5 8 (7.41%) Relational Database
6 7 (6.48%) Azure SQL Database
7 6 (5.56%) Power Query
8 5 (4.63%) BigQuery
8 5 (4.63%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 4 (3.70%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 3 (2.78%) Apache Hive
10 3 (2.78%) BusinessObjects
10 3 (2.78%) Delta Lake
10 3 (2.78%) Parquet
10 3 (2.78%) Snowflake Schema
11 2 (1.85%) Crystal Reports
11 2 (1.85%) Looker
11 2 (1.85%) Metadata
12 1 (0.93%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 11 (10.19%) JIRA
2 4 (3.70%) Git
3 2 (1.85%) RStudio
3 2 (1.85%) SonarQube
4 1 (0.93%) Postman
4 1 (0.93%) ScriptRunner
4 1 (0.93%) Terragrunt
4 1 (0.93%) Zephyr
General
1 47 (43.52%) Social Skills
2 41 (37.96%) Finance
3 26 (24.07%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (14.81%) Banking
5 13 (12.04%) Investment Banking
6 8 (7.41%) Public Sector
7 7 (6.48%) Presentation Skills
8 6 (5.56%) Police
9 5 (4.63%) Documentation Skills
9 5 (4.63%) Organisational Skills
10 4 (3.70%) Front Office
10 4 (3.70%) Marketing
11 3 (2.78%) Back Office
11 3 (2.78%) Law
11 3 (2.78%) Retail
12 2 (1.85%) Financial Institution
12 2 (1.85%) Legal
12 2 (1.85%) Retail Banking
13 1 (0.93%) Advertising
13 1 (0.93%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 27 (25.00%) Analyst
2 15 (13.89%) Data Analyst
2 15 (13.89%) Developer
2 15 (13.89%) Senior
3 14 (12.96%) Consultant
4 13 (12.04%) Lead
5 11 (10.19%) Data Engineer
6 9 (8.33%) Business Analyst
6 9 (8.33%) Senior Consultant
7 8 (7.41%) Architect
7 8 (7.41%) Business Intelligence Developer
8 7 (6.48%) Risk Consultant
9 5 (4.63%) Data Business Analyst
9 5 (4.63%) Data Scientist
10 4 (3.70%) Analyst Developer
10 4 (3.70%) Power BI Developer
11 3 (2.78%) Business Intelligence Analyst
11 3 (2.78%) Product Analyst
11 3 (2.78%) Senior Business Intelligence Developer
11 3 (2.78%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (4.63%) Microsoft Graph
1 5 (4.63%) PySpark
2 4 (3.70%) JSON
2 4 (3.70%) Pandas
2 4 (3.70%) scikit-learn
2 4 (3.70%) TensorFlow
3 3 (2.78%) .NET
3 3 (2.78%) ADO
4 2 (1.85%) Apache Avro
4 2 (1.85%) pydantic
4 2 (1.85%) REST
4 2 (1.85%) YAML
5 1 (0.93%) .NET Core
5 1 (0.93%) Apache Beam
5 1 (0.93%) ARM Templates
5 1 (0.93%) Middleware
5 1 (0.93%) Oracle Fusion
5 1 (0.93%) SOAP
5 1 (0.93%) Web Services
5 1 (0.93%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 8 (7.41%) Market Risk
2 5 (4.63%) Data Structures
2 5 (4.63%) Self-Motivation
3 4 (3.70%) Algorithms
4 3 (2.78%) Derivative
4 3 (2.78%) Enterprise Software
4 3 (2.78%) Greenfield Project
4 3 (2.78%) Management Information System
4 3 (2.78%) Reference Data
5 2 (1.85%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (1.85%) Freedom of Information
5 2 (1.85%) Interest Rate Derivative
5 2 (1.85%) Linux Command Line
5 2 (1.85%) Onboarding
5 2 (1.85%) Product Ownership
5 2 (1.85%) Swaptions
6 1 (0.93%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (0.93%) Marketing Technology
6 1 (0.93%) Operational Technology
6 1 (0.93%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.85%) Linux
2 1 (0.93%) Windows
2 1 (0.93%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 97 (89.81%) Business Intelligence
2 43 (39.81%) Analytics
3 39 (36.11%) Agile
4 32 (29.63%) Visualisation
5 29 (26.85%) Problem-Solving
6 27 (25.00%) Decision-Making
7 23 (21.30%) Data Modelling
8 19 (17.59%) Actionable Insight
8 19 (17.59%) Data Analysis
8 19 (17.59%) Data Governance
9 17 (15.74%) Data Visualisation
10 16 (14.81%) Continuous Improvement
10 16 (14.81%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 14 (12.96%) DevOps
12 13 (12.04%) Scrum
13 12 (11.11%) CRM
13 12 (11.11%) Migration
13 12 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
14 11 (10.19%) Artificial Intelligence
14 11 (10.19%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 60 (55.56%) SQL
2 33 (30.56%) Python
3 11 (10.19%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 10 (9.26%) PowerShell
5 5 (4.63%) R
6 4 (3.70%) Java
6 4 (3.70%) Scala
7 3 (2.78%) Bash
7 3 (2.78%) VBA
8 2 (1.85%) C#
8 2 (1.85%) JavaScript
8 2 (1.85%) Korn
9 1 (0.93%) Bicep
9 1 (0.93%) Groovy
9 1 (0.93%) LookML
9 1 (0.93%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.93%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 14 (12.96%) Security Cleared
2 8 (7.41%) Degree
2 8 (7.41%) SC Cleared
3 7 (6.48%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (2.78%) Azure Certification
5 2 (1.85%) ACCA
5 2 (1.85%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.93%) AWS Certification
6 1 (0.93%) CFA
6 1 (0.93%) CIMA
6 1 (0.93%) CISA
6 1 (0.93%) CISSP
6 1 (0.93%) CRISC
6 1 (0.93%) CSSLP
6 1 (0.93%) DV Cleared
6 1 (0.93%) PMI Certification
6 1 (0.93%) PMP
6 1 (0.93%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (11.11%) GDPR
2 10 (9.26%) Data Quality
3 8 (7.41%) Basel II
4 5 (4.63%) PMO
5 3 (2.78%) QA
6 2 (1.85%) Accessibility
6 2 (1.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (1.85%) NIST
System Software
1 7 (6.48%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (3.70%) Terraform
2 1 (0.93%) Grafana
2 1 (0.93%) Istio
2 1 (0.93%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.93%) Opsgenie
2 1 (0.93%) Prometheus
2 1 (0.93%) SCCM
2 1 (0.93%) WSUS
Vendors
1 39 (36.11%) Microsoft
2 11 (10.19%) Databricks
3 5 (4.63%) Google
3 5 (4.63%) Oracle
3 5 (4.63%) SAP
4 4 (3.70%) Salesforce
5 3 (2.78%) Dataiku
5 3 (2.78%) ServiceNow
6 2 (1.85%) Adobe
6 2 (1.85%) BiZZdesign
6 2 (1.85%) DocuSign
6 2 (1.85%) Progress
7 1 (0.93%) Alteryx
7 1 (0.93%) Atlassian
7 1 (0.93%) Marketo
7 1 (0.93%) MicroStrategy
7 1 (0.93%) PeopleSoft
7 1 (0.93%) Planview
7 1 (0.93%) Qualys
7 1 (0.93%) Tagetik