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 contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 44 39 67
Rank change year-on-year -5 +28 -4
Contract jobs citing Power BI 121 112 68
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 4.85% 5.70% 2.97%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 28.07% 26.42% 13.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 86 70 47
10th Percentile £375 £361 £366
25th Percentile £447 £418 £460
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £531 £563 £575
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% -2.17% +15.00%
75th Percentile £638 £677 £675
90th Percentile £762 £838 £743
London median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -6.54%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 0
10th Percentile - £19.60 -
25th Percentile £19.25 £24.25 -
Median hourly rate £19.50 £34.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -42.65% - -
75th Percentile £19.75 £35.34 -
90th Percentile - £35.74 -
London median hourly rate £28.40 £34.65 £55.00
% change year-on-year -18.05% -37.00% +35.80%

All Database & BI 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 431 424 493
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 17.27% 21.58% 21.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 311 284 359
10th Percentile £375 £382 £405
25th Percentile £463 £425 £483
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £575 £588
Median % change year-on-year - -2.13% -2.08%
75th Percentile £657 £676 £710
90th Percentile £750 £800 £790
London median daily rate £530 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -3.73% -4.35% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 7 0
10th Percentile £20.43 £25.80 -
25th Percentile £22.20 £32.25 -
Median hourly rate £25.78 £34.65 -
Median % change year-on-year -25.59% - -
75th Percentile £29.76 £63.75 -
90th Percentile £31.76 £78.25 -
London median hourly rate £34.03 £52.50 £50.25
% change year-on-year -35.18% +4.48% -12.61%

Power BI
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Power BI relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Power BI job vacancy trend in Central London

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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 3 September 2026.

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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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 3 September 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
City of London -10 113 £550 -0.90% 83
West End of London - 4 £475 - 5
Southwark - 3 £575 -
City of Westminster -8 1 £538 - 9
Kensington and Chelsea - 1 £375 -
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London

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London 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 (13.22%) SharePoint
2 7 (5.79%) Apache Airflow
3 5 (4.13%) Confluence
4 2 (1.65%) Apache
4 2 (1.65%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.83%) IIS
5 1 (0.83%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 25 (20.66%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (3.31%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (2.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (2.48%) MS Visio
4 2 (1.65%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.83%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.83%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (2.48%) Remedy ITSM
1 3 (2.48%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (1.65%) BambooHR
2 2 (1.65%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.65%) SAP MDG
3 1 (0.83%) CA PPM
3 1 (0.83%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.83%) Oracle Financials
Cloud Services
1 121 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 64 (52.89%) Azure
3 22 (18.18%) Azure Data Factory
4 18 (14.88%) Azure DevOps
5 17 (14.05%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 16 (13.22%) Power Automate
7 15 (12.40%) PowerApps
8 13 (10.74%) AWS
8 13 (10.74%) Snowflake
9 8 (6.61%) GitHub
10 7 (5.79%) Microsoft 365
10 7 (5.79%) Microsoft Copilot
10 7 (5.79%) SaaS
10 7 (5.79%) Serverless
11 6 (4.96%) Azure Databricks
11 6 (4.96%) dbt
12 5 (4.13%) Amazon S3
12 5 (4.13%) Dynamics 365
12 5 (4.13%) GCP
12 5 (4.13%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.48%) DNS
1 3 (2.48%) Firewall
1 3 (2.48%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (21.49%) Data Warehouse
2 17 (14.05%) SQL Server
2 17 (14.05%) Tableau
3 13 (10.74%) Azure SQL Database
4 12 (9.92%) Data Lake
4 12 (9.92%) Star Schema
5 10 (8.26%) Metadata
5 10 (8.26%) Power Query
6 8 (6.61%) Semantic Layer
7 7 (5.79%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 5 (4.13%) Amazon Redshift
8 5 (4.13%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
8 5 (4.13%) Relational Database
9 4 (3.31%) BigQuery
9 4 (3.31%) Looker
9 4 (3.31%) Snowflake Schema
9 4 (3.31%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 4 (3.31%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 3 (2.48%) GIS
10 3 (2.48%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 10 (8.26%) JIRA
2 4 (3.31%) Git
3 2 (1.65%) GitLab
3 2 (1.65%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 1 (0.83%) ER Studio
4 1 (0.83%) MLflow
4 1 (0.83%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 51 (42.15%) Finance
2 29 (23.97%) Social Skills
3 22 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (11.57%) Banking
5 11 (9.09%) Retail
6 7 (5.79%) Public Sector
7 5 (4.13%) Legal
7 5 (4.13%) Marketing
8 4 (3.31%) Financial Institution
8 4 (3.31%) Influencing Skills
9 3 (2.48%) Back Office
9 3 (2.48%) Documentation Skills
9 3 (2.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (2.48%) Law
10 2 (1.65%) Front Office
10 2 (1.65%) Military
10 2 (1.65%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (0.83%) Advertising
11 1 (0.83%) Investment Banking
11 1 (0.83%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 35 (28.93%) Analyst
2 20 (16.53%) Data Analyst
3 17 (14.05%) Architect
4 16 (13.22%) Data Engineer
5 15 (12.40%) Developer
6 12 (9.92%) Senior
7 9 (7.44%) Consultant
7 9 (7.44%) Data Architect
8 8 (6.61%) Business Analyst
9 7 (5.79%) Business Intelligence Developer
9 7 (5.79%) Power BI Developer
10 5 (4.13%) Power Platform Developer
10 5 (4.13%) Solutions Architect
11 4 (3.31%) Power BI Analyst
11 4 (3.31%) Senior Analyst
11 4 (3.31%) Senior Developer
12 3 (2.48%) Azure Engineer
12 3 (2.48%) Lead
12 3 (2.48%) Power Platform Engineer
12 3 (2.48%) Snowflake Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (11.57%) PySpark
2 8 (6.61%) Kafka
3 7 (5.79%) .NET
4 5 (4.13%) Terraform
5 3 (2.48%) REST
5 3 (2.48%) RESTful
6 2 (1.65%) .NET Core
6 2 (1.65%) JSON
6 2 (1.65%) React
6 2 (1.65%) Redux
7 1 (0.83%) Bootstrap
7 1 (0.83%) CSS
7 1 (0.83%) HTML
7 1 (0.83%) HTML5 Canvas
7 1 (0.83%) LangChain
7 1 (0.83%) Microsoft Graph
7 1 (0.83%) OAuth
7 1 (0.83%) Oracle GoldenGate
7 1 (0.83%) Snowpark
Miscellaneous
1 13 (10.74%) Cloud Native
2 7 (5.79%) Product Ownership
3 6 (4.96%) Clustering
4 5 (4.13%) Data Structures
5 4 (3.31%) AI Agents
6 3 (2.48%) CMDB
6 3 (2.48%) Data Centre
6 3 (2.48%) Distributed Applications
6 3 (2.48%) Reference Data
7 2 (1.65%) Analytical Mindset
7 2 (1.65%) Derivative
7 2 (1.65%) Distributed Systems
7 2 (1.65%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (1.65%) FMCG
7 2 (1.65%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (1.65%) Low-Code
7 2 (1.65%) Onboarding
7 2 (1.65%) PMI
8 1 (0.83%) Mobile App
8 1 (0.83%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 5 (4.13%) Windows
2 2 (1.65%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.83%) VMS
3 1 (0.83%) Windows 10
3 1 (0.83%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 109 (90.08%) Business Intelligence
2 53 (43.80%) Analytics
3 49 (40.50%) Data Modelling
4 35 (28.93%) Data Governance
5 32 (26.45%) DevOps
6 29 (23.97%) Stakeholder Management
7 28 (23.14%) CI/CD
7 28 (23.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 24 (19.83%) Agile
8 24 (19.83%) AI
8 24 (19.83%) ETL
9 23 (19.01%) Data Engineering
10 21 (17.36%) Data Pipeline
10 21 (17.36%) Migration
11 19 (15.70%) Decision-Making
12 15 (12.40%) Data Architecture
13 14 (11.57%) Problem-Solving
13 14 (11.57%) Visualisation
14 12 (9.92%) Continuous Improvement
14 12 (9.92%) Data Lineage
Programming Languages
1 59 (48.76%) SQL
2 28 (23.14%) Python
3 25 (20.66%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 8 (6.61%) PowerShell
4 8 (6.61%) T-SQL
5 4 (3.31%) C#
6 3 (2.48%) JavaScript
6 3 (2.48%) TypeScript
7 2 (1.65%) Java
7 2 (1.65%) R
7 2 (1.65%) VBA
7 2 (1.65%) XMLA
8 1 (0.83%) Bicep
8 1 (0.83%) Korn
8 1 (0.83%) Scala
Qualifications
1 18 (14.88%) Security Cleared
2 15 (12.40%) SC Cleared
3 14 (11.57%) DBS Check
4 9 (7.44%) Degree
5 3 (2.48%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (2.48%) SnowPro
6 2 (1.65%) DV Cleared
6 2 (1.65%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.83%) AWS Certification
7 1 (0.83%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 1 (0.83%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.83%) Tableau Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (23.97%) Data Quality
2 10 (8.26%) QA
3 5 (4.13%) Accessibility
3 5 (4.13%) PMO
4 3 (2.48%) GDPR
5 2 (1.65%) P3O
6 1 (0.83%) COBIT
6 1 (0.83%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 7 (5.79%) Active Directory
2 4 (3.31%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.83%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 3 (2.48%) Grafana
1 3 (2.48%) Kubernetes
1 3 (2.48%) Microsoft Clustering
1 3 (2.48%) Prometheus
1 3 (2.48%) SCCM
1 3 (2.48%) SCOM
2 1 (0.83%) WSUS
Vendors
1 47 (38.84%) Microsoft
2 27 (22.31%) Databricks
3 6 (4.96%) Informatica
3 6 (4.96%) ServiceNow
4 5 (4.13%) Oracle
4 5 (4.13%) SAP
5 4 (3.31%) VMware
6 3 (2.48%) Alteryx
6 3 (2.48%) AppDynamics
6 3 (2.48%) BMC
6 3 (2.48%) Commvault
6 3 (2.48%) Dynatrace
6 3 (2.48%) Google
6 3 (2.48%) Remedy
6 3 (2.48%) Splunk
6 3 (2.48%) Workday
7 2 (1.65%) Adobe
7 2 (1.65%) Amplitude
7 2 (1.65%) Nexthink
8 1 (0.83%) Salesforce