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 9 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 46 42 55
Rank change year-on-year -4 +13 +6
Contract jobs citing Power BI 122 101 81
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 5.12% 5.29% 3.45%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 29.26% 25.57% 16.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 89 71 54
10th Percentile £350 £340 £364
25th Percentile £425 £406 £455
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £555 £575
Median % change year-on-year -5.41% -3.48% +15.00%
75th Percentile £625 £700 £664
90th Percentile £775 £838 £727
London median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 0
10th Percentile - £18.05 -
25th Percentile £19.25 £20.38 -
Median hourly rate £19.50 £25.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -23.53% - -
75th Percentile £19.75 £31.38 -
90th Percentile - £34.15 -
London median hourly rate £28.40 £25.01 £30.59
% change year-on-year +13.53% -18.24% -24.47%

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 417 395 482
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 17.48% 20.70% 20.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 305 280 347
10th Percentile £363 £375 £413
25th Percentile £455 £425 £485
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year - -4.09% -0.08%
75th Percentile £668 £675 £711
90th Percentile £770 £800 £825
London median daily rate £535 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -2.73% -4.35% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 5 2
10th Percentile £19.38 £22.70 £37.20
25th Percentile £19.56 £32.00 £37.88
Median hourly rate £20.75 £34.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -38.97% -15.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £22.56 £63.75 £41.38
90th Percentile £23.13 - £41.60
London median hourly rate £36.00 £53.75 £43.75
% change year-on-year -33.02% +22.86% -12.94%

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 9 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Power BI in Central London

Power BI
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 9 October 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 -9 112 £525 -5.41% 115
West End of London - 4 £475 - 6
Southwark - 2 £513 - 1
City of Westminster - 1 £538 - 16
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 14 (11.48%) SharePoint
2 8 (6.56%) Confluence
3 2 (1.64%) Apache
3 2 (1.64%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (1.64%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.82%) IIS
4 1 (0.82%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 22 (18.03%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.64%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (1.64%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.82%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.82%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.82%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (2.46%) Remedy ITSM
1 3 (2.46%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (1.64%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.64%) SAP MDG
3 1 (0.82%) CA PPM
3 1 (0.82%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.82%) OneSumX
3 1 (0.82%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 122 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 64 (52.46%) Azure
3 24 (19.67%) Azure Data Factory
4 22 (18.03%) Azure DevOps
5 18 (14.75%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 17 (13.93%) Power Automate
7 14 (11.48%) PowerApps
8 12 (9.84%) AWS
9 9 (7.38%) Snowflake
10 8 (6.56%) GitHub
10 8 (6.56%) Microsoft Copilot
11 7 (5.74%) SaaS
11 7 (5.74%) Serverless
12 6 (4.92%) Azure Databricks
12 6 (4.92%) Microsoft 365
13 5 (4.10%) Dynamics 365
13 5 (4.10%) GitHub Actions
14 4 (3.28%) Amazon S3
14 4 (3.28%) AWS Lambda
14 4 (3.28%) Azure Stack
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.46%) DNS
1 3 (2.46%) Firewall
1 3 (2.46%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (21.31%) Data Warehouse
2 18 (14.75%) SQL Server
3 15 (12.30%) Azure SQL Database
4 14 (11.48%) Data Lake
5 13 (10.66%) Star Schema
6 12 (9.84%) Metadata
7 10 (8.20%) Power Query
8 9 (7.38%) Semantic Layer
8 9 (7.38%) Tableau
9 6 (4.92%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 5 (4.10%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
11 4 (3.28%) Data Hub
11 4 (3.28%) Relational Database
11 4 (3.28%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 4 (3.28%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 3 (2.46%) Amazon Athena
12 3 (2.46%) Delta Lake
12 3 (2.46%) GIS
12 3 (2.46%) Spark SQL
13 2 (1.64%) Looker
Development Applications
1 14 (11.48%) JIRA
2 5 (4.10%) Git
3 2 (1.64%) GitLab
3 2 (1.64%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 1 (0.82%) ER Studio
4 1 (0.82%) MLflow
4 1 (0.82%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 49 (40.16%) Finance
2 29 (23.77%) Social Skills
3 26 (21.31%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (10.66%) Banking
5 12 (9.84%) Retail
6 10 (8.20%) Public Sector
7 6 (4.92%) Influencing Skills
8 5 (4.10%) Financial Institution
8 5 (4.10%) Marketing
9 3 (2.46%) Documentation Skills
9 3 (2.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (2.46%) Law
9 3 (2.46%) Legal
10 2 (1.64%) Back Office
10 2 (1.64%) Front Office
10 2 (1.64%) Military
10 2 (1.64%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (0.82%) Advertising
11 1 (0.82%) Local Government
11 1 (0.82%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 35 (28.69%) Analyst
2 19 (15.57%) Data Analyst
2 19 (15.57%) Developer
3 18 (14.75%) Architect
4 13 (10.66%) Data Engineer
5 11 (9.02%) Business Intelligence Developer
5 11 (9.02%) Senior
6 10 (8.20%) Consultant
6 10 (8.20%) Data Architect
6 10 (8.20%) Power BI Developer
7 9 (7.38%) Business Analyst
8 5 (4.10%) Power Platform Developer
9 4 (3.28%) Business Intelligence Analyst
9 4 (3.28%) Business Intelligence Architect
9 4 (3.28%) Data Business Analyst
9 4 (3.28%) Senior Analyst
9 4 (3.28%) Senior Developer
9 4 (3.28%) Solutions Architect
10 3 (2.46%) Azure Engineer
10 3 (2.46%) DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (12.30%) PySpark
2 6 (4.92%) .NET
2 6 (4.92%) Terraform
3 5 (4.10%) Kafka
4 4 (3.28%) REST
5 3 (2.46%) JSON
5 3 (2.46%) RESTful
6 2 (1.64%) .NET Core
6 2 (1.64%) Microsoft Graph
6 2 (1.64%) OAuth
6 2 (1.64%) React
6 2 (1.64%) Redux
6 2 (1.64%) SOAP
6 2 (1.64%) Web Services
7 1 (0.82%) ARM Templates
7 1 (0.82%) Bootstrap
7 1 (0.82%) HTML
7 1 (0.82%) HTML5 Canvas
7 1 (0.82%) OAuth2
7 1 (0.82%) Oracle GoldenGate
Miscellaneous
1 12 (9.84%) Cloud Native
2 11 (9.02%) Product Ownership
3 6 (4.92%) Data Structures
4 4 (3.28%) AI Agents
4 4 (3.28%) Clustering
5 3 (2.46%) Data Centre
5 3 (2.46%) NHS
5 3 (2.46%) Onboarding
5 3 (2.46%) Reference Data
6 2 (1.64%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (1.64%) CMDB
6 2 (1.64%) Distributed Applications
6 2 (1.64%) Distributed Systems
6 2 (1.64%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (1.64%) FMCG
6 2 (1.64%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (1.64%) Low-Code
7 1 (0.82%) Derivative
7 1 (0.82%) Freedom of Information
7 1 (0.82%) Market Risk
Operating Systems
1 5 (4.10%) Windows
2 2 (1.64%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.82%) VMS
3 1 (0.82%) Windows 10
3 1 (0.82%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 113 (92.62%) Business Intelligence
2 58 (47.54%) Analytics
3 52 (42.62%) Data Modelling
4 37 (30.33%) Data Governance
5 35 (28.69%) DevOps
5 35 (28.69%) Stakeholder Management
6 31 (25.41%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 29 (23.77%) CI/CD
8 27 (22.13%) Agile
9 24 (19.67%) AI
10 22 (18.03%) Migration
11 20 (16.39%) Decision-Making
12 18 (14.75%) Data Engineering
12 18 (14.75%) ETL
13 17 (13.93%) Data Pipeline
14 16 (13.11%) Problem-Solving
15 14 (11.48%) Dashboard Development
15 14 (11.48%) Data Architecture
16 13 (10.66%) Continuous Improvement
16 13 (10.66%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 62 (50.82%) SQL
2 27 (22.13%) Data Analysis Expressions
2 27 (22.13%) Python
3 9 (7.38%) PowerShell
4 8 (6.56%) T-SQL
5 4 (3.28%) C#
6 3 (2.46%) JavaScript
6 3 (2.46%) TypeScript
7 2 (1.64%) Bicep
7 2 (1.64%) Java
7 2 (1.64%) R
7 2 (1.64%) XMLA
8 1 (0.82%) Korn
8 1 (0.82%) VBA
Qualifications
1 20 (16.39%) Security Cleared
2 16 (13.11%) SC Cleared
3 14 (11.48%) DBS Check
4 10 (8.20%) Degree
5 3 (2.46%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (2.46%) PMI Certification
5 3 (2.46%) PMP
6 2 (1.64%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.82%) AWS Certification
7 1 (0.82%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 1 (0.82%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.82%) SAFe Agilist
7 1 (0.82%) SnowPro
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (22.95%) Data Quality
2 11 (9.02%) QA
3 5 (4.10%) Accessibility
4 2 (1.64%) GDPR
4 2 (1.64%) P3O
4 2 (1.64%) PMO
5 1 (0.82%) COBIT
5 1 (0.82%) GRC
5 1 (0.82%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 6 (4.92%) Active Directory
2 4 (3.28%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.82%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 3 (2.46%) Grafana
1 3 (2.46%) Kubernetes
1 3 (2.46%) Microsoft Clustering
1 3 (2.46%) Prometheus
1 3 (2.46%) SCCM
1 3 (2.46%) SCOM
2 1 (0.82%) WSUS
Vendors
1 49 (40.16%) Microsoft
2 28 (22.95%) Databricks
3 6 (4.92%) ServiceNow
4 4 (3.28%) Informatica
4 4 (3.28%) Oracle
4 4 (3.28%) SAP
4 4 (3.28%) VMware
5 3 (2.46%) AppDynamics
5 3 (2.46%) BMC
5 3 (2.46%) Commvault
5 3 (2.46%) Dynatrace
5 3 (2.46%) Remedy
5 3 (2.46%) Splunk
6 2 (1.64%) Adobe
6 2 (1.64%) Alteryx
6 2 (1.64%) Amplitude
6 2 (1.64%) Nexthink
6 2 (1.64%) Planview
6 2 (1.64%) UiPath
7 1 (0.82%) Braze