Power BI Developer Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Microsoft Power BI Developer
Central London > City of London

The median Microsoft Power BI Developer daily rate in the City of London is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 23 March 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 127 109 124
Rank change year-on-year -18 +15 +43
Contract jobs requiring a Power BI Developer 5 10 11
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.24% 0.56% 0.47%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.25% 0.61% 0.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 5 9
10th Percentile £348 £312 £465
25th Percentile £400 £313 £486
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £468 £575
Median % change year-on-year +12.30% -18.70% +15.00%
75th Percentile £538 £575 £600
90th Percentile £574 - £675
Central London median daily rate £525 £468 £575
% change year-on-year +12.30% -18.70% +21.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £34.65 -
Central London median hourly rate - £34.65 -

All Contract IT Job Roles
City of London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the City of London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the City of London with a recognized job title 1,985 1,648 2,217
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.12% 92.74% 94.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,369 1,043 1,584
10th Percentile £350 £363 £340
25th Percentile £446 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £563
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +2.22% -5.46%
75th Percentile £675 £680 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £788
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 8 17
10th Percentile £18.75 £22.00 £15.30
25th Percentile £19.05 £24.00 £19.92
Median hourly rate £28.00 £31.75 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -11.81% +41.11% -35.71%
75th Percentile £49.83 £38.19 £40.00
90th Percentile £59.72 £90.38 £49.35
Central London median hourly rate £26.11 £31.00 £26.41
% change year-on-year -15.77% +17.40% -24.56%

Power BI Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Power BI Developer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Power BI Developer job vacancy trend in the City of London

Power BI Developer
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Power BI Developer job vacancies in the City of London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Power BI Developer job vacancies in the City of London

Power BI Developer
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Power BI Developer in the City of London over the 6 months to 23 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Power BI Developer in the City of London

Power BI Developer Skill Set
Top 23 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 23 March 2026, Power BI Developer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the City of London region featuring Power BI Developer in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 5 (100.00%) Power BI
1 5 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 4 (80.00%) Data Modelling
3 3 (60.00%) Analytics
3 3 (60.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 3 (60.00%) Power Query
3 3 (60.00%) SQL
3 3 (60.00%) Unit Testing
3 3 (60.00%) Visualisation
4 2 (40.00%) Data Extraction
4 2 (40.00%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (40.00%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
4 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (40.00%) Target Operating Model
5 1 (20.00%) Actionable Insight
5 1 (20.00%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (20.00%) Data Transformation
5 1 (20.00%) ETL
5 1 (20.00%) Performance Tuning
5 1 (20.00%) Python
5 1 (20.00%) QA
5 1 (20.00%) Star Schema

Power BI Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of 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:

Applications
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 5 (100.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (100.00%) Power BI
2 3 (60.00%) Power Query
3 2 (40.00%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (40.00%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
4 1 (20.00%) Star Schema
General
1 3 (60.00%) Finance
2 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
2 4 (80.00%) Data Modelling
3 3 (60.00%) Analytics
3 3 (60.00%) Unit Testing
3 3 (60.00%) Visualisation
4 2 (40.00%) Data Extraction
4 2 (40.00%) Target Operating Model
5 1 (20.00%) Actionable Insight
5 1 (20.00%) Data Transformation
5 1 (20.00%) ETL
5 1 (20.00%) Performance Tuning
Programming Languages
1 3 (60.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
1 3 (60.00%) SQL
2 1 (20.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) QA