Microsoft BI Developer Contract Job Trends in England

Microsoft Business Intelligence Developer
UK > England

The median Microsoft Business Intelligence Developer daily rate in England is £463, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 3 October 2025.

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

6 months to
3 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 517 522 581
Rank change year-on-year +5 +59 +196
Contract jobs requiring a Microsoft BI Developer 2 2 3
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.007% 0.006% 0.007%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.008% 0.007% 0.008%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 3
10th Percentile - - £403
25th Percentile £456 - £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £500 £425
Median % change year-on-year -7.50% +17.65% -10.53%
75th Percentile £469 - £444
90th Percentile - - £448
UK median daily rate £463 £500 £425
% change year-on-year -7.50% +17.65% -10.53%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 25,547 30,169 39,093
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.16% 92.99% 94.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 16,465 18,500 27,301
10th Percentile £280 £300 £300
25th Percentile £402 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £548
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -4.11% -0.45%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,405 1,350 1,388
10th Percentile £13.80 £15.00 £15.25
25th Percentile £17.30 £21.25 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £43.90 £45.94
Median % change year-on-year -42.71% -4.44% +74.23%
75th Percentile £52.50 £67.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £42.91 £44.50
% change year-on-year -41.39% -3.57% +71.15%

Microsoft BI Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Microsoft BI Developer job vacancy trend in England

Microsoft BI Developer
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Microsoft BI Developer job vacancies in England.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Microsoft BI Developer job vacancies in England

Microsoft BI Developer
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft BI Developer within the England region over the 6 months to 3 October 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
London +22 1 - - 1
North West - 1 £463 -
North of England - 1 £463 -
Microsoft BI Developer
UK

Microsoft BI Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 3 October 2025, Microsoft 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 England region featuring Microsoft BI Developer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Power BI
1 2 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 1 (50.00%) Power Automate
2 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (50.00%) Data Pipeline
2 1 (50.00%) Power Query
2 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (50.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Visualisation
2 1 (50.00%) Data Visualisation
2 1 (50.00%) Tableau
2 1 (50.00%) Data Quality
2 1 (50.00%) PowerPivot
2 1 (50.00%) Business Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) Relational Database
2 1 (50.00%) Dashboard Development
2 1 (50.00%) Secure Coding
2 1 (50.00%) Service Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) SQL
2 1 (50.00%) T-SQL
2 1 (50.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (50.00%) Data Warehouse

Microsoft BI Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 1 (50.00%) Power Automate
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Power BI
2 1 (50.00%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (50.00%) Power Query
2 1 (50.00%) PowerPivot
2 1 (50.00%) Relational Database
2 1 (50.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (50.00%) Tableau
General
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) Business Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) Dashboard Development
2 1 (50.00%) Data Modelling
2 1 (50.00%) Data Pipeline
2 1 (50.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (50.00%) Data Visualisation
2 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (50.00%) Secure Coding
2 1 (50.00%) Service Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) SQL
1 1 (50.00%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft