Power BI Developer Contracts in England

Microsoft Power BI Developer
UK > England

The median Microsoft Power BI Developer daily rate in England is £399, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 424 443 509
Rank change year-on-year +19 +66 +59
Contract jobs requiring a Power BI Developer 61 99 144
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.25% 0.27% 0.29%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.27% 0.29% 0.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 42 82 113
10th Percentile £311 £326 £363
25th Percentile £352 £378 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £399 £473 £475
Median % change year-on-year -15.56% -0.53% +5.56%
75th Percentile £473 £548 £585
90th Percentile £567 £650 £638
UK median daily rate £425 £460 £475
% change year-on-year -7.61% -3.16% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £25.96 - -
25th Percentile £27.41 - -
Median hourly rate £29.83 - -
75th Percentile £32.26 - -
90th Percentile £33.71 - -
UK median hourly rate £38.85 - -

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 22,549 34,488 47,741
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.59% 92.73% 94.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,007 22,894 33,903
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £409 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £643 £663
90th Percentile £750 £750 £763
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 900 2,432 1,409
10th Percentile £14.20 £13.00 £14.35
25th Percentile £18.51 £16.30 £20.00
Median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%
75th Percentile £63.75 £61.25 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £76.60
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%

Power BI Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Power BI Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Power BI Developer in England

Power BI Developer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Power BI Developer in England.

Daily rate trend for Power BI Developer in England

Power BI Developer
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Power BI Developer in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Power BI Developer in England

Power BI Developer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Power BI Developer in England.

Hourly rate trend for Power BI Developer in England

Power 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 Power BI Developer within the England region over the 6 months to 1 May 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 30 £420 -19.23% 12
North of England +10 9 £425 +6.25% 4
Midlands +21 8 £412 +17.57% 5
West Midlands +14 8 £412 +13.52% 4
South West +43 6 £406 -18.75% 2
South East +39 5 £368 -20.11% 6
North West +9 5 £425 +6.25% 2
Yorkshire +7 3 £425 +6.25% 1
North East 0 1 £375 - 1
Power BI Developer
UK

Power BI Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Power BI Developer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the England region featuring Power BI Developer in the job title.

1 61 (100.00%) Power BI
1 61 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 52 (85.25%) Business Intelligence
3 36 (59.02%) SQL
4 26 (42.62%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 25 (40.98%) Visualisation
6 23 (37.70%) Social Skills
7 21 (34.43%) Data Modelling
8 17 (27.87%) Azure
9 15 (24.59%) Data Warehouse
10 14 (22.95%) Data Visualisation
10 14 (22.95%) Power Query
11 13 (21.31%) Microsoft
12 12 (19.67%) SQL Server
12 12 (19.67%) User Experience
12 12 (19.67%) Decision-Making
13 11 (18.03%) Problem-Solving
13 11 (18.03%) Data Analysis
13 11 (18.03%) ETL
14 10 (16.39%) Tableau
15 9 (14.75%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 9 (14.75%) PowerApps
16 8 (13.11%) Power Automate
16 8 (13.11%) Analytics
17 7 (11.48%) Microsoft Excel
17 7 (11.48%) BusinessObjects
17 7 (11.48%) Requirements Gathering
18 6 (9.84%) Actionable Insight
18 6 (9.84%) Azure Data Factory
18 6 (9.84%) SQL Server Reporting Services

Power BI Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 3 (4.92%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (11.48%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (3.28%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 61 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 17 (27.87%) Azure
3 9 (14.75%) PowerApps
4 8 (13.11%) Power Automate
5 6 (9.84%) Azure Data Factory
5 6 (9.84%) Microsoft 365
6 5 (8.20%) Microsoft Copilot
7 3 (4.92%) AWS
8 1 (1.64%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 1 (1.64%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (1.64%) GCP
8 1 (1.64%) SuccessFactors
Database & Business Intelligence
1 61 (100.00%) Power BI
2 15 (24.59%) Data Warehouse
3 14 (22.95%) Power Query
4 12 (19.67%) SQL Server
5 10 (16.39%) Tableau
6 9 (14.75%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 7 (11.48%) BusinessObjects
8 6 (9.84%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 5 (8.20%) Crystal Reports
10 2 (3.28%) Looker
10 2 (3.28%) QlikView
10 2 (3.28%) Relational Database
11 1 (1.64%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
11 1 (1.64%) Data Mining
11 1 (1.64%) NoSQL
11 1 (1.64%) PowerPivot
11 1 (1.64%) RDBMS
11 1 (1.64%) Semantic Layer
11 1 (1.64%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 1 (1.64%) Tableau Server
Development Applications
1 1 (1.64%) Git
1 1 (1.64%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
1 1 (1.64%) Team Foundation Server
1 1 (1.64%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 23 (37.70%) Social Skills
2 6 (9.84%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (8.20%) Documentation Skills
3 5 (8.20%) Local Government
4 3 (4.92%) Finance
4 3 (4.92%) Marketing
5 2 (3.28%) Banking
5 2 (3.28%) Public Sector
6 1 (1.64%) Automotive
6 1 (1.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (1.64%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (1.64%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.28%) .NET
1 2 (3.28%) CSS
1 2 (3.28%) HTML
1 2 (3.28%) jQuery
2 1 (1.64%) MDX
Miscellaneous
1 2 (3.28%) Analytical Mindset
1 2 (3.28%) Data Structures
1 2 (3.28%) NHS
2 1 (1.64%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (1.64%) FMCG
2 1 (1.64%) Hedge funds
2 1 (1.64%) Housing Association
2 1 (1.64%) Low-Code
2 1 (1.64%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (85.25%) Business Intelligence
2 25 (40.98%) Visualisation
3 21 (34.43%) Data Modelling
4 14 (22.95%) Data Visualisation
5 12 (19.67%) Decision-Making
5 12 (19.67%) User Experience
6 11 (18.03%) Data Analysis
6 11 (18.03%) ETL
6 11 (18.03%) Problem-Solving
7 8 (13.11%) Analytics
8 7 (11.48%) Requirements Gathering
9 6 (9.84%) Actionable Insight
10 5 (8.20%) Business Analysis
10 5 (8.20%) Data-Driven Decision Making
11 4 (6.56%) Agile
11 4 (6.56%) Dashboard Development
12 3 (4.92%) Computer Science
12 3 (4.92%) Data Governance
12 3 (4.92%) Translating Business Requirements
12 3 (4.92%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 36 (59.02%) SQL
2 26 (42.62%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 4 (6.56%) Python
4 3 (4.92%) R
5 2 (3.28%) C#
5 2 (3.28%) Formula Language
5 2 (3.28%) JavaScript
5 2 (3.28%) VBA
6 1 (1.64%) PL/SQL
6 1 (1.64%) T-SQL
6 1 (1.64%) XMLA
Qualifications
1 5 (8.20%) Degree
2 4 (6.56%) SC Cleared
2 4 (6.56%) Security Cleared
3 3 (4.92%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (3.28%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.28%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 13 (21.31%) Microsoft
2 5 (8.20%) ServiceNow
3 3 (4.92%) Databricks
3 3 (4.92%) SAP
4 2 (3.28%) Sage
5 1 (1.64%) Cognos
5 1 (1.64%) dotdigital
5 1 (1.64%) Google
5 1 (1.64%) Salesforce