Power BI Developer Contracts in England

Microsoft Power BI Developer
UK > England

The median Microsoft Power BI Developer daily rate in England is £419, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 29 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
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 420 433 514
Rank change year-on-year +13 +81 +56
Contract jobs requiring a Power BI Developer 53 108 133
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.22% 0.29% 0.28%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.24% 0.32% 0.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 92 108
10th Percentile £313 £319 £363
25th Percentile £362 £368 £411
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £419 £460 £475
Median % change year-on-year -8.97% -3.16% +5.56%
75th Percentile £466 £558 £575
90th Percentile £531 £647 £629
UK median daily rate £425 £450 £469
% change year-on-year -5.56% -4.00% +4.17%
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 22,096 34,040 45,024
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.31% 92.74% 94.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,636 22,553 32,010
10th Percentile £294 £285 £313
25th Percentile £406 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.00% -4.55% +3.79%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £663
90th Percentile £750 £750 £763
UK median daily rate £505 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -3.81% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 914 2,522 1,314
10th Percentile £14.00 £12.86 £14.25
25th Percentile £18.13 £16.30 £20.00
Median hourly rate £29.07 £37.50 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.48% -16.67% +93.05%
75th Percentile £60.00 £61.60 £65.01
90th Percentile £75.00 £73.75 £77.00
UK median hourly rate £27.97 £37.18 £45.00
% change year-on-year -24.78% -17.38% +87.50%

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 29 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 29 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 +25 19 £450 -13.46% 19
North of England 0 10 £425 +6.25% 25
Midlands +12 8 £419 +19.64% 25
South West +36 7 £438 -12.50% 10
West Midlands +15 7 £425 +17.24% 15
South East +36 6 £385 -14.44% 29
North West -5 5 £425 +6.25% 15
Yorkshire +9 3 £425 +6.25% 8
North East - 2 £438 - 2
East Midlands - 1 £413 - 8
Power BI Developer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 29 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 53 (100.00%) Power BI
1 53 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 46 (86.79%) Business Intelligence
3 32 (60.38%) SQL
4 24 (45.28%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 23 (43.40%) Visualisation
6 20 (37.74%) Azure
6 20 (37.74%) Data Modelling
7 18 (33.96%) Social Skills
8 17 (32.08%) Data Warehouse
9 16 (30.19%) Power Query
10 14 (26.42%) Microsoft
11 13 (24.53%) Data Visualisation
12 12 (22.64%) ETL
12 12 (22.64%) SQL Server
13 11 (20.75%) Data Analysis
13 11 (20.75%) Decision-Making
14 10 (18.87%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 9 (16.98%) Problem-Solving
15 9 (16.98%) User Experience
15 9 (16.98%) Tableau
16 8 (15.09%) Analytics
17 7 (13.21%) SQL Server Reporting Services
17 7 (13.21%) Analytical Skills
17 7 (13.21%) Azure Data Factory
17 7 (13.21%) Microsoft Excel
18 6 (11.32%) BusinessObjects
18 6 (11.32%) Actionable Insight
18 6 (11.32%) Microsoft 365
18 6 (11.32%) Requirements Gathering

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 1 (1.89%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (13.21%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.89%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 53 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 20 (37.74%) Azure
3 7 (13.21%) Azure Data Factory
4 6 (11.32%) Microsoft 365
5 5 (9.43%) Microsoft Copilot
5 5 (9.43%) PowerApps
6 3 (5.66%) AWS
6 3 (5.66%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 3 (5.66%) Dynamics 365
6 3 (5.66%) Power Automate
7 1 (1.89%) GCP
7 1 (1.89%) SuccessFactors
Database & Business Intelligence
1 53 (100.00%) Power BI
2 17 (32.08%) Data Warehouse
3 16 (30.19%) Power Query
4 12 (22.64%) SQL Server
5 10 (18.87%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 9 (16.98%) Tableau
7 7 (13.21%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 6 (11.32%) BusinessObjects
9 5 (9.43%) Crystal Reports
10 3 (5.66%) Data Lake
11 2 (3.77%) Looker
11 2 (3.77%) QlikView
12 1 (1.89%) Data Mining
12 1 (1.89%) OLAP
12 1 (1.89%) PowerPivot
12 1 (1.89%) RDBMS
12 1 (1.89%) Relational Database
12 1 (1.89%) Semantic Layer
12 1 (1.89%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 1 (1.89%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
1 1 (1.89%) Team Foundation Server
1 1 (1.89%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 18 (33.96%) Social Skills
2 7 (13.21%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (9.43%) Documentation Skills
4 4 (7.55%) Finance
5 2 (3.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (3.77%) Local Government
5 2 (3.77%) Marketing
5 2 (3.77%) Retail
6 1 (1.89%) Automotive
6 1 (1.89%) Banking
6 1 (1.89%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (1.89%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (1.89%) Public Sector
6 1 (1.89%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.77%) .NET
2 1 (1.89%) MDX
Miscellaneous
1 3 (5.66%) Data Structures
1 3 (5.66%) NHS
2 2 (3.77%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (1.89%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (1.89%) FMCG
3 1 (1.89%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (1.89%) Hedge funds
3 1 (1.89%) Housing Association
3 1 (1.89%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (86.79%) Business Intelligence
2 23 (43.40%) Visualisation
3 20 (37.74%) Data Modelling
4 13 (24.53%) Data Visualisation
5 12 (22.64%) ETL
6 11 (20.75%) Data Analysis
6 11 (20.75%) Decision-Making
7 9 (16.98%) Problem-Solving
7 9 (16.98%) User Experience
8 8 (15.09%) Analytics
9 6 (11.32%) Actionable Insight
9 6 (11.32%) Requirements Gathering
10 5 (9.43%) Business Analysis
11 4 (7.55%) Dashboard Development
11 4 (7.55%) Data Governance
11 4 (7.55%) Data-Driven Decision Making
12 3 (5.66%) Computer Science
12 3 (5.66%) Data Pipeline
12 3 (5.66%) Data Transformation
12 3 (5.66%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 32 (60.38%) SQL
2 24 (45.28%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 4 (7.55%) Python
4 3 (5.66%) R
5 2 (3.77%) C#
6 1 (1.89%) PL/SQL
6 1 (1.89%) T-SQL
6 1 (1.89%) XMLA
Qualifications
1 4 (7.55%) Degree
1 4 (7.55%) SC Cleared
1 4 (7.55%) Security Cleared
2 3 (5.66%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.89%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 14 (26.42%) Microsoft
2 5 (9.43%) ServiceNow
3 2 (3.77%) Databricks
3 2 (3.77%) SAP
4 1 (1.89%) Cognos
4 1 (1.89%) dotdigital
4 1 (1.89%) Google
4 1 (1.89%) Salesforce
4 1 (1.89%) Veeam
4 1 (1.89%) VMware