Power BI Specialist Contract Job Trends in England

Microsoft Power BI Specialist
UK > England

The median Microsoft Power BI Specialist daily rate in England is £425, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 19 September 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
19 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 506 524 583
Rank change year-on-year +18 +59 +182
Contract jobs requiring a Power BI Specialist 13 2 20
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.047% 0.006% 0.047%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.051% 0.007% 0.050%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 1 14
10th Percentile £254 - £381
25th Percentile £353 £156 £389
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £163 £481
Median % change year-on-year +161.54% -66.23% -16.30%
75th Percentile £484 £169 £563
90th Percentile £546 - £575
UK median daily rate £425 £163 £481
% change year-on-year +161.54% -66.23% -18.09%

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 25,406 30,639 39,817
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.35% 92.99% 94.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 16,389 19,101 27,778
10th Percentile £278 £300 £300
25th Percentile £401 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,371 1,479 1,365
10th Percentile £13.75 £14.81 £15.25
25th Percentile £17.30 £21.25 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £46.18 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -45.54% +2.62% +73.08%
75th Percentile £54.88 £67.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £71.00 £75.00 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -41.51% -3.37% +71.15%

Power BI Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Power BI Specialist in England

Power BI Specialist
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Power BI Specialist job vacancies in England.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Power BI Specialist job vacancies in England

Power BI Specialist
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Power BI Specialist in England over the 6 months to 19 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Power BI Specialist in England

Power BI Specialist
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 Specialist within the England region over the 6 months to 19 September 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 +13 10 £425 +161.54% 4
North West -8 1 £413 -
North of England -26 1 £413 -
South West - 1 £300 -
Power BI Specialist
UK

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

For the 6 months to 19 September 2025, Power BI Specialist 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 Specialist in the job title.

1 13 (100.00%) Power BI
1 13 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 12 (92.31%) Business Intelligence
3 9 (69.23%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 8 (61.54%) Data Modelling
5 7 (53.85%) Power Query
6 6 (46.15%) Decision-Making
6 6 (46.15%) Social Skills
7 5 (38.46%) ETL
7 5 (38.46%) Finance
7 5 (38.46%) Analytics
7 5 (38.46%) Visualisation
7 5 (38.46%) Dashboard Development
8 4 (30.77%) Azure
8 4 (30.77%) Data-Driven Decision Making
9 3 (23.08%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 3 (23.08%) Data Visualisation
9 3 (23.08%) Machine Learning
9 3 (23.08%) Translating Business Requirements
9 3 (23.08%) Actionable Insight
9 3 (23.08%) SQL Server
9 3 (23.08%) Python
10 2 (15.38%) ERP
10 2 (15.38%) Local Government
10 2 (15.38%) Artificial Intelligence
10 2 (15.38%) Data Integration
10 2 (15.38%) Data Strategy
10 2 (15.38%) Azure Data Factory
10 2 (15.38%) Data Engineering
10 2 (15.38%) Case Management

Power BI Specialist 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 (7.69%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 13 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 4 (30.77%) Azure
3 2 (15.38%) Azure Data Factory
3 2 (15.38%) Azure Logic Apps
3 2 (15.38%) Azure Machine Learning
3 2 (15.38%) Power Automate
4 1 (7.69%) PowerApps
4 1 (7.69%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (100.00%) Power BI
2 7 (53.85%) Power Query
3 3 (23.08%) SQL Server
4 1 (7.69%) Data Lake
4 1 (7.69%) Data Mining
4 1 (7.69%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (7.69%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 1 (7.69%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (7.69%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (7.69%) Tableau
General
1 6 (46.15%) Social Skills
2 5 (38.46%) Finance
3 2 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (15.38%) Local Government
3 2 (15.38%) Public Sector
4 1 (7.69%) Manufacturing
4 1 (7.69%) Marketing
4 1 (7.69%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.69%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (92.31%) Business Intelligence
2 8 (61.54%) Data Modelling
3 6 (46.15%) Decision-Making
4 5 (38.46%) Analytics
4 5 (38.46%) Dashboard Development
4 5 (38.46%) ETL
4 5 (38.46%) Visualisation
5 4 (30.77%) Data-Driven Decision Making
6 3 (23.08%) Actionable Insight
6 3 (23.08%) Data Visualisation
6 3 (23.08%) Machine Learning
6 3 (23.08%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 3 (23.08%) Translating Business Requirements
7 2 (15.38%) Artificial Intelligence
7 2 (15.38%) Budgeting and Forecasting
7 2 (15.38%) Case Management
7 2 (15.38%) Data Engineering
7 2 (15.38%) Data Governance
7 2 (15.38%) ERP
7 2 (15.38%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 9 (69.23%) Data Analysis Expressions
2 3 (23.08%) Python
3 1 (7.69%) R
3 1 (7.69%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (7.69%) SC Cleared
1 1 (7.69%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.69%) Accessibility
1 1 (7.69%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 1 (7.69%) Alteryx
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft
1 1 (7.69%) Oracle
1 1 (7.69%) SAP
1 1 (7.69%) Tagetik