Power BI Contract Job Trends in England

Microsoft Power BI
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring Power BI skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 60 59 60
Rank change year-on-year -1 +1 +10
Contract jobs citing Power BI 1,496 905 1,193
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.71% 3.75% 3.26%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 24.34% 19.73% 19.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,032 602 855
10th Percentile £313 £313 £307
25th Percentile £400 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +2.63% - -5.00%
75th Percentile £575 £559 £583
90th Percentile £650 £650 £688
UK median daily rate £483 £475 £475
% change year-on-year +1.58% - -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 49 25 27
10th Percentile £15.51 £18.60 £14.00
25th Percentile £18.00 £24.75 £18.33
Median hourly rate £27.50 £29.07 £23.22
Median % change year-on-year -5.40% +25.22% -53.17%
75th Percentile £38.25 £32.05 £43.75
90th Percentile £82.25 £46.12 £57.60
UK median hourly rate £23.21 £31.64 £24.43
% change year-on-year -26.64% +29.51% -47.50%

All Database & BI Skills
England

Power BI falls under the Databases and Business Intelligence category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring database or business intelligence skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 6,147 4,588 6,195
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 15.25% 19.02% 16.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,218 3,197 4,459
10th Percentile £350 £363 £356
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
75th Percentile £600 £656 £675
90th Percentile £700 £775 £788
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -3.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 181 86 131
10th Percentile £16.00 £21.03 £14.00
25th Percentile £25.72 £23.69 £20.98
Median hourly rate £46.80 £32.43 £40.25
Median % change year-on-year +44.31% -19.43% -28.63%
75th Percentile £74.00 £65.46 £60.13
90th Percentile £82.25 £73.13 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £47.54 £34.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year +37.80% -13.75% -31.73%

Power BI
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Power BI relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

Power BI job vacancy trend in England

Power BI
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Power BI.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Power BI

Power BI
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Power BI in England over the 6 months to 13 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Power BI in England

Power BI
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Power BI.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Power BI

Power BI
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Power BI in England over the 6 months to 13 May 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Power BI in England

Power BI
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 within the England region over the 6 months to 13 May 2026. 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 +3 753 £500 +1.83% 299
South East +17 211 £475 - 190
Midlands -7 185 £459 -8.20% 89
North of England -29 155 £450 - 138
West Midlands -22 123 £455 -9.10% 56
South West +4 92 £450 +5.88% 42
North West 0 86 £480 -4.00% 81
East Midlands +13 61 £456 -6.41% 33
Yorkshire -44 57 £438 +3.06% 41
East of England -21 39 £425 -15.00% 39
North East -14 13 £475 +5.56% 18
Power BI
UK

Power BI
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:

Application Platforms
1 126 (8.42%) SharePoint
2 68 (4.55%) Confluence
3 49 (3.28%) Apache Spark
4 29 (1.94%) Apache
5 22 (1.47%) Apache Airflow
6 16 (1.07%) HCL Notes
7 13 (0.87%) SAS
8 12 (0.80%) Mendix
9 8 (0.53%) Apache Superset
10 5 (0.33%) Microsoft Exchange
10 5 (0.33%) Palantir Foundry
11 4 (0.27%) IIS
12 3 (0.20%) CMS
13 2 (0.13%) ArcGIS
13 2 (0.13%) Oracle SOA Suite
14 1 (0.067%) Appian
14 1 (0.067%) OpenROAD
14 1 (0.067%) Oracle Workflow
14 1 (0.067%) Tomcat
14 1 (0.067%) WebSphere
Applications
1 304 (20.32%) Microsoft Excel
2 57 (3.81%) Microsoft Project
3 48 (3.21%) Microsoft Office
4 44 (2.94%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 30 (2.01%) MS Visio
6 12 (0.80%) Spreadsheet
7 5 (0.33%) Notion
8 4 (0.27%) Navisworks
8 4 (0.27%) Revit
9 2 (0.13%) Adobe Illustrator
9 2 (0.13%) Oracle Smart View
9 2 (0.13%) Photoshop
10 1 (0.067%) Acrobat
10 1 (0.067%) CATIA
10 1 (0.067%) Chatbot
10 1 (0.067%) InDesign
10 1 (0.067%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 32 (2.14%) Dynamics CRM
2 19 (1.27%) Remedy ITSM
3 18 (1.20%) SAP S/4HANA
4 15 (1.00%) iTrent
5 6 (0.40%) Sage X3
6 5 (0.33%) BambooHR
6 5 (0.33%) SAP EWM
7 4 (0.27%) Oracle Financials
7 4 (0.27%) Primavera
8 3 (0.20%) NEC Housing
8 3 (0.20%) Oracle EBS
8 3 (0.20%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
8 3 (0.20%) Salesforce CRM
9 2 (0.13%) Aladdin
9 2 (0.13%) Loan IQ
9 2 (0.13%) Oracle FAH
9 2 (0.13%) Oracle General Ledger
9 2 (0.13%) Oracle Payables
9 2 (0.13%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 2 (0.13%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 1,496 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 546 (36.50%) Azure
3 188 (12.57%) AWS
4 167 (11.16%) Power Automate
5 154 (10.29%) Azure Data Factory
6 138 (9.22%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 138 (9.22%) PowerApps
7 132 (8.82%) Azure DevOps
8 118 (7.89%) Microsoft 365
9 91 (6.08%) Dynamics 365
9 91 (6.08%) Snowflake
10 88 (5.88%) GCP
11 69 (4.61%) Serverless
12 67 (4.48%) Microsoft Copilot
13 64 (4.28%) GitHub
14 50 (3.34%) Amazon S3
15 44 (2.94%) dbt
16 43 (2.87%) Copilot Studio
17 39 (2.61%) Microsoft Purview
18 37 (2.47%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 13 (0.87%) Firewall
2 12 (0.80%) VPN
3 8 (0.53%) DNS
4 3 (0.20%) Ethernet
4 3 (0.20%) Network Security
4 3 (0.20%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (0.13%) 3GPP
5 2 (0.13%) 4G
5 2 (0.13%) 5G
5 2 (0.13%) 5G NR
5 2 (0.13%) HTTP
5 2 (0.13%) Internet
5 2 (0.13%) Intranet
5 2 (0.13%) LTE
5 2 (0.13%) Microwave Backhaul
5 2 (0.13%) MPLS
5 2 (0.13%) Radio Access Network
5 2 (0.13%) SMTP
5 2 (0.13%) VoLTE
5 2 (0.13%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 254 (16.98%) Tableau
2 227 (15.17%) Data Warehouse
3 146 (9.76%) Data Lake
4 115 (7.69%) SQL Server
5 98 (6.55%) Power Query
6 71 (4.75%) Metadata
7 56 (3.74%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 55 (3.68%) Azure SQL Database
9 49 (3.28%) Looker
10 48 (3.21%) BigQuery
11 44 (2.94%) Star Schema
12 43 (2.87%) Relational Database
13 38 (2.54%) Amazon Athena
13 38 (2.54%) Snowflake Schema
14 33 (2.21%) Spark SQL
15 32 (2.14%) Delta Lake
16 29 (1.94%) NoSQL
17 27 (1.80%) Mixpanel
18 26 (1.74%) Amazon Redshift
19 24 (1.60%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 133 (8.89%) JIRA
2 69 (4.61%) Git
3 24 (1.60%) GitLab
4 14 (0.94%) ERwin
5 10 (0.67%) Jenkins
6 5 (0.33%) MLflow
6 5 (0.33%) PowerDesigner
6 5 (0.33%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 4 (0.27%) Bitbucket
7 4 (0.27%) Postman
8 3 (0.20%) ER Studio
8 3 (0.20%) Selenium
9 2 (0.13%) Charles Proxy
9 2 (0.13%) JMeter
9 2 (0.13%) Team Foundation Server
9 2 (0.13%) Terragrunt
9 2 (0.13%) WebDriver
10 1 (0.067%) Artifactory
10 1 (0.067%) Cypress.io
10 1 (0.067%) Hudson
General
1 470 (31.42%) Social Skills
2 464 (31.02%) Finance
3 360 (24.06%) Analytical Skills
4 139 (9.29%) Public Sector
5 91 (6.08%) Banking
6 52 (3.48%) Documentation Skills
7 47 (3.14%) Organisational Skills
8 46 (3.07%) Law
8 46 (3.07%) Retail
9 44 (2.94%) Marketing
10 27 (1.80%) Influencing Skills
11 25 (1.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 24 (1.60%) Presentation Skills
13 20 (1.34%) Manufacturing
14 18 (1.20%) Legal
14 18 (1.20%) Local Government
14 18 (1.20%) Telecoms
15 17 (1.14%) Financial Institution
16 13 (0.87%) Investment Banking
17 12 (0.80%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 405 (27.07%) Analyst
2 248 (16.58%) Data Engineer
3 195 (13.03%) Developer
4 184 (12.30%) Senior
5 183 (12.23%) Data Analyst
6 152 (10.16%) Architect
7 139 (9.29%) Lead
8 96 (6.42%) Business Analyst
9 94 (6.28%) Business Intelligence Developer
10 72 (4.81%) Power BI Developer
11 68 (4.55%) Consultant
12 61 (4.08%) Senior Data Engineer
13 51 (3.41%) Data Architect
14 45 (3.01%) Project Manager
15 41 (2.74%) Senior Analyst
16 40 (2.67%) Business Intelligence Analyst
17 39 (2.61%) Power Platform Developer
18 37 (2.47%) PMO Analyst
19 36 (2.41%) Azure Engineer
19 36 (2.41%) Lead Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 88 (5.88%) PySpark
2 45 (3.01%) REST
3 41 (2.74%) Kafka
4 34 (2.27%) .NET
5 24 (1.60%) Pandas
6 21 (1.40%) JSON
7 19 (1.27%) React
8 18 (1.20%) Great Expectations
9 16 (1.07%) HTML
10 15 (1.00%) ADO
11 14 (0.94%) HTML5 Canvas
11 14 (0.94%) YAML
12 13 (0.87%) Middleware
13 12 (0.80%) XML
14 10 (0.67%) Microsoft Graph
14 10 (0.67%) scikit-learn
14 10 (0.67%) Spark Streaming
15 9 (0.60%) CSS
15 9 (0.60%) PyTorch
15 9 (0.60%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 67 (4.48%) Cloud Native
2 58 (3.88%) Data Structures
3 49 (3.28%) Product Ownership
4 38 (2.54%) Legacy Systems
5 33 (2.21%) Analytical Mindset
6 32 (2.14%) Management Information System
7 26 (1.74%) Onboarding
8 25 (1.67%) Low-Code
9 22 (1.47%) Data Protection Act
10 18 (1.20%) CMDB
11 16 (1.07%) AI Agents
12 14 (0.94%) Clustering
12 14 (0.94%) PMI
12 14 (0.94%) Self-Motivation
13 12 (0.80%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 11 (0.74%) Distributed Computing
15 10 (0.67%) Algorithms
15 10 (0.67%) NHS
16 9 (0.60%) Greenfield Project
16 9 (0.60%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 25 (1.67%) Windows
2 15 (1.00%) Windows Server
3 6 (0.40%) Apple iOS
4 5 (0.33%) Unix
5 4 (0.27%) Linux
5 4 (0.27%) Mac OS
5 4 (0.27%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.13%) Android
7 1 (0.067%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.067%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,394 (93.18%) Business Intelligence
2 600 (40.11%) Analytics
3 488 (32.62%) Data Modelling
4 349 (23.33%) Agile
5 324 (21.66%) ETL
6 317 (21.19%) Decision-Making
7 303 (20.25%) Visualisation
8 272 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
9 264 (17.65%) Data Governance
10 247 (16.51%) Data Engineering
11 241 (16.11%) DevOps
12 233 (15.57%) Data Pipeline
13 232 (15.51%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 227 (15.17%) AI
15 218 (14.57%) CI/CD
16 214 (14.30%) Migration
17 202 (13.50%) Actionable Insight
18 199 (13.30%) Continuous Improvement
19 197 (13.17%) Stakeholder Management
20 188 (12.57%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 700 (46.79%) SQL
2 385 (25.74%) Python
3 164 (10.96%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 65 (4.34%) C#
5 62 (4.14%) R
6 60 (4.01%) PowerShell
7 53 (3.54%) JavaScript
8 46 (3.07%) T-SQL
9 38 (2.54%) Java
10 33 (2.21%) VBA
11 21 (1.40%) Bicep
12 19 (1.27%) Scala
13 12 (0.80%) TypeScript
14 10 (0.67%) Formula Language
14 10 (0.67%) LotusScript
15 8 (0.53%) PL/SQL
16 6 (0.40%) Kotlin
17 4 (0.27%) C
18 3 (0.20%) HiveQL
18 3 (0.20%) Korn
Qualifications
1 254 (16.98%) Security Cleared
2 197 (13.17%) SC Cleared
3 139 (9.29%) Degree
4 36 (2.41%) BPSS Clearance
5 28 (1.87%) Azure Certification
6 27 (1.80%) Computer Science Degree
7 26 (1.74%) PMI Certification
8 25 (1.67%) Microsoft Certification
9 24 (1.60%) PMP
10 22 (1.47%) Master's Degree
11 15 (1.00%) DV Cleared
12 10 (0.67%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 9 (0.60%) AWS Certification
13 9 (0.60%) DBS Check
13 9 (0.60%) MBA
14 7 (0.47%) CBAP
14 7 (0.47%) SAFe Agilist
15 6 (0.40%) ACCA
16 5 (0.33%) IIBA
16 5 (0.33%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 362 (24.20%) Data Quality
2 112 (7.49%) GDPR
3 92 (6.15%) PMO
4 83 (5.55%) QA
5 34 (2.27%) Accessibility
6 16 (1.07%) SLA
7 14 (0.94%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 13 (0.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 10 (0.67%) Basel III
9 10 (0.67%) GRC
10 9 (0.60%) Actionable Recommendations
11 6 (0.40%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 5 (0.33%) ISO 19650
13 4 (0.27%) P3O
13 4 (0.27%) PCI DSS
13 4 (0.27%) Solvency II
14 3 (0.20%) GAAP
14 3 (0.20%) IFRS
14 3 (0.20%) NCSC
15 2 (0.13%) IFRS 9
System Software
1 36 (2.41%) Active Directory
2 29 (1.94%) Docker
3 5 (0.33%) Virtual Machines
3 5 (0.33%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.20%) HDFS
5 1 (0.067%) BitLocker
5 1 (0.067%) RACF
5 1 (0.067%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 78 (5.21%) Terraform
2 36 (2.41%) Kubernetes
3 17 (1.14%) Grafana
4 8 (0.53%) Microsoft Intune
5 6 (0.40%) Ansible
5 6 (0.40%) SCCM
6 4 (0.27%) Prometheus
7 3 (0.20%) Control-M
7 3 (0.20%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.13%) Apache Ranger
8 2 (0.13%) Nessus
9 1 (0.067%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.067%) Kibana
9 1 (0.067%) Kubeflow
9 1 (0.067%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 1 (0.067%) SysTrack
9 1 (0.067%) WSUS
Vendors
1 489 (32.69%) Microsoft
2 204 (13.64%) Databricks
3 92 (6.15%) SAP
4 87 (5.82%) Oracle
5 77 (5.15%) ServiceNow
6 57 (3.81%) Google
7 37 (2.47%) Informatica
8 27 (1.80%) Salesforce
9 23 (1.54%) Workday
10 19 (1.27%) Remedy
11 16 (1.07%) Lotus
11 16 (1.07%) Splunk
12 15 (1.00%) Foundry
13 14 (0.94%) Talend
14 13 (0.87%) IFS
15 12 (0.80%) Alteryx
15 12 (0.80%) Kofax
16 11 (0.74%) Adobe
16 11 (0.74%) Dynatrace
16 11 (0.74%) Sage