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 19 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 60 59 67
Rank change year-on-year -1 +8 +16
Contract jobs citing Power BI 1,228 1,113 1,236
As % of all contract jobs in England 4.04% 3.61% 3.15%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 22.93% 20.35% 18.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 839 744 887
10th Percentile £313 £306 £300
25th Percentile £393 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -2.68%
75th Percentile £584 £600 £603
90th Percentile £672 £705 £679
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 24 36
10th Percentile - £20.23 £16.10
25th Percentile £18.25 £25.26 £21.00
Median hourly rate £28.33 £30.00 £35.16
Median % change year-on-year -5.57% -14.68% +0.46%
75th Percentile £45.81 £43.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £62.75 £64.73 £79.26
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £30.00 £32.32
% change year-on-year - -7.18% -7.66%

All Database and Business Intelligence 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 5,355 5,468 6,523
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 17.62% 17.73% 16.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,714 3,660 4,638
10th Percentile £328 £345 £355
25th Percentile £413 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - -
75th Percentile £625 £663 £650
90th Percentile £725 £788 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £530 £531
% change year-on-year -5.66% -0.19% -3.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 81 75 137
10th Percentile £20.75 £17.70 £18.98
25th Percentile £29.25 £22.20 £24.75
Median hourly rate £45.00 £33.93 £47.90
Median % change year-on-year +32.63% -29.16% +5.26%
75th Percentile £65.00 £52.38 £68.75
90th Percentile £85.00 £65.00 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £44.25 £30.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year +47.50% -36.84% +5.56%

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 19 November 2025.

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 19 November 2025.

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 19 November 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 -3 663 £500 -4.76% 732
North of England -12 163 £418 -14.80% 222
South East -11 108 £475 - 310
Midlands -25 108 £465 +3.33% 197
Yorkshire -12 80 £383 -22.73% 59
North West -20 80 £425 -10.53% 136
West Midlands -23 78 £500 +4.82% 133
South West +1 74 £425 -5.56% 81
East of England +5 49 £580 +54.67% 74
East Midlands -12 30 £413 +8.55% 64
North East -8 3 £433 -3.89% 28
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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
1 132 (10.75%) SharePoint
2 36 (2.93%) Confluence
3 26 (2.12%) Apache Airflow
3 26 (2.12%) Apache Spark
4 14 (1.14%) Apache
5 11 (0.90%) Microsoft Exchange
6 10 (0.81%) HCL Notes
7 8 (0.65%) Apache Pig
7 8 (0.65%) Oracle Application Server
8 6 (0.49%) Jupyter
9 4 (0.33%) SAS
10 2 (0.16%) Apache Solr
10 2 (0.16%) ArcGIS
10 2 (0.16%) Moodle
11 1 (0.081%) CMS
11 1 (0.081%) Kentico
11 1 (0.081%) Luigi
11 1 (0.081%) SharePoint Server
11 1 (0.081%) Skype for Business
11 1 (0.081%) Smallworld
Applications
1 293 (23.86%) Microsoft Excel
2 51 (4.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 43 (3.50%) Microsoft Office
4 34 (2.77%) Microsoft Project
5 27 (2.20%) MS Visio
6 11 (0.90%) Spreadsheet
7 5 (0.41%) Trello
8 4 (0.33%) Adobe Illustrator
8 4 (0.33%) Chatbot
8 4 (0.33%) Photoshop
9 2 (0.16%) Maple
10 1 (0.081%) Adobe XD
10 1 (0.081%) Notion
10 1 (0.081%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 53 (4.32%) Dynamics CRM
2 27 (2.20%) SAP S/4HANA
3 9 (0.73%) Salesforce CRM
4 6 (0.49%) Oracle ERP
5 5 (0.41%) NetSuite
5 5 (0.41%) Oracle Financials
5 5 (0.41%) Primavera
6 4 (0.33%) Aladdin
6 4 (0.33%) Oracle Payables
6 4 (0.33%) SAP CO
6 4 (0.33%) SAP ERP
7 3 (0.24%) Elite 3E
7 3 (0.24%) Loan IQ
7 3 (0.24%) SAP FI
7 3 (0.24%) SAP FI/CO
8 2 (0.16%) Dynamics NAV
8 2 (0.16%) iTrent
8 2 (0.16%) SAP BPC
8 2 (0.16%) SAP FS
8 2 (0.16%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 1,228 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 422 (34.36%) Azure
3 171 (13.93%) Power Automate
4 166 (13.52%) PowerApps
5 139 (11.32%) AWS
6 113 (9.20%) Dynamics 365
7 99 (8.06%) Azure DevOps
8 96 (7.82%) Azure Data Factory
9 85 (6.92%) Snowflake
10 82 (6.68%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 81 (6.60%) Microsoft 365
12 80 (6.51%) GCP
13 45 (3.66%) Microsoft Copilot
14 37 (3.01%) dbt
15 32 (2.61%) Azure Logic Apps
15 32 (2.61%) SaaS
15 32 (2.61%) Serverless
16 30 (2.44%) Entra ID
17 29 (2.36%) GitHub
18 22 (1.79%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.41%) VoIP
2 3 (0.24%) HTTP
2 3 (0.24%) Kerberos
2 3 (0.24%) LAN
3 2 (0.16%) 2G
3 2 (0.16%) 5G
3 2 (0.16%) DNS
3 2 (0.16%) Hyperconnected
3 2 (0.16%) Internet
3 2 (0.16%) LTE
3 2 (0.16%) Mobile Backhaul
3 2 (0.16%) Network Security
3 2 (0.16%) SD-WAN
3 2 (0.16%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (0.16%) Wireless
4 1 (0.081%) NAS
4 1 (0.081%) Skype
4 1 (0.081%) TETRA
4 1 (0.081%) Unified Communications
4 1 (0.081%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 214 (17.43%) Tableau
2 152 (12.38%) Data Warehouse
3 94 (7.65%) Power Query
4 90 (7.33%) Data Lake
5 86 (7.00%) SQL Server
6 50 (4.07%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 45 (3.66%) Relational Database
8 44 (3.58%) Metadata
9 43 (3.50%) Azure SQL Database
10 40 (3.26%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 36 (2.93%) BigQuery
12 34 (2.77%) Looker
13 30 (2.44%) PostgreSQL
14 27 (2.20%) Data Mining
15 26 (2.12%) Big Data
16 22 (1.79%) Hadoop
17 20 (1.63%) Star Schema
18 17 (1.38%) Oracle Reports
19 16 (1.30%) NoSQL
19 16 (1.30%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 98 (7.98%) JIRA
2 44 (3.58%) Git
3 10 (0.81%) Visual Studio
4 8 (0.65%) DBeaver
5 7 (0.57%) SonarQube
6 6 (0.49%) GitLab
7 5 (0.41%) ERwin
8 4 (0.33%) Jenkins
8 4 (0.33%) NeoLoad
9 2 (0.16%) Artifactory
9 2 (0.16%) Bitbucket
9 2 (0.16%) MLflow
9 2 (0.16%) Postman
9 2 (0.16%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 1 (0.081%) Browser DevTools
10 1 (0.081%) ScriptRunner
10 1 (0.081%) Sonatype Nexus
10 1 (0.081%) Terragrunt
10 1 (0.081%) tSQLt
10 1 (0.081%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 448 (36.48%) Social Skills
2 408 (33.22%) Finance
3 307 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
4 132 (10.75%) Public Sector
5 110 (8.96%) Banking
6 43 (3.50%) Marketing
7 41 (3.34%) Manufacturing
8 39 (3.18%) Organisational Skills
8 39 (3.18%) Retail
9 33 (2.69%) Documentation Skills
9 33 (2.69%) Local Government
10 30 (2.44%) Investment Banking
10 30 (2.44%) Presentation Skills
11 24 (1.95%) Legal
12 23 (1.87%) Front Office
13 20 (1.63%) Pharmaceutical
14 19 (1.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 18 (1.47%) Telecoms
16 16 (1.30%) Influencing Skills
17 14 (1.14%) Law
Job Titles
1 358 (29.15%) Analyst
2 205 (16.69%) Developer
3 173 (14.09%) Data Analyst
4 130 (10.59%) Data Engineer
5 110 (8.96%) Senior
6 102 (8.31%) Lead
7 86 (7.00%) Architect
7 86 (7.00%) Business Analyst
8 80 (6.51%) Business Intelligence Developer
9 66 (5.37%) Power BI Developer
10 65 (5.29%) Consultant
11 48 (3.91%) Data Architect
12 41 (3.34%) Senior Analyst
13 37 (3.01%) Power BI Analyst
14 36 (2.93%) Business Intelligence Analyst
14 36 (2.93%) Data Scientist
14 36 (2.93%) Power Platform Developer
15 33 (2.69%) Project Manager
16 29 (2.36%) Azure Engineer
17 25 (2.04%) Report Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (3.18%) PySpark
2 38 (3.09%) .NET
3 35 (2.85%) REST
4 27 (2.20%) HTML
5 20 (1.63%) JSON
6 17 (1.38%) Pandas
6 17 (1.38%) scikit-learn
7 16 (1.30%) HTML5 Canvas
8 15 (1.22%) CSS
8 15 (1.22%) Kafka
9 12 (0.98%) NumPy
10 10 (0.81%) SailPoint
11 9 (0.73%) Plotly
12 8 (0.65%) AngularJS
12 8 (0.65%) Microsoft Graph
12 8 (0.65%) Oracle GoldenGate
12 8 (0.65%) PyTorch
12 8 (0.65%) React
12 8 (0.65%) TensorFlow
13 7 (0.57%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 35 (2.85%) Analytical Mindset
2 31 (2.52%) Low-Code
3 29 (2.36%) Data Structures
4 28 (2.28%) Legacy Systems
4 28 (2.28%) Onboarding
5 27 (2.20%) Management Information System
6 25 (2.04%) Algorithms
6 25 (2.04%) Data Protection Act
6 25 (2.04%) Product Ownership
7 19 (1.55%) Data Centre
8 16 (1.30%) Cloud Native
8 16 (1.30%) Derivative
8 16 (1.30%) Virtual Team
9 14 (1.14%) NHS
10 13 (1.06%) Reinsurance
11 12 (0.98%) Self-Motivation
12 11 (0.90%) FMCG
12 11 (0.90%) IoT
12 11 (0.90%) Life Science
12 11 (0.90%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 16 (1.30%) Windows
2 7 (0.57%) Windows Server
3 6 (0.49%) Linux
4 4 (0.33%) Unix
5 2 (0.16%) Android
5 2 (0.16%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.16%) Mac OS
5 2 (0.16%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,091 (88.84%) Business Intelligence
2 420 (34.20%) Analytics
3 347 (28.26%) Visualisation
4 309 (25.16%) Data Modelling
5 269 (21.91%) Agile
6 239 (19.46%) Decision-Making
7 233 (18.97%) Problem-Solving
8 206 (16.78%) Data Visualisation
9 203 (16.53%) Stakeholder Management
10 201 (16.37%) Data Analysis
11 185 (15.07%) Actionable Insight
12 180 (14.66%) Data Governance
13 179 (14.58%) ETL
14 151 (12.30%) DevOps
15 140 (11.40%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 127 (10.34%) Data Pipeline
17 122 (9.93%) Migration
18 119 (9.69%) Data Engineering
19 118 (9.61%) AI
19 118 (9.61%) Dashboard Development
Programming Languages
1 572 (46.58%) SQL
2 315 (25.65%) Python
3 101 (8.22%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 54 (4.40%) C#
5 53 (4.32%) JavaScript
6 47 (3.83%) R
7 46 (3.75%) PowerShell
8 29 (2.36%) Java
9 28 (2.28%) VBA
10 25 (2.04%) T-SQL
11 19 (1.55%) Scala
12 13 (1.06%) TypeScript
13 9 (0.73%) PL/SQL
14 8 (0.65%) Bicep
14 8 (0.65%) Korn
15 6 (0.49%) C++
15 6 (0.49%) X++
16 5 (0.41%) Bash
16 5 (0.41%) Formula Language
16 5 (0.41%) LotusScript
Qualifications
1 160 (13.03%) Security Cleared
2 127 (10.34%) SC Cleared
3 103 (8.39%) Degree
4 26 (2.12%) Azure Certification
5 23 (1.87%) Microsoft Certification
6 21 (1.71%) Computer Science Degree
7 20 (1.63%) Master's Degree
8 18 (1.47%) ACCA
9 17 (1.38%) CIMA
9 17 (1.38%) PMI Certification
10 14 (1.14%) BPSS Clearance
11 10 (0.81%) PMP
12 9 (0.73%) AWS Certification
12 9 (0.73%) CISSP
13 8 (0.65%) CFA
13 8 (0.65%) CISA
13 8 (0.65%) DV Cleared
14 7 (0.57%) CISM
14 7 (0.57%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
15 5 (0.41%) CBAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 178 (14.50%) Data Quality
2 59 (4.80%) GDPR
3 55 (4.48%) QA
4 54 (4.40%) PMO
5 46 (3.75%) Accessibility
6 18 (1.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 13 (1.06%) NIST
8 11 (0.90%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 10 (0.81%) GRC
10 9 (0.73%) IFRS
11 8 (0.65%) HIPAA
12 7 (0.57%) COBIT
12 7 (0.57%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 7 (0.57%) NIST 800
12 7 (0.57%) SLA
13 6 (0.49%) GxP
14 5 (0.41%) Actionable Recommendations
14 5 (0.41%) MiFID
15 4 (0.33%) Basel III
16 3 (0.24%) WCAG
System Software
1 28 (2.28%) Active Directory
2 12 (0.98%) Docker
3 2 (0.16%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.081%) HDFS
4 1 (0.081%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.081%) Xen
Systems Management
1 34 (2.77%) Terraform
2 17 (1.38%) Kubernetes
3 11 (0.90%) RSA Archer
4 8 (0.65%) Microsoft Intune
4 8 (0.65%) Single Sign-On
5 6 (0.49%) SCCM
6 2 (0.16%) Ansible
6 2 (0.16%) Kibana
7 1 (0.081%) Grafana
7 1 (0.081%) Istio
7 1 (0.081%) Jamf Pro
7 1 (0.081%) Opsgenie
7 1 (0.081%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.081%) Puppet
7 1 (0.081%) SCOM
7 1 (0.081%) SysTrack
7 1 (0.081%) Thomson Reuters DACS
7 1 (0.081%) WSUS
Vendors
1 398 (32.41%) Microsoft
2 114 (9.28%) Databricks
3 86 (7.00%) Oracle
4 85 (6.92%) SAP
5 51 (4.15%) Google
6 37 (3.01%) Salesforce
6 37 (3.01%) ServiceNow
7 26 (2.12%) Alteryx
8 15 (1.22%) Informatica
9 12 (0.98%) Foundry
9 12 (0.98%) Splunk
10 10 (0.81%) Adobe
10 10 (0.81%) Lotus
11 9 (0.73%) Planview
11 9 (0.73%) Rapid7
12 8 (0.65%) Cognos
12 8 (0.65%) Dataiku
12 8 (0.65%) IFS
12 8 (0.65%) Workday
13 7 (0.57%) Virgin Media