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 6 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 59 56 66
Rank change year-on-year -3 +10 +14
Contract jobs citing Power BI 1,245 1,144 1,226
As % of all contract jobs in England 4.00% 3.74% 3.20%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 23.15% 20.66% 19.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 857 772 884
10th Percentile £313 £313 £300
25th Percentile £399 £400 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -2.91%
75th Percentile £585 £600 £611
90th Percentile £670 £700 £688
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 22 37
10th Percentile - £21.13 £16.20
25th Percentile £18.25 £25.26 £21.00
Median hourly rate £25.21 £30.00 £32.32
Median % change year-on-year -15.98% -7.18% -14.95%
75th Percentile £37.19 £43.75 £50.00
90th Percentile £61.00 £64.73 £79.16
UK median hourly rate £25.42 £28.00 £30.50
% change year-on-year -9.23% -8.20% -14.08%

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 5,377 5,536 6,417
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 17.28% 18.11% 16.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,747 3,700 4,571
10th Percentile £325 £350 £356
25th Percentile £410 £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 £525 £535
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.87% -2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 73 78 130
10th Percentile £21.21 £18.35 £18.38
25th Percentile £29.25 £24.31 £22.69
Median hourly rate £46.50 £38.00 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +22.37% -17.71% -9.45%
75th Percentile £65.00 £60.55 £64.52
90th Percentile £84.30 £66.00 £77.55
UK median hourly rate £46.50 £31.55 £46.18
% change year-on-year +47.41% -31.69% -7.64%

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 6 December 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 6 December 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 6 December 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 -2 682 £500 -3.66% 326
North of England -20 161 £423 -11.05% 191
South East -15 111 £475 - 320
Midlands -25 109 £464 -2.57% 146
North West -21 81 £425 -14.14% 111
West Midlands -26 79 £494 -0.20% 85
Yorkshire -10 77 £410 -8.89% 62
South West -1 72 £450 -5.26% 84
East of England +9 50 £580 +32.57% 81
East Midlands -7 30 £403 +5.92% 59
North East -4 3 £433 -3.89% 19
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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
1 144 (11.57%) SharePoint
2 38 (3.05%) Confluence
3 33 (2.65%) Apache Spark
4 25 (2.01%) Apache Airflow
5 18 (1.45%) Apache
6 14 (1.12%) HCL Notes
7 10 (0.80%) Microsoft Exchange
8 8 (0.64%) Apache Pig
8 8 (0.64%) Oracle Application Server
9 6 (0.48%) Jupyter
10 3 (0.24%) Mendix
10 3 (0.24%) SAS
11 2 (0.16%) ArcGIS
11 2 (0.16%) Moodle
12 1 (0.080%) CMS
12 1 (0.080%) Kentico
12 1 (0.080%) Luigi
12 1 (0.080%) SharePoint Server
12 1 (0.080%) Skype for Business
12 1 (0.080%) Smallworld
Applications
1 292 (23.45%) Microsoft Excel
2 51 (4.10%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 49 (3.94%) Microsoft Office
4 34 (2.73%) Microsoft Project
5 27 (2.17%) MS Visio
6 9 (0.72%) Spreadsheet
7 5 (0.40%) Trello
8 4 (0.32%) Adobe Illustrator
8 4 (0.32%) Chatbot
8 4 (0.32%) Notion
8 4 (0.32%) Photoshop
9 1 (0.080%) Adobe XD
9 1 (0.080%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 55 (4.42%) Dynamics CRM
2 29 (2.33%) SAP S/4HANA
3 10 (0.80%) Salesforce CRM
4 6 (0.48%) Oracle ERP
4 6 (0.48%) Oracle Financials
5 5 (0.40%) NetSuite
5 5 (0.40%) Primavera
6 4 (0.32%) Aladdin
6 4 (0.32%) Oracle Payables
6 4 (0.32%) SAP CO
6 4 (0.32%) SAP ERP
7 3 (0.24%) Cloudability
7 3 (0.24%) Elite 3E
7 3 (0.24%) Loan IQ
7 3 (0.24%) NEC Housing
7 3 (0.24%) SAP FI
7 3 (0.24%) SAP FI/CO
8 2 (0.16%) Dynamics NAV
8 2 (0.16%) Endur
8 2 (0.16%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 1,245 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 449 (36.06%) Azure
3 191 (15.34%) Power Automate
4 184 (14.78%) PowerApps
5 145 (11.65%) AWS
6 114 (9.16%) Dynamics 365
7 105 (8.43%) Azure DevOps
8 98 (7.87%) Microsoft 365
9 97 (7.79%) Azure Data Factory
10 86 (6.91%) GCP
11 85 (6.83%) Snowflake
12 76 (6.10%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 47 (3.78%) Microsoft Copilot
14 36 (2.89%) dbt
14 36 (2.89%) Serverless
15 35 (2.81%) SaaS
16 33 (2.65%) Azure Logic Apps
17 30 (2.41%) Entra ID
18 28 (2.25%) GitHub
19 27 (2.17%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.40%) HTTP
1 5 (0.40%) VoIP
2 3 (0.24%) Kerberos
2 3 (0.24%) LAN
2 3 (0.24%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (0.16%) 2G
3 2 (0.16%) 5G
3 2 (0.16%) DNS
3 2 (0.16%) Hyperconnected
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%) Unified Communications
3 2 (0.16%) VPN
3 2 (0.16%) Wireless
4 1 (0.080%) Firewall
4 1 (0.080%) Internet
4 1 (0.080%) SAN
4 1 (0.080%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 223 (17.91%) Tableau
2 143 (11.49%) Data Warehouse
3 91 (7.31%) Power Query
4 82 (6.59%) Data Lake
4 82 (6.59%) SQL Server
5 48 (3.86%) Metadata
6 47 (3.78%) Relational Database
7 46 (3.69%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 41 (3.29%) BigQuery
9 40 (3.21%) Azure SQL Database
10 39 (3.13%) Looker
11 37 (2.97%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 31 (2.49%) PostgreSQL
13 26 (2.09%) Data Mining
14 25 (2.01%) Big Data
15 21 (1.69%) Star Schema
16 20 (1.61%) Hadoop
16 20 (1.61%) Snowflake Schema
17 19 (1.53%) Oracle Reports
18 18 (1.45%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 99 (7.95%) JIRA
2 49 (3.94%) Git
3 9 (0.72%) Visual Studio
4 8 (0.64%) DBeaver
5 7 (0.56%) Jenkins
5 7 (0.56%) SonarQube
6 6 (0.48%) GitLab
7 4 (0.32%) NeoLoad
8 2 (0.16%) Artifactory
8 2 (0.16%) ERwin
8 2 (0.16%) MLflow
8 2 (0.16%) Postman
8 2 (0.16%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 1 (0.080%) Browser DevTools
9 1 (0.080%) Eclipse
9 1 (0.080%) Maven
9 1 (0.080%) Metasploit
9 1 (0.080%) Rational DOORS
9 1 (0.080%) Selenium
9 1 (0.080%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 462 (37.11%) Social Skills
2 414 (33.25%) Finance
3 313 (25.14%) Analytical Skills
4 133 (10.68%) Public Sector
5 118 (9.48%) Banking
6 44 (3.53%) Marketing
6 44 (3.53%) Organisational Skills
7 41 (3.29%) Manufacturing
8 33 (2.65%) Retail
9 32 (2.57%) Presentation Skills
10 31 (2.49%) Documentation Skills
11 28 (2.25%) Investment Banking
11 28 (2.25%) Local Government
12 24 (1.93%) Legal
13 23 (1.85%) Front Office
14 22 (1.77%) Influencing Skills
15 19 (1.53%) Pharmaceutical
16 18 (1.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 16 (1.29%) Law
17 16 (1.29%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 354 (28.43%) Analyst
2 200 (16.06%) Developer
3 165 (13.25%) Data Analyst
4 132 (10.60%) Data Engineer
5 120 (9.64%) Senior
6 100 (8.03%) Lead
7 94 (7.55%) Business Analyst
8 83 (6.67%) Architect
9 75 (6.02%) Business Intelligence Developer
10 64 (5.14%) Consultant
11 59 (4.74%) Power BI Developer
12 45 (3.61%) Senior Analyst
13 43 (3.45%) Data Architect
13 43 (3.45%) Data Scientist
14 40 (3.21%) Power Platform Developer
15 39 (3.13%) Project Manager
16 36 (2.89%) Business Intelligence Analyst
17 33 (2.65%) Power BI Analyst
18 27 (2.17%) Azure Engineer
19 25 (2.01%) Report Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 41 (3.29%) PySpark
2 38 (3.05%) .NET
3 33 (2.65%) REST
4 22 (1.77%) HTML
4 22 (1.77%) JSON
5 20 (1.61%) scikit-learn
6 19 (1.53%) Pandas
7 18 (1.45%) HTML5 Canvas
7 18 (1.45%) Kafka
8 14 (1.12%) NumPy
9 10 (0.80%) Plotly
9 10 (0.80%) React
9 10 (0.80%) SailPoint
10 9 (0.72%) OAuth
10 9 (0.72%) PyTorch
10 9 (0.72%) TensorFlow
11 8 (0.64%) AngularJS
11 8 (0.64%) CSS
11 8 (0.64%) Oracle GoldenGate
12 7 (0.56%) Matplotlib
Miscellaneous
1 36 (2.89%) Analytical Mindset
2 35 (2.81%) Data Structures
2 35 (2.81%) Product Ownership
3 33 (2.65%) Legacy Systems
4 31 (2.49%) Low-Code
5 30 (2.41%) Onboarding
6 26 (2.09%) Algorithms
7 25 (2.01%) Management Information System
8 24 (1.93%) Data Protection Act
9 20 (1.61%) Cloud Native
9 20 (1.61%) Data Centre
10 16 (1.29%) Derivative
10 16 (1.29%) Virtual Team
11 14 (1.12%) Self-Motivation
12 13 (1.04%) Reinsurance
13 12 (0.96%) Life Science
13 12 (0.96%) PMI
14 11 (0.88%) FMCG
14 11 (0.88%) NHS
14 11 (0.88%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 15 (1.20%) Windows
2 5 (0.40%) Linux
3 4 (0.32%) Unix
3 4 (0.32%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.24%) Windows 10
5 2 (0.16%) Android
5 2 (0.16%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.16%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,118 (89.80%) Business Intelligence
2 433 (34.78%) Analytics
3 341 (27.39%) Visualisation
4 321 (25.78%) Data Modelling
5 287 (23.05%) Agile
6 256 (20.56%) Decision-Making
7 233 (18.71%) Problem-Solving
8 207 (16.63%) Stakeholder Management
9 204 (16.39%) Data Visualisation
10 197 (15.82%) Actionable Insight
11 196 (15.74%) Data Analysis
11 196 (15.74%) Data Governance
12 180 (14.46%) ETL
13 161 (12.93%) DevOps
14 153 (12.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 132 (10.60%) Data Pipeline
16 124 (9.96%) Migration
17 121 (9.72%) AI
18 120 (9.64%) CI/CD
18 120 (9.64%) Dashboard Development
Programming Languages
1 562 (45.14%) SQL
2 326 (26.18%) Python
3 98 (7.87%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 58 (4.66%) R
5 57 (4.58%) C#
6 55 (4.42%) JavaScript
7 39 (3.13%) PowerShell
8 30 (2.41%) Java
8 30 (2.41%) VBA
9 24 (1.93%) Scala
10 21 (1.69%) T-SQL
11 16 (1.29%) TypeScript
12 9 (0.72%) PL/SQL
13 7 (0.56%) Bicep
13 7 (0.56%) Formula Language
13 7 (0.56%) Korn
13 7 (0.56%) LotusScript
14 6 (0.48%) C++
14 6 (0.48%) X++
15 4 (0.32%) VB
Qualifications
1 161 (12.93%) Security Cleared
2 129 (10.36%) SC Cleared
3 114 (9.16%) Degree
4 24 (1.93%) Computer Science Degree
5 23 (1.85%) Master's Degree
6 22 (1.77%) Azure Certification
7 20 (1.61%) PMI Certification
8 19 (1.53%) Microsoft Certification
9 13 (1.04%) ACCA
9 13 (1.04%) PMP
10 12 (0.96%) BPSS Clearance
10 12 (0.96%) CIMA
11 9 (0.72%) CISSP
12 8 (0.64%) AWS Certification
12 8 (0.64%) CFA
12 8 (0.64%) CISA
13 7 (0.56%) CBAP
13 7 (0.56%) CISM
13 7 (0.56%) DV Cleared
13 7 (0.56%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 200 (16.06%) Data Quality
2 67 (5.38%) GDPR
3 64 (5.14%) QA
4 59 (4.74%) PMO
5 51 (4.10%) Accessibility
6 18 (1.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 13 (1.04%) NIST
7 13 (1.04%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 10 (0.80%) GRC
9 8 (0.64%) Actionable Recommendations
9 8 (0.64%) HIPAA
10 7 (0.56%) COBIT
10 7 (0.56%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 7 (0.56%) NIST 800
11 6 (0.48%) GxP
11 6 (0.48%) IFRS
11 6 (0.48%) SLA
12 4 (0.32%) WCAG
13 3 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials
13 3 (0.24%) MiFID
System Software
1 25 (2.01%) Active Directory
2 18 (1.45%) Docker
3 2 (0.16%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.080%) HDFS
4 1 (0.080%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 33 (2.65%) Terraform
2 23 (1.85%) Kubernetes
3 11 (0.88%) RSA Archer
4 9 (0.72%) Microsoft Intune
5 6 (0.48%) SCCM
6 5 (0.40%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (0.16%) Ansible
7 2 (0.16%) Kibana
8 1 (0.080%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.080%) Puppet
8 1 (0.080%) SCOM
8 1 (0.080%) SysTrack
8 1 (0.080%) Thomson Reuters DACS
8 1 (0.080%) WSUS
Vendors
1 413 (33.17%) Microsoft
2 132 (10.60%) Databricks
3 94 (7.55%) Oracle
4 80 (6.43%) SAP
5 61 (4.90%) Google
6 42 (3.37%) ServiceNow
7 41 (3.29%) Salesforce
8 25 (2.01%) Alteryx
9 20 (1.61%) Informatica
10 14 (1.12%) Lotus
11 12 (0.96%) Foundry
11 12 (0.96%) Splunk
12 11 (0.88%) Adobe
13 10 (0.80%) Planview
14 9 (0.72%) Cognos
14 9 (0.72%) Rapid7
15 8 (0.64%) IFS
15 8 (0.64%) MuleSoft
15 8 (0.64%) OpenAI
16 7 (0.56%) Dataiku