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 4 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 60 52 64
Rank change year-on-year -8 +12 +11
Contract jobs citing Power BI 1,313 1,015 1,251
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.94% 3.89% 3.29%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 24.14% 20.91% 20.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 916 682 895
10th Percentile £313 £313 £300
25th Percentile £400 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -
75th Percentile £575 £588 £600
90th Percentile £650 £690 £688
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 23 47
10th Percentile £12.79 £24.80 £14.00
25th Percentile £18.00 £25.26 £20.01
Median hourly rate £19.38 £28.60 £24.43
Median % change year-on-year -32.26% +17.07% -60.91%
75th Percentile £37.00 £52.25 £43.75
90th Percentile £52.50 £64.73 £60.60
UK median hourly rate £20.69 £28.60 £23.24
% change year-on-year -27.67% +23.06% -61.27%

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 5,438 4,855 6,120
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 16.31% 18.59% 16.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,798 3,225 4,403
10th Percentile £331 £356 £350
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £540 £538
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% +0.47% -2.27%
75th Percentile £600 £663 £650
90th Percentile £700 £775 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 102 80 170
10th Percentile £18.25 £22.27 £15.50
25th Percentile £27.69 £25.19 £21.16
Median hourly rate £45.75 £39.00 £42.35
Median % change year-on-year +17.31% -7.90% -25.53%
75th Percentile £74.58 £64.73 £61.13
90th Percentile £84.90 £74.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £50.00 £35.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year +42.86% -17.65% -25.26%

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 4 February 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 4 February 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 4 February 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 +2 735 £500 -2.91% 214
North of England -26 153 £431 -4.17% 124
South East -17 131 £475 - 229
Midlands -26 118 £469 -3.85% 135
North West -17 85 £425 -15.00% 82
West Midlands -34 75 £494 -1.20% 86
South West -6 67 £475 +5.56% 44
Yorkshire -31 59 £438 +6.83% 32
East Midlands -2 43 £356 -7.53% 49
East of England -13 42 £625 +38.89% 32
North East -8 9 £475 -8.43% 12
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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
1 131 (9.98%) SharePoint
2 46 (3.50%) Confluence
3 44 (3.35%) Apache Spark
4 26 (1.98%) Apache
5 24 (1.83%) Apache Airflow
6 16 (1.22%) HCL Notes
7 10 (0.76%) Microsoft Exchange
8 9 (0.69%) Mendix
9 8 (0.61%) Apache Pig
10 6 (0.46%) Jupyter
10 6 (0.46%) Oracle Application Server
11 4 (0.30%) CMS
12 2 (0.15%) ArcGIS
12 2 (0.15%) Palantir Foundry
12 2 (0.15%) SAS
13 1 (0.076%) Apache Synapse
13 1 (0.076%) Luigi
13 1 (0.076%) SharePoint Server
13 1 (0.076%) Tomcat
13 1 (0.076%) WebSphere
Applications
1 278 (21.17%) Microsoft Excel
2 48 (3.66%) Microsoft Project
3 47 (3.58%) Microsoft Office
4 34 (2.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 25 (1.90%) MS Visio
6 8 (0.61%) Spreadsheet
7 4 (0.30%) Trello
8 3 (0.23%) Notion
9 2 (0.15%) Adobe Illustrator
9 2 (0.15%) Chatbot
9 2 (0.15%) Photoshop
10 1 (0.076%) Adobe XD
10 1 (0.076%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 51 (3.88%) Dynamics CRM
2 17 (1.29%) SAP S/4HANA
3 9 (0.69%) Salesforce CRM
4 6 (0.46%) Oracle Financials
5 4 (0.30%) iTrent
5 4 (0.30%) Oracle Payables
6 3 (0.23%) Cloudability
6 3 (0.23%) Elite 3E
6 3 (0.23%) Loan IQ
6 3 (0.23%) NetSuite
6 3 (0.23%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 3 (0.23%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
7 2 (0.15%) Actimize
7 2 (0.15%) Dynamics NAV
7 2 (0.15%) Oracle EBS
7 2 (0.15%) Oracle FAH
7 2 (0.15%) Primavera
7 2 (0.15%) SAP BPC
7 2 (0.15%) SAP CO
7 2 (0.15%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 1,313 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 503 (38.31%) Azure
3 202 (15.38%) Power Automate
4 178 (13.56%) PowerApps
5 156 (11.88%) AWS
6 132 (10.05%) Azure DevOps
7 130 (9.90%) Azure Data Factory
8 120 (9.14%) Microsoft 365
9 104 (7.92%) Dynamics 365
10 102 (7.77%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 94 (7.16%) GCP
12 87 (6.63%) Snowflake
13 61 (4.65%) Microsoft Copilot
14 51 (3.88%) Serverless
15 49 (3.73%) GitHub
16 43 (3.27%) Copilot Studio
17 42 (3.20%) SaaS
18 38 (2.89%) Azure Logic Apps
19 36 (2.74%) Azure Functions
20 35 (2.67%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.38%) HTTP
2 4 (0.30%) Wi-Fi
3 3 (0.23%) Kerberos
3 3 (0.23%) VoIP
3 3 (0.23%) VPN
4 2 (0.15%) 2G
4 2 (0.15%) 5G
4 2 (0.15%) DNS
4 2 (0.15%) Firewall
4 2 (0.15%) Hyperconnected
4 2 (0.15%) LAN
4 2 (0.15%) LTE
4 2 (0.15%) Mobile Backhaul
4 2 (0.15%) Network Security
4 2 (0.15%) SD-WAN
4 2 (0.15%) Unified Communications
4 2 (0.15%) Wireless
5 1 (0.076%) Skype
5 1 (0.076%) VXLAN
5 1 (0.076%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 205 (15.61%) Tableau
2 149 (11.35%) Data Warehouse
3 107 (8.15%) Data Lake
4 103 (7.84%) SQL Server
5 82 (6.25%) Power Query
6 57 (4.34%) Metadata
7 53 (4.04%) Azure SQL Database
8 49 (3.73%) BigQuery
9 43 (3.27%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 40 (3.05%) Looker
10 40 (3.05%) Relational Database
11 39 (2.97%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 29 (2.21%) PostgreSQL
13 27 (2.06%) Delta Lake
14 25 (1.90%) Snowflake Schema
15 24 (1.83%) NoSQL
15 24 (1.83%) Star Schema
16 22 (1.68%) Amazon Athena
17 21 (1.60%) Big Data
17 21 (1.60%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 108 (8.23%) JIRA
2 56 (4.27%) Git
3 11 (0.84%) GitLab
4 9 (0.69%) Jenkins
4 9 (0.69%) Visual Studio
5 8 (0.61%) ERwin
6 7 (0.53%) SonarQube
7 6 (0.46%) DBeaver
8 5 (0.38%) NeoLoad
9 3 (0.23%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 3 (0.23%) Terragrunt
10 2 (0.15%) Artifactory
10 2 (0.15%) ER Studio
10 2 (0.15%) MLflow
10 2 (0.15%) Postman
10 2 (0.15%) Team Foundation Server
11 1 (0.076%) Cypress.io
11 1 (0.076%) Maven
11 1 (0.076%) Metasploit
11 1 (0.076%) Selenium
General
1 460 (35.03%) Social Skills
2 409 (31.15%) Finance
3 301 (22.92%) Analytical Skills
4 144 (10.97%) Public Sector
5 114 (8.68%) Banking
6 44 (3.35%) Marketing
7 34 (2.59%) Documentation Skills
7 34 (2.59%) Retail
8 33 (2.51%) Organisational Skills
9 28 (2.13%) Influencing Skills
10 26 (1.98%) Manufacturing
10 26 (1.98%) Presentation Skills
11 22 (1.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 21 (1.60%) Front Office
13 19 (1.45%) Legal
14 18 (1.37%) Local Government
15 17 (1.29%) Investment Banking
16 16 (1.22%) Financial Institution
16 16 (1.22%) Publishing
17 12 (0.91%) Law
Job Titles
1 357 (27.19%) Analyst
2 211 (16.07%) Developer
3 189 (14.39%) Data Engineer
4 149 (11.35%) Data Analyst
5 134 (10.21%) Senior
6 110 (8.38%) Lead
7 96 (7.31%) Business Analyst
8 88 (6.70%) Architect
9 76 (5.79%) Business Intelligence Developer
10 67 (5.10%) Consultant
11 59 (4.49%) Power BI Developer
12 44 (3.35%) Data Scientist
13 43 (3.27%) Senior Analyst
14 40 (3.05%) Power Platform Developer
15 38 (2.89%) Data Architect
15 38 (2.89%) PMO Analyst
16 37 (2.82%) Project Manager
17 33 (2.51%) Senior Data Engineer
18 32 (2.44%) Business Intelligence Analyst
19 31 (2.36%) Power BI Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 64 (4.87%) PySpark
2 42 (3.20%) .NET
3 39 (2.97%) REST
4 32 (2.44%) Kafka
5 28 (2.13%) Pandas
6 25 (1.90%) scikit-learn
7 24 (1.83%) HTML
8 18 (1.37%) JSON
9 17 (1.29%) HTML5 Canvas
9 17 (1.29%) React
10 14 (1.07%) Great Expectations
10 14 (1.07%) NumPy
10 14 (1.07%) PyTorch
10 14 (1.07%) TensorFlow
11 11 (0.84%) Spark Streaming
12 10 (0.76%) CSS
12 10 (0.76%) Microsoft Graph
12 10 (0.76%) Plotly
12 10 (0.76%) XML
13 9 (0.69%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 48 (3.66%) Product Ownership
2 38 (2.89%) Data Structures
3 34 (2.59%) Cloud Native
4 33 (2.51%) Analytical Mindset
5 32 (2.44%) Management Information System
6 30 (2.28%) Low-Code
7 26 (1.98%) Algorithms
7 26 (1.98%) Legacy Systems
7 26 (1.98%) Onboarding
8 22 (1.68%) Data Protection Act
9 17 (1.29%) PMI
10 16 (1.22%) Data Centre
11 13 (0.99%) Self-Motivation
12 11 (0.84%) AI Agents
12 11 (0.84%) Derivative
12 11 (0.84%) Distributed Computing
12 11 (0.84%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 11 (0.84%) Virtual Team
13 10 (0.76%) Public Cloud
13 10 (0.76%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 12 (0.91%) Windows
2 5 (0.38%) Windows 10
3 4 (0.30%) Linux
4 3 (0.23%) Unix
4 3 (0.23%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.076%) Android
5 1 (0.076%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.076%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,205 (91.77%) Business Intelligence
2 479 (36.48%) Analytics
3 369 (28.10%) Data Modelling
4 335 (25.51%) Visualisation
5 298 (22.70%) Agile
6 267 (20.34%) Decision-Making
7 255 (19.42%) Problem-Solving
8 234 (17.82%) ETL
9 218 (16.60%) Data Governance
10 216 (16.45%) Stakeholder Management
11 203 (15.46%) DevOps
12 202 (15.38%) Actionable Insight
13 201 (15.31%) Data Visualisation
14 195 (14.85%) Data Analysis
15 179 (13.63%) AI
16 170 (12.95%) Data Engineering
17 164 (12.49%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 153 (11.65%) CI/CD
18 153 (11.65%) Data Pipeline
19 144 (10.97%) Dashboard Development
Programming Languages
1 590 (44.94%) SQL
2 330 (25.13%) Python
3 110 (8.38%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 65 (4.95%) C#
5 54 (4.11%) JavaScript
6 47 (3.58%) R
7 40 (3.05%) PowerShell
8 32 (2.44%) VBA
9 28 (2.13%) Java
9 28 (2.13%) T-SQL
10 27 (2.06%) Scala
11 16 (1.22%) Bicep
12 14 (1.07%) TypeScript
13 10 (0.76%) Formula Language
13 10 (0.76%) LotusScript
14 6 (0.46%) Korn
14 6 (0.46%) PL/SQL
15 5 (0.38%) X++
16 4 (0.30%) LookML
16 4 (0.30%) VB
Qualifications
1 194 (14.78%) Security Cleared
2 153 (11.65%) SC Cleared
3 125 (9.52%) Degree
4 32 (2.44%) Azure Certification
5 29 (2.21%) PMI Certification
6 28 (2.13%) Computer Science Degree
7 26 (1.98%) PMP
8 25 (1.90%) Microsoft Certification
9 22 (1.68%) BPSS Clearance
10 21 (1.60%) Master's Degree
11 11 (0.84%) CIMA
11 11 (0.84%) MBA
12 10 (0.76%) ACCA
13 9 (0.69%) AWS Certification
14 8 (0.61%) CBAP
14 8 (0.61%) DV Cleared
15 7 (0.53%) CFA
15 7 (0.53%) SAFe Agilist
16 4 (0.30%) IIBA
17 3 (0.23%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 246 (18.74%) Data Quality
2 84 (6.40%) GDPR
3 76 (5.79%) PMO
4 71 (5.41%) QA
5 52 (3.96%) Accessibility
6 17 (1.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 13 (0.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 12 (0.91%) GRC
9 10 (0.76%) Basel III
9 10 (0.76%) SLA
10 9 (0.69%) Actionable Recommendations
11 7 (0.53%) HIPAA
12 6 (0.46%) NIST
13 5 (0.38%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 5 (0.38%) P3O
14 4 (0.30%) WCAG
15 3 (0.23%) GAAP
15 3 (0.23%) IFRS
16 2 (0.15%) IFRS 9
16 2 (0.15%) NIST 800
System Software
1 32 (2.44%) Docker
2 26 (1.98%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.23%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.076%) BitLocker
4 1 (0.076%) HDFS
4 1 (0.076%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.076%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 64 (4.87%) Terraform
2 37 (2.82%) Kubernetes
3 10 (0.76%) Microsoft Intune
4 9 (0.69%) SCCM
5 6 (0.46%) RSA Archer
6 3 (0.23%) Ansible
6 3 (0.23%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (0.15%) Control-M
7 2 (0.15%) Kibana
8 1 (0.076%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.076%) Kubeflow
8 1 (0.076%) Puppet
8 1 (0.076%) SCOM
8 1 (0.076%) Thomson Reuters DACS
8 1 (0.076%) WSUS
Vendors
1 432 (32.90%) Microsoft
2 164 (12.49%) Databricks
3 91 (6.93%) Oracle
4 67 (5.10%) Google
5 66 (5.03%) SAP
6 46 (3.50%) ServiceNow
7 45 (3.43%) Salesforce
8 24 (1.83%) Informatica
9 16 (1.22%) Lotus
10 15 (1.14%) Foundry
11 14 (1.07%) Alteryx
11 14 (1.07%) OpenAI
12 12 (0.91%) MuleSoft
12 12 (0.91%) Planview
12 12 (0.91%) Splunk
13 11 (0.84%) Cognos
14 9 (0.69%) Kofax
15 8 (0.61%) MicroStrategy
15 8 (0.61%) Talend
15 8 (0.61%) Workday