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 23 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 59 58 66
Rank change year-on-year -1 +8 +6
Contract jobs citing Power BI 1,503 923 1,165
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.79% 3.76% 3.12%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 24.07% 19.68% 18.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,047 628 835
10th Percentile £313 £313 £308
25th Percentile £400 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £475 £485
Median % change year-on-year +2.63% -2.06% -3.00%
75th Percentile £575 £574 £588
90th Percentile £646 £665 £700
UK median daily rate £480 £475 £475
% change year-on-year +1.05% - -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 26 29
10th Percentile £16.07 £18.62 £14.00
25th Percentile £19.20 £24.81 £14.36
Median hourly rate £33.25 £29.07 £23.22
Median % change year-on-year +14.38% +25.22% -56.81%
75th Percentile £50.94 £32.05 £43.75
90th Percentile £82.25 £44.21 £56.30
UK median hourly rate £30.75 £29.07 £23.22
% change year-on-year +5.78% +25.22% -55.78%

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 6,244 4,691 6,185
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 15.73% 19.09% 16.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,317 3,293 4,442
10th Percentile £350 £358 £350
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £600 £656 £675
90th Percentile £700 £775 £775
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 164 94 133
10th Percentile £16.85 £19.73 £14.00
25th Percentile £28.67 £23.69 £20.98
Median hourly rate £50.50 £32.96 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +53.22% -17.60% -32.54%
75th Percentile £74.37 £65.46 £54.13
90th Percentile £82.25 £70.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £51.00 £34.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year +47.83% -13.75% -33.33%

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 23 April 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 23 April 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 23 April 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 +6 785 £500 +2.04% 217
South East +10 195 £475 +2.70% 187
Midlands -13 169 £450 -6.44% 130
North of England -35 154 £450 - 163
West Midlands -29 103 £450 -7.22% 82
South West +2 85 £450 +2.86% 62
North West -20 79 £463 -11.90% 85
East Midlands +10 65 £425 -12.82% 48
Yorkshire -34 63 £438 +3.06% 56
East of England -14 45 £450 -10.00% 58
North East -13 12 £475 +5.56% 26
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
1 136 (9.05%) SharePoint
2 59 (3.93%) Confluence
3 49 (3.26%) Apache Spark
4 30 (2.00%) Apache
5 27 (1.80%) Apache Airflow
6 17 (1.13%) HCL Notes
7 12 (0.80%) Mendix
8 8 (0.53%) Apache Superset
8 8 (0.53%) SAS
9 6 (0.40%) Microsoft Exchange
10 4 (0.27%) Palantir Foundry
11 3 (0.20%) CMS
12 2 (0.13%) ArcGIS
12 2 (0.13%) Oracle SOA Suite
13 1 (0.067%) IIS
13 1 (0.067%) OpenROAD
13 1 (0.067%) Oracle Workflow
13 1 (0.067%) Skype for Business
13 1 (0.067%) Tomcat
13 1 (0.067%) WebSphere
Applications
1 312 (20.76%) Microsoft Excel
2 57 (3.79%) Microsoft Project
3 52 (3.46%) Microsoft Office
4 41 (2.73%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 34 (2.26%) MS Visio
6 12 (0.80%) Spreadsheet
7 4 (0.27%) Navisworks
7 4 (0.27%) Revit
8 3 (0.20%) Adobe Illustrator
8 3 (0.20%) Notion
8 3 (0.20%) Photoshop
9 2 (0.13%) Oracle Smart View
9 2 (0.13%) Trello
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 37 (2.46%) Dynamics CRM
2 16 (1.06%) SAP S/4HANA
3 14 (0.93%) Remedy ITSM
4 13 (0.86%) iTrent
5 6 (0.40%) Sage X3
6 5 (0.33%) BambooHR
6 5 (0.33%) Salesforce CRM
7 4 (0.27%) Oracle Financials
7 4 (0.27%) Primavera
7 4 (0.27%) SAP EWM
8 3 (0.20%) Cloudability
8 3 (0.20%) Elite 3E
8 3 (0.20%) NEC Housing
8 3 (0.20%) Oracle EBS
8 3 (0.20%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
9 2 (0.13%) Aladdin
9 2 (0.13%) Eloqua
9 2 (0.13%) Oracle FAH
9 2 (0.13%) Oracle Payables
9 2 (0.13%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 1,503 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 553 (36.79%) Azure
3 193 (12.84%) AWS
4 184 (12.24%) Power Automate
5 157 (10.45%) Azure Data Factory
6 151 (10.05%) PowerApps
7 141 (9.38%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 126 (8.38%) Azure DevOps
8 126 (8.38%) Microsoft 365
9 105 (6.99%) Dynamics 365
10 94 (6.25%) GCP
11 92 (6.12%) Snowflake
12 74 (4.92%) Serverless
13 73 (4.86%) Microsoft Copilot
14 60 (3.99%) GitHub
15 50 (3.33%) Amazon S3
16 48 (3.19%) Copilot Studio
17 44 (2.93%) dbt
18 39 (2.59%) Microsoft Purview
19 36 (2.40%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 9 (0.60%) Firewall
1 9 (0.60%) VPN
2 4 (0.27%) DNS
2 4 (0.27%) HTTP
3 3 (0.20%) 5G
3 3 (0.20%) Ethernet
3 3 (0.20%) LTE
3 3 (0.20%) Network Security
3 3 (0.20%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (0.13%) 3GPP
4 2 (0.13%) 4G
4 2 (0.13%) 5G NR
4 2 (0.13%) Hyperconnected
4 2 (0.13%) Intranet
4 2 (0.13%) Microwave Backhaul
4 2 (0.13%) MPLS
4 2 (0.13%) Radio Access Network
4 2 (0.13%) SMTP
4 2 (0.13%) Unified Communications
4 2 (0.13%) VoLTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 267 (17.76%) Tableau
2 226 (15.04%) Data Warehouse
3 141 (9.38%) Data Lake
4 112 (7.45%) SQL Server
5 94 (6.25%) Power Query
6 77 (5.12%) Metadata
7 60 (3.99%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 57 (3.79%) Azure SQL Database
9 48 (3.19%) Looker
10 46 (3.06%) BigQuery
11 42 (2.79%) Star Schema
12 40 (2.66%) Snowflake Schema
13 35 (2.33%) Delta Lake
13 35 (2.33%) Relational Database
14 34 (2.26%) Amazon Athena
15 31 (2.06%) NoSQL
15 31 (2.06%) Spark SQL
16 30 (2.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
17 28 (1.86%) Mixpanel
18 25 (1.66%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 123 (8.18%) JIRA
2 71 (4.72%) Git
3 16 (1.06%) GitLab
4 13 (0.86%) ERwin
5 11 (0.73%) Jenkins
6 6 (0.40%) MLflow
7 5 (0.33%) PowerDesigner
7 5 (0.33%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 4 (0.27%) Bitbucket
8 4 (0.27%) Postman
8 4 (0.27%) Visual Studio
9 3 (0.20%) ER Studio
9 3 (0.20%) Selenium
9 3 (0.20%) Terragrunt
10 2 (0.13%) Charles Proxy
10 2 (0.13%) JMeter
10 2 (0.13%) Team Foundation Server
10 2 (0.13%) WebDriver
11 1 (0.067%) Claude Code
11 1 (0.067%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 482 (32.07%) Finance
2 480 (31.94%) Social Skills
3 373 (24.82%) Analytical Skills
4 147 (9.78%) Public Sector
5 98 (6.52%) Banking
6 51 (3.39%) Documentation Skills
7 48 (3.19%) Law
7 48 (3.19%) Organisational Skills
8 46 (3.06%) Retail
9 43 (2.86%) Marketing
10 31 (2.06%) Influencing Skills
11 26 (1.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 23 (1.53%) Manufacturing
13 20 (1.33%) Legal
13 20 (1.33%) Telecoms
14 19 (1.26%) Presentation Skills
15 17 (1.13%) Local Government
16 15 (1.00%) Financial Institution
16 15 (1.00%) Front Office
17 14 (0.93%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 405 (26.95%) Analyst
2 241 (16.03%) Data Engineer
3 203 (13.51%) Developer
4 180 (11.98%) Data Analyst
5 179 (11.91%) Senior
6 144 (9.58%) Architect
7 143 (9.51%) Lead
8 93 (6.19%) Business Analyst
9 88 (5.85%) Business Intelligence Developer
10 74 (4.92%) Consultant
11 66 (4.39%) Power BI Developer
12 50 (3.33%) Senior Data Engineer
13 48 (3.19%) Senior Analyst
14 44 (2.93%) Data Architect
15 43 (2.86%) Business Intelligence Analyst
16 42 (2.79%) Project Manager
17 41 (2.73%) Power Platform Developer
18 38 (2.53%) Azure Engineer
18 38 (2.53%) PMO Analyst
19 36 (2.40%) Lead Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 84 (5.59%) PySpark
2 42 (2.79%) Kafka
3 38 (2.53%) REST
4 33 (2.20%) .NET
5 26 (1.73%) Pandas
6 22 (1.46%) JSON
7 19 (1.26%) Great Expectations
7 19 (1.26%) HTML
8 18 (1.20%) scikit-learn
9 17 (1.13%) React
10 15 (1.00%) ADO
10 15 (1.00%) XML
11 14 (0.93%) PyTorch
11 14 (0.93%) TensorFlow
11 14 (0.93%) YAML
12 13 (0.86%) HTML5 Canvas
12 13 (0.86%) Spark Streaming
13 12 (0.80%) CSS
13 12 (0.80%) Microsoft Graph
13 12 (0.80%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 58 (3.86%) Data Structures
2 53 (3.53%) Cloud Native
2 53 (3.53%) Product Ownership
3 36 (2.40%) Legacy Systems
4 32 (2.13%) Analytical Mindset
5 30 (2.00%) Management Information System
6 28 (1.86%) Low-Code
6 28 (1.86%) Onboarding
7 24 (1.60%) Data Protection Act
8 18 (1.20%) CMDB
9 16 (1.06%) AI Agents
10 15 (1.00%) Algorithms
10 15 (1.00%) Self-Motivation
11 14 (0.93%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 14 (0.93%) PMI
12 13 (0.86%) Clustering
13 11 (0.73%) Distributed Computing
13 11 (0.73%) NHS
14 9 (0.60%) IoT
15 8 (0.53%) Derivative
Operating Systems
1 18 (1.20%) Windows
2 10 (0.67%) Windows Server
3 6 (0.40%) Windows 10
4 5 (0.33%) Unix
5 2 (0.13%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.13%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.067%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,399 (93.08%) Business Intelligence
2 597 (39.72%) Analytics
3 483 (32.14%) Data Modelling
4 332 (22.09%) Agile
5 322 (21.42%) Visualisation
6 318 (21.16%) ETL
7 317 (21.09%) Decision-Making
8 282 (18.76%) Data Governance
9 279 (18.56%) Problem-Solving
10 242 (16.10%) Data Engineering
11 232 (15.44%) DevOps
12 228 (15.17%) Data Pipeline
13 223 (14.84%) AI
13 223 (14.84%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 215 (14.30%) Actionable Insight
15 211 (14.04%) CI/CD
16 210 (13.97%) Migration
17 202 (13.44%) Stakeholder Management
18 198 (13.17%) Data Visualisation
19 196 (13.04%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 714 (47.50%) SQL
2 390 (25.95%) Python
3 154 (10.25%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 67 (4.46%) C#
5 64 (4.26%) R
6 53 (3.53%) JavaScript
7 52 (3.46%) PowerShell
8 39 (2.59%) T-SQL
9 38 (2.53%) VBA
10 36 (2.40%) Java
11 24 (1.60%) Bicep
12 19 (1.26%) Scala
13 11 (0.73%) Formula Language
13 11 (0.73%) LotusScript
13 11 (0.73%) TypeScript
14 7 (0.47%) PL/SQL
15 6 (0.40%) Kotlin
16 4 (0.27%) C
17 3 (0.20%) HiveQL
18 2 (0.13%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 249 (16.57%) Security Cleared
2 194 (12.91%) SC Cleared
3 146 (9.71%) Degree
4 34 (2.26%) BPSS Clearance
5 32 (2.13%) Computer Science Degree
6 31 (2.06%) Azure Certification
7 28 (1.86%) Microsoft Certification
8 24 (1.60%) Master's Degree
9 23 (1.53%) PMI Certification
9 23 (1.53%) PMP
10 13 (0.86%) AWS Certification
11 11 (0.73%) DV Cleared
12 10 (0.67%) MBA
13 8 (0.53%) DBS Check
13 8 (0.53%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 8 (0.53%) SAFe Agilist
14 7 (0.47%) ACCA
15 6 (0.40%) CBAP
15 6 (0.40%) CIMA
15 6 (0.40%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 349 (23.22%) Data Quality
2 119 (7.92%) GDPR
3 93 (6.19%) PMO
4 86 (5.72%) QA
5 31 (2.06%) Accessibility
6 17 (1.13%) SLA
7 15 (1.00%) GRC
7 15 (1.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 14 (0.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 11 (0.73%) Basel III
10 9 (0.60%) Actionable Recommendations
11 6 (0.40%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 5 (0.33%) ISO 19650
13 4 (0.27%) NCSC
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%) P3O
15 2 (0.13%) IFRS 9
System Software
1 31 (2.06%) Active Directory
2 30 (2.00%) Docker
3 5 (0.33%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.20%) HDFS
5 2 (0.13%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.13%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.067%) BitLocker
6 1 (0.067%) RACF
Systems Management
1 75 (4.99%) Terraform
2 37 (2.46%) Kubernetes
3 9 (0.60%) Microsoft Intune
4 8 (0.53%) Grafana
5 7 (0.47%) SCCM
6 5 (0.33%) Ansible
6 5 (0.33%) Single Sign-On
7 3 (0.20%) Control-M
8 2 (0.13%) Apache Ranger
8 2 (0.13%) Kibana
8 2 (0.13%) Nessus
8 2 (0.13%) RSA Archer
9 1 (0.067%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.067%) Kubeflow
9 1 (0.067%) SCOM
9 1 (0.067%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 1 (0.067%) SysTrack
9 1 (0.067%) WSUS
Vendors
1 509 (33.87%) Microsoft
2 203 (13.51%) Databricks
3 86 (5.72%) SAP
4 79 (5.26%) Oracle
5 77 (5.12%) ServiceNow
6 60 (3.99%) Google
7 38 (2.53%) Salesforce
8 34 (2.26%) Informatica
9 23 (1.53%) Workday
10 18 (1.20%) Foundry
11 17 (1.13%) Lotus
12 14 (0.93%) Remedy
12 14 (0.93%) Sage
13 13 (0.86%) OpenAI
14 12 (0.80%) IFS
14 12 (0.80%) Kofax
15 11 (0.73%) Talend
16 10 (0.67%) Adobe
17 9 (0.60%) Alteryx
17 9 (0.60%) Splunk