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

6 months to
4 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 64 63 65
Rank change year-on-year -1 +2 +5
Contract jobs citing Power BI 1,674 1,038 1,095
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.71% 3.76% 3.27%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 24.17% 20.67% 17.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,094 674 789
10th Percentile £331 £301 £300
25th Percentile £413 £385 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £475 £488
Median % change year-on-year +3.16% -2.56% -2.50%
75th Percentile £588 £575 £575
90th Percentile £650 £675 £675
UK median daily rate £488 £475 £481
% change year-on-year +2.63% -1.25% -3.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 76 26 11
10th Percentile £17.86 £18.15 £20.00
25th Percentile £22.15 £21.69 £24.13
Median hourly rate £30.00 £30.36 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.17% +1.18% -25.93%
75th Percentile £47.81 £34.62 £44.47
90th Percentile £76.98 £50.63 £78.75
UK median hourly rate £29.96 £31.64 £30.00
% change year-on-year -5.31% +5.47% -25.93%

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 6,926 5,021 6,136
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 15.35% 18.19% 18.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,631 3,482 4,380
10th Percentile £358 £345 £350
25th Percentile £419 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £515 £538
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% -4.19% -2.27%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £675
90th Percentile £700 £763 £825
UK median daily rate £500 £509 £525
% change year-on-year -1.72% -3.10% -2.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 225 77 91
10th Percentile £16.00 £18.64 £14.25
25th Percentile £25.25 £23.50 £20.38
Median hourly rate £38.50 £34.50 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +11.59% -8.00% -31.82%
75th Percentile £62.00 £63.75 £60.78
90th Percentile £76.80 £77.98 £71.50
UK median hourly rate £39.00 £35.00 £35.50
% change year-on-year +11.43% -1.41% -35.45%

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 August 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 August 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 August 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 +12 870 £500 - 405
South East -6 216 £500 +12.04% 211
North of England -13 209 £450 +1.12% 170
Midlands +5 205 £459 +8.00% 128
West Midlands -9 146 £450 +5.94% 75
North West -9 114 £475 - 93
South West -12 94 £450 +12.50% 65
Yorkshire -31 78 £440 +3.53% 58
East Midlands +22 58 £464 +9.12% 53
East of England -15 37 £400 -31.03% 39
North East -25 21 £390 -13.33% 23
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
1 155 (9.26%) SharePoint
2 66 (3.94%) Confluence
3 33 (1.97%) Apache Spark
4 29 (1.73%) Apache Airflow
5 27 (1.61%) Apache
6 21 (1.25%) SAS
7 12 (0.72%) Microsoft Exchange
8 11 (0.66%) ArcGIS
9 9 (0.54%) Apache Superset
10 6 (0.36%) Palantir Foundry
11 4 (0.24%) CMS
11 4 (0.24%) IIS
11 4 (0.24%) Mendix
12 3 (0.18%) Apache Solr
12 3 (0.18%) HCL Notes
12 3 (0.18%) Kentico
12 3 (0.18%) Oracle Workflow
13 1 (0.060%) Appian
13 1 (0.060%) OpenROAD
13 1 (0.060%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 315 (18.82%) Microsoft Excel
2 62 (3.70%) Microsoft Project
3 46 (2.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 45 (2.69%) Microsoft Office
5 27 (1.61%) MS Visio
6 19 (1.14%) Spreadsheet
7 8 (0.48%) Navisworks
7 8 (0.48%) Revit
8 5 (0.30%) Chatbot
9 4 (0.24%) AutoCAD
9 4 (0.24%) ProjectWise
10 2 (0.12%) Notion
10 2 (0.12%) Oracle Smart View
11 1 (0.060%) Acrobat
11 1 (0.060%) Adobe Illustrator
11 1 (0.060%) CPLEX
11 1 (0.060%) InDesign
11 1 (0.060%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 40 (2.39%) Dynamics CRM
2 28 (1.67%) Remedy ITSM
3 23 (1.37%) SAP S/4HANA
4 16 (0.96%) iTrent
5 13 (0.78%) Primavera
6 9 (0.54%) Aladdin
7 6 (0.36%) Sage X3
7 6 (0.36%) SAP EWM
8 5 (0.30%) BambooHR
8 5 (0.30%) Integrated Workplace Management System
9 4 (0.24%) Maximo
9 4 (0.24%) SAP MDG
9 4 (0.24%) SAP MM
10 3 (0.18%) NEC Housing
10 3 (0.18%) Oracle Financials
10 3 (0.18%) Salesforce CRM
10 3 (0.18%) SAP ERP
11 2 (0.12%) CA PPM
11 2 (0.12%) Oracle Payables
11 2 (0.12%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 1,674 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 639 (38.17%) Azure
3 210 (12.54%) AWS
4 193 (11.53%) Power Automate
5 169 (10.10%) PowerApps
6 154 (9.20%) Azure DevOps
7 139 (8.30%) Azure Data Factory
8 130 (7.77%) Snowflake
9 125 (7.47%) Dynamics 365
10 118 (7.05%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 111 (6.63%) Microsoft 365
12 87 (5.20%) Microsoft Copilot
13 81 (4.84%) Serverless
14 70 (4.18%) dbt
14 70 (4.18%) GCP
15 62 (3.70%) GitHub
16 56 (3.35%) Amazon S3
17 48 (2.87%) AWS Lambda
18 47 (2.81%) Entra ID
18 47 (2.81%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 17 (1.02%) Firewall
2 13 (0.78%) VPN
3 10 (0.60%) DNS
4 7 (0.42%) SSL
5 4 (0.24%) Broadband
5 4 (0.24%) Network Security
6 3 (0.18%) Ethernet
6 3 (0.18%) Internet
7 2 (0.12%) 3GPP
7 2 (0.12%) 4G
7 2 (0.12%) 5G
7 2 (0.12%) Intranet
7 2 (0.12%) LTE
7 2 (0.12%) MPLS
7 2 (0.12%) NAS
7 2 (0.12%) Radio Access Network
7 2 (0.12%) SAN
7 2 (0.12%) SMTP
7 2 (0.12%) VoLTE
7 2 (0.12%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 273 (16.31%) Data Warehouse
2 265 (15.83%) Tableau
3 141 (8.42%) Data Lake
4 131 (7.83%) SQL Server
5 125 (7.47%) Power Query
6 74 (4.42%) Metadata
7 67 (4.00%) Star Schema
8 66 (3.94%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 56 (3.35%) Looker
10 51 (3.05%) Relational Database
11 48 (2.87%) Azure SQL Database
12 40 (2.39%) Amazon Athena
13 38 (2.27%) Amazon Redshift
14 36 (2.15%) Semantic Layer
15 35 (2.09%) Snowflake Schema
16 34 (2.03%) BigQuery
16 34 (2.03%) SQL Server Reporting Services
17 29 (1.73%) NoSQL
18 27 (1.61%) BusinessObjects
19 25 (1.49%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 143 (8.54%) JIRA
2 71 (4.24%) Git
3 30 (1.79%) GitLab
4 12 (0.72%) Jenkins
5 9 (0.54%) ERwin
6 6 (0.36%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 5 (0.30%) MLflow
7 5 (0.30%) PowerDesigner
8 4 (0.24%) Bitbucket
8 4 (0.24%) ER Studio
8 4 (0.24%) JUnit
8 4 (0.24%) Visual Studio
9 3 (0.18%) Terragrunt
10 2 (0.12%) Charles Proxy
10 2 (0.12%) JMeter
10 2 (0.12%) Oracle Forms
10 2 (0.12%) Postman
10 2 (0.12%) Selenium
10 2 (0.12%) Team Foundation Server
10 2 (0.12%) WebDriver
General
1 527 (31.48%) Social Skills
2 507 (30.29%) Finance
3 415 (24.79%) Analytical Skills
4 162 (9.68%) Public Sector
5 113 (6.75%) Banking
6 67 (4.00%) Retail
7 55 (3.29%) Documentation Skills
8 54 (3.23%) Law
9 52 (3.11%) Manufacturing
9 52 (3.11%) Organisational Skills
10 47 (2.81%) Marketing
11 42 (2.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 28 (1.67%) Influencing Skills
13 23 (1.37%) Financial Institution
13 23 (1.37%) Local Government
14 22 (1.31%) Presentation Skills
15 21 (1.25%) Investment Banking
16 20 (1.19%) Telecoms
17 16 (0.96%) Front Office
17 16 (0.96%) Legal
Job Titles
1 434 (25.93%) Analyst
2 248 (14.81%) Developer
3 237 (14.16%) Data Engineer
4 216 (12.90%) Data Analyst
5 203 (12.13%) Senior
6 184 (10.99%) Architect
7 158 (9.44%) Lead
8 121 (7.23%) Business Intelligence Developer
9 96 (5.73%) Power BI Developer
10 93 (5.56%) Business Analyst
11 73 (4.36%) Consultant
11 73 (4.36%) Data Architect
12 55 (3.29%) Senior Data Engineer
13 52 (3.11%) Power Platform Developer
14 50 (2.99%) Project Manager
15 48 (2.87%) Business Intelligence Analyst
16 43 (2.57%) Senior Analyst
17 39 (2.33%) Lead Architect
18 38 (2.27%) Solutions Architect
19 37 (2.21%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 92 (5.50%) PySpark
2 62 (3.70%) REST
3 60 (3.58%) .NET
4 30 (1.79%) Kafka
5 26 (1.55%) JSON
6 21 (1.25%) Middleware
6 21 (1.25%) React
7 18 (1.08%) Microsoft Graph
8 17 (1.02%) HTML
9 16 (0.96%) HTML5 Canvas
10 15 (0.90%) Pandas
11 13 (0.78%) CSS
12 11 (0.66%) ADO
13 10 (0.60%) XML
13 10 (0.60%) YAML
14 9 (0.54%) Great Expectations
15 8 (0.48%) .NET Core
16 7 (0.42%) jQuery
16 7 (0.42%) RESTful
16 7 (0.42%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 76 (4.54%) Data Structures
2 71 (4.24%) Cloud Native
3 54 (3.23%) Product Ownership
4 52 (3.11%) Legacy Systems
4 52 (3.11%) Management Information System
5 48 (2.87%) Onboarding
6 36 (2.15%) Analytical Mindset
7 27 (1.61%) Clustering
8 22 (1.31%) Data Protection Act
9 21 (1.25%) AI Agents
9 21 (1.25%) CMDB
10 19 (1.14%) Low-Code
11 18 (1.08%) FMCG
12 16 (0.96%) Enterprise Software
13 15 (0.90%) PKI
14 14 (0.84%) Self-Motivation
15 13 (0.78%) NHS
15 13 (0.78%) Reference Data
16 12 (0.72%) Data Centre
16 12 (0.72%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 48 (2.87%) Windows
2 25 (1.49%) Windows Server
3 10 (0.60%) Linux
4 9 (0.54%) Apple iOS
4 9 (0.54%) Unix
5 6 (0.36%) Mac OS
6 4 (0.24%) Android
7 2 (0.12%) Ubuntu
7 2 (0.12%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.12%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (0.060%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,564 (93.43%) Business Intelligence
2 692 (41.34%) Analytics
3 545 (32.56%) Data Modelling
4 417 (24.91%) Agile
5 359 (21.45%) Decision-Making
6 348 (20.79%) ETL
7 340 (20.31%) Visualisation
8 317 (18.94%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 308 (18.40%) Stakeholder Management
10 303 (18.10%) AI
10 303 (18.10%) Problem-Solving
11 291 (17.38%) Migration
12 286 (17.08%) DevOps
13 280 (16.73%) Data Pipeline
14 271 (16.19%) Data Governance
15 269 (16.07%) CI/CD
16 267 (15.95%) Data Engineering
17 249 (14.87%) Continuous Improvement
18 239 (14.28%) Validation
19 203 (12.13%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 798 (47.67%) SQL
2 405 (24.19%) Python
3 200 (11.95%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 87 (5.20%) PowerShell
5 86 (5.14%) JavaScript
6 74 (4.42%) C#
7 63 (3.76%) T-SQL
8 50 (2.99%) R
9 43 (2.57%) Java
10 23 (1.37%) VBA
11 18 (1.08%) TypeScript
12 16 (0.96%) PL/SQL
13 15 (0.90%) Bicep
14 9 (0.54%) Scala
15 6 (0.36%) Kotlin
15 6 (0.36%) Shell Script
16 5 (0.30%) C
16 5 (0.30%) Korn
16 5 (0.30%) X++
17 4 (0.24%) Bash
Qualifications
1 317 (18.94%) Security Cleared
2 241 (14.40%) SC Cleared
3 167 (9.98%) Degree
4 42 (2.51%) BPSS Clearance
5 39 (2.33%) Microsoft Certification
6 37 (2.21%) Azure Certification
7 33 (1.97%) Computer Science Degree
8 27 (1.61%) DBS Check
9 24 (1.43%) DV Cleared
10 20 (1.19%) AWS Certification
11 18 (1.08%) Master's Degree
12 16 (0.96%) PMI Certification
13 15 (0.90%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
14 11 (0.66%) PMP
15 8 (0.48%) ACCA
16 7 (0.42%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
16 7 (0.42%) CISSP
17 6 (0.36%) CIMA
17 6 (0.36%) TOGAF Certification
18 5 (0.30%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 393 (23.48%) Data Quality
2 102 (6.09%) GDPR
3 85 (5.08%) PMO
4 81 (4.84%) QA
5 34 (2.03%) Accessibility
6 13 (0.78%) SLA
7 12 (0.72%) GRC
7 12 (0.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 9 (0.54%) Actionable Recommendations
8 9 (0.54%) ISO 19650
8 9 (0.54%) Solvency II
9 8 (0.48%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 4 (0.24%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 3 (0.18%) Basel III
11 3 (0.18%) NCSC
11 3 (0.18%) P3O
11 3 (0.18%) PCI DSS
12 2 (0.12%) COBIT
12 2 (0.12%) NIST
13 1 (0.060%) IFRS
System Software
1 54 (3.23%) Active Directory
2 14 (0.84%) Docker
3 12 (0.72%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (0.66%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.18%) HDFS
6 2 (0.12%) BitLocker
7 1 (0.060%) RACF
Systems Management
1 67 (4.00%) Terraform
2 21 (1.25%) Grafana
3 20 (1.19%) Kubernetes
4 14 (0.84%) Microsoft Intune
5 10 (0.60%) Ansible
5 10 (0.60%) SCOM
6 7 (0.42%) Prometheus
6 7 (0.42%) SCCM
7 6 (0.36%) Microsoft Clustering
8 4 (0.24%) Control-M
9 3 (0.18%) Apache Ranger
9 3 (0.18%) Single Sign-On
10 2 (0.12%) Kibana
10 2 (0.12%) Nessus
11 1 (0.060%) Jamf Pro
11 1 (0.060%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
11 1 (0.060%) SysTrack
11 1 (0.060%) WSUS
Vendors
1 627 (37.46%) Microsoft
2 214 (12.78%) Databricks
3 114 (6.81%) SAP
4 96 (5.73%) ServiceNow
5 77 (4.60%) Oracle
6 44 (2.63%) Google
7 43 (2.57%) Informatica
8 31 (1.85%) Remedy
8 31 (1.85%) Salesforce
9 27 (1.61%) Alteryx
10 23 (1.37%) Splunk
11 22 (1.31%) Workday
12 20 (1.19%) BMC
13 15 (0.90%) Adobe
14 14 (0.84%) Denodo
14 14 (0.84%) Dynatrace
14 14 (0.84%) IFS
15 12 (0.72%) VMware
16 11 (0.66%) Foundry
17 10 (0.60%) Talend