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

6 months to
31 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 66 63 63
Rank change year-on-year -3 0 +6
Contract jobs citing Power BI 1,662 1,040 1,116
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.67% 3.78% 3.28%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 23.89% 20.80% 18.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,092 678 801
10th Percentile £331 £300 £300
25th Percentile £413 £385 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £475 £485
Median % change year-on-year +3.58% -2.06% -3.00%
75th Percentile £588 £575 £575
90th Percentile £650 £675 £675
UK median daily rate £488 £475 £480
% change year-on-year +2.63% -1.04% -4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 73 25 11
10th Percentile £17.79 £18.08 £20.00
25th Percentile £22.50 £21.25 £24.13
Median hourly rate £30.00 £31.64 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.18% +5.47% -22.58%
75th Percentile £46.25 £34.68 £44.47
90th Percentile £73.00 £51.25 £78.75
UK median hourly rate £29.96 £31.64 £30.00
% change year-on-year -5.31% +5.47% -22.58%

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 6,957 4,999 6,177
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 15.35% 18.16% 18.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,654 3,467 4,422
10th Percentile £356 £347 £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 £701 £763 £825
UK median daily rate £500 £507 £525
% change year-on-year -1.28% -3.52% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 223 78 92
10th Percentile £16.00 £18.67 £13.74
25th Percentile £25.25 £23.50 £20.00
Median hourly rate £38.50 £34.82 £38.00
Median % change year-on-year +10.58% -8.38% -30.91%
75th Percentile £62.00 £64.69 £60.36
90th Percentile £76.90 £77.86 £71.50
UK median hourly rate £39.50 £36.25 £37.50
% change year-on-year +8.97% -3.33% -31.82%

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 31 July 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 31 July 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 31 July 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 +13 866 £500 - 285
South East -10 214 £500 +11.11% 191
Midlands +4 204 £459 +4.91% 119
North of England -16 202 £450 +1.12% 137
West Midlands -13 146 £450 +2.91% 65
North West -13 111 £475 - 73
South West -10 94 £450 +11.25% 59
Yorkshire -42 75 £445 +4.71% 45
East Midlands +19 57 £465 +9.41% 54
East of England -16 38 £413 -28.88% 39
North East -30 20 £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 (9.33%) SharePoint
2 66 (3.97%) Confluence
3 34 (2.05%) Apache Spark
4 29 (1.74%) Apache Airflow
5 27 (1.62%) Apache
6 21 (1.26%) SAS
7 12 (0.72%) Microsoft Exchange
8 11 (0.66%) ArcGIS
9 8 (0.48%) 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
1 316 (19.01%) Microsoft Excel
2 62 (3.73%) Microsoft Project
3 46 (2.77%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 43 (2.59%) Microsoft Office
5 27 (1.62%) MS Visio
6 19 (1.14%) Spreadsheet
7 6 (0.36%) Navisworks
7 6 (0.36%) Revit
8 5 (0.30%) Chatbot
9 2 (0.12%) AutoCAD
9 2 (0.12%) Notion
9 2 (0.12%) Oracle Smart View
9 2 (0.12%) ProjectWise
10 1 (0.060%) Acrobat
10 1 (0.060%) Adobe Illustrator
10 1 (0.060%) CATIA
10 1 (0.060%) CPLEX
10 1 (0.060%) InDesign
10 1 (0.060%) Photoshop
10 1 (0.060%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 39 (2.35%) Dynamics CRM
2 28 (1.68%) Remedy ITSM
3 25 (1.50%) 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%) SAP MDG
9 4 (0.24%) Maximo
9 4 (0.24%) SAP MM
10 3 (0.18%) Integrated Workplace Management System
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%) Oracle Payables
11 2 (0.12%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
11 2 (0.12%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 1,662 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 633 (38.09%) Azure
3 209 (12.58%) AWS
4 191 (11.49%) Power Automate
5 169 (10.17%) PowerApps
6 153 (9.21%) Azure DevOps
7 139 (8.36%) Azure Data Factory
8 131 (7.88%) Snowflake
9 121 (7.28%) Dynamics 365
10 118 (7.10%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 111 (6.68%) Microsoft 365
12 87 (5.23%) Microsoft Copilot
13 78 (4.69%) Serverless
14 70 (4.21%) GCP
15 68 (4.09%) dbt
16 61 (3.67%) GitHub
17 57 (3.43%) Amazon S3
18 48 (2.89%) AWS Lambda
19 47 (2.83%) Copilot Studio
19 47 (2.83%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 17 (1.02%) Firewall
2 13 (0.78%) VPN
3 10 (0.60%) DNS
4 6 (0.36%) 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 (16.43%) Data Warehouse
2 264 (15.88%) Tableau
3 140 (8.42%) Data Lake
4 125 (7.52%) SQL Server
5 123 (7.40%) Power Query
6 74 (4.45%) Metadata
7 66 (3.97%) Star Schema
8 61 (3.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 55 (3.31%) Looker
10 50 (3.01%) Relational Database
11 48 (2.89%) Azure SQL Database
12 40 (2.41%) Amazon Athena
13 37 (2.23%) Amazon Redshift
14 35 (2.11%) BigQuery
14 35 (2.11%) Snowflake Schema
15 34 (2.05%) Semantic Layer
16 30 (1.81%) SQL Server Reporting Services
17 28 (1.68%) NoSQL
18 27 (1.62%) BusinessObjects
19 24 (1.44%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 143 (8.60%) JIRA
2 69 (4.15%) Git
3 30 (1.81%) 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
1 522 (31.41%) Social Skills
2 504 (30.32%) Finance
3 410 (24.67%) Analytical Skills
4 162 (9.75%) Public Sector
5 111 (6.68%) Banking
6 66 (3.97%) Retail
7 55 (3.31%) Documentation Skills
8 54 (3.25%) Law
9 53 (3.19%) Manufacturing
9 53 (3.19%) Organisational Skills
10 46 (2.77%) Marketing
11 38 (2.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 27 (1.62%) Influencing Skills
13 24 (1.44%) Local Government
14 22 (1.32%) Financial Institution
14 22 (1.32%) Presentation Skills
15 21 (1.26%) Investment Banking
16 20 (1.20%) Telecoms
17 17 (1.02%) Legal
18 16 (0.96%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 435 (26.17%) Analyst
2 250 (15.04%) Developer
3 233 (14.02%) Data Engineer
4 213 (12.82%) Data Analyst
5 201 (12.09%) Senior
6 183 (11.01%) Architect
7 157 (9.45%) Lead
8 120 (7.22%) Business Intelligence Developer
9 95 (5.72%) Power BI Developer
10 94 (5.66%) Business Analyst
11 74 (4.45%) Data Architect
12 68 (4.09%) Consultant
13 54 (3.25%) Senior Data Engineer
14 52 (3.13%) Power Platform Developer
15 51 (3.07%) Project Manager
16 48 (2.89%) Business Intelligence Analyst
17 43 (2.59%) Senior Analyst
18 40 (2.41%) Senior Developer
19 39 (2.35%) Lead Architect
20 36 (2.17%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 91 (5.48%) PySpark
2 60 (3.61%) REST
3 59 (3.55%) .NET
4 29 (1.74%) Kafka
5 26 (1.56%) JSON
6 20 (1.20%) Middleware
6 20 (1.20%) React
7 17 (1.02%) Microsoft Graph
8 16 (0.96%) HTML
8 16 (0.96%) HTML5 Canvas
9 15 (0.90%) Pandas
10 13 (0.78%) CSS
11 11 (0.66%) ADO
12 10 (0.60%) XML
13 9 (0.54%) Great Expectations
13 9 (0.54%) YAML
14 8 (0.48%) .NET Core
15 7 (0.42%) jQuery
15 7 (0.42%) RESTful
15 7 (0.42%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 77 (4.63%) Data Structures
2 72 (4.33%) Cloud Native
3 54 (3.25%) Product Ownership
4 52 (3.13%) Legacy Systems
5 49 (2.95%) Onboarding
6 47 (2.83%) Management Information System
7 35 (2.11%) Analytical Mindset
8 24 (1.44%) Clustering
9 23 (1.38%) CMDB
10 22 (1.32%) AI Agents
10 22 (1.32%) Data Protection Act
11 20 (1.20%) Low-Code
12 18 (1.08%) FMCG
13 15 (0.90%) Enterprise Software
13 15 (0.90%) PKI
14 14 (0.84%) Reference Data
14 14 (0.84%) Self-Motivation
15 13 (0.78%) NHS
16 12 (0.72%) IoT
17 11 (0.66%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 45 (2.71%) Windows
2 24 (1.44%) 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 1,548 (93.14%) Business Intelligence
2 684 (41.16%) Analytics
3 540 (32.49%) Data Modelling
4 414 (24.91%) Agile
5 355 (21.36%) Decision-Making
6 347 (20.88%) ETL
7 340 (20.46%) Visualisation
8 312 (18.77%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 302 (18.17%) AI
10 298 (17.93%) Problem-Solving
11 297 (17.87%) Stakeholder Management
12 286 (17.21%) Migration
13 284 (17.09%) DevOps
14 279 (16.79%) Data Pipeline
15 270 (16.25%) Data Governance
16 266 (16.00%) Data Engineering
17 265 (15.94%) CI/CD
18 250 (15.04%) Continuous Improvement
19 236 (14.20%) Validation
20 203 (12.21%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 784 (47.17%) SQL
2 399 (24.01%) Python
3 194 (11.67%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 83 (4.99%) JavaScript
5 81 (4.87%) PowerShell
6 73 (4.39%) C#
7 62 (3.73%) T-SQL
8 51 (3.07%) R
9 43 (2.59%) Java
10 23 (1.38%) VBA
11 17 (1.02%) TypeScript
12 16 (0.96%) PL/SQL
13 14 (0.84%) 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
1 316 (19.01%) Security Cleared
2 239 (14.38%) SC Cleared
3 165 (9.93%) Degree
4 40 (2.41%) BPSS Clearance
5 36 (2.17%) Microsoft Certification
6 34 (2.05%) Azure Certification
7 33 (1.99%) Computer Science Degree
8 27 (1.62%) DBS Check
9 24 (1.44%) DV Cleared
10 20 (1.20%) AWS Certification
11 19 (1.14%) Master's Degree
12 16 (0.96%) PMI Certification
13 15 (0.90%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
14 11 (0.66%) PMP
15 7 (0.42%) ACCA
15 7 (0.42%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
15 7 (0.42%) CISSP
16 5 (0.30%) CIMA
16 5 (0.30%) SnowPro
16 5 (0.30%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 394 (23.71%) Data Quality
2 101 (6.08%) GDPR
3 86 (5.17%) PMO
4 79 (4.75%) QA
5 35 (2.11%) Accessibility
6 17 (1.02%) SLA
7 13 (0.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 11 (0.66%) GRC
9 9 (0.54%) Solvency II
10 8 (0.48%) Actionable Recommendations
10 8 (0.48%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 7 (0.42%) ISO 19650
12 4 (0.24%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 3 (0.18%) Basel III
13 3 (0.18%) NCSC
13 3 (0.18%) P3O
13 3 (0.18%) PCI DSS
14 2 (0.12%) COBIT
14 2 (0.12%) NIST
15 1 (0.060%) MiFID
System Software
1 54 (3.25%) Active Directory
2 13 (0.78%) Docker
3 10 (0.60%) Virtual Machines
3 10 (0.60%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.18%) HDFS
5 2 (0.12%) BitLocker
6 1 (0.060%) RACF
Systems Management
1 66 (3.97%) Terraform
2 20 (1.20%) Grafana
3 18 (1.08%) Kubernetes
4 14 (0.84%) Microsoft Intune
5 9 (0.54%) Ansible
5 9 (0.54%) SCCM
5 9 (0.54%) SCOM
6 7 (0.42%) Prometheus
7 4 (0.24%) Microsoft Clustering
7 4 (0.24%) Single Sign-On
8 3 (0.18%) Apache Ranger
8 3 (0.18%) Control-M
9 2 (0.12%) Kibana
9 2 (0.12%) Nessus
10 1 (0.060%) Jamf Pro
10 1 (0.060%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
10 1 (0.060%) SysTrack
10 1 (0.060%) WSUS
Vendors
1 610 (36.70%) Microsoft
2 212 (12.76%) Databricks
3 117 (7.04%) SAP
4 96 (5.78%) ServiceNow
5 77 (4.63%) Oracle
6 44 (2.65%) Informatica
7 43 (2.59%) Google
8 32 (1.93%) Salesforce
9 31 (1.87%) Remedy
10 27 (1.62%) Alteryx
11 23 (1.38%) Splunk
11 23 (1.38%) Workday
12 18 (1.08%) BMC
13 15 (0.90%) Adobe
14 14 (0.84%) Denodo
14 14 (0.84%) Dynatrace
14 14 (0.84%) IFS
15 11 (0.66%) Foundry
16 10 (0.60%) Sage
16 10 (0.60%) Talend