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

 6 months to
5 Apr 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 60 55 64
Rank change year-on-year -5 +9 +6
Contract jobs citing Power BI 1,491 934 1,187
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.85% 3.83% 3.16%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 23.99% 20.13% 19.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,034 649 843
10th Percentile £318 £313 £312
25th Percentile £400 £400 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £494 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +3.95% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £575 £575 £588
90th Percentile £650 £675 £700
UK median daily rate £490 £475 £488
% change year-on-year +3.16% -2.56% -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 38 24 34
10th Percentile £15.26 £18.89 £14.00
25th Percentile £18.25 £24.94 £14.67
Median hourly rate £29.88 £28.84 £22.86
Median % change year-on-year +3.61% +26.15% -58.96%
75th Percentile £40.13 £32.27 £43.75
90th Percentile £80.82 £48.03 £59.55
UK median hourly rate £27.50 £28.84 £23.22
% change year-on-year -4.63% +24.21% -57.79%

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 6,215 4,639 6,161
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 16.04% 19.04% 16.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,335 3,266 4,416
10th Percentile £350 £357 £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 £663 £669
90th Percentile £700 £775 £775
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 136 93 139
10th Percentile £18.13 £21.13 £14.00
25th Percentile £29.55 £24.25 £20.80
Median hourly rate £49.36 £34.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +43.07% -13.75% -28.19%
75th Percentile £74.76 £65.62 £51.75
90th Percentile £83.88 £75.00 £67.50
UK median hourly rate £51.00 £33.11 £40.00
% change year-on-year +54.03% -17.23% -30.43%

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 5 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 5 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 5 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 +3 798 £500 +1.01% 258
South East +2 180 £500 +8.11% 212
Midlands -20 161 £450 -6.44% 126
North of England -44 151 £450 -5.26% 176
West Midlands -31 100 £450 -7.69% 72
North West -30 82 £438 -16.67% 90
South West +8 80 £463 +2.78% 70
East Midlands +5 60 £400 -15.79% 54
Yorkshire -42 57 £450 +9.76% 63
East of England -15 48 £475 -5.00% 57
North East -6 12 £475 +5.56% 29
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
1 132 (8.85%) SharePoint
2 59 (3.96%) Confluence
3 53 (3.55%) Apache Spark
4 34 (2.28%) Apache
5 29 (1.95%) Apache Airflow
6 15 (1.01%) HCL Notes
7 10 (0.67%) Mendix
8 8 (0.54%) Apache Superset
9 6 (0.40%) Microsoft Exchange
10 5 (0.34%) Jupyter
10 5 (0.34%) SAS
11 4 (0.27%) Palantir Foundry
12 3 (0.20%) ArcGIS
12 3 (0.20%) CMS
13 2 (0.13%) Oracle Application Server
14 1 (0.067%) Apache Synapse
14 1 (0.067%) Oracle SOA Suite
14 1 (0.067%) Oracle Workflow
14 1 (0.067%) Skype for Business
14 1 (0.067%) WebSphere
Applications
1 300 (20.12%) Microsoft Excel
2 59 (3.96%) Microsoft Project
3 47 (3.15%) Microsoft Office
4 36 (2.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 31 (2.08%) MS Visio
6 11 (0.74%) Spreadsheet
7 3 (0.20%) Adobe Illustrator
7 3 (0.20%) Notion
7 3 (0.20%) Photoshop
7 3 (0.20%) Trello
8 1 (0.067%) Acrobat
8 1 (0.067%) CATIA
8 1 (0.067%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.067%) InDesign
8 1 (0.067%) Navisworks
8 1 (0.067%) Revit
8 1 (0.067%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 40 (2.68%) Dynamics CRM
2 16 (1.07%) SAP S/4HANA
3 12 (0.80%) Remedy ITSM
4 11 (0.74%) iTrent
5 9 (0.60%) Salesforce CRM
6 6 (0.40%) Sage X3
7 5 (0.34%) Oracle Financials
8 4 (0.27%) BambooHR
8 4 (0.27%) Primavera
8 4 (0.27%) SAP EWM
9 3 (0.20%) Cloudability
9 3 (0.20%) Elite 3E
9 3 (0.20%) Oracle Payables
9 3 (0.20%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 3 (0.20%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
10 2 (0.13%) Aladdin
10 2 (0.13%) NEC Housing
10 2 (0.13%) Oracle General Ledger
10 2 (0.13%) SAP MDG
10 2 (0.13%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 1,491 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 567 (38.03%) Azure
3 206 (13.82%) AWS
4 185 (12.41%) Power Automate
5 160 (10.73%) Azure Data Factory
6 154 (10.33%) PowerApps
7 133 (8.92%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 126 (8.45%) Azure DevOps
9 125 (8.38%) Microsoft 365
10 113 (7.58%) Dynamics 365
11 104 (6.98%) GCP
12 100 (6.71%) Snowflake
13 75 (5.03%) Serverless
14 70 (4.69%) Microsoft Copilot
15 58 (3.89%) GitHub
16 47 (3.15%) Amazon S3
16 47 (3.15%) Copilot Studio
17 44 (2.95%) dbt
18 40 (2.68%) Microsoft Purview
19 38 (2.55%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 9 (0.60%) Firewall
1 9 (0.60%) VPN
2 4 (0.27%) 5G
2 4 (0.27%) DNS
2 4 (0.27%) HTTP
2 4 (0.27%) LTE
3 3 (0.20%) Ethernet
3 3 (0.20%) Network Security
3 3 (0.20%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (0.13%) 2G
4 2 (0.13%) 3GPP
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%) Mobile Backhaul
4 2 (0.13%) MPLS
4 2 (0.13%) SMTP
4 2 (0.13%) VoIP
4 2 (0.13%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 261 (17.51%) Tableau
2 217 (14.55%) Data Warehouse
3 134 (8.99%) Data Lake
4 113 (7.58%) SQL Server
5 89 (5.97%) Power Query
6 74 (4.96%) Metadata
7 58 (3.89%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 57 (3.82%) Azure SQL Database
9 55 (3.69%) BigQuery
10 51 (3.42%) Looker
11 44 (2.95%) Snowflake Schema
12 39 (2.62%) Delta Lake
12 39 (2.62%) Relational Database
12 39 (2.62%) Star Schema
13 32 (2.15%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 31 (2.08%) Amazon Athena
15 29 (1.95%) Mixpanel
15 29 (1.95%) NoSQL
16 27 (1.81%) Spark SQL
17 25 (1.68%) OLAP
Development Applications
1 124 (8.32%) JIRA
2 74 (4.96%) Git
3 17 (1.14%) GitLab
4 13 (0.87%) Jenkins
5 12 (0.80%) ERwin
6 6 (0.40%) MLflow
7 5 (0.34%) Visual Studio
8 4 (0.27%) Bitbucket
8 4 (0.27%) Postman
9 3 (0.20%) ER Studio
9 3 (0.20%) PowerDesigner
9 3 (0.20%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 3 (0.20%) Terragrunt
10 2 (0.13%) Artifactory
10 2 (0.13%) Charles Proxy
10 2 (0.13%) DBeaver
10 2 (0.13%) Team Foundation Server
11 1 (0.067%) NeoLoad
11 1 (0.067%) SonarQube
11 1 (0.067%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 477 (31.99%) Finance
2 473 (31.72%) Social Skills
3 362 (24.28%) Analytical Skills
4 163 (10.93%) Public Sector
5 110 (7.38%) Banking
6 48 (3.22%) Law
7 46 (3.09%) Documentation Skills
7 46 (3.09%) Retail
8 44 (2.95%) Marketing
9 41 (2.75%) Organisational Skills
10 32 (2.15%) Influencing Skills
11 26 (1.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 24 (1.61%) Manufacturing
13 21 (1.41%) Telecoms
14 20 (1.34%) Presentation Skills
15 19 (1.27%) Legal
16 15 (1.01%) Front Office
17 14 (0.94%) Financial Institution
17 14 (0.94%) Investment Banking
17 14 (0.94%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 396 (26.56%) Analyst
2 239 (16.03%) Data Engineer
3 210 (14.08%) Developer
4 179 (12.01%) Senior
5 175 (11.74%) Data Analyst
6 159 (10.66%) Lead
7 143 (9.59%) Architect
8 99 (6.64%) Business Analyst
9 87 (5.84%) Business Intelligence Developer
10 72 (4.83%) Consultant
11 64 (4.29%) Power BI Developer
12 48 (3.22%) Senior Analyst
12 48 (3.22%) Senior Data Engineer
13 45 (3.02%) Data Architect
14 43 (2.88%) Business Intelligence Analyst
15 42 (2.82%) Project Manager
16 39 (2.62%) PMO Analyst
17 36 (2.41%) Lead Architect
18 34 (2.28%) Power Platform Developer
19 32 (2.15%) Data Analytics Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 80 (5.37%) PySpark
2 45 (3.02%) Kafka
2 45 (3.02%) REST
3 34 (2.28%) .NET
4 33 (2.21%) Pandas
5 22 (1.48%) scikit-learn
6 21 (1.41%) JSON
7 20 (1.34%) Great Expectations
7 20 (1.34%) HTML
8 18 (1.21%) React
9 17 (1.14%) NumPy
10 16 (1.07%) HTML5 Canvas
11 15 (1.01%) PyTorch
11 15 (1.01%) TensorFlow
11 15 (1.01%) XML
12 14 (0.94%) YAML
13 13 (0.87%) ADO
13 13 (0.87%) Spark Streaming
14 12 (0.80%) CSS
14 12 (0.80%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 59 (3.96%) Cloud Native
2 54 (3.62%) Data Structures
2 54 (3.62%) Product Ownership
3 37 (2.48%) Analytical Mindset
4 35 (2.35%) Legacy Systems
5 34 (2.28%) Onboarding
6 27 (1.81%) Low-Code
6 27 (1.81%) Management Information System
7 24 (1.61%) Data Protection Act
8 18 (1.21%) Algorithms
9 17 (1.14%) CMDB
10 16 (1.07%) AI Agents
10 16 (1.07%) PMI
11 14 (0.94%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 13 (0.87%) Self-Motivation
13 12 (0.80%) Clustering
14 11 (0.74%) Distributed Computing
15 10 (0.67%) FMCG
15 10 (0.67%) IoT
15 10 (0.67%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 18 (1.21%) Windows
2 10 (0.67%) Windows Server
3 6 (0.40%) Windows 10
4 5 (0.34%) Unix
5 1 (0.067%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.067%) Linux
5 1 (0.067%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,394 (93.49%) Business Intelligence
2 602 (40.38%) Analytics
3 476 (31.92%) Data Modelling
4 336 (22.54%) Visualisation
5 329 (22.07%) ETL
6 323 (21.66%) Agile
7 308 (20.66%) Decision-Making
8 283 (18.98%) Data Governance
9 276 (18.51%) Problem-Solving
10 241 (16.16%) Data Engineering
11 229 (15.36%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 226 (15.16%) DevOps
13 220 (14.76%) AI
13 220 (14.76%) Data Pipeline
14 211 (14.15%) Actionable Insight
14 211 (14.15%) Stakeholder Management
15 209 (14.02%) Data Visualisation
16 207 (13.88%) CI/CD
17 203 (13.62%) Data Analysis
18 197 (13.21%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 713 (47.82%) SQL
2 393 (26.36%) Python
3 150 (10.06%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 72 (4.83%) C#
5 59 (3.96%) R
6 55 (3.69%) JavaScript
7 49 (3.29%) PowerShell
8 39 (2.62%) VBA
9 37 (2.48%) T-SQL
10 30 (2.01%) Java
11 24 (1.61%) Bicep
12 19 (1.27%) Scala
13 13 (0.87%) TypeScript
14 11 (0.74%) Formula Language
14 11 (0.74%) LotusScript
15 7 (0.47%) PL/SQL
16 6 (0.40%) Kotlin
17 4 (0.27%) C
18 3 (0.20%) HiveQL
19 2 (0.13%) LookML
Qualifications
1 238 (15.96%) Security Cleared
2 185 (12.41%) SC Cleared
3 137 (9.19%) Degree
4 33 (2.21%) BPSS Clearance
5 31 (2.08%) Azure Certification
6 29 (1.95%) Computer Science Degree
7 26 (1.74%) Microsoft Certification
8 24 (1.61%) Master's Degree
8 24 (1.61%) PMI Certification
9 22 (1.48%) PMP
10 12 (0.80%) DV Cleared
11 11 (0.74%) AWS Certification
11 11 (0.74%) MBA
12 8 (0.54%) SAFe Agilist
13 7 (0.47%) CBAP
14 5 (0.34%) ACCA
14 5 (0.34%) CIMA
14 5 (0.34%) IIBA
15 4 (0.27%) CFA
15 4 (0.27%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 352 (23.61%) Data Quality
2 113 (7.58%) GDPR
3 96 (6.44%) PMO
4 84 (5.63%) QA
5 38 (2.55%) Accessibility
6 16 (1.07%) GRC
7 15 (1.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 15 (1.01%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 15 (1.01%) SLA
8 11 (0.74%) Actionable Recommendations
8 11 (0.74%) Basel III
9 6 (0.40%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 5 (0.34%) HIPAA
11 4 (0.27%) NCSC
11 4 (0.27%) PCI DSS
11 4 (0.27%) Solvency II
12 3 (0.20%) GAAP
12 3 (0.20%) IFRS
12 3 (0.20%) P3O
12 3 (0.20%) WCAG
System Software
1 32 (2.15%) Docker
2 31 (2.08%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.34%) 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 (5.03%) Terraform
2 39 (2.62%) Kubernetes
3 9 (0.60%) Microsoft Intune
4 8 (0.54%) Grafana
5 6 (0.40%) SCCM
6 5 (0.34%) Ansible
6 5 (0.34%) Single Sign-On
7 4 (0.27%) RSA Archer
8 3 (0.20%) Control-M
9 2 (0.13%) Apache Ranger
9 2 (0.13%) Kibana
9 2 (0.13%) Nessus
10 1 (0.067%) Jamf Pro
10 1 (0.067%) Kubeflow
10 1 (0.067%) SCOM
10 1 (0.067%) SysTrack
10 1 (0.067%) WSUS
Vendors
1 490 (32.86%) Microsoft
2 210 (14.08%) Databricks
3 81 (5.43%) Oracle
4 77 (5.16%) ServiceNow
5 76 (5.10%) SAP
6 67 (4.49%) Google
7 39 (2.62%) Salesforce
8 35 (2.35%) Informatica
9 19 (1.27%) Foundry
9 19 (1.27%) Workday
10 15 (1.01%) Lotus
11 14 (0.94%) OpenAI
11 14 (0.94%) Sage
12 12 (0.80%) Alteryx
12 12 (0.80%) Remedy
12 12 (0.80%) Talend
13 10 (0.67%) Kofax
13 10 (0.67%) MuleSoft
14 9 (0.60%) Adobe
14 9 (0.60%) Planview
815 Power BI jobs in England