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

6 months to
17 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 59 63 59
Rank change year-on-year +4 -4 +9
Contract jobs citing Power BI 1,587 936 1,236
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.70% 3.78% 3.30%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 24.23% 20.10% 19.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,073 614 885
10th Percentile £331 £307 £300
25th Percentile £406 £388 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +2.63% - -5.00%
75th Percentile £575 £562 £575
90th Percentile £650 £666 £688
UK median daily rate £485 £475 £475
% change year-on-year +2.11% - -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 65 30 28
10th Percentile £16.70 £18.43 £14.00
25th Percentile £19.25 £23.50 £15.96
Median hourly rate £30.00 £29.07 £23.22
Median % change year-on-year +3.20% +25.22% -40.09%
75th Percentile £45.00 £34.38 £43.75
90th Percentile £77.62 £53.75 £56.95
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £31.64 £23.82
% change year-on-year -8.34% +32.82% -38.52%

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 6,549 4,656 6,406
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 15.26% 18.82% 17.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,442 3,235 4,613
10th Percentile £350 £360 £350
25th Percentile £413 £419 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £675
90th Percentile £700 £775 £800
UK median daily rate £500 £515 £525
% change year-on-year -2.91% -1.90% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 214 89 141
10th Percentile £14.00 £19.15 £14.00
25th Percentile £23.05 £23.50 £20.77
Median hourly rate £40.25 £33.11 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +21.56% -17.23% -31.73%
75th Percentile £73.56 £64.50 £53.75
90th Percentile £82.25 £77.74 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £41.71 £34.98 £40.00
% change year-on-year +19.24% -12.55% -31.73%

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 17 June 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 17 June 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 17 June 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 +9 812 £500 - 260
South East +16 224 £475 +4.11% 274
Midlands -1 187 £463 -7.50% 160
North of England -27 176 £462 +2.85% 221
West Midlands -15 128 £455 -9.10% 82
North West -7 99 £475 - 115
South West +9 98 £450 +10.02% 99
Yorkshire -46 62 £438 +3.06% 73
East Midlands +17 58 £470 +7.43% 78
East of England -17 40 £400 -20.00% 98
North East -24 16 £438 -2.78% 34
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
1 124 (7.81%) SharePoint
2 72 (4.54%) Confluence
3 44 (2.77%) Apache Spark
4 28 (1.76%) Apache
4 28 (1.76%) Apache Airflow
5 19 (1.20%) SAS
6 10 (0.63%) Microsoft Exchange
7 9 (0.57%) HCL Notes
8 8 (0.50%) Apache Superset
8 8 (0.50%) Mendix
9 7 (0.44%) Palantir Foundry
10 5 (0.32%) CMS
11 4 (0.25%) IIS
12 3 (0.19%) ArcGIS
12 3 (0.19%) Kentico
13 2 (0.13%) Oracle SOA Suite
14 1 (0.063%) OpenROAD
14 1 (0.063%) Oracle Workflow
14 1 (0.063%) Tomcat
14 1 (0.063%) WebSphere
Applications
1 309 (19.47%) Microsoft Excel
2 64 (4.03%) Microsoft Project
3 42 (2.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 40 (2.52%) Microsoft Office
5 28 (1.76%) MS Visio
6 17 (1.07%) Spreadsheet
7 4 (0.25%) Navisworks
7 4 (0.25%) Revit
8 2 (0.13%) Chatbot
8 2 (0.13%) Notion
8 2 (0.13%) Oracle Smart View
9 1 (0.063%) Acrobat
9 1 (0.063%) Adobe Illustrator
9 1 (0.063%) CATIA
9 1 (0.063%) InDesign
9 1 (0.063%) Photoshop
9 1 (0.063%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 31 (1.95%) Dynamics CRM
2 21 (1.32%) Remedy ITSM
3 19 (1.20%) SAP S/4HANA
4 16 (1.01%) iTrent
5 8 (0.50%) Primavera
6 6 (0.38%) Sage X3
6 6 (0.38%) SAP EWM
7 5 (0.32%) BambooHR
8 4 (0.25%) Aladdin
9 3 (0.19%) NEC Housing
9 3 (0.19%) Oracle Financials
9 3 (0.19%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
9 3 (0.19%) Salesforce CRM
9 3 (0.19%) SAP MM
10 2 (0.13%) Oracle EBS
10 2 (0.13%) Oracle FAH
10 2 (0.13%) Oracle Payables
10 2 (0.13%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
10 2 (0.13%) SAP ERP
10 2 (0.13%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 1,587 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 583 (36.74%) Azure
3 205 (12.92%) AWS
4 158 (9.96%) Power Automate
5 148 (9.33%) Azure Data Factory
6 141 (8.88%) Azure DevOps
7 137 (8.63%) PowerApps
8 127 (8.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 111 (6.99%) Snowflake
10 106 (6.68%) Microsoft 365
11 92 (5.80%) Dynamics 365
12 80 (5.04%) Serverless
13 76 (4.79%) GCP
14 74 (4.66%) Microsoft Copilot
15 62 (3.91%) GitHub
16 58 (3.65%) dbt
17 57 (3.59%) Amazon S3
18 45 (2.84%) Copilot Studio
19 43 (2.71%) AWS Lambda
20 42 (2.65%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 16 (1.01%) Firewall
2 12 (0.76%) VPN
3 9 (0.57%) DNS
4 4 (0.25%) Network Security
5 3 (0.19%) Ethernet
5 3 (0.19%) Internet
6 2 (0.13%) 3GPP
6 2 (0.13%) 4G
6 2 (0.13%) 5G
6 2 (0.13%) 5G NR
6 2 (0.13%) Intranet
6 2 (0.13%) LTE
6 2 (0.13%) Microwave Backhaul
6 2 (0.13%) MPLS
6 2 (0.13%) NAS
6 2 (0.13%) Radio Access Network
6 2 (0.13%) SAN
6 2 (0.13%) SMTP
6 2 (0.13%) VoLTE
6 2 (0.13%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 262 (16.51%) Data Warehouse
2 253 (15.94%) Tableau
3 160 (10.08%) Data Lake
4 122 (7.69%) SQL Server
5 120 (7.56%) Power Query
6 72 (4.54%) Metadata
7 57 (3.59%) Azure SQL Database
8 56 (3.53%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 53 (3.34%) Relational Database
10 52 (3.28%) Star Schema
11 46 (2.90%) Amazon Athena
11 46 (2.90%) Looker
12 38 (2.39%) Snowflake Schema
13 37 (2.33%) Spark SQL
14 36 (2.27%) BigQuery
15 35 (2.21%) Amazon Redshift
16 32 (2.02%) Delta Lake
17 30 (1.89%) NoSQL
18 26 (1.64%) BusinessObjects
18 26 (1.64%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 136 (8.57%) JIRA
2 73 (4.60%) Git
3 29 (1.83%) GitLab
4 13 (0.82%) ERwin
5 10 (0.63%) Jenkins
6 5 (0.32%) MLflow
6 5 (0.32%) PowerDesigner
7 4 (0.25%) Bitbucket
7 4 (0.25%) ER Studio
7 4 (0.25%) JUnit
7 4 (0.25%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 3 (0.19%) Terragrunt
8 3 (0.19%) Visual Studio
9 2 (0.13%) Charles Proxy
9 2 (0.13%) JMeter
9 2 (0.13%) Postman
9 2 (0.13%) Selenium
9 2 (0.13%) WebDriver
10 1 (0.063%) SoapUI
10 1 (0.063%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 487 (30.69%) Finance
2 481 (30.31%) Social Skills
3 362 (22.81%) Analytical Skills
4 137 (8.63%) Public Sector
5 110 (6.93%) Banking
6 57 (3.59%) Retail
7 53 (3.34%) Documentation Skills
8 49 (3.09%) Law
9 45 (2.84%) Organisational Skills
10 40 (2.52%) Marketing
11 34 (2.14%) Manufacturing
12 30 (1.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 24 (1.51%) Influencing Skills
14 23 (1.45%) Presentation Skills
15 21 (1.32%) Investment Banking
16 20 (1.26%) Local Government
16 20 (1.26%) Telecoms
17 18 (1.13%) Financial Institution
17 18 (1.13%) Legal
18 15 (0.95%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 421 (26.53%) Analyst
2 265 (16.70%) Data Engineer
3 219 (13.80%) Developer
4 197 (12.41%) Data Analyst
5 193 (12.16%) Senior
6 172 (10.84%) Architect
7 148 (9.33%) Lead
8 113 (7.12%) Business Intelligence Developer
9 89 (5.61%) Power BI Developer
10 87 (5.48%) Business Analyst
11 72 (4.54%) Senior Data Engineer
12 66 (4.16%) Consultant
13 63 (3.97%) Data Architect
14 50 (3.15%) Business Intelligence Analyst
15 47 (2.96%) Project Manager
16 40 (2.52%) Lead Architect
17 39 (2.46%) Power Platform Developer
18 36 (2.27%) Senior Developer
19 35 (2.21%) Senior Analyst
20 34 (2.14%) PMO Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 98 (6.18%) PySpark
2 53 (3.34%) REST
3 38 (2.39%) Kafka
4 36 (2.27%) .NET
5 23 (1.45%) Pandas
6 22 (1.39%) JSON
7 20 (1.26%) HTML
7 20 (1.26%) Middleware
7 20 (1.26%) React
8 15 (0.95%) CSS
9 14 (0.88%) Great Expectations
10 13 (0.82%) Microsoft Graph
10 13 (0.82%) XML
10 13 (0.82%) YAML
11 12 (0.76%) ADO
12 11 (0.69%) HTML5 Canvas
13 8 (0.50%) JDO
14 7 (0.44%) RESTful
14 7 (0.44%) Spark Streaming
14 7 (0.44%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 73 (4.60%) Cloud Native
2 66 (4.16%) Data Structures
3 47 (2.96%) Product Ownership
4 42 (2.65%) Legacy Systems
4 42 (2.65%) Management Information System
5 35 (2.21%) Onboarding
6 32 (2.02%) Analytical Mindset
7 24 (1.51%) Data Protection Act
8 23 (1.45%) CMDB
9 22 (1.39%) Low-Code
10 18 (1.13%) AI Agents
11 15 (0.95%) Self-Motivation
12 14 (0.88%) Clustering
13 13 (0.82%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 13 (0.82%) NHS
14 12 (0.76%) PKI
15 11 (0.69%) FMCG
15 11 (0.69%) IoT
15 11 (0.69%) Reference Data
16 10 (0.63%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 31 (1.95%) Windows
2 17 (1.07%) Windows Server
3 10 (0.63%) Unix
4 9 (0.57%) Apple iOS
5 8 (0.50%) Linux
6 6 (0.38%) Mac OS
7 4 (0.25%) Android
7 4 (0.25%) Windows 10
8 2 (0.13%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.063%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,477 (93.07%) Business Intelligence
2 661 (41.65%) Analytics
3 523 (32.96%) Data Modelling
4 366 (23.06%) Agile
5 352 (22.18%) ETL
6 334 (21.05%) Visualisation
7 331 (20.86%) Decision-Making
8 285 (17.96%) Problem-Solving
9 280 (17.64%) AI
10 267 (16.82%) Data Engineering
11 261 (16.45%) Data Pipeline
12 260 (16.38%) Data Governance
13 256 (16.13%) DevOps
13 256 (16.13%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 234 (14.74%) CI/CD
15 233 (14.68%) Migration
15 233 (14.68%) Stakeholder Management
16 220 (13.86%) Continuous Improvement
17 209 (13.17%) Data Visualisation
18 199 (12.54%) Actionable Insight
Programming Languages
1 753 (47.45%) SQL
2 390 (24.57%) Python
3 186 (11.72%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 71 (4.47%) PowerShell
5 65 (4.10%) JavaScript
6 63 (3.97%) C#
7 58 (3.65%) T-SQL
8 51 (3.21%) R
9 42 (2.65%) Java
10 26 (1.64%) VBA
11 21 (1.32%) Bicep
12 14 (0.88%) PL/SQL
12 14 (0.88%) TypeScript
13 13 (0.82%) Scala
14 7 (0.44%) Shell Script
15 6 (0.38%) Formula Language
15 6 (0.38%) Kotlin
15 6 (0.38%) LotusScript
16 5 (0.32%) C
17 4 (0.25%) Korn
Qualifications
1 274 (17.27%) Security Cleared
2 215 (13.55%) SC Cleared
3 144 (9.07%) Degree
4 39 (2.46%) BPSS Clearance
5 34 (2.14%) Microsoft Certification
6 32 (2.02%) Computer Science Degree
7 31 (1.95%) Azure Certification
8 27 (1.70%) DBS Check
9 21 (1.32%) Master's Degree
10 20 (1.26%) PMI Certification
11 19 (1.20%) AWS Certification
12 18 (1.13%) PMP
13 16 (1.01%) DV Cleared
14 12 (0.76%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
15 7 (0.44%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
16 6 (0.38%) ACCA
16 6 (0.38%) CISSP
17 5 (0.32%) MBA
17 5 (0.32%) SAFe Agilist
17 5 (0.32%) SnowPro
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 377 (23.76%) Data Quality
2 114 (7.18%) GDPR
3 91 (5.73%) PMO
4 73 (4.60%) QA
5 29 (1.83%) Accessibility
6 16 (1.01%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 16 (1.01%) SLA
7 14 (0.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 11 (0.69%) GRC
9 8 (0.50%) Basel III
9 8 (0.50%) Solvency II
10 7 (0.44%) Actionable Recommendations
11 6 (0.38%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 5 (0.32%) ISO 19650
12 5 (0.32%) PCI DSS
13 4 (0.25%) P3O
14 3 (0.19%) GAAP
14 3 (0.19%) IFRS
14 3 (0.19%) NCSC
15 2 (0.13%) PSD2
System Software
1 47 (2.96%) Active Directory
2 22 (1.39%) Docker
3 6 (0.38%) Virtual Machines
3 6 (0.38%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.19%) BitLocker
4 3 (0.19%) HDFS
5 1 (0.063%) RACF
5 1 (0.063%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 79 (4.98%) Terraform
2 26 (1.64%) Kubernetes
3 18 (1.13%) Grafana
4 12 (0.76%) Microsoft Intune
5 9 (0.57%) SCCM
6 7 (0.44%) Ansible
7 5 (0.32%) Control-M
7 5 (0.32%) Prometheus
8 4 (0.25%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (0.13%) Apache Ranger
9 2 (0.13%) Nessus
10 1 (0.063%) Jamf Pro
10 1 (0.063%) Kibana
10 1 (0.063%) Kubeflow
10 1 (0.063%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
10 1 (0.063%) SysTrack
10 1 (0.063%) WSUS
Vendors
1 543 (34.22%) Microsoft
2 204 (12.85%) Databricks
3 99 (6.24%) SAP
4 83 (5.23%) ServiceNow
5 77 (4.85%) Oracle
6 50 (3.15%) Google
7 41 (2.58%) Informatica
8 29 (1.83%) Salesforce
9 25 (1.58%) Workday
10 22 (1.39%) Remedy
11 20 (1.26%) Splunk
12 18 (1.13%) Alteryx
13 15 (0.95%) Adobe
13 15 (0.95%) Foundry
14 14 (0.88%) IFS
15 13 (0.82%) Talend
16 12 (0.76%) Dynatrace
17 11 (0.69%) Denodo
18 10 (0.63%) BMC
18 10 (0.63%) Sage