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

6 months to
11 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 63 63 63
Rank change year-on-year 0 0 +4
Contract jobs citing Power BI 1,702 1,076 1,134
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.67% 3.87% 3.44%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 24.27% 21.52% 18.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,103 714 788
10th Percentile £321 £310 £300
25th Percentile £406 £382 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +3.16% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £590 £575 £588
90th Percentile £671 £679 £688
UK median daily rate £488 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +2.63% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 78 20 19
10th Percentile £17.97 £20.98 £19.97
25th Percentile £23.72 £28.06 £25.38
Median hourly rate £30.00 £32.05 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.40% +6.83% -7.18%
75th Percentile £50.81 £38.88 £59.86
90th Percentile £76.30 £54.13 £79.00
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £33.11 £30.00
% change year-on-year -9.39% +10.37% -7.18%

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 7,014 5,001 6,008
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 15.12% 17.97% 18.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,681 3,436 4,193
10th Percentile £358 £332 £350
25th Percentile £423 £412 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £510 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.98% -7.27% -
75th Percentile £619 £638 £675
90th Percentile £701 £750 £825
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 238 80 80
10th Percentile £15.61 £21.25 £17.50
25th Percentile £23.35 £31.45 £21.25
Median hourly rate £39.00 £42.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -7.13% +19.99% -36.36%
75th Percentile £61.88 £65.00 £60.36
90th Percentile £75.30 £80.00 £71.85
UK median hourly rate £40.18 £40.00 £34.47
% change year-on-year +0.45% +16.06% -35.58%

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 11 September 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 11 September 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 11 September 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 +4 896 £500 - 587
North of England -10 238 £445 +4.71% 218
South East +13 218 £500 +9.59% 287
Midlands +9 190 £475 +2.70% 181
West Midlands -1 132 £475 -1.04% 117
North West +10 131 £500 +12.36% 117
Yorkshire -23 93 £425 +6.25% 75
South West -25 88 £425 +6.25% 109
East Midlands +22 57 £470 +12.24% 64
East of England -31 35 £571 -0.78% 89
North East -34 18 £375 -21.05% 27
South Coast - 1 £450 -
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
1 170 (9.99%) SharePoint
2 67 (3.94%) Confluence
3 32 (1.88%) Apache Airflow
4 28 (1.65%) Apache Spark
5 24 (1.41%) Apache
6 23 (1.35%) SAS
7 16 (0.94%) Microsoft Exchange
8 13 (0.76%) ArcGIS
9 7 (0.41%) Apache Superset
10 6 (0.35%) Mendix
10 6 (0.35%) Oracle Workflow
11 5 (0.29%) Apache Solr
12 4 (0.24%) CMS
12 4 (0.24%) Palantir Foundry
13 3 (0.18%) IIS
13 3 (0.18%) Kentico
14 2 (0.12%) HCL Notes
14 2 (0.12%) PowerExchange
15 1 (0.059%) nginx
15 1 (0.059%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 332 (19.51%) Microsoft Excel
2 61 (3.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 52 (3.06%) Microsoft Office
4 49 (2.88%) Microsoft Project
5 24 (1.41%) MS Visio
6 21 (1.23%) Spreadsheet
7 11 (0.65%) Navisworks
7 11 (0.65%) Revit
8 8 (0.47%) Chatbot
9 7 (0.41%) AutoCAD
9 7 (0.41%) ProjectWise
10 2 (0.12%) Notion
10 2 (0.12%) Oracle Smart View
11 1 (0.059%) CPLEX
Business Applications
1 40 (2.35%) Dynamics CRM
2 27 (1.59%) Remedy ITSM
3 23 (1.35%) SAP S/4HANA
4 16 (0.94%) iTrent
5 11 (0.65%) Primavera
6 8 (0.47%) Aladdin
6 8 (0.47%) Integrated Workplace Management System
7 6 (0.35%) Maximo
7 6 (0.35%) SAP EWM
8 4 (0.24%) SAP MDG
8 4 (0.24%) SAP MM
8 4 (0.24%) Workday HCM
9 3 (0.18%) NetSuite
9 3 (0.18%) Oracle Financials
9 3 (0.18%) SAP ERP
10 2 (0.12%) CA PPM
10 2 (0.12%) Dynamics NAV
10 2 (0.12%) NEC Housing
10 2 (0.12%) Oracle Payables
10 2 (0.12%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 1,702 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 639 (37.54%) Azure
3 204 (11.99%) AWS
4 199 (11.69%) Power Automate
5 174 (10.22%) Azure DevOps
6 171 (10.05%) PowerApps
7 138 (8.11%) Azure Data Factory
7 138 (8.11%) Snowflake
8 122 (7.17%) Dynamics 365
8 122 (7.17%) Microsoft 365
9 106 (6.23%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 103 (6.05%) Microsoft Copilot
11 79 (4.64%) Serverless
12 72 (4.23%) dbt
13 64 (3.76%) GCP
13 64 (3.76%) GitHub
14 57 (3.35%) Entra ID
15 53 (3.11%) Amazon S3
16 51 (3.00%) Microsoft Purview
17 46 (2.70%) Copilot Studio
Communications & Networking
1 14 (0.82%) Firewall
2 11 (0.65%) SSL
3 9 (0.53%) DNS
4 8 (0.47%) VPN
5 7 (0.41%) Broadband
6 3 (0.18%) Network Security
7 2 (0.12%) Internet
7 2 (0.12%) NAS
7 2 (0.12%) Radio Access Network
7 2 (0.12%) SAN
7 2 (0.12%) SMTP
8 1 (0.059%) 4G
8 1 (0.059%) 5G
8 1 (0.059%) Intranet
8 1 (0.059%) Intrusion Detection
8 1 (0.059%) LAN
8 1 (0.059%) OpenFlow
8 1 (0.059%) SSH
8 1 (0.059%) VoIP
8 1 (0.059%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 263 (15.45%) Data Warehouse
2 246 (14.45%) Tableau
3 141 (8.28%) Data Lake
4 132 (7.76%) Power Query
4 132 (7.76%) SQL Server
5 81 (4.76%) Metadata
6 67 (3.94%) Star Schema
7 55 (3.23%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 51 (3.00%) Relational Database
9 50 (2.94%) Looker
10 44 (2.59%) Azure SQL Database
11 42 (2.47%) Amazon Athena
12 36 (2.12%) Amazon Redshift
13 35 (2.06%) Semantic Layer
14 32 (1.88%) BigQuery
14 32 (1.88%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 30 (1.76%) Snowflake Schema
16 27 (1.59%) NoSQL
17 24 (1.41%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
18 22 (1.29%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 146 (8.58%) JIRA
2 67 (3.94%) Git
3 29 (1.70%) GitLab
4 10 (0.59%) Jenkins
5 7 (0.41%) ERwin
6 6 (0.35%) MLflow
7 5 (0.29%) Oracle Forms
7 5 (0.29%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 5 (0.29%) Terragrunt
8 4 (0.24%) ER Studio
8 4 (0.24%) JUnit
8 4 (0.24%) Visual Studio
9 3 (0.18%) JMeter
9 3 (0.18%) PowerDesigner
9 3 (0.18%) Selenium
10 2 (0.12%) Charles Proxy
10 2 (0.12%) Postman
10 2 (0.12%) Team Foundation Server
10 2 (0.12%) WebDriver
11 1 (0.059%) REST Assured
General
1 569 (33.43%) Social Skills
2 504 (29.61%) Finance
3 436 (25.62%) Analytical Skills
4 155 (9.11%) Public Sector
5 121 (7.11%) Banking
6 76 (4.47%) Retail
7 65 (3.82%) Organisational Skills
8 53 (3.11%) Documentation Skills
9 52 (3.06%) Manufacturing
9 52 (3.06%) Marketing
10 51 (3.00%) Law
11 45 (2.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 40 (2.35%) Local Government
13 33 (1.94%) Influencing Skills
14 24 (1.41%) Financial Institution
14 24 (1.41%) Presentation Skills
15 18 (1.06%) Legal
16 17 (1.00%) Aerospace
16 17 (1.00%) Military
16 17 (1.00%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 440 (25.85%) Analyst
2 245 (14.39%) Developer
3 214 (12.57%) Data Analyst
4 213 (12.51%) Data Engineer
5 194 (11.40%) Senior
6 184 (10.81%) Architect
7 149 (8.75%) Lead
8 115 (6.76%) Business Intelligence Developer
9 94 (5.52%) Business Analyst
10 92 (5.41%) Power BI Developer
11 80 (4.70%) Data Architect
12 79 (4.64%) Consultant
13 54 (3.17%) Project Manager
13 54 (3.17%) Senior Data Engineer
14 48 (2.82%) Senior Analyst
15 47 (2.76%) Power Platform Developer
16 40 (2.35%) Business Intelligence Analyst
17 38 (2.23%) Performance Analyst
18 35 (2.06%) Solutions Architect
19 34 (2.00%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 90 (5.29%) PySpark
2 69 (4.05%) Terraform
3 66 (3.88%) .NET
4 65 (3.82%) REST
5 27 (1.59%) Kafka
6 24 (1.41%) React
7 22 (1.29%) Microsoft Graph
8 20 (1.18%) HTML
8 20 (1.18%) JSON
9 19 (1.12%) Middleware
10 15 (0.88%) HTML5 Canvas
11 14 (0.82%) CSS
12 12 (0.71%) Pandas
13 10 (0.59%) ADO
14 8 (0.47%) .NET Core
14 8 (0.47%) EDI
15 7 (0.41%) JDO
15 7 (0.41%) jQuery
15 7 (0.41%) RESTful
16 6 (0.35%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 82 (4.82%) Data Structures
2 72 (4.23%) Management Information System
3 62 (3.64%) Product Ownership
4 61 (3.58%) Onboarding
5 60 (3.53%) Cloud Native
6 40 (2.35%) Legacy Systems
7 32 (1.88%) Analytical Mindset
8 31 (1.82%) Clustering
9 26 (1.53%) AI Agents
10 22 (1.29%) Low-Code
11 21 (1.23%) CMDB
12 20 (1.18%) Enterprise Software
12 20 (1.18%) FMCG
13 18 (1.06%) Data Protection Act
14 17 (1.00%) NHS
15 15 (0.88%) Data Centre
16 14 (0.82%) Reference Data
17 13 (0.76%) Life Science
18 12 (0.71%) PKI
18 12 (0.71%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 53 (3.11%) Windows
2 26 (1.53%) Windows Server
3 14 (0.82%) Linux
4 10 (0.59%) Apple iOS
5 9 (0.53%) Unix
6 7 (0.41%) Mac OS
7 5 (0.29%) Android
8 2 (0.12%) Ubuntu
8 2 (0.12%) VMS
8 2 (0.12%) Windows 10
8 2 (0.12%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,591 (93.48%) Business Intelligence
2 680 (39.95%) Analytics
3 519 (30.49%) Data Modelling
4 417 (24.50%) Agile
5 402 (23.62%) Stakeholder Management
6 372 (21.86%) Decision-Making
7 337 (19.80%) Visualisation
8 335 (19.68%) AI
9 320 (18.80%) ETL
9 320 (18.80%) Problem-Solving
10 315 (18.51%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 292 (17.16%) DevOps
12 286 (16.80%) Migration
13 279 (16.39%) CI/CD
14 271 (15.92%) Continuous Improvement
15 268 (15.75%) Data Governance
16 255 (14.98%) Data Engineering
16 255 (14.98%) Data Pipeline
17 238 (13.98%) Validation
18 220 (12.93%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 790 (46.42%) SQL
2 384 (22.56%) Python
3 192 (11.28%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 94 (5.52%) JavaScript
5 91 (5.35%) PowerShell
6 73 (4.29%) C#
7 65 (3.82%) T-SQL
8 47 (2.76%) R
9 37 (2.17%) Java
10 22 (1.29%) TypeScript
10 22 (1.29%) VBA
11 13 (0.76%) PL/SQL
12 9 (0.53%) Bash
12 9 (0.53%) Bicep
13 8 (0.47%) Scala
14 7 (0.41%) Shell Script
15 5 (0.29%) Korn
15 5 (0.29%) Kusto Query Language
15 5 (0.29%) X++
16 3 (0.18%) XMLA
Qualifications
1 314 (18.45%) Security Cleared
2 240 (14.10%) SC Cleared
3 160 (9.40%) Degree
4 51 (3.00%) Microsoft Certification
5 45 (2.64%) Azure Certification
6 38 (2.23%) BPSS Clearance
7 29 (1.70%) Computer Science Degree
8 27 (1.59%) DBS Check
9 23 (1.35%) DV Cleared
10 22 (1.29%) AWS Certification
11 20 (1.18%) PMI Certification
12 15 (0.88%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 14 (0.82%) Master's Degree
14 13 (0.76%) PMP
15 11 (0.65%) ACCA
16 9 (0.53%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
16 9 (0.53%) CIMA
16 9 (0.53%) CISSP
16 9 (0.53%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
17 8 (0.47%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 399 (23.44%) Data Quality
2 83 (4.88%) GDPR
3 80 (4.70%) QA
4 77 (4.52%) PMO
5 34 (2.00%) Accessibility
6 16 (0.94%) GRC
7 12 (0.71%) ISO 19650
8 10 (0.59%) Actionable Recommendations
8 10 (0.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 10 (0.59%) SLA
9 6 (0.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 6 (0.35%) Solvency II
10 5 (0.29%) GMP
11 4 (0.24%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 3 (0.18%) ISO 20022
12 3 (0.18%) NIST
12 3 (0.18%) P3O
12 3 (0.18%) SOC 2
13 2 (0.12%) Basel III
13 2 (0.12%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 49 (2.88%) Active Directory
2 16 (0.94%) Docker
3 13 (0.76%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (0.65%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.18%) BitLocker
6 1 (0.059%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 25 (1.47%) Kubernetes
2 20 (1.18%) Grafana
3 19 (1.12%) Microsoft Intune
4 15 (0.88%) SCOM
5 12 (0.71%) Ansible
6 8 (0.47%) Microsoft Clustering
6 8 (0.47%) Prometheus
7 7 (0.41%) Control-M
7 7 (0.41%) SCCM
8 5 (0.29%) Single Sign-On
9 3 (0.18%) Apache Ranger
10 1 (0.059%) Jamf Pro
10 1 (0.059%) Kibana
10 1 (0.059%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.059%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
10 1 (0.059%) SysTrack
10 1 (0.059%) WSUS
Vendors
1 694 (40.78%) Microsoft
2 207 (12.16%) Databricks
3 112 (6.58%) SAP
4 105 (6.17%) ServiceNow
5 82 (4.82%) Oracle
6 47 (2.76%) Google
7 39 (2.29%) Salesforce
8 37 (2.17%) Informatica
9 31 (1.82%) Splunk
10 30 (1.76%) Remedy
11 27 (1.59%) Alteryx
12 21 (1.23%) BMC
13 20 (1.18%) Workday
14 15 (0.88%) Adobe
14 15 (0.88%) Dynatrace
15 13 (0.76%) Denodo
15 13 (0.76%) VMware
16 11 (0.65%) Autodesk
17 10 (0.59%) MicroStrategy
17 10 (0.59%) Teradata