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

6 months to
9 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 66 60 59
Rank change year-on-year -6 -1 +6
Contract jobs citing Power BI 1,633 1,106 1,157
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.53% 3.94% 3.57%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 24.14% 21.69% 19.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,049 750 780
10th Percentile £324 £313 £300
25th Percentile £402 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +3.16% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £600 £580 £596
90th Percentile £675 £675 £688
UK median daily rate £490 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +3.16% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 89 15 23
10th Percentile £17.97 £18.25 £20.15
25th Percentile £21.08 £18.38 £25.26
Median hourly rate £30.00 £25.01 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +19.95% -16.63% -25.93%
75th Percentile £55.00 £50.63 £43.75
90th Percentile £70.00 £60.20 £64.73
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £30.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year - - -23.57%

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 6,764 5,100 5,899
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 14.64% 18.15% 18.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,497 3,492 4,015
10th Percentile £352 £338 £350
25th Percentile £419 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £513 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.49% -6.82% -
75th Percentile £625 £638 £663
90th Percentile £714 £750 £825
UK median daily rate £505 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +1.00% -4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 257 72 85
10th Percentile £16.42 £20.67 £17.50
25th Percentile £21.25 £29.00 £22.40
Median hourly rate £41.71 £42.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -0.68% +19.99% -33.33%
75th Percentile £61.50 £65.00 £61.60
90th Percentile £74.68 £80.00 £71.50
UK median hourly rate £41.00 £38.96 £35.00
% change year-on-year +5.24% +11.31% -33.33%

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 9 October 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 9 October 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 9 October 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 -2 859 £500 - 1,210
North of England -5 239 £438 +3.06% 381
South East +1 197 £488 +11.43% 392
Midlands +8 183 £475 -1.04% 274
West Midlands -2 133 £475 -5.00% 180
North West -5 129 £475 +8.57% 235
Yorkshire -15 89 £425 +6.25% 110
South West -26 77 £431 +1.47% 149
East Midlands +9 49 £525 +23.53% 93
East of England -19 45 £588 +1.82% 160
North East -21 25 £350 -26.32% 37
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
1 159 (9.74%) SharePoint
2 73 (4.47%) Confluence
3 31 (1.90%) Apache Airflow
4 26 (1.59%) SAS
5 24 (1.47%) Apache
6 23 (1.41%) Apache Spark
7 14 (0.86%) Microsoft Exchange
8 12 (0.73%) ArcGIS
9 6 (0.37%) Mendix
10 5 (0.31%) Apache Solr
10 5 (0.31%) Oracle Workflow
10 5 (0.31%) Palantir Foundry
11 4 (0.24%) CMS
12 3 (0.18%) IIS
12 3 (0.18%) Kentico
13 2 (0.12%) Apache Superset
13 2 (0.12%) HCL Notes
13 2 (0.12%) nginx
13 2 (0.12%) PowerExchange
14 1 (0.061%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 311 (19.04%) Microsoft Excel
2 51 (3.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 42 (2.57%) Microsoft Office
4 38 (2.33%) Microsoft Project
5 24 (1.47%) Spreadsheet
6 18 (1.10%) MS Visio
7 11 (0.67%) Navisworks
7 11 (0.67%) Revit
8 8 (0.49%) AutoCAD
8 8 (0.49%) Chatbot
8 8 (0.49%) ProjectWise
9 3 (0.18%) Productboard
10 2 (0.12%) Notion
10 2 (0.12%) Oracle Smart View
11 1 (0.061%) CPLEX
Business Applications
1 39 (2.39%) Dynamics CRM
2 26 (1.59%) Remedy ITSM
3 20 (1.22%) SAP S/4HANA
4 15 (0.92%) Integrated Workplace Management System
5 12 (0.73%) Primavera
6 10 (0.61%) Aladdin
7 8 (0.49%) iTrent
8 6 (0.37%) Maximo
8 6 (0.37%) Workday HCM
9 4 (0.24%) SAP MDG
9 4 (0.24%) SAP MM
10 3 (0.18%) NetSuite
10 3 (0.18%) SAP ERP
11 2 (0.12%) CA PPM
11 2 (0.12%) Dynamics NAV
11 2 (0.12%) NEC Housing
11 2 (0.12%) Sage 200
11 2 (0.12%) SAP EWM
11 2 (0.12%) SAP QM
11 2 (0.12%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 1,633 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 605 (37.05%) Azure
3 194 (11.88%) Power Automate
4 177 (10.84%) AWS
5 171 (10.47%) PowerApps
6 169 (10.35%) Azure DevOps
7 137 (8.39%) Snowflake
8 136 (8.33%) Azure Data Factory
9 111 (6.80%) Microsoft 365
10 104 (6.37%) Microsoft Copilot
11 99 (6.06%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 92 (5.63%) Dynamics 365
13 74 (4.53%) dbt
14 65 (3.98%) Serverless
15 64 (3.92%) GCP
16 62 (3.80%) GitHub
17 55 (3.37%) Amazon S3
18 53 (3.25%) Entra ID
19 51 (3.12%) Microsoft Purview
20 48 (2.94%) Copilot Studio
Communications & Networking
1 12 (0.73%) Firewall
2 11 (0.67%) SSL
3 9 (0.55%) DNS
4 7 (0.43%) Broadband
4 7 (0.43%) VPN
5 4 (0.24%) Network Security
6 2 (0.12%) Internet
6 2 (0.12%) NAS
6 2 (0.12%) Radio Access Network
6 2 (0.12%) SAN
6 2 (0.12%) VoIP
7 1 (0.061%) 4G
7 1 (0.061%) CTI
7 1 (0.061%) Intrusion Detection
7 1 (0.061%) LAN
7 1 (0.061%) OpenFlow
7 1 (0.061%) PBX
7 1 (0.061%) Reverse Proxy
7 1 (0.061%) SSH
7 1 (0.061%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 252 (15.43%) Data Warehouse
2 228 (13.96%) Tableau
3 141 (8.63%) Data Lake
4 135 (8.27%) Power Query
5 129 (7.90%) SQL Server
6 90 (5.51%) Metadata
7 64 (3.92%) Star Schema
8 56 (3.43%) Looker
9 55 (3.37%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 46 (2.82%) Azure SQL Database
10 46 (2.82%) Relational Database
11 41 (2.51%) Amazon Athena
12 35 (2.14%) Semantic Layer
12 35 (2.14%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 34 (2.08%) BigQuery
14 30 (1.84%) Amazon Redshift
15 24 (1.47%) NoSQL
16 23 (1.41%) BusinessObjects
17 22 (1.35%) MySQL
17 22 (1.35%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 143 (8.76%) JIRA
2 64 (3.92%) Git
3 31 (1.90%) GitLab
4 10 (0.61%) Jenkins
5 5 (0.31%) JMeter
5 5 (0.31%) Oracle Forms
5 5 (0.31%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 5 (0.31%) Terragrunt
6 4 (0.24%) ERwin
6 4 (0.24%) JUnit
6 4 (0.24%) MLflow
6 4 (0.24%) Postman
6 4 (0.24%) Visual Studio
7 3 (0.18%) ER Studio
7 3 (0.18%) REST Assured
7 3 (0.18%) Selenium
8 2 (0.12%) Applitools
8 2 (0.12%) Cucumber
8 2 (0.12%) Newman
8 2 (0.12%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 564 (34.54%) Social Skills
2 465 (28.48%) Finance
3 417 (25.54%) Analytical Skills
4 159 (9.74%) Public Sector
5 124 (7.59%) Banking
6 74 (4.53%) Retail
7 57 (3.49%) Manufacturing
8 55 (3.37%) Organisational Skills
9 52 (3.18%) Marketing
10 46 (2.82%) Influencing Skills
11 44 (2.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 44 (2.69%) Local Government
12 39 (2.39%) Documentation Skills
13 29 (1.78%) Legal
14 24 (1.47%) Financial Institution
15 21 (1.29%) Law
16 20 (1.22%) Aerospace
16 20 (1.22%) Presentation Skills
17 18 (1.10%) Publishing
18 17 (1.04%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 419 (25.66%) Analyst
2 263 (16.11%) Developer
3 194 (11.88%) Data Analyst
4 191 (11.70%) Data Engineer
5 181 (11.08%) Senior
6 155 (9.49%) Architect
7 126 (7.72%) Business Intelligence Developer
8 123 (7.53%) Lead
9 97 (5.94%) Power BI Developer
10 93 (5.70%) Business Analyst
11 80 (4.90%) Data Architect
12 74 (4.53%) Consultant
13 53 (3.25%) Power Platform Developer
14 52 (3.18%) Project Manager
15 49 (3.00%) Senior Data Engineer
16 48 (2.94%) Senior Analyst
17 39 (2.39%) Performance Analyst
18 36 (2.20%) Business Intelligence Analyst
19 33 (2.02%) Solutions Architect
20 30 (1.84%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 83 (5.08%) PySpark
2 67 (4.10%) REST
2 67 (4.10%) Terraform
3 63 (3.86%) .NET
4 23 (1.41%) React
5 22 (1.35%) Kafka
6 21 (1.29%) JSON
6 21 (1.29%) Microsoft Graph
7 16 (0.98%) HTML
7 16 (0.98%) Middleware
8 14 (0.86%) HTML5 Canvas
9 9 (0.55%) CSS
9 9 (0.55%) SOAP
9 9 (0.55%) YAML
10 8 (0.49%) .NET Core
10 8 (0.49%) EDI
11 7 (0.43%) ADO
11 7 (0.43%) jQuery
11 7 (0.43%) OAuth
11 7 (0.43%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 83 (5.08%) Management Information System
2 78 (4.78%) Data Structures
3 68 (4.16%) Product Ownership
4 60 (3.67%) Onboarding
5 55 (3.37%) Cloud Native
6 45 (2.76%) Legacy Systems
7 32 (1.96%) Clustering
8 29 (1.78%) AI Agents
9 28 (1.71%) Analytical Mindset
10 25 (1.53%) Low-Code
11 22 (1.35%) Enterprise Software
12 20 (1.22%) CMDB
13 17 (1.04%) FMCG
14 16 (0.98%) Data Protection Act
14 16 (0.98%) NHS
15 15 (0.92%) Data Centre
15 15 (0.92%) Reference Data
16 13 (0.80%) Life Science
16 13 (0.80%) Replication
16 13 (0.80%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 49 (3.00%) Windows
2 22 (1.35%) Windows Server
3 17 (1.04%) Linux
4 10 (0.61%) Unix
5 8 (0.49%) Apple iOS
6 5 (0.31%) Android
6 5 (0.31%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.12%) Ubuntu
7 2 (0.12%) VMS
7 2 (0.12%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.12%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,544 (94.55%) Business Intelligence
2 669 (40.97%) Analytics
3 521 (31.90%) Data Modelling
4 448 (27.43%) Stakeholder Management
5 405 (24.80%) Agile
6 391 (23.94%) Decision-Making
7 349 (21.37%) AI
8 333 (20.39%) Visualisation
9 301 (18.43%) Problem-Solving
10 289 (17.70%) ETL
11 288 (17.64%) DevOps
11 288 (17.64%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 270 (16.53%) Data Governance
13 266 (16.29%) CI/CD
14 249 (15.25%) Continuous Improvement
14 249 (15.25%) Data Engineering
14 249 (15.25%) Migration
15 243 (14.88%) Validation
16 232 (14.21%) Data Pipeline
17 223 (13.66%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 777 (47.58%) SQL
2 352 (21.56%) Python
3 186 (11.39%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 94 (5.76%) JavaScript
5 83 (5.08%) PowerShell
6 73 (4.47%) C#
7 62 (3.80%) T-SQL
8 39 (2.39%) R
9 37 (2.27%) Java
10 22 (1.35%) TypeScript
11 17 (1.04%) VBA
12 13 (0.80%) PL/SQL
13 10 (0.61%) Bash
14 9 (0.55%) Bicep
15 8 (0.49%) Shell Script
16 6 (0.37%) Kusto Query Language
17 5 (0.31%) Korn
18 4 (0.24%) Google Apps Script
18 4 (0.24%) Scala
18 4 (0.24%) X++
Qualifications
1 304 (18.62%) Security Cleared
2 235 (14.39%) SC Cleared
3 142 (8.70%) Degree
4 51 (3.12%) Microsoft Certification
5 44 (2.69%) Azure Certification
6 38 (2.33%) BPSS Clearance
7 26 (1.59%) DBS Check
8 24 (1.47%) Computer Science Degree
9 22 (1.35%) PMI Certification
10 21 (1.29%) DV Cleared
11 20 (1.22%) AWS Certification
12 16 (0.98%) PMP
13 11 (0.67%) ACCA
13 11 (0.67%) CIMA
13 11 (0.67%) CISSP
13 11 (0.67%) Master's Degree
13 11 (0.67%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
14 10 (0.61%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
15 9 (0.55%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
16 8 (0.49%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 423 (25.90%) Data Quality
2 76 (4.65%) QA
3 72 (4.41%) PMO
4 62 (3.80%) GDPR
5 33 (2.02%) Accessibility
6 17 (1.04%) Actionable Recommendations
7 15 (0.92%) ISO 19650
8 14 (0.86%) GRC
8 14 (0.86%) SLA
9 8 (0.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 8 (0.49%) NIST
10 6 (0.37%) COBIT
10 6 (0.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 5 (0.31%) GMP
11 5 (0.31%) Solvency II
12 3 (0.18%) Disclosure Scotland
12 3 (0.18%) P3O
12 3 (0.18%) SOC 2
13 2 (0.12%) ISO 20022
13 2 (0.12%) SEPA
System Software
1 44 (2.69%) Active Directory
2 15 (0.92%) Docker
3 13 (0.80%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (0.67%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.18%) BitLocker
6 1 (0.061%) HDFS
6 1 (0.061%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 27 (1.65%) Kubernetes
2 22 (1.35%) Grafana
3 16 (0.98%) Microsoft Intune
4 15 (0.92%) SCOM
5 13 (0.80%) Ansible
6 12 (0.73%) Prometheus
7 8 (0.49%) Microsoft Clustering
8 6 (0.37%) Control-M
8 6 (0.37%) SCCM
9 4 (0.24%) Single Sign-On
10 2 (0.12%) Progress Chef
11 1 (0.061%) Apache Ranger
11 1 (0.061%) Kibana
11 1 (0.061%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
11 1 (0.061%) WSUS
Vendors
1 669 (40.97%) Microsoft
2 210 (12.86%) Databricks
3 97 (5.94%) SAP
4 90 (5.51%) ServiceNow
5 78 (4.78%) Oracle
6 55 (3.37%) Google
7 38 (2.33%) Salesforce
8 35 (2.14%) Informatica
9 29 (1.78%) Remedy
9 29 (1.78%) Splunk
10 27 (1.65%) Alteryx
11 18 (1.10%) BMC
12 17 (1.04%) Workday
13 16 (0.98%) Denodo
14 15 (0.92%) Dynatrace
15 14 (0.86%) Adobe
15 14 (0.86%) Autodesk
16 13 (0.80%) VMware
17 11 (0.67%) Teradata
18 10 (0.61%) MicroStrategy