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

6 months to
28 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 67 61 61
Rank change year-on-year -6 0 +7
Contract jobs citing Power BI 1,638 1,101 1,139
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.55% 3.97% 3.49%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 24.05% 21.74% 19.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,052 744 769
10th Percentile £320 £313 £300
25th Percentile £400 £399 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.63% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £600 £575 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £688
UK median daily rate £488 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +2.63% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 83 15 20
10th Percentile £17.97 £18.35 £19.98
25th Percentile £22.86 £22.88 £25.07
Median hourly rate £30.00 £32.05 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.40% +6.83% -25.93%
75th Percentile £53.87 £50.63 £40.00
90th Percentile £72.13 £60.20 £66.13
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £33.25 £30.00
% change year-on-year -9.77% +10.83% -25.93%

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 6,810 5,064 5,922
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 14.76% 18.26% 18.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,542 3,482 4,047
10th Percentile £351 £338 £350
25th Percentile £419 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £509 £513 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.73% -6.82% -
75th Percentile £625 £638 £675
90th Percentile £713 £750 £825
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £530
% change year-on-year - -5.66% -1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 242 73 81
10th Percentile £15.94 £21.02 £17.50
25th Percentile £22.87 £29.00 £22.00
Median hourly rate £39.00 £43.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -10.34% +24.29% -34.58%
75th Percentile £58.44 £65.00 £61.60
90th Percentile £74.68 £79.75 £71.50
UK median hourly rate £40.18 £40.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +0.45% +14.29% -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 28 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 28 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 28 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 -1 857 £500 - 933
North of England -12 237 £440 +3.53% 342
South East +1 204 £475 +8.57% 333
Midlands +4 185 £475 -0.52% 236
West Midlands -7 129 £475 -5.00% 159
North West -10 128 £500 +14.29% 200
Yorkshire -26 89 £425 +6.25% 109
South West -29 81 £431 +1.47% 131
East Midlands +12 55 £470 +10.59% 77
East of England -17 39 £576 +0.17% 131
North East -20 24 £356 -25.00% 34
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
1 169 (10.32%) SharePoint
2 71 (4.33%) Confluence
3 30 (1.83%) Apache Airflow
4 26 (1.59%) SAS
5 23 (1.40%) Apache Spark
6 20 (1.22%) Apache
7 13 (0.79%) Microsoft Exchange
8 12 (0.73%) ArcGIS
9 6 (0.37%) Mendix
9 6 (0.37%) Oracle Workflow
10 5 (0.31%) Apache Solr
10 5 (0.31%) Palantir Foundry
11 4 (0.24%) Apache Superset
11 4 (0.24%) CMS
12 3 (0.18%) IIS
12 3 (0.18%) Kentico
13 2 (0.12%) HCL Notes
13 2 (0.12%) PowerExchange
14 1 (0.061%) Appian
14 1 (0.061%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 314 (19.17%) Microsoft Excel
2 55 (3.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 49 (2.99%) Microsoft Office
4 45 (2.75%) Microsoft Project
5 22 (1.34%) Spreadsheet
6 19 (1.16%) MS Visio
7 12 (0.73%) Navisworks
7 12 (0.73%) Revit
8 8 (0.49%) AutoCAD
8 8 (0.49%) Chatbot
8 8 (0.49%) ProjectWise
9 2 (0.12%) Notion
9 2 (0.12%) Oracle Smart View
10 1 (0.061%) CPLEX
Business Applications
1 39 (2.38%) Dynamics CRM
2 28 (1.71%) Remedy ITSM
3 20 (1.22%) SAP S/4HANA
4 12 (0.73%) iTrent
4 12 (0.73%) Primavera
5 10 (0.61%) Aladdin
6 9 (0.55%) Integrated Workplace Management System
7 6 (0.37%) Maximo
7 6 (0.37%) Workday HCM
8 4 (0.24%) SAP MDG
8 4 (0.24%) SAP MM
9 3 (0.18%) NetSuite
9 3 (0.18%) SAP ERP
9 3 (0.18%) SAP EWM
10 2 (0.12%) CA PPM
10 2 (0.12%) ContrOCC
10 2 (0.12%) Dynamics NAV
10 2 (0.12%) NEC Housing
10 2 (0.12%) Sage 200
10 2 (0.12%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 1,638 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 609 (37.18%) Azure
3 197 (12.03%) Power Automate
4 186 (11.36%) AWS
5 171 (10.44%) Azure DevOps
6 166 (10.13%) PowerApps
7 135 (8.24%) Snowflake
8 133 (8.12%) Azure Data Factory
9 116 (7.08%) Microsoft 365
10 102 (6.23%) Microsoft Copilot
11 100 (6.11%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 98 (5.98%) Dynamics 365
13 75 (4.58%) dbt
14 68 (4.15%) GCP
15 66 (4.03%) Serverless
16 59 (3.60%) GitHub
17 54 (3.30%) Amazon S3
18 52 (3.17%) Entra ID
19 47 (2.87%) Microsoft Purview
20 45 (2.75%) Copilot Studio
Communications & Networking
1 11 (0.67%) Firewall
1 11 (0.67%) SSL
2 8 (0.49%) DNS
2 8 (0.49%) VPN
3 7 (0.43%) Broadband
4 2 (0.12%) Internet
4 2 (0.12%) NAS
4 2 (0.12%) Network Security
4 2 (0.12%) Radio Access Network
4 2 (0.12%) SAN
5 1 (0.061%) 4G
5 1 (0.061%) 5G
5 1 (0.061%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (0.061%) LAN
5 1 (0.061%) Mobile Backhaul
5 1 (0.061%) OpenFlow
5 1 (0.061%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.061%) SSH
5 1 (0.061%) VoIP
5 1 (0.061%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 257 (15.69%) Data Warehouse
2 235 (14.35%) Tableau
3 141 (8.61%) Data Lake
4 132 (8.06%) Power Query
5 125 (7.63%) SQL Server
6 82 (5.01%) Metadata
7 65 (3.97%) Star Schema
8 58 (3.54%) Looker
9 55 (3.36%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 49 (2.99%) Relational Database
11 46 (2.81%) Amazon Athena
12 42 (2.56%) Azure SQL Database
13 37 (2.26%) BigQuery
14 35 (2.14%) Semantic Layer
15 34 (2.08%) Amazon Redshift
16 33 (2.01%) SQL Server Reporting Services
17 26 (1.59%) NoSQL
18 24 (1.47%) Snowflake Schema
19 22 (1.34%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
20 21 (1.28%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 148 (9.04%) JIRA
2 62 (3.79%) Git
3 28 (1.71%) GitLab
4 10 (0.61%) Jenkins
5 5 (0.31%) ERwin
5 5 (0.31%) MLflow
5 5 (0.31%) Oracle Forms
5 5 (0.31%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 5 (0.31%) Terragrunt
6 4 (0.24%) ER Studio
6 4 (0.24%) JMeter
6 4 (0.24%) JUnit
6 4 (0.24%) Visual Studio
7 3 (0.18%) Postman
7 3 (0.18%) Selenium
8 2 (0.12%) PowerDesigner
8 2 (0.12%) REST Assured
8 2 (0.12%) Team Foundation Server
8 2 (0.12%) WebDriver
9 1 (0.061%) Newman
General
1 569 (34.74%) Social Skills
2 470 (28.69%) Finance
3 418 (25.52%) Analytical Skills
4 158 (9.65%) Public Sector
5 118 (7.20%) Banking
6 77 (4.70%) Retail
7 62 (3.79%) Organisational Skills
8 55 (3.36%) Manufacturing
9 49 (2.99%) Marketing
10 45 (2.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 44 (2.69%) Documentation Skills
11 44 (2.69%) Local Government
12 43 (2.63%) Influencing Skills
13 28 (1.71%) Legal
14 26 (1.59%) Law
15 23 (1.40%) Financial Institution
16 20 (1.22%) Presentation Skills
17 19 (1.16%) Aerospace
18 18 (1.10%) Publishing
19 16 (0.98%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 422 (25.76%) Analyst
2 250 (15.26%) Developer
3 201 (12.27%) Data Analyst
4 200 (12.21%) Data Engineer
5 185 (11.29%) Senior
6 159 (9.71%) Architect
7 121 (7.39%) Lead
8 118 (7.20%) Business Intelligence Developer
9 96 (5.86%) Power BI Developer
10 90 (5.49%) Business Analyst
11 77 (4.70%) Consultant
12 76 (4.64%) Data Architect
13 54 (3.30%) Project Manager
13 54 (3.30%) Senior Data Engineer
14 47 (2.87%) Power Platform Developer
15 46 (2.81%) Senior Analyst
16 41 (2.50%) Performance Analyst
17 36 (2.20%) Business Intelligence Analyst
18 34 (2.08%) Solutions Architect
19 31 (1.89%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 85 (5.19%) PySpark
2 66 (4.03%) REST
3 63 (3.85%) Terraform
4 62 (3.79%) .NET
5 23 (1.40%) React
6 22 (1.34%) Kafka
7 21 (1.28%) JSON
8 19 (1.16%) Microsoft Graph
9 18 (1.10%) HTML
10 16 (0.98%) Middleware
11 15 (0.92%) HTML5 Canvas
12 12 (0.73%) CSS
13 10 (0.61%) SOAP
14 8 (0.49%) .NET Core
14 8 (0.49%) EDI
14 8 (0.49%) Pandas
15 7 (0.43%) ADO
15 7 (0.43%) jQuery
15 7 (0.43%) RESTful
15 7 (0.43%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 78 (4.76%) Management Information System
2 75 (4.58%) Data Structures
3 63 (3.85%) Product Ownership
4 62 (3.79%) Onboarding
5 55 (3.36%) Cloud Native
6 41 (2.50%) Legacy Systems
7 31 (1.89%) Clustering
8 30 (1.83%) Analytical Mindset
9 26 (1.59%) AI Agents
10 22 (1.34%) Low-Code
11 20 (1.22%) Enterprise Software
12 19 (1.16%) CMDB
13 18 (1.10%) FMCG
14 16 (0.98%) NHS
15 15 (0.92%) Data Protection Act
16 14 (0.85%) Data Centre
17 13 (0.79%) Reference Data
17 13 (0.79%) Self-Motivation
18 12 (0.73%) Life Science
18 12 (0.73%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 50 (3.05%) Windows
2 23 (1.40%) Windows Server
3 16 (0.98%) Linux
4 10 (0.61%) Apple iOS
4 10 (0.61%) Unix
5 7 (0.43%) Mac OS
6 5 (0.31%) Android
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 1,543 (94.20%) Business Intelligence
2 670 (40.90%) Analytics
3 505 (30.83%) Data Modelling
4 434 (26.50%) Stakeholder Management
5 414 (25.27%) Agile
6 373 (22.77%) Decision-Making
7 337 (20.57%) AI
8 322 (19.66%) Visualisation
9 308 (18.80%) Problem-Solving
10 298 (18.19%) ETL
11 287 (17.52%) DevOps
12 284 (17.34%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 263 (16.06%) CI/CD
14 259 (15.81%) Migration
15 258 (15.75%) Data Governance
16 242 (14.77%) Continuous Improvement
16 242 (14.77%) Data Engineering
17 241 (14.71%) Validation
18 231 (14.10%) Data Pipeline
19 218 (13.31%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 779 (47.56%) SQL
2 361 (22.04%) Python
3 184 (11.23%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 95 (5.80%) JavaScript
5 84 (5.13%) PowerShell
6 71 (4.33%) C#
7 64 (3.91%) T-SQL
8 40 (2.44%) R
9 36 (2.20%) Java
10 21 (1.28%) TypeScript
11 17 (1.04%) VBA
12 13 (0.79%) PL/SQL
13 9 (0.55%) Bash
14 8 (0.49%) Shell Script
15 7 (0.43%) Scala
16 6 (0.37%) Bicep
17 5 (0.31%) Korn
17 5 (0.31%) Kusto Query Language
18 4 (0.24%) Google Apps Script
18 4 (0.24%) X++
Qualifications
1 305 (18.62%) Security Cleared
2 236 (14.41%) SC Cleared
3 152 (9.28%) Degree
4 50 (3.05%) Microsoft Certification
5 44 (2.69%) Azure Certification
6 38 (2.32%) BPSS Clearance
7 26 (1.59%) DBS Check
8 25 (1.53%) Computer Science Degree
9 23 (1.40%) AWS Certification
9 23 (1.40%) PMI Certification
10 22 (1.34%) DV Cleared
11 17 (1.04%) PMP
12 15 (0.92%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 13 (0.79%) CISSP
14 11 (0.67%) Master's Degree
15 10 (0.61%) ACCA
15 10 (0.61%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
16 9 (0.55%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
16 9 (0.55%) CIMA
17 8 (0.49%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 405 (24.73%) Data Quality
2 76 (4.64%) QA
3 73 (4.46%) PMO
4 70 (4.27%) GDPR
5 32 (1.95%) Accessibility
6 16 (0.98%) GRC
7 15 (0.92%) ISO 19650
8 14 (0.85%) Actionable Recommendations
8 14 (0.85%) SLA
9 9 (0.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 7 (0.43%) NIST
11 6 (0.37%) COBIT
11 6 (0.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 5 (0.31%) GMP
12 5 (0.31%) Solvency II
13 3 (0.18%) Disclosure Scotland
13 3 (0.18%) ISO 20022
13 3 (0.18%) P3O
13 3 (0.18%) SOC 2
14 2 (0.12%) SEPA
System Software
1 45 (2.75%) Active Directory
2 15 (0.92%) Docker
3 13 (0.79%) 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 23 (1.40%) Kubernetes
2 18 (1.10%) Grafana
3 16 (0.98%) Microsoft Intune
4 15 (0.92%) SCOM
5 12 (0.73%) Ansible
6 8 (0.49%) Microsoft Clustering
6 8 (0.49%) Prometheus
7 6 (0.37%) Control-M
7 6 (0.37%) SCCM
8 4 (0.24%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.061%) Apache Ranger
9 1 (0.061%) Kibana
9 1 (0.061%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.061%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 1 (0.061%) WSUS
Vendors
1 662 (40.42%) Microsoft
2 209 (12.76%) Databricks
3 102 (6.23%) SAP
4 98 (5.98%) ServiceNow
5 78 (4.76%) Oracle
6 52 (3.17%) Google
7 42 (2.56%) Salesforce
8 34 (2.08%) Informatica
9 33 (2.01%) Splunk
10 31 (1.89%) Remedy
11 27 (1.65%) Alteryx
12 22 (1.34%) Workday
13 19 (1.16%) BMC
14 16 (0.98%) Adobe
14 16 (0.98%) Denodo
15 14 (0.85%) Autodesk
15 14 (0.85%) Dynatrace
16 13 (0.79%) VMware
17 11 (0.67%) MicroStrategy
17 11 (0.67%) Teradata