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 15 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 62 59 62
Rank change year-on-year -3 +3 +9
Contract jobs citing Power BI 1,690 1,064 1,089
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.69% 3.84% 3.27%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 23.99% 21.31% 17.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,106 696 789
10th Percentile £328 £300 £300
25th Percentile £413 £385 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £499 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £588 £575 £588
90th Percentile £656 £675 £675
UK median daily rate £488 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +2.63% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 76 25 13
10th Percentile £17.86 £18.08 £20.15
25th Percentile £22.15 £23.00 £27.50
Median hourly rate £30.00 £31.64 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.18% +5.47% -7.18%
75th Percentile £47.44 £34.68 £35.00
90th Percentile £76.98 £51.25 £74.00
UK median hourly rate £29.96 £31.64 £30.30
% change year-on-year -5.31% +4.44% -6.27%

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 7,044 4,993 6,109
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 15.37% 18.04% 18.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,722 3,446 4,362
10th Percentile £358 £340 £350
25th Percentile £420 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £515 £545
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% -5.50% -0.91%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £675
90th Percentile £700 £750 £825
UK median daily rate £500 £507 £525
% change year-on-year -1.28% -3.52% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 226 80 92
10th Percentile £15.39 £20.84 £14.33
25th Percentile £23.88 £24.88 £20.00
Median hourly rate £38.38 £34.82 £36.25
Median % change year-on-year +10.23% -3.96% -34.09%
75th Percentile £66.54 £63.75 £58.11
90th Percentile £76.00 £78.71 £71.50
UK median hourly rate £39.00 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +11.43% - -36.36%

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 15 August 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 15 August 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 15 August 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 +6 870 £500 - 696
North of England -7 223 £450 +1.12% 192
South East -7 212 £475 +2.70% 242
Midlands +11 210 £469 +4.22% 141
West Midlands -4 148 £469 +2.79% 82
North West -8 121 £485 +2.11% 107
South West -14 97 £450 +12.50% 80
Yorkshire -25 86 £440 +10.00% 62
East Midlands +16 60 £465 +8.77% 59
East of England -18 36 £550 -5.17% 57
North East -30 20 £383 -15.00% 27
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
1 162 (9.59%) SharePoint
2 69 (4.08%) Confluence
3 34 (2.01%) Apache Airflow
4 33 (1.95%) Apache Spark
5 24 (1.42%) Apache
6 23 (1.36%) SAS
7 13 (0.77%) Microsoft Exchange
8 11 (0.65%) ArcGIS
9 7 (0.41%) Apache Superset
10 6 (0.36%) Mendix
11 5 (0.30%) Apache Solr
11 5 (0.30%) Oracle Workflow
11 5 (0.30%) Palantir Foundry
12 4 (0.24%) CMS
12 4 (0.24%) IIS
13 3 (0.18%) HCL Notes
13 3 (0.18%) Kentico
14 2 (0.12%) PowerExchange
15 1 (0.059%) OpenROAD
15 1 (0.059%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 315 (18.64%) Microsoft Excel
2 55 (3.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 54 (3.20%) Microsoft Project
4 46 (2.72%) Microsoft Office
5 26 (1.54%) MS Visio
6 21 (1.24%) Spreadsheet
7 9 (0.53%) Navisworks
7 9 (0.53%) Revit
8 6 (0.36%) Chatbot
9 5 (0.30%) AutoCAD
9 5 (0.30%) ProjectWise
10 2 (0.12%) Notion
10 2 (0.12%) Oracle Smart View
11 1 (0.059%) Acrobat
11 1 (0.059%) Adobe Illustrator
11 1 (0.059%) CPLEX
11 1 (0.059%) InDesign
11 1 (0.059%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 40 (2.37%) Dynamics CRM
2 30 (1.78%) Remedy ITSM
3 23 (1.36%) SAP S/4HANA
4 16 (0.95%) iTrent
5 13 (0.77%) Primavera
6 9 (0.53%) Aladdin
7 6 (0.36%) Integrated Workplace Management System
7 6 (0.36%) SAP EWM
8 5 (0.30%) BambooHR
8 5 (0.30%) Sage X3
9 4 (0.24%) Maximo
9 4 (0.24%) SAP MDG
9 4 (0.24%) SAP MM
10 3 (0.18%) Oracle Financials
10 3 (0.18%) Salesforce CRM
10 3 (0.18%) SAP ERP
10 3 (0.18%) Workday HCM
11 2 (0.12%) NEC Housing
11 2 (0.12%) Oracle Payables
11 2 (0.12%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 1,690 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 638 (37.75%) Azure
3 207 (12.25%) AWS
4 195 (11.54%) Power Automate
5 168 (9.94%) PowerApps
6 162 (9.59%) Azure DevOps
7 138 (8.17%) Azure Data Factory
7 138 (8.17%) Snowflake
8 122 (7.22%) Dynamics 365
9 116 (6.86%) Microsoft 365
10 114 (6.75%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 92 (5.44%) Microsoft Copilot
12 77 (4.56%) Serverless
13 72 (4.26%) dbt
14 71 (4.20%) GCP
15 66 (3.91%) GitHub
16 55 (3.25%) Amazon S3
17 49 (2.90%) Entra ID
18 47 (2.78%) AWS Lambda
18 47 (2.78%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 17 (1.01%) Firewall
2 13 (0.77%) VPN
3 10 (0.59%) DNS
4 7 (0.41%) SSL
5 5 (0.30%) Network Security
6 4 (0.24%) Broadband
7 3 (0.18%) Ethernet
7 3 (0.18%) Internet
8 2 (0.12%) 3GPP
8 2 (0.12%) 4G
8 2 (0.12%) Intranet
8 2 (0.12%) LTE
8 2 (0.12%) Microwave Backhaul
8 2 (0.12%) MPLS
8 2 (0.12%) NAS
8 2 (0.12%) Radio Access Network
8 2 (0.12%) SAN
8 2 (0.12%) SMTP
8 2 (0.12%) VoLTE
8 2 (0.12%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 280 (16.57%) Data Warehouse
2 248 (14.67%) Tableau
3 148 (8.76%) Data Lake
4 132 (7.81%) SQL Server
5 126 (7.46%) Power Query
6 78 (4.62%) Metadata
7 68 (4.02%) Star Schema
8 64 (3.79%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 55 (3.25%) Looker
10 50 (2.96%) Relational Database
11 46 (2.72%) Azure SQL Database
12 43 (2.54%) Amazon Redshift
13 41 (2.43%) Amazon Athena
14 36 (2.13%) BigQuery
15 35 (2.07%) Semantic Layer
16 33 (1.95%) NoSQL
17 32 (1.89%) Snowflake Schema
18 31 (1.83%) SQL Server Reporting Services
19 25 (1.48%) BusinessObjects
20 23 (1.36%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 145 (8.58%) JIRA
2 61 (3.61%) Git
3 29 (1.72%) GitLab
4 13 (0.77%) Jenkins
5 7 (0.41%) ERwin
6 6 (0.36%) MLflow
6 6 (0.36%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 4 (0.24%) Bitbucket
7 4 (0.24%) ER Studio
7 4 (0.24%) JUnit
7 4 (0.24%) Oracle Forms
7 4 (0.24%) Terragrunt
7 4 (0.24%) Visual Studio
8 3 (0.18%) PowerDesigner
9 2 (0.12%) Charles Proxy
9 2 (0.12%) JMeter
9 2 (0.12%) Selenium
9 2 (0.12%) Team Foundation Server
9 2 (0.12%) WebDriver
10 1 (0.059%) REST Assured
General
1 540 (31.95%) Social Skills
2 497 (29.41%) Finance
3 412 (24.38%) Analytical Skills
4 152 (8.99%) Public Sector
5 113 (6.69%) Banking
6 70 (4.14%) Retail
7 56 (3.31%) Law
8 55 (3.25%) Documentation Skills
9 54 (3.20%) Manufacturing
9 54 (3.20%) Organisational Skills
10 46 (2.72%) Marketing
11 43 (2.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 31 (1.83%) Influencing Skills
13 27 (1.60%) Local Government
14 24 (1.42%) Presentation Skills
15 23 (1.36%) Financial Institution
16 20 (1.18%) Investment Banking
17 19 (1.12%) Telecoms
18 18 (1.07%) Legal
19 16 (0.95%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 431 (25.50%) Analyst
2 253 (14.97%) Developer
3 224 (13.25%) Data Engineer
4 212 (12.54%) Data Analyst
5 204 (12.07%) Senior
6 190 (11.24%) Architect
7 164 (9.70%) Lead
8 125 (7.40%) Business Intelligence Developer
9 98 (5.80%) Power BI Developer
10 94 (5.56%) Business Analyst
11 80 (4.73%) Data Architect
12 75 (4.44%) Consultant
13 54 (3.20%) Senior Data Engineer
14 53 (3.14%) Project Manager
15 52 (3.08%) Power Platform Developer
16 47 (2.78%) Senior Analyst
17 41 (2.43%) Business Intelligence Analyst
18 40 (2.37%) Lead Architect
19 39 (2.31%) Senior Developer
20 38 (2.25%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 87 (5.15%) PySpark
2 64 (3.79%) .NET
2 64 (3.79%) REST
3 32 (1.89%) Kafka
4 23 (1.36%) JSON
4 23 (1.36%) React
5 20 (1.18%) HTML
5 20 (1.18%) Microsoft Graph
5 20 (1.18%) Middleware
6 17 (1.01%) HTML5 Canvas
7 14 (0.83%) CSS
7 14 (0.83%) Pandas
8 11 (0.65%) ADO
9 8 (0.47%) .NET Core
9 8 (0.47%) EDI
9 8 (0.47%) Great Expectations
10 7 (0.41%) JDO
10 7 (0.41%) jQuery
10 7 (0.41%) OAuth
10 7 (0.41%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 74 (4.38%) Data Structures
2 72 (4.26%) Cloud Native
3 61 (3.61%) Management Information System
4 57 (3.37%) Product Ownership
5 51 (3.02%) Legacy Systems
6 49 (2.90%) Onboarding
7 33 (1.95%) Analytical Mindset
8 28 (1.66%) Clustering
9 23 (1.36%) CMDB
10 22 (1.30%) Low-Code
11 21 (1.24%) Data Protection Act
12 19 (1.12%) AI Agents
13 18 (1.07%) Enterprise Software
13 18 (1.07%) FMCG
14 15 (0.89%) Data Centre
15 14 (0.83%) PKI
15 14 (0.83%) Reference Data
16 12 (0.71%) IoT
16 12 (0.71%) NHS
16 12 (0.71%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 52 (3.08%) Windows
2 25 (1.48%) Windows Server
3 13 (0.77%) Linux
4 10 (0.59%) Apple iOS
4 10 (0.59%) Unix
5 7 (0.41%) Mac OS
6 5 (0.30%) 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 1,575 (93.20%) Business Intelligence
2 687 (40.65%) Analytics
3 541 (32.01%) Data Modelling
4 420 (24.85%) Agile
5 364 (21.54%) Decision-Making
6 356 (21.07%) ETL
7 338 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
8 335 (19.82%) Visualisation
9 322 (19.05%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 320 (18.93%) AI
11 307 (18.17%) Problem-Solving
12 304 (17.99%) Migration
13 292 (17.28%) DevOps
14 282 (16.69%) CI/CD
15 278 (16.45%) Data Pipeline
16 273 (16.15%) Data Governance
17 261 (15.44%) Data Engineering
18 258 (15.27%) Continuous Improvement
19 247 (14.62%) Validation
20 205 (12.13%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 795 (47.04%) SQL
2 399 (23.61%) Python
3 201 (11.89%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 91 (5.38%) JavaScript
5 87 (5.15%) PowerShell
6 73 (4.32%) C#
7 60 (3.55%) T-SQL
8 45 (2.66%) Java
9 43 (2.54%) R
10 29 (1.72%) VBA
11 19 (1.12%) TypeScript
12 18 (1.07%) PL/SQL
13 10 (0.59%) Bicep
14 9 (0.53%) Scala
15 6 (0.36%) Bash
15 6 (0.36%) Korn
15 6 (0.36%) Kotlin
15 6 (0.36%) Shell Script
16 5 (0.30%) X++
17 4 (0.24%) C
Qualifications
1 320 (18.93%) Security Cleared
2 242 (14.32%) SC Cleared
3 166 (9.82%) Degree
4 44 (2.60%) Microsoft Certification
5 38 (2.25%) BPSS Clearance
6 37 (2.19%) Azure Certification
7 33 (1.95%) Computer Science Degree
8 27 (1.60%) DBS Check
9 24 (1.42%) DV Cleared
10 20 (1.18%) AWS Certification
11 17 (1.01%) Master's Degree
12 16 (0.95%) PMI Certification
13 15 (0.89%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
14 11 (0.65%) PMP
15 9 (0.53%) ACCA
16 7 (0.41%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
16 7 (0.41%) CIMA
16 7 (0.41%) CISSP
17 6 (0.36%) TOGAF Certification
18 5 (0.30%) SnowPro
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 390 (23.08%) Data Quality
2 99 (5.86%) GDPR
3 80 (4.73%) QA
4 77 (4.56%) PMO
5 35 (2.07%) Accessibility
6 13 (0.77%) GRC
7 12 (0.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 12 (0.71%) SLA
8 10 (0.59%) ISO 19650
9 9 (0.53%) Actionable Recommendations
10 7 (0.41%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 7 (0.41%) Solvency II
11 4 (0.24%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 3 (0.18%) NCSC
12 3 (0.18%) P3O
12 3 (0.18%) PCI DSS
13 2 (0.12%) Basel III
13 2 (0.12%) COBIT
13 2 (0.12%) ISO 20022
13 2 (0.12%) NIST
System Software
1 53 (3.14%) Active Directory
2 15 (0.89%) Docker
3 14 (0.83%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (0.59%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.18%) BitLocker
5 3 (0.18%) HDFS
6 1 (0.059%) RACF
6 1 (0.059%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 66 (3.91%) Terraform
2 22 (1.30%) Grafana
2 22 (1.30%) Kubernetes
3 13 (0.77%) Microsoft Intune
4 12 (0.71%) Ansible
5 11 (0.65%) SCOM
6 8 (0.47%) Microsoft Clustering
7 7 (0.41%) Prometheus
7 7 (0.41%) SCCM
8 5 (0.30%) Control-M
9 4 (0.24%) Single Sign-On
10 3 (0.18%) Apache Ranger
11 2 (0.12%) Kibana
11 2 (0.12%) Nessus
12 1 (0.059%) Jamf Pro
12 1 (0.059%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
12 1 (0.059%) SysTrack
12 1 (0.059%) WSUS
Vendors
1 652 (38.58%) Microsoft
2 223 (13.20%) Databricks
3 112 (6.63%) SAP
4 103 (6.09%) ServiceNow
5 82 (4.85%) Oracle
6 48 (2.84%) Google
7 44 (2.60%) Informatica
8 33 (1.95%) Remedy
8 33 (1.95%) Salesforce
9 27 (1.60%) Alteryx
10 26 (1.54%) Splunk
11 23 (1.36%) Workday
12 21 (1.24%) BMC
13 17 (1.01%) Adobe
14 16 (0.95%) Denodo
15 14 (0.83%) Dynatrace
15 14 (0.83%) IFS
15 14 (0.83%) VMware
16 10 (0.59%) Foundry
16 10 (0.59%) Talend