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

6 months to
3 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 66 59 60
Rank change year-on-year -7 +1 +8
Contract jobs citing Power BI 1,654 1,110 1,141
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.56% 3.96% 3.52%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 24.20% 21.77% 19.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,065 752 768
10th Percentile £323 £313 £300
25th Percentile £400 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.63% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £600 £580 £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 90 16 23
10th Percentile £17.97 £18.25 £20.15
25th Percentile £25.25 £20.56 £25.26
Median hourly rate £31.13 £32.05 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -2.89% +6.83% -25.93%
75th Percentile £55.00 £49.06 £49.38
90th Percentile £70.27 £59.75 £64.73
UK median hourly rate £33.25 £32.05 £30.00
% change year-on-year +3.74% +6.83% -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 6,834 5,099 5,923
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 14.69% 18.20% 18.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,545 3,494 4,037
10th Percentile £350 £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 £673
90th Percentile £716 £750 £825
UK median daily rate £501 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +0.10% -4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 257 77 84
10th Percentile £16.42 £20.91 £17.50
25th Percentile £23.00 £29.00 £22.30
Median hourly rate £41.71 £43.50 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -4.11% +16.00% -28.57%
75th Percentile £60.75 £65.00 £61.60
90th Percentile £74.68 £80.00 £71.50
UK median hourly rate £41.36 £39.48 £35.00
% change year-on-year +4.75% +12.80% -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 3 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 3 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 3 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 -3 863 £500 - 1,234
North of England -6 239 £440 +3.53% 447
South East +2 206 £475 +8.57% 507
Midlands +5 188 £475 -1.04% 322
West Midlands +1 133 £475 -5.00% 213
North West -4 128 £500 +14.29% 256
Yorkshire -20 91 £425 +6.25% 144
South West -27 81 £425 - 185
East Midlands +14 54 £475 +11.76% 109
East of England -17 44 £588 +2.26% 182
North East -27 24 £350 -26.32% 48
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
1 162 (9.79%) SharePoint
2 71 (4.29%) Confluence
3 30 (1.81%) Apache Airflow
4 26 (1.57%) SAS
5 24 (1.45%) Apache Spark
6 20 (1.21%) Apache
7 13 (0.79%) Microsoft Exchange
8 12 (0.73%) ArcGIS
9 6 (0.36%) Mendix
9 6 (0.36%) Oracle Workflow
10 5 (0.30%) Apache Solr
10 5 (0.30%) 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 (0.060%) Appian
Applications
1 314 (18.98%) Microsoft Excel
2 51 (3.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 46 (2.78%) Microsoft Office
4 43 (2.60%) Microsoft Project
5 23 (1.39%) Spreadsheet
6 18 (1.09%) MS Visio
7 12 (0.73%) Navisworks
7 12 (0.73%) Revit
8 8 (0.48%) AutoCAD
8 8 (0.48%) Chatbot
8 8 (0.48%) ProjectWise
9 2 (0.12%) Notion
9 2 (0.12%) Oracle Smart View
9 2 (0.12%) Productboard
10 1 (0.060%) CPLEX
Business Applications
1 38 (2.30%) Dynamics CRM
2 27 (1.63%) Remedy ITSM
3 20 (1.21%) SAP S/4HANA
4 15 (0.91%) Integrated Workplace Management System
5 12 (0.73%) iTrent
5 12 (0.73%) Primavera
6 10 (0.60%) Aladdin
7 6 (0.36%) Maximo
7 6 (0.36%) 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
10 2 (0.12%) Actimize
10 2 (0.12%) CA PPM
10 2 (0.12%) Dynamics NAV
10 2 (0.12%) NEC Housing
10 2 (0.12%) Sage 200
10 2 (0.12%) SAP EWM
10 2 (0.12%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 1,654 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 612 (37.00%) Azure
3 194 (11.73%) Power Automate
4 182 (11.00%) AWS
5 173 (10.46%) Azure DevOps
6 170 (10.28%) PowerApps
7 140 (8.46%) Snowflake
8 137 (8.28%) Azure Data Factory
9 112 (6.77%) Microsoft 365
10 104 (6.29%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 103 (6.23%) Microsoft Copilot
12 91 (5.50%) Dynamics 365
13 76 (4.59%) dbt
14 68 (4.11%) GCP
15 65 (3.93%) Serverless
16 62 (3.75%) GitHub
17 56 (3.39%) Amazon S3
18 53 (3.20%) Entra ID
19 50 (3.02%) Microsoft Purview
20 46 (2.78%) Copilot Studio
Communications & Networking
1 12 (0.73%) Firewall
2 11 (0.67%) SSL
3 9 (0.54%) DNS
4 7 (0.42%) Broadband
4 7 (0.42%) 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 (0.060%) 4G
7 1 (0.060%) CTI
7 1 (0.060%) Intrusion Detection
7 1 (0.060%) LAN
7 1 (0.060%) OpenFlow
7 1 (0.060%) PBX
7 1 (0.060%) Reverse Proxy
7 1 (0.060%) SSH
7 1 (0.060%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 256 (15.48%) Data Warehouse
2 235 (14.21%) Tableau
3 144 (8.71%) Data Lake
4 131 (7.92%) Power Query
5 129 (7.80%) SQL Server
6 87 (5.26%) Metadata
7 64 (3.87%) Star Schema
8 58 (3.51%) Looker
9 55 (3.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 48 (2.90%) Relational Database
11 45 (2.72%) Amazon Athena
12 44 (2.66%) Azure SQL Database
13 37 (2.24%) BigQuery
14 36 (2.18%) Semantic Layer
15 34 (2.06%) SQL Server Reporting Services
16 33 (2.00%) Amazon Redshift
17 25 (1.51%) NoSQL
18 24 (1.45%) Snowflake Schema
19 22 (1.33%) Delta Lake
19 22 (1.33%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 147 (8.89%) JIRA
2 65 (3.93%) Git
3 28 (1.69%) GitLab
4 10 (0.60%) Jenkins
5 5 (0.30%) JMeter
5 5 (0.30%) Oracle Forms
5 5 (0.30%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 5 (0.30%) 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%) Newman
8 2 (0.12%) Team Foundation Server
8 2 (0.12%) WebDriver
General
1 577 (34.89%) Social Skills
2 473 (28.60%) Finance
3 421 (25.45%) Analytical Skills
4 158 (9.55%) Public Sector
5 123 (7.44%) Banking
6 76 (4.59%) Retail
7 59 (3.57%) Organisational Skills
8 57 (3.45%) Manufacturing
9 50 (3.02%) Marketing
10 45 (2.72%) Local Government
11 44 (2.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 44 (2.66%) Influencing Skills
12 42 (2.54%) Documentation Skills
13 30 (1.81%) Legal
14 24 (1.45%) Financial Institution
15 21 (1.27%) Aerospace
15 21 (1.27%) Presentation Skills
16 20 (1.21%) Law
17 18 (1.09%) Publishing
18 17 (1.03%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 431 (26.06%) Analyst
2 257 (15.54%) Developer
3 205 (12.39%) Data Analyst
4 197 (11.91%) Data Engineer
5 185 (11.19%) Senior
6 153 (9.25%) Architect
7 124 (7.50%) Lead
8 122 (7.38%) Business Intelligence Developer
9 97 (5.86%) Power BI Developer
10 94 (5.68%) Business Analyst
11 78 (4.72%) Data Architect
12 74 (4.47%) Consultant
13 54 (3.26%) Project Manager
13 54 (3.26%) Senior Data Engineer
14 51 (3.08%) Power Platform Developer
15 48 (2.90%) Senior Analyst
16 42 (2.54%) Performance Analyst
17 36 (2.18%) Business Intelligence Analyst
18 33 (2.00%) Solutions Architect
19 31 (1.87%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 82 (4.96%) PySpark
2 67 (4.05%) REST
3 66 (3.99%) Terraform
4 61 (3.69%) .NET
5 23 (1.39%) React
6 22 (1.33%) JSON
6 22 (1.33%) Kafka
7 20 (1.21%) Microsoft Graph
8 16 (0.97%) HTML
9 15 (0.91%) Middleware
10 14 (0.85%) HTML5 Canvas
11 10 (0.60%) CSS
12 9 (0.54%) SOAP
13 8 (0.48%) .NET Core
13 8 (0.48%) EDI
13 8 (0.48%) YAML
14 7 (0.42%) ADO
14 7 (0.42%) jQuery
14 7 (0.42%) OAuth
14 7 (0.42%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 84 (5.08%) Management Information System
2 77 (4.66%) Data Structures
3 66 (3.99%) Product Ownership
4 62 (3.75%) Onboarding
5 55 (3.33%) Cloud Native
6 43 (2.60%) Legacy Systems
7 30 (1.81%) Clustering
8 29 (1.75%) Analytical Mindset
9 28 (1.69%) AI Agents
10 23 (1.39%) Low-Code
11 20 (1.21%) CMDB
11 20 (1.21%) Enterprise Software
12 18 (1.09%) FMCG
13 16 (0.97%) Data Protection Act
13 16 (0.97%) NHS
14 15 (0.91%) Data Centre
15 13 (0.79%) Life Science
15 13 (0.79%) Reference Data
15 13 (0.79%) Self-Motivation
16 12 (0.73%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 49 (2.96%) Windows
2 22 (1.33%) Windows Server
3 17 (1.03%) Linux
4 10 (0.60%) Unix
5 9 (0.54%) Apple iOS
6 6 (0.36%) Mac OS
7 5 (0.30%) 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 1,560 (94.32%) Business Intelligence
2 683 (41.29%) Analytics
3 517 (31.26%) Data Modelling
4 445 (26.90%) Stakeholder Management
5 419 (25.33%) Agile
6 394 (23.82%) Decision-Making
7 346 (20.92%) AI
8 332 (20.07%) Visualisation
9 308 (18.62%) Problem-Solving
10 296 (17.90%) ETL
11 291 (17.59%) DevOps
12 289 (17.47%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 270 (16.32%) Data Governance
14 267 (16.14%) CI/CD
15 253 (15.30%) Continuous Improvement
15 253 (15.30%) Migration
16 252 (15.24%) Validation
17 247 (14.93%) Data Engineering
18 234 (14.15%) Data Pipeline
19 225 (13.60%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 789 (47.70%) SQL
2 363 (21.95%) Python
3 185 (11.19%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 94 (5.68%) JavaScript
5 84 (5.08%) PowerShell
6 73 (4.41%) C#
7 62 (3.75%) T-SQL
8 41 (2.48%) R
9 35 (2.12%) Java
10 21 (1.27%) TypeScript
11 16 (0.97%) VBA
12 13 (0.79%) PL/SQL
13 10 (0.60%) Bash
14 8 (0.48%) Bicep
14 8 (0.48%) Shell Script
15 7 (0.42%) Scala
16 6 (0.36%) Kusto Query Language
17 5 (0.30%) Korn
18 4 (0.24%) Google Apps Script
18 4 (0.24%) X++
Qualifications
1 307 (18.56%) Security Cleared
2 237 (14.33%) SC Cleared
3 147 (8.89%) Degree
4 50 (3.02%) Microsoft Certification
5 43 (2.60%) Azure Certification
6 39 (2.36%) BPSS Clearance
7 26 (1.57%) DBS Check
8 25 (1.51%) Computer Science Degree
9 24 (1.45%) PMI Certification
10 21 (1.27%) AWS Certification
10 21 (1.27%) DV Cleared
11 17 (1.03%) PMP
12 13 (0.79%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 12 (0.73%) CISSP
14 11 (0.67%) Master's Degree
15 10 (0.60%) ACCA
15 10 (0.60%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
16 9 (0.54%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
16 9 (0.54%) CIMA
17 8 (0.48%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 423 (25.57%) Data Quality
2 78 (4.72%) QA
3 73 (4.41%) PMO
4 67 (4.05%) GDPR
5 33 (2.00%) Accessibility
6 16 (0.97%) Actionable Recommendations
6 16 (0.97%) ISO 19650
7 15 (0.91%) SLA
8 14 (0.85%) GRC
9 8 (0.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 8 (0.48%) NIST
10 6 (0.36%) COBIT
10 6 (0.36%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 5 (0.30%) GMP
11 5 (0.30%) Solvency II
12 3 (0.18%) Disclosure Scotland
12 3 (0.18%) ISO 20022
12 3 (0.18%) P3O
12 3 (0.18%) SOC 2
13 2 (0.12%) SEPA
System Software
1 45 (2.72%) Active Directory
2 15 (0.91%) Docker
3 13 (0.79%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (0.67%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.18%) BitLocker
6 1 (0.060%) HDFS
6 1 (0.060%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 24 (1.45%) Kubernetes
2 18 (1.09%) Grafana
3 16 (0.97%) Microsoft Intune
4 15 (0.91%) SCOM
5 13 (0.79%) Ansible
6 9 (0.54%) Prometheus
7 8 (0.48%) Microsoft Clustering
8 6 (0.36%) Control-M
8 6 (0.36%) SCCM
9 4 (0.24%) Single Sign-On
10 2 (0.12%) Progress Chef
11 1 (0.060%) Apache Ranger
11 1 (0.060%) Kibana
11 1 (0.060%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
11 1 (0.060%) WSUS
Vendors
1 672 (40.63%) Microsoft
2 212 (12.82%) Databricks
3 101 (6.11%) SAP
4 93 (5.62%) ServiceNow
5 77 (4.66%) Oracle
6 54 (3.26%) Google
7 39 (2.36%) Salesforce
8 35 (2.12%) Informatica
9 33 (2.00%) Splunk
10 30 (1.81%) Remedy
11 27 (1.63%) Alteryx
12 23 (1.39%) Workday
13 18 (1.09%) BMC
14 16 (0.97%) Adobe
14 16 (0.97%) Denodo
15 15 (0.91%) Autodesk
16 14 (0.85%) Dynatrace
17 13 (0.79%) VMware
18 11 (0.67%) MicroStrategy
18 11 (0.67%) Teradata