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 6 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 58 55 68
Rank change year-on-year -3 +13 +18
Contract jobs citing Power BI 1,187 1,123 1,239
As % of all contract jobs in England 4.03% 3.61% 3.14%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 22.43% 20.27% 18.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 805 747 881
10th Percentile £313 £309 £300
25th Percentile £394 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -0.30%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £669 £703 £675
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 24 42
10th Percentile - £20.23 £16.61
25th Percentile £18.25 £25.26 £21.05
Median hourly rate £25.01 £30.00 £39.25
Median % change year-on-year -16.63% -23.57% +12.14%
75th Percentile £40.75 £48.00 £55.00
90th Percentile £59.30 £64.73 £78.75
UK median hourly rate £27.51 £30.00 £38.00
% change year-on-year -8.32% -21.05% +8.57%

All Database and Business Intelligence 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 5,291 5,541 6,583
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 17.96% 17.82% 16.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,648 3,724 4,669
10th Percentile £325 £350 £363
25th Percentile £413 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.14% - -
75th Percentile £625 £663 £650
90th Percentile £736 £788 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £527 £534
% change year-on-year -5.12% -1.31% -2.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 78 81 140
10th Percentile £19.94 £17.50 £19.18
25th Percentile £29.00 £22.40 £25.13
Median hourly rate £43.50 £35.00 £47.70
Median % change year-on-year +24.29% -26.62% -4.61%
75th Percentile £65.00 £55.75 £69.06
90th Percentile £85.30 £66.00 £78.08
UK median hourly rate £43.50 £30.59 £47.50
% change year-on-year +42.20% -35.60% -4.90%

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 6 November 2025.

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 6 November 2025.

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 6 November 2025. 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 +1 648 £500 -4.76% 1,132
North of England -16 148 £413 -13.16% 311
Midlands -26 108 £475 +5.56% 225
South East -16 101 £475 - 845
West Midlands -30 82 £500 +4.82% 140
South West +8 76 £425 -10.53% 127
North West -22 75 £425 -10.53% 204
Yorkshire -10 70 £375 -25.00% 78
East of England +10 48 £580 +54.67% 109
East Midlands -14 25 £419 +10.20% 84
North East -12 3 £433 -3.89% 30
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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
1 125 (10.53%) SharePoint
2 34 (2.86%) Confluence
3 25 (2.11%) Apache Spark
4 24 (2.02%) Apache Airflow
5 12 (1.01%) Apache
6 11 (0.93%) Microsoft Exchange
7 10 (0.84%) HCL Notes
8 8 (0.67%) Apache Pig
8 8 (0.67%) Oracle Application Server
9 6 (0.51%) Jupyter
10 4 (0.34%) SAS
11 2 (0.17%) Apache Solr
11 2 (0.17%) ArcGIS
11 2 (0.17%) Moodle
12 1 (0.084%) CMS
12 1 (0.084%) Kentico
12 1 (0.084%) Luigi
12 1 (0.084%) SharePoint Server
12 1 (0.084%) Skype for Business
12 1 (0.084%) Smallworld
Applications
1 276 (23.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 55 (4.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 40 (3.37%) Microsoft Office
4 32 (2.70%) Microsoft Project
5 26 (2.19%) MS Visio
6 11 (0.93%) Spreadsheet
7 4 (0.34%) Adobe Illustrator
7 4 (0.34%) Photoshop
7 4 (0.34%) Trello
8 3 (0.25%) Chatbot
9 2 (0.17%) Maple
10 1 (0.084%) Adobe XD
10 1 (0.084%) Notion
10 1 (0.084%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 49 (4.13%) Dynamics CRM
2 25 (2.11%) SAP S/4HANA
3 9 (0.76%) Salesforce CRM
4 6 (0.51%) Oracle ERP
5 5 (0.42%) NetSuite
5 5 (0.42%) Oracle Financials
5 5 (0.42%) Primavera
6 4 (0.34%) Aladdin
6 4 (0.34%) Oracle Payables
6 4 (0.34%) SAP CO
6 4 (0.34%) SAP ERP
7 3 (0.25%) Dynamics NAV
7 3 (0.25%) SAP FI
7 3 (0.25%) SAP FI/CO
8 2 (0.17%) Actimize
8 2 (0.17%) Dynamics AX
8 2 (0.17%) Endur
8 2 (0.17%) Loan IQ
8 2 (0.17%) Oracle EBS
8 2 (0.17%) SAP FS
Cloud Services
1 1,187 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 406 (34.20%) Azure
3 164 (13.82%) Power Automate
4 161 (13.56%) PowerApps
5 139 (11.71%) AWS
6 107 (9.01%) Dynamics 365
7 99 (8.34%) Azure DevOps
8 93 (7.83%) Azure Data Factory
9 90 (7.58%) Snowflake
10 79 (6.66%) GCP
11 78 (6.57%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 74 (6.23%) Microsoft 365
13 40 (3.37%) Microsoft Copilot
14 39 (3.29%) dbt
15 37 (3.12%) SaaS
16 32 (2.70%) Azure Logic Apps
17 31 (2.61%) Serverless
18 29 (2.44%) Entra ID
18 29 (2.44%) GitHub
19 21 (1.77%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.34%) VoIP
2 3 (0.25%) Kerberos
2 3 (0.25%) LAN
3 2 (0.17%) DNS
3 2 (0.17%) Firewall
3 2 (0.17%) HTTP
3 2 (0.17%) Internet
3 2 (0.17%) Network Security
3 2 (0.17%) SD-WAN
3 2 (0.17%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (0.17%) Wireless
4 1 (0.084%) 2G
4 1 (0.084%) 5G
4 1 (0.084%) LTE
4 1 (0.084%) Mobile Backhaul
4 1 (0.084%) NAS
4 1 (0.084%) Skype
4 1 (0.084%) TETRA
4 1 (0.084%) Unified Communications
4 1 (0.084%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 216 (18.20%) Tableau
2 152 (12.81%) Data Warehouse
3 90 (7.58%) Power Query
4 87 (7.33%) SQL Server
5 78 (6.57%) Data Lake
6 48 (4.04%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 44 (3.71%) Azure SQL Database
7 44 (3.71%) Relational Database
8 39 (3.29%) BigQuery
9 37 (3.12%) Looker
9 37 (3.12%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 35 (2.95%) Metadata
11 30 (2.53%) PostgreSQL
12 28 (2.36%) Data Mining
13 23 (1.94%) Big Data
14 20 (1.68%) Amazon Redshift
14 20 (1.68%) Hadoop
15 18 (1.52%) Star Schema
16 17 (1.43%) Oracle Reports
16 17 (1.43%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 95 (8.00%) JIRA
2 42 (3.54%) Git
3 10 (0.84%) Visual Studio
4 8 (0.67%) DBeaver
5 7 (0.59%) GitLab
5 7 (0.59%) SonarQube
6 5 (0.42%) ERwin
7 4 (0.34%) NeoLoad
8 2 (0.17%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.17%) Jenkins
8 2 (0.17%) MLflow
8 2 (0.17%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 2 (0.17%) Terragrunt
8 2 (0.17%) Visual Studio Code
9 1 (0.084%) Artifactory
9 1 (0.084%) Browser DevTools
9 1 (0.084%) Postman
9 1 (0.084%) Rational DOORS
9 1 (0.084%) ScriptRunner
9 1 (0.084%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 419 (35.30%) Social Skills
2 384 (32.35%) Finance
3 300 (25.27%) Analytical Skills
4 122 (10.28%) Public Sector
5 98 (8.26%) Banking
6 39 (3.29%) Marketing
7 37 (3.12%) Manufacturing
7 37 (3.12%) Retail
8 33 (2.78%) Local Government
9 32 (2.70%) Documentation Skills
9 32 (2.70%) Investment Banking
9 32 (2.70%) Organisational Skills
10 31 (2.61%) Presentation Skills
11 24 (2.02%) Legal
12 23 (1.94%) Front Office
13 21 (1.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 19 (1.60%) Pharmaceutical
14 19 (1.60%) Telecoms
15 14 (1.18%) Influencing Skills
16 12 (1.01%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 343 (28.90%) Analyst
2 189 (15.92%) Developer
3 172 (14.49%) Data Analyst
4 128 (10.78%) Data Engineer
5 104 (8.76%) Lead
6 98 (8.26%) Senior
7 86 (7.25%) Architect
8 80 (6.74%) Business Analyst
9 72 (6.07%) Business Intelligence Developer
10 64 (5.39%) Consultant
11 59 (4.97%) Power BI Developer
12 47 (3.96%) Data Architect
13 37 (3.12%) Business Intelligence Analyst
13 37 (3.12%) Power BI Analyst
13 37 (3.12%) Power Platform Developer
14 32 (2.70%) Data Scientist
15 31 (2.61%) Senior Analyst
16 29 (2.44%) Azure Engineer
16 29 (2.44%) Project Manager
17 26 (2.19%) Report Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (3.03%) .NET
1 36 (3.03%) PySpark
2 33 (2.78%) REST
3 26 (2.19%) HTML
4 16 (1.35%) HTML5 Canvas
4 16 (1.35%) JSON
4 16 (1.35%) Pandas
5 15 (1.26%) CSS
5 15 (1.26%) Kafka
6 13 (1.10%) scikit-learn
7 10 (0.84%) NumPy
8 9 (0.76%) SailPoint
9 8 (0.67%) AngularJS
9 8 (0.67%) Oracle GoldenGate
9 8 (0.67%) Plotly
10 7 (0.59%) React
11 6 (0.51%) Microsoft Graph
11 6 (0.51%) Oracle Fusion
11 6 (0.51%) TensorFlow
12 5 (0.42%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 33 (2.78%) Analytical Mindset
2 31 (2.61%) Low-Code
3 28 (2.36%) Management Information System
4 26 (2.19%) Onboarding
5 25 (2.11%) Data Structures
5 25 (2.11%) Legacy Systems
6 23 (1.94%) Algorithms
7 22 (1.85%) Product Ownership
8 21 (1.77%) Data Protection Act
9 20 (1.68%) Virtual Team
10 17 (1.43%) Data Centre
11 16 (1.35%) Cloud Native
11 16 (1.35%) Derivative
12 15 (1.26%) NHS
13 13 (1.10%) Reinsurance
13 13 (1.10%) Self-Motivation
14 12 (1.01%) IoT
14 12 (1.01%) SCADA
15 11 (0.93%) Life Science
16 10 (0.84%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 16 (1.35%) Windows
2 7 (0.59%) Windows Server
3 6 (0.51%) Linux
4 4 (0.34%) Unix
5 2 (0.17%) Android
5 2 (0.17%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.17%) Mac OS
5 2 (0.17%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,055 (88.88%) Business Intelligence
2 393 (33.11%) Analytics
3 326 (27.46%) Visualisation
4 301 (25.36%) Data Modelling
5 266 (22.41%) Agile
6 239 (20.13%) Decision-Making
7 226 (19.04%) Problem-Solving
8 196 (16.51%) Data Analysis
9 194 (16.34%) Data Visualisation
10 185 (15.59%) Stakeholder Management
11 175 (14.74%) Actionable Insight
12 172 (14.49%) ETL
13 161 (13.56%) Data Governance
14 148 (12.47%) DevOps
15 131 (11.04%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 119 (10.03%) Data Pipeline
17 117 (9.86%) Data Engineering
18 113 (9.52%) AI
19 111 (9.35%) Dashboard Development
20 110 (9.27%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 553 (46.59%) SQL
2 300 (25.27%) Python
3 97 (8.17%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 52 (4.38%) C#
5 51 (4.30%) JavaScript
6 46 (3.88%) PowerShell
7 44 (3.71%) R
8 29 (2.44%) Java
9 24 (2.02%) VBA
10 23 (1.94%) T-SQL
11 17 (1.43%) Scala
12 12 (1.01%) TypeScript
13 10 (0.84%) Bicep
14 9 (0.76%) PL/SQL
15 8 (0.67%) Korn
16 6 (0.51%) Bash
16 6 (0.51%) X++
17 5 (0.42%) C++
17 5 (0.42%) Formula Language
17 5 (0.42%) LotusScript
Qualifications
1 151 (12.72%) Security Cleared
2 121 (10.19%) SC Cleared
3 97 (8.17%) Degree
4 27 (2.27%) Azure Certification
5 23 (1.94%) Microsoft Certification
6 20 (1.68%) Computer Science Degree
7 18 (1.52%) ACCA
7 18 (1.52%) Master's Degree
8 17 (1.43%) CIMA
8 17 (1.43%) PMI Certification
9 15 (1.26%) BPSS Clearance
10 10 (0.84%) PMP
11 9 (0.76%) CISSP
12 8 (0.67%) AWS Certification
12 8 (0.67%) CFA
12 8 (0.67%) CISA
12 8 (0.67%) DV Cleared
13 7 (0.59%) CISM
13 7 (0.59%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
14 5 (0.42%) CBAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 169 (14.24%) Data Quality
2 56 (4.72%) GDPR
3 50 (4.21%) QA
4 49 (4.13%) PMO
5 44 (3.71%) Accessibility
6 19 (1.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 13 (1.10%) NIST
8 10 (0.84%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 9 (0.76%) GRC
9 9 (0.76%) IFRS
10 8 (0.67%) HIPAA
10 8 (0.67%) SLA
11 7 (0.59%) COBIT
11 7 (0.59%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 7 (0.59%) NIST 800
12 6 (0.51%) GxP
13 5 (0.42%) MiFID
14 4 (0.34%) Actionable Recommendations
14 4 (0.34%) Basel II
15 3 (0.25%) IFRS 9
System Software
1 28 (2.36%) Active Directory
2 10 (0.84%) Docker
3 2 (0.17%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.084%) HDFS
4 1 (0.084%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.084%) Xen
Systems Management
1 34 (2.86%) Terraform
2 15 (1.26%) Kubernetes
3 10 (0.84%) RSA Archer
4 8 (0.67%) Microsoft Intune
5 7 (0.59%) Single Sign-On
6 6 (0.51%) SCCM
7 2 (0.17%) Grafana
7 2 (0.17%) Kibana
7 2 (0.17%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.084%) Ansible
8 1 (0.084%) Istio
8 1 (0.084%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.084%) Opsgenie
8 1 (0.084%) Puppet
8 1 (0.084%) SCOM
8 1 (0.084%) SysTrack
8 1 (0.084%) Thomson Reuters DACS
8 1 (0.084%) WSUS
Vendors
1 379 (31.93%) Microsoft
2 110 (9.27%) Databricks
3 88 (7.41%) Oracle
4 82 (6.91%) SAP
5 52 (4.38%) Google
6 37 (3.12%) ServiceNow
7 27 (2.27%) Salesforce
8 26 (2.19%) Alteryx
9 13 (1.10%) Informatica
10 12 (1.01%) Splunk
11 11 (0.93%) Foundry
12 10 (0.84%) Adobe
12 10 (0.84%) Lotus
13 9 (0.76%) Planview
13 9 (0.76%) Rapid7
14 8 (0.67%) Cognos
14 8 (0.67%) Dataiku
14 8 (0.67%) IFS
14 8 (0.67%) MicroStrategy
14 8 (0.67%) Workday