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

6 months to
6 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 64 65 64
Rank change year-on-year +1 -1 +7
Contract jobs citing Power BI 1,681 1,048 1,091
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.69% 3.79% 3.26%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 24.07% 20.80% 17.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,097 684 787
10th Percentile £331 £301 £300
25th Percentile £413 £385 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £475 £488
Median % change year-on-year +3.58% -2.56% -2.50%
75th Percentile £588 £575 £581
90th Percentile £650 £675 £675
UK median daily rate £488 £475 £488
% change year-on-year +2.63% -2.56% -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 76 25 11
10th Percentile £17.86 £18.08 £20.00
25th Percentile £22.15 £23.00 £24.13
Median hourly rate £30.00 £31.64 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.18% +5.47% -25.93%
75th Percentile £47.81 £34.68 £44.47
90th Percentile £76.98 £51.25 £78.75
UK median hourly rate £29.96 £31.64 £30.00
% change year-on-year -5.31% +5.47% -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 6,984 5,038 6,134
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 15.34% 18.23% 18.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,672 3,498 4,373
10th Percentile £358 £344 £350
25th Percentile £419 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £515 £538
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% -4.19% -2.27%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £675
90th Percentile £700 £763 £825
UK median daily rate £500 £510 £525
% change year-on-year -1.96% -2.86% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 226 77 93
10th Percentile £15.97 £18.64 £14.40
25th Percentile £25.10 £23.50 £20.00
Median hourly rate £38.38 £34.50 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +11.23% -8.00% -31.82%
75th Percentile £62.00 £63.75 £59.95
90th Percentile £76.75 £77.98 £71.50
UK median hourly rate £38.50 £34.99 £35.25
% change year-on-year +10.03% -0.74% -35.91%

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 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 6 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 6 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 +12 869 £500 - 449
South East -8 216 £500 +9.59% 234
North of England -14 211 £450 +0.67% 192
Midlands +7 210 £463 +8.82% 149
West Midlands -6 151 £459 +8.00% 86
North West -10 116 £475 - 98
South West -15 93 £450 +12.50% 73
Yorkshire -33 78 £440 +6.67% 71
East Midlands +22 58 £464 +9.12% 63
East of England -16 38 £413 -28.88% 48
North East -25 21 £390 -13.33% 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
1 156 (9.28%) SharePoint
2 67 (3.99%) Confluence
3 32 (1.90%) Apache Spark
4 29 (1.73%) Apache Airflow
5 26 (1.55%) Apache
6 23 (1.37%) SAS
7 12 (0.71%) Microsoft Exchange
8 11 (0.65%) ArcGIS
9 9 (0.54%) Apache Superset
10 6 (0.36%) Palantir Foundry
11 4 (0.24%) Apache Solr
11 4 (0.24%) CMS
11 4 (0.24%) IIS
11 4 (0.24%) Mendix
12 3 (0.18%) HCL Notes
12 3 (0.18%) Kentico
12 3 (0.18%) Oracle Workflow
13 1 (0.059%) Appian
13 1 (0.059%) OpenROAD
13 1 (0.059%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 315 (18.74%) Microsoft Excel
2 62 (3.69%) Microsoft Project
3 46 (2.74%) Microsoft Office
3 46 (2.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 27 (1.61%) MS Visio
5 20 (1.19%) Spreadsheet
6 9 (0.54%) Navisworks
6 9 (0.54%) Revit
7 6 (0.36%) Chatbot
8 5 (0.30%) AutoCAD
8 5 (0.30%) ProjectWise
9 2 (0.12%) Notion
9 2 (0.12%) Oracle Smart View
10 1 (0.059%) Acrobat
10 1 (0.059%) Adobe Illustrator
10 1 (0.059%) CPLEX
10 1 (0.059%) InDesign
10 1 (0.059%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 41 (2.44%) Dynamics CRM
2 30 (1.78%) Remedy ITSM
3 23 (1.37%) SAP S/4HANA
4 16 (0.95%) iTrent
5 13 (0.77%) Primavera
6 9 (0.54%) Aladdin
7 6 (0.36%) Integrated Workplace Management System
7 6 (0.36%) Sage X3
7 6 (0.36%) SAP EWM
8 5 (0.30%) BambooHR
9 4 (0.24%) Maximo
9 4 (0.24%) SAP MDG
9 4 (0.24%) SAP MM
10 3 (0.18%) NEC Housing
10 3 (0.18%) Oracle Financials
10 3 (0.18%) Salesforce CRM
10 3 (0.18%) SAP ERP
11 2 (0.12%) Oracle Payables
11 2 (0.12%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
11 2 (0.12%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 1,681 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 638 (37.95%) Azure
3 209 (12.43%) AWS
4 194 (11.54%) Power Automate
5 169 (10.05%) PowerApps
6 154 (9.16%) Azure DevOps
7 137 (8.15%) Azure Data Factory
8 132 (7.85%) Snowflake
9 125 (7.44%) Dynamics 365
10 116 (6.90%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 111 (6.60%) Microsoft 365
12 88 (5.23%) Microsoft Copilot
13 79 (4.70%) Serverless
14 71 (4.22%) dbt
15 70 (4.16%) GCP
16 62 (3.69%) GitHub
17 56 (3.33%) Amazon S3
18 48 (2.86%) AWS Lambda
19 47 (2.80%) Entra ID
20 46 (2.74%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 17 (1.01%) Firewall
2 13 (0.77%) VPN
3 10 (0.59%) DNS
4 7 (0.42%) SSL
5 4 (0.24%) Broadband
5 4 (0.24%) Network Security
6 3 (0.18%) Ethernet
6 3 (0.18%) Internet
7 2 (0.12%) 4G
7 2 (0.12%) 5G
7 2 (0.12%) 5G NR
7 2 (0.12%) Intranet
7 2 (0.12%) LTE
7 2 (0.12%) Microwave Backhaul
7 2 (0.12%) MPLS
7 2 (0.12%) NAS
7 2 (0.12%) Radio Access Network
7 2 (0.12%) SAN
7 2 (0.12%) SMTP
7 2 (0.12%) VoLTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 276 (16.42%) Data Warehouse
2 260 (15.47%) Tableau
3 142 (8.45%) Data Lake
4 132 (7.85%) SQL Server
5 124 (7.38%) Power Query
6 78 (4.64%) Metadata
7 67 (3.99%) Star Schema
8 66 (3.93%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 56 (3.33%) Looker
10 51 (3.03%) Relational Database
11 46 (2.74%) Azure SQL Database
12 40 (2.38%) Amazon Athena
13 38 (2.26%) Amazon Redshift
14 35 (2.08%) BigQuery
14 35 (2.08%) Semantic Layer
15 33 (1.96%) Snowflake Schema
16 32 (1.90%) NoSQL
16 32 (1.90%) SQL Server Reporting Services
17 27 (1.61%) BusinessObjects
18 24 (1.43%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 144 (8.57%) JIRA
2 69 (4.10%) Git
3 30 (1.78%) GitLab
4 12 (0.71%) Jenkins
5 9 (0.54%) ERwin
6 6 (0.36%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 5 (0.30%) MLflow
7 5 (0.30%) PowerDesigner
8 4 (0.24%) Bitbucket
8 4 (0.24%) ER Studio
8 4 (0.24%) JUnit
8 4 (0.24%) Visual Studio
9 3 (0.18%) Terragrunt
10 2 (0.12%) Charles Proxy
10 2 (0.12%) JMeter
10 2 (0.12%) Oracle Forms
10 2 (0.12%) Postman
10 2 (0.12%) Selenium
10 2 (0.12%) Team Foundation Server
10 2 (0.12%) WebDriver
General
1 533 (31.71%) Social Skills
2 503 (29.92%) Finance
3 417 (24.81%) Analytical Skills
4 163 (9.70%) Public Sector
5 110 (6.54%) Banking
6 67 (3.99%) Retail
7 56 (3.33%) Documentation Skills
8 54 (3.21%) Law
9 52 (3.09%) Manufacturing
9 52 (3.09%) Organisational Skills
10 47 (2.80%) Marketing
11 42 (2.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 30 (1.78%) Influencing Skills
13 24 (1.43%) Local Government
14 23 (1.37%) Financial Institution
15 22 (1.31%) Presentation Skills
16 21 (1.25%) Investment Banking
17 20 (1.19%) Telecoms
18 16 (0.95%) Front Office
18 16 (0.95%) Legal
Job Titles
1 435 (25.88%) Analyst
2 249 (14.81%) Developer
3 234 (13.92%) Data Engineer
4 217 (12.91%) Data Analyst
5 204 (12.14%) Senior
6 187 (11.12%) Architect
7 160 (9.52%) Lead
8 121 (7.20%) Business Intelligence Developer
9 96 (5.71%) Power BI Developer
10 92 (5.47%) Business Analyst
11 76 (4.52%) Data Architect
12 73 (4.34%) Consultant
13 56 (3.33%) Senior Data Engineer
14 52 (3.09%) Power Platform Developer
15 50 (2.97%) Project Manager
16 48 (2.86%) Business Intelligence Analyst
17 43 (2.56%) Senior Analyst
18 39 (2.32%) Lead Architect
19 38 (2.26%) Senior Developer
19 38 (2.26%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 89 (5.29%) PySpark
2 62 (3.69%) .NET
3 61 (3.63%) REST
4 30 (1.78%) Kafka
5 24 (1.43%) JSON
6 22 (1.31%) React
7 21 (1.25%) Middleware
8 18 (1.07%) Microsoft Graph
9 17 (1.01%) HTML
10 16 (0.95%) HTML5 Canvas
11 14 (0.83%) Pandas
12 13 (0.77%) CSS
13 11 (0.65%) ADO
14 9 (0.54%) Great Expectations
15 8 (0.48%) .NET Core
15 8 (0.48%) XML
15 8 (0.48%) YAML
16 7 (0.42%) jQuery
16 7 (0.42%) RESTful
16 7 (0.42%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 76 (4.52%) Data Structures
2 73 (4.34%) Cloud Native
3 54 (3.21%) Management Information System
3 54 (3.21%) Product Ownership
4 52 (3.09%) Legacy Systems
5 50 (2.97%) Onboarding
6 35 (2.08%) Analytical Mindset
7 28 (1.67%) Clustering
8 22 (1.31%) Data Protection Act
9 21 (1.25%) AI Agents
9 21 (1.25%) CMDB
10 19 (1.13%) Low-Code
11 18 (1.07%) Enterprise Software
11 18 (1.07%) FMCG
12 15 (0.89%) PKI
13 14 (0.83%) Self-Motivation
14 13 (0.77%) Data Centre
14 13 (0.77%) NHS
14 13 (0.77%) Reference Data
15 12 (0.71%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 50 (2.97%) Windows
2 26 (1.55%) Windows Server
3 11 (0.65%) Linux
4 9 (0.54%) Apple iOS
4 9 (0.54%) Unix
5 6 (0.36%) Mac OS
6 4 (0.24%) 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 1,570 (93.40%) Business Intelligence
2 691 (41.11%) Analytics
3 549 (32.66%) Data Modelling
4 414 (24.63%) Agile
5 363 (21.59%) Decision-Making
6 353 (21.00%) ETL
7 340 (20.23%) Visualisation
8 321 (19.10%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 316 (18.80%) Stakeholder Management
10 311 (18.50%) AI
11 305 (18.14%) Problem-Solving
12 298 (17.73%) Migration
13 289 (17.19%) DevOps
14 280 (16.66%) Data Pipeline
15 273 (16.24%) CI/CD
16 268 (15.94%) Data Governance
17 266 (15.82%) Data Engineering
18 249 (14.81%) Continuous Improvement
19 240 (14.28%) Validation
20 201 (11.96%) Data Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 797 (47.41%) SQL
2 401 (23.85%) Python
3 196 (11.66%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 88 (5.23%) JavaScript
5 87 (5.18%) PowerShell
6 74 (4.40%) C#
7 62 (3.69%) T-SQL
8 49 (2.91%) R
9 45 (2.68%) Java
10 23 (1.37%) VBA
11 18 (1.07%) TypeScript
12 16 (0.95%) PL/SQL
13 13 (0.77%) Bicep
14 9 (0.54%) Scala
15 6 (0.36%) Kotlin
15 6 (0.36%) Shell Script
16 5 (0.30%) C
16 5 (0.30%) Korn
16 5 (0.30%) X++
17 4 (0.24%) Bash
Qualifications
1 322 (19.16%) Security Cleared
2 245 (14.57%) SC Cleared
3 164 (9.76%) Degree
4 42 (2.50%) BPSS Clearance
5 40 (2.38%) Microsoft Certification
6 38 (2.26%) Azure Certification
7 33 (1.96%) Computer Science Degree
8 27 (1.61%) DBS Check
9 24 (1.43%) DV Cleared
10 20 (1.19%) AWS Certification
11 18 (1.07%) Master's Degree
12 16 (0.95%) PMI Certification
13 15 (0.89%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
14 11 (0.65%) PMP
15 8 (0.48%) ACCA
16 7 (0.42%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
16 7 (0.42%) CISSP
17 6 (0.36%) CIMA
17 6 (0.36%) TOGAF Certification
18 5 (0.30%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 399 (23.74%) Data Quality
2 103 (6.13%) GDPR
3 84 (5.00%) PMO
4 79 (4.70%) QA
5 34 (2.02%) Accessibility
6 13 (0.77%) SLA
7 12 (0.71%) GRC
7 12 (0.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 10 (0.59%) ISO 19650
9 9 (0.54%) Actionable Recommendations
9 9 (0.54%) Solvency II
10 8 (0.48%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 4 (0.24%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 3 (0.18%) Basel III
12 3 (0.18%) NCSC
12 3 (0.18%) P3O
12 3 (0.18%) PCI DSS
13 2 (0.12%) COBIT
13 2 (0.12%) NIST
14 1 (0.059%) IFRS
System Software
1 55 (3.27%) Active Directory
2 14 (0.83%) Docker
3 13 (0.77%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (0.65%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.18%) HDFS
6 2 (0.12%) BitLocker
7 1 (0.059%) RACF
7 1 (0.059%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 67 (3.99%) Terraform
2 21 (1.25%) Grafana
3 20 (1.19%) Kubernetes
4 14 (0.83%) Microsoft Intune
5 11 (0.65%) Ansible
5 11 (0.65%) SCOM
6 7 (0.42%) Microsoft Clustering
6 7 (0.42%) Prometheus
6 7 (0.42%) SCCM
7 4 (0.24%) Control-M
8 3 (0.18%) Apache Ranger
8 3 (0.18%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (0.12%) Kibana
9 2 (0.12%) Nessus
10 1 (0.059%) Jamf Pro
10 1 (0.059%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
10 1 (0.059%) SysTrack
10 1 (0.059%) WSUS
Vendors
1 629 (37.42%) Microsoft
2 214 (12.73%) Databricks
3 115 (6.84%) SAP
4 97 (5.77%) ServiceNow
5 78 (4.64%) Oracle
6 45 (2.68%) Google
7 43 (2.56%) Informatica
8 33 (1.96%) Remedy
9 31 (1.84%) Salesforce
10 27 (1.61%) Alteryx
11 23 (1.37%) Splunk
12 22 (1.31%) Workday
13 21 (1.25%) BMC
14 16 (0.95%) Denodo
15 15 (0.89%) Adobe
16 14 (0.83%) Dynatrace
16 14 (0.83%) IFS
17 13 (0.77%) VMware
18 11 (0.65%) Foundry
19 10 (0.59%) Talend