Power BI Contracts in England

Microsoft Power BI
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Power BI skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Power BI over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 59 65 71
Rank change year-on-year +6 +6 +10
Contract jobs citing Power BI 906 1,194 1,663
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 3.72% 3.21% 3.30%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 19.59% 19.17% 18.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 617 857 1,179
10th Percentile £313 £310 £324
25th Percentile £400 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £488 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.56% -2.50% -
75th Percentile £563 £588 £600
90th Percentile £653 £700 £700
UK median daily rate £475 £475 £500
% change year-on-year - -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 27 50
10th Percentile £18.62 £14.00 £23.85
25th Percentile £24.81 £15.13 £32.32
Median hourly rate £29.07 £23.22 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +25.22% -57.79% +145.54%
75th Percentile £32.05 £43.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £44.21 £48.25 £65.75
UK median hourly rate £29.07 £23.22 £55.00
% change year-on-year +25.22% -57.79% +144.44%

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 4,625 6,230 9,074
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 18.99% 16.75% 17.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,253 4,477 6,506
10th Percentile £360 £352 £375
25th Percentile £425 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £530 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.94% -3.64% -
75th Percentile £659 £675 £675
90th Percentile £775 £788 £775
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £540
% change year-on-year - -2.78% -1.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 91 130 166
10th Percentile £19.25 £14.00 £21.24
25th Percentile £23.50 £20.98 £33.05
Median hourly rate £32.05 £40.13 £58.05
Median % change year-on-year -20.12% -30.87% +35.25%
75th Percentile £65.00 £57.61 £70.19
90th Percentile £70.00 £72.50 £79.19
UK median hourly rate £32.96 £40.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year -17.60% -33.33% +41.18%

Power BI
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Power BI as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Power BI in England

Power BI
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Power BI in England.

Daily rate trend for Power BI in England

Power BI
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Power BI in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Power BI in England

Power BI
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Power BI in England.

Hourly rate trend for Power BI in England

Power BI
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Power BI in England over the 6 months to 1 May 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 1 May 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 +4 521 £490 -6.67% 846
North of England -11 105 £450 - 336
South East +15 92 £463 +2.78% 463
Midlands 0 81 £493 +15.88% 254
West Midlands -2 65 £500 +17.65% 150
North West -22 52 £500 +11.11% 196
Yorkshire +13 48 £425 -5.56% 108
South West +4 46 £425 -8.11% 165
East of England +29 33 £500 +21.95% 127
East Midlands -4 15 £488 +21.88% 90
North East -3 5 £438 -33.96% 33
Power BI
UK

Power BI
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 94 (10.38%) SharePoint
2 29 (3.20%) Apache Spark
3 25 (2.76%) Confluence
4 17 (1.88%) Apache
5 13 (1.43%) Apache Airflow
6 12 (1.32%) SAS
7 8 (0.88%) Jupyter
8 7 (0.77%) Microsoft Exchange
9 4 (0.44%) CMS
10 3 (0.33%) ArcGIS
11 2 (0.22%) Oracle Application Server
11 2 (0.22%) Oracle Workflow
12 1 (0.11%) JBoss
12 1 (0.11%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 183 (20.20%) Microsoft Excel
2 33 (3.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 31 (3.42%) Microsoft Office
4 15 (1.66%) MS Visio
5 14 (1.55%) Microsoft Project
6 12 (1.32%) Oracle Smart View
7 5 (0.55%) InfoPath
8 4 (0.44%) Spreadsheet
9 2 (0.22%) Revit
10 1 (0.11%) Chatbot
10 1 (0.11%) SPSS
10 1 (0.11%) Stata
10 1 (0.11%) Trello
Business Applications
1 32 (3.53%) Dynamics CRM
2 14 (1.55%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (0.66%) NetSuite
4 4 (0.44%) Aladdin
4 4 (0.44%) Endur
4 4 (0.44%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 2 (0.22%) Dynamics AX
5 2 (0.22%) FastStats
5 2 (0.22%) Maximo
5 2 (0.22%) NEC Housing
5 2 (0.22%) Oracle ERP
5 2 (0.22%) SAP ERP
5 2 (0.22%) Shopify
5 2 (0.22%) Sprinklr
6 1 (0.11%) FastStats PeopleStage
6 1 (0.11%) Oracle General Ledger
6 1 (0.11%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.11%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.11%) SAP BPC
6 1 (0.11%) SAP EWM
Cloud Services
1 906 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 313 (34.55%) Azure
3 123 (13.58%) PowerApps
4 108 (11.92%) Power Automate
5 91 (10.04%) AWS
6 79 (8.72%) Microsoft 365
7 75 (8.28%) Azure Data Factory
8 73 (8.06%) Snowflake
9 66 (7.28%) Dynamics 365
10 45 (4.97%) Azure DevOps
11 44 (4.86%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 42 (4.64%) GCP
13 33 (3.64%) Serverless
14 30 (3.31%) GitHub
15 28 (3.09%) Azure Machine Learning
16 25 (2.76%) Azure Functions
17 23 (2.54%) dbt
18 19 (2.10%) Azure Logic Apps
19 18 (1.99%) Microsoft Purview
19 18 (1.99%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 10 (1.10%) Firewall
2 8 (0.88%) Internet
2 8 (0.88%) Network Security
3 7 (0.77%) VPN
4 6 (0.66%) SSH
5 4 (0.44%) DNS
6 3 (0.33%) Cisco ISE
6 3 (0.33%) FTP
6 3 (0.33%) HTTP
6 3 (0.33%) Radio Access Network
6 3 (0.33%) SMTP
6 3 (0.33%) SSL
6 3 (0.33%) TCP/IP
7 2 (0.22%) Intranet
8 1 (0.11%) DHCP
8 1 (0.11%) HTTPS
8 1 (0.11%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 184 (20.31%) Tableau
2 151 (16.67%) Data Warehouse
3 84 (9.27%) SQL Server
4 68 (7.51%) Data Lake
5 48 (5.30%) Power Query
5 48 (5.30%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 44 (4.86%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 39 (4.30%) Relational Database
8 29 (3.20%) Azure SQL Database
9 27 (2.98%) Metadata
10 26 (2.87%) BusinessObjects
11 22 (2.43%) Qlik Sense
11 22 (2.43%) Snowflake Schema
12 21 (2.32%) Big Data
13 19 (2.10%) Looker
13 19 (2.10%) Neo4j
13 19 (2.10%) NoSQL
13 19 (2.10%) PostgreSQL
14 17 (1.88%) Data Mining
14 17 (1.88%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 66 (7.28%) JIRA
2 27 (2.98%) Git
3 12 (1.32%) ERwin
4 10 (1.10%) Visual Studio
5 9 (0.99%) Oracle Forms
6 7 (0.77%) GitLab
7 6 (0.66%) RStudio
7 6 (0.66%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 5 (0.55%) Visual Studio Code
9 4 (0.44%) Liquibase
9 4 (0.44%) Terragrunt
10 3 (0.33%) MLflow
10 3 (0.33%) ScriptRunner
11 2 (0.22%) Hudson
11 2 (0.22%) Postman
11 2 (0.22%) Selenium
11 2 (0.22%) Visual Studio Team System
12 1 (0.11%) LoadRunner
12 1 (0.11%) Team Foundation Server
12 1 (0.11%) WebDriver
General
1 311 (34.33%) Social Skills
2 207 (22.85%) Analytical Skills
3 191 (21.08%) Finance
4 89 (9.82%) Public Sector
5 49 (5.41%) Marketing
6 39 (4.30%) Banking
6 39 (4.30%) Presentation Skills
7 30 (3.31%) Retail
8 29 (3.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 26 (2.87%) Local Government
10 18 (1.99%) Organisational Skills
11 17 (1.88%) Manufacturing
12 14 (1.55%) Documentation Skills
12 14 (1.55%) Military
13 13 (1.43%) Investment Banking
14 10 (1.10%) Influencing Skills
14 10 (1.10%) Pharmaceutical
15 9 (0.99%) Law
16 8 (0.88%) Legal
16 8 (0.88%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 282 (31.13%) Analyst
2 148 (16.34%) Developer
3 142 (15.67%) Data Analyst
4 99 (10.93%) Data Engineer
5 83 (9.16%) Senior
6 64 (7.06%) Architect
7 61 (6.73%) Power BI Developer
8 60 (6.62%) Business Analyst
9 57 (6.29%) Lead
10 54 (5.96%) Business Intelligence Developer
11 47 (5.19%) Consultant
12 42 (4.64%) Business Intelligence Analyst
13 28 (3.09%) Power BI Analyst
14 27 (2.98%) Data Architect
15 25 (2.76%) Azure Engineer
16 23 (2.54%) Report Analyst
17 21 (2.32%) Data Business Analyst
17 21 (2.32%) Data Scientist
17 21 (2.32%) Power Platform Developer
18 19 (2.10%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (3.64%) .NET
2 31 (3.42%) React
3 27 (2.98%) PySpark
4 24 (2.65%) Plotly
5 18 (1.99%) YAML
6 16 (1.77%) HTML
6 16 (1.77%) JSON
6 16 (1.77%) REST
7 15 (1.66%) CSS
8 13 (1.43%) Kafka
9 12 (1.32%) Oracle Fusion
10 11 (1.21%) ADO
11 10 (1.10%) Pandas
11 10 (1.10%) SOAP
11 10 (1.10%) Web Services
12 9 (0.99%) HTML5 Canvas
13 8 (0.88%) .NET Framework
13 8 (0.88%) ASP.NET
13 8 (0.88%) pydantic
14 7 (0.77%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 29 (3.20%) Onboarding
2 27 (2.98%) Data Structures
3 23 (2.54%) Management Information System
4 21 (2.32%) Self-Motivation
5 14 (1.55%) Data Protection Act
5 14 (1.55%) Low-Code
6 13 (1.43%) Legacy Systems
7 11 (1.21%) Analytical Mindset
7 11 (1.21%) Product Ownership
7 11 (1.21%) Reference Data
8 10 (1.10%) Cloud Native
9 9 (0.99%) NHS
9 9 (0.99%) Security Posture
10 8 (0.88%) FMCG
10 8 (0.88%) Greenfield Project
10 8 (0.88%) IoT
10 8 (0.88%) Life Science
10 8 (0.88%) Linux Command Line
11 7 (0.77%) Enterprise Cloud
11 7 (0.77%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 12 (1.32%) Windows
2 11 (1.21%) Linux
3 3 (0.33%) Mac OS
3 3 (0.33%) Unix
4 1 (0.11%) Android
4 1 (0.11%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.11%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.11%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 752 (83.00%) Business Intelligence
2 288 (31.79%) Analytics
3 284 (31.35%) Visualisation
4 236 (26.05%) Data Modelling
5 222 (24.50%) Problem-Solving
6 202 (22.30%) Data Analysis
7 193 (21.30%) Data Visualisation
8 166 (18.32%) Agile
9 137 (15.12%) Decision-Making
10 130 (14.35%) ETL
11 112 (12.36%) Data Governance
12 101 (11.15%) Actionable Insight
13 98 (10.82%) Migration
14 94 (10.38%) Stakeholder Management
15 86 (9.49%) Data Engineering
16 85 (9.38%) DevOps
17 81 (8.94%) Data Pipeline
18 77 (8.50%) Data Integration
19 75 (8.28%) Data Management
20 72 (7.95%) Data Analytics
Programming Languages
1 456 (50.33%) SQL
2 205 (22.63%) Python
3 62 (6.84%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 57 (6.29%) JavaScript
5 37 (4.08%) PowerShell
6 35 (3.86%) R
7 34 (3.75%) C#
8 24 (2.65%) T-SQL
9 22 (2.43%) VBA
10 13 (1.43%) Java
10 13 (1.43%) PL/SQL
10 13 (1.43%) Scala
11 12 (1.32%) Bicep
12 11 (1.21%) Bash
13 5 (0.55%) TypeScript
13 5 (0.55%) VB
14 4 (0.44%) Formula Language
15 3 (0.33%) Groovy
15 3 (0.33%) Kusto Query Language
16 2 (0.22%) X++
Qualifications
1 132 (14.57%) Security Cleared
2 118 (13.02%) SC Cleared
3 111 (12.25%) Degree
4 22 (2.43%) Computer Science Degree
5 13 (1.43%) Master's Degree
6 11 (1.21%) Azure Certification
7 10 (1.10%) Microsoft Certification
7 10 (1.10%) PMI Certification
8 8 (0.88%) PMP
9 7 (0.77%) BPSS Clearance
9 7 (0.77%) Numerate Degree
10 4 (0.44%) CBAP
11 3 (0.33%) CSPO
11 3 (0.33%) DV Cleared
11 3 (0.33%) HNC
11 3 (0.33%) MBA
12 2 (0.22%) CFA
12 2 (0.22%) ITIL Certification
12 2 (0.22%) RIBA
12 2 (0.22%) Tableau Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 119 (13.13%) Data Quality
2 52 (5.74%) GDPR
3 33 (3.64%) QA
4 31 (3.42%) Accessibility
5 25 (2.76%) PMO
6 7 (0.77%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 5 (0.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 4 (0.44%) SLA
9 3 (0.33%) Actionable Recommendations
9 3 (0.33%) Basel II
9 3 (0.33%) IFRS
9 3 (0.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 2 (0.22%) Basel III
10 2 (0.22%) Disclosure Scotland
10 2 (0.22%) GRC
10 2 (0.22%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.11%) LOINC
11 1 (0.11%) MiFID
11 1 (0.11%) SNOMED CT
11 1 (0.11%) UCITS
System Software
1 9 (0.99%) Active Directory
2 5 (0.55%) Docker
2 5 (0.55%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (0.22%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.11%) Apache Flume
4 1 (0.11%) BitLocker
4 1 (0.11%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 26 (2.87%) Terraform
2 12 (1.32%) Kubernetes
2 12 (1.32%) Microsoft Intune
3 6 (0.66%) Grafana
4 5 (0.55%) SCCM
5 4 (0.44%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.22%) HP Data Protector
6 2 (0.22%) NetBackup
6 2 (0.22%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.11%) Ansible
7 1 (0.11%) Opsgenie
7 1 (0.11%) Oracle RMAN
7 1 (0.11%) SCOrch
7 1 (0.11%) vRealize
7 1 (0.11%) VxRail
7 1 (0.11%) WSUS
Vendors
1 256 (28.26%) Microsoft
2 110 (12.14%) Databricks
3 67 (7.40%) SAP
4 46 (5.08%) Oracle
5 39 (4.30%) Google
6 34 (3.75%) ServiceNow
7 27 (2.98%) Salesforce
8 16 (1.77%) Alteryx
9 15 (1.66%) Ariba
10 13 (1.43%) Informatica
11 12 (1.32%) Adobe
12 8 (0.88%) Atlassian
13 6 (0.66%) MuleSoft
13 6 (0.66%) Talend
14 5 (0.55%) Cisco
14 5 (0.55%) IBM
14 5 (0.55%) MicroStrategy
14 5 (0.55%) Sparx
15 4 (0.44%) Bloomberg
15 4 (0.44%) UiPath