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

6 months to
14 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 60 54 65
Rank change year-on-year -6 +11 +8
Contract jobs citing Power BI 1,422 944 1,218
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.86% 3.82% 3.21%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 24.02% 20.01% 19.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 995 658 860
10th Percentile £325 £313 £300
25th Percentile £402 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £493 £496 £493
Median % change year-on-year -0.73% +0.69% -1.45%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £588
90th Percentile £650 £675 £700
UK median daily rate £489 £490 £475
% change year-on-year -0.20% +3.16% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 23 36
10th Percentile £14.28 £18.84 £14.00
25th Percentile £18.06 £24.88 £15.28
Median hourly rate £22.52 £27.50 £23.22
Median % change year-on-year -18.13% +18.46% -61.31%
75th Percentile £39.84 £34.31 £43.75
90th Percentile £68.35 £57.35 £63.00
UK median hourly rate £22.00 £27.35 £23.22
% change year-on-year -19.56% +17.81% -60.49%

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 5,920 4,717 6,169
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 16.08% 19.09% 16.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,108 3,296 4,418
10th Percentile £346 £356 £350
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £530 £525
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +0.95% -4.55%
75th Percentile £600 £663 £662
90th Percentile £700 £775 £758
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 118 88 157
10th Percentile £18.18 £20.37 £14.22
25th Percentile £26.31 £24.25 £20.77
Median hourly rate £49.36 £34.06 £40.25
Median % change year-on-year +44.94% -15.39% -32.92%
75th Percentile £74.92 £65.00 £56.25
90th Percentile £85.08 £71.13 £75.61
UK median hourly rate £50.00 £30.00 £40.25
% change year-on-year +66.67% -25.47% -32.92%

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 14 March 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 14 March 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 14 March 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 +5 772 £500 - 286
South East -4 163 £500 +8.11% 227
Midlands -12 156 £450 -5.66% 112
North of England -42 144 £450 -8.40% 165
West Midlands -29 103 £475 -2.56% 78
North West -27 80 £431 -17.86% 86
South West +3 72 £475 +5.56% 73
Yorkshire -39 53 £450 +11.11% 64
East Midlands +3 52 £393 -15.14% 33
East of England -11 50 £500 +8.11% 55
North East -7 11 £500 +11.11% 19
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
1 126 (8.86%) SharePoint
2 53 (3.73%) Confluence
3 50 (3.52%) Apache Spark
4 31 (2.18%) Apache
5 26 (1.83%) Apache Airflow
6 15 (1.05%) HCL Notes
7 13 (0.91%) Microsoft Exchange
8 10 (0.70%) Mendix
9 6 (0.42%) Jupyter
10 5 (0.35%) Apache Superset
10 5 (0.35%) SAS
11 4 (0.28%) CMS
11 4 (0.28%) Oracle Application Server
11 4 (0.28%) Palantir Foundry
12 2 (0.14%) ArcGIS
13 1 (0.070%) IIS
13 1 (0.070%) OpenROAD
13 1 (0.070%) SharePoint Server
13 1 (0.070%) Tomcat
13 1 (0.070%) WebSphere
Applications
1 285 (20.04%) Microsoft Excel
2 56 (3.94%) Microsoft Project
3 38 (2.67%) Microsoft Office
4 26 (1.83%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 25 (1.76%) MS Visio
6 7 (0.49%) Spreadsheet
7 3 (0.21%) Adobe Illustrator
7 3 (0.21%) Notion
7 3 (0.21%) Photoshop
7 3 (0.21%) Trello
8 2 (0.14%) Chatbot
9 1 (0.070%) Acrobat
9 1 (0.070%) CATIA
9 1 (0.070%) InDesign
9 1 (0.070%) SOLIDWORKS
9 1 (0.070%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 42 (2.95%) Dynamics CRM
2 15 (1.05%) SAP S/4HANA
3 9 (0.63%) Remedy ITSM
3 9 (0.63%) Salesforce CRM
4 6 (0.42%) Sage X3
5 5 (0.35%) Primavera
6 3 (0.21%) BambooHR
6 3 (0.21%) Cloudability
6 3 (0.21%) Elite 3E
6 3 (0.21%) iTrent
6 3 (0.21%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 3 (0.21%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
7 2 (0.14%) Aladdin
7 2 (0.14%) NEC Housing
7 2 (0.14%) Oracle FAH
7 2 (0.14%) Oracle General Ledger
7 2 (0.14%) SAP BPC
7 2 (0.14%) SAP FS
7 2 (0.14%) SAP MDG
7 2 (0.14%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 1,422 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 552 (38.82%) Azure
3 189 (13.29%) Power Automate
4 180 (12.66%) AWS
5 169 (11.88%) PowerApps
6 151 (10.62%) Azure Data Factory
7 127 (8.93%) Microsoft 365
8 124 (8.72%) Azure DevOps
9 123 (8.65%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 104 (7.31%) GCP
11 99 (6.96%) Snowflake
12 94 (6.61%) Dynamics 365
13 71 (4.99%) Microsoft Copilot
14 63 (4.43%) Serverless
15 54 (3.80%) GitHub
16 46 (3.23%) Copilot Studio
17 42 (2.95%) Entra ID
18 41 (2.88%) Amazon S3
18 41 (2.88%) dbt
18 41 (2.88%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (0.56%) Firewall
1 8 (0.56%) VPN
2 5 (0.35%) HTTP
2 5 (0.35%) Network Security
3 4 (0.28%) 5G
3 4 (0.28%) DNS
3 4 (0.28%) LTE
4 3 (0.21%) Ethernet
4 3 (0.21%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (0.14%) 2G
5 2 (0.14%) 3GPP
5 2 (0.14%) 4G
5 2 (0.14%) Intranet
5 2 (0.14%) MPLS
5 2 (0.14%) Radio Access Network
5 2 (0.14%) SMTP
5 2 (0.14%) Unified Communications
5 2 (0.14%) VoIP
5 2 (0.14%) VoLTE
5 2 (0.14%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 243 (17.09%) Tableau
2 192 (13.50%) Data Warehouse
3 121 (8.51%) Data Lake
4 104 (7.31%) SQL Server
5 81 (5.70%) Power Query
6 69 (4.85%) Metadata
7 57 (4.01%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 55 (3.87%) Azure SQL Database
9 54 (3.80%) BigQuery
10 52 (3.66%) Looker
11 41 (2.88%) Relational Database
12 39 (2.74%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 37 (2.60%) Delta Lake
14 35 (2.46%) Snowflake Schema
15 32 (2.25%) Star Schema
16 28 (1.97%) Mixpanel
16 28 (1.97%) NoSQL
17 26 (1.83%) Spark SQL
18 23 (1.62%) Amazon Athena
19 22 (1.55%) OLAP
Development Applications
1 115 (8.09%) JIRA
2 73 (5.13%) Git
3 17 (1.20%) GitLab
4 13 (0.91%) Jenkins
5 10 (0.70%) ERwin
6 8 (0.56%) Visual Studio
7 5 (0.35%) NeoLoad
8 4 (0.28%) Bitbucket
8 4 (0.28%) DBeaver
8 4 (0.28%) MLflow
8 4 (0.28%) Postman
8 4 (0.28%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 3 (0.21%) PowerDesigner
9 3 (0.21%) Terragrunt
10 2 (0.14%) Artifactory
10 2 (0.14%) ER Studio
10 2 (0.14%) Team Foundation Server
11 1 (0.070%) Browser DevTools
11 1 (0.070%) Sonatype Nexus
11 1 (0.070%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 467 (32.84%) Social Skills
2 453 (31.86%) Finance
3 336 (23.63%) Analytical Skills
4 170 (11.95%) Public Sector
5 111 (7.81%) Banking
6 41 (2.88%) Marketing
7 40 (2.81%) Retail
8 37 (2.60%) Documentation Skills
9 31 (2.18%) Influencing Skills
9 31 (2.18%) Organisational Skills
10 30 (2.11%) Manufacturing
11 24 (1.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 22 (1.55%) Law
13 21 (1.48%) Presentation Skills
14 17 (1.20%) Legal
14 17 (1.20%) Telecoms
15 16 (1.13%) Financial Institution
16 15 (1.05%) Publishing
17 14 (0.98%) Front Office
17 14 (0.98%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 385 (27.07%) Analyst
2 214 (15.05%) Data Engineer
3 213 (14.98%) Developer
4 168 (11.81%) Senior
5 167 (11.74%) Data Analyst
6 137 (9.63%) Lead
7 115 (8.09%) Architect
8 100 (7.03%) Business Analyst
9 89 (6.26%) Business Intelligence Developer
10 71 (4.99%) Consultant
11 64 (4.50%) Power BI Developer
12 47 (3.31%) Senior Analyst
13 44 (3.09%) Data Architect
14 43 (3.02%) Business Intelligence Analyst
15 42 (2.95%) Project Manager
15 42 (2.95%) Senior Data Engineer
16 40 (2.81%) PMO Analyst
16 40 (2.81%) Power Platform Developer
17 37 (2.60%) Data Scientist
18 29 (2.04%) Azure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 76 (5.34%) PySpark
2 43 (3.02%) REST
3 38 (2.67%) Kafka
4 31 (2.18%) .NET
5 30 (2.11%) Pandas
6 25 (1.76%) scikit-learn
7 21 (1.48%) JSON
8 19 (1.34%) Great Expectations
9 18 (1.27%) HTML
9 18 (1.27%) React
10 17 (1.20%) HTML5 Canvas
10 17 (1.20%) PyTorch
10 17 (1.20%) TensorFlow
11 16 (1.13%) NumPy
12 15 (1.05%) XML
13 14 (0.98%) YAML
14 13 (0.91%) Spark Streaming
15 11 (0.77%) Plotly
16 10 (0.70%) Matplotlib
16 10 (0.70%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 52 (3.66%) Cloud Native
2 49 (3.45%) Product Ownership
3 45 (3.16%) Data Structures
4 38 (2.67%) Analytical Mindset
5 36 (2.53%) Legacy Systems
6 31 (2.18%) Onboarding
7 29 (2.04%) Low-Code
7 29 (2.04%) Management Information System
8 24 (1.69%) Data Protection Act
9 21 (1.48%) Algorithms
10 16 (1.13%) AI Agents
10 16 (1.13%) PMI
11 13 (0.91%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 13 (0.91%) Self-Motivation
12 12 (0.84%) CMDB
13 11 (0.77%) Data Centre
13 11 (0.77%) Distributed Computing
14 10 (0.70%) IoT
14 10 (0.70%) SCADA
15 9 (0.63%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 17 (1.20%) Windows
2 8 (0.56%) Windows Server
3 6 (0.42%) Windows 10
4 5 (0.35%) Unix
5 2 (0.14%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,327 (93.32%) Business Intelligence
2 567 (39.87%) Analytics
3 441 (31.01%) Data Modelling
4 339 (23.84%) Visualisation
5 318 (22.36%) Agile
6 295 (20.75%) Decision-Making
6 295 (20.75%) ETL
7 269 (18.92%) Problem-Solving
8 263 (18.50%) Data Governance
9 220 (15.47%) Stakeholder Management
10 219 (15.40%) Data Engineering
11 218 (15.33%) DevOps
12 208 (14.63%) Actionable Insight
13 206 (14.49%) AI
14 204 (14.35%) Data Analysis
14 204 (14.35%) Data Visualisation
15 196 (13.78%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 189 (13.29%) Data Pipeline
17 186 (13.08%) CI/CD
18 162 (11.39%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 672 (47.26%) SQL
2 374 (26.30%) Python
3 138 (9.70%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 69 (4.85%) C#
5 54 (3.80%) PowerShell
5 54 (3.80%) R
6 51 (3.59%) JavaScript
7 36 (2.53%) VBA
8 32 (2.25%) T-SQL
9 27 (1.90%) Java
10 22 (1.55%) Bicep
11 18 (1.27%) Scala
12 11 (0.77%) Formula Language
12 11 (0.77%) LotusScript
12 11 (0.77%) TypeScript
13 8 (0.56%) PL/SQL
14 6 (0.42%) Korn
15 5 (0.35%) Kotlin
15 5 (0.35%) X++
16 3 (0.21%) HiveQL
Qualifications
1 245 (17.23%) Security Cleared
2 187 (13.15%) SC Cleared
3 132 (9.28%) Degree
4 33 (2.32%) BPSS Clearance
5 31 (2.18%) Azure Certification
6 28 (1.97%) Computer Science Degree
7 26 (1.83%) PMI Certification
8 25 (1.76%) Master's Degree
9 24 (1.69%) PMP
10 23 (1.62%) Microsoft Certification
11 13 (0.91%) DV Cleared
12 12 (0.84%) MBA
13 11 (0.77%) AWS Certification
14 8 (0.56%) SAFe Agilist
15 7 (0.49%) CBAP
15 7 (0.49%) CIMA
16 6 (0.42%) ACCA
17 4 (0.28%) CFA
17 4 (0.28%) IIBA
18 3 (0.21%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 325 (22.86%) Data Quality
2 103 (7.24%) GDPR
3 88 (6.19%) PMO
4 76 (5.34%) QA
5 50 (3.52%) Accessibility
6 16 (1.13%) SLA
7 15 (1.05%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 14 (0.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 11 (0.77%) Basel III
9 11 (0.77%) GRC
10 10 (0.70%) Actionable Recommendations
11 6 (0.42%) HIPAA
12 5 (0.35%) NIST
12 5 (0.35%) P3O
13 4 (0.28%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 4 (0.28%) NCSC
13 4 (0.28%) PCI DSS
13 4 (0.28%) Solvency II
14 3 (0.21%) GAAP
14 3 (0.21%) WCAG
System Software
1 33 (2.32%) Active Directory
2 32 (2.25%) Docker
3 5 (0.35%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (0.28%) HDFS
5 3 (0.21%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.14%) VMware Infrastructure
7 1 (0.070%) BitLocker
7 1 (0.070%) RACF
Systems Management
1 72 (5.06%) Terraform
2 39 (2.74%) Kubernetes
3 12 (0.84%) Microsoft Intune
4 8 (0.56%) SCCM
5 6 (0.42%) Ansible
6 5 (0.35%) Grafana
6 5 (0.35%) RSA Archer
6 5 (0.35%) Single Sign-On
7 3 (0.21%) Kibana
8 2 (0.14%) Control-M
8 2 (0.14%) Nessus
8 2 (0.14%) WSUS
9 1 (0.070%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.070%) Kubeflow
9 1 (0.070%) SCOM
9 1 (0.070%) Thomson Reuters DACS
Vendors
1 463 (32.56%) Microsoft
2 201 (14.14%) Databricks
3 84 (5.91%) Oracle
4 70 (4.92%) Google
5 64 (4.50%) SAP
6 61 (4.29%) ServiceNow
7 37 (2.60%) Salesforce
8 32 (2.25%) Informatica
9 20 (1.41%) Foundry
10 15 (1.05%) Lotus
10 15 (1.05%) OpenAI
11 13 (0.91%) Sage
11 13 (0.91%) Workday
12 12 (0.84%) MuleSoft
13 11 (0.77%) Alteryx
13 11 (0.77%) Talend
14 10 (0.70%) Kofax
15 9 (0.63%) Remedy
16 8 (0.56%) Cognos
16 8 (0.56%) MicroStrategy