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

6 months to
10 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 66 62 63
Rank change year-on-year -4 +1 +5
Contract jobs citing Power BI 1,693 1,069 1,124
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.66% 3.85% 3.43%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 24.12% 21.41% 18.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,097 708 778
10th Percentile £324 £310 £300
25th Percentile £406 £384 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £494 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £590 £575 £588
90th Percentile £669 £682 £675
UK median daily rate £488 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +2.63% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 79 20 19
10th Percentile £17.93 £20.98 £19.97
25th Percentile £22.86 £28.06 £25.38
Median hourly rate £30.00 £32.05 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.40% +6.83% -7.18%
75th Percentile £49.13 £38.88 £59.86
90th Percentile £75.45 £54.13 £79.00
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £33.11 £30.00
% change year-on-year -9.39% +10.37% -7.18%

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 7,018 4,993 5,967
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 15.16% 17.96% 18.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,678 3,432 4,157
10th Percentile £358 £334 £350
25th Percentile £423 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £502 £508 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.06% -7.73% -
75th Percentile £619 £638 £675
90th Percentile £703 £750 £825
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 241 80 80
10th Percentile £15.93 £21.25 £17.50
25th Percentile £23.21 £31.45 £21.25
Median hourly rate £38.50 £42.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.32% +19.99% -36.36%
75th Percentile £62.00 £65.00 £60.36
90th Percentile £76.00 £80.00 £71.85
UK median hourly rate £39.50 £39.48 £34.47
% change year-on-year +0.05% +14.55% -35.58%

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 10 September 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 10 September 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 10 September 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 +6 892 £500 - 468
North of England -9 237 £440 +1.15% 182
South East +3 217 £500 +9.59% 246
Midlands +9 187 £473 +2.16% 152
North West -1 129 £498 +10.86% 110
West Midlands -4 129 £473 -3.57% 100
Yorkshire -23 94 £425 +6.25% 48
South West -21 88 £425 +6.25% 85
East Midlands +17 57 £470 +12.24% 52
East of England -27 35 £571 -0.78% 70
North East -35 18 £375 -18.92% 24
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
1 170 (10.04%) SharePoint
2 62 (3.66%) Confluence
3 33 (1.95%) Apache Airflow
4 28 (1.65%) Apache Spark
5 24 (1.42%) Apache
6 23 (1.36%) SAS
7 16 (0.95%) Microsoft Exchange
8 12 (0.71%) ArcGIS
9 7 (0.41%) Apache Superset
10 6 (0.35%) Mendix
10 6 (0.35%) Oracle Workflow
11 5 (0.30%) Apache Solr
12 4 (0.24%) CMS
12 4 (0.24%) Palantir Foundry
13 3 (0.18%) IIS
13 3 (0.18%) Kentico
14 2 (0.12%) HCL Notes
14 2 (0.12%) PowerExchange
15 1 (0.059%) nginx
15 1 (0.059%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 329 (19.43%) Microsoft Excel
2 60 (3.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 50 (2.95%) Microsoft Office
4 49 (2.89%) Microsoft Project
5 23 (1.36%) MS Visio
6 21 (1.24%) Spreadsheet
7 11 (0.65%) Navisworks
7 11 (0.65%) Revit
8 8 (0.47%) Chatbot
9 7 (0.41%) AutoCAD
9 7 (0.41%) ProjectWise
10 2 (0.12%) Notion
10 2 (0.12%) Oracle Smart View
11 1 (0.059%) CPLEX
Business Applications
1 40 (2.36%) Dynamics CRM
2 27 (1.59%) Remedy ITSM
3 23 (1.36%) SAP S/4HANA
4 16 (0.95%) iTrent
5 11 (0.65%) Primavera
6 8 (0.47%) Aladdin
6 8 (0.47%) Integrated Workplace Management System
7 6 (0.35%) SAP EWM
8 5 (0.30%) Maximo
9 4 (0.24%) SAP MDG
9 4 (0.24%) SAP MM
9 4 (0.24%) Workday HCM
10 3 (0.18%) NetSuite
10 3 (0.18%) Oracle Financials
10 3 (0.18%) SAP ERP
11 2 (0.12%) CA PPM
11 2 (0.12%) Dynamics NAV
11 2 (0.12%) Oracle Payables
11 2 (0.12%) Sage 200
11 2 (0.12%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 1,693 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 635 (37.51%) Azure
3 204 (12.05%) AWS
4 196 (11.58%) Power Automate
5 174 (10.28%) Azure DevOps
6 171 (10.10%) PowerApps
7 139 (8.21%) Azure Data Factory
8 136 (8.03%) Snowflake
9 124 (7.32%) Dynamics 365
10 122 (7.21%) Microsoft 365
11 107 (6.32%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 101 (5.97%) Microsoft Copilot
13 79 (4.67%) Serverless
14 73 (4.31%) dbt
15 66 (3.90%) GitHub
16 62 (3.66%) GCP
17 54 (3.19%) Amazon S3
17 54 (3.19%) Entra ID
18 49 (2.89%) Microsoft Purview
19 46 (2.72%) Copilot Studio
Communications & Networking
1 14 (0.83%) Firewall
2 11 (0.65%) SSL
3 9 (0.53%) DNS
4 8 (0.47%) VPN
5 7 (0.41%) Broadband
6 3 (0.18%) Network Security
7 2 (0.12%) Internet
7 2 (0.12%) Intranet
7 2 (0.12%) NAS
7 2 (0.12%) Radio Access Network
7 2 (0.12%) SAN
7 2 (0.12%) SMTP
8 1 (0.059%) 4G
8 1 (0.059%) 5G
8 1 (0.059%) Intrusion Detection
8 1 (0.059%) LAN
8 1 (0.059%) Mobile Backhaul
8 1 (0.059%) OpenFlow
8 1 (0.059%) SD-WAN
8 1 (0.059%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 265 (15.65%) Data Warehouse
2 244 (14.41%) Tableau
3 141 (8.33%) Data Lake
4 133 (7.86%) SQL Server
5 132 (7.80%) Power Query
6 81 (4.78%) Metadata
7 67 (3.96%) Star Schema
8 55 (3.25%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 51 (3.01%) Relational Database
10 49 (2.89%) Looker
11 45 (2.66%) Azure SQL Database
12 41 (2.42%) Amazon Athena
13 36 (2.13%) Amazon Redshift
14 35 (2.07%) Semantic Layer
15 32 (1.89%) Snowflake Schema
15 32 (1.89%) SQL Server Reporting Services
16 30 (1.77%) BigQuery
17 27 (1.59%) NoSQL
18 24 (1.42%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
19 23 (1.36%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 140 (8.27%) JIRA
2 68 (4.02%) Git
3 29 (1.71%) GitLab
4 10 (0.59%) Jenkins
5 7 (0.41%) ERwin
6 6 (0.35%) MLflow
7 5 (0.30%) Oracle Forms
7 5 (0.30%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 5 (0.30%) Terragrunt
8 4 (0.24%) ER Studio
8 4 (0.24%) JUnit
8 4 (0.24%) Visual Studio
9 3 (0.18%) JMeter
9 3 (0.18%) PowerDesigner
9 3 (0.18%) Selenium
10 2 (0.12%) Charles Proxy
10 2 (0.12%) Postman
10 2 (0.12%) Team Foundation Server
10 2 (0.12%) WebDriver
11 1 (0.059%) REST Assured
General
1 562 (33.20%) Social Skills
2 501 (29.59%) Finance
3 431 (25.46%) Analytical Skills
4 153 (9.04%) Public Sector
5 119 (7.03%) Banking
6 76 (4.49%) Retail
7 66 (3.90%) Organisational Skills
8 53 (3.13%) Documentation Skills
8 53 (3.13%) Law
9 52 (3.07%) Manufacturing
9 52 (3.07%) Marketing
10 45 (2.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 40 (2.36%) Local Government
12 33 (1.95%) Influencing Skills
13 25 (1.48%) Presentation Skills
14 23 (1.36%) Financial Institution
15 18 (1.06%) Legal
16 17 (1.00%) Aerospace
16 17 (1.00%) Investment Banking
16 17 (1.00%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 432 (25.52%) Analyst
2 245 (14.47%) Developer
3 215 (12.70%) Data Engineer
4 213 (12.58%) Data Analyst
5 192 (11.34%) Senior
6 184 (10.87%) Architect
7 152 (8.98%) Lead
8 115 (6.79%) Business Intelligence Developer
9 93 (5.49%) Power BI Developer
10 91 (5.38%) Business Analyst
11 79 (4.67%) Data Architect
12 78 (4.61%) Consultant
13 54 (3.19%) Project Manager
13 54 (3.19%) Senior Data Engineer
14 47 (2.78%) Power Platform Developer
15 45 (2.66%) Senior Analyst
16 39 (2.30%) Business Intelligence Analyst
17 37 (2.19%) Lead Architect
18 36 (2.13%) Performance Analyst
18 36 (2.13%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 92 (5.43%) PySpark
2 69 (4.08%) Terraform
3 66 (3.90%) .NET
4 65 (3.84%) REST
5 29 (1.71%) Kafka
6 24 (1.42%) React
7 22 (1.30%) Microsoft Graph
8 21 (1.24%) JSON
9 20 (1.18%) HTML
10 19 (1.12%) Middleware
11 15 (0.89%) HTML5 Canvas
12 14 (0.83%) CSS
13 12 (0.71%) Pandas
14 10 (0.59%) ADO
15 8 (0.47%) .NET Core
15 8 (0.47%) EDI
16 7 (0.41%) JDO
16 7 (0.41%) jQuery
16 7 (0.41%) RESTful
17 6 (0.35%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 81 (4.78%) Data Structures
2 72 (4.25%) Management Information System
3 61 (3.60%) Cloud Native
4 60 (3.54%) Product Ownership
5 59 (3.48%) Onboarding
6 41 (2.42%) Legacy Systems
7 33 (1.95%) Analytical Mindset
8 32 (1.89%) Clustering
9 25 (1.48%) AI Agents
10 22 (1.30%) Low-Code
11 21 (1.24%) CMDB
12 20 (1.18%) Enterprise Software
12 20 (1.18%) FMCG
13 18 (1.06%) Data Protection Act
14 17 (1.00%) NHS
15 15 (0.89%) Data Centre
16 14 (0.83%) Reference Data
17 12 (0.71%) Life Science
17 12 (0.71%) Replication
17 12 (0.71%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 53 (3.13%) Windows
2 26 (1.54%) Windows Server
3 14 (0.83%) Linux
4 10 (0.59%) Apple iOS
5 9 (0.53%) Unix
6 7 (0.41%) 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 1,581 (93.38%) Business Intelligence
2 676 (39.93%) Analytics
3 519 (30.66%) Data Modelling
4 413 (24.39%) Agile
5 394 (23.27%) Stakeholder Management
6 368 (21.74%) Decision-Making
7 335 (19.79%) Visualisation
8 332 (19.61%) AI
9 320 (18.90%) ETL
10 315 (18.61%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 314 (18.55%) Problem-Solving
12 293 (17.31%) DevOps
13 288 (17.01%) Migration
14 280 (16.54%) CI/CD
15 271 (16.01%) Continuous Improvement
16 269 (15.89%) Data Governance
17 257 (15.18%) Data Engineering
17 257 (15.18%) Data Pipeline
18 237 (14.00%) Validation
19 215 (12.70%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 784 (46.31%) SQL
2 384 (22.68%) Python
3 193 (11.40%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 94 (5.55%) JavaScript
5 91 (5.38%) PowerShell
6 73 (4.31%) C#
7 64 (3.78%) T-SQL
8 47 (2.78%) R
9 38 (2.24%) Java
10 22 (1.30%) TypeScript
10 22 (1.30%) VBA
11 13 (0.77%) PL/SQL
12 9 (0.53%) Bash
12 9 (0.53%) Bicep
13 8 (0.47%) Scala
14 7 (0.41%) Shell Script
15 5 (0.30%) Korn
15 5 (0.30%) Kusto Query Language
15 5 (0.30%) X++
16 3 (0.18%) XMLA
Qualifications
1 311 (18.37%) Security Cleared
2 237 (14.00%) SC Cleared
3 159 (9.39%) Degree
4 51 (3.01%) Microsoft Certification
5 45 (2.66%) Azure Certification
6 38 (2.24%) BPSS Clearance
7 29 (1.71%) Computer Science Degree
8 27 (1.59%) DBS Check
9 23 (1.36%) DV Cleared
10 22 (1.30%) AWS Certification
11 19 (1.12%) PMI Certification
12 15 (0.89%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 13 (0.77%) Master's Degree
14 12 (0.71%) PMP
15 11 (0.65%) ACCA
16 9 (0.53%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
16 9 (0.53%) CIMA
16 9 (0.53%) CISSP
16 9 (0.53%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
17 8 (0.47%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 392 (23.15%) Data Quality
2 85 (5.02%) GDPR
3 80 (4.73%) QA
4 77 (4.55%) PMO
5 35 (2.07%) Accessibility
6 16 (0.95%) GRC
7 12 (0.71%) ISO 19650
8 10 (0.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 10 (0.59%) SLA
9 9 (0.53%) Actionable Recommendations
10 6 (0.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 6 (0.35%) Solvency II
11 5 (0.30%) GMP
12 4 (0.24%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 3 (0.18%) NIST
13 3 (0.18%) P3O
13 3 (0.18%) SOC 2
14 2 (0.12%) COBIT
14 2 (0.12%) IFRS
14 2 (0.12%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 47 (2.78%) Active Directory
2 16 (0.95%) Docker
3 13 (0.77%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (0.65%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.18%) BitLocker
6 1 (0.059%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 25 (1.48%) Kubernetes
2 21 (1.24%) Grafana
3 18 (1.06%) Microsoft Intune
4 15 (0.89%) SCOM
5 12 (0.71%) Ansible
6 8 (0.47%) Microsoft Clustering
6 8 (0.47%) Prometheus
7 7 (0.41%) Control-M
7 7 (0.41%) SCCM
8 5 (0.30%) Single Sign-On
9 3 (0.18%) Apache Ranger
10 1 (0.059%) Jamf Pro
10 1 (0.059%) Kibana
10 1 (0.059%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.059%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
10 1 (0.059%) SysTrack
10 1 (0.059%) WSUS
Vendors
1 690 (40.76%) Microsoft
2 207 (12.23%) Databricks
3 112 (6.62%) SAP
4 105 (6.20%) ServiceNow
5 81 (4.78%) Oracle
6 46 (2.72%) Google
7 39 (2.30%) Salesforce
8 37 (2.19%) Informatica
9 30 (1.77%) Remedy
10 29 (1.71%) Splunk
11 26 (1.54%) Alteryx
12 21 (1.24%) BMC
12 21 (1.24%) Workday
13 15 (0.89%) Adobe
13 15 (0.89%) Dynatrace
14 13 (0.77%) Denodo
14 13 (0.77%) VMware
15 11 (0.65%) Autodesk
16 10 (0.59%) MicroStrategy
16 10 (0.59%) Teradata