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

6 months to
28 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 58 57 64
Rank change year-on-year -1 +7 +8
Contract jobs citing Power BI 1,503 923 1,171
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.74% 3.77% 3.17%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 24.02% 19.80% 19.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,044 627 838
10th Percentile £313 £313 £312
25th Percentile £400 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £484 £475 £492
Median % change year-on-year +1.84% -3.36% -1.70%
75th Percentile £575 £570 £588
90th Percentile £650 £666 £700
UK median daily rate £475 £475 £475
% change year-on-year - - -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 46 27 28
10th Percentile £16.35 £18.64 £14.00
25th Percentile £19.20 £24.88 £15.51
Median hourly rate £29.88 £29.07 £23.22
Median % change year-on-year +2.77% +25.22% -57.79%
75th Percentile £45.94 £33.10 £43.75
90th Percentile £82.25 £53.75 £56.95
UK median hourly rate £28.03 £29.07 £23.82
% change year-on-year -3.59% +22.03% -55.68%

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 6,258 4,661 6,162
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 15.58% 19.06% 16.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,333 3,274 4,417
10th Percentile £350 £358 £350
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £600 £660 £675
90th Percentile £700 £775 £775
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 171 95 131
10th Percentile £16.70 £19.89 £14.00
25th Percentile £26.94 £23.88 £20.98
Median hourly rate £47.54 £33.11 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +43.58% -17.23% -31.09%
75th Percentile £74.00 £65.31 £56.74
90th Percentile £82.25 £70.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £50.00 £34.58 £40.00
% change year-on-year +44.61% -13.56% -33.33%

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 28 April 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 28 April 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 28 April 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 +5 782 £500 +2.04% 257
South East +4 197 £475 +2.70% 241
Midlands -10 172 £450 -8.63% 127
North of England -38 154 £450 -1.37% 152
West Midlands -24 107 £455 -9.10% 91
South West -3 86 £450 +5.88% 52
North West -18 80 £463 -11.90% 95
East Midlands +7 64 £425 -12.82% 34
Yorkshire -45 61 £438 +3.06% 40
East of England -19 45 £425 -15.00% 41
North East -12 13 £475 +5.56% 20
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
1 133 (8.85%) SharePoint
2 61 (4.06%) Confluence
3 48 (3.19%) Apache Spark
4 30 (2.00%) Apache
5 26 (1.73%) Apache Airflow
6 17 (1.13%) HCL Notes
7 12 (0.80%) Mendix
7 12 (0.80%) SAS
8 8 (0.53%) Apache Superset
9 6 (0.40%) Microsoft Exchange
10 4 (0.27%) Palantir Foundry
11 3 (0.20%) CMS
11 3 (0.20%) IIS
12 2 (0.13%) ArcGIS
12 2 (0.13%) Oracle SOA Suite
13 1 (0.067%) OpenROAD
13 1 (0.067%) Oracle Workflow
13 1 (0.067%) Skype for Business
13 1 (0.067%) Tomcat
13 1 (0.067%) WebSphere
Applications
1 314 (20.89%) Microsoft Excel
2 56 (3.73%) Microsoft Project
3 53 (3.53%) Microsoft Office
4 44 (2.93%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 33 (2.20%) MS Visio
6 13 (0.86%) Spreadsheet
7 4 (0.27%) Navisworks
7 4 (0.27%) Revit
8 3 (0.20%) Notion
9 2 (0.13%) Adobe Illustrator
9 2 (0.13%) Chatbot
9 2 (0.13%) Oracle Smart View
9 2 (0.13%) Photoshop
9 2 (0.13%) Trello
10 1 (0.067%) Acrobat
10 1 (0.067%) CATIA
10 1 (0.067%) InDesign
10 1 (0.067%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 38 (2.53%) Dynamics CRM
2 16 (1.06%) SAP S/4HANA
3 14 (0.93%) Remedy ITSM
4 13 (0.86%) iTrent
5 6 (0.40%) Sage X3
6 5 (0.33%) BambooHR
7 4 (0.27%) Oracle Financials
7 4 (0.27%) Primavera
7 4 (0.27%) SAP EWM
8 3 (0.20%) Cloudability
8 3 (0.20%) Elite 3E
8 3 (0.20%) NEC Housing
8 3 (0.20%) Oracle EBS
8 3 (0.20%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
8 3 (0.20%) Salesforce CRM
9 2 (0.13%) Aladdin
9 2 (0.13%) Eloqua
9 2 (0.13%) Oracle FAH
9 2 (0.13%) Oracle Payables
9 2 (0.13%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 1,503 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 553 (36.79%) Azure
3 193 (12.84%) AWS
4 186 (12.38%) Power Automate
5 157 (10.45%) Azure Data Factory
6 152 (10.11%) PowerApps
7 142 (9.45%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 130 (8.65%) Azure DevOps
9 128 (8.52%) Microsoft 365
10 106 (7.05%) Dynamics 365
11 92 (6.12%) GCP
12 90 (5.99%) Snowflake
13 76 (5.06%) Serverless
14 73 (4.86%) Microsoft Copilot
15 63 (4.19%) GitHub
16 51 (3.39%) Amazon S3
17 48 (3.19%) Copilot Studio
18 42 (2.79%) dbt
19 39 (2.59%) Microsoft Purview
20 36 (2.40%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 12 (0.80%) Firewall
1 12 (0.80%) VPN
2 7 (0.47%) DNS
3 4 (0.27%) HTTP
4 3 (0.20%) 5G
4 3 (0.20%) Ethernet
4 3 (0.20%) LTE
4 3 (0.20%) Network Security
4 3 (0.20%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (0.13%) 3GPP
5 2 (0.13%) 4G
5 2 (0.13%) 5G NR
5 2 (0.13%) Hyperconnected
5 2 (0.13%) Intranet
5 2 (0.13%) Microwave Backhaul
5 2 (0.13%) MPLS
5 2 (0.13%) Radio Access Network
5 2 (0.13%) SMTP
5 2 (0.13%) Unified Communications
5 2 (0.13%) VoLTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 262 (17.43%) Tableau
2 229 (15.24%) Data Warehouse
3 144 (9.58%) Data Lake
4 111 (7.39%) SQL Server
5 92 (6.12%) Power Query
6 76 (5.06%) Metadata
7 61 (4.06%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 56 (3.73%) Azure SQL Database
9 48 (3.19%) Looker
10 45 (2.99%) BigQuery
11 44 (2.93%) Star Schema
12 40 (2.66%) Snowflake Schema
13 38 (2.53%) Relational Database
14 37 (2.46%) Amazon Athena
15 34 (2.26%) Delta Lake
16 31 (2.06%) NoSQL
16 31 (2.06%) Spark SQL
17 30 (2.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
18 29 (1.93%) Amazon Redshift
19 27 (1.80%) Mixpanel
Development Applications
1 126 (8.38%) JIRA
2 71 (4.72%) Git
3 21 (1.40%) GitLab
4 13 (0.86%) ERwin
5 11 (0.73%) Jenkins
6 6 (0.40%) MLflow
7 5 (0.33%) PowerDesigner
7 5 (0.33%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 4 (0.27%) Bitbucket
8 4 (0.27%) Postman
8 4 (0.27%) Visual Studio
9 3 (0.20%) ER Studio
9 3 (0.20%) Selenium
9 3 (0.20%) Terragrunt
10 2 (0.13%) Charles Proxy
10 2 (0.13%) JMeter
10 2 (0.13%) Team Foundation Server
10 2 (0.13%) WebDriver
11 1 (0.067%) Claude Code
11 1 (0.067%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 482 (32.07%) Finance
2 481 (32.00%) Social Skills
3 364 (24.22%) Analytical Skills
4 146 (9.71%) Public Sector
5 93 (6.19%) Banking
6 52 (3.46%) Organisational Skills
7 50 (3.33%) Documentation Skills
8 48 (3.19%) Law
9 46 (3.06%) Retail
10 43 (2.86%) Marketing
11 28 (1.86%) Influencing Skills
12 23 (1.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 21 (1.40%) Manufacturing
14 20 (1.33%) Legal
15 19 (1.26%) Presentation Skills
15 19 (1.26%) Telecoms
16 18 (1.20%) Local Government
17 16 (1.06%) Financial Institution
18 14 (0.93%) Military
19 13 (0.86%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 399 (26.55%) Analyst
2 240 (15.97%) Data Engineer
3 205 (13.64%) Developer
4 181 (12.04%) Senior
5 178 (11.84%) Data Analyst
6 144 (9.58%) Architect
7 142 (9.45%) Lead
8 91 (6.05%) Business Intelligence Developer
9 89 (5.92%) Business Analyst
10 72 (4.79%) Consultant
11 68 (4.52%) Power BI Developer
12 53 (3.53%) Senior Data Engineer
13 45 (2.99%) Senior Analyst
14 44 (2.93%) Data Architect
14 44 (2.93%) Project Manager
15 43 (2.86%) Business Intelligence Analyst
16 41 (2.73%) Power Platform Developer
17 37 (2.46%) Azure Engineer
17 37 (2.46%) PMO Analyst
18 36 (2.40%) Lead Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 85 (5.66%) PySpark
2 42 (2.79%) Kafka
3 40 (2.66%) REST
4 34 (2.26%) .NET
5 26 (1.73%) Pandas
6 22 (1.46%) JSON
7 18 (1.20%) Great Expectations
7 18 (1.20%) React
7 18 (1.20%) scikit-learn
8 17 (1.13%) HTML
9 15 (1.00%) ADO
9 15 (1.00%) XML
10 14 (0.93%) PyTorch
10 14 (0.93%) TensorFlow
10 14 (0.93%) YAML
11 13 (0.86%) HTML5 Canvas
11 13 (0.86%) Spark Streaming
12 12 (0.80%) Microsoft Graph
12 12 (0.80%) Middleware
13 10 (0.67%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 58 (3.86%) Data Structures
2 57 (3.79%) Cloud Native
3 53 (3.53%) Product Ownership
4 37 (2.46%) Legacy Systems
5 32 (2.13%) Analytical Mindset
6 30 (2.00%) Management Information System
7 27 (1.80%) Onboarding
8 26 (1.73%) Low-Code
9 24 (1.60%) Data Protection Act
10 18 (1.20%) CMDB
11 16 (1.06%) AI Agents
12 15 (1.00%) Algorithms
12 15 (1.00%) Self-Motivation
13 14 (0.93%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 14 (0.93%) PMI
14 13 (0.86%) Clustering
15 11 (0.73%) Distributed Computing
16 10 (0.67%) NHS
17 9 (0.60%) IoT
18 8 (0.53%) Derivative
Operating Systems
1 19 (1.26%) Windows
2 12 (0.80%) Windows Server
3 5 (0.33%) Unix
3 5 (0.33%) Windows 10
4 2 (0.13%) Apple iOS
4 2 (0.13%) Linux
4 2 (0.13%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.067%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.067%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,398 (93.01%) Business Intelligence
2 604 (40.19%) Analytics
3 487 (32.40%) Data Modelling
4 337 (22.42%) Agile
5 316 (21.02%) Decision-Making
5 316 (21.02%) ETL
6 315 (20.96%) Visualisation
7 279 (18.56%) Data Governance
8 277 (18.43%) Problem-Solving
9 239 (15.90%) DevOps
10 238 (15.83%) Data Engineering
11 232 (15.44%) Data Pipeline
12 230 (15.30%) AI
13 218 (14.50%) CI/CD
13 218 (14.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 215 (14.30%) Migration
15 212 (14.11%) Actionable Insight
16 201 (13.37%) Stakeholder Management
17 199 (13.24%) Continuous Improvement
18 194 (12.91%) Data Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 708 (47.11%) SQL
2 395 (26.28%) Python
3 155 (10.31%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 67 (4.46%) C#
5 65 (4.32%) R
6 54 (3.59%) PowerShell
7 53 (3.53%) JavaScript
8 39 (2.59%) T-SQL
9 36 (2.40%) Java
9 36 (2.40%) VBA
10 24 (1.60%) Bicep
11 19 (1.26%) Scala
12 12 (0.80%) TypeScript
13 11 (0.73%) Formula Language
13 11 (0.73%) LotusScript
14 7 (0.47%) PL/SQL
15 6 (0.40%) Kotlin
16 4 (0.27%) C
17 3 (0.20%) HiveQL
18 2 (0.13%) VB
Qualifications
1 257 (17.10%) Security Cleared
2 199 (13.24%) SC Cleared
3 146 (9.71%) Degree
4 33 (2.20%) BPSS Clearance
5 31 (2.06%) Azure Certification
5 31 (2.06%) Computer Science Degree
6 28 (1.86%) Microsoft Certification
7 25 (1.66%) Master's Degree
8 23 (1.53%) PMI Certification
8 23 (1.53%) PMP
9 13 (0.86%) AWS Certification
10 11 (0.73%) DV Cleared
11 10 (0.67%) MBA
12 9 (0.60%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 8 (0.53%) DBS Check
13 8 (0.53%) SAFe Agilist
14 7 (0.47%) ACCA
15 6 (0.40%) CBAP
15 6 (0.40%) CIMA
16 5 (0.33%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 352 (23.42%) Data Quality
2 118 (7.85%) GDPR
3 93 (6.19%) PMO
4 87 (5.79%) QA
5 31 (2.06%) Accessibility
6 16 (1.06%) SLA
7 15 (1.00%) GRC
7 15 (1.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 14 (0.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 11 (0.73%) Basel III
10 9 (0.60%) Actionable Recommendations
11 6 (0.40%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 5 (0.33%) ISO 19650
13 4 (0.27%) NCSC
13 4 (0.27%) P3O
13 4 (0.27%) PCI DSS
13 4 (0.27%) Solvency II
14 3 (0.20%) GAAP
14 3 (0.20%) IFRS
15 2 (0.13%) IFRS 9
System Software
1 33 (2.20%) Active Directory
2 32 (2.13%) Docker
3 5 (0.33%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (0.27%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (0.20%) HDFS
6 2 (0.13%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.067%) BitLocker
7 1 (0.067%) RACF
Systems Management
1 80 (5.32%) Terraform
2 41 (2.73%) Kubernetes
3 15 (1.00%) Grafana
4 9 (0.60%) Microsoft Intune
5 7 (0.47%) SCCM
6 5 (0.33%) Ansible
6 5 (0.33%) Single Sign-On
7 3 (0.20%) Control-M
7 3 (0.20%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.13%) Apache Ranger
8 2 (0.13%) Nessus
8 2 (0.13%) RSA Archer
9 1 (0.067%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.067%) Kibana
9 1 (0.067%) Kubeflow
9 1 (0.067%) SCOM
9 1 (0.067%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 1 (0.067%) SysTrack
9 1 (0.067%) WSUS
Vendors
1 513 (34.13%) Microsoft
2 200 (13.31%) Databricks
3 88 (5.85%) SAP
4 82 (5.46%) Oracle
5 76 (5.06%) ServiceNow
6 59 (3.93%) Google
7 37 (2.46%) Informatica
8 36 (2.40%) Salesforce
9 23 (1.53%) Workday
10 18 (1.20%) Foundry
11 17 (1.13%) Lotus
12 14 (0.93%) Remedy
12 14 (0.93%) Sage
13 13 (0.86%) OpenAI
14 12 (0.80%) IFS
14 12 (0.80%) Kofax
14 12 (0.80%) Splunk
15 11 (0.73%) Talend
16 10 (0.67%) Adobe
16 10 (0.67%) Alteryx