Power BI Contracts in England

Microsoft Power BI
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Power BI skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Power BI over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 64 72 82
Rank change year-on-year +8 +10 +4
Contract jobs citing Power BI 1,171 1,656 2,155
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 3.17% 3.28% 3.03%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 19.00% 18.21% 15.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 838 1,172 1,562
10th Percentile £312 £325 £338
25th Percentile £400 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.70% - +11.11%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £588
90th Percentile £700 £700 £675
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 51 36
10th Percentile £14.00 £24.00 £13.50
25th Percentile £15.51 £32.35 £16.50
Median hourly rate £23.22 £55.00 £22.40
Median % change year-on-year -57.79% +145.54% +6.67%
75th Percentile £43.75 £65.00 £35.00
90th Percentile £56.95 £65.75 £63.00
UK median hourly rate £23.82 £53.75 £22.45
% change year-on-year -55.68% +139.42% +5.65%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
England

Power BI is in the Databases and Business Intelligence category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 6,162 9,092 14,324
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 16.67% 17.99% 20.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,417 6,531 10,384
10th Percentile £350 £375 £363
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £656
90th Percentile £775 £775 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £545
% change year-on-year -2.78% -0.92% +9.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 131 168 170
10th Percentile £14.00 £21.24 £15.00
25th Percentile £20.98 £34.35 £22.39
Median hourly rate £40.00 £58.05 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -31.09% +36.58% +70.00%
75th Percentile £56.74 £70.56 £60.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £79.19 £70.50
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £60.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -33.33% +41.18% +57.52%

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 27 April 2024.

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 27 April 2024.

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 27 April 2024. 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 +13 613 £525 - 360
North of England -4 149 £450 -4.00% 155
South East +12 130 £450 - 107
Midlands +13 113 £425 -10.53% 118
North West -4 101 £450 -2.70% 84
South West -1 91 £463 -2.63% 54
West Midlands +20 83 £425 -11.46% 72
Yorkshire -3 40 £469 -1.32% 46
East of England -31 35 £410 -8.89% 47
East Midlands +20 29 £400 +28.00% 45
North East +15 8 £663 +29.27% 25
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 93 (7.94%) SharePoint
2 40 (3.42%) Confluence
3 20 (1.71%) Apache Spark
4 17 (1.45%) Microsoft Exchange
5 14 (1.20%) SAS
6 12 (1.02%) MTS
7 11 (0.94%) Apache
8 3 (0.26%) Apache Airflow
9 2 (0.17%) ArcGIS
9 2 (0.17%) Jadu
10 1 (0.085%) BizTalk Server
10 1 (0.085%) GeoServer
10 1 (0.085%) Jupyter
10 1 (0.085%) Oracle Workflow
10 1 (0.085%) Umbraco
Applications
1 160 (13.66%) Microsoft Excel
2 45 (3.84%) Microsoft Office
3 28 (2.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 26 (2.22%) MS Visio
5 13 (1.11%) Spreadsheet
6 8 (0.68%) Microsoft Project
7 4 (0.34%) Adobe XD
7 4 (0.34%) InVision
7 4 (0.34%) Sketch
8 3 (0.26%) Camtasia
8 3 (0.26%) Chatbot
8 3 (0.26%) SPSS
9 2 (0.17%) AutoCAD
9 2 (0.17%) Revit
Business Applications
1 40 (3.42%) Dynamics CRM
2 30 (2.56%) Dynamics AX
3 22 (1.88%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 15 (1.28%) Remedy ITSM
5 12 (1.02%) Endur
5 12 (1.02%) EuroRunner
6 11 (0.94%) Aligne
7 8 (0.68%) Oracle EBS
8 5 (0.43%) Aladdin
8 5 (0.43%) SAP S/4HANA
8 5 (0.43%) SimCorp Dimension
9 4 (0.34%) NetSuite
10 3 (0.26%) Primavera
11 2 (0.17%) Maximo
11 2 (0.17%) Oracle ERP
11 2 (0.17%) SAP BPC
11 2 (0.17%) SAP Business One
11 2 (0.17%) Workfront
12 1 (0.085%) Cloudability
12 1 (0.085%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 1,171 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 426 (36.38%) Azure
3 169 (14.43%) PowerApps
4 167 (14.26%) Power Automate
5 104 (8.88%) Azure Data Factory
6 101 (8.63%) Dynamics 365
7 97 (8.28%) Azure DevOps
8 81 (6.92%) AWS
9 76 (6.49%) Microsoft 365
10 57 (4.87%) Snowflake
11 51 (4.36%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 37 (3.16%) Entra ID
12 37 (3.16%) Serverless
13 33 (2.82%) Azure Functions
14 28 (2.39%) GCP
15 27 (2.31%) GitHub
16 22 (1.88%) Azure Logic Apps
17 20 (1.71%) Google Analytics
18 18 (1.54%) OCI
19 17 (1.45%) Adobe Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 11 (0.94%) Firewall
2 6 (0.51%) Unified Communications
3 4 (0.34%) DNS
3 4 (0.34%) MegaStream
4 3 (0.26%) Skype
5 2 (0.17%) Radio Access Network
5 2 (0.17%) Remote Desktop
5 2 (0.17%) SNMP
5 2 (0.17%) VPN
5 2 (0.17%) XCAP
6 1 (0.085%) Cisco Nexus
6 1 (0.085%) DHCP
6 1 (0.085%) FTP
6 1 (0.085%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.085%) VLAN
6 1 (0.085%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 194 (16.57%) Data Warehouse
2 182 (15.54%) Tableau
3 162 (13.83%) SQL Server
4 111 (9.48%) Data Lake
5 93 (7.94%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 62 (5.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 49 (4.18%) Azure SQL Database
8 42 (3.59%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 38 (3.25%) Relational Database
10 37 (3.16%) BusinessObjects
11 36 (3.07%) Big Data
11 36 (3.07%) NoSQL
11 36 (3.07%) Power Query
12 31 (2.65%) Metadata
12 31 (2.65%) PostgreSQL
13 24 (2.05%) Microsoft Analysis Services
14 23 (1.96%) QlikView
15 20 (1.71%) MySQL
16 19 (1.62%) Data Mining
17 18 (1.54%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 66 (5.64%) JIRA
2 22 (1.88%) ERwin
3 16 (1.37%) ER Studio
4 15 (1.28%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 12 (1.02%) GitLab
6 11 (0.94%) Git
7 8 (0.68%) Visual Studio
8 7 (0.60%) Postman
9 6 (0.51%) Eclipse
9 6 (0.51%) PyCharm
10 5 (0.43%) Hudson
11 3 (0.26%) Jenkins
11 3 (0.26%) RStudio
12 2 (0.17%) Bitbucket
12 2 (0.17%) Zephyr
13 1 (0.085%) Cucumber
13 1 (0.085%) Gradle
13 1 (0.085%) NeoLoad
13 1 (0.085%) SoapUI
13 1 (0.085%) SpecFlow
General
1 337 (28.78%) Social Skills
2 333 (28.44%) Finance
3 288 (24.59%) Analytical Skills
4 98 (8.37%) Public Sector
5 75 (6.40%) Retail
6 65 (5.55%) Marketing
7 64 (5.47%) Banking
8 47 (4.01%) Presentation Skills
9 44 (3.76%) Manufacturing
10 28 (2.39%) Pharmaceutical
11 27 (2.31%) General Ledger
12 26 (2.22%) Telecoms
13 24 (2.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 24 (2.05%) Local Government
14 23 (1.96%) Legal
15 17 (1.45%) Influencing Skills
16 16 (1.37%) Billing
17 15 (1.28%) Financial Institution
18 14 (1.20%) Front Office
18 14 (1.20%) Law
Job Titles
1 320 (27.33%) Analyst
2 215 (18.36%) Developer
3 156 (13.32%) Data Analyst
4 121 (10.33%) Business Intelligence Developer
5 108 (9.22%) Data Engineer
6 101 (8.63%) Architect
7 99 (8.45%) Power BI Developer
8 93 (7.94%) Consultant
9 85 (7.26%) Senior
10 75 (6.40%) Business Analyst
11 67 (5.72%) Data Architect
12 65 (5.55%) Lead
13 58 (4.95%) Business Intelligence Analyst
14 49 (4.18%) Azure Engineer
15 47 (4.01%) Power BI Analyst
16 43 (3.67%) Senior Analyst
17 32 (2.73%) Project Manager
18 30 (2.56%) Azure Data Engineer
19 29 (2.48%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
19 29 (2.48%) Power Platform Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (2.82%) PySpark
2 32 (2.73%) JSON
3 27 (2.31%) XML
4 25 (2.13%) .NET
5 22 (1.88%) HTML
6 20 (1.71%) CSS
7 13 (1.11%) Microsoft Graph
8 11 (0.94%) HTML5 Canvas
8 11 (0.94%) REST
9 9 (0.77%) Web Services
10 8 (0.68%) Node.js
10 8 (0.68%) SAML
11 7 (0.60%) RESTful
12 6 (0.51%) .NET Framework
12 6 (0.51%) jQuery
12 6 (0.51%) SOAP
13 5 (0.43%) ADO
13 5 (0.43%) CSS3
13 5 (0.43%) DOM
13 5 (0.43%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 52 (4.44%) Management Information System
2 43 (3.67%) Data Structures
3 41 (3.50%) Product Ownership
4 19 (1.62%) Onboarding
5 16 (1.37%) Market Risk
5 16 (1.37%) NHS
6 15 (1.28%) Reference Data
7 13 (1.11%) Analytical Mindset
8 12 (1.02%) Life Science
8 12 (1.02%) Renewable Energy
9 9 (0.77%) Data Protection Act
9 9 (0.77%) Low-Code
9 9 (0.77%) Marketing Technology
10 8 (0.68%) Self-Motivation
10 8 (0.68%) Solar Panel
11 7 (0.60%) Hedge funds
11 7 (0.60%) Legacy Systems
11 7 (0.60%) PKI
12 6 (0.51%) Algorithms
12 6 (0.51%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 24 (2.05%) Windows
2 16 (1.37%) Linux
3 14 (1.20%) Unix
4 8 (0.68%) VMS
4 8 (0.68%) Windows Server
5 6 (0.51%) Windows Server 2016
5 6 (0.51%) Windows Server 2019
6 4 (0.34%) Apple iOS
6 4 (0.34%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.17%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 988 (84.37%) Business Intelligence
2 275 (23.48%) Analytics
3 256 (21.86%) Visualisation
4 253 (21.61%) Data Modelling
5 228 (19.47%) Agile
6 205 (17.51%) ETL
7 193 (16.48%) Data Analysis
8 161 (13.75%) Problem-Solving
9 159 (13.58%) Data Visualisation
10 147 (12.55%) DevOps
11 109 (9.31%) Migration
12 99 (8.45%) Stakeholder Management
13 94 (8.03%) Decision-Making
14 90 (7.69%) Data Governance
15 87 (7.43%) Data Analytics
16 79 (6.75%) Data Management
16 79 (6.75%) Project Management
17 74 (6.32%) Actionable Insight
18 71 (6.06%) Continuous Improvement
18 71 (6.06%) Dashboard Development
Programming Languages
1 479 (40.91%) SQL
2 202 (17.25%) Python
3 89 (7.60%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 62 (5.29%) PowerShell
5 54 (4.61%) T-SQL
6 40 (3.42%) C#
7 38 (3.25%) JavaScript
8 34 (2.90%) R
9 24 (2.05%) Java
10 18 (1.54%) PL/SQL
10 18 (1.54%) Scala
11 13 (1.11%) VBA
12 9 (0.77%) MATLAB
12 9 (0.77%) TypeScript
13 7 (0.60%) XPath
13 7 (0.60%) XQuery
14 6 (0.51%) Groovy
15 5 (0.43%) VB
16 4 (0.34%) Shell Script
17 3 (0.26%) PHP
Qualifications
1 101 (8.63%) Degree
2 90 (7.69%) Security Cleared
3 65 (5.55%) SC Cleared
4 24 (2.05%) BPSS Clearance
5 20 (1.71%) Computer Science Degree
6 10 (0.85%) DV Cleared
7 8 (0.68%) Master's Degree
8 7 (0.60%) Postgraduate
9 6 (0.51%) CIMA
9 6 (0.51%) Microsoft Certification
9 6 (0.51%) PMI Certification
10 5 (0.43%) ITIL Certification
11 4 (0.34%) Azure Certification
12 3 (0.26%) ACCA
12 3 (0.26%) HNC
12 3 (0.26%) PMP
13 2 (0.17%) CFA
13 2 (0.17%) CISM
13 2 (0.17%) CISSP
13 2 (0.17%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 117 (9.99%) Data Quality
2 61 (5.21%) QA
3 22 (1.88%) GDPR
4 18 (1.54%) PMO
4 18 (1.54%) SLA
5 14 (1.20%) GxP
6 12 (1.02%) Accessibility
7 6 (0.51%) Actionable Recommendations
7 6 (0.51%) Good Clinical Practice
8 5 (0.43%) GAMP
9 2 (0.17%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.085%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 1 (0.085%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.085%) GAAP
10 1 (0.085%) GRC
10 1 (0.085%) IFRS
10 1 (0.085%) IFRS 9
System Software
1 26 (2.22%) Active Directory
2 16 (1.37%) Virtual Machines
3 6 (0.51%) Docker
4 5 (0.43%) Virtual Desktop
5 3 (0.26%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (0.17%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.085%) HDFS
7 1 (0.085%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 17 (1.45%) Single Sign-On
2 13 (1.11%) Microsoft Intune
3 7 (0.60%) Terraform
4 5 (0.43%) SysTrack
5 4 (0.34%) Kubernetes
6 3 (0.26%) Kibana
7 1 (0.085%) Ansible
7 1 (0.085%) CASB
7 1 (0.085%) Jamf Pro
7 1 (0.085%) logstash
7 1 (0.085%) Matomo
7 1 (0.085%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 354 (30.23%) Microsoft
2 111 (9.48%) Databricks
3 91 (7.77%) Oracle
4 68 (5.81%) SAP
5 40 (3.42%) Salesforce
6 32 (2.73%) Alteryx
7 31 (2.65%) Google
7 31 (2.65%) ServiceNow
8 30 (2.56%) Informatica
9 23 (1.96%) Sparx
10 19 (1.62%) Adobe
11 18 (1.54%) Remedy
12 11 (0.94%) Talend
13 10 (0.85%) CA
14 9 (0.77%) MicroStrategy
15 8 (0.68%) Dataiku
15 8 (0.68%) Splunk
16 7 (0.60%) Ab Initio
16 7 (0.60%) Trillium
17 6 (0.51%) Citrix