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 6 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 67 61 58
Rank change year-on-year -6 -3 +10
Contract jobs citing Power BI 1,636 1,092 1,143
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.53% 3.93% 3.56%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 24.16% 21.71% 19.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,050 744 770
10th Percentile £321 £313 £300
25th Percentile £400 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.63% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £600 £580 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £693
UK median daily rate £488 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +2.63% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 91 16 22
10th Percentile £17.97 £18.25 £20.08
25th Percentile £22.86 £20.56 £25.26
Median hourly rate £30.00 £32.05 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.40% +6.83% -25.93%
75th Percentile £55.00 £49.06 £43.75
90th Percentile £70.00 £59.75 £64.73
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £32.05 £30.00
% change year-on-year +9.20% +6.83% -23.57%

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 6,771 5,030 5,842
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 14.62% 18.12% 18.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,494 3,442 3,976
10th Percentile £350 £335 £350
25th Percentile £419 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £510 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -7.27% -
75th Percentile £625 £638 £663
90th Percentile £719 £750 £825
UK median daily rate £501 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +0.24% -4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 261 74 84
10th Percentile £16.70 £20.83 £17.50
25th Percentile £22.82 £29.00 £22.30
Median hourly rate £41.71 £40.25 £36.25
Median % change year-on-year +3.64% +11.02% -32.24%
75th Percentile £61.50 £64.94 £61.60
90th Percentile £74.68 £80.00 £71.50
UK median hourly rate £41.71 £38.85 £35.00
% change year-on-year +7.38% +10.99% -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 6 October 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 6 October 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 6 October 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 -2 859 £500 - 1,227
North of England -10 236 £440 +3.53% 438
South East -5 201 £475 +5.56% 495
Midlands +5 182 £475 -0.52% 335
West Midlands -2 131 £475 -5.00% 217
North West -4 128 £500 +14.29% 264
Yorkshire -20 87 £425 +6.25% 133
South West -26 80 £425 - 175
East Midlands +21 50 £475 +11.76% 118
East of England -18 45 £588 +2.26% 183
North East -18 25 £350 -26.32% 42
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
1 160 (9.78%) SharePoint
2 71 (4.34%) Confluence
3 29 (1.77%) Apache Airflow
4 26 (1.59%) SAS
5 25 (1.53%) Apache Spark
6 21 (1.28%) Apache
7 14 (0.86%) Microsoft Exchange
8 12 (0.73%) ArcGIS
9 6 (0.37%) Mendix
10 5 (0.31%) Apache Solr
10 5 (0.31%) Oracle Workflow
10 5 (0.31%) Palantir Foundry
11 4 (0.24%) CMS
12 3 (0.18%) IIS
12 3 (0.18%) Kentico
13 2 (0.12%) Apache Superset
13 2 (0.12%) HCL Notes
13 2 (0.12%) nginx
13 2 (0.12%) PowerExchange
14 1 (0.061%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 310 (18.95%) Microsoft Excel
2 50 (3.06%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 44 (2.69%) Microsoft Office
4 42 (2.57%) Microsoft Project
5 24 (1.47%) Spreadsheet
6 18 (1.10%) MS Visio
7 11 (0.67%) Navisworks
7 11 (0.67%) Revit
8 8 (0.49%) AutoCAD
8 8 (0.49%) Chatbot
8 8 (0.49%) ProjectWise
9 2 (0.12%) Notion
9 2 (0.12%) Oracle Smart View
9 2 (0.12%) Productboard
10 1 (0.061%) CPLEX
Business Applications
1 37 (2.26%) Dynamics CRM
2 27 (1.65%) Remedy ITSM
3 20 (1.22%) SAP S/4HANA
4 15 (0.92%) Integrated Workplace Management System
5 12 (0.73%) Primavera
6 10 (0.61%) Aladdin
7 8 (0.49%) iTrent
8 6 (0.37%) Maximo
8 6 (0.37%) Workday HCM
9 4 (0.24%) SAP MDG
9 4 (0.24%) SAP MM
10 3 (0.18%) NetSuite
10 3 (0.18%) SAP ERP
11 2 (0.12%) Actimize
11 2 (0.12%) CA PPM
11 2 (0.12%) Dynamics NAV
11 2 (0.12%) NEC Housing
11 2 (0.12%) Sage 200
11 2 (0.12%) SAP EWM
11 2 (0.12%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 1,636 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 607 (37.10%) Azure
3 192 (11.74%) Power Automate
4 176 (10.76%) AWS
5 172 (10.51%) Azure DevOps
6 169 (10.33%) PowerApps
7 139 (8.50%) Snowflake
8 136 (8.31%) Azure Data Factory
9 110 (6.72%) Microsoft 365
10 103 (6.30%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 103 (6.30%) Microsoft Copilot
11 90 (5.50%) Dynamics 365
12 75 (4.58%) dbt
13 67 (4.10%) GCP
14 64 (3.91%) Serverless
15 62 (3.79%) GitHub
16 55 (3.36%) Amazon S3
17 53 (3.24%) Entra ID
18 50 (3.06%) Microsoft Purview
19 46 (2.81%) Copilot Studio
Communications & Networking
1 12 (0.73%) Firewall
2 11 (0.67%) SSL
3 9 (0.55%) DNS
4 7 (0.43%) Broadband
4 7 (0.43%) VPN
5 4 (0.24%) Network Security
6 2 (0.12%) Internet
6 2 (0.12%) NAS
6 2 (0.12%) Radio Access Network
6 2 (0.12%) SAN
6 2 (0.12%) VoIP
7 1 (0.061%) 5G
7 1 (0.061%) CTI
7 1 (0.061%) Intrusion Detection
7 1 (0.061%) LAN
7 1 (0.061%) OpenFlow
7 1 (0.061%) PBX
7 1 (0.061%) Reverse Proxy
7 1 (0.061%) SSH
7 1 (0.061%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 252 (15.40%) Data Warehouse
2 231 (14.12%) Tableau
3 143 (8.74%) Data Lake
4 130 (7.95%) Power Query
5 129 (7.89%) SQL Server
6 87 (5.32%) Metadata
7 63 (3.85%) Star Schema
8 56 (3.42%) Looker
9 55 (3.36%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 49 (3.00%) Relational Database
11 46 (2.81%) Azure SQL Database
12 41 (2.51%) Amazon Athena
13 35 (2.14%) BigQuery
13 35 (2.14%) Semantic Layer
13 35 (2.14%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 31 (1.89%) Amazon Redshift
15 25 (1.53%) NoSQL
16 22 (1.34%) Delta Lake
16 22 (1.34%) Snowflake Schema
17 21 (1.28%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 145 (8.86%) JIRA
2 65 (3.97%) Git
3 28 (1.71%) GitLab
4 10 (0.61%) Jenkins
5 5 (0.31%) JMeter
5 5 (0.31%) Oracle Forms
5 5 (0.31%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 5 (0.31%) Terragrunt
6 4 (0.24%) ERwin
6 4 (0.24%) JUnit
6 4 (0.24%) MLflow
6 4 (0.24%) Postman
6 4 (0.24%) Visual Studio
7 3 (0.18%) ER Studio
7 3 (0.18%) REST Assured
7 3 (0.18%) Selenium
8 2 (0.12%) Cucumber
8 2 (0.12%) Newman
8 2 (0.12%) Team Foundation Server
8 2 (0.12%) WebDriver
General
1 567 (34.66%) Social Skills
2 469 (28.67%) Finance
3 418 (25.55%) Analytical Skills
4 158 (9.66%) Public Sector
5 123 (7.52%) Banking
6 75 (4.58%) Retail
7 57 (3.48%) Manufacturing
8 56 (3.42%) Organisational Skills
9 50 (3.06%) Marketing
10 45 (2.75%) Influencing Skills
11 43 (2.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 43 (2.63%) Local Government
12 41 (2.51%) Documentation Skills
13 29 (1.77%) Legal
14 24 (1.47%) Financial Institution
15 21 (1.28%) Aerospace
15 21 (1.28%) Law
16 20 (1.22%) Presentation Skills
17 18 (1.10%) Publishing
18 17 (1.04%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 420 (25.67%) Analyst
2 259 (15.83%) Developer
3 196 (11.98%) Data Analyst
4 193 (11.80%) Data Engineer
5 183 (11.19%) Senior
6 152 (9.29%) Architect
7 123 (7.52%) Business Intelligence Developer
8 122 (7.46%) Lead
9 96 (5.87%) Power BI Developer
10 93 (5.68%) Business Analyst
11 78 (4.77%) Data Architect
12 74 (4.52%) Consultant
13 53 (3.24%) Project Manager
14 52 (3.18%) Power Platform Developer
15 51 (3.12%) Senior Data Engineer
16 48 (2.93%) Senior Analyst
17 40 (2.44%) Performance Analyst
18 36 (2.20%) Business Intelligence Analyst
19 33 (2.02%) Solutions Architect
20 30 (1.83%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 84 (5.13%) PySpark
2 67 (4.10%) Terraform
3 66 (4.03%) REST
4 61 (3.73%) .NET
5 23 (1.41%) React
6 22 (1.34%) JSON
6 22 (1.34%) Kafka
7 21 (1.28%) Microsoft Graph
8 16 (0.98%) HTML
8 16 (0.98%) Middleware
9 14 (0.86%) HTML5 Canvas
10 10 (0.61%) CSS
11 9 (0.55%) SOAP
11 9 (0.55%) YAML
12 8 (0.49%) .NET Core
12 8 (0.49%) ADO
12 8 (0.49%) EDI
13 7 (0.43%) jQuery
13 7 (0.43%) OAuth
13 7 (0.43%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 83 (5.07%) Management Information System
2 77 (4.71%) Data Structures
3 65 (3.97%) Product Ownership
4 60 (3.67%) Onboarding
5 55 (3.36%) Cloud Native
6 45 (2.75%) Legacy Systems
7 31 (1.89%) Clustering
8 29 (1.77%) AI Agents
8 29 (1.77%) Analytical Mindset
9 23 (1.41%) Low-Code
10 20 (1.22%) CMDB
10 20 (1.22%) Enterprise Software
11 18 (1.10%) FMCG
12 17 (1.04%) Data Protection Act
13 15 (0.92%) Data Centre
13 15 (0.92%) Reference Data
14 14 (0.86%) NHS
15 13 (0.79%) Life Science
15 13 (0.79%) Replication
15 13 (0.79%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 50 (3.06%) Windows
2 22 (1.34%) Windows Server
3 17 (1.04%) Linux
4 10 (0.61%) Unix
5 9 (0.55%) Apple iOS
6 6 (0.37%) Mac OS
7 5 (0.31%) 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 1,543 (94.32%) Business Intelligence
2 672 (41.08%) Analytics
3 516 (31.54%) Data Modelling
4 446 (27.26%) Stakeholder Management
5 410 (25.06%) Agile
6 391 (23.90%) Decision-Making
7 344 (21.03%) AI
8 329 (20.11%) Visualisation
9 306 (18.70%) Problem-Solving
10 293 (17.91%) ETL
11 287 (17.54%) DevOps
12 286 (17.48%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 266 (16.26%) Data Governance
14 265 (16.20%) CI/CD
15 252 (15.40%) Migration
16 249 (15.22%) Continuous Improvement
16 249 (15.22%) Validation
17 248 (15.16%) Data Engineering
18 231 (14.12%) Data Pipeline
19 220 (13.45%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 778 (47.56%) SQL
2 359 (21.94%) Python
3 184 (11.25%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 93 (5.68%) JavaScript
5 83 (5.07%) PowerShell
6 72 (4.40%) C#
7 61 (3.73%) T-SQL
8 41 (2.51%) R
9 35 (2.14%) Java
10 21 (1.28%) TypeScript
11 17 (1.04%) VBA
12 13 (0.79%) PL/SQL
13 10 (0.61%) Bash
14 9 (0.55%) Bicep
15 8 (0.49%) Shell Script
16 6 (0.37%) Kusto Query Language
17 5 (0.31%) Korn
17 5 (0.31%) Scala
18 4 (0.24%) Google Apps Script
18 4 (0.24%) X++
Qualifications
1 303 (18.52%) Security Cleared
2 233 (14.24%) SC Cleared
3 144 (8.80%) Degree
4 50 (3.06%) Microsoft Certification
5 44 (2.69%) Azure Certification
6 38 (2.32%) BPSS Clearance
7 26 (1.59%) DBS Check
8 24 (1.47%) Computer Science Degree
8 24 (1.47%) PMI Certification
9 21 (1.28%) AWS Certification
10 20 (1.22%) DV Cleared
11 17 (1.04%) PMP
12 12 (0.73%) CISSP
12 12 (0.73%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 11 (0.67%) ACCA
13 11 (0.67%) Master's Degree
14 10 (0.61%) CIMA
14 10 (0.61%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
15 9 (0.55%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
16 8 (0.49%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 418 (25.55%) Data Quality
2 77 (4.71%) QA
3 74 (4.52%) PMO
4 66 (4.03%) GDPR
5 33 (2.02%) Accessibility
6 16 (0.98%) Actionable Recommendations
7 15 (0.92%) ISO 19650
7 15 (0.92%) SLA
8 14 (0.86%) GRC
9 8 (0.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 8 (0.49%) NIST
10 6 (0.37%) COBIT
10 6 (0.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 5 (0.31%) GMP
11 5 (0.31%) Solvency II
12 3 (0.18%) Disclosure Scotland
12 3 (0.18%) ISO 20022
12 3 (0.18%) P3O
12 3 (0.18%) SOC 2
13 2 (0.12%) California Consumer Privacy Act
System Software
1 44 (2.69%) Active Directory
2 15 (0.92%) Docker
3 13 (0.79%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (0.67%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.18%) BitLocker
6 1 (0.061%) HDFS
6 1 (0.061%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 24 (1.47%) Kubernetes
2 19 (1.16%) Grafana
3 16 (0.98%) Microsoft Intune
4 15 (0.92%) SCOM
5 13 (0.79%) Ansible
6 9 (0.55%) Prometheus
7 8 (0.49%) Microsoft Clustering
8 6 (0.37%) Control-M
8 6 (0.37%) SCCM
9 4 (0.24%) Single Sign-On
10 2 (0.12%) Progress Chef
11 1 (0.061%) Apache Ranger
11 1 (0.061%) Kibana
11 1 (0.061%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
11 1 (0.061%) WSUS
Vendors
1 668 (40.83%) Microsoft
2 210 (12.84%) Databricks
3 94 (5.75%) SAP
4 92 (5.62%) ServiceNow
5 74 (4.52%) Oracle
6 54 (3.30%) Google
7 39 (2.38%) Salesforce
8 35 (2.14%) Informatica
9 30 (1.83%) Remedy
9 30 (1.83%) Splunk
10 27 (1.65%) Alteryx
11 18 (1.10%) BMC
11 18 (1.10%) Workday
12 16 (0.98%) Denodo
13 15 (0.92%) Dynatrace
14 14 (0.86%) Adobe
14 14 (0.86%) Autodesk
15 13 (0.79%) VMware
16 11 (0.67%) MicroStrategy
16 11 (0.67%) Teradata