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 25 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 62 63 65
Rank change year-on-year +1 +2 +4
Contract jobs citing Power BI 1,684 1,069 1,096
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.69% 3.88% 3.30%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 24.27% 21.52% 17.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,096 700 788
10th Percentile £325 £305 £300
25th Percentile £413 £385 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £490
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -3.06% -2.00%
75th Percentile £588 £575 £588
90th Percentile £668 £676 £675
UK median daily rate £494 £475 £490
% change year-on-year +3.89% -3.06% -2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 74 24 14
10th Percentile £17.82 £18.01 £20.23
25th Percentile £22.68 £22.56 £25.25
Median hourly rate £29.96 £31.64 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.31% +5.47% -10.60%
75th Percentile £38.25 £35.25 £34.73
90th Percentile £67.60 £53.75 £71.63
UK median hourly rate £29.96 £32.05 £30.00
% change year-on-year -6.52% +6.83% -10.60%

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 6,938 4,967 6,121
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 15.19% 18.03% 18.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,636 3,420 4,323
10th Percentile £358 £338 £350
25th Percentile £423 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £513 £545
Median % change year-on-year -2.34% -5.96% -0.91%
75th Percentile £615 £638 £675
90th Percentile £705 £750 £825
UK median daily rate £500 £505 £525
% change year-on-year -0.99% -3.81% -3.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 225 82 91
10th Percentile £14.85 £20.87 £14.25
25th Percentile £23.21 £25.34 £20.00
Median hourly rate £38.25 £34.99 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +9.32% -0.03% -36.36%
75th Percentile £61.50 £63.31 £55.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £78.58 £69.75
UK median hourly rate £38.25 £35.50 £33.22
% change year-on-year +7.75% +6.88% -39.61%

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 25 August 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 25 August 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 25 August 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 +7 877 £500 - 548
North of England -8 228 £450 +1.12% 181
South East -1 208 £475 +4.11% 149
Midlands +4 203 £475 +7.95% 138
West Midlands -5 142 £475 +2.70% 85
North West -1 123 £475 - 108
South West -12 90 £438 +11.11% 93
Yorkshire -15 89 £431 +7.81% 53
East Midlands +16 59 £465 +11.04% 53
East of England -18 38 £565 -2.59% 56
North East -26 20 £383 -15.00% 21
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
1 168 (9.98%) SharePoint
2 68 (4.04%) Confluence
3 34 (2.02%) Apache Airflow
4 31 (1.84%) Apache Spark
5 23 (1.37%) Apache
5 23 (1.37%) SAS
6 14 (0.83%) Microsoft Exchange
7 12 (0.71%) ArcGIS
8 6 (0.36%) Apache Superset
8 6 (0.36%) Mendix
8 6 (0.36%) Oracle Workflow
9 5 (0.30%) Apache Solr
9 5 (0.30%) Palantir Foundry
10 4 (0.24%) CMS
11 3 (0.18%) HCL Notes
11 3 (0.18%) IIS
11 3 (0.18%) Kentico
12 2 (0.12%) PowerExchange
13 1 (0.059%) OpenROAD
13 1 (0.059%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 319 (18.94%) Microsoft Excel
2 58 (3.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 52 (3.09%) Microsoft Project
4 46 (2.73%) Microsoft Office
5 25 (1.48%) MS Visio
6 22 (1.31%) Spreadsheet
7 9 (0.53%) Navisworks
7 9 (0.53%) Revit
8 6 (0.36%) Chatbot
9 5 (0.30%) AutoCAD
9 5 (0.30%) ProjectWise
10 2 (0.12%) Notion
10 2 (0.12%) Oracle Smart View
11 1 (0.059%) CPLEX
Business Applications
1 39 (2.32%) Dynamics CRM
2 28 (1.66%) Remedy ITSM
3 24 (1.43%) SAP S/4HANA
4 16 (0.95%) iTrent
5 12 (0.71%) Primavera
6 9 (0.53%) Aladdin
7 6 (0.36%) Integrated Workplace Management System
7 6 (0.36%) SAP EWM
8 5 (0.30%) BambooHR
8 5 (0.30%) Maximo
9 4 (0.24%) SAP MDG
9 4 (0.24%) SAP MM
10 3 (0.18%) Oracle Financials
10 3 (0.18%) SAP ERP
10 3 (0.18%) Workday HCM
11 2 (0.12%) CA PPM
11 2 (0.12%) NEC Housing
11 2 (0.12%) Oracle Payables
11 2 (0.12%) Sage 200
11 2 (0.12%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 1,684 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 641 (38.06%) Azure
3 211 (12.53%) AWS
4 194 (11.52%) Power Automate
5 170 (10.10%) Azure DevOps
6 167 (9.92%) PowerApps
7 140 (8.31%) Snowflake
8 137 (8.14%) Azure Data Factory
9 123 (7.30%) Dynamics 365
10 119 (7.07%) Microsoft 365
11 112 (6.65%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 95 (5.64%) Microsoft Copilot
13 79 (4.69%) Serverless
14 71 (4.22%) dbt
15 69 (4.10%) GCP
16 66 (3.92%) GitHub
17 55 (3.27%) Amazon S3
18 51 (3.03%) Entra ID
19 48 (2.85%) AWS Lambda
20 47 (2.79%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 15 (0.89%) Firewall
2 13 (0.77%) VPN
3 10 (0.59%) DNS
4 7 (0.42%) SSL
5 5 (0.30%) Broadband
6 4 (0.24%) Network Security
7 3 (0.18%) Internet
8 2 (0.12%) 3GPP
8 2 (0.12%) 4G
8 2 (0.12%) Ethernet
8 2 (0.12%) Intranet
8 2 (0.12%) LTE
8 2 (0.12%) Microwave Backhaul
8 2 (0.12%) MPLS
8 2 (0.12%) NAS
8 2 (0.12%) Radio Access Network
8 2 (0.12%) SAN
8 2 (0.12%) SMTP
8 2 (0.12%) VoLTE
8 2 (0.12%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 274 (16.27%) Data Warehouse
2 250 (14.85%) Tableau
3 144 (8.55%) Data Lake
4 129 (7.66%) SQL Server
5 123 (7.30%) Power Query
6 84 (4.99%) Metadata
7 67 (3.98%) Star Schema
8 58 (3.44%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 50 (2.97%) Looker
9 50 (2.97%) Relational Database
10 47 (2.79%) Azure SQL Database
11 42 (2.49%) Amazon Athena
11 42 (2.49%) Amazon Redshift
12 36 (2.14%) BigQuery
13 35 (2.08%) Semantic Layer
14 33 (1.96%) Snowflake Schema
14 33 (1.96%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 32 (1.90%) NoSQL
16 24 (1.43%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
17 22 (1.31%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 146 (8.67%) JIRA
2 63 (3.74%) Git
3 28 (1.66%) GitLab
4 9 (0.53%) Jenkins
5 8 (0.48%) MLflow
6 7 (0.42%) ERwin
7 6 (0.36%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 5 (0.30%) Oracle Forms
9 4 (0.24%) ER Studio
9 4 (0.24%) JUnit
9 4 (0.24%) Terragrunt
9 4 (0.24%) Visual Studio
10 3 (0.18%) JMeter
10 3 (0.18%) PowerDesigner
10 3 (0.18%) Selenium
11 2 (0.12%) Charles Proxy
11 2 (0.12%) Team Foundation Server
11 2 (0.12%) WebDriver
12 1 (0.059%) REST Assured
12 1 (0.059%) TestRail
General
1 542 (32.19%) Social Skills
2 498 (29.57%) Finance
3 411 (24.41%) Analytical Skills
4 154 (9.14%) Public Sector
5 121 (7.19%) Banking
6 77 (4.57%) Retail
7 60 (3.56%) Organisational Skills
8 56 (3.33%) Law
9 55 (3.27%) Documentation Skills
10 51 (3.03%) Manufacturing
11 48 (2.85%) Marketing
12 45 (2.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 34 (2.02%) Local Government
14 33 (1.96%) Influencing Skills
15 25 (1.48%) Presentation Skills
16 24 (1.43%) Financial Institution
17 19 (1.13%) Investment Banking
17 19 (1.13%) Legal
18 15 (0.89%) Front Office
18 15 (0.89%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 433 (25.71%) Analyst
2 244 (14.49%) Developer
3 221 (13.12%) Data Engineer
4 212 (12.59%) Data Analyst
5 196 (11.64%) Architect
5 196 (11.64%) Senior
6 162 (9.62%) Lead
7 115 (6.83%) Business Intelligence Developer
8 95 (5.64%) Business Analyst
9 91 (5.40%) Power BI Developer
10 85 (5.05%) Data Architect
11 72 (4.28%) Consultant
12 54 (3.21%) Senior Data Engineer
13 51 (3.03%) Project Manager
14 49 (2.91%) Power Platform Developer
15 45 (2.67%) Senior Analyst
16 41 (2.43%) Lead Architect
17 40 (2.38%) Business Intelligence Analyst
17 40 (2.38%) Solutions Architect
18 36 (2.14%) Azure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 93 (5.52%) PySpark
2 69 (4.10%) Terraform
3 65 (3.86%) .NET
3 65 (3.86%) REST
4 32 (1.90%) Kafka
5 22 (1.31%) JSON
5 22 (1.31%) React
6 21 (1.25%) Microsoft Graph
7 20 (1.19%) HTML
8 19 (1.13%) Middleware
9 17 (1.01%) HTML5 Canvas
10 14 (0.83%) CSS
11 12 (0.71%) Pandas
12 11 (0.65%) ADO
13 8 (0.48%) .NET Core
13 8 (0.48%) EDI
14 7 (0.42%) Great Expectations
14 7 (0.42%) JDO
14 7 (0.42%) RESTful
14 7 (0.42%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 74 (4.39%) Data Structures
2 70 (4.16%) Cloud Native
3 63 (3.74%) Management Information System
4 58 (3.44%) Product Ownership
5 55 (3.27%) Onboarding
6 46 (2.73%) Legacy Systems
7 31 (1.84%) Analytical Mindset
8 29 (1.72%) Clustering
9 24 (1.43%) Low-Code
10 23 (1.37%) CMDB
11 20 (1.19%) AI Agents
12 19 (1.13%) Data Protection Act
12 19 (1.13%) FMCG
13 17 (1.01%) Enterprise Software
14 15 (0.89%) Data Centre
15 14 (0.83%) Reference Data
16 13 (0.77%) NHS
16 13 (0.77%) PKI
17 11 (0.65%) Distributed Systems
17 11 (0.65%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 50 (2.97%) Windows
2 23 (1.37%) Windows Server
3 13 (0.77%) Linux
4 10 (0.59%) Apple iOS
5 9 (0.53%) Unix
6 7 (0.42%) 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 1,569 (93.17%) Business Intelligence
2 670 (39.79%) Analytics
3 529 (31.41%) Data Modelling
4 414 (24.58%) Agile
5 359 (21.32%) Stakeholder Management
6 358 (21.26%) Decision-Making
7 346 (20.55%) ETL
8 326 (19.36%) Visualisation
9 322 (19.12%) AI
10 320 (19.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 305 (18.11%) Problem-Solving
12 300 (17.81%) Migration
13 293 (17.40%) DevOps
14 281 (16.69%) CI/CD
15 270 (16.03%) Data Governance
16 268 (15.91%) Data Pipeline
17 257 (15.26%) Continuous Improvement
18 255 (15.14%) Data Engineering
19 243 (14.43%) Validation
20 209 (12.41%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 784 (46.56%) SQL
2 391 (23.22%) Python
3 197 (11.70%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 91 (5.40%) JavaScript
5 86 (5.11%) PowerShell
6 72 (4.28%) C#
7 59 (3.50%) T-SQL
8 44 (2.61%) R
9 43 (2.55%) Java
10 24 (1.43%) VBA
11 20 (1.19%) TypeScript
12 13 (0.77%) PL/SQL
13 10 (0.59%) Bicep
14 9 (0.53%) Scala
15 7 (0.42%) Shell Script
16 6 (0.36%) Bash
16 6 (0.36%) Korn
16 6 (0.36%) Kotlin
17 5 (0.30%) X++
18 4 (0.24%) C
Qualifications
1 314 (18.65%) Security Cleared
2 237 (14.07%) SC Cleared
3 160 (9.50%) Degree
4 45 (2.67%) Microsoft Certification
5 39 (2.32%) Azure Certification
6 35 (2.08%) BPSS Clearance
7 31 (1.84%) Computer Science Degree
8 27 (1.60%) DBS Check
9 23 (1.37%) DV Cleared
10 22 (1.31%) AWS Certification
11 17 (1.01%) PMI Certification
12 15 (0.89%) Master's Degree
12 15 (0.89%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 11 (0.65%) PMP
14 10 (0.59%) ACCA
15 9 (0.53%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
16 8 (0.48%) CIMA
17 7 (0.42%) CISSP
18 6 (0.36%) TOGAF Certification
19 5 (0.30%) SnowPro
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 397 (23.57%) Data Quality
2 94 (5.58%) GDPR
3 78 (4.63%) QA
4 76 (4.51%) PMO
5 35 (2.08%) Accessibility
6 14 (0.83%) GRC
7 12 (0.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 12 (0.71%) SLA
8 10 (0.59%) ISO 19650
9 8 (0.48%) Actionable Recommendations
10 7 (0.42%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 7 (0.42%) Solvency II
11 4 (0.24%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 3 (0.18%) NCSC
12 3 (0.18%) P3O
13 2 (0.12%) Basel III
13 2 (0.12%) COBIT
13 2 (0.12%) ISO 20022
13 2 (0.12%) NIST
13 2 (0.12%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 51 (3.03%) Active Directory
2 15 (0.89%) Docker
3 13 (0.77%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (0.59%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.18%) BitLocker
6 1 (0.059%) RACF
6 1 (0.059%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 22 (1.31%) Kubernetes
2 18 (1.07%) Grafana
3 15 (0.89%) Microsoft Intune
4 11 (0.65%) SCOM
5 9 (0.53%) Ansible
6 8 (0.48%) Microsoft Clustering
7 7 (0.42%) Prometheus
7 7 (0.42%) SCCM
8 5 (0.30%) Control-M
9 3 (0.18%) Apache Ranger
9 3 (0.18%) Single Sign-On
10 2 (0.12%) Nessus
11 1 (0.059%) Jamf Pro
11 1 (0.059%) Kibana
11 1 (0.059%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
11 1 (0.059%) SysTrack
11 1 (0.059%) WSUS
Vendors
1 657 (39.01%) Microsoft
2 219 (13.00%) Databricks
3 113 (6.71%) SAP
4 104 (6.18%) ServiceNow
5 82 (4.87%) Oracle
6 47 (2.79%) Google
7 43 (2.55%) Informatica
8 34 (2.02%) Salesforce
9 31 (1.84%) Remedy
10 27 (1.60%) Alteryx
10 27 (1.60%) Splunk
11 23 (1.37%) Workday
12 20 (1.19%) BMC
13 15 (0.89%) Dynatrace
14 14 (0.83%) Adobe
15 13 (0.77%) Denodo
15 13 (0.77%) IFS
15 13 (0.77%) VMware
16 10 (0.59%) Foundry
16 10 (0.59%) Teradata