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 1 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 61 56 65
Rank change year-on-year -5 +9 +16
Contract jobs citing Power BI 1,201 1,139 1,241
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.94% 3.72% 3.20%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 22.80% 20.59% 19.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 827 767 890
10th Percentile £313 £313 £300
25th Percentile £399 £400 £401
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -2.91%
75th Percentile £584 £600 £606
90th Percentile £671 £700 £688
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 23 37
10th Percentile - £21.50 £16.20
25th Percentile £18.25 £25.26 £21.00
Median hourly rate £28.33 £30.00 £32.32
Median % change year-on-year -5.58% -7.18% -7.66%
75th Percentile £44.94 £43.75 £50.00
90th Percentile £63.80 £64.73 £79.16
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £29.00 £30.50
% change year-on-year +3.45% -4.92% -12.86%

All Database and Business Intelligence 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 5,268 5,531 6,480
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 17.30% 18.08% 16.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,671 3,699 4,619
10th Percentile £328 £350 £356
25th Percentile £411 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - -
75th Percentile £625 £663 £650
90th Percentile £725 £788 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £530 £535
% change year-on-year -5.66% -0.93% -2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 67 78 131
10th Percentile £22.40 £18.35 £18.57
25th Percentile £31.11 £24.88 £22.87
Median hourly rate £55.00 £38.00 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +44.74% -17.71% -7.64%
75th Percentile £69.63 £60.55 £64.77
90th Percentile £85.40 £66.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £31.55 £46.18
% change year-on-year +74.35% -31.69% -5.76%

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 1 December 2025.

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 1 December 2025.

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 1 December 2025. 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 -4 655 £500 -3.85% 342
North of England -17 159 £418 -12.11% 135
South East -19 111 £475 - 302
Midlands -29 99 £475 -0.42% 142
Yorkshire -13 78 £400 -11.11% 39
North West -20 78 £421 -14.90% 79
South West +3 73 £440 -4.86% 73
West Midlands -26 72 £500 - 83
East of England +7 48 £580 +30.70% 81
East Midlands -6 27 £411 +8.22% 58
North East -9 3 £433 -3.89% 18
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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
1 131 (10.91%) SharePoint
2 36 (3.00%) Confluence
3 30 (2.50%) Apache Spark
4 25 (2.08%) Apache Airflow
5 16 (1.33%) Apache
6 10 (0.83%) HCL Notes
6 10 (0.83%) Microsoft Exchange
7 8 (0.67%) Apache Pig
7 8 (0.67%) Oracle Application Server
8 6 (0.50%) Jupyter
9 3 (0.25%) SAS
10 2 (0.17%) Moodle
11 1 (0.083%) ArcGIS
11 1 (0.083%) CMS
11 1 (0.083%) Kentico
11 1 (0.083%) Luigi
11 1 (0.083%) Mendix
11 1 (0.083%) SharePoint Server
11 1 (0.083%) Skype for Business
11 1 (0.083%) Smallworld
Applications
1 288 (23.98%) Microsoft Excel
2 51 (4.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 47 (3.91%) Microsoft Office
4 33 (2.75%) Microsoft Project
5 25 (2.08%) MS Visio
6 8 (0.67%) Spreadsheet
7 5 (0.42%) Trello
8 4 (0.33%) Adobe Illustrator
8 4 (0.33%) Chatbot
8 4 (0.33%) Photoshop
9 2 (0.17%) Maple
10 1 (0.083%) Adobe XD
10 1 (0.083%) Notion
10 1 (0.083%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 53 (4.41%) Dynamics CRM
2 27 (2.25%) SAP S/4HANA
3 10 (0.83%) Salesforce CRM
4 6 (0.50%) NetSuite
4 6 (0.50%) Oracle ERP
4 6 (0.50%) Oracle Financials
5 5 (0.42%) Primavera
6 4 (0.33%) Aladdin
6 4 (0.33%) Oracle Payables
6 4 (0.33%) SAP CO
6 4 (0.33%) SAP ERP
7 3 (0.25%) Cloudability
7 3 (0.25%) Elite 3E
7 3 (0.25%) Loan IQ
7 3 (0.25%) NEC Housing
7 3 (0.25%) SAP FI
7 3 (0.25%) SAP FI/CO
8 2 (0.17%) Actimize
8 2 (0.17%) Endur
8 2 (0.17%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 1,201 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 429 (35.72%) Azure
3 174 (14.49%) Power Automate
4 169 (14.07%) PowerApps
5 140 (11.66%) AWS
6 111 (9.24%) Dynamics 365
7 100 (8.33%) Azure DevOps
8 95 (7.91%) Azure Data Factory
9 91 (7.58%) Microsoft 365
10 84 (6.99%) Snowflake
11 83 (6.91%) GCP
12 75 (6.24%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 46 (3.83%) Microsoft Copilot
14 34 (2.83%) dbt
14 34 (2.83%) Serverless
15 31 (2.58%) Azure Logic Apps
15 31 (2.58%) SaaS
16 30 (2.50%) Entra ID
17 27 (2.25%) GitHub
18 26 (2.16%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.42%) HTTP
1 5 (0.42%) VoIP
2 3 (0.25%) Kerberos
2 3 (0.25%) LAN
2 3 (0.25%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (0.17%) 2G
3 2 (0.17%) 5G
3 2 (0.17%) DNS
3 2 (0.17%) Hyperconnected
3 2 (0.17%) LTE
3 2 (0.17%) Mobile Backhaul
3 2 (0.17%) Network Security
3 2 (0.17%) SD-WAN
3 2 (0.17%) Unified Communications
3 2 (0.17%) VPN
3 2 (0.17%) Wireless
4 1 (0.083%) NAS
4 1 (0.083%) SAN
4 1 (0.083%) Skype
4 1 (0.083%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 209 (17.40%) Tableau
2 139 (11.57%) Data Warehouse
3 90 (7.49%) Power Query
4 80 (6.66%) Data Lake
5 77 (6.41%) SQL Server
6 47 (3.91%) Metadata
7 44 (3.66%) Relational Database
8 42 (3.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 40 (3.33%) Azure SQL Database
10 38 (3.16%) BigQuery
11 37 (3.08%) Looker
12 33 (2.75%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 30 (2.50%) PostgreSQL
14 26 (2.16%) Big Data
14 26 (2.16%) Data Mining
15 21 (1.75%) Star Schema
16 20 (1.67%) Hadoop
17 18 (1.50%) NoSQL
17 18 (1.50%) Oracle Reports
17 18 (1.50%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 96 (7.99%) JIRA
2 45 (3.75%) Git
3 9 (0.75%) Visual Studio
4 8 (0.67%) DBeaver
5 7 (0.58%) SonarQube
6 6 (0.50%) Jenkins
7 5 (0.42%) GitLab
8 4 (0.33%) NeoLoad
9 2 (0.17%) Artifactory
9 2 (0.17%) ERwin
9 2 (0.17%) MLflow
9 2 (0.17%) Postman
9 2 (0.17%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 1 (0.083%) Browser DevTools
10 1 (0.083%) Eclipse
10 1 (0.083%) Maven
10 1 (0.083%) ScriptRunner
10 1 (0.083%) Selenium
10 1 (0.083%) Sonatype Nexus
10 1 (0.083%) Terragrunt
General
1 442 (36.80%) Social Skills
2 399 (33.22%) Finance
3 304 (25.31%) Analytical Skills
4 133 (11.07%) Public Sector
5 112 (9.33%) Banking
6 44 (3.66%) Marketing
7 42 (3.50%) Organisational Skills
8 40 (3.33%) Manufacturing
9 32 (2.66%) Documentation Skills
9 32 (2.66%) Retail
10 31 (2.58%) Presentation Skills
11 28 (2.33%) Investment Banking
11 28 (2.33%) Local Government
12 24 (2.00%) Legal
13 23 (1.92%) Front Office
14 20 (1.67%) Influencing Skills
15 19 (1.58%) Pharmaceutical
16 18 (1.50%) Telecoms
17 17 (1.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
18 14 (1.17%) Law
Job Titles
1 344 (28.64%) Analyst
2 190 (15.82%) Developer
3 157 (13.07%) Data Analyst
4 129 (10.74%) Data Engineer
5 114 (9.49%) Senior
6 100 (8.33%) Lead
7 90 (7.49%) Business Analyst
8 81 (6.74%) Architect
9 70 (5.83%) Business Intelligence Developer
10 63 (5.25%) Consultant
11 57 (4.75%) Power BI Developer
12 45 (3.75%) Senior Analyst
13 43 (3.58%) Data Architect
14 37 (3.08%) Data Scientist
15 36 (3.00%) Business Intelligence Analyst
15 36 (3.00%) Power Platform Developer
15 36 (3.00%) Project Manager
16 33 (2.75%) Power BI Analyst
17 28 (2.33%) Azure Engineer
18 24 (2.00%) Report Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (3.25%) PySpark
2 36 (3.00%) .NET
3 31 (2.58%) REST
4 22 (1.83%) HTML
4 22 (1.83%) JSON
5 19 (1.58%) scikit-learn
6 18 (1.50%) Pandas
7 16 (1.33%) HTML5 Canvas
8 15 (1.25%) Kafka
9 13 (1.08%) NumPy
10 10 (0.83%) Plotly
10 10 (0.83%) SailPoint
11 9 (0.75%) OAuth
11 9 (0.75%) PyTorch
11 9 (0.75%) TensorFlow
12 8 (0.67%) AngularJS
12 8 (0.67%) CSS
12 8 (0.67%) Oracle GoldenGate
12 8 (0.67%) React
13 7 (0.58%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 35 (2.91%) Analytical Mindset
2 31 (2.58%) Product Ownership
3 29 (2.41%) Data Structures
3 29 (2.41%) Legacy Systems
4 28 (2.33%) Onboarding
5 27 (2.25%) Low-Code
6 25 (2.08%) Algorithms
7 24 (2.00%) Data Protection Act
8 23 (1.92%) Management Information System
9 20 (1.67%) Data Centre
10 17 (1.42%) Cloud Native
11 16 (1.33%) Derivative
11 16 (1.33%) Virtual Team
12 13 (1.08%) Reinsurance
12 13 (1.08%) Self-Motivation
13 12 (1.00%) Life Science
13 12 (1.00%) NHS
14 11 (0.92%) FMCG
15 10 (0.83%) PMI
15 10 (0.83%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 15 (1.25%) Windows
2 5 (0.42%) Linux
3 4 (0.33%) Unix
3 4 (0.33%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.25%) Windows 10
5 2 (0.17%) Android
5 2 (0.17%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.17%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,076 (89.59%) Business Intelligence
2 409 (34.05%) Analytics
3 332 (27.64%) Visualisation
4 304 (25.31%) Data Modelling
5 275 (22.90%) Agile
6 245 (20.40%) Decision-Making
7 227 (18.90%) Problem-Solving
8 202 (16.82%) Stakeholder Management
9 197 (16.40%) Data Visualisation
10 191 (15.90%) Data Analysis
11 187 (15.57%) Data Governance
12 186 (15.49%) Actionable Insight
13 167 (13.91%) ETL
14 151 (12.57%) DevOps
15 146 (12.16%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 127 (10.57%) Data Pipeline
17 121 (10.07%) Dashboard Development
18 119 (9.91%) Migration
19 115 (9.58%) AI
20 114 (9.49%) Data Engineering
Programming Languages
1 535 (44.55%) SQL
2 308 (25.65%) Python
3 93 (7.74%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 50 (4.16%) C#
4 50 (4.16%) JavaScript
4 50 (4.16%) R
5 38 (3.16%) PowerShell
6 29 (2.41%) Java
7 27 (2.25%) VBA
8 23 (1.92%) Scala
9 19 (1.58%) T-SQL
10 15 (1.25%) TypeScript
11 9 (0.75%) PL/SQL
12 7 (0.58%) Bicep
12 7 (0.58%) Korn
13 6 (0.50%) C++
13 6 (0.50%) X++
14 5 (0.42%) Formula Language
14 5 (0.42%) LotusScript
15 4 (0.33%) VB
Qualifications
1 160 (13.32%) Security Cleared
2 130 (10.82%) SC Cleared
3 110 (9.16%) Degree
4 22 (1.83%) Azure Certification
4 22 (1.83%) Computer Science Degree
5 21 (1.75%) Master's Degree
6 17 (1.42%) ACCA
6 17 (1.42%) Microsoft Certification
7 16 (1.33%) CIMA
7 16 (1.33%) PMI Certification
8 11 (0.92%) BPSS Clearance
8 11 (0.92%) PMP
9 9 (0.75%) CISSP
10 8 (0.67%) AWS Certification
10 8 (0.67%) CFA
10 8 (0.67%) CISA
11 7 (0.58%) CISM
11 7 (0.58%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
12 6 (0.50%) DV Cleared
13 5 (0.42%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 190 (15.82%) Data Quality
2 63 (5.25%) GDPR
3 60 (5.00%) QA
4 57 (4.75%) PMO
5 48 (4.00%) Accessibility
6 18 (1.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 13 (1.08%) NIST
8 12 (1.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 10 (0.83%) GRC
10 8 (0.67%) Actionable Recommendations
10 8 (0.67%) HIPAA
11 7 (0.58%) COBIT
11 7 (0.58%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 7 (0.58%) NIST 800
12 6 (0.50%) GxP
12 6 (0.50%) IFRS
12 6 (0.50%) SLA
13 4 (0.33%) WCAG
14 3 (0.25%) MiFID
14 3 (0.25%) P3O
System Software
1 25 (2.08%) Active Directory
2 16 (1.33%) Docker
3 2 (0.17%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.083%) HDFS
4 1 (0.083%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 31 (2.58%) Terraform
2 20 (1.67%) Kubernetes
3 11 (0.92%) RSA Archer
4 9 (0.75%) Microsoft Intune
5 6 (0.50%) SCCM
5 6 (0.50%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.17%) Ansible
6 2 (0.17%) Kibana
7 1 (0.083%) Jamf Pro
7 1 (0.083%) Opsgenie
7 1 (0.083%) Puppet
7 1 (0.083%) SCOM
7 1 (0.083%) SysTrack
7 1 (0.083%) Thomson Reuters DACS
7 1 (0.083%) WSUS
Vendors
1 398 (33.14%) Microsoft
2 124 (10.32%) Databricks
3 90 (7.49%) Oracle
4 79 (6.58%) SAP
5 57 (4.75%) Google
6 39 (3.25%) Salesforce
6 39 (3.25%) ServiceNow
7 22 (1.83%) Alteryx
8 17 (1.42%) Informatica
9 12 (1.00%) Foundry
9 12 (1.00%) Splunk
10 11 (0.92%) Adobe
11 10 (0.83%) Lotus
11 10 (0.83%) Planview
12 9 (0.75%) Rapid7
13 8 (0.67%) IFS
13 8 (0.67%) OpenAI
14 7 (0.58%) Dataiku
14 7 (0.58%) MuleSoft
14 7 (0.58%) Virgin Media