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 27 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 67 61 62
Rank change year-on-year -6 +1 +6
Contract jobs citing Power BI 1,654 1,107 1,141
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.57% 3.96% 3.49%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 24.07% 21.72% 19.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,062 747 772
10th Percentile £319 £313 £300
25th Percentile £400 £399 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.63% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £600 £575 £596
90th Percentile £675 £675 £688
UK median daily rate £488 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +2.63% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 83 15 20
10th Percentile £17.97 £18.35 £19.98
25th Percentile £22.86 £22.88 £25.07
Median hourly rate £30.00 £32.05 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.40% +6.83% -25.93%
75th Percentile £53.87 £50.63 £40.00
90th Percentile £72.13 £60.20 £66.13
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £33.25 £30.00
% change year-on-year -9.77% +10.83% -25.93%

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 6,872 5,097 5,925
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 14.82% 18.25% 18.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,591 3,504 4,056
10th Percentile £351 £338 £350
25th Percentile £419 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £513 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.49% -6.82% -
75th Percentile £625 £638 £675
90th Percentile £713 £750 £825
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £530
% change year-on-year - -5.66% -1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 241 73 82
10th Percentile £15.93 £21.02 £17.50
25th Percentile £22.82 £29.00 £21.44
Median hourly rate £38.50 £43.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -11.49% +24.29% -36.07%
75th Percentile £57.50 £65.00 £61.60
90th Percentile £74.68 £79.75 £71.50
UK median hourly rate £40.18 £40.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +0.45% +14.29% -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 27 September 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 27 September 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 27 September 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 +1 862 £500 - 1,029
North of England -14 238 £440 +3.53% 390
South East 0 209 £475 +8.57% 432
Midlands +6 186 £475 - 282
West Midlands -5 130 £475 -5.00% 184
North West -6 128 £500 +14.29% 213
Yorkshire -25 90 £425 +6.25% 139
South West -20 84 £425 - 144
East Midlands +11 55 £470 +10.59% 98
East of England -16 39 £576 +0.17% 155
North East -19 24 £356 -25.00% 39
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
1 170 (10.28%) SharePoint
2 71 (4.29%) Confluence
3 30 (1.81%) Apache Airflow
4 26 (1.57%) SAS
5 23 (1.39%) Apache Spark
6 20 (1.21%) Apache
7 13 (0.79%) Microsoft Exchange
8 12 (0.73%) ArcGIS
9 6 (0.36%) Mendix
9 6 (0.36%) Oracle Workflow
10 5 (0.30%) Apache Solr
10 5 (0.30%) Palantir Foundry
11 4 (0.24%) Apache Superset
11 4 (0.24%) CMS
12 3 (0.18%) IIS
12 3 (0.18%) Kentico
13 2 (0.12%) HCL Notes
13 2 (0.12%) PowerExchange
14 1 (0.060%) nginx
14 1 (0.060%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 320 (19.35%) Microsoft Excel
2 57 (3.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 50 (3.02%) Microsoft Office
4 45 (2.72%) Microsoft Project
5 22 (1.33%) Spreadsheet
6 20 (1.21%) MS Visio
7 12 (0.73%) Navisworks
7 12 (0.73%) Revit
8 8 (0.48%) AutoCAD
8 8 (0.48%) Chatbot
8 8 (0.48%) ProjectWise
9 2 (0.12%) Notion
9 2 (0.12%) Oracle Smart View
10 1 (0.060%) CPLEX
Business Applications
1 39 (2.36%) Dynamics CRM
2 28 (1.69%) Remedy ITSM
3 20 (1.21%) SAP S/4HANA
4 14 (0.85%) iTrent
5 12 (0.73%) Primavera
6 10 (0.60%) Aladdin
7 9 (0.54%) Integrated Workplace Management System
8 6 (0.36%) Maximo
8 6 (0.36%) 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
10 3 (0.18%) SAP EWM
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 QM
11 2 (0.12%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 1,654 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 611 (36.94%) Azure
3 197 (11.91%) Power Automate
4 191 (11.55%) AWS
5 171 (10.34%) Azure DevOps
6 167 (10.10%) PowerApps
7 136 (8.22%) Snowflake
8 133 (8.04%) Azure Data Factory
9 116 (7.01%) Microsoft 365
10 102 (6.17%) Microsoft Copilot
11 100 (6.05%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 99 (5.99%) Dynamics 365
13 75 (4.53%) dbt
14 69 (4.17%) GCP
14 69 (4.17%) Serverless
15 61 (3.69%) GitHub
16 55 (3.33%) Amazon S3
17 52 (3.14%) Entra ID
18 47 (2.84%) Microsoft Purview
19 45 (2.72%) Copilot Studio
Communications & Networking
1 11 (0.67%) Firewall
1 11 (0.67%) SSL
2 8 (0.48%) DNS
2 8 (0.48%) VPN
3 7 (0.42%) Broadband
4 2 (0.12%) Internet
4 2 (0.12%) NAS
4 2 (0.12%) Network Security
4 2 (0.12%) Radio Access Network
4 2 (0.12%) SAN
5 1 (0.060%) 4G
5 1 (0.060%) 5G
5 1 (0.060%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (0.060%) LAN
5 1 (0.060%) Mobile Backhaul
5 1 (0.060%) OpenFlow
5 1 (0.060%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.060%) SSH
5 1 (0.060%) VoIP
5 1 (0.060%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 258 (15.60%) Data Warehouse
2 236 (14.27%) Tableau
3 141 (8.52%) Data Lake
4 132 (7.98%) Power Query
5 125 (7.56%) SQL Server
6 83 (5.02%) Metadata
7 65 (3.93%) Star Schema
8 58 (3.51%) Looker
9 55 (3.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 49 (2.96%) Amazon Athena
10 49 (2.96%) Relational Database
11 42 (2.54%) Azure SQL Database
12 37 (2.24%) BigQuery
13 36 (2.18%) Semantic Layer
14 35 (2.12%) Amazon Redshift
15 34 (2.06%) SQL Server Reporting Services
16 26 (1.57%) NoSQL
17 24 (1.45%) Snowflake Schema
18 22 (1.33%) Delta Lake
18 22 (1.33%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 148 (8.95%) JIRA
2 63 (3.81%) Git
3 28 (1.69%) GitLab
4 10 (0.60%) Jenkins
5 5 (0.30%) ERwin
5 5 (0.30%) MLflow
5 5 (0.30%) Oracle Forms
5 5 (0.30%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 5 (0.30%) Terragrunt
6 4 (0.24%) ER Studio
6 4 (0.24%) JMeter
6 4 (0.24%) JUnit
6 4 (0.24%) Visual Studio
7 3 (0.18%) Postman
7 3 (0.18%) Selenium
8 2 (0.12%) PowerDesigner
8 2 (0.12%) REST Assured
8 2 (0.12%) Team Foundation Server
8 2 (0.12%) WebDriver
9 1 (0.060%) Moq
General
1 574 (34.70%) Social Skills
2 473 (28.60%) Finance
3 424 (25.63%) Analytical Skills
4 160 (9.67%) Public Sector
5 118 (7.13%) Banking
6 78 (4.72%) Retail
7 63 (3.81%) Organisational Skills
8 55 (3.33%) Manufacturing
9 50 (3.02%) Marketing
10 47 (2.84%) Documentation Skills
11 45 (2.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 45 (2.72%) Influencing Skills
12 44 (2.66%) Local Government
13 28 (1.69%) Legal
14 27 (1.63%) Law
15 24 (1.45%) Financial Institution
16 21 (1.27%) Presentation Skills
17 19 (1.15%) Aerospace
18 18 (1.09%) Publishing
19 16 (0.97%) Military
Job Titles
1 425 (25.70%) Analyst
2 251 (15.18%) Developer
3 204 (12.33%) Data Analyst
4 202 (12.21%) Data Engineer
5 186 (11.25%) Senior
6 163 (9.85%) Architect
7 124 (7.50%) Lead
8 118 (7.13%) Business Intelligence Developer
9 96 (5.80%) Power BI Developer
10 91 (5.50%) Business Analyst
11 77 (4.66%) Consultant
12 76 (4.59%) Data Architect
13 55 (3.33%) Senior Data Engineer
14 54 (3.26%) Project Manager
15 47 (2.84%) Power Platform Developer
16 46 (2.78%) Senior Analyst
17 41 (2.48%) Performance Analyst
18 36 (2.18%) Business Intelligence Analyst
19 35 (2.12%) Solutions Architect
20 31 (1.87%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 85 (5.14%) PySpark
2 66 (3.99%) REST
3 65 (3.93%) Terraform
4 63 (3.81%) .NET
5 23 (1.39%) React
6 22 (1.33%) Kafka
7 21 (1.27%) JSON
8 19 (1.15%) Microsoft Graph
9 18 (1.09%) HTML
10 16 (0.97%) Middleware
11 15 (0.91%) HTML5 Canvas
12 12 (0.73%) CSS
13 10 (0.60%) SOAP
14 8 (0.48%) .NET Core
14 8 (0.48%) EDI
14 8 (0.48%) Pandas
15 7 (0.42%) ADO
15 7 (0.42%) jQuery
15 7 (0.42%) RESTful
15 7 (0.42%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 79 (4.78%) Management Information System
2 78 (4.72%) Data Structures
3 63 (3.81%) Product Ownership
4 62 (3.75%) Onboarding
5 57 (3.45%) Cloud Native
6 41 (2.48%) Legacy Systems
7 31 (1.87%) Clustering
8 30 (1.81%) Analytical Mindset
9 26 (1.57%) AI Agents
10 22 (1.33%) Low-Code
11 21 (1.27%) CMDB
12 20 (1.21%) Enterprise Software
13 18 (1.09%) FMCG
14 16 (0.97%) NHS
15 15 (0.91%) Data Protection Act
16 14 (0.85%) Data Centre
17 13 (0.79%) Reference Data
17 13 (0.79%) Self-Motivation
18 12 (0.73%) Life Science
18 12 (0.73%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 50 (3.02%) Windows
2 23 (1.39%) Windows Server
3 16 (0.97%) Linux
4 10 (0.60%) Apple iOS
4 10 (0.60%) Unix
5 7 (0.42%) Mac OS
6 5 (0.30%) Android
7 2 (0.12%) Ubuntu
7 2 (0.12%) VMS
7 2 (0.12%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.12%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,557 (94.14%) Business Intelligence
2 674 (40.75%) Analytics
3 511 (30.89%) Data Modelling
4 435 (26.30%) Stakeholder Management
5 416 (25.15%) Agile
6 377 (22.79%) Decision-Making
7 337 (20.37%) AI
8 326 (19.71%) Visualisation
9 312 (18.86%) Problem-Solving
10 299 (18.08%) ETL
11 288 (17.41%) DevOps
12 286 (17.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 265 (16.02%) CI/CD
14 262 (15.84%) Data Governance
15 261 (15.78%) Migration
16 250 (15.11%) Continuous Improvement
17 244 (14.75%) Validation
18 242 (14.63%) Data Engineering
19 233 (14.09%) Data Pipeline
20 221 (13.36%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 786 (47.52%) SQL
2 366 (22.13%) Python
3 185 (11.19%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 95 (5.74%) JavaScript
5 84 (5.08%) PowerShell
6 71 (4.29%) C#
7 64 (3.87%) T-SQL
8 40 (2.42%) R
9 36 (2.18%) Java
10 23 (1.39%) TypeScript
11 18 (1.09%) VBA
12 13 (0.79%) PL/SQL
13 9 (0.54%) Bash
14 8 (0.48%) Shell Script
15 7 (0.42%) Scala
16 6 (0.36%) Bicep
17 5 (0.30%) Korn
17 5 (0.30%) Kusto Query Language
18 4 (0.24%) Google Apps Script
18 4 (0.24%) X++
Qualifications
1 307 (18.56%) Security Cleared
2 238 (14.39%) SC Cleared
3 153 (9.25%) Degree
4 50 (3.02%) Microsoft Certification
5 44 (2.66%) Azure Certification
6 39 (2.36%) BPSS Clearance
7 26 (1.57%) DBS Check
8 25 (1.51%) Computer Science Degree
9 23 (1.39%) AWS Certification
9 23 (1.39%) PMI Certification
10 22 (1.33%) DV Cleared
11 17 (1.03%) PMP
12 15 (0.91%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 13 (0.79%) CISSP
14 11 (0.67%) Master's Degree
15 10 (0.60%) ACCA
15 10 (0.60%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
16 9 (0.54%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
16 9 (0.54%) CIMA
17 8 (0.48%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 413 (24.97%) Data Quality
2 78 (4.72%) QA
3 73 (4.41%) PMO
4 71 (4.29%) GDPR
5 33 (2.00%) Accessibility
6 16 (0.97%) GRC
7 15 (0.91%) ISO 19650
8 14 (0.85%) Actionable Recommendations
8 14 (0.85%) SLA
9 11 (0.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 7 (0.42%) NIST
11 6 (0.36%) COBIT
11 6 (0.36%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 5 (0.30%) GMP
12 5 (0.30%) Solvency II
13 3 (0.18%) Disclosure Scotland
13 3 (0.18%) ISO 20022
13 3 (0.18%) P3O
13 3 (0.18%) SOC 2
14 2 (0.12%) SEPA
System Software
1 45 (2.72%) Active Directory
2 15 (0.91%) Docker
3 13 (0.79%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (0.67%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.18%) BitLocker
6 1 (0.060%) HDFS
6 1 (0.060%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 23 (1.39%) Kubernetes
2 18 (1.09%) Grafana
3 16 (0.97%) Microsoft Intune
4 15 (0.91%) SCOM
5 12 (0.73%) Ansible
6 8 (0.48%) Microsoft Clustering
6 8 (0.48%) Prometheus
7 6 (0.36%) Control-M
7 6 (0.36%) SCCM
8 4 (0.24%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.060%) Apache Ranger
9 1 (0.060%) Kibana
9 1 (0.060%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.060%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 1 (0.060%) WSUS
Vendors
1 666 (40.27%) Microsoft
2 214 (12.94%) Databricks
3 105 (6.35%) SAP
4 98 (5.93%) ServiceNow
5 79 (4.78%) Oracle
6 52 (3.14%) Google
7 42 (2.54%) Salesforce
8 34 (2.06%) Informatica
9 33 (2.00%) Splunk
10 31 (1.87%) Remedy
11 28 (1.69%) Alteryx
12 23 (1.39%) Workday
13 19 (1.15%) BMC
14 16 (0.97%) Adobe
14 16 (0.97%) Denodo
15 14 (0.85%) Autodesk
15 14 (0.85%) Dynatrace
16 13 (0.79%) VMware
17 11 (0.67%) MicroStrategy
17 11 (0.67%) Teradata