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

6 months to
17 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 61 63 62
Rank change year-on-year +2 -1 +4
Contract jobs citing Power BI 1,688 1,071 1,083
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.69% 3.85% 3.27%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 24.11% 21.36% 17.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,102 699 787
10th Percentile £326 £300 £300
25th Percentile £413 £383 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £588 £575 £588
90th Percentile £656 £675 £675
UK median daily rate £489 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +2.89% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 77 25 13
10th Percentile £17.88 £18.08 £20.15
25th Percentile £22.50 £23.00 £27.50
Median hourly rate £30.00 £31.64 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.18% +5.47% -7.18%
75th Percentile £45.75 £34.68 £35.00
90th Percentile £76.33 £51.25 £74.00
UK median hourly rate £29.96 £31.64 £30.30
% change year-on-year -5.31% +4.44% -6.27%

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 7,001 5,014 6,098
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 15.32% 18.04% 18.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,694 3,461 4,355
10th Percentile £358 £340 £350
25th Percentile £420 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £515 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% -6.36% -
75th Percentile £613 £638 £675
90th Percentile £700 £750 £825
UK median daily rate £500 £505 £525
% change year-on-year -0.99% -3.81% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 229 80 91
10th Percentile £14.85 £20.84 £14.25
25th Percentile £23.75 £24.88 £20.00
Median hourly rate £38.25 £34.82 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +9.87% -0.53% -36.36%
75th Percentile £63.75 £63.75 £56.25
90th Percentile £76.00 £78.71 £71.50
UK median hourly rate £38.50 £35.00 £34.47
% change year-on-year +10.00% +1.55% -37.34%

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 17 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 17 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 17 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 +6 867 £500 - 630
North of England -11 224 £450 +1.12% 210
South East -9 213 £475 +2.70% 249
Midlands +9 210 £469 +4.22% 168
West Midlands -8 148 £469 +2.79% 106
North West +2 122 £495 +4.21% 119
South West -8 97 £450 +12.50% 94
Yorkshire -20 86 £440 +10.00% 63
East Midlands +15 60 £465 +8.77% 62
East of England -20 35 £558 -3.88% 62
North East -29 20 £383 -15.00% 31
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
1 162 (9.60%) SharePoint
2 69 (4.09%) Confluence
3 34 (2.01%) Apache Airflow
4 33 (1.95%) Apache Spark
5 24 (1.42%) Apache
6 23 (1.36%) SAS
7 13 (0.77%) Microsoft Exchange
8 11 (0.65%) ArcGIS
9 7 (0.41%) Apache Superset
10 6 (0.36%) Mendix
11 5 (0.30%) Apache Solr
11 5 (0.30%) Oracle Workflow
11 5 (0.30%) Palantir Foundry
12 4 (0.24%) CMS
12 4 (0.24%) IIS
13 3 (0.18%) HCL Notes
13 3 (0.18%) Kentico
14 2 (0.12%) PowerExchange
15 1 (0.059%) Oracle SOA Suite
15 1 (0.059%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 315 (18.66%) Microsoft Excel
2 55 (3.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 53 (3.14%) Microsoft Project
4 46 (2.73%) Microsoft Office
5 26 (1.54%) MS Visio
6 21 (1.24%) 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%) Acrobat
11 1 (0.059%) Adobe Illustrator
11 1 (0.059%) CPLEX
11 1 (0.059%) InDesign
11 1 (0.059%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 40 (2.37%) Dynamics CRM
2 30 (1.78%) Remedy ITSM
3 23 (1.36%) SAP S/4HANA
4 16 (0.95%) iTrent
5 13 (0.77%) 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
9 4 (0.24%) Maximo
9 4 (0.24%) Sage X3
9 4 (0.24%) SAP MDG
9 4 (0.24%) SAP MM
10 3 (0.18%) Oracle Financials
10 3 (0.18%) Salesforce CRM
10 3 (0.18%) SAP ERP
10 3 (0.18%) Workday HCM
11 2 (0.12%) CA PPM
11 2 (0.12%) Oracle Payables
11 2 (0.12%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 1,688 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 638 (37.80%) Azure
3 207 (12.26%) AWS
4 194 (11.49%) Power Automate
5 167 (9.89%) PowerApps
6 162 (9.60%) Azure DevOps
7 139 (8.23%) Snowflake
8 138 (8.18%) Azure Data Factory
9 122 (7.23%) Dynamics 365
10 117 (6.93%) Microsoft 365
11 114 (6.75%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 92 (5.45%) Microsoft Copilot
13 77 (4.56%) Serverless
14 72 (4.27%) dbt
15 71 (4.21%) GCP
16 66 (3.91%) GitHub
17 55 (3.26%) Amazon S3
18 49 (2.90%) Entra ID
19 47 (2.78%) AWS Lambda
19 47 (2.78%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 17 (1.01%) Firewall
2 13 (0.77%) VPN
3 10 (0.59%) DNS
4 7 (0.41%) SSL
5 5 (0.30%) Broadband
5 5 (0.30%) Network Security
6 3 (0.18%) Ethernet
6 3 (0.18%) Internet
7 2 (0.12%) 3GPP
7 2 (0.12%) 4G
7 2 (0.12%) 5G
7 2 (0.12%) Intranet
7 2 (0.12%) LTE
7 2 (0.12%) Microwave Backhaul
7 2 (0.12%) MPLS
7 2 (0.12%) NAS
7 2 (0.12%) Radio Access Network
7 2 (0.12%) SAN
7 2 (0.12%) SMTP
7 2 (0.12%) VoLTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 280 (16.59%) Data Warehouse
2 246 (14.57%) Tableau
3 148 (8.77%) Data Lake
4 132 (7.82%) SQL Server
5 126 (7.46%) Power Query
6 78 (4.62%) Metadata
7 68 (4.03%) Star Schema
8 64 (3.79%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 55 (3.26%) Looker
10 50 (2.96%) Relational Database
11 46 (2.73%) Azure SQL Database
12 43 (2.55%) Amazon Redshift
13 41 (2.43%) Amazon Athena
14 36 (2.13%) BigQuery
15 35 (2.07%) Semantic Layer
16 33 (1.95%) NoSQL
17 32 (1.90%) Snowflake Schema
18 31 (1.84%) SQL Server Reporting Services
19 25 (1.48%) BusinessObjects
20 23 (1.36%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 144 (8.53%) JIRA
2 61 (3.61%) Git
3 29 (1.72%) GitLab
4 13 (0.77%) Jenkins
5 7 (0.41%) ERwin
6 6 (0.36%) MLflow
6 6 (0.36%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 4 (0.24%) Bitbucket
7 4 (0.24%) ER Studio
7 4 (0.24%) JUnit
7 4 (0.24%) Oracle Forms
7 4 (0.24%) Terragrunt
7 4 (0.24%) Visual Studio
8 3 (0.18%) PowerDesigner
9 2 (0.12%) Charles Proxy
9 2 (0.12%) JMeter
9 2 (0.12%) Selenium
9 2 (0.12%) Team Foundation Server
9 2 (0.12%) WebDriver
10 1 (0.059%) Moq
General
1 537 (31.81%) Social Skills
2 496 (29.38%) Finance
3 411 (24.35%) Analytical Skills
4 150 (8.89%) Public Sector
5 113 (6.69%) Banking
6 70 (4.15%) Retail
7 56 (3.32%) Law
8 55 (3.26%) Documentation Skills
9 54 (3.20%) Organisational Skills
10 53 (3.14%) Manufacturing
11 46 (2.73%) Marketing
12 45 (2.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 30 (1.78%) Influencing Skills
14 28 (1.66%) Local Government
15 24 (1.42%) Presentation Skills
16 23 (1.36%) Financial Institution
17 20 (1.18%) Investment Banking
18 19 (1.13%) Telecoms
19 18 (1.07%) Legal
20 15 (0.89%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 428 (25.36%) Analyst
2 251 (14.87%) Developer
3 225 (13.33%) Data Engineer
4 210 (12.44%) Data Analyst
5 203 (12.03%) Senior
6 190 (11.26%) Architect
7 164 (9.72%) Lead
8 124 (7.35%) Business Intelligence Developer
9 97 (5.75%) Power BI Developer
10 93 (5.51%) Business Analyst
11 80 (4.74%) Data Architect
12 76 (4.50%) Consultant
13 54 (3.20%) Senior Data Engineer
14 53 (3.14%) Project Manager
15 51 (3.02%) Power Platform Developer
16 46 (2.73%) Senior Analyst
17 40 (2.37%) Business Intelligence Analyst
17 40 (2.37%) Lead Architect
18 38 (2.25%) Senior Developer
18 38 (2.25%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 87 (5.15%) PySpark
2 64 (3.79%) .NET
2 64 (3.79%) REST
3 32 (1.90%) Kafka
4 23 (1.36%) React
5 22 (1.30%) JSON
6 20 (1.18%) HTML
6 20 (1.18%) Microsoft Graph
6 20 (1.18%) Middleware
7 17 (1.01%) HTML5 Canvas
8 14 (0.83%) CSS
8 14 (0.83%) Pandas
9 11 (0.65%) ADO
10 8 (0.47%) .NET Core
10 8 (0.47%) EDI
10 8 (0.47%) Great Expectations
11 7 (0.41%) JDO
11 7 (0.41%) jQuery
11 7 (0.41%) OAuth
11 7 (0.41%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 74 (4.38%) Data Structures
2 72 (4.27%) Cloud Native
3 61 (3.61%) Management Information System
4 57 (3.38%) Product Ownership
5 51 (3.02%) Legacy Systems
6 49 (2.90%) Onboarding
7 34 (2.01%) Analytical Mindset
8 28 (1.66%) Clustering
9 24 (1.42%) CMDB
10 22 (1.30%) Low-Code
11 20 (1.18%) Data Protection Act
12 18 (1.07%) AI Agents
12 18 (1.07%) Enterprise Software
12 18 (1.07%) FMCG
13 15 (0.89%) Data Centre
14 14 (0.83%) PKI
14 14 (0.83%) Reference Data
15 12 (0.71%) IoT
16 11 (0.65%) Distributed Systems
16 11 (0.65%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 52 (3.08%) Windows
2 25 (1.48%) Windows Server
3 13 (0.77%) Linux
4 10 (0.59%) Apple iOS
4 10 (0.59%) Unix
5 7 (0.41%) 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 1,573 (93.19%) Business Intelligence
2 688 (40.76%) Analytics
3 542 (32.11%) Data Modelling
4 420 (24.88%) Agile
5 363 (21.50%) Decision-Making
6 354 (20.97%) ETL
7 338 (20.02%) Stakeholder Management
8 334 (19.79%) Visualisation
9 321 (19.02%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 320 (18.96%) AI
11 306 (18.13%) Problem-Solving
12 303 (17.95%) Migration
13 292 (17.30%) DevOps
14 282 (16.71%) CI/CD
15 279 (16.53%) Data Pipeline
16 272 (16.11%) Data Governance
17 262 (15.52%) Data Engineering
18 256 (15.17%) Continuous Improvement
19 246 (14.57%) Validation
20 203 (12.03%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 793 (46.98%) SQL
2 400 (23.70%) Python
3 200 (11.85%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 91 (5.39%) JavaScript
5 87 (5.15%) PowerShell
6 73 (4.32%) C#
7 60 (3.55%) T-SQL
8 45 (2.67%) Java
9 43 (2.55%) R
10 28 (1.66%) VBA
11 19 (1.13%) TypeScript
12 18 (1.07%) PL/SQL
13 10 (0.59%) Bicep
14 9 (0.53%) Scala
15 6 (0.36%) Bash
15 6 (0.36%) Korn
15 6 (0.36%) Kotlin
15 6 (0.36%) Shell Script
16 5 (0.30%) X++
17 4 (0.24%) C
Qualifications
1 319 (18.90%) Security Cleared
2 241 (14.28%) SC Cleared
3 165 (9.77%) Degree
4 44 (2.61%) Microsoft Certification
5 37 (2.19%) Azure Certification
5 37 (2.19%) BPSS Clearance
6 33 (1.95%) Computer Science Degree
7 27 (1.60%) DBS Check
8 24 (1.42%) DV Cleared
9 20 (1.18%) AWS Certification
10 17 (1.01%) Master's Degree
11 16 (0.95%) PMI Certification
12 15 (0.89%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 11 (0.65%) PMP
14 9 (0.53%) ACCA
15 7 (0.41%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
15 7 (0.41%) CIMA
15 7 (0.41%) CISSP
16 6 (0.36%) TOGAF Certification
17 5 (0.30%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 389 (23.05%) Data Quality
2 99 (5.86%) GDPR
3 79 (4.68%) QA
4 75 (4.44%) PMO
5 35 (2.07%) 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 (0.47%) Actionable Recommendations
10 7 (0.41%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 7 (0.41%) Solvency II
11 4 (0.24%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 3 (0.18%) NCSC
12 3 (0.18%) P3O
12 3 (0.18%) PCI DSS
13 2 (0.12%) Basel III
13 2 (0.12%) COBIT
13 2 (0.12%) ISO 20022
13 2 (0.12%) NIST
System Software
1 53 (3.14%) Active Directory
2 15 (0.89%) Docker
3 14 (0.83%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (0.59%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.18%) BitLocker
5 3 (0.18%) HDFS
6 1 (0.059%) RACF
6 1 (0.059%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 66 (3.91%) Terraform
2 22 (1.30%) Kubernetes
3 21 (1.24%) Grafana
4 13 (0.77%) Microsoft Intune
5 12 (0.71%) Ansible
6 11 (0.65%) SCOM
7 8 (0.47%) Microsoft Clustering
8 7 (0.41%) Prometheus
8 7 (0.41%) SCCM
9 5 (0.30%) Control-M
10 4 (0.24%) Single Sign-On
11 3 (0.18%) Apache Ranger
12 2 (0.12%) Nessus
13 1 (0.059%) Jamf Pro
13 1 (0.059%) Kibana
13 1 (0.059%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
13 1 (0.059%) SysTrack
13 1 (0.059%) WSUS
Vendors
1 652 (38.63%) Microsoft
2 223 (13.21%) Databricks
3 112 (6.64%) SAP
4 104 (6.16%) ServiceNow
5 82 (4.86%) Oracle
6 48 (2.84%) Google
7 44 (2.61%) Informatica
8 33 (1.95%) Remedy
8 33 (1.95%) Salesforce
9 27 (1.60%) Alteryx
10 26 (1.54%) Splunk
11 23 (1.36%) Workday
12 21 (1.24%) BMC
13 17 (1.01%) Adobe
14 16 (0.95%) Denodo
15 14 (0.83%) Dynatrace
15 14 (0.83%) IFS
15 14 (0.83%) VMware
16 10 (0.59%) Foundry
16 10 (0.59%) Talend