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

6 months to
30 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 66 59 60
Rank change year-on-year -7 +1 +7
Contract jobs citing Power BI 1,656 1,103 1,128
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.56% 3.98% 3.51%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 24.07% 21.73% 19.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,064 745 758
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 £600
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 £54.20 £50.63 £40.00
90th Percentile £72.13 £60.20 £66.13
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £32.50 £30.00
% change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -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 6,881 5,077 5,839
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 14.78% 18.30% 18.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,585 3,482 3,977
10th Percentile £350 £335 £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 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 244 74 81
10th Percentile £15.95 £21.02 £17.50
25th Percentile £22.96 £29.00 £22.00
Median hourly rate £40.25 £42.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.16% +19.99% -33.33%
75th Percentile £57.81 £65.00 £61.60
90th Percentile £74.68 £79.63 £71.50
UK median hourly rate £40.18 £38.96 £35.00
% change year-on-year +3.13% +11.31% -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 30 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 30 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 30 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 -3 864 £500 - 981
North of England -13 238 £440 +3.53% 356
South East +4 208 £488 +11.43% 356
Midlands +7 186 £475 -0.52% 269
West Midlands -4 131 £475 -5.00% 190
North West -4 127 £500 +13.31% 206
Yorkshire -26 90 £425 +6.25% 120
South West -25 86 £425 - 146
East Midlands +12 54 £475 +11.76% 79
East of England -22 39 £576 +0.17% 141
North East -20 25 £350 -26.32% 31
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
1 169 (10.21%) SharePoint
2 73 (4.41%) Confluence
3 31 (1.87%) 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 (0.72%) 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 (19.32%) Microsoft Excel
2 55 (3.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 49 (2.96%) Microsoft Office
4 45 (2.72%) Microsoft Project
5 23 (1.39%) Spreadsheet
6 20 (1.21%) MS Visio
7 12 (0.72%) Navisworks
7 12 (0.72%) 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
9 2 (0.12%) Productboard
10 1 (0.060%) CPLEX
Business Applications
1 39 (2.36%) Dynamics CRM
2 28 (1.69%) Remedy ITSM
3 21 (1.27%) SAP S/4HANA
4 12 (0.72%) iTrent
4 12 (0.72%) Primavera
5 10 (0.60%) Aladdin
6 9 (0.54%) Integrated Workplace Management System
7 6 (0.36%) Maximo
7 6 (0.36%) Workday HCM
8 4 (0.24%) SAP MDG
8 4 (0.24%) SAP MM
9 3 (0.18%) NetSuite
9 3 (0.18%) SAP ERP
9 3 (0.18%) SAP EWM
10 2 (0.12%) CA PPM
10 2 (0.12%) Dynamics NAV
10 2 (0.12%) NEC Housing
10 2 (0.12%) Sage 200
10 2 (0.12%) SAP QM
10 2 (0.12%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 1,656 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 616 (37.20%) Azure
3 199 (12.02%) Power Automate
4 187 (11.29%) AWS
5 172 (10.39%) Azure DevOps
6 169 (10.21%) PowerApps
7 138 (8.33%) Snowflake
8 135 (8.15%) Azure Data Factory
9 116 (7.00%) Microsoft 365
10 103 (6.22%) Microsoft Copilot
11 102 (6.16%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 94 (5.68%) Dynamics 365
13 77 (4.65%) dbt
14 68 (4.11%) GCP
15 66 (3.99%) Serverless
16 60 (3.62%) GitHub
17 54 (3.26%) Amazon S3
18 52 (3.14%) Entra ID
19 48 (2.90%) Microsoft Purview
20 46 (2.78%) Copilot Studio
Communications & Networking
1 11 (0.66%) Firewall
1 11 (0.66%) SSL
2 8 (0.48%) DNS
2 8 (0.48%) VPN
3 7 (0.42%) Broadband
4 3 (0.18%) Network Security
5 2 (0.12%) Internet
5 2 (0.12%) NAS
5 2 (0.12%) Radio Access Network
5 2 (0.12%) SAN
5 2 (0.12%) VoIP
6 1 (0.060%) 4G
6 1 (0.060%) CTI
6 1 (0.060%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (0.060%) LAN
6 1 (0.060%) OpenFlow
6 1 (0.060%) PBX
6 1 (0.060%) SSH
6 1 (0.060%) Unified Communications
6 1 (0.060%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 260 (15.70%) Data Warehouse
2 241 (14.55%) Tableau
3 142 (8.57%) Data Lake
4 134 (8.09%) Power Query
5 126 (7.61%) SQL Server
6 83 (5.01%) Metadata
7 64 (3.86%) Star Schema
8 58 (3.50%) Looker
9 55 (3.32%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 49 (2.96%) Relational Database
11 46 (2.78%) Amazon Athena
12 42 (2.54%) Azure SQL Database
13 37 (2.23%) BigQuery
14 36 (2.17%) Semantic Layer
15 34 (2.05%) Amazon Redshift
15 34 (2.05%) SQL Server Reporting Services
16 26 (1.57%) NoSQL
16 26 (1.57%) Snowflake Schema
17 22 (1.33%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
18 21 (1.27%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 148 (8.94%) JIRA
2 64 (3.86%) 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
1 573 (34.60%) Social Skills
2 473 (28.56%) Finance
3 421 (25.42%) Analytical Skills
4 161 (9.72%) Public Sector
5 120 (7.25%) Banking
6 78 (4.71%) Retail
7 62 (3.74%) Organisational Skills
8 55 (3.32%) Manufacturing
9 50 (3.02%) Marketing
10 45 (2.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 44 (2.66%) Documentation Skills
11 44 (2.66%) Local Government
12 43 (2.60%) Influencing Skills
13 30 (1.81%) Legal
14 23 (1.39%) Financial Institution
15 22 (1.33%) Law
16 21 (1.27%) Presentation Skills
17 19 (1.15%) Aerospace
18 18 (1.09%) Publishing
19 16 (0.97%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 431 (26.03%) Analyst
2 255 (15.40%) Developer
3 203 (12.26%) Data Analyst
4 202 (12.20%) Data Engineer
5 185 (11.17%) Senior
6 156 (9.42%) Architect
7 119 (7.19%) Business Intelligence Developer
7 119 (7.19%) Lead
8 96 (5.80%) Power BI Developer
9 95 (5.74%) Business Analyst
10 78 (4.71%) Consultant
11 76 (4.59%) Data Architect
12 54 (3.26%) Project Manager
12 54 (3.26%) Senior Data Engineer
13 50 (3.02%) Power Platform Developer
14 47 (2.84%) Senior Analyst
15 42 (2.54%) Performance Analyst
16 36 (2.17%) Business Intelligence Analyst
17 34 (2.05%) Solutions Architect
18 31 (1.87%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 85 (5.13%) PySpark
2 67 (4.05%) REST
3 63 (3.80%) Terraform
4 62 (3.74%) .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 (0.72%) CSS
13 10 (0.60%) SOAP
14 9 (0.54%) ADO
15 8 (0.48%) .NET Core
15 8 (0.48%) EDI
15 8 (0.48%) Pandas
16 7 (0.42%) jQuery
16 7 (0.42%) RESTful
16 7 (0.42%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 79 (4.77%) Management Information System
2 76 (4.59%) Data Structures
3 65 (3.93%) Product Ownership
4 62 (3.74%) Onboarding
5 55 (3.32%) Cloud Native
6 42 (2.54%) 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 20 (1.21%) Enterprise Software
12 19 (1.15%) CMDB
13 18 (1.09%) FMCG
14 16 (0.97%) NHS
15 15 (0.91%) Data Centre
15 15 (0.91%) Data Protection Act
16 13 (0.79%) Reference Data
16 13 (0.79%) Self-Motivation
17 12 (0.72%) Life Science
17 12 (0.72%) 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 1,560 (94.20%) Business Intelligence
2 683 (41.24%) Analytics
3 510 (30.80%) Data Modelling
4 441 (26.63%) Stakeholder Management
5 418 (25.24%) Agile
6 382 (23.07%) Decision-Making
7 341 (20.59%) AI
8 330 (19.93%) Visualisation
9 309 (18.66%) Problem-Solving
10 300 (18.12%) ETL
11 288 (17.39%) DevOps
12 285 (17.21%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 264 (15.94%) CI/CD
14 261 (15.76%) Data Governance
15 259 (15.64%) Migration
16 246 (14.86%) Data Engineering
17 244 (14.73%) Validation
18 243 (14.67%) Continuous Improvement
19 235 (14.19%) Data Pipeline
20 222 (13.41%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 789 (47.64%) SQL
2 365 (22.04%) Python
3 186 (11.23%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 95 (5.74%) JavaScript
5 84 (5.07%) PowerShell
6 71 (4.29%) C#
7 64 (3.86%) T-SQL
8 42 (2.54%) R
9 36 (2.17%) Java
10 21 (1.27%) TypeScript
11 17 (1.03%) 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
1 312 (18.84%) Security Cleared
2 242 (14.61%) SC Cleared
3 152 (9.18%) 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 24 (1.45%) PMI Certification
10 23 (1.39%) AWS Certification
11 22 (1.33%) DV Cleared
12 17 (1.03%) PMP
13 15 (0.91%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
14 13 (0.79%) CISSP
15 11 (0.66%) Master's Degree
16 10 (0.60%) ACCA
16 10 (0.60%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
17 9 (0.54%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
17 9 (0.54%) CIMA
18 8 (0.48%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 410 (24.76%) Data Quality
2 79 (4.77%) QA
3 75 (4.53%) PMO
4 70 (4.23%) GDPR
5 32 (1.93%) Accessibility
6 16 (0.97%) Actionable Recommendations
6 16 (0.97%) ISO 19650
7 15 (0.91%) GRC
8 14 (0.85%) SLA
9 9 (0.54%) 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 (0.66%) 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 (0.72%) 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
1 665 (40.16%) Microsoft
2 211 (12.74%) Databricks
3 103 (6.22%) SAP
4 97 (5.86%) ServiceNow
5 78 (4.71%) Oracle
6 53 (3.20%) Google
7 43 (2.60%) Salesforce
8 34 (2.05%) Informatica
8 34 (2.05%) Splunk
9 31 (1.87%) Remedy
10 27 (1.63%) Alteryx
11 23 (1.39%) Workday
12 19 (1.15%) BMC
13 17 (1.03%) Adobe
14 16 (0.97%) Denodo
15 15 (0.91%) Autodesk
16 14 (0.85%) Dynatrace
17 13 (0.79%) VMware
18 11 (0.66%) MicroStrategy
18 11 (0.66%) Teradata