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

6 months to
26 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 67 62 61
Rank change year-on-year -5 -1 +6
Contract jobs citing Power BI 1,669 1,095 1,136
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.59% 3.92% 3.47%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 24.10% 21.47% 19.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,071 738 770
10th Percentile £313 £313 £300
25th Percentile £400 £394 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.63% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £600 £575 £594
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 84 15 20
10th Percentile £17.97 £18.35 £19.98
25th Percentile £23.03 £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 £53.81 £50.63 £40.00
90th Percentile £71.86 £60.20 £66.13
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £34.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year -11.76% +13.33% -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 6,924 5,101 5,933
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 14.87% 18.26% 18.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,623 3,514 4,071
10th Percentile £352 £339 £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 244 74 83
10th Percentile £15.95 £21.02 £17.50
25th Percentile £22.96 £29.06 £21.63
Median hourly rate £39.00 £43.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -10.34% +24.29% -36.07%
75th Percentile £57.81 £65.00 £61.60
90th Percentile £74.68 £80.00 £71.50
UK median hourly rate £40.18 £42.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -4.32% +19.99% -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 26 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 26 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 26 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 0 871 £500 - 1,133
North of England -9 240 £440 +3.53% 403
South East -3 211 £475 +5.56% 439
Midlands +6 186 £475 - 275
West Midlands -3 130 £475 -5.00% 184
North West +3 129 £505 +17.10% 226
Yorkshire -22 91 £425 +6.25% 140
South West -25 84 £425 - 153
East Midlands +12 55 £470 +10.59% 91
East of England -29 40 £576 +0.17% 158
North East -21 24 £356 -25.00% 38
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 (10.19%) SharePoint
2 72 (4.31%) Confluence
3 30 (1.80%) Apache Airflow
4 27 (1.62%) SAS
5 24 (1.44%) Apache Spark
6 20 (1.20%) Apache
7 13 (0.78%) 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
1 323 (19.35%) Microsoft Excel
2 57 (3.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 50 (3.00%) Microsoft Office
4 46 (2.76%) Microsoft Project
5 23 (1.38%) Spreadsheet
6 20 (1.20%) 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
10 1 (0.060%) CPLEX
Business Applications
1 39 (2.34%) Dynamics CRM
2 28 (1.68%) Remedy ITSM
3 21 (1.26%) SAP S/4HANA
4 14 (0.84%) iTrent
5 12 (0.72%) Primavera
6 9 (0.54%) 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 EWM
8 4 (0.24%) SAP MDG
8 4 (0.24%) SAP MM
9 3 (0.18%) NetSuite
9 3 (0.18%) SAP ERP
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 1,669 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 616 (36.91%) Azure
3 198 (11.86%) Power Automate
4 193 (11.56%) AWS
5 173 (10.37%) Azure DevOps
6 168 (10.07%) PowerApps
7 137 (8.21%) Snowflake
8 135 (8.09%) Azure Data Factory
9 116 (6.95%) Microsoft 365
10 103 (6.17%) Microsoft Copilot
11 102 (6.11%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 102 (6.11%) Dynamics 365
12 75 (4.49%) dbt
13 71 (4.25%) Serverless
14 69 (4.13%) GCP
15 62 (3.71%) GitHub
16 55 (3.30%) Amazon S3
17 52 (3.12%) Entra ID
18 48 (2.88%) Microsoft Purview
19 46 (2.76%) 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 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
1 260 (15.58%) Data Warehouse
2 236 (14.14%) Tableau
3 143 (8.57%) Data Lake
4 133 (7.97%) Power Query
5 125 (7.49%) SQL Server
6 83 (4.97%) Metadata
7 66 (3.95%) Star Schema
8 58 (3.48%) Looker
9 55 (3.30%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 49 (2.94%) Amazon Athena
10 49 (2.94%) Relational Database
11 43 (2.58%) Azure SQL Database
12 37 (2.22%) BigQuery
12 37 (2.22%) Semantic Layer
13 35 (2.10%) Amazon Redshift
14 33 (1.98%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 26 (1.56%) NoSQL
16 25 (1.50%) Snowflake Schema
17 23 (1.38%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
18 22 (1.32%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 152 (9.11%) JIRA
2 65 (3.89%) Git
3 28 (1.68%) 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
1 579 (34.69%) Social Skills
2 476 (28.52%) Finance
3 428 (25.64%) Analytical Skills
4 160 (9.59%) Public Sector
5 120 (7.19%) Banking
6 78 (4.67%) Retail
7 63 (3.77%) Organisational Skills
8 55 (3.30%) Manufacturing
9 50 (3.00%) Marketing
10 49 (2.94%) Documentation Skills
11 45 (2.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 45 (2.70%) Influencing Skills
11 45 (2.70%) Local Government
12 29 (1.74%) Law
13 27 (1.62%) Legal
14 24 (1.44%) Financial Institution
15 21 (1.26%) Presentation Skills
16 20 (1.20%) Aerospace
17 18 (1.08%) Publishing
18 17 (1.02%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 429 (25.70%) Analyst
2 254 (15.22%) Developer
3 206 (12.34%) Data Engineer
4 204 (12.22%) Data Analyst
5 187 (11.20%) Senior
6 165 (9.89%) Architect
7 126 (7.55%) Lead
8 119 (7.13%) Business Intelligence Developer
9 97 (5.81%) Power BI Developer
10 93 (5.57%) Business Analyst
11 76 (4.55%) Consultant
11 76 (4.55%) Data Architect
12 55 (3.30%) Senior Data Engineer
13 54 (3.24%) Project Manager
14 47 (2.82%) Power Platform Developer
15 46 (2.76%) Senior Analyst
16 41 (2.46%) Performance Analyst
17 36 (2.16%) Business Intelligence Analyst
18 35 (2.10%) Solutions Architect
19 32 (1.92%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 88 (5.27%) PySpark
2 66 (3.95%) REST
2 66 (3.95%) Terraform
3 65 (3.89%) .NET
4 23 (1.38%) Kafka
4 23 (1.38%) React
5 21 (1.26%) JSON
6 19 (1.14%) Microsoft Graph
7 18 (1.08%) HTML
8 17 (1.02%) Middleware
9 15 (0.90%) HTML5 Canvas
10 12 (0.72%) CSS
11 10 (0.60%) SOAP
12 9 (0.54%) ADO
12 9 (0.54%) Pandas
13 8 (0.48%) .NET Core
13 8 (0.48%) EDI
13 8 (0.48%) Web Services
14 7 (0.42%) jQuery
14 7 (0.42%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 80 (4.79%) Data Structures
2 79 (4.73%) Management Information System
3 63 (3.77%) Product Ownership
4 62 (3.71%) Onboarding
5 57 (3.42%) Cloud Native
6 41 (2.46%) Legacy Systems
7 32 (1.92%) Analytical Mindset
8 31 (1.86%) Clustering
9 26 (1.56%) AI Agents
10 23 (1.38%) CMDB
11 22 (1.32%) Low-Code
12 20 (1.20%) Enterprise Software
13 18 (1.08%) FMCG
14 16 (0.96%) Data Protection Act
14 16 (0.96%) NHS
15 14 (0.84%) Data Centre
16 13 (0.78%) Life Science
16 13 (0.78%) Reference Data
16 13 (0.78%) Self-Motivation
17 12 (0.72%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 50 (3.00%) Windows
2 23 (1.38%) Windows Server
3 16 (0.96%) 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 1,571 (94.13%) Business Intelligence
2 681 (40.80%) Analytics
3 515 (30.86%) Data Modelling
4 435 (26.06%) Stakeholder Management
5 418 (25.04%) Agile
6 380 (22.77%) Decision-Making
7 340 (20.37%) AI
8 329 (19.71%) Visualisation
9 315 (18.87%) Problem-Solving
10 304 (18.21%) ETL
11 290 (17.38%) DevOps
11 290 (17.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 270 (16.18%) CI/CD
13 266 (15.94%) Data Governance
14 263 (15.76%) Migration
15 253 (15.16%) Continuous Improvement
16 245 (14.68%) Data Engineering
16 245 (14.68%) Validation
17 239 (14.32%) Data Pipeline
18 224 (13.42%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 795 (47.63%) SQL
2 372 (22.29%) Python
3 187 (11.20%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 96 (5.75%) JavaScript
5 84 (5.03%) PowerShell
6 72 (4.31%) C#
7 65 (3.89%) T-SQL
8 41 (2.46%) R
9 37 (2.22%) Java
10 23 (1.38%) TypeScript
11 19 (1.14%) VBA
12 13 (0.78%) PL/SQL
13 9 (0.54%) Bash
14 8 (0.48%) Shell Script
15 7 (0.42%) Bicep
15 7 (0.42%) Scala
16 5 (0.30%) Korn
16 5 (0.30%) Kusto Query Language
16 5 (0.30%) X++
17 4 (0.24%) Google Apps Script
Qualifications
1 308 (18.45%) Security Cleared
2 239 (14.32%) SC Cleared
3 154 (9.23%) Degree
4 52 (3.12%) Microsoft Certification
5 44 (2.64%) Azure Certification
6 39 (2.34%) BPSS Clearance
7 26 (1.56%) DBS Check
8 25 (1.50%) Computer Science Degree
9 23 (1.38%) AWS Certification
9 23 (1.38%) PMI Certification
10 22 (1.32%) DV Cleared
11 17 (1.02%) PMP
12 15 (0.90%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 13 (0.78%) CISSP
14 11 (0.66%) 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
1 416 (24.93%) Data Quality
2 78 (4.67%) QA
3 74 (4.43%) PMO
4 72 (4.31%) GDPR
5 33 (1.98%) Accessibility
6 17 (1.02%) GRC
7 15 (0.90%) ISO 19650
8 14 (0.84%) Actionable Recommendations
8 14 (0.84%) SLA
9 12 (0.72%) 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 (2.70%) Active Directory
2 15 (0.90%) Docker
3 13 (0.78%) 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 (1.38%) Kubernetes
2 19 (1.14%) Grafana
3 16 (0.96%) Microsoft Intune
4 15 (0.90%) SCOM
5 12 (0.72%) Ansible
6 8 (0.48%) Microsoft Clustering
6 8 (0.48%) Prometheus
7 7 (0.42%) Control-M
8 6 (0.36%) SCCM
9 4 (0.24%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.060%) Apache Ranger
10 1 (0.060%) Kibana
10 1 (0.060%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.060%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
10 1 (0.060%) WSUS
Vendors
1 673 (40.32%) Microsoft
2 214 (12.82%) Databricks
3 106 (6.35%) SAP
4 101 (6.05%) ServiceNow
5 79 (4.73%) Oracle
6 52 (3.12%) Google
7 42 (2.52%) Salesforce
8 34 (2.04%) Informatica
8 34 (2.04%) Splunk
9 31 (1.86%) Remedy
10 28 (1.68%) Alteryx
11 23 (1.38%) Workday
12 19 (1.14%) BMC
13 16 (0.96%) Adobe
13 16 (0.96%) Denodo
14 15 (0.90%) Dynatrace
15 14 (0.84%) Autodesk
16 13 (0.78%) VMware
17 11 (0.66%) MicroStrategy
17 11 (0.66%) Teradata