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

6 months to
18 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 62 61 65
Rank change year-on-year -1 +4 +4
Contract jobs citing Power BI 1,687 1,067 1,084
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.69% 3.86% 3.27%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 24.13% 21.40% 17.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,103 695 787
10th Percentile £325 £301 £300
25th Percentile £413 £385 £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 £490 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +3.16% -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% -10.60%
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% -9.72%

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 6,992 4,986 6,101
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 15.29% 18.06% 18.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,693 3,437 4,355
10th Percentile £358 £340 £350
25th Percentile £420 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £515 £547
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% -5.85% -0.55%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £675
90th Percentile £700 £754 £825
UK median daily rate £500 £505 £525
% change year-on-year -0.99% -3.81% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 231 80 91
10th Percentile £14.85 £20.84 £14.25
25th Percentile £24.00 £24.88 £20.00
Median hourly rate £38.50 £34.82 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +10.58% -0.53% -36.36%
75th Percentile £62.88 £63.75 £56.25
90th Percentile £76.00 £78.71 £71.50
UK median hourly rate £39.50 £35.00 £34.47
% change year-on-year +12.86% +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 18 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 18 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 18 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 +5 866 £500 - 657
North of England -18 224 £450 +1.12% 206
South East -11 213 £475 +2.70% 263
Midlands +10 211 £470 +6.82% 178
West Midlands 0 147 £470 +2.90% 108
North West -5 120 £475 - 116
South West -11 96 £450 +12.50% 100
Yorkshire -26 88 £439 +9.63% 62
East Midlands +14 62 £470 +10.59% 70
East of England -22 36 £565 -2.59% 69
North East -26 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
1 163 (9.66%) SharePoint
2 67 (3.97%) Confluence
3 34 (2.02%) Apache Airflow
4 33 (1.96%) 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
10 6 (0.36%) Oracle Workflow
11 5 (0.30%) Apache Solr
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%) OpenROAD
15 1 (0.059%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 317 (18.79%) Microsoft Excel
2 57 (3.38%) 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 29 (1.72%) 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%) NEC Housing
11 2 (0.12%) Oracle Payables
11 2 (0.12%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 1,687 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 636 (37.70%) Azure
3 208 (12.33%) AWS
4 194 (11.50%) Power Automate
5 167 (9.90%) PowerApps
6 164 (9.72%) Azure DevOps
7 136 (8.06%) Azure Data Factory
7 136 (8.06%) Snowflake
8 123 (7.29%) Dynamics 365
9 116 (6.88%) Microsoft 365
10 114 (6.76%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 92 (5.45%) Microsoft Copilot
12 77 (4.56%) Serverless
13 72 (4.27%) dbt
14 71 (4.21%) GCP
15 65 (3.85%) GitHub
16 55 (3.26%) Amazon S3
17 48 (2.85%) Entra ID
18 47 (2.79%) AWS Lambda
19 46 (2.73%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 16 (0.95%) Firewall
2 13 (0.77%) VPN
3 10 (0.59%) DNS
4 7 (0.41%) SSL
5 5 (0.30%) Broadband
6 4 (0.24%) Network Security
7 3 (0.18%) Ethernet
7 3 (0.18%) Internet
8 2 (0.12%) 3GPP
8 2 (0.12%) 4G
8 2 (0.12%) Intranet
8 2 (0.12%) LTE
8 2 (0.12%) Microwave Backhaul
8 2 (0.12%) MPLS
8 2 (0.12%) NAS
8 2 (0.12%) Radio Access Network
8 2 (0.12%) SAN
8 2 (0.12%) SMTP
8 2 (0.12%) VoLTE
8 2 (0.12%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 278 (16.48%) Data Warehouse
2 245 (14.52%) Tableau
3 146 (8.65%) Data Lake
4 129 (7.65%) SQL Server
5 127 (7.53%) Power Query
6 78 (4.62%) Metadata
7 68 (4.03%) Star Schema
8 63 (3.73%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 54 (3.20%) 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 (1.96%) Snowflake Schema
17 32 (1.90%) NoSQL
17 32 (1.90%) SQL Server Reporting Services
18 24 (1.42%) BusinessObjects
19 23 (1.36%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 143 (8.48%) JIRA
2 61 (3.62%) Git
3 29 (1.72%) GitLab
4 13 (0.77%) Jenkins
5 7 (0.41%) ERwin
5 7 (0.41%) MLflow
6 6 (0.36%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 5 (0.30%) Oracle Forms
8 4 (0.24%) Bitbucket
8 4 (0.24%) ER Studio
8 4 (0.24%) JUnit
8 4 (0.24%) Terragrunt
8 4 (0.24%) Visual Studio
9 3 (0.18%) PowerDesigner
10 2 (0.12%) Charles Proxy
10 2 (0.12%) JMeter
10 2 (0.12%) Selenium
10 2 (0.12%) Team Foundation Server
10 2 (0.12%) WebDriver
11 1 (0.059%) REST Assured
General
1 538 (31.89%) Social Skills
2 498 (29.52%) Finance
3 411 (24.36%) Analytical Skills
4 151 (8.95%) Public Sector
5 116 (6.88%) Banking
6 71 (4.21%) Retail
7 57 (3.38%) Organisational Skills
8 56 (3.32%) Law
9 55 (3.26%) Documentation Skills
10 53 (3.14%) Manufacturing
11 46 (2.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 46 (2.73%) Marketing
12 30 (1.78%) Influencing Skills
13 29 (1.72%) Local Government
14 24 (1.42%) Presentation Skills
15 23 (1.36%) Financial Institution
16 20 (1.19%) Investment Banking
17 19 (1.13%) Telecoms
18 18 (1.07%) Legal
19 15 (0.89%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 429 (25.43%) Analyst
2 251 (14.88%) Developer
3 224 (13.28%) Data Engineer
4 211 (12.51%) Data Analyst
5 201 (11.91%) Senior
6 192 (11.38%) Architect
7 166 (9.84%) Lead
8 123 (7.29%) Business Intelligence Developer
9 97 (5.75%) Power BI Developer
10 94 (5.57%) Business Analyst
11 81 (4.80%) Data Architect
12 75 (4.45%) Consultant
13 54 (3.20%) Senior Data Engineer
14 51 (3.02%) Power Platform Developer
15 50 (2.96%) Project Manager
16 46 (2.73%) Senior Analyst
17 41 (2.43%) Lead Architect
18 40 (2.37%) Business Intelligence Analyst
19 39 (2.31%) Solutions Architect
20 38 (2.25%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 88 (5.22%) 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 (1.19%) HTML
6 20 (1.19%) Microsoft Graph
7 19 (1.13%) Middleware
8 17 (1.01%) HTML5 Canvas
9 14 (0.83%) CSS
9 14 (0.83%) Pandas
10 11 (0.65%) ADO
11 8 (0.47%) .NET Core
11 8 (0.47%) EDI
11 8 (0.47%) Great Expectations
12 7 (0.41%) JDO
12 7 (0.41%) jQuery
12 7 (0.41%) OAuth
12 7 (0.41%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 74 (4.39%) Data Structures
2 71 (4.21%) Cloud Native
3 61 (3.62%) Management Information System
4 57 (3.38%) Product Ownership
5 51 (3.02%) Legacy Systems
6 49 (2.90%) Onboarding
7 34 (2.02%) Analytical Mindset
8 28 (1.66%) Clustering
9 24 (1.42%) CMDB
10 22 (1.30%) Low-Code
11 20 (1.19%) Data Protection Act
12 18 (1.07%) Enterprise Software
12 18 (1.07%) FMCG
13 17 (1.01%) AI Agents
14 15 (0.89%) Data Centre
15 14 (0.83%) PKI
15 14 (0.83%) Reference Data
16 12 (0.71%) IoT
17 11 (0.65%) Distributed Systems
17 11 (0.65%) NHS
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 1,571 (93.12%) Business Intelligence
2 687 (40.72%) Analytics
3 541 (32.07%) Data Modelling
4 422 (25.01%) Agile
5 363 (21.52%) Decision-Making
6 352 (20.87%) ETL
7 337 (19.98%) Stakeholder Management
8 332 (19.68%) Visualisation
9 321 (19.03%) AI
9 321 (19.03%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 307 (18.20%) Problem-Solving
11 300 (17.78%) Migration
12 293 (17.37%) DevOps
13 283 (16.78%) CI/CD
14 274 (16.24%) Data Pipeline
15 272 (16.12%) Data Governance
16 263 (15.59%) Data Engineering
17 257 (15.23%) Continuous Improvement
18 246 (14.58%) Validation
19 204 (12.09%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 792 (46.95%) SQL
2 398 (23.59%) Python
3 199 (11.80%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 91 (5.39%) JavaScript
5 86 (5.10%) PowerShell
6 73 (4.33%) C#
7 59 (3.50%) T-SQL
8 45 (2.67%) Java
9 42 (2.49%) 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
1 318 (18.85%) Security Cleared
2 241 (14.29%) SC Cleared
3 165 (9.78%) Degree
4 45 (2.67%) Microsoft Certification
5 39 (2.31%) Azure Certification
6 38 (2.25%) BPSS Clearance
7 33 (1.96%) Computer Science Degree
8 27 (1.60%) DBS Check
9 24 (1.42%) DV Cleared
10 20 (1.19%) AWS Certification
11 17 (1.01%) Master's Degree
12 16 (0.95%) PMI Certification
13 15 (0.89%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
14 11 (0.65%) PMP
15 9 (0.53%) ACCA
16 7 (0.41%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
16 7 (0.41%) CIMA
16 7 (0.41%) CISSP
17 6 (0.36%) TOGAF Certification
18 5 (0.30%) SnowPro
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 390 (23.12%) Data Quality
2 97 (5.75%) GDPR
3 78 (4.62%) QA
4 77 (4.56%) 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 7 (0.41%) Actionable Recommendations
9 7 (0.41%) Solvency II
10 6 (0.36%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 4 (0.24%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 3 (0.18%) NCSC
12 3 (0.18%) P3O
13 2 (0.12%) Basel III
13 2 (0.12%) COBIT
13 2 (0.12%) ISO 20022
13 2 (0.12%) NIST
13 2 (0.12%) PCI DSS
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 67 (3.97%) Terraform
2 21 (1.24%) Grafana
2 21 (1.24%) Kubernetes
3 13 (0.77%) Microsoft Intune
4 12 (0.71%) Ansible
5 11 (0.65%) SCOM
6 8 (0.47%) Microsoft Clustering
7 7 (0.41%) Prometheus
7 7 (0.41%) SCCM
8 5 (0.30%) Control-M
9 3 (0.18%) Apache Ranger
9 3 (0.18%) Single Sign-On
10 2 (0.12%) Nessus
11 1 (0.059%) Jamf Pro
11 1 (0.059%) Kibana
11 1 (0.059%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
11 1 (0.059%) SysTrack
11 1 (0.059%) WSUS
Vendors
1 650 (38.53%) Microsoft
2 222 (13.16%) Databricks
3 111 (6.58%) SAP
4 104 (6.16%) ServiceNow
5 83 (4.92%) Oracle
6 48 (2.85%) Google
7 44 (2.61%) Informatica
8 34 (2.02%) Salesforce
9 32 (1.90%) Remedy
10 27 (1.60%) Alteryx
11 26 (1.54%) Splunk
12 23 (1.36%) Workday
13 21 (1.24%) BMC
14 17 (1.01%) Adobe
15 16 (0.95%) Denodo
16 14 (0.83%) Dynatrace
16 14 (0.83%) IFS
16 14 (0.83%) VMware
17 10 (0.59%) Foundry
17 10 (0.59%) Talend