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

 6 months to
7 Aug 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 63 64 64
Rank change year-on-year +1 0 +6
Contract jobs citing Power BI 1,680 1,041 1,089
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.68% 3.77% 3.26%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 24.01% 20.71% 17.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,096 677 784
10th Percentile £331 £300 £300
25th Percentile £413 £385 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £491 £475 £488
Median % change year-on-year +3.37% -2.56% -2.50%
75th Percentile £588 £575 £588
90th Percentile £650 £675 £675
UK median daily rate £488 £475 £488
% change year-on-year +2.63% -2.56% -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 76 25 11
10th Percentile £17.86 £18.08 £20.00
25th Percentile £22.15 £23.00 £24.13
Median hourly rate £30.00 £31.64 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.18% +5.47% -25.93%
75th Percentile £47.81 £34.68 £44.47
90th Percentile £76.98 £51.25 £78.75
UK median hourly rate £29.96 £31.64 £30.00
% change year-on-year -5.31% +5.47% -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 6,997 5,027 6,129
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 15.33% 18.22% 18.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,682 3,483 4,369
10th Percentile £358 £343 £350
25th Percentile £419 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £515 £538
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% -4.28% -2.18%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £675
90th Percentile £701 £763 £825
UK median daily rate £500 £510 £525
% change year-on-year -1.96% -2.86% -3.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 225 79 92
10th Percentile £15.96 £18.69 £14.33
25th Percentile £25.05 £23.50 £20.00
Median hourly rate £38.50 £34.65 £36.25
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -4.41% -34.09%
75th Percentile £63.75 £62.88 £60.36
90th Percentile £76.80 £77.74 £71.50
UK median hourly rate £39.50 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +12.86% - -36.36%

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 7 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 7 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 7 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 +11 867 £500 - 439
Midlands +8 213 £463 +8.82% 134
South East -11 213 £500 +9.59% 224
North of England -16 211 £450 +0.61% 178
West Midlands -6 152 £459 +8.00% 79
North West -3 115 £475 - 97
South West -7 93 £450 +12.50% 71
Yorkshire -30 79 £440 +10.00% 63
East Midlands +22 60 £464 +9.12% 55
East of England -17 39 £413 -28.88% 42
North East -27 21 £390 -13.33% 22
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
1 156 (9.29%) SharePoint
2 65 (3.87%) Confluence
3 32 (1.90%) Apache Spark
4 29 (1.73%) Apache Airflow
5 26 (1.55%) Apache
6 23 (1.37%) SAS
7 12 (0.71%) Microsoft Exchange
8 11 (0.65%) ArcGIS
9 9 (0.54%) Apache Superset
10 6 (0.36%) Palantir Foundry
11 5 (0.30%) Mendix
12 4 (0.24%) Apache Solr
12 4 (0.24%) CMS
12 4 (0.24%) IIS
12 4 (0.24%) Oracle Workflow
13 3 (0.18%) HCL Notes
13 3 (0.18%) Kentico
14 1 (0.060%) Appian
14 1 (0.060%) OpenROAD
14 1 (0.060%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 314 (18.69%) Microsoft Excel
2 59 (3.51%) Microsoft Project
3 46 (2.74%) Microsoft Office
3 46 (2.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 27 (1.61%) MS Visio
5 20 (1.19%) Spreadsheet
6 9 (0.54%) Navisworks
6 9 (0.54%) Revit
7 6 (0.36%) Chatbot
8 5 (0.30%) AutoCAD
8 5 (0.30%) ProjectWise
9 2 (0.12%) Notion
9 2 (0.12%) Oracle Smart View
10 1 (0.060%) Acrobat
10 1 (0.060%) Adobe Illustrator
10 1 (0.060%) CPLEX
10 1 (0.060%) InDesign
10 1 (0.060%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 41 (2.44%) Dynamics CRM
2 30 (1.79%) Remedy ITSM
3 23 (1.37%) SAP S/4HANA
4 16 (0.95%) iTrent
5 13 (0.77%) Primavera
6 9 (0.54%) Aladdin
7 7 (0.42%) Integrated Workplace Management System
8 6 (0.36%) Sage X3
8 6 (0.36%) SAP EWM
9 5 (0.30%) BambooHR
10 4 (0.24%) Maximo
10 4 (0.24%) SAP MDG
10 4 (0.24%) SAP MM
11 3 (0.18%) NEC Housing
11 3 (0.18%) Oracle Financials
11 3 (0.18%) Salesforce CRM
11 3 (0.18%) SAP ERP
12 2 (0.12%) Oracle Payables
12 2 (0.12%) SAP QM
12 2 (0.12%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 1,680 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 640 (38.10%) Azure
3 209 (12.44%) AWS
4 195 (11.61%) Power Automate
5 169 (10.06%) PowerApps
6 157 (9.35%) Azure DevOps
7 139 (8.27%) Azure Data Factory
8 132 (7.86%) Snowflake
9 125 (7.44%) Dynamics 365
10 116 (6.90%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 111 (6.61%) Microsoft 365
12 88 (5.24%) Microsoft Copilot
13 79 (4.70%) Serverless
14 70 (4.17%) dbt
14 70 (4.17%) GCP
15 63 (3.75%) GitHub
16 56 (3.33%) Amazon S3
17 48 (2.86%) AWS Lambda
17 48 (2.86%) Entra ID
18 46 (2.74%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 17 (1.01%) Firewall
2 13 (0.77%) VPN
3 10 (0.60%) DNS
4 7 (0.42%) SSL
5 4 (0.24%) Broadband
5 4 (0.24%) 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%) 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
7 2 (0.12%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 276 (16.43%) Data Warehouse
2 261 (15.54%) Tableau
3 143 (8.51%) Data Lake
4 132 (7.86%) SQL Server
5 123 (7.32%) Power Query
6 79 (4.70%) Metadata
7 68 (4.05%) Star Schema
8 66 (3.93%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 56 (3.33%) Looker
10 51 (3.04%) Relational Database
11 47 (2.80%) Azure SQL Database
12 40 (2.38%) Amazon Athena
13 39 (2.32%) Amazon Redshift
14 36 (2.14%) Semantic Layer
15 35 (2.08%) BigQuery
16 32 (1.90%) NoSQL
16 32 (1.90%) Snowflake Schema
16 32 (1.90%) SQL Server Reporting Services
17 27 (1.61%) BusinessObjects
18 24 (1.43%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 142 (8.45%) JIRA
2 69 (4.11%) Git
3 30 (1.79%) GitLab
4 12 (0.71%) Jenkins
5 9 (0.54%) ERwin
6 6 (0.36%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 5 (0.30%) MLflow
7 5 (0.30%) PowerDesigner
8 4 (0.24%) Bitbucket
8 4 (0.24%) ER Studio
8 4 (0.24%) JUnit
8 4 (0.24%) Visual Studio
9 3 (0.18%) Oracle Forms
9 3 (0.18%) Terragrunt
10 2 (0.12%) Charles Proxy
10 2 (0.12%) JMeter
10 2 (0.12%) Postman
10 2 (0.12%) Selenium
10 2 (0.12%) Team Foundation Server
10 2 (0.12%) WebDriver
General
1 535 (31.85%) Social Skills
2 503 (29.94%) Finance
3 418 (24.88%) Analytical Skills
4 162 (9.64%) Public Sector
5 110 (6.55%) Banking
6 67 (3.99%) Retail
7 55 (3.27%) Documentation Skills
7 55 (3.27%) Law
8 53 (3.15%) Manufacturing
8 53 (3.15%) Organisational Skills
9 45 (2.68%) Marketing
10 43 (2.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 30 (1.79%) Influencing Skills
12 24 (1.43%) Local Government
13 23 (1.37%) Financial Institution
13 23 (1.37%) Presentation Skills
14 21 (1.25%) Investment Banking
15 20 (1.19%) Telecoms
16 16 (0.95%) Front Office
16 16 (0.95%) Legal
Job Titles
1 433 (25.77%) Analyst
2 249 (14.82%) Developer
3 233 (13.87%) Data Engineer
4 217 (12.92%) Data Analyst
5 203 (12.08%) Senior
6 189 (11.25%) Architect
7 159 (9.46%) Lead
8 121 (7.20%) Business Intelligence Developer
9 96 (5.71%) Power BI Developer
10 90 (5.36%) Business Analyst
11 76 (4.52%) Data Architect
12 72 (4.29%) Consultant
13 56 (3.33%) Senior Data Engineer
14 51 (3.04%) Power Platform Developer
15 49 (2.92%) Project Manager
16 48 (2.86%) Business Intelligence Analyst
17 43 (2.56%) Senior Analyst
18 39 (2.32%) Lead Architect
19 38 (2.26%) Solutions Architect
20 37 (2.20%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 90 (5.36%) PySpark
2 63 (3.75%) .NET
3 62 (3.69%) REST
4 30 (1.79%) Kafka
5 24 (1.43%) JSON
6 22 (1.31%) React
7 21 (1.25%) Middleware
8 18 (1.07%) HTML
8 18 (1.07%) Microsoft Graph
9 17 (1.01%) HTML5 Canvas
10 14 (0.83%) CSS
10 14 (0.83%) Pandas
11 11 (0.65%) ADO
12 9 (0.54%) Great Expectations
13 8 (0.48%) .NET Core
13 8 (0.48%) XML
13 8 (0.48%) YAML
14 7 (0.42%) jQuery
14 7 (0.42%) RESTful
14 7 (0.42%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 78 (4.64%) Data Structures
2 73 (4.35%) Cloud Native
3 56 (3.33%) Management Information System
4 53 (3.15%) Product Ownership
5 52 (3.10%) Legacy Systems
6 50 (2.98%) Onboarding
7 35 (2.08%) Analytical Mindset
8 28 (1.67%) Clustering
9 22 (1.31%) Data Protection Act
10 21 (1.25%) CMDB
11 20 (1.19%) AI Agents
11 20 (1.19%) Low-Code
12 18 (1.07%) Enterprise Software
12 18 (1.07%) FMCG
13 15 (0.89%) PKI
14 13 (0.77%) Data Centre
14 13 (0.77%) NHS
14 13 (0.77%) Reference Data
14 13 (0.77%) Self-Motivation
15 12 (0.71%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 50 (2.98%) Windows
2 26 (1.55%) Windows Server
3 11 (0.65%) Linux
4 9 (0.54%) Apple iOS
4 9 (0.54%) Unix
5 6 (0.36%) Mac OS
6 4 (0.24%) 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 1,569 (93.39%) Business Intelligence
2 693 (41.25%) Analytics
3 547 (32.56%) Data Modelling
4 413 (24.58%) Agile
5 364 (21.67%) Decision-Making
6 353 (21.01%) ETL
7 341 (20.30%) Visualisation
8 318 (18.93%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 318 (18.93%) Stakeholder Management
9 312 (18.57%) AI
10 306 (18.21%) Problem-Solving
11 297 (17.68%) Migration
12 292 (17.38%) DevOps
13 281 (16.73%) Data Pipeline
14 275 (16.37%) CI/CD
15 267 (15.89%) Data Engineering
15 267 (15.89%) Data Governance
16 250 (14.88%) Continuous Improvement
17 241 (14.35%) Validation
18 203 (12.08%) Data Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 799 (47.56%) SQL
2 401 (23.87%) Python
3 196 (11.67%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 89 (5.30%) JavaScript
5 87 (5.18%) PowerShell
6 75 (4.46%) C#
7 62 (3.69%) T-SQL
8 49 (2.92%) R
9 45 (2.68%) Java
10 23 (1.37%) VBA
11 19 (1.13%) TypeScript
12 16 (0.95%) PL/SQL
13 13 (0.77%) Bicep
14 9 (0.54%) Scala
15 6 (0.36%) Kotlin
15 6 (0.36%) Shell Script
16 5 (0.30%) C
16 5 (0.30%) Korn
16 5 (0.30%) X++
17 4 (0.24%) Bash
Qualifications
1 322 (19.17%) Security Cleared
2 245 (14.58%) SC Cleared
3 163 (9.70%) Degree
4 42 (2.50%) BPSS Clearance
5 41 (2.44%) Microsoft Certification
6 39 (2.32%) Azure Certification
7 33 (1.96%) Computer Science Degree
8 27 (1.61%) DBS Check
9 24 (1.43%) DV Cleared
10 20 (1.19%) AWS Certification
11 17 (1.01%) Master's Degree
12 15 (0.89%) PMI Certification
12 15 (0.89%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 10 (0.60%) PMP
14 9 (0.54%) ACCA
15 7 (0.42%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
15 7 (0.42%) CIMA
15 7 (0.42%) CISSP
16 6 (0.36%) TOGAF Certification
17 5 (0.30%) SnowPro
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 400 (23.81%) Data Quality
2 103 (6.13%) GDPR
3 82 (4.88%) PMO
4 77 (4.58%) QA
5 34 (2.02%) Accessibility
6 13 (0.77%) SLA
7 12 (0.71%) GRC
7 12 (0.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 10 (0.60%) ISO 19650
9 9 (0.54%) Actionable Recommendations
9 9 (0.54%) Solvency II
10 8 (0.48%) Sarbanes-Oxley
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 55 (3.27%) Active Directory
2 14 (0.83%) Docker
3 13 (0.77%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (0.65%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.18%) HDFS
6 2 (0.12%) BitLocker
7 1 (0.060%) RACF
7 1 (0.060%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 67 (3.99%) Terraform
2 21 (1.25%) Grafana
3 20 (1.19%) Kubernetes
4 14 (0.83%) Microsoft Intune
5 11 (0.65%) Ansible
5 11 (0.65%) SCOM
6 7 (0.42%) Microsoft Clustering
6 7 (0.42%) Prometheus
6 7 (0.42%) SCCM
7 4 (0.24%) Control-M
8 3 (0.18%) Apache Ranger
8 3 (0.18%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (0.12%) Kibana
9 2 (0.12%) Nessus
10 1 (0.060%) Jamf Pro
10 1 (0.060%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
10 1 (0.060%) SysTrack
10 1 (0.060%) WSUS
Vendors
1 633 (37.68%) Microsoft
2 212 (12.62%) Databricks
3 114 (6.79%) SAP
4 98 (5.83%) ServiceNow
5 80 (4.76%) Oracle
6 45 (2.68%) Google
7 43 (2.56%) Informatica
8 33 (1.96%) Remedy
9 31 (1.85%) Salesforce
10 27 (1.61%) Alteryx
11 23 (1.37%) Splunk
12 22 (1.31%) Workday
13 21 (1.25%) BMC
14 16 (0.95%) Denodo
15 15 (0.89%) Adobe
16 14 (0.83%) Dynatrace
16 14 (0.83%) IFS
17 13 (0.77%) VMware
18 11 (0.65%) Foundry
19 10 (0.60%) Talend
997 Power BI jobs in England