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

6 months to
14 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 65 63 64
Rank change year-on-year -2 +1 +4
Contract jobs citing Power BI 1,675 1,059 1,092
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.67% 3.83% 3.28%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 23.95% 21.27% 17.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,097 694 785
10th Percentile £325 £304 £300
25th Percentile £413 £385 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £498 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +4.74% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £588 £575 £588
90th Percentile £652 £675 £675
UK median daily rate £488 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +2.63% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 75 25 12
10th Percentile £17.84 £18.08 £20.08
25th Percentile £21.79 £23.00 £25.81
Median hourly rate £30.00 £31.64 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.18% +5.47% -7.18%
75th Percentile £42.00 £34.68 £39.20
90th Percentile £77.62 £51.25 £76.38
UK median hourly rate £29.96 £31.64 £30.00
% change year-on-year -5.31% +5.47% -7.18%

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 6,995 4,980 6,118
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 15.34% 18.02% 18.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,689 3,437 4,359
10th Percentile £358 £342 £350
25th Percentile £419 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £515 £543
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% -5.07% -1.36%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £675
90th Percentile £700 £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 80 92
10th Percentile £15.28 £20.84 £14.33
25th Percentile £23.75 £24.88 £20.00
Median hourly rate £38.25 £34.82 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +9.87% -7.16% -31.82%
75th Percentile £67.47 £63.75 £60.36
90th Percentile £76.00 £78.71 £71.50
UK median hourly rate £38.50 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +10.00% - -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 14 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 14 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 14 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 +7 863 £500 - 442
North of England -10 221 £450 +1.98% 170
Midlands +10 210 £469 +6.59% 116
South East -15 209 £475 +2.70% 218
West Midlands -3 148 £469 +4.22% 69
North West -2 120 £495 +4.21% 94
South West -15 95 £450 +12.50% 68
Yorkshire -21 85 £440 +10.00% 53
East Midlands +13 60 £465 +8.77% 47
East of England -17 36 £550 -5.17% 48
North East -29 20 £383 -15.00% 27
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
1 160 (9.55%) SharePoint
2 69 (4.12%) Confluence
3 33 (1.97%) Apache Airflow
3 33 (1.97%) Apache Spark
4 24 (1.43%) Apache
5 23 (1.37%) SAS
6 12 (0.72%) Microsoft Exchange
7 11 (0.66%) ArcGIS
8 7 (0.42%) Apache Superset
9 6 (0.36%) Mendix
10 5 (0.30%) Apache Solr
10 5 (0.30%) Oracle Workflow
10 5 (0.30%) Palantir Foundry
11 4 (0.24%) CMS
11 4 (0.24%) IIS
12 3 (0.18%) HCL Notes
12 3 (0.18%) Kentico
13 2 (0.12%) PowerExchange
14 1 (0.060%) Oracle SOA Suite
14 1 (0.060%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 311 (18.57%) Microsoft Excel
2 54 (3.22%) Microsoft Project
3 53 (3.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 46 (2.75%) Microsoft Office
5 26 (1.55%) MS Visio
6 21 (1.25%) Spreadsheet
7 9 (0.54%) Navisworks
7 9 (0.54%) 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 (0.060%) Acrobat
11 1 (0.060%) Adobe Illustrator
11 1 (0.060%) CPLEX
11 1 (0.060%) InDesign
11 1 (0.060%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 40 (2.39%) Dynamics CRM
2 30 (1.79%) Remedy ITSM
3 23 (1.37%) SAP S/4HANA
4 16 (0.96%) iTrent
5 13 (0.78%) Primavera
6 9 (0.54%) Aladdin
7 6 (0.36%) Integrated Workplace Management System
7 6 (0.36%) SAP EWM
8 5 (0.30%) BambooHR
8 5 (0.30%) Sage X3
9 4 (0.24%) Maximo
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%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 1,675 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 637 (38.03%) Azure
3 206 (12.30%) AWS
4 193 (11.52%) Power Automate
5 165 (9.85%) PowerApps
6 162 (9.67%) Azure DevOps
7 138 (8.24%) Snowflake
8 137 (8.18%) Azure Data Factory
9 121 (7.22%) Dynamics 365
10 114 (6.81%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 114 (6.81%) Microsoft 365
11 92 (5.49%) Microsoft Copilot
12 77 (4.60%) Serverless
13 72 (4.30%) dbt
14 70 (4.18%) GCP
15 65 (3.88%) GitHub
16 54 (3.22%) Amazon S3
17 48 (2.87%) Entra ID
18 47 (2.81%) AWS Lambda
19 46 (2.75%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 17 (1.01%) Firewall
2 13 (0.78%) 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%) 4G
7 2 (0.12%) 5G
7 2 (0.12%) 5G NR
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%) VoLTE
7 2 (0.12%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 280 (16.72%) Data Warehouse
2 247 (14.75%) Tableau
3 147 (8.78%) Data Lake
4 131 (7.82%) SQL Server
5 126 (7.52%) Power Query
6 77 (4.60%) Metadata
7 68 (4.06%) Star Schema
8 64 (3.82%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 55 (3.28%) Looker
10 49 (2.93%) Relational Database
11 46 (2.75%) Azure SQL Database
12 43 (2.57%) Amazon Redshift
13 41 (2.45%) Amazon Athena
14 35 (2.09%) BigQuery
14 35 (2.09%) Semantic Layer
15 33 (1.97%) NoSQL
16 32 (1.91%) Snowflake Schema
17 31 (1.85%) SQL Server Reporting Services
18 25 (1.49%) BusinessObjects
19 23 (1.37%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 143 (8.54%) JIRA
2 61 (3.64%) Git
3 28 (1.67%) GitLab
4 13 (0.78%) Jenkins
5 7 (0.42%) 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 (0.060%) Claude Code
General
1 533 (31.82%) Social Skills
2 490 (29.25%) Finance
3 408 (24.36%) Analytical Skills
4 152 (9.07%) Public Sector
5 111 (6.63%) Banking
6 70 (4.18%) Retail
7 56 (3.34%) Law
8 55 (3.28%) Documentation Skills
9 54 (3.22%) Manufacturing
10 53 (3.16%) Organisational Skills
11 46 (2.75%) Marketing
12 43 (2.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 30 (1.79%) Influencing Skills
14 27 (1.61%) Local Government
15 24 (1.43%) Presentation Skills
16 23 (1.37%) Financial Institution
17 20 (1.19%) Investment Banking
18 19 (1.13%) Telecoms
19 16 (0.96%) Front Office
19 16 (0.96%) Legal
Job Titles
1 425 (25.37%) Analyst
2 252 (15.04%) Developer
3 224 (13.37%) Data Engineer
4 209 (12.48%) Data Analyst
5 203 (12.12%) Senior
6 189 (11.28%) Architect
7 164 (9.79%) Lead
8 124 (7.40%) Business Intelligence Developer
9 97 (5.79%) Power BI Developer
10 91 (5.43%) Business Analyst
11 79 (4.72%) Data Architect
12 74 (4.42%) Consultant
13 54 (3.22%) Senior Data Engineer
14 52 (3.10%) Power Platform Developer
15 51 (3.04%) Project Manager
16 47 (2.81%) Senior Analyst
17 41 (2.45%) Business Intelligence Analyst
18 40 (2.39%) Lead Architect
19 39 (2.33%) Senior Developer
20 38 (2.27%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 87 (5.19%) PySpark
2 64 (3.82%) .NET
3 63 (3.76%) REST
4 32 (1.91%) Kafka
5 23 (1.37%) JSON
5 23 (1.37%) React
6 20 (1.19%) HTML
6 20 (1.19%) Microsoft Graph
6 20 (1.19%) Middleware
7 17 (1.01%) HTML5 Canvas
8 14 (0.84%) CSS
8 14 (0.84%) Pandas
9 11 (0.66%) ADO
10 8 (0.48%) .NET Core
10 8 (0.48%) EDI
10 8 (0.48%) Great Expectations
11 7 (0.42%) JDO
11 7 (0.42%) jQuery
11 7 (0.42%) OAuth
11 7 (0.42%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 73 (4.36%) Data Structures
2 72 (4.30%) Cloud Native
3 61 (3.64%) Management Information System
4 57 (3.40%) Product Ownership
5 50 (2.99%) Legacy Systems
6 49 (2.93%) Onboarding
7 33 (1.97%) Analytical Mindset
8 28 (1.67%) Clustering
9 23 (1.37%) CMDB
10 21 (1.25%) Data Protection Act
10 21 (1.25%) Low-Code
11 19 (1.13%) AI Agents
12 18 (1.07%) Enterprise Software
12 18 (1.07%) FMCG
13 15 (0.90%) Data Centre
14 14 (0.84%) PKI
14 14 (0.84%) Reference Data
15 12 (0.72%) IoT
15 12 (0.72%) NHS
15 12 (0.72%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 52 (3.10%) Windows
2 25 (1.49%) Windows Server
3 13 (0.78%) 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 1,561 (93.19%) Business Intelligence
2 685 (40.90%) Analytics
3 538 (32.12%) Data Modelling
4 415 (24.78%) Agile
5 362 (21.61%) Decision-Making
6 354 (21.13%) ETL
7 330 (19.70%) Stakeholder Management
7 330 (19.70%) Visualisation
8 319 (19.04%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 316 (18.87%) AI
10 306 (18.27%) Problem-Solving
11 299 (17.85%) Migration
12 292 (17.43%) DevOps
13 279 (16.66%) CI/CD
14 278 (16.60%) Data Pipeline
15 269 (16.06%) Data Governance
16 258 (15.40%) Data Engineering
17 256 (15.28%) Continuous Improvement
18 246 (14.69%) Validation
19 202 (12.06%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 789 (47.10%) SQL
2 397 (23.70%) Python
3 200 (11.94%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 91 (5.43%) JavaScript
5 86 (5.13%) PowerShell
6 73 (4.36%) C#
7 60 (3.58%) T-SQL
8 45 (2.69%) Java
9 43 (2.57%) R
10 26 (1.55%) VBA
11 19 (1.13%) TypeScript
12 18 (1.07%) PL/SQL
13 10 (0.60%) Bicep
14 9 (0.54%) Scala
15 6 (0.36%) Korn
15 6 (0.36%) Kotlin
15 6 (0.36%) Shell Script
16 5 (0.30%) Bash
16 5 (0.30%) X++
17 4 (0.24%) C
Qualifications
1 318 (18.99%) Security Cleared
2 241 (14.39%) SC Cleared
3 166 (9.91%) Degree
4 43 (2.57%) Microsoft Certification
5 38 (2.27%) BPSS Clearance
6 37 (2.21%) Azure Certification
7 33 (1.97%) Computer Science Degree
8 27 (1.61%) DBS Check
9 23 (1.37%) DV Cleared
10 20 (1.19%) AWS Certification
11 17 (1.01%) Master's Degree
12 15 (0.90%) PMI Certification
12 15 (0.90%) 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
1 387 (23.10%) Data Quality
2 98 (5.85%) GDPR
3 79 (4.72%) QA
4 75 (4.48%) PMO
5 34 (2.03%) Accessibility
6 13 (0.78%) GRC
7 12 (0.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 12 (0.72%) SLA
8 10 (0.60%) ISO 19650
9 9 (0.54%) Actionable Recommendations
10 7 (0.42%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 7 (0.42%) 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 (3.16%) Active Directory
2 15 (0.90%) Docker
3 14 (0.84%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (0.60%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.18%) BitLocker
5 3 (0.18%) HDFS
6 1 (0.060%) RACF
6 1 (0.060%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 65 (3.88%) Terraform
2 21 (1.25%) Grafana
2 21 (1.25%) Kubernetes
3 13 (0.78%) Microsoft Intune
4 12 (0.72%) Ansible
5 11 (0.66%) SCOM
6 8 (0.48%) Microsoft Clustering
7 7 (0.42%) Prometheus
7 7 (0.42%) SCCM
8 5 (0.30%) Control-M
9 3 (0.18%) Apache Ranger
9 3 (0.18%) Single Sign-On
10 2 (0.12%) Kibana
10 2 (0.12%) Nessus
11 1 (0.060%) Jamf Pro
11 1 (0.060%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
11 1 (0.060%) SysTrack
11 1 (0.060%) WSUS
Vendors
1 645 (38.51%) Microsoft
2 221 (13.19%) Databricks
3 112 (6.69%) SAP
4 101 (6.03%) ServiceNow
5 82 (4.90%) Oracle
6 47 (2.81%) Google
7 44 (2.63%) Informatica
8 33 (1.97%) Remedy
8 33 (1.97%) Salesforce
9 27 (1.61%) Alteryx
10 26 (1.55%) Splunk
11 23 (1.37%) Workday
12 21 (1.25%) BMC
13 17 (1.01%) Adobe
14 16 (0.96%) Denodo
15 14 (0.84%) Dynatrace
15 14 (0.84%) IFS
15 14 (0.84%) VMware
16 10 (0.60%) Foundry
16 10 (0.60%) Talend