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 6 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 58 52 64
Rank change year-on-year -6 +12 +12
Contract jobs citing Power BI 1,312 1,022 1,248
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.93% 3.89% 3.28%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 24.14% 20.95% 20.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 915 688 893
10th Percentile £313 £313 £300
25th Percentile £400 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -
75th Percentile £575 £588 £600
90th Percentile £650 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 24 47
10th Percentile £12.79 £24.58 £14.00
25th Percentile £18.00 £25.26 £20.01
Median hourly rate £19.38 £28.60 £24.43
Median % change year-on-year -32.26% +17.07% -62.42%
75th Percentile £37.00 £48.00 £43.75
90th Percentile £52.50 £64.73 £60.60
UK median hourly rate £20.69 £28.30 £23.24
% change year-on-year -26.90% +21.77% -61.27%

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 5,436 4,879 6,114
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 16.27% 18.57% 16.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,785 3,242 4,410
10th Percentile £331 £356 £350
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £545 £538
Median % change year-on-year -8.21% +1.35% -2.27%
75th Percentile £600 £663 £650
90th Percentile £700 £775 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 102 81 169
10th Percentile £18.25 £22.27 £15.48
25th Percentile £27.69 £25.26 £21.00
Median hourly rate £47.61 £40.50 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +17.56% -4.71% -25.26%
75th Percentile £74.68 £65.00 £61.50
90th Percentile £85.90 £73.75 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £53.25 £38.11 £42.50
% change year-on-year +39.73% -10.33% -25.26%

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 6 February 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 6 February 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 6 February 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 +4 738 £500 -2.91% 271
North of England -32 149 £431 -4.17% 148
South East -20 130 £475 - 225
Midlands -25 119 £463 -5.13% 147
North West -17 81 £425 -15.00% 89
West Midlands -36 76 £488 -2.40% 88
South West -7 68 £475 +5.56% 46
Yorkshire -38 59 £438 +6.83% 43
East Midlands -1 43 £356 -7.53% 59
East of England -13 42 £613 +36.11% 34
North East -9 9 £475 -8.43% 18
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
1 130 (9.91%) SharePoint
2 46 (3.51%) Confluence
3 44 (3.35%) Apache Spark
4 27 (2.06%) Apache
5 23 (1.75%) Apache Airflow
6 16 (1.22%) HCL Notes
7 10 (0.76%) Microsoft Exchange
8 9 (0.69%) Mendix
9 8 (0.61%) Apache Pig
10 6 (0.46%) Jupyter
10 6 (0.46%) Oracle Application Server
11 4 (0.30%) CMS
12 2 (0.15%) ArcGIS
12 2 (0.15%) Palantir Foundry
12 2 (0.15%) SAS
13 1 (0.076%) Apache Synapse
13 1 (0.076%) Oracle SOA Suite
13 1 (0.076%) SharePoint Server
13 1 (0.076%) Tomcat
13 1 (0.076%) WebSphere
Applications
1 277 (21.11%) Microsoft Excel
2 48 (3.66%) Microsoft Project
3 47 (3.58%) Microsoft Office
4 35 (2.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 24 (1.83%) MS Visio
6 6 (0.46%) Spreadsheet
7 4 (0.30%) Trello
8 3 (0.23%) Notion
9 2 (0.15%) Adobe Illustrator
9 2 (0.15%) Chatbot
9 2 (0.15%) Photoshop
10 1 (0.076%) Adobe XD
10 1 (0.076%) CATIA
10 1 (0.076%) SOLIDWORKS
10 1 (0.076%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 51 (3.89%) Dynamics CRM
2 18 (1.37%) SAP S/4HANA
3 8 (0.61%) Salesforce CRM
4 6 (0.46%) Oracle Financials
5 4 (0.30%) iTrent
5 4 (0.30%) Oracle Payables
6 3 (0.23%) Cloudability
6 3 (0.23%) Elite 3E
6 3 (0.23%) Loan IQ
6 3 (0.23%) NetSuite
6 3 (0.23%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 3 (0.23%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
7 2 (0.15%) Actimize
7 2 (0.15%) Dynamics NAV
7 2 (0.15%) Oracle EBS
7 2 (0.15%) Oracle FAH
7 2 (0.15%) Primavera
7 2 (0.15%) Remedy ITSM
7 2 (0.15%) SAP CO
7 2 (0.15%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 1,312 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 506 (38.57%) Azure
3 202 (15.40%) Power Automate
4 178 (13.57%) PowerApps
5 156 (11.89%) AWS
6 136 (10.37%) Azure Data Factory
7 131 (9.98%) Azure DevOps
8 120 (9.15%) Microsoft 365
9 104 (7.93%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 104 (7.93%) Dynamics 365
10 94 (7.16%) GCP
11 88 (6.71%) Snowflake
12 62 (4.73%) Microsoft Copilot
13 53 (4.04%) Serverless
14 49 (3.73%) GitHub
15 44 (3.35%) Copilot Studio
16 41 (3.13%) SaaS
17 38 (2.90%) Azure Functions
17 38 (2.90%) Azure Logic Apps
18 35 (2.67%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.38%) HTTP
2 4 (0.30%) Wi-Fi
3 3 (0.23%) Kerberos
3 3 (0.23%) VoIP
3 3 (0.23%) VPN
4 2 (0.15%) 2G
4 2 (0.15%) 5G
4 2 (0.15%) DNS
4 2 (0.15%) Firewall
4 2 (0.15%) Hyperconnected
4 2 (0.15%) LAN
4 2 (0.15%) LTE
4 2 (0.15%) Mobile Backhaul
4 2 (0.15%) Network Security
4 2 (0.15%) Unified Communications
4 2 (0.15%) Wireless
5 1 (0.076%) Skype
5 1 (0.076%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.076%) VXLAN
5 1 (0.076%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 208 (15.85%) Tableau
2 150 (11.43%) Data Warehouse
3 108 (8.23%) Data Lake
4 102 (7.77%) SQL Server
5 81 (6.17%) Power Query
6 58 (4.42%) Metadata
7 54 (4.12%) Azure SQL Database
8 49 (3.73%) BigQuery
9 43 (3.28%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 42 (3.20%) Looker
11 41 (3.13%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 40 (3.05%) Relational Database
13 28 (2.13%) Delta Lake
14 27 (2.06%) PostgreSQL
14 27 (2.06%) Snowflake Schema
15 22 (1.68%) NoSQL
15 22 (1.68%) Star Schema
16 21 (1.60%) Amazon Athena
16 21 (1.60%) Data Mining
16 21 (1.60%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 109 (8.31%) JIRA
2 58 (4.42%) Git
3 11 (0.84%) GitLab
4 9 (0.69%) Jenkins
4 9 (0.69%) Visual Studio
5 7 (0.53%) ERwin
5 7 (0.53%) SonarQube
6 6 (0.46%) DBeaver
7 5 (0.38%) NeoLoad
8 3 (0.23%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 3 (0.23%) Terragrunt
9 2 (0.15%) Artifactory
9 2 (0.15%) ER Studio
9 2 (0.15%) MLflow
9 2 (0.15%) Postman
9 2 (0.15%) Team Foundation Server
10 1 (0.076%) Cypress.io
10 1 (0.076%) Metasploit
10 1 (0.076%) Selenium
10 1 (0.076%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 457 (34.83%) Social Skills
2 414 (31.55%) Finance
3 307 (23.40%) Analytical Skills
4 144 (10.98%) Public Sector
5 118 (8.99%) Banking
6 43 (3.28%) Marketing
7 34 (2.59%) Documentation Skills
7 34 (2.59%) Retail
8 33 (2.52%) Organisational Skills
9 28 (2.13%) Influencing Skills
10 26 (1.98%) Manufacturing
11 25 (1.91%) Presentation Skills
12 22 (1.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 21 (1.60%) Front Office
14 19 (1.45%) Legal
15 17 (1.30%) Local Government
16 16 (1.22%) Investment Banking
16 16 (1.22%) Publishing
17 15 (1.14%) Financial Institution
18 12 (0.91%) Law
Job Titles
1 355 (27.06%) Analyst
2 210 (16.01%) Developer
3 195 (14.86%) Data Engineer
4 146 (11.13%) Data Analyst
5 136 (10.37%) Senior
6 113 (8.61%) Lead
7 97 (7.39%) Business Analyst
8 86 (6.55%) Architect
9 73 (5.56%) Business Intelligence Developer
10 64 (4.88%) Consultant
11 56 (4.27%) Power BI Developer
12 44 (3.35%) Data Scientist
13 42 (3.20%) Senior Analyst
14 40 (3.05%) Power Platform Developer
15 38 (2.90%) Data Architect
15 38 (2.90%) PMO Analyst
16 36 (2.74%) Project Manager
17 34 (2.59%) Senior Data Engineer
18 32 (2.44%) Business Intelligence Analyst
19 31 (2.36%) Power BI Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 67 (5.11%) PySpark
2 42 (3.20%) .NET
3 39 (2.97%) REST
4 31 (2.36%) Kafka
5 29 (2.21%) Pandas
6 25 (1.91%) scikit-learn
7 24 (1.83%) HTML
8 20 (1.52%) JSON
9 17 (1.30%) HTML5 Canvas
9 17 (1.30%) React
10 14 (1.07%) Great Expectations
10 14 (1.07%) NumPy
10 14 (1.07%) PyTorch
10 14 (1.07%) TensorFlow
11 12 (0.91%) XML
12 11 (0.84%) Spark Streaming
12 11 (0.84%) YAML
13 10 (0.76%) CSS
13 10 (0.76%) Microsoft Graph
13 10 (0.76%) Plotly
Miscellaneous
1 48 (3.66%) Product Ownership
2 38 (2.90%) Data Structures
3 34 (2.59%) Analytical Mindset
3 34 (2.59%) Cloud Native
4 32 (2.44%) Management Information System
5 30 (2.29%) Low-Code
6 27 (2.06%) Onboarding
7 26 (1.98%) Algorithms
8 24 (1.83%) Legacy Systems
9 22 (1.68%) Data Protection Act
10 17 (1.30%) PMI
11 16 (1.22%) Data Centre
12 12 (0.91%) Self-Motivation
13 11 (0.84%) AI Agents
13 11 (0.84%) Derivative
13 11 (0.84%) Distributed Computing
13 11 (0.84%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 11 (0.84%) Virtual Team
14 10 (0.76%) Reinsurance
15 9 (0.69%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 11 (0.84%) Windows
2 5 (0.38%) Windows 10
3 2 (0.15%) Linux
3 2 (0.15%) Unix
3 2 (0.15%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.076%) Android
4 1 (0.076%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.076%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,203 (91.69%) Business Intelligence
2 488 (37.20%) Analytics
3 365 (27.82%) Data Modelling
4 333 (25.38%) Visualisation
5 301 (22.94%) Agile
6 272 (20.73%) Decision-Making
7 259 (19.74%) Problem-Solving
8 239 (18.22%) ETL
9 222 (16.92%) Data Governance
10 216 (16.46%) Stakeholder Management
11 202 (15.40%) DevOps
12 201 (15.32%) Actionable Insight
13 200 (15.24%) Data Visualisation
14 197 (15.02%) Data Analysis
15 179 (13.64%) AI
16 176 (13.41%) Data Engineering
17 163 (12.42%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 154 (11.74%) CI/CD
19 153 (11.66%) Data Pipeline
20 145 (11.05%) Dashboard Development
Programming Languages
1 590 (44.97%) SQL
2 330 (25.15%) Python
3 114 (8.69%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 66 (5.03%) C#
5 54 (4.12%) JavaScript
6 48 (3.66%) R
7 41 (3.13%) PowerShell
8 32 (2.44%) VBA
9 29 (2.21%) T-SQL
10 26 (1.98%) Java
10 26 (1.98%) Scala
11 18 (1.37%) Bicep
12 14 (1.07%) TypeScript
13 10 (0.76%) Formula Language
13 10 (0.76%) LotusScript
14 6 (0.46%) Korn
14 6 (0.46%) PL/SQL
15 5 (0.38%) X++
16 4 (0.30%) LookML
16 4 (0.30%) VB
Qualifications
1 195 (14.86%) Security Cleared
2 154 (11.74%) SC Cleared
3 124 (9.45%) Degree
4 32 (2.44%) Azure Certification
5 29 (2.21%) PMI Certification
6 26 (1.98%) Computer Science Degree
6 26 (1.98%) PMP
7 25 (1.91%) Microsoft Certification
8 22 (1.68%) BPSS Clearance
8 22 (1.68%) Master's Degree
9 11 (0.84%) CIMA
9 11 (0.84%) MBA
10 10 (0.76%) ACCA
11 9 (0.69%) AWS Certification
12 8 (0.61%) CBAP
12 8 (0.61%) DV Cleared
13 7 (0.53%) CFA
13 7 (0.53%) SAFe Agilist
14 4 (0.30%) IIBA
15 3 (0.23%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 247 (18.83%) Data Quality
2 82 (6.25%) GDPR
3 77 (5.87%) PMO
4 75 (5.72%) QA
5 53 (4.04%) Accessibility
6 17 (1.30%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 13 (0.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 12 (0.91%) GRC
9 10 (0.76%) Basel III
9 10 (0.76%) SLA
10 9 (0.69%) Actionable Recommendations
11 7 (0.53%) HIPAA
12 6 (0.46%) NIST
13 5 (0.38%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 5 (0.38%) P3O
14 4 (0.30%) WCAG
15 3 (0.23%) GAAP
15 3 (0.23%) IFRS
16 2 (0.15%) IFRS 9
16 2 (0.15%) NIST 800
System Software
1 31 (2.36%) Docker
2 26 (1.98%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.23%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.076%) BitLocker
4 1 (0.076%) HDFS
4 1 (0.076%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.076%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 64 (4.88%) Terraform
2 37 (2.82%) Kubernetes
3 10 (0.76%) Microsoft Intune
4 9 (0.69%) SCCM
5 6 (0.46%) RSA Archer
6 3 (0.23%) Ansible
6 3 (0.23%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (0.15%) Control-M
7 2 (0.15%) Kibana
8 1 (0.076%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.076%) Kubeflow
8 1 (0.076%) SCOM
8 1 (0.076%) Thomson Reuters DACS
8 1 (0.076%) WSUS
Vendors
1 434 (33.08%) Microsoft
2 165 (12.58%) Databricks
3 89 (6.78%) Oracle
4 66 (5.03%) Google
4 66 (5.03%) SAP
5 47 (3.58%) ServiceNow
6 44 (3.35%) Salesforce
7 24 (1.83%) Informatica
8 16 (1.22%) Lotus
9 15 (1.14%) Foundry
10 14 (1.07%) Alteryx
10 14 (1.07%) OpenAI
11 12 (0.91%) MuleSoft
11 12 (0.91%) Planview
11 12 (0.91%) Splunk
12 11 (0.84%) Cognos
13 9 (0.69%) Kofax
13 9 (0.69%) Workday
14 8 (0.61%) MicroStrategy
14 8 (0.61%) Talend