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 30 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 59 54 63
Rank change year-on-year -5 +9 +12
Contract jobs citing Power BI 1,310 1,018 1,233
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.97% 3.83% 3.27%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 24.17% 20.67% 20.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 908 682 887
10th Percentile £313 £313 £304
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 £690 £689
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 23 46
10th Percentile £12.91 £24.80 £14.00
25th Percentile £18.06 £25.26 £19.63
Median hourly rate £20.69 £28.60 £23.84
Median % change year-on-year -27.67% +19.99% -61.86%
75th Percentile £36.11 £52.25 £43.75
90th Percentile £51.25 £64.73 £60.75
UK median hourly rate £22.00 £28.60 £23.23
% change year-on-year -23.08% +23.13% -61.29%

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 5,420 4,924 6,112
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 16.41% 18.53% 16.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,780 3,260 4,396
10th Percentile £330 £356 £350
25th Percentile £413 £426 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £545 £540
Median % change year-on-year -8.26% +0.93% -1.82%
75th Percentile £606 £663 £650
90th Percentile £710 £775 £745
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 99 80 170
10th Percentile £18.20 £22.17 £15.58
25th Percentile £28.13 £24.94 £21.64
Median hourly rate £46.50 £39.00 £42.35
Median % change year-on-year +19.23% -7.90% -27.53%
75th Percentile £74.68 £64.73 £61.69
90th Percentile £85.20 £74.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £50.00 £35.00 £42.35
% change year-on-year +42.86% -17.35% -25.53%

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 30 January 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 30 January 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 30 January 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 +4 740 £500 -2.91% 219
North of England -28 151 £425 -5.56% 135
South East -19 128 £475 - 251
Midlands -24 118 £475 -2.56% 136
North West -16 84 £425 -15.00% 78
West Midlands -33 75 £500 - 82
South West -8 66 £488 +8.33% 53
Yorkshire -34 59 £438 +6.83% 43
East Midlands -2 43 £356 -7.53% 54
East of England -6 42 £625 +38.89% 61
North East -8 8 £475 -8.43% 17
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
1 128 (9.77%) SharePoint
2 47 (3.59%) Confluence
3 41 (3.13%) Apache Spark
4 25 (1.91%) Apache
5 24 (1.83%) 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 (0.31%) CMS
12 2 (0.15%) ArcGIS
12 2 (0.15%) Palantir Foundry
12 2 (0.15%) SAS
13 1 (0.076%) Kentico
13 1 (0.076%) Oracle SOA Suite
13 1 (0.076%) SharePoint Server
13 1 (0.076%) Skype for Business
13 1 (0.076%) WebSphere
Applications
1 276 (21.07%) Microsoft Excel
2 48 (3.66%) Microsoft Project
3 47 (3.59%) Microsoft Office
4 34 (2.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 26 (1.98%) MS Visio
6 8 (0.61%) Spreadsheet
7 4 (0.31%) 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%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 51 (3.89%) Dynamics CRM
2 18 (1.37%) SAP S/4HANA
3 9 (0.69%) Salesforce CRM
4 6 (0.46%) Oracle Financials
5 4 (0.31%) iTrent
5 4 (0.31%) 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
6 3 (0.23%) SAP ERP
7 2 (0.15%) Aladdin
7 2 (0.15%) Oracle FAH
7 2 (0.15%) Oracle General Ledger
7 2 (0.15%) SAP BPC
7 2 (0.15%) SAP FS
7 2 (0.15%) SAP MDG
7 2 (0.15%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 1,310 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 498 (38.02%) Azure
3 196 (14.96%) Power Automate
4 173 (13.21%) PowerApps
5 156 (11.91%) AWS
6 130 (9.92%) Azure DevOps
7 128 (9.77%) Azure Data Factory
8 117 (8.93%) Microsoft 365
9 104 (7.94%) Dynamics 365
10 103 (7.86%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 94 (7.18%) GCP
12 88 (6.72%) Snowflake
13 58 (4.43%) Microsoft Copilot
14 49 (3.74%) GitHub
14 49 (3.74%) Serverless
15 42 (3.21%) SaaS
16 40 (3.05%) Copilot Studio
17 37 (2.82%) Azure Logic Apps
18 35 (2.67%) Entra ID
19 34 (2.60%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.38%) HTTP
2 4 (0.31%) 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%) SD-WAN
4 2 (0.15%) Unified Communications
4 2 (0.15%) Wireless
5 1 (0.076%) SAN
5 1 (0.076%) Skype
5 1 (0.076%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 207 (15.80%) Tableau
2 152 (11.60%) Data Warehouse
3 107 (8.17%) Data Lake
4 105 (8.02%) SQL Server
5 81 (6.18%) Power Query
6 56 (4.27%) Metadata
7 53 (4.05%) Azure SQL Database
8 48 (3.66%) BigQuery
9 47 (3.59%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 41 (3.13%) Looker
10 41 (3.13%) Relational Database
10 41 (3.13%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 29 (2.21%) PostgreSQL
12 26 (1.98%) Delta Lake
13 25 (1.91%) Snowflake Schema
13 25 (1.91%) Star Schema
14 24 (1.83%) NoSQL
15 23 (1.76%) Amazon Athena
16 21 (1.60%) Data Mining
16 21 (1.60%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 111 (8.47%) JIRA
2 55 (4.20%) Git
3 11 (0.84%) GitLab
4 9 (0.69%) Jenkins
4 9 (0.69%) Visual Studio
5 8 (0.61%) ERwin
6 7 (0.53%) SonarQube
7 6 (0.46%) DBeaver
8 5 (0.38%) NeoLoad
9 3 (0.23%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 3 (0.23%) Terragrunt
10 2 (0.15%) Artifactory
10 2 (0.15%) ER Studio
10 2 (0.15%) MLflow
10 2 (0.15%) Postman
10 2 (0.15%) Team Foundation Server
11 1 (0.076%) Cypress.io
11 1 (0.076%) Maven
11 1 (0.076%) Metasploit
11 1 (0.076%) Selenium
General
1 464 (35.42%) Social Skills
2 415 (31.68%) Finance
3 301 (22.98%) Analytical Skills
4 142 (10.84%) Public Sector
5 116 (8.85%) Banking
6 47 (3.59%) Marketing
7 36 (2.75%) Retail
8 35 (2.67%) Organisational Skills
9 34 (2.60%) Documentation Skills
10 28 (2.14%) Influencing Skills
11 27 (2.06%) Manufacturing
12 26 (1.98%) Presentation Skills
13 22 (1.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 21 (1.60%) Front Office
15 19 (1.45%) Legal
16 18 (1.37%) Financial Institution
16 18 (1.37%) Investment Banking
16 18 (1.37%) Local Government
17 16 (1.22%) Publishing
18 12 (0.92%) Law
Job Titles
1 360 (27.48%) Analyst
2 208 (15.88%) Developer
3 187 (14.27%) Data Engineer
4 150 (11.45%) Data Analyst
5 133 (10.15%) Senior
6 109 (8.32%) Lead
7 99 (7.56%) Business Analyst
8 88 (6.72%) Architect
9 78 (5.95%) Business Intelligence Developer
10 66 (5.04%) Consultant
11 60 (4.58%) Power BI Developer
12 45 (3.44%) Data Scientist
13 44 (3.36%) Senior Analyst
14 39 (2.98%) Power Platform Developer
15 38 (2.90%) PMO Analyst
15 38 (2.90%) Project Manager
16 37 (2.82%) Data Architect
17 34 (2.60%) Business Intelligence Analyst
18 32 (2.44%) Power BI Analyst
18 32 (2.44%) Senior Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 63 (4.81%) PySpark
2 41 (3.13%) .NET
3 38 (2.90%) REST
4 30 (2.29%) Kafka
5 28 (2.14%) Pandas
6 25 (1.91%) scikit-learn
7 24 (1.83%) HTML
8 18 (1.37%) JSON
9 17 (1.30%) HTML5 Canvas
9 17 (1.30%) React
10 14 (1.07%) NumPy
10 14 (1.07%) PyTorch
10 14 (1.07%) TensorFlow
11 13 (0.99%) Great Expectations
12 11 (0.84%) Spark Streaming
13 10 (0.76%) CSS
13 10 (0.76%) Plotly
13 10 (0.76%) XML
14 9 (0.69%) OAuth
14 9 (0.69%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 47 (3.59%) Product Ownership
2 37 (2.82%) Data Structures
3 33 (2.52%) Analytical Mindset
3 33 (2.52%) Cloud Native
3 33 (2.52%) Management Information System
4 29 (2.21%) Low-Code
5 27 (2.06%) Algorithms
6 26 (1.98%) Legacy Systems
6 26 (1.98%) Onboarding
7 25 (1.91%) Data Protection Act
8 17 (1.30%) PMI
9 16 (1.22%) Data Centre
10 13 (0.99%) Self-Motivation
11 11 (0.84%) Derivative
11 11 (0.84%) Distributed Computing
11 11 (0.84%) Virtual Team
12 10 (0.76%) AI Agents
12 10 (0.76%) FMCG
12 10 (0.76%) Public Cloud
12 10 (0.76%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 12 (0.92%) Windows
2 5 (0.38%) Windows 10
3 4 (0.31%) Linux
4 3 (0.23%) Unix
4 3 (0.23%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.076%) Android
5 1 (0.076%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.076%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,201 (91.68%) Business Intelligence
2 476 (36.34%) Analytics
3 367 (28.02%) Data Modelling
4 334 (25.50%) Visualisation
5 301 (22.98%) Agile
6 268 (20.46%) Decision-Making
7 255 (19.47%) Problem-Solving
8 233 (17.79%) ETL
9 220 (16.79%) Stakeholder Management
10 218 (16.64%) Data Governance
11 202 (15.42%) Actionable Insight
11 202 (15.42%) DevOps
12 200 (15.27%) Data Visualisation
13 195 (14.89%) Data Analysis
14 174 (13.28%) AI
15 165 (12.60%) Data Engineering
15 165 (12.60%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 150 (11.45%) CI/CD
17 149 (11.37%) Data Pipeline
18 145 (11.07%) Dashboard Development
Programming Languages
1 594 (45.34%) SQL
2 333 (25.42%) Python
3 108 (8.24%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 62 (4.73%) C#
5 54 (4.12%) JavaScript
6 51 (3.89%) R
7 39 (2.98%) PowerShell
8 32 (2.44%) VBA
9 28 (2.14%) Java
9 28 (2.14%) T-SQL
10 26 (1.98%) Scala
11 15 (1.15%) 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 (0.31%) LookML
16 4 (0.31%) VB
Qualifications
1 194 (14.81%) Security Cleared
2 154 (11.76%) SC Cleared
3 125 (9.54%) Degree
4 32 (2.44%) Azure Certification
5 29 (2.21%) PMI Certification
6 28 (2.14%) Computer Science Degree
7 26 (1.98%) Microsoft Certification
7 26 (1.98%) PMP
8 22 (1.68%) BPSS Clearance
9 21 (1.60%) Master's Degree
10 11 (0.84%) CIMA
10 11 (0.84%) MBA
11 10 (0.76%) ACCA
12 9 (0.69%) AWS Certification
13 8 (0.61%) CBAP
13 8 (0.61%) DV Cleared
14 7 (0.53%) CFA
14 7 (0.53%) SAFe Agilist
15 4 (0.31%) IIBA
16 3 (0.23%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 237 (18.09%) Data Quality
2 82 (6.26%) GDPR
3 76 (5.80%) PMO
4 70 (5.34%) QA
5 53 (4.05%) Accessibility
6 17 (1.30%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 12 (0.92%) GRC
7 12 (0.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 10 (0.76%) Basel III
9 9 (0.69%) Actionable Recommendations
10 7 (0.53%) HIPAA
10 7 (0.53%) SLA
11 6 (0.46%) NIST
12 5 (0.38%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 5 (0.38%) P3O
13 4 (0.31%) WCAG
14 3 (0.23%) GAAP
14 3 (0.23%) IFRS
15 2 (0.15%) IFRS 9
15 2 (0.15%) NIST 800
System Software
1 32 (2.44%) 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 61 (4.66%) Terraform
2 37 (2.82%) Kubernetes
3 10 (0.76%) Microsoft Intune
4 7 (0.53%) SCCM
5 6 (0.46%) RSA Archer
6 3 (0.23%) Ansible
7 2 (0.15%) Control-M
7 2 (0.15%) Kibana
7 2 (0.15%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.076%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.076%) Kubeflow
8 1 (0.076%) Puppet
8 1 (0.076%) SCOM
8 1 (0.076%) Thomson Reuters DACS
8 1 (0.076%) WSUS
Vendors
1 426 (32.52%) Microsoft
2 161 (12.29%) Databricks
3 92 (7.02%) Oracle
4 68 (5.19%) Google
4 68 (5.19%) SAP
5 46 (3.51%) Salesforce
6 45 (3.44%) ServiceNow
7 25 (1.91%) Informatica
8 16 (1.22%) Lotus
9 15 (1.15%) Foundry
10 14 (1.07%) Alteryx
10 14 (1.07%) OpenAI
11 12 (0.92%) MuleSoft
11 12 (0.92%) Planview
11 12 (0.92%) Splunk
12 11 (0.84%) Cognos
13 9 (0.69%) Kofax
14 8 (0.61%) MicroStrategy
14 8 (0.61%) Talend
14 8 (0.61%) Workday