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 17 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 65 63 62
Rank change year-on-year -2 -1 +9
Contract jobs citing Power BI 1,634 1,024 1,223
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.65% 3.76% 3.38%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 23.87% 20.47% 18.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,078 660 889
10th Percentile £331 £300 £300
25th Percentile £413 £384 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +2.63% - -5.00%
75th Percentile £575 £563 £588
90th Percentile £650 £650 £675
UK median daily rate £488 £475 £480
% change year-on-year +2.63% -1.04% -4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 70 30 18
10th Percentile £16.72 £18.43 £14.00
25th Percentile £21.00 £23.50 £16.99
Median hourly rate £29.96 £30.36 £26.25
Median % change year-on-year -1.30% +15.64% -29.05%
75th Percentile £43.31 £34.62 £41.30
90th Percentile £74.40 £53.75 £62.13
UK median hourly rate £29.96 £31.64 £30.00
% change year-on-year -5.31% +5.47% -17.81%

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 6,844 5,003 6,459
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 15.28% 18.39% 17.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,587 3,463 4,647
10th Percentile £355 £350 £350
25th Percentile £418 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £520 £528
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -1.52% -4.00%
75th Percentile £600 £640 £675
90th Percentile £701 £775 £825
UK median daily rate £500 £512 £525
% change year-on-year -2.39% -2.43% -2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 220 88 120
10th Percentile £15.99 £19.10 £14.00
25th Percentile £25.20 £24.63 £20.00
Median hourly rate £39.50 £34.58 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +14.24% -13.56% -30.43%
75th Percentile £71.88 £63.94 £51.75
90th Percentile £77.77 £77.50 £69.93
UK median hourly rate £41.71 £36.25 £38.50
% change year-on-year +15.06% -5.84% -30.00%

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 17 July 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 17 July 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 17 July 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 +5 836 £500 - 190
South East +6 218 £475 +5.56% 154
Midlands +8 202 £459 +8.00% 101
North of England -20 198 £461 +2.99% 131
West Midlands -11 144 £450 +5.88% 56
North West -9 113 £475 - 64
South West -16 92 £450 +11.25% 55
Yorkshire -37 69 £450 +3.45% 45
East Midlands +18 57 £475 +7.04% 45
East of England -14 41 £400 -20.79% 30
North East -24 20 £425 -5.56% 24
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
1 144 (8.81%) SharePoint
2 64 (3.92%) Confluence
3 38 (2.33%) Apache Spark
4 29 (1.77%) Apache
4 29 (1.77%) Apache Airflow
5 18 (1.10%) SAS
6 11 (0.67%) Microsoft Exchange
7 8 (0.49%) Apache Superset
7 8 (0.49%) ArcGIS
8 6 (0.37%) Palantir Foundry
9 5 (0.31%) CMS
10 4 (0.24%) IIS
11 3 (0.18%) HCL Notes
11 3 (0.18%) Kentico
11 3 (0.18%) Mendix
12 2 (0.12%) Oracle Workflow
13 1 (0.061%) Apache Solr
13 1 (0.061%) Appian
13 1 (0.061%) OpenROAD
13 1 (0.061%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 312 (19.09%) Microsoft Excel
2 59 (3.61%) Microsoft Project
3 49 (3.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 43 (2.63%) Microsoft Office
5 29 (1.77%) MS Visio
6 17 (1.04%) Spreadsheet
7 5 (0.31%) Navisworks
7 5 (0.31%) Revit
8 4 (0.24%) Chatbot
9 2 (0.12%) Notion
9 2 (0.12%) Oracle Smart View
10 1 (0.061%) Acrobat
10 1 (0.061%) Adobe Illustrator
10 1 (0.061%) AutoCAD
10 1 (0.061%) CATIA
10 1 (0.061%) CPLEX
10 1 (0.061%) InDesign
10 1 (0.061%) Photoshop
10 1 (0.061%) ProjectWise
10 1 (0.061%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 35 (2.14%) Dynamics CRM
2 23 (1.41%) Remedy ITSM
2 23 (1.41%) SAP S/4HANA
3 16 (0.98%) iTrent
4 9 (0.55%) Primavera
5 7 (0.43%) Aladdin
6 6 (0.37%) Sage X3
6 6 (0.37%) SAP EWM
7 5 (0.31%) BambooHR
8 4 (0.24%) SAP MDG
8 4 (0.24%) SAP MM
9 3 (0.18%) Maximo
9 3 (0.18%) NEC Housing
9 3 (0.18%) Oracle Financials
9 3 (0.18%) Salesforce CRM
10 2 (0.12%) CA PPM
10 2 (0.12%) Oracle Payables
10 2 (0.12%) SAP ERP
10 2 (0.12%) SAP QM
10 2 (0.12%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 1,634 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 614 (37.58%) Azure
3 208 (12.73%) AWS
4 179 (10.95%) Power Automate
5 157 (9.61%) PowerApps
6 141 (8.63%) Azure DevOps
7 135 (8.26%) Azure Data Factory
8 128 (7.83%) Snowflake
9 114 (6.98%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 112 (6.85%) Dynamics 365
11 111 (6.79%) Microsoft 365
12 83 (5.08%) Microsoft Copilot
13 77 (4.71%) Serverless
14 73 (4.47%) GCP
15 67 (4.10%) dbt
16 58 (3.55%) Amazon S3
16 58 (3.55%) GitHub
17 48 (2.94%) AWS Lambda
18 47 (2.88%) Copilot Studio
19 46 (2.82%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 18 (1.10%) Firewall
2 14 (0.86%) VPN
3 11 (0.67%) DNS
4 5 (0.31%) SSL
5 4 (0.24%) Network Security
6 3 (0.18%) Broadband
6 3 (0.18%) Ethernet
6 3 (0.18%) Internet
7 2 (0.12%) 3GPP
7 2 (0.12%) 4G
7 2 (0.12%) 5G NR
7 2 (0.12%) Intranet
7 2 (0.12%) LTE
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
1 269 (16.46%) Data Warehouse
2 266 (16.28%) Tableau
3 137 (8.38%) Data Lake
4 116 (7.10%) Power Query
5 112 (6.85%) SQL Server
6 73 (4.47%) Metadata
7 61 (3.73%) Star Schema
8 58 (3.55%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 52 (3.18%) Looker
10 48 (2.94%) Relational Database
11 46 (2.82%) Azure SQL Database
12 44 (2.69%) Amazon Athena
13 38 (2.33%) Snowflake Schema
14 37 (2.26%) BigQuery
15 36 (2.20%) Amazon Redshift
16 32 (1.96%) Semantic Layer
17 28 (1.71%) SQL Server Reporting Services
18 27 (1.65%) BusinessObjects
19 26 (1.59%) NoSQL
20 25 (1.53%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 140 (8.57%) JIRA
2 69 (4.22%) Git
3 26 (1.59%) GitLab
4 11 (0.67%) ERwin
5 10 (0.61%) Jenkins
6 6 (0.37%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 5 (0.31%) ER Studio
7 5 (0.31%) MLflow
7 5 (0.31%) PowerDesigner
8 4 (0.24%) Bitbucket
8 4 (0.24%) JUnit
8 4 (0.24%) Visual Studio
9 2 (0.12%) Charles Proxy
9 2 (0.12%) JMeter
9 2 (0.12%) Postman
9 2 (0.12%) Selenium
9 2 (0.12%) Team Foundation Server
9 2 (0.12%) WebDriver
10 1 (0.061%) Terragrunt
10 1 (0.061%) TestRail
General
1 509 (31.15%) Social Skills
2 486 (29.74%) Finance
3 391 (23.93%) Analytical Skills
4 149 (9.12%) Public Sector
5 108 (6.61%) Banking
6 62 (3.79%) Retail
7 56 (3.43%) Documentation Skills
8 50 (3.06%) Law
8 50 (3.06%) Manufacturing
9 48 (2.94%) Organisational Skills
10 44 (2.69%) Marketing
11 34 (2.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 22 (1.35%) Local Government
12 22 (1.35%) Presentation Skills
13 21 (1.29%) Investment Banking
14 20 (1.22%) Financial Institution
14 20 (1.22%) Influencing Skills
15 19 (1.16%) Telecoms
16 17 (1.04%) Legal
17 15 (0.92%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 432 (26.44%) Analyst
2 244 (14.93%) Developer
3 243 (14.87%) Data Engineer
4 212 (12.97%) Data Analyst
5 190 (11.63%) Senior
6 182 (11.14%) Architect
7 156 (9.55%) Lead
8 118 (7.22%) Business Intelligence Developer
9 94 (5.75%) Business Analyst
10 93 (5.69%) Power BI Developer
11 71 (4.35%) Data Architect
12 66 (4.04%) Consultant
13 58 (3.55%) Senior Data Engineer
14 52 (3.18%) Power Platform Developer
15 47 (2.88%) Business Intelligence Analyst
15 47 (2.88%) Project Manager
16 39 (2.39%) Lead Architect
17 37 (2.26%) Senior Analyst
18 36 (2.20%) Solutions Architect
19 35 (2.14%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 89 (5.45%) PySpark
2 53 (3.24%) REST
3 52 (3.18%) .NET
4 32 (1.96%) Kafka
5 25 (1.53%) JSON
6 19 (1.16%) Microsoft Graph
7 18 (1.10%) Middleware
7 18 (1.10%) Pandas
8 16 (0.98%) React
9 14 (0.86%) HTML
10 13 (0.80%) Great Expectations
11 12 (0.73%) CSS
11 12 (0.73%) XML
12 11 (0.67%) ADO
12 11 (0.67%) HTML5 Canvas
12 11 (0.67%) YAML
13 8 (0.49%) JDO
14 7 (0.43%) jQuery
14 7 (0.43%) RESTful
14 7 (0.43%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 77 (4.71%) Data Structures
2 72 (4.41%) Cloud Native
3 50 (3.06%) Legacy Systems
4 47 (2.88%) Product Ownership
5 46 (2.82%) Management Information System
6 42 (2.57%) Onboarding
7 37 (2.26%) Analytical Mindset
8 24 (1.47%) AI Agents
8 24 (1.47%) CMDB
9 23 (1.41%) Data Protection Act
10 20 (1.22%) Clustering
11 18 (1.10%) Low-Code
12 16 (0.98%) FMCG
13 15 (0.92%) Self-Motivation
14 14 (0.86%) PKI
15 13 (0.80%) IoT
15 13 (0.80%) NHS
15 13 (0.80%) Reference Data
16 12 (0.73%) Enterprise Software
17 11 (0.67%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 38 (2.33%) Windows
2 22 (1.35%) Windows Server
3 9 (0.55%) Apple iOS
3 9 (0.55%) Unix
4 8 (0.49%) Linux
5 6 (0.37%) Mac OS
6 4 (0.24%) Android
7 3 (0.18%) Windows 10
8 2 (0.12%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.061%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,520 (93.02%) Business Intelligence
2 675 (41.31%) Analytics
3 533 (32.62%) Data Modelling
4 392 (23.99%) Agile
5 346 (21.18%) ETL
6 340 (20.81%) Decision-Making
6 340 (20.81%) Visualisation
7 294 (17.99%) AI
7 294 (17.99%) Problem-Solving
8 286 (17.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 270 (16.52%) DevOps
10 268 (16.40%) Data Pipeline
10 268 (16.40%) Stakeholder Management
11 265 (16.22%) Data Governance
12 263 (16.10%) Migration
13 257 (15.73%) Data Engineering
14 248 (15.18%) CI/CD
15 230 (14.08%) Continuous Improvement
16 225 (13.77%) Validation
17 208 (12.73%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 769 (47.06%) SQL
2 392 (23.99%) Python
3 189 (11.57%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 77 (4.71%) PowerShell
5 69 (4.22%) JavaScript
6 65 (3.98%) C#
7 60 (3.67%) T-SQL
8 50 (3.06%) R
9 40 (2.45%) Java
10 24 (1.47%) VBA
11 15 (0.92%) Bicep
11 15 (0.92%) PL/SQL
12 14 (0.86%) TypeScript
13 11 (0.67%) Scala
14 6 (0.37%) Kotlin
14 6 (0.37%) Shell Script
15 5 (0.31%) C
16 4 (0.24%) Korn
16 4 (0.24%) X++
17 3 (0.18%) Bash
Qualifications
1 299 (18.30%) Security Cleared
2 229 (14.01%) SC Cleared
3 162 (9.91%) Degree
4 44 (2.69%) BPSS Clearance
5 33 (2.02%) Microsoft Certification
6 32 (1.96%) Azure Certification
7 30 (1.84%) Computer Science Degree
8 27 (1.65%) DBS Check
9 22 (1.35%) DV Cleared
10 20 (1.22%) AWS Certification
11 19 (1.16%) Master's Degree
12 13 (0.80%) PMI Certification
12 13 (0.80%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 10 (0.61%) PMP
14 8 (0.49%) ACCA
15 7 (0.43%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
15 7 (0.43%) CISSP
16 6 (0.37%) CIMA
16 6 (0.37%) SnowPro
17 5 (0.31%) Tableau Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 390 (23.87%) Data Quality
2 109 (6.67%) GDPR
3 84 (5.14%) PMO
4 72 (4.41%) QA
5 33 (2.02%) Accessibility
6 18 (1.10%) SLA
7 16 (0.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 10 (0.61%) GRC
8 10 (0.61%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 8 (0.49%) Actionable Recommendations
9 8 (0.49%) Solvency II
10 7 (0.43%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 6 (0.37%) ISO 19650
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%) NIST
14 1 (0.061%) IFRS
System Software
1 51 (3.12%) Active Directory
2 11 (0.67%) Docker
3 10 (0.61%) Virtual Machines
4 6 (0.37%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (0.18%) BitLocker
5 3 (0.18%) HDFS
6 1 (0.061%) RACF
6 1 (0.061%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 70 (4.28%) Terraform
2 20 (1.22%) Grafana
3 17 (1.04%) Kubernetes
4 14 (0.86%) Microsoft Intune
5 10 (0.61%) SCCM
6 8 (0.49%) Ansible
7 7 (0.43%) Prometheus
8 5 (0.31%) SCOM
9 4 (0.24%) Single Sign-On
10 3 (0.18%) Apache Ranger
10 3 (0.18%) Control-M
11 2 (0.12%) Kibana
11 2 (0.12%) Nessus
12 1 (0.061%) Jamf Pro
12 1 (0.061%) Kubeflow
12 1 (0.061%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
12 1 (0.061%) SysTrack
12 1 (0.061%) WSUS
Vendors
1 584 (35.74%) Microsoft
2 200 (12.24%) Databricks
3 110 (6.73%) SAP
4 92 (5.63%) ServiceNow
5 72 (4.41%) Oracle
6 45 (2.75%) Google
7 43 (2.63%) Informatica
8 32 (1.96%) Salesforce
9 26 (1.59%) Alteryx
9 26 (1.59%) Remedy
10 24 (1.47%) Splunk
11 21 (1.29%) Workday
12 15 (0.92%) Adobe
13 14 (0.86%) Dynatrace
13 14 (0.86%) IFS
14 13 (0.80%) BMC
14 13 (0.80%) Talend
15 11 (0.67%) Denodo
15 11 (0.67%) Foundry
16 10 (0.61%) Sage