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

6 months to
31 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 60 63 63
Rank change year-on-year +3 0 +6
Contract jobs citing Power BI 1,693 1,063 1,114
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.70% 3.83% 3.37%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 24.37% 21.34% 18.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,096 699 793
10th Percentile £325 £309 £300
25th Percentile £413 £383 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £591 £575 £588
90th Percentile £668 £676 £675
UK median daily rate £495 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +4.21% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 77 21 18
10th Percentile £17.88 £18.50 £19.95
25th Percentile £23.21 £25.01 £25.25
Median hourly rate £29.96 £32.05 £30.30
Median % change year-on-year -6.52% +5.79% -6.27%
75th Percentile £38.25 £36.00 £62.29
90th Percentile £71.06 £53.75 £79.13
UK median hourly rate £29.96 £32.58 £30.59
% change year-on-year -8.04% +6.51% -5.35%

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 6,946 4,982 6,091
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 15.18% 17.95% 18.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,636 3,432 4,286
10th Percentile £358 £335 £350
25th Percentile £423 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £510 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% -7.27% -
75th Percentile £619 £638 £675
90th Percentile £705 £750 £825
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 229 80 91
10th Percentile £14.85 £21.02 £14.25
25th Percentile £23.75 £29.05 £19.92
Median hourly rate £38.25 £38.23 £33.93
Median % change year-on-year +0.05% +12.67% -38.31%
75th Percentile £62.00 £65.00 £58.73
90th Percentile £75.20 £78.88 £71.50
UK median hourly rate £38.25 £38.85 £32.50
% change year-on-year -1.53% +19.52% -40.91%

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 31 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 31 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 31 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 +8 888 £500 - 467
North of England -13 232 £440 +0.57% 191
South East +1 211 £475 +5.56% 247
Midlands +9 198 £475 +7.95% 145
West Midlands 0 138 £475 +2.70% 91
North West -6 124 £485 +2.11% 112
Yorkshire -24 92 £425 +6.25% 51
South West -16 91 £438 +9.38% 82
East Midlands +20 58 £470 +12.24% 53
East of England -16 35 £565 -2.59% 75
North East -23 20 £383 -15.00% 30
South Coast - 1 £450 -
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
1 171 (10.10%) SharePoint
2 70 (4.13%) Confluence
3 35 (2.07%) Apache Airflow
4 30 (1.77%) Apache Spark
5 26 (1.54%) Apache
6 23 (1.36%) SAS
7 15 (0.89%) Microsoft Exchange
8 12 (0.71%) ArcGIS
9 7 (0.41%) Apache Superset
10 6 (0.35%) Mendix
10 6 (0.35%) Oracle Workflow
11 5 (0.30%) Apache Solr
12 4 (0.24%) CMS
12 4 (0.24%) Palantir Foundry
13 3 (0.18%) HCL Notes
13 3 (0.18%) IIS
13 3 (0.18%) Kentico
14 2 (0.12%) PowerExchange
15 1 (0.059%) OpenROAD
15 1 (0.059%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 322 (19.02%) Microsoft Excel
2 59 (3.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 52 (3.07%) Microsoft Project
4 49 (2.89%) Microsoft Office
5 26 (1.54%) MS Visio
6 22 (1.30%) Spreadsheet
7 10 (0.59%) Navisworks
7 10 (0.59%) Revit
8 6 (0.35%) AutoCAD
8 6 (0.35%) Chatbot
8 6 (0.35%) ProjectWise
9 2 (0.12%) Notion
9 2 (0.12%) Oracle Smart View
10 1 (0.059%) CPLEX
Business Applications
1 39 (2.30%) Dynamics CRM
2 27 (1.59%) Remedy ITSM
3 23 (1.36%) SAP S/4HANA
4 16 (0.95%) iTrent
5 13 (0.77%) Primavera
6 9 (0.53%) Aladdin
7 7 (0.41%) Integrated Workplace Management System
8 6 (0.35%) SAP EWM
9 5 (0.30%) BambooHR
9 5 (0.30%) Maximo
9 5 (0.30%) SAP MM
10 4 (0.24%) SAP MDG
10 4 (0.24%) Workday HCM
11 3 (0.18%) NetSuite
11 3 (0.18%) Oracle Financials
11 3 (0.18%) SAP ERP
12 2 (0.12%) CA PPM
12 2 (0.12%) NEC Housing
12 2 (0.12%) Sage 200
12 2 (0.12%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 1,693 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 638 (37.68%) Azure
3 212 (12.52%) AWS
4 196 (11.58%) Power Automate
5 173 (10.22%) Azure DevOps
6 169 (9.98%) PowerApps
7 139 (8.21%) Azure Data Factory
7 139 (8.21%) Snowflake
8 123 (7.27%) Dynamics 365
9 121 (7.15%) Microsoft 365
10 111 (6.56%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 98 (5.79%) Microsoft Copilot
12 79 (4.67%) Serverless
13 74 (4.37%) dbt
14 68 (4.02%) GCP
15 67 (3.96%) GitHub
16 54 (3.19%) Amazon S3
16 54 (3.19%) Entra ID
17 48 (2.84%) Microsoft Purview
18 47 (2.78%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 16 (0.95%) Firewall
2 13 (0.77%) VPN
3 11 (0.65%) DNS
4 7 (0.41%) SSL
5 5 (0.30%) Broadband
6 4 (0.24%) Network Security
7 3 (0.18%) Internet
8 2 (0.12%) Intranet
8 2 (0.12%) NAS
8 2 (0.12%) SAN
8 2 (0.12%) SMTP
9 1 (0.059%) 4G
9 1 (0.059%) 5G
9 1 (0.059%) 5G NR
9 1 (0.059%) LTE
9 1 (0.059%) Microwave Backhaul
9 1 (0.059%) OpenFlow
9 1 (0.059%) Radio Access Network
9 1 (0.059%) SD-WAN
9 1 (0.059%) VoLTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 268 (15.83%) Data Warehouse
2 250 (14.77%) Tableau
3 144 (8.51%) Data Lake
4 126 (7.44%) Power Query
5 125 (7.38%) SQL Server
6 83 (4.90%) Metadata
7 69 (4.08%) Star Schema
8 53 (3.13%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 52 (3.07%) Looker
10 50 (2.95%) Relational Database
11 47 (2.78%) Azure SQL Database
12 42 (2.48%) Amazon Athena
13 40 (2.36%) Amazon Redshift
14 37 (2.19%) BigQuery
15 35 (2.07%) Semantic Layer
15 35 (2.07%) Snowflake Schema
16 31 (1.83%) SQL Server Reporting Services
17 30 (1.77%) NoSQL
18 24 (1.42%) Delta Lake
18 24 (1.42%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 145 (8.56%) JIRA
2 64 (3.78%) Git
3 28 (1.65%) GitLab
4 9 (0.53%) Jenkins
5 8 (0.47%) MLflow
6 7 (0.41%) ERwin
7 6 (0.35%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 5 (0.30%) Oracle Forms
9 4 (0.24%) ER Studio
9 4 (0.24%) JUnit
9 4 (0.24%) Terragrunt
9 4 (0.24%) Visual Studio
10 3 (0.18%) JMeter
10 3 (0.18%) PowerDesigner
10 3 (0.18%) Selenium
11 2 (0.12%) Charles Proxy
11 2 (0.12%) Team Foundation Server
11 2 (0.12%) WebDriver
12 1 (0.059%) Claude Code
12 1 (0.059%) REST Assured
General
1 545 (32.19%) Social Skills
2 503 (29.71%) Finance
3 422 (24.93%) Analytical Skills
4 158 (9.33%) Public Sector
5 125 (7.38%) Banking
6 75 (4.43%) Retail
7 62 (3.66%) Organisational Skills
8 56 (3.31%) Documentation Skills
9 54 (3.19%) Law
10 51 (3.01%) Manufacturing
11 50 (2.95%) Marketing
12 46 (2.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 37 (2.19%) Local Government
14 33 (1.95%) Influencing Skills
15 24 (1.42%) Financial Institution
15 24 (1.42%) Presentation Skills
16 19 (1.12%) Investment Banking
16 19 (1.12%) Legal
17 16 (0.95%) Military
17 16 (0.95%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 441 (26.05%) Analyst
2 241 (14.24%) Developer
3 219 (12.94%) Data Engineer
4 215 (12.70%) Data Analyst
5 199 (11.75%) Senior
6 191 (11.28%) Architect
7 159 (9.39%) Lead
8 113 (6.67%) Business Intelligence Developer
9 96 (5.67%) Business Analyst
10 90 (5.32%) Power BI Developer
11 80 (4.73%) Data Architect
12 77 (4.55%) Consultant
13 57 (3.37%) Senior Data Engineer
14 51 (3.01%) Project Manager
15 49 (2.89%) Power Platform Developer
16 47 (2.78%) Senior Analyst
17 41 (2.42%) Business Intelligence Analyst
18 40 (2.36%) Lead Architect
19 39 (2.30%) Solutions Architect
20 37 (2.19%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 94 (5.55%) PySpark
2 72 (4.25%) Terraform
3 67 (3.96%) .NET
4 64 (3.78%) REST
5 33 (1.95%) Kafka
6 24 (1.42%) React
7 22 (1.30%) Microsoft Graph
8 21 (1.24%) JSON
9 20 (1.18%) HTML
10 19 (1.12%) Middleware
11 16 (0.95%) HTML5 Canvas
12 14 (0.83%) CSS
13 12 (0.71%) Pandas
14 10 (0.59%) ADO
15 8 (0.47%) .NET Core
15 8 (0.47%) EDI
15 8 (0.47%) Great Expectations
16 7 (0.41%) jQuery
16 7 (0.41%) OAuth
16 7 (0.41%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 80 (4.73%) Data Structures
2 69 (4.08%) Management Information System
3 67 (3.96%) Cloud Native
4 57 (3.37%) Onboarding
5 56 (3.31%) Product Ownership
6 43 (2.54%) Legacy Systems
7 31 (1.83%) Analytical Mindset
8 28 (1.65%) Clustering
9 23 (1.36%) CMDB
9 23 (1.36%) Low-Code
10 22 (1.30%) AI Agents
11 20 (1.18%) FMCG
12 19 (1.12%) Data Protection Act
12 19 (1.12%) Enterprise Software
13 14 (0.83%) Data Centre
13 14 (0.83%) Reference Data
14 13 (0.77%) NHS
15 12 (0.71%) IoT
15 12 (0.71%) PKI
16 11 (0.65%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 49 (2.89%) Windows
2 22 (1.30%) Windows Server
3 14 (0.83%) Linux
4 10 (0.59%) Apple iOS
5 9 (0.53%) Unix
6 7 (0.41%) Mac OS
7 5 (0.30%) Android
8 2 (0.12%) Ubuntu
8 2 (0.12%) VMS
8 2 (0.12%) Windows 10
8 2 (0.12%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,579 (93.27%) Business Intelligence
2 676 (39.93%) Analytics
3 525 (31.01%) Data Modelling
4 414 (24.45%) Agile
5 375 (22.15%) Stakeholder Management
6 359 (21.20%) Decision-Making
7 336 (19.85%) ETL
8 329 (19.43%) Visualisation
9 328 (19.37%) AI
10 321 (18.96%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 310 (18.31%) Problem-Solving
12 295 (17.42%) DevOps
12 295 (17.42%) Migration
13 284 (16.77%) CI/CD
14 269 (15.89%) Data Governance
15 265 (15.65%) Continuous Improvement
16 263 (15.53%) Data Pipeline
17 260 (15.36%) Data Engineering
18 239 (14.12%) Validation
19 208 (12.29%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 785 (46.37%) SQL
2 394 (23.27%) Python
3 193 (11.40%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 91 (5.38%) JavaScript
4 91 (5.38%) PowerShell
5 73 (4.31%) C#
6 59 (3.48%) T-SQL
7 45 (2.66%) R
8 43 (2.54%) Java
9 22 (1.30%) VBA
10 21 (1.24%) TypeScript
11 13 (0.77%) PL/SQL
12 11 (0.65%) Bicep
13 9 (0.53%) Scala
14 8 (0.47%) Bash
15 7 (0.41%) Shell Script
16 6 (0.35%) Korn
16 6 (0.35%) Kotlin
17 5 (0.30%) Kusto Query Language
17 5 (0.30%) X++
Qualifications
1 316 (18.67%) Security Cleared
2 237 (14.00%) SC Cleared
3 164 (9.69%) Degree
4 48 (2.84%) Microsoft Certification
5 42 (2.48%) Azure Certification
6 35 (2.07%) BPSS Clearance
7 31 (1.83%) Computer Science Degree
8 27 (1.59%) DBS Check
9 23 (1.36%) AWS Certification
10 22 (1.30%) DV Cleared
11 18 (1.06%) PMI Certification
12 15 (0.89%) Master's Degree
12 15 (0.89%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 12 (0.71%) PMP
14 11 (0.65%) ACCA
15 9 (0.53%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
15 9 (0.53%) CIMA
16 7 (0.41%) CISSP
16 7 (0.41%) TOGAF Certification
17 5 (0.30%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 393 (23.21%) Data Quality
2 93 (5.49%) GDPR
3 80 (4.73%) QA
4 76 (4.49%) PMO
5 35 (2.07%) Accessibility
6 15 (0.89%) GRC
7 13 (0.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 12 (0.71%) SLA
9 11 (0.65%) ISO 19650
10 8 (0.47%) Actionable Recommendations
11 7 (0.41%) Solvency II
12 6 (0.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 5 (0.30%) GMP
14 4 (0.24%) California Consumer Privacy Act
15 3 (0.18%) NIST
15 3 (0.18%) P3O
16 2 (0.12%) Basel III
16 2 (0.12%) ISO 20022
16 2 (0.12%) NCSC
16 2 (0.12%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 50 (2.95%) Active Directory
2 15 (0.89%) Docker
3 13 (0.77%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (0.53%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.18%) BitLocker
6 1 (0.059%) RACF
6 1 (0.059%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 24 (1.42%) Kubernetes
2 20 (1.18%) Grafana
3 16 (0.95%) Microsoft Intune
4 12 (0.71%) Ansible
5 11 (0.65%) SCOM
6 8 (0.47%) Microsoft Clustering
6 8 (0.47%) Prometheus
7 7 (0.41%) Control-M
7 7 (0.41%) SCCM
8 3 (0.18%) Apache Ranger
8 3 (0.18%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (0.12%) Nessus
10 1 (0.059%) Jamf Pro
10 1 (0.059%) Kibana
10 1 (0.059%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.059%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
10 1 (0.059%) SysTrack
10 1 (0.059%) WSUS
Vendors
1 670 (39.57%) Microsoft
2 217 (12.82%) Databricks
3 111 (6.56%) SAP
4 100 (5.91%) ServiceNow
5 83 (4.90%) Oracle
6 49 (2.89%) Google
7 40 (2.36%) Informatica
8 38 (2.24%) Salesforce
9 30 (1.77%) Remedy
10 27 (1.59%) Alteryx
10 27 (1.59%) Splunk
11 24 (1.42%) Workday
12 21 (1.24%) BMC
13 14 (0.83%) Adobe
13 14 (0.83%) Dynatrace
14 13 (0.77%) Denodo
14 13 (0.77%) VMware
15 12 (0.71%) IFS
16 10 (0.59%) Autodesk
16 10 (0.59%) Teradata