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

6 months to
10 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 59 57 66
Rank change year-on-year -2 +9 +11
Contract jobs citing Power BI 1,288 1,005 1,150
As % of all contract jobs in England 4.11% 3.72% 3.17%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 24.34% 20.28% 19.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 894 671 820
10th Percentile £313 £313 £312
25th Percentile £400 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -2.44%
75th Percentile £588 £588 £607
90th Percentile £655 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 18 38
10th Percentile £16.84 £24.68 £16.32
25th Percentile £18.25 £25.26 £21.00
Median hourly rate £24.02 £30.30 £31.41
Median % change year-on-year -20.73% -3.55% -43.41%
75th Percentile £36.11 £56.50 £49.69
90th Percentile £59.60 £64.73 £69.08
UK median hourly rate £24.02 £28.00 £31.41
% change year-on-year -14.23% -10.86% -37.18%

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 5,292 4,956 5,960
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 16.90% 18.32% 16.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,683 3,285 4,267
10th Percentile £325 £350 £356
25th Percentile £412 £425 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - -
75th Percentile £613 £663 £660
90th Percentile £710 £775 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £534
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.69% -2.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 74 68 134
10th Percentile £18.93 £20.82 £18.77
25th Percentile £29.06 £24.25 £25.05
Median hourly rate £51.36 £42.00 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +22.29% -9.05% -16.04%
75th Percentile £70.00 £64.79 £64.48
90th Percentile £84.70 £74.50 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £48.72 £35.00 £46.18
% change year-on-year +39.20% -24.21% -16.04%

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 10 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 10 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 10 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 +8 726 £500 -2.91% 204
North of England -13 152 £425 -10.53% 112
South East -17 119 £475 - 220
Midlands -24 117 £463 -4.64% 102
West Midlands -34 76 £500 - 68
Yorkshire -9 74 £423 +1.20% 38
North West -26 72 £425 -14.67% 55
South West -3 66 £475 +5.56% 47
East of England 0 45 £625 +38.89% 48
East Midlands +1 41 £354 -12.59% 33
North East -5 6 £475 +5.56% 21
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
1 141 (10.95%) SharePoint
2 46 (3.57%) Confluence
3 37 (2.87%) Apache Spark
4 22 (1.71%) Apache
4 22 (1.71%) Apache Airflow
5 18 (1.40%) HCL Notes
6 10 (0.78%) Microsoft Exchange
7 9 (0.70%) Mendix
8 8 (0.62%) Apache Pig
9 6 (0.47%) Jupyter
9 6 (0.47%) Oracle Application Server
10 3 (0.23%) CMS
11 2 (0.16%) ArcGIS
11 2 (0.16%) Moodle
11 2 (0.16%) SAS
12 1 (0.078%) Kentico
12 1 (0.078%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 1 (0.078%) Skype for Business
12 1 (0.078%) Tomcat
12 1 (0.078%) WebSphere
Applications
1 283 (21.97%) Microsoft Excel
2 46 (3.57%) Microsoft Project
3 45 (3.49%) Microsoft Office
4 41 (3.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 28 (2.17%) MS Visio
6 8 (0.62%) Spreadsheet
7 5 (0.39%) Adobe Illustrator
7 5 (0.39%) Photoshop
7 5 (0.39%) Trello
8 4 (0.31%) Notion
9 3 (0.23%) Chatbot
10 1 (0.078%) Adobe XD
10 1 (0.078%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 57 (4.43%) Dynamics CRM
2 27 (2.10%) SAP S/4HANA
3 9 (0.70%) Salesforce CRM
4 6 (0.47%) Oracle ERP
4 6 (0.47%) Oracle Financials
5 4 (0.31%) NetSuite
5 4 (0.31%) Oracle Payables
5 4 (0.31%) Primavera
5 4 (0.31%) SAP ERP
6 3 (0.23%) Aladdin
6 3 (0.23%) Cloudability
6 3 (0.23%) iTrent
6 3 (0.23%) Loan IQ
6 3 (0.23%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 3 (0.23%) SAP CO
7 2 (0.16%) Actimize
7 2 (0.16%) Dynamics NAV
7 2 (0.16%) Elite 3E
7 2 (0.16%) SAP MDG
7 2 (0.16%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 1,288 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 487 (37.81%) Azure
3 200 (15.53%) Power Automate
4 185 (14.36%) PowerApps
5 140 (10.87%) AWS
6 128 (9.94%) Azure DevOps
7 121 (9.39%) Azure Data Factory
8 111 (8.62%) Dynamics 365
9 109 (8.46%) Microsoft 365
10 96 (7.45%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 85 (6.60%) GCP
12 81 (6.29%) Snowflake
13 52 (4.04%) Microsoft Copilot
14 48 (3.73%) Serverless
15 44 (3.42%) GitHub
16 41 (3.18%) Azure Logic Apps
17 40 (3.11%) SaaS
18 34 (2.64%) Azure Functions
18 34 (2.64%) Copilot Studio
19 32 (2.48%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.39%) HTTP
2 3 (0.23%) Kerberos
2 3 (0.23%) VoIP
2 3 (0.23%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (0.16%) 2G
3 2 (0.16%) 5G
3 2 (0.16%) Hyperconnected
3 2 (0.16%) LAN
3 2 (0.16%) LTE
3 2 (0.16%) Mobile Backhaul
3 2 (0.16%) Network Security
3 2 (0.16%) SD-WAN
3 2 (0.16%) Unified Communications
3 2 (0.16%) VPN
3 2 (0.16%) Wireless
4 1 (0.078%) DNS
4 1 (0.078%) NAS
4 1 (0.078%) SAN
4 1 (0.078%) Skype
4 1 (0.078%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 197 (15.30%) Tableau
2 148 (11.49%) Data Warehouse
3 105 (8.15%) Data Lake
4 101 (7.84%) SQL Server
5 82 (6.37%) Power Query
6 54 (4.19%) Azure SQL Database
7 49 (3.80%) Metadata
7 49 (3.80%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 46 (3.57%) Relational Database
9 43 (3.34%) BigQuery
10 42 (3.26%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 37 (2.87%) Looker
12 28 (2.17%) PostgreSQL
13 25 (1.94%) Data Mining
13 25 (1.94%) Delta Lake
14 22 (1.71%) Big Data
15 21 (1.63%) NoSQL
15 21 (1.63%) Snowflake Schema
15 21 (1.63%) Star Schema
16 20 (1.55%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 114 (8.85%) JIRA
2 54 (4.19%) Git
3 11 (0.85%) GitLab
4 9 (0.70%) Visual Studio
5 8 (0.62%) Jenkins
6 7 (0.54%) SonarQube
7 6 (0.47%) DBeaver
8 5 (0.39%) NeoLoad
9 4 (0.31%) ERwin
10 3 (0.23%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 2 (0.16%) Artifactory
11 2 (0.16%) MLflow
11 2 (0.16%) Postman
11 2 (0.16%) Team Foundation Server
11 2 (0.16%) Terragrunt
12 1 (0.078%) Browser DevTools
12 1 (0.078%) Cypress.io
12 1 (0.078%) ER Studio
12 1 (0.078%) Metasploit
12 1 (0.078%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 448 (34.78%) Social Skills
2 434 (33.70%) Finance
3 294 (22.83%) Analytical Skills
4 143 (11.10%) Public Sector
5 123 (9.55%) Banking
6 47 (3.65%) Marketing
7 39 (3.03%) Manufacturing
7 39 (3.03%) Organisational Skills
8 35 (2.72%) Retail
9 30 (2.33%) Documentation Skills
10 29 (2.25%) Presentation Skills
11 26 (2.02%) Influencing Skills
12 22 (1.71%) Front Office
12 22 (1.71%) Legal
12 22 (1.71%) Local Government
13 21 (1.63%) Investment Banking
14 19 (1.48%) Financial Institution
14 19 (1.48%) Pharmaceutical
15 18 (1.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 15 (1.16%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 359 (27.87%) Analyst
2 207 (16.07%) Developer
3 159 (12.34%) Data Engineer
4 153 (11.88%) Data Analyst
5 125 (9.70%) Senior
6 102 (7.92%) Lead
7 98 (7.61%) Business Analyst
8 87 (6.75%) Architect
9 75 (5.82%) Business Intelligence Developer
10 65 (5.05%) Consultant
11 56 (4.35%) Power BI Developer
12 44 (3.42%) Data Scientist
12 44 (3.42%) Senior Analyst
13 42 (3.26%) Project Manager
14 41 (3.18%) Data Architect
15 38 (2.95%) Power Platform Developer
16 35 (2.72%) Business Intelligence Analyst
17 34 (2.64%) Power BI Analyst
18 33 (2.56%) PMO Analyst
19 29 (2.25%) Report Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 58 (4.50%) PySpark
2 44 (3.42%) .NET
3 39 (3.03%) REST
4 27 (2.10%) HTML
5 24 (1.86%) Kafka
6 23 (1.79%) Pandas
7 22 (1.71%) scikit-learn
8 21 (1.63%) JSON
9 19 (1.48%) HTML5 Canvas
10 16 (1.24%) React
11 13 (1.01%) NumPy
12 12 (0.93%) PyTorch
12 12 (0.93%) TensorFlow
13 11 (0.85%) Spark Streaming
14 10 (0.78%) CSS
15 9 (0.70%) OAuth
15 9 (0.70%) Plotly
15 9 (0.70%) XML
16 8 (0.62%) Great Expectations
16 8 (0.62%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 48 (3.73%) Product Ownership
2 36 (2.80%) Analytical Mindset
3 35 (2.72%) Data Structures
4 30 (2.33%) Onboarding
5 28 (2.17%) Legacy Systems
5 28 (2.17%) Low-Code
5 28 (2.17%) Management Information System
6 25 (1.94%) Algorithms
6 25 (1.94%) Cloud Native
6 25 (1.94%) Data Protection Act
7 22 (1.71%) Data Centre
8 15 (1.16%) PMI
9 14 (1.09%) Virtual Team
10 13 (1.01%) Derivative
10 13 (1.01%) Reinsurance
10 13 (1.01%) Self-Motivation
11 12 (0.93%) Life Science
12 11 (0.85%) Distributed Computing
12 11 (0.85%) FMCG
13 10 (0.78%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 11 (0.85%) Windows
2 4 (0.31%) Linux
3 3 (0.23%) Unix
3 3 (0.23%) Windows 10
3 3 (0.23%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.078%) Android
4 1 (0.078%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.078%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,174 (91.15%) Business Intelligence
2 463 (35.95%) Analytics
3 335 (26.01%) Data Modelling
4 318 (24.69%) Visualisation
5 299 (23.21%) Agile
6 257 (19.95%) Decision-Making
7 237 (18.40%) Problem-Solving
8 211 (16.38%) Stakeholder Management
9 206 (15.99%) ETL
10 203 (15.76%) Data Governance
11 194 (15.06%) DevOps
12 191 (14.83%) Actionable Insight
13 186 (14.44%) Data Visualisation
14 184 (14.29%) Data Analysis
15 159 (12.34%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 143 (11.10%) Data Engineering
17 141 (10.95%) AI
17 141 (10.95%) CI/CD
18 135 (10.48%) Data Pipeline
19 133 (10.33%) Dashboard Development
Programming Languages
1 579 (44.95%) SQL
2 328 (25.47%) Python
3 97 (7.53%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 64 (4.97%) C#
5 58 (4.50%) JavaScript
5 58 (4.50%) R
6 40 (3.11%) PowerShell
7 31 (2.41%) VBA
8 30 (2.33%) Java
9 28 (2.17%) T-SQL
10 24 (1.86%) Scala
11 15 (1.16%) Bicep
12 14 (1.09%) TypeScript
13 10 (0.78%) Formula Language
13 10 (0.78%) LotusScript
14 9 (0.70%) PL/SQL
15 7 (0.54%) Korn
16 5 (0.39%) C++
16 5 (0.39%) X++
17 4 (0.31%) VB
Qualifications
1 176 (13.66%) Security Cleared
2 136 (10.56%) SC Cleared
3 116 (9.01%) Degree
4 29 (2.25%) Azure Certification
5 25 (1.94%) Microsoft Certification
5 25 (1.94%) PMI Certification
6 23 (1.79%) Computer Science Degree
7 22 (1.71%) Master's Degree
8 21 (1.63%) PMP
9 16 (1.24%) BPSS Clearance
10 11 (0.85%) ACCA
10 11 (0.85%) CIMA
10 11 (0.85%) MBA
11 8 (0.62%) AWS Certification
11 8 (0.62%) CFA
12 7 (0.54%) CBAP
12 7 (0.54%) DV Cleared
12 7 (0.54%) SAFe Agilist
13 5 (0.39%) IIBA
14 4 (0.31%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 212 (16.46%) Data Quality
2 75 (5.82%) GDPR
3 72 (5.59%) PMO
4 65 (5.05%) QA
5 52 (4.04%) Accessibility
6 19 (1.48%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 11 (0.85%) GRC
7 11 (0.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 10 (0.78%) Basel III
9 9 (0.70%) Actionable Recommendations
10 7 (0.54%) HIPAA
10 7 (0.54%) NIST
10 7 (0.54%) SLA
11 6 (0.47%) GxP
11 6 (0.47%) IFRS
12 5 (0.39%) P3O
13 4 (0.31%) WCAG
14 3 (0.23%) IFRS 9
15 2 (0.16%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
15 2 (0.16%) NIST 800
System Software
1 28 (2.17%) Docker
2 26 (2.02%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.16%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.078%) HDFS
4 1 (0.078%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 47 (3.65%) Terraform
2 33 (2.56%) Kubernetes
3 9 (0.70%) Microsoft Intune
4 6 (0.47%) RSA Archer
4 6 (0.47%) SCCM
5 3 (0.23%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.16%) Ansible
6 2 (0.16%) Kibana
7 1 (0.078%) Control-M
7 1 (0.078%) Jamf Pro
7 1 (0.078%) Puppet
7 1 (0.078%) SCOM
7 1 (0.078%) Thomson Reuters DACS
7 1 (0.078%) WSUS
Vendors
1 425 (33.00%) Microsoft
2 145 (11.26%) Databricks
3 97 (7.53%) Oracle
4 78 (6.06%) SAP
5 64 (4.97%) Google
6 44 (3.42%) Salesforce
7 42 (3.26%) ServiceNow
8 24 (1.86%) Informatica
9 18 (1.40%) Alteryx
9 18 (1.40%) Lotus
10 12 (0.93%) Foundry
10 12 (0.93%) OpenAI
10 12 (0.93%) Planview
10 12 (0.93%) Splunk
11 11 (0.85%) Adobe
11 11 (0.85%) MuleSoft
12 9 (0.70%) Cognos
12 9 (0.70%) Kofax
13 8 (0.62%) Workday
14 7 (0.54%) Virgin Media