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 9 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
9 May 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 59 62 62
Rank change year-on-year +3 0 +5
Contract jobs citing Power BI 1,514 906 1,204
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.72% 3.73% 3.27%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 24.21% 19.63% 19.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,055 605 866
10th Percentile £313 £313 £308
25th Percentile £400 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +2.63% - -5.00%
75th Percentile £575 £563 £583
90th Percentile £648 £669 £692
UK median daily rate £485 £475 £475
% change year-on-year +2.11% - -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 48 26 27
10th Percentile £16.49 £18.62 £14.00
25th Percentile £18.89 £24.81 £18.33
Median hourly rate £28.03 £29.07 £23.22
Median % change year-on-year -3.59% +25.22% -54.48%
75th Percentile £45.31 £32.05 £43.75
90th Percentile £82.25 £44.21 £57.60
UK median hourly rate £25.42 £30.36 £24.43
% change year-on-year -16.27% +24.25% -51.42%

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 6,254 4,616 6,223
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 15.35% 19.00% 16.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,306 3,235 4,478
10th Percentile £350 £362 £350
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £600 £660 £675
90th Percentile £700 £775 £788
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 182 88 131
10th Percentile £16.70 £20.37 £14.00
25th Percentile £26.50 £23.50 £20.98
Median hourly rate £47.27 £32.05 £40.25
Median % change year-on-year +47.49% -20.37% -30.00%
75th Percentile £74.00 £65.15 £60.13
90th Percentile £82.25 £71.88 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £50.00 £33.11 £40.00
% change year-on-year +51.01% -17.23% -32.54%

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 9 May 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 9 May 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 9 May 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 +1 768 £500 - 314
South East +10 209 £475 +1.33% 217
Midlands -3 185 £450 -10.00% 111
North of England -27 158 £450 - 157
West Midlands -22 121 £450 -10.00% 71
South West +5 90 £450 +5.88% 44
North West -4 87 £463 -7.14% 98
East Midlands +12 63 £438 -10.26% 40
Yorkshire -42 59 £438 +3.06% 45
East of England -31 40 £425 -15.00% 49
North East -13 13 £475 +5.56% 16
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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 (8.45%) SharePoint
2 69 (4.56%) Confluence
3 51 (3.37%) Apache Spark
4 29 (1.92%) Apache
5 22 (1.45%) Apache Airflow
6 16 (1.06%) HCL Notes
7 13 (0.86%) SAS
8 12 (0.79%) Mendix
9 8 (0.53%) Apache Superset
10 5 (0.33%) Microsoft Exchange
10 5 (0.33%) Palantir Foundry
11 4 (0.26%) IIS
12 3 (0.20%) CMS
13 2 (0.13%) ArcGIS
13 2 (0.13%) Oracle SOA Suite
14 1 (0.066%) Appian
14 1 (0.066%) OpenROAD
14 1 (0.066%) Oracle Workflow
14 1 (0.066%) Tomcat
14 1 (0.066%) WebSphere
Applications
1 309 (20.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 58 (3.83%) Microsoft Project
3 49 (3.24%) Microsoft Office
4 44 (2.91%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 32 (2.11%) MS Visio
6 12 (0.79%) Spreadsheet
7 5 (0.33%) Notion
8 4 (0.26%) Navisworks
8 4 (0.26%) Revit
9 2 (0.13%) Adobe Illustrator
9 2 (0.13%) Chatbot
9 2 (0.13%) Oracle Smart View
9 2 (0.13%) Photoshop
10 1 (0.066%) Acrobat
10 1 (0.066%) CATIA
10 1 (0.066%) InDesign
10 1 (0.066%) SOLIDWORKS
10 1 (0.066%) Trello
Business Applications
1 34 (2.25%) Dynamics CRM
2 19 (1.25%) SAP S/4HANA
3 18 (1.19%) Remedy ITSM
4 15 (0.99%) iTrent
5 6 (0.40%) Sage X3
6 5 (0.33%) BambooHR
6 5 (0.33%) SAP EWM
7 4 (0.26%) Oracle Financials
7 4 (0.26%) Primavera
8 3 (0.20%) NEC Housing
8 3 (0.20%) Oracle EBS
8 3 (0.20%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
8 3 (0.20%) Salesforce CRM
9 2 (0.13%) Aladdin
9 2 (0.13%) Cloudability
9 2 (0.13%) Loan IQ
9 2 (0.13%) Oracle FAH
9 2 (0.13%) Oracle General Ledger
9 2 (0.13%) Oracle Payables
9 2 (0.13%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 1,514 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 559 (36.92%) Azure
3 191 (12.62%) AWS
4 176 (11.62%) Power Automate
5 160 (10.57%) Azure Data Factory
6 144 (9.51%) PowerApps
7 141 (9.31%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 134 (8.85%) Azure DevOps
9 124 (8.19%) Microsoft 365
10 99 (6.54%) Dynamics 365
11 92 (6.08%) Snowflake
12 91 (6.01%) GCP
13 70 (4.62%) Serverless
14 68 (4.49%) Microsoft Copilot
15 65 (4.29%) GitHub
16 49 (3.24%) Amazon S3
17 44 (2.91%) Copilot Studio
18 42 (2.77%) dbt
19 40 (2.64%) Microsoft Purview
20 37 (2.44%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 13 (0.86%) Firewall
2 12 (0.79%) VPN
3 8 (0.53%) DNS
4 3 (0.20%) Ethernet
4 3 (0.20%) HTTP
4 3 (0.20%) Network Security
4 3 (0.20%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (0.13%) 3GPP
5 2 (0.13%) 4G
5 2 (0.13%) 5G
5 2 (0.13%) 5G NR
5 2 (0.13%) Hyperconnected
5 2 (0.13%) Intranet
5 2 (0.13%) LTE
5 2 (0.13%) Microwave Backhaul
5 2 (0.13%) MPLS
5 2 (0.13%) Radio Access Network
5 2 (0.13%) SMTP
5 2 (0.13%) VoLTE
5 2 (0.13%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 260 (17.17%) Tableau
2 230 (15.19%) Data Warehouse
3 150 (9.91%) Data Lake
4 113 (7.46%) SQL Server
5 99 (6.54%) Power Query
6 76 (5.02%) Metadata
7 57 (3.76%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 56 (3.70%) Azure SQL Database
9 49 (3.24%) Looker
10 48 (3.17%) BigQuery
11 44 (2.91%) Relational Database
12 43 (2.84%) Star Schema
13 38 (2.51%) Amazon Athena
13 38 (2.51%) Snowflake Schema
14 34 (2.25%) Spark SQL
15 33 (2.18%) Delta Lake
16 31 (2.05%) NoSQL
17 27 (1.78%) Mixpanel
18 26 (1.72%) Amazon Redshift
19 25 (1.65%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 136 (8.98%) JIRA
2 72 (4.76%) Git
3 24 (1.59%) GitLab
4 14 (0.92%) ERwin
5 11 (0.73%) Jenkins
6 5 (0.33%) MLflow
6 5 (0.33%) PowerDesigner
6 5 (0.33%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 4 (0.26%) Bitbucket
7 4 (0.26%) Postman
8 3 (0.20%) ER Studio
8 3 (0.20%) Selenium
9 2 (0.13%) Charles Proxy
9 2 (0.13%) JMeter
9 2 (0.13%) Team Foundation Server
9 2 (0.13%) Terragrunt
9 2 (0.13%) WebDriver
10 1 (0.066%) Cypress.io
10 1 (0.066%) GCC
10 1 (0.066%) Hudson
General
1 482 (31.84%) Social Skills
2 480 (31.70%) Finance
3 367 (24.24%) Analytical Skills
4 142 (9.38%) Public Sector
5 98 (6.47%) Banking
6 51 (3.37%) Documentation Skills
7 48 (3.17%) Organisational Skills
8 46 (3.04%) Law
9 45 (2.97%) Marketing
9 45 (2.97%) Retail
10 28 (1.85%) Influencing Skills
11 24 (1.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 23 (1.52%) Presentation Skills
13 20 (1.32%) Manufacturing
14 19 (1.25%) Legal
15 18 (1.19%) Local Government
15 18 (1.19%) Telecoms
16 17 (1.12%) Financial Institution
17 13 (0.86%) Investment Banking
18 12 (0.79%) Corporate Banking
Job Titles
1 403 (26.62%) Analyst
2 248 (16.38%) Data Engineer
3 203 (13.41%) Developer
4 187 (12.35%) Senior
5 181 (11.96%) Data Analyst
6 153 (10.11%) Architect
7 139 (9.18%) Lead
8 97 (6.41%) Business Intelligence Developer
9 94 (6.21%) Business Analyst
10 74 (4.89%) Power BI Developer
11 69 (4.56%) Consultant
12 60 (3.96%) Senior Data Engineer
13 52 (3.43%) Data Architect
14 47 (3.10%) Project Manager
15 44 (2.91%) Senior Analyst
16 40 (2.64%) Business Intelligence Analyst
17 39 (2.58%) Power Platform Developer
18 37 (2.44%) PMO Analyst
19 36 (2.38%) Azure Engineer
19 36 (2.38%) Lead Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 90 (5.94%) PySpark
2 45 (2.97%) REST
3 42 (2.77%) Kafka
4 35 (2.31%) .NET
5 25 (1.65%) Pandas
6 22 (1.45%) JSON
7 20 (1.32%) React
8 18 (1.19%) Great Expectations
9 17 (1.12%) HTML
10 15 (0.99%) ADO
11 14 (0.92%) HTML5 Canvas
11 14 (0.92%) scikit-learn
11 14 (0.92%) XML
11 14 (0.92%) YAML
12 13 (0.86%) Middleware
13 12 (0.79%) Microsoft Graph
13 12 (0.79%) PyTorch
13 12 (0.79%) TensorFlow
14 10 (0.66%) Spark Streaming
15 9 (0.59%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 66 (4.36%) Cloud Native
2 58 (3.83%) Data Structures
3 50 (3.30%) Product Ownership
4 39 (2.58%) Legacy Systems
5 33 (2.18%) Analytical Mindset
6 32 (2.11%) Management Information System
7 26 (1.72%) Onboarding
8 25 (1.65%) Low-Code
9 23 (1.52%) Data Protection Act
10 18 (1.19%) CMDB
11 16 (1.06%) AI Agents
12 15 (0.99%) PMI
13 14 (0.92%) Clustering
13 14 (0.92%) Self-Motivation
14 13 (0.86%) Algorithms
14 13 (0.86%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
15 12 (0.79%) Distributed Computing
16 10 (0.66%) NHS
17 9 (0.59%) Data Fabric
17 9 (0.59%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 23 (1.52%) Windows
2 14 (0.92%) Windows Server
3 6 (0.40%) Apple iOS
4 4 (0.26%) Mac OS
4 4 (0.26%) Unix
4 4 (0.26%) Windows 10
5 2 (0.13%) Android
5 2 (0.13%) Linux
6 1 (0.066%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.066%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,407 (92.93%) Business Intelligence
2 610 (40.29%) Analytics
3 498 (32.89%) Data Modelling
4 351 (23.18%) Agile
5 327 (21.60%) ETL
6 319 (21.07%) Decision-Making
7 313 (20.67%) Visualisation
8 277 (18.30%) Data Governance
8 277 (18.30%) Problem-Solving
9 250 (16.51%) Data Engineering
10 246 (16.25%) DevOps
11 242 (15.98%) Data Pipeline
12 237 (15.65%) AI
13 231 (15.26%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 219 (14.46%) CI/CD
15 218 (14.40%) Migration
16 207 (13.67%) Actionable Insight
16 207 (13.67%) Continuous Improvement
17 205 (13.54%) Stakeholder Management
18 193 (12.75%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 710 (46.90%) SQL
2 395 (26.09%) Python
3 165 (10.90%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 66 (4.36%) C#
5 65 (4.29%) R
6 58 (3.83%) PowerShell
7 55 (3.63%) JavaScript
8 43 (2.84%) T-SQL
9 38 (2.51%) Java
10 34 (2.25%) VBA
11 21 (1.39%) Bicep
12 20 (1.32%) Scala
13 13 (0.86%) TypeScript
14 10 (0.66%) Formula Language
14 10 (0.66%) LotusScript
15 7 (0.46%) PL/SQL
16 6 (0.40%) Kotlin
17 4 (0.26%) C
18 3 (0.20%) HiveQL
18 3 (0.20%) Korn
Qualifications
1 259 (17.11%) Security Cleared
2 201 (13.28%) SC Cleared
3 144 (9.51%) Degree
4 35 (2.31%) BPSS Clearance
5 29 (1.92%) Azure Certification
5 29 (1.92%) Computer Science Degree
6 27 (1.78%) Microsoft Certification
7 25 (1.65%) PMI Certification
8 24 (1.59%) Master's Degree
8 24 (1.59%) PMP
9 13 (0.86%) DV Cleared
10 10 (0.66%) MBA
10 10 (0.66%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 9 (0.59%) AWS Certification
12 8 (0.53%) DBS Check
12 8 (0.53%) SAFe Agilist
13 7 (0.46%) CBAP
14 6 (0.40%) ACCA
15 5 (0.33%) IIBA
15 5 (0.33%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 366 (24.17%) Data Quality
2 115 (7.60%) GDPR
3 94 (6.21%) PMO
4 86 (5.68%) QA
5 35 (2.31%) Accessibility
6 16 (1.06%) SLA
7 15 (0.99%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 13 (0.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 11 (0.73%) Basel III
9 11 (0.73%) GRC
10 9 (0.59%) Actionable Recommendations
11 6 (0.40%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 5 (0.33%) ISO 19650
13 4 (0.26%) P3O
13 4 (0.26%) PCI DSS
13 4 (0.26%) Solvency II
14 3 (0.20%) GAAP
14 3 (0.20%) IFRS
14 3 (0.20%) NCSC
15 2 (0.13%) IFRS 9
System Software
1 35 (2.31%) Active Directory
2 29 (1.92%) Docker
3 5 (0.33%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (0.26%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (0.20%) HDFS
6 1 (0.066%) BitLocker
6 1 (0.066%) RACF
6 1 (0.066%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 79 (5.22%) Terraform
2 37 (2.44%) Kubernetes
3 17 (1.12%) Grafana
4 8 (0.53%) Microsoft Intune
5 6 (0.40%) SCCM
6 5 (0.33%) Ansible
7 4 (0.26%) Prometheus
7 4 (0.26%) Single Sign-On
8 3 (0.20%) Control-M
9 2 (0.13%) Apache Ranger
9 2 (0.13%) Nessus
10 1 (0.066%) Jamf Pro
10 1 (0.066%) Kibana
10 1 (0.066%) Kubeflow
10 1 (0.066%) RSA Archer
10 1 (0.066%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
10 1 (0.066%) SysTrack
10 1 (0.066%) WSUS
Vendors
1 498 (32.89%) Microsoft
2 207 (13.67%) Databricks
3 94 (6.21%) SAP
4 87 (5.75%) Oracle
5 78 (5.15%) ServiceNow
6 57 (3.76%) Google
7 40 (2.64%) Informatica
8 29 (1.92%) Salesforce
9 23 (1.52%) Workday
10 18 (1.19%) Remedy
11 16 (1.06%) Foundry
11 16 (1.06%) Lotus
11 16 (1.06%) Splunk
12 13 (0.86%) IFS
12 13 (0.86%) Talend
13 12 (0.79%) Kofax
14 11 (0.73%) Adobe
14 11 (0.73%) Alteryx
14 11 (0.73%) Dynatrace
14 11 (0.73%) Sage
802 Power BI jobs in England