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

6 months to
20 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 60 56 64
Rank change year-on-year -4 +8 +11
Contract jobs citing Power BI 1,292 992 1,181
As % of all contract jobs in England 4.04% 3.75% 3.21%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 24.39% 20.39% 19.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 900 671 834
10th Percentile £313 £313 £313
25th Percentile £400 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -0.99%
75th Percentile £588 £588 £600
90th Percentile £650 £690 £688
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 19 43
10th Percentile £13.90 £24.70 £14.36
25th Percentile £18.25 £25.26 £20.77
Median hourly rate £22.52 £30.00 £25.38
Median % change year-on-year -24.95% +18.20% -57.70%
75th Percentile £36.11 £52.25 £43.75
90th Percentile £55.83 £64.73 £61.20
UK median hourly rate £22.94 £28.00 £25.38
% change year-on-year -18.09% +10.32% -49.74%

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 5,297 4,864 6,016
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 16.58% 18.37% 16.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,696 3,226 4,309
10th Percentile £329 £355 £355
25th Percentile £413 £425 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - -
75th Percentile £613 £663 £650
90th Percentile £708 £780 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 87 72 151
10th Percentile £18.25 £21.25 £15.89
25th Percentile £29.00 £24.25 £22.43
Median hourly rate £43.50 £39.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +11.54% -13.33% -20.86%
75th Percentile £71.00 £64.73 £62.75
90th Percentile £84.00 £72.98 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £43.50 £35.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year +24.29% -22.22% -20.86%

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 20 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 20 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 20 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 +5 736 £500 -2.44% 197
North of England -18 153 £425 -5.56% 130
South East -14 121 £480 +0.95% 229
Midlands -24 115 £463 -5.61% 107
North West -16 77 £425 -15.00% 73
West Midlands -35 73 £500 - 62
Yorkshire -14 70 £420 +2.44% 40
South West +4 62 £475 +5.56% 49
East of England +2 44 £625 +42.86% 49
East Midlands -4 42 £356 -7.53% 43
North East -11 6 £475 +5.56% 19
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
1 132 (10.22%) SharePoint
2 46 (3.56%) Confluence
3 39 (3.02%) Apache Spark
4 23 (1.78%) Apache
5 22 (1.70%) Apache Airflow
6 17 (1.32%) HCL Notes
7 10 (0.77%) Microsoft Exchange
8 9 (0.70%) Mendix
9 8 (0.62%) Apache Pig
10 6 (0.46%) Jupyter
10 6 (0.46%) Oracle Application Server
11 3 (0.23%) CMS
11 3 (0.23%) SAS
12 2 (0.15%) ArcGIS
12 2 (0.15%) Moodle
13 1 (0.077%) Kentico
13 1 (0.077%) Oracle SOA Suite
13 1 (0.077%) Skype for Business
13 1 (0.077%) Tomcat
13 1 (0.077%) WebSphere
Applications
1 278 (21.52%) Microsoft Excel
2 47 (3.64%) Microsoft Office
2 47 (3.64%) Microsoft Project
3 40 (3.10%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 28 (2.17%) MS Visio
5 9 (0.70%) Spreadsheet
6 4 (0.31%) Trello
7 3 (0.23%) Adobe Illustrator
7 3 (0.23%) Chatbot
7 3 (0.23%) Notion
7 3 (0.23%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.077%) Adobe XD
8 1 (0.077%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 52 (4.02%) Dynamics CRM
2 26 (2.01%) SAP S/4HANA
3 9 (0.70%) Salesforce CRM
4 6 (0.46%) Oracle ERP
4 6 (0.46%) Oracle Financials
5 4 (0.31%) iTrent
5 4 (0.31%) Oracle Payables
5 4 (0.31%) Primavera
5 4 (0.31%) SAP ERP
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%) SAP CO
7 2 (0.15%) Actimize
7 2 (0.15%) Dynamics NAV
7 2 (0.15%) Oracle EBS
7 2 (0.15%) SAP FI
7 2 (0.15%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 1,292 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 493 (38.16%) Azure
3 197 (15.25%) Power Automate
4 179 (13.85%) PowerApps
5 145 (11.22%) AWS
6 131 (10.14%) Azure DevOps
7 123 (9.52%) Azure Data Factory
8 112 (8.67%) Microsoft 365
9 107 (8.28%) Dynamics 365
10 100 (7.74%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 86 (6.66%) GCP
12 81 (6.27%) Snowflake
13 55 (4.26%) Microsoft Copilot
14 49 (3.79%) GitHub
14 49 (3.79%) Serverless
15 41 (3.17%) SaaS
16 40 (3.10%) Azure Logic Apps
17 37 (2.86%) Copilot Studio
18 35 (2.71%) Azure Functions
19 34 (2.63%) 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 (0.15%) 2G
3 2 (0.15%) 5G
3 2 (0.15%) Hyperconnected
3 2 (0.15%) LAN
3 2 (0.15%) LTE
3 2 (0.15%) Mobile Backhaul
3 2 (0.15%) Network Security
3 2 (0.15%) SD-WAN
3 2 (0.15%) Unified Communications
3 2 (0.15%) VPN
3 2 (0.15%) Wireless
4 1 (0.077%) DNS
4 1 (0.077%) Internet
4 1 (0.077%) SAN
4 1 (0.077%) Skype
4 1 (0.077%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 195 (15.09%) Tableau
2 147 (11.38%) Data Warehouse
3 106 (8.20%) Data Lake
4 105 (8.13%) SQL Server
5 81 (6.27%) Power Query
6 53 (4.10%) Azure SQL Database
6 53 (4.10%) Metadata
7 47 (3.64%) Relational Database
8 46 (3.56%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 44 (3.41%) BigQuery
10 39 (3.02%) Looker
10 39 (3.02%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 29 (2.24%) PostgreSQL
12 25 (1.93%) Delta Lake
13 24 (1.86%) Data Mining
14 23 (1.78%) NoSQL
14 23 (1.78%) Star Schema
15 21 (1.63%) Big Data
15 21 (1.63%) Snowflake Schema
16 20 (1.55%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 111 (8.59%) JIRA
2 57 (4.41%) Git
3 11 (0.85%) GitLab
4 9 (0.70%) Jenkins
4 9 (0.70%) Visual Studio
5 7 (0.54%) SonarQube
6 6 (0.46%) DBeaver
6 6 (0.46%) ERwin
7 5 (0.39%) NeoLoad
8 3 (0.23%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 3 (0.23%) Terragrunt
9 2 (0.15%) Artifactory
9 2 (0.15%) MLflow
9 2 (0.15%) Postman
9 2 (0.15%) Team Foundation Server
10 1 (0.077%) Cypress.io
10 1 (0.077%) Maven
10 1 (0.077%) Metasploit
10 1 (0.077%) Selenium
10 1 (0.077%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 445 (34.44%) Social Skills
2 425 (32.89%) Finance
3 299 (23.14%) Analytical Skills
4 140 (10.84%) Public Sector
5 119 (9.21%) Banking
6 47 (3.64%) Marketing
7 39 (3.02%) Organisational Skills
8 37 (2.86%) Manufacturing
9 34 (2.63%) Retail
10 33 (2.55%) Documentation Skills
11 31 (2.40%) Presentation Skills
12 27 (2.09%) Influencing Skills
13 22 (1.70%) Front Office
14 21 (1.63%) Legal
15 20 (1.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 20 (1.55%) Investment Banking
15 20 (1.55%) Local Government
16 19 (1.47%) Financial Institution
17 17 (1.32%) Pharmaceutical
18 15 (1.16%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 354 (27.40%) Analyst
2 205 (15.87%) Developer
3 172 (13.31%) Data Engineer
4 152 (11.76%) Data Analyst
5 129 (9.98%) Senior
6 104 (8.05%) Lead
7 97 (7.51%) Business Analyst
8 83 (6.42%) Architect
9 75 (5.80%) Business Intelligence Developer
10 65 (5.03%) Consultant
11 56 (4.33%) Power BI Developer
12 48 (3.72%) Data Scientist
13 44 (3.41%) Senior Analyst
14 42 (3.25%) Project Manager
15 39 (3.02%) Power Platform Developer
16 37 (2.86%) Data Architect
17 34 (2.63%) Business Intelligence Analyst
17 34 (2.63%) Power BI Analyst
18 33 (2.55%) PMO Analyst
19 30 (2.32%) Report Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 65 (5.03%) PySpark
2 43 (3.33%) .NET
3 40 (3.10%) REST
4 27 (2.09%) Kafka
5 25 (1.93%) HTML
5 25 (1.93%) scikit-learn
6 24 (1.86%) Pandas
7 20 (1.55%) JSON
8 19 (1.47%) React
9 17 (1.32%) HTML5 Canvas
10 14 (1.08%) NumPy
10 14 (1.08%) PyTorch
10 14 (1.08%) TensorFlow
11 11 (0.85%) Spark Streaming
12 10 (0.77%) CSS
12 10 (0.77%) Great Expectations
12 10 (0.77%) Plotly
13 9 (0.70%) OAuth
13 9 (0.70%) XML
13 9 (0.70%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 46 (3.56%) Product Ownership
2 34 (2.63%) Analytical Mindset
3 33 (2.55%) Data Structures
4 31 (2.40%) Cloud Native
4 31 (2.40%) Management Information System
5 28 (2.17%) Low-Code
5 28 (2.17%) Onboarding
6 27 (2.09%) Algorithms
7 25 (1.93%) Legacy Systems
8 24 (1.86%) Data Protection Act
9 22 (1.70%) Data Centre
10 16 (1.24%) PMI
11 13 (1.01%) Self-Motivation
12 12 (0.93%) Derivative
12 12 (0.93%) Virtual Team
13 11 (0.85%) Distributed Computing
13 11 (0.85%) FMCG
13 11 (0.85%) Life Science
13 11 (0.85%) Reinsurance
14 10 (0.77%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 11 (0.85%) Windows
2 4 (0.31%) Linux
2 4 (0.31%) Windows 10
3 3 (0.23%) Unix
3 3 (0.23%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.077%) Android
4 1 (0.077%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.077%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,177 (91.10%) Business Intelligence
2 472 (36.53%) Analytics
3 349 (27.01%) Data Modelling
4 334 (25.85%) Visualisation
5 299 (23.14%) Agile
6 264 (20.43%) Decision-Making
7 247 (19.12%) Problem-Solving
8 216 (16.72%) Stakeholder Management
9 213 (16.49%) ETL
10 206 (15.94%) Data Governance
11 202 (15.63%) DevOps
12 197 (15.25%) Actionable Insight
13 196 (15.17%) Data Visualisation
14 192 (14.86%) Data Analysis
15 160 (12.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 159 (12.31%) Data Engineering
17 158 (12.23%) AI
18 149 (11.53%) CI/CD
19 143 (11.07%) Data Pipeline
20 135 (10.45%) Dashboard Development
Programming Languages
1 583 (45.12%) SQL
2 336 (26.01%) Python
3 105 (8.13%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 64 (4.95%) C#
5 58 (4.49%) JavaScript
6 57 (4.41%) R
7 39 (3.02%) PowerShell
8 33 (2.55%) VBA
9 29 (2.24%) Java
10 27 (2.09%) T-SQL
11 25 (1.93%) Scala
12 16 (1.24%) Bicep
12 16 (1.24%) TypeScript
13 10 (0.77%) Formula Language
13 10 (0.77%) 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
1 181 (14.01%) Security Cleared
2 141 (10.91%) SC Cleared
3 120 (9.29%) Degree
4 31 (2.40%) Azure Certification
5 27 (2.09%) PMI Certification
6 26 (2.01%) Computer Science Degree
7 25 (1.93%) Microsoft Certification
8 22 (1.70%) Master's Degree
8 22 (1.70%) PMP
9 18 (1.39%) 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 3 (0.23%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 228 (17.65%) Data Quality
2 75 (5.80%) GDPR
3 72 (5.57%) PMO
4 65 (5.03%) QA
5 53 (4.10%) Accessibility
6 18 (1.39%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 12 (0.93%) GRC
8 10 (0.77%) Basel III
9 9 (0.70%) Actionable Recommendations
9 9 (0.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 6 (0.46%) GxP
10 6 (0.46%) HIPAA
10 6 (0.46%) NIST
10 6 (0.46%) SLA
11 5 (0.39%) P3O
12 4 (0.31%) IFRS
12 4 (0.31%) WCAG
13 3 (0.23%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 3 (0.23%) IFRS 9
14 2 (0.15%) PERC
System Software
1 31 (2.40%) Docker
2 27 (2.09%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.15%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.077%) HDFS
4 1 (0.077%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.077%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 55 (4.26%) Terraform
2 36 (2.79%) Kubernetes
3 10 (0.77%) Microsoft Intune
4 6 (0.46%) RSA Archer
4 6 (0.46%) SCCM
5 2 (0.15%) Ansible
5 2 (0.15%) Control-M
5 2 (0.15%) Kibana
5 2 (0.15%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.077%) Jamf Pro
6 1 (0.077%) Puppet
6 1 (0.077%) SCOM
6 1 (0.077%) Thomson Reuters DACS
6 1 (0.077%) WSUS
Vendors
1 422 (32.66%) Microsoft
2 159 (12.31%) Databricks
3 99 (7.66%) Oracle
4 74 (5.73%) SAP
5 67 (5.19%) Google
6 44 (3.41%) ServiceNow
7 43 (3.33%) Salesforce
8 24 (1.86%) Informatica
9 17 (1.32%) Lotus
10 16 (1.24%) Alteryx
11 15 (1.16%) Foundry
12 13 (1.01%) OpenAI
13 12 (0.93%) Planview
13 12 (0.93%) Splunk
14 11 (0.85%) Cognos
15 10 (0.77%) MuleSoft
16 9 (0.70%) Kofax
17 8 (0.62%) MicroStrategy
17 8 (0.62%) Workday
18 7 (0.54%) Virgin Media