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 1 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 66 61 60
Rank change year-on-year -5 -1 +9
Contract jobs citing Power BI 1,660 1,109 1,132
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.57% 3.97% 3.51%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 24.14% 21.65% 19.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,065 750 760
10th Percentile £319 £313 £300
25th Percentile £400 £399 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.63% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £600 £575 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £688
UK median daily rate £488 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +2.63% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 89 16 22
10th Percentile £17.97 £18.25 £20.08
25th Percentile £25.25 £20.56 £25.26
Median hourly rate £30.75 £32.05 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.06% +6.83% -25.93%
75th Percentile £55.00 £49.06 £52.19
90th Percentile £70.53 £59.75 £64.73
UK median hourly rate £31.50 £32.28 £30.00
% change year-on-year -2.40% +7.58% -25.93%

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 6,877 5,123 5,883
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 14.77% 18.34% 18.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,571 3,509 4,006
10th Percentile £350 £337 £350
25th Percentile £418 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £513 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.46% -6.82% -
75th Percentile £625 £638 £675
90th Percentile £713 £750 £825
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 253 76 83
10th Percentile £16.14 £20.89 £17.50
25th Percentile £23.00 £29.00 £22.20
Median hourly rate £41.71 £42.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -0.68% +11.99% -28.57%
75th Percentile £60.75 £65.00 £61.60
90th Percentile £74.68 £79.38 £71.50
UK median hourly rate £41.36 £38.96 £35.00
% change year-on-year +6.15% +11.31% -33.33%

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 1 October 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 1 October 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 1 October 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 0 864 £500 - 1,244
North of England -7 239 £438 +3.06% 406
South East +4 209 £475 +5.56% 482
Midlands +1 187 £475 -0.52% 309
West Midlands +2 133 £475 -5.00% 213
North West -3 128 £500 +12.36% 240
Yorkshire -24 90 £425 +6.25% 129
South West -26 85 £425 - 175
East Midlands +15 53 £500 +17.65% 96
East of England -19 43 £576 +2.40% 172
North East -18 25 £350 -26.32% 38
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
1 169 (10.18%) SharePoint
2 73 (4.40%) Confluence
3 31 (1.87%) Apache Airflow
4 26 (1.57%) SAS
5 23 (1.39%) Apache Spark
6 19 (1.14%) Apache
7 13 (0.78%) Microsoft Exchange
8 12 (0.72%) ArcGIS
9 6 (0.36%) Mendix
9 6 (0.36%) Oracle Workflow
10 5 (0.30%) Apache Solr
10 5 (0.30%) Palantir Foundry
11 4 (0.24%) CMS
12 3 (0.18%) IIS
12 3 (0.18%) Kentico
13 2 (0.12%) Apache Superset
13 2 (0.12%) HCL Notes
13 2 (0.12%) PowerExchange
14 1 (0.060%) Appian
14 1 (0.060%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 319 (19.22%) Microsoft Excel
2 54 (3.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 49 (2.95%) Microsoft Office
4 44 (2.65%) Microsoft Project
5 24 (1.45%) Spreadsheet
6 19 (1.14%) MS Visio
7 12 (0.72%) Navisworks
7 12 (0.72%) Revit
8 8 (0.48%) AutoCAD
8 8 (0.48%) Chatbot
8 8 (0.48%) ProjectWise
9 2 (0.12%) Notion
9 2 (0.12%) Oracle Smart View
9 2 (0.12%) Productboard
10 1 (0.060%) CPLEX
Business Applications
1 38 (2.29%) Dynamics CRM
2 27 (1.63%) Remedy ITSM
3 20 (1.20%) SAP S/4HANA
4 15 (0.90%) Integrated Workplace Management System
5 12 (0.72%) iTrent
5 12 (0.72%) Primavera
6 10 (0.60%) Aladdin
7 6 (0.36%) Maximo
7 6 (0.36%) Workday HCM
8 4 (0.24%) SAP MDG
8 4 (0.24%) SAP MM
9 3 (0.18%) NetSuite
9 3 (0.18%) SAP ERP
10 2 (0.12%) BambooHR
10 2 (0.12%) CA PPM
10 2 (0.12%) ContrOCC
10 2 (0.12%) Dynamics NAV
10 2 (0.12%) NEC Housing
10 2 (0.12%) SAP QM
10 2 (0.12%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 1,660 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 617 (37.17%) Azure
3 199 (11.99%) Power Automate
4 184 (11.08%) AWS
5 174 (10.48%) Azure DevOps
6 170 (10.24%) PowerApps
7 140 (8.43%) Snowflake
8 139 (8.37%) Azure Data Factory
9 117 (7.05%) Microsoft 365
10 105 (6.33%) Microsoft Copilot
11 104 (6.27%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 91 (5.48%) Dynamics 365
13 77 (4.64%) dbt
14 68 (4.10%) GCP
15 65 (3.92%) Serverless
16 60 (3.61%) GitHub
17 55 (3.31%) Amazon S3
18 52 (3.13%) Entra ID
19 50 (3.01%) Microsoft Purview
20 47 (2.83%) Copilot Studio
Communications & Networking
1 11 (0.66%) Firewall
1 11 (0.66%) SSL
2 8 (0.48%) DNS
2 8 (0.48%) VPN
3 7 (0.42%) Broadband
4 3 (0.18%) Network Security
5 2 (0.12%) Internet
5 2 (0.12%) NAS
5 2 (0.12%) Radio Access Network
5 2 (0.12%) SAN
5 2 (0.12%) VoIP
6 1 (0.060%) 5G
6 1 (0.060%) CTI
6 1 (0.060%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (0.060%) LAN
6 1 (0.060%) OpenFlow
6 1 (0.060%) PBX
6 1 (0.060%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.060%) SSH
6 1 (0.060%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 257 (15.48%) Data Warehouse
2 235 (14.16%) Tableau
3 142 (8.55%) Data Lake
4 133 (8.01%) Power Query
5 128 (7.71%) SQL Server
6 87 (5.24%) Metadata
7 63 (3.80%) Star Schema
8 57 (3.43%) Looker
9 55 (3.31%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 49 (2.95%) Relational Database
11 45 (2.71%) Amazon Athena
12 44 (2.65%) Azure SQL Database
13 37 (2.23%) BigQuery
14 36 (2.17%) Semantic Layer
15 34 (2.05%) SQL Server Reporting Services
16 33 (1.99%) Amazon Redshift
17 26 (1.57%) NoSQL
17 26 (1.57%) Snowflake Schema
18 22 (1.33%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
19 21 (1.27%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 147 (8.86%) JIRA
2 65 (3.92%) Git
3 28 (1.69%) GitLab
4 10 (0.60%) Jenkins
5 5 (0.30%) ERwin
5 5 (0.30%) Oracle Forms
5 5 (0.30%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 5 (0.30%) Terragrunt
6 4 (0.24%) ER Studio
6 4 (0.24%) JMeter
6 4 (0.24%) JUnit
6 4 (0.24%) MLflow
6 4 (0.24%) Visual Studio
7 3 (0.18%) Postman
7 3 (0.18%) Selenium
8 2 (0.12%) PowerDesigner
8 2 (0.12%) REST Assured
8 2 (0.12%) Team Foundation Server
8 2 (0.12%) WebDriver
9 1 (0.060%) Newman
General
1 577 (34.76%) Social Skills
2 472 (28.43%) Finance
3 422 (25.42%) Analytical Skills
4 161 (9.70%) Public Sector
5 121 (7.29%) Banking
6 77 (4.64%) Retail
7 61 (3.67%) Organisational Skills
8 56 (3.37%) Manufacturing
9 50 (3.01%) Marketing
10 45 (2.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 45 (2.71%) Local Government
11 44 (2.65%) Documentation Skills
12 43 (2.59%) Influencing Skills
13 32 (1.93%) Legal
14 23 (1.39%) Financial Institution
15 22 (1.33%) Law
16 21 (1.27%) Aerospace
16 21 (1.27%) Presentation Skills
17 18 (1.08%) Publishing
18 17 (1.02%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 433 (26.08%) Analyst
2 255 (15.36%) Developer
3 205 (12.35%) Data Analyst
4 202 (12.17%) Data Engineer
5 187 (11.27%) Senior
6 153 (9.22%) Architect
7 124 (7.47%) Lead
8 119 (7.17%) Business Intelligence Developer
9 95 (5.72%) Business Analyst
9 95 (5.72%) Power BI Developer
10 76 (4.58%) Consultant
10 76 (4.58%) Data Architect
11 56 (3.37%) Senior Data Engineer
12 54 (3.25%) Project Manager
13 50 (3.01%) Power Platform Developer
14 48 (2.89%) Senior Analyst
15 42 (2.53%) Performance Analyst
16 36 (2.17%) Business Intelligence Analyst
17 33 (1.99%) Solutions Architect
18 31 (1.87%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 84 (5.06%) PySpark
2 69 (4.16%) REST
3 65 (3.92%) Terraform
4 62 (3.73%) .NET
5 23 (1.39%) React
6 22 (1.33%) JSON
6 22 (1.33%) Kafka
7 20 (1.20%) Microsoft Graph
8 16 (0.96%) HTML
9 15 (0.90%) HTML5 Canvas
9 15 (0.90%) Middleware
10 10 (0.60%) CSS
10 10 (0.60%) SOAP
11 9 (0.54%) ADO
12 8 (0.48%) .NET Core
12 8 (0.48%) EDI
12 8 (0.48%) YAML
13 7 (0.42%) OAuth
13 7 (0.42%) Pandas
13 7 (0.42%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 84 (5.06%) Management Information System
2 76 (4.58%) Data Structures
3 66 (3.98%) Product Ownership
4 62 (3.73%) Onboarding
5 54 (3.25%) Cloud Native
6 43 (2.59%) Legacy Systems
7 31 (1.87%) Clustering
8 29 (1.75%) Analytical Mindset
9 26 (1.57%) AI Agents
10 23 (1.39%) Low-Code
11 20 (1.20%) Enterprise Software
12 19 (1.14%) CMDB
13 18 (1.08%) FMCG
14 16 (0.96%) NHS
15 15 (0.90%) Data Centre
15 15 (0.90%) Data Protection Act
16 13 (0.78%) Life Science
16 13 (0.78%) Reference Data
16 13 (0.78%) Self-Motivation
17 12 (0.72%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 49 (2.95%) Windows
2 23 (1.39%) Windows Server
3 16 (0.96%) Linux
4 10 (0.60%) Unix
5 9 (0.54%) Apple iOS
6 6 (0.36%) 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 1,565 (94.28%) Business Intelligence
2 682 (41.08%) Analytics
3 516 (31.08%) Data Modelling
4 445 (26.81%) Stakeholder Management
5 422 (25.42%) Agile
6 393 (23.67%) Decision-Making
7 343 (20.66%) AI
8 332 (20.00%) Visualisation
9 311 (18.73%) Problem-Solving
10 301 (18.13%) ETL
11 292 (17.59%) DevOps
12 290 (17.47%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 267 (16.08%) CI/CD
13 267 (16.08%) Data Governance
14 257 (15.48%) Migration
15 253 (15.24%) Validation
16 252 (15.18%) Continuous Improvement
17 245 (14.76%) Data Engineering
18 235 (14.16%) Data Pipeline
19 223 (13.43%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 791 (47.65%) SQL
2 363 (21.87%) Python
3 185 (11.14%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 94 (5.66%) JavaScript
5 85 (5.12%) PowerShell
6 72 (4.34%) C#
7 64 (3.86%) T-SQL
8 41 (2.47%) R
9 36 (2.17%) Java
10 21 (1.27%) TypeScript
11 17 (1.02%) VBA
12 13 (0.78%) PL/SQL
13 9 (0.54%) Bash
14 8 (0.48%) Bicep
14 8 (0.48%) Shell Script
15 7 (0.42%) Scala
16 5 (0.30%) Korn
16 5 (0.30%) Kusto Query Language
17 4 (0.24%) Google Apps Script
17 4 (0.24%) X++
Qualifications
1 313 (18.86%) Security Cleared
2 242 (14.58%) SC Cleared
3 151 (9.10%) Degree
4 50 (3.01%) Microsoft Certification
5 44 (2.65%) Azure Certification
6 40 (2.41%) BPSS Clearance
7 26 (1.57%) DBS Check
8 25 (1.51%) Computer Science Degree
9 24 (1.45%) PMI Certification
10 22 (1.33%) AWS Certification
10 22 (1.33%) DV Cleared
11 17 (1.02%) PMP
12 15 (0.90%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 12 (0.72%) CISSP
14 11 (0.66%) Master's Degree
15 10 (0.60%) ACCA
15 10 (0.60%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
16 9 (0.54%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
16 9 (0.54%) CIMA
17 8 (0.48%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 420 (25.30%) Data Quality
2 79 (4.76%) QA
3 74 (4.46%) PMO
4 68 (4.10%) GDPR
5 32 (1.93%) Accessibility
6 16 (0.96%) Actionable Recommendations
6 16 (0.96%) ISO 19650
7 15 (0.90%) GRC
8 14 (0.84%) SLA
9 9 (0.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 7 (0.42%) NIST
11 6 (0.36%) COBIT
11 6 (0.36%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 5 (0.30%) GMP
12 5 (0.30%) Solvency II
13 3 (0.18%) Disclosure Scotland
13 3 (0.18%) ISO 20022
13 3 (0.18%) P3O
13 3 (0.18%) SOC 2
14 2 (0.12%) SEPA
System Software
1 45 (2.71%) Active Directory
2 15 (0.90%) Docker
3 13 (0.78%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (0.66%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.18%) BitLocker
6 1 (0.060%) HDFS
6 1 (0.060%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 23 (1.39%) Kubernetes
2 18 (1.08%) Grafana
3 16 (0.96%) Microsoft Intune
4 15 (0.90%) SCOM
5 12 (0.72%) Ansible
6 8 (0.48%) Microsoft Clustering
6 8 (0.48%) Prometheus
7 6 (0.36%) Control-M
7 6 (0.36%) SCCM
8 4 (0.24%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.060%) Apache Ranger
9 1 (0.060%) Kibana
9 1 (0.060%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.060%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 1 (0.060%) WSUS
Vendors
1 672 (40.48%) Microsoft
2 211 (12.71%) Databricks
3 101 (6.08%) SAP
4 96 (5.78%) ServiceNow
5 77 (4.64%) Oracle
6 53 (3.19%) Google
7 40 (2.41%) Salesforce
8 35 (2.11%) Informatica
9 33 (1.99%) Splunk
10 30 (1.81%) Remedy
11 27 (1.63%) Alteryx
12 23 (1.39%) Workday
13 19 (1.14%) BMC
14 16 (0.96%) Adobe
14 16 (0.96%) Denodo
15 15 (0.90%) Autodesk
16 14 (0.84%) Dynatrace
17 13 (0.78%) VMware
18 11 (0.66%) MicroStrategy
18 11 (0.66%) Teradata