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 15 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 62 63 61
Rank change year-on-year +1 -2 +10
Contract jobs citing Power BI 1,645 1,018 1,236
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.68% 3.75% 3.37%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 24.02% 20.53% 19.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,084 656 899
10th Percentile £333 £300 £300
25th Percentile £413 £381 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £489 £475 £480
Median % change year-on-year +2.89% -1.04% -4.00%
75th Percentile £575 £557 £588
90th Percentile £650 £650 £678
UK median daily rate £486 £475 £481
% change year-on-year +2.37% -1.25% -3.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 74 31 22
10th Percentile £16.70 £18.50 £14.00
25th Percentile £19.25 £24.00 £15.91
Median hourly rate £29.96 £29.07 £23.47
Median % change year-on-year +3.06% +23.89% -36.58%
75th Percentile £38.25 £34.57 £41.30
90th Percentile £72.63 £53.75 £53.88
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £31.64 £27.22
% change year-on-year -8.34% +16.26% -25.44%

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 6,849 4,959 6,501
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 15.31% 18.28% 17.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,591 3,439 4,681
10th Percentile £354 £350 £350
25th Percentile £416 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
75th Percentile £600 £640 £675
90th Percentile £703 £775 £825
UK median daily rate £500 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -2.44% -2.38% -2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 223 90 127
10th Percentile £15.07 £19.20 £14.00
25th Percentile £24.65 £25.00 £19.25
Median hourly rate £38.50 £34.58 £38.50
Median % change year-on-year +11.35% -10.19% -33.04%
75th Percentile £72.25 £63.75 £51.00
90th Percentile £79.66 £77.50 £69.15
UK median hourly rate £39.50 £35.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year +12.86% -6.67% -31.82%

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 15 July 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 15 July 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 15 July 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 +11 838 £500 - 304
South East +5 223 £475 +5.56% 169
Midlands +13 203 £459 +3.44% 118
North of England -19 200 £462 +3.49% 145
West Midlands -13 143 £450 +5.88% 64
North West -11 115 £475 - 76
South West -10 92 £450 +11.25% 56
Yorkshire -43 69 £450 +4.65% 46
East Midlands +24 59 £470 +1.62% 54
East of England -17 41 £400 -20.00% 41
North East -27 20 £425 -5.56% 24
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
1 144 (8.75%) SharePoint
2 65 (3.95%) Confluence
3 38 (2.31%) Apache Spark
4 30 (1.82%) Apache Airflow
5 29 (1.76%) Apache
6 19 (1.16%) SAS
7 11 (0.67%) Microsoft Exchange
8 8 (0.49%) Apache Superset
9 7 (0.43%) ArcGIS
9 7 (0.43%) Palantir Foundry
10 5 (0.30%) CMS
11 4 (0.24%) HCL Notes
11 4 (0.24%) IIS
11 4 (0.24%) Mendix
12 3 (0.18%) Kentico
13 2 (0.12%) Oracle Workflow
14 1 (0.061%) Apache Solr
14 1 (0.061%) Appian
14 1 (0.061%) OpenROAD
14 1 (0.061%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 316 (19.21%) Microsoft Excel
2 60 (3.65%) Microsoft Project
3 50 (3.04%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 45 (2.74%) Microsoft Office
5 30 (1.82%) MS Visio
6 18 (1.09%) Spreadsheet
7 5 (0.30%) Navisworks
7 5 (0.30%) Revit
8 4 (0.24%) Chatbot
9 2 (0.12%) Notion
9 2 (0.12%) Oracle Smart View
10 1 (0.061%) Acrobat
10 1 (0.061%) Adobe Illustrator
10 1 (0.061%) AutoCAD
10 1 (0.061%) CATIA
10 1 (0.061%) CPLEX
10 1 (0.061%) InDesign
10 1 (0.061%) Photoshop
10 1 (0.061%) ProjectWise
10 1 (0.061%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 34 (2.07%) Dynamics CRM
2 23 (1.40%) Remedy ITSM
2 23 (1.40%) SAP S/4HANA
3 17 (1.03%) iTrent
4 9 (0.55%) Primavera
5 7 (0.43%) Aladdin
6 6 (0.36%) Sage X3
6 6 (0.36%) SAP EWM
7 5 (0.30%) BambooHR
8 4 (0.24%) SAP MDG
8 4 (0.24%) SAP MM
9 3 (0.18%) Maximo
9 3 (0.18%) NEC Housing
9 3 (0.18%) Oracle Financials
9 3 (0.18%) Salesforce CRM
10 2 (0.12%) Elite 3E
10 2 (0.12%) Integrated Workplace Management System
10 2 (0.12%) Oracle Payables
10 2 (0.12%) SAP QM
10 2 (0.12%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 1,645 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 612 (37.20%) Azure
3 211 (12.83%) AWS
4 181 (11.00%) Power Automate
5 158 (9.60%) PowerApps
6 139 (8.45%) Azure DevOps
7 132 (8.02%) Azure Data Factory
8 126 (7.66%) Snowflake
9 113 (6.87%) Microsoft 365
10 112 (6.81%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 109 (6.63%) Dynamics 365
12 82 (4.98%) Microsoft Copilot
13 78 (4.74%) Serverless
14 74 (4.50%) GCP
15 67 (4.07%) dbt
16 59 (3.59%) GitHub
17 58 (3.53%) Amazon S3
18 48 (2.92%) AWS Lambda
19 46 (2.80%) Entra ID
20 45 (2.74%) Copilot Studio
Communications & Networking
1 18 (1.09%) Firewall
2 14 (0.85%) VPN
3 11 (0.67%) DNS
4 5 (0.30%) SSL
5 4 (0.24%) Network Security
6 3 (0.18%) Ethernet
6 3 (0.18%) Internet
7 2 (0.12%) 3GPP
7 2 (0.12%) 4G
7 2 (0.12%) 5G
7 2 (0.12%) 5G NR
7 2 (0.12%) Intranet
7 2 (0.12%) LTE
7 2 (0.12%) Microwave Backhaul
7 2 (0.12%) MPLS
7 2 (0.12%) NAS
7 2 (0.12%) Radio Access Network
7 2 (0.12%) SAN
7 2 (0.12%) VoLTE
7 2 (0.12%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 265 (16.11%) Tableau
2 264 (16.05%) Data Warehouse
3 136 (8.27%) Data Lake
4 119 (7.23%) Power Query
5 112 (6.81%) SQL Server
6 76 (4.62%) Metadata
7 61 (3.71%) Star Schema
8 55 (3.34%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 53 (3.22%) Looker
10 47 (2.86%) Relational Database
11 46 (2.80%) Azure SQL Database
12 45 (2.74%) Amazon Athena
13 39 (2.37%) Snowflake Schema
14 37 (2.25%) BigQuery
15 36 (2.19%) Amazon Redshift
16 32 (1.95%) Semantic Layer
17 28 (1.70%) BusinessObjects
18 26 (1.58%) NoSQL
18 26 (1.58%) SQL Server Reporting Services
19 25 (1.52%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 139 (8.45%) JIRA
2 70 (4.26%) Git
3 26 (1.58%) GitLab
4 12 (0.73%) ERwin
5 9 (0.55%) Jenkins
6 6 (0.36%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 5 (0.30%) ER Studio
7 5 (0.30%) MLflow
7 5 (0.30%) PowerDesigner
8 4 (0.24%) Bitbucket
8 4 (0.24%) JUnit
8 4 (0.24%) Visual Studio
9 2 (0.12%) Charles Proxy
9 2 (0.12%) JMeter
9 2 (0.12%) Postman
9 2 (0.12%) Selenium
9 2 (0.12%) Team Foundation Server
9 2 (0.12%) Terragrunt
9 2 (0.12%) WebDriver
10 1 (0.061%) RStudio
General
1 508 (30.88%) Social Skills
2 488 (29.67%) Finance
3 389 (23.65%) Analytical Skills
4 148 (9.00%) Public Sector
5 109 (6.63%) Banking
6 64 (3.89%) Retail
7 56 (3.40%) Documentation Skills
8 51 (3.10%) Law
9 50 (3.04%) Manufacturing
10 49 (2.98%) Organisational Skills
11 44 (2.67%) Marketing
12 34 (2.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 23 (1.40%) Investment Banking
14 22 (1.34%) Local Government
14 22 (1.34%) Presentation Skills
15 21 (1.28%) Financial Institution
15 21 (1.28%) Influencing Skills
16 19 (1.16%) Legal
17 18 (1.09%) Telecoms
18 15 (0.91%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 433 (26.32%) Analyst
2 245 (14.89%) Data Engineer
3 243 (14.77%) Developer
4 212 (12.89%) Data Analyst
5 192 (11.67%) Senior
6 182 (11.06%) Architect
7 155 (9.42%) Lead
8 118 (7.17%) Business Intelligence Developer
9 95 (5.78%) Business Analyst
10 93 (5.65%) Power BI Developer
11 71 (4.32%) Data Architect
12 65 (3.95%) Consultant
13 59 (3.59%) Senior Data Engineer
14 52 (3.16%) Power Platform Developer
15 49 (2.98%) Business Intelligence Analyst
16 47 (2.86%) Project Manager
17 39 (2.37%) Lead Architect
18 38 (2.31%) Senior Analyst
19 36 (2.19%) Solutions Architect
20 35 (2.13%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 92 (5.59%) PySpark
2 54 (3.28%) REST
3 52 (3.16%) .NET
4 32 (1.95%) Kafka
5 26 (1.58%) JSON
6 19 (1.16%) Pandas
7 18 (1.09%) Microsoft Graph
7 18 (1.09%) Middleware
7 18 (1.09%) React
8 14 (0.85%) HTML
9 12 (0.73%) CSS
9 12 (0.73%) Great Expectations
9 12 (0.73%) HTML5 Canvas
9 12 (0.73%) XML
10 11 (0.67%) ADO
10 11 (0.67%) YAML
11 8 (0.49%) JDO
12 7 (0.43%) jQuery
12 7 (0.43%) RESTful
12 7 (0.43%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 77 (4.68%) Data Structures
2 75 (4.56%) Cloud Native
3 50 (3.04%) Legacy Systems
4 46 (2.80%) Management Information System
5 45 (2.74%) Product Ownership
6 43 (2.61%) Onboarding
7 37 (2.25%) Analytical Mindset
8 24 (1.46%) CMDB
9 23 (1.40%) AI Agents
10 22 (1.34%) Data Protection Act
11 20 (1.22%) Clustering
12 19 (1.16%) Low-Code
13 16 (0.97%) FMCG
14 15 (0.91%) Self-Motivation
15 14 (0.85%) PKI
15 14 (0.85%) Reference Data
16 13 (0.79%) IoT
16 13 (0.79%) NHS
17 12 (0.73%) Enterprise Software
18 11 (0.67%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 38 (2.31%) Windows
2 22 (1.34%) Windows Server
3 9 (0.55%) Apple iOS
3 9 (0.55%) Unix
4 8 (0.49%) Linux
5 6 (0.36%) Mac OS
6 4 (0.24%) Android
7 3 (0.18%) Windows 10
8 2 (0.12%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.061%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,527 (92.83%) Business Intelligence
2 674 (40.97%) Analytics
3 536 (32.58%) Data Modelling
4 390 (23.71%) Agile
5 347 (21.09%) Visualisation
6 345 (20.97%) Decision-Making
7 344 (20.91%) ETL
8 299 (18.18%) AI
9 297 (18.05%) Problem-Solving
10 290 (17.63%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 270 (16.41%) Data Pipeline
12 268 (16.29%) Stakeholder Management
13 267 (16.23%) DevOps
14 265 (16.11%) Data Governance
14 265 (16.11%) Migration
15 258 (15.68%) Data Engineering
16 246 (14.95%) CI/CD
17 235 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
18 224 (13.62%) Validation
19 212 (12.89%) Data Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 767 (46.63%) SQL
2 393 (23.89%) Python
3 191 (11.61%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 76 (4.62%) PowerShell
5 70 (4.26%) JavaScript
6 66 (4.01%) C#
7 60 (3.65%) T-SQL
8 50 (3.04%) R
9 41 (2.49%) Java
10 25 (1.52%) VBA
11 15 (0.91%) Bicep
11 15 (0.91%) PL/SQL
11 15 (0.91%) TypeScript
12 11 (0.67%) Scala
13 7 (0.43%) Shell Script
14 6 (0.36%) Kotlin
15 5 (0.30%) C
16 4 (0.24%) Korn
16 4 (0.24%) X++
17 3 (0.18%) Bash
Qualifications
1 297 (18.05%) Security Cleared
2 228 (13.86%) SC Cleared
3 163 (9.91%) Degree
4 43 (2.61%) BPSS Clearance
5 33 (2.01%) Microsoft Certification
6 32 (1.95%) Azure Certification
7 31 (1.88%) Computer Science Degree
8 27 (1.64%) DBS Check
9 22 (1.34%) DV Cleared
10 20 (1.22%) AWS Certification
11 19 (1.16%) Master's Degree
12 14 (0.85%) PMI Certification
13 13 (0.79%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
14 11 (0.67%) PMP
15 8 (0.49%) ACCA
16 7 (0.43%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
16 7 (0.43%) CISSP
17 6 (0.36%) CIMA
17 6 (0.36%) SnowPro
18 5 (0.30%) Tableau Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 395 (24.01%) Data Quality
2 109 (6.63%) GDPR
3 85 (5.17%) PMO
4 73 (4.44%) QA
5 33 (2.01%) Accessibility
6 17 (1.03%) SLA
7 16 (0.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 11 (0.67%) GRC
9 10 (0.61%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 8 (0.49%) Solvency II
11 7 (0.43%) Actionable Recommendations
11 7 (0.43%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 6 (0.36%) ISO 19650
13 4 (0.24%) PCI DSS
14 3 (0.18%) NCSC
14 3 (0.18%) P3O
15 2 (0.12%) Basel III
15 2 (0.12%) COBIT
15 2 (0.12%) NIST
16 1 (0.061%) MiFID
System Software
1 50 (3.04%) Active Directory
2 11 (0.67%) Docker
3 10 (0.61%) Virtual Machines
4 6 (0.36%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (0.18%) BitLocker
5 3 (0.18%) HDFS
6 1 (0.061%) RACF
6 1 (0.061%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 73 (4.44%) Terraform
2 20 (1.22%) Grafana
3 17 (1.03%) Kubernetes
4 14 (0.85%) Microsoft Intune
5 10 (0.61%) SCCM
6 8 (0.49%) Ansible
7 7 (0.43%) Prometheus
8 5 (0.30%) SCOM
9 4 (0.24%) Control-M
9 4 (0.24%) Single Sign-On
10 3 (0.18%) Apache Ranger
11 2 (0.12%) Kibana
11 2 (0.12%) Nessus
12 1 (0.061%) Jamf Pro
12 1 (0.061%) Kubeflow
12 1 (0.061%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
12 1 (0.061%) SysTrack
12 1 (0.061%) WSUS
Vendors
1 583 (35.44%) Microsoft
2 201 (12.22%) Databricks
3 110 (6.69%) SAP
4 93 (5.65%) ServiceNow
5 74 (4.50%) Oracle
6 45 (2.74%) Google
7 43 (2.61%) Informatica
8 31 (1.88%) Salesforce
9 26 (1.58%) Alteryx
9 26 (1.58%) Remedy
10 24 (1.46%) Splunk
11 21 (1.28%) Workday
12 15 (0.91%) Adobe
13 14 (0.85%) Dynatrace
13 14 (0.85%) IFS
13 14 (0.85%) Talend
14 13 (0.79%) BMC
15 12 (0.73%) Foundry
16 11 (0.67%) Denodo
17 10 (0.61%) Palantir