Power BI Contracts in England

Microsoft Power BI
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Power BI skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Power BI over the 6 months leading up to 11 November 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Nov 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 56 69 82
Rank change year-on-year +13 +13 -7
Contract jobs citing Power BI 1,123 1,255 2,050
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 3.64% 3.17% 3.03%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 20.47% 19.01% 15.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 751 898 1,484
10th Percentile £306 £300 £363
25th Percentile £400 £401 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £509
Median % change year-on-year - -1.67% +3.14%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £588
90th Percentile £704 £675 £675
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £500
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 40 33
10th Percentile £20.23 £16.51 £14.25
25th Percentile £25.26 £21.04 £20.50
Median hourly rate £30.00 £35.16 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -14.68% +0.46% +34.62%
75th Percentile £43.75 £56.25 £55.00
90th Percentile £64.73 £78.85 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £32.32 £35.00
% change year-on-year -7.18% -7.66% +34.62%

All Database and Business Intelligence 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 5,487 6,602 13,113
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 17.79% 16.68% 19.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,686 4,688 9,371
10th Percentile £350 £358 £385
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - +4.76%
75th Percentile £663 £650 £675
90th Percentile £789 £750 £775
UK median daily rate £527 £534 £550
% change year-on-year -1.31% -2.91% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 78 140 129
10th Percentile £17.85 £19.18 £15.79
25th Percentile £22.93 £25.07 £25.38
Median hourly rate £34.47 £46.18 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -25.37% +2.62% +28.57%
75th Percentile £53.56 £67.44 £65.00
90th Percentile £65.00 £78.00 £72.30
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £46.18 £45.00
% change year-on-year -35.04% +2.62% +20.00%

Power BI
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Power BI as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Power BI in England

Power BI
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Power BI in England.

Daily rate trend for Power BI in England

Power BI
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Power BI in England over the 6 months to 11 November 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Power BI in England

Power BI
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Power BI in England.

Hourly rate trend for Power BI in England

Power BI
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Power BI in England over the 6 months to 11 November 2024.

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 11 November 2024. 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 +15 623 £525 - 292
North of England +11 133 £475 +18.75% 159
South East +25 131 £475 -5.00% 136
Midlands +10 110 £450 -5.26% 97
West Midlands +3 86 £477 -0.88% 66
North West +7 82 £475 +26.67% 92
South West +22 76 £450 -5.26% 66
Yorkshire +17 48 £495 +10.00% 39
East Midlands +9 24 £380 +1.33% 30
East of England +7 23 £375 -21.05% 80
North East -11 5 £450 +12.50% 28
Power BI
UK

Power BI
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 106 (9.44%) SharePoint
2 34 (3.03%) Confluence
3 32 (2.85%) Apache
4 31 (2.76%) Apache Spark
5 15 (1.34%) SAS
6 9 (0.80%) Apache Airflow
7 8 (0.71%) Microsoft Exchange
8 6 (0.53%) Umbraco
9 5 (0.45%) ArcGIS
10 4 (0.36%) CMS
11 3 (0.27%) Jupyter
11 3 (0.27%) WordPress
12 2 (0.18%) IIS
13 1 (0.089%) Adobe Experience Manager
13 1 (0.089%) Mendix
13 1 (0.089%) MTS
13 1 (0.089%) SugarCRM
Applications
1 172 (15.32%) Microsoft Excel
2 26 (2.32%) Microsoft Office
3 19 (1.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 13 (1.16%) Microsoft Project
4 13 (1.16%) MS Visio
5 12 (1.07%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.18%) SPSS
7 1 (0.089%) Trello
7 1 (0.089%) UXPin
Business Applications
1 68 (6.06%) Dynamics CRM
2 11 (0.98%) SAP S/4HANA
3 7 (0.62%) NEC Housing
4 4 (0.36%) Endur
4 4 (0.36%) SAP ERP
4 4 (0.36%) SAP HCM
4 4 (0.36%) SAP Payroll
5 3 (0.27%) Aladdin
5 3 (0.27%) IBM Planning Analytics
5 3 (0.27%) Salesforce CRM
5 3 (0.27%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 2 (0.18%) Academy Housing
6 2 (0.18%) Aligne
6 2 (0.18%) Markit EDM
6 2 (0.18%) Oracle BPM
6 2 (0.18%) Orchard Housing
6 2 (0.18%) Relativity
6 2 (0.18%) Shopify
6 2 (0.18%) Sprinklr
6 2 (0.18%) Veritas eDiscovery
Cloud Services
1 1,123 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 391 (34.82%) Azure
3 193 (17.19%) PowerApps
4 155 (13.80%) Power Automate
5 121 (10.77%) Dynamics 365
6 101 (8.99%) Microsoft 365
7 99 (8.82%) AWS
8 71 (6.32%) Azure Data Factory
9 67 (5.97%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 64 (5.70%) Azure DevOps
11 61 (5.43%) Snowflake
12 49 (4.36%) GitHub
13 47 (4.19%) dbt
14 44 (3.92%) Serverless
15 40 (3.56%) Azure Logic Apps
15 40 (3.56%) GCP
16 37 (3.29%) Azure Functions
17 26 (2.32%) Entra ID
18 25 (2.23%) SaaS
19 20 (1.78%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 10 (0.89%) Firewall
2 4 (0.36%) Internet
3 3 (0.27%) Intranet
4 2 (0.18%) 802.11
4 2 (0.18%) DNS
4 2 (0.18%) MIMO
4 2 (0.18%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (0.18%) Wireless
5 1 (0.089%) Cisco ISE
5 1 (0.089%) Cisco Nexus
5 1 (0.089%) SMS
5 1 (0.089%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 231 (20.57%) Tableau
2 147 (13.09%) Data Warehouse
3 124 (11.04%) SQL Server
4 96 (8.55%) Data Lake
5 73 (6.50%) Power Query
6 69 (6.14%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 68 (6.06%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 59 (5.25%) Big Data
9 54 (4.81%) Relational Database
10 40 (3.56%) Azure SQL Database
10 40 (3.56%) Qlik Sense
11 38 (3.38%) BusinessObjects
12 36 (3.21%) NoSQL
12 36 (3.21%) Tableau Server
13 34 (3.03%) PostgreSQL
14 31 (2.76%) Snowflake Schema
15 28 (2.49%) MySQL
16 24 (2.14%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
16 24 (2.14%) QlikView
17 19 (1.69%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 60 (5.34%) JIRA
2 28 (2.49%) Git
3 23 (2.05%) GitLab
4 16 (1.42%) Visual Studio
5 9 (0.80%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 6 (0.53%) Jenkins
7 5 (0.45%) Team Foundation Server
8 4 (0.36%) Bitbucket
8 4 (0.36%) ERwin
9 2 (0.18%) kappa
9 2 (0.18%) Poetry
9 2 (0.18%) Visual Website Optimizer
10 1 (0.089%) Balsamiq
10 1 (0.089%) git-flow
10 1 (0.089%) Postman
10 1 (0.089%) RStudio
10 1 (0.089%) SonarQube
10 1 (0.089%) Sonatype Nexus
10 1 (0.089%) SpecFlow
10 1 (0.089%) tSQLt
General
1 325 (28.94%) Social Skills
2 282 (25.11%) Analytical Skills
3 281 (25.02%) Finance
4 94 (8.37%) Banking
5 85 (7.57%) Public Sector
6 64 (5.70%) Marketing
7 32 (2.85%) Presentation Skills
8 30 (2.67%) Front Office
9 27 (2.40%) Retail
10 26 (2.32%) Investment Banking
11 22 (1.96%) Local Government
11 22 (1.96%) Organisational Skills
12 18 (1.60%) Legal
13 16 (1.42%) Influencing Skills
13 16 (1.42%) Law
14 13 (1.16%) Manufacturing
14 13 (1.16%) Pharmaceutical
15 11 (0.98%) Telecoms
16 10 (0.89%) Financial Institution
17 8 (0.71%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 362 (32.24%) Analyst
2 266 (23.69%) Developer
3 163 (14.51%) Data Analyst
4 116 (10.33%) Business Intelligence Developer
5 97 (8.64%) Senior
6 96 (8.55%) Data Engineer
7 92 (8.19%) Power BI Developer
8 90 (8.01%) Business Intelligence Analyst
9 73 (6.50%) Consultant
10 66 (5.88%) Business Analyst
10 66 (5.88%) Power BI Analyst
11 64 (5.70%) Lead
12 57 (5.08%) Architect
13 50 (4.45%) Senior Analyst
14 45 (4.01%) Financial Analyst
15 40 (3.56%) Power Platform Developer
16 31 (2.76%) Power Apps Developer
17 30 (2.67%) Azure Engineer
18 24 (2.14%) Azure Data Engineer
18 24 (2.14%) Report Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 59 (5.25%) .NET
2 45 (4.01%) HTML
3 43 (3.83%) CSS
4 27 (2.40%) .NET Framework
5 25 (2.23%) AngularJS
6 24 (2.14%) ADO
7 21 (1.87%) PySpark
8 20 (1.78%) JSON
8 20 (1.78%) XML
9 18 (1.60%) REST
10 16 (1.42%) ASP.NET
11 14 (1.25%) Kafka
12 12 (1.07%) jQuery
12 12 (1.07%) WinForms
12 12 (1.07%) YAML
13 11 (0.98%) HTML5 Canvas
13 11 (0.98%) React
14 8 (0.71%) Vue
14 8 (0.71%) Web Services
15 7 (0.62%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 45 (4.01%) Product Ownership
2 39 (3.47%) Management Information System
3 31 (2.76%) Analytical Mindset
4 27 (2.40%) Data Structures
5 22 (1.96%) Hedge funds
6 20 (1.78%) Derivative
6 20 (1.78%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 18 (1.60%) Equities
7 18 (1.60%) Fixed Income
7 18 (1.60%) Low-Code
7 18 (1.60%) NHS
8 16 (1.42%) Self-Motivation
9 14 (1.25%) Legacy Systems
10 10 (0.89%) CMDB
10 10 (0.89%) Greenfield Project
10 10 (0.89%) Onboarding
11 9 (0.80%) Algorithms
12 8 (0.71%) Cloud Native
12 8 (0.71%) Credit Risk
13 7 (0.62%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 32 (2.85%) Windows
2 9 (0.80%) Unix
3 7 (0.62%) Linux
4 4 (0.36%) VMS
4 4 (0.36%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.18%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.089%) Android
6 1 (0.089%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 953 (84.86%) Business Intelligence
2 298 (26.54%) Data Modelling
3 285 (25.38%) Analytics
4 275 (24.49%) Visualisation
5 269 (23.95%) Agile
6 194 (17.28%) Problem-Solving
7 184 (16.38%) Data Analysis
8 181 (16.12%) Data Visualisation
9 164 (14.60%) ETL
10 138 (12.29%) Decision-Making
11 125 (11.13%) DevOps
12 121 (10.77%) Stakeholder Management
13 106 (9.44%) Data Management
14 96 (8.55%) CRM
14 96 (8.55%) Data Governance
15 88 (7.84%) Actionable Insight
16 87 (7.75%) Scrum
17 86 (7.66%) Data Science
18 84 (7.48%) Data Integration
19 76 (6.77%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 529 (47.11%) SQL
2 276 (24.58%) Python
3 89 (7.93%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 76 (6.77%) JavaScript
5 62 (5.52%) C#
5 62 (5.52%) T-SQL
6 57 (5.08%) R
7 39 (3.47%) PowerShell
8 32 (2.85%) PL/SQL
9 25 (2.23%) Java
10 19 (1.69%) VBA
11 11 (0.98%) Scala
12 10 (0.89%) VB.NET
13 6 (0.53%) Bicep
14 5 (0.45%) VB
15 4 (0.36%) HiveQL
15 4 (0.36%) TypeScript
16 3 (0.27%) Formula Language
16 3 (0.27%) MATLAB
17 2 (0.18%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 181 (16.12%) Degree
2 89 (7.93%) Security Cleared
3 64 (5.70%) SC Cleared
4 43 (3.83%) Computer Science Degree
5 26 (2.32%) Master's Degree
6 21 (1.87%) PMP
7 20 (1.78%) PMI Certification
8 17 (1.51%) DV Cleared
9 11 (0.98%) Azure Certification
9 11 (0.98%) Microsoft Certification
10 8 (0.71%) BPSS Clearance
10 8 (0.71%) Numerate Degree
11 5 (0.45%) ITIL Certification
11 5 (0.45%) Microsoft Certified Architect
12 4 (0.36%) ACCA
12 4 (0.36%) CIMA
13 3 (0.27%) CFA
13 3 (0.27%) CISSP
14 2 (0.18%) CISM
14 2 (0.18%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 109 (9.71%) Data Quality
2 32 (2.85%) GDPR
3 28 (2.49%) PMO
4 27 (2.40%) QA
5 18 (1.60%) Accessibility
6 11 (0.98%) GxP
7 6 (0.53%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 6 (0.53%) MiFID
8 5 (0.45%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 4 (0.36%) Actionable Recommendations
9 4 (0.36%) PCI DSS
10 3 (0.27%) COBIT
11 2 (0.18%) EMIR
11 2 (0.18%) GRC
11 2 (0.18%) NIST
11 2 (0.18%) NIST 800
11 2 (0.18%) SOC 2
12 1 (0.089%) Cyber Essentials
12 1 (0.089%) IFRS
12 1 (0.089%) NCSC
System Software
1 18 (1.60%) Active Directory
2 11 (0.98%) Virtual Machines
3 5 (0.45%) HDFS
4 4 (0.36%) Docker
4 4 (0.36%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.18%) BitLocker
5 2 (0.18%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 14 (1.25%) Terraform
2 11 (0.98%) Kubernetes
3 6 (0.53%) Ansible
3 6 (0.53%) Grafana
4 5 (0.45%) McAfee ePO
4 5 (0.45%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.18%) Iperf
5 2 (0.18%) Matomo
5 2 (0.18%) SCCM
5 2 (0.18%) SCOrch
5 2 (0.18%) SCSM
6 1 (0.089%) Nagios
6 1 (0.089%) Nessus
6 1 (0.089%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 332 (29.56%) Microsoft
2 82 (7.30%) Databricks
3 76 (6.77%) Oracle
4 64 (5.70%) SAP
5 46 (4.10%) ServiceNow
6 31 (2.76%) Salesforce
7 29 (2.58%) Google
8 23 (2.05%) Alteryx
9 14 (1.25%) Adobe
10 12 (1.07%) Cloudera
10 12 (1.07%) Informatica
11 10 (0.89%) Splunk
12 9 (0.80%) MicroStrategy
13 8 (0.71%) Confluent
13 8 (0.71%) Workday
14 7 (0.62%) BeyondTrust
14 7 (0.62%) Citrix
14 7 (0.62%) Cognos
14 7 (0.62%) Denodo
14 7 (0.62%) NEC