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 29 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 61 62 64
Rank change year-on-year +1 +2 +3
Contract jobs citing Power BI 1,699 1,064 1,113
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.70% 3.83% 3.38%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 24.30% 21.35% 18.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,103 700 795
10th Percentile £325 £310 £300
25th Percentile £413 £384 £391
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £498 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +4.74% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £588 £575 £588
90th Percentile £667 £676 £675
UK median daily rate £492 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +3.58% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 76 21 17
10th Percentile £17.86 £18.50 £19.93
25th Percentile £23.03 £25.01 £24.50
Median hourly rate £29.98 £32.05 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.46% +6.83% -7.18%
75th Percentile £40.13 £36.00 £55.00
90th Percentile £71.33 £53.75 £70.34
UK median hourly rate £29.96 £32.58 £30.30
% change year-on-year -8.04% +7.54% -6.27%

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 6,991 4,984 6,075
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 15.23% 17.96% 18.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,668 3,433 4,288
10th Percentile £360 £335 £350
25th Percentile £423 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £510 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.86% -7.27% -
75th Percentile £619 £638 £675
90th Percentile £709 £750 £825
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -3.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 229 80 90
10th Percentile £14.85 £21.02 £14.19
25th Percentile £23.75 £29.05 £19.87
Median hourly rate £38.50 £38.23 £33.22
Median % change year-on-year +0.71% +15.10% -39.61%
75th Percentile £62.00 £65.00 £56.88
90th Percentile £75.20 £78.88 £69.93
UK median hourly rate £38.50 £38.85 £32.50
% change year-on-year -0.89% +19.52% -40.91%

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 29 August 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 29 August 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 29 August 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 +8 893 £500 - 538
North of England -14 233 £440 +0.57% 187
South East -3 209 £475 +4.11% 251
Midlands +9 199 £473 +7.39% 137
West Midlands -1 138 £473 +2.16% 87
North West -10 124 £485 +2.11% 110
Yorkshire -26 93 £425 +6.25% 48
South West -15 91 £438 +9.38% 85
East Midlands +21 59 £465 +11.04% 49
East of England -22 36 £558 -3.88% 71
North East -24 20 £383 -15.00% 31
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 (9.95%) SharePoint
2 70 (4.12%) Confluence
3 36 (2.12%) Apache Airflow
4 30 (1.77%) Apache Spark
5 26 (1.53%) Apache
6 23 (1.35%) SAS
7 15 (0.88%) Microsoft Exchange
8 12 (0.71%) ArcGIS
9 7 (0.41%) Apache Superset
10 6 (0.35%) Mendix
10 6 (0.35%) Oracle Workflow
11 5 (0.29%) Apache Solr
12 4 (0.24%) CMS
12 4 (0.24%) Palantir Foundry
13 3 (0.18%) HCL Notes
13 3 (0.18%) IIS
13 3 (0.18%) Kentico
14 2 (0.12%) PowerExchange
15 1 (0.059%) OpenROAD
15 1 (0.059%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 324 (19.07%) Microsoft Excel
2 59 (3.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 52 (3.06%) Microsoft Project
4 49 (2.88%) Microsoft Office
5 26 (1.53%) MS Visio
6 22 (1.29%) Spreadsheet
7 10 (0.59%) Navisworks
7 10 (0.59%) Revit
8 6 (0.35%) AutoCAD
8 6 (0.35%) Chatbot
8 6 (0.35%) ProjectWise
9 2 (0.12%) Notion
9 2 (0.12%) Oracle Smart View
10 1 (0.059%) CPLEX
Business Applications
1 39 (2.30%) Dynamics CRM
2 27 (1.59%) Remedy ITSM
3 23 (1.35%) SAP S/4HANA
4 16 (0.94%) iTrent
5 13 (0.77%) Primavera
6 9 (0.53%) Aladdin
7 7 (0.41%) Integrated Workplace Management System
8 6 (0.35%) SAP EWM
9 5 (0.29%) BambooHR
9 5 (0.29%) Maximo
9 5 (0.29%) SAP MM
10 4 (0.24%) SAP MDG
10 4 (0.24%) Workday HCM
11 3 (0.18%) NetSuite
11 3 (0.18%) Oracle Financials
11 3 (0.18%) SAP ERP
12 2 (0.12%) CA PPM
12 2 (0.12%) Oracle Payables
12 2 (0.12%) Sage 200
12 2 (0.12%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 1,699 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 642 (37.79%) Azure
3 213 (12.54%) AWS
4 195 (11.48%) Power Automate
5 173 (10.18%) Azure DevOps
6 168 (9.89%) PowerApps
7 143 (8.42%) Azure Data Factory
8 141 (8.30%) Snowflake
9 124 (7.30%) Dynamics 365
10 120 (7.06%) Microsoft 365
11 113 (6.65%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 98 (5.77%) Microsoft Copilot
13 80 (4.71%) Serverless
14 75 (4.41%) dbt
15 69 (4.06%) GCP
16 67 (3.94%) GitHub
17 55 (3.24%) Amazon S3
18 54 (3.18%) Entra ID
19 48 (2.83%) AWS Lambda
19 48 (2.83%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 16 (0.94%) Firewall
2 13 (0.77%) VPN
3 11 (0.65%) DNS
4 7 (0.41%) SSL
5 5 (0.29%) Broadband
6 4 (0.24%) Network Security
7 3 (0.18%) Internet
8 2 (0.12%) Intranet
8 2 (0.12%) NAS
8 2 (0.12%) SAN
8 2 (0.12%) SMTP
9 1 (0.059%) 4G
9 1 (0.059%) 5G
9 1 (0.059%) 5G NR
9 1 (0.059%) LTE
9 1 (0.059%) Microwave Backhaul
9 1 (0.059%) OpenFlow
9 1 (0.059%) Radio Access Network
9 1 (0.059%) SD-WAN
9 1 (0.059%) VoLTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 273 (16.07%) Data Warehouse
2 254 (14.95%) Tableau
3 145 (8.53%) Data Lake
4 128 (7.53%) Power Query
5 126 (7.42%) SQL Server
6 84 (4.94%) Metadata
7 71 (4.18%) Star Schema
8 54 (3.18%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 52 (3.06%) Looker
10 51 (3.00%) Relational Database
11 47 (2.77%) Azure SQL Database
12 42 (2.47%) Amazon Athena
13 41 (2.41%) Amazon Redshift
14 37 (2.18%) BigQuery
15 36 (2.12%) Snowflake Schema
16 35 (2.06%) Semantic Layer
17 31 (1.82%) SQL Server Reporting Services
18 30 (1.77%) NoSQL
19 25 (1.47%) Delta Lake
20 24 (1.41%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 146 (8.59%) JIRA
2 64 (3.77%) Git
3 28 (1.65%) GitLab
4 9 (0.53%) Jenkins
5 8 (0.47%) MLflow
6 7 (0.41%) ERwin
7 6 (0.35%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 5 (0.29%) Oracle Forms
9 4 (0.24%) ER Studio
9 4 (0.24%) JUnit
9 4 (0.24%) Terragrunt
9 4 (0.24%) Visual Studio
10 3 (0.18%) JMeter
10 3 (0.18%) PowerDesigner
10 3 (0.18%) Selenium
11 2 (0.12%) Charles Proxy
11 2 (0.12%) Team Foundation Server
11 2 (0.12%) WebDriver
12 1 (0.059%) Claude Code
12 1 (0.059%) REST Assured
General
1 548 (32.25%) Social Skills
2 508 (29.90%) Finance
3 422 (24.84%) Analytical Skills
4 159 (9.36%) Public Sector
5 125 (7.36%) Banking
6 76 (4.47%) Retail
7 61 (3.59%) Organisational Skills
8 56 (3.30%) Documentation Skills
9 55 (3.24%) Law
10 53 (3.12%) Manufacturing
11 50 (2.94%) Marketing
12 45 (2.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 36 (2.12%) Local Government
14 33 (1.94%) Influencing Skills
15 24 (1.41%) Financial Institution
15 24 (1.41%) Presentation Skills
16 19 (1.12%) Investment Banking
16 19 (1.12%) Legal
17 16 (0.94%) Military
17 16 (0.94%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 441 (25.96%) Analyst
2 243 (14.30%) Developer
3 223 (13.13%) Data Engineer
4 215 (12.65%) Data Analyst
5 200 (11.77%) Senior
6 193 (11.36%) Architect
7 160 (9.42%) Lead
8 116 (6.83%) Business Intelligence Developer
9 96 (5.65%) Business Analyst
10 93 (5.47%) Power BI Developer
11 80 (4.71%) Data Architect
12 77 (4.53%) Consultant
13 57 (3.35%) Senior Data Engineer
14 50 (2.94%) Project Manager
15 49 (2.88%) Power Platform Developer
16 47 (2.77%) Senior Analyst
17 41 (2.41%) Business Intelligence Analyst
17 41 (2.41%) Lead Architect
18 39 (2.30%) Solutions Architect
19 37 (2.18%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 96 (5.65%) PySpark
2 72 (4.24%) Terraform
3 67 (3.94%) .NET
4 64 (3.77%) REST
5 34 (2.00%) Kafka
6 24 (1.41%) React
7 22 (1.29%) Microsoft Graph
8 21 (1.24%) JSON
9 20 (1.18%) HTML
10 19 (1.12%) Middleware
11 16 (0.94%) HTML5 Canvas
12 14 (0.82%) CSS
13 12 (0.71%) Pandas
14 10 (0.59%) ADO
15 8 (0.47%) .NET Core
15 8 (0.47%) EDI
15 8 (0.47%) Great Expectations
16 7 (0.41%) jQuery
16 7 (0.41%) OAuth
16 7 (0.41%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 80 (4.71%) Data Structures
2 69 (4.06%) Management Information System
3 67 (3.94%) Cloud Native
4 57 (3.35%) Onboarding
4 57 (3.35%) Product Ownership
5 44 (2.59%) Legacy Systems
6 31 (1.82%) Analytical Mindset
7 28 (1.65%) Clustering
8 23 (1.35%) CMDB
8 23 (1.35%) Low-Code
9 22 (1.29%) AI Agents
10 20 (1.18%) Data Protection Act
10 20 (1.18%) FMCG
11 19 (1.12%) Enterprise Software
12 14 (0.82%) Data Centre
12 14 (0.82%) Reference Data
13 13 (0.77%) NHS
14 12 (0.71%) IoT
14 12 (0.71%) PKI
15 11 (0.65%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 49 (2.88%) Windows
2 22 (1.29%) Windows Server
3 14 (0.82%) Linux
4 10 (0.59%) Apple iOS
5 9 (0.53%) Unix
6 7 (0.41%) Mac OS
7 5 (0.29%) 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 1,585 (93.29%) Business Intelligence
2 676 (39.79%) Analytics
3 530 (31.19%) Data Modelling
4 413 (24.31%) Agile
5 376 (22.13%) Stakeholder Management
6 360 (21.19%) Decision-Making
7 343 (20.19%) ETL
8 330 (19.42%) Visualisation
9 329 (19.36%) AI
10 324 (19.07%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 311 (18.30%) Problem-Solving
12 297 (17.48%) DevOps
12 297 (17.48%) Migration
13 286 (16.83%) CI/CD
14 270 (15.89%) Data Governance
15 267 (15.72%) Continuous Improvement
16 266 (15.66%) Data Pipeline
17 263 (15.48%) Data Engineering
18 241 (14.18%) Validation
19 209 (12.30%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 790 (46.50%) SQL
2 397 (23.37%) Python
3 199 (11.71%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 91 (5.36%) JavaScript
4 91 (5.36%) PowerShell
5 73 (4.30%) C#
6 59 (3.47%) T-SQL
7 46 (2.71%) R
8 43 (2.53%) Java
9 24 (1.41%) VBA
10 21 (1.24%) TypeScript
11 13 (0.77%) PL/SQL
12 11 (0.65%) Bicep
13 9 (0.53%) Scala
14 8 (0.47%) Bash
15 7 (0.41%) Shell Script
16 6 (0.35%) Korn
16 6 (0.35%) Kotlin
17 5 (0.29%) Kusto Query Language
17 5 (0.29%) X++
Qualifications
1 316 (18.60%) Security Cleared
2 239 (14.07%) SC Cleared
3 165 (9.71%) Degree
4 49 (2.88%) Microsoft Certification
5 42 (2.47%) Azure Certification
6 35 (2.06%) BPSS Clearance
7 32 (1.88%) Computer Science Degree
8 27 (1.59%) DBS Check
9 23 (1.35%) AWS Certification
10 22 (1.29%) DV Cleared
11 18 (1.06%) PMI Certification
12 15 (0.88%) Master's Degree
12 15 (0.88%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 12 (0.71%) PMP
14 11 (0.65%) ACCA
15 9 (0.53%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
15 9 (0.53%) CIMA
16 7 (0.41%) CISSP
16 7 (0.41%) TOGAF Certification
17 5 (0.29%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 399 (23.48%) Data Quality
2 93 (5.47%) GDPR
3 80 (4.71%) QA
4 76 (4.47%) PMO
5 35 (2.06%) Accessibility
6 15 (0.88%) GRC
7 13 (0.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 12 (0.71%) SLA
9 11 (0.65%) ISO 19650
10 8 (0.47%) Actionable Recommendations
11 7 (0.41%) Solvency II
12 6 (0.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 4 (0.24%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 3 (0.18%) GMP
14 3 (0.18%) NIST
14 3 (0.18%) P3O
15 2 (0.12%) Basel III
15 2 (0.12%) COBIT
15 2 (0.12%) ISO 20022
15 2 (0.12%) NCSC
System Software
1 50 (2.94%) Active Directory
2 16 (0.94%) Docker
3 13 (0.77%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (0.53%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.18%) BitLocker
6 1 (0.059%) RACF
6 1 (0.059%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 24 (1.41%) Kubernetes
2 20 (1.18%) Grafana
3 16 (0.94%) Microsoft Intune
4 12 (0.71%) Ansible
5 11 (0.65%) SCOM
6 8 (0.47%) Microsoft Clustering
6 8 (0.47%) Prometheus
7 7 (0.41%) Control-M
7 7 (0.41%) SCCM
8 3 (0.18%) Apache Ranger
8 3 (0.18%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (0.12%) Nessus
10 1 (0.059%) Jamf Pro
10 1 (0.059%) Kibana
10 1 (0.059%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.059%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
10 1 (0.059%) SysTrack
10 1 (0.059%) WSUS
Vendors
1 673 (39.61%) Microsoft
2 218 (12.83%) Databricks
3 112 (6.59%) SAP
4 101 (5.94%) ServiceNow
5 83 (4.89%) Oracle
6 49 (2.88%) Google
7 41 (2.41%) Informatica
8 36 (2.12%) Salesforce
9 30 (1.77%) Remedy
10 27 (1.59%) Alteryx
10 27 (1.59%) Splunk
11 24 (1.41%) Workday
12 21 (1.24%) BMC
13 14 (0.82%) Adobe
13 14 (0.82%) Dynatrace
14 13 (0.77%) Denodo
14 13 (0.77%) VMware
15 12 (0.71%) IFS
16 10 (0.59%) Autodesk
16 10 (0.59%) Teradata