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 14 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 58 56 68
Rank change year-on-year -2 +12 +14
Contract jobs citing Power BI 1,219 1,138 1,252
As % of all contract jobs in England 4.03% 3.64% 3.17%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 22.63% 20.47% 19.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 836 762 898
10th Percentile £313 £308 £300
25th Percentile £394 £400 £401
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -1.96%
75th Percentile £584 £600 £600
90th Percentile £673 £704 £675
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 24 39
10th Percentile - £20.23 £16.41
25th Percentile £18.25 £25.26 £21.03
Median hourly rate £28.33 £30.00 £38.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.57% -21.05% +8.57%
75th Percentile £45.81 £43.75 £57.50
90th Percentile £62.75 £64.73 £78.96
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £30.00 £35.16
% change year-on-year - -14.68% +0.46%

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 5,387 5,559 6,590
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 17.82% 17.80% 16.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,739 3,741 4,686
10th Percentile £328 £350 £356
25th Percentile £413 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - -
75th Percentile £625 £663 £650
90th Percentile £727 £788 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £533
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.50% -3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 82 80 139
10th Percentile £20.67 £17.50 £19.11
25th Percentile £29.06 £22.30 £24.97
Median hourly rate £44.25 £34.47 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +28.39% -25.37% -3.68%
75th Percentile £65.00 £53.19 £67.88
90th Percentile £84.65 £65.00 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £43.50 £30.00 £46.18
% change year-on-year +45.00% -35.04% +2.62%

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 14 November 2025.

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 14 November 2025.

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 14 November 2025. 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 +1 663 £500 -4.76% 731
North of England -19 155 £418 -12.11% 236
Midlands -25 110 £464 +3.06% 208
South East -14 105 £475 - 330
West Midlands -30 80 £500 +4.82% 135
North West -21 77 £425 -10.53% 148
South West -1 76 £425 -10.53% 89
Yorkshire -10 75 £375 -24.24% 59
East of England +6 49 £580 +54.67% 71
East Midlands -8 29 £413 +8.55% 72
North East -12 3 £433 -3.89% 30
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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
1 127 (10.42%) SharePoint
2 36 (2.95%) Confluence
3 29 (2.38%) Apache Spark
4 26 (2.13%) Apache Airflow
5 15 (1.23%) Apache
6 11 (0.90%) Microsoft Exchange
7 10 (0.82%) HCL Notes
8 8 (0.66%) Apache Pig
8 8 (0.66%) Oracle Application Server
9 6 (0.49%) Jupyter
10 4 (0.33%) SAS
11 2 (0.16%) Apache Solr
11 2 (0.16%) ArcGIS
11 2 (0.16%) Moodle
12 1 (0.082%) CMS
12 1 (0.082%) Kentico
12 1 (0.082%) Luigi
12 1 (0.082%) SharePoint Server
12 1 (0.082%) Skype for Business
12 1 (0.082%) Smallworld
Applications
1 285 (23.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 53 (4.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 43 (3.53%) Microsoft Office
4 35 (2.87%) Microsoft Project
5 28 (2.30%) MS Visio
6 11 (0.90%) Spreadsheet
7 5 (0.41%) Trello
8 4 (0.33%) Adobe Illustrator
8 4 (0.33%) Chatbot
8 4 (0.33%) Photoshop
9 2 (0.16%) Maple
10 1 (0.082%) Adobe XD
10 1 (0.082%) Notion
10 1 (0.082%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 53 (4.35%) Dynamics CRM
2 27 (2.21%) SAP S/4HANA
3 9 (0.74%) Salesforce CRM
4 6 (0.49%) Oracle ERP
5 5 (0.41%) NetSuite
5 5 (0.41%) Oracle Financials
5 5 (0.41%) Primavera
6 4 (0.33%) Aladdin
6 4 (0.33%) Oracle Payables
6 4 (0.33%) SAP CO
6 4 (0.33%) SAP ERP
7 3 (0.25%) Dynamics NAV
7 3 (0.25%) Elite 3E
7 3 (0.25%) SAP FI
7 3 (0.25%) SAP FI/CO
8 2 (0.16%) Actimize
8 2 (0.16%) Dynamics AX
8 2 (0.16%) Endur
8 2 (0.16%) Oracle EBS
8 2 (0.16%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 1,219 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 417 (34.21%) Azure
3 169 (13.86%) Power Automate
4 164 (13.45%) PowerApps
5 140 (11.48%) AWS
6 112 (9.19%) Dynamics 365
7 98 (8.04%) Azure DevOps
8 93 (7.63%) Azure Data Factory
9 91 (7.47%) Snowflake
10 81 (6.64%) Microsoft 365
11 79 (6.48%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 79 (6.48%) GCP
12 42 (3.45%) Microsoft Copilot
13 39 (3.20%) dbt
14 33 (2.71%) Serverless
15 32 (2.63%) Azure Logic Apps
15 32 (2.63%) SaaS
16 30 (2.46%) Entra ID
17 27 (2.21%) GitHub
18 22 (1.80%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.41%) VoIP
2 3 (0.25%) HTTP
2 3 (0.25%) Kerberos
2 3 (0.25%) LAN
3 2 (0.16%) 2G
3 2 (0.16%) 5G
3 2 (0.16%) DNS
3 2 (0.16%) Hyperconnected
3 2 (0.16%) Internet
3 2 (0.16%) LTE
3 2 (0.16%) Mobile Backhaul
3 2 (0.16%) Network Security
3 2 (0.16%) SD-WAN
3 2 (0.16%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (0.16%) Wireless
4 1 (0.082%) Firewall
4 1 (0.082%) NAS
4 1 (0.082%) Skype
4 1 (0.082%) Unified Communications
4 1 (0.082%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 216 (17.72%) Tableau
2 150 (12.31%) Data Warehouse
3 91 (7.47%) Power Query
4 85 (6.97%) Data Lake
5 84 (6.89%) SQL Server
6 50 (4.10%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 44 (3.61%) Relational Database
8 42 (3.45%) Azure SQL Database
9 41 (3.36%) Metadata
10 40 (3.28%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 35 (2.87%) BigQuery
12 33 (2.71%) Looker
13 30 (2.46%) PostgreSQL
14 27 (2.21%) Data Mining
15 25 (2.05%) Big Data
16 21 (1.72%) Hadoop
17 19 (1.56%) Star Schema
18 17 (1.39%) Oracle Reports
19 16 (1.31%) NoSQL
19 16 (1.31%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 99 (8.12%) JIRA
2 45 (3.69%) Git
3 10 (0.82%) Visual Studio
4 8 (0.66%) DBeaver
5 7 (0.57%) GitLab
5 7 (0.57%) SonarQube
6 5 (0.41%) ERwin
7 4 (0.33%) NeoLoad
8 3 (0.25%) Jenkins
9 2 (0.16%) Bitbucket
9 2 (0.16%) MLflow
9 2 (0.16%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 2 (0.16%) Visual Studio Code
10 1 (0.082%) Browser DevTools
10 1 (0.082%) Metasploit
10 1 (0.082%) Postman
10 1 (0.082%) Rational DOORS
10 1 (0.082%) ScriptRunner
10 1 (0.082%) Team Foundation Server
10 1 (0.082%) Terragrunt
General
1 439 (36.01%) Social Skills
2 400 (32.81%) Finance
3 303 (24.86%) Analytical Skills
4 125 (10.25%) Public Sector
5 106 (8.70%) Banking
6 44 (3.61%) Marketing
7 39 (3.20%) Manufacturing
7 39 (3.20%) Organisational Skills
8 38 (3.12%) Retail
9 32 (2.63%) Documentation Skills
9 32 (2.63%) Local Government
10 31 (2.54%) Investment Banking
11 30 (2.46%) Presentation Skills
12 24 (1.97%) Legal
13 23 (1.89%) Front Office
14 21 (1.72%) Pharmaceutical
15 20 (1.64%) Telecoms
16 19 (1.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 16 (1.31%) Influencing Skills
18 14 (1.15%) Law
Job Titles
1 349 (28.63%) Analyst
2 200 (16.41%) Developer
3 177 (14.52%) Data Analyst
4 128 (10.50%) Data Engineer
5 106 (8.70%) Senior
6 103 (8.45%) Lead
7 86 (7.05%) Architect
8 81 (6.64%) Business Analyst
9 78 (6.40%) Business Intelligence Developer
10 65 (5.33%) Consultant
11 64 (5.25%) Power BI Developer
12 48 (3.94%) Data Architect
13 37 (3.04%) Data Scientist
13 37 (3.04%) Power BI Analyst
13 37 (3.04%) Senior Analyst
14 36 (2.95%) Business Intelligence Analyst
14 36 (2.95%) Power Platform Developer
15 32 (2.63%) Project Manager
16 28 (2.30%) Azure Engineer
17 25 (2.05%) Report Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (3.20%) PySpark
2 36 (2.95%) .NET
3 34 (2.79%) REST
4 27 (2.21%) HTML
5 19 (1.56%) JSON
6 17 (1.39%) Pandas
6 17 (1.39%) scikit-learn
7 16 (1.31%) HTML5 Canvas
8 15 (1.23%) CSS
8 15 (1.23%) Kafka
9 12 (0.98%) NumPy
10 10 (0.82%) SailPoint
11 8 (0.66%) AngularJS
11 8 (0.66%) Microsoft Graph
11 8 (0.66%) Oracle GoldenGate
11 8 (0.66%) Plotly
11 8 (0.66%) PyTorch
11 8 (0.66%) React
11 8 (0.66%) TensorFlow
12 7 (0.57%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 34 (2.79%) Analytical Mindset
2 31 (2.54%) Low-Code
3 28 (2.30%) Management Information System
3 28 (2.30%) Onboarding
4 27 (2.21%) Algorithms
4 27 (2.21%) Data Structures
4 27 (2.21%) Legacy Systems
5 26 (2.13%) Product Ownership
6 22 (1.80%) Data Protection Act
7 17 (1.39%) Data Centre
8 16 (1.31%) Derivative
8 16 (1.31%) Virtual Team
9 15 (1.23%) Cloud Native
9 15 (1.23%) NHS
10 13 (1.07%) Reinsurance
10 13 (1.07%) Self-Motivation
11 11 (0.90%) IoT
11 11 (0.90%) Life Science
11 11 (0.90%) PMI
12 10 (0.82%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 16 (1.31%) Windows
2 7 (0.57%) Windows Server
3 6 (0.49%) Linux
4 4 (0.33%) Unix
5 2 (0.16%) Android
5 2 (0.16%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.16%) Mac OS
5 2 (0.16%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,082 (88.76%) Business Intelligence
2 412 (33.80%) Analytics
3 345 (28.30%) Visualisation
4 307 (25.18%) Data Modelling
5 273 (22.40%) Agile
6 237 (19.44%) Decision-Making
7 234 (19.20%) Problem-Solving
8 206 (16.90%) Data Visualisation
9 201 (16.49%) Data Analysis
10 197 (16.16%) Stakeholder Management
11 180 (14.77%) Actionable Insight
12 176 (14.44%) ETL
13 173 (14.19%) Data Governance
14 150 (12.31%) DevOps
15 136 (11.16%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 130 (10.66%) Data Pipeline
17 121 (9.93%) Migration
18 119 (9.76%) AI
19 118 (9.68%) Data Engineering
20 114 (9.35%) Dashboard Development
Programming Languages
1 565 (46.35%) SQL
2 313 (25.68%) Python
3 100 (8.20%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 53 (4.35%) JavaScript
5 52 (4.27%) C#
6 46 (3.77%) R
7 45 (3.69%) PowerShell
8 29 (2.38%) Java
9 25 (2.05%) VBA
10 23 (1.89%) T-SQL
11 19 (1.56%) Scala
12 13 (1.07%) TypeScript
13 9 (0.74%) PL/SQL
14 8 (0.66%) Korn
15 7 (0.57%) Bicep
16 6 (0.49%) C++
16 6 (0.49%) X++
17 5 (0.41%) Bash
17 5 (0.41%) Formula Language
17 5 (0.41%) LotusScript
Qualifications
1 159 (13.04%) Security Cleared
2 126 (10.34%) SC Cleared
3 105 (8.61%) Degree
4 27 (2.21%) Azure Certification
5 24 (1.97%) Microsoft Certification
6 21 (1.72%) Computer Science Degree
7 20 (1.64%) Master's Degree
8 18 (1.48%) ACCA
8 18 (1.48%) PMI Certification
9 17 (1.39%) CIMA
10 13 (1.07%) BPSS Clearance
11 11 (0.90%) PMP
12 9 (0.74%) AWS Certification
12 9 (0.74%) CISSP
13 8 (0.66%) CFA
13 8 (0.66%) CISA
13 8 (0.66%) DV Cleared
14 7 (0.57%) CISM
14 7 (0.57%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
15 5 (0.41%) CBAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 174 (14.27%) Data Quality
2 58 (4.76%) GDPR
3 52 (4.27%) PMO
3 52 (4.27%) QA
4 45 (3.69%) Accessibility
5 18 (1.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 13 (1.07%) NIST
7 11 (0.90%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 10 (0.82%) GRC
9 9 (0.74%) IFRS
10 8 (0.66%) HIPAA
10 8 (0.66%) SLA
11 7 (0.57%) COBIT
11 7 (0.57%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 7 (0.57%) NIST 800
12 6 (0.49%) GxP
13 5 (0.41%) MiFID
14 4 (0.33%) Actionable Recommendations
14 4 (0.33%) Basel III
15 3 (0.25%) IFRS 9
System Software
1 28 (2.30%) Active Directory
2 11 (0.90%) Docker
3 2 (0.16%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.082%) HDFS
4 1 (0.082%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.082%) Xen
Systems Management
1 33 (2.71%) Terraform
2 15 (1.23%) Kubernetes
3 11 (0.90%) RSA Archer
4 8 (0.66%) Microsoft Intune
4 8 (0.66%) Single Sign-On
5 6 (0.49%) SCCM
6 2 (0.16%) Kibana
7 1 (0.082%) Ansible
7 1 (0.082%) Grafana
7 1 (0.082%) Istio
7 1 (0.082%) Jamf Pro
7 1 (0.082%) Opsgenie
7 1 (0.082%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.082%) Puppet
7 1 (0.082%) SCOM
7 1 (0.082%) SysTrack
7 1 (0.082%) Thomson Reuters DACS
7 1 (0.082%) WSUS
Vendors
1 394 (32.32%) Microsoft
2 114 (9.35%) Databricks
3 85 (6.97%) Oracle
4 82 (6.73%) SAP
5 50 (4.10%) Google
6 37 (3.04%) ServiceNow
7 36 (2.95%) Salesforce
8 26 (2.13%) Alteryx
9 15 (1.23%) Informatica
10 12 (0.98%) Foundry
10 12 (0.98%) Splunk
11 10 (0.82%) Adobe
11 10 (0.82%) Lotus
12 9 (0.74%) Planview
12 9 (0.74%) Rapid7
13 8 (0.66%) Cognos
13 8 (0.66%) Dataiku
13 8 (0.66%) IFS
13 8 (0.66%) Workday
14 7 (0.57%) OpenAI