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 23 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 59 53 64
Rank change year-on-year -6 +11 +10
Contract jobs citing Power BI 1,307 1,012 1,182
As % of all contract jobs in England 4.03% 3.78% 3.20%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 24.36% 20.51% 19.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 911 684 840
10th Percentile £313 £313 £312
25th Percentile £400 £400 £407
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -
75th Percentile £584 £588 £600
90th Percentile £650 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £478 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -4.50% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 22 45
10th Percentile £14.62 £24.78 £14.36
25th Percentile £18.25 £25.26 £20.77
Median hourly rate £22.52 £28.60 £25.38
Median % change year-on-year -21.28% +12.69% -57.70%
75th Percentile £37.00 £43.75 £43.75
90th Percentile £53.75 £64.73 £60.90
UK median hourly rate £22.94 £28.30 £24.91
% change year-on-year -18.96% +13.63% -51.17%

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 5,365 4,935 6,005
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 16.53% 18.41% 16.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,752 3,274 4,313
10th Percentile £330 £355 £353
25th Percentile £413 £425 £429
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - -
75th Percentile £609 £663 £650
90th Percentile £708 £775 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 92 77 158
10th Percentile £18.25 £21.25 £15.80
25th Percentile £29.00 £24.50 £22.34
Median hourly rate £45.75 £35.00 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +30.71% -17.65% -25.26%
75th Percentile £72.57 £64.73 £62.31
90th Percentile £84.00 £74.75 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £45.00 £30.40 £42.50
% change year-on-year +48.03% -28.47% -25.26%

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 23 January 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 23 January 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 23 January 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 +4 739 £500 -2.44% 215
North of England -13 159 £425 -5.56% 152
South East -17 121 £480 +0.95% 290
Midlands -24 117 £475 -3.06% 144
North West -19 81 £425 -15.00% 79
West Midlands -41 76 £500 - 76
Yorkshire -14 70 £420 +2.44% 52
South West +5 65 £500 +11.11% 76
East of England -6 44 £625 +38.89% 87
East Midlands -6 41 £356 -7.53% 67
North East -10 8 £475 +5.56% 23
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
1 132 (10.10%) SharePoint
2 47 (3.60%) Confluence
3 39 (2.98%) Apache Spark
4 23 (1.76%) Apache
4 23 (1.76%) Apache Airflow
5 17 (1.30%) HCL Notes
6 10 (0.77%) Microsoft Exchange
7 9 (0.69%) Mendix
8 8 (0.61%) Apache Pig
9 6 (0.46%) Jupyter
9 6 (0.46%) Oracle Application Server
10 3 (0.23%) CMS
11 2 (0.15%) ArcGIS
11 2 (0.15%) SAS
12 1 (0.077%) Kentico
12 1 (0.077%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 1 (0.077%) SharePoint Server
12 1 (0.077%) Skype for Business
12 1 (0.077%) Tomcat
12 1 (0.077%) WebSphere
Applications
1 280 (21.42%) Microsoft Excel
2 46 (3.52%) Microsoft Office
2 46 (3.52%) Microsoft Project
3 38 (2.91%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 29 (2.22%) MS Visio
5 9 (0.69%) Spreadsheet
6 4 (0.31%) Trello
7 3 (0.23%) Adobe Illustrator
7 3 (0.23%) Notion
7 3 (0.23%) Photoshop
8 2 (0.15%) Chatbot
9 1 (0.077%) Adobe XD
9 1 (0.077%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 50 (3.83%) Dynamics CRM
2 26 (1.99%) SAP S/4HANA
3 9 (0.69%) Salesforce CRM
4 6 (0.46%) Oracle ERP
4 6 (0.46%) Oracle Financials
5 4 (0.31%) iTrent
5 4 (0.31%) Oracle Payables
5 4 (0.31%) Primavera
6 3 (0.23%) Cloudability
6 3 (0.23%) Elite 3E
6 3 (0.23%) Loan IQ
6 3 (0.23%) NetSuite
6 3 (0.23%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 3 (0.23%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
6 3 (0.23%) SAP CO
6 3 (0.23%) SAP ERP
7 2 (0.15%) Actimize
7 2 (0.15%) Dynamics NAV
7 2 (0.15%) SAP FI
7 2 (0.15%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 1,307 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 501 (38.33%) Azure
3 198 (15.15%) Power Automate
4 178 (13.62%) PowerApps
5 148 (11.32%) AWS
6 133 (10.18%) Azure DevOps
7 124 (9.49%) Azure Data Factory
8 118 (9.03%) Microsoft 365
9 105 (8.03%) Dynamics 365
10 100 (7.65%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 89 (6.81%) GCP
12 84 (6.43%) Snowflake
13 57 (4.36%) Microsoft Copilot
14 50 (3.83%) GitHub
14 50 (3.83%) Serverless
15 41 (3.14%) Azure Logic Apps
15 41 (3.14%) SaaS
16 39 (2.98%) Copilot Studio
17 37 (2.83%) Entra ID
18 36 (2.75%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.38%) HTTP
2 3 (0.23%) Kerberos
2 3 (0.23%) VoIP
2 3 (0.23%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (0.15%) 2G
3 2 (0.15%) 5G
3 2 (0.15%) Hyperconnected
3 2 (0.15%) LAN
3 2 (0.15%) LTE
3 2 (0.15%) Mobile Backhaul
3 2 (0.15%) Network Security
3 2 (0.15%) SD-WAN
3 2 (0.15%) Unified Communications
3 2 (0.15%) VPN
3 2 (0.15%) Wireless
4 1 (0.077%) DNS
4 1 (0.077%) Internet
4 1 (0.077%) SAN
4 1 (0.077%) Skype
4 1 (0.077%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 199 (15.23%) Tableau
2 148 (11.32%) Data Warehouse
3 106 (8.11%) Data Lake
4 103 (7.88%) SQL Server
5 83 (6.35%) Power Query
6 56 (4.28%) Metadata
7 54 (4.13%) Azure SQL Database
8 47 (3.60%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 44 (3.37%) BigQuery
9 44 (3.37%) Relational Database
10 40 (3.06%) Looker
11 39 (2.98%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 29 (2.22%) PostgreSQL
13 25 (1.91%) Delta Lake
13 25 (1.91%) Star Schema
14 24 (1.84%) Data Mining
15 23 (1.76%) NoSQL
16 22 (1.68%) Snowflake Schema
17 21 (1.61%) Oracle Reports
18 20 (1.53%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 112 (8.57%) JIRA
2 56 (4.28%) Git
3 11 (0.84%) GitLab
4 9 (0.69%) Jenkins
4 9 (0.69%) Visual Studio
5 7 (0.54%) ERwin
5 7 (0.54%) SonarQube
6 6 (0.46%) DBeaver
7 5 (0.38%) NeoLoad
8 3 (0.23%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 3 (0.23%) Terragrunt
9 2 (0.15%) Artifactory
9 2 (0.15%) MLflow
9 2 (0.15%) Postman
9 2 (0.15%) Team Foundation Server
10 1 (0.077%) Cypress.io
10 1 (0.077%) Maven
10 1 (0.077%) Metasploit
10 1 (0.077%) Selenium
10 1 (0.077%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 453 (34.66%) Social Skills
2 429 (32.82%) Finance
3 306 (23.41%) Analytical Skills
4 145 (11.09%) Public Sector
5 119 (9.10%) Banking
6 47 (3.60%) Marketing
7 38 (2.91%) Organisational Skills
8 35 (2.68%) Manufacturing
9 34 (2.60%) Retail
10 33 (2.52%) Documentation Skills
11 31 (2.37%) Presentation Skills
12 27 (2.07%) Influencing Skills
13 22 (1.68%) Legal
14 21 (1.61%) Front Office
15 20 (1.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 19 (1.45%) Financial Institution
16 19 (1.45%) Investment Banking
16 19 (1.45%) Local Government
17 16 (1.22%) Pharmaceutical
18 15 (1.15%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 361 (27.62%) Analyst
2 207 (15.84%) Developer
3 182 (13.93%) Data Engineer
4 153 (11.71%) Data Analyst
5 132 (10.10%) Senior
6 106 (8.11%) Lead
7 98 (7.50%) Business Analyst
8 87 (6.66%) Architect
9 77 (5.89%) Business Intelligence Developer
10 65 (4.97%) Consultant
11 57 (4.36%) Power BI Developer
12 45 (3.44%) Data Scientist
12 45 (3.44%) Senior Analyst
13 41 (3.14%) Project Manager
14 39 (2.98%) Power Platform Developer
15 38 (2.91%) Data Architect
16 35 (2.68%) Business Intelligence Analyst
17 34 (2.60%) Power BI Analyst
18 33 (2.52%) PMO Analyst
19 31 (2.37%) Report Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 64 (4.90%) PySpark
2 41 (3.14%) .NET
3 40 (3.06%) REST
4 27 (2.07%) Kafka
5 25 (1.91%) Pandas
5 25 (1.91%) scikit-learn
6 24 (1.84%) HTML
7 18 (1.38%) JSON
8 17 (1.30%) HTML5 Canvas
8 17 (1.30%) React
9 14 (1.07%) NumPy
9 14 (1.07%) PyTorch
9 14 (1.07%) TensorFlow
10 11 (0.84%) Spark Streaming
11 10 (0.77%) CSS
11 10 (0.77%) Great Expectations
11 10 (0.77%) Plotly
12 9 (0.69%) OAuth
12 9 (0.69%) XML
12 9 (0.69%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 45 (3.44%) Product Ownership
2 37 (2.83%) Analytical Mindset
3 33 (2.52%) Data Structures
4 31 (2.37%) Cloud Native
4 31 (2.37%) Management Information System
5 29 (2.22%) Low-Code
6 27 (2.07%) Algorithms
6 27 (2.07%) Onboarding
7 26 (1.99%) Legacy Systems
8 24 (1.84%) Data Protection Act
9 22 (1.68%) Data Centre
10 17 (1.30%) PMI
11 13 (0.99%) Public Cloud
12 12 (0.92%) Derivative
12 12 (0.92%) Virtual Team
13 11 (0.84%) Distributed Computing
13 11 (0.84%) FMCG
13 11 (0.84%) Reinsurance
13 11 (0.84%) Self-Motivation
14 10 (0.77%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 11 (0.84%) Windows
2 4 (0.31%) Linux
2 4 (0.31%) Windows 10
3 3 (0.23%) Unix
3 3 (0.23%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.077%) Android
4 1 (0.077%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.077%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,195 (91.43%) Business Intelligence
2 479 (36.65%) Analytics
3 357 (27.31%) Data Modelling
4 335 (25.63%) Visualisation
5 300 (22.95%) Agile
6 265 (20.28%) Decision-Making
7 249 (19.05%) Problem-Solving
8 223 (17.06%) ETL
9 216 (16.53%) Stakeholder Management
10 210 (16.07%) Data Governance
11 203 (15.53%) DevOps
12 198 (15.15%) Actionable Insight
13 197 (15.07%) Data Analysis
13 197 (15.07%) Data Visualisation
14 165 (12.62%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 163 (12.47%) AI
16 161 (12.32%) Data Engineering
17 149 (11.40%) CI/CD
18 145 (11.09%) Data Pipeline
19 137 (10.48%) Dashboard Development
Programming Languages
1 587 (44.91%) SQL
2 331 (25.33%) Python
3 106 (8.11%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 62 (4.74%) C#
5 55 (4.21%) JavaScript
6 52 (3.98%) R
7 40 (3.06%) PowerShell
8 32 (2.45%) VBA
9 28 (2.14%) Java
10 27 (2.07%) T-SQL
11 26 (1.99%) Scala
12 16 (1.22%) Bicep
13 14 (1.07%) TypeScript
14 10 (0.77%) Formula Language
14 10 (0.77%) LotusScript
15 6 (0.46%) Korn
15 6 (0.46%) PL/SQL
16 5 (0.38%) X++
17 3 (0.23%) C++
17 3 (0.23%) VB
Qualifications
1 188 (14.38%) Security Cleared
2 149 (11.40%) SC Cleared
3 119 (9.10%) Degree
4 32 (2.45%) Azure Certification
5 29 (2.22%) PMI Certification
6 27 (2.07%) Computer Science Degree
6 27 (2.07%) Microsoft Certification
7 23 (1.76%) PMP
8 21 (1.61%) Master's Degree
9 19 (1.45%) BPSS Clearance
10 11 (0.84%) CIMA
10 11 (0.84%) MBA
11 10 (0.77%) ACCA
12 9 (0.69%) AWS Certification
13 8 (0.61%) CBAP
14 7 (0.54%) CFA
14 7 (0.54%) DV Cleared
14 7 (0.54%) SAFe Agilist
15 5 (0.38%) IIBA
16 3 (0.23%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 232 (17.75%) Data Quality
2 78 (5.97%) GDPR
3 70 (5.36%) PMO
4 67 (5.13%) QA
5 53 (4.06%) Accessibility
6 19 (1.45%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 12 (0.92%) GRC
8 10 (0.77%) Basel III
8 10 (0.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 9 (0.69%) Actionable Recommendations
10 7 (0.54%) HIPAA
11 6 (0.46%) GxP
11 6 (0.46%) NIST
11 6 (0.46%) SLA
12 5 (0.38%) P3O
13 4 (0.31%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 4 (0.31%) WCAG
14 3 (0.23%) GAAP
14 3 (0.23%) IFRS
15 2 (0.15%) COBIT
System Software
1 32 (2.45%) Docker
2 29 (2.22%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.15%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.077%) HDFS
4 1 (0.077%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.077%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 56 (4.28%) Terraform
2 37 (2.83%) Kubernetes
3 10 (0.77%) Microsoft Intune
4 6 (0.46%) RSA Archer
4 6 (0.46%) SCCM
5 3 (0.23%) Ansible
6 2 (0.15%) Control-M
6 2 (0.15%) Kibana
6 2 (0.15%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.077%) Jamf Pro
7 1 (0.077%) Kubeflow
7 1 (0.077%) Puppet
7 1 (0.077%) SCOM
7 1 (0.077%) Thomson Reuters DACS
7 1 (0.077%) WSUS
Vendors
1 426 (32.59%) Microsoft
2 160 (12.24%) Databricks
3 97 (7.42%) Oracle
4 75 (5.74%) SAP
5 69 (5.28%) Google
6 45 (3.44%) Salesforce
6 45 (3.44%) ServiceNow
7 24 (1.84%) Informatica
8 17 (1.30%) Lotus
9 16 (1.22%) Alteryx
10 15 (1.15%) Foundry
11 14 (1.07%) OpenAI
12 13 (0.99%) Splunk
13 12 (0.92%) Planview
14 11 (0.84%) Cognos
14 11 (0.84%) MuleSoft
15 9 (0.69%) Kofax
16 8 (0.61%) MicroStrategy
16 8 (0.61%) Workday
17 7 (0.54%) Virgin Media