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 2 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 64 62 63
Rank change year-on-year -2 +1 +5
Contract jobs citing Power BI 1,681 1,045 1,116
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.69% 3.82% 3.38%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 24.20% 21.29% 18.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,088 688 793
10th Percentile £325 £310 £300
25th Percentile £413 £381 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +4.26% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £588 £575 £588
90th Percentile £666 £682 £675
UK median daily rate £490 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +3.16% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 78 21 18
10th Percentile £17.90 £18.50 £19.95
25th Percentile £22.68 £25.01 £25.25
Median hourly rate £29.96 £32.05 £30.30
Median % change year-on-year -6.52% +5.79% -6.27%
75th Percentile £38.25 £36.00 £62.29
90th Percentile £70.80 £53.75 £79.13
UK median hourly rate £29.96 £32.58 £30.59
% change year-on-year -8.04% +6.51% -5.35%

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 6,947 4,909 6,097
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 15.23% 17.93% 18.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,639 3,375 4,287
10th Percentile £358 £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 £705 £750 £825
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -3.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 232 80 91
10th Percentile £14.96 £21.02 £14.25
25th Percentile £23.62 £29.05 £19.92
Median hourly rate £38.38 £38.23 £33.93
Median % change year-on-year +0.38% +12.67% -38.31%
75th Percentile £62.44 £65.00 £58.73
90th Percentile £75.00 £78.88 £71.50
UK median hourly rate £38.38 £38.85 £32.50
% change year-on-year -1.21% +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 2 September 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 2 September 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 2 September 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 +7 880 £500 - 913
North of England -11 234 £440 +3.53% 258
South East +3 213 £475 +2.70% 286
Midlands +11 194 £475 +4.11% 189
West Midlands -5 134 £475 -5.00% 123
North West +3 128 £495 +10.31% 162
Yorkshire -20 92 £425 +6.25% 71
South West -17 88 £425 +6.25% 127
East Midlands +19 58 £470 +12.24% 66
East of England -19 35 £565 +2.73% 100
North East -33 18 £375 -18.92% 27
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
1 172 (10.23%) SharePoint
2 69 (4.10%) Confluence
3 33 (1.96%) Apache Airflow
4 29 (1.73%) Apache Spark
5 25 (1.49%) Apache
6 23 (1.37%) SAS
7 16 (0.95%) Microsoft Exchange
8 12 (0.71%) ArcGIS
9 7 (0.42%) Apache Superset
9 7 (0.42%) Mendix
10 6 (0.36%) Oracle Workflow
11 5 (0.30%) 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%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 324 (19.27%) Microsoft Excel
2 59 (3.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 51 (3.03%) Microsoft Project
4 49 (2.91%) Microsoft Office
5 25 (1.49%) MS Visio
6 22 (1.31%) Spreadsheet
7 10 (0.59%) Navisworks
7 10 (0.59%) Revit
8 6 (0.36%) AutoCAD
8 6 (0.36%) Chatbot
8 6 (0.36%) ProjectWise
9 2 (0.12%) Notion
9 2 (0.12%) Oracle Smart View
10 1 (0.059%) CPLEX
Business Applications
1 39 (2.32%) Dynamics CRM
2 27 (1.61%) Remedy ITSM
3 23 (1.37%) SAP S/4HANA
4 16 (0.95%) iTrent
5 12 (0.71%) Primavera
6 9 (0.54%) Aladdin
7 7 (0.42%) Integrated Workplace Management System
8 6 (0.36%) SAP EWM
9 5 (0.30%) Maximo
9 5 (0.30%) SAP MM
10 4 (0.24%) SAP MDG
10 4 (0.24%) Workday HCM
11 3 (0.18%) BambooHR
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%) NEC Housing
12 2 (0.12%) Oracle Payables
12 2 (0.12%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 1,681 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 634 (37.72%) Azure
3 206 (12.25%) AWS
4 196 (11.66%) Power Automate
5 177 (10.53%) Azure DevOps
6 171 (10.17%) PowerApps
7 137 (8.15%) Azure Data Factory
8 136 (8.09%) Snowflake
9 122 (7.26%) Dynamics 365
10 119 (7.08%) Microsoft 365
11 108 (6.42%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 99 (5.89%) Microsoft Copilot
13 81 (4.82%) Serverless
14 73 (4.34%) dbt
15 67 (3.99%) GitHub
16 66 (3.93%) GCP
17 53 (3.15%) Amazon S3
18 52 (3.09%) Entra ID
19 49 (2.91%) Microsoft Purview
20 47 (2.80%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 16 (0.95%) Firewall
2 11 (0.65%) SSL
3 10 (0.59%) DNS
3 10 (0.59%) VPN
4 6 (0.36%) Broadband
5 3 (0.18%) Network Security
6 2 (0.12%) Internet
6 2 (0.12%) Intranet
6 2 (0.12%) NAS
6 2 (0.12%) SAN
6 2 (0.12%) SMTP
7 1 (0.059%) Intrusion Detection
7 1 (0.059%) LAN
7 1 (0.059%) Mobile Backhaul
7 1 (0.059%) OpenFlow
7 1 (0.059%) Radio Access Network
7 1 (0.059%) SD-WAN
7 1 (0.059%) SSH
7 1 (0.059%) VoIP
7 1 (0.059%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 263 (15.65%) Data Warehouse
2 247 (14.69%) Tableau
3 140 (8.33%) Data Lake
4 130 (7.73%) SQL Server
5 127 (7.56%) Power Query
6 81 (4.82%) Metadata
7 65 (3.87%) Star Schema
8 56 (3.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 50 (2.97%) Relational Database
10 49 (2.91%) Looker
11 45 (2.68%) Azure SQL Database
12 40 (2.38%) Amazon Athena
13 38 (2.26%) Amazon Redshift
14 35 (2.08%) Semantic Layer
15 34 (2.02%) BigQuery
16 33 (1.96%) Snowflake Schema
17 31 (1.84%) SQL Server Reporting Services
18 30 (1.78%) NoSQL
19 24 (1.43%) Delta Lake
20 23 (1.37%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 144 (8.57%) JIRA
2 64 (3.81%) Git
3 28 (1.67%) GitLab
4 9 (0.54%) Jenkins
5 8 (0.48%) MLflow
6 7 (0.42%) ERwin
7 6 (0.36%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 5 (0.30%) 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%) REST Assured
12 1 (0.059%) TestRail
General
1 550 (32.72%) Social Skills
2 500 (29.74%) Finance
3 422 (25.10%) Analytical Skills
4 155 (9.22%) Public Sector
5 124 (7.38%) Banking
6 74 (4.40%) Retail
7 62 (3.69%) Organisational Skills
8 55 (3.27%) Documentation Skills
9 54 (3.21%) Law
10 51 (3.03%) Manufacturing
11 49 (2.91%) Marketing
12 45 (2.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 39 (2.32%) Local Government
14 32 (1.90%) Influencing Skills
15 24 (1.43%) Financial Institution
15 24 (1.43%) Presentation Skills
16 18 (1.07%) Investment Banking
17 16 (0.95%) Front Office
17 16 (0.95%) Legal
17 16 (0.95%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 440 (26.17%) Analyst
2 243 (14.46%) Developer
3 217 (12.91%) Data Analyst
4 214 (12.73%) Data Engineer
5 196 (11.66%) Senior
6 184 (10.95%) Architect
7 156 (9.28%) Lead
8 114 (6.78%) Business Intelligence Developer
9 94 (5.59%) Business Analyst
10 92 (5.47%) Power BI Developer
11 79 (4.70%) Data Architect
12 75 (4.46%) Consultant
13 55 (3.27%) Senior Data Engineer
14 52 (3.09%) Project Manager
15 48 (2.86%) Power Platform Developer
15 48 (2.86%) Senior Analyst
16 41 (2.44%) Business Intelligence Analyst
17 38 (2.26%) Lead Architect
17 38 (2.26%) Solutions Architect
18 36 (2.14%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 93 (5.53%) PySpark
2 71 (4.22%) Terraform
3 67 (3.99%) .NET
4 63 (3.75%) REST
5 32 (1.90%) Kafka
6 25 (1.49%) React
7 22 (1.31%) Microsoft Graph
8 21 (1.25%) JSON
9 20 (1.19%) HTML
10 19 (1.13%) Middleware
11 16 (0.95%) HTML5 Canvas
12 14 (0.83%) CSS
13 12 (0.71%) Pandas
14 10 (0.59%) ADO
15 8 (0.48%) .NET Core
15 8 (0.48%) EDI
16 7 (0.42%) Great Expectations
16 7 (0.42%) JDO
16 7 (0.42%) OAuth
16 7 (0.42%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 79 (4.70%) Data Structures
2 71 (4.22%) Management Information System
3 63 (3.75%) Cloud Native
4 58 (3.45%) Onboarding
5 56 (3.33%) Product Ownership
6 42 (2.50%) Legacy Systems
7 32 (1.90%) Analytical Mindset
7 32 (1.90%) Clustering
8 23 (1.37%) AI Agents
8 23 (1.37%) Low-Code
9 21 (1.25%) CMDB
10 20 (1.19%) Enterprise Software
10 20 (1.19%) FMCG
11 18 (1.07%) Data Protection Act
12 14 (0.83%) Data Centre
12 14 (0.83%) NHS
12 14 (0.83%) Reference Data
13 12 (0.71%) IoT
13 12 (0.71%) PKI
13 12 (0.71%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 53 (3.15%) Windows
2 26 (1.55%) Windows Server
3 14 (0.83%) Linux
4 10 (0.59%) Apple iOS
5 9 (0.54%) Unix
6 7 (0.42%) Mac OS
7 5 (0.30%) 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 1,569 (93.34%) Business Intelligence
2 665 (39.56%) Analytics
3 522 (31.05%) Data Modelling
4 413 (24.57%) Agile
5 375 (22.31%) Stakeholder Management
6 355 (21.12%) Decision-Making
7 329 (19.57%) Visualisation
8 328 (19.51%) AI
9 327 (19.45%) ETL
10 317 (18.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 309 (18.38%) Problem-Solving
12 298 (17.73%) DevOps
13 288 (17.13%) Migration
14 282 (16.78%) CI/CD
15 267 (15.88%) Continuous Improvement
16 264 (15.70%) Data Governance
17 258 (15.35%) Data Pipeline
18 254 (15.11%) Data Engineering
19 237 (14.10%) Validation
20 208 (12.37%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 784 (46.64%) SQL
2 387 (23.02%) Python
3 193 (11.48%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 93 (5.53%) JavaScript
5 92 (5.47%) PowerShell
6 75 (4.46%) C#
7 64 (3.81%) T-SQL
8 45 (2.68%) R
9 40 (2.38%) Java
10 22 (1.31%) TypeScript
10 22 (1.31%) VBA
11 13 (0.77%) PL/SQL
12 11 (0.65%) Bicep
13 9 (0.54%) Scala
14 8 (0.48%) Bash
15 7 (0.42%) Shell Script
16 5 (0.30%) Korn
16 5 (0.30%) Kusto Query Language
16 5 (0.30%) X++
17 3 (0.18%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 314 (18.68%) Security Cleared
2 236 (14.04%) SC Cleared
3 166 (9.88%) Degree
4 51 (3.03%) Microsoft Certification
5 44 (2.62%) Azure Certification
6 38 (2.26%) BPSS Clearance
7 31 (1.84%) Computer Science Degree
8 27 (1.61%) DBS Check
9 23 (1.37%) AWS Certification
10 22 (1.31%) DV Cleared
11 18 (1.07%) PMI Certification
12 15 (0.89%) Master's Degree
12 15 (0.89%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 12 (0.71%) PMP
14 11 (0.65%) ACCA
15 9 (0.54%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
15 9 (0.54%) CIMA
15 9 (0.54%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
16 7 (0.42%) CISSP
16 7 (0.42%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 390 (23.20%) Data Quality
2 86 (5.12%) GDPR
3 79 (4.70%) QA
4 74 (4.40%) PMO
5 35 (2.08%) Accessibility
6 15 (0.89%) GRC
7 12 (0.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 11 (0.65%) ISO 19650
8 11 (0.65%) SLA
9 8 (0.48%) Actionable Recommendations
10 6 (0.36%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 6 (0.36%) Solvency II
11 5 (0.30%) GMP
12 4 (0.24%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 3 (0.18%) NIST
13 3 (0.18%) P3O
14 2 (0.12%) Basel III
14 2 (0.12%) COBIT
14 2 (0.12%) ISO 20022
14 2 (0.12%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 47 (2.80%) Active Directory
2 15 (0.89%) Docker
3 13 (0.77%) Virtual Machines
3 13 (0.77%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.18%) BitLocker
5 1 (0.059%) RACF
5 1 (0.059%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 24 (1.43%) Kubernetes
2 21 (1.25%) Grafana
3 17 (1.01%) Microsoft Intune
4 15 (0.89%) SCOM
5 12 (0.71%) Ansible
6 8 (0.48%) Microsoft Clustering
6 8 (0.48%) Prometheus
7 7 (0.42%) Control-M
7 7 (0.42%) SCCM
8 3 (0.18%) Apache Ranger
8 3 (0.18%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.059%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.059%) Kibana
9 1 (0.059%) Nessus
9 1 (0.059%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.059%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 1 (0.059%) SysTrack
9 1 (0.059%) WSUS
Vendors
1 674 (40.10%) Microsoft
2 211 (12.55%) Databricks
3 112 (6.66%) SAP
4 104 (6.19%) ServiceNow
5 84 (5.00%) Oracle
6 46 (2.74%) Google
7 40 (2.38%) Informatica
8 39 (2.32%) Salesforce
9 30 (1.78%) Remedy
10 28 (1.67%) Splunk
11 27 (1.61%) Alteryx
12 22 (1.31%) Workday
13 21 (1.25%) BMC
14 15 (0.89%) Dynatrace
15 14 (0.83%) Adobe
16 13 (0.77%) Denodo
16 13 (0.77%) VMware
17 11 (0.65%) IFS
18 10 (0.59%) Autodesk
18 10 (0.59%) Teradata