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

6 months to
16 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 63 63 62
Rank change year-on-year 0 -1 +7
Contract jobs citing Power BI 1,670 1,071 1,136
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.62% 3.86% 3.47%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 24.15% 21.39% 19.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,077 713 783
10th Percentile £321 £310 £300
25th Percentile £403 £385 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.63% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £600 £575 £588
90th Percentile £669 £675 £688
UK median daily rate £488 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +2.63% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 80 19 19
10th Percentile £17.97 £20.70 £19.97
25th Percentile £25.25 £27.04 £25.38
Median hourly rate £30.00 £32.05 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.40% +6.83% -13.78%
75th Percentile £53.19 £41.75 £59.86
90th Percentile £72.77 £54.50 £79.00
UK median hourly rate £30.38 £33.03 £30.00
% change year-on-year -8.02% +10.08% -13.78%

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 6,914 5,007 5,962
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 15.00% 18.03% 18.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,624 3,442 4,132
10th Percentile £358 £335 £350
25th Percentile £421 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £512 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.46% -6.91% -
75th Percentile £623 £638 £675
90th Percentile £712 £750 £825
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £535
% change year-on-year - -6.54% -1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 238 80 80
10th Percentile £15.61 £21.25 £17.50
25th Percentile £24.07 £30.55 £21.25
Median hourly rate £39.00 £42.00 £36.25
Median % change year-on-year -7.13% +15.85% -34.09%
75th Percentile £60.75 £65.00 £61.60
90th Percentile £75.00 £80.00 £71.85
UK median hourly rate £40.18 £40.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +0.45% +14.29% -36.36%

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 16 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 16 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 16 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 -1 880 £500 - 1,335
North of England -10 230 £440 +3.53% 378
South East +10 213 £475 +8.57% 418
Midlands +13 189 £475 +2.15% 269
West Midlands -7 130 £475 -3.85% 186
North West -2 124 £500 +17.65% 216
Yorkshire -27 89 £425 +1.19% 128
South West -22 87 £425 +3.03% 158
East Midlands +22 58 £470 +12.24% 83
East of England -20 36 £576 +0.17% 145
North East -24 21 £363 -23.68% 35
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
1 167 (10.00%) SharePoint
2 68 (4.07%) Confluence
3 31 (1.86%) Apache Airflow
4 26 (1.56%) SAS
5 23 (1.38%) Apache Spark
6 21 (1.26%) Apache
7 13 (0.78%) ArcGIS
7 13 (0.78%) Microsoft Exchange
8 6 (0.36%) Mendix
8 6 (0.36%) Oracle Workflow
9 5 (0.30%) Apache Solr
9 5 (0.30%) Apache Superset
10 4 (0.24%) CMS
10 4 (0.24%) Palantir Foundry
11 3 (0.18%) IIS
11 3 (0.18%) Kentico
12 2 (0.12%) HCL Notes
12 2 (0.12%) PowerExchange
13 1 (0.060%) nginx
13 1 (0.060%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 323 (19.34%) Microsoft Excel
2 57 (3.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 51 (3.05%) Microsoft Office
4 50 (2.99%) Microsoft Project
5 25 (1.50%) Spreadsheet
6 23 (1.38%) MS Visio
7 11 (0.66%) Navisworks
7 11 (0.66%) Revit
8 8 (0.48%) Chatbot
9 7 (0.42%) AutoCAD
9 7 (0.42%) ProjectWise
10 2 (0.12%) Notion
10 2 (0.12%) Oracle Smart View
11 1 (0.060%) CPLEX
Business Applications
1 40 (2.40%) Dynamics CRM
2 24 (1.44%) Remedy ITSM
3 23 (1.38%) SAP S/4HANA
4 16 (0.96%) iTrent
5 12 (0.72%) Primavera
6 8 (0.48%) Aladdin
6 8 (0.48%) Integrated Workplace Management System
7 6 (0.36%) Maximo
7 6 (0.36%) SAP EWM
8 4 (0.24%) SAP MDG
8 4 (0.24%) SAP MM
8 4 (0.24%) Workday HCM
9 3 (0.18%) NetSuite
9 3 (0.18%) Oracle Financials
9 3 (0.18%) SAP ERP
10 2 (0.12%) CA PPM
10 2 (0.12%) Dynamics NAV
10 2 (0.12%) NEC Housing
10 2 (0.12%) Oracle Payables
10 2 (0.12%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 1,670 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 619 (37.07%) Azure
3 202 (12.10%) Power Automate
4 198 (11.86%) AWS
5 171 (10.24%) Azure DevOps
6 170 (10.18%) PowerApps
7 137 (8.20%) Snowflake
8 133 (7.96%) Azure Data Factory
9 117 (7.01%) Microsoft 365
10 115 (6.89%) Dynamics 365
11 100 (5.99%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 100 (5.99%) Microsoft Copilot
12 77 (4.61%) Serverless
13 73 (4.37%) dbt
14 62 (3.71%) GCP
14 62 (3.71%) GitHub
15 57 (3.41%) Amazon S3
16 54 (3.23%) Entra ID
17 47 (2.81%) Microsoft Purview
18 45 (2.69%) Copilot Studio
Communications & Networking
1 11 (0.66%) Firewall
1 11 (0.66%) SSL
2 8 (0.48%) DNS
2 8 (0.48%) VPN
3 7 (0.42%) Broadband
4 2 (0.12%) Internet
4 2 (0.12%) NAS
4 2 (0.12%) Network Security
4 2 (0.12%) Radio Access Network
4 2 (0.12%) SAN
5 1 (0.060%) 4G
5 1 (0.060%) 5G
5 1 (0.060%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (0.060%) LAN
5 1 (0.060%) Mobile Backhaul
5 1 (0.060%) OpenFlow
5 1 (0.060%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.060%) SSH
5 1 (0.060%) VoIP
5 1 (0.060%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 260 (15.57%) Data Warehouse
2 238 (14.25%) Tableau
3 142 (8.50%) Data Lake
4 133 (7.96%) Power Query
5 126 (7.54%) SQL Server
6 81 (4.85%) Metadata
7 66 (3.95%) Star Schema
8 55 (3.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 50 (2.99%) Relational Database
10 49 (2.93%) Looker
11 47 (2.81%) Amazon Athena
12 42 (2.51%) Azure SQL Database
13 36 (2.16%) Amazon Redshift
14 35 (2.10%) Semantic Layer
15 32 (1.92%) SQL Server Reporting Services
16 31 (1.86%) BigQuery
17 27 (1.62%) NoSQL
17 27 (1.62%) Snowflake Schema
18 24 (1.44%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
19 22 (1.32%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 144 (8.62%) JIRA
2 66 (3.95%) Git
3 28 (1.68%) GitLab
4 10 (0.60%) Jenkins
5 6 (0.36%) ERwin
6 5 (0.30%) MLflow
6 5 (0.30%) Oracle Forms
6 5 (0.30%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 5 (0.30%) Terragrunt
7 4 (0.24%) ER Studio
7 4 (0.24%) JUnit
7 4 (0.24%) Visual Studio
8 3 (0.18%) JMeter
8 3 (0.18%) Selenium
9 2 (0.12%) Charles Proxy
9 2 (0.12%) Postman
9 2 (0.12%) PowerDesigner
9 2 (0.12%) Team Foundation Server
9 2 (0.12%) WebDriver
10 1 (0.060%) REST Assured
General
1 567 (33.95%) Social Skills
2 493 (29.52%) Finance
3 431 (25.81%) Analytical Skills
4 154 (9.22%) Public Sector
5 120 (7.19%) Banking
6 75 (4.49%) Retail
7 64 (3.83%) Organisational Skills
8 53 (3.17%) Manufacturing
8 53 (3.17%) Marketing
9 51 (3.05%) Documentation Skills
10 45 (2.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 42 (2.51%) Law
12 40 (2.40%) Local Government
13 38 (2.28%) Influencing Skills
14 24 (1.44%) Financial Institution
14 24 (1.44%) Legal
15 23 (1.38%) Presentation Skills
16 18 (1.08%) Aerospace
17 17 (1.02%) Investment Banking
17 17 (1.02%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 432 (25.87%) Analyst
2 248 (14.85%) Developer
3 211 (12.63%) Data Engineer
4 210 (12.57%) Data Analyst
5 190 (11.38%) Senior
6 176 (10.54%) Architect
7 138 (8.26%) Lead
8 118 (7.07%) Business Intelligence Developer
9 95 (5.69%) Power BI Developer
10 93 (5.57%) Business Analyst
11 79 (4.73%) Data Architect
12 76 (4.55%) Consultant
13 54 (3.23%) Senior Data Engineer
14 51 (3.05%) Project Manager
15 48 (2.87%) Senior Analyst
16 47 (2.81%) Power Platform Developer
17 38 (2.28%) Business Intelligence Analyst
17 38 (2.28%) Performance Analyst
18 35 (2.10%) Solutions Architect
19 34 (2.04%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 90 (5.39%) PySpark
2 67 (4.01%) Terraform
3 66 (3.95%) .NET
4 64 (3.83%) REST
5 25 (1.50%) Kafka
6 24 (1.44%) React
7 21 (1.26%) Microsoft Graph
8 20 (1.20%) HTML
8 20 (1.20%) JSON
9 18 (1.08%) Middleware
10 15 (0.90%) HTML5 Canvas
11 14 (0.84%) CSS
12 10 (0.60%) ADO
12 10 (0.60%) Pandas
13 8 (0.48%) .NET Core
13 8 (0.48%) EDI
13 8 (0.48%) SOAP
14 7 (0.42%) JDO
14 7 (0.42%) RESTful
14 7 (0.42%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 78 (4.67%) Data Structures
2 75 (4.49%) Management Information System
3 60 (3.59%) Product Ownership
4 59 (3.53%) Cloud Native
4 59 (3.53%) Onboarding
5 41 (2.46%) Legacy Systems
6 31 (1.86%) Analytical Mindset
7 30 (1.80%) Clustering
8 25 (1.50%) AI Agents
9 22 (1.32%) Low-Code
10 20 (1.20%) Enterprise Software
10 20 (1.20%) FMCG
11 19 (1.14%) CMDB
12 18 (1.08%) Data Protection Act
13 16 (0.96%) NHS
14 15 (0.90%) Data Centre
15 14 (0.84%) Reference Data
16 13 (0.78%) Life Science
17 12 (0.72%) Replication
17 12 (0.72%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 51 (3.05%) Windows
2 24 (1.44%) Windows Server
3 15 (0.90%) Linux
4 10 (0.60%) 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 1,565 (93.71%) Business Intelligence
2 680 (40.72%) Analytics
3 513 (30.72%) Data Modelling
4 412 (24.67%) Agile
5 409 (24.49%) Stakeholder Management
6 375 (22.46%) Decision-Making
7 335 (20.06%) Visualisation
8 329 (19.70%) AI
9 316 (18.92%) Problem-Solving
10 314 (18.80%) ETL
11 302 (18.08%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 288 (17.25%) DevOps
13 274 (16.41%) CI/CD
14 273 (16.35%) Migration
15 266 (15.93%) Continuous Improvement
16 259 (15.51%) Data Governance
17 254 (15.21%) Data Pipeline
18 249 (14.91%) Data Engineering
19 236 (14.13%) Validation
20 217 (12.99%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 778 (46.59%) SQL
2 376 (22.51%) Python
3 188 (11.26%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 93 (5.57%) JavaScript
5 88 (5.27%) PowerShell
6 71 (4.25%) C#
7 64 (3.83%) T-SQL
8 43 (2.57%) R
9 39 (2.34%) Java
10 22 (1.32%) TypeScript
11 21 (1.26%) VBA
12 13 (0.78%) PL/SQL
13 9 (0.54%) Bash
14 8 (0.48%) Bicep
14 8 (0.48%) Scala
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%) XMLA
Qualifications
1 304 (18.20%) Security Cleared
2 234 (14.01%) SC Cleared
3 156 (9.34%) Degree
4 51 (3.05%) Microsoft Certification
5 45 (2.69%) Azure Certification
6 38 (2.28%) BPSS Clearance
7 27 (1.62%) Computer Science Degree
7 27 (1.62%) DBS Check
8 23 (1.38%) DV Cleared
9 22 (1.32%) AWS Certification
9 22 (1.32%) PMI Certification
10 15 (0.90%) PMP
10 15 (0.90%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 11 (0.66%) ACCA
11 11 (0.66%) Master's Degree
12 10 (0.60%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 9 (0.54%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
13 9 (0.54%) CIMA
13 9 (0.54%) CISSP
14 8 (0.48%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 396 (23.71%) Data Quality
2 81 (4.85%) QA
3 78 (4.67%) PMO
4 76 (4.55%) GDPR
5 34 (2.04%) Accessibility
6 15 (0.90%) GRC
7 13 (0.78%) ISO 19650
8 10 (0.60%) Actionable Recommendations
9 9 (0.54%) SLA
10 8 (0.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 6 (0.36%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 5 (0.30%) GMP
12 5 (0.30%) Solvency II
13 4 (0.24%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 3 (0.18%) Disclosure Scotland
14 3 (0.18%) ISO 20022
14 3 (0.18%) NIST
14 3 (0.18%) P3O
14 3 (0.18%) SOC 2
15 2 (0.12%) Basel III
System Software
1 47 (2.81%) Active Directory
2 15 (0.90%) Docker
3 13 (0.78%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (0.66%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.18%) BitLocker
6 1 (0.060%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 23 (1.38%) Kubernetes
2 20 (1.20%) Grafana
3 17 (1.02%) Microsoft Intune
4 15 (0.90%) SCOM
5 12 (0.72%) Ansible
6 8 (0.48%) Microsoft Clustering
6 8 (0.48%) Prometheus
7 7 (0.42%) Control-M
7 7 (0.42%) SCCM
8 4 (0.24%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.060%) Apache Ranger
9 1 (0.060%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.060%) Kibana
9 1 (0.060%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.060%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 1 (0.060%) SysTrack
9 1 (0.060%) WSUS
Vendors
1 679 (40.66%) Microsoft
2 205 (12.28%) Databricks
3 112 (6.71%) SAP
4 102 (6.11%) ServiceNow
5 80 (4.79%) Oracle
6 46 (2.75%) Google
7 40 (2.40%) Salesforce
8 35 (2.10%) Informatica
9 33 (1.98%) Splunk
10 27 (1.62%) Alteryx
10 27 (1.62%) Remedy
11 21 (1.26%) Workday
12 20 (1.20%) BMC
13 16 (0.96%) Adobe
14 15 (0.90%) Denodo
14 15 (0.90%) Dynatrace
15 13 (0.78%) VMware
16 12 (0.72%) Autodesk
17 11 (0.66%) Teradata
18 10 (0.60%) MicroStrategy