Power BI Engineer Contract Job Trends in London

Microsoft Power BI Engineer
England > London

The median Microsoft Power BI Engineer daily rate in London is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 17 December 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 375 365 390
Rank change year-on-year -10 +25 +159
Contract jobs requiring a Power BI Engineer 5 8 13
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.035% 0.053% 0.069%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.038% 0.056% 0.074%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 5 9
10th Percentile £468 £463 £358
25th Percentile £475 £481 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £525
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +9.52% -10.64%
75th Percentile £575 £625 £650
90th Percentile £710 £633 -
England median daily rate £500 £544 £494
% change year-on-year -8.05% +10.13% -10.23%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in London with a recognized job title 13,278 14,222 17,588
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.28% 93.51% 93.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,809 9,204 12,720
10th Percentile £340 £338 £329
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £550 £563
Median % change year-on-year -3.18% -2.22% -3.02%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £685
90th Percentile £757 £800 £788
England median daily rate £510 £525 £533
% change year-on-year -2.86% -1.50% -3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 226 153 211
10th Percentile £17.50 £18.39 £17.75
25th Percentile £21.46 £23.80 £21.50
Median hourly rate £28.06 £35.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -19.82% - -
75th Percentile £56.69 £53.75 £58.75
90th Percentile £75.79 £80.75 £72.50
England median hourly rate £26.30 £36.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -26.94% -20.00% +38.46%

Power BI Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Power BI Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

Power BI Engineer job vacancy trend in London

Power BI Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Power BI Engineer job vacancies in London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Power BI Engineer job vacancies in London

Power BI Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Power BI Engineer in London over the 6 months to 17 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Power BI Engineer in London

Power BI Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 17 December 2025, Power BI Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the London region featuring Power BI Engineer in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) Power BI
1 5 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 4 (80.00%) Business Intelligence
2 4 (80.00%) ETL
3 2 (40.00%) Amazon Athena
3 2 (40.00%) Amazon Redshift
3 2 (40.00%) AWS
3 2 (40.00%) Data Modelling
3 2 (40.00%) Data Pipeline
3 2 (40.00%) SC Cleared
3 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
4 1 (20.00%) Alteryx
4 1 (20.00%) Analytics
4 1 (20.00%) Azure
4 1 (20.00%) Azure Data Factory
4 1 (20.00%) Dashboard Development
4 1 (20.00%) Data Engineering
4 1 (20.00%) Data Integration
4 1 (20.00%) Data Migration
4 1 (20.00%) Databricks
4 1 (20.00%) DataOps
4 1 (20.00%) dbt
4 1 (20.00%) Decision-Making
4 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
4 1 (20.00%) Migration
4 1 (20.00%) MuleSoft
4 1 (20.00%) Power Automate
4 1 (20.00%) Python
4 1 (20.00%) Snowflake
4 1 (20.00%) SQL

Power BI Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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:

Cloud Services
1 5 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 2 (40.00%) AWS
3 1 (20.00%) Azure
3 1 (20.00%) Azure Data Factory
3 1 (20.00%) dbt
3 1 (20.00%) Power Automate
3 1 (20.00%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (100.00%) Power BI
2 2 (40.00%) Amazon Athena
2 2 (40.00%) Amazon Redshift
General
1 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Banking
2 1 (20.00%) Finance
2 1 (20.00%) Front Office
2 1 (20.00%) Organisational Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Business Intelligence
1 4 (80.00%) ETL
2 2 (40.00%) Data Modelling
2 2 (40.00%) Data Pipeline
3 1 (20.00%) Analytics
3 1 (20.00%) Dashboard Development
3 1 (20.00%) Data Engineering
3 1 (20.00%) Data Integration
3 1 (20.00%) Data Migration
3 1 (20.00%) DataOps
3 1 (20.00%) Decision-Making
3 1 (20.00%) Migration
3 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) Python
1 1 (20.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Alteryx
1 1 (20.00%) Databricks
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (20.00%) MuleSoft