Power BI Contract Job Trends in London

Microsoft Power BI
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring Power BI skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 53 64 63
Rank change year-on-year +11 -1 +8
Contract jobs citing Power BI 838 545 652
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.24% 4.03% 3.75%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 24.03% 18.83% 16.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 567 350 479
10th Percentile £363 £331 £308
25th Percentile £425 £405 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.76%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £625
90th Percentile £668 £739 £750
England median daily rate £489 £475 £480
% change year-on-year +2.89% -1.04% -4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 14 4
10th Percentile £16.70 £26.09 £35.75
25th Percentile £19.20 £28.72 £48.13
Median hourly rate £25.50 £31.54 £66.25
Median % change year-on-year -19.14% -52.40% +42.47%
75th Percentile £42.33 £49.31 £81.25
90th Percentile £55.15 £59.53 £85.75
England median hourly rate £29.96 £29.07 £23.47
% change year-on-year +3.06% +23.89% -36.58%

All Database & BI Skills
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 3,488 2,894 4,057
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 17.66% 21.39% 23.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,345 2,024 3,031
10th Percentile £363 £381 £363
25th Percentile £435 £448 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £570
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -3.51% -0.87%
75th Percentile £638 £700 £725
90th Percentile £750 £825 £850
England median daily rate £500 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 35 28
10th Percentile £18.94 £25.53 £20.98
25th Percentile £25.25 £29.07 £34.06
Median hourly rate £41.00 £43.50 £48.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.75% -9.38% -25.00%
75th Percentile £60.12 £62.88 £52.56
90th Percentile £76.50 £84.50 £69.40
England median hourly rate £38.50 £34.58 £38.50
% change year-on-year +11.35% -10.19% -33.04%

Power BI
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Power BI job vacancy trend in London

Power BI
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Power BI.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Power BI

Power BI
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Power BI in London over the 6 months to 15 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Power BI in London

Power BI
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Power BI.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Power BI

Power BI
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Power BI in London over the 6 months to 15 July 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Power BI in London

Power BI
Contract Job Locations in London

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 London region over the 6 months to 15 July 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
Central London +7 122 £544 -1.14% 32
West London +7 31 £603 +60.67% 16
South London +2 17 £463 -2.63% 5
North London - 4 £450 - 3
East London 0 2 £350 -48.15% 18
Power BI
England

Power BI
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:

Application Platforms
1 67 (8.00%) SharePoint
2 31 (3.70%) Confluence
3 27 (3.22%) Apache Spark
4 25 (2.98%) Apache Airflow
5 19 (2.27%) Apache
6 8 (0.95%) SAS
7 6 (0.72%) Palantir Foundry
8 4 (0.48%) CMS
8 4 (0.48%) HCL Notes
8 4 (0.48%) Mendix
8 4 (0.48%) Microsoft Exchange
9 3 (0.36%) ArcGIS
9 3 (0.36%) Kentico
10 1 (0.12%) Apache Solr
10 1 (0.12%) Apache Synapse
10 1 (0.12%) Appian
10 1 (0.12%) Camunda
10 1 (0.12%) OpenROAD
10 1 (0.12%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 1 (0.12%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 137 (16.35%) Microsoft Excel
2 23 (2.74%) Microsoft Project
3 22 (2.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 21 (2.51%) MS Visio
5 10 (1.19%) Microsoft Office
6 8 (0.95%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.24%) Notion
7 2 (0.24%) Oracle Smart View
8 1 (0.12%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.12%) CPLEX
Business Applications
1 25 (2.98%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (0.84%) Aladdin
3 5 (0.60%) BambooHR
3 5 (0.60%) iTrent
4 4 (0.48%) SAP S/4HANA
5 3 (0.36%) Oracle Financials
5 3 (0.36%) SAP MDG
6 2 (0.24%) CA PPM
6 2 (0.24%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.12%) Adobe Campaign
7 1 (0.12%) Advent Geneva
7 1 (0.12%) Eloqua
7 1 (0.12%) NEC Housing
7 1 (0.12%) Oracle General Ledger
7 1 (0.12%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
7 1 (0.12%) SAP BPC
7 1 (0.12%) SAP CAR
7 1 (0.12%) SAP EWM
7 1 (0.12%) SAP HCM
7 1 (0.12%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 838 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 337 (40.21%) Azure
3 131 (15.63%) AWS
4 109 (13.01%) Power Automate
5 96 (11.46%) PowerApps
6 89 (10.62%) Snowflake
7 81 (9.67%) Dynamics 365
8 71 (8.47%) Azure DevOps
9 70 (8.35%) Azure Data Factory
10 63 (7.52%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 59 (7.04%) Microsoft Copilot
12 58 (6.92%) Microsoft 365
13 54 (6.44%) dbt
14 50 (5.97%) GCP
15 43 (5.13%) Amazon S3
15 43 (5.13%) Serverless
16 37 (4.42%) GitHub
17 30 (3.58%) AWS Lambda
17 30 (3.58%) Copilot Studio
18 28 (3.34%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 11 (1.31%) Firewall
2 10 (1.19%) VPN
3 8 (0.95%) DNS
4 4 (0.48%) Network Security
5 3 (0.36%) Internet
6 2 (0.24%) NAS
6 2 (0.24%) SAN
7 1 (0.12%) Broadband
7 1 (0.12%) Intrusion Detection
7 1 (0.12%) LAN
7 1 (0.12%) SD-WAN
7 1 (0.12%) SSH
7 1 (0.12%) VoIP
7 1 (0.12%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 157 (18.74%) Tableau
2 152 (18.14%) Data Warehouse
3 76 (9.07%) Data Lake
4 62 (7.40%) Power Query
5 46 (5.49%) Metadata
5 46 (5.49%) SQL Server
6 36 (4.30%) Star Schema
7 35 (4.18%) Looker
8 31 (3.70%) Relational Database
9 30 (3.58%) BigQuery
10 28 (3.34%) Amazon Athena
10 28 (3.34%) Snowflake Schema
11 23 (2.74%) Amazon Redshift
12 22 (2.63%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 21 (2.51%) Azure SQL Database
13 21 (2.51%) Semantic Layer
14 19 (2.27%) Mixpanel
15 17 (2.03%) Spark SQL
16 15 (1.79%) OLAP
16 15 (1.79%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 66 (7.88%) JIRA
2 38 (4.53%) Git
3 17 (2.03%) GitLab
4 9 (1.07%) ERwin
5 5 (0.60%) PowerDesigner
6 3 (0.36%) ER Studio
6 3 (0.36%) Visual Studio
7 2 (0.24%) Charles Proxy
7 2 (0.24%) Jenkins
7 2 (0.24%) JMeter
7 2 (0.24%) Selenium
7 2 (0.24%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 2 (0.24%) Terragrunt
7 2 (0.24%) WebDriver
8 1 (0.12%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.12%) GCC
8 1 (0.12%) MLflow
8 1 (0.12%) Postman
8 1 (0.12%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.12%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 321 (38.31%) Finance
2 258 (30.79%) Social Skills
3 194 (23.15%) Analytical Skills
4 86 (10.26%) Banking
5 70 (8.35%) Public Sector
6 39 (4.65%) Law
7 35 (4.18%) Retail
8 27 (3.22%) Marketing
9 24 (2.86%) Documentation Skills
10 21 (2.51%) Financial Institution
10 21 (2.51%) Investment Banking
11 20 (2.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 17 (2.03%) Organisational Skills
13 16 (1.91%) Local Government
14 14 (1.67%) Front Office
15 13 (1.55%) Legal
16 11 (1.31%) Publishing
16 11 (1.31%) Telecoms
17 10 (1.19%) Pharmaceutical
18 9 (1.07%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 226 (26.97%) Analyst
2 140 (16.71%) Developer
3 133 (15.87%) Data Engineer
4 114 (13.60%) Data Analyst
5 111 (13.25%) Senior
6 109 (13.01%) Architect
7 88 (10.50%) Lead
8 68 (8.11%) Business Analyst
9 54 (6.44%) Business Intelligence Developer
10 44 (5.25%) Power Platform Developer
11 42 (5.01%) Power BI Developer
12 39 (4.65%) Lead Architect
13 35 (4.18%) Consultant
14 31 (3.70%) Functional Architect
14 31 (3.70%) Senior Data Engineer
15 30 (3.58%) Data Architect
15 30 (3.58%) Senior Developer
16 28 (3.34%) Business Intelligence Analyst
17 22 (2.63%) Solutions Architect
18 21 (2.51%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 65 (7.76%) PySpark
2 41 (4.89%) .NET
3 26 (3.10%) REST
4 25 (2.98%) Kafka
5 18 (2.15%) JSON
6 14 (1.67%) Pandas
7 12 (1.43%) Great Expectations
7 12 (1.43%) React
8 11 (1.31%) Middleware
9 10 (1.19%) HTML
9 10 (1.19%) HTML5 Canvas
9 10 (1.19%) Microsoft Graph
10 8 (0.95%) CSS
10 8 (0.95%) XML
10 8 (0.95%) YAML
11 7 (0.84%) .NET Core
12 6 (0.72%) ADO
12 6 (0.72%) RESTful
12 6 (0.72%) Web Services
13 5 (0.60%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 46 (5.49%) Cloud Native
2 37 (4.42%) Data Structures
3 30 (3.58%) Legacy Systems
4 26 (3.10%) Product Ownership
5 21 (2.51%) Onboarding
6 20 (2.39%) Analytical Mindset
7 17 (2.03%) Management Information System
8 12 (1.43%) Data Protection Act
8 12 (1.43%) Reference Data
9 11 (1.31%) AI Agents
9 11 (1.31%) Distributed Systems
10 10 (1.19%) CMDB
10 10 (1.19%) Low-Code
11 9 (1.07%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 9 (1.07%) Self-Motivation
12 8 (0.95%) Greenfield Project
13 7 (0.84%) Clustering
13 7 (0.84%) Derivative
13 7 (0.84%) FMCG
13 7 (0.84%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 7 (0.84%) Windows
2 6 (0.72%) Linux
3 3 (0.36%) Android
3 3 (0.36%) Apple iOS
4 2 (0.24%) Unix
4 2 (0.24%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.12%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.12%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 784 (93.56%) Business Intelligence
2 353 (42.12%) Analytics
3 285 (34.01%) Data Modelling
4 206 (24.58%) Agile
5 175 (20.88%) AI
6 173 (20.64%) ETL
7 166 (19.81%) Visualisation
8 163 (19.45%) Decision-Making
8 163 (19.45%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 159 (18.97%) Migration
10 158 (18.85%) DevOps
11 156 (18.62%) Data Governance
12 154 (18.38%) CI/CD
13 145 (17.30%) Data Engineering
14 138 (16.47%) Data Pipeline
15 136 (16.23%) Problem-Solving
16 134 (15.99%) Stakeholder Management
17 115 (13.72%) Continuous Improvement
18 110 (13.13%) Validation
19 105 (12.53%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 398 (47.49%) SQL
2 233 (27.80%) Python
3 109 (13.01%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 41 (4.89%) C#
4 41 (4.89%) JavaScript
5 26 (3.10%) PowerShell
6 25 (2.98%) T-SQL
7 24 (2.86%) R
8 21 (2.51%) Java
9 11 (1.31%) TypeScript
9 11 (1.31%) VBA
10 9 (1.07%) Scala
11 5 (0.60%) Bicep
12 4 (0.48%) PL/SQL
13 3 (0.36%) Bash
13 3 (0.36%) Korn
13 3 (0.36%) Kotlin
13 3 (0.36%) Shell Script
14 2 (0.24%) Kusto Query Language
14 2 (0.24%) LookML
Qualifications
1 134 (15.99%) Security Cleared
2 120 (14.32%) SC Cleared
3 61 (7.28%) Degree
4 21 (2.51%) Azure Certification
5 18 (2.15%) Microsoft Certification
6 17 (2.03%) DBS Check
7 14 (1.67%) BPSS Clearance
8 13 (1.55%) AWS Certification
8 13 (1.55%) Computer Science Degree
9 7 (0.84%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 7 (0.84%) PMI Certification
10 6 (0.72%) Master's Degree
11 5 (0.60%) SnowPro
12 4 (0.48%) CBAP
12 4 (0.48%) Tableau Certification
13 2 (0.24%) CTC Cleared
13 2 (0.24%) DV Cleared
13 2 (0.24%) IIBA
13 2 (0.24%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 2 (0.24%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 208 (24.82%) Data Quality
2 60 (7.16%) GDPR
3 41 (4.89%) PMO
4 38 (4.53%) QA
5 14 (1.67%) Accessibility
6 8 (0.95%) Solvency II
7 5 (0.60%) Actionable Recommendations
7 5 (0.60%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 5 (0.60%) SLA
8 4 (0.48%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 3 (0.36%) P3O
9 3 (0.36%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.24%) COBIT
10 2 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 2 (0.24%) NCSC
10 2 (0.24%) NIST
11 1 (0.12%) FINREP
11 1 (0.12%) GRC
11 1 (0.12%) ISO 20022
11 1 (0.12%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 21 (2.51%) Active Directory
2 6 (0.72%) Docker
3 3 (0.36%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (0.36%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.12%) BitLocker
4 1 (0.12%) RACF
Systems Management
1 51 (6.09%) Terraform
2 13 (1.55%) Grafana
3 12 (1.43%) Kubernetes
4 7 (0.84%) Prometheus
5 5 (0.60%) Microsoft Intune
6 4 (0.48%) Ansible
6 4 (0.48%) Control-M
6 4 (0.48%) SCCM
7 3 (0.36%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.12%) Apache Ranger
8 1 (0.12%) Kibana
8 1 (0.12%) Nessus
8 1 (0.12%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 1 (0.12%) SysTrack
8 1 (0.12%) WSUS
Vendors
1 317 (37.83%) Microsoft
2 110 (13.13%) Databricks
3 33 (3.94%) Oracle
4 28 (3.34%) Google
5 26 (3.10%) SAP
6 22 (2.63%) ServiceNow
7 21 (2.51%) Informatica
7 21 (2.51%) Salesforce
8 18 (2.15%) Alteryx
9 10 (1.19%) Adobe
10 9 (1.07%) Foundry
10 9 (1.07%) Workday
11 8 (0.95%) Amplitude
11 8 (0.95%) Dynatrace
11 8 (0.95%) Splunk
12 7 (0.84%) AppDynamics
12 7 (0.84%) Palantir
13 5 (0.60%) MicroStrategy
13 5 (0.60%) Murex
13 5 (0.60%) Talend