Power BI Contracts in London

Microsoft Power BI
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London requiring Power BI skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Power BI over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 56 60 73
Rank change year-on-year +4 +13 +23
Contract jobs citing Power BI 521 626 888
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 4.15% 3.51% 3.28%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 18.61% 16.29% 15.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 352 448 649
10th Percentile £313 £350 £375
25th Percentile £406 £425 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% - -
75th Percentile £575 £638 £638
90th Percentile £685 £738 £738
England median daily rate £475 £488 £500
% change year-on-year -2.56% -2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 3 12
10th Percentile £28.22 £31.99 £24.68
25th Percentile £28.72 £40.62 £33.56
Median hourly rate £29.07 £55.00 £40.25
Median % change year-on-year -47.15% +36.65% +34.17%
75th Percentile £48.98 £71.88 £57.38
90th Percentile £56.13 £82.00 £60.00
England median hourly rate £29.07 £23.22 £55.00
% change year-on-year +25.22% -57.79% +145.54%

All Database and Business Intelligence 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 2,800 3,842 5,554
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 22.31% 21.55% 20.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,981 2,833 4,047
10th Percentile £375 £378 £400
25th Percentile £450 £460 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £552 £563 £575
Median % change year-on-year -1.87% -2.17% -1.71%
75th Percentile £713 £700 £700
90th Percentile £838 £825 £800
England median daily rate £525 £530 £550
% change year-on-year -0.94% -3.64% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 37 53
10th Percentile £22.27 £20.98 £21.24
25th Percentile £28.03 £25.79 £24.50
Median hourly rate £39.31 £50.00 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -21.39% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £56.50 £55.00 £72.50
90th Percentile £76.50 £64.73 £88.30
England median hourly rate £32.05 £40.13 £58.05
% change year-on-year -20.12% -30.87% +35.25%

Power BI
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Power BI as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Power BI in London

Power BI
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Power BI in London.

Daily rate trend for Power BI in London

Power BI
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Power BI in London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Power BI in London

Power BI
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Power BI in London.

Hourly rate trend for Power BI in London

Power BI
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Power BI in London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

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 1 May 2025. 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 +4 83 £548 -4.78% 62
South London +19 15 £490 +3.16% 10
West London +5 8 £450 -7.22% 30
East London +15 3 £675 +46.74% 7
Power BI
England

Power BI
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 43 (8.25%) SharePoint
2 24 (4.61%) Apache Spark
3 19 (3.65%) Confluence
4 13 (2.50%) Apache
5 11 (2.11%) SAS
6 8 (1.54%) Apache Airflow
6 8 (1.54%) Jupyter
7 3 (0.58%) ArcGIS
8 2 (0.38%) CMS
8 2 (0.38%) Microsoft Exchange
8 2 (0.38%) Oracle Workflow
9 1 (0.19%) JBoss
9 1 (0.19%) Oracle Application Server
9 1 (0.19%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 104 (19.96%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (3.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 16 (3.07%) Microsoft Office
4 12 (2.30%) Oracle Smart View
5 10 (1.92%) Microsoft Project
6 8 (1.54%) MS Visio
7 3 (0.58%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.19%) Revit
8 1 (0.19%) SPSS
8 1 (0.19%) Stata
Business Applications
1 17 (3.26%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (1.15%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.77%) Aladdin
3 4 (0.77%) Endur
4 2 (0.38%) NEC Housing
4 2 (0.38%) NetSuite
4 2 (0.38%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 2 (0.38%) Sprinklr
5 1 (0.19%) Bloomberg AIM
5 1 (0.19%) Dynamics AX
5 1 (0.19%) FastStats
5 1 (0.19%) iTrent
5 1 (0.19%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.19%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.19%) SAP BPC
5 1 (0.19%) SAP CAR
5 1 (0.19%) SAP EWM
5 1 (0.19%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 1 (0.19%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 521 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 189 (36.28%) Azure
3 72 (13.82%) PowerApps
4 65 (12.48%) Power Automate
5 61 (11.71%) AWS
6 57 (10.94%) Azure Data Factory
7 40 (7.68%) Snowflake
8 37 (7.10%) Microsoft 365
9 32 (6.14%) Dynamics 365
10 31 (5.95%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 28 (5.37%) Azure DevOps
12 25 (4.80%) GCP
13 24 (4.61%) GitHub
14 23 (4.41%) Azure Machine Learning
14 23 (4.41%) Serverless
15 18 (3.45%) dbt
16 17 (3.26%) Azure Functions
17 16 (3.07%) SaaS
18 15 (2.88%) Microsoft Copilot
18 15 (2.88%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.15%) SSH
2 4 (0.77%) DNS
3 3 (0.58%) Cisco ISE
3 3 (0.58%) Firewall
3 3 (0.58%) FTP
3 3 (0.58%) HTTP
3 3 (0.58%) SMTP
3 3 (0.58%) SSL
3 3 (0.58%) TCP/IP
4 2 (0.38%) Intranet
4 2 (0.38%) Network Security
5 1 (0.19%) DHCP
5 1 (0.19%) HTTPS
5 1 (0.19%) Internet
5 1 (0.19%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 124 (23.80%) Tableau
2 80 (15.36%) Data Warehouse
3 57 (10.94%) SQL Server
4 50 (9.60%) Data Lake
5 25 (4.80%) Power Query
5 25 (4.80%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 24 (4.61%) BusinessObjects
6 24 (4.61%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 23 (4.41%) Azure SQL Database
8 20 (3.84%) Relational Database
9 19 (3.65%) Neo4j
9 19 (3.65%) Snowflake Schema
10 17 (3.26%) Metadata
11 16 (3.07%) NoSQL
11 16 (3.07%) Oracle Reports
12 13 (2.50%) Big Data
12 13 (2.50%) Data Mining
12 13 (2.50%) PostgreSQL
13 12 (2.30%) Oracle BI Publisher
13 12 (2.30%) Oracle ODI
Development Applications
1 47 (9.02%) JIRA
2 23 (4.41%) Git
3 8 (1.54%) ERwin
4 7 (1.34%) GitLab
5 6 (1.15%) Oracle Forms
5 6 (1.15%) RStudio
6 5 (0.96%) Visual Studio Code
7 4 (0.77%) Terragrunt
8 3 (0.58%) Liquibase
8 3 (0.58%) MLflow
9 2 (0.38%) ScriptRunner
9 2 (0.38%) Visual Studio
10 1 (0.19%) JIRA Agile
10 1 (0.19%) LoadRunner
10 1 (0.19%) Postman
10 1 (0.19%) Selenium
10 1 (0.19%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 1 (0.19%) Team Foundation Server
10 1 (0.19%) Visual Studio Team System
10 1 (0.19%) Zephyr
General
1 189 (36.28%) Social Skills
2 126 (24.18%) Analytical Skills
3 119 (22.84%) Finance
4 50 (9.60%) Public Sector
5 34 (6.53%) Banking
6 31 (5.95%) Marketing
7 28 (5.37%) Presentation Skills
8 18 (3.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 17 (3.26%) Retail
10 13 (2.50%) Local Government
10 13 (2.50%) Organisational Skills
11 12 (2.30%) Investment Banking
12 11 (2.11%) Documentation Skills
13 6 (1.15%) Financial Institution
13 6 (1.15%) Legal
13 6 (1.15%) Police
14 5 (0.96%) Back Office
14 5 (0.96%) Front Office
14 5 (0.96%) Military
15 4 (0.77%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 157 (30.13%) Analyst
2 86 (16.51%) Developer
3 76 (14.59%) Data Analyst
4 66 (12.67%) Data Engineer
5 55 (10.56%) Senior
6 40 (7.68%) Architect
7 35 (6.72%) Business Analyst
7 35 (6.72%) Lead
8 30 (5.76%) Power BI Developer
9 29 (5.57%) Consultant
10 24 (4.61%) Business Intelligence Developer
11 21 (4.03%) Azure Engineer
11 21 (4.03%) Business Intelligence Analyst
11 21 (4.03%) Data Architect
12 19 (3.65%) Power Platform Developer
13 18 (3.45%) Power BI Analyst
14 14 (2.69%) Data Scientist
15 13 (2.50%) Report Analyst
16 12 (2.30%) Data Business Analyst
17 11 (2.11%) Senior Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (4.22%) Plotly
1 22 (4.22%) React
2 21 (4.03%) .NET
3 19 (3.65%) PySpark
4 18 (3.45%) YAML
5 13 (2.50%) JSON
5 13 (2.50%) REST
6 12 (2.30%) Oracle Fusion
7 11 (2.11%) HTML
8 10 (1.92%) CSS
9 8 (1.54%) Kafka
9 8 (1.54%) pydantic
9 8 (1.54%) SOAP
10 7 (1.34%) Web Services
11 6 (1.15%) jQuery
12 5 (0.96%) .NET Core
12 5 (0.96%) Pandas
13 4 (0.77%) HTML5 Canvas
13 4 (0.77%) scikit-learn
13 4 (0.77%) SPFx
Miscellaneous
1 21 (4.03%) Data Structures
2 17 (3.26%) Onboarding
3 14 (2.69%) Management Information System
4 11 (2.11%) Reference Data
5 10 (1.92%) Data Protection Act
6 8 (1.54%) Analytical Mindset
6 8 (1.54%) Linux Command Line
6 8 (1.54%) Low-Code
6 8 (1.54%) Self-Motivation
7 7 (1.34%) Legacy Systems
8 6 (1.15%) Greenfield Project
8 6 (1.15%) Product Ownership
9 5 (0.96%) Cloud Native
9 5 (0.96%) Credit Risk
9 5 (0.96%) Taxonomies
10 4 (0.77%) Derivative
10 4 (0.77%) Distributed Systems
10 4 (0.77%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 4 (0.77%) IoT
10 4 (0.77%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 7 (1.34%) Linux
2 5 (0.96%) Windows
3 3 (0.58%) Mac OS
4 2 (0.38%) Unix
5 1 (0.19%) Android
5 1 (0.19%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.19%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 412 (79.08%) Business Intelligence
2 193 (37.04%) Visualisation
3 171 (32.82%) Analytics
4 146 (28.02%) Data Modelling
5 133 (25.53%) Problem-Solving
6 129 (24.76%) Data Visualisation
7 117 (22.46%) Data Analysis
8 105 (20.15%) Agile
9 74 (14.20%) Decision-Making
10 70 (13.44%) Data Governance
10 70 (13.44%) ETL
11 61 (11.71%) Actionable Insight
12 59 (11.32%) Data Engineering
13 56 (10.75%) DevOps
14 54 (10.36%) Data Integration
15 52 (9.98%) Stakeholder Management
16 50 (9.60%) Data Pipeline
17 45 (8.64%) Dashboard Development
17 45 (8.64%) Machine Learning
18 44 (8.45%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 271 (52.02%) SQL
2 151 (28.98%) Python
3 48 (9.21%) JavaScript
4 33 (6.33%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 31 (5.95%) PowerShell
6 22 (4.22%) C#
6 22 (4.22%) R
7 16 (3.07%) VBA
8 13 (2.50%) Scala
9 12 (2.30%) T-SQL
10 10 (1.92%) Bicep
10 10 (1.92%) PL/SQL
11 9 (1.73%) Bash
12 7 (1.34%) Java
13 4 (0.77%) Formula Language
14 3 (0.58%) Kusto Query Language
14 3 (0.58%) TypeScript
15 2 (0.38%) Groovy
15 2 (0.38%) Ruby
16 1 (0.19%) X++
Qualifications
1 92 (17.66%) Security Cleared
2 83 (15.93%) SC Cleared
3 67 (12.86%) Degree
4 15 (2.88%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (1.34%) PMI Certification
6 6 (1.15%) Azure Certification
6 6 (1.15%) BPSS Clearance
6 6 (1.15%) PMP
7 4 (0.77%) Master's Degree
7 4 (0.77%) Numerate Degree
8 3 (0.58%) CBAP
8 3 (0.58%) HNC
8 3 (0.58%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (0.38%) CFA
9 2 (0.38%) CSPO
9 2 (0.38%) DBS Check
9 2 (0.38%) DV Cleared
9 2 (0.38%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (0.38%) MBA
10 1 (0.19%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 69 (13.24%) Data Quality
2 33 (6.33%) GDPR
3 23 (4.41%) Accessibility
3 23 (4.41%) QA
4 7 (1.34%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 4 (0.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (0.77%) PMO
6 3 (0.58%) Basel II
6 3 (0.58%) IFRS
6 3 (0.58%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 3 (0.58%) SLA
7 2 (0.38%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (0.38%) Basel III
7 2 (0.38%) Disclosure Scotland
7 2 (0.38%) GRC
7 2 (0.38%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.19%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.19%) LOINC
8 1 (0.19%) MiFID
8 1 (0.19%) UCITS
System Software
1 5 (0.96%) Docker
2 4 (0.77%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (0.38%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.38%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.19%) BitLocker
4 1 (0.19%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 18 (3.45%) Terraform
2 10 (1.92%) Kubernetes
3 5 (0.96%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (0.96%) SCCM
4 4 (0.77%) Grafana
5 1 (0.19%) Opsgenie
5 1 (0.19%) SCOrch
5 1 (0.19%) vRealize
5 1 (0.19%) VxRail
5 1 (0.19%) WSUS
Vendors
1 137 (26.30%) Microsoft
2 78 (14.97%) Databricks
3 38 (7.29%) SAP
4 30 (5.76%) Oracle
5 25 (4.80%) Google
5 25 (4.80%) ServiceNow
6 21 (4.03%) Salesforce
7 12 (2.30%) Informatica
8 10 (1.92%) Alteryx
9 6 (1.15%) Adobe
9 6 (1.15%) Talend
10 5 (0.96%) Atlassian
10 5 (0.96%) Cisco
10 5 (0.96%) IBM
10 5 (0.96%) MicroStrategy
11 4 (0.77%) Ariba
11 4 (0.77%) Bloomberg
12 3 (0.58%) Ab Initio
12 3 (0.58%) Remedy
12 3 (0.58%) Sybase