Power BI Developer Contract Job Trends in Manchester

Microsoft Power BI Developer
North West > Manchester

The median Microsoft Power BI Developer daily rate in Manchester is £438, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 8 December 2025.

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

 6 months to
8 Dec 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 88 80 104
Rank change year-on-year -8 +24 +24
Contract jobs requiring a Power BI Developer 3 3 2
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 0.27% 0.26% 0.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.29% 0.28% 0.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 3 2
10th Percentile £374 £414 £329
25th Percentile £391 £416 £334
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £425 £363
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% +17.24% -12.12%
75th Percentile £456 £463 £384
90th Percentile - £478 £386
North West median daily rate £438 £450 £375
% change year-on-year -2.78% +20.00% -11.76%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Manchester

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Manchester. 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 Manchester with a recognized job title 1,038 1,074 1,497
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.70% 93.96% 93.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 688 633 1,097
10th Percentile £302 £313 £300
25th Percentile £375 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £580 £575 £584
90th Percentile £664 £675 £675
North West median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 75 43 58
10th Percentile £17.17 £15.92 £15.42
25th Percentile £19.07 £21.25 £17.20
Median hourly rate £22.32 £32.50 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year -31.34% +66.67% -2.50%
75th Percentile £30.07 £44.38 £49.75
90th Percentile £53.30 £65.00 £68.50
North West median hourly rate £29.60 £25.30 £35.00
% change year-on-year +17.00% -27.71% +74.43%

Power BI Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Power BI Developer job vacancy trend in Manchester

Power BI Developer
Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Power BI Developer job vacancies in Manchester.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Power BI Developer job vacancies in Manchester

Power BI Developer Skill Set
Top 16 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester

For the 6 months to 8 December 2025, Power BI Developer 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 Manchester region featuring Power BI Developer in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) Power BI
1 3 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 2 (66.67%) Data Analysis Expressions
2 2 (66.67%) Data Extraction
2 2 (66.67%) Data Governance
2 2 (66.67%) Data Modelling
2 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (66.67%) SQL
2 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (66.67%) Supply Chain Management
2 2 (66.67%) Visualisation
3 1 (33.33%) Actionable Insight
3 1 (33.33%) Data Pipeline
3 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
3 1 (33.33%) ETL

Power BI Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester 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 3 (100.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) Power BI
General
1 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Data Structures
1 2 (66.67%) FMCG
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (66.67%) Data Extraction
2 2 (66.67%) Data Governance
2 2 (66.67%) Data Modelling
2 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (66.67%) Supply Chain Management
2 2 (66.67%) Visualisation
3 1 (33.33%) Actionable Insight
3 1 (33.33%) Data Pipeline
3 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
3 1 (33.33%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) Data Analysis Expressions
1 2 (66.67%) SQL
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