Power BI Developer Contract Job Trends in the Midlands

Microsoft Power BI Developer
England > Midlands

The median Microsoft Power BI Developer daily rate in the Midlands is £419, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025.

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

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 156 121 129
Rank change year-on-year -35 +8 +49
Contract jobs requiring a Power BI Developer 8 11 5
As % of all contract jobs in the Midlands 0.26% 0.44% 0.19%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.29% 0.47% 0.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 5 2
10th Percentile £306 £413 £401
25th Percentile £353 £438 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £419 £450 £413
Median % change year-on-year -6.94% +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £462 - £428
90th Percentile £474 £458 £434
England median daily rate £450 £488 £500
% change year-on-year -7.69% -2.50% +5.26%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the Midlands. 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 the Midlands with a recognized job title 2,759 2,333 2,518
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.26% 92.99% 93.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,756 1,450 1,740
10th Percentile £216 £225 £213
25th Percentile £363 £363 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% -
75th Percentile £575 £588 £588
90th Percentile £650 £700 £688
England median daily rate £507 £525 £534
% change year-on-year -3.38% -1.69% -2.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 171 98 116
10th Percentile £13.54 £13.00 £14.19
25th Percentile £16.35 £16.38 £16.92
Median hourly rate £23.00 £23.82 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -3.44% +19.10% +13.90%
75th Percentile £27.21 £32.13 £31.59
90th Percentile £40.25 £50.75 £67.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £37.25 £45.00
% change year-on-year -32.48% -17.22% +36.36%

Power BI Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Power BI Developer job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Power BI Developer
Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

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

Power BI Developer
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Power BI Developer in the Midlands over the 6 months to 13 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Power BI Developer in the Midlands

Power BI Developer
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Power BI Developer within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 13 December 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
West Midlands -29 5 £425 -5.56%
East Midlands -17 3 £413 - 8
Power BI Developer
England

Power BI Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands

For the 6 months to 13 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 Midlands region featuring Power BI Developer in the job title.

1 8 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 8 (100.00%) Power BI
1 8 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 6 (75.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
2 6 (75.00%) Data Modelling
2 6 (75.00%) SQL
3 5 (62.50%) Decision-Making
3 5 (62.50%) Power Query
4 4 (50.00%) Analytics
4 4 (50.00%) Azure
4 4 (50.00%) Data Visualisation
4 4 (50.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
4 4 (50.00%) Power Automate
4 4 (50.00%) PowerApps
4 4 (50.00%) Visualisation
5 3 (37.50%) Actionable Insight
5 3 (37.50%) CI/CD
5 3 (37.50%) Copilot Studio
5 3 (37.50%) Data Transformation
5 3 (37.50%) Git
5 3 (37.50%) Microsoft
5 3 (37.50%) Python
5 3 (37.50%) R
6 2 (25.00%) Agile
6 2 (25.00%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (25.00%) Logistics
6 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (25.00%) Performance Tuning
7 1 (12.50%) Business Analytics
7 1 (12.50%) Business Strategy

Power BI Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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 1 (12.50%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 8 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 4 (50.00%) Azure
2 4 (50.00%) Power Automate
2 4 (50.00%) PowerApps
3 3 (37.50%) Copilot Studio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (100.00%) Power BI
2 5 (62.50%) Power Query
3 2 (25.00%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 3 (37.50%) Git
General
1 5 (62.50%) Social Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Finance
2 2 (25.00%) Manufacturing
3 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (12.50%) Greenfield Project
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
2 6 (75.00%) Data Modelling
3 5 (62.50%) Decision-Making
4 4 (50.00%) Analytics
4 4 (50.00%) Data Visualisation
4 4 (50.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
4 4 (50.00%) Visualisation
5 3 (37.50%) Actionable Insight
5 3 (37.50%) CI/CD
5 3 (37.50%) Data Transformation
6 2 (25.00%) Agile
6 2 (25.00%) Logistics
6 2 (25.00%) Performance Tuning
7 1 (12.50%) Business Analytics
7 1 (12.50%) Data Governance
7 1 (12.50%) Data Management
7 1 (12.50%) ERP
7 1 (12.50%) ETL
7 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
7 1 (12.50%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 6 (75.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
1 6 (75.00%) SQL
2 3 (37.50%) Python
2 3 (37.50%) R
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
Vendors
1 3 (37.50%) Microsoft
2 1 (12.50%) Databricks
2 1 (12.50%) Sage