Power BI Contracts in the Midlands

Microsoft Power BI
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands 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 38 38 59
Rank change year-on-year 0 +21 +8
Contract jobs citing Power BI 81 116 128
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 4.23% 4.21% 3.72%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 28.62% 27.88% 21.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 46 86 92
10th Percentile £372 £200 £218
25th Percentile £398 £331 £372
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £493 £425 £478
Median % change year-on-year +15.88% -10.99% +6.11%
75th Percentile £609 £538 £575
90th Percentile £638 £638 £611
England median daily rate £475 £488 £500
% change year-on-year -2.56% -2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 7 2
10th Percentile £16.25 £11.03 £24.06
25th Percentile £17.70 - £24.16
Median hourly rate £18.87 £14.00 £24.63
Median % change year-on-year +34.79% -43.15% +13.22%
75th Percentile £20.38 - £25.41
90th Percentile £21.95 £21.70 £25.69
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
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 283 416 595
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 14.79% 15.09% 17.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 183 308 412
10th Percentile £300 £300 £313
25th Percentile £400 £356 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £485 £450 £495
Median % change year-on-year +7.78% -9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £575
90th Percentile £655 £700 £675
England median daily rate £525 £530 £550
% change year-on-year -0.94% -3.64% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 11 6
10th Percentile £16.31 - £21.53
25th Percentile £17.00 - £24.16
Median hourly rate £18.20 £14.00 £25.87
Median % change year-on-year +30.00% -45.87% -26.10%
75th Percentile £19.25 £27.49 £32.93
90th Percentile £20.90 £40.50 £47.54
England median hourly rate £32.05 £40.13 £58.05
% change year-on-year -20.12% -30.87% +35.25%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Power BI in the Midlands

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Power BI in the Midlands

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Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

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

Daily rate histogram for Power BI in the Midlands

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Power BI in the Midlands

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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 within the Midlands 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
West Midlands -2 65 £500 +17.65% 148
East Midlands -4 15 £488 +21.88% 89
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 11 (13.58%) SharePoint
2 2 (2.47%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.23%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 19 (23.46%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (6.17%) InfoPath
2 5 (6.17%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (3.70%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (2.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (1.23%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (6.17%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.23%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (1.23%) Oracle General Ledger
2 1 (1.23%) Oracle Payables
2 1 (1.23%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 81 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 24 (29.63%) Azure
3 18 (22.22%) PowerApps
4 15 (18.52%) Power Automate
5 11 (13.58%) Microsoft 365
6 9 (11.11%) Dynamics 365
7 8 (9.88%) AWS
8 5 (6.17%) Azure Functions
8 5 (6.17%) Azure Logic Apps
8 5 (6.17%) GCP
8 5 (6.17%) Serverless
9 4 (4.94%) Asana
9 4 (4.94%) Entra ID
9 4 (4.94%) Snowflake
10 3 (3.70%) Azure DevOps
10 3 (3.70%) Copilot Studio
10 3 (3.70%) Microsoft Purview
10 3 (3.70%) SuccessFactors
11 2 (2.47%) Azure Data Factory
11 2 (2.47%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (13.58%) Data Warehouse
2 8 (9.88%) Relational Database
3 6 (7.41%) RDBMS
4 5 (6.17%) Power Query
4 5 (6.17%) SQL Server
4 5 (6.17%) Tableau
5 4 (4.94%) Oracle Database
5 4 (4.94%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 3 (3.70%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 2 (2.47%) BusinessObjects
7 2 (2.47%) Metadata
8 1 (1.23%) Amazon Redshift
8 1 (1.23%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (1.23%) Big Data
8 1 (1.23%) Data Mining
8 1 (1.23%) Microsoft Analysis Services
8 1 (1.23%) MySQL
8 1 (1.23%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 1 (1.23%) Oracle Reports
8 1 (1.23%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 4 (4.94%) JIRA
2 3 (3.70%) Oracle Forms
3 2 (2.47%) Visual Studio
4 1 (1.23%) Git
4 1 (1.23%) Selenium
4 1 (1.23%) SpecFlow
4 1 (1.23%) WebDriver
General
1 37 (45.68%) Social Skills
2 21 (25.93%) Analytical Skills
3 15 (18.52%) Finance
4 8 (9.88%) Presentation Skills
4 8 (9.88%) Public Sector
5 6 (7.41%) Law
6 5 (6.17%) Local Government
7 4 (4.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (4.94%) Manufacturing
8 2 (2.47%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (1.23%) Aerospace
9 1 (1.23%) Games
9 1 (1.23%) General Ledger
9 1 (1.23%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (1.23%) Military
Job Titles
1 18 (22.22%) Analyst
2 15 (18.52%) Developer
3 12 (14.81%) Lead
4 10 (12.35%) Architect
5 8 (9.88%) Business Intelligence Developer
5 8 (9.88%) Data Analyst
5 8 (9.88%) Power BI Developer
6 7 (8.64%) Solutions Architect
7 5 (6.17%) Consultant
7 5 (6.17%) Data Engineer
7 5 (6.17%) PMO Analyst
8 4 (4.94%) Automation Architect
8 4 (4.94%) IT Manager
8 4 (4.94%) IT Project Manager
8 4 (4.94%) Project Manager
9 3 (3.70%) Business Analyst
9 3 (3.70%) Customer Support Manager
9 3 (3.70%) Excel Analyst
9 3 (3.70%) Senior
9 3 (3.70%) Support Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (8.64%) .NET
2 5 (6.17%) .NET Framework
2 5 (6.17%) ASP.NET
2 5 (6.17%) ASP.NET MVC
2 5 (6.17%) CSS
2 5 (6.17%) Entity Framework
2 5 (6.17%) HTML
2 5 (6.17%) HTML5 Canvas
3 4 (4.94%) LDAP
4 2 (2.47%) React
5 1 (1.23%) JSON
5 1 (1.23%) Middleware
5 1 (1.23%) PySpark
5 1 (1.23%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (6.17%) Enterprise Cloud
1 5 (6.17%) Enterprise Software
1 5 (6.17%) Onboarding
2 4 (4.94%) Data Centre
2 4 (4.94%) Security Posture
2 4 (4.94%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (3.70%) Management Information System
4 2 (2.47%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (1.23%) Cloud Native
5 1 (1.23%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 3 (3.70%) Linux
1 3 (3.70%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 72 (88.89%) Business Intelligence
2 21 (25.93%) Analytics
3 18 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
4 17 (20.99%) Data Analysis
4 17 (20.99%) Data Modelling
4 17 (20.99%) Migration
5 16 (19.75%) Decision-Making
5 16 (19.75%) Visualisation
6 14 (17.28%) Stakeholder Management
7 13 (16.05%) Agile
7 13 (16.05%) Data Analytics
8 11 (13.58%) Data Visualisation
8 11 (13.58%) Workflow
9 10 (12.35%) Data Governance
10 9 (11.11%) CRM
10 9 (11.11%) Project Management
11 8 (9.88%) Change Management
11 8 (9.88%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 7 (8.64%) Resource Management
12 7 (8.64%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 44 (54.32%) SQL
2 13 (16.05%) Python
3 8 (9.88%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 7 (8.64%) C#
5 6 (7.41%) JavaScript
6 3 (3.70%) PowerShell
6 3 (3.70%) R
6 3 (3.70%) VB
7 2 (2.47%) T-SQL
7 2 (2.47%) TypeScript
7 2 (2.47%) VBA
8 1 (1.23%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (7.41%) Degree
2 3 (3.70%) SC Cleared
2 3 (3.70%) Security Cleared
3 1 (1.23%) Azure Certification
3 1 (1.23%) CITP
3 1 (1.23%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (11.11%) Data Quality
2 7 (8.64%) PMO
3 3 (3.70%) GDPR
4 2 (2.47%) Accessibility
5 1 (1.23%) QA
System Software
1 4 (4.94%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (4.94%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 22 (27.16%) Microsoft
2 6 (7.41%) Databricks
2 6 (7.41%) Oracle
2 6 (7.41%) SAP
3 5 (6.17%) ServiceNow
4 4 (4.94%) CyberArk
5 2 (2.47%) Google
5 2 (2.47%) UiPath
6 1 (1.23%) Informatica
6 1 (1.23%) QAD