Power BI Contract Job Trends in the Midlands

Microsoft Power BI
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring Power BI skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 53 35 53
Rank change year-on-year -18 +18 +8
Contract jobs citing Power BI 101 118 103
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 3.79% 4.33% 3.53%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 22.65% 25.82% 23.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 66 67 83
10th Percentile £335 £306 £313
25th Percentile £395 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +4.44% -5.26% -
75th Percentile £575 £567 £566
90th Percentile £631 £631 £671
England median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 0
10th Percentile - £34.04 -
25th Percentile £18.50 £34.20 -
Median hourly rate £19.00 £34.47 -
Median % change year-on-year -44.87% - -
75th Percentile £19.50 £34.73 -
90th Percentile - £34.89 -
England median hourly rate £32.05 £30.00 £38.00
% change year-on-year +6.83% -21.05% +65.22%

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 446 457 439
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 16.75% 16.76% 15.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 295 304 307
10th Percentile £316 £315 £313
25th Percentile £401 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £481 £450 £488
Median % change year-on-year +6.89% -7.69% -2.50%
75th Percentile £545 £575 £575
90th Percentile £625 £675 £688
England median daily rate £513 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -6.82% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 3 3
10th Percentile £23.92 £23.79 £11.33
25th Percentile £30.47 £27.59 £11.52
Median hourly rate £34.43 £33.93 £11.83
Median % change year-on-year +1.47% +186.81% -63.60%
75th Percentile £35.75 £34.47 £21.44
90th Percentile £37.48 £34.79 £27.20
England median hourly rate £43.50 £36.25 £55.00
% change year-on-year +20.00% -34.09% +11.11%

Power BI
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

Power BI
Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Power BI

Power BI
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Power BI in the Midlands over the 6 months to 25 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Power BI in the Midlands

Power BI
Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Power BI

Power BI
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 25 September 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 -20 79 £500 +11.11% 83
East Midlands -6 21 £425 +11.84% 59
Power BI
England

Power BI
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 14 (13.86%) SharePoint
2 3 (2.97%) Apache Pig
2 3 (2.97%) Apache Spark
2 3 (2.97%) Confluence
3 1 (0.99%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 28 (27.72%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (5.94%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (4.95%) MS Visio
4 4 (3.96%) Microsoft Office
5 3 (2.97%) Adobe Illustrator
5 3 (2.97%) Photoshop
6 2 (1.98%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.99%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.99%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (2.97%) SAP PM
2 1 (0.99%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.99%) SAP CO
2 1 (0.99%) SAP CRM
2 1 (0.99%) SAP FI
2 1 (0.99%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 101 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 29 (28.71%) Azure
3 13 (12.87%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 12 (11.88%) Azure Data Factory
5 10 (9.90%) PowerApps
6 9 (8.91%) Azure DevOps
7 7 (6.93%) Dynamics 365
8 6 (5.94%) AWS
8 6 (5.94%) Power Automate
8 6 (5.94%) SaaS
9 5 (4.95%) GitHub
9 5 (4.95%) GitHub Actions
10 4 (3.96%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 4 (3.96%) Microsoft 365
10 4 (3.96%) Microsoft Purview
11 3 (2.97%) Collibra
11 3 (2.97%) Lucidchart
11 3 (2.97%) Snowflake
12 2 (1.98%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 2 (1.98%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.98%) Firewall
2 1 (0.99%) Internet
2 1 (0.99%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (22.77%) Data Warehouse
2 19 (18.81%) Tableau
3 9 (8.91%) Data Mining
3 9 (8.91%) Hadoop
4 6 (5.94%) Azure SQL Database
4 6 (5.94%) Big Data
4 6 (5.94%) Power Query
4 6 (5.94%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 4 (3.96%) Apache Hive
5 4 (3.96%) Delta Lake
5 4 (3.96%) NoSQL
6 3 (2.97%) Data Lake
6 3 (2.97%) GIS
6 3 (2.97%) Metadata
6 3 (2.97%) Oracle Database
6 3 (2.97%) Relational Database
6 3 (2.97%) SQL Server
6 3 (2.97%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 2 (1.98%) QlikView
8 1 (0.99%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 15 (14.85%) JIRA
2 1 (0.99%) Git
2 1 (0.99%) Selenium
2 1 (0.99%) SpecFlow
2 1 (0.99%) Visual Studio
2 1 (0.99%) WebDriver
General
1 34 (33.66%) Social Skills
2 22 (21.78%) Analytical Skills
3 21 (20.79%) Finance
4 9 (8.91%) Manufacturing
5 8 (7.92%) Public Sector
6 5 (4.95%) Presentation Skills
6 5 (4.95%) Retail
7 4 (3.96%) Banking
7 4 (3.96%) Law
7 4 (3.96%) Legal
8 3 (2.97%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (1.98%) Aerospace
9 2 (1.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (1.98%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.99%) Billing
10 1 (0.99%) Corporate Banking
10 1 (0.99%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.99%) Investment Banking
10 1 (0.99%) Local Government
10 1 (0.99%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 25 (24.75%) Analyst
2 15 (14.85%) Data Analyst
3 12 (11.88%) Architect
4 10 (9.90%) Data Engineer
4 10 (9.90%) Lead
5 9 (8.91%) Data Scientist
5 9 (8.91%) Developer
6 8 (7.92%) Data Architect
7 7 (6.93%) Business Intelligence Developer
7 7 (6.93%) Project Manager
8 6 (5.94%) Power BI Developer
9 5 (4.95%) Report Analyst
10 4 (3.96%) Administrator
10 4 (3.96%) Enterprise Architect
10 4 (3.96%) Lead Data Analyst
10 4 (3.96%) Senior
11 3 (2.97%) Business Architect
11 3 (2.97%) Dynamics 365 Architect
11 3 (2.97%) JIRA Administrator
11 3 (2.97%) Security Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.96%) Kafka
1 4 (3.96%) REST
1 4 (3.96%) SailPoint
2 2 (1.98%) .NET
2 2 (1.98%) PySpark
3 1 (0.99%) JSON
3 1 (0.99%) NumPy
3 1 (0.99%) Pandas
3 1 (0.99%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (5.94%) Algorithms
1 6 (5.94%) Cloud Native
1 6 (5.94%) IoT
1 6 (5.94%) Management Information System
2 5 (4.95%) SCADA
3 3 (2.97%) e-Learning
3 3 (2.97%) Graphic Design
3 3 (2.97%) Greenfield Project
4 2 (1.98%) Data Structures
4 2 (1.98%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (1.98%) Low-Code
4 2 (1.98%) Pricing Data
5 1 (0.99%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (0.99%) CMDB
5 1 (0.99%) Data Centre
5 1 (0.99%) Data Fabric
5 1 (0.99%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (0.99%) Mainframe
5 1 (0.99%) Onboarding
5 1 (0.99%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.98%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 86 (85.15%) Business Intelligence
2 36 (35.64%) Analytics
3 31 (30.69%) Data Modelling
4 22 (21.78%) Visualisation
5 21 (20.79%) Agile
6 20 (19.80%) Decision-Making
7 15 (14.85%) Artificial Intelligence
7 15 (14.85%) ETL
8 14 (13.86%) Data Governance
8 14 (13.86%) Machine Learning
8 14 (13.86%) Stakeholder Management
9 13 (12.87%) Data Analysis
9 13 (12.87%) Data Management
9 13 (12.87%) Data Visualisation
10 12 (11.88%) Continuous Improvement
11 11 (10.89%) DevOps
11 11 (10.89%) Migration
12 10 (9.90%) Actionable Insight
12 10 (9.90%) Data Science
12 10 (9.90%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 40 (39.60%) SQL
2 25 (24.75%) Python
3 11 (10.89%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 8 (7.92%) R
5 6 (5.94%) Java
5 6 (5.94%) PowerShell
6 5 (4.95%) Scala
7 4 (3.96%) Bicep
8 3 (2.97%) Kusto Query Language
9 2 (1.98%) C#
9 2 (1.98%) JavaScript
9 2 (1.98%) VBA
10 1 (0.99%) C++
10 1 (0.99%) T-SQL
10 1 (0.99%) VB
10 1 (0.99%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 9 (8.91%) Security Cleared
2 7 (6.93%) Degree
3 6 (5.94%) SC Cleared
4 4 (3.96%) CISA
4 4 (3.96%) CISM
4 4 (3.96%) CISSP
4 4 (3.96%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
5 3 (2.97%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.99%) ACCA
6 1 (0.99%) Azure Certification
6 1 (0.99%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (0.99%) CIMA
6 1 (0.99%) CTC Cleared
6 1 (0.99%) IIBA
6 1 (0.99%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (0.99%) Master's Degree
6 1 (0.99%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (10.89%) Data Quality
2 6 (5.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (4.95%) GDPR
4 4 (3.96%) COBIT
4 4 (3.96%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 4 (3.96%) NIST
4 4 (3.96%) NIST 800
5 3 (2.97%) QA
6 2 (1.98%) Accessibility
6 2 (1.98%) PMO
7 1 (0.99%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.99%) ISO 19650
7 1 (0.99%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.99%) P3O
7 1 (0.99%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (0.99%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 5 (4.95%) Terraform
2 4 (3.96%) RSA Archer
2 4 (3.96%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.99%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 31 (30.69%) Microsoft
2 12 (11.88%) Databricks
3 8 (7.92%) SAP
4 6 (5.94%) Oracle
5 5 (4.95%) Alteryx
6 4 (3.96%) Informatica
6 4 (3.96%) Rapid7
6 4 (3.96%) ServiceNow
6 4 (3.96%) Splunk
7 3 (2.97%) Atlassian
7 3 (2.97%) Cognos
8 2 (1.98%) OpenText
9 1 (0.99%) Ab Initio
9 1 (0.99%) Anaplan
9 1 (0.99%) Citrix
9 1 (0.99%) Google
9 1 (0.99%) IBM
9 1 (0.99%) New Relic
9 1 (0.99%) QAD