Power BI Consultant Contract Job Trends in the North West

Microsoft Power BI Consultant
England > North West

The median Microsoft Power BI Consultant daily rate in the North West is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 25 December 2025.

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

6 months to
25 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 148 119 -
Rank change year-on-year -29 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Power BI Consultant 2 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 0.079% 0.046% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.087% 0.050% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 -
England median daily rate £444 £488 £500
% change year-on-year -8.97% -2.50% +5.26%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
North West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the North West. 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 North West with a recognized job title 2,312 2,000 2,454
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.42% 92.81% 92.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,498 1,130 1,693
10th Percentile £213 £250 £306
25th Percentile £358 £380 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +2.56%
75th Percentile £575 £571 £600
90th Percentile £650 £656 £682
England median daily rate £508 £525 £528
% change year-on-year -3.33% -0.47% -4.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 216 112 179
10th Percentile £17.30 £15.37 £15.75
25th Percentile £21.19 £17.44 £17.74
Median hourly rate £30.99 £25.94 £35.50
Median % change year-on-year +19.46% -26.92% +68.65%
75th Percentile £56.44 £46.18 £46.91
90th Percentile £69.35 £67.25 £64.00
England median hourly rate £26.30 £35.50 £45.88
% change year-on-year -25.92% -22.62% +41.17%

Power BI Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Power BI Consultant job vacancy trend in the North West

Power BI Consultant
Daily Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Power BI Consultant job vacancies in the North West.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Power BI Consultant job vacancies in the North West

Power BI Consultant
Contract Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Power BI Consultant within the North West region over the 6 months to 25 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
Manchester -14 1 - -
Merseyside - 1 £500 -
Power BI Consultant
England

Power BI Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West

For the 6 months to 25 December 2025, Power BI Consultant 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 North West region featuring Power BI Consultant in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Data Pipeline
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (100.00%) Power BI
1 2 (100.00%) Power Platform
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
2 1 (50.00%) Capita
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (50.00%) Data Modelling
2 1 (50.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (50.00%) Data Quality
2 1 (50.00%) Data Reconciliation
2 1 (50.00%) Data Science
2 1 (50.00%) Data Transformation
2 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) Mathematics
2 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) Migration
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Monitoring
2 1 (50.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (50.00%) Snowflake
2 1 (50.00%) Snowflake Schema
2 1 (50.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Star Schema
2 1 (50.00%) Translating Business Requirements
2 1 (50.00%) Validation

Power BI Consultant Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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 (50.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 1 (50.00%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Power BI
2 1 (50.00%) Snowflake Schema
2 1 (50.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (50.00%) Star Schema
General
1 1 (50.00%) Local Government
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (50.00%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Data Pipeline
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (50.00%) Data Modelling
2 1 (50.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (50.00%) Data Reconciliation
2 1 (50.00%) Data Science
2 1 (50.00%) Data Transformation
2 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (50.00%) Mathematics
2 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (50.00%) Migration
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Monitoring
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Translating Business Requirements
2 1 (50.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Capita
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft