Power BI Developer Contracts in the North West

Microsoft Power BI Developer
England > North West

The median Microsoft Power BI Developer daily rate in the North West is £418, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 11 August 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 125 112 140
Rank change year-on-year -13 +28 +35
Contract jobs requiring a Power BI Developer 8 13 13
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 0.36% 0.54% 0.43%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.40% 0.58% 0.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 12 11
10th Percentile £337 £350 £325
25th Percentile £387 £355 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £418 £406 £425
Median % change year-on-year +2.77% -4.41% +7.94%
75th Percentile £495 £452 £481
90th Percentile £508 £484 £488
England median daily rate £425 £496 £500
% change year-on-year -14.23% -0.90% +11.11%

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 2,022 2,251 2,832
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.87% 94.30% 93.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,297 1,366 1,951
10th Percentile £261 £265 £285
25th Percentile £367 £400 £401
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £493 £500
Median % change year-on-year -8.72% -1.40% +4.17%
75th Percentile £563 £587 £588
90th Percentile £658 £675 £673
England median daily rate £512 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.48% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 159 199 166
10th Percentile £13.00 £11.07 £15.75
25th Percentile £17.30 £16.58 £17.94
Median hourly rate £27.00 £35.00 £30.54
Median % change year-on-year -22.86% +14.60% +32.02%
75th Percentile £50.00 £55.79 £46.18
90th Percentile £73.75 £71.90 £65.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £45.00 £41.50
% change year-on-year -44.11% +8.43% +61.60%

Power BI Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings that featured Power BI Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for Power BI Developer in the North West

Power BI Developer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Power BI Developer in the North West.

Daily rate trend for Power BI Developer in the North West

Power BI Developer
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Power BI Developer in the North West over the 6 months to 11 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Power BI Developer in the North West

Power BI Developer
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 Developer within the North West region over the 6 months to 11 August 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 -6 3 £425 +3.03% 2
Lancashire - 2 £455 - 2
Cheshire -21 1 £355 -2.07%
Merseyside - 1 £500 - 2
Power BI Developer
England

Power BI Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West

For the 6 months to 11 August 2025, Power BI Developer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the North West region featuring Power BI Developer in the job title.

1 8 (100.00%) Power BI
1 8 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 7 (87.50%) Business Intelligence
3 5 (62.50%) SQL
4 4 (50.00%) Social Skills
5 3 (37.50%) Data Pipeline
5 3 (37.50%) Visualisation
5 3 (37.50%) Azure
5 3 (37.50%) Data Modelling
5 3 (37.50%) Microsoft
5 3 (37.50%) Data Governance
6 2 (25.00%) Degree
6 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
6 2 (25.00%) Finance
6 2 (25.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 2 (25.00%) Data Visualisation
6 2 (25.00%) Dashboard Development
6 2 (25.00%) Actionable Insight
6 2 (25.00%) Data Lake
6 2 (25.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 2 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
7 1 (12.50%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (12.50%) Snowflake
7 1 (12.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (12.50%) Power Query
7 1 (12.50%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (12.50%) Azure Data Factory
7 1 (12.50%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (12.50%) Data Science
7 1 (12.50%) PowerApps

Power BI Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 1 (12.50%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (12.50%) IBM Planning Analytics
Cloud Services
1 8 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 3 (37.50%) Azure
3 2 (25.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 1 (12.50%) AWS
4 1 (12.50%) Azure Data Factory
4 1 (12.50%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (12.50%) Power Automate
4 1 (12.50%) PowerApps
4 1 (12.50%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (100.00%) Power BI
2 2 (25.00%) Data Lake
3 1 (12.50%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (12.50%) Power Query
3 1 (12.50%) SQL Server
3 1 (12.50%) Star Schema
General
1 4 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Finance
3 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (12.50%) Local Government
3 1 (12.50%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Data Structures
1 1 (12.50%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (87.50%) Business Intelligence
2 3 (37.50%) Data Governance
2 3 (37.50%) Data Modelling
2 3 (37.50%) Data Pipeline
2 3 (37.50%) Visualisation
3 2 (25.00%) Actionable Insight
3 2 (25.00%) Dashboard Development
3 2 (25.00%) Data Visualisation
3 2 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (12.50%) Analytics
4 1 (12.50%) Artificial Intelligence
4 1 (12.50%) Data Analysis
4 1 (12.50%) Data Science
4 1 (12.50%) Data Transformation
4 1 (12.50%) ETL
4 1 (12.50%) Machine Learning
4 1 (12.50%) Migration
4 1 (12.50%) Prototyping
4 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (12.50%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 5 (62.50%) SQL
2 2 (25.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) Degree
2 1 (12.50%) Computer Science Degree
Vendors
1 3 (37.50%) Microsoft
2 1 (12.50%) Capita
2 1 (12.50%) Cognos
2 1 (12.50%) Veeam
2 1 (12.50%) VMware