Power BI Contract Job Trends in Northern Ireland

Microsoft Power BI
UK > Northern Ireland

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Northern Ireland requiring Power BI skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 38 28 23
Rank change year-on-year -10 -5 +6
Contract jobs citing Power BI 3 6 5
As % of all contract jobs in Northern Ireland 1.18% 3.05% 3.21%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 8.82% 15.79% 19.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 4
10th Percentile £499 - £134
25th Percentile £516 - £144
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 - £225
Median % change year-on-year - - -50.00%
75th Percentile £591 - £350
90th Percentile £596 - £440
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £16.00
UK median hourly rate £27.51 £30.00 £35.16
% change year-on-year -8.32% -14.68% +0.46%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
Northern Ireland

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 Northern Ireland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 34 38 26
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 13.33% 19.29% 16.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 14 18
10th Percentile £366 £432 £185
25th Percentile £400 £463 £303
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £519 £500 £494
Median % change year-on-year +3.75% +1.27% -1.25%
75th Percentile £634 £538 £500
90th Percentile £709 £564 £516
UK median daily rate £500 £527 £533
% change year-on-year -5.17% -1.08% -3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £11.59
25th Percentile - - £12.32
Median hourly rate - - £13.60
75th Percentile - - £14.82
90th Percentile - - £15.53
UK median hourly rate £43.50 £30.11 £46.18
% change year-on-year +44.49% -34.81% +2.62%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Power BI relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland.

Power BI job vacancy trend in Northern Ireland

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Daily Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing Power BI.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing Power BI

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Hourly Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing Power BI.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing Power BI

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Contract Job Locations in Northern Ireland

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 Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 13 November 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
County Antrim -9 3 £563 - 11
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UK

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northern Ireland 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:

Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) Tableau
General
1 3 (100.00%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Banking
2 1 (33.33%) Financial Institution
2 1 (33.33%) Front Office
2 1 (33.33%) Investment Banking
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Banking Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Business Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Business Data Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Consultant
1 1 (33.33%) Data Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) PMO Consultant
1 1 (33.33%) Senior
1 1 (33.33%) Senior Consultant
1 1 (33.33%) Senior PMO
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (33.33%) Actionable Insight
2 1 (33.33%) Data Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) Python
1 2 (66.67%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) Data Quality
2 1 (33.33%) EMIR
2 1 (33.33%) MiFID
2 1 (33.33%) PMO