Power BI Specialist Contract Job Trends in the South East

Microsoft Power BI Specialist
England > South East

The median Microsoft Power BI Specialist daily rate in the South East is £450, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 14 May 2026.

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

6 months to
14 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 207 152 -
Rank change year-on-year -55 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Power BI Specialist 3 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.051% 0.034% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.055% 0.037% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £425 £363 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £375 -
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% - -
75th Percentile £506 £388 -
90th Percentile £525 - -
England median daily rate £488 £425 £351
% change year-on-year +14.71% +21.00% -24.05%

All Contract IT Job Roles
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the South East. 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 South East with a recognized job title 5,407 2,720 5,057
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.82% 91.46% 92.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,351 1,807 3,044
10th Percentile £300 £230 £213
25th Percentile £413 £379 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +3.00% - -
75th Percentile £613 £600 £619
90th Percentile £700 £663 £688
England median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 515 161 481
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.20 £12.78
25th Percentile £25.00 £19.97 £18.32
Median hourly rate £55.00 £32.50 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +69.23% -31.58% -
75th Percentile £81.53 £63.75 £62.50
90th Percentile £88.00 £75.00 £77.50
England median hourly rate £46.50 £30.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year +55.00% -20.00% -14.88%

Power BI Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Power BI Specialist' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Power BI Specialist job vacancy trend in the South East

Power BI Specialist
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Power BI Specialist job vacancies in the South East.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Power BI Specialist job vacancies in the South East

Power BI Specialist
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Power BI Specialist within the South East region over the 6 months to 14 May 2026. 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 Sussex - 2 £450 -
Hampshire - 1 £525 -
Power BI Specialist
England

Power BI Specialist Skill Set
Top 25 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 14 May 2026, Power BI Specialist 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 South East region featuring Power BI Specialist in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Power BI
1 3 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 2 (66.67%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (66.67%) Data-Driven Decision Making
2 2 (66.67%) Decision-Making
2 2 (66.67%) Service Delivery
3 1 (33.33%) Accessibility
3 1 (33.33%) Agile
3 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) CRM
3 1 (33.33%) Customer Insight
3 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (33.33%) Data Governance
3 1 (33.33%) Data Modelling
3 1 (33.33%) Data Pipeline
3 1 (33.33%) Data Protection
3 1 (33.33%) Data Quality
3 1 (33.33%) Databricks
3 1 (33.33%) GDPR
3 1 (33.33%) Identity Management
3 1 (33.33%) Migration
3 1 (33.33%) Salesforce
3 1 (33.33%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (33.33%) SharePoint
3 1 (33.33%) Vulnerability Management

Power BI Specialist Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 (33.33%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) Power BI
General
1 1 (33.33%) Finance
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) Data-Driven Decision Making
1 2 (66.67%) Decision-Making
1 2 (66.67%) Service Delivery
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) CRM
2 1 (33.33%) Customer Insight
2 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (33.33%) Data Governance
2 1 (33.33%) Data Modelling
2 1 (33.33%) Data Pipeline
2 1 (33.33%) Data Protection
2 1 (33.33%) Identity Management
2 1 (33.33%) Migration
2 1 (33.33%) Vulnerability Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) Accessibility
1 1 (33.33%) Data Quality
1 1 (33.33%) GDPR
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Databricks
1 1 (33.33%) Salesforce