Power BI Developer Contracts in the UK excluding London

Microsoft Power BI Developer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Microsoft Power BI Developer daily rate in the UK excluding London is £425, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 304 333 402
Rank change year-on-year +29 +69 +22
Contract jobs requiring a Power BI Developer 32 66 60
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.25% 0.32% 0.25%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.27% 0.34% 0.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 56 49
10th Percentile £339 £306 £345
25th Percentile £361 £362 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £415 £450
Median % change year-on-year +2.41% -7.78% +12.50%
75th Percentile £456 £504 £494
90th Percentile £473 £544 £582
UK median daily rate £425 £460 £475
% change year-on-year -7.61% -3.16% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £25.00 - -
UK median hourly rate £38.85 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 11,767 19,240 22,667
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.17% 92.63% 94.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,552 11,748 15,893
10th Percentile £213 £213 £225
25th Percentile £363 £363 £395
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £492 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.46% -1.60% +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £598 £595
90th Percentile £650 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 829 2,243 1,165
10th Percentile £14.00 £12.50 £13.45
25th Percentile £17.61 £15.75 £18.09
Median hourly rate £28.00 £39.55 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -29.20% -6.94% +117.95%
75th Percentile £64.50 £61.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £73.75 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%

Power BI Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Power BI Developer in the UK excluding London

Power BI Developer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Power BI Developer in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Power BI Developer in the UK excluding London

Power BI Developer
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Power BI Developer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Power BI Developer in the UK excluding London

Power BI Developer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Power BI Developer in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Power BI Developer in the UK excluding London

Power BI Developer
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
North of England +10 9 £425 +6.25% 4
Midlands +21 8 £412 +17.57% 4
West Midlands +14 8 £412 +13.52% 4
South West +43 6 £406 -18.75% 2
South East +39 5 £368 -20.11% 6
North West +9 5 £425 +6.25% 2
Scotland +10 4 £425 -2.86%
Yorkshire +7 3 £425 +6.25% 1
North East 0 1 £375 - 1
Power BI Developer
UK

Power BI Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 1 May 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 UK excluding London region featuring Power BI Developer in the job title.

1 32 (100.00%) Power BI
1 32 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 31 (96.88%) Business Intelligence
3 17 (53.13%) SQL
4 16 (50.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 13 (40.63%) Visualisation
6 11 (34.38%) Data Modelling
7 10 (31.25%) Data Visualisation
8 8 (25.00%) Social Skills
8 8 (25.00%) Power Query
9 7 (21.88%) Azure
9 7 (21.88%) Microsoft
10 6 (18.75%) ETL
10 6 (18.75%) Data Analysis
10 6 (18.75%) Decision-Making
11 5 (15.63%) Problem-Solving
11 5 (15.63%) PowerApps
11 5 (15.63%) Analytics
12 4 (12.50%) User Experience
12 4 (12.50%) Data Warehouse
12 4 (12.50%) SQL Server
12 4 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
13 3 (9.38%) Agile
13 3 (9.38%) Analytical Skills
13 3 (9.38%) UX Design
13 3 (9.38%) SC Cleared
13 3 (9.38%) Security Cleared
13 3 (9.38%) Actionable Insight
13 3 (9.38%) Databricks
14 2 (6.25%) Dashboard Development

Power BI Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 (3.13%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (3.13%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 32 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 7 (21.88%) Azure
3 5 (15.63%) PowerApps
4 2 (6.25%) AWS
4 2 (6.25%) Power Automate
5 1 (3.13%) Azure Data Factory
5 1 (3.13%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 1 (3.13%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (3.13%) GCP
5 1 (3.13%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (3.13%) SuccessFactors
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (100.00%) Power BI
2 8 (25.00%) Power Query
3 4 (12.50%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (12.50%) SQL Server
4 2 (6.25%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 2 (6.25%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 2 (6.25%) Tableau
5 1 (3.13%) BusinessObjects
5 1 (3.13%) Data Mining
5 1 (3.13%) Looker
5 1 (3.13%) OLAP
5 1 (3.13%) RDBMS
5 1 (3.13%) Relational Database
5 1 (3.13%) Semantic Layer
5 1 (3.13%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 1 (3.13%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 8 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (9.38%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (3.13%) Automotive
3 1 (3.13%) Finance
3 1 (3.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (3.13%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (3.13%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.13%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.13%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (3.13%) FMCG
1 1 (3.13%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (96.88%) Business Intelligence
2 13 (40.63%) Visualisation
3 11 (34.38%) Data Modelling
4 10 (31.25%) Data Visualisation
5 6 (18.75%) Data Analysis
5 6 (18.75%) Decision-Making
5 6 (18.75%) ETL
6 5 (15.63%) Analytics
6 5 (15.63%) Problem-Solving
7 4 (12.50%) User Experience
8 3 (9.38%) Actionable Insight
8 3 (9.38%) Agile
8 3 (9.38%) UX Design
9 2 (6.25%) Dashboard Development
9 2 (6.25%) Data Extraction
9 2 (6.25%) Data Governance
9 2 (6.25%) Requirements Gathering
9 2 (6.25%) Validation
10 1 (3.13%) Prototyping
10 1 (3.13%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 17 (53.13%) SQL
2 16 (50.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 2 (6.25%) Python
3 2 (6.25%) R
4 1 (3.13%) C#
4 1 (3.13%) T-SQL
4 1 (3.13%) XMLA
Qualifications
1 3 (9.38%) SC Cleared
1 3 (9.38%) Security Cleared
2 1 (3.13%) Degree
Vendors
1 7 (21.88%) Microsoft
2 3 (9.38%) Databricks
3 2 (6.25%) Sage
3 2 (6.25%) SAP
4 1 (3.13%) Cognos
4 1 (3.13%) Google