Power BI Engineer Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Microsoft Power BI Engineer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Microsoft Power BI Engineer daily rate in the UK excluding London is £425, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 17 December 2025.

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

6 months to
17 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 405 353 405
Rank change year-on-year -52 +52 +86
Contract jobs requiring a Power BI Engineer 4 1 6
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.022% 0.007% 0.031%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.024% 0.007% 0.033%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 4
10th Percentile £325 - -
25th Percentile £363 - £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 - £481
75th Percentile £488 - £531
90th Percentile £525 - £543
UK median daily rate £500 £575 £475
% change year-on-year -13.04% +21.05% -13.64%

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 16,342 13,889 18,269
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.08% 92.35% 93.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,051 8,287 11,933
10th Percentile £210 £213 £213
25th Percentile £366 £363 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £490 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% -
75th Percentile £575 £594 £600
90th Percentile £675 £676 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,641 813 1,199
10th Percentile £13.85 £15.25 £14.36
25th Percentile £17.48 £20.24 £18.50
Median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.62% -27.78% +80.00%
75th Percentile £57.50 £64.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.16 £71.25 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £33.52 £45.00
% change year-on-year -24.97% -25.51% +50.00%

Power BI Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Power BI Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Power BI Engineer job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Power BI Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Power BI Engineer job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Power BI Engineer job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Power BI Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Power BI Engineer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 17 December 2025.

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

Power BI Engineer
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 Engineer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 17 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
North West - 3 £425 -
North of England - 3 £425 -
South East - 1 - - 1
Power BI Engineer
UK

Power BI Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 17 December 2025, Power BI Engineer 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 UK excluding London region featuring Power BI Engineer in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Azure
1 4 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 4 (100.00%) Power BI
1 4 (100.00%) Power Platform
1 4 (100.00%) SQL
2 2 (50.00%) Analytics
2 2 (50.00%) Azure SQL Database
2 2 (50.00%) Data Engineering
2 2 (50.00%) SC Cleared
2 2 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (50.00%) Virgin Media
3 1 (25.00%) Agile
3 1 (25.00%) Azure Data Factory
3 1 (25.00%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (25.00%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (25.00%) Customer Experience
3 1 (25.00%) Dashboard Development
3 1 (25.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 1 (25.00%) Data Development
3 1 (25.00%) Data Protection
3 1 (25.00%) Data Transformation
3 1 (25.00%) DevOps
3 1 (25.00%) MDX
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (25.00%) MicroStrategy
3 1 (25.00%) Oracle
3 1 (25.00%) PySpark
3 1 (25.00%) Python
3 1 (25.00%) Qlik Sense
3 1 (25.00%) SAS

Power BI Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 (25.00%) SAS
Cloud Services
1 4 (100.00%) Azure
1 4 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 1 (25.00%) Azure Data Factory
2 1 (25.00%) Azure DevOps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (100.00%) Power BI
2 2 (50.00%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (25.00%) Qlik Sense
3 1 (25.00%) SQL Server
3 1 (25.00%) Tableau
General
1 2 (50.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) MDX
1 1 (25.00%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Onboarding
2 1 (25.00%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (50.00%) Analytics
2 2 (50.00%) Data Engineering
3 1 (25.00%) Agile
3 1 (25.00%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (25.00%) Customer Experience
3 1 (25.00%) Dashboard Development
3 1 (25.00%) Data Development
3 1 (25.00%) Data Protection
3 1 (25.00%) Data Transformation
3 1 (25.00%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) SQL
2 1 (25.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
2 1 (25.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Virgin Media
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) MicroStrategy
2 1 (25.00%) Oracle