Power BI Contracts in the UK excluding London

Microsoft Power BI
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Power BI skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Power BI over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 75 63 76
Rank change year-on-year -12 +13 +11
Contract jobs citing Power BI 416 617 718
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 3.19% 2.98% 3.15%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 19.92% 24.00% 21.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 283 448 504
10th Percentile £280 £281 £263
25th Percentile £363 £366 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £450
75th Percentile £525 £538 £539
90th Percentile £600 £600 £638
UK median daily rate £475 £475 £500
% change year-on-year - -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 24 32
10th Percentile £18.15 £14.00 £22.39
25th Percentile £19.12 £15.42 £26.21
Median hourly rate £25.75 £22.07 £53.75
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -58.94% +131.18%
75th Percentile £31.74 £43.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £33.10 - £74.75
UK median hourly rate £31.64 £23.82 £51.25
% change year-on-year +32.82% -53.52% +97.12%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
UK excluding London

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 the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 2,088 2,571 3,386
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 16.02% 12.41% 14.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,432 1,821 2,411
10th Percentile £313 £313 £338
25th Percentile £400 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year - -5.00% -
75th Percentile £560 £575 £600
90th Percentile £638 £675 £688
UK median daily rate £519 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -1.19% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 60 106 109
10th Percentile £18.72 £13.59 £21.80
25th Percentile £22.66 £17.50 £32.30
Median hourly rate £30.82 £36.75 £58.59
Median % change year-on-year -16.14% -37.28% +67.40%
75th Percentile £65.62 £60.50 £73.71
90th Percentile £70.00 £73.75 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £32.96 £40.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year -17.60% -33.33% +33.33%

Power BI
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Power BI as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Power BI in the UK excluding London

Power BI
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Power BI in the UK excluding London

Power BI
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Power BI in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Power BI in the UK excluding London

Power BI
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for Power BI in the UK excluding London

Power BI
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Power BI in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Power BI in the UK excluding London

Power BI
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 within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 31 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 -13 115 £450 - 271
Midlands -4 93 £475 +11.76% 181
South East +7 83 £463 +2.78% 237
West Midlands +2 78 £493 +15.88% 118
Yorkshire +22 55 £425 -8.11% 94
North West -28 54 £496 +10.25% 145
South West +1 49 £425 -8.11% 101
Scotland -24 41 £420 -6.67% 67
East of England +20 28 £500 +21.95% 54
East Midlands -9 13 £463 +19.35% 59
Wales +2 10 £275 -45.00% 34
North East +2 8 £450 -32.08% 36
Northern Ireland -9 5 £575 +70.37% 11
Power BI
UK

Power BI
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 63 (15.14%) SharePoint
2 11 (2.64%) Confluence
3 6 (1.44%) Apache Airflow
4 5 (1.20%) Microsoft Exchange
5 4 (0.96%) Apache
5 4 (0.96%) IBM Domino
6 3 (0.72%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.48%) CMS
8 1 (0.24%) Oracle Application Server
8 1 (0.24%) SAS
Applications
1 103 (24.76%) Microsoft Excel
2 24 (5.77%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 16 (3.85%) Microsoft Office
4 14 (3.37%) MS Visio
5 8 (1.92%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.72%) InfoPath
6 3 (0.72%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.24%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.24%) Revit
7 1 (0.24%) Trello
Business Applications
1 15 (3.61%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (1.20%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.96%) NetSuite
4 3 (0.72%) SAP PM
5 2 (0.48%) Maximo
5 2 (0.48%) Oracle ERP
5 2 (0.48%) SAP ERP
5 2 (0.48%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 1 (0.24%) Dynamics AX
6 1 (0.24%) Elite 3E
6 1 (0.24%) IBM Planning Analytics
6 1 (0.24%) Misys Midas
6 1 (0.24%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.24%) Oracle General Ledger
6 1 (0.24%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.24%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.24%) Shopify
6 1 (0.24%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 416 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 110 (26.44%) Azure
3 57 (13.70%) PowerApps
4 54 (12.98%) Power Automate
5 40 (9.62%) Microsoft 365
6 34 (8.17%) Dynamics 365
7 30 (7.21%) Snowflake
8 24 (5.77%) Azure DevOps
9 21 (5.05%) AWS
10 18 (4.33%) Azure Data Factory
11 16 (3.85%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 16 (3.85%) GCP
12 9 (2.16%) GitHub
13 6 (1.44%) dbt
14 5 (1.20%) Copilot Studio
14 5 (1.20%) Serverless
15 4 (0.96%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 4 (0.96%) Entra ID
15 4 (0.96%) Microsoft Purview
15 4 (0.96%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 9 (2.16%) Firewall
2 8 (1.92%) Internet
3 7 (1.68%) VPN
4 6 (1.44%) Network Security
5 3 (0.72%) Radio Access Network
6 1 (0.24%) DNS
6 1 (0.24%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 71 (17.07%) Tableau
2 66 (15.87%) Data Warehouse
3 27 (6.49%) SQL Server
4 25 (6.01%) Power Query
5 20 (4.81%) Data Lake
6 17 (4.09%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 16 (3.85%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 14 (3.37%) Relational Database
9 12 (2.88%) Azure SQL Database
10 11 (2.64%) Metadata
11 10 (2.40%) Looker
12 7 (1.68%) BigQuery
12 7 (1.68%) Qlik Sense
13 6 (1.44%) NoSQL
13 6 (1.44%) Oracle Database
14 5 (1.20%) Delta Lake
14 5 (1.20%) QlikView
14 5 (1.20%) RDBMS
15 4 (0.96%) Big Data
15 4 (0.96%) BusinessObjects
Development Applications
1 23 (5.53%) JIRA
2 7 (1.68%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 6 (1.44%) Visual Studio
4 4 (0.96%) ERwin
5 3 (0.72%) Git
5 3 (0.72%) Oracle Forms
6 2 (0.48%) Hudson
6 2 (0.48%) Postman
6 2 (0.48%) Team Foundation Server
7 1 (0.24%) ER Studio
7 1 (0.24%) Flyway
7 1 (0.24%) Liquibase
7 1 (0.24%) RStudio
7 1 (0.24%) ScriptRunner
7 1 (0.24%) Selenium
7 1 (0.24%) SoapUI
7 1 (0.24%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.24%) SpecFlow
7 1 (0.24%) tSQLt
7 1 (0.24%) WebDriver
General
1 147 (35.34%) Social Skills
2 102 (24.52%) Analytical Skills
3 94 (22.60%) Finance
4 38 (9.13%) Public Sector
5 17 (4.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 16 (3.85%) Banking
7 14 (3.37%) Local Government
7 14 (3.37%) Manufacturing
8 13 (3.13%) Retail
9 12 (2.88%) Influencing Skills
10 11 (2.64%) Marketing
11 10 (2.40%) Presentation Skills
12 7 (1.68%) Pharmaceutical
13 6 (1.44%) Law
13 6 (1.44%) Legal
13 6 (1.44%) Military
13 6 (1.44%) Organisational Skills
14 4 (0.96%) Documentation Skills
14 4 (0.96%) Telecoms
15 3 (0.72%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 149 (35.82%) Analyst
2 79 (18.99%) Data Analyst
3 69 (16.59%) Developer
4 41 (9.86%) Power BI Developer
5 40 (9.62%) Business Intelligence Developer
6 28 (6.73%) Data Engineer
7 27 (6.49%) Business Analyst
8 26 (6.25%) Senior
9 24 (5.77%) Lead
10 22 (5.29%) Architect
11 20 (4.81%) Consultant
12 18 (4.33%) Business Intelligence Analyst
13 13 (3.13%) Project Manager
14 11 (2.64%) Data Architect
14 11 (2.64%) Solutions Architect
14 11 (2.64%) Technical Analyst
15 9 (2.16%) Business Data Analyst
15 9 (2.16%) Data Business Analyst
15 9 (2.16%) PMO Analyst
16 8 (1.92%) Data Scientist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (3.13%) .NET
2 8 (1.92%) Kafka
3 7 (1.68%) React
4 6 (1.44%) PySpark
5 5 (1.20%) CSS
5 5 (1.20%) HTML
5 5 (1.20%) Web Services
6 4 (0.96%) .NET Core
6 4 (0.96%) .NET Framework
6 4 (0.96%) ADO
6 4 (0.96%) AngularJS
6 4 (0.96%) Entity Framework
6 4 (0.96%) LDAP
6 4 (0.96%) Pandas
6 4 (0.96%) REST
7 3 (0.72%) ARM Templates
7 3 (0.72%) ASP.NET
7 3 (0.72%) ASP.NET MVC
7 3 (0.72%) HTML5 Canvas
7 3 (0.72%) NumPy
Miscellaneous
1 17 (4.09%) Management Information System
2 11 (2.64%) Onboarding
2 11 (2.64%) Self-Motivation
3 10 (2.40%) Low-Code
4 9 (2.16%) Legacy Systems
5 8 (1.92%) Cloud Native
5 8 (1.92%) IoT
6 7 (1.68%) Data Protection Act
6 7 (1.68%) Data Structures
6 7 (1.68%) Security Posture
6 7 (1.68%) Video Conferencing
7 6 (1.44%) Learning Management System
7 6 (1.44%) Life Science
7 6 (1.44%) NHS
8 5 (1.20%) Enterprise Software
8 5 (1.20%) SCADA
9 4 (0.96%) Analytical Mindset
9 4 (0.96%) e-Learning
9 4 (0.96%) FMCG
9 4 (0.96%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 8 (1.92%) Windows
2 5 (1.20%) Linux
3 2 (0.48%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.24%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 372 (89.42%) Business Intelligence
2 120 (28.85%) Analytics
3 111 (26.68%) Problem-Solving
4 98 (23.56%) Visualisation
5 97 (23.32%) Data Modelling
6 96 (23.08%) Data Analysis
7 74 (17.79%) Agile
8 67 (16.11%) Data Visualisation
9 64 (15.38%) ETL
10 62 (14.90%) Decision-Making
11 53 (12.74%) Migration
12 50 (12.02%) Data Governance
13 45 (10.82%) Stakeholder Management
14 40 (9.62%) Actionable Insight
15 36 (8.65%) DevOps
16 34 (8.17%) Data Analytics
16 34 (8.17%) Data Management
17 32 (7.69%) Data Pipeline
18 30 (7.21%) Data Integration
19 28 (6.73%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 190 (45.67%) SQL
2 70 (16.83%) Python
3 40 (9.62%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 18 (4.33%) PowerShell
5 17 (4.09%) C#
6 15 (3.61%) R
7 14 (3.37%) T-SQL
8 13 (3.13%) JavaScript
9 7 (1.68%) Bicep
10 6 (1.44%) VBA
11 5 (1.20%) Java
12 3 (0.72%) Bash
12 3 (0.72%) Kusto Query Language
12 3 (0.72%) PL/SQL
13 2 (0.48%) TypeScript
13 2 (0.48%) VB
14 1 (0.24%) ANSI SQL
14 1 (0.24%) Korn
14 1 (0.24%) X++
14 1 (0.24%) XMLA
Qualifications
1 51 (12.26%) Degree
2 34 (8.17%) Security Cleared
3 25 (6.01%) SC Cleared
4 9 (2.16%) Master's Degree
4 9 (2.16%) Microsoft Certification
5 6 (1.44%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (1.20%) Azure Certification
7 4 (0.96%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (0.72%) CISM
8 3 (0.72%) CISSP
8 3 (0.72%) Numerate Degree
8 3 (0.72%) PMI Certification
9 2 (0.48%) CTC Cleared
9 2 (0.48%) ISACA
9 2 (0.48%) PMP
9 2 (0.48%) Tableau Certification
10 1 (0.24%) CBAP
10 1 (0.24%) DBS Check
10 1 (0.24%) Six Sigma Green Belt
10 1 (0.24%) SnowPro
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 51 (12.26%) Data Quality
2 19 (4.57%) PMO
3 18 (4.33%) GDPR
4 12 (2.88%) QA
5 6 (1.44%) Accessibility
5 6 (1.44%) Disclosure Scotland
6 3 (0.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (0.72%) P3O
7 2 (0.48%) HL7
7 2 (0.48%) SLA
8 1 (0.24%) COSHH
8 1 (0.24%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 7 (1.68%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 12 (2.88%) Terraform
2 7 (1.68%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (0.96%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (0.72%) Grafana
4 3 (0.72%) Kubernetes
4 3 (0.72%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.48%) HP Data Protector
5 2 (0.48%) NetBackup
6 1 (0.24%) Ansible
6 1 (0.24%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 132 (31.73%) Microsoft
2 31 (7.45%) SAP
3 26 (6.25%) Databricks
4 18 (4.33%) Oracle
5 13 (3.13%) Google
6 11 (2.64%) Ariba
7 9 (2.16%) ServiceNow
8 6 (1.44%) Cognos
9 5 (1.20%) Salesforce
10 4 (0.96%) CyberArk
10 4 (0.96%) Informatica
11 3 (0.72%) Adobe
11 3 (0.72%) Alteryx
11 3 (0.72%) Anaplan
11 3 (0.72%) Qualys
11 3 (0.72%) Workday
12 2 (0.48%) Liquidlogic
12 2 (0.48%) Sparx
12 2 (0.48%) TikTok
12 2 (0.48%) Virgin Media