Power BI Contracts in the UK excluding London

Microsoft Power BI
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for Power BI skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Power BI over the 6 months to 21 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
21 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 60 70 89
Rank change year-on-year +10 +19 -11
Contract jobs citing Power BI 621 746 893
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 3.07% 3.25% 2.91%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 24.28% 21.47% 16.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 460 522 684
10th Percentile £281 £260 £300
25th Percentile £371 £363 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.88%
75th Percentile £538 £538 £550
90th Percentile £613 £638 £638
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +6.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 33 33
10th Percentile £14.00 £19.40 £14.25
25th Percentile £15.42 £24.63 £18.36
Median hourly rate £22.86 £49.57 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -53.89% +120.31% +18.42%
75th Percentile £43.75 £65.00 £35.00
90th Percentile - £73.75 £59.40
UK median hourly rate £24.43 £40.50 £23.00
% change year-on-year -39.68% +76.09% +8.24%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
UK excluding London

Power BI is in the Databases and Business Intelligence category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 2,558 3,474 5,352
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 12.63% 15.16% 17.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,812 2,489 3,856
10th Percentile £313 £338 £326
25th Percentile £400 £413 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £495
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +1.01% +10.00%
75th Percentile £575 £598 £586
90th Percentile £675 £688 £663
UK median daily rate £525 £546 £549
% change year-on-year -3.85% -0.55% +9.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 102 108 131
10th Percentile £13.52 £21.14 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.50 £30.54 £20.75
Median hourly rate £39.25 £55.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -28.64% +57.14% +43.44%
75th Percentile £60.50 £69.06 £61.08
90th Percentile £74.75 £76.43 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £57.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -30.43% +27.78% +68.35%

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 21 May 2024.

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 21 May 2024.

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 21 May 2024. 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 +3 157 £450 - 150
South East +1 130 £450 -2.17% 141
Midlands +19 126 £425 -11.46% 120
North West -2 105 £450 -1.37% 99
South West +11 100 £481 +6.94% 73
West Midlands +13 96 £425 -12.14% 79
Scotland +34 73 £465 -2.11% 28
Yorkshire +19 45 £450 - 37
East of England -29 34 £410 +2.50% 50
East Midlands +17 29 £400 +23.08% 41
Wales +21 11 £500 +74.67% 13
North East +7 7 £663 +10.42% 14
Northern Ireland -6 2 £338 -25.00% 5
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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 37 (5.96%) SharePoint
2 24 (3.86%) Confluence
3 17 (2.74%) Microsoft Exchange
4 12 (1.93%) SAS
5 6 (0.97%) Apache
6 5 (0.81%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.32%) Umbraco
8 1 (0.16%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.16%) GeoServer
8 1 (0.16%) Jadu
Applications
1 107 (17.23%) Microsoft Excel
2 25 (4.03%) Microsoft Office
3 19 (3.06%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (1.13%) Microsoft Project
5 5 (0.81%) Spreadsheet
6 4 (0.64%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.16%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 15 (2.42%) Dynamics CRM
1 15 (2.42%) Remedy ITSM
2 7 (1.13%) Oracle EBS
3 4 (0.64%) Maximo
3 4 (0.64%) NetSuite
3 4 (0.64%) Oracle ERP
4 2 (0.32%) Dynamics AX
4 2 (0.32%) SAP BPC
4 2 (0.32%) SAP Business One
4 2 (0.32%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.16%) Epicor Tropos
5 1 (0.16%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (0.16%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.16%) Relativity
5 1 (0.16%) Shopify
5 1 (0.16%) SystmOne
5 1 (0.16%) Veritas eDiscovery
Cloud Services
1 621 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 198 (31.88%) Azure
3 84 (13.53%) PowerApps
4 82 (13.20%) Power Automate
5 70 (11.27%) Azure Data Factory
6 43 (6.92%) Dynamics 365
7 33 (5.31%) Azure DevOps
8 29 (4.67%) AWS
8 29 (4.67%) Snowflake
9 28 (4.51%) Microsoft 365
10 27 (4.35%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 21 (3.38%) Entra ID
12 17 (2.74%) Serverless
13 16 (2.58%) GCP
14 15 (2.42%) Azure Functions
15 14 (2.25%) Collibra
16 11 (1.77%) OneDrive
17 10 (1.61%) Azure Cosmos DB
17 10 (1.61%) Azure Logic Apps
17 10 (1.61%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 7 (1.13%) Firewall
2 6 (0.97%) Unified Communications
3 4 (0.64%) MegaStream
4 3 (0.48%) Skype
5 2 (0.32%) Radio Access Network
5 2 (0.32%) Remote Desktop
5 2 (0.32%) XCAP
6 1 (0.16%) FTP
6 1 (0.16%) Internet
6 1 (0.16%) SNMP
6 1 (0.16%) VLAN
6 1 (0.16%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 88 (14.17%) Data Warehouse
2 77 (12.40%) Tableau
3 74 (11.92%) SQL Server
4 59 (9.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 51 (8.21%) Data Lake
6 44 (7.09%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 33 (5.31%) Relational Database
8 29 (4.67%) Power Query
8 29 (4.67%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 24 (3.86%) Azure SQL Database
10 20 (3.22%) Microsoft Analysis Services
11 19 (3.06%) BusinessObjects
12 16 (2.58%) MySQL
13 14 (2.25%) Big Data
13 14 (2.25%) Data Mining
14 12 (1.93%) Qlik Sense
15 9 (1.45%) GIS
15 9 (1.45%) Metadata
15 9 (1.45%) Oracle Reports
16 8 (1.29%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 40 (6.44%) JIRA
2 11 (1.77%) Visual Studio
3 8 (1.29%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 6 (0.97%) Eclipse
4 6 (0.97%) PyCharm
5 5 (0.81%) Hudson
6 4 (0.64%) Git
7 3 (0.48%) Bitbucket
7 3 (0.48%) ER Studio
7 3 (0.48%) Postman
8 2 (0.32%) GitLab
9 1 (0.16%) Gatling
9 1 (0.16%) Gradle
9 1 (0.16%) Jenkins
9 1 (0.16%) JUnit
General
1 174 (28.02%) Social Skills
2 172 (27.70%) Analytical Skills
3 123 (19.81%) Finance
4 49 (7.89%) Public Sector
5 32 (5.15%) Retail
6 25 (4.03%) Manufacturing
7 24 (3.86%) Legal
8 22 (3.54%) Presentation Skills
9 20 (3.22%) Marketing
9 20 (3.22%) Pharmaceutical
10 14 (2.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 14 (2.25%) Telecoms
11 12 (1.93%) Local Government
12 11 (1.77%) Influencing Skills
13 7 (1.13%) Banking
13 7 (1.13%) Billing
13 7 (1.13%) Organisational Skills
14 6 (0.97%) Law
15 5 (0.81%) Back Office
15 5 (0.81%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 187 (30.11%) Analyst
2 134 (21.58%) Developer
3 99 (15.94%) Data Analyst
4 83 (13.37%) Business Intelligence Developer
5 71 (11.43%) Power BI Developer
6 61 (9.82%) Data Engineer
7 59 (9.50%) Senior
8 37 (5.96%) Business Intelligence Analyst
8 37 (5.96%) Consultant
9 35 (5.64%) Lead
9 35 (5.64%) Senior Analyst
10 29 (4.67%) Business Analyst
11 26 (4.19%) Architect
12 23 (3.70%) Power BI Analyst
13 19 (3.06%) Azure Engineer
14 18 (2.90%) Project Manager
15 17 (2.74%) Power Platform Developer
15 17 (2.74%) Report Analyst
16 16 (2.58%) Data Architect
17 15 (2.42%) Business Intelligence Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (2.58%) .NET
2 9 (1.45%) CSS
2 9 (1.45%) HTML
2 9 (1.45%) Oracle Fusion
2 9 (1.45%) XML
3 8 (1.29%) Web Services
4 7 (1.13%) PySpark
5 5 (0.81%) .NET Framework
5 5 (0.81%) ADO
5 5 (0.81%) Microsoft Graph
5 5 (0.81%) Pandas
6 4 (0.64%) AngularJS
6 4 (0.64%) Entity Framework
6 4 (0.64%) REST
6 4 (0.64%) SOAP
6 4 (0.64%) XSLT
7 3 (0.48%) Flask
8 2 (0.32%) Apache Beam
8 2 (0.32%) NumPy
8 2 (0.32%) Regular Expression
Miscellaneous
1 33 (5.31%) Management Information System
2 17 (2.74%) Data Structures
3 16 (2.58%) Product Ownership
4 10 (1.61%) Life Science
4 10 (1.61%) Self-Motivation
5 9 (1.45%) CMDB
5 9 (1.45%) NHS
5 9 (1.45%) Onboarding
6 8 (1.29%) Analytical Mindset
7 6 (0.97%) Digital Signage
7 6 (0.97%) PKI
7 6 (0.97%) Smart Meter
8 5 (0.81%) Data Protection Act
8 5 (0.81%) DTCC
8 5 (0.81%) Legacy Systems
8 5 (0.81%) Market Risk
8 5 (0.81%) Virtual Team
9 4 (0.64%) e-Health
10 3 (0.48%) Social Media
10 3 (0.48%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 24 (3.86%) Windows
2 11 (1.77%) Unix
3 10 (1.61%) Linux
4 8 (1.29%) Windows Server
5 7 (1.13%) VMS
6 6 (0.97%) Windows Server 2016
6 6 (0.97%) Windows Server 2019
7 4 (0.64%) Apple iOS
7 4 (0.64%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.32%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 537 (86.47%) Business Intelligence
2 143 (23.03%) Analytics
3 135 (21.74%) Visualisation
4 109 (17.55%) ETL
5 100 (16.10%) Data Analysis
6 99 (15.94%) Data Modelling
7 94 (15.14%) Problem-Solving
8 86 (13.85%) Agile
9 80 (12.88%) Data Visualisation
10 64 (10.31%) Migration
11 54 (8.70%) Stakeholder Management
12 53 (8.53%) DevOps
13 50 (8.05%) Project Management
14 46 (7.41%) Decision-Making
15 44 (7.09%) Data Analytics
16 43 (6.92%) Continuous Improvement
16 43 (6.92%) Data Management
17 36 (5.80%) Data Governance
17 36 (5.80%) ITIL
18 32 (5.15%) Data Migration
Programming Languages
1 266 (42.83%) SQL
2 85 (13.69%) Python
3 49 (7.89%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 36 (5.80%) T-SQL
5 27 (4.35%) PowerShell
6 22 (3.54%) C#
7 17 (2.74%) JavaScript
8 14 (2.25%) Java
9 7 (1.13%) Scala
10 6 (0.97%) Groovy
10 6 (0.97%) PL/SQL
10 6 (0.97%) VBA
11 4 (0.64%) VB
12 2 (0.32%) PHP
12 2 (0.32%) R
13 1 (0.16%) HiveQL
13 1 (0.16%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 53 (8.53%) Security Cleared
2 44 (7.09%) Degree
3 43 (6.92%) SC Cleared
4 15 (2.42%) BPSS Clearance
5 11 (1.77%) Computer Science Degree
6 6 (0.97%) DV Cleared
6 6 (0.97%) PMI Certification
7 5 (0.81%) CISM
7 5 (0.81%) CISSP
7 5 (0.81%) PMP
8 4 (0.64%) Master's Degree
9 3 (0.48%) HNC
9 3 (0.48%) Numerate Degree
9 3 (0.48%) Postgraduate
10 1 (0.16%) ACCA
10 1 (0.16%) CIMA
10 1 (0.16%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.16%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 1 (0.16%) Six Sigma Black Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 54 (8.70%) Data Quality
2 31 (4.99%) QA
3 20 (3.22%) PMO
4 15 (2.42%) GxP
5 13 (2.09%) GDPR
6 9 (1.45%) SLA
7 7 (1.13%) Accessibility
8 6 (0.97%) Good Clinical Practice
9 5 (0.81%) GAMP
10 4 (0.64%) Actionable Recommendations
11 3 (0.48%) Disclosure Scotland
11 3 (0.48%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 1 (0.16%) IFRS
12 1 (0.16%) IFRS 9
System Software
1 19 (3.06%) Active Directory
2 7 (1.13%) Virtual Desktop
2 7 (1.13%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (0.48%) Docker
3 3 (0.48%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.32%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.16%) HDFS
5 1 (0.16%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 16 (2.58%) Single Sign-On
2 15 (2.42%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (0.81%) SysTrack
4 3 (0.48%) Kubernetes
5 2 (0.32%) Kibana
5 2 (0.32%) Terraform
6 1 (0.16%) Ansible
Vendors
1 181 (29.15%) Microsoft
2 44 (7.09%) Databricks
3 41 (6.60%) Oracle
4 34 (5.48%) SAP
5 22 (3.54%) Salesforce
6 17 (2.74%) Remedy
6 17 (2.74%) ServiceNow
7 14 (2.25%) Google
8 13 (2.09%) Alteryx
9 11 (1.77%) Atlassian
10 10 (1.61%) CA
11 8 (1.29%) Informatica
12 7 (1.13%) Ab Initio
12 7 (1.13%) Dataiku
12 7 (1.13%) Trillium
13 6 (0.97%) Anaplan
13 6 (0.97%) Citrix
14 5 (0.81%) Autodesk
14 5 (0.81%) New Relic
14 5 (0.81%) Sophos