Power BI Analyst Contracts

Microsoft Power BI Analyst
UK

The median Microsoft Power BI Analyst daily rate in the UK is £434, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 16 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
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 496 522 637
Rank change year-on-year +26 +115 +130
Contract jobs requiring a Power BI Analyst 25 51 63
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.086% 0.12% 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.093% 0.13% 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 36 46
10th Percentile £343 £306 £345
25th Percentile £372 £355 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £434 £490 £450
Median % change year-on-year -11.48% +8.89% -5.26%
75th Percentile £480 £600 £535
90th Percentile £543 - £619
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £413 £450
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -2.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £28.60 £35.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -19.44% - -
75th Percentile £31.64 - -
90th Percentile £33.46 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 26,964 39,481 54,050
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.38% 92.78% 94.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,546 25,683 37,739
10th Percentile £295 £280 £313
25th Percentile £406 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £490 £500
% change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,040 2,653 1,507
10th Percentile £14.00 £12.83 £14.25
25th Percentile £18.18 £16.30 £19.45
Median hourly rate £28.18 £36.50 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.79% -18.89% +87.50%
75th Percentile £61.31 £61.30 £65.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £73.70 £76.10
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.24 £40.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -31.91% -5.88% +112.50%

Power BI Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Power BI Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Power BI Analyst in the UK

Power BI Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Power BI Analyst.

Daily rate trend for Power BI Analyst in the UK

Power BI Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Power BI Analyst over the 6 months to 16 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Power BI Analyst in the UK

Power BI Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Power BI Analyst.

Hourly rate trend for Power BI Analyst in the UK

Power BI Analyst
Top 10 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Power BI Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 16 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
England +44 22 £443 -11.50% 8
London +20 16 £413 -29.49% 2
Work from Home +5 8 £425 -22.13% 7
UK excluding London +30 7 £450 +9.09% 7
South East +50 3 £425 -10.53% 2
Yorkshire +14 2 £475 +28.81%
North of England +13 2 £475 +18.75% 1
West Midlands +11 1 £450 +5.88%
Midlands +10 1 £450 +38.46%
Wales - 1 £400 -

Power BI Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 16 May 2025, Power BI Analyst 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 featuring Power BI Analyst in the job title.

1 25 (100.00%) Power BI
1 25 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 23 (92.00%) Business Intelligence
3 14 (56.00%) SQL
4 12 (48.00%) Visualisation
4 12 (48.00%) Social Skills
5 9 (36.00%) Data Warehouse
6 8 (32.00%) Data Analysis
7 7 (28.00%) Decision-Making
7 7 (28.00%) Problem-Solving
7 7 (28.00%) Analytics
7 7 (28.00%) Microsoft Excel
8 6 (24.00%) Data Modelling
8 6 (24.00%) Finance
8 6 (24.00%) Marketing
9 5 (20.00%) Python
9 5 (20.00%) Tableau
9 5 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
9 5 (20.00%) Requirements Gathering
10 4 (16.00%) Documentation Skills
10 4 (16.00%) Performance Metrics
10 4 (16.00%) Dashboard Development
10 4 (16.00%) Microsoft
10 4 (16.00%) ETL
10 4 (16.00%) Stakeholder Management
11 3 (12.00%) Azure
11 3 (12.00%) Migration
11 3 (12.00%) Agile
11 3 (12.00%) Change Management
11 3 (12.00%) CRM

Power BI Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 (4.00%) Confluence
1 1 (4.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (28.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (8.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (8.00%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 25 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 3 (12.00%) Azure
3 2 (8.00%) Azure Data Factory
3 2 (8.00%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (8.00%) Microsoft Copilot
4 1 (4.00%) AWS
4 1 (4.00%) dbt
4 1 (4.00%) Google Ads
4 1 (4.00%) Google Analytics
4 1 (4.00%) Google Data Studio
4 1 (4.00%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.00%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (100.00%) Power BI
2 9 (36.00%) Data Warehouse
3 5 (20.00%) Tableau
4 3 (12.00%) Power Query
4 3 (12.00%) SQL Server
5 2 (8.00%) BusinessObjects
5 2 (8.00%) Crystal Reports
5 2 (8.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 2 (8.00%) Star Schema
6 1 (4.00%) Amazon Redshift
6 1 (4.00%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 1 (4.00%) JIRA
General
1 12 (48.00%) Social Skills
2 6 (24.00%) Finance
2 6 (24.00%) Marketing
3 5 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (16.00%) Documentation Skills
5 3 (12.00%) Public Sector
6 2 (8.00%) Banking
6 2 (8.00%) Local Government
6 2 (8.00%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (4.00%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.00%) IoT
1 1 (4.00%) Legacy Systems
1 1 (4.00%) Onboarding
1 1 (4.00%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (92.00%) Business Intelligence
2 12 (48.00%) Visualisation
3 8 (32.00%) Data Analysis
4 7 (28.00%) Analytics
4 7 (28.00%) Decision-Making
4 7 (28.00%) Problem-Solving
5 6 (24.00%) Data Modelling
6 5 (20.00%) Requirements Gathering
7 4 (16.00%) Dashboard Development
7 4 (16.00%) ETL
7 4 (16.00%) Performance Metrics
7 4 (16.00%) Stakeholder Management
8 3 (12.00%) Actionable Insight
8 3 (12.00%) Agile
8 3 (12.00%) Change Management
8 3 (12.00%) CRM
8 3 (12.00%) Data Collection
8 3 (12.00%) Data Visualisation
8 3 (12.00%) Migration
8 3 (12.00%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 14 (56.00%) SQL
2 5 (20.00%) Python
3 3 (12.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 2 (8.00%) R
5 1 (4.00%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (8.00%) DBS Check
1 2 (8.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (4.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (4.00%) Degree
2 1 (4.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.00%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 4 (16.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (8.00%) Foundry
2 2 (8.00%) ServiceNow
3 1 (4.00%) Alteryx
3 1 (4.00%) dotdigital
3 1 (4.00%) Google