Power BI Developer Contracts

Microsoft Power BI Developer
UK

The median Microsoft Power BI Developer daily rate in the UK 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 444 461 542
Rank change year-on-year +17 +81 +62
Contract jobs requiring a Power BI Developer 76 121 176
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.26% 0.28% 0.29%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.28% 0.30% 0.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 49 100 136
10th Percentile £312 £324 £356
25th Percentile £360 £384 £411
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £460 £475
Median % change year-on-year -7.61% -3.16% +5.56%
75th Percentile £463 £533 £569
90th Percentile £562 £623 £625
UK excluding London median daily rate £425 £415 £450
% change year-on-year +2.41% -7.78% +12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 0
10th Percentile £29.81 - -
25th Percentile £35.14 - -
Median hourly rate £38.85 - -
75th Percentile £41.00 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.00 - -

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 27,084 40,415 56,464
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.52% 92.78% 94.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,692 26,309 39,470
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £406 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £492 £500
% change year-on-year -3.46% -1.60% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,035 2,664 1,570
10th Percentile £14.07 £12.86 £14.29
25th Percentile £18.50 £16.30 £19.50
Median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%
75th Percentile £62.50 £60.75 £65.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.00 £39.55 £42.50
% change year-on-year -29.20% -6.94% +117.95%

Power BI Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Power BI Developer in the UK

Power BI Developer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Power BI Developer in the UK

Power BI Developer
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Daily rate histogram for Power BI Developer in the UK

Power BI Developer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Power BI Developer in the UK

Power BI Developer
Top 13 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 Developer within the UK 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
England +19 61 £399 -15.56% 29
UK excluding London +29 32 £425 +2.41% 22
London +22 30 £420 -19.23% 11
Work from Home +4 15 £400 -9.86% 22
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 Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

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 featuring Power BI Developer in the job title.

1 76 (100.00%) Power BI
1 76 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 66 (86.84%) Business Intelligence
3 41 (53.95%) SQL
4 31 (40.79%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 30 (39.47%) Visualisation
6 28 (36.84%) Social Skills
7 23 (30.26%) Data Modelling
8 20 (26.32%) Data Warehouse
9 19 (25.00%) Data Visualisation
10 18 (23.68%) Azure
10 18 (23.68%) Decision-Making
11 16 (21.05%) Problem-Solving
12 15 (19.74%) ETL
12 15 (19.74%) Microsoft
13 14 (18.42%) Tableau
13 14 (18.42%) User Experience
13 14 (18.42%) Power Query
14 13 (17.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 12 (15.79%) Data Analysis
15 12 (15.79%) SQL Server
16 9 (11.84%) Analytics
16 9 (11.84%) PowerApps
17 8 (10.53%) Power Automate
17 8 (10.53%) Microsoft Excel
18 7 (9.21%) BusinessObjects
18 7 (9.21%) Analytical Skills
18 7 (9.21%) Requirements Gathering
18 7 (9.21%) Azure Data Factory
19 6 (7.89%) Actionable Insight

Power BI Developer 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 3 (3.95%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (10.53%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (2.63%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 76 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 18 (23.68%) Azure
3 9 (11.84%) PowerApps
4 8 (10.53%) Power Automate
5 7 (9.21%) Azure Data Factory
6 6 (7.89%) Microsoft 365
7 5 (6.58%) Microsoft Copilot
8 3 (3.95%) AWS
9 1 (1.32%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 1 (1.32%) Dynamics 365
9 1 (1.32%) GCP
9 1 (1.32%) SuccessFactors
Database & Business Intelligence
1 76 (100.00%) Power BI
2 20 (26.32%) Data Warehouse
3 14 (18.42%) Power Query
3 14 (18.42%) Tableau
4 13 (17.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 12 (15.79%) SQL Server
6 7 (9.21%) BusinessObjects
7 6 (7.89%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 5 (6.58%) Crystal Reports
9 2 (2.63%) Looker
9 2 (2.63%) QlikView
9 2 (2.63%) Relational Database
10 1 (1.32%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
10 1 (1.32%) Data Mining
10 1 (1.32%) NoSQL
10 1 (1.32%) PowerPivot
10 1 (1.32%) RDBMS
10 1 (1.32%) Semantic Layer
10 1 (1.32%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 1 (1.32%) Tableau Server
Development Applications
1 1 (1.32%) Git
1 1 (1.32%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
1 1 (1.32%) Team Foundation Server
1 1 (1.32%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 28 (36.84%) Social Skills
2 7 (9.21%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (6.58%) Documentation Skills
3 5 (6.58%) Finance
3 5 (6.58%) Local Government
4 3 (3.95%) Marketing
5 2 (2.63%) Banking
5 2 (2.63%) Public Sector
6 1 (1.32%) Automotive
6 1 (1.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (1.32%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (1.32%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.63%) .NET
1 2 (2.63%) CSS
1 2 (2.63%) HTML
1 2 (2.63%) jQuery
2 1 (1.32%) MDX
2 1 (1.32%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 2 (2.63%) Analytical Mindset
1 2 (2.63%) Data Structures
1 2 (2.63%) NHS
2 1 (1.32%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (1.32%) FMCG
2 1 (1.32%) Hedge funds
2 1 (1.32%) Housing Association
2 1 (1.32%) Low-Code
2 1 (1.32%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (86.84%) Business Intelligence
2 30 (39.47%) Visualisation
3 23 (30.26%) Data Modelling
4 19 (25.00%) Data Visualisation
5 18 (23.68%) Decision-Making
6 16 (21.05%) Problem-Solving
7 15 (19.74%) ETL
8 14 (18.42%) User Experience
9 12 (15.79%) Data Analysis
10 9 (11.84%) Analytics
11 7 (9.21%) Requirements Gathering
12 6 (7.89%) Actionable Insight
12 6 (7.89%) Dashboard Development
13 5 (6.58%) Agile
13 5 (6.58%) Business Analysis
13 5 (6.58%) Data-Driven Decision Making
14 4 (5.26%) Data Ingestion
14 4 (5.26%) Master Data Management
14 4 (5.26%) Translating Business Requirements
14 4 (5.26%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 41 (53.95%) SQL
2 31 (40.79%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 5 (6.58%) Python
4 3 (3.95%) R
4 3 (3.95%) VBA
5 2 (2.63%) C#
5 2 (2.63%) Formula Language
5 2 (2.63%) JavaScript
6 1 (1.32%) PL/SQL
6 1 (1.32%) T-SQL
6 1 (1.32%) XMLA
Qualifications
1 5 (6.58%) Degree
1 5 (6.58%) SC Cleared
1 5 (6.58%) Security Cleared
2 3 (3.95%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (2.63%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.63%) Accessibility
2 1 (1.32%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 15 (19.74%) Microsoft
2 5 (6.58%) ServiceNow
3 4 (5.26%) Databricks
3 4 (5.26%) SAP
3 4 (5.26%) Vertica
4 2 (2.63%) Sage
5 1 (1.32%) Cognos
5 1 (1.32%) dotdigital
5 1 (1.32%) Google
5 1 (1.32%) Salesforce