Power BI Specialist Contracts

Microsoft Power BI Specialist
UK

The median Microsoft Power BI Specialist daily rate in the UK is £450, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 12 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
12 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 517 577 677
Rank change year-on-year +60 +100 +158
Contract jobs requiring a Power BI Specialist 9 13 22
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.031% 0.030% 0.038%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.033% 0.033% 0.040%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 7 14
10th Percentile £347 £247 £333
25th Percentile £375 £308 £428
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £388 £469
Median % change year-on-year +16.13% -17.33% -10.71%
75th Percentile £509 £394 £534
90th Percentile £581 £431 £584
UK excluding London median daily rate £438 £315 £475
% change year-on-year +38.89% -33.68% -32.14%

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 27,042 39,900 54,705
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.44% 92.78% 94.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,611 25,963 38,196
10th Percentile £300 £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 1,049 2,673 1,532
10th Percentile £14.00 £12.86 £14.25
25th Percentile £18.22 £16.30 £19.06
Median hourly rate £28.60 £37.50 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -23.73% -16.67% +88.21%
75th Percentile £62.50 £61.30 £65.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.90 £76.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.50 £40.00 £42.43
% change year-on-year -31.25% -5.73% +112.16%

Power BI Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Power BI Specialist in the UK

Power BI Specialist
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Power BI Specialist in the UK

Power BI Specialist
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Power BI Specialist over the 6 months to 12 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Power BI Specialist in the UK

Power BI Specialist
Top 8 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 Specialist within the UK over the 6 months to 12 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 +67 9 £450 +28.11% 7
London +39 6 £450 +176.92% 5
Work from Home +48 3 £475 +22.58% 5
UK excluding London +48 3 £438 +38.89% 5
Midlands - 2 £500 -
South East - 1 £375 - 2
West Midlands - 1 - -
East Midlands - 1 £500 -

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

For the 6 months to 12 May 2025, Power BI Specialist 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 Specialist in the job title.

1 9 (100.00%) Power BI
1 9 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 8 (88.89%) Business Intelligence
3 6 (66.67%) Social Skills
4 5 (55.56%) Data Modelling
4 5 (55.56%) Visualisation
5 4 (44.44%) Data Visualisation
5 4 (44.44%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 4 (44.44%) Decision-Making
5 4 (44.44%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (44.44%) Analytics
6 3 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (33.33%) Power Query
6 3 (33.33%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (33.33%) SQL
6 3 (33.33%) Finance
7 2 (22.22%) Data Analysis
7 2 (22.22%) Oracle
7 2 (22.22%) SAP
7 2 (22.22%) ETL
7 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Excel
7 2 (22.22%) Azure
7 2 (22.22%) SC Cleared
7 2 (22.22%) Security Cleared
7 2 (22.22%) Requirements Gathering
7 2 (22.22%) Dashboard Development
7 2 (22.22%) Translating Business Requirements
7 2 (22.22%) Actionable Insight
8 1 (11.11%) Azure Data Factory
8 1 (11.11%) Creative Thinking

Power BI Specialist 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:

Applications
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (11.11%) Oracle Smart View
Cloud Services
1 9 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 2 (22.22%) Azure
3 1 (11.11%) Azure Data Factory
3 1 (11.11%) Azure Logic Apps
3 1 (11.11%) Azure Machine Learning
3 1 (11.11%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (11.11%) GitHub
3 1 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (11.11%) OCI
3 1 (11.11%) Power Automate
3 1 (11.11%) SuccessFactors
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (100.00%) Power BI
2 3 (33.33%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (33.33%) Power Query
3 1 (11.11%) Oracle BI Publisher
3 1 (11.11%) Oracle ODI
3 1 (11.11%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (11.11%) SQL Server
3 1 (11.11%) Tableau
General
1 6 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 3 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (33.33%) Finance
3 1 (11.11%) Marketing
3 1 (11.11%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (11.11%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Analytical Mindset
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (88.89%) Business Intelligence
2 5 (55.56%) Data Modelling
2 5 (55.56%) Visualisation
3 4 (44.44%) Analytics
3 4 (44.44%) Data Visualisation
3 4 (44.44%) Decision-Making
3 4 (44.44%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (22.22%) Actionable Insight
4 2 (22.22%) Dashboard Development
4 2 (22.22%) Data Analysis
4 2 (22.22%) ETL
4 2 (22.22%) Requirements Gathering
4 2 (22.22%) Translating Business Requirements
5 1 (11.11%) Budgeting
5 1 (11.11%) Business Strategy
5 1 (11.11%) Cost Optimisation
5 1 (11.11%) Creative Thinking
5 1 (11.11%) Data Pipeline
5 1 (11.11%) FinOps
5 1 (11.11%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 4 (44.44%) Data Analysis Expressions
2 3 (33.33%) SQL
3 1 (11.11%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (22.22%) SC Cleared
1 2 (22.22%) Security Cleared
2 1 (11.11%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 2 (22.22%) Oracle
1 2 (22.22%) SAP
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft
2 1 (11.11%) ServiceNow