Power BI Contracts

Microsoft Power BI
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 63 71 82
Rank change year-on-year +8 +11 +1
Contract jobs citing Power BI 1,376 1,909 2,706
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 3.18% 3.19% 3.05%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 18.99% 17.71% 15.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 973 1,357 1,928
10th Percentile £313 £325 £350
25th Percentile £400 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +11.11%
75th Percentile £580 £600 £588
90th Percentile £688 £697 £675
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £460 £450
% change year-on-year -2.17% +2.22% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 52 38
10th Percentile £14.00 £22.65 £13.80
25th Percentile £19.55 £32.30 £17.32
Median hourly rate £23.82 £53.75 £22.45
Median % change year-on-year -55.68% +139.42% +5.65%
75th Percentile £43.75 £65.00 £35.00
90th Percentile £54.88 £65.75 £63.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.86 £57.50 £22.40
% change year-on-year -60.25% +156.70% +16.36%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 7,245 10,781 17,916
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 16.73% 18.03% 20.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,147 7,685 12,759
10th Percentile £350 £375 £375
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £545
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% -0.92% +9.00%
75th Percentile £650 £658 £650
90th Percentile £763 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £483 £500 £488
% change year-on-year -3.40% +2.56% +9.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 144 185 187
10th Percentile £14.00 £21.24 £15.00
25th Percentile £20.98 £35.00 £22.40
Median hourly rate £40.00 £60.00 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -33.33% +41.18% +57.52%
75th Percentile £58.55 £71.50 £60.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £79.19 £69.05
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £57.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year -30.43% +64.29% +45.83%

Power BI
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Power BI as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Power BI in the UK

Power BI
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Power BI in the UK

Power BI
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Power BI over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Power BI in the UK

Power BI
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Power BI in the UK

Power BI
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Power BI over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Power BI in the UK

Power BI
Top 17 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 within the UK over the 6 months to 27 April 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
England +8 1,171 £492 -1.70% 863
London +13 613 £525 - 359
UK excluding London +7 597 £450 -2.17% 526
Work from Home +22 575 £475 -5.00% 420
North of England -4 149 £450 -4.00% 155
South East +12 130 £450 - 106
Midlands +13 113 £425 -10.53% 119
North West -4 101 £450 -2.70% 84
South West -1 91 £463 -2.63% 54
West Midlands +20 83 £425 -11.46% 73
Scotland +36 79 £450 -5.26% 35
Yorkshire -3 40 £469 -1.32% 46
East of England -31 35 £410 -8.89% 48
East Midlands +20 29 £400 +28.00% 45
Wales +16 11 £500 +39.37% 13
North East +15 8 £663 +29.27% 25
Northern Ireland -1 1 £338 -20.59% 6

Power BI
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
1 117 (8.50%) SharePoint
2 47 (3.42%) Confluence
3 22 (1.60%) SAS
4 21 (1.53%) Apache Spark
5 18 (1.31%) Microsoft Exchange
6 15 (1.09%) Apache
7 12 (0.87%) MTS
8 4 (0.29%) Apache Airflow
9 2 (0.15%) ArcGIS
9 2 (0.15%) IIS
9 2 (0.15%) Jadu
10 1 (0.073%) BizTalk Server
10 1 (0.073%) GeoServer
10 1 (0.073%) Jupyter
10 1 (0.073%) Oracle Workflow
10 1 (0.073%) SharePoint Server
10 1 (0.073%) Umbraco
Applications
1 194 (14.10%) Microsoft Excel
2 52 (3.78%) Microsoft Office
3 36 (2.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 30 (2.18%) MS Visio
5 13 (0.94%) Spreadsheet
6 11 (0.80%) Microsoft Project
7 4 (0.29%) Adobe XD
7 4 (0.29%) InVision
7 4 (0.29%) Sketch
8 3 (0.22%) Camtasia
8 3 (0.22%) Chatbot
8 3 (0.22%) SPSS
9 2 (0.15%) AutoCAD
9 2 (0.15%) Revit
10 1 (0.073%) Trello
Business Applications
1 48 (3.49%) Dynamics CRM
2 32 (2.33%) Dynamics AX
3 22 (1.60%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 15 (1.09%) Remedy ITSM
5 12 (0.87%) Endur
5 12 (0.87%) EuroRunner
6 11 (0.80%) Aligne
7 9 (0.65%) Oracle EBS
8 6 (0.44%) Oracle ERP
9 5 (0.36%) Aladdin
9 5 (0.36%) Maximo
9 5 (0.36%) SAP S/4HANA
9 5 (0.36%) SimCorp Dimension
10 4 (0.29%) NetSuite
11 3 (0.22%) Primavera
12 2 (0.15%) Elite 3E
12 2 (0.15%) SAP BPC
12 2 (0.15%) SAP Business One
12 2 (0.15%) Workfront
13 1 (0.073%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 1,376 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 487 (35.39%) Azure
3 216 (15.70%) Power Automate
4 209 (15.19%) PowerApps
5 124 (9.01%) Azure Data Factory
6 115 (8.36%) Azure DevOps
7 112 (8.14%) Dynamics 365
8 98 (7.12%) Microsoft 365
9 96 (6.98%) AWS
10 69 (5.01%) Snowflake
11 63 (4.58%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 41 (2.98%) GCP
12 41 (2.98%) Serverless
13 40 (2.91%) Entra ID
14 34 (2.47%) Azure Functions
14 34 (2.47%) GitHub
15 25 (1.82%) Google Analytics
16 23 (1.67%) OCI
17 22 (1.60%) Azure Logic Apps
18 17 (1.24%) Adobe Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 11 (0.80%) Firewall
2 7 (0.51%) DNS
3 6 (0.44%) Radio Access Network
3 6 (0.44%) Unified Communications
4 4 (0.29%) 3GPP
4 4 (0.29%) 4G
4 4 (0.29%) 5G
4 4 (0.29%) 5G NR
4 4 (0.29%) LTE
4 4 (0.29%) MegaStream
4 4 (0.29%) Remote Desktop
5 3 (0.22%) DHCP
5 3 (0.22%) Skype
5 3 (0.22%) SNMP
6 2 (0.15%) Cisco Nexus
6 2 (0.15%) HTTP
6 2 (0.15%) VPN
6 2 (0.15%) XCAP
7 1 (0.073%) FTP
7 1 (0.073%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 210 (15.26%) Data Warehouse
2 203 (14.75%) Tableau
3 175 (12.72%) SQL Server
4 131 (9.52%) Data Lake
5 104 (7.56%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 73 (5.31%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 57 (4.14%) Azure SQL Database
8 53 (3.85%) Power Query
9 45 (3.27%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 44 (3.20%) Relational Database
11 39 (2.83%) Big Data
12 37 (2.69%) BusinessObjects
12 37 (2.69%) Metadata
13 36 (2.62%) NoSQL
14 32 (2.33%) PostgreSQL
15 28 (2.03%) QlikView
16 24 (1.74%) Microsoft Analysis Services
17 22 (1.60%) BigQuery
17 22 (1.60%) Looker
18 20 (1.45%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 89 (6.47%) JIRA
2 22 (1.60%) ERwin
3 17 (1.24%) ER Studio
3 17 (1.24%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 13 (0.94%) Git
4 13 (0.94%) GitLab
5 10 (0.73%) Visual Studio
6 7 (0.51%) Postman
7 6 (0.44%) Eclipse
7 6 (0.44%) PyCharm
8 5 (0.36%) Hudson
8 5 (0.36%) Jenkins
9 3 (0.22%) Bitbucket
9 3 (0.22%) RStudio
10 2 (0.15%) Sonatype Nexus
10 2 (0.15%) Zephyr
11 1 (0.073%) Gradle
11 1 (0.073%) NeoLoad
11 1 (0.073%) SoapUI
11 1 (0.073%) SpecFlow
General
1 386 (28.05%) Social Skills
2 370 (26.89%) Finance
3 333 (24.20%) Analytical Skills
4 130 (9.45%) Public Sector
5 79 (5.74%) Retail
6 71 (5.16%) Marketing
7 67 (4.87%) Banking
8 52 (3.78%) Presentation Skills
9 45 (3.27%) Manufacturing
10 34 (2.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 32 (2.33%) Pharmaceutical
12 31 (2.25%) Telecoms
13 30 (2.18%) Legal
14 28 (2.03%) General Ledger
15 25 (1.82%) Local Government
16 20 (1.45%) Influencing Skills
17 18 (1.31%) Billing
18 16 (1.16%) Financial Institution
19 14 (1.02%) Front Office
19 14 (1.02%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 390 (28.34%) Analyst
2 250 (18.17%) Developer
3 192 (13.95%) Data Analyst
4 144 (10.47%) Business Intelligence Developer
5 121 (8.79%) Data Engineer
5 121 (8.79%) Power BI Developer
6 120 (8.72%) Architect
7 110 (7.99%) Consultant
8 105 (7.63%) Senior
9 80 (5.81%) Business Analyst
10 71 (5.16%) Data Architect
11 69 (5.01%) Lead
12 66 (4.80%) Business Intelligence Analyst
13 56 (4.07%) Azure Engineer
14 54 (3.92%) Power BI Analyst
15 52 (3.78%) Senior Analyst
16 36 (2.62%) Project Manager
17 34 (2.47%) Azure Data Engineer
17 34 (2.47%) Data Scientist
18 32 (2.33%) Power Platform Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (2.76%) PySpark
2 33 (2.40%) JSON
3 29 (2.11%) .NET
4 27 (1.96%) XML
5 23 (1.67%) HTML
6 21 (1.53%) CSS
7 15 (1.09%) Microsoft Graph
8 13 (0.94%) REST
9 12 (0.87%) Oracle Fusion
10 11 (0.80%) HTML5 Canvas
11 10 (0.73%) Web Services
12 9 (0.65%) Node.js
13 8 (0.58%) SAML
13 8 (0.58%) SOAP
14 7 (0.51%) .NET Framework
14 7 (0.51%) Kafka
14 7 (0.51%) RESTful
15 6 (0.44%) jQuery
15 6 (0.44%) React
16 5 (0.36%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 62 (4.51%) Management Information System
2 46 (3.34%) Product Ownership
3 44 (3.20%) Data Structures
4 22 (1.60%) Onboarding
5 20 (1.45%) Market Risk
6 19 (1.38%) Self-Motivation
7 17 (1.24%) NHS
8 16 (1.16%) Reference Data
9 14 (1.02%) Analytical Mindset
10 13 (0.94%) Life Science
10 13 (0.94%) Renewable Energy
11 12 (0.87%) Data Protection Act
12 10 (0.73%) Low-Code
13 9 (0.65%) CMDB
13 9 (0.65%) Marketing Technology
14 8 (0.58%) Algorithms
14 8 (0.58%) Legacy Systems
14 8 (0.58%) Solar Panel
15 7 (0.51%) Hedge funds
15 7 (0.51%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 29 (2.11%) Windows
2 19 (1.38%) Linux
3 16 (1.16%) Unix
4 11 (0.80%) Windows Server
5 9 (0.65%) VMS
6 8 (0.58%) Windows Server 2016
7 6 (0.44%) Windows Server 2019
8 4 (0.29%) Apple iOS
8 4 (0.29%) Mac OS
9 2 (0.15%) Windows 10
9 2 (0.15%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,164 (84.59%) Business Intelligence
2 333 (24.20%) Analytics
3 307 (22.31%) Visualisation
4 291 (21.15%) Data Modelling
5 257 (18.68%) Agile
6 231 (16.79%) ETL
7 222 (16.13%) Data Analysis
8 201 (14.61%) Problem-Solving
9 198 (14.39%) Data Visualisation
10 175 (12.72%) DevOps
11 131 (9.52%) Migration
12 113 (8.21%) Stakeholder Management
13 111 (8.07%) Data Governance
14 109 (7.92%) Data Management
14 109 (7.92%) Decision-Making
15 107 (7.78%) Data Analytics
16 88 (6.40%) Project Management
17 86 (6.25%) Data Science
18 80 (5.81%) CRM
18 80 (5.81%) Dashboard Development
Programming Languages
1 551 (40.04%) SQL
2 239 (17.37%) Python
3 110 (7.99%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 68 (4.94%) PowerShell
5 63 (4.58%) T-SQL
6 51 (3.71%) C#
7 45 (3.27%) R
8 44 (3.20%) JavaScript
9 28 (2.03%) Java
10 21 (1.53%) PL/SQL
10 21 (1.53%) Scala
11 15 (1.09%) VBA
12 12 (0.87%) VB
13 10 (0.73%) MATLAB
13 10 (0.73%) TypeScript
14 7 (0.51%) XPath
14 7 (0.51%) XQuery
15 6 (0.44%) Groovy
16 5 (0.36%) Shell Script
17 3 (0.22%) PHP
Qualifications
1 120 (8.72%) Degree
2 117 (8.50%) Security Cleared
3 91 (6.61%) SC Cleared
4 28 (2.03%) Computer Science Degree
5 26 (1.89%) BPSS Clearance
6 15 (1.09%) Master's Degree
7 11 (0.80%) DV Cleared
8 9 (0.65%) Azure Certification
9 8 (0.58%) Postgraduate
10 7 (0.51%) Microsoft Certification
11 6 (0.44%) CIMA
11 6 (0.44%) CISM
11 6 (0.44%) CISSP
11 6 (0.44%) ITIL Certification
11 6 (0.44%) PMI Certification
12 3 (0.22%) ACCA
12 3 (0.22%) CFA
12 3 (0.22%) HNC
12 3 (0.22%) MBA
12 3 (0.22%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 129 (9.38%) Data Quality
2 68 (4.94%) QA
3 33 (2.40%) PMO
4 23 (1.67%) SLA
5 22 (1.60%) GDPR
6 19 (1.38%) GxP
7 12 (0.87%) Accessibility
8 9 (0.65%) Good Clinical Practice
9 7 (0.51%) CDISC
10 6 (0.44%) Actionable Recommendations
11 5 (0.36%) GAMP
12 3 (0.22%) Disclosure Scotland
13 2 (0.15%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 1 (0.073%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 1 (0.073%) Cyber Essentials
14 1 (0.073%) GAAP
14 1 (0.073%) GRC
14 1 (0.073%) IFRS
14 1 (0.073%) IFRS 9
System Software
1 29 (2.11%) Active Directory
2 16 (1.16%) Virtual Machines
3 8 (0.58%) Docker
4 5 (0.36%) Virtual Desktop
5 4 (0.29%) VMware Infrastructure
6 3 (0.22%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.073%) HDFS
7 1 (0.073%) Microsoft App-V
7 1 (0.073%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 19 (1.38%) Single Sign-On
2 13 (0.94%) Microsoft Intune
3 8 (0.58%) Terraform
4 7 (0.51%) Kubernetes
5 5 (0.36%) SysTrack
6 3 (0.22%) Kibana
6 3 (0.22%) SCCM
7 2 (0.15%) SCOM
8 1 (0.073%) Ansible
8 1 (0.073%) CASB
8 1 (0.073%) Grafana
8 1 (0.073%) HP ALM
8 1 (0.073%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.073%) logstash
8 1 (0.073%) Matomo
8 1 (0.073%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.073%) RSA Archer
8 1 (0.073%) SCOrch
8 1 (0.073%) SCVMM
8 1 (0.073%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 431 (31.32%) Microsoft
2 132 (9.59%) Databricks
3 100 (7.27%) Oracle
4 77 (5.60%) SAP
5 43 (3.13%) Google
6 42 (3.05%) Salesforce
7 39 (2.83%) ServiceNow
8 33 (2.40%) Alteryx
8 33 (2.40%) Informatica
9 23 (1.67%) Sparx
10 19 (1.38%) Adobe
11 18 (1.31%) Remedy
12 14 (1.02%) Atlassian
13 12 (0.87%) CA
14 11 (0.80%) Talend
15 10 (0.73%) MicroStrategy
15 10 (0.73%) Splunk
16 8 (0.58%) Dataiku
16 8 (0.58%) Qualys
17 7 (0.51%) Trillium