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 15 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
15 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 59 70 84
Rank change year-on-year +11 +14 -1
Contract jobs citing Power BI 1,391 1,846 2,603
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 3.27% 3.23% 2.98%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 19.15% 18.08% 14.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 986 1,307 1,870
10th Percentile £309 £325 £350
25th Percentile £400 £412 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +7.82%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £588
90th Percentile £675 £700 £675
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £450 £450
% change year-on-year - - +6.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 48 40
10th Percentile £14.00 £21.40 £14.25
25th Percentile £20.77 £26.21 £18.26
Median hourly rate £24.43 £50.29 £22.75
Median % change year-on-year -51.42% +121.03% +5.81%
75th Percentile £43.75 £65.00 £35.00
90th Percentile £55.00 £65.75 £63.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.86 £51.04 £22.40
% change year-on-year -55.21% +127.83% +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 7,263 10,212 17,493
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 17.07% 17.88% 20.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,202 7,271 12,451
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 £663 £650
90th Percentile £775 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £495
% change year-on-year -5.00% +1.01% +10.92%
Number of hourly rates quoted 145 180 194
10th Percentile £14.00 £21.24 £15.37
25th Percentile £20.98 £32.30 £22.43
Median hourly rate £40.00 £60.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -33.33% +33.33% +69.81%
75th Percentile £61.60 £73.75 £64.94
90th Percentile £74.00 £82.55 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £56.95 £35.00
% change year-on-year -29.76% +62.71% +43.44%

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 15 May 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 15 May 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 15 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
England +9 1,199 £475 -5.00% 927
London +15 623 £523 -0.48% 350
UK excluding London +11 614 £450 - 592
Work from Home +21 550 £475 -3.55% 491
North of England +5 159 £450 -2.70% 149
South East +8 128 £463 - 146
Midlands +25 123 £425 -11.46% 132
North West -3 105 £450 -2.70% 98
South West +8 95 £463 -1.07% 75
West Midlands +19 93 £425 -12.14% 88
Scotland +42 75 £458 -3.68% 22
Yorkshire +14 46 £450 -5.26% 41
East of England -28 34 £410 +2.50% 54
East Midlands +15 29 £400 +23.08% 44
Wales +24 11 £500 +74.67% 15
North East +7 8 £663 +26.19% 10
Northern Ireland -4 1 £338 -22.86% 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
1 120 (8.63%) SharePoint
2 50 (3.59%) Confluence
3 22 (1.58%) Apache Spark
4 20 (1.44%) SAS
5 19 (1.37%) Microsoft Exchange
6 16 (1.15%) Apache
7 12 (0.86%) MTS
8 5 (0.36%) Apache Airflow
9 2 (0.14%) ArcGIS
9 2 (0.14%) IIS
9 2 (0.14%) Jadu
9 2 (0.14%) Umbraco
10 1 (0.072%) BizTalk Server
10 1 (0.072%) GeoServer
10 1 (0.072%) Jupyter
10 1 (0.072%) Oracle Workflow
10 1 (0.072%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 199 (14.31%) Microsoft Excel
2 48 (3.45%) Microsoft Office
3 36 (2.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 31 (2.23%) MS Visio
5 13 (0.93%) Spreadsheet
6 10 (0.72%) Microsoft Project
7 4 (0.29%) Adobe XD
7 4 (0.29%) InVision
7 4 (0.29%) Sketch
8 3 (0.22%) SPSS
9 2 (0.14%) AutoCAD
9 2 (0.14%) Chatbot
9 2 (0.14%) Revit
9 2 (0.14%) Trello
10 1 (0.072%) Camtasia
10 1 (0.072%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 46 (3.31%) Dynamics CRM
2 27 (1.94%) Dynamics AX
3 19 (1.37%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 17 (1.22%) Remedy ITSM
5 12 (0.86%) Endur
5 12 (0.86%) EuroRunner
6 11 (0.79%) Aligne
7 9 (0.65%) Oracle EBS
8 6 (0.43%) Aladdin
8 6 (0.43%) SimCorp Dimension
9 5 (0.36%) Maximo
9 5 (0.36%) Oracle ERP
9 5 (0.36%) SAP S/4HANA
10 4 (0.29%) NetSuite
11 3 (0.22%) Primavera
11 3 (0.22%) SAP BPC
12 2 (0.14%) Elite 3E
12 2 (0.14%) SAP Business One
12 2 (0.14%) Veritas eDiscovery
12 2 (0.14%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 1,391 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 493 (35.44%) Azure
3 217 (15.60%) PowerApps
4 214 (15.38%) Power Automate
5 128 (9.20%) Azure Data Factory
6 116 (8.34%) Azure DevOps
7 113 (8.12%) Dynamics 365
8 99 (7.12%) AWS
9 93 (6.69%) Microsoft 365
10 65 (4.67%) Snowflake
11 64 (4.60%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 42 (3.02%) GCP
13 41 (2.95%) Serverless
14 40 (2.88%) Entra ID
15 37 (2.66%) GitHub
16 32 (2.30%) Azure Functions
17 24 (1.73%) Google Analytics
18 23 (1.65%) Collibra
19 21 (1.51%) Azure Logic Apps
20 19 (1.37%) Azure Cosmos DB
Communications & Networking
1 11 (0.79%) Firewall
2 7 (0.50%) DNS
3 6 (0.43%) Radio Access Network
3 6 (0.43%) 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%) Intranet
5 3 (0.22%) Skype
5 3 (0.22%) SNMP
6 2 (0.14%) Cisco Nexus
6 2 (0.14%) HTTP
6 2 (0.14%) Internet
6 2 (0.14%) VPN
6 2 (0.14%) XCAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 216 (15.53%) Data Warehouse
2 202 (14.52%) Tableau
3 196 (14.09%) SQL Server
4 131 (9.42%) Data Lake
5 106 (7.62%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 75 (5.39%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 59 (4.24%) Azure SQL Database
8 50 (3.59%) Power Query
9 49 (3.52%) Relational Database
10 47 (3.38%) Big Data
11 46 (3.31%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 43 (3.09%) Metadata
13 39 (2.80%) BusinessObjects
14 37 (2.66%) NoSQL
15 31 (2.23%) PostgreSQL
16 27 (1.94%) Microsoft Analysis Services
16 27 (1.94%) MySQL
17 25 (1.80%) QlikView
18 24 (1.73%) BigQuery
19 23 (1.65%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 96 (6.90%) JIRA
2 19 (1.37%) ERwin
3 17 (1.22%) Visual Studio
4 15 (1.08%) Git
4 15 (1.08%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 14 (1.01%) ER Studio
6 13 (0.93%) GitLab
7 8 (0.58%) Postman
8 6 (0.43%) Eclipse
8 6 (0.43%) PyCharm
9 5 (0.36%) Hudson
9 5 (0.36%) Jenkins
10 4 (0.29%) Bitbucket
10 4 (0.29%) RStudio
11 3 (0.22%) Sonatype Nexus
12 2 (0.14%) Zephyr
13 1 (0.072%) Gradle
13 1 (0.072%) NeoLoad
13 1 (0.072%) SonarQube
13 1 (0.072%) SpecFlow
General
1 399 (28.68%) Social Skills
2 374 (26.89%) Finance
3 336 (24.16%) Analytical Skills
4 128 (9.20%) Public Sector
5 77 (5.54%) Retail
6 72 (5.18%) Banking
7 70 (5.03%) Marketing
8 50 (3.59%) Presentation Skills
9 41 (2.95%) Manufacturing
10 37 (2.66%) Legal
11 33 (2.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 32 (2.30%) Pharmaceutical
13 29 (2.08%) Telecoms
14 28 (2.01%) General Ledger
15 21 (1.51%) Influencing Skills
15 21 (1.51%) Local Government
16 18 (1.29%) Billing
16 18 (1.29%) Financial Institution
17 15 (1.08%) Front Office
17 15 (1.08%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 394 (28.32%) Analyst
2 263 (18.91%) Developer
3 191 (13.73%) Data Analyst
4 152 (10.93%) Business Intelligence Developer
5 128 (9.20%) Power BI Developer
6 126 (9.06%) Data Engineer
7 118 (8.48%) Architect
8 106 (7.62%) Consultant
9 105 (7.55%) Senior
10 82 (5.90%) Business Analyst
11 70 (5.03%) Data Architect
12 69 (4.96%) Lead
13 63 (4.53%) Business Intelligence Analyst
14 53 (3.81%) Senior Analyst
15 51 (3.67%) Power BI Analyst
16 50 (3.59%) Azure Engineer
17 41 (2.95%) Power Platform Developer
18 35 (2.52%) Project Manager
19 34 (2.44%) Data Scientist
20 31 (2.23%) Azure Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (2.66%) PySpark
2 35 (2.52%) .NET
3 31 (2.23%) JSON
4 30 (2.16%) XML
5 29 (2.08%) HTML
6 26 (1.87%) CSS
7 14 (1.01%) Microsoft Graph
7 14 (1.01%) REST
7 14 (1.01%) Web Services
8 13 (0.93%) HTML5 Canvas
9 11 (0.79%) Oracle Fusion
10 10 (0.72%) .NET Framework
10 10 (0.72%) SOAP
11 9 (0.65%) Node.js
12 8 (0.58%) ADO
12 8 (0.58%) SAML
13 7 (0.50%) RESTful
14 6 (0.43%) AngularJS
14 6 (0.43%) Kafka
14 6 (0.43%) React
Miscellaneous
1 65 (4.67%) Management Information System
2 49 (3.52%) Data Structures
2 49 (3.52%) Product Ownership
3 26 (1.87%) Onboarding
4 19 (1.37%) Market Risk
4 19 (1.37%) Self-Motivation
5 18 (1.29%) NHS
6 16 (1.15%) Reference Data
7 14 (1.01%) Analytical Mindset
8 13 (0.93%) Renewable Energy
9 12 (0.86%) Data Protection Act
9 12 (0.86%) Life Science
10 11 (0.79%) Low-Code
11 10 (0.72%) Legacy Systems
12 9 (0.65%) CMDB
12 9 (0.65%) Marketing Technology
13 8 (0.58%) Solar Panel
13 8 (0.58%) Virtual Team
14 7 (0.50%) Hedge funds
14 7 (0.50%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 32 (2.30%) Windows
2 19 (1.37%) Linux
3 17 (1.22%) Unix
4 12 (0.86%) Windows Server
5 9 (0.65%) VMS
6 8 (0.58%) Windows Server 2016
7 6 (0.43%) Windows Server 2019
8 4 (0.29%) Apple iOS
8 4 (0.29%) Mac OS
9 2 (0.14%) Windows 10
9 2 (0.14%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,179 (84.76%) Business Intelligence
2 326 (23.44%) Analytics
3 311 (22.36%) Visualisation
4 287 (20.63%) Data Modelling
5 268 (19.27%) Agile
6 234 (16.82%) ETL
7 229 (16.46%) Data Analysis
8 209 (15.03%) Problem-Solving
9 197 (14.16%) Data Visualisation
10 183 (13.16%) DevOps
11 133 (9.56%) Migration
12 116 (8.34%) Stakeholder Management
13 113 (8.12%) Data Governance
14 109 (7.84%) Decision-Making
15 105 (7.55%) Data Analytics
16 103 (7.40%) Data Management
17 97 (6.97%) Project Management
18 89 (6.40%) Data Science
19 86 (6.18%) Dashboard Development
20 82 (5.90%) Data Integration
Programming Languages
1 560 (40.26%) SQL
2 243 (17.47%) Python
3 110 (7.91%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 72 (5.18%) PowerShell
5 65 (4.67%) T-SQL
6 59 (4.24%) C#
7 52 (3.74%) JavaScript
8 38 (2.73%) R
9 29 (2.08%) Java
10 22 (1.58%) PL/SQL
11 21 (1.51%) Scala
12 16 (1.15%) VBA
13 12 (0.86%) VB
14 10 (0.72%) MATLAB
15 9 (0.65%) TypeScript
16 7 (0.50%) XPath
16 7 (0.50%) XQuery
17 6 (0.43%) Groovy
18 5 (0.36%) Shell Script
19 3 (0.22%) PHP
Qualifications
1 125 (8.99%) Degree
2 113 (8.12%) Security Cleared
3 86 (6.18%) SC Cleared
4 37 (2.66%) Computer Science Degree
5 27 (1.94%) BPSS Clearance
6 17 (1.22%) Master's Degree
7 12 (0.86%) DV Cleared
8 11 (0.79%) Microsoft Certification
9 9 (0.65%) Azure Certification
9 9 (0.65%) PMI Certification
10 8 (0.58%) Postgraduate
11 7 (0.50%) CISM
11 7 (0.50%) CISSP
12 6 (0.43%) CIMA
12 6 (0.43%) ITIL Certification
12 6 (0.43%) PMP
13 4 (0.29%) HNC
13 4 (0.29%) Numerate Degree
14 3 (0.22%) ACCA
14 3 (0.22%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 124 (8.91%) Data Quality
2 69 (4.96%) QA
3 32 (2.30%) PMO
4 25 (1.80%) GDPR
5 24 (1.73%) SLA
6 21 (1.51%) GxP
7 12 (0.86%) Accessibility
8 9 (0.65%) Good Clinical Practice
9 7 (0.50%) CDISC
10 6 (0.43%) Actionable Recommendations
11 5 (0.36%) GAMP
12 4 (0.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 3 (0.22%) Disclosure Scotland
14 2 (0.14%) GRC
15 1 (0.072%) California Consumer Privacy Act
15 1 (0.072%) Cyber Essentials
15 1 (0.072%) GAAP
15 1 (0.072%) IFRS
15 1 (0.072%) IFRS 9
System Software
1 31 (2.23%) Active Directory
2 16 (1.15%) Virtual Machines
3 9 (0.65%) Docker
4 5 (0.36%) Virtual Desktop
5 4 (0.29%) VMware Infrastructure
6 3 (0.22%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.072%) HDFS
7 1 (0.072%) Microsoft App-V
7 1 (0.072%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 19 (1.37%) Single Sign-On
2 14 (1.01%) Microsoft Intune
3 11 (0.79%) Terraform
4 7 (0.50%) Jamf Pro
4 7 (0.50%) Kubernetes
5 5 (0.36%) SysTrack
6 3 (0.22%) Kibana
6 3 (0.22%) SCCM
7 2 (0.14%) SCOM
8 1 (0.072%) Ansible
8 1 (0.072%) CASB
8 1 (0.072%) Grafana
8 1 (0.072%) HP ALM
8 1 (0.072%) logstash
8 1 (0.072%) Matomo
8 1 (0.072%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.072%) RSA Archer
8 1 (0.072%) SCOrch
8 1 (0.072%) SCVMM
8 1 (0.072%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 449 (32.28%) Microsoft
2 129 (9.27%) Databricks
3 101 (7.26%) Oracle
4 73 (5.25%) SAP
5 47 (3.38%) ServiceNow
6 44 (3.16%) Google
7 43 (3.09%) Salesforce
8 35 (2.52%) Alteryx
9 28 (2.01%) Informatica
10 20 (1.44%) Remedy
10 20 (1.44%) Sparx
11 18 (1.29%) Adobe
12 14 (1.01%) Atlassian
13 12 (0.86%) CA
14 11 (0.79%) Talend
15 10 (0.72%) MicroStrategy
16 9 (0.65%) Qualys
16 9 (0.65%) Splunk
17 8 (0.58%) Dataiku
18 7 (0.50%) Nexthink