Power BI Contracts in the West Midlands

Microsoft Power BI
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands requiring Power BI skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Power BI over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 38 36 51
Rank change year-on-year -2 +15 +2
Contract jobs citing Power BI 65 86 98
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 4.83% 4.42% 4.11%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 30.81% 28.48% 23.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 68 69
10th Percentile £366 £275 £333
25th Percentile £395 £350 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £425 £480
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% -11.46% +6.67%
75th Percentile £613 £541 £575
90th Percentile £638 £633 £588
England median daily rate £475 £488 £500
% change year-on-year -2.56% -2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile £15.63 - £24.06
25th Percentile £16.15 - £24.16
Median hourly rate £17.59 - £24.63
75th Percentile £18.45 - £25.41
90th Percentile £18.62 - £25.69
England median hourly rate £29.07 £23.22 £55.00
% change year-on-year +25.22% -57.79% +145.54%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
West Midlands

Power BI falls under the Databases and Business Intelligence category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring database or business intelligence skills in the West Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 211 302 414
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 15.69% 15.51% 17.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 139 232 283
10th Percentile £295 £301 £350
25th Percentile £410 £358 £412
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £525
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -14.29% +13.51%
75th Percentile £600 £577 £588
90th Percentile £690 £700 £698
England median daily rate £525 £530 £550
% change year-on-year -0.94% -3.64% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 3
10th Percentile £15.80 - £24.13
25th Percentile £16.57 - £24.31
Median hourly rate £18.00 £40.50 £25.25
Median % change year-on-year -55.56% +60.40% -
75th Percentile £19.00 - £30.48
90th Percentile - - £33.24
England median hourly rate £32.05 £40.13 £58.05
% change year-on-year -20.12% -30.87% +35.25%

Power BI
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing Power BI as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Power BI in the West Midlands

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Power BI in the West Midlands

Power BI
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

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

Daily rate histogram for Power BI in the West Midlands

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Power BI in the West Midlands

Power BI
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

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 West Midlands region 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
Birmingham -2 24 £500 +17.65% 54
Warwickshire +5 21 £550 +22.22% 22
Shropshire +1 5 £413 - 13
Coventry +9 4 £438 -27.08% 18
Wolverhampton -1 2 £348 - 5
Staffordshire -3 2 - - 38
Solihull +18 1 £575 - 6
Herefordshire - 1 £400 -
Power BI
England

Power BI
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 9 (13.85%) SharePoint
2 2 (3.08%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 16 (24.62%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (6.15%) InfoPath
3 3 (4.62%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (3.08%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (1.54%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (6.15%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 65 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 16 (24.62%) Azure
3 15 (23.08%) PowerApps
4 13 (20.00%) Power Automate
5 10 (15.38%) Microsoft 365
6 8 (12.31%) Dynamics 365
7 4 (6.15%) Azure Functions
7 4 (6.15%) Azure Logic Apps
7 4 (6.15%) Entra ID
7 4 (6.15%) Serverless
7 4 (6.15%) Snowflake
8 3 (4.62%) AWS
8 3 (4.62%) Copilot Studio
8 3 (4.62%) Microsoft Purview
8 3 (4.62%) SuccessFactors
9 2 (3.08%) Azure DevOps
9 2 (3.08%) OneDrive
10 1 (1.54%) Azure Data Factory
10 1 (1.54%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (13.85%) Data Warehouse
2 7 (10.77%) Relational Database
3 5 (7.69%) RDBMS
4 4 (6.15%) Oracle Database
4 4 (6.15%) SQL Server
5 3 (4.62%) Power Query
5 3 (4.62%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 2 (3.08%) Metadata
6 2 (3.08%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 2 (3.08%) Tableau
7 1 (1.54%) Amazon Redshift
7 1 (1.54%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
7 1 (1.54%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (1.54%) BusinessObjects
7 1 (1.54%) Data Lake
7 1 (1.54%) Data Mining
7 1 (1.54%) Microsoft Analysis Services
7 1 (1.54%) MySQL
7 1 (1.54%) Spark SQL
7 1 (1.54%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 3 (4.62%) Oracle Forms
2 1 (1.54%) Git
2 1 (1.54%) Visual Studio
General
1 27 (41.54%) Social Skills
2 15 (23.08%) Analytical Skills
3 14 (21.54%) Finance
4 8 (12.31%) Public Sector
5 6 (9.23%) Law
5 6 (9.23%) Presentation Skills
6 4 (6.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 4 (6.15%) Local Government
7 3 (4.62%) Manufacturing
8 2 (3.08%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (1.54%) Games
9 1 (1.54%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (1.54%) Military
Job Titles
1 15 (23.08%) Analyst
2 14 (21.54%) Developer
3 11 (16.92%) Lead
4 8 (12.31%) Architect
4 8 (12.31%) Power BI Developer
5 7 (10.77%) Business Intelligence Developer
6 6 (9.23%) Data Analyst
7 5 (7.69%) Data Engineer
7 5 (7.69%) PMO Analyst
7 5 (7.69%) Solutions Architect
8 4 (6.15%) Consultant
9 3 (4.62%) Automation Architect
9 3 (4.62%) Business Analyst
9 3 (4.62%) Customer Support Manager
9 3 (4.62%) Senior
9 3 (4.62%) Support Manager
10 2 (3.08%) Business Intelligence Lead
10 2 (3.08%) Resource Management Analyst
10 2 (3.08%) Senior PMO Analyst
10 2 (3.08%) Support Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (7.69%) .NET
2 4 (6.15%) .NET Framework
2 4 (6.15%) ASP.NET
2 4 (6.15%) ASP.NET MVC
2 4 (6.15%) CSS
2 4 (6.15%) Entity Framework
2 4 (6.15%) HTML
2 4 (6.15%) HTML5 Canvas
2 4 (6.15%) LDAP
3 2 (3.08%) React
4 1 (1.54%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 5 (7.69%) Onboarding
2 4 (6.15%) Data Centre
2 4 (6.15%) Enterprise Cloud
2 4 (6.15%) Enterprise Software
2 4 (6.15%) Security Posture
2 4 (6.15%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (4.62%) Management Information System
4 2 (3.08%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (1.54%) Cloud Native
5 1 (1.54%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 3 (4.62%) Linux
1 3 (4.62%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (86.15%) Business Intelligence
2 15 (23.08%) Data Modelling
2 15 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
2 15 (23.08%) Visualisation
3 13 (20.00%) Data Analysis
3 13 (20.00%) Decision-Making
4 12 (18.46%) Migration
5 11 (16.92%) Analytics
6 10 (15.38%) Data Visualisation
6 10 (15.38%) Workflow
7 8 (12.31%) Stakeholder Management
8 7 (10.77%) Agile
8 7 (10.77%) Change Management
8 7 (10.77%) Resource Management
8 7 (10.77%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 6 (9.23%) Customer Service
9 6 (9.23%) Dashboard Development
9 6 (9.23%) Data Management
9 6 (9.23%) Data Strategy
9 6 (9.23%) RBAC
Programming Languages
1 33 (50.77%) SQL
2 7 (10.77%) Python
3 6 (9.23%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 5 (7.69%) C#
5 4 (6.15%) JavaScript
6 3 (4.62%) VB
7 2 (3.08%) PowerShell
7 2 (3.08%) R
7 2 (3.08%) TypeScript
7 2 (3.08%) VBA
8 1 (1.54%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (7.69%) Degree
2 3 (4.62%) SC Cleared
2 3 (4.62%) Security Cleared
3 1 (1.54%) Azure Certification
3 1 (1.54%) CITP
3 1 (1.54%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (9.23%) PMO
2 4 (6.15%) Data Quality
3 3 (4.62%) GDPR
4 2 (3.08%) Accessibility
System Software
1 4 (6.15%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (6.15%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 17 (26.15%) Microsoft
2 6 (9.23%) SAP
3 5 (7.69%) Databricks
3 5 (7.69%) ServiceNow
4 4 (6.15%) CyberArk
4 4 (6.15%) Oracle
5 2 (3.08%) UiPath
6 1 (1.54%) Google
6 1 (1.54%) Informatica
6 1 (1.54%) QAD