Hybrid/Remote Microsoft BI Developer Contract Job Trends

Microsoft Business Intelligence Developer
UK > Work from Home

The median Microsoft Business Intelligence Developer daily rate for remote/hybrid work is £463, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 4 October 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 306 327 394
Rank change year-on-year +21 +67 +199
Contract jobs requiring a Microsoft BI Developer 1 2 2
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.010% 0.016% 0.010%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.011% 0.017% 0.011%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 2
10th Percentile - - £405
25th Percentile £456 - £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £500 £425
Median % change year-on-year -7.50% +17.65% -2.86%
75th Percentile £469 - £438
90th Percentile - - £445
UK median daily rate £463 £500 £425
% change year-on-year -7.50% +17.65% -10.53%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with remote/hybrid work options. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 9,126 11,723 18,732
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.72% 93.45% 94.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,995 7,424 13,210
10th Percentile £325 £325 £334
25th Percentile £413 £415 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £745
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 295 272 418
10th Percentile £13.87 £21.02 £16.99
25th Percentile £21.14 £34.73 £24.56
Median hourly rate £38.70 £43.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -14.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £65.00 £67.50 £70.00
90th Percentile £68.00 £74.95 £84.55
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £42.91 £44.50
% change year-on-year -41.39% -3.57% +71.15%

Microsoft BI Developer
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Roles

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Microsoft BI Developer' in the job title and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Microsoft BI Developer job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid roles

Microsoft BI Developer
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid Microsoft BI Developer job vacancies.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid Microsoft BI Developer job vacancies

Microsoft BI Developer Skill Set
Top 19 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs

For the 6 months to 4 October 2025, Microsoft BI Developer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract jobs with hybrid/remote work options featuring Microsoft BI Developer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) T-SQL
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Visualisation
1 1 (100.00%) Data Visualisation
1 1 (100.00%) Tableau
1 1 (100.00%) Data Quality
1 1 (100.00%) Business Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Relational Database
1 1 (100.00%) Power BI
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
1 1 (100.00%) Data Pipeline

Microsoft BI Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (100.00%) Power BI
1 1 (100.00%) Relational Database
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) Tableau
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Business Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Data Pipeline
1 1 (100.00%) Data Visualisation
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) T-SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft