Power BI Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Microsoft Power BI
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work 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 60 50 72
Rank change year-on-year -10 +22 +1
Contract jobs citing Power BI 363 580 819
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 3.66% 3.78% 3.17%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 17.30% 19.92% 16.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 246 389 616
10th Percentile £284 £319 £344
25th Percentile £377 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year - -5.00% -
75th Percentile £559 £575 £590
90th Percentile £653 £666 £700
UK median daily rate £475 £475 £500
% change year-on-year - -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 12 7
10th Percentile £22.08 - £20.93
25th Percentile £28.49 £20.77 £29.19
Median hourly rate £32.05 £22.86 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +40.22% -42.86% +58.48%
75th Percentile £32.71 £28.56 £50.00
90th Percentile £33.89 £35.50 £56.50
UK median hourly rate £29.07 £23.22 £55.00
% change year-on-year +25.22% -57.79% +144.44%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring database or business intelligence skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 2,098 2,911 4,942
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 21.18% 18.97% 19.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,488 2,137 3,601
10th Percentile £363 £356 £386
25th Percentile £425 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -
75th Percentile £675 £650 £650
90th Percentile £838 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £540
% change year-on-year - -2.78% -1.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 37 79
10th Percentile £22.50 £20.06 £22.16
25th Percentile £30.00 £22.61 £43.57
Median hourly rate £63.00 £40.00 £66.00
Median % change year-on-year +57.50% -39.39% +46.67%
75th Percentile £66.00 £61.50 £75.00
90th Percentile £92.50 £70.25 £85.00
UK median hourly rate £32.96 £40.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year -17.60% -33.33% +41.18%

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Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Power BI as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Power BI trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

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Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Power BI.

Power BI daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

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Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Power BI over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Power BI daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Power BI.

Power BI hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

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Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Power BI over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Power BI hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 46 (12.67%) SharePoint
2 15 (4.13%) Confluence
3 7 (1.93%) Apache Spark
4 6 (1.65%) SAS
5 5 (1.38%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (0.83%) CMS
7 2 (0.55%) Apache
7 2 (0.55%) ArcGIS
7 2 (0.55%) Jupyter
7 2 (0.55%) Microsoft Exchange
8 1 (0.28%) Adobe Experience Manager
Applications
1 65 (17.91%) Microsoft Excel
2 19 (5.23%) Microsoft Office
3 18 (4.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (2.20%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.83%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.55%) Oracle Smart View
7 1 (0.28%) InfoPath
7 1 (0.28%) Revit
7 1 (0.28%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.28%) Trello
Business Applications
1 12 (3.31%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.83%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 2 (0.55%) Aladdin
3 2 (0.55%) Maximo
3 2 (0.55%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.28%) Adobe Campaign
4 1 (0.28%) NEC Housing
4 1 (0.28%) Raiser’s Edge
4 1 (0.28%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 363 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 145 (39.94%) Azure
3 51 (14.05%) AWS
4 45 (12.40%) PowerApps
5 44 (12.12%) Power Automate
6 39 (10.74%) Azure Data Factory
7 32 (8.82%) Snowflake
8 31 (8.54%) Microsoft 365
9 28 (7.71%) Dynamics 365
10 25 (6.89%) Azure DevOps
11 24 (6.61%) Azure Machine Learning
12 23 (6.34%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 22 (6.06%) GCP
14 14 (3.86%) Azure Logic Apps
15 13 (3.58%) dbt
16 12 (3.31%) GitHub
17 11 (3.03%) Entra ID
18 9 (2.48%) Microsoft Purview
19 7 (1.93%) Serverless
20 6 (1.65%) Adobe Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.10%) Internet
2 3 (0.83%) DNS
2 3 (0.83%) Firewall
2 3 (0.83%) HTTP
2 3 (0.83%) Radio Access Network
2 3 (0.83%) VPN
3 2 (0.55%) FTP
3 2 (0.55%) Network Security
3 2 (0.55%) SMTP
3 2 (0.55%) SSL
3 2 (0.55%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.28%) DHCP
4 1 (0.28%) SSH
4 1 (0.28%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 63 (17.36%) Data Warehouse
2 61 (16.80%) Tableau
3 37 (10.19%) Data Lake
4 26 (7.16%) SQL Server
5 25 (6.89%) Relational Database
6 23 (6.34%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 19 (5.23%) Neo4j
8 16 (4.41%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 15 (4.13%) Azure SQL Database
9 15 (4.13%) Power Query
10 12 (3.31%) Looker
10 12 (3.31%) Metadata
11 11 (3.03%) Snowflake Schema
12 10 (2.75%) Big Data
13 9 (2.48%) BusinessObjects
13 9 (2.48%) NoSQL
13 9 (2.48%) PostgreSQL
14 8 (2.20%) BigQuery
14 8 (2.20%) Data Mining
15 7 (1.93%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 43 (11.85%) JIRA
2 19 (5.23%) Git
3 6 (1.65%) Visual Studio
4 4 (1.10%) ERwin
5 3 (0.83%) Oracle Forms
5 3 (0.83%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 2 (0.55%) GitLab
6 2 (0.55%) Terragrunt
7 1 (0.28%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.28%) ER Studio
7 1 (0.28%) Flyway
7 1 (0.28%) Jenkins
7 1 (0.28%) JIRA Agile
7 1 (0.28%) Liquibase
7 1 (0.28%) MLflow
7 1 (0.28%) RStudio
7 1 (0.28%) ScriptRunner
7 1 (0.28%) Team Foundation Server
7 1 (0.28%) tSQLt
7 1 (0.28%) Zephyr
General
1 106 (29.20%) Social Skills
2 78 (21.49%) Analytical Skills
3 71 (19.56%) Finance
4 50 (13.77%) Public Sector
5 26 (7.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 21 (5.79%) Banking
6 21 (5.79%) Marketing
7 18 (4.96%) Presentation Skills
8 8 (2.20%) Manufacturing
9 7 (1.93%) Local Government
10 6 (1.65%) Influencing Skills
10 6 (1.65%) Telecoms
11 5 (1.38%) Investment Banking
11 5 (1.38%) Organisational Skills
11 5 (1.38%) Retail
12 4 (1.10%) Military
12 4 (1.10%) Pharmaceutical
13 3 (0.83%) Legal
14 2 (0.55%) Automotive
14 2 (0.55%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 113 (31.13%) Analyst
2 59 (16.25%) Data Analyst
3 58 (15.98%) Developer
4 52 (14.33%) Data Engineer
5 43 (11.85%) Senior
6 25 (6.89%) Architect
7 22 (6.06%) Lead
8 17 (4.68%) Azure Engineer
9 16 (4.41%) Business Analyst
9 16 (4.41%) Data Architect
9 16 (4.41%) Power Platform Developer
10 15 (4.13%) Business Intelligence Analyst
10 15 (4.13%) Power BI Developer
11 14 (3.86%) Business Intelligence Developer
11 14 (3.86%) Report Analyst
12 12 (3.31%) Consultant
13 10 (2.75%) Azure Data Engineer
13 10 (2.75%) Data Business Analyst
13 10 (2.75%) Data Scientist
14 9 (2.48%) Power BI Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (6.06%) Plotly
1 22 (6.06%) React
2 21 (5.79%) REST
3 17 (4.68%) SOAP
4 10 (2.75%) PySpark
5 9 (2.48%) JSON
6 8 (2.20%) Web Services
7 6 (1.65%) .NET
8 4 (1.10%) LDAP
9 3 (0.83%) CSS
9 3 (0.83%) HTML
9 3 (0.83%) Pandas
9 3 (0.83%) Regular Expression
9 3 (0.83%) YAML
10 2 (0.55%) ADO
10 2 (0.55%) HTML5 Canvas
10 2 (0.55%) Kafka
10 2 (0.55%) Microsoft Graph
10 2 (0.55%) Oracle Fusion
10 2 (0.55%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 18 (4.96%) Onboarding
2 11 (3.03%) Self-Motivation
3 9 (2.48%) Management Information System
3 9 (2.48%) Security Posture
4 8 (2.20%) Data Structures
5 6 (1.65%) Legacy Systems
6 4 (1.10%) Credit Risk
6 4 (1.10%) Cyber Security Posture
6 4 (1.10%) Data Centre
6 4 (1.10%) Learning Management System
6 4 (1.10%) Low-Code
7 3 (0.83%) Distributed Systems
7 3 (0.83%) IoT
7 3 (0.83%) Life Science
7 3 (0.83%) Market Risk
7 3 (0.83%) Pricing Data
7 3 (0.83%) Renewable Energy
7 3 (0.83%) Video Conferencing
8 2 (0.55%) Educational Technology
8 2 (0.55%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 10 (2.75%) Windows
2 7 (1.93%) Linux
3 3 (0.83%) Mac OS
3 3 (0.83%) Unix
4 2 (0.55%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.28%) Android
5 1 (0.28%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 287 (79.06%) Business Intelligence
2 111 (30.58%) Visualisation
3 105 (28.93%) Analytics
4 94 (25.90%) Data Modelling
5 88 (24.24%) Problem-Solving
6 77 (21.21%) Data Visualisation
7 72 (19.83%) Data Analysis
8 68 (18.73%) Agile
9 61 (16.80%) ETL
10 48 (13.22%) Data Integration
11 45 (12.40%) Data Governance
11 45 (12.40%) DevOps
12 43 (11.85%) Decision-Making
13 42 (11.57%) Migration
14 36 (9.92%) Data Pipeline
15 35 (9.64%) Machine Learning
15 35 (9.64%) Stakeholder Management
16 34 (9.37%) Data Engineering
17 29 (7.99%) Data Analytics
18 28 (7.71%) Data Science
Programming Languages
1 186 (51.24%) SQL
2 75 (20.66%) Python
3 34 (9.37%) JavaScript
4 21 (5.79%) C#
5 19 (5.23%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 16 (4.41%) PowerShell
7 12 (3.31%) T-SQL
8 10 (2.75%) R
9 6 (1.65%) Java
10 5 (1.38%) Bicep
11 4 (1.10%) PL/SQL
12 3 (0.83%) Scala
12 3 (0.83%) VBA
13 2 (0.55%) Kusto Query Language
14 1 (0.28%) Bash
14 1 (0.28%) Formula Language
14 1 (0.28%) Go
14 1 (0.28%) Groovy
14 1 (0.28%) HiveQL
14 1 (0.28%) VB
Qualifications
1 74 (20.39%) Security Cleared
2 69 (19.01%) SC Cleared
3 40 (11.02%) Degree
4 6 (1.65%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (1.10%) Azure Certification
5 4 (1.10%) Numerate Degree
6 3 (0.83%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (0.83%) CISM
6 3 (0.83%) CISSP
7 1 (0.28%) CITP
7 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.28%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (12.12%) Data Quality
2 18 (4.96%) GDPR
3 12 (3.31%) QA
4 7 (1.93%) Accessibility
5 5 (1.38%) PMO
6 4 (1.10%) Disclosure Scotland
6 4 (1.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.55%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (0.55%) Basel II
7 2 (0.55%) SLA
8 1 (0.28%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 1 (0.28%) GRC
8 1 (0.28%) HL7
8 1 (0.28%) LOINC
8 1 (0.28%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 5 (1.38%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.55%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.28%) BitLocker
3 1 (0.28%) Docker
3 1 (0.28%) HDFS
3 1 (0.28%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.28%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.28%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 10 (2.75%) Terraform
2 7 (1.93%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (1.10%) SCCM
3 4 (1.10%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (0.83%) Grafana
4 3 (0.83%) Kubernetes
5 1 (0.28%) Ansible
5 1 (0.28%) Opsgenie
5 1 (0.28%) SCOrch
Vendors
1 96 (26.45%) Microsoft
2 53 (14.60%) Databricks
3 22 (6.06%) Google
4 19 (5.23%) Oracle
5 16 (4.41%) SAP
6 14 (3.86%) ServiceNow
7 8 (2.20%) Salesforce
8 7 (1.93%) Alteryx
9 6 (1.65%) Adobe
10 5 (1.38%) Atlassian
11 4 (1.10%) CyberArk
12 3 (0.83%) Bloomberg
12 3 (0.83%) MuleSoft
12 3 (0.83%) Qualys
12 3 (0.83%) Sparx
13 2 (0.55%) Liquidlogic
13 2 (0.55%) MicroStrategy
13 2 (0.55%) TikTok
13 2 (0.55%) Virgin Media
13 2 (0.55%) Workday