Power BI Developer Contracts

Microsoft Power BI Developer
UK

The median Microsoft Power BI Developer daily rate in the UK is £450 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 447 520 607
Rank change year-on-year +73 +87 -72
Contract jobs requiring a Power BI Developer 128 163 236
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.30% 0.29% 0.27%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.32% 0.31% 0.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 109 131 191
10th Percentile £313 £363 £331
25th Percentile £368 £409 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% +5.88%
75th Percentile £556 £550 £538
90th Percentile £620 £625 £588
UK excluding London median daily rate £415 £450 £400
% change year-on-year -7.78% +12.50% +3.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £31.25
Median hourly rate - - £32.50
75th Percentile - - £33.75
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £32.50
% change year-on-year - - +62.95%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 the UK with a recognized job title 39,969 53,015 83,520
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.83% 94.58% 95.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,870 37,031 58,844
10th Percentile £280 £313 £315
25th Percentile £409 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +7.69%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +10.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,841 1,476 1,963
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.06 £15.90
Median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £24.50
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +83.67% +12.28%
75th Percentile £61.60 £65.75 £49.33
90th Percentile £73.75 £76.13 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year -5.88% +112.50% +5.26%

Power BI Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Power BI Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Power BI Developer in the UK

Power BI Developer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Power BI Developer in the UK

Power BI Developer
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Power BI Developer over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Power BI Developer in the UK

Power BI Developer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Power BI Developer in the UK

Power BI Developer
Top 15 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 Developer within the UK over the 6 months to 1 June 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 +59 106 £450 -5.26% 34
UK excluding London +51 71 £415 -7.78% 21
London +58 49 £520 +4.00% 12
Work from Home +80 48 £425 -5.56% 10
North of England +21 19 £400 -5.88% 2
North West +20 15 £400 -5.88% 1
South East +17 13 £450 -21.57% 5
South West +12 13 £500 +17.65% 4
Wales - 8 £550 -
Midlands +20 7 £350 -20.00% 8
Scotland +31 6 £444 -6.58% 1
West Midlands +11 6 £363 -14.71% 7
East of England +8 5 £300 -33.33% 1
Yorkshire +18 4 £400 -21.95% 1
Northern Ireland - 1 - -

Power BI Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 1 June 2024, Power BI Developer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Power BI Developer in the job title.

1 128 (100.00%) Power BI
1 128 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 127 (99.22%) Business Intelligence
3 73 (57.03%) SQL
4 54 (42.19%) Visualisation
5 48 (37.50%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 39 (30.47%) Data Visualisation
6 39 (30.47%) Finance
7 36 (28.13%) Azure
8 30 (23.44%) Data Modelling
8 30 (23.44%) Social Skills
9 29 (22.66%) Microsoft
10 26 (20.31%) SQL Server
10 26 (20.31%) Problem-Solving
11 24 (18.75%) Analytical Skills
11 24 (18.75%) ETL
12 23 (17.97%) Power Query
13 22 (17.19%) Analytics
14 21 (16.41%) Data Analysis
15 20 (15.63%) Power Automate
16 19 (14.84%) Databricks
17 17 (13.28%) SQL Server Reporting Services
18 16 (12.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
18 16 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
19 14 (10.94%) T-SQL
20 13 (10.16%) Microsoft Excel
20 13 (10.16%) Azure Data Factory
21 12 (9.38%) Dashboard Development
21 12 (9.38%) PowerApps
21 12 (9.38%) Python

Power BI Developer Skill Set
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 11 (8.59%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.78%) Confluence
Applications
1 13 (10.16%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (3.91%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (2.34%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (0.78%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 128 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 36 (28.13%) Azure
3 20 (15.63%) Power Automate
4 13 (10.16%) Azure Data Factory
5 12 (9.38%) PowerApps
6 8 (6.25%) Snowflake
7 6 (4.69%) Microsoft Purview
8 5 (3.91%) AWS
9 4 (3.13%) Azure DevOps
9 4 (3.13%) Dynamics 365
10 3 (2.34%) Microsoft 365
11 2 (1.56%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 1 (0.78%) AWS Lambda
12 1 (0.78%) Azure Storage
12 1 (0.78%) Fivetran
12 1 (0.78%) GitHub
12 1 (0.78%) Serverless
12 1 (0.78%) Slack
12 1 (0.78%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.78%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 128 (100.00%) Power BI
2 26 (20.31%) SQL Server
3 23 (17.97%) Power Query
4 17 (13.28%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 16 (12.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 12 (9.38%) Data Warehouse
7 10 (7.81%) Metadata
8 6 (4.69%) Data Lake
9 5 (3.91%) Tableau
10 4 (3.13%) Azure SQL Database
10 4 (3.13%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 3 (2.34%) Relational Database
12 2 (1.56%) Amazon Redshift
12 2 (1.56%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
12 2 (1.56%) Big Data
12 2 (1.56%) MySQL
13 1 (0.78%) Biml
13 1 (0.78%) Metadata Repository
13 1 (0.78%) Semantic Layer
13 1 (0.78%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 1 (0.78%) JIRA
General
1 39 (30.47%) Finance
2 30 (23.44%) Social Skills
3 24 (18.75%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (7.81%) Banking
5 5 (3.91%) Retail
6 4 (3.13%) Local Government
6 4 (3.13%) Public Sector
7 3 (2.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (2.34%) Investment Banking
8 2 (1.56%) Automotive
8 2 (1.56%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (1.56%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.78%) Back Office
9 1 (0.78%) Billing
9 1 (0.78%) Marketing
9 1 (0.78%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.78%) Social Housing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.34%) .NET
2 2 (1.56%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (2.34%) Tandem
2 2 (1.56%) Data Structures
3 1 (0.78%) CMDB
3 1 (0.78%) FMCG
3 1 (0.78%) Housing Association
3 1 (0.78%) Legacy Applications
3 1 (0.78%) Management Information System
3 1 (0.78%) NHS
3 1 (0.78%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 127 (99.22%) Business Intelligence
2 54 (42.19%) Visualisation
3 39 (30.47%) Data Visualisation
4 30 (23.44%) Data Modelling
5 26 (20.31%) Problem-Solving
6 24 (18.75%) ETL
7 22 (17.19%) Analytics
8 21 (16.41%) Data Analysis
9 16 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
10 12 (9.38%) Agile
10 12 (9.38%) Dashboard Development
11 9 (7.03%) Decision-Making
12 8 (6.25%) Data Transformation
13 7 (5.47%) Actionable Insight
14 6 (4.69%) Data Governance
14 6 (4.69%) Data-Driven Decision Making
14 6 (4.69%) DevOps
14 6 (4.69%) Mentoring
15 5 (3.91%) Continuous Improvement
15 5 (3.91%) Data Analytics
Programming Languages
1 73 (57.03%) SQL
2 48 (37.50%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 14 (10.94%) T-SQL
4 12 (9.38%) Python
5 6 (4.69%) MATLAB
6 3 (2.34%) PowerShell
7 2 (1.56%) C#
7 2 (1.56%) VBA
Qualifications
1 4 (3.13%) SC Cleared
1 4 (3.13%) Security Cleared
2 2 (1.56%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (1.56%) Degree
3 1 (0.78%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (3.13%) Data Quality
2 2 (1.56%) PMO
2 2 (1.56%) QA
3 1 (0.78%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.78%) GDPR
Vendors
1 29 (22.66%) Microsoft
2 19 (14.84%) Databricks
3 4 (3.13%) Alteryx
4 2 (1.56%) Oracle
5 1 (0.78%) Civica
5 1 (0.78%) Liquidlogic
5 1 (0.78%) Salesforce
5 1 (0.78%) SAP
5 1 (0.78%) ServiceNow