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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 60 67 88
Rank change year-on-year +7 +21 -6
Contract jobs citing Power BI 1,394 1,804 2,528
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 3.24% 3.22% 2.89%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 19.10% 18.22% 14.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 978 1,284 1,811
10th Percentile £300 £325 £350
25th Percentile £400 £411 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £594
90th Percentile £675 £700 £675
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £450 £450
% change year-on-year - - +6.19%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 44 38
10th Percentile £14.00 £22.41 £14.25
25th Percentile £18.38 £26.25 £18.39
Median hourly rate £24.43 £51.25 £24.75
Median % change year-on-year -52.33% +107.07% +15.12%
75th Percentile £43.75 £63.38 £35.00
90th Percentile £55.00 £65.75 £63.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.07 £53.75 £23.00
% change year-on-year -58.94% +133.70% +19.48%

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 7,300 9,902 17,265
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 16.95% 17.66% 19.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,235 7,035 12,303
10th Percentile £350 £375 £375
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.46% -0.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £650 £663 £650
90th Percentile £775 £754 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 150 179 180
10th Percentile £14.00 £21.24 £15.45
25th Percentile £20.77 £33.70 £21.69
Median hourly rate £40.00 £60.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -33.33% +33.33% +69.81%
75th Percentile £56.88 £73.75 £63.60
90th Percentile £72.75 £80.50 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £35.00 £58.59 £35.00
% change year-on-year -40.26% +67.40% +42.86%

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 1 June 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 1 June 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 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 +10 1,218 £475 -5.00% 864
London +14 635 £500 -4.76% 340
UK excluding London +15 625 £450 - 514
Work from Home +12 531 £475 -2.56% 433
North of England +3 165 £453 -2.16% 153
South East +14 132 £450 -8.63% 129
Midlands +20 126 £425 -11.46% 89
North West -1 109 £450 -2.70% 99
South West +13 99 £456 +1.39% 82
West Midlands +14 94 £425 -11.46% 58
Scotland +26 71 £450 -5.26% 26
Yorkshire +24 49 £475 +2.70% 38
East of England -33 32 £410 -4.65% 35
East Midlands +14 31 £388 -13.89% 31
Wales +19 11 £500 +73.91% 6
North East +8 7 £663 +15.22% 16
Northern Ireland -5 2 £338 -28.95% 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
1 125 (8.97%) SharePoint
2 43 (3.08%) Confluence
3 23 (1.65%) Apache Spark
4 22 (1.58%) Apache
4 22 (1.58%) Microsoft Exchange
5 20 (1.43%) SAS
6 10 (0.72%) MTS
7 4 (0.29%) Apache Airflow
8 2 (0.14%) ArcGIS
8 2 (0.14%) IIS
8 2 (0.14%) Jadu
8 2 (0.14%) Umbraco
9 1 (0.072%) BizTalk Server
9 1 (0.072%) GeoServer
9 1 (0.072%) Jupyter
9 1 (0.072%) Oracle Workflow
9 1 (0.072%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 194 (13.92%) Microsoft Excel
2 47 (3.37%) Microsoft Office
3 36 (2.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 33 (2.37%) MS Visio
5 11 (0.79%) Spreadsheet
6 8 (0.57%) 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%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 45 (3.23%) Dynamics CRM
2 27 (1.94%) Dynamics AX
3 17 (1.22%) Remedy ITSM
3 17 (1.22%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 10 (0.72%) Endur
4 10 (0.72%) EuroRunner
5 9 (0.65%) Aligne
5 9 (0.65%) Oracle EBS
6 7 (0.50%) Aladdin
6 7 (0.50%) SimCorp Dimension
7 5 (0.36%) Maximo
8 4 (0.29%) NetSuite
8 4 (0.29%) Oracle ERP
9 3 (0.22%) Primavera
9 3 (0.22%) SAP S/4HANA
10 2 (0.14%) Elite 3E
10 2 (0.14%) Relativity
10 2 (0.14%) Sprinklr
10 2 (0.14%) Veritas eDiscovery
10 2 (0.14%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 1,394 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 502 (36.01%) Azure
3 228 (16.36%) PowerApps
4 222 (15.93%) Power Automate
5 126 (9.04%) Dynamics 365
6 115 (8.25%) Azure Data Factory
7 111 (7.96%) Azure DevOps
8 106 (7.60%) AWS
9 103 (7.39%) Microsoft 365
10 75 (5.38%) Snowflake
11 65 (4.66%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 44 (3.16%) Entra ID
13 40 (2.87%) GitHub
14 37 (2.65%) GCP
15 35 (2.51%) Serverless
16 30 (2.15%) Azure Functions
17 25 (1.79%) Google Analytics
18 24 (1.72%) Azure Logic Apps
19 22 (1.58%) Collibra
20 21 (1.51%) OneDrive
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%) SNMP
5 3 (0.22%) Cisco Nexus
5 3 (0.22%) Intranet
5 3 (0.22%) Remote Desktop
5 3 (0.22%) Skype
6 2 (0.14%) DHCP
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 (15.49%) Tableau
2 209 (14.99%) Data Warehouse
3 196 (14.06%) SQL Server
4 134 (9.61%) Data Lake
5 109 (7.82%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 80 (5.74%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 59 (4.23%) Azure SQL Database
7 59 (4.23%) Big Data
8 54 (3.87%) Relational Database
9 50 (3.59%) Power Query
10 45 (3.23%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 41 (2.94%) Metadata
12 40 (2.87%) NoSQL
13 35 (2.51%) BusinessObjects
14 32 (2.30%) MySQL
15 29 (2.08%) PostgreSQL
16 27 (1.94%) Qlik Sense
17 25 (1.79%) Microsoft Analysis Services
18 24 (1.72%) Data Mining
18 24 (1.72%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 93 (6.67%) JIRA
2 19 (1.36%) Visual Studio
3 18 (1.29%) Git
4 17 (1.22%) ERwin
5 16 (1.15%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 14 (1.00%) GitLab
7 12 (0.86%) ER Studio
8 8 (0.57%) Postman
9 6 (0.43%) Eclipse
9 6 (0.43%) PyCharm
10 5 (0.36%) Hudson
10 5 (0.36%) Jenkins
11 4 (0.29%) Bitbucket
11 4 (0.29%) RStudio
11 4 (0.29%) 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
1 389 (27.91%) Social Skills
2 379 (27.19%) Finance
3 335 (24.03%) Analytical Skills
4 127 (9.11%) Public Sector
5 83 (5.95%) Banking
6 79 (5.67%) Retail
7 62 (4.45%) Marketing
8 48 (3.44%) Presentation Skills
9 39 (2.80%) Manufacturing
10 34 (2.44%) Legal
11 32 (2.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 30 (2.15%) General Ledger
13 28 (2.01%) Pharmaceutical
13 28 (2.01%) Telecoms
14 22 (1.58%) Local Government
15 21 (1.51%) Front Office
16 18 (1.29%) Financial Institution
16 18 (1.29%) Influencing Skills
17 17 (1.22%) Billing
18 14 (1.00%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 400 (28.69%) Analyst
2 276 (19.80%) Developer
3 193 (13.85%) Data Analyst
4 154 (11.05%) Business Intelligence Developer
5 128 (9.18%) Power BI Developer
6 121 (8.68%) Data Engineer
7 118 (8.46%) Architect
8 107 (7.68%) Consultant
9 100 (7.17%) Senior
10 82 (5.88%) Business Analyst
11 66 (4.73%) Data Architect
12 65 (4.66%) Lead
13 63 (4.52%) Business Intelligence Analyst
14 60 (4.30%) Senior Analyst
15 52 (3.73%) Power Platform Developer
16 46 (3.30%) Power BI Analyst
17 41 (2.94%) Azure Engineer
18 32 (2.30%) Project Manager
19 29 (2.08%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
20 28 (2.01%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (2.80%) .NET
2 36 (2.58%) HTML
3 32 (2.30%) CSS
3 32 (2.30%) PySpark
4 31 (2.22%) XML
5 29 (2.08%) JSON
6 15 (1.08%) HTML5 Canvas
6 15 (1.08%) Web Services
7 13 (0.93%) .NET Framework
8 12 (0.86%) Microsoft Graph
8 12 (0.86%) REST
9 10 (0.72%) Oracle Fusion
9 10 (0.72%) RESTful
9 10 (0.72%) SOAP
10 9 (0.65%) ADO
10 9 (0.65%) AngularJS
10 9 (0.65%) Node.js
10 9 (0.65%) React
11 8 (0.57%) SAML
12 6 (0.43%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 67 (4.81%) Management Information System
2 53 (3.80%) Product Ownership
3 48 (3.44%) Data Structures
4 26 (1.87%) Onboarding
5 20 (1.43%) NHS
6 19 (1.36%) Self-Motivation
7 15 (1.08%) Market Risk
7 15 (1.08%) Reference Data
8 14 (1.00%) Legacy Systems
9 13 (0.93%) Analytical Mindset
9 13 (0.93%) Hedge funds
9 13 (0.93%) Low-Code
10 12 (0.86%) Data Protection Act
10 12 (0.86%) Renewable Energy
11 9 (0.65%) CMDB
11 9 (0.65%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 9 (0.65%) Life Science
12 8 (0.57%) Virtual Team
13 7 (0.50%) Marketing Technology
13 7 (0.50%) Solar Panel
Operating Systems
1 38 (2.73%) Windows
2 20 (1.43%) Linux
3 18 (1.29%) Unix
4 11 (0.79%) Windows Server
5 10 (0.72%) VMS
6 7 (0.50%) 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
10 1 (0.072%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,190 (85.37%) Business Intelligence
2 320 (22.96%) Analytics
3 296 (21.23%) Visualisation
4 291 (20.88%) Data Modelling
5 273 (19.58%) Agile
6 222 (15.93%) ETL
7 219 (15.71%) Data Analysis
8 203 (14.56%) Problem-Solving
9 198 (14.20%) Data Visualisation
10 179 (12.84%) DevOps
11 128 (9.18%) Migration
12 115 (8.25%) Decision-Making
13 114 (8.18%) Stakeholder Management
14 108 (7.75%) Data Governance
15 107 (7.68%) Data Analytics
16 95 (6.81%) Data Management
17 89 (6.38%) Project Management
18 86 (6.17%) Actionable Insight
19 82 (5.88%) Dashboard Development
20 80 (5.74%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 576 (41.32%) SQL
2 233 (16.71%) Python
3 105 (7.53%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 72 (5.16%) PowerShell
5 69 (4.95%) T-SQL
6 60 (4.30%) JavaScript
7 59 (4.23%) C#
8 29 (2.08%) Java
8 29 (2.08%) PL/SQL
9 27 (1.94%) R
10 17 (1.22%) VBA
11 14 (1.00%) Scala
12 12 (0.86%) VB
13 11 (0.79%) MATLAB
13 11 (0.79%) TypeScript
14 7 (0.50%) XPath
14 7 (0.50%) XQuery
15 6 (0.43%) Groovy
16 5 (0.36%) Shell Script
17 3 (0.22%) PHP
Qualifications
1 142 (10.19%) Degree
2 108 (7.75%) Security Cleared
3 84 (6.03%) SC Cleared
4 42 (3.01%) Computer Science Degree
5 23 (1.65%) BPSS Clearance
5 23 (1.65%) Master's Degree
6 15 (1.08%) Microsoft Certification
7 12 (0.86%) DV Cleared
7 12 (0.86%) PMI Certification
8 10 (0.72%) PMP
9 9 (0.65%) Azure Certification
10 8 (0.57%) Numerate Degree
10 8 (0.57%) Postgraduate
11 7 (0.50%) CIMA
12 6 (0.43%) ITIL Certification
13 4 (0.29%) ACCA
13 4 (0.29%) HNC
14 3 (0.22%) CFA
14 3 (0.22%) MBA
15 2 (0.14%) Tableau Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 130 (9.33%) Data Quality
2 70 (5.02%) QA
3 32 (2.30%) PMO
4 25 (1.79%) GDPR
5 24 (1.72%) SLA
6 18 (1.29%) GxP
7 12 (0.86%) Accessibility
8 9 (0.65%) Good Clinical Practice
9 7 (0.50%) Actionable Recommendations
9 7 (0.50%) CDISC
10 5 (0.36%) GAMP
11 3 (0.22%) Disclosure Scotland
12 2 (0.14%) GRC
12 2 (0.14%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 1 (0.072%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 1 (0.072%) Cyber Essentials
13 1 (0.072%) GAAP
13 1 (0.072%) IFRS
13 1 (0.072%) IFRS 9
System Software
1 35 (2.51%) Active Directory
2 16 (1.15%) Virtual Machines
3 7 (0.50%) Virtual Desktop
4 6 (0.43%) Docker
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 (1.36%) Single Sign-On
2 17 (1.22%) Microsoft Intune
3 13 (0.93%) Terraform
4 7 (0.50%) Jamf Pro
5 6 (0.43%) Kubernetes
6 5 (0.36%) SysTrack
7 3 (0.22%) Kibana
8 2 (0.14%) SCCM
9 1 (0.072%) Ansible
9 1 (0.072%) CASB
9 1 (0.072%) HP ALM
9 1 (0.072%) logstash
9 1 (0.072%) Microsoft Clustering
9 1 (0.072%) Nagios
9 1 (0.072%) Nessus
9 1 (0.072%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.072%) SCOM
9 1 (0.072%) SCOrch
9 1 (0.072%) SCVMM
9 1 (0.072%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 457 (32.78%) Microsoft
2 118 (8.46%) Databricks
3 100 (7.17%) Oracle
4 75 (5.38%) SAP
5 58 (4.16%) ServiceNow
6 53 (3.80%) Salesforce
7 43 (3.08%) Google
8 37 (2.65%) Alteryx
9 28 (2.01%) Informatica
10 20 (1.43%) Remedy
11 18 (1.29%) Sparx
12 16 (1.15%) Adobe
13 14 (1.00%) Atlassian
14 12 (0.86%) CA
15 10 (0.72%) Cloudera
15 10 (0.72%) MicroStrategy
15 10 (0.72%) Talend
16 8 (0.57%) Dataiku
16 8 (0.57%) Splunk
17 7 (0.50%) Nexthink