Power BI Contracts

Microsoft Power BI
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 59 68 90
Rank change year-on-year +9 +22 -6
Contract jobs citing Power BI 1,418 1,807 2,491
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 3.25% 3.25% 2.86%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 18.99% 18.54% 14.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 996 1,282 1,795
10th Percentile £300 £325 £350
25th Percentile £400 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £589
90th Percentile £675 £700 £675
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £450 £450
% change year-on-year - - +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 38 39
10th Percentile £14.00 £20.74 £14.25
25th Percentile £19.56 £24.99 £14.88
Median hourly rate £23.82 £38.75 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -38.52% +68.48% +5.75%
75th Percentile £43.75 £56.50 £35.00
90th Percentile £54.88 £67.88 £63.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.07 £32.30 £22.45
% change year-on-year -31.67% +43.88% +8.19%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 7,468 9,744 17,110
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 17.10% 17.54% 19.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,332 6,905 12,217
10th Percentile £350 £375 £375
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £545 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.67% -0.91% +10.00%
75th Percentile £650 £663 £650
90th Percentile £775 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 155 173 179
10th Percentile £14.00 £21.24 £15.38
25th Percentile £20.77 £32.40 £21.25
Median hourly rate £40.00 £58.59 £43.95
Median % change year-on-year -31.73% +33.31% +62.78%
75th Percentile £53.94 £73.75 £63.30
90th Percentile £72.50 £82.00 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £34.47 £56.95 £35.00
% change year-on-year -39.48% +62.71% +41.02%

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 12 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 12 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 12 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 +8 1,238 £475 -5.00% 785
UK excluding London +10 642 £450 - 458
London +12 641 £500 -4.76% 327
Work from Home +10 533 £475 -2.56% 434
North of England +3 174 £475 +5.56% 155
South East +9 132 £450 -9.09% 100
Midlands +20 125 £425 -10.53% 71
North West +1 107 £450 - 93
South West +14 105 £456 +1.39% 75
West Midlands +14 93 £425 -10.53% 40
Scotland +29 72 £450 -5.26% 27
Yorkshire +23 61 £500 +13.90% 48
East of England -29 33 £410 +2.50% 25
East Midlands +8 31 £388 +3.33% 31
Wales +22 11 £500 +73.91% 6
North East +4 6 £850 +61.90% 14
Northern Ireland -9 2 £338 -25.00% 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
1 130 (9.17%) SharePoint
2 45 (3.17%) Confluence
3 27 (1.90%) Apache
3 27 (1.90%) Apache Spark
4 23 (1.62%) Microsoft Exchange
5 20 (1.41%) SAS
6 9 (0.63%) MTS
7 5 (0.35%) Apache Airflow
8 3 (0.21%) IIS
9 2 (0.14%) ArcGIS
9 2 (0.14%) Jadu
9 2 (0.14%) Umbraco
10 1 (0.071%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 1 (0.071%) BizTalk Server
10 1 (0.071%) GeoServer
10 1 (0.071%) Jupyter
10 1 (0.071%) Mendix
10 1 (0.071%) Oracle Workflow
10 1 (0.071%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 200 (14.10%) Microsoft Excel
2 48 (3.39%) Microsoft Office
3 37 (2.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 33 (2.33%) MS Visio
5 10 (0.71%) Spreadsheet
6 8 (0.56%) Microsoft Project
7 4 (0.28%) Adobe XD
7 4 (0.28%) InVision
7 4 (0.28%) Sketch
8 3 (0.21%) SPSS
9 2 (0.14%) AutoCAD
9 2 (0.14%) Chatbot
9 2 (0.14%) Revit
9 2 (0.14%) Trello
10 1 (0.071%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 47 (3.31%) Dynamics CRM
2 22 (1.55%) Dynamics AX
3 17 (1.20%) Remedy ITSM
4 16 (1.13%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 10 (0.71%) Endur
6 9 (0.63%) Aligne
6 9 (0.63%) EuroRunner
6 9 (0.63%) Oracle EBS
7 7 (0.49%) Aladdin
7 7 (0.49%) SimCorp Dimension
8 5 (0.35%) Maximo
9 4 (0.28%) NetSuite
9 4 (0.28%) Oracle ERP
10 3 (0.21%) Primavera
10 3 (0.21%) SAP S/4HANA
11 2 (0.14%) Elite 3E
11 2 (0.14%) Relativity
11 2 (0.14%) Sprinklr
11 2 (0.14%) Veritas eDiscovery
11 2 (0.14%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 1,418 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 506 (35.68%) Azure
3 225 (15.87%) PowerApps
4 222 (15.66%) Power Automate
5 125 (8.82%) Dynamics 365
6 120 (8.46%) Azure Data Factory
7 111 (7.83%) AWS
8 107 (7.55%) Microsoft 365
9 105 (7.40%) Azure DevOps
10 75 (5.29%) Snowflake
11 66 (4.65%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 46 (3.24%) Entra ID
13 39 (2.75%) GitHub
14 38 (2.68%) Serverless
15 37 (2.61%) GCP
16 32 (2.26%) Azure Functions
17 25 (1.76%) Google Analytics
18 24 (1.69%) Azure Logic Apps
18 24 (1.69%) OneDrive
19 23 (1.62%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 12 (0.85%) Firewall
2 7 (0.49%) DNS
3 6 (0.42%) Radio Access Network
3 6 (0.42%) Unified Communications
4 4 (0.28%) 3GPP
4 4 (0.28%) 4G
4 4 (0.28%) 5G
4 4 (0.28%) 5G NR
4 4 (0.28%) LTE
4 4 (0.28%) MegaStream
4 4 (0.28%) SNMP
5 3 (0.21%) Cisco Nexus
5 3 (0.21%) Intranet
5 3 (0.21%) Remote Desktop
5 3 (0.21%) 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
1 231 (16.29%) Tableau
2 216 (15.23%) Data Warehouse
3 203 (14.32%) SQL Server
4 136 (9.59%) Data Lake
5 116 (8.18%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 83 (5.85%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 68 (4.80%) Relational Database
8 65 (4.58%) Big Data
9 57 (4.02%) Azure SQL Database
10 48 (3.39%) Power Query
10 48 (3.39%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 45 (3.17%) MySQL
12 44 (3.10%) Qlik Sense
13 43 (3.03%) NoSQL
14 42 (2.96%) Metadata
15 38 (2.68%) BusinessObjects
16 32 (2.26%) PostgreSQL
17 27 (1.90%) Microsoft Analysis Services
18 26 (1.83%) Data Mining
19 23 (1.62%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 94 (6.63%) JIRA
2 21 (1.48%) Git
3 18 (1.27%) Visual Studio
4 17 (1.20%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 16 (1.13%) ERwin
6 15 (1.06%) GitLab
7 11 (0.78%) ER Studio
8 9 (0.63%) Postman
9 6 (0.42%) Eclipse
9 6 (0.42%) PyCharm
10 5 (0.35%) Hudson
10 5 (0.35%) Jenkins
11 4 (0.28%) Bitbucket
11 4 (0.28%) Sonatype Nexus
12 3 (0.21%) RStudio
13 2 (0.14%) Subversion
13 2 (0.14%) Zephyr
14 1 (0.071%) JMeter
14 1 (0.071%) Selenium
14 1 (0.071%) Toad
General
1 387 (27.29%) Social Skills
2 379 (26.73%) Finance
3 337 (23.77%) Analytical Skills
4 128 (9.03%) Public Sector
5 91 (6.42%) Banking
6 74 (5.22%) Retail
7 66 (4.65%) Marketing
8 49 (3.46%) Presentation Skills
9 38 (2.68%) Manufacturing
10 35 (2.47%) Legal
11 32 (2.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 29 (2.05%) General Ledger
13 28 (1.97%) Pharmaceutical
13 28 (1.97%) Telecoms
14 23 (1.62%) Front Office
14 23 (1.62%) Local Government
15 19 (1.34%) Financial Institution
16 18 (1.27%) Influencing Skills
16 18 (1.27%) Organisational Skills
17 16 (1.13%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 416 (29.34%) Analyst
2 278 (19.61%) Developer
3 198 (13.96%) Data Analyst
4 158 (11.14%) Business Intelligence Developer
5 128 (9.03%) Power BI Developer
6 126 (8.89%) Data Engineer
7 115 (8.11%) Architect
8 104 (7.33%) Consultant
9 98 (6.91%) Senior
10 83 (5.85%) Business Analyst
11 68 (4.80%) Business Intelligence Analyst
11 68 (4.80%) Lead
12 65 (4.58%) Data Architect
13 60 (4.23%) Senior Analyst
14 52 (3.67%) Power Platform Developer
15 51 (3.60%) Power BI Analyst
16 41 (2.89%) Azure Engineer
17 34 (2.40%) Data Scientist
18 29 (2.05%) Azure Data Engineer
19 28 (1.97%) Report Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (3.53%) HTML
2 46 (3.24%) CSS
3 41 (2.89%) .NET
4 32 (2.26%) PySpark
5 30 (2.12%) XML
6 27 (1.90%) JSON
7 20 (1.41%) AngularJS
8 15 (1.06%) HTML5 Canvas
8 15 (1.06%) Web Services
9 14 (0.99%) .NET Framework
10 13 (0.92%) Microsoft Graph
11 12 (0.85%) REST
12 11 (0.78%) RESTful
13 10 (0.71%) Oracle Fusion
13 10 (0.71%) SOAP
14 8 (0.56%) ADO
14 8 (0.56%) Node.js
14 8 (0.56%) React
14 8 (0.56%) SAML
15 6 (0.42%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 65 (4.58%) Management Information System
2 55 (3.88%) Product Ownership
3 43 (3.03%) Data Structures
4 27 (1.90%) Onboarding
5 21 (1.48%) NHS
6 20 (1.41%) Self-Motivation
7 16 (1.13%) Reference Data
8 15 (1.06%) Hedge funds
9 14 (0.99%) Analytical Mindset
9 14 (0.99%) Legacy Systems
9 14 (0.99%) Low-Code
9 14 (0.99%) Market Risk
10 12 (0.85%) Renewable Energy
11 11 (0.78%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 10 (0.71%) Data Protection Act
13 9 (0.63%) CMDB
13 9 (0.63%) Life Science
14 8 (0.56%) Derivative
14 8 (0.56%) Equities
14 8 (0.56%) Fixed Income
Operating Systems
1 40 (2.82%) Windows
2 20 (1.41%) Linux
3 16 (1.13%) Unix
4 12 (0.85%) Windows Server
5 11 (0.78%) VMS
6 7 (0.49%) Windows Server 2016
7 6 (0.42%) Windows Server 2019
8 4 (0.28%) Apple iOS
8 4 (0.28%) Mac OS
9 2 (0.14%) Windows 10
10 1 (0.071%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,215 (85.68%) Business Intelligence
2 325 (22.92%) Analytics
3 308 (21.72%) Data Modelling
4 307 (21.65%) Visualisation
5 285 (20.10%) Agile
6 226 (15.94%) ETL
7 224 (15.80%) Data Analysis
8 206 (14.53%) Data Visualisation
8 206 (14.53%) Problem-Solving
9 172 (12.13%) DevOps
10 128 (9.03%) Migration
11 118 (8.32%) Decision-Making
12 116 (8.18%) Stakeholder Management
13 108 (7.62%) Data Analytics
13 108 (7.62%) Data Governance
14 96 (6.77%) Scrum
15 95 (6.70%) Data Management
16 90 (6.35%) Actionable Insight
17 89 (6.28%) Data Science
18 86 (6.06%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 600 (42.31%) SQL
2 234 (16.50%) Python
3 101 (7.12%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 75 (5.29%) JavaScript
4 75 (5.29%) T-SQL
5 74 (5.22%) PowerShell
6 60 (4.23%) C#
7 31 (2.19%) Java
8 30 (2.12%) PL/SQL
9 27 (1.90%) R
10 19 (1.34%) VBA
11 15 (1.06%) Scala
12 13 (0.92%) TypeScript
13 12 (0.85%) VB
14 11 (0.78%) MATLAB
15 7 (0.49%) XPath
15 7 (0.49%) XQuery
16 6 (0.42%) Groovy
17 3 (0.21%) PHP
17 3 (0.21%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 158 (11.14%) Degree
2 109 (7.69%) Security Cleared
3 84 (5.92%) SC Cleared
4 50 (3.53%) Computer Science Degree
5 30 (2.12%) Master's Degree
6 25 (1.76%) PMI Certification
7 23 (1.62%) BPSS Clearance
7 23 (1.62%) PMP
8 15 (1.06%) Microsoft Certification
9 12 (0.85%) DV Cleared
10 9 (0.63%) Azure Certification
11 8 (0.56%) Numerate Degree
11 8 (0.56%) Postgraduate
12 7 (0.49%) CIMA
13 6 (0.42%) ITIL Certification
14 4 (0.28%) ACCA
14 4 (0.28%) HNC
15 3 (0.21%) CFA
15 3 (0.21%) MBA
16 2 (0.14%) Tableau Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 133 (9.38%) Data Quality
2 69 (4.87%) QA
3 32 (2.26%) PMO
4 26 (1.83%) GDPR
5 24 (1.69%) SLA
6 18 (1.27%) GxP
7 12 (0.85%) Accessibility
8 9 (0.63%) Good Clinical Practice
9 8 (0.56%) Actionable Recommendations
10 7 (0.49%) CDISC
11 5 (0.35%) GAMP
12 3 (0.21%) Disclosure Scotland
13 2 (0.14%) GRC
13 2 (0.14%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 1 (0.071%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 1 (0.071%) Cyber Essentials
14 1 (0.071%) IFRS
14 1 (0.071%) IFRS 9
System Software
1 37 (2.61%) Active Directory
2 17 (1.20%) Virtual Machines
3 8 (0.56%) Virtual Desktop
4 5 (0.35%) Docker
5 4 (0.28%) VMware Infrastructure
6 3 (0.21%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.071%) HDFS
7 1 (0.071%) Microsoft App-V
7 1 (0.071%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 19 (1.34%) Single Sign-On
2 18 (1.27%) Microsoft Intune
3 14 (0.99%) Terraform
4 7 (0.49%) Jamf Pro
5 6 (0.42%) Kubernetes
6 5 (0.35%) SysTrack
7 3 (0.21%) Kibana
8 2 (0.14%) SCCM
9 1 (0.071%) CASB
9 1 (0.071%) Failover Clustering
9 1 (0.071%) Grafana
9 1 (0.071%) HP ALM
9 1 (0.071%) Matomo
9 1 (0.071%) Microsoft Clustering
9 1 (0.071%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.071%) RSA Archer
9 1 (0.071%) SCOM
9 1 (0.071%) SCOrch
9 1 (0.071%) SCVMM
9 1 (0.071%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 460 (32.44%) Microsoft
2 117 (8.25%) Databricks
3 101 (7.12%) Oracle
4 81 (5.71%) SAP
5 73 (5.15%) ServiceNow
6 51 (3.60%) Salesforce
7 44 (3.10%) Google
8 38 (2.68%) Alteryx
9 28 (1.97%) Informatica
10 20 (1.41%) Remedy
11 18 (1.27%) Adobe
12 17 (1.20%) Sparx
13 14 (0.99%) Atlassian
14 12 (0.85%) CA
15 11 (0.78%) Cloudera
16 10 (0.71%) MicroStrategy
16 10 (0.71%) Talend
17 8 (0.56%) Dataiku
17 8 (0.56%) Splunk
18 7 (0.49%) Ab Initio