Power BI Contracts with Work from Home Options

Microsoft Power BI
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 29 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 53 68 78
Rank change year-on-year +15 +10 +1
Contract jobs citing Power BI 537 798 1,384
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 3.67% 3.29% 3.14%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 18.92% 17.48% 14.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 355 617 1,048
10th Percentile £319 £325 £354
25th Percentile £400 £409 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £488 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.56% -2.50% +11.11%
75th Percentile £566 £600 £588
90th Percentile £675 £696 £650
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +7.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 7 17
10th Percentile - £25.21 £18.85
25th Percentile £20.77 £33.68 £21.25
Median hourly rate £23.22 £50.00 £26.98
Median % change year-on-year -53.57% +85.32% +3.77%
75th Percentile £35.50 £55.13 £36.50
90th Percentile £58.90 £56.50 £63.00
UK median hourly rate £23.82 £50.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year -52.36% +92.31% +20.93%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
Work from Home

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 WFH option and a requirement for database or business intelligence skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 2,839 4,565 9,440
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 19.39% 18.82% 21.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,094 3,343 6,889
10th Percentile £356 £388 £375
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £638
90th Percentile £765 £750 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 78 88
10th Percentile £18.20 £22.31 £19.70
25th Percentile £22.61 £41.44 £22.40
Median hourly rate £40.00 £65.50 £49.75
Median % change year-on-year -38.93% +31.66% +65.83%
75th Percentile £61.50 £74.69 £65.54
90th Percentile £72.50 £85.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £60.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -33.33% +33.33% +69.81%

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Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Power BI as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Power BI trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option 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 a work from home option citing Power BI over the 6 months to 29 May 2024.

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 a work from home option citing Power BI.

Power BI hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Power BI
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Power BI over the 6 months to 29 May 2024.

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 43 (8.01%) SharePoint
2 15 (2.79%) Confluence
3 11 (2.05%) SAS
4 7 (1.30%) Apache
5 3 (0.56%) MTS
6 2 (0.37%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.37%) ArcGIS
6 2 (0.37%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (0.37%) Umbraco
7 1 (0.19%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.19%) GeoServer
7 1 (0.19%) IIS
7 1 (0.19%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.19%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 63 (11.73%) Microsoft Excel
2 22 (4.10%) Microsoft Office
3 18 (3.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 12 (2.23%) MS Visio
5 4 (0.74%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.37%) AutoCAD
6 2 (0.37%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.37%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.37%) Revit
Business Applications
1 22 (4.10%) Dynamics AX
1 22 (4.10%) Dynamics CRM
2 11 (2.05%) Remedy ITSM
3 5 (0.93%) Oracle EBS
4 4 (0.74%) NetSuite
5 3 (0.56%) Aligne
5 3 (0.56%) Endur
5 3 (0.56%) EuroRunner
6 2 (0.37%) Shopify
7 1 (0.19%) Elite 3E
7 1 (0.19%) OPENHousing
7 1 (0.19%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.19%) Oracle General Ledger
7 1 (0.19%) Relativity
7 1 (0.19%) Veritas eDiscovery
Cloud Services
1 537 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 158 (29.42%) Azure
3 102 (18.99%) PowerApps
4 96 (17.88%) Power Automate
5 65 (12.10%) Dynamics 365
6 57 (10.61%) Azure DevOps
7 40 (7.45%) Azure Data Factory
8 38 (7.08%) Microsoft 365
9 25 (4.66%) AWS
9 25 (4.66%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 21 (3.91%) Snowflake
11 18 (3.35%) GitHub
12 16 (2.98%) GCP
13 15 (2.79%) Google Analytics
14 14 (2.61%) dbt
15 8 (1.49%) OneDrive
15 8 (1.49%) Serverless
16 7 (1.30%) Azure Cosmos DB
16 7 (1.30%) Azure Functions
16 7 (1.30%) Veeva
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.12%) Radio Access Network
2 4 (0.74%) 3GPP
2 4 (0.74%) 4G
2 4 (0.74%) 5G
2 4 (0.74%) 5G NR
2 4 (0.74%) DNS
2 4 (0.74%) LTE
2 4 (0.74%) MegaStream
2 4 (0.74%) SNMP
3 3 (0.56%) Cisco Nexus
3 3 (0.56%) Remote Desktop
4 2 (0.37%) HTTP
4 2 (0.37%) XCAP
5 1 (0.19%) DHCP
5 1 (0.19%) Firewall
5 1 (0.19%) FTP
5 1 (0.19%) Intranet
5 1 (0.19%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 71 (13.22%) Data Warehouse
2 65 (12.10%) SQL Server
2 65 (12.10%) Tableau
3 53 (9.87%) Data Lake
4 27 (5.03%) Power Query
5 26 (4.84%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 23 (4.28%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 19 (3.54%) Azure SQL Database
8 16 (2.98%) BigQuery
9 14 (2.61%) Big Data
9 14 (2.61%) BusinessObjects
10 12 (2.23%) Looker
11 11 (2.05%) GIS
11 11 (2.05%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 9 (1.68%) Amazon Redshift
12 9 (1.68%) Relational Database
13 8 (1.49%) Metadata
13 8 (1.49%) Snowflake Schema
14 7 (1.30%) NoSQL
14 7 (1.30%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 33 (6.15%) JIRA
2 8 (1.49%) Git
3 7 (1.30%) Postman
4 4 (0.74%) GitLab
4 4 (0.74%) Sonatype Nexus
4 4 (0.74%) Visual Studio
5 3 (0.56%) Jenkins
6 2 (0.37%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.37%) ERwin
6 2 (0.37%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 1 (0.19%) Gatling
7 1 (0.19%) JMeter
7 1 (0.19%) NeoLoad
7 1 (0.19%) NUnit
7 1 (0.19%) RStudio
7 1 (0.19%) Selenium
7 1 (0.19%) SoapUI
7 1 (0.19%) SonarQube
General
1 178 (33.15%) Social Skills
2 151 (28.12%) Finance
3 124 (23.09%) Analytical Skills
4 55 (10.24%) Public Sector
5 43 (8.01%) Retail
6 24 (4.47%) General Ledger
6 24 (4.47%) Marketing
7 21 (3.91%) Banking
8 19 (3.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 17 (3.17%) Presentation Skills
10 11 (2.05%) Telecoms
11 10 (1.86%) Back Office
12 9 (1.68%) Front Office
12 9 (1.68%) Legal
13 8 (1.49%) Influencing Skills
13 8 (1.49%) Manufacturing
14 7 (1.30%) Billing
15 6 (1.12%) Local Government
15 6 (1.12%) Publishing
15 6 (1.12%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 155 (28.86%) Analyst
2 107 (19.93%) Developer
3 73 (13.59%) Data Analyst
4 62 (11.55%) Consultant
5 59 (10.99%) Business Intelligence Developer
6 48 (8.94%) Power BI Developer
7 44 (8.19%) Data Engineer
8 42 (7.82%) Senior
9 40 (7.45%) Business Analyst
10 39 (7.26%) Architect
11 33 (6.15%) Business Intelligence Analyst
12 27 (5.03%) Power BI Analyst
13 25 (4.66%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
13 25 (4.66%) Power Platform Developer
14 19 (3.54%) Data Architect
14 19 (3.54%) Lead
15 18 (3.35%) Data Scientist
16 16 (2.98%) Senior Analyst
17 15 (2.79%) Microsoft Consultant
18 14 (2.61%) Financial Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (3.17%) .NET
2 16 (2.98%) JSON
3 11 (2.05%) HTML5 Canvas
4 10 (1.86%) CSS
4 10 (1.86%) HTML
5 6 (1.12%) Node.js
5 6 (1.12%) RESTful
5 6 (1.12%) XML
6 5 (0.93%) jQuery
6 5 (0.93%) PySpark
6 5 (0.93%) React
6 5 (0.93%) Web Services
7 4 (0.74%) DOM
7 4 (0.74%) Oracle Fusion
7 4 (0.74%) SOAP
7 4 (0.74%) SPFx
7 4 (0.74%) Swagger
8 3 (0.56%) Pandas
9 2 (0.37%) ggplot2
9 2 (0.37%) Plotly
Miscellaneous
1 29 (5.40%) Management Information System
2 23 (4.28%) Data Structures
3 19 (3.54%) Product Ownership
4 11 (2.05%) NHS
4 11 (2.05%) Self-Motivation
5 9 (1.68%) Low-Code
6 6 (1.12%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 6 (1.12%) Legacy Systems
7 5 (0.93%) CMDB
7 5 (0.93%) Onboarding
8 4 (0.74%) Derivative
8 4 (0.74%) Equities
8 4 (0.74%) Fixed Income
8 4 (0.74%) Hedge funds
8 4 (0.74%) Legacy Applications
8 4 (0.74%) Marketing Technology
9 3 (0.56%) Educational Technology
9 3 (0.56%) Market Risk
9 3 (0.56%) Reference Data
10 2 (0.37%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 7 (1.30%) Windows
2 5 (0.93%) Linux
3 4 (0.74%) Unix
4 2 (0.37%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.19%) VMS
5 1 (0.19%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 460 (85.66%) Business Intelligence
2 111 (20.67%) Visualisation
3 105 (19.55%) Data Modelling
4 104 (19.37%) Agile
5 99 (18.44%) Analytics
6 91 (16.95%) Data Analysis
7 83 (15.46%) DevOps
8 79 (14.71%) Problem-Solving
9 76 (14.15%) ETL
10 74 (13.78%) Data Visualisation
11 43 (8.01%) Migration
12 42 (7.82%) Data Science
13 41 (7.64%) Stakeholder Management
14 40 (7.45%) Actionable Insight
15 35 (6.52%) Data Management
15 35 (6.52%) Decision-Making
16 34 (6.33%) CRM
17 30 (5.59%) Dashboard Development
17 30 (5.59%) Requirements Gathering
18 28 (5.21%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 196 (36.50%) SQL
2 85 (15.83%) Python
3 46 (8.57%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 34 (6.33%) C#
5 26 (4.84%) JavaScript
6 20 (3.72%) R
7 14 (2.61%) PowerShell
8 12 (2.23%) T-SQL
9 7 (1.30%) PL/SQL
9 7 (1.30%) VB
10 6 (1.12%) Java
11 5 (0.93%) TypeScript
12 4 (0.74%) Scala
12 4 (0.74%) VBA
13 3 (0.56%) Shell Script
14 2 (0.37%) MATLAB
15 1 (0.19%) HiveQL
15 1 (0.19%) Kusto Query Language
15 1 (0.19%) PHP
Qualifications
1 55 (10.24%) Degree
2 39 (7.26%) Security Cleared
3 30 (5.59%) SC Cleared
4 14 (2.61%) BPSS Clearance
5 11 (2.05%) Computer Science Degree
6 9 (1.68%) Microsoft Certification
7 4 (0.74%) Azure Certification
7 4 (0.74%) HNC
8 3 (0.56%) DV Cleared
8 3 (0.56%) Master's Degree
9 2 (0.37%) ACCA
9 2 (0.37%) CIMA
9 2 (0.37%) PMI Certification
9 2 (0.37%) PMP
10 1 (0.19%) CFA
10 1 (0.19%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (0.19%) MBA
10 1 (0.19%) Postgraduate
10 1 (0.19%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 1 (0.19%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (6.89%) Data Quality
2 27 (5.03%) QA
3 10 (1.86%) PMO
4 7 (1.30%) CDISC
4 7 (1.30%) SLA
5 5 (0.93%) GxP
6 4 (0.74%) Accessibility
7 3 (0.56%) Actionable Recommendations
7 3 (0.56%) GDPR
7 3 (0.56%) Good Clinical Practice
8 2 (0.37%) Disclosure Scotland
9 1 (0.19%) GAAP
System Software
1 4 (0.74%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.56%) Docker
3 1 (0.19%) HDFS
3 1 (0.19%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.19%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.19%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.19%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 7 (1.30%) Terraform
2 4 (0.74%) Jamf Pro
2 4 (0.74%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.37%) Kibana
3 2 (0.37%) SCCM
4 1 (0.19%) Ansible
4 1 (0.19%) Failover Clustering
4 1 (0.19%) Grafana
4 1 (0.19%) HP ALM
4 1 (0.19%) logstash
4 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Clustering
4 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.19%) Prometheus
4 1 (0.19%) SCOM
4 1 (0.19%) SCOrch
4 1 (0.19%) SCVMM
4 1 (0.19%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.19%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 197 (36.69%) Microsoft
2 39 (7.26%) Databricks
3 23 (4.28%) Google
4 17 (3.17%) Oracle
5 15 (2.79%) Salesforce
6 13 (2.42%) Remedy
6 13 (2.42%) SAP
7 10 (1.86%) ServiceNow
8 8 (1.49%) Alteryx
9 7 (1.30%) Informatica
10 6 (1.12%) Adobe
11 5 (0.93%) Atlassian
11 5 (0.93%) Monetate
11 5 (0.93%) Optimizely
12 4 (0.74%) Ensighten
12 4 (0.74%) IFS
12 4 (0.74%) Nexthink
12 4 (0.74%) Omniture
12 4 (0.74%) Snow
12 4 (0.74%) Tealium