HIRE VETTED AND AFFORDABLE FREELANCE POWER BI DEVELOPER
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Easier said than done
Power BI is a collection of software services, apps, and connectors that work together to turn unrelated sources of data into coherent, visually immersive, and interactive insights. Input data may be an Excel spreadsheet, or a collection of cloud-based and on-premises hybrid data warehouses. Power BI allow to easily connect to data sources, visualize and discover what’s important, and share that insight with anyone or everyone as needed.
Power BI has three main elements that all work together, Power BI Desktop a Windows desktop application, an online SaaS Power BI service and Power BI mobile apps. With on top of that the reporting layer with Power BI Report Builder and Power BI Report Server.
Power BI is designed to offer detailed reporting and insights. Avoiding to get confused with spreadsheets trying to understand rows of data, it allows to create user-friendly reports that provide better understanding and boost decision-making ability with data-driven decisions.
In other words, your Data Visualisation solution’s improvement or maintenance operations require expertize and particular attention.


Three questions
- How much does it cost to hire a Power BI developer?
- Where to find Power BI specialist with decent experience and a customer success-oriented mindset?
- How to hire Power BI developers who know their craft? developers who know their craft?
For answers, just read on.
First Option: Hire A Power BI Developer As An Employee
Deciding to hire a Power BI Developer can make sense for certain businesses, but it has important implications that need to be carefully considered.




Pros:
More project engagement
More project engagement between people working on the same project since you can have regular, face-to-face conversations about the project, which can help get things moving since you have the opportunity to talk about the project regularly
A more robust level of employee loyalty.
Easier to keep company information secret
Cons:
High Salary
At least $91,218 for a yearly salary for a US Power BI developer.
Company-Paid Benefits
Lots of startups, companies, and businesses are offering special benefits such as unlimited paid leave, unlimited coffee, free gym memberships, and much more to attract top talents. These are all costs that should be factored into hiring full-time developers. First, let’s take a look at some of the most basic company-paid benefits according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics:
- Legally required benefits (Social Security, Medicare, unemployment insurance): 8.5%
- Insurance (medical, dental, life): 7.6%
- Paid Leave: 6.7%
- Retirement and savings: 4.3%
- Annual Bonus: 3.5%
- Supplemental pay (overtime and premium): 2.6%
- Employment training tax: 0.1% on first $7,000
Indirect Costs
What exactly are indirect costs? They’re overhead costs that contribute to the company’s day-to-day operations. Indirect costs can be divided into three broad categories: fringe benefits, overhead, and general & administrative (G&A). Companies spend an average of 25% and 18% of employees’ salaries on overhead and G&A.
In other words, a Power BI professional hired as a full-time employee would cost, in reality, $160,705.
In the United Kingdom, seniors take up to £64,3K a year. This is $74K annually. More affordable but still too expensive for many startups and SMBs.
Office Rent
A small reference point for you: renting an office in a city like New York costs, on average, $15K per employee and year.
Unstable Workloads
When working with in-house developers, you have to pay them even when there is no work to do.



Second option: Hire A Power BI implementation Company
Software integration companies can be generalists or Microsoft Pure Player. They exist in different sizes, Microsoft Technology offers, and offer end-to-end Power BI implementation services.
Pros:
Versatility
Can work on projects of any size and complexity
Internal pool of talents
Can mobilize different types of specialists: Business Analysts, Developers, Architects, QA specialists, etc. Doing their best to meet your requirements.
Market verticals specialization
They specialize in various market verticals
Project management office
Active management of the project and the deadlines
Point of contacts
Different contact persons to help you solve any problems: Project Manager, Solution Specialists, Account Manager, etc.

Cons:
Very expensive
(Very) expensive! For these companies to offer you decent Power BI, they need to run costly business operations (with full-time employees, training tax, compliance, sales development, tax, insurance, office rent, etc.).
No interest in small projects
Generally not interested in small projects.
Cannot start immediately
Cannot start a project immediately: Need lead time to get ready.
Lack of flexibility
- you cannot quickly start/pause/restart a project according to your needs.
- Changes to projects’ scope or tasks sometimes take days to be enacted and sometimes result in extra “penalty” costs for you.
- It is hard to stop doing business with them due to legal terms clients have to accept first to work with them.
Staff more people than needed
Tend to staff more people than needed for projects.
Rely themselves on freelancers
They rely on freelancers for many projects as they often lack senior and expert profiles in their team, leading to a more expensive bill for you to pay with sometimes difficulties integrating these freelancers with their teams.
Low expertise offshore talents
Some integrators sometimes offer offshore developers, but although they are cheaper than their western colleagues, the quality of their expertise is (way) lower.



Third option: Power BI Recruitment Firm
They became trendy these last years for companies willing to break free from draining relationships with integrators to find the right freelance Power BI developer.
Pros:
Existing database
Faster
Pre-screening

Cons:
Limited screening
They generally don’t have Power BI necessary proficiency to screen the candidates seriously.
Not cheap
Not cheap: They apply a 10-30% markup on average on top of the already expensive western developers’ rate.
Limited pool of talents
Limited pool of available talents: Even if their addressable database of freelances might be significant, in reality, they offer you a limited set of candidates for your needs. Indeed all headhunting firms fight for the same freelances available on the national. Making the available ones more expensive.
Hard to get the best talents
Most sought-after freelances do not like working with headhunting firms as they consider they commoditize their expertise and reduce their rate.
No backup developer
Because of the business model, they cannot offer you a backup developer with the same skill set in case of a problem.



Fourth option: hire yourself through online freelancing platforms
When a company decides to find itself a Freelance Power BI developer, it mainly goes to online freelancing platforms like Upwork, People per hour, Truelancer, Guru, Hubstaff, etc.
Pros:
Large pool of talents
There are hundreds of qualified Microsoft Dynamics 365 contractors registered on these platforms. Therefore you have a wide array of freelance you can leverage to find your ideal professional.
Easy to use
These platforms are easy to use. All you have to do is register and post a job description specifying order nuances, estimated budget, and deadlines. Freelancers will start applying to your order on their own; you’ll just need to look through their profiles and find the most suitable candidate.
Cheap
Low hourly rates and fixed prices.

Cons:
Low prices do not equate to a high quality
Unfortunately, low prices do not equate to a high quality of work. Hiring a beginner or an underskilled Power BI contractor frequently happens on these platforms.
Time consuming
It is highly time-consuming to search for the ideal contractor, interview them, etc.
Lack of responsiveness
Lack of responsiveness of some contractors to your job request ( they sometimes don’t respond).
No talent vetting
None of the contractors registered on these platforms have been vetted.
Scam risks
Some fake contractors registered on these platforms are trying to scam businesses looking for freelances. Despite the fact it is not that frequent, it can happen.
No support
If you are not satisfied with the contractors hired, you will get no support from their customer support. All you can do is go through the same tedious hiring process to find a better profile.
Then How To Find Talented, Affordable, And Reliable Freelance Power BI Developers?



Our recommendation: Transformyze
Transformyze is a platform for finding vetted Microsoft Power BI developers.
Transformyze makes hiring your next Power BI developer safe and straightforward in a few clicks. Transformyze ensures you get high-quality work at an affordable price by working with developers from 14 countries.
Pros
Each Power BI developer must pass a screening process to measure subject matter expertise, professionalism, and communication skills. These include
Resume review
Language and soft skills evaluation
Hard skills review
Our senior developers/architects test each candidate’s technical, Dynamics 365 knowledge as well as their problem-solving ability through various assessments (.Net, JavaScript, SQL, Dataverse, APIs, etc.).
Continued professional excellence
Pros:
Quick matching
Because your time is valuable and your project cannot wait, Transformyze matches you with the right Microsoft Power BI developer within just 48 hours.
Guaranteed replacement
Guaranteed replacement of the developer (in less than 48 hours)
Flexible project terms
Flexible project terms: Full time, part-time, hourly
Direct communication
You can communicate directly with the developer to discuss project requirements, revision requests, concerns, etc.
Weekly project status
Weekly project status without even having to request it
Internal Technical Project Manager
Internal Technical Project Manager to offer an extra layer of quality to the developer’s delivery at no additional cost.
Real customer support
Strong customer support: your assigned Customer Success is at your complete service to sort out any issue you might face.
Cons
At Transformyze, our primary focus is vetting and connecting developers specializing in Salesforce and Microsoft Dynamics with organizations looking for their skills. As a result, we may not be able to help you find developers from other software ecosystems now. However, we are working towards expanding our services to include developers from different technology ecosystems, such as SAP and Oracle, in the future.
Try Us Up To 14 Days For A No-Risk Trial Period
Start collaborating with your developer for a trial period of two weeks. Then, if you aren’t delighted, you won’t be charged.
SOLO TALENT
From $45 to $80 per hour- Hundreds of Dynamics 365 developers and other specialists available
- Hand-picked matching in less than 72 hours
- Developer time tracking with screenshots
- Free internal technical Project Manager
- Full-time, part-time, hourly engagement available
- Developer replacement guarantee
- Dedicated customer success manager
OUTSOURCED DEDICATED TEAM
Custom pricing- All Solo talent benefits
- Your "Dynamics 365 team as service" on-demand
- Combine any kind of talents
- Affordable blended and degressive rate according to the number of talents needed
- Scale up or scale down at anytime your team according to your needs
- Adapt to any kind of purpose: join existing team, autonomous team, implementation or support activities,etc.
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Frequently asked questions
What are my payment terms and options?
Payments are made via credit card or PayPal. Also We typically invoice our clients twice a month.
So Invoices are generated with Net 10 terms.
For Enterprise accounts, we can issue invoicing with payment via PO, wire or cheque. Contact us here or click on the chat icon for more information.
Who owns the IP of the work created by Transformyze talent?
As stipulated in our client agreement, so Transformyze clients own the IP of the original work created via Transformyze, and is provided worldwide exclusive rights for publishing. Also Neither Transformyze nor its talent own the IP of the work created.
How Does The 14-Day No-Risk Trial Work?
At the beginning of every engagement, we offer a trial period of up to two weeks. During this time, you can assess if the professional we matched you with will meet your expectations.
If you are happy with the results, we will bill you for the time and continue with the engagement for as long as you desire. However, we will only charge you if you are delighted. If you are not, we can stop here or connect you with another specialist who better matches your expectations (at no extra cost). Then, you will benefit from a second trial with no risk with this new professional.
Where are your talents located?
Currently, thus we have experts in over 15 countries, most being located in the Latin America, Asia and Africa.
Do Transformyze talents communicate in my preferred language(s)?
Transformyze’s talents are fully proficient in spoken and written English and comprise members who are fluent in other languages, also including French, Spanish, and Portuguese. So If your brief has specific language requirements, inform Transformyze, and we will match you accordingly.