Microsoft Power BI Developer
UK

The median Microsoft Power BI Developer salary in the UK is £55,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

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

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 731 882 964
Rank change year-on-year +151 +82 -255
Permanent jobs requiring a Power BI Developer 163 107 232
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.17% 0.10% 0.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.18% 0.11% 0.16%
Number of salaries quoted 141 99 208
10th Percentile £41,000 £36,650 £39,450
25th Percentile £45,000 £44,625 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £55,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -5.41% +16.84%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £72,500 £80,000 £77,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -9.52% +16.67%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent 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 permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 92,894 96,310 147,847
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.63% 91.58% 96.06%
Number of salaries quoted 66,756 60,420 85,018
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,923 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.80% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +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
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Power BI Developer in the UK

Power BI Developer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Power BI Developer over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Power BI Developer in the UK

Power BI Developer
Top 15 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Power BI Developer within the UK over the 6 months to 25 April 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +158 145 £55,000 +4.76% 41
UK excluding London +42 89 £50,000 +5.26% 22
London +144 62 £55,000 -21.43% 22
Work from Home +104 59 £60,000 +9.09% 9
South East +46 30 £47,500 -5.00% 9
North of England +51 24 £51,250 +13.89% 1
North West +21 17 £52,500 - 1
South West -13 13 £60,000 +55.84% 2
East of England - 10 £53,750 - 2
Scotland -54 8 £45,000 +12.50%
Yorkshire +88 7 £42,000 +5.00%
Midlands -12 5 £52,500 +10.53% 8
East Midlands -20 3 £45,000 -5.26%
Wales - 3 - -
West Midlands +4 2 £54,750 +4.29% 8

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

For the 6 months to 25 April 2024, Power BI Developer 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 permanent job ads featuring Power BI Developer in the job title.

1 163 (100.00%) Power BI
1 163 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 159 (97.55%) Business Intelligence
3 116 (71.17%) SQL
4 86 (52.76%) Visualisation
5 82 (50.31%) Azure
6 71 (43.56%) ETL
7 69 (42.33%) Microsoft
8 68 (41.72%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 61 (37.42%) Data Modelling
10 51 (31.29%) Social Skills
11 50 (30.67%) Data Visualisation
12 49 (30.06%) Analytics
13 46 (28.22%) SQL Server
13 46 (28.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 45 (27.61%) Data Warehouse
14 45 (27.61%) Power Query
15 44 (26.99%) SQL Server Reporting Services
16 43 (26.38%) T-SQL
16 43 (26.38%) Decision-Making
17 36 (22.09%) Analytical Skills
18 33 (20.25%) Finance
19 32 (19.63%) Problem-Solving
20 30 (18.40%) Requirements Gathering
21 29 (17.79%) DevOps
22 28 (17.18%) PowerApps
22 28 (17.18%) Data Integration
23 25 (15.34%) Data Lake
24 24 (14.72%) SQL Server Analysis Services
24 24 (14.72%) Data Analysis

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 (6.75%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.84%) IBM Domino
3 2 (1.23%) Confluence
Applications
1 23 (14.11%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (3.07%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (2.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 11 (6.75%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (5.52%) Dynamics NAV
3 8 (4.91%) Dynamics AX
4 4 (2.45%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 163 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 82 (50.31%) Azure
3 28 (17.18%) PowerApps
4 22 (13.50%) Dynamics 365
5 21 (12.88%) Power Automate
6 14 (8.59%) Azure Data Factory
7 12 (7.36%) Microsoft 365
8 9 (5.52%) Azure DevOps
9 8 (4.91%) AWS
9 8 (4.91%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 4 (2.45%) Google Analytics
11 3 (1.84%) WhatsApp
12 2 (1.23%) Azure Logic Apps
12 2 (1.23%) Azure Sentinel
12 2 (1.23%) Cloud Computing
12 2 (1.23%) GitHub
13 1 (0.61%) Azure Storage
Communications & Networking
1 6 (3.68%) Network Security
2 2 (1.23%) DNS
2 2 (1.23%) Firewall
3 1 (0.61%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 163 (100.00%) Power BI
2 46 (28.22%) SQL Server
2 46 (28.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 45 (27.61%) Data Warehouse
3 45 (27.61%) Power Query
4 44 (26.99%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 25 (15.34%) Data Lake
6 24 (14.72%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 17 (10.43%) Tableau
8 7 (4.29%) Azure SQL Database
9 5 (3.07%) Amazon Athena
9 5 (3.07%) Microsoft Analysis Services
9 5 (3.07%) PostgreSQL
10 4 (2.45%) OLAP
10 4 (2.45%) OLAP Cube
10 4 (2.45%) QlikView
10 4 (2.45%) ThoughtSpot
11 3 (1.84%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
12 2 (1.23%) Oracle Database
12 2 (1.23%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 3 (1.84%) JIRA
2 2 (1.23%) Octopus Deploy
3 1 (0.61%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 51 (31.29%) Social Skills
2 36 (22.09%) Analytical Skills
3 33 (20.25%) Finance
4 16 (9.82%) Law
5 14 (8.59%) Presentation Skills
6 13 (7.98%) Legal
7 10 (6.13%) Retail
8 5 (3.07%) Marketing
9 4 (2.45%) Advertising
10 3 (1.84%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (1.23%) Games
11 2 (1.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (1.23%) Italian Language
11 2 (1.23%) Pharmaceutical
11 2 (1.23%) Telecoms
12 1 (0.61%) Banking
12 1 (0.61%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (6.13%) MDX
2 6 (3.68%) CSS
2 6 (3.68%) HTML
3 2 (1.23%) .NET
3 2 (1.23%) JSON
3 2 (1.23%) REST
3 2 (1.23%) SOAP
3 2 (1.23%) Web Services
3 2 (1.23%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (2.45%) Greenfield Project
1 4 (2.45%) Management Information System
1 4 (2.45%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (1.84%) Reinsurance
3 2 (1.23%) Algorithms
3 2 (1.23%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (0.61%) Life Science
4 1 (0.61%) Low-Code
4 1 (0.61%) Marketing Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 159 (97.55%) Business Intelligence
2 86 (52.76%) Visualisation
3 71 (43.56%) ETL
4 61 (37.42%) Data Modelling
5 50 (30.67%) Data Visualisation
6 49 (30.06%) Analytics
7 43 (26.38%) Decision-Making
8 32 (19.63%) Problem-Solving
9 30 (18.40%) Requirements Gathering
10 29 (17.79%) DevOps
11 28 (17.18%) Data Integration
12 24 (14.72%) Data Analysis
13 22 (13.50%) Agile
14 21 (12.88%) Data Science
15 20 (12.27%) Actionable Insight
16 19 (11.66%) Dashboard Development
17 18 (11.04%) Data-Driven Decision Making
18 17 (10.43%) Data Protection
19 16 (9.82%) Data Transformation
19 16 (9.82%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 116 (71.17%) SQL
2 68 (41.72%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 43 (26.38%) T-SQL
4 6 (3.68%) JavaScript
5 5 (3.07%) Python
6 2 (1.23%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 20 (12.27%) Degree
2 12 (7.36%) DBS Check
3 9 (5.52%) Microsoft Certification
4 6 (3.68%) SC Cleared
4 6 (3.68%) Security Cleared
5 4 (2.45%) Azure Certification
6 3 (1.84%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (1.23%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.61%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (4.29%) QA
2 4 (2.45%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 69 (42.33%) Microsoft
2 13 (7.98%) Databricks
3 6 (3.68%) Facebook
4 5 (3.07%) Alteryx
4 5 (3.07%) Oracle
5 4 (2.45%) Google
5 4 (2.45%) SAP
6 2 (1.23%) Cognos
6 2 (1.23%) IBM
6 2 (1.23%) Snow