Power BI Job Trends in Dorset

Microsoft Power BI
South West > Dorset

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Dorset requiring Power BI skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 39 42 46
Rank change year-on-year +3 +4 +30
Permanent jobs citing Power BI 8 6 6
As % of all permanent jobs in Dorset 1.68% 1.50% 1.83%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 21.05% 7.89% 7.14%
Number of salaries quoted 3 4 5
10th Percentile £44,700 £42,625 £39,000
25th Percentile £47,625 £46,563 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% +52.78%
75th Percentile £65,625 £54,375 £67,500
90th Percentile £70,500 £55,500 -
South West median annual salary £44,477 £48,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -7.34% -4.00% +2.56%

All Database & Business Intelligence Skills
Dorset

Power BI falls under the Databases and Business Intelligence category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring database or business intelligence skills in Dorset.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 38 76 84
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Dorset 7.98% 19.05% 25.61%
Number of salaries quoted 18 53 82
10th Percentile £30,000 £37,250 £32,750
25th Percentile £37,750 £41,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £50,000 £53,750
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% -6.98% +7.50%
75th Percentile £72,500 £57,500 £65,938
90th Percentile £85,250 £58,750 £71,250
South West median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -13.04% +4.55% +10.00%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Dorset

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Power BI relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Dorset.

Power BI job vacancy trend in Dorset

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Salary Trend in Dorset

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Dorset citing Power BI.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Dorset citing Power BI

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Salary Histogram in Dorset

Salary distribution for jobs citing Power BI in Dorset over the 6 months to 3 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Power BI in Dorset

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Job Locations in Dorset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Power BI within the Dorset region over the 6 months to 3 January 2026. 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
Bournemouth +9 7 £63,750 +30.77% 1
Power BI
South West

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Dorset by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 7 (87.50%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 8 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 6 (75.00%) Azure
3 5 (62.50%) Azure AI
4 1 (12.50%) Azure Data Factory
4 1 (12.50%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 1 (12.50%) Power Automate
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (75.00%) Tableau
2 1 (12.50%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (12.50%) Power Query
2 1 (12.50%) PowerPivot
2 1 (12.50%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 1 (12.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (12.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 6 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (37.50%) Finance
3 1 (12.50%) Agriculture
3 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Legal
Job Titles
1 6 (75.00%) Analyst
1 6 (75.00%) Data Analyst
2 5 (62.50%) Junior
2 5 (62.50%) Junior Analyst
2 5 (62.50%) Junior Data Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Data Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Financial Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Senior
3 1 (12.50%) Senior Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (12.50%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Legacy Systems
1 1 (12.50%) Renewable Energy
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
2 6 (75.00%) AI
3 2 (25.00%) Budget Management
3 2 (25.00%) Budgeting
3 2 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (12.50%) Actionable Insight
4 1 (12.50%) Analytical Modelling
4 1 (12.50%) Analytics
4 1 (12.50%) Budgeting and Forecasting
4 1 (12.50%) Business Forecasting
4 1 (12.50%) Coaching
4 1 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (12.50%) Data Analytics
4 1 (12.50%) Decision-Making
4 1 (12.50%) Financial Analysis
4 1 (12.50%) Financial Modelling
4 1 (12.50%) Mentoring
4 1 (12.50%) Performance Monitoring
4 1 (12.50%) Process Improvement
4 1 (12.50%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 6 (75.00%) Python
1 6 (75.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (62.50%) Azure Certification
2 1 (12.50%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) Actionable Recommendations
Vendors
1 6 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (12.50%) Databricks
2 1 (12.50%) TikTok