Power BI Job Trends in England

Microsoft Power BI
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring Power BI skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 66 66 79
Rank change year-on-year 0 +13 -15
Permanent jobs citing Power BI 2,355 1,708 2,047
As % of all permanent jobs in England 2.32% 3.95% 2.96%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 29.47% 26.55% 19.12%
Number of salaries quoted 1,535 1,207 1,357
10th Percentile £34,550 £31,950 £37,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - -8.33% +4.62%
75th Percentile £73,750 £70,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £87,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% +9.09%

All Database & Business Intelligence Skills
England

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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 7,991 6,434 10,706
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 7.86% 14.89% 15.49%
Number of salaries quoted 5,581 4,191 6,534
10th Percentile £36,250 £33,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £46,000 £45,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - -7.69% +1.56%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,500 £88,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £110,000 £118,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £63,500
% change year-on-year - -5.51% +1.60%

Power BI
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Power BI job vacancy trend in England

Power BI
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Power BI.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Power BI

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Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Power BI in England over the 6 months to 18 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Power BI in England

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Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Power BI within the England region over the 6 months to 18 September 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
London -20 720 £70,000 +5.66% 1,042
North of England +72 548 £45,037 -15.02% 320
Midlands +14 397 £52,500 +5.00% 239
South East -26 321 £55,000 +4.76% 385
North West +65 281 £48,500 -11.82% 181
West Midlands +2 245 £52,500 - 163
South West -26 210 £42,500 -10.53% 126
Yorkshire +48 187 £42,750 -9.04% 105
East Midlands +7 152 £48,750 +8.33% 76
East of England -18 138 £60,000 +50.00% 110
North East -11 80 £45,000 +5.88% 35
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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 213 (9.04%) SharePoint
2 38 (1.61%) Apache Spark
3 27 (1.15%) Microsoft Exchange
4 26 (1.10%) Apache Airflow
5 13 (0.55%) Apache
6 9 (0.38%) CMS
6 9 (0.38%) Confluence
6 9 (0.38%) WordPress
7 5 (0.21%) Oracle Workflow
7 5 (0.21%) SAS
8 4 (0.17%) ArcGIS
8 4 (0.17%) IIS
8 4 (0.17%) Luigi
9 2 (0.085%) Appian
9 2 (0.085%) Headless CMS
9 2 (0.085%) Oracle Application Server
9 2 (0.085%) Tornado
9 2 (0.085%) Umbraco
10 1 (0.042%) Moodle
10 1 (0.042%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 823 (34.95%) Microsoft Excel
2 67 (2.85%) Microsoft Office
3 38 (1.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 21 (0.89%) MS Visio
5 20 (0.85%) Spreadsheet
6 19 (0.81%) Microsoft Project
7 13 (0.55%) Chatbot
8 9 (0.38%) ProjectWise
9 5 (0.21%) Revit
10 4 (0.17%) Navisworks
11 3 (0.13%) AutoCAD
12 1 (0.042%) Adobe Illustrator
12 1 (0.042%) Civil 3D
12 1 (0.042%) InDesign
12 1 (0.042%) Inkscape
12 1 (0.042%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 58 (2.46%) Dynamics CRM
2 51 (2.17%) NetSuite
3 17 (0.72%) Elite 3E
4 14 (0.59%) Dynamics NAV
5 12 (0.51%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 11 (0.47%) Carpe Diem
6 11 (0.47%) IBM Planning Analytics
7 10 (0.42%) SAP S/4HANA
8 9 (0.38%) Visualfiles
9 7 (0.30%) Infor M3
10 5 (0.21%) SAP PM
10 5 (0.21%) Workday HCM
11 3 (0.13%) Integrated Workplace Management System
11 3 (0.13%) Magento
11 3 (0.13%) Payment Gateway
11 3 (0.13%) Shopify
11 3 (0.13%) SystmOne
12 2 (0.085%) Dynamics GP
12 2 (0.085%) FastStats
12 2 (0.085%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 2,355 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 983 (41.74%) Azure
3 350 (14.86%) Azure AI
4 306 (12.99%) Power Automate
5 288 (12.23%) PowerApps
6 264 (11.21%) Microsoft 365
7 194 (8.24%) Dynamics 365
8 167 (7.09%) Azure Data Factory
9 159 (6.75%) AWS
10 136 (5.77%) Azure DevOps
11 99 (4.20%) Snowflake
12 97 (4.12%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 92 (3.91%) GCP
14 91 (3.86%) Microsoft Copilot
15 78 (3.31%) Microsoft Purview
16 67 (2.85%) SaaS
17 64 (2.72%) Azure Logic Apps
18 58 (2.46%) OneDrive
19 54 (2.29%) Google Analytics
20 49 (2.08%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 17 (0.72%) Firewall
2 13 (0.55%) Broadband
3 8 (0.34%) LAN
3 8 (0.34%) WAN
4 7 (0.30%) DNS
4 7 (0.30%) VPN
5 6 (0.25%) DHCP
5 6 (0.25%) VoIP
6 5 (0.21%) Network Security
6 5 (0.21%) SMS
7 4 (0.17%) LTE
7 4 (0.17%) MQTT
7 4 (0.17%) Wi-Fi
8 3 (0.13%) NAS
9 2 (0.085%) Intranet
9 2 (0.085%) VLAN
9 2 (0.085%) Wireless
10 1 (0.042%) IP Telephony
10 1 (0.042%) Modbus
10 1 (0.042%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 642 (27.26%) Tableau
2 235 (9.98%) Data Warehouse
3 169 (7.18%) SQL Server
4 138 (5.86%) Data Lake
5 133 (5.65%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 123 (5.22%) Power Query
7 105 (4.46%) Azure SQL Database
8 84 (3.57%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 70 (2.97%) Relational Database
10 68 (2.89%) Looker
10 68 (2.89%) Metadata
11 54 (2.29%) Star Schema
12 43 (1.83%) BigQuery
13 32 (1.36%) NoSQL
13 32 (1.36%) Semantic Layer
14 31 (1.32%) Big Data
15 27 (1.15%) Delta Lake
16 26 (1.10%) SQL Server Analysis Services
17 23 (0.98%) MySQL
17 23 (0.98%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 91 (3.86%) Git
2 51 (2.17%) JIRA
3 16 (0.68%) MLflow
4 14 (0.59%) Jenkins
5 12 (0.51%) Visual Studio
6 9 (0.38%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 4 (0.17%) GitLab
7 4 (0.17%) Oracle Forms
8 2 (0.085%) Ant
8 2 (0.085%) Apache Ivy
8 2 (0.085%) IBM UrbanCode
8 2 (0.085%) Maven
8 2 (0.085%) Visual Studio Code
9 1 (0.042%) Browser DevTools
9 1 (0.042%) Burp Suite
9 1 (0.042%) ER Studio
9 1 (0.042%) ERwin
9 1 (0.042%) kappa
9 1 (0.042%) Selenium
9 1 (0.042%) Toad
General
1 1,108 (47.05%) Social Skills
2 649 (27.56%) Finance
3 638 (27.09%) Analytical Skills
4 155 (6.58%) Law
5 147 (6.24%) Legal
6 134 (5.69%) Marketing
7 132 (5.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 130 (5.52%) Organisational Skills
9 127 (5.39%) Retail
10 118 (5.01%) Public Sector
11 115 (4.88%) Manufacturing
12 52 (2.21%) Banking
13 44 (1.87%) Documentation Skills
14 37 (1.57%) Influencing Skills
15 34 (1.44%) Billing
16 31 (1.32%) Telecoms
17 28 (1.19%) Military
18 27 (1.15%) Presentation Skills
19 25 (1.06%) Social Housing
20 22 (0.93%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 879 (37.32%) Analyst
2 557 (23.65%) Data Analyst
3 356 (15.12%) Junior
4 349 (14.82%) Junior Analyst
5 335 (14.23%) Junior Data Analyst
6 315 (13.38%) Developer
7 294 (12.48%) Senior
8 184 (7.81%) Data Engineer
9 149 (6.33%) Lead
10 87 (3.69%) Business Intelligence Developer
11 83 (3.52%) Architect
12 82 (3.48%) Data Manager
13 80 (3.40%) Business Intelligence Analyst
14 78 (3.31%) Business Analyst
15 70 (2.97%) Senior Analyst
16 66 (2.80%) Consultant
17 63 (2.68%) Systems Analyst
18 59 (2.51%) Power Platform Developer
19 58 (2.46%) Data Architect
20 55 (2.34%) Senior Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 109 (4.63%) .NET
2 72 (3.06%) HTML
3 71 (3.01%) REST
4 68 (2.89%) PySpark
5 60 (2.55%) CSS
6 43 (1.83%) JSON
7 34 (1.44%) HTML5 Canvas
8 33 (1.40%) Kafka
9 31 (1.32%) .NET Core
10 30 (1.27%) XML
11 27 (1.15%) EDI
12 25 (1.06%) Microsoft Graph
12 25 (1.06%) PyTorch
12 25 (1.06%) Terraform
13 24 (1.02%) Middleware
14 22 (0.93%) scikit-learn
15 21 (0.89%) ASP.NET
16 20 (0.85%) TensorFlow
17 19 (0.81%) HTML5
18 17 (0.72%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 167 (7.09%) Management Information System
2 74 (3.14%) Data Structures
3 62 (2.63%) Product Ownership
4 51 (2.17%) Self-Motivation
5 50 (2.12%) Onboarding
6 40 (1.70%) Analytical Mindset
7 38 (1.61%) Cloud Native
8 36 (1.53%) Legacy Systems
9 33 (1.40%) Enterprise Software
10 32 (1.36%) Greenfield Project
11 25 (1.06%) Driving Licence
12 24 (1.02%) AI Agents
13 23 (0.98%) NHS
14 22 (0.93%) Low-Code
15 21 (0.89%) Social Media
16 19 (0.81%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
16 19 (0.81%) Public Cloud
17 18 (0.76%) FMCG
18 16 (0.68%) Educational Technology
19 14 (0.59%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 60 (2.55%) Windows
2 24 (1.02%) Linux
3 19 (0.81%) Windows Server
4 6 (0.25%) Windows Server 2019
5 4 (0.17%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.085%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.085%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.085%) Solaris
7 1 (0.042%) Android
7 1 (0.042%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.042%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.042%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,214 (94.01%) Business Intelligence
2 823 (34.95%) AI
3 804 (34.14%) Analytics
4 617 (26.20%) Problem-Solving
5 557 (23.65%) Decision-Making
6 464 (19.70%) Data Modelling
7 463 (19.66%) Continuous Improvement
8 369 (15.67%) Visualisation
9 322 (13.67%) Agile
10 310 (13.16%) Stakeholder Management
11 301 (12.78%) Data Governance
12 292 (12.40%) ETL
13 278 (11.80%) ERP
14 272 (11.55%) Actionable Insight
15 260 (11.04%) Data Engineering
16 259 (11.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 256 (10.87%) Data Visualisation
18 247 (10.49%) Data Analysis
19 236 (10.02%) Dashboard Development
20 223 (9.47%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 1,416 (60.13%) SQL
2 758 (32.19%) Python
3 182 (7.73%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 181 (7.69%) C#
5 128 (5.44%) JavaScript
6 58 (2.46%) PowerShell
7 48 (2.04%) T-SQL
8 44 (1.87%) R
9 41 (1.74%) VBA
10 28 (1.19%) TypeScript
11 24 (1.02%) Java
12 23 (0.98%) Scala
13 12 (0.51%) Kusto Query Language
14 7 (0.30%) PHP
15 6 (0.25%) VB.NET
16 5 (0.21%) C++
16 5 (0.21%) VB
17 4 (0.17%) Bicep
17 4 (0.17%) XAML
18 3 (0.13%) Julia
Qualifications
1 373 (15.84%) Azure Certification
2 281 (11.93%) Degree
3 126 (5.35%) Security Cleared
4 104 (4.42%) SC Cleared
5 89 (3.78%) ACCA
6 84 (3.57%) CIMA
7 49 (2.08%) Microsoft Certification
8 37 (1.57%) DBS Check
9 27 (1.15%) PMI Certification
10 24 (1.02%) PMP
11 19 (0.81%) AAT
11 19 (0.81%) Computer Science Degree
12 17 (0.72%) BPSS Clearance
13 14 (0.59%) Master's Degree
14 8 (0.34%) CompTIA CySA+
14 8 (0.34%) CompTIA Security+
14 8 (0.34%) SSCP
15 7 (0.30%) CFA
15 7 (0.30%) HND
15 7 (0.30%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 451 (19.15%) Data Quality
2 150 (6.37%) GDPR
3 91 (3.86%) QA
4 60 (2.55%) Accessibility
5 42 (1.78%) PMO
6 38 (1.61%) SLA
7 34 (1.44%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 23 (0.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 20 (0.85%) Actionable Recommendations
10 17 (0.72%) TickIT
11 13 (0.55%) NIST
12 10 (0.42%) GRC
13 8 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials
13 8 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 8 (0.34%) ISO 9001
14 7 (0.30%) GAAP
15 6 (0.25%) PERC
16 4 (0.17%) ISO 19650
16 4 (0.17%) NIST 800
17 3 (0.13%) IFRS
System Software
1 25 (1.06%) Active Directory
2 24 (1.02%) Docker
3 6 (0.25%) Virtual Desktop
4 4 (0.17%) BitLocker
4 4 (0.17%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (0.13%) Terminal Services
6 2 (0.085%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.085%) IAG
7 1 (0.042%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.042%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.042%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 17 (0.72%) Microsoft Intune
2 16 (0.68%) Kubernetes
3 10 (0.42%) FortiGate
4 6 (0.25%) Single Sign-On
5 4 (0.17%) Argo
5 4 (0.17%) EnCase
5 4 (0.17%) FTK
6 3 (0.13%) Ansible
7 2 (0.085%) Microsoft Clustering
7 2 (0.085%) Progress Chef
7 2 (0.085%) Puppet
8 1 (0.042%) EMC NetWorker
8 1 (0.042%) MOM
8 1 (0.042%) PaperCut
8 1 (0.042%) SCCM
8 1 (0.042%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 1,173 (49.81%) Microsoft
2 188 (7.98%) Databricks
3 108 (4.59%) SAP
4 84 (3.57%) Google
5 77 (3.27%) Oracle
6 40 (1.70%) Salesforce
7 33 (1.40%) Sage
8 29 (1.23%) Alteryx
8 29 (1.23%) ServiceNow
9 27 (1.15%) Intapp
10 23 (0.98%) Informatica
11 18 (0.76%) Concur
12 17 (0.72%) Adobe
13 16 (0.68%) Aderant
13 16 (0.68%) iManage
14 13 (0.55%) YouTube
15 12 (0.51%) Workday
16 11 (0.47%) HubSpot
16 11 (0.47%) OpenAI
16 11 (0.47%) Yardi