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 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 59 78 57
Rank change year-on-year +19 -21 +17
Permanent jobs citing Power BI 2,038 1,637 2,809
As % of all permanent jobs in England 3.40% 3.70% 4.24%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 33.58% 20.10% 22.17%
Number of salaries quoted 1,129 950 2,347
10th Percentile £36,250 £37,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,000 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £60,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +11.11% -6.09%
75th Percentile £74,500 £76,188 £67,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,300 £84,056
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +14.29% -6.25%

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 6,069 8,144 12,669
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 10.14% 18.39% 19.11%
Number of salaries quoted 3,882 4,649 10,374
10th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £43,750 £50,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +13.04% -11.54%
75th Percentile £81,250 £87,500 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +13.04% -8.00%

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

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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 February 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 February 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 +9 659 £70,000 - 225
South East +28 381 £55,000 -4.35% 224
North of England +4 376 £48,052 +0.77% 121
Midlands +36 329 £47,085 -5.83% 128
West Midlands +24 205 £47,500 -5.47% 78
North West +8 181 £50,000 +2.04% 70
South West +53 163 £43,500 -3.33% 47
Yorkshire +7 156 £47,000 -1.05% 36
East Midlands +48 122 £45,000 +5.26% 50
East of England -11 114 £46,750 -38.49% 37
North East +22 39 £46,750 -16.89% 19
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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
1 140 (6.87%) SharePoint
2 22 (1.08%) Microsoft Exchange
3 19 (0.93%) Apache Airflow
4 18 (0.88%) Apache Spark
5 17 (0.83%) SAS
6 16 (0.79%) Confluence
7 6 (0.29%) WordPress
8 4 (0.20%) Apache
8 4 (0.20%) CMS
8 4 (0.20%) Umbraco
9 2 (0.098%) Moodle
9 2 (0.098%) Oracle Application Server
9 2 (0.098%) Palantir Foundry
10 1 (0.049%) Appian
10 1 (0.049%) Drupal
10 1 (0.049%) Jupyter
10 1 (0.049%) Mendix
10 1 (0.049%) SugarCRM
Applications
1 961 (47.15%) Microsoft Excel
2 66 (3.24%) Microsoft Office
3 52 (2.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 23 (1.13%) Spreadsheet
5 18 (0.88%) Microsoft Project
6 17 (0.83%) MS Visio
7 10 (0.49%) Trello
8 8 (0.39%) Maya
9 5 (0.25%) Chatbot
10 2 (0.098%) AutoCAD
10 2 (0.098%) Revit
11 1 (0.049%) Acrobat
11 1 (0.049%) Adobe Illustrator
11 1 (0.049%) Adobe XD
11 1 (0.049%) InDesign
11 1 (0.049%) Oracle Smart View
11 1 (0.049%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 64 (3.14%) Dynamics CRM
2 14 (0.69%) NetSuite
3 10 (0.49%) Dynamics AX
4 9 (0.44%) SAP CO
5 8 (0.39%) Visualfiles
6 7 (0.34%) Shopify
7 6 (0.29%) NEC Housing
8 5 (0.25%) Dynamics NAV
8 5 (0.25%) Elite 3E
8 5 (0.25%) IBM Planning Analytics
8 5 (0.25%) SAP Business One
9 4 (0.20%) Oracle Payables
9 4 (0.20%) Oracle Receivables
9 4 (0.20%) SAP S/4HANA
10 3 (0.15%) Integrated Workplace Management System
10 3 (0.15%) Markit EDM
10 3 (0.15%) ResourceLink
10 3 (0.15%) Salesforce CRM
11 2 (0.098%) Aladdin
11 2 (0.098%) Q-Pulse
Cloud Services
1 2,038 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 1,011 (49.61%) Azure
3 482 (23.65%) Azure AI
4 219 (10.75%) Power Automate
5 203 (9.96%) Microsoft 365
6 184 (9.03%) PowerApps
7 139 (6.82%) Azure Data Factory
8 125 (6.13%) Snowflake
9 122 (5.99%) Dynamics 365
10 113 (5.54%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 85 (4.17%) AWS
12 82 (4.02%) Azure DevOps
13 74 (3.63%) dbt
14 63 (3.09%) Microsoft Copilot
15 60 (2.94%) Entra ID
16 54 (2.65%) SaaS
17 51 (2.50%) GCP
18 46 (2.26%) Azure Logic Apps
19 27 (1.32%) Fivetran
19 27 (1.32%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 16 (0.79%) Firewall
2 14 (0.69%) Intranet
3 11 (0.54%) WAN
4 10 (0.49%) TCP/IP
5 9 (0.44%) DHCP
5 9 (0.44%) DNS
6 7 (0.34%) VoIP
7 6 (0.29%) LAN
8 5 (0.25%) Modbus
8 5 (0.25%) MQTT
8 5 (0.25%) VPN
9 3 (0.15%) Broadband
9 3 (0.15%) VLAN
10 2 (0.098%) Internet
10 2 (0.098%) Network Security
10 2 (0.098%) Wi-Fi
11 1 (0.049%) ADSL
11 1 (0.049%) BGP
11 1 (0.049%) FTP
11 1 (0.049%) Softphone
Database & Business Intelligence
1 732 (35.92%) Tableau
2 200 (9.81%) SQL Server
3 175 (8.59%) Data Warehouse
4 122 (5.99%) Data Lake
5 115 (5.64%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 101 (4.96%) Power Query
7 66 (3.24%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 61 (2.99%) Azure SQL Database
9 55 (2.70%) Looker
10 42 (2.06%) Relational Database
11 33 (1.62%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 30 (1.47%) Metadata
13 28 (1.37%) BigQuery
14 27 (1.32%) PostgreSQL
15 24 (1.18%) Big Data
15 24 (1.18%) MySQL
15 24 (1.18%) Qlik Sense
16 22 (1.08%) PowerPivot
17 20 (0.98%) SAP BW
18 19 (0.93%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 69 (3.39%) Git
2 34 (1.67%) Visual Studio
3 32 (1.57%) JIRA
4 8 (0.39%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 7 (0.34%) GitLab
6 4 (0.20%) ER Studio
6 4 (0.20%) ERwin
6 4 (0.20%) Postman
6 4 (0.20%) PowerDesigner
7 3 (0.15%) Jenkins
8 2 (0.098%) DBeaver
9 1 (0.049%) Axure RP
9 1 (0.049%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.049%) LSMW
9 1 (0.049%) Oracle APEX
9 1 (0.049%) Selenium
9 1 (0.049%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 1,081 (53.04%) Social Skills
2 614 (30.13%) Finance
3 514 (25.22%) Analytical Skills
4 115 (5.64%) Marketing
5 97 (4.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 86 (4.22%) Manufacturing
7 82 (4.02%) Legal
8 76 (3.73%) Law
9 73 (3.58%) Public Sector
10 60 (2.94%) Retail
11 56 (2.75%) Organisational Skills
12 52 (2.55%) Presentation Skills
13 44 (2.16%) Banking
14 28 (1.37%) Influencing Skills
15 26 (1.28%) Advertising
16 23 (1.13%) Games
17 22 (1.08%) Documentation Skills
18 21 (1.03%) Billing
18 21 (1.03%) Financial Institution
19 18 (0.88%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 1,011 (49.61%) Analyst
2 701 (34.40%) Data Analyst
3 490 (24.04%) Junior
4 483 (23.70%) Junior Analyst
5 475 (23.31%) Junior Data Analyst
6 222 (10.89%) Senior
7 207 (10.16%) Developer
8 140 (6.87%) Data Engineer
9 127 (6.23%) Lead
10 86 (4.22%) Business Intelligence Developer
11 83 (4.07%) Senior Analyst
12 78 (3.83%) Business Intelligence Analyst
13 72 (3.53%) Architect
14 70 (3.43%) Financial Analyst
15 65 (3.19%) Business Analyst
16 62 (3.04%) Support Analyst
17 50 (2.45%) IT Support
18 49 (2.40%) Power Platform Developer
18 49 (2.40%) Report Analyst
19 47 (2.31%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 53 (2.60%) .NET
2 40 (1.96%) REST
3 29 (1.42%) XML
4 28 (1.37%) JSON
4 28 (1.37%) PySpark
5 26 (1.28%) Web Services
6 25 (1.23%) HTML
7 20 (0.98%) CSS
7 20 (0.98%) HTML5 Canvas
7 20 (0.98%) SOAP
8 17 (0.83%) EDI
9 14 (0.69%) .NET Core
10 11 (0.54%) Middleware
10 11 (0.54%) React
11 9 (0.44%) AngularJS
11 9 (0.44%) SAP CO-PA
12 8 (0.39%) ASP.NET
12 8 (0.39%) RESTful
12 8 (0.39%) WinForms
13 7 (0.34%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 84 (4.12%) Analytical Mindset
2 64 (3.14%) Management Information System
3 47 (2.31%) Self-Motivation
4 44 (2.16%) Data Structures
5 42 (2.06%) Onboarding
6 36 (1.77%) Cloud Native
7 34 (1.67%) FMCG
8 30 (1.47%) Product Ownership
9 25 (1.23%) Legacy Systems
10 21 (1.03%) Low-Code
11 20 (0.98%) Reinsurance
12 19 (0.93%) Driving Licence
12 19 (0.93%) Enterprise Software
12 19 (0.93%) Greenfield Project
13 14 (0.69%) NHS
14 13 (0.64%) Algorithms
15 11 (0.54%) Renewable Energy
16 10 (0.49%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
16 10 (0.49%) Social Media
17 9 (0.44%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 41 (2.01%) Windows
2 12 (0.59%) Linux
3 8 (0.39%) Mac OS
3 8 (0.39%) Windows Server
4 7 (0.34%) Unix
4 7 (0.34%) VMS
4 7 (0.34%) Windows 10
5 3 (0.15%) Android
6 2 (0.098%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.049%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.049%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,931 (94.75%) Business Intelligence
2 689 (33.81%) AI
3 577 (28.31%) Analytics
4 451 (22.13%) Decision-Making
5 398 (19.53%) Problem-Solving
6 368 (18.06%) Visualisation
7 342 (16.78%) Data Modelling
8 283 (13.89%) Continuous Improvement
9 264 (12.95%) ETL
10 258 (12.66%) Agile
10 258 (12.66%) Data Analysis
11 235 (11.53%) Data Visualisation
12 234 (11.48%) Actionable Insight
13 199 (9.76%) Data Governance
14 181 (8.88%) Data Engineering
15 171 (8.39%) Data Pipeline
16 164 (8.05%) Project Management
17 160 (7.85%) Stakeholder Management
18 159 (7.80%) Data Analytics
19 157 (7.70%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 1,267 (62.17%) SQL
2 870 (42.69%) Python
3 130 (6.38%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 85 (4.17%) C#
5 79 (3.88%) PowerShell
6 71 (3.48%) VBA
7 68 (3.34%) JavaScript
8 48 (2.36%) R
9 45 (2.21%) T-SQL
10 15 (0.74%) Scala
11 13 (0.64%) Kusto Query Language
12 9 (0.44%) Java
13 8 (0.39%) Delphi
14 7 (0.34%) TypeScript
15 5 (0.25%) ANSI SQL
16 4 (0.20%) Bash
16 4 (0.20%) Bicep
17 3 (0.15%) C
17 3 (0.15%) VB.NET
18 2 (0.098%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 503 (24.68%) Azure Certification
2 328 (16.09%) Degree
3 77 (3.78%) Security Cleared
4 70 (3.43%) ACCA
4 70 (3.43%) CIMA
5 60 (2.94%) SC Cleared
6 59 (2.89%) Microsoft Certification
7 51 (2.50%) Computer Science Degree
8 43 (2.11%) Master's Degree
9 42 (2.06%) PMI Certification
9 42 (2.06%) PMP
10 32 (1.57%) DBS Check
11 16 (0.79%) MBA
12 13 (0.64%) Numerate Degree
13 12 (0.59%) AAT
13 12 (0.59%) APMP
14 10 (0.49%) CISA
14 10 (0.49%) CISSP
15 9 (0.44%) IIBA
16 8 (0.39%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 277 (13.59%) Data Quality
2 73 (3.58%) GDPR
3 63 (3.09%) QA
4 42 (2.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 41 (2.01%) Accessibility
5 41 (2.01%) PMO
6 31 (1.52%) SLA
7 18 (0.88%) Actionable Recommendations
8 13 (0.64%) Cyber Essentials
9 11 (0.54%) NIST
10 9 (0.44%) GRC
10 9 (0.44%) ITGC
11 6 (0.29%) COBIT
11 6 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 5 (0.25%) IFRS
13 4 (0.20%) IFRS 17
14 3 (0.15%) California Consumer Privacy Act
15 2 (0.098%) MiFID
15 2 (0.098%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 2 (0.098%) WCAG
System Software
1 46 (2.26%) Active Directory
2 9 (0.44%) Docker
3 6 (0.29%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.15%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.098%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.098%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.049%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 23 (1.13%) Microsoft Intune
2 14 (0.69%) Terraform
3 12 (0.59%) Kubernetes
4 8 (0.39%) Single Sign-On
5 5 (0.25%) FortiGate
6 4 (0.20%) Control-M
6 4 (0.20%) RSA Archer
7 3 (0.15%) Argo
7 3 (0.15%) SCCM
8 1 (0.049%) Ansible
8 1 (0.049%) Grafana
8 1 (0.049%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.049%) MOM
Vendors
1 979 (48.04%) Microsoft
2 105 (5.15%) Databricks
3 99 (4.86%) SAP
4 73 (3.58%) Oracle
5 56 (2.75%) Salesforce
6 45 (2.21%) Google
7 34 (1.67%) Informatica
8 33 (1.62%) ServiceNow
9 28 (1.37%) Alteryx
10 22 (1.08%) Anaplan
11 18 (0.88%) HubSpot
12 17 (0.83%) Adobe
13 13 (0.64%) Verint
14 12 (0.59%) Genesys
14 12 (0.59%) IBM
15 11 (0.54%) Intapp
16 10 (0.49%) Dataiku
16 10 (0.49%) MuleSoft
17 9 (0.44%) Dell
17 9 (0.44%) Foundry