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

6 months to
14 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 56 64 58
Rank change year-on-year +8 -6 +23
Permanent jobs citing Power BI 2,495 1,480 3,187
As % of all permanent jobs in England 3.31% 4.02% 3.94%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 36.68% 21.98% 22.18%
Number of salaries quoted 1,203 1,042 2,581
10th Percentile £36,250 £37,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £58,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.86% +5.45% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £76,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,775 £85,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £53,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +8.49% -3.64%

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 6,802 6,732 14,369
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 9.03% 18.30% 17.74%
Number of salaries quoted 4,205 4,762 11,376
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £64,750 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.34% +12.61% -11.54%
75th Percentile £80,000 £86,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -10.20%

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

Power BI
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Power BI in England over the 6 months to 14 April 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 14 April 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 +3 618 £70,000 - 254
North of England +9 553 £47,000 -6.00% 150
Midlands +23 469 £47,085 -5.83% 134
South East +10 440 £55,000 - 178
West Midlands +17 274 £47,085 -8.84% 83
Yorkshire +32 261 £42,039 -11.50% 47
North West -14 228 £47,500 -5.00% 81
South West +35 212 £45,000 -4.26% 64
East Midlands +20 193 £45,390 +5.56% 51
East of England -8 187 £52,500 -25.00% 60
North East +17 64 £51,250 +5.13% 26
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Power BI
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 (5.61%) SharePoint
2 47 (1.88%) Apache Spark
3 46 (1.84%) Apache Airflow
4 37 (1.48%) Microsoft Exchange
5 13 (0.52%) Confluence
6 11 (0.44%) SAS
7 7 (0.28%) Apache
8 5 (0.20%) ArcGIS
8 5 (0.20%) CMS
8 5 (0.20%) WordPress
9 4 (0.16%) Umbraco
10 2 (0.080%) Moodle
10 2 (0.080%) Oracle Application Server
10 2 (0.080%) Palantir Foundry
11 1 (0.040%) Appian
11 1 (0.040%) Drupal
11 1 (0.040%) Headless CMS
11 1 (0.040%) Jupyter
11 1 (0.040%) Mendix
Applications
1 1,321 (52.95%) Microsoft Excel
2 64 (2.57%) Microsoft Office
3 46 (1.84%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 28 (1.12%) Spreadsheet
5 24 (0.96%) Microsoft Project
6 18 (0.72%) MS Visio
7 9 (0.36%) Trello
8 2 (0.080%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.040%) Chatbot
9 1 (0.040%) Maya
Business Applications
1 37 (1.48%) Dynamics CRM
2 20 (0.80%) NetSuite
3 10 (0.40%) Dynamics AX
4 9 (0.36%) SAP CO
5 6 (0.24%) IBM Planning Analytics
5 6 (0.24%) NEC Housing
6 5 (0.20%) Dynamics NAV
6 5 (0.20%) Sage 200
6 5 (0.20%) SAP ERP
6 5 (0.20%) SAP PM
7 4 (0.16%) Elite 3E
7 4 (0.16%) SAP Business One
7 4 (0.16%) Shopify
8 3 (0.12%) Integrated Workplace Management System
8 3 (0.12%) Magento
8 3 (0.12%) Markit EDM
8 3 (0.12%) ResourceLink
8 3 (0.12%) Salesforce CRM
8 3 (0.12%) SAP S/4HANA
8 3 (0.12%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 2,495 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 1,472 (59.00%) Azure
3 900 (36.07%) Azure AI
4 237 (9.50%) Power Automate
5 207 (8.30%) Microsoft 365
6 190 (7.62%) PowerApps
7 157 (6.29%) Azure Data Factory
8 151 (6.05%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 135 (5.41%) Snowflake
10 114 (4.57%) Dynamics 365
11 102 (4.09%) AWS
12 94 (3.77%) dbt
13 76 (3.05%) GCP
14 70 (2.81%) Azure DevOps
15 63 (2.53%) Entra ID
15 63 (2.53%) SaaS
16 54 (2.16%) Azure Logic Apps
17 52 (2.08%) Microsoft Copilot
18 35 (1.40%) Serverless
19 31 (1.24%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 14 (0.56%) Intranet
2 11 (0.44%) DHCP
2 11 (0.44%) DNS
2 11 (0.44%) Firewall
3 8 (0.32%) TCP/IP
3 8 (0.32%) VoIP
4 6 (0.24%) WAN
5 5 (0.20%) Modbus
5 5 (0.20%) MQTT
5 5 (0.20%) Wi-Fi
6 4 (0.16%) Broadband
7 3 (0.12%) Internet
7 3 (0.12%) NAS
7 3 (0.12%) VLAN
8 2 (0.080%) Network Security
8 2 (0.080%) VPN
9 1 (0.040%) ADSL
9 1 (0.040%) FTP
9 1 (0.040%) Mobile Broadband
9 1 (0.040%) Softphone
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1,133 (45.41%) Tableau
2 196 (7.86%) SQL Server
3 189 (7.58%) Data Warehouse
4 124 (4.97%) Power Query
5 118 (4.73%) Data Lake
6 111 (4.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 73 (2.93%) Azure SQL Database
8 67 (2.69%) Looker
9 66 (2.65%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 48 (1.92%) BigQuery
11 46 (1.84%) Relational Database
12 42 (1.68%) Big Data
13 39 (1.56%) Amazon Redshift
14 37 (1.48%) Snowflake Schema
15 29 (1.16%) PostgreSQL
16 27 (1.08%) Metadata
16 27 (1.08%) SQL Server Analysis Services
17 26 (1.04%) Star Schema
18 25 (1.00%) PowerPivot
19 23 (0.92%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 64 (2.57%) Git
2 38 (1.52%) JIRA
3 29 (1.16%) Visual Studio
4 26 (1.04%) MLflow
5 12 (0.48%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 4 (0.16%) GitLab
6 4 (0.16%) Jenkins
6 4 (0.16%) Postman
7 2 (0.080%) DBeaver
7 2 (0.080%) ERwin
7 2 (0.080%) PowerDesigner
8 1 (0.040%) Axure RP
8 1 (0.040%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.040%) ER Studio
8 1 (0.040%) NUnit
8 1 (0.040%) Oracle APEX
8 1 (0.040%) Oracle Forms
8 1 (0.040%) Selenium
8 1 (0.040%) Team Foundation Server
8 1 (0.040%) Toad
General
1 1,474 (59.08%) Social Skills
2 553 (22.16%) Analytical Skills
3 530 (21.24%) Finance
4 96 (3.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 89 (3.57%) Marketing
6 86 (3.45%) Public Sector
7 81 (3.25%) Legal
8 78 (3.13%) Manufacturing
9 72 (2.89%) Law
9 72 (2.89%) Retail
10 60 (2.40%) Organisational Skills
11 47 (1.88%) Presentation Skills
12 35 (1.40%) Influencing Skills
13 34 (1.36%) Banking
14 33 (1.32%) Documentation Skills
15 20 (0.80%) Telecoms
16 19 (0.76%) Publishing
17 18 (0.72%) Financial Institution
18 17 (0.68%) Advertising
18 17 (0.68%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 1,414 (56.67%) Analyst
2 1,110 (44.49%) Data Analyst
3 911 (36.51%) Junior
4 906 (36.31%) Junior Analyst
5 903 (36.19%) Junior Data Analyst
6 250 (10.02%) Senior
7 227 (9.10%) Developer
8 141 (5.65%) Data Engineer
9 115 (4.61%) Lead
10 91 (3.65%) Business Intelligence Developer
11 84 (3.37%) Business Intelligence Analyst
12 77 (3.09%) Architect
13 73 (2.93%) Business Analyst
14 72 (2.89%) Senior Analyst
15 67 (2.69%) Financial Analyst
16 65 (2.61%) IT Support
17 61 (2.44%) Support Analyst
18 54 (2.16%) Power BI Developer
19 53 (2.12%) Consultant
20 52 (2.08%) Systems Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 78 (3.13%) .NET
2 48 (1.92%) JSON
3 41 (1.64%) PySpark
3 41 (1.64%) REST
4 38 (1.52%) XML
5 36 (1.44%) CSS
6 34 (1.36%) Kafka
7 33 (1.32%) HTML
8 32 (1.28%) HTML5 Canvas
9 30 (1.20%) .NET Core
9 30 (1.20%) PyTorch
10 29 (1.16%) scikit-learn
11 24 (0.96%) TensorFlow
12 23 (0.92%) EDI
12 23 (0.92%) LangChain
12 23 (0.92%) LlamaIndex
12 23 (0.92%) pgvector
13 19 (0.76%) SOAP
14 17 (0.68%) Middleware
15 13 (0.52%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 77 (3.09%) Management Information System
2 72 (2.89%) Analytical Mindset
3 57 (2.28%) Cloud Native
4 44 (1.76%) Data Structures
5 35 (1.40%) Self-Motivation
6 33 (1.32%) Legacy Systems
7 32 (1.28%) Onboarding
8 31 (1.24%) Low-Code
9 27 (1.08%) Clustering
10 25 (1.00%) Product Ownership
11 24 (0.96%) Public Cloud
12 17 (0.68%) Greenfield Project
13 16 (0.64%) Driving Licence
13 16 (0.64%) Enterprise Cloud
14 13 (0.52%) FMCG
14 13 (0.52%) Reinsurance
15 12 (0.48%) Enterprise Software
15 12 (0.48%) NHS
16 11 (0.44%) Algorithms
16 11 (0.44%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 30 (1.20%) Windows
2 17 (0.68%) Windows Server
3 13 (0.52%) Linux
4 12 (0.48%) VMS
5 7 (0.28%) Unix
6 5 (0.20%) Windows 10
7 3 (0.12%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.080%) Android
9 1 (0.040%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.040%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.040%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.040%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,378 (95.31%) Business Intelligence
2 1,122 (44.97%) AI
3 632 (25.33%) Analytics
4 444 (17.80%) Decision-Making
5 410 (16.43%) Problem-Solving
6 365 (14.63%) Data Modelling
7 341 (13.67%) Visualisation
8 284 (11.38%) Continuous Improvement
9 265 (10.62%) ETL
10 233 (9.34%) Data Analysis
11 227 (9.10%) Agile
11 227 (9.10%) Data Governance
12 221 (8.86%) Data Visualisation
13 205 (8.22%) Actionable Insight
14 204 (8.18%) Data Engineering
15 181 (7.25%) Data Pipeline
16 170 (6.81%) Project Management
17 169 (6.77%) Data Management
17 169 (6.77%) ERP
18 155 (6.21%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 1,740 (69.74%) SQL
2 1,296 (51.94%) Python
3 159 (6.37%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 107 (4.29%) C#
5 76 (3.05%) PowerShell
5 76 (3.05%) VBA
6 71 (2.85%) JavaScript
7 50 (2.00%) T-SQL
8 46 (1.84%) R
9 20 (0.80%) Kusto Query Language
10 18 (0.72%) TypeScript
11 12 (0.48%) Scala
12 11 (0.44%) Delphi
13 9 (0.36%) Java
13 9 (0.36%) VBScript
14 6 (0.24%) Julia
14 6 (0.24%) VB
15 5 (0.20%) Bicep
16 3 (0.12%) Bash
16 3 (0.12%) C
Qualifications
1 923 (36.99%) Azure Certification
2 257 (10.30%) Degree
3 82 (3.29%) Security Cleared
4 71 (2.85%) ACCA
4 71 (2.85%) CIMA
5 64 (2.57%) SC Cleared
6 45 (1.80%) Microsoft Certification
7 41 (1.64%) Computer Science Degree
8 36 (1.44%) PMI Certification
8 36 (1.44%) PMP
9 33 (1.32%) Master's Degree
10 31 (1.24%) DBS Check
11 16 (0.64%) AAT
12 15 (0.60%) MBA
13 12 (0.48%) APMP
14 8 (0.32%) BPSS Clearance
14 8 (0.32%) CompTIA Security+
14 8 (0.32%) IIBA
15 7 (0.28%) Six Sigma Green Belt
15 7 (0.28%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 268 (10.74%) Data Quality
2 100 (4.01%) GDPR
3 56 (2.24%) QA
4 49 (1.96%) SLA
5 38 (1.52%) PMO
6 29 (1.16%) Accessibility
7 26 (1.04%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 22 (0.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 20 (0.80%) Actionable Recommendations
10 11 (0.44%) GRC
10 11 (0.44%) TickIT
11 8 (0.32%) NIST
12 7 (0.28%) IFRS
13 4 (0.16%) IFRS 17
13 4 (0.16%) ITGC
14 3 (0.12%) GAAP
15 2 (0.080%) EMIR
15 2 (0.080%) MiFID
15 2 (0.080%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 2 (0.080%) WCAG
System Software
1 62 (2.48%) Active Directory
2 12 (0.48%) Docker
2 12 (0.48%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (0.16%) BitLocker
4 3 (0.12%) Hyper-V
4 3 (0.12%) Terminal Services
4 3 (0.12%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.040%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 13 (0.52%) Kubernetes
1 13 (0.52%) Terraform
2 6 (0.24%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (0.20%) FortiGate
3 5 (0.20%) SCCM
3 5 (0.20%) Single Sign-On
4 4 (0.16%) Ansible
4 4 (0.16%) Control-M
5 3 (0.12%) Argo
6 1 (0.040%) Grafana
6 1 (0.040%) MOM
6 1 (0.040%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 1,441 (57.76%) Microsoft
2 160 (6.41%) Databricks
3 82 (3.29%) SAP
4 61 (2.44%) Oracle
5 46 (1.84%) Google
6 43 (1.72%) Salesforce
7 33 (1.32%) Informatica
8 30 (1.20%) ServiceNow
9 29 (1.16%) Alteryx
10 24 (0.96%) Cloudera
10 24 (0.96%) Dell
11 22 (0.88%) Adobe
12 20 (0.80%) Anaplan
13 18 (0.72%) Intapp
14 13 (0.52%) Sage
15 12 (0.48%) Genesys
15 12 (0.48%) HubSpot
15 12 (0.48%) iManage
15 12 (0.48%) Verint
15 12 (0.48%) VMware