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

6 months to
1 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 74 70 79
Rank change year-on-year -4 +9 -16
Permanent jobs citing Power BI 2,238 1,697 2,044
As % of all permanent jobs in England 2.16% 3.93% 3.06%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 28.42% 26.94% 19.46%
Number of salaries quoted 1,536 1,194 1,265
10th Percentile £34,500 £32,010 £37,500
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% +5.45%
75th Percentile £72,500 £70,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £87,500 £92,950
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 7,875 6,299 10,502
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 7.59% 14.60% 15.73%
Number of salaries quoted 5,547 4,071 6,138
10th Percentile £36,750 £33,750 £38,059
25th Percentile £45,750 £45,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - -7.69% +4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £90,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £110,000 £117,875
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - -7.69% +4.00%

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

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 1 October 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 1 October 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 -21 739 £67,500 +1.50% 1,050
North of England +62 500 £46,500 -13.89% 358
Midlands +11 366 £52,500 +5.00% 266
South East -43 288 £55,000 +10.00% 382
North West +52 269 £50,000 -9.09% 212
West Midlands +2 231 £53,750 +3.51% 187
South West -32 194 £42,500 -15.00% 158
Yorkshire +42 156 £43,000 -10.42% 113
East Midlands +5 135 £47,500 +5.56% 79
East of England -25 129 £55,000 +37.50% 151
North East -9 75 £45,000 - 34
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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
1 212 (9.47%) SharePoint
2 27 (1.21%) Apache Spark
3 24 (1.07%) Microsoft Exchange
4 17 (0.76%) Apache Airflow
5 14 (0.63%) Apache
6 10 (0.45%) Confluence
7 9 (0.40%) CMS
7 9 (0.40%) WordPress
8 5 (0.22%) IIS
8 5 (0.22%) Oracle Workflow
9 4 (0.18%) ArcGIS
9 4 (0.18%) Luigi
9 4 (0.18%) SAS
10 2 (0.089%) Appian
10 2 (0.089%) Headless CMS
10 2 (0.089%) Oracle Application Server
10 2 (0.089%) Tornado
10 2 (0.089%) Umbraco
11 1 (0.045%) Moodle
11 1 (0.045%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 695 (31.05%) Microsoft Excel
2 68 (3.04%) Microsoft Office
3 34 (1.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 21 (0.94%) Spreadsheet
5 20 (0.89%) MS Visio
6 16 (0.71%) Microsoft Project
7 15 (0.67%) Chatbot
8 9 (0.40%) ProjectWise
9 5 (0.22%) Revit
10 4 (0.18%) Navisworks
10 4 (0.18%) Notion
11 3 (0.13%) AutoCAD
12 2 (0.089%) SPSS
13 1 (0.045%) Adobe Illustrator
13 1 (0.045%) Civil 3D
13 1 (0.045%) InDesign
13 1 (0.045%) Inkscape
Business Applications
1 62 (2.77%) Dynamics CRM
2 49 (2.19%) NetSuite
3 16 (0.71%) Dynamics NAV
3 16 (0.71%) Elite 3E
4 12 (0.54%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 11 (0.49%) Carpe Diem
5 11 (0.49%) SAP S/4HANA
6 10 (0.45%) IBM Planning Analytics
7 9 (0.40%) Visualfiles
8 8 (0.36%) Infor M3
8 8 (0.36%) Workday HCM
9 4 (0.18%) SystmOne
10 3 (0.13%) Dynamics GP
10 3 (0.13%) Integrated Workplace Management System
10 3 (0.13%) Magento
10 3 (0.13%) Payment Gateway
10 3 (0.13%) Shopify
11 2 (0.089%) FastStats
11 2 (0.089%) Sage 200
11 2 (0.089%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 2,238 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 829 (37.04%) Azure
3 307 (13.72%) Power Automate
4 289 (12.91%) PowerApps
5 255 (11.39%) Microsoft 365
6 210 (9.38%) Azure AI
7 194 (8.67%) Dynamics 365
8 172 (7.69%) Azure Data Factory
9 153 (6.84%) AWS
10 142 (6.34%) Azure DevOps
11 97 (4.33%) Microsoft Copilot
12 94 (4.20%) Snowflake
13 85 (3.80%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 81 (3.62%) GCP
15 80 (3.57%) Microsoft Purview
16 76 (3.40%) SaaS
17 60 (2.68%) Azure Logic Apps
18 56 (2.50%) Google Analytics
19 54 (2.41%) OneDrive
20 53 (2.37%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 19 (0.85%) Firewall
2 13 (0.58%) Broadband
3 8 (0.36%) DNS
3 8 (0.36%) LAN
3 8 (0.36%) WAN
4 7 (0.31%) VPN
5 5 (0.22%) Network Security
5 5 (0.22%) SMS
6 4 (0.18%) DHCP
6 4 (0.18%) LTE
6 4 (0.18%) MQTT
7 3 (0.13%) VoIP
7 3 (0.13%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (0.089%) Intranet
8 2 (0.089%) NAS
8 2 (0.089%) VLAN
8 2 (0.089%) Wireless
9 1 (0.045%) IP Telephony
9 1 (0.045%) Modbus
9 1 (0.045%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 503 (22.48%) Tableau
2 234 (10.46%) Data Warehouse
3 168 (7.51%) SQL Server
4 134 (5.99%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 126 (5.63%) Data Lake
6 125 (5.59%) Power Query
7 107 (4.78%) Azure SQL Database
8 84 (3.75%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 73 (3.26%) Relational Database
10 67 (2.99%) Metadata
11 57 (2.55%) Looker
12 52 (2.32%) Star Schema
13 33 (1.47%) NoSQL
14 32 (1.43%) Big Data
14 32 (1.43%) BigQuery
14 32 (1.43%) Semantic Layer
15 26 (1.16%) Delta Lake
16 25 (1.12%) MySQL
17 22 (0.98%) Amazon QuickSight
17 22 (0.98%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 102 (4.56%) Git
2 55 (2.46%) JIRA
3 15 (0.67%) Jenkins
4 12 (0.54%) Visual Studio
5 8 (0.36%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 6 (0.27%) MLflow
7 5 (0.22%) GitLab
8 4 (0.18%) Oracle Forms
9 2 (0.089%) Ant
9 2 (0.089%) Apache Ivy
9 2 (0.089%) IBM UrbanCode
9 2 (0.089%) Maven
9 2 (0.089%) Visual Studio Code
10 1 (0.045%) Browser DevTools
10 1 (0.045%) Burp Suite
10 1 (0.045%) ER Studio
10 1 (0.045%) ERwin
10 1 (0.045%) JMeter
10 1 (0.045%) kappa
10 1 (0.045%) Selenium
General
1 993 (44.37%) Social Skills
2 695 (31.05%) Finance
3 648 (28.95%) Analytical Skills
4 153 (6.84%) Legal
5 151 (6.75%) Law
6 144 (6.43%) Marketing
7 135 (6.03%) Organisational Skills
8 134 (5.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 134 (5.99%) Retail
9 129 (5.76%) Public Sector
10 125 (5.59%) Manufacturing
11 60 (2.68%) Banking
12 51 (2.28%) Documentation Skills
13 41 (1.83%) Influencing Skills
14 34 (1.52%) Billing
15 29 (1.30%) Presentation Skills
16 28 (1.25%) Telecoms
17 26 (1.16%) Social Housing
18 25 (1.12%) Military
19 24 (1.07%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 741 (33.11%) Analyst
2 415 (18.54%) Data Analyst
3 315 (14.08%) Developer
4 280 (12.51%) Senior
5 214 (9.56%) Junior
6 208 (9.29%) Junior Analyst
7 194 (8.67%) Junior Data Analyst
8 186 (8.31%) Data Engineer
9 162 (7.24%) Lead
10 87 (3.89%) Architect
11 86 (3.84%) Business Intelligence Developer
12 78 (3.49%) Business Analyst
13 77 (3.44%) Business Intelligence Analyst
14 76 (3.40%) Data Manager
15 72 (3.22%) Senior Analyst
16 71 (3.17%) Consultant
17 65 (2.90%) Systems Analyst
18 59 (2.64%) Data Architect
19 58 (2.59%) Power Platform Developer
20 55 (2.46%) Senior Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 101 (4.51%) .NET
2 75 (3.35%) REST
3 69 (3.08%) HTML
4 67 (2.99%) PySpark
5 56 (2.50%) CSS
6 42 (1.88%) JSON
7 30 (1.34%) HTML5 Canvas
7 30 (1.34%) Terraform
7 30 (1.34%) XML
8 28 (1.25%) EDI
8 28 (1.25%) Middleware
9 27 (1.21%) .NET Core
10 26 (1.16%) Kafka
11 23 (1.03%) Microsoft Graph
12 20 (0.89%) ASP.NET
13 18 (0.80%) HTML5
14 17 (0.76%) SOAP
15 16 (0.71%) Pandas
16 15 (0.67%) React
17 13 (0.58%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 180 (8.04%) Management Information System
2 76 (3.40%) Data Structures
3 61 (2.73%) Product Ownership
4 60 (2.68%) Onboarding
5 54 (2.41%) Self-Motivation
6 40 (1.79%) Analytical Mindset
7 35 (1.56%) Enterprise Software
8 34 (1.52%) Legacy Systems
9 32 (1.43%) Greenfield Project
10 28 (1.25%) Cloud Native
11 27 (1.21%) AI Agents
11 27 (1.21%) Driving Licence
12 25 (1.12%) NHS
13 23 (1.03%) Low-Code
14 22 (0.98%) FMCG
14 22 (0.98%) Social Media
15 19 (0.85%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
16 17 (0.76%) Educational Technology
17 14 (0.63%) Enterprise Cloud
17 14 (0.63%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 57 (2.55%) Windows
2 26 (1.16%) Linux
3 17 (0.76%) Windows Server
4 6 (0.27%) Windows Server 2019
5 3 (0.13%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.089%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.089%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.089%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.089%) Solaris
6 2 (0.089%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.045%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,109 (94.24%) Business Intelligence
2 812 (36.28%) Analytics
3 700 (31.28%) AI
4 632 (28.24%) Problem-Solving
5 582 (26.01%) Decision-Making
6 487 (21.76%) Continuous Improvement
7 466 (20.82%) Data Modelling
8 383 (17.11%) Visualisation
9 348 (15.55%) Stakeholder Management
10 334 (14.92%) Agile
11 303 (13.54%) Data Governance
12 294 (13.14%) ETL
13 283 (12.65%) Actionable Insight
14 270 (12.06%) ERP
15 265 (11.84%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 259 (11.57%) Data Visualisation
17 258 (11.53%) Data Engineering
18 248 (11.08%) Data Analysis
19 244 (10.90%) Dashboard Development
20 234 (10.46%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 1,277 (57.06%) SQL
2 628 (28.06%) Python
3 186 (8.31%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 174 (7.77%) C#
5 123 (5.50%) JavaScript
6 59 (2.64%) PowerShell
7 48 (2.14%) T-SQL
8 46 (2.06%) R
9 39 (1.74%) VBA
10 26 (1.16%) TypeScript
11 25 (1.12%) Java
12 21 (0.94%) Scala
13 12 (0.54%) Kusto Query Language
14 8 (0.36%) Bicep
14 8 (0.36%) PHP
15 6 (0.27%) C++
15 6 (0.27%) VB.NET
16 4 (0.18%) VB
16 4 (0.18%) XAML
17 3 (0.13%) XPath
Qualifications
1 291 (13.00%) Degree
2 230 (10.28%) Azure Certification
3 129 (5.76%) Security Cleared
4 106 (4.74%) SC Cleared
5 89 (3.98%) ACCA
6 84 (3.75%) CIMA
7 51 (2.28%) Microsoft Certification
8 32 (1.43%) DBS Check
9 31 (1.39%) PMI Certification
10 30 (1.34%) PMP
11 19 (0.85%) AAT
11 19 (0.85%) Computer Science Degree
12 17 (0.76%) BPSS Clearance
13 14 (0.63%) Master's Degree
14 8 (0.36%) CFA
14 8 (0.36%) CISSP
14 8 (0.36%) Postgraduate
15 7 (0.31%) AWS Certification
15 7 (0.31%) HND
15 7 (0.31%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 489 (21.85%) Data Quality
2 150 (6.70%) GDPR
3 91 (4.07%) QA
4 64 (2.86%) Accessibility
5 38 (1.70%) PMO
6 33 (1.47%) SLA
7 26 (1.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 25 (1.12%) Actionable Recommendations
9 24 (1.07%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 17 (0.76%) TickIT
11 13 (0.58%) GRC
12 12 (0.54%) NIST
13 11 (0.49%) ISO 9001
14 10 (0.45%) Cyber Essentials
14 10 (0.45%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 7 (0.31%) GAAP
16 6 (0.27%) PERC
17 4 (0.18%) ISO 19650
17 4 (0.18%) NIST 800
17 4 (0.18%) SOC 2
System Software
1 28 (1.25%) Docker
2 25 (1.12%) Active Directory
3 6 (0.27%) Virtual Desktop
4 3 (0.13%) BitLocker
4 3 (0.13%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.089%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.089%) IAG
5 2 (0.089%) Terminal Services
5 2 (0.089%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.045%) Firmware
6 1 (0.045%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.045%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 22 (0.98%) Kubernetes
2 17 (0.76%) Microsoft Intune
3 10 (0.45%) FortiGate
4 6 (0.27%) Single Sign-On
5 5 (0.22%) EnCase
5 5 (0.22%) FTK
6 4 (0.18%) Argo
7 3 (0.13%) Ansible
8 2 (0.089%) Microsoft Clustering
8 2 (0.089%) Progress Chef
8 2 (0.089%) Puppet
8 2 (0.089%) SQL Sentry
9 1 (0.045%) EMC NetWorker
9 1 (0.045%) Grafana
9 1 (0.045%) MOM
9 1 (0.045%) PaperCut
9 1 (0.045%) SCCM
9 1 (0.045%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 1,040 (46.47%) Microsoft
2 179 (8.00%) Databricks
3 103 (4.60%) SAP
4 87 (3.89%) Google
5 80 (3.57%) Oracle
6 47 (2.10%) Salesforce
7 30 (1.34%) Sage
7 30 (1.34%) ServiceNow
8 28 (1.25%) Alteryx
9 25 (1.12%) Informatica
10 24 (1.07%) Intapp
11 19 (0.85%) Concur
12 16 (0.71%) YouTube
13 15 (0.67%) Aderant
14 14 (0.63%) Adobe
14 14 (0.63%) Workday
15 12 (0.54%) iManage
16 11 (0.49%) Cognos
16 11 (0.49%) HP
16 11 (0.49%) HubSpot