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

6 months to
2 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 63 77 55
Rank change year-on-year +14 -22 +19
Permanent jobs citing Power BI 1,925 1,685 2,853
As % of all permanent jobs in England 3.42% 3.62% 4.40%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 32.79% 20.17% 22.55%
Number of salaries quoted 1,086 951 2,383
10th Percentile £35,750 £37,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £43,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £73,750 £76,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £89,375 £92,500 £84,900
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +13.21% -7.83%

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 5,871 8,353 12,650
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 10.44% 17.94% 19.50%
Number of salaries quoted 3,794 4,662 10,407
10th Percentile £35,000 £38,050 £35,000
25th Percentile £42,780 £48,750 £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 £80,000 £87,500 £77,500
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%

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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 2 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 2 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 +14 645 £69,375 -0.89% 278
South East +35 385 £55,000 -4.35% 239
North of England +1 327 £47,500 - 133
Midlands +38 294 £47,500 -5.00% 145
West Midlands +24 190 £47,500 -5.00% 92
North West +3 172 £50,000 +5.26% 83
South West +39 150 £43,500 -3.33% 44
Yorkshire 0 122 £42,039 -11.96% 38
East of England -17 106 £46,750 -38.49% 45
East Midlands +48 102 £47,500 +11.76% 53
North East +20 33 £42,500 -22.73% 14
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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
1 130 (6.75%) SharePoint
2 18 (0.94%) Microsoft Exchange
3 17 (0.88%) Apache Airflow
3 17 (0.88%) Apache Spark
3 17 (0.88%) SAS
4 16 (0.83%) Confluence
5 6 (0.31%) WordPress
6 5 (0.26%) CMS
7 4 (0.21%) Apache
7 4 (0.21%) SugarCRM
7 4 (0.21%) Umbraco
8 2 (0.10%) Moodle
8 2 (0.10%) Oracle Application Server
8 2 (0.10%) Palantir Foundry
9 1 (0.052%) Apache Superset
9 1 (0.052%) Drupal
9 1 (0.052%) Jupyter
Applications
1 887 (46.08%) Microsoft Excel
2 65 (3.38%) Microsoft Office
3 54 (2.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 20 (1.04%) Microsoft Project
5 19 (0.99%) Spreadsheet
6 13 (0.68%) MS Visio
7 10 (0.52%) Maya
7 10 (0.52%) Trello
8 5 (0.26%) Chatbot
9 2 (0.10%) AutoCAD
9 2 (0.10%) Revit
10 1 (0.052%) Acrobat
10 1 (0.052%) Adobe Illustrator
10 1 (0.052%) Adobe XD
10 1 (0.052%) InDesign
10 1 (0.052%) Oracle Smart View
10 1 (0.052%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 72 (3.74%) Dynamics CRM
2 14 (0.73%) NetSuite
3 10 (0.52%) Shopify
4 9 (0.47%) Dynamics AX
5 8 (0.42%) SAP CO
5 8 (0.42%) Visualfiles
6 7 (0.36%) Elite 3E
7 6 (0.31%) Dynamics NAV
7 6 (0.31%) NEC Housing
7 6 (0.31%) SAP Business One
8 5 (0.26%) IBM Planning Analytics
9 4 (0.21%) Oracle Payables
9 4 (0.21%) Oracle Receivables
10 3 (0.16%) Integrated Workplace Management System
10 3 (0.16%) ResourceLink
10 3 (0.16%) Salesforce CRM
10 3 (0.16%) SAP S/4HANA
11 2 (0.10%) Aladdin
11 2 (0.10%) Q-Pulse
11 2 (0.10%) SAP IBP
Cloud Services
1 1,925 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 915 (47.53%) Azure
3 340 (17.66%) Azure AI
4 214 (11.12%) Power Automate
5 188 (9.77%) Microsoft 365
6 179 (9.30%) PowerApps
7 137 (7.12%) Azure Data Factory
8 128 (6.65%) Snowflake
9 126 (6.55%) Dynamics 365
10 109 (5.66%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 86 (4.47%) AWS
12 81 (4.21%) Azure DevOps
13 66 (3.43%) dbt
14 64 (3.32%) Microsoft Copilot
15 48 (2.49%) SaaS
16 47 (2.44%) Entra ID
16 47 (2.44%) GCP
17 44 (2.29%) Azure Logic Apps
18 27 (1.40%) Fivetran
19 26 (1.35%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 15 (0.78%) Firewall
2 13 (0.68%) Intranet
3 10 (0.52%) TCP/IP
4 9 (0.47%) WAN
5 8 (0.42%) DHCP
5 8 (0.42%) DNS
6 7 (0.36%) VoIP
7 6 (0.31%) LAN
8 5 (0.26%) Modbus
8 5 (0.26%) MQTT
9 4 (0.21%) VPN
10 2 (0.10%) Network Security
10 2 (0.10%) VLAN
10 2 (0.10%) Wi-Fi
11 1 (0.052%) ADSL
11 1 (0.052%) BGP
11 1 (0.052%) Broadband
11 1 (0.052%) FTP
11 1 (0.052%) Internet
11 1 (0.052%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 582 (30.23%) Tableau
2 193 (10.03%) SQL Server
3 176 (9.14%) Data Warehouse
4 166 (8.62%) Data Lake
5 112 (5.82%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 98 (5.09%) Power Query
7 67 (3.48%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 64 (3.32%) SAP BW
9 59 (3.06%) Azure SQL Database
10 51 (2.65%) Looker
11 43 (2.23%) Relational Database
12 33 (1.71%) Metadata
12 33 (1.71%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 25 (1.30%) Qlik Sense
14 22 (1.14%) PostgreSQL
15 21 (1.09%) BigQuery
15 21 (1.09%) Data Mining
16 20 (1.04%) MySQL
17 19 (0.99%) BusinessObjects
17 19 (0.99%) PowerPivot
Development Applications
1 73 (3.79%) Git
2 36 (1.87%) Visual Studio
3 32 (1.66%) JIRA
4 7 (0.36%) GitLab
4 7 (0.36%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 4 (0.21%) ER Studio
5 4 (0.21%) ERwin
5 4 (0.21%) PowerDesigner
6 3 (0.16%) Jenkins
6 3 (0.16%) Postman
7 2 (0.10%) DBeaver
8 1 (0.052%) Axure RP
8 1 (0.052%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.052%) LSMW
8 1 (0.052%) Oracle APEX
8 1 (0.052%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 943 (48.99%) Social Skills
2 609 (31.64%) Finance
3 516 (26.81%) Analytical Skills
4 122 (6.34%) Marketing
5 92 (4.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 89 (4.62%) Manufacturing
7 82 (4.26%) Legal
8 73 (3.79%) Law
9 70 (3.64%) Retail
10 64 (3.32%) Public Sector
11 60 (3.12%) Organisational Skills
12 56 (2.91%) Presentation Skills
13 45 (2.34%) Banking
14 30 (1.56%) Influencing Skills
15 28 (1.45%) Advertising
16 27 (1.40%) Games
17 22 (1.14%) Financial Institution
18 21 (1.09%) Billing
19 20 (1.04%) Documentation Skills
20 18 (0.94%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 880 (45.71%) Analyst
2 545 (28.31%) Data Analyst
3 348 (18.08%) Junior
4 343 (17.82%) Junior Analyst
5 330 (17.14%) Junior Data Analyst
6 208 (10.81%) Senior
7 206 (10.70%) Developer
8 150 (7.79%) Lead
9 141 (7.32%) Data Engineer
10 86 (4.47%) Business Intelligence Developer
11 78 (4.05%) Senior Analyst
12 75 (3.90%) Business Intelligence Analyst
13 67 (3.48%) Architect
14 66 (3.43%) Report Analyst
15 64 (3.32%) Financial Analyst
15 64 (3.32%) Support Analyst
16 56 (2.91%) Business Analyst
17 47 (2.44%) Power Platform Developer
18 46 (2.39%) Consultant
19 43 (2.23%) Applications Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 52 (2.70%) .NET
2 42 (2.18%) REST
3 28 (1.45%) Web Services
4 26 (1.35%) PySpark
5 24 (1.25%) SOAP
5 24 (1.25%) XML
6 23 (1.19%) HTML
7 22 (1.14%) JSON
8 18 (0.94%) EDI
8 18 (0.94%) HTML5 Canvas
9 15 (0.78%) CSS
10 11 (0.57%) .NET Core
11 10 (0.52%) React
12 9 (0.47%) AngularJS
12 9 (0.47%) Middleware
13 8 (0.42%) ASP.NET
13 8 (0.42%) SAP CO-PA
13 8 (0.42%) WinForms
14 7 (0.36%) Kafka
14 7 (0.36%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 80 (4.16%) Analytical Mindset
2 59 (3.06%) Management Information System
3 58 (3.01%) Data Structures
4 43 (2.23%) Self-Motivation
5 41 (2.13%) Onboarding
6 37 (1.92%) FMCG
7 35 (1.82%) Cloud Native
8 31 (1.61%) Product Ownership
9 22 (1.14%) Enterprise Software
9 22 (1.14%) Legacy Systems
10 19 (0.99%) Driving Licence
10 19 (0.99%) Greenfield Project
10 19 (0.99%) Low-Code
11 18 (0.94%) Reinsurance
12 13 (0.68%) Algorithms
12 13 (0.68%) NHS
13 11 (0.57%) Social Media
14 9 (0.47%) Renewable Energy
14 9 (0.47%) Virtual Team
15 8 (0.42%) AI Agents
Operating Systems
1 40 (2.08%) Windows
2 9 (0.47%) Linux
3 8 (0.42%) Mac OS
4 7 (0.36%) Windows 10
4 7 (0.36%) Windows Server
5 6 (0.31%) Unix
6 4 (0.21%) VMS
7 3 (0.16%) Android
8 1 (0.052%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.052%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,818 (94.44%) Business Intelligence
2 628 (32.62%) Analytics
3 540 (28.05%) AI
4 444 (23.06%) Decision-Making
5 439 (22.81%) Problem-Solving
6 378 (19.64%) Data Modelling
7 354 (18.39%) Visualisation
8 280 (14.55%) Continuous Improvement
9 264 (13.71%) ETL
10 262 (13.61%) Data Analysis
11 258 (13.40%) Actionable Insight
12 256 (13.30%) Agile
13 225 (11.69%) Data Visualisation
14 215 (11.17%) Data Governance
15 180 (9.35%) Data Engineering
16 178 (9.25%) ERP
17 176 (9.14%) Data Pipeline
18 169 (8.78%) Stakeholder Management
19 167 (8.68%) Data Analytics
20 165 (8.57%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 1,114 (57.87%) SQL
2 732 (38.03%) Python
3 129 (6.70%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 79 (4.10%) C#
5 74 (3.84%) PowerShell
6 69 (3.58%) VBA
7 63 (3.27%) JavaScript
8 43 (2.23%) R
9 40 (2.08%) T-SQL
10 18 (0.94%) Scala
11 10 (0.52%) Kusto Query Language
12 8 (0.42%) Delphi
13 7 (0.36%) Java
14 6 (0.31%) TypeScript
15 5 (0.26%) ANSI SQL
15 5 (0.26%) Bicep
16 4 (0.21%) Bash
17 3 (0.16%) VB.NET
18 2 (0.10%) C
18 2 (0.10%) PHP
Qualifications
1 395 (20.52%) Degree
2 358 (18.60%) Azure Certification
3 68 (3.53%) Security Cleared
4 67 (3.48%) ACCA
4 67 (3.48%) CIMA
5 55 (2.86%) Microsoft Certification
5 55 (2.86%) SC Cleared
6 50 (2.60%) Computer Science Degree
7 43 (2.23%) PMI Certification
7 43 (2.23%) PMP
8 42 (2.18%) Master's Degree
9 40 (2.08%) DBS Check
10 14 (0.73%) CISSP
10 14 (0.73%) MBA
11 13 (0.68%) CISA
12 12 (0.62%) Numerate Degree
13 10 (0.52%) AAT
13 10 (0.52%) APMP
14 9 (0.47%) CRISC
14 9 (0.47%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 309 (16.05%) Data Quality
2 71 (3.69%) GDPR
3 70 (3.64%) QA
4 47 (2.44%) Accessibility
5 45 (2.34%) PMO
6 43 (2.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 28 (1.45%) SLA
8 13 (0.68%) Actionable Recommendations
8 13 (0.68%) Cyber Essentials
8 13 (0.68%) NIST
9 11 (0.57%) GRC
10 9 (0.47%) COBIT
10 9 (0.47%) ITGC
11 6 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 3 (0.16%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 3 (0.16%) IFRS
12 3 (0.16%) IFRS 17
13 2 (0.10%) MiFID
13 2 (0.10%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 2 (0.10%) WCAG
System Software
1 37 (1.92%) Active Directory
2 11 (0.57%) Docker
3 5 (0.26%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.10%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.10%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.052%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 21 (1.09%) Microsoft Intune
2 15 (0.78%) Terraform
3 11 (0.57%) Kubernetes
4 8 (0.42%) Single Sign-On
5 5 (0.26%) FortiGate
5 5 (0.26%) RSA Archer
6 3 (0.16%) Argo
6 3 (0.16%) Control-M
7 2 (0.10%) SCCM
8 1 (0.052%) Ansible
8 1 (0.052%) Grafana
8 1 (0.052%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.052%) MOM
Vendors
1 827 (42.96%) Microsoft
2 146 (7.58%) SAP
3 103 (5.35%) Databricks
4 71 (3.69%) Oracle
5 55 (2.86%) Salesforce
6 38 (1.97%) Google
7 33 (1.71%) ServiceNow
8 28 (1.45%) Alteryx
8 28 (1.45%) Informatica
9 22 (1.14%) Anaplan
10 19 (0.99%) Adobe
11 16 (0.83%) Verint
12 15 (0.78%) HubSpot
13 12 (0.62%) Genesys
13 12 (0.62%) Intapp
14 11 (0.57%) Dell
14 11 (0.57%) IBM
14 11 (0.57%) MuleSoft
15 10 (0.52%) Dataiku
16 8 (0.42%) Foundry