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 28 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 65 73 59
Rank change year-on-year +8 -14 +23
Permanent jobs citing Power BI 1,782 2,002 2,101
As % of all permanent jobs in England 3.80% 3.34% 4.61%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 29.10% 20.09% 21.60%
Number of salaries quoted 1,174 1,196 1,732
10th Percentile £32,602 £38,250 £35,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,250 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,250 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.71% +4.78% -
75th Percentile £71,250 £76,063 £72,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £92,500 £85,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,011
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.07% +0.02%

All Database and 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 6,124 9,966 9,727
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 13.05% 16.65% 21.34%
Number of salaries quoted 4,114 5,745 7,677
10th Percentile £34,500 £38,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% -
75th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £115,000 £96,539
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -4.00%

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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 28 November 2025.

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 28 November 2025. 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 +10 697 £67,500 -3.57% 375
South East +15 334 £52,500 -11.11% 352
North of England -4 245 £50,000 - 153
Midlands +48 236 £47,500 -5.00% 159
North West +13 159 £53,000 +6.00% 93
West Midlands +39 157 £51,000 +2.00% 98
South West +17 127 £42,500 -19.05% 77
East of England -5 124 £42,500 -44.08% 81
East Midlands +49 79 £45,000 -10.00% 61
Yorkshire -17 66 £47,500 -5.00% 43
North East +16 20 £45,000 -10.00% 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
1 139 (7.80%) SharePoint
2 20 (1.12%) Microsoft Exchange
3 19 (1.07%) Confluence
4 18 (1.01%) Apache Airflow
4 18 (1.01%) Apache Spark
5 13 (0.73%) SAS
6 10 (0.56%) SugarCRM
7 6 (0.34%) WordPress
8 5 (0.28%) Moodle
9 4 (0.22%) Umbraco
10 3 (0.17%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 3 (0.17%) CMS
10 3 (0.17%) Jupyter
11 2 (0.11%) Apache
12 1 (0.056%) Anypoint
12 1 (0.056%) Apache Superset
12 1 (0.056%) HCL Notes
Applications
1 698 (39.17%) Microsoft Excel
2 75 (4.21%) Microsoft Office
3 52 (2.92%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 18 (1.01%) Microsoft Project
5 13 (0.73%) Spreadsheet
6 11 (0.62%) Maya
6 11 (0.62%) MS Visio
7 8 (0.45%) Trello
8 4 (0.22%) Chatbot
9 2 (0.11%) AutoCAD
9 2 (0.11%) Revit
10 1 (0.056%) Acrobat
10 1 (0.056%) Adobe Illustrator
10 1 (0.056%) Adobe XD
10 1 (0.056%) InDesign
10 1 (0.056%) Oracle Smart View
10 1 (0.056%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 85 (4.77%) Dynamics CRM
2 15 (0.84%) NetSuite
3 10 (0.56%) Elite 3E
3 10 (0.56%) SAP Business One
4 9 (0.51%) Shopify
5 8 (0.45%) Dynamics NAV
6 7 (0.39%) Visualfiles
7 5 (0.28%) Exchequer
7 5 (0.28%) Primavera
7 5 (0.28%) SAP FI
8 4 (0.22%) Oracle Payables
8 4 (0.22%) Oracle Receivables
9 3 (0.17%) Adobe Campaign
9 3 (0.17%) IBM Planning Analytics
9 3 (0.17%) Salesforce CRM
9 3 (0.17%) SAP APO
9 3 (0.17%) SAP IBP
9 3 (0.17%) SAP S/4HANA
10 2 (0.11%) iTrent
10 2 (0.11%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 1,782 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 713 (40.01%) Azure
3 212 (11.90%) Power Automate
4 189 (10.61%) Microsoft 365
5 185 (10.38%) PowerApps
6 146 (8.19%) Dynamics 365
7 138 (7.74%) Azure Data Factory
8 137 (7.69%) Snowflake
9 117 (6.57%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 107 (6.00%) Azure AI
11 102 (5.72%) AWS
12 83 (4.66%) Azure DevOps
13 76 (4.26%) GCP
14 63 (3.54%) dbt
15 61 (3.42%) Microsoft Copilot
16 54 (3.03%) Azure Logic Apps
17 48 (2.69%) SaaS
18 41 (2.30%) Entra ID
19 39 (2.19%) Fivetran
20 38 (2.13%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 17 (0.95%) Firewall
2 10 (0.56%) DHCP
2 10 (0.56%) DNS
3 9 (0.51%) Intranet
3 9 (0.51%) TCP/IP
4 8 (0.45%) VoIP
5 7 (0.39%) Broadband
5 7 (0.39%) WAN
6 6 (0.34%) LAN
7 3 (0.17%) Modbus
7 3 (0.17%) NAS
7 3 (0.17%) SAN
7 3 (0.17%) VPN
8 2 (0.11%) MQTT
8 2 (0.11%) Network Security
8 2 (0.11%) PuTTY
8 2 (0.11%) VLAN
9 1 (0.056%) ADSL
9 1 (0.056%) Internet
9 1 (0.056%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 381 (21.38%) Tableau
2 225 (12.63%) SQL Server
3 180 (10.10%) Data Warehouse
4 164 (9.20%) Data Lake
5 114 (6.40%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 103 (5.78%) Power Query
7 80 (4.49%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 66 (3.70%) Azure SQL Database
9 65 (3.65%) Looker
10 63 (3.54%) SAP BW
11 42 (2.36%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 39 (2.19%) Metadata
13 37 (2.08%) Relational Database
14 33 (1.85%) Crystal Reports
15 32 (1.80%) BigQuery
16 29 (1.63%) BusinessObjects
17 25 (1.40%) Qlik Sense
18 24 (1.35%) PostgreSQL
19 21 (1.18%) Data Mining
20 19 (1.07%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 72 (4.04%) Git
2 43 (2.41%) JIRA
3 30 (1.68%) Visual Studio
4 9 (0.51%) GitLab
5 4 (0.22%) ER Studio
5 4 (0.22%) ERwin
5 4 (0.22%) PowerDesigner
5 4 (0.22%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 2 (0.11%) Jenkins
7 1 (0.056%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.056%) LSMW
7 1 (0.056%) Mercurial
7 1 (0.056%) Oracle Forms
7 1 (0.056%) PHPUnit
7 1 (0.056%) Postman
7 1 (0.056%) RStudio
7 1 (0.056%) Team Foundation Server
7 1 (0.056%) Vite
General
1 695 (39.00%) Social Skills
2 675 (37.88%) Finance
3 518 (29.07%) Analytical Skills
4 143 (8.02%) Marketing
5 115 (6.45%) Law
6 108 (6.06%) Retail
7 105 (5.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 88 (4.94%) Legal
9 84 (4.71%) Manufacturing
10 74 (4.15%) Public Sector
11 67 (3.76%) Organisational Skills
12 63 (3.54%) Presentation Skills
13 48 (2.69%) Banking
14 38 (2.13%) Advertising
15 28 (1.57%) Games
16 24 (1.35%) Billing
17 23 (1.29%) Telecoms
18 22 (1.23%) Financial Institution
19 21 (1.18%) Documentation Skills
20 20 (1.12%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 692 (38.83%) Analyst
2 304 (17.06%) Data Analyst
3 218 (12.23%) Senior
4 217 (12.18%) Developer
5 183 (10.27%) Lead
6 155 (8.70%) Data Engineer
7 123 (6.90%) Junior
8 108 (6.06%) Junior Analyst
9 98 (5.50%) Junior Data Analyst
10 88 (4.94%) Business Intelligence Analyst
11 83 (4.66%) Senior Analyst
12 80 (4.49%) Business Intelligence Developer
13 73 (4.10%) Support Analyst
14 65 (3.65%) Report Analyst
15 64 (3.59%) Financial Analyst
16 60 (3.37%) Architect
17 57 (3.20%) Business Analyst
18 50 (2.81%) Business Intelligence Lead
19 49 (2.75%) Power Platform Developer
20 48 (2.69%) Applications Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (3.03%) .NET
2 48 (2.69%) REST
3 34 (1.91%) PySpark
4 28 (1.57%) HTML
5 27 (1.52%) Web Services
6 25 (1.40%) SOAP
7 21 (1.18%) HTML5 Canvas
8 20 (1.12%) JSON
9 17 (0.95%) CSS
9 17 (0.95%) React
10 16 (0.90%) Pandas
11 15 (0.84%) Kafka
12 14 (0.79%) EDI
12 14 (0.79%) XML
13 12 (0.67%) AngularJS
13 12 (0.67%) ASP.NET
14 10 (0.56%) .NET Core
15 9 (0.51%) RESTful
15 9 (0.51%) Vue
16 8 (0.45%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 90 (5.05%) Analytical Mindset
2 74 (4.15%) Management Information System
3 54 (3.03%) Self-Motivation
4 53 (2.97%) Data Structures
5 44 (2.47%) Product Ownership
6 43 (2.41%) Onboarding
7 41 (2.30%) Cloud Native
8 32 (1.80%) FMCG
9 29 (1.63%) Enterprise Software
10 27 (1.52%) Legacy Systems
11 23 (1.29%) Reinsurance
12 19 (1.07%) Driving Licence
13 18 (1.01%) Social Media
14 15 (0.84%) Algorithms
15 13 (0.73%) Greenfield Project
15 13 (0.73%) Low-Code
16 11 (0.62%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
16 11 (0.62%) Learning Management System
17 9 (0.51%) Data Protection Act
17 9 (0.51%) Fixed Income
Operating Systems
1 57 (3.20%) Windows
2 11 (0.62%) Linux
3 9 (0.51%) Unix
4 8 (0.45%) Mac OS
5 6 (0.34%) Windows 10
6 5 (0.28%) Windows Server
7 3 (0.17%) Android
8 2 (0.11%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.056%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,639 (91.98%) Business Intelligence
2 672 (37.71%) Analytics
3 502 (28.17%) Problem-Solving
4 444 (24.92%) Decision-Making
5 379 (21.27%) Data Modelling
6 376 (21.10%) Visualisation
7 317 (17.79%) AI
8 308 (17.28%) Data Analysis
9 305 (17.12%) Agile
10 272 (15.26%) Actionable Insight
11 265 (14.87%) Continuous Improvement
12 261 (14.65%) ETL
13 230 (12.91%) Data Visualisation
14 225 (12.63%) Data Governance
15 200 (11.22%) Data Analytics
16 197 (11.05%) Stakeholder Management
17 188 (10.55%) Data Pipeline
18 181 (10.16%) CRM
19 180 (10.10%) ERP
20 174 (9.76%) Data Engineering
Programming Languages
1 958 (53.76%) SQL
2 516 (28.96%) Python
3 135 (7.58%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 79 (4.43%) C#
5 77 (4.32%) JavaScript
6 61 (3.42%) PowerShell
7 58 (3.25%) T-SQL
8 54 (3.03%) R
8 54 (3.03%) VBA
9 25 (1.40%) Scala
10 11 (0.62%) Java
11 9 (0.51%) TypeScript
12 8 (0.45%) Bash
13 6 (0.34%) ANSI SQL
14 5 (0.28%) Kusto Query Language
14 5 (0.28%) VB.NET
15 3 (0.17%) Bicep
16 2 (0.11%) C
16 2 (0.11%) PHP
16 2 (0.11%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 410 (23.01%) Degree
2 124 (6.96%) Azure Certification
3 81 (4.55%) ACCA
4 79 (4.43%) DBS Check
5 77 (4.32%) CIMA
6 62 (3.48%) Microsoft Certification
7 57 (3.20%) Security Cleared
8 55 (3.09%) Computer Science Degree
9 48 (2.69%) SC Cleared
10 38 (2.13%) Master's Degree
11 20 (1.12%) CISSP
11 20 (1.12%) PMI Certification
12 19 (1.07%) CISA
12 19 (1.07%) PMP
13 16 (0.90%) CISM
14 14 (0.79%) Numerate Degree
15 13 (0.73%) HNC
16 12 (0.67%) CRISC
17 8 (0.45%) HND
18 7 (0.39%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 272 (15.26%) Data Quality
2 86 (4.83%) GDPR
3 70 (3.93%) QA
4 50 (2.81%) Accessibility
5 45 (2.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 45 (2.53%) PMO
6 21 (1.18%) SLA
7 14 (0.79%) Actionable Recommendations
7 14 (0.79%) Cyber Essentials
7 14 (0.79%) NIST
8 12 (0.67%) COBIT
8 12 (0.67%) GRC
8 12 (0.67%) ITGC
9 6 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 4 (0.22%) IFRS
11 2 (0.11%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 2 (0.11%) COSHH
11 2 (0.11%) P3O
11 2 (0.11%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 2 (0.11%) WCAG
System Software
1 25 (1.40%) Active Directory
2 11 (0.62%) Docker
3 8 (0.45%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.17%) Hyper-V
4 3 (0.17%) VMware ESXi
4 3 (0.17%) vSphere
5 2 (0.11%) Apache Flume
5 2 (0.11%) HDFS
5 2 (0.11%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.056%) Xen
Systems Management
1 29 (1.63%) Microsoft Intune
2 15 (0.84%) Terraform
3 11 (0.62%) Kubernetes
4 7 (0.39%) Single Sign-On
5 6 (0.34%) RSA Archer
6 5 (0.28%) FortiGate
7 3 (0.17%) Argo
8 2 (0.11%) Control-M
8 2 (0.11%) Jamf Pro
8 2 (0.11%) Kibana
8 2 (0.11%) logstash
8 2 (0.11%) Microsoft Clustering
8 2 (0.11%) Oozie
8 2 (0.11%) SCCM
8 2 (0.11%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 1 (0.056%) Failover Clustering
9 1 (0.056%) Grafana
Vendors
1 656 (36.81%) Microsoft
2 140 (7.86%) SAP
3 130 (7.30%) Databricks
4 65 (3.65%) Salesforce
5 64 (3.59%) Oracle
6 59 (3.31%) Google
7 45 (2.53%) Alteryx
8 20 (1.12%) Adobe
8 20 (1.12%) HubSpot
9 19 (1.07%) ServiceNow
10 15 (0.84%) Informatica
10 15 (0.84%) Intapp
11 13 (0.73%) MuleSoft
12 12 (0.67%) Dell
13 10 (0.56%) Dataiku
13 10 (0.56%) Sage
14 9 (0.51%) Cisco
14 9 (0.51%) Talend
15 8 (0.45%) Concur
15 8 (0.45%) IBM