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

6 months to
9 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 54 75 71
Rank change year-on-year +21 -4 +7
Permanent jobs citing Power BI 2,524 1,651 2,274
As % of all permanent jobs in England 2.70% 3.77% 3.15%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 30.90% 24.24% 20.24%
Number of salaries quoted 1,513 1,212 1,700
10th Percentile £35,000 £34,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,938 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - -8.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £75,313
90th Percentile £90,000 £88,750 £92,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £58,000
% change year-on-year - -5.17% +5.45%

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 8,169 6,811 11,233
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 8.75% 15.56% 15.56%
Number of salaries quoted 5,602 4,472 7,802
10th Percentile £36,250 £35,000 £37,250
25th Percentile £45,500 £46,250 £46,212
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% -0.80% -3.85%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £85,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £110,000 £115,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - - -4.76%

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 9 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Power BI in England

Power BI
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 9 August 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 -13 691 £70,000 +4.48% 448
North of England +79 611 £45,005 -14.28% 177
Midlands +23 444 £50,000 - 141
South East -6 357 £55,000 +4.76% 220
North West +64 280 £47,750 -9.91% 97
West Midlands +14 259 £51,356 -5.33% 85
Yorkshire +63 251 £42,750 -15.35% 63
South West -4 221 £42,500 -19.05% 73
East Midlands +20 185 £50,000 +11.11% 56
East of England -4 175 £60,000 +48.15% 45
North East +9 80 £45,000 -5.26% 21
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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
1 183 (7.25%) SharePoint
2 51 (2.02%) Apache Spark
3 45 (1.78%) Apache Airflow
4 32 (1.27%) Microsoft Exchange
5 17 (0.67%) Apache
6 10 (0.40%) WordPress
7 8 (0.32%) ArcGIS
8 6 (0.24%) CMS
8 6 (0.24%) Confluence
9 5 (0.20%) SAS
10 4 (0.16%) Luigi
10 4 (0.16%) Oracle Workflow
11 2 (0.079%) Headless CMS
11 2 (0.079%) IIS
11 2 (0.079%) Oracle Application Server
11 2 (0.079%) Tornado
11 2 (0.079%) Umbraco
12 1 (0.040%) Mendix
Applications
1 1,086 (43.03%) Microsoft Excel
2 67 (2.65%) Microsoft Office
3 47 (1.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 25 (0.99%) Microsoft Project
5 23 (0.91%) Spreadsheet
6 22 (0.87%) MS Visio
7 7 (0.28%) Chatbot
8 2 (0.079%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 2 (0.079%) ProjectWise
9 1 (0.040%) Revit
Business Applications
1 53 (2.10%) Dynamics CRM
2 47 (1.86%) NetSuite
3 12 (0.48%) Elite 3E
3 12 (0.48%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 9 (0.36%) Visualfiles
5 8 (0.32%) Carpe Diem
5 8 (0.32%) SAP S/4HANA
6 7 (0.28%) IBM Planning Analytics
7 6 (0.24%) Dynamics NAV
8 5 (0.20%) SAP ERP
8 5 (0.20%) SAP PM
9 4 (0.16%) Magento
9 4 (0.16%) Shopify
10 3 (0.12%) Sage 200
11 2 (0.079%) Dynamics GP
11 2 (0.079%) Infor M3
11 2 (0.079%) Markit EDM
11 2 (0.079%) SAP Business One
11 2 (0.079%) Unit4 Business World
11 2 (0.079%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 2,524 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 1,247 (49.41%) Azure
3 622 (24.64%) Azure AI
4 290 (11.49%) Power Automate
5 263 (10.42%) PowerApps
6 249 (9.87%) Microsoft 365
7 177 (7.01%) Dynamics 365
8 166 (6.58%) AWS
9 150 (5.94%) Azure Data Factory
10 129 (5.11%) Snowflake
11 116 (4.60%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 107 (4.24%) GCP
13 101 (4.00%) Azure DevOps
14 74 (2.93%) SaaS
15 73 (2.89%) Azure Logic Apps
15 73 (2.89%) Microsoft Purview
16 63 (2.50%) dbt
17 61 (2.42%) Microsoft Copilot
18 60 (2.38%) OneDrive
19 49 (1.94%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 15 (0.59%) Firewall
2 14 (0.55%) Broadband
3 10 (0.40%) DHCP
3 10 (0.40%) DNS
4 8 (0.32%) WAN
5 6 (0.24%) VoIP
5 6 (0.24%) VPN
6 5 (0.20%) SMS
7 4 (0.16%) Intranet
7 4 (0.16%) LAN
7 4 (0.16%) LTE
7 4 (0.16%) Network Security
8 3 (0.12%) NAS
8 3 (0.12%) Wi-Fi
9 2 (0.079%) MQTT
9 2 (0.079%) Wireless
10 1 (0.040%) Internet
10 1 (0.040%) Modbus
10 1 (0.040%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 936 (37.08%) Tableau
2 224 (8.87%) Data Warehouse
3 177 (7.01%) SQL Server
4 140 (5.55%) Data Lake
5 128 (5.07%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 127 (5.03%) Power Query
7 88 (3.49%) Azure SQL Database
8 85 (3.37%) Looker
8 85 (3.37%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 62 (2.46%) Relational Database
10 58 (2.30%) BigQuery
11 49 (1.94%) Metadata
12 44 (1.74%) Star Schema
13 39 (1.55%) Amazon Redshift
14 33 (1.31%) Big Data
15 30 (1.19%) Semantic Layer
16 28 (1.11%) PostgreSQL
16 28 (1.11%) Snowflake Schema
16 28 (1.11%) SQL Server Analysis Services
17 27 (1.07%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 65 (2.58%) Git
2 49 (1.94%) JIRA
3 31 (1.23%) MLflow
4 19 (0.75%) Visual Studio
5 11 (0.44%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 8 (0.32%) Jenkins
7 5 (0.20%) Oracle Forms
8 4 (0.16%) GitLab
9 2 (0.079%) Ant
9 2 (0.079%) Apache Ivy
9 2 (0.079%) ERwin
9 2 (0.079%) IBM UrbanCode
9 2 (0.079%) Maven
10 1 (0.040%) ER Studio
10 1 (0.040%) NUnit
10 1 (0.040%) Postman
10 1 (0.040%) PowerDesigner
10 1 (0.040%) Selenium
10 1 (0.040%) Toad
10 1 (0.040%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 1,339 (53.05%) Social Skills
2 590 (23.38%) Analytical Skills
3 576 (22.82%) Finance
4 146 (5.78%) Law
5 129 (5.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 122 (4.83%) Marketing
7 117 (4.64%) Retail
8 113 (4.48%) Legal
9 112 (4.44%) Public Sector
10 110 (4.36%) Organisational Skills
11 96 (3.80%) Manufacturing
12 37 (1.47%) Banking
13 33 (1.31%) Influencing Skills
14 32 (1.27%) Documentation Skills
15 30 (1.19%) Presentation Skills
16 29 (1.15%) Billing
17 28 (1.11%) Telecoms
18 26 (1.03%) Advertising
18 26 (1.03%) Military
19 24 (0.95%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 1,143 (45.29%) Analyst
2 821 (32.53%) Data Analyst
3 642 (25.44%) Junior
4 631 (25.00%) Junior Analyst
5 620 (24.56%) Junior Data Analyst
6 310 (12.28%) Senior
7 292 (11.57%) Developer
8 178 (7.05%) Data Engineer
9 140 (5.55%) Lead
10 90 (3.57%) Architect
11 83 (3.29%) Business Intelligence Analyst
11 83 (3.29%) Data Manager
12 82 (3.25%) Business Intelligence Developer
13 76 (3.01%) Business Analyst
14 71 (2.81%) Senior Analyst
15 60 (2.38%) Data Architect
15 60 (2.38%) Power Platform Developer
16 59 (2.34%) Consultant
17 57 (2.26%) Senior Developer
18 54 (2.14%) Systems Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 116 (4.60%) .NET
2 64 (2.54%) HTML
3 60 (2.38%) PySpark
3 60 (2.38%) REST
4 58 (2.30%) CSS
5 45 (1.78%) JSON
6 43 (1.70%) Kafka
7 41 (1.62%) HTML5 Canvas
8 38 (1.51%) .NET Core
9 33 (1.31%) scikit-learn
10 32 (1.27%) PyTorch
11 27 (1.07%) Microsoft Graph
11 27 (1.07%) TensorFlow
12 26 (1.03%) XML
13 25 (0.99%) Middleware
14 24 (0.95%) LangChain
14 24 (0.95%) LlamaIndex
15 23 (0.91%) EDI
15 23 (0.91%) pgvector
16 20 (0.79%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 149 (5.90%) Management Information System
2 74 (2.93%) Data Structures
3 60 (2.38%) Cloud Native
4 53 (2.10%) Analytical Mindset
5 49 (1.94%) Onboarding
6 45 (1.78%) Product Ownership
7 38 (1.51%) Self-Motivation
8 34 (1.35%) Legacy Systems
9 26 (1.03%) Public Cloud
10 25 (0.99%) Clustering
11 23 (0.91%) Low-Code
12 21 (0.83%) Greenfield Project
13 19 (0.75%) Social Media
14 18 (0.71%) Driving Licence
14 18 (0.71%) NHS
15 17 (0.67%) AI Agents
16 16 (0.63%) Enterprise Software
17 14 (0.55%) Educational Technology
17 14 (0.55%) Enterprise Cloud
17 14 (0.55%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 47 (1.86%) Windows
2 23 (0.91%) Linux
3 21 (0.83%) Windows Server
4 7 (0.28%) VMS
5 4 (0.16%) Unix
5 4 (0.16%) Windows 10
5 4 (0.16%) Windows Server 2019
6 2 (0.079%) Android
6 2 (0.079%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.079%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.079%) Solaris
7 1 (0.040%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,379 (94.26%) Business Intelligence
2 1,027 (40.69%) AI
3 779 (30.86%) Analytics
4 519 (20.56%) Problem-Solving
5 518 (20.52%) Decision-Making
6 448 (17.75%) Data Modelling
7 410 (16.24%) Continuous Improvement
8 346 (13.71%) Visualisation
9 305 (12.08%) Agile
10 300 (11.89%) Data Governance
11 292 (11.57%) ETL
12 257 (10.18%) Stakeholder Management
13 250 (9.90%) Data Engineering
14 245 (9.71%) Data Visualisation
15 244 (9.67%) Actionable Insight
16 241 (9.55%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 238 (9.43%) ERP
18 233 (9.23%) Data Analysis
19 217 (8.60%) Data Pipeline
20 202 (8.00%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 1,652 (65.45%) SQL
2 1,016 (40.25%) Python
3 168 (6.66%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 161 (6.38%) C#
5 113 (4.48%) JavaScript
6 63 (2.50%) PowerShell
7 55 (2.18%) VBA
8 53 (2.10%) T-SQL
9 46 (1.82%) R
10 31 (1.23%) TypeScript
11 19 (0.75%) Scala
12 18 (0.71%) Kusto Query Language
13 13 (0.52%) Java
14 9 (0.36%) VB
15 8 (0.32%) VBScript
16 6 (0.24%) Julia
17 5 (0.20%) VB.NET
18 4 (0.16%) Bicep
18 4 (0.16%) PHP
19 3 (0.12%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 650 (25.75%) Azure Certification
2 267 (10.58%) Degree
3 110 (4.36%) Security Cleared
4 88 (3.49%) SC Cleared
5 84 (3.33%) ACCA
6 79 (3.13%) CIMA
7 45 (1.78%) Microsoft Certification
8 39 (1.55%) DBS Check
9 29 (1.15%) Computer Science Degree
10 25 (0.99%) AAT
10 25 (0.99%) PMI Certification
11 23 (0.91%) PMP
12 16 (0.63%) Master's Degree
13 14 (0.55%) BPSS Clearance
14 8 (0.32%) CompTIA CySA+
14 8 (0.32%) CompTIA Security+
14 8 (0.32%) SSCP
15 7 (0.28%) AWS Certification
15 7 (0.28%) HND
15 7 (0.28%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 380 (15.06%) Data Quality
2 141 (5.59%) GDPR
3 91 (3.61%) QA
4 52 (2.06%) Accessibility
5 47 (1.86%) SLA
6 40 (1.58%) PMO
7 39 (1.55%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 23 (0.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 17 (0.67%) TickIT
10 16 (0.63%) Actionable Recommendations
11 13 (0.52%) NIST
12 11 (0.44%) GRC
13 7 (0.28%) ISO 9001
14 6 (0.24%) GAAP
14 6 (0.24%) IFRS
14 6 (0.24%) PERC
15 4 (0.16%) Cyber Essentials
15 4 (0.16%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 4 (0.16%) NIST 800
16 3 (0.12%) ITGC
System Software
1 37 (1.47%) Active Directory
2 22 (0.87%) Docker
3 8 (0.32%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (0.24%) Virtual Desktop
5 4 (0.16%) BitLocker
6 3 (0.12%) Terminal Services
7 2 (0.079%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.079%) IAG
8 1 (0.040%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 27 (1.07%) Terraform
2 16 (0.63%) Kubernetes
3 13 (0.52%) Microsoft Intune
4 10 (0.40%) FortiGate
5 6 (0.24%) Single Sign-On
6 5 (0.20%) Ansible
6 5 (0.20%) SCCM
7 2 (0.079%) Argo
7 2 (0.079%) Control-M
7 2 (0.079%) Microsoft Clustering
7 2 (0.079%) Progress Chef
7 2 (0.079%) Puppet
8 1 (0.040%) Grafana
8 1 (0.040%) MOM
8 1 (0.040%) SQL Sentry
8 1 (0.040%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 1,381 (54.71%) Microsoft
2 201 (7.96%) Databricks
3 99 (3.92%) SAP
4 80 (3.17%) Oracle
5 72 (2.85%) Google
6 43 (1.70%) Salesforce
7 31 (1.23%) Sage
8 29 (1.15%) Alteryx
8 29 (1.15%) Intapp
9 26 (1.03%) Adobe
10 24 (0.95%) Cloudera
11 23 (0.91%) Dell
12 20 (0.79%) Concur
12 20 (0.79%) Informatica
13 19 (0.75%) ServiceNow
14 17 (0.67%) iManage
15 13 (0.52%) Aderant
15 13 (0.52%) Cognos
15 13 (0.52%) HubSpot
16 12 (0.48%) SYSPRO