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 18 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 61 74 57
Rank change year-on-year +13 -17 +22
Permanent jobs citing Power BI 1,872 1,846 2,048
As % of all permanent jobs in England 3.65% 3.62% 4.73%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 31.34% 20.19% 22.17%
Number of salaries quoted 1,116 1,081 1,680
10th Percentile £35,342 £37,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £45,000 £42,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +4.35% -
75th Percentile £72,500 £76,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £88,750 £92,500 £86,025
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -

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 5,973 9,142 9,237
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 11.64% 17.92% 21.33%
Number of salaries quoted 3,929 5,272 7,287
10th Percentile £35,000 £38,000 £37,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £61,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +6.56% -2.40%
75th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £102,500 £115,000 £96,723
UK median annual salary £60,000 £63,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -5.51% +5.83% -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

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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 18 December 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 18 December 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 +14 673 £70,000 +3.70% 268
South East +16 358 £52,500 -9.48% 235
North of England +6 292 £50,000 - 142
Midlands +31 269 £50,000 +5.26% 120
West Midlands +24 179 £52,500 +10.53% 69
North West +8 167 £50,000 - 80
South West +33 145 £42,625 -13.89% 62
East of England -4 117 £46,750 -38.49% 48
Yorkshire -12 98 £47,500 - 50
East Midlands +35 90 £45,000 -2.70% 51
North East +18 27 £52,500 +5.00% 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
1 122 (6.52%) SharePoint
2 18 (0.96%) Apache Spark
3 16 (0.85%) Confluence
3 16 (0.85%) Microsoft Exchange
4 15 (0.80%) Apache Airflow
4 15 (0.80%) SAS
5 10 (0.53%) SugarCRM
6 5 (0.27%) WordPress
7 4 (0.21%) Umbraco
8 3 (0.16%) CMS
8 3 (0.16%) Jupyter
8 3 (0.16%) Moodle
9 2 (0.11%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 2 (0.11%) Apache
10 1 (0.053%) Anypoint
10 1 (0.053%) Apache Superset
10 1 (0.053%) HCL Notes
Applications
1 812 (43.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 62 (3.31%) Microsoft Office
3 51 (2.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 16 (0.85%) Microsoft Project
5 12 (0.64%) Spreadsheet
6 11 (0.59%) Maya
7 9 (0.48%) MS Visio
8 8 (0.43%) Trello
9 5 (0.27%) Chatbot
10 2 (0.11%) AutoCAD
10 2 (0.11%) Revit
11 1 (0.053%) Acrobat
11 1 (0.053%) Adobe Illustrator
11 1 (0.053%) Adobe XD
11 1 (0.053%) InDesign
11 1 (0.053%) Oracle Smart View
11 1 (0.053%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 81 (4.33%) Dynamics CRM
2 13 (0.69%) NetSuite
3 10 (0.53%) SAP Business One
4 9 (0.48%) Elite 3E
4 9 (0.48%) Shopify
5 7 (0.37%) Visualfiles
6 6 (0.32%) Dynamics NAV
7 5 (0.27%) IBM Planning Analytics
7 5 (0.27%) SAP FI
8 4 (0.21%) Dynamics AX
8 4 (0.21%) Oracle Payables
8 4 (0.21%) Oracle Receivables
8 4 (0.21%) SAP CO
9 3 (0.16%) NEC Housing
9 3 (0.16%) ResourceLink
9 3 (0.16%) Salesforce CRM
9 3 (0.16%) SAP APO
9 3 (0.16%) SAP IBP
9 3 (0.16%) SAP S/4HANA
10 2 (0.11%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 1,872 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 821 (43.86%) Azure
3 247 (13.19%) Azure AI
4 188 (10.04%) Power Automate
5 174 (9.29%) Microsoft 365
6 163 (8.71%) PowerApps
7 138 (7.37%) Azure Data Factory
8 137 (7.32%) Dynamics 365
8 137 (7.32%) Snowflake
9 119 (6.36%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 92 (4.91%) AWS
11 81 (4.33%) Azure DevOps
12 69 (3.69%) dbt
13 65 (3.47%) GCP
14 56 (2.99%) Microsoft Copilot
15 55 (2.94%) SaaS
16 43 (2.30%) Azure Logic Apps
17 38 (2.03%) Fivetran
18 36 (1.92%) Entra ID
19 33 (1.76%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 15 (0.80%) Firewall
2 11 (0.59%) Intranet
3 10 (0.53%) DHCP
3 10 (0.53%) DNS
4 9 (0.48%) TCP/IP
4 9 (0.48%) VoIP
5 7 (0.37%) WAN
6 6 (0.32%) LAN
7 4 (0.21%) VPN
8 3 (0.16%) Modbus
8 3 (0.16%) MQTT
8 3 (0.16%) NAS
8 3 (0.16%) SAN
9 2 (0.11%) Network Security
9 2 (0.11%) VLAN
9 2 (0.11%) Wi-Fi
10 1 (0.053%) ADSL
10 1 (0.053%) BGP
10 1 (0.053%) FTP
10 1 (0.053%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 513 (27.40%) Tableau
2 210 (11.22%) SQL Server
3 166 (8.87%) Data Warehouse
4 164 (8.76%) Data Lake
5 114 (6.09%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 93 (4.97%) Power Query
7 75 (4.01%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 65 (3.47%) Looker
9 63 (3.37%) SAP BW
10 62 (3.31%) Azure SQL Database
11 42 (2.24%) Relational Database
12 40 (2.14%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 32 (1.71%) Metadata
14 30 (1.60%) BigQuery
15 28 (1.50%) Crystal Reports
16 24 (1.28%) BusinessObjects
16 24 (1.28%) Qlik Sense
17 21 (1.12%) Data Mining
18 19 (1.01%) PostgreSQL
19 18 (0.96%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 74 (3.95%) Git
2 36 (1.92%) JIRA
3 33 (1.76%) Visual Studio
4 9 (0.48%) GitLab
5 4 (0.21%) ER Studio
5 4 (0.21%) ERwin
5 4 (0.21%) PowerDesigner
6 3 (0.16%) Jenkins
7 2 (0.11%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 1 (0.053%) Axure RP
8 1 (0.053%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.053%) LSMW
8 1 (0.053%) Mercurial
8 1 (0.053%) Oracle APEX
8 1 (0.053%) Postman
8 1 (0.053%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 830 (44.34%) Social Skills
2 640 (34.19%) Finance
3 502 (26.82%) Analytical Skills
4 137 (7.32%) Marketing
5 104 (5.56%) Law
6 98 (5.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 97 (5.18%) Retail
8 90 (4.81%) Manufacturing
9 76 (4.06%) Legal
10 70 (3.74%) Presentation Skills
11 65 (3.47%) Public Sector
12 63 (3.37%) Organisational Skills
13 43 (2.30%) Banking
14 38 (2.03%) Games
15 36 (1.92%) Advertising
16 24 (1.28%) Billing
16 24 (1.28%) Financial Institution
17 21 (1.12%) Influencing Skills
17 21 (1.12%) Telecoms
18 18 (0.96%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 798 (42.63%) Analyst
2 441 (23.56%) Data Analyst
3 257 (13.73%) Junior
4 246 (13.14%) Junior Analyst
5 236 (12.61%) Junior Data Analyst
6 225 (12.02%) Senior
7 202 (10.79%) Developer
8 171 (9.13%) Lead
9 154 (8.23%) Data Engineer
10 83 (4.43%) Senior Analyst
11 82 (4.38%) Business Intelligence Analyst
12 80 (4.27%) Business Intelligence Developer
13 72 (3.85%) Architect
14 65 (3.47%) Report Analyst
14 65 (3.47%) Support Analyst
15 60 (3.21%) Business Analyst
15 60 (3.21%) Financial Analyst
16 47 (2.51%) Applications Support
16 47 (2.51%) Power Platform Developer
17 46 (2.46%) Senior Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (2.56%) .NET
2 46 (2.46%) REST
3 34 (1.82%) PySpark
4 26 (1.39%) SOAP
5 25 (1.34%) Web Services
6 21 (1.12%) HTML
7 20 (1.07%) EDI
7 20 (1.07%) JSON
8 19 (1.01%) HTML5 Canvas
9 18 (0.96%) XML
10 16 (0.85%) Pandas
11 13 (0.69%) Kafka
11 13 (0.69%) React
12 12 (0.64%) CSS
13 9 (0.48%) AngularJS
13 9 (0.48%) Middleware
14 8 (0.43%) .NET Core
14 8 (0.43%) ASP.NET
15 7 (0.37%) ASP.NET Core
15 7 (0.37%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 85 (4.54%) Analytical Mindset
2 63 (3.37%) Management Information System
3 52 (2.78%) Data Structures
4 43 (2.30%) Self-Motivation
5 39 (2.08%) Cloud Native
5 39 (2.08%) Onboarding
6 37 (1.98%) Product Ownership
7 31 (1.66%) FMCG
8 27 (1.44%) Legacy Systems
9 26 (1.39%) Enterprise Software
10 22 (1.18%) Reinsurance
11 20 (1.07%) Driving Licence
12 17 (0.91%) Algorithms
13 15 (0.80%) Low-Code
14 13 (0.69%) Greenfield Project
14 13 (0.69%) Social Media
15 10 (0.53%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
16 9 (0.48%) Credit Risk
16 9 (0.48%) Data Protection Act
16 9 (0.48%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 50 (2.67%) Windows
2 11 (0.59%) Linux
3 8 (0.43%) Mac OS
4 7 (0.37%) Unix
4 7 (0.37%) Windows 10
5 3 (0.16%) Android
5 3 (0.16%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.11%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.053%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.053%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.053%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,744 (93.16%) Business Intelligence
2 652 (34.83%) Analytics
3 474 (25.32%) Problem-Solving
4 452 (24.15%) AI
5 442 (23.61%) Decision-Making
6 379 (20.25%) Data Modelling
7 370 (19.76%) Visualisation
8 283 (15.12%) Data Analysis
9 282 (15.06%) Agile
10 274 (14.64%) Continuous Improvement
11 262 (14.00%) ETL
12 260 (13.89%) Actionable Insight
13 229 (12.23%) Data Visualisation
14 217 (11.59%) Data Governance
15 190 (10.15%) Data Pipeline
16 181 (9.67%) Data Analytics
16 181 (9.67%) ERP
17 177 (9.46%) Data Engineering
17 177 (9.46%) Stakeholder Management
18 166 (8.87%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 1,060 (56.62%) SQL
2 653 (34.88%) Python
3 133 (7.10%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 68 (3.63%) C#
5 62 (3.31%) JavaScript
6 61 (3.26%) PowerShell
7 55 (2.94%) VBA
8 49 (2.62%) R
9 48 (2.56%) T-SQL
10 25 (1.34%) Scala
11 10 (0.53%) Java
12 7 (0.37%) ANSI SQL
13 6 (0.32%) Kusto Query Language
13 6 (0.32%) TypeScript
14 5 (0.27%) Bash
14 5 (0.27%) Delphi
15 3 (0.16%) Bicep
15 3 (0.16%) VB.NET
16 2 (0.11%) C
16 2 (0.11%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 401 (21.42%) Degree
2 265 (14.16%) Azure Certification
3 76 (4.06%) ACCA
4 72 (3.85%) CIMA
5 58 (3.10%) Security Cleared
6 57 (3.04%) DBS Check
7 55 (2.94%) Microsoft Certification
8 50 (2.67%) Computer Science Degree
9 47 (2.51%) SC Cleared
10 36 (1.92%) Master's Degree
11 33 (1.76%) PMI Certification
12 32 (1.71%) PMP
13 20 (1.07%) CISSP
14 19 (1.01%) CISA
15 15 (0.80%) CISM
16 13 (0.69%) HNC
17 12 (0.64%) CRISC
17 12 (0.64%) Numerate Degree
18 8 (0.43%) HND
19 7 (0.37%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 276 (14.74%) Data Quality
2 74 (3.95%) GDPR
3 64 (3.42%) QA
4 45 (2.40%) Accessibility
5 43 (2.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 41 (2.19%) PMO
7 23 (1.23%) SLA
8 14 (0.75%) Cyber Essentials
8 14 (0.75%) NIST
9 13 (0.69%) Actionable Recommendations
9 13 (0.69%) GRC
10 12 (0.64%) COBIT
10 12 (0.64%) ITGC
11 6 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 4 (0.21%) IFRS
13 2 (0.11%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 2 (0.11%) EMIR
13 2 (0.11%) MiFID
13 2 (0.11%) WCAG
14 1 (0.053%) P3O
System Software
1 26 (1.39%) Active Directory
2 10 (0.53%) Docker
3 7 (0.37%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.16%) VMware ESXi
4 3 (0.16%) vSphere
5 2 (0.11%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.053%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.053%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 27 (1.44%) Microsoft Intune
2 14 (0.75%) Terraform
3 10 (0.53%) Kubernetes
4 8 (0.43%) Single Sign-On
5 6 (0.32%) RSA Archer
6 5 (0.27%) FortiGate
7 3 (0.16%) Argo
7 3 (0.16%) Control-M
8 2 (0.11%) Microsoft Clustering
9 1 (0.053%) Grafana
9 1 (0.053%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.053%) MOM
9 1 (0.053%) SCCM
9 1 (0.053%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 761 (40.65%) Microsoft
2 143 (7.64%) SAP
3 133 (7.10%) Databricks
4 68 (3.63%) Oracle
5 60 (3.21%) Salesforce
6 52 (2.78%) Google
7 38 (2.03%) Alteryx
8 31 (1.66%) ServiceNow
9 20 (1.07%) Anaplan
10 19 (1.01%) Adobe
11 18 (0.96%) HubSpot
12 17 (0.91%) Verint
13 15 (0.80%) Intapp
14 14 (0.75%) Informatica
15 13 (0.69%) MuleSoft
16 12 (0.64%) Dell
16 12 (0.64%) Genesys
17 10 (0.53%) Dataiku
17 10 (0.53%) IBM
18 8 (0.43%) Sage