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

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 63 71 58
Rank change year-on-year +8 -13 +23
Permanent jobs citing Power BI 1,846 1,951 2,107
As % of all permanent jobs in England 3.75% 3.50% 4.68%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 30.80% 20.18% 21.90%
Number of salaries quoted 1,138 1,170 1,747
10th Percentile £34,350 £37,500 £35,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,250 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -
75th Percentile £71,592 £76,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £88,750 £92,575 £86,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,148
% change year-on-year -8.33% +8.80% -0.77%

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 5,994 9,669 9,619
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 12.18% 17.37% 21.35%
Number of salaries quoted 3,975 5,633 7,615
10th Percentile £35,000 £38,017 £37,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £61,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +5.69% -1.60%
75th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £115,000 £96,539
UK median annual salary £60,000 £63,250 £60,000
% change year-on-year -5.14% +5.42% -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 13 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 13 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 +15 689 £70,000 +2.19% 302
South East +28 346 £52,500 -10.64% 381
North of England +1 275 £50,000 - 234
Midlands +32 257 £47,500 -5.00% 196
West Midlands +25 169 £52,000 +6.67% 103
North West +14 163 £50,000 - 127
South West +29 140 £42,500 -17.48% 101
East of England -10 123 £46,750 -38.08% 112
East Midlands +51 88 £45,000 -10.00% 87
Yorkshire -19 87 £47,000 -1.05% 92
North East +19 25 £47,500 -5.00% 17
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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 (7.04%) SharePoint
2 19 (1.03%) Apache Spark
3 18 (0.98%) Microsoft Exchange
4 17 (0.92%) Confluence
5 16 (0.87%) Apache Airflow
6 15 (0.81%) SAS
7 10 (0.54%) SugarCRM
8 5 (0.27%) Moodle
8 5 (0.27%) WordPress
9 4 (0.22%) Umbraco
10 3 (0.16%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 3 (0.16%) CMS
10 3 (0.16%) Jupyter
11 2 (0.11%) Apache
12 1 (0.054%) Anypoint
12 1 (0.054%) Apache Superset
12 1 (0.054%) HCL Notes
Applications
1 778 (42.15%) Microsoft Excel
2 69 (3.74%) Microsoft Office
3 51 (2.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 17 (0.92%) Microsoft Project
5 12 (0.65%) Spreadsheet
6 11 (0.60%) Maya
7 10 (0.54%) MS Visio
8 8 (0.43%) Trello
9 4 (0.22%) Chatbot
10 2 (0.11%) AutoCAD
10 2 (0.11%) Revit
11 1 (0.054%) Acrobat
11 1 (0.054%) Adobe Illustrator
11 1 (0.054%) Adobe XD
11 1 (0.054%) InDesign
11 1 (0.054%) Oracle Smart View
11 1 (0.054%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 81 (4.39%) Dynamics CRM
2 14 (0.76%) NetSuite
3 11 (0.60%) SAP Business One
4 10 (0.54%) Elite 3E
5 9 (0.49%) Shopify
6 7 (0.38%) Dynamics NAV
6 7 (0.38%) Visualfiles
7 5 (0.27%) SAP FI
8 4 (0.22%) Exchequer
8 4 (0.22%) Oracle Payables
8 4 (0.22%) Oracle Receivables
8 4 (0.22%) Primavera
9 3 (0.16%) Adobe Campaign
9 3 (0.16%) IBM Planning Analytics
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%) Dynamics GP
10 2 (0.11%) ResourceLink
Cloud Services
1 1,846 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 777 (42.09%) Azure
3 200 (10.83%) Azure AI
3 200 (10.83%) Power Automate
4 182 (9.86%) Microsoft 365
5 172 (9.32%) PowerApps
6 139 (7.53%) Dynamics 365
7 138 (7.48%) Snowflake
8 132 (7.15%) Azure Data Factory
9 112 (6.07%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 95 (5.15%) AWS
11 82 (4.44%) Azure DevOps
12 71 (3.85%) GCP
13 65 (3.52%) dbt
14 59 (3.20%) Microsoft Copilot
15 51 (2.76%) SaaS
16 45 (2.44%) Azure Logic Apps
17 40 (2.17%) Entra ID
18 39 (2.11%) Fivetran
19 36 (1.95%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 17 (0.92%) Firewall
2 10 (0.54%) DHCP
2 10 (0.54%) DNS
2 10 (0.54%) Intranet
3 9 (0.49%) TCP/IP
4 8 (0.43%) VoIP
5 7 (0.38%) WAN
6 6 (0.33%) LAN
7 5 (0.27%) Broadband
8 4 (0.22%) VPN
9 3 (0.16%) Modbus
9 3 (0.16%) MQTT
9 3 (0.16%) NAS
9 3 (0.16%) SAN
10 2 (0.11%) Network Security
10 2 (0.11%) PuTTY
10 2 (0.11%) VLAN
10 2 (0.11%) Wi-Fi
11 1 (0.054%) BGP
11 1 (0.054%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 472 (25.57%) Tableau
2 223 (12.08%) SQL Server
3 170 (9.21%) Data Warehouse
4 164 (8.88%) Data Lake
5 116 (6.28%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 97 (5.25%) Power Query
7 75 (4.06%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 66 (3.58%) Looker
9 63 (3.41%) SAP BW
10 62 (3.36%) Azure SQL Database
11 40 (2.17%) Relational Database
11 40 (2.17%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 38 (2.06%) Metadata
13 33 (1.79%) Crystal Reports
14 32 (1.73%) BigQuery
15 28 (1.52%) BusinessObjects
16 25 (1.35%) Qlik Sense
17 21 (1.14%) Data Mining
17 21 (1.14%) PostgreSQL
18 19 (1.03%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 74 (4.01%) Git
2 40 (2.17%) JIRA
3 33 (1.79%) Visual Studio
4 9 (0.49%) GitLab
5 4 (0.22%) ER Studio
5 4 (0.22%) ERwin
5 4 (0.22%) PowerDesigner
6 2 (0.11%) Jenkins
7 1 (0.054%) LSMW
7 1 (0.054%) Mercurial
7 1 (0.054%) Oracle APEX
7 1 (0.054%) Oracle Forms
7 1 (0.054%) Postman
7 1 (0.054%) RStudio
7 1 (0.054%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 1 (0.054%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 784 (42.47%) Social Skills
2 667 (36.13%) Finance
3 514 (27.84%) Analytical Skills
4 140 (7.58%) Marketing
5 112 (6.07%) Law
6 104 (5.63%) Retail
7 101 (5.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 84 (4.55%) Legal
9 83 (4.50%) Manufacturing
10 72 (3.90%) Public Sector
11 70 (3.79%) Presentation Skills
12 64 (3.47%) Organisational Skills
13 47 (2.55%) Banking
14 38 (2.06%) Advertising
15 34 (1.84%) Games
16 24 (1.30%) Billing
17 23 (1.25%) Financial Institution
18 22 (1.19%) Influencing Skills
18 22 (1.19%) Telecoms
19 21 (1.14%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 774 (41.93%) Analyst
2 403 (21.83%) Data Analyst
3 220 (11.92%) Senior
4 215 (11.65%) Junior
5 201 (10.89%) Junior Analyst
6 200 (10.83%) Developer
7 191 (10.35%) Junior Data Analyst
8 169 (9.15%) Lead
9 156 (8.45%) Data Engineer
10 86 (4.66%) Business Intelligence Analyst
11 84 (4.55%) Senior Analyst
12 73 (3.95%) Business Intelligence Developer
13 68 (3.68%) Financial Analyst
13 68 (3.68%) Report Analyst
14 65 (3.52%) Architect
14 65 (3.52%) Support Analyst
15 60 (3.25%) Business Analyst
16 48 (2.60%) Power Platform Developer
17 47 (2.55%) Applications Support
18 45 (2.44%) Senior Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (2.65%) .NET
2 47 (2.55%) REST
3 32 (1.73%) PySpark
4 26 (1.41%) SOAP
5 25 (1.35%) Web Services
6 22 (1.19%) HTML
7 20 (1.08%) HTML5 Canvas
7 20 (1.08%) JSON
8 17 (0.92%) XML
9 16 (0.87%) Pandas
10 15 (0.81%) EDI
11 14 (0.76%) Kafka
11 14 (0.76%) React
12 13 (0.70%) CSS
13 10 (0.54%) AngularJS
14 9 (0.49%) .NET Core
14 9 (0.49%) ASP.NET
15 8 (0.43%) Middleware
15 8 (0.43%) RESTful
15 8 (0.43%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 89 (4.82%) Analytical Mindset
2 66 (3.58%) Management Information System
3 57 (3.09%) Data Structures
4 52 (2.82%) Self-Motivation
5 44 (2.38%) Onboarding
6 40 (2.17%) Cloud Native
7 39 (2.11%) Product Ownership
8 32 (1.73%) FMCG
9 27 (1.46%) Enterprise Software
10 26 (1.41%) Legacy Systems
11 22 (1.19%) Reinsurance
12 21 (1.14%) Driving Licence
13 18 (0.98%) Social Media
14 16 (0.87%) Algorithms
15 14 (0.76%) Greenfield Project
16 12 (0.65%) Low-Code
17 11 (0.60%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
18 10 (0.54%) Learning Management System
19 9 (0.49%) Data Protection Act
19 9 (0.49%) Derivative
Operating Systems
1 54 (2.93%) Windows
2 10 (0.54%) Linux
3 9 (0.49%) Unix
4 8 (0.43%) Mac OS
5 7 (0.38%) Windows 10
6 4 (0.22%) Windows Server
7 3 (0.16%) Android
8 2 (0.11%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.054%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,709 (92.58%) Business Intelligence
2 656 (35.54%) Analytics
3 481 (26.06%) Problem-Solving
4 443 (24.00%) Decision-Making
5 408 (22.10%) AI
6 373 (20.21%) Visualisation
7 369 (19.99%) Data Modelling
8 293 (15.87%) Data Analysis
9 292 (15.82%) Agile
10 272 (14.73%) Continuous Improvement
11 264 (14.30%) Actionable Insight
12 251 (13.60%) ETL
13 228 (12.35%) Data Visualisation
14 221 (11.97%) Data Governance
15 189 (10.24%) Data Analytics
16 187 (10.13%) Data Pipeline
17 182 (9.86%) Stakeholder Management
18 179 (9.70%) ERP
19 172 (9.32%) CRM
20 169 (9.15%) Data Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1,025 (55.53%) SQL
2 601 (32.56%) Python
3 129 (6.99%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 72 (3.90%) C#
5 68 (3.68%) JavaScript
6 59 (3.20%) PowerShell
7 55 (2.98%) VBA
8 54 (2.93%) R
9 50 (2.71%) T-SQL
10 25 (1.35%) Scala
11 12 (0.65%) Java
12 8 (0.43%) TypeScript
13 7 (0.38%) ANSI SQL
13 7 (0.38%) Bash
14 5 (0.27%) Kusto Query Language
15 4 (0.22%) Delphi
15 4 (0.22%) VB.NET
16 3 (0.16%) Bicep
17 2 (0.11%) PROC SQL
17 2 (0.11%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 411 (22.26%) Degree
2 218 (11.81%) Azure Certification
3 84 (4.55%) ACCA
4 80 (4.33%) CIMA
5 66 (3.58%) DBS Check
6 58 (3.14%) Microsoft Certification
6 58 (3.14%) Security Cleared
7 53 (2.87%) Computer Science Degree
8 48 (2.60%) SC Cleared
9 38 (2.06%) Master's Degree
10 28 (1.52%) PMI Certification
11 27 (1.46%) PMP
12 20 (1.08%) CISSP
13 19 (1.03%) CISA
14 16 (0.87%) CISM
15 13 (0.70%) HNC
16 12 (0.65%) CRISC
16 12 (0.65%) Numerate Degree
17 8 (0.43%) HND
18 7 (0.38%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 273 (14.79%) Data Quality
2 79 (4.28%) GDPR
3 66 (3.58%) QA
4 48 (2.60%) Accessibility
5 43 (2.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 42 (2.28%) PMO
7 21 (1.14%) SLA
8 14 (0.76%) Cyber Essentials
8 14 (0.76%) NIST
9 13 (0.70%) Actionable Recommendations
9 13 (0.70%) GRC
10 12 (0.65%) COBIT
10 12 (0.65%) ITGC
11 6 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 4 (0.22%) IFRS
13 2 (0.11%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 2 (0.11%) COSHH
13 2 (0.11%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 2 (0.11%) WCAG
14 1 (0.054%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 26 (1.41%) Active Directory
2 10 (0.54%) Docker
3 8 (0.43%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.16%) Hyper-V
4 3 (0.16%) VMware ESXi
4 3 (0.16%) vSphere
5 2 (0.11%) Apache Flume
5 2 (0.11%) HDFS
6 1 (0.054%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.054%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 29 (1.57%) Microsoft Intune
2 14 (0.76%) Terraform
3 9 (0.49%) Kubernetes
4 8 (0.43%) Single Sign-On
5 6 (0.33%) RSA Archer
6 5 (0.27%) FortiGate
7 3 (0.16%) Argo
8 2 (0.11%) Control-M
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%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 1 (0.054%) Failover Clustering
9 1 (0.054%) Grafana
9 1 (0.054%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.054%) SCCM
Vendors
1 729 (39.49%) Microsoft
2 142 (7.69%) SAP
3 126 (6.83%) Databricks
4 66 (3.58%) Oracle
5 62 (3.36%) Salesforce
6 56 (3.03%) Google
7 44 (2.38%) Alteryx
8 25 (1.35%) ServiceNow
9 20 (1.08%) Adobe
10 19 (1.03%) HubSpot
11 15 (0.81%) Anaplan
11 15 (0.81%) Intapp
12 14 (0.76%) Informatica
13 13 (0.70%) MuleSoft
14 12 (0.65%) Dell
14 12 (0.65%) Verint
15 10 (0.54%) Dataiku
16 9 (0.49%) Sage
17 8 (0.43%) IBM
17 8 (0.43%) VMware