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

6 months to
14 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 66 81 57
Rank change year-on-year +15 -24 +27
Permanent jobs citing Power BI 1,710 1,886 2,189
As % of all permanent jobs in England 3.71% 3.10% 4.65%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 27.92% 19.39% 21.59%
Number of salaries quoted 1,200 1,135 1,796
10th Percentile £32,010 £38,750 £35,625
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,375 £42,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +8.70% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £93,750 £85,000
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 6,125 9,728 10,137
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 13.30% 15.97% 21.53%
Number of salaries quoted 4,151 5,552 7,948
10th Percentile £33,750 £38,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £62,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +4.84% -0.80%
75th Percentile £80,000 £88,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £115,000 £97,290
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 14 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 14 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 +3 677 £67,500 -3.57% 732
South East +27 325 £52,500 -8.70% 330
North of England -2 226 £50,000 - 235
Midlands +39 213 £47,500 -5.00% 209
North West +18 154 £52,750 +5.50% 148
West Midlands +26 137 £52,500 +3.96% 135
East of England +45 133 £40,000 -20.00% 71
South West +21 116 £45,750 -13.14% 89
East Midlands +51 76 £41,500 -17.00% 73
Yorkshire -35 54 £48,000 -12.73% 59
North East +9 18 £45,000 -10.00% 29
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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
1 136 (7.95%) SharePoint
2 20 (1.17%) Microsoft Exchange
3 18 (1.05%) Confluence
4 17 (0.99%) Apache Airflow
4 17 (0.99%) Apache Spark
5 13 (0.76%) SAS
6 10 (0.58%) SugarCRM
7 6 (0.35%) WordPress
8 4 (0.23%) Moodle
9 3 (0.18%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 3 (0.18%) Apache
9 3 (0.18%) Jupyter
10 2 (0.12%) CMS
11 1 (0.058%) Anypoint
11 1 (0.058%) Apache Superset
11 1 (0.058%) ArcGIS
11 1 (0.058%) HCL Notes
Applications
1 611 (35.73%) Microsoft Excel
2 67 (3.92%) Microsoft Office
3 53 (3.10%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 19 (1.11%) Microsoft Project
5 12 (0.70%) Spreadsheet
6 10 (0.58%) Maya
6 10 (0.58%) MS Visio
7 8 (0.47%) Trello
8 4 (0.23%) Chatbot
9 2 (0.12%) AutoCAD
9 2 (0.12%) Revit
10 1 (0.058%) Acrobat
10 1 (0.058%) Adobe Illustrator
10 1 (0.058%) Adobe XD
10 1 (0.058%) InDesign
10 1 (0.058%) Oracle Smart View
10 1 (0.058%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 86 (5.03%) Dynamics CRM
2 14 (0.82%) NetSuite
3 10 (0.58%) Dynamics NAV
3 10 (0.58%) Elite 3E
3 10 (0.58%) SAP Business One
3 10 (0.58%) Shopify
4 7 (0.41%) Primavera
4 7 (0.41%) Visualfiles
5 5 (0.29%) Exchequer
5 5 (0.29%) SAP FI
6 4 (0.23%) Oracle Payables
6 4 (0.23%) Oracle Receivables
6 4 (0.23%) ResourceLink
6 4 (0.23%) Sage 1000
7 3 (0.18%) Adobe Campaign
7 3 (0.18%) Dynamics AX
7 3 (0.18%) Dynamics GP
7 3 (0.18%) Salesforce CRM
7 3 (0.18%) SAP APO
7 3 (0.18%) SAP IBP
Cloud Services
1 1,710 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 631 (36.90%) Azure
3 212 (12.40%) Power Automate
4 192 (11.23%) PowerApps
5 183 (10.70%) Microsoft 365
6 144 (8.42%) Dynamics 365
7 141 (8.25%) Azure Data Factory
8 129 (7.54%) Snowflake
9 118 (6.90%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 100 (5.85%) AWS
11 86 (5.03%) Azure DevOps
12 72 (4.21%) GCP
13 58 (3.39%) Azure Logic Apps
14 56 (3.27%) Microsoft Copilot
15 55 (3.22%) dbt
16 45 (2.63%) SaaS
17 40 (2.34%) Microsoft Purview
18 37 (2.16%) Entra ID
18 37 (2.16%) Fivetran
19 35 (2.05%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 18 (1.05%) Firewall
2 8 (0.47%) DHCP
2 8 (0.47%) DNS
2 8 (0.47%) TCP/IP
2 8 (0.47%) VoIP
3 7 (0.41%) Broadband
3 7 (0.41%) WAN
4 6 (0.35%) LAN
5 4 (0.23%) Intranet
6 3 (0.18%) NAS
6 3 (0.18%) PuTTY
6 3 (0.18%) SAN
6 3 (0.18%) VPN
7 2 (0.12%) ADSL2
7 2 (0.12%) Network Security
7 2 (0.12%) VLAN
8 1 (0.058%) ADSL
8 1 (0.058%) Ethernet
8 1 (0.058%) Internet
8 1 (0.058%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 293 (17.13%) Tableau
2 228 (13.33%) SQL Server
3 181 (10.58%) Data Warehouse
4 158 (9.24%) Data Lake
5 118 (6.90%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 102 (5.96%) Power Query
7 82 (4.80%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 69 (4.04%) Azure SQL Database
9 63 (3.68%) SAP BW
10 62 (3.63%) Looker
11 47 (2.75%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 43 (2.51%) Metadata
13 36 (2.11%) BusinessObjects
14 33 (1.93%) BigQuery
14 33 (1.93%) Crystal Reports
14 33 (1.93%) Relational Database
15 25 (1.46%) Qlik Sense
16 22 (1.29%) PostgreSQL
17 21 (1.23%) Data Mining
18 19 (1.11%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 65 (3.80%) Git
2 42 (2.46%) JIRA
3 29 (1.70%) Visual Studio
4 8 (0.47%) GitLab
5 6 (0.35%) ER Studio
6 4 (0.23%) ERwin
6 4 (0.23%) PowerDesigner
6 4 (0.23%) RStudio
6 4 (0.23%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 2 (0.12%) Jenkins
7 2 (0.12%) Postman
8 1 (0.058%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.058%) LSMW
8 1 (0.058%) Mercurial
8 1 (0.058%) Oracle Forms
8 1 (0.058%) PHPUnit
8 1 (0.058%) Subversion
8 1 (0.058%) Vite
General
1 668 (39.06%) Finance
2 606 (35.44%) Social Skills
3 516 (30.18%) Analytical Skills
4 140 (8.19%) Marketing
5 118 (6.90%) Retail
6 112 (6.55%) Law
7 105 (6.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 89 (5.20%) Legal
9 83 (4.85%) Manufacturing
10 75 (4.39%) Public Sector
11 63 (3.68%) Presentation Skills
12 62 (3.63%) Organisational Skills
13 46 (2.69%) Banking
14 40 (2.34%) Advertising
15 30 (1.75%) Games
16 23 (1.35%) Billing
17 22 (1.29%) Telecoms
18 21 (1.23%) Documentation Skills
18 21 (1.23%) Influencing Skills
19 20 (1.17%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 611 (35.73%) Analyst
2 219 (12.81%) Developer
3 209 (12.22%) Senior
4 206 (12.05%) Data Analyst
5 190 (11.11%) Lead
6 156 (9.12%) Data Engineer
7 93 (5.44%) Business Intelligence Analyst
8 82 (4.80%) Support Analyst
9 81 (4.74%) Business Intelligence Developer
9 81 (4.74%) Senior Analyst
10 62 (3.63%) Report Analyst
11 61 (3.57%) Business Analyst
12 58 (3.39%) Financial Analyst
13 55 (3.22%) Architect
14 53 (3.10%) Business Intelligence Lead
15 48 (2.81%) Applications Support
16 46 (2.69%) Power Platform Developer
17 43 (2.51%) Data Manager
17 43 (2.51%) Power BI Developer
17 43 (2.51%) Senior Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 55 (3.22%) .NET
2 45 (2.63%) REST
3 38 (2.22%) PySpark
4 29 (1.70%) HTML
5 28 (1.64%) Web Services
6 25 (1.46%) SOAP
7 19 (1.11%) JSON
8 18 (1.05%) CSS
8 18 (1.05%) HTML5 Canvas
9 17 (0.99%) React
10 16 (0.94%) Kafka
11 15 (0.88%) Pandas
12 14 (0.82%) XML
13 13 (0.76%) EDI
14 12 (0.70%) .NET Core
14 12 (0.70%) ASP.NET
15 11 (0.64%) AngularJS
16 9 (0.53%) RESTful
17 8 (0.47%) Vue
18 7 (0.41%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 90 (5.26%) Analytical Mindset
2 76 (4.44%) Management Information System
3 55 (3.22%) Self-Motivation
4 50 (2.92%) Data Structures
5 46 (2.69%) Onboarding
6 44 (2.57%) Product Ownership
7 36 (2.11%) Cloud Native
8 31 (1.81%) FMCG
9 30 (1.75%) Enterprise Software
10 26 (1.52%) Legacy Systems
11 21 (1.23%) Driving Licence
11 21 (1.23%) Reinsurance
12 18 (1.05%) Social Media
13 17 (0.99%) Algorithms
14 12 (0.70%) Learning Management System
14 12 (0.70%) Low-Code
15 10 (0.58%) Data Protection Act
15 10 (0.58%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
16 9 (0.53%) Derivative
16 9 (0.53%) Fixed Income
Operating Systems
1 60 (3.51%) Windows
2 11 (0.64%) Linux
3 10 (0.58%) Unix
4 8 (0.47%) Mac OS
5 7 (0.41%) Windows Server
6 5 (0.29%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.12%) Android
7 2 (0.12%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,561 (91.29%) Business Intelligence
2 672 (39.30%) Analytics
3 515 (30.12%) Problem-Solving
4 441 (25.79%) Decision-Making
5 387 (22.63%) Visualisation
6 364 (21.29%) Data Modelling
7 320 (18.71%) Data Analysis
8 300 (17.54%) Agile
9 267 (15.61%) ETL
10 262 (15.32%) Actionable Insight
11 250 (14.62%) Continuous Improvement
12 241 (14.09%) Data Visualisation
13 223 (13.04%) Data Governance
14 216 (12.63%) AI
15 211 (12.34%) Data Analytics
16 210 (12.28%) Stakeholder Management
17 189 (11.05%) CRM
18 180 (10.53%) Data Pipeline
19 178 (10.41%) ERP
19 178 (10.41%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 891 (52.11%) SQL
2 414 (24.21%) Python
3 132 (7.72%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 80 (4.68%) C#
5 77 (4.50%) JavaScript
6 66 (3.86%) T-SQL
7 59 (3.45%) PowerShell
8 54 (3.16%) R
9 53 (3.10%) VBA
10 24 (1.40%) Scala
11 12 (0.70%) Java
12 9 (0.53%) Bash
12 9 (0.53%) TypeScript
13 7 (0.41%) VB.NET
14 6 (0.35%) ANSI SQL
15 5 (0.29%) Kusto Query Language
16 3 (0.18%) PROC SQL
17 2 (0.12%) Bicep
17 2 (0.12%) PHP
17 2 (0.12%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 412 (24.09%) Degree
2 90 (5.26%) DBS Check
3 72 (4.21%) ACCA
4 68 (3.98%) CIMA
5 59 (3.45%) Microsoft Certification
6 58 (3.39%) Security Cleared
7 54 (3.16%) Computer Science Degree
8 49 (2.87%) SC Cleared
9 41 (2.40%) Master's Degree
10 29 (1.70%) Azure Certification
11 20 (1.17%) CISA
11 20 (1.17%) CISSP
12 18 (1.05%) PMI Certification
13 17 (0.99%) CISM
13 17 (0.99%) PMP
14 16 (0.94%) Numerate Degree
15 13 (0.76%) CRISC
15 13 (0.76%) HNC
16 8 (0.47%) HND
17 7 (0.41%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 263 (15.38%) Data Quality
2 85 (4.97%) GDPR
3 71 (4.15%) QA
4 56 (3.27%) Accessibility
5 49 (2.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 42 (2.46%) PMO
7 20 (1.17%) SLA
8 15 (0.88%) Cyber Essentials
8 15 (0.88%) NIST
9 13 (0.76%) Actionable Recommendations
9 13 (0.76%) GRC
10 12 (0.70%) COBIT
10 12 (0.70%) ITGC
11 7 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 4 (0.23%) IFRS
13 2 (0.12%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 2 (0.12%) COSHH
13 2 (0.12%) ISO 22301
13 2 (0.12%) P3O
13 2 (0.12%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 20 (1.17%) Active Directory
2 9 (0.53%) Docker
2 9 (0.53%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (0.18%) Apache Flume
3 3 (0.18%) HDFS
3 3 (0.18%) Hyper-V
3 3 (0.18%) VMware ESXi
3 3 (0.18%) vSphere
4 2 (0.12%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.058%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.058%) Xen
Systems Management
1 28 (1.64%) Microsoft Intune
2 16 (0.94%) Terraform
3 9 (0.53%) Kubernetes
4 6 (0.35%) RSA Archer
5 5 (0.29%) FortiGate
5 5 (0.29%) Single Sign-On
6 3 (0.18%) Failover Clustering
6 3 (0.18%) Kibana
6 3 (0.18%) logstash
6 3 (0.18%) Oozie
7 2 (0.12%) Jamf Pro
7 2 (0.12%) Microsoft Clustering
7 2 (0.12%) SCCM
7 2 (0.12%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 1 (0.058%) Argo
8 1 (0.058%) Control-M
8 1 (0.058%) Grafana
Vendors
1 563 (32.92%) Microsoft
2 135 (7.89%) Databricks
2 135 (7.89%) SAP
3 69 (4.04%) Salesforce
4 64 (3.74%) Oracle
5 56 (3.27%) Google
6 43 (2.51%) Alteryx
7 22 (1.29%) HubSpot
8 19 (1.11%) Adobe
8 19 (1.11%) ServiceNow
9 16 (0.94%) Informatica
10 15 (0.88%) Intapp
11 14 (0.82%) Sage
12 13 (0.76%) MuleSoft
13 11 (0.64%) Dell
14 10 (0.58%) Cisco
14 10 (0.58%) Dataiku
15 9 (0.53%) Cognos
15 9 (0.53%) IBM
15 9 (0.53%) VMware