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 24 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 70 68 81
Rank change year-on-year -2 +13 -15
Permanent jobs citing Power BI 2,322 1,698 2,019
As % of all permanent jobs in England 2.25% 3.94% 2.97%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 29.12% 26.62% 19.03%
Number of salaries quoted 1,548 1,205 1,302
10th Percentile £34,588 £32,010 £37,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - -8.33% +4.35%
75th Percentile £73,000 £70,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £87,500 £93,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% +9.09%

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 7,975 6,379 10,607
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 7.74% 14.82% 15.59%
Number of salaries quoted 5,587 4,159 6,316
10th Percentile £36,500 £34,000 £38,000
25th Percentile £45,875 £45,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - -7.69% +1.82%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,375 £90,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £110,000 £118,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - -7.69% +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 24 September 2026.

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 24 September 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 -21 731 £67,500 +2.27% 1,126
North of England +74 540 £46,500 -12.26% 387
Midlands +12 382 £52,500 +5.00% 275
South East -38 307 £55,000 +4.76% 423
North West +55 285 £50,000 -9.09% 221
West Midlands +1 239 £55,000 +4.76% 185
South West -30 207 £42,500 -15.00% 157
Yorkshire +47 175 £43,000 -9.47% 131
East Midlands +6 143 £47,500 +5.56% 90
East of England -27 132 £56,000 +40.00% 154
North East -9 80 £45,000 +5.88% 36
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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
1 211 (9.09%) SharePoint
2 28 (1.21%) Apache Spark
3 26 (1.12%) Microsoft Exchange
4 16 (0.69%) Apache Airflow
5 13 (0.56%) Apache
6 10 (0.43%) Confluence
7 9 (0.39%) CMS
7 9 (0.39%) WordPress
8 5 (0.22%) Oracle Workflow
8 5 (0.22%) SAS
9 4 (0.17%) ArcGIS
9 4 (0.17%) IIS
9 4 (0.17%) Luigi
10 2 (0.086%) Appian
10 2 (0.086%) Headless CMS
10 2 (0.086%) Oracle Application Server
10 2 (0.086%) Tornado
10 2 (0.086%) Umbraco
11 1 (0.043%) Moodle
11 1 (0.043%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 787 (33.89%) Microsoft Excel
2 68 (2.93%) Microsoft Office
3 39 (1.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 22 (0.95%) MS Visio
5 20 (0.86%) Spreadsheet
6 17 (0.73%) Microsoft Project
7 14 (0.60%) Chatbot
8 9 (0.39%) ProjectWise
9 5 (0.22%) Revit
10 4 (0.17%) Navisworks
11 3 (0.13%) AutoCAD
12 2 (0.086%) SPSS
13 1 (0.043%) Adobe Illustrator
13 1 (0.043%) Civil 3D
13 1 (0.043%) InDesign
13 1 (0.043%) Inkscape
Business Applications
1 60 (2.58%) Dynamics CRM
2 51 (2.20%) NetSuite
3 17 (0.73%) Elite 3E
4 15 (0.65%) Dynamics NAV
5 12 (0.52%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 11 (0.47%) Carpe Diem
7 10 (0.43%) IBM Planning Analytics
7 10 (0.43%) SAP S/4HANA
8 9 (0.39%) Visualfiles
9 8 (0.34%) Infor M3
10 7 (0.30%) Workday HCM
11 5 (0.22%) SAP PM
12 3 (0.13%) Integrated Workplace Management System
12 3 (0.13%) Magento
12 3 (0.13%) Payment Gateway
12 3 (0.13%) Shopify
12 3 (0.13%) SystmOne
13 2 (0.086%) FastStats
13 2 (0.086%) Sage 200
13 2 (0.086%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 2,322 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 922 (39.71%) Azure
3 305 (13.14%) Power Automate
4 304 (13.09%) Azure AI
5 289 (12.45%) PowerApps
6 262 (11.28%) Microsoft 365
7 196 (8.44%) Dynamics 365
8 171 (7.36%) Azure Data Factory
9 151 (6.50%) AWS
10 140 (6.03%) Azure DevOps
11 94 (4.05%) Microsoft Copilot
12 90 (3.88%) Snowflake
13 87 (3.75%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 81 (3.49%) GCP
15 79 (3.40%) Microsoft Purview
16 68 (2.93%) SaaS
17 63 (2.71%) Azure Logic Apps
18 56 (2.41%) Google Analytics
18 56 (2.41%) OneDrive
19 51 (2.20%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 17 (0.73%) Firewall
2 13 (0.56%) Broadband
3 8 (0.34%) LAN
3 8 (0.34%) WAN
4 7 (0.30%) DNS
4 7 (0.30%) VPN
5 5 (0.22%) DHCP
5 5 (0.22%) Network Security
5 5 (0.22%) SMS
6 4 (0.17%) LTE
6 4 (0.17%) MQTT
6 4 (0.17%) VoIP
7 3 (0.13%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (0.086%) Intranet
8 2 (0.086%) NAS
8 2 (0.086%) VLAN
8 2 (0.086%) Wireless
9 1 (0.043%) IP Telephony
9 1 (0.043%) Modbus
9 1 (0.043%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 588 (25.32%) Tableau
2 229 (9.86%) Data Warehouse
3 168 (7.24%) SQL Server
4 132 (5.68%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 128 (5.51%) Data Lake
6 124 (5.34%) Power Query
7 106 (4.57%) Azure SQL Database
8 84 (3.62%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 70 (3.01%) Metadata
9 70 (3.01%) Relational Database
10 55 (2.37%) Looker
11 54 (2.33%) Star Schema
12 33 (1.42%) Big Data
13 32 (1.38%) BigQuery
13 32 (1.38%) NoSQL
13 32 (1.38%) Semantic Layer
14 27 (1.16%) Delta Lake
15 24 (1.03%) SQL Server Analysis Services
16 23 (0.99%) MySQL
17 22 (0.95%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 97 (4.18%) Git
2 53 (2.28%) JIRA
3 15 (0.65%) Jenkins
4 12 (0.52%) Visual Studio
5 9 (0.39%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 6 (0.26%) MLflow
7 4 (0.17%) GitLab
7 4 (0.17%) Oracle Forms
8 2 (0.086%) Ant
8 2 (0.086%) Apache Ivy
8 2 (0.086%) IBM UrbanCode
8 2 (0.086%) Maven
8 2 (0.086%) Visual Studio Code
9 1 (0.043%) Browser DevTools
9 1 (0.043%) Burp Suite
9 1 (0.043%) ER Studio
9 1 (0.043%) ERwin
9 1 (0.043%) JMeter
9 1 (0.043%) kappa
9 1 (0.043%) Selenium
General
1 1,072 (46.17%) Social Skills
2 671 (28.90%) Finance
3 634 (27.30%) Analytical Skills
4 158 (6.80%) Law
5 151 (6.50%) Legal
6 136 (5.86%) Marketing
7 134 (5.77%) Organisational Skills
8 132 (5.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 126 (5.43%) Retail
10 124 (5.34%) Public Sector
11 120 (5.17%) Manufacturing
12 57 (2.45%) Banking
13 48 (2.07%) Documentation Skills
14 36 (1.55%) Influencing Skills
15 34 (1.46%) Billing
15 34 (1.46%) Telecoms
16 30 (1.29%) Military
17 29 (1.25%) Presentation Skills
18 25 (1.08%) Social Housing
19 23 (0.99%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 837 (36.05%) Analyst
2 512 (22.05%) Data Analyst
3 320 (13.78%) Developer
4 308 (13.26%) Junior
5 302 (13.01%) Junior Analyst
6 288 (12.40%) Junior Data Analyst
7 285 (12.27%) Senior
8 187 (8.05%) Data Engineer
9 155 (6.68%) Lead
10 90 (3.88%) Business Intelligence Developer
11 84 (3.62%) Architect
12 81 (3.49%) Business Intelligence Analyst
12 81 (3.49%) Data Manager
13 80 (3.45%) Business Analyst
14 72 (3.10%) Senior Analyst
15 68 (2.93%) Consultant
16 65 (2.80%) Systems Analyst
17 59 (2.54%) Power Platform Developer
18 57 (2.45%) Data Architect
19 56 (2.41%) Senior Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 103 (4.44%) .NET
2 73 (3.14%) REST
3 72 (3.10%) HTML
4 70 (3.01%) PySpark
5 59 (2.54%) CSS
6 44 (1.89%) JSON
7 32 (1.38%) HTML5 Canvas
8 30 (1.29%) XML
9 29 (1.25%) .NET Core
10 28 (1.21%) EDI
11 27 (1.16%) Terraform
12 26 (1.12%) Middleware
13 25 (1.08%) Microsoft Graph
14 24 (1.03%) Kafka
15 20 (0.86%) ASP.NET
16 19 (0.82%) HTML5
17 17 (0.73%) SOAP
18 15 (0.65%) Pandas
18 15 (0.65%) React
18 15 (0.65%) SPFx
Miscellaneous
1 174 (7.49%) Management Information System
2 76 (3.27%) Data Structures
3 61 (2.63%) Product Ownership
4 55 (2.37%) Onboarding
5 54 (2.33%) Self-Motivation
6 40 (1.72%) Analytical Mindset
7 35 (1.51%) Legacy Systems
8 34 (1.46%) Enterprise Software
9 32 (1.38%) Greenfield Project
10 29 (1.25%) Cloud Native
11 26 (1.12%) AI Agents
11 26 (1.12%) Driving Licence
12 25 (1.08%) NHS
13 22 (0.95%) Social Media
14 21 (0.90%) Low-Code
15 20 (0.86%) FMCG
16 19 (0.82%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
17 16 (0.69%) Educational Technology
18 14 (0.60%) Enterprise Cloud
18 14 (0.60%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 56 (2.41%) Windows
2 24 (1.03%) Linux
3 16 (0.69%) Windows Server
4 6 (0.26%) Windows Server 2019
5 3 (0.13%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.086%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.086%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.086%) Solaris
7 1 (0.043%) Android
7 1 (0.043%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.043%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,187 (94.19%) Business Intelligence
2 807 (34.75%) Analytics
3 781 (33.63%) AI
4 621 (26.74%) Problem-Solving
5 576 (24.81%) Decision-Making
6 481 (20.71%) Continuous Improvement
7 458 (19.72%) Data Modelling
8 379 (16.32%) Visualisation
9 327 (14.08%) Stakeholder Management
10 323 (13.91%) Agile
11 298 (12.83%) Data Governance
12 289 (12.45%) ETL
13 279 (12.02%) Actionable Insight
14 277 (11.93%) ERP
15 269 (11.58%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 261 (11.24%) Data Visualisation
17 250 (10.77%) Data Engineering
18 248 (10.68%) Data Analysis
19 239 (10.29%) Dashboard Development
20 228 (9.82%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 1,368 (58.91%) SQL
2 709 (30.53%) Python
3 179 (7.71%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 175 (7.54%) C#
5 127 (5.47%) JavaScript
6 57 (2.45%) PowerShell
7 49 (2.11%) T-SQL
8 45 (1.94%) R
9 40 (1.72%) VBA
10 28 (1.21%) TypeScript
11 24 (1.03%) Java
12 23 (0.99%) Scala
13 11 (0.47%) Kusto Query Language
14 7 (0.30%) PHP
15 6 (0.26%) Bicep
15 6 (0.26%) VB.NET
16 5 (0.22%) C++
17 4 (0.17%) VB
17 4 (0.17%) XAML
18 3 (0.13%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 327 (14.08%) Azure Certification
2 284 (12.23%) Degree
3 132 (5.68%) Security Cleared
4 108 (4.65%) SC Cleared
5 91 (3.92%) ACCA
6 86 (3.70%) CIMA
7 52 (2.24%) Microsoft Certification
8 33 (1.42%) DBS Check
9 29 (1.25%) PMI Certification
10 27 (1.16%) PMP
11 19 (0.82%) AAT
11 19 (0.82%) Computer Science Degree
12 18 (0.78%) BPSS Clearance
13 15 (0.65%) Master's Degree
14 8 (0.34%) Postgraduate
15 7 (0.30%) CFA
15 7 (0.30%) CompTIA CySA+
15 7 (0.30%) CompTIA Security+
15 7 (0.30%) HND
15 7 (0.30%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 467 (20.11%) Data Quality
2 144 (6.20%) GDPR
3 93 (4.01%) QA
4 61 (2.63%) Accessibility
5 40 (1.72%) PMO
6 35 (1.51%) SLA
7 24 (1.03%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 24 (1.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 21 (0.90%) Actionable Recommendations
9 17 (0.73%) TickIT
10 12 (0.52%) GRC
10 12 (0.52%) NIST
11 10 (0.43%) ISO 9001
12 9 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials
12 9 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 7 (0.30%) GAAP
14 6 (0.26%) PERC
15 4 (0.17%) ISO 19650
15 4 (0.17%) NEBOSH
15 4 (0.17%) NIST 800
System Software
1 25 (1.08%) Docker
2 24 (1.03%) Active Directory
3 6 (0.26%) Virtual Desktop
4 3 (0.13%) BitLocker
4 3 (0.13%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.086%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.086%) IAG
5 2 (0.086%) Terminal Services
6 1 (0.043%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.043%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.043%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 18 (0.78%) Kubernetes
2 17 (0.73%) Microsoft Intune
3 10 (0.43%) FortiGate
4 6 (0.26%) Single Sign-On
5 4 (0.17%) Argo
5 4 (0.17%) EnCase
5 4 (0.17%) FTK
6 3 (0.13%) Ansible
7 2 (0.086%) Microsoft Clustering
7 2 (0.086%) Progress Chef
7 2 (0.086%) Puppet
8 1 (0.043%) EMC NetWorker
8 1 (0.043%) Grafana
8 1 (0.043%) MOM
8 1 (0.043%) PaperCut
8 1 (0.043%) SCCM
8 1 (0.043%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 1,131 (48.71%) Microsoft
2 179 (7.71%) Databricks
3 110 (4.74%) SAP
4 85 (3.66%) Google
5 79 (3.40%) Oracle
6 41 (1.77%) Salesforce
7 32 (1.38%) Sage
8 29 (1.25%) Alteryx
8 29 (1.25%) ServiceNow
9 25 (1.08%) Intapp
10 24 (1.03%) Informatica
11 19 (0.82%) Concur
12 16 (0.69%) Aderant
12 16 (0.69%) Adobe
13 14 (0.60%) iManage
13 14 (0.60%) Workday
13 14 (0.60%) YouTube
14 11 (0.47%) HP
14 11 (0.47%) OpenAI
14 11 (0.47%) Yardi