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 22 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 56 68 58
Rank change year-on-year +12 -10 +21
Permanent jobs citing Power BI 2,244 1,495 3,146
As % of all permanent jobs in England 3.31% 3.94% 4.14%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 35.27% 20.88% 22.54%
Number of salaries quoted 1,137 997 2,547
10th Percentile £36,250 £37,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +11.11% -4.19%
75th Percentile £75,000 £76,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £95,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.17% +14.29% -4.55%

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 6,363 7,160 13,956
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 9.40% 18.86% 18.35%
Number of salaries quoted 3,969 4,695 11,190
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £43,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +13.04% -11.54%
75th Percentile £81,250 £87,500 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £63,950 £57,500
% change year-on-year -6.18% +11.22% -9.45%

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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 22 March 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 22 March 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 +12 646 £70,000 - 280
North of England +2 457 £47,085 -1.91% 179
South East +23 396 £57,500 +4.55% 225
Midlands +25 393 £45,000 -7.69% 118
West Midlands +29 238 £47,085 -9.45% 73
Yorkshire +26 213 £42,039 -11.50% 66
North West -14 192 £50,000 +2.04% 94
South West +45 184 £43,500 -9.84% 71
East Midlands +25 153 £45,000 +5.88% 45
East of England -10 151 £49,000 -30.00% 56
North East +15 52 £41,250 -15.38% 24
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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
1 149 (6.64%) SharePoint
2 41 (1.83%) Apache Airflow
2 41 (1.83%) Apache Spark
3 29 (1.29%) Microsoft Exchange
4 16 (0.71%) SAS
5 15 (0.67%) Confluence
6 7 (0.31%) Apache
7 4 (0.18%) ArcGIS
7 4 (0.18%) CMS
7 4 (0.18%) Umbraco
8 2 (0.089%) Moodle
8 2 (0.089%) Oracle Application Server
8 2 (0.089%) Palantir Foundry
8 2 (0.089%) WordPress
9 1 (0.045%) Appian
9 1 (0.045%) Drupal
9 1 (0.045%) Jupyter
9 1 (0.045%) Mendix
Applications
1 1,130 (50.36%) Microsoft Excel
2 70 (3.12%) Microsoft Office
3 55 (2.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 23 (1.02%) Spreadsheet
5 19 (0.85%) Microsoft Project
6 13 (0.58%) MS Visio
7 9 (0.40%) Trello
8 4 (0.18%) Maya
9 2 (0.089%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 1 (0.045%) Acrobat
10 1 (0.045%) Adobe Illustrator
10 1 (0.045%) Adobe XD
10 1 (0.045%) Chatbot
10 1 (0.045%) InDesign
10 1 (0.045%) Oracle Smart View
10 1 (0.045%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 43 (1.92%) Dynamics CRM
2 15 (0.67%) NetSuite
3 10 (0.45%) Dynamics AX
4 9 (0.40%) SAP CO
5 6 (0.27%) IBM Planning Analytics
5 6 (0.27%) NEC Housing
6 5 (0.22%) Dynamics NAV
7 4 (0.18%) Markit EDM
7 4 (0.18%) SAP Business One
7 4 (0.18%) Visualfiles
8 3 (0.13%) Elite 3E
8 3 (0.13%) Integrated Workplace Management System
8 3 (0.13%) ResourceLink
8 3 (0.13%) Sage 200
8 3 (0.13%) Salesforce CRM
8 3 (0.13%) SAP ERP
8 3 (0.13%) Shopify
9 2 (0.089%) Aladdin
9 2 (0.089%) Q-Pulse
9 2 (0.089%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 2,244 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 1,267 (56.46%) Azure
3 716 (31.91%) Azure AI
4 236 (10.52%) Power Automate
5 211 (9.40%) Microsoft 365
6 192 (8.56%) PowerApps
7 150 (6.68%) Azure Data Factory
8 144 (6.42%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 136 (6.06%) Snowflake
10 113 (5.04%) Dynamics 365
11 97 (4.32%) AWS
12 93 (4.14%) dbt
13 80 (3.57%) Azure DevOps
14 66 (2.94%) GCP
14 66 (2.94%) SaaS
15 61 (2.72%) Entra ID
16 58 (2.58%) Microsoft Copilot
17 53 (2.36%) Azure Logic Apps
18 36 (1.60%) Serverless
19 28 (1.25%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 14 (0.62%) Intranet
2 12 (0.53%) Firewall
3 11 (0.49%) DHCP
3 11 (0.49%) DNS
4 10 (0.45%) TCP/IP
5 9 (0.40%) WAN
6 5 (0.22%) Modbus
6 5 (0.22%) MQTT
6 5 (0.22%) VPN
7 4 (0.18%) Broadband
7 4 (0.18%) VoIP
8 3 (0.13%) Internet
8 3 (0.13%) VLAN
9 2 (0.089%) LAN
9 2 (0.089%) Network Security
9 2 (0.089%) Wi-Fi
10 1 (0.045%) ADSL
10 1 (0.045%) BGP
10 1 (0.045%) FTP
10 1 (0.045%) Softphone
Database & Business Intelligence
1 952 (42.42%) Tableau
2 200 (8.91%) SQL Server
3 195 (8.69%) Data Warehouse
4 118 (5.26%) Data Lake
5 112 (4.99%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 108 (4.81%) Power Query
7 67 (2.99%) Azure SQL Database
8 64 (2.85%) Looker
9 60 (2.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 44 (1.96%) BigQuery
11 40 (1.78%) Relational Database
12 37 (1.65%) Big Data
13 33 (1.47%) Amazon Redshift
13 33 (1.47%) Snowflake Schema
14 30 (1.34%) SQL Server Analysis Services
15 29 (1.29%) PostgreSQL
16 28 (1.25%) Metadata
17 26 (1.16%) Star Schema
18 25 (1.11%) PowerPivot
19 24 (1.07%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 70 (3.12%) Git
2 34 (1.52%) Visual Studio
3 31 (1.38%) JIRA
4 21 (0.94%) MLflow
5 9 (0.40%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 7 (0.31%) GitLab
7 5 (0.22%) ERwin
7 5 (0.22%) PowerDesigner
8 4 (0.18%) ER Studio
8 4 (0.18%) Jenkins
8 4 (0.18%) Postman
9 2 (0.089%) DBeaver
10 1 (0.045%) Axure RP
10 1 (0.045%) Bitbucket
10 1 (0.045%) NUnit
10 1 (0.045%) Oracle APEX
10 1 (0.045%) Oracle Forms
10 1 (0.045%) Selenium
10 1 (0.045%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 1,260 (56.15%) Social Skills
2 549 (24.47%) Finance
3 511 (22.77%) Analytical Skills
4 88 (3.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 86 (3.83%) Marketing
6 79 (3.52%) Public Sector
7 77 (3.43%) Manufacturing
8 76 (3.39%) Legal
9 65 (2.90%) Law
10 60 (2.67%) Retail
11 51 (2.27%) Organisational Skills
11 51 (2.27%) Presentation Skills
12 43 (1.92%) Banking
13 28 (1.25%) Influencing Skills
14 26 (1.16%) Documentation Skills
15 20 (0.89%) Games
16 19 (0.85%) Financial Institution
17 18 (0.80%) Advertising
18 17 (0.76%) Publishing
18 17 (0.76%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1,196 (53.30%) Analyst
2 915 (40.78%) Data Analyst
3 725 (32.31%) Junior
4 716 (31.91%) Junior Analyst
5 713 (31.77%) Junior Data Analyst
6 236 (10.52%) Senior
7 214 (9.54%) Developer
8 142 (6.33%) Data Engineer
9 119 (5.30%) Lead
10 85 (3.79%) Business Intelligence Developer
11 78 (3.48%) Architect
12 74 (3.30%) Business Intelligence Analyst
13 73 (3.25%) Financial Analyst
14 72 (3.21%) Senior Analyst
15 63 (2.81%) Business Analyst
16 58 (2.58%) Support Analyst
17 56 (2.50%) IT Support
18 52 (2.32%) Power Platform Developer
19 50 (2.23%) Power BI Developer
20 49 (2.18%) Systems Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 69 (3.07%) .NET
2 40 (1.78%) REST
3 37 (1.65%) JSON
3 37 (1.65%) PySpark
4 32 (1.43%) XML
5 30 (1.34%) Kafka
6 27 (1.20%) HTML5 Canvas
7 26 (1.16%) .NET Core
8 25 (1.11%) CSS
9 23 (1.02%) HTML
10 21 (0.94%) PyTorch
11 20 (0.89%) scikit-learn
11 20 (0.89%) TensorFlow
12 19 (0.85%) LangChain
12 19 (0.85%) LlamaIndex
12 19 (0.85%) pgvector
13 17 (0.76%) EDI
13 17 (0.76%) SOAP
14 15 (0.67%) Web Services
15 11 (0.49%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 74 (3.30%) Analytical Mindset
2 73 (3.25%) Management Information System
3 59 (2.63%) Cloud Native
4 45 (2.01%) Data Structures
5 41 (1.83%) Self-Motivation
6 33 (1.47%) Low-Code
7 31 (1.38%) Legacy Systems
8 30 (1.34%) Onboarding
9 27 (1.20%) Product Ownership
10 24 (1.07%) Clustering
11 20 (0.89%) Public Cloud
12 17 (0.76%) Driving Licence
12 17 (0.76%) Greenfield Project
13 16 (0.71%) Enterprise Software
13 16 (0.71%) Reinsurance
14 15 (0.67%) FMCG
15 14 (0.62%) NHS
16 12 (0.53%) Algorithms
17 10 (0.45%) Social Media
18 9 (0.40%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 35 (1.56%) Windows
2 14 (0.62%) Linux
3 13 (0.58%) Windows Server
4 12 (0.53%) VMS
5 9 (0.40%) Unix
6 4 (0.18%) Android
6 4 (0.18%) Mac OS
7 3 (0.13%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.089%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.045%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.045%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.045%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.045%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,147 (95.68%) Business Intelligence
2 937 (41.76%) AI
3 573 (25.53%) Analytics
4 425 (18.94%) Decision-Making
5 372 (16.58%) Problem-Solving
6 345 (15.37%) Data Modelling
7 335 (14.93%) Visualisation
8 277 (12.34%) ETL
9 271 (12.08%) Continuous Improvement
10 235 (10.47%) Data Analysis
11 234 (10.43%) Agile
12 220 (9.80%) Data Visualisation
13 214 (9.54%) Data Governance
14 199 (8.87%) Actionable Insight
15 196 (8.73%) Data Engineering
16 186 (8.29%) Data Pipeline
17 163 (7.26%) Data Management
18 157 (7.00%) Project Management
19 153 (6.82%) CI/CD
19 153 (6.82%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 1,498 (66.76%) SQL
2 1,107 (49.33%) Python
3 135 (6.02%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 104 (4.63%) C#
5 85 (3.79%) PowerShell
6 78 (3.48%) VBA
7 73 (3.25%) JavaScript
8 54 (2.41%) R
9 42 (1.87%) T-SQL
10 19 (0.85%) Kusto Query Language
11 14 (0.62%) TypeScript
12 10 (0.45%) Delphi
13 9 (0.40%) Java
13 9 (0.40%) Scala
14 7 (0.31%) VBScript
15 6 (0.27%) VB
16 5 (0.22%) ANSI SQL
16 5 (0.22%) Bicep
17 4 (0.18%) Bash
17 4 (0.18%) Julia
Qualifications
1 736 (32.80%) Azure Certification
2 273 (12.17%) Degree
3 78 (3.48%) Security Cleared
4 71 (3.16%) ACCA
4 71 (3.16%) CIMA
5 59 (2.63%) SC Cleared
6 53 (2.36%) Microsoft Certification
7 46 (2.05%) Computer Science Degree
8 39 (1.74%) PMI Certification
8 39 (1.74%) PMP
9 36 (1.60%) Master's Degree
10 32 (1.43%) DBS Check
11 17 (0.76%) AAT
12 16 (0.71%) MBA
13 13 (0.58%) APMP
14 11 (0.49%) Numerate Degree
15 8 (0.36%) BPSS Clearance
15 8 (0.36%) IIBA
16 7 (0.31%) Six Sigma Green Belt
17 6 (0.27%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 263 (11.72%) Data Quality
2 90 (4.01%) GDPR
3 55 (2.45%) QA
4 42 (1.87%) PMO
5 39 (1.74%) SLA
6 31 (1.38%) Accessibility
7 25 (1.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 22 (0.98%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 21 (0.94%) Actionable Recommendations
10 7 (0.31%) IFRS
11 5 (0.22%) Cyber Essentials
11 5 (0.22%) GRC
11 5 (0.22%) NIST
12 4 (0.18%) IFRS 17
12 4 (0.18%) ITGC
13 3 (0.13%) GAAP
13 3 (0.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 2 (0.089%) EMIR
14 2 (0.089%) MiFID
14 2 (0.089%) WCAG
System Software
1 58 (2.58%) Active Directory
2 11 (0.49%) Docker
3 10 (0.45%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.13%) Hyper-V
4 3 (0.13%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.089%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.045%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 17 (0.76%) Terraform
2 13 (0.58%) Microsoft Intune
3 12 (0.53%) Kubernetes
4 7 (0.31%) Single Sign-On
5 6 (0.27%) SCCM
6 5 (0.22%) Control-M
6 5 (0.22%) FortiGate
7 3 (0.13%) Ansible
7 3 (0.13%) Argo
8 1 (0.045%) Grafana
8 1 (0.045%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.045%) MOM
8 1 (0.045%) RSA Archer
8 1 (0.045%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 1,224 (54.55%) Microsoft
2 141 (6.28%) Databricks
3 71 (3.16%) SAP
4 69 (3.07%) Oracle
5 49 (2.18%) Salesforce
6 41 (1.83%) Google
7 37 (1.65%) Informatica
8 33 (1.47%) ServiceNow
9 28 (1.25%) Alteryx
10 24 (1.07%) Dell
11 23 (1.02%) Adobe
12 20 (0.89%) Anaplan
13 19 (0.85%) Cloudera
14 14 (0.62%) IBM
15 13 (0.58%) Intapp
16 12 (0.53%) Genesys
16 12 (0.53%) Verint
17 10 (0.45%) HubSpot
17 10 (0.45%) VMware
18 9 (0.40%) Epicor