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 4 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 54 76 71
Rank change year-on-year +22 -5 +10
Permanent jobs citing Power BI 2,554 1,641 2,287
As % of all permanent jobs in England 2.78% 3.76% 3.13%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 31.57% 24.08% 20.10%
Number of salaries quoted 1,501 1,208 1,714
10th Percentile £35,000 £34,755 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,645 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.16% -7.26% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £93,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £58,000
% change year-on-year - -5.17% +5.45%

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 8,091 6,815 11,379
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 8.80% 15.64% 15.59%
Number of salaries quoted 5,536 4,488 7,902
10th Percentile £36,250 £35,000 £37,199
25th Percentile £45,391 £46,250 £45,786
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% - -3.85%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £110,000 £115,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - - -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

Power BI
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Power BI.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Power BI

Power BI
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Power BI in England over the 6 months to 4 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Power BI in England

Power BI
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 4 August 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 -11 679 £72,500 +9.02% 444
North of England +89 627 £45,037 -14.22% 177
Midlands +20 452 £50,000 - 137
South East +3 367 £52,500 - 212
North West +69 285 £48,000 -11.11% 98
Yorkshire +67 262 £44,000 -12.87% 60
West Midlands +19 262 £51,356 -4.01% 83
South West -2 224 £42,500 -19.05% 66
East Midlands +25 190 £50,000 +11.11% 54
East of England +4 181 £60,000 +42.01% 41
North East +7 80 £45,000 -5.26% 23
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Power BI
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
1 182 (7.13%) SharePoint
2 49 (1.92%) Apache Spark
3 44 (1.72%) Apache Airflow
4 34 (1.33%) Microsoft Exchange
5 15 (0.59%) Apache
6 10 (0.39%) WordPress
7 8 (0.31%) ArcGIS
8 6 (0.23%) CMS
8 6 (0.23%) Confluence
9 5 (0.20%) SAS
10 4 (0.16%) Oracle Workflow
11 3 (0.12%) Luigi
12 2 (0.078%) Headless CMS
12 2 (0.078%) IIS
12 2 (0.078%) Oracle Application Server
12 2 (0.078%) Umbraco
13 1 (0.039%) Appian
13 1 (0.039%) Mendix
13 1 (0.039%) Tornado
Applications
1 1,133 (44.36%) Microsoft Excel
2 65 (2.55%) Microsoft Office
3 46 (1.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 25 (0.98%) Microsoft Project
5 24 (0.94%) Spreadsheet
6 22 (0.86%) MS Visio
7 7 (0.27%) Chatbot
8 2 (0.078%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 2 (0.078%) ProjectWise
9 1 (0.039%) Revit
Business Applications
1 52 (2.04%) Dynamics CRM
2 45 (1.76%) NetSuite
3 12 (0.47%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 11 (0.43%) Elite 3E
5 8 (0.31%) Carpe Diem
5 8 (0.31%) SAP S/4HANA
5 8 (0.31%) Visualfiles
6 6 (0.23%) Dynamics NAV
6 6 (0.23%) IBM Planning Analytics
7 5 (0.20%) SAP ERP
7 5 (0.20%) SAP PM
8 4 (0.16%) Magento
8 4 (0.16%) Shopify
9 3 (0.12%) Sage 200
10 2 (0.078%) Dynamics GP
10 2 (0.078%) Infor M3
10 2 (0.078%) Markit EDM
10 2 (0.078%) SAP Business One
10 2 (0.078%) Unit4 Business World
10 2 (0.078%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 2,554 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 1,289 (50.47%) Azure
3 670 (26.23%) Azure AI
4 286 (11.20%) Power Automate
5 260 (10.18%) PowerApps
6 246 (9.63%) Microsoft 365
7 175 (6.85%) Dynamics 365
8 163 (6.38%) AWS
9 147 (5.76%) Azure Data Factory
10 127 (4.97%) Snowflake
11 114 (4.46%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 102 (3.99%) GCP
13 96 (3.76%) Azure DevOps
14 74 (2.90%) SaaS
15 73 (2.86%) Microsoft Purview
16 72 (2.82%) Azure Logic Apps
17 67 (2.62%) dbt
18 60 (2.35%) OneDrive
19 57 (2.23%) Microsoft Copilot
20 50 (1.96%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 15 (0.59%) Broadband
1 15 (0.59%) Firewall
2 10 (0.39%) DHCP
2 10 (0.39%) DNS
3 8 (0.31%) WAN
4 6 (0.23%) VoIP
4 6 (0.23%) VPN
5 5 (0.20%) SMS
6 4 (0.16%) Intranet
6 4 (0.16%) LAN
6 4 (0.16%) LTE
6 4 (0.16%) Network Security
7 3 (0.12%) NAS
7 3 (0.12%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (0.078%) Internet
8 2 (0.078%) MQTT
8 2 (0.078%) Wireless
9 1 (0.039%) Modbus
9 1 (0.039%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 981 (38.41%) Tableau
2 220 (8.61%) Data Warehouse
3 177 (6.93%) SQL Server
4 137 (5.36%) Data Lake
5 128 (5.01%) Power Query
6 126 (4.93%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 85 (3.33%) Azure SQL Database
8 83 (3.25%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 78 (3.05%) Looker
10 59 (2.31%) Relational Database
11 56 (2.19%) BigQuery
12 45 (1.76%) Metadata
13 42 (1.64%) Star Schema
14 39 (1.53%) Amazon Redshift
15 33 (1.29%) Big Data
16 30 (1.17%) Semantic Layer
17 29 (1.14%) PostgreSQL
18 27 (1.06%) Delta Lake
18 27 (1.06%) Snowflake Schema
18 27 (1.06%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 62 (2.43%) Git
2 47 (1.84%) JIRA
3 31 (1.21%) MLflow
4 20 (0.78%) Visual Studio
5 11 (0.43%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 7 (0.27%) Jenkins
7 5 (0.20%) Oracle Forms
8 4 (0.16%) GitLab
9 1 (0.039%) Ant
9 1 (0.039%) Apache Ivy
9 1 (0.039%) Browser DevTools
9 1 (0.039%) ERwin
9 1 (0.039%) IBM UrbanCode
9 1 (0.039%) Maven
9 1 (0.039%) NUnit
9 1 (0.039%) Postman
9 1 (0.039%) PowerDesigner
9 1 (0.039%) Selenium
9 1 (0.039%) Toad
9 1 (0.039%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 1,369 (53.60%) Social Skills
2 578 (22.63%) Analytical Skills
3 570 (22.32%) Finance
4 143 (5.60%) Law
5 129 (5.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 117 (4.58%) Marketing
7 115 (4.50%) Retail
8 111 (4.35%) Legal
9 110 (4.31%) Public Sector
10 105 (4.11%) Organisational Skills
11 91 (3.56%) Manufacturing
12 35 (1.37%) Banking
13 32 (1.25%) Documentation Skills
14 29 (1.14%) Influencing Skills
14 29 (1.14%) Telecoms
15 28 (1.10%) Presentation Skills
16 27 (1.06%) Billing
17 25 (0.98%) Military
18 24 (0.94%) Advertising
19 22 (0.86%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 1,191 (46.63%) Analyst
2 869 (34.03%) Data Analyst
3 690 (27.02%) Junior
4 679 (26.59%) Junior Analyst
5 668 (26.16%) Junior Data Analyst
6 311 (12.18%) Senior
7 288 (11.28%) Developer
8 176 (6.89%) Data Engineer
9 141 (5.52%) Lead
10 89 (3.48%) Architect
11 85 (3.33%) Business Intelligence Analyst
12 79 (3.09%) Business Intelligence Developer
12 79 (3.09%) Data Manager
13 74 (2.90%) Business Analyst
14 71 (2.78%) Senior Analyst
15 60 (2.35%) Power Platform Developer
16 59 (2.31%) Data Architect
17 58 (2.27%) Consultant
18 56 (2.19%) Senior Developer
19 55 (2.15%) Systems Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 114 (4.46%) .NET
2 64 (2.51%) HTML
3 60 (2.35%) REST
4 59 (2.31%) PySpark
5 58 (2.27%) CSS
6 47 (1.84%) JSON
7 42 (1.64%) HTML5 Canvas
8 41 (1.61%) Kafka
9 37 (1.45%) .NET Core
10 33 (1.29%) scikit-learn
11 32 (1.25%) PyTorch
12 27 (1.06%) Microsoft Graph
12 27 (1.06%) TensorFlow
12 27 (1.06%) XML
13 25 (0.98%) Middleware
14 24 (0.94%) LangChain
14 24 (0.94%) LlamaIndex
15 23 (0.90%) pgvector
16 21 (0.82%) EDI
17 20 (0.78%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 142 (5.56%) Management Information System
2 76 (2.98%) Data Structures
3 58 (2.27%) Cloud Native
4 54 (2.11%) Analytical Mindset
5 50 (1.96%) Onboarding
6 43 (1.68%) Product Ownership
7 36 (1.41%) Self-Motivation
8 33 (1.29%) Legacy Systems
9 26 (1.02%) Public Cloud
10 25 (0.98%) Clustering
11 23 (0.90%) Low-Code
12 21 (0.82%) Greenfield Project
13 19 (0.74%) Social Media
14 18 (0.70%) Driving Licence
14 18 (0.70%) NHS
15 16 (0.63%) AI Agents
16 15 (0.59%) Enterprise Software
17 14 (0.55%) Educational Technology
17 14 (0.55%) Enterprise Cloud
17 14 (0.55%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 45 (1.76%) Windows
2 22 (0.86%) Linux
3 20 (0.78%) Windows Server
4 7 (0.27%) VMS
5 4 (0.16%) Unix
5 4 (0.16%) Windows 10
5 4 (0.16%) Windows Server 2019
6 2 (0.078%) Android
6 2 (0.078%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.078%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.039%) Solaris
7 1 (0.039%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,408 (94.28%) Business Intelligence
2 1,066 (41.74%) AI
3 760 (29.76%) Analytics
4 509 (19.93%) Decision-Making
5 504 (19.73%) Problem-Solving
6 445 (17.42%) Data Modelling
7 399 (15.62%) Continuous Improvement
8 344 (13.47%) Visualisation
9 297 (11.63%) Agile
10 294 (11.51%) Data Governance
11 285 (11.16%) ETL
12 247 (9.67%) Stakeholder Management
13 243 (9.51%) Data Engineering
13 243 (9.51%) Data Visualisation
14 241 (9.44%) ERP
15 236 (9.24%) Actionable Insight
15 236 (9.24%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 227 (8.89%) Data Analysis
17 210 (8.22%) Data Pipeline
18 201 (7.87%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 1,685 (65.97%) SQL
2 1,061 (41.54%) Python
3 165 (6.46%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 161 (6.30%) C#
5 114 (4.46%) JavaScript
6 64 (2.51%) PowerShell
7 57 (2.23%) VBA
8 54 (2.11%) T-SQL
9 47 (1.84%) R
10 31 (1.21%) TypeScript
11 19 (0.74%) Scala
12 18 (0.70%) Kusto Query Language
13 12 (0.47%) Java
14 9 (0.35%) VB
15 8 (0.31%) VBScript
16 6 (0.23%) Julia
17 4 (0.16%) Bicep
17 4 (0.16%) PHP
17 4 (0.16%) VB.NET
18 3 (0.12%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 696 (27.25%) Azure Certification
2 265 (10.38%) Degree
3 105 (4.11%) Security Cleared
4 84 (3.29%) ACCA
5 83 (3.25%) SC Cleared
6 79 (3.09%) CIMA
7 46 (1.80%) Microsoft Certification
8 39 (1.53%) DBS Check
9 29 (1.14%) Computer Science Degree
10 26 (1.02%) AAT
11 25 (0.98%) PMI Certification
12 23 (0.90%) PMP
13 15 (0.59%) Master's Degree
14 13 (0.51%) BPSS Clearance
15 8 (0.31%) CompTIA CySA+
15 8 (0.31%) CompTIA Security+
15 8 (0.31%) SSCP
16 7 (0.27%) HND
16 7 (0.27%) Postgraduate
17 6 (0.23%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 372 (14.57%) Data Quality
2 135 (5.29%) GDPR
3 89 (3.48%) QA
4 51 (2.00%) Accessibility
5 44 (1.72%) SLA
6 41 (1.61%) PMO
7 37 (1.45%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 25 (0.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 17 (0.67%) TickIT
10 16 (0.63%) Actionable Recommendations
11 13 (0.51%) NIST
12 11 (0.43%) GRC
13 7 (0.27%) IFRS
14 6 (0.23%) ISO 9001
14 6 (0.23%) PERC
15 5 (0.20%) GAAP
16 4 (0.16%) Cyber Essentials
16 4 (0.16%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 4 (0.16%) NIST 800
17 3 (0.12%) ITGC
System Software
1 39 (1.53%) Active Directory
2 19 (0.74%) Docker
3 8 (0.31%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (0.23%) Virtual Desktop
5 4 (0.16%) BitLocker
6 3 (0.12%) Terminal Services
7 2 (0.078%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.078%) IAG
8 1 (0.039%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 25 (0.98%) Terraform
2 14 (0.55%) Kubernetes
3 13 (0.51%) Microsoft Intune
4 10 (0.39%) FortiGate
5 6 (0.23%) Single Sign-On
6 5 (0.20%) SCCM
7 4 (0.16%) Ansible
8 2 (0.078%) Control-M
8 2 (0.078%) Microsoft Clustering
9 1 (0.039%) Argo
9 1 (0.039%) Grafana
9 1 (0.039%) MOM
9 1 (0.039%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.039%) Puppet
9 1 (0.039%) SQL Sentry
9 1 (0.039%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 1,415 (55.40%) Microsoft
2 200 (7.83%) Databricks
3 97 (3.80%) SAP
4 79 (3.09%) Oracle
5 68 (2.66%) Google
6 44 (1.72%) Salesforce
7 30 (1.17%) Sage
8 29 (1.14%) Alteryx
8 29 (1.14%) Intapp
9 26 (1.02%) Adobe
10 24 (0.94%) Cloudera
11 23 (0.90%) Dell
12 20 (0.78%) Concur
12 20 (0.78%) Informatica
13 18 (0.70%) ServiceNow
14 17 (0.67%) iManage
15 13 (0.51%) Aderant
15 13 (0.51%) Cognos
15 13 (0.51%) HubSpot
16 12 (0.47%) SYSPRO