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

6 months to
3 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 65 69 76
Rank change year-on-year +4 +7 -5
Permanent jobs citing Power BI 2,343 1,704 2,132
As % of all permanent jobs in England 2.41% 3.91% 3.00%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 29.51% 25.90% 19.41%
Number of salaries quoted 1,491 1,209 1,525
10th Percentile £34,500 £32,010 £36,465
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £45,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - -8.33% +4.35%
75th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £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 7,939 6,579 10,983
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 8.16% 15.10% 15.48%
Number of salaries quoted 5,546 4,340 7,152
10th Percentile £36,250 £34,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,750 £45,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £64,494
Median % change year-on-year - -6.97% -0.78%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £96,250 £110,000 £115,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £62,500
% 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 3 September 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 3 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 -24 675 £72,500 +9.85% 884
North of England +83 559 £45,500 -13.33% 244
Midlands +14 401 £51,356 +2.71% 189
South East -26 328 £52,500 +2.44% 273
North West +68 274 £50,000 -7.41% 158
West Midlands +8 244 £51,356 -3.56% 128
South West -19 209 £42,500 -15.00% 129
Yorkshire +42 205 £42,750 -8.06% 62
East Midlands +17 157 £51,250 +13.89% 61
East of England -14 152 £60,000 +50.00% 99
North East 0 80 £46,250 -2.63% 25
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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
1 197 (8.41%) SharePoint
2 42 (1.79%) Apache Spark
3 33 (1.41%) Apache Airflow
4 29 (1.24%) Microsoft Exchange
5 15 (0.64%) Apache
6 9 (0.38%) WordPress
7 8 (0.34%) CMS
7 8 (0.34%) Confluence
8 5 (0.21%) ArcGIS
8 5 (0.21%) SAS
9 4 (0.17%) Luigi
9 4 (0.17%) Oracle Workflow
10 2 (0.085%) Appian
10 2 (0.085%) Headless CMS
10 2 (0.085%) IIS
10 2 (0.085%) Oracle Application Server
10 2 (0.085%) Tornado
10 2 (0.085%) Umbraco
11 1 (0.043%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 887 (37.86%) Microsoft Excel
2 59 (2.52%) Microsoft Office
3 38 (1.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 22 (0.94%) Spreadsheet
5 21 (0.90%) Microsoft Project
6 20 (0.85%) MS Visio
7 9 (0.38%) Chatbot
8 3 (0.13%) ProjectWise
9 2 (0.085%) Revit
10 1 (0.043%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 1 (0.043%) Adobe Illustrator
10 1 (0.043%) AutoCAD
10 1 (0.043%) InDesign
10 1 (0.043%) Inkscape
10 1 (0.043%) Navisworks
10 1 (0.043%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 57 (2.43%) Dynamics CRM
2 50 (2.13%) NetSuite
3 15 (0.64%) Elite 3E
4 12 (0.51%) Dynamics NAV
4 12 (0.51%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 10 (0.43%) Carpe Diem
5 10 (0.43%) IBM Planning Analytics
6 9 (0.38%) Visualfiles
7 7 (0.30%) SAP S/4HANA
8 5 (0.21%) Infor M3
8 5 (0.21%) SAP PM
9 4 (0.17%) SAP ERP
10 3 (0.13%) Magento
10 3 (0.13%) Payment Gateway
10 3 (0.13%) Shopify
10 3 (0.13%) SystmOne
11 2 (0.085%) Dynamics GP
11 2 (0.085%) Sage 200
11 2 (0.085%) SAP Business One
11 2 (0.085%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 2,343 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 1,062 (45.33%) Azure
3 439 (18.74%) Azure AI
4 297 (12.68%) Power Automate
5 278 (11.87%) PowerApps
6 252 (10.76%) Microsoft 365
7 192 (8.19%) Dynamics 365
8 164 (7.00%) Azure Data Factory
9 159 (6.79%) AWS
10 119 (5.08%) Azure DevOps
11 108 (4.61%) Snowflake
12 100 (4.27%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 93 (3.97%) GCP
14 76 (3.24%) Microsoft Copilot
15 73 (3.12%) Microsoft Purview
16 70 (2.99%) SaaS
17 67 (2.86%) Azure Logic Apps
18 60 (2.56%) OneDrive
19 48 (2.05%) Google Analytics
20 47 (2.01%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 15 (0.64%) Firewall
2 13 (0.55%) Broadband
3 8 (0.34%) DHCP
3 8 (0.34%) DNS
3 8 (0.34%) LAN
3 8 (0.34%) WAN
4 6 (0.26%) VoIP
4 6 (0.26%) VPN
5 5 (0.21%) Network Security
5 5 (0.21%) SMS
6 4 (0.17%) LTE
6 4 (0.17%) MQTT
7 3 (0.13%) NAS
7 3 (0.13%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (0.085%) Intranet
8 2 (0.085%) Wireless
9 1 (0.043%) Modbus
9 1 (0.043%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 732 (31.24%) Tableau
2 229 (9.77%) Data Warehouse
3 168 (7.17%) SQL Server
4 138 (5.89%) Data Lake
5 131 (5.59%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 122 (5.21%) Power Query
7 98 (4.18%) Azure SQL Database
8 84 (3.59%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 74 (3.16%) Looker
10 62 (2.65%) Relational Database
11 60 (2.56%) Metadata
12 51 (2.18%) Star Schema
13 45 (1.92%) BigQuery
14 31 (1.32%) Semantic Layer
15 29 (1.24%) Big Data
16 28 (1.20%) NoSQL
17 27 (1.15%) Amazon Redshift
17 27 (1.15%) Delta Lake
17 27 (1.15%) SQL Server Analysis Services
18 25 (1.07%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 84 (3.59%) Git
2 51 (2.18%) JIRA
3 22 (0.94%) MLflow
4 14 (0.60%) Visual Studio
5 12 (0.51%) Jenkins
6 9 (0.38%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 5 (0.21%) Oracle Forms
8 4 (0.17%) GitLab
9 2 (0.085%) Ant
9 2 (0.085%) Apache Ivy
9 2 (0.085%) ERwin
9 2 (0.085%) IBM UrbanCode
9 2 (0.085%) Maven
9 2 (0.085%) Visual Studio Code
10 1 (0.043%) Browser DevTools
10 1 (0.043%) ER Studio
10 1 (0.043%) kappa
10 1 (0.043%) NUnit
10 1 (0.043%) PowerDesigner
10 1 (0.043%) Toad
General
1 1,162 (49.59%) Social Skills
2 602 (25.69%) Finance
3 593 (25.31%) Analytical Skills
4 149 (6.36%) Law
5 133 (5.68%) Legal
6 127 (5.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 126 (5.38%) Marketing
8 124 (5.29%) Retail
9 119 (5.08%) Organisational Skills
10 107 (4.57%) Manufacturing
11 100 (4.27%) Public Sector
12 48 (2.05%) Banking
13 37 (1.58%) Documentation Skills
14 35 (1.49%) Influencing Skills
15 34 (1.45%) Billing
16 29 (1.24%) Presentation Skills
17 28 (1.20%) Telecoms
18 26 (1.11%) Military
19 23 (0.98%) Social Housing
20 22 (0.94%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 945 (40.33%) Analyst
2 636 (27.14%) Data Analyst
3 450 (19.21%) Junior
4 442 (18.86%) Junior Analyst
5 429 (18.31%) Junior Data Analyst
6 306 (13.06%) Developer
7 295 (12.59%) Senior
8 176 (7.51%) Data Engineer
9 141 (6.02%) Lead
10 86 (3.67%) Business Intelligence Developer
11 84 (3.59%) Architect
11 84 (3.59%) Data Manager
12 78 (3.33%) Business Intelligence Analyst
13 74 (3.16%) Business Analyst
14 68 (2.90%) Senior Analyst
15 63 (2.69%) Consultant
16 61 (2.60%) Systems Analyst
17 57 (2.43%) Data Architect
18 55 (2.35%) Power Platform Developer
19 53 (2.26%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 117 (4.99%) .NET
2 69 (2.94%) HTML
3 68 (2.90%) REST
4 63 (2.69%) PySpark
5 58 (2.48%) CSS
6 45 (1.92%) JSON
7 39 (1.66%) HTML5 Canvas
8 37 (1.58%) Kafka
9 36 (1.54%) .NET Core
10 29 (1.24%) PyTorch
11 28 (1.20%) Microsoft Graph
11 28 (1.20%) XML
12 26 (1.11%) scikit-learn
13 25 (1.07%) EDI
14 24 (1.02%) Middleware
14 24 (1.02%) TensorFlow
14 24 (1.02%) Terraform
15 23 (0.98%) ASP.NET
16 19 (0.81%) SPFx
17 18 (0.77%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 146 (6.23%) Management Information System
2 70 (2.99%) Data Structures
3 58 (2.48%) Product Ownership
4 48 (2.05%) Onboarding
5 45 (1.92%) Cloud Native
5 45 (1.92%) Self-Motivation
6 40 (1.71%) Analytical Mindset
7 36 (1.54%) Legacy Systems
8 28 (1.20%) Enterprise Software
9 25 (1.07%) Greenfield Project
10 22 (0.94%) Public Cloud
11 21 (0.90%) AI Agents
11 21 (0.90%) Driving Licence
11 21 (0.90%) NHS
12 19 (0.81%) Social Media
13 18 (0.77%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 17 (0.73%) Low-Code
15 16 (0.68%) Clustering
16 15 (0.64%) Educational Technology
17 14 (0.60%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 55 (2.35%) Windows
2 21 (0.90%) Linux
3 19 (0.81%) Windows Server
4 7 (0.30%) Windows Server 2019
5 4 (0.17%) Windows 10
6 3 (0.13%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.085%) Android
7 2 (0.085%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.085%) Solaris
7 2 (0.085%) VMS
8 1 (0.043%) Unix
8 1 (0.043%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,203 (94.02%) Business Intelligence
2 873 (37.26%) AI
3 773 (32.99%) Analytics
4 558 (23.82%) Problem-Solving
5 521 (22.24%) Decision-Making
6 452 (19.29%) Data Modelling
7 425 (18.14%) Continuous Improvement
8 344 (14.68%) Visualisation
9 313 (13.36%) Agile
10 290 (12.38%) Data Governance
10 290 (12.38%) ETL
11 277 (11.82%) Stakeholder Management
12 263 (11.22%) ERP
13 258 (11.01%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 255 (10.88%) Data Engineering
15 251 (10.71%) Actionable Insight
16 237 (10.12%) Data Visualisation
17 231 (9.86%) Data Analysis
18 220 (9.39%) Dashboard Development
19 214 (9.13%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 1,483 (63.29%) SQL
2 838 (35.77%) Python
3 176 (7.51%) C#
4 175 (7.47%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 126 (5.38%) JavaScript
6 57 (2.43%) PowerShell
7 49 (2.09%) T-SQL
8 47 (2.01%) VBA
9 45 (1.92%) R
10 33 (1.41%) TypeScript
11 20 (0.85%) Scala
12 18 (0.77%) Java
13 13 (0.55%) Kusto Query Language
14 6 (0.26%) Julia
14 6 (0.26%) VB
14 6 (0.26%) VB.NET
15 5 (0.21%) PHP
15 5 (0.21%) VBScript
16 4 (0.17%) XAML
17 3 (0.13%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 463 (19.76%) Azure Certification
2 268 (11.44%) Degree
3 115 (4.91%) Security Cleared
4 95 (4.05%) SC Cleared
5 84 (3.59%) ACCA
6 79 (3.37%) CIMA
7 46 (1.96%) Microsoft Certification
8 38 (1.62%) DBS Check
9 26 (1.11%) PMI Certification
10 23 (0.98%) PMP
11 21 (0.90%) Computer Science Degree
12 20 (0.85%) AAT
13 15 (0.64%) BPSS Clearance
14 14 (0.60%) Master's Degree
15 9 (0.38%) Postgraduate
16 8 (0.34%) CompTIA CySA+
16 8 (0.34%) CompTIA Security+
16 8 (0.34%) SSCP
17 7 (0.30%) AWS Certification
17 7 (0.30%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 414 (17.67%) Data Quality
2 143 (6.10%) GDPR
3 85 (3.63%) QA
4 54 (2.30%) Accessibility
5 43 (1.84%) PMO
6 39 (1.66%) SLA
7 37 (1.58%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 22 (0.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 17 (0.73%) TickIT
10 16 (0.68%) Actionable Recommendations
11 13 (0.55%) NIST
12 9 (0.38%) GRC
13 8 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials
13 8 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 8 (0.34%) ISO 9001
14 6 (0.26%) PERC
15 5 (0.21%) GAAP
16 4 (0.17%) IFRS
16 4 (0.17%) NIST 800
17 2 (0.085%) GxP
System Software
1 29 (1.24%) Active Directory
2 22 (0.94%) Docker
3 6 (0.26%) Virtual Desktop
4 5 (0.21%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (0.17%) BitLocker
6 3 (0.13%) Terminal Services
7 2 (0.085%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.085%) IAG
Systems Management
1 16 (0.68%) Microsoft Intune
2 14 (0.60%) Kubernetes
3 10 (0.43%) FortiGate
4 6 (0.26%) Single Sign-On
5 4 (0.17%) Ansible
5 4 (0.17%) Argo
6 2 (0.085%) Microsoft Clustering
6 2 (0.085%) Progress Chef
6 2 (0.085%) Puppet
6 2 (0.085%) SCCM
7 1 (0.043%) EMC NetWorker
7 1 (0.043%) Grafana
7 1 (0.043%) MOM
7 1 (0.043%) SQL Sentry
7 1 (0.043%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 1,218 (51.98%) Microsoft
2 191 (8.15%) Databricks
3 99 (4.23%) SAP
4 75 (3.20%) Google
5 71 (3.03%) Oracle
6 40 (1.71%) Salesforce
7 30 (1.28%) Sage
8 26 (1.11%) Alteryx
8 26 (1.11%) Intapp
9 22 (0.94%) Adobe
9 22 (0.94%) Informatica
10 16 (0.68%) Cloudera
10 16 (0.68%) Concur
10 16 (0.68%) iManage
10 16 (0.68%) ServiceNow
11 15 (0.64%) Dell
12 14 (0.60%) Aderant
13 12 (0.51%) HubSpot
13 12 (0.51%) SYSPRO
14 11 (0.47%) Yardi