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 5 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 62 77 59
Rank change year-on-year +15 -18 +13
Permanent jobs citing Power BI 1,830 1,760 2,059
As % of all permanent jobs in England 3.51% 3.61% 4.40%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 31.18% 20.11% 21.52%
Number of salaries quoted 1,086 996 1,681
10th Percentile £36,250 £37,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £74,875 £76,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £89,375 £90,000 £86,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -1.79%

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 5,869 8,753 9,569
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 11.27% 17.97% 20.43%
Number of salaries quoted 3,867 4,936 7,607
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £36,750
25th Percentile £42,750 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £96,539
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,779 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.43% +4.63% -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 5 January 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 5 January 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 +17 651 £70,000 +3.70% 264
South East +19 347 £55,000 -6.98% 193
North of England +4 290 £50,000 +5.26% 105
Midlands +40 269 £50,000 +2.56% 109
West Midlands +17 180 £50,000 - 72
North West +3 165 £50,000 +2.04% 49
South West +33 141 £44,477 -6.37% 41
East of England -6 115 £46,750 -38.08% 44
Yorkshire -8 97 £46,250 -2.63% 40
East Midlands +37 87 £45,390 +0.87% 36
North East +24 28 £47,500 -7.32% 18
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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
1 118 (6.45%) SharePoint
2 16 (0.87%) Apache Spark
2 16 (0.87%) SAS
3 14 (0.77%) Apache Airflow
3 14 (0.77%) Microsoft Exchange
4 13 (0.71%) Confluence
5 9 (0.49%) SugarCRM
6 5 (0.27%) WordPress
7 4 (0.22%) Umbraco
8 3 (0.16%) Apache
8 3 (0.16%) CMS
9 2 (0.11%) Moodle
10 1 (0.055%) Apache Superset
10 1 (0.055%) Jupyter
Applications
1 797 (43.55%) Microsoft Excel
2 63 (3.44%) Microsoft Office
3 50 (2.73%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 19 (1.04%) Microsoft Project
5 13 (0.71%) Spreadsheet
6 12 (0.66%) MS Visio
7 11 (0.60%) Maya
8 10 (0.55%) Trello
9 5 (0.27%) Chatbot
10 2 (0.11%) AutoCAD
10 2 (0.11%) Revit
11 1 (0.055%) Acrobat
11 1 (0.055%) Adobe Illustrator
11 1 (0.055%) Adobe XD
11 1 (0.055%) InDesign
11 1 (0.055%) Oracle Smart View
11 1 (0.055%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 78 (4.26%) Dynamics CRM
2 10 (0.55%) NetSuite
3 9 (0.49%) Elite 3E
3 9 (0.49%) Shopify
4 8 (0.44%) SAP Business One
5 7 (0.38%) Visualfiles
6 6 (0.33%) Dynamics AX
6 6 (0.33%) Dynamics NAV
6 6 (0.33%) NEC Housing
7 5 (0.27%) IBM Planning Analytics
7 5 (0.27%) SAP CO
8 4 (0.22%) Oracle Payables
8 4 (0.22%) Oracle Receivables
8 4 (0.22%) SAP FI
9 3 (0.16%) ResourceLink
9 3 (0.16%) Salesforce CRM
9 3 (0.16%) SAP APO
9 3 (0.16%) SAP IBP
9 3 (0.16%) SAP S/4HANA
10 2 (0.11%) Q-Pulse
Cloud Services
1 1,830 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 814 (44.48%) Azure
3 247 (13.50%) Azure AI
4 193 (10.55%) Power Automate
5 169 (9.23%) Microsoft 365
6 165 (9.02%) PowerApps
7 138 (7.54%) Snowflake
8 134 (7.32%) Azure Data Factory
9 132 (7.21%) Dynamics 365
10 119 (6.50%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 89 (4.86%) AWS
12 83 (4.54%) Azure DevOps
13 66 (3.61%) dbt
14 56 (3.06%) Microsoft Copilot
15 54 (2.95%) GCP
16 49 (2.68%) SaaS
17 38 (2.08%) Azure Logic Apps
18 37 (2.02%) Fivetran
19 35 (1.91%) Entra ID
20 31 (1.69%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 14 (0.77%) Firewall
2 11 (0.60%) Intranet
3 10 (0.55%) DHCP
3 10 (0.55%) DNS
4 9 (0.49%) TCP/IP
5 7 (0.38%) VoIP
5 7 (0.38%) WAN
6 6 (0.33%) LAN
7 4 (0.22%) Modbus
7 4 (0.22%) MQTT
7 4 (0.22%) VPN
8 3 (0.16%) NAS
8 3 (0.16%) SAN
9 2 (0.11%) Network Security
9 2 (0.11%) VLAN
9 2 (0.11%) Wi-Fi
10 1 (0.055%) ADSL
10 1 (0.055%) BGP
10 1 (0.055%) FTP
10 1 (0.055%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 509 (27.81%) Tableau
2 200 (10.93%) SQL Server
3 169 (9.23%) Data Lake
4 167 (9.13%) Data Warehouse
5 109 (5.96%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 90 (4.92%) Power Query
7 67 (3.66%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 64 (3.50%) Looker
9 63 (3.44%) SAP BW
10 60 (3.28%) Azure SQL Database
11 41 (2.24%) Relational Database
12 38 (2.08%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 32 (1.75%) Metadata
14 27 (1.48%) BigQuery
15 24 (1.31%) Crystal Reports
15 24 (1.31%) Qlik Sense
16 20 (1.09%) BusinessObjects
16 20 (1.09%) Data Mining
16 20 (1.09%) PostgreSQL
17 19 (1.04%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 77 (4.21%) Git
2 33 (1.80%) Visual Studio
3 29 (1.58%) JIRA
4 9 (0.49%) GitLab
5 4 (0.22%) ER Studio
5 4 (0.22%) ERwin
5 4 (0.22%) PowerDesigner
6 3 (0.16%) Jenkins
7 2 (0.11%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 1 (0.055%) Axure RP
8 1 (0.055%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.055%) LSMW
8 1 (0.055%) Mercurial
8 1 (0.055%) Oracle APEX
8 1 (0.055%) Postman
8 1 (0.055%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 826 (45.14%) Social Skills
2 623 (34.04%) Finance
3 489 (26.72%) Analytical Skills
4 129 (7.05%) Marketing
5 91 (4.97%) Law
6 90 (4.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 88 (4.81%) Manufacturing
8 85 (4.64%) Retail
9 75 (4.10%) Legal
10 66 (3.61%) Presentation Skills
11 63 (3.44%) Organisational Skills
11 63 (3.44%) Public Sector
12 45 (2.46%) Banking
13 36 (1.97%) Games
14 35 (1.91%) Advertising
15 25 (1.37%) Influencing Skills
16 22 (1.20%) Billing
16 22 (1.20%) Financial Institution
17 19 (1.04%) Telecoms
18 18 (0.98%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 771 (42.13%) Analyst
2 437 (23.88%) Data Analyst
3 256 (13.99%) Junior
4 246 (13.44%) Junior Analyst
5 236 (12.90%) Junior Data Analyst
6 216 (11.80%) Senior
7 197 (10.77%) Developer
8 158 (8.63%) Lead
9 146 (7.98%) Data Engineer
10 80 (4.37%) Senior Analyst
11 79 (4.32%) Business Intelligence Developer
12 71 (3.88%) Business Intelligence Analyst
13 68 (3.72%) Architect
14 65 (3.55%) Report Analyst
15 63 (3.44%) Support Analyst
16 60 (3.28%) Financial Analyst
17 55 (3.01%) Business Analyst
18 47 (2.57%) Applications Support
19 46 (2.51%) Consultant
19 46 (2.51%) Power Platform Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (2.62%) .NET
2 43 (2.35%) REST
3 27 (1.48%) PySpark
4 26 (1.42%) Web Services
5 24 (1.31%) SOAP
6 21 (1.15%) HTML
7 18 (0.98%) EDI
7 18 (0.98%) HTML5 Canvas
7 18 (0.98%) JSON
7 18 (0.98%) XML
8 14 (0.77%) Pandas
9 12 (0.66%) CSS
10 10 (0.55%) React
11 9 (0.49%) AngularJS
11 9 (0.49%) Middleware
12 8 (0.44%) .NET Core
12 8 (0.44%) ASP.NET
12 8 (0.44%) Kafka
13 7 (0.38%) ASP.NET Core
13 7 (0.38%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 78 (4.26%) Analytical Mindset
2 60 (3.28%) Management Information System
3 51 (2.79%) Data Structures
4 39 (2.13%) Cloud Native
4 39 (2.13%) Self-Motivation
5 37 (2.02%) Onboarding
6 34 (1.86%) Product Ownership
7 33 (1.80%) FMCG
8 27 (1.48%) Legacy Systems
9 26 (1.42%) Enterprise Software
10 21 (1.15%) Reinsurance
11 19 (1.04%) Driving Licence
12 18 (0.98%) Low-Code
13 15 (0.82%) Greenfield Project
14 14 (0.77%) Algorithms
15 12 (0.66%) Social Media
16 9 (0.49%) Credit Risk
16 9 (0.49%) Data Protection Act
16 9 (0.49%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
16 9 (0.49%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 46 (2.51%) Windows
2 12 (0.66%) Linux
3 8 (0.44%) Mac OS
3 8 (0.44%) Unix
4 7 (0.38%) Windows 10
5 4 (0.22%) Windows Server
6 3 (0.16%) Android
7 2 (0.11%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.055%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.055%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.055%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,718 (93.88%) Business Intelligence
2 628 (34.32%) Analytics
3 454 (24.81%) Problem-Solving
4 453 (24.75%) AI
5 430 (23.50%) Decision-Making
6 362 (19.78%) Data Modelling
7 354 (19.34%) Visualisation
8 275 (15.03%) Continuous Improvement
9 267 (14.59%) Data Analysis
10 263 (14.37%) Agile
11 252 (13.77%) ETL
12 250 (13.66%) Actionable Insight
13 220 (12.02%) Data Visualisation
14 219 (11.97%) Data Governance
15 179 (9.78%) Stakeholder Management
16 177 (9.67%) Data Analytics
16 177 (9.67%) Data Pipeline
17 176 (9.62%) Data Engineering
17 176 (9.62%) ERP
18 161 (8.80%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 1,029 (56.23%) SQL
2 652 (35.63%) Python
3 126 (6.89%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 70 (3.83%) C#
5 64 (3.50%) PowerShell
6 60 (3.28%) JavaScript
7 59 (3.22%) VBA
8 51 (2.79%) R
9 45 (2.46%) T-SQL
10 25 (1.37%) Scala
11 10 (0.55%) Java
12 7 (0.38%) ANSI SQL
13 6 (0.33%) Kusto Query Language
13 6 (0.33%) TypeScript
14 5 (0.27%) Delphi
15 4 (0.22%) Bash
15 4 (0.22%) Bicep
16 3 (0.16%) VB.NET
17 2 (0.11%) C
17 2 (0.11%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 389 (21.26%) Degree
2 264 (14.43%) Azure Certification
3 75 (4.10%) ACCA
4 73 (3.99%) CIMA
5 63 (3.44%) Security Cleared
6 52 (2.84%) Microsoft Certification
7 50 (2.73%) SC Cleared
8 49 (2.68%) DBS Check
9 47 (2.57%) Computer Science Degree
10 40 (2.19%) PMI Certification
10 40 (2.19%) PMP
11 37 (2.02%) Master's Degree
12 20 (1.09%) CISSP
13 19 (1.04%) CISA
14 12 (0.66%) CISM
14 12 (0.66%) CRISC
14 12 (0.66%) HNC
14 12 (0.66%) Numerate Degree
15 10 (0.55%) MBA
16 8 (0.44%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 288 (15.74%) Data Quality
2 72 (3.93%) GDPR
3 68 (3.72%) QA
4 48 (2.62%) Accessibility
5 44 (2.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 41 (2.24%) PMO
7 22 (1.20%) SLA
8 15 (0.82%) NIST
9 14 (0.77%) Cyber Essentials
10 13 (0.71%) Actionable Recommendations
10 13 (0.71%) GRC
11 12 (0.66%) COBIT
11 12 (0.66%) ITGC
12 6 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 4 (0.22%) IFRS
14 3 (0.16%) California Consumer Privacy Act
15 2 (0.11%) IFRS 17
15 2 (0.11%) MiFID
15 2 (0.11%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 2 (0.11%) WCAG
System Software
1 30 (1.64%) Active Directory
2 11 (0.60%) Docker
3 7 (0.38%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.16%) VMware ESXi
4 3 (0.16%) vSphere
5 2 (0.11%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.055%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.055%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 23 (1.26%) Microsoft Intune
2 15 (0.82%) Terraform
3 11 (0.60%) Kubernetes
4 8 (0.44%) Single Sign-On
5 6 (0.33%) RSA Archer
6 5 (0.27%) FortiGate
7 3 (0.16%) Argo
7 3 (0.16%) Control-M
8 2 (0.11%) Microsoft Clustering
9 1 (0.055%) Grafana
9 1 (0.055%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.055%) MOM
9 1 (0.055%) SCCM
Vendors
1 741 (40.49%) Microsoft
2 144 (7.87%) SAP
3 117 (6.39%) Databricks
4 68 (3.72%) Oracle
5 54 (2.95%) Salesforce
6 45 (2.46%) Google
7 35 (1.91%) Alteryx
8 31 (1.69%) ServiceNow
9 20 (1.09%) Anaplan
10 18 (0.98%) Informatica
11 17 (0.93%) Verint
12 16 (0.87%) HubSpot
13 15 (0.82%) Adobe
13 15 (0.82%) Intapp
14 12 (0.66%) Dell
14 12 (0.66%) Genesys
14 12 (0.66%) MuleSoft
15 10 (0.55%) Dataiku
15 10 (0.55%) IBM
16 8 (0.44%) Sage