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

6 months to
10 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 55 75 71
Rank change year-on-year +20 -4 +7
Permanent jobs citing Power BI 2,516 1,653 2,268
As % of all permanent jobs in England 2.68% 3.77% 3.14%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 30.87% 24.29% 20.20%
Number of salaries quoted 1,505 1,213 1,693
10th Percentile £35,000 £34,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,750 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - -8.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £76,250
90th Percentile £90,000 £88,750 £92,500
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 8,151 6,804 11,225
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 8.69% 15.53% 15.53%
Number of salaries quoted 5,586 4,467 7,791
10th Percentile £36,250 £35,000 £37,250
25th Percentile £45,500 £46,250 £46,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% -0.80% -3.85%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £85,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £110,000 £115,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - - -4.82%

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 10 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 10 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 -12 689 £70,000 +5.26% 469
North of England +83 611 £45,005 -14.28% 177
Midlands +23 441 £50,000 - 128
South East -2 355 £53,750 +2.38% 214
North West +68 280 £47,750 -9.91% 99
West Midlands +18 257 £51,356 -5.33% 77
Yorkshire +65 251 £42,750 -15.35% 59
South West -9 220 £42,500 -19.05% 72
East Midlands +20 184 £50,000 +11.11% 51
East of England -2 175 £60,000 +48.15% 45
North East +5 80 £45,000 -5.26% 23
Power BI
UK

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
1 183 (7.27%) SharePoint
2 51 (2.03%) Apache Spark
3 45 (1.79%) Apache Airflow
4 32 (1.27%) Microsoft Exchange
5 17 (0.68%) Apache
6 10 (0.40%) WordPress
7 8 (0.32%) ArcGIS
8 6 (0.24%) CMS
8 6 (0.24%) Confluence
9 5 (0.20%) SAS
10 4 (0.16%) Luigi
10 4 (0.16%) Oracle Workflow
11 2 (0.079%) Headless CMS
11 2 (0.079%) IIS
11 2 (0.079%) Oracle Application Server
11 2 (0.079%) Tornado
11 2 (0.079%) Umbraco
12 1 (0.040%) Mendix
Applications
1 1,084 (43.08%) Microsoft Excel
2 66 (2.62%) Microsoft Office
3 46 (1.83%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 25 (0.99%) Microsoft Project
5 23 (0.91%) Spreadsheet
6 21 (0.83%) MS Visio
7 7 (0.28%) Chatbot
8 2 (0.079%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 2 (0.079%) ProjectWise
9 1 (0.040%) Revit
Business Applications
1 53 (2.11%) Dynamics CRM
2 47 (1.87%) NetSuite
3 12 (0.48%) Elite 3E
3 12 (0.48%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 9 (0.36%) Visualfiles
5 8 (0.32%) Carpe Diem
6 7 (0.28%) Dynamics NAV
6 7 (0.28%) IBM Planning Analytics
6 7 (0.28%) SAP S/4HANA
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 (0.079%) Dynamics GP
10 2 (0.079%) Infor M3
10 2 (0.079%) Markit EDM
10 2 (0.079%) SAP Business One
10 2 (0.079%) SystmOne
10 2 (0.079%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 2,516 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 1,246 (49.52%) Azure
3 622 (24.72%) Azure AI
4 289 (11.49%) Power Automate
5 262 (10.41%) PowerApps
6 248 (9.86%) Microsoft 365
7 176 (7.00%) Dynamics 365
8 165 (6.56%) AWS
9 150 (5.96%) Azure Data Factory
10 127 (5.05%) Snowflake
11 114 (4.53%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 108 (4.29%) GCP
13 100 (3.97%) Azure DevOps
14 74 (2.94%) SaaS
15 72 (2.86%) Azure Logic Apps
15 72 (2.86%) Microsoft Purview
16 62 (2.46%) dbt
16 62 (2.46%) Microsoft Copilot
17 60 (2.38%) OneDrive
18 48 (1.91%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 15 (0.60%) Firewall
2 14 (0.56%) Broadband
3 10 (0.40%) DHCP
3 10 (0.40%) DNS
4 7 (0.28%) WAN
5 6 (0.24%) VoIP
5 6 (0.24%) VPN
6 5 (0.20%) SMS
7 4 (0.16%) Intranet
7 4 (0.16%) LAN
7 4 (0.16%) LTE
7 4 (0.16%) Network Security
8 3 (0.12%) NAS
8 3 (0.12%) Wi-Fi
9 2 (0.079%) MQTT
9 2 (0.079%) Wireless
10 1 (0.040%) Internet
10 1 (0.040%) Modbus
10 1 (0.040%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 934 (37.12%) Tableau
2 223 (8.86%) Data Warehouse
3 178 (7.07%) SQL Server
4 139 (5.52%) Data Lake
5 128 (5.09%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 126 (5.01%) Power Query
7 89 (3.54%) Azure SQL Database
8 86 (3.42%) Looker
8 86 (3.42%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 62 (2.46%) Relational Database
10 58 (2.31%) BigQuery
11 49 (1.95%) Metadata
12 44 (1.75%) Star Schema
13 39 (1.55%) Amazon Redshift
14 33 (1.31%) Big Data
15 30 (1.19%) Semantic Layer
16 29 (1.15%) PostgreSQL
17 28 (1.11%) Snowflake Schema
17 28 (1.11%) SQL Server Analysis Services
18 27 (1.07%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 65 (2.58%) Git
2 49 (1.95%) JIRA
3 31 (1.23%) MLflow
4 19 (0.76%) Visual Studio
5 11 (0.44%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 8 (0.32%) Jenkins
7 5 (0.20%) Oracle Forms
8 4 (0.16%) GitLab
9 2 (0.079%) Ant
9 2 (0.079%) Apache Ivy
9 2 (0.079%) ERwin
9 2 (0.079%) IBM UrbanCode
9 2 (0.079%) Maven
10 1 (0.040%) Browser DevTools
10 1 (0.040%) ER Studio
10 1 (0.040%) NUnit
10 1 (0.040%) Postman
10 1 (0.040%) PowerDesigner
10 1 (0.040%) Selenium
10 1 (0.040%) Toad
General
1 1,333 (52.98%) Social Skills
2 586 (23.29%) Analytical Skills
3 571 (22.69%) Finance
4 145 (5.76%) Law
5 131 (5.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 122 (4.85%) Marketing
7 118 (4.69%) Retail
8 112 (4.45%) Legal
9 111 (4.41%) Public Sector
10 110 (4.37%) Organisational Skills
11 95 (3.78%) Manufacturing
12 37 (1.47%) Banking
13 32 (1.27%) Documentation Skills
13 32 (1.27%) Influencing Skills
14 31 (1.23%) Presentation Skills
15 29 (1.15%) Billing
16 28 (1.11%) Telecoms
17 26 (1.03%) Advertising
17 26 (1.03%) Military
18 23 (0.91%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 1,139 (45.27%) Analyst
2 820 (32.59%) Data Analyst
3 642 (25.52%) Junior
4 631 (25.08%) Junior Analyst
5 620 (24.64%) Junior Data Analyst
6 308 (12.24%) Senior
7 294 (11.69%) Developer
8 177 (7.03%) Data Engineer
9 139 (5.52%) Lead
10 88 (3.50%) Architect
11 83 (3.30%) Business Intelligence Developer
12 82 (3.26%) Data Manager
13 80 (3.18%) Business Intelligence Analyst
14 76 (3.02%) Business Analyst
15 71 (2.82%) Senior Analyst
16 60 (2.38%) Data Architect
16 60 (2.38%) Power Platform Developer
17 59 (2.34%) Consultant
18 57 (2.27%) Senior Developer
19 54 (2.15%) Systems Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 116 (4.61%) .NET
2 64 (2.54%) HTML
3 60 (2.38%) REST
4 59 (2.34%) PySpark
5 57 (2.27%) CSS
6 45 (1.79%) JSON
7 43 (1.71%) Kafka
8 41 (1.63%) HTML5 Canvas
9 38 (1.51%) .NET Core
10 33 (1.31%) scikit-learn
11 32 (1.27%) PyTorch
12 27 (1.07%) Microsoft Graph
12 27 (1.07%) TensorFlow
13 26 (1.03%) XML
14 25 (0.99%) Middleware
15 24 (0.95%) LangChain
15 24 (0.95%) LlamaIndex
16 23 (0.91%) EDI
16 23 (0.91%) pgvector
17 20 (0.79%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 148 (5.88%) Management Information System
2 73 (2.90%) Data Structures
3 59 (2.34%) Cloud Native
4 53 (2.11%) Analytical Mindset
5 48 (1.91%) Onboarding
6 45 (1.79%) Product Ownership
7 38 (1.51%) Self-Motivation
8 32 (1.27%) Legacy Systems
9 26 (1.03%) Public Cloud
10 25 (0.99%) Clustering
11 23 (0.91%) Greenfield Project
11 23 (0.91%) Low-Code
12 19 (0.76%) Social Media
13 18 (0.72%) Driving Licence
13 18 (0.72%) NHS
14 17 (0.68%) AI Agents
15 16 (0.64%) Enterprise Software
16 15 (0.60%) Educational Technology
17 14 (0.56%) Enterprise Cloud
18 13 (0.52%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 47 (1.87%) Windows
2 23 (0.91%) Linux
3 21 (0.83%) Windows Server
4 7 (0.28%) VMS
5 4 (0.16%) Unix
5 4 (0.16%) Windows 10
5 4 (0.16%) Windows Server 2019
6 2 (0.079%) Android
6 2 (0.079%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.079%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.079%) Solaris
7 1 (0.040%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,372 (94.28%) Business Intelligence
2 1,024 (40.70%) AI
3 774 (30.76%) Analytics
4 517 (20.55%) Decision-Making
4 517 (20.55%) Problem-Solving
5 444 (17.65%) Data Modelling
6 407 (16.18%) Continuous Improvement
7 343 (13.63%) Visualisation
8 306 (12.16%) Agile
9 295 (11.72%) Data Governance
10 292 (11.61%) ETL
11 255 (10.14%) Stakeholder Management
12 249 (9.90%) Data Engineering
13 245 (9.74%) Data Visualisation
14 243 (9.66%) Actionable Insight
15 241 (9.58%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 238 (9.46%) ERP
17 232 (9.22%) Data Analysis
18 217 (8.62%) Data Pipeline
19 201 (7.99%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 1,646 (65.42%) SQL
2 1,014 (40.30%) Python
3 166 (6.60%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 161 (6.40%) C#
5 113 (4.49%) JavaScript
6 63 (2.50%) PowerShell
7 55 (2.19%) VBA
8 52 (2.07%) T-SQL
9 44 (1.75%) R
10 31 (1.23%) TypeScript
11 19 (0.76%) Scala
12 18 (0.72%) Kusto Query Language
13 13 (0.52%) Java
14 9 (0.36%) VB
15 8 (0.32%) VBScript
16 6 (0.24%) Julia
17 5 (0.20%) VB.NET
18 4 (0.16%) Bicep
18 4 (0.16%) PHP
19 3 (0.12%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 648 (25.76%) Azure Certification
2 268 (10.65%) Degree
3 108 (4.29%) Security Cleared
4 87 (3.46%) SC Cleared
5 84 (3.34%) ACCA
6 79 (3.14%) CIMA
7 44 (1.75%) Microsoft Certification
8 38 (1.51%) DBS Check
9 29 (1.15%) Computer Science Degree
10 25 (0.99%) AAT
10 25 (0.99%) PMI Certification
11 23 (0.91%) PMP
12 16 (0.64%) Master's Degree
13 14 (0.56%) BPSS Clearance
14 8 (0.32%) CompTIA CySA+
14 8 (0.32%) CompTIA Security+
14 8 (0.32%) SSCP
15 7 (0.28%) CFA
15 7 (0.28%) HND
15 7 (0.28%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 378 (15.02%) Data Quality
2 139 (5.52%) GDPR
3 90 (3.58%) QA
4 52 (2.07%) Accessibility
5 47 (1.87%) SLA
6 40 (1.59%) PMO
7 39 (1.55%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 23 (0.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 17 (0.68%) Actionable Recommendations
9 17 (0.68%) TickIT
10 13 (0.52%) NIST
11 11 (0.44%) GRC
12 7 (0.28%) ISO 9001
13 6 (0.24%) GAAP
13 6 (0.24%) IFRS
13 6 (0.24%) PERC
14 4 (0.16%) Cyber Essentials
14 4 (0.16%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 4 (0.16%) NIST 800
15 2 (0.079%) ITGC
System Software
1 36 (1.43%) Active Directory
2 22 (0.87%) Docker
3 8 (0.32%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (0.24%) Virtual Desktop
5 4 (0.16%) BitLocker
6 3 (0.12%) Terminal Services
7 2 (0.079%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.079%) IAG
8 1 (0.040%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 26 (1.03%) Terraform
2 16 (0.64%) Kubernetes
3 13 (0.52%) Microsoft Intune
4 10 (0.40%) FortiGate
5 6 (0.24%) Single Sign-On
6 5 (0.20%) Ansible
6 5 (0.20%) SCCM
7 2 (0.079%) Argo
7 2 (0.079%) Control-M
7 2 (0.079%) Microsoft Clustering
7 2 (0.079%) Progress Chef
7 2 (0.079%) Puppet
8 1 (0.040%) Grafana
8 1 (0.040%) MOM
8 1 (0.040%) SQL Sentry
8 1 (0.040%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 1,374 (54.61%) Microsoft
2 200 (7.95%) Databricks
3 99 (3.93%) SAP
4 79 (3.14%) Oracle
5 72 (2.86%) Google
6 42 (1.67%) Salesforce
7 30 (1.19%) Sage
8 28 (1.11%) Alteryx
8 28 (1.11%) Intapp
9 26 (1.03%) Adobe
10 24 (0.95%) Cloudera
11 23 (0.91%) Dell
12 19 (0.76%) Concur
12 19 (0.76%) ServiceNow
13 18 (0.72%) Informatica
14 16 (0.64%) iManage
15 12 (0.48%) Aderant
15 12 (0.48%) Cognos
15 12 (0.48%) HubSpot
15 12 (0.48%) SYSPRO