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 15 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 51 77 63
Rank change year-on-year +26 -14 +12
Permanent jobs citing Power BI 2,547 1,616 3,118
As % of all permanent jobs in England 2.91% 3.73% 3.52%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 32.51% 23.75% 21.97%
Number of salaries quoted 1,414 1,212 2,453
10th Percentile £35,000 £35,000 £34,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,375 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.14% +4.32% -
75th Percentile £74,000 £70,000 £70,250
90th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £56,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -2.65% +2.73% -

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 7,835 6,804 14,191
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 8.94% 15.70% 16.04%
Number of salaries quoted 5,319 4,517 10,538
10th Percentile £36,250 £35,000 £35,529
25th Percentile £45,438 £46,250 £43,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £110,000 £107,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,743 £57,500
% change year-on-year -1.22% +5.64% -8.00%

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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 15 July 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 15 July 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 -14 634 £72,500 +6.23% 229
North of England +86 625 £46,500 -9.71% 167
Midlands +23 457 £47,500 -5.00% 124
South East +14 400 £52,500 - 190
North West +66 283 £48,000 -8.57% 82
Yorkshire +63 271 £44,000 -12.00% 58
West Midlands +17 267 £47,802 -10.96% 65
South West +6 226 £42,500 -22.73% 70
East Midlands +24 190 £47,500 +5.56% 59
East of England +29 186 £60,000 +32.96% 61
North East -5 71 £45,000 -5.26% 29
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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
1 172 (6.75%) SharePoint
2 46 (1.81%) Apache Airflow
3 45 (1.77%) Apache Spark
4 40 (1.57%) Microsoft Exchange
5 10 (0.39%) Apache
5 10 (0.39%) WordPress
6 7 (0.27%) Confluence
7 6 (0.24%) ArcGIS
7 6 (0.24%) CMS
8 5 (0.20%) SAS
9 4 (0.16%) Oracle Workflow
10 2 (0.079%) Headless CMS
10 2 (0.079%) IIS
10 2 (0.079%) Luigi
10 2 (0.079%) Palantir Foundry
10 2 (0.079%) Umbraco
11 1 (0.039%) Appian
11 1 (0.039%) Mendix
Applications
1 1,201 (47.15%) Microsoft Excel
2 66 (2.59%) Microsoft Office
3 45 (1.77%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 25 (0.98%) Microsoft Project
4 25 (0.98%) MS Visio
4 25 (0.98%) Spreadsheet
5 6 (0.24%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.079%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 2 (0.079%) ProjectWise
7 1 (0.039%) Revit
Business Applications
1 50 (1.96%) Dynamics CRM
2 42 (1.65%) NetSuite
3 12 (0.47%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 9 (0.35%) Elite 3E
5 8 (0.31%) SAP S/4HANA
6 7 (0.27%) Carpe Diem
7 6 (0.24%) Dynamics NAV
7 6 (0.24%) IBM Planning Analytics
8 5 (0.20%) SAP ERP
8 5 (0.20%) SAP PM
8 5 (0.20%) Shopify
8 5 (0.20%) Visualfiles
9 4 (0.16%) Magento
10 3 (0.12%) Sage 200
11 2 (0.079%) Dynamics AX
11 2 (0.079%) Infor M3
11 2 (0.079%) Markit EDM
11 2 (0.079%) SAP CO
11 2 (0.079%) Workday HCM
11 2 (0.079%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 2,547 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 1,346 (52.85%) Azure
3 763 (29.96%) Azure AI
4 272 (10.68%) Power Automate
5 248 (9.74%) PowerApps
6 245 (9.62%) Microsoft 365
7 161 (6.32%) Dynamics 365
8 145 (5.69%) Azure Data Factory
9 135 (5.30%) AWS
10 117 (4.59%) Snowflake
11 112 (4.40%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 88 (3.46%) GCP
13 87 (3.42%) Azure DevOps
14 74 (2.91%) Azure Logic Apps
14 74 (2.91%) dbt
15 73 (2.87%) SaaS
16 68 (2.67%) Microsoft Purview
17 58 (2.28%) OneDrive
18 57 (2.24%) Entra ID
19 51 (2.00%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 17 (0.67%) Broadband
2 16 (0.63%) Firewall
3 10 (0.39%) DHCP
3 10 (0.39%) DNS
4 9 (0.35%) WAN
5 6 (0.24%) VoIP
6 5 (0.20%) Intranet
6 5 (0.20%) VPN
7 4 (0.16%) LAN
7 4 (0.16%) LTE
7 4 (0.16%) Network Security
7 4 (0.16%) SMS
8 3 (0.12%) NAS
8 3 (0.12%) Wi-Fi
9 2 (0.079%) Internet
9 2 (0.079%) VLAN
10 1 (0.039%) Modbus
10 1 (0.039%) Softphone
10 1 (0.039%) TCP/IP
10 1 (0.039%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1,050 (41.22%) Tableau
2 206 (8.09%) Data Warehouse
3 173 (6.79%) SQL Server
4 123 (4.83%) Data Lake
5 120 (4.71%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 118 (4.63%) Power Query
7 78 (3.06%) Azure SQL Database
8 74 (2.91%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 68 (2.67%) Looker
10 59 (2.32%) Relational Database
11 53 (2.08%) BigQuery
12 44 (1.73%) Star Schema
13 40 (1.57%) Amazon Redshift
14 38 (1.49%) Metadata
15 35 (1.37%) Big Data
16 31 (1.22%) PostgreSQL
17 29 (1.14%) MySQL
18 27 (1.06%) Snowflake Schema
19 24 (0.94%) Semantic Layer
20 23 (0.90%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 59 (2.32%) Git
2 46 (1.81%) JIRA
3 27 (1.06%) MLflow
4 25 (0.98%) Visual Studio
5 15 (0.59%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 5 (0.20%) Jenkins
6 5 (0.20%) Oracle Forms
7 2 (0.079%) Postman
8 1 (0.039%) Browser DevTools
8 1 (0.039%) ERwin
8 1 (0.039%) NUnit
8 1 (0.039%) PowerDesigner
8 1 (0.039%) Selenium
8 1 (0.039%) Toad
8 1 (0.039%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 1,416 (55.59%) Social Skills
2 544 (21.36%) Analytical Skills
3 539 (21.16%) Finance
4 126 (4.95%) Law
5 121 (4.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 105 (4.12%) Public Sector
7 101 (3.97%) Retail
8 100 (3.93%) Marketing
9 97 (3.81%) Legal
10 85 (3.34%) Organisational Skills
11 78 (3.06%) Manufacturing
12 35 (1.37%) Documentation Skills
13 29 (1.14%) Banking
14 28 (1.10%) Telecoms
15 26 (1.02%) Influencing Skills
16 24 (0.94%) Military
16 24 (0.94%) Presentation Skills
17 22 (0.86%) Advertising
18 21 (0.82%) Billing
19 20 (0.79%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 1,289 (50.61%) Analyst
2 960 (37.69%) Data Analyst
3 783 (30.74%) Junior
4 775 (30.43%) Junior Analyst
5 762 (29.92%) Junior Data Analyst
6 287 (11.27%) Senior
7 273 (10.72%) Developer
8 165 (6.48%) Data Engineer
9 139 (5.46%) Lead
10 92 (3.61%) Business Intelligence Analyst
11 79 (3.10%) Business Intelligence Developer
12 77 (3.02%) Architect
13 72 (2.83%) Business Analyst
14 69 (2.71%) Data Manager
15 63 (2.47%) Senior Analyst
16 59 (2.32%) Power Platform Developer
16 59 (2.32%) Systems Analyst
17 57 (2.24%) Support Analyst
18 54 (2.12%) IT Support
19 53 (2.08%) Financial Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 109 (4.28%) .NET
2 57 (2.24%) HTML
3 55 (2.16%) PySpark
3 55 (2.16%) REST
4 54 (2.12%) CSS
5 49 (1.92%) JSON
6 42 (1.65%) HTML5 Canvas
7 37 (1.45%) Kafka
8 36 (1.41%) .NET Core
9 32 (1.26%) scikit-learn
10 31 (1.22%) PyTorch
10 31 (1.22%) XML
11 26 (1.02%) Microsoft Graph
11 26 (1.02%) TensorFlow
12 24 (0.94%) Middleware
13 23 (0.90%) LangChain
13 23 (0.90%) LlamaIndex
13 23 (0.90%) pgvector
14 20 (0.79%) EDI
14 20 (0.79%) SPFx
Miscellaneous
1 131 (5.14%) Management Information System
2 78 (3.06%) Data Structures
3 57 (2.24%) Analytical Mindset
4 53 (2.08%) Cloud Native
5 45 (1.77%) Onboarding
6 35 (1.37%) Product Ownership
6 35 (1.37%) Self-Motivation
7 33 (1.30%) Legacy Systems
8 26 (1.02%) Public Cloud
9 25 (0.98%) Clustering
10 21 (0.82%) Low-Code
10 21 (0.82%) NHS
11 19 (0.75%) Social Media
12 17 (0.67%) Driving Licence
13 15 (0.59%) Enterprise Cloud
14 13 (0.51%) Enterprise Software
14 13 (0.51%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
15 12 (0.47%) Greenfield Project
16 11 (0.43%) AI Agents
16 11 (0.43%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 45 (1.77%) Windows
2 20 (0.79%) Linux
2 20 (0.79%) Windows Server
3 11 (0.43%) VMS
4 5 (0.20%) Unix
5 4 (0.16%) Windows Server 2019
6 3 (0.12%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.12%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.079%) Android
7 2 (0.079%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.039%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.039%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,399 (94.19%) Business Intelligence
2 1,095 (42.99%) AI
3 711 (27.92%) Analytics
4 464 (18.22%) Decision-Making
5 453 (17.79%) Problem-Solving
6 417 (16.37%) Data Modelling
7 329 (12.92%) Continuous Improvement
8 321 (12.60%) Visualisation
9 271 (10.64%) ETL
10 268 (10.52%) Agile
11 265 (10.40%) Data Governance
12 234 (9.19%) ERP
13 224 (8.79%) Data Visualisation
14 223 (8.76%) Actionable Insight
15 220 (8.64%) Data Engineering
16 215 (8.44%) Data Analysis
17 204 (8.01%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 200 (7.85%) CRM
18 200 (7.85%) Data Pipeline
19 195 (7.66%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 1,732 (68.00%) SQL
2 1,132 (44.44%) Python
3 163 (6.40%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 152 (5.97%) C#
5 98 (3.85%) JavaScript
6 74 (2.91%) PowerShell
7 55 (2.16%) T-SQL
7 55 (2.16%) VBA
8 38 (1.49%) R
9 27 (1.06%) TypeScript
10 21 (0.82%) Kusto Query Language
11 15 (0.59%) Scala
12 12 (0.47%) Java
13 9 (0.35%) VBScript
14 8 (0.31%) VB
15 6 (0.24%) Julia
16 5 (0.20%) Bicep
16 5 (0.20%) Delphi
16 5 (0.20%) PHP
17 4 (0.16%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 786 (30.86%) Azure Certification
2 261 (10.25%) Degree
3 94 (3.69%) Security Cleared
4 83 (3.26%) ACCA
5 78 (3.06%) CIMA
6 74 (2.91%) SC Cleared
7 44 (1.73%) Microsoft Certification
8 36 (1.41%) DBS Check
9 31 (1.22%) Computer Science Degree
10 28 (1.10%) AAT
11 22 (0.86%) PMI Certification
11 22 (0.86%) PMP
12 20 (0.79%) Master's Degree
13 11 (0.43%) BPSS Clearance
14 10 (0.39%) CompTIA CySA+
14 10 (0.39%) CompTIA Security+
14 10 (0.39%) SSCP
15 7 (0.27%) HND
15 7 (0.27%) Postgraduate
16 6 (0.24%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 334 (13.11%) Data Quality
2 127 (4.99%) GDPR
3 83 (3.26%) QA
4 46 (1.81%) SLA
5 44 (1.73%) Accessibility
6 37 (1.45%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 37 (1.45%) PMO
7 30 (1.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 17 (0.67%) TickIT
9 15 (0.59%) Actionable Recommendations
9 15 (0.59%) NIST
10 13 (0.51%) GRC
11 7 (0.27%) IFRS
12 6 (0.24%) ISO 9001
13 5 (0.20%) PERC
14 4 (0.16%) Cyber Essentials
14 4 (0.16%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 4 (0.16%) GAAP
14 4 (0.16%) ITGC
14 4 (0.16%) NIST 800
System Software
1 52 (2.04%) Active Directory
2 15 (0.59%) Docker
3 9 (0.35%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (0.27%) Virtual Desktop
5 4 (0.16%) BitLocker
6 3 (0.12%) Terminal Services
7 2 (0.079%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.079%) IAG
7 2 (0.079%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 25 (0.98%) Terraform
2 13 (0.51%) Microsoft Intune
3 12 (0.47%) Kubernetes
4 10 (0.39%) FortiGate
5 6 (0.24%) Single Sign-On
6 5 (0.20%) SCCM
7 3 (0.12%) Ansible
8 2 (0.079%) Control-M
8 2 (0.079%) Microsoft Clustering
9 1 (0.039%) Grafana
9 1 (0.039%) MOM
9 1 (0.039%) SQL Sentry
9 1 (0.039%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 1,443 (56.65%) Microsoft
2 183 (7.18%) Databricks
3 94 (3.69%) SAP
4 81 (3.18%) Oracle
5 60 (2.36%) Google
6 40 (1.57%) Salesforce
7 31 (1.22%) Adobe
8 29 (1.14%) Sage
9 28 (1.10%) Intapp
10 25 (0.98%) Alteryx
10 25 (0.98%) Informatica
11 24 (0.94%) Cloudera
12 23 (0.90%) Dell
13 19 (0.75%) Concur
13 19 (0.75%) ServiceNow
14 16 (0.63%) iManage
15 14 (0.55%) Cognos
15 14 (0.55%) HubSpot
16 13 (0.51%) Aderant
17 10 (0.39%) Yardi