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 8 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 60 76 56
Rank change year-on-year +16 -20 +14
Permanent jobs citing Power BI 1,962 1,687 2,864
As % of all permanent jobs in England 3.41% 3.69% 4.33%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 33.01% 20.35% 22.54%
Number of salaries quoted 1,094 962 2,382
10th Percentile £35,806 £37,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,313 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,625 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.63% +9.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £74,500 £76,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,250 £85,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +14.29% -8.70%

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 5,944 8,288 12,704
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 10.32% 18.14% 19.23%
Number of salaries quoted 3,819 4,674 10,466
10th Percentile £35,000 £38,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £43,750 £48,750 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +13.04% -11.54%
75th Percentile £81,250 £87,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +13.04% -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 8 February 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 8 February 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 +15 652 £70,000 - 273
South East +32 397 £55,000 -4.35% 220
North of England +1 340 £47,500 -2.06% 154
Midlands +35 296 £47,500 -5.00% 153
West Midlands +20 191 £47,500 -5.00% 91
North West +2 174 £50,000 +1.01% 90
South West +53 153 £43,500 -3.33% 47
Yorkshire -4 132 £42,039 -11.50% 48
East of England -11 107 £46,750 -38.49% 30
East Midlands +41 103 £45,390 +6.18% 62
North East +19 34 £42,500 -22.73% 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
1 135 (6.88%) SharePoint
2 20 (1.02%) Microsoft Exchange
3 17 (0.87%) Apache Spark
4 16 (0.82%) Apache Airflow
4 16 (0.82%) Confluence
4 16 (0.82%) SAS
5 6 (0.31%) WordPress
6 4 (0.20%) CMS
6 4 (0.20%) Umbraco
7 3 (0.15%) Apache
7 3 (0.15%) SugarCRM
8 2 (0.10%) Moodle
8 2 (0.10%) Oracle Application Server
8 2 (0.10%) Palantir Foundry
9 1 (0.051%) Appian
9 1 (0.051%) Drupal
9 1 (0.051%) Jupyter
Applications
1 915 (46.64%) Microsoft Excel
2 65 (3.31%) Microsoft Office
3 51 (2.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 19 (0.97%) Microsoft Project
4 19 (0.97%) Spreadsheet
5 14 (0.71%) MS Visio
6 10 (0.51%) Maya
6 10 (0.51%) Trello
7 5 (0.25%) Chatbot
8 2 (0.10%) AutoCAD
8 2 (0.10%) Revit
9 1 (0.051%) Acrobat
9 1 (0.051%) Adobe Illustrator
9 1 (0.051%) Adobe XD
9 1 (0.051%) InDesign
9 1 (0.051%) Oracle Smart View
9 1 (0.051%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 71 (3.62%) Dynamics CRM
2 14 (0.71%) NetSuite
3 10 (0.51%) Dynamics AX
4 9 (0.46%) SAP CO
4 9 (0.46%) Shopify
5 8 (0.41%) Visualfiles
6 6 (0.31%) Dynamics NAV
6 6 (0.31%) Elite 3E
6 6 (0.31%) NEC Housing
7 5 (0.25%) IBM Planning Analytics
7 5 (0.25%) SAP Business One
8 4 (0.20%) Oracle Payables
8 4 (0.20%) Oracle Receivables
9 3 (0.15%) Integrated Workplace Management System
9 3 (0.15%) ResourceLink
9 3 (0.15%) Salesforce CRM
9 3 (0.15%) SAP S/4HANA
10 2 (0.10%) Aladdin
10 2 (0.10%) Q-Pulse
10 2 (0.10%) SAP IBP
Cloud Services
1 1,962 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 956 (48.73%) Azure
3 388 (19.78%) Azure AI
4 214 (10.91%) Power Automate
5 193 (9.84%) Microsoft 365
6 182 (9.28%) PowerApps
7 137 (6.98%) Azure Data Factory
8 128 (6.52%) Dynamics 365
8 128 (6.52%) Snowflake
9 109 (5.56%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 84 (4.28%) AWS
11 81 (4.13%) Azure DevOps
12 70 (3.57%) dbt
13 64 (3.26%) Microsoft Copilot
14 51 (2.60%) SaaS
15 49 (2.50%) Entra ID
16 45 (2.29%) Azure Logic Apps
16 45 (2.29%) GCP
17 26 (1.33%) Fivetran
17 26 (1.33%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 16 (0.82%) Firewall
2 13 (0.66%) Intranet
3 10 (0.51%) TCP/IP
4 9 (0.46%) DHCP
4 9 (0.46%) DNS
4 9 (0.46%) WAN
5 7 (0.36%) VoIP
6 6 (0.31%) LAN
7 5 (0.25%) Modbus
7 5 (0.25%) MQTT
7 5 (0.25%) VPN
8 3 (0.15%) VLAN
9 2 (0.10%) Broadband
9 2 (0.10%) Network Security
9 2 (0.10%) Wi-Fi
10 1 (0.051%) ADSL
10 1 (0.051%) BGP
10 1 (0.051%) FTP
10 1 (0.051%) Internet
10 1 (0.051%) Softphone
Database & Business Intelligence
1 625 (31.86%) Tableau
2 193 (9.84%) SQL Server
3 176 (8.97%) Data Warehouse
4 165 (8.41%) Data Lake
5 113 (5.76%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 98 (4.99%) Power Query
7 67 (3.41%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 64 (3.26%) SAP BW
9 60 (3.06%) Azure SQL Database
10 48 (2.45%) Looker
11 41 (2.09%) Relational Database
12 33 (1.68%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 31 (1.58%) Metadata
14 24 (1.22%) PostgreSQL
14 24 (1.22%) Qlik Sense
15 23 (1.17%) MySQL
16 21 (1.07%) Big Data
16 21 (1.07%) BigQuery
17 20 (1.02%) PowerPivot
18 19 (0.97%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 73 (3.72%) Git
2 36 (1.83%) Visual Studio
3 33 (1.68%) JIRA
4 7 (0.36%) GitLab
4 7 (0.36%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 4 (0.20%) ER Studio
5 4 (0.20%) ERwin
5 4 (0.20%) PowerDesigner
6 3 (0.15%) Jenkins
6 3 (0.15%) Postman
7 2 (0.10%) DBeaver
8 1 (0.051%) Axure RP
8 1 (0.051%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.051%) LSMW
8 1 (0.051%) Oracle APEX
8 1 (0.051%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 987 (50.31%) Social Skills
2 611 (31.14%) Finance
3 520 (26.50%) Analytical Skills
4 117 (5.96%) Marketing
5 95 (4.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 87 (4.43%) Manufacturing
7 81 (4.13%) Legal
8 74 (3.77%) Law
9 66 (3.36%) Retail
10 62 (3.16%) Public Sector
11 59 (3.01%) Organisational Skills
12 55 (2.80%) Presentation Skills
13 45 (2.29%) Banking
14 27 (1.38%) Advertising
14 27 (1.38%) Influencing Skills
15 25 (1.27%) Games
16 22 (1.12%) Financial Institution
17 21 (1.07%) Billing
18 20 (1.02%) Documentation Skills
19 18 (0.92%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 909 (46.33%) Analyst
2 596 (30.38%) Data Analyst
3 397 (20.23%) Junior
4 392 (19.98%) Junior Analyst
5 379 (19.32%) Junior Data Analyst
6 215 (10.96%) Senior
7 208 (10.60%) Developer
8 150 (7.65%) Lead
9 146 (7.44%) Data Engineer
10 86 (4.38%) Business Intelligence Developer
11 77 (3.92%) Senior Analyst
12 71 (3.62%) Business Intelligence Analyst
13 68 (3.47%) Architect
13 68 (3.47%) Report Analyst
14 65 (3.31%) Financial Analyst
15 63 (3.21%) Support Analyst
16 60 (3.06%) Business Analyst
17 48 (2.45%) Power Platform Developer
18 47 (2.40%) Consultant
19 45 (2.29%) Senior Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 53 (2.70%) .NET
2 43 (2.19%) REST
3 29 (1.48%) Web Services
4 27 (1.38%) PySpark
5 26 (1.33%) XML
6 25 (1.27%) JSON
7 24 (1.22%) SOAP
8 23 (1.17%) HTML
9 19 (0.97%) HTML5 Canvas
10 18 (0.92%) EDI
11 16 (0.82%) CSS
12 12 (0.61%) .NET Core
13 11 (0.56%) React
14 10 (0.51%) Middleware
15 9 (0.46%) AngularJS
15 9 (0.46%) SAP CO-PA
16 8 (0.41%) ASP.NET
16 8 (0.41%) WinForms
17 7 (0.36%) ASP.NET Core
17 7 (0.36%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 82 (4.18%) Analytical Mindset
2 61 (3.11%) Management Information System
3 44 (2.24%) Self-Motivation
4 41 (2.09%) Onboarding
5 40 (2.04%) Data Structures
6 37 (1.89%) FMCG
7 35 (1.78%) Cloud Native
8 31 (1.58%) Product Ownership
9 22 (1.12%) Enterprise Software
9 22 (1.12%) Legacy Systems
10 20 (1.02%) Reinsurance
11 19 (0.97%) Driving Licence
11 19 (0.97%) Greenfield Project
11 19 (0.97%) Low-Code
12 14 (0.71%) NHS
13 13 (0.66%) Algorithms
14 11 (0.56%) Social Media
15 9 (0.46%) Renewable Energy
15 9 (0.46%) Virtual Team
16 8 (0.41%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 40 (2.04%) Windows
2 9 (0.46%) Linux
3 8 (0.41%) Mac OS
4 7 (0.36%) Windows 10
4 7 (0.36%) Windows Server
5 6 (0.31%) Unix
6 5 (0.25%) VMS
7 3 (0.15%) Android
8 2 (0.10%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.051%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.051%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,852 (94.39%) Business Intelligence
2 620 (31.60%) Analytics
3 592 (30.17%) AI
4 444 (22.63%) Decision-Making
5 438 (22.32%) Problem-Solving
6 386 (19.67%) Data Modelling
7 354 (18.04%) Visualisation
8 279 (14.22%) Continuous Improvement
9 261 (13.30%) ETL
10 257 (13.10%) Agile
11 252 (12.84%) Actionable Insight
12 251 (12.79%) Data Analysis
13 224 (11.42%) Data Visualisation
14 212 (10.81%) Data Governance
15 183 (9.33%) Data Engineering
16 176 (8.97%) ERP
17 174 (8.87%) Data Pipeline
18 166 (8.46%) Project Management
19 165 (8.41%) Stakeholder Management
20 163 (8.31%) Data Analytics
Programming Languages
1 1,147 (58.46%) SQL
2 766 (39.04%) Python
3 130 (6.63%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 81 (4.13%) C#
5 78 (3.98%) PowerShell
6 67 (3.41%) VBA
7 65 (3.31%) JavaScript
8 46 (2.34%) R
9 41 (2.09%) T-SQL
10 18 (0.92%) Scala
11 11 (0.56%) Kusto Query Language
12 8 (0.41%) Delphi
12 8 (0.41%) Java
13 7 (0.36%) TypeScript
14 5 (0.25%) ANSI SQL
14 5 (0.25%) Bicep
15 4 (0.20%) Bash
16 3 (0.15%) C
16 3 (0.15%) VB.NET
17 2 (0.10%) PHP
Qualifications
1 406 (20.69%) Azure Certification
2 375 (19.11%) Degree
3 69 (3.52%) Security Cleared
4 68 (3.47%) ACCA
4 68 (3.47%) CIMA
5 57 (2.91%) Microsoft Certification
6 56 (2.85%) SC Cleared
7 50 (2.55%) Computer Science Degree
8 42 (2.14%) Master's Degree
9 41 (2.09%) PMI Certification
9 41 (2.09%) PMP
10 36 (1.83%) DBS Check
11 15 (0.76%) MBA
12 13 (0.66%) CISSP
12 13 (0.66%) Numerate Degree
13 12 (0.61%) CISA
14 11 (0.56%) APMP
15 10 (0.51%) AAT
16 9 (0.46%) IIBA
17 8 (0.41%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 308 (15.70%) Data Quality
2 70 (3.57%) GDPR
3 66 (3.36%) QA
4 44 (2.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 44 (2.24%) PMO
5 43 (2.19%) Accessibility
6 30 (1.53%) SLA
7 14 (0.71%) Actionable Recommendations
8 13 (0.66%) Cyber Essentials
8 13 (0.66%) NIST
9 11 (0.56%) GRC
10 9 (0.46%) ITGC
11 8 (0.41%) COBIT
12 6 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 4 (0.20%) IFRS
14 3 (0.15%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 3 (0.15%) IFRS 17
15 2 (0.10%) MiFID
15 2 (0.10%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 2 (0.10%) WCAG
System Software
1 41 (2.09%) Active Directory
2 9 (0.46%) Docker
3 5 (0.25%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.10%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.10%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (0.10%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.051%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 22 (1.12%) Microsoft Intune
2 14 (0.71%) Terraform
3 9 (0.46%) Kubernetes
4 8 (0.41%) Single Sign-On
5 5 (0.25%) FortiGate
5 5 (0.25%) RSA Archer
6 3 (0.15%) Argo
6 3 (0.15%) Control-M
7 2 (0.10%) SCCM
8 1 (0.051%) Ansible
8 1 (0.051%) Grafana
8 1 (0.051%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.051%) MOM
Vendors
1 872 (44.44%) Microsoft
2 145 (7.39%) SAP
3 104 (5.30%) Databricks
4 71 (3.62%) Oracle
5 55 (2.80%) Salesforce
6 37 (1.89%) Google
7 33 (1.68%) ServiceNow
8 30 (1.53%) Informatica
9 27 (1.38%) Alteryx
10 22 (1.12%) Anaplan
11 19 (0.97%) Adobe
12 16 (0.82%) HubSpot
13 14 (0.71%) Verint
14 12 (0.61%) Genesys
15 11 (0.56%) Dell
15 11 (0.56%) IBM
15 11 (0.56%) Intapp
15 11 (0.56%) MuleSoft
16 10 (0.51%) Dataiku
17 8 (0.41%) Northgate