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

6 months to
15 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 84 69 81
Rank change year-on-year -15 +12 -22
Permanent jobs citing Power BI 2,129 1,673 1,954
As % of all permanent jobs in England 2.04% 3.90% 3.07%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 27.17% 27.01% 19.16%
Number of salaries quoted 1,532 1,175 1,195
10th Percentile £35,000 £32,004 £38,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - -8.33% +4.35%
75th Percentile £72,500 £70,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £87,500 £93,250
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 7,835 6,195 10,199
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 7.49% 14.45% 16.05%
Number of salaries quoted 5,494 3,982 5,848
10th Percentile £37,500 £33,750 £38,750
25th Percentile £45,749 £43,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - -7.69% +4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,500 £90,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £110,000 £117,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - -7.69% +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

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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 October 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 October 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 -22 766 £65,000 -7.14% 132
North of England +54 449 £47,500 -9.09% 88
Midlands +4 327 £53,000 +11.58% 70
South East -57 263 £55,000 +10.00% 101
North West +40 246 £50,000 -9.09% 42
West Midlands +6 214 £55,000 +4.76% 45
South West -39 182 £42,500 -15.00% 40
Yorkshire +30 131 £43,000 -10.42% 29
East of England -41 117 £52,000 +30.00% 43
East Midlands -6 113 £47,500 +5.56% 25
North East -10 72 £45,000 +5.88% 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
1 211 (9.91%) SharePoint
2 30 (1.41%) Apache Spark
3 22 (1.03%) Apache Airflow
4 19 (0.89%) Microsoft Exchange
5 18 (0.85%) Apache
6 11 (0.52%) Confluence
7 8 (0.38%) WordPress
8 7 (0.33%) CMS
9 6 (0.28%) SAS
10 5 (0.23%) IIS
10 5 (0.23%) Oracle Workflow
11 4 (0.19%) Luigi
12 3 (0.14%) Appian
12 3 (0.14%) ArcGIS
13 2 (0.094%) Oracle Application Server
13 2 (0.094%) Tornado
13 2 (0.094%) Umbraco
14 1 (0.047%) Moodle
14 1 (0.047%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 551 (25.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 74 (3.48%) Microsoft Office
3 39 (1.83%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 19 (0.89%) Spreadsheet
5 17 (0.80%) Chatbot
5 17 (0.80%) MS Visio
6 13 (0.61%) Microsoft Project
7 11 (0.52%) ProjectWise
8 8 (0.38%) Notion
9 5 (0.23%) Revit
10 4 (0.19%) Navisworks
11 3 (0.14%) AutoCAD
12 2 (0.094%) SPSS
13 1 (0.047%) Adobe Illustrator
13 1 (0.047%) CATIA
13 1 (0.047%) Civil 3D
13 1 (0.047%) InDesign
13 1 (0.047%) Inkscape
Business Applications
1 59 (2.77%) Dynamics CRM
2 47 (2.21%) NetSuite
3 18 (0.85%) Dynamics NAV
4 15 (0.70%) Elite 3E
5 12 (0.56%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 12 (0.56%) SAP S/4HANA
6 11 (0.52%) Carpe Diem
7 9 (0.42%) IBM Planning Analytics
7 9 (0.42%) Visualfiles
7 9 (0.42%) Workday HCM
8 7 (0.33%) Infor M3
9 5 (0.23%) SystmOne
10 4 (0.19%) Dynamics GP
11 3 (0.14%) Integrated Workplace Management System
11 3 (0.14%) Payment Gateway
11 3 (0.14%) Sage 200
11 3 (0.14%) Shopify
12 2 (0.094%) FastStats
12 2 (0.094%) SAP Business One
12 2 (0.094%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 2,129 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 693 (32.55%) Azure
3 302 (14.19%) Power Automate
4 286 (13.43%) PowerApps
5 248 (11.65%) Microsoft 365
6 187 (8.78%) Dynamics 365
7 171 (8.03%) Azure Data Factory
8 166 (7.80%) AWS
9 147 (6.90%) Azure DevOps
10 108 (5.07%) Microsoft Copilot
11 105 (4.93%) Snowflake
12 93 (4.37%) SaaS
13 84 (3.95%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 83 (3.90%) GCP
15 78 (3.66%) Microsoft Purview
16 70 (3.29%) Azure AI
17 57 (2.68%) Google Analytics
18 55 (2.58%) Azure Logic Apps
19 53 (2.49%) Entra ID
20 49 (2.30%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 17 (0.80%) Firewall
2 13 (0.61%) Broadband
3 8 (0.38%) LAN
3 8 (0.38%) WAN
4 7 (0.33%) DNS
4 7 (0.33%) VPN
5 5 (0.23%) Network Security
5 5 (0.23%) SMS
6 4 (0.19%) LTE
6 4 (0.19%) MQTT
7 3 (0.14%) DHCP
8 2 (0.094%) Intranet
8 2 (0.094%) VLAN
8 2 (0.094%) Wireless
9 1 (0.047%) IP Telephony
9 1 (0.047%) Modbus
9 1 (0.047%) SAN
9 1 (0.047%) SNMP
9 1 (0.047%) VoIP
9 1 (0.047%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 373 (17.52%) Tableau
2 245 (11.51%) Data Warehouse
3 163 (7.66%) SQL Server
4 128 (6.01%) Data Lake
5 127 (5.97%) Power Query
6 125 (5.87%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 106 (4.98%) Azure SQL Database
8 78 (3.66%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 75 (3.52%) Relational Database
10 73 (3.43%) Metadata
11 66 (3.10%) Looker
12 53 (2.49%) Star Schema
13 33 (1.55%) NoSQL
14 31 (1.46%) Semantic Layer
15 29 (1.36%) Big Data
15 29 (1.36%) BigQuery
16 28 (1.32%) MySQL
17 26 (1.22%) Delta Lake
18 21 (0.99%) Amazon QuickSight
18 21 (0.99%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 105 (4.93%) Git
2 52 (2.44%) JIRA
3 15 (0.70%) Jenkins
4 11 (0.52%) Visual Studio
5 9 (0.42%) GitLab
6 7 (0.33%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 5 (0.23%) MLflow
8 4 (0.19%) Oracle Forms
9 2 (0.094%) Ant
9 2 (0.094%) Apache Ivy
9 2 (0.094%) Browser DevTools
9 2 (0.094%) IBM UrbanCode
9 2 (0.094%) Maven
9 2 (0.094%) Visual Studio Code
10 1 (0.047%) Burp Suite
10 1 (0.047%) Claude Code
10 1 (0.047%) ER Studio
10 1 (0.047%) ERwin
10 1 (0.047%) kappa
10 1 (0.047%) Selenium
General
1 863 (40.54%) Social Skills
2 737 (34.62%) Finance
3 651 (30.58%) Analytical Skills
4 157 (7.37%) Legal
5 156 (7.33%) Law
6 145 (6.81%) Marketing
7 138 (6.48%) Organisational Skills
8 133 (6.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 132 (6.20%) Manufacturing
10 128 (6.01%) Public Sector
11 125 (5.87%) Retail
12 66 (3.10%) Banking
13 48 (2.25%) Documentation Skills
14 40 (1.88%) Influencing Skills
15 39 (1.83%) Billing
16 33 (1.55%) Presentation Skills
17 28 (1.32%) Telecoms
18 27 (1.27%) Advertising
19 25 (1.17%) Military
20 23 (1.08%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 595 (27.95%) Analyst
2 312 (14.65%) Developer
3 283 (13.29%) Data Analyst
4 276 (12.96%) Senior
5 198 (9.30%) Data Engineer
6 174 (8.17%) Lead
7 92 (4.32%) Architect
8 90 (4.23%) Business Intelligence Developer
9 78 (3.66%) Data Manager
10 73 (3.43%) Business Intelligence Analyst
10 73 (3.43%) Junior
11 72 (3.38%) Senior Analyst
12 71 (3.33%) Business Analyst
12 71 (3.33%) Consultant
13 65 (3.05%) Junior Analyst
14 63 (2.96%) Data Architect
14 63 (2.96%) Systems Analyst
15 58 (2.72%) Power Platform Developer
16 57 (2.68%) Senior Data Engineer
17 55 (2.58%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 97 (4.56%) .NET
2 72 (3.38%) PySpark
3 67 (3.15%) REST
4 61 (2.87%) HTML
5 50 (2.35%) CSS
6 35 (1.64%) Terraform
7 32 (1.50%) JSON
8 28 (1.32%) Kafka
9 24 (1.13%) .NET Core
10 23 (1.08%) HTML5 Canvas
10 23 (1.08%) XML
11 21 (0.99%) EDI
12 19 (0.89%) Middleware
13 18 (0.85%) ASP.NET
13 18 (0.85%) Microsoft Graph
14 16 (0.75%) React
15 15 (0.70%) HTML5
16 14 (0.66%) Pandas
17 13 (0.61%) Playwright
18 12 (0.56%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 198 (9.30%) Management Information System
2 79 (3.71%) Data Structures
3 68 (3.19%) Onboarding
4 62 (2.91%) Product Ownership
5 56 (2.63%) Self-Motivation
6 37 (1.74%) Analytical Mindset
7 36 (1.69%) Enterprise Software
8 35 (1.64%) AI Agents
8 35 (1.64%) Greenfield Project
9 32 (1.50%) Legacy Systems
10 29 (1.36%) Driving Licence
11 28 (1.32%) Cloud Native
12 26 (1.22%) Low-Code
12 26 (1.22%) NHS
13 25 (1.17%) FMCG
14 21 (0.99%) Educational Technology
15 20 (0.94%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
16 19 (0.89%) Social Media
17 17 (0.80%) Reference Data
18 15 (0.70%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 54 (2.54%) Windows
2 24 (1.13%) Linux
3 13 (0.61%) Windows Server
4 6 (0.28%) Windows Server 2019
5 2 (0.094%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.094%) macOS
5 2 (0.094%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (0.094%) Solaris
5 2 (0.094%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.047%) Android
6 1 (0.047%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,019 (94.83%) Business Intelligence
2 827 (38.84%) Analytics
3 631 (29.64%) Problem-Solving
4 622 (29.22%) AI
5 603 (28.32%) Decision-Making
6 510 (23.95%) Continuous Improvement
7 491 (23.06%) Data Modelling
8 400 (18.79%) Visualisation
9 383 (17.99%) Stakeholder Management
10 341 (16.02%) Agile
11 322 (15.12%) Data Governance
12 310 (14.56%) ETL
13 291 (13.67%) Actionable Insight
14 275 (12.92%) Data Engineering
15 265 (12.45%) Data Visualisation
15 265 (12.45%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 255 (11.98%) ERP
17 253 (11.88%) Data Analysis
18 249 (11.70%) Dashboard Development
19 237 (11.13%) Data Pipeline
Programming Languages
1 1,147 (53.88%) SQL
2 525 (24.66%) Python
3 189 (8.88%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 175 (8.22%) C#
5 121 (5.68%) JavaScript
6 58 (2.72%) PowerShell
7 54 (2.54%) R
8 47 (2.21%) T-SQL
9 37 (1.74%) VBA
10 28 (1.32%) Java
11 21 (0.99%) Scala
12 20 (0.94%) TypeScript
13 12 (0.56%) Kusto Query Language
14 9 (0.42%) C++
14 9 (0.42%) PHP
15 8 (0.38%) Bicep
16 5 (0.23%) VB.NET
17 4 (0.19%) VB
17 4 (0.19%) XAML
18 3 (0.14%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 293 (13.76%) Degree
2 130 (6.11%) Security Cleared
3 106 (4.98%) SC Cleared
4 95 (4.46%) ACCA
5 92 (4.32%) Azure Certification
6 90 (4.23%) CIMA
7 54 (2.54%) Microsoft Certification
8 34 (1.60%) PMI Certification
9 31 (1.46%) DBS Check
10 30 (1.41%) PMP
11 19 (0.89%) AAT
11 19 (0.89%) Computer Science Degree
12 17 (0.80%) BPSS Clearance
13 13 (0.61%) Master's Degree
14 9 (0.42%) AWS Certification
14 9 (0.42%) CFA
14 9 (0.42%) CISSP
14 9 (0.42%) DV Cleared
15 8 (0.38%) CIPD
16 7 (0.33%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 536 (25.18%) Data Quality
2 157 (7.37%) GDPR
3 100 (4.70%) QA
4 70 (3.29%) Accessibility
5 38 (1.78%) PMO
6 32 (1.50%) Actionable Recommendations
7 26 (1.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 25 (1.17%) SLA
9 24 (1.13%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 11 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials
10 11 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 11 (0.52%) GRC
10 11 (0.52%) ISO 9001
11 9 (0.42%) NIST
12 8 (0.38%) ISO 19650
13 7 (0.33%) GAAP
13 7 (0.33%) PERC
14 6 (0.28%) TickIT
15 4 (0.19%) NEBOSH
15 4 (0.19%) SOC 2
System Software
1 31 (1.46%) Docker
2 23 (1.08%) Active Directory
3 6 (0.28%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (0.094%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.094%) IAG
4 2 (0.094%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.047%) BitLocker
5 1 (0.047%) Firmware
5 1 (0.047%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.047%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.047%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 24 (1.13%) Kubernetes
2 17 (0.80%) Microsoft Intune
3 10 (0.47%) FortiGate
4 8 (0.38%) EnCase
4 8 (0.38%) FTK
5 6 (0.28%) Single Sign-On
6 4 (0.19%) Argo
7 3 (0.14%) SQL Sentry
8 2 (0.094%) Ansible
8 2 (0.094%) Microsoft Clustering
8 2 (0.094%) Progress Chef
8 2 (0.094%) Puppet
9 1 (0.047%) EMC NetWorker
9 1 (0.047%) Grafana
9 1 (0.047%) MOM
9 1 (0.047%) PaperCut
9 1 (0.047%) SCCM
9 1 (0.047%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 912 (42.84%) Microsoft
2 194 (9.11%) Databricks
3 110 (5.17%) SAP
4 90 (4.23%) Google
5 85 (3.99%) Oracle
6 49 (2.30%) Salesforce
7 35 (1.64%) Alteryx
8 32 (1.50%) Sage
9 31 (1.46%) ServiceNow
10 27 (1.27%) Informatica
11 20 (0.94%) Intapp
12 19 (0.89%) Concur
12 19 (0.89%) YouTube
13 15 (0.70%) Workday
14 12 (0.56%) Aderant
15 11 (0.52%) Cognos
15 11 (0.52%) HP
15 11 (0.52%) HubSpot
15 11 (0.52%) OpenAI
15 11 (0.52%) Talend