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

6 months to
9 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 50 77 61
Rank change year-on-year +27 -16 +13
Permanent jobs citing Power BI 2,472 1,513 3,266
As % of all permanent jobs in England 3.02% 3.85% 3.54%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 34.40% 22.95% 21.61%
Number of salaries quoted 1,279 1,100 2,601
10th Percentile £35,000 £35,000 £33,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £41,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £92,625 £85,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -

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 7,186 6,594 15,115
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 8.78% 16.78% 16.40%
Number of salaries quoted 4,697 4,367 11,461
10th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,000 £42,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -11.54%
75th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £115,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -11.54%

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

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Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Power BI in England over the 6 months to 9 June 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 9 June 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
North of England +63 605 £45,000 -14.29% 152
London -14 600 £70,000 - 274
Midlands +36 442 £47,500 -9.52% 101
South East +36 405 £57,500 +9.52% 182
North West +60 271 £46,500 -15.45% 93
Yorkshire +52 267 £42,500 -15.00% 48
West Midlands +20 258 £47,085 -14.39% 64
South West +12 212 £43,000 -26.18% 61
East of England +41 191 £60,000 +42.86% 39
East Midlands +27 182 £50,000 +5.26% 37
North East +5 67 £42,000 -11.58% 13
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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
1 156 (6.31%) SharePoint
2 46 (1.86%) Apache Airflow
2 46 (1.86%) Apache Spark
3 40 (1.62%) Microsoft Exchange
4 11 (0.44%) Apache
5 8 (0.32%) Confluence
5 8 (0.32%) SAS
6 7 (0.28%) WordPress
7 6 (0.24%) ArcGIS
7 6 (0.24%) CMS
8 2 (0.081%) Headless CMS
8 2 (0.081%) IIS
8 2 (0.081%) Luigi
8 2 (0.081%) Oracle Application Server
8 2 (0.081%) Oracle Workflow
8 2 (0.081%) Palantir Foundry
8 2 (0.081%) Umbraco
9 1 (0.040%) Appian
9 1 (0.040%) Drupal
9 1 (0.040%) Mendix
Applications
1 1,211 (48.99%) Microsoft Excel
2 56 (2.27%) Microsoft Office
3 40 (1.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 27 (1.09%) Microsoft Project
4 27 (1.09%) Spreadsheet
5 26 (1.05%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.081%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 2 (0.081%) ProjectWise
6 2 (0.081%) Trello
7 1 (0.040%) Revit
Business Applications
1 45 (1.82%) Dynamics CRM
2 23 (0.93%) NetSuite
3 12 (0.49%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 10 (0.40%) Dynamics AX
5 8 (0.32%) IBM Planning Analytics
6 7 (0.28%) Dynamics NAV
6 7 (0.28%) SAP CO
7 6 (0.24%) SAP S/4HANA
8 5 (0.20%) Sage 200
8 5 (0.20%) SAP ERP
8 5 (0.20%) SAP PM
8 5 (0.20%) Shopify
9 4 (0.16%) Magento
9 4 (0.16%) NEC Housing
10 3 (0.12%) Elite 3E
10 3 (0.12%) Integrated Workplace Management System
10 3 (0.12%) Markit EDM
11 2 (0.081%) Aladdin
11 2 (0.081%) Q-Pulse
11 2 (0.081%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 2,472 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 1,355 (54.81%) Azure
3 804 (32.52%) Azure AI
4 250 (10.11%) Power Automate
5 219 (8.86%) Microsoft 365
6 216 (8.74%) PowerApps
7 137 (5.54%) Dynamics 365
8 133 (5.38%) Azure Data Factory
9 124 (5.02%) AWS
10 118 (4.77%) Snowflake
11 108 (4.37%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 83 (3.36%) Azure DevOps
13 79 (3.20%) dbt
14 73 (2.95%) GCP
15 64 (2.59%) Azure Logic Apps
15 64 (2.59%) Microsoft Purview
16 61 (2.47%) SaaS
17 53 (2.14%) Entra ID
18 48 (1.94%) OneDrive
19 45 (1.82%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 17 (0.69%) Broadband
2 13 (0.53%) Firewall
3 10 (0.40%) DHCP
3 10 (0.40%) DNS
4 6 (0.24%) Intranet
4 6 (0.24%) VoIP
4 6 (0.24%) WAN
5 4 (0.16%) LTE
6 3 (0.12%) Modbus
6 3 (0.12%) MQTT
6 3 (0.12%) NAS
6 3 (0.12%) SMS
6 3 (0.12%) VPN
6 3 (0.12%) Wi-Fi
7 2 (0.081%) Internet
7 2 (0.081%) Network Security
8 1 (0.040%) FTP
8 1 (0.040%) Softphone
8 1 (0.040%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.040%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1,068 (43.20%) Tableau
2 178 (7.20%) Data Warehouse
3 163 (6.59%) SQL Server
4 118 (4.77%) Data Lake
5 116 (4.69%) Power Query
6 108 (4.37%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 68 (2.75%) Looker
7 68 (2.75%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 65 (2.63%) Azure SQL Database
9 51 (2.06%) BigQuery
10 50 (2.02%) Relational Database
11 42 (1.70%) Amazon Redshift
11 42 (1.70%) Big Data
12 36 (1.46%) Metadata
13 34 (1.38%) Star Schema
14 31 (1.25%) PostgreSQL
15 29 (1.17%) Snowflake Schema
16 26 (1.05%) MySQL
17 23 (0.93%) Elasticsearch
17 23 (0.93%) PowerPivot
Development Applications
1 58 (2.35%) Git
2 40 (1.62%) JIRA
3 27 (1.09%) MLflow
4 24 (0.97%) Visual Studio
5 15 (0.61%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 6 (0.24%) Jenkins
7 5 (0.20%) Oracle Forms
8 3 (0.12%) Postman
9 2 (0.081%) DBeaver
10 1 (0.040%) Axure RP
10 1 (0.040%) Bitbucket
10 1 (0.040%) Browser DevTools
10 1 (0.040%) ERwin
10 1 (0.040%) NUnit
10 1 (0.040%) PowerDesigner
10 1 (0.040%) Selenium
10 1 (0.040%) Toad
General
1 1,396 (56.47%) Social Skills
2 528 (21.36%) Analytical Skills
3 498 (20.15%) Finance
4 125 (5.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 105 (4.25%) Law
6 97 (3.92%) Public Sector
7 91 (3.68%) Marketing
8 88 (3.56%) Retail
9 81 (3.28%) Legal
10 66 (2.67%) Manufacturing
11 62 (2.51%) Organisational Skills
12 33 (1.33%) Documentation Skills
13 31 (1.25%) Influencing Skills
13 31 (1.25%) Presentation Skills
14 27 (1.09%) Banking
15 23 (0.93%) Telecoms
16 18 (0.73%) Billing
16 18 (0.73%) Social Housing
17 17 (0.69%) Advertising
17 17 (0.69%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 1,309 (52.95%) Analyst
2 1,004 (40.61%) Data Analyst
3 826 (33.41%) Junior
4 820 (33.17%) Junior Analyst
5 809 (32.73%) Junior Data Analyst
6 270 (10.92%) Senior
7 249 (10.07%) Developer
8 143 (5.78%) Data Engineer
9 136 (5.50%) Lead
10 86 (3.48%) Business Intelligence Analyst
11 83 (3.36%) Business Intelligence Developer
12 73 (2.95%) Business Analyst
13 72 (2.91%) Architect
13 72 (2.91%) Data Manager
14 63 (2.55%) Senior Analyst
15 57 (2.31%) Power BI Analyst
16 56 (2.27%) Power BI Developer
17 54 (2.18%) Systems Analyst
18 53 (2.14%) Financial Analyst
19 51 (2.06%) Power Platform Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 91 (3.68%) .NET
2 54 (2.18%) HTML
3 52 (2.10%) CSS
4 49 (1.98%) JSON
5 47 (1.90%) PySpark
6 45 (1.82%) REST
7 41 (1.66%) HTML5 Canvas
8 36 (1.46%) Kafka
9 35 (1.42%) .NET Core
9 35 (1.42%) XML
10 29 (1.17%) PyTorch
10 29 (1.17%) scikit-learn
11 24 (0.97%) Microsoft Graph
11 24 (0.97%) Middleware
12 23 (0.93%) LangChain
12 23 (0.93%) LlamaIndex
12 23 (0.93%) pgvector
12 23 (0.93%) TensorFlow
13 20 (0.81%) EDI
13 20 (0.81%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 99 (4.00%) Management Information System
2 59 (2.39%) Data Structures
3 54 (2.18%) Analytical Mindset
4 49 (1.98%) Cloud Native
5 37 (1.50%) Onboarding
6 32 (1.29%) Product Ownership
7 31 (1.25%) Legacy Systems
7 31 (1.25%) Self-Motivation
8 27 (1.09%) Clustering
9 26 (1.05%) Public Cloud
10 25 (1.01%) Low-Code
11 24 (0.97%) NHS
12 19 (0.77%) Social Media
13 18 (0.73%) Enterprise Cloud
14 15 (0.61%) Greenfield Project
15 14 (0.57%) Enterprise Software
16 12 (0.49%) FMCG
17 11 (0.44%) Driving Licence
17 11 (0.44%) Replication
18 9 (0.36%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 36 (1.46%) Windows
2 19 (0.77%) Windows Server
3 16 (0.65%) Linux
4 12 (0.49%) VMS
5 6 (0.24%) Unix
6 3 (0.12%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.12%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.081%) Android
7 2 (0.081%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.040%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.040%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.040%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.040%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,337 (94.54%) Business Intelligence
2 1,070 (43.28%) AI
3 658 (26.62%) Analytics
4 435 (17.60%) Decision-Making
5 387 (15.66%) Problem-Solving
6 384 (15.53%) Data Modelling
7 324 (13.11%) Visualisation
8 300 (12.14%) Continuous Improvement
9 248 (10.03%) ETL
10 234 (9.47%) Data Governance
11 233 (9.43%) Agile
12 230 (9.30%) Data Visualisation
13 209 (8.45%) Data Engineering
14 197 (7.97%) Actionable Insight
14 197 (7.97%) ERP
15 196 (7.93%) Data Analysis
16 175 (7.08%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 174 (7.04%) Data Management
18 173 (7.00%) CRM
19 172 (6.96%) Data Pipeline
Programming Languages
1 1,677 (67.84%) SQL
2 1,184 (47.90%) Python
3 147 (5.95%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 126 (5.10%) C#
5 91 (3.68%) JavaScript
6 77 (3.11%) PowerShell
7 64 (2.59%) VBA
8 56 (2.27%) T-SQL
9 45 (1.82%) R
10 25 (1.01%) TypeScript
11 19 (0.77%) Kusto Query Language
12 14 (0.57%) Scala
13 13 (0.53%) Java
14 9 (0.36%) VBScript
15 7 (0.28%) Delphi
15 7 (0.28%) VB
16 6 (0.24%) Bicep
16 6 (0.24%) Julia
17 3 (0.12%) PL/SQL
17 3 (0.12%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 831 (33.62%) Azure Certification
2 257 (10.40%) Degree
3 85 (3.44%) Security Cleared
4 70 (2.83%) ACCA
5 67 (2.71%) CIMA
6 66 (2.67%) SC Cleared
7 42 (1.70%) Microsoft Certification
8 34 (1.38%) PMI Certification
8 34 (1.38%) PMP
9 33 (1.33%) DBS Check
10 31 (1.25%) Computer Science Degree
11 23 (0.93%) Master's Degree
12 20 (0.81%) AAT
13 11 (0.44%) CompTIA Security+
14 10 (0.40%) CompTIA CySA+
14 10 (0.40%) MBA
14 10 (0.40%) SSCP
15 7 (0.28%) APMP
15 7 (0.28%) HND
15 7 (0.28%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 291 (11.77%) Data Quality
2 119 (4.81%) GDPR
3 70 (2.83%) QA
4 51 (2.06%) SLA
5 40 (1.62%) Accessibility
6 38 (1.54%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 32 (1.29%) PMO
8 28 (1.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 17 (0.69%) TickIT
10 16 (0.65%) NIST
11 13 (0.53%) GRC
12 12 (0.49%) Actionable Recommendations
13 9 (0.36%) IFRS
14 4 (0.16%) GAAP
14 4 (0.16%) IFRS 17
14 4 (0.16%) ITGC
14 4 (0.16%) NIST 800
14 4 (0.16%) PERC
15 2 (0.081%) GxP
15 2 (0.081%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 54 (2.18%) Active Directory
2 15 (0.61%) Docker
3 9 (0.36%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (0.20%) Virtual Desktop
5 4 (0.16%) BitLocker
6 3 (0.12%) Terminal Services
7 2 (0.081%) IAG
7 2 (0.081%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.040%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 19 (0.77%) Terraform
2 13 (0.53%) Kubernetes
3 8 (0.32%) FortiGate
3 8 (0.32%) Microsoft Intune
4 5 (0.20%) SCCM
5 4 (0.16%) Ansible
5 4 (0.16%) Single Sign-On
6 3 (0.12%) Control-M
7 2 (0.081%) Microsoft Clustering
7 2 (0.081%) MOM
8 1 (0.040%) Grafana
8 1 (0.040%) SQL Sentry
8 1 (0.040%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 1,406 (56.88%) Microsoft
2 165 (6.67%) Databricks
3 90 (3.64%) SAP
4 80 (3.24%) Oracle
5 57 (2.31%) Google
6 37 (1.50%) Salesforce
7 32 (1.29%) Informatica
8 31 (1.25%) Adobe
9 26 (1.05%) Alteryx
9 26 (1.05%) ServiceNow
10 24 (0.97%) Cloudera
11 23 (0.93%) Dell
11 23 (0.93%) Intapp
12 19 (0.77%) Sage
13 14 (0.57%) Cognos
13 14 (0.57%) Concur
14 13 (0.53%) iManage
15 11 (0.44%) HubSpot
16 10 (0.40%) Aderant
16 10 (0.40%) Epicor