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

6 months to
20 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 52 75 65
Rank change year-on-year +23 -10 +11
Permanent jobs citing Power BI 2,515 1,617 2,892
As % of all permanent jobs in England 2.84% 3.72% 3.44%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 32.08% 23.71% 21.48%
Number of salaries quoted 1,429 1,209 2,262
10th Percentile £34,500 £35,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.51% -0.87% +4.55%
75th Percentile £73,750 £70,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £91,125
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,790 £56,282
% change year-on-year -1.42% -0.87% +2.33%

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 7,840 6,821 13,466
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 8.85% 15.69% 16.03%
Number of salaries quoted 5,376 4,534 9,903
10th Percentile £36,250 £35,075 £36,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £43,750
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 £81,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £110,000 £110,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,743 £60,000
% change year-on-year -1.22% +1.24% -4.76%

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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 20 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 20 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 -13 630 £70,000 +2.19% 201
North of England +84 616 £46,500 -7.92% 126
Midlands +22 451 £47,500 -5.00% 100
South East +12 390 £52,500 - 152
North West +65 284 £49,000 -6.67% 57
Yorkshire +70 263 £44,000 -12.00% 48
West Midlands +17 263 £47,802 -10.23% 55
South West 0 221 £42,500 -22.73% 51
East Midlands +27 188 £47,500 +5.56% 45
East of England +25 185 £60,000 +28.34% 30
North East +9 69 £45,000 - 22
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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
1 173 (6.88%) SharePoint
2 46 (1.83%) Apache Spark
3 43 (1.71%) Apache Airflow
4 40 (1.59%) Microsoft Exchange
5 10 (0.40%) Apache
6 9 (0.36%) WordPress
7 7 (0.28%) ArcGIS
7 7 (0.28%) Confluence
8 6 (0.24%) CMS
9 5 (0.20%) SAS
10 4 (0.16%) Oracle Workflow
11 2 (0.080%) Headless CMS
11 2 (0.080%) IIS
11 2 (0.080%) Luigi
11 2 (0.080%) Umbraco
12 1 (0.040%) Appian
12 1 (0.040%) Mendix
Applications
1 1,170 (46.52%) Microsoft Excel
2 63 (2.50%) Microsoft Office
3 46 (1.83%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 26 (1.03%) Microsoft Project
5 25 (0.99%) Spreadsheet
6 24 (0.95%) MS Visio
7 6 (0.24%) Chatbot
8 2 (0.080%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 2 (0.080%) ProjectWise
9 1 (0.040%) Revit
Business Applications
1 49 (1.95%) Dynamics CRM
2 44 (1.75%) NetSuite
3 12 (0.48%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 10 (0.40%) Elite 3E
5 8 (0.32%) Carpe Diem
5 8 (0.32%) SAP S/4HANA
6 6 (0.24%) IBM Planning Analytics
6 6 (0.24%) Visualfiles
7 5 (0.20%) Dynamics NAV
7 5 (0.20%) SAP ERP
7 5 (0.20%) SAP PM
7 5 (0.20%) Shopify
8 4 (0.16%) Magento
9 3 (0.12%) Sage 200
10 2 (0.080%) Dynamics AX
10 2 (0.080%) Infor M3
10 2 (0.080%) Markit EDM
10 2 (0.080%) SAP CO
10 2 (0.080%) Workday HCM
10 2 (0.080%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 2,515 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 1,301 (51.73%) Azure
3 716 (28.47%) Azure AI
4 275 (10.93%) Power Automate
5 251 (9.98%) PowerApps
6 247 (9.82%) Microsoft 365
7 158 (6.28%) Dynamics 365
8 146 (5.81%) Azure Data Factory
9 137 (5.45%) AWS
10 116 (4.61%) Snowflake
11 112 (4.45%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 91 (3.62%) GCP
13 89 (3.54%) Azure DevOps
14 75 (2.98%) Azure Logic Apps
14 75 (2.98%) SaaS
15 70 (2.78%) dbt
16 69 (2.74%) Microsoft Purview
17 60 (2.39%) OneDrive
18 57 (2.27%) Entra ID
19 50 (1.99%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 17 (0.68%) Broadband
2 16 (0.64%) Firewall
3 11 (0.44%) DHCP
3 11 (0.44%) DNS
4 8 (0.32%) WAN
5 6 (0.24%) VoIP
5 6 (0.24%) VPN
6 5 (0.20%) Intranet
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 (0.080%) Internet
9 2 (0.080%) VLAN
10 1 (0.040%) Modbus
10 1 (0.040%) Softphone
10 1 (0.040%) TCP/IP
10 1 (0.040%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1,011 (40.20%) Tableau
2 207 (8.23%) Data Warehouse
3 175 (6.96%) SQL Server
4 125 (4.97%) Data Lake
5 120 (4.77%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 119 (4.73%) Power Query
7 79 (3.14%) Azure SQL Database
8 73 (2.90%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 71 (2.82%) Looker
10 58 (2.31%) Relational Database
11 53 (2.11%) BigQuery
12 44 (1.75%) Star Schema
13 40 (1.59%) Amazon Redshift
14 38 (1.51%) Metadata
15 36 (1.43%) Big Data
16 32 (1.27%) PostgreSQL
17 30 (1.19%) MySQL
18 27 (1.07%) Snowflake Schema
19 26 (1.03%) Semantic Layer
20 23 (0.91%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 55 (2.19%) Git
2 48 (1.91%) JIRA
3 29 (1.15%) MLflow
4 23 (0.91%) Visual Studio
5 14 (0.56%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 5 (0.20%) Jenkins
6 5 (0.20%) Oracle Forms
7 2 (0.080%) GitLab
8 1 (0.040%) Browser DevTools
8 1 (0.040%) ERwin
8 1 (0.040%) NUnit
8 1 (0.040%) Postman
8 1 (0.040%) PowerDesigner
8 1 (0.040%) Selenium
8 1 (0.040%) Toad
8 1 (0.040%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 1,375 (54.67%) Social Skills
2 555 (22.07%) Analytical Skills
3 548 (21.79%) Finance
4 130 (5.17%) Law
5 122 (4.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 103 (4.10%) Public Sector
7 102 (4.06%) Marketing
8 101 (4.02%) Legal
9 98 (3.90%) Retail
10 86 (3.42%) Organisational Skills
11 81 (3.22%) Manufacturing
12 32 (1.27%) Documentation Skills
13 30 (1.19%) Banking
14 29 (1.15%) Telecoms
15 27 (1.07%) Influencing Skills
16 25 (0.99%) Military
16 25 (0.99%) Presentation Skills
17 23 (0.91%) Advertising
18 22 (0.87%) Billing
19 21 (0.83%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 1,248 (49.62%) Analyst
2 916 (36.42%) Data Analyst
3 734 (29.18%) Junior
4 726 (28.87%) Junior Analyst
5 715 (28.43%) Junior Data Analyst
6 293 (11.65%) Senior
7 272 (10.82%) Developer
8 170 (6.76%) Data Engineer
9 140 (5.57%) Lead
10 93 (3.70%) Business Intelligence Analyst
11 80 (3.18%) Architect
12 76 (3.02%) Business Intelligence Developer
13 71 (2.82%) Business Analyst
13 71 (2.82%) Data Manager
14 66 (2.62%) Senior Analyst
15 59 (2.35%) Power Platform Developer
16 57 (2.27%) Systems Analyst
17 56 (2.23%) Support Analyst
18 53 (2.11%) Financial Analyst
18 53 (2.11%) Power BI Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 108 (4.29%) .NET
2 57 (2.27%) HTML
3 56 (2.23%) REST
4 55 (2.19%) PySpark
5 54 (2.15%) CSS
6 50 (1.99%) JSON
7 42 (1.67%) HTML5 Canvas
8 38 (1.51%) Kafka
9 35 (1.39%) .NET Core
10 32 (1.27%) scikit-learn
10 32 (1.27%) XML
11 31 (1.23%) PyTorch
12 26 (1.03%) Microsoft Graph
12 26 (1.03%) TensorFlow
13 24 (0.95%) Middleware
14 23 (0.91%) LangChain
14 23 (0.91%) LlamaIndex
14 23 (0.91%) pgvector
15 20 (0.80%) EDI
15 20 (0.80%) SPFx
Miscellaneous
1 138 (5.49%) Management Information System
2 78 (3.10%) Data Structures
3 57 (2.27%) Analytical Mindset
4 54 (2.15%) Cloud Native
5 47 (1.87%) Onboarding
6 39 (1.55%) Product Ownership
7 35 (1.39%) Self-Motivation
8 33 (1.31%) Legacy Systems
9 26 (1.03%) Public Cloud
10 25 (0.99%) Clustering
11 21 (0.83%) Low-Code
12 20 (0.80%) NHS
13 19 (0.76%) Social Media
14 18 (0.72%) Driving Licence
15 14 (0.56%) Enterprise Cloud
15 14 (0.56%) Greenfield Project
16 13 (0.52%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
17 12 (0.48%) AI Agents
17 12 (0.48%) Enterprise Software
18 10 (0.40%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 47 (1.87%) Windows
2 21 (0.83%) Linux
2 21 (0.83%) Windows Server
3 10 (0.40%) VMS
4 5 (0.20%) Unix
5 4 (0.16%) Windows 10
5 4 (0.16%) Windows Server 2019
6 3 (0.12%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.080%) Android
7 2 (0.080%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.040%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.040%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,368 (94.16%) Business Intelligence
2 1,051 (41.79%) AI
3 714 (28.39%) Analytics
4 476 (18.93%) Decision-Making
5 461 (18.33%) Problem-Solving
6 424 (16.86%) Data Modelling
7 342 (13.60%) Continuous Improvement
8 326 (12.96%) Visualisation
9 273 (10.85%) Agile
10 272 (10.82%) ETL
11 269 (10.70%) Data Governance
12 235 (9.34%) ERP
13 229 (9.11%) Actionable Insight
14 227 (9.03%) Data Visualisation
15 221 (8.79%) Data Engineering
16 215 (8.55%) Data Analysis
17 209 (8.31%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 204 (8.11%) Stakeholder Management
19 199 (7.91%) Data Pipeline
20 197 (7.83%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 1,688 (67.12%) SQL
2 1,081 (42.98%) Python
3 162 (6.44%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 153 (6.08%) C#
5 97 (3.86%) JavaScript
6 72 (2.86%) PowerShell
7 55 (2.19%) T-SQL
8 54 (2.15%) VBA
9 37 (1.47%) R
10 27 (1.07%) TypeScript
11 22 (0.87%) Kusto Query Language
12 17 (0.68%) Scala
13 12 (0.48%) Java
14 9 (0.36%) VBScript
15 8 (0.32%) VB
16 6 (0.24%) Julia
17 5 (0.20%) Bicep
17 5 (0.20%) Delphi
18 4 (0.16%) PHP
18 4 (0.16%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 739 (29.38%) Azure Certification
2 259 (10.30%) Degree
3 96 (3.82%) Security Cleared
4 88 (3.50%) ACCA
5 83 (3.30%) CIMA
6 76 (3.02%) SC Cleared
7 44 (1.75%) Microsoft Certification
8 38 (1.51%) DBS Check
9 29 (1.15%) AAT
9 29 (1.15%) Computer Science Degree
10 22 (0.87%) PMI Certification
11 21 (0.83%) PMP
12 16 (0.64%) Master's Degree
13 12 (0.48%) BPSS Clearance
14 10 (0.40%) CompTIA CySA+
14 10 (0.40%) CompTIA Security+
14 10 (0.40%) SSCP
15 7 (0.28%) HND
15 7 (0.28%) Postgraduate
16 5 (0.20%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 340 (13.52%) Data Quality
2 126 (5.01%) GDPR
3 85 (3.38%) QA
4 46 (1.83%) SLA
5 45 (1.79%) Accessibility
6 40 (1.59%) PMO
7 37 (1.47%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 31 (1.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 17 (0.68%) TickIT
10 16 (0.64%) Actionable Recommendations
11 15 (0.60%) NIST
12 13 (0.52%) GRC
13 7 (0.28%) IFRS
14 6 (0.24%) ISO 9001
15 5 (0.20%) PERC
16 4 (0.16%) Cyber Essentials
16 4 (0.16%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 4 (0.16%) GAAP
16 4 (0.16%) ITGC
16 4 (0.16%) NIST 800
System Software
1 52 (2.07%) Active Directory
2 15 (0.60%) Docker
3 9 (0.36%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (0.28%) Virtual Desktop
5 5 (0.20%) BitLocker
6 3 (0.12%) Terminal Services
7 2 (0.080%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.080%) IAG
8 1 (0.040%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 24 (0.95%) Terraform
2 14 (0.56%) Microsoft Intune
3 12 (0.48%) Kubernetes
4 10 (0.40%) FortiGate
5 6 (0.24%) SCCM
5 6 (0.24%) Single Sign-On
6 3 (0.12%) Ansible
7 2 (0.080%) Control-M
7 2 (0.080%) Microsoft Clustering
8 1 (0.040%) Grafana
8 1 (0.040%) MOM
8 1 (0.040%) SQL Sentry
8 1 (0.040%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 1,402 (55.75%) Microsoft
2 185 (7.36%) Databricks
3 95 (3.78%) SAP
4 81 (3.22%) Oracle
5 62 (2.47%) Google
6 44 (1.75%) Salesforce
7 31 (1.23%) Adobe
8 29 (1.15%) Intapp
8 29 (1.15%) Sage
9 24 (0.95%) Alteryx
9 24 (0.95%) Cloudera
10 23 (0.91%) Dell
11 22 (0.87%) Informatica
12 19 (0.76%) Concur
12 19 (0.76%) ServiceNow
13 16 (0.64%) iManage
14 14 (0.56%) Cognos
15 13 (0.52%) Aderant
15 13 (0.52%) HubSpot
16 11 (0.44%) Yardi