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

6 months to
28 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 57 77 59
Rank change year-on-year +20 -18 +20
Permanent jobs citing Power BI 2,573 1,446 3,198
As % of all permanent jobs in England 3.09% 3.79% 3.69%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 35.45% 22.83% 21.65%
Number of salaries quoted 1,283 1,036 2,585
10th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £41,492
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -
75th Percentile £74,500 £72,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £95,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £54,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +6.48% -1.82%

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 7,258 6,333 14,768
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 8.73% 16.61% 17.04%
Number of salaries quoted 4,687 4,237 11,400
10th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £42,725
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £63,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.51% +10.43% -11.54%
75th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £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

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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 28 May 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 28 May 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 +51 631 £45,000 -14.29% 116
London -19 587 £70,000 - 254
Midlands +31 471 £47,085 -11.16% 77
South East +40 436 £57,500 +12.20% 174
Yorkshire +43 281 £42,500 -15.00% 37
North West +42 280 £46,500 -13.49% 67
West Midlands +15 278 £47,085 -14.39% 53
South West +18 225 £43,500 -24.35% 42
East of England +42 207 £60,000 +28.22% 27
East Midlands +34 191 £50,000 +5.26% 24
North East +6 70 £43,250 -11.28% 15
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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
1 149 (5.79%) SharePoint
2 45 (1.75%) Apache Spark
3 44 (1.71%) Apache Airflow
4 40 (1.55%) Microsoft Exchange
5 10 (0.39%) Apache
5 10 (0.39%) SAS
6 8 (0.31%) Confluence
7 7 (0.27%) WordPress
8 6 (0.23%) ArcGIS
8 6 (0.23%) CMS
9 2 (0.078%) Headless CMS
9 2 (0.078%) IIS
9 2 (0.078%) Luigi
9 2 (0.078%) Oracle Application Server
9 2 (0.078%) Palantir Foundry
9 2 (0.078%) Umbraco
10 1 (0.039%) Appian
10 1 (0.039%) Drupal
10 1 (0.039%) Mendix
10 1 (0.039%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 1,307 (50.80%) Microsoft Excel
2 55 (2.14%) Microsoft Office
3 32 (1.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 28 (1.09%) Spreadsheet
5 26 (1.01%) Microsoft Project
5 26 (1.01%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.078%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 2 (0.078%) Trello
7 1 (0.039%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 44 (1.71%) Dynamics CRM
2 20 (0.78%) NetSuite
3 12 (0.47%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 10 (0.39%) Dynamics AX
5 9 (0.35%) SAP CO
6 8 (0.31%) IBM Planning Analytics
7 6 (0.23%) Dynamics NAV
7 6 (0.23%) NEC Housing
7 6 (0.23%) SAP S/4HANA
8 5 (0.19%) Sage 200
8 5 (0.19%) SAP ERP
8 5 (0.19%) SAP PM
8 5 (0.19%) Shopify
9 4 (0.16%) Magento
10 3 (0.12%) Elite 3E
10 3 (0.12%) Integrated Workplace Management System
10 3 (0.12%) Markit EDM
11 2 (0.078%) Aladdin
11 2 (0.078%) Q-Pulse
11 2 (0.078%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 2,573 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 1,454 (56.51%) Azure
3 898 (34.90%) Azure AI
4 235 (9.13%) Power Automate
5 208 (8.08%) Microsoft 365
6 200 (7.77%) PowerApps
7 139 (5.40%) Azure Data Factory
8 127 (4.94%) Dynamics 365
9 121 (4.70%) Snowflake
10 118 (4.59%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 115 (4.47%) AWS
12 81 (3.15%) Azure DevOps
12 81 (3.15%) dbt
13 67 (2.60%) GCP
14 64 (2.49%) SaaS
15 61 (2.37%) Azure Logic Apps
16 60 (2.33%) Microsoft Purview
17 55 (2.14%) Entra ID
18 43 (1.67%) Microsoft Copilot
19 41 (1.59%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 17 (0.66%) Broadband
2 10 (0.39%) DHCP
2 10 (0.39%) DNS
2 10 (0.39%) Firewall
3 8 (0.31%) Intranet
4 7 (0.27%) VoIP
5 6 (0.23%) WAN
6 4 (0.16%) LTE
6 4 (0.16%) Modbus
6 4 (0.16%) MQTT
6 4 (0.16%) Wi-Fi
7 3 (0.12%) NAS
7 3 (0.12%) SMS
7 3 (0.12%) VPN
8 2 (0.078%) Internet
9 1 (0.039%) FTP
9 1 (0.039%) Network Security
9 1 (0.039%) Softphone
9 1 (0.039%) TCP/IP
9 1 (0.039%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1,158 (45.01%) Tableau
2 178 (6.92%) Data Warehouse
3 172 (6.68%) SQL Server
4 120 (4.66%) Data Lake
5 117 (4.55%) Power Query
6 115 (4.47%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 68 (2.64%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 66 (2.57%) Azure SQL Database
8 66 (2.57%) Looker
9 53 (2.06%) Relational Database
10 51 (1.98%) BigQuery
11 44 (1.71%) Big Data
12 43 (1.67%) Amazon Redshift
13 34 (1.32%) Star Schema
14 33 (1.28%) Metadata
15 29 (1.13%) Snowflake Schema
16 28 (1.09%) PostgreSQL
17 24 (0.93%) MySQL
18 23 (0.89%) Elasticsearch
18 23 (0.89%) PowerPivot
Development Applications
1 57 (2.22%) Git
2 41 (1.59%) JIRA
3 26 (1.01%) MLflow
3 26 (1.01%) Visual Studio
4 15 (0.58%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 5 (0.19%) Jenkins
5 5 (0.19%) Oracle Forms
6 3 (0.12%) Postman
7 2 (0.078%) DBeaver
8 1 (0.039%) Axure RP
8 1 (0.039%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.039%) Browser DevTools
8 1 (0.039%) ERwin
8 1 (0.039%) NUnit
8 1 (0.039%) Oracle APEX
8 1 (0.039%) PowerDesigner
8 1 (0.039%) Selenium
8 1 (0.039%) Toad
General
1 1,491 (57.95%) Social Skills
2 544 (21.14%) Analytical Skills
3 491 (19.08%) Finance
4 116 (4.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 97 (3.77%) Law
5 97 (3.77%) Marketing
5 97 (3.77%) Public Sector
6 92 (3.58%) Retail
7 82 (3.19%) Legal
8 65 (2.53%) Manufacturing
9 61 (2.37%) Organisational Skills
10 40 (1.55%) Presentation Skills
11 33 (1.28%) Documentation Skills
11 33 (1.28%) Influencing Skills
12 24 (0.93%) Banking
12 24 (0.93%) Telecoms
13 18 (0.70%) Advertising
13 18 (0.70%) Publishing
14 17 (0.66%) Automotive
15 16 (0.62%) Billing
Job Titles
1 1,406 (54.64%) Analyst
2 1,104 (42.91%) Data Analyst
3 918 (35.68%) Junior
4 912 (35.45%) Junior Analyst
5 903 (35.10%) Junior Data Analyst
6 279 (10.84%) Senior
7 255 (9.91%) Developer
8 140 (5.44%) Data Engineer
9 125 (4.86%) Lead
10 91 (3.54%) Business Intelligence Developer
11 87 (3.38%) Business Intelligence Analyst
12 78 (3.03%) Architect
13 76 (2.95%) Business Analyst
14 72 (2.80%) Data Manager
15 70 (2.72%) Senior Analyst
16 61 (2.37%) Power BI Developer
17 56 (2.18%) Power BI Analyst
17 56 (2.18%) Systems Analyst
18 53 (2.06%) Financial Analyst
19 52 (2.02%) IT Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 90 (3.50%) .NET
2 51 (1.98%) HTML
3 50 (1.94%) CSS
4 49 (1.90%) JSON
5 44 (1.71%) PySpark
5 44 (1.71%) REST
6 40 (1.55%) HTML5 Canvas
7 37 (1.44%) XML
8 35 (1.36%) .NET Core
9 34 (1.32%) Kafka
10 29 (1.13%) PyTorch
10 29 (1.13%) scikit-learn
11 24 (0.93%) Middleware
12 23 (0.89%) LangChain
12 23 (0.89%) LlamaIndex
12 23 (0.89%) Microsoft Graph
12 23 (0.89%) pgvector
12 23 (0.89%) TensorFlow
13 21 (0.82%) SOAP
14 20 (0.78%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 94 (3.65%) Management Information System
2 60 (2.33%) Data Structures
3 56 (2.18%) Analytical Mindset
4 48 (1.87%) Cloud Native
5 34 (1.32%) Legacy Systems
5 34 (1.32%) Onboarding
6 29 (1.13%) Product Ownership
7 27 (1.05%) Clustering
7 27 (1.05%) Self-Motivation
8 26 (1.01%) Low-Code
8 26 (1.01%) Public Cloud
9 24 (0.93%) NHS
10 19 (0.74%) Enterprise Cloud
10 19 (0.74%) Social Media
11 15 (0.58%) Greenfield Project
12 14 (0.54%) Enterprise Software
13 13 (0.51%) Driving Licence
13 13 (0.51%) FMCG
14 11 (0.43%) Replication
15 9 (0.35%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 33 (1.28%) Windows
2 19 (0.74%) Windows Server
3 15 (0.58%) Linux
4 12 (0.47%) VMS
5 6 (0.23%) Unix
6 4 (0.16%) Windows 10
7 3 (0.12%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.078%) Android
8 2 (0.078%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.039%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.039%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.039%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.039%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,432 (94.52%) Business Intelligence
2 1,155 (44.89%) AI
3 655 (25.46%) Analytics
4 450 (17.49%) Decision-Making
5 390 (15.16%) Problem-Solving
6 382 (14.85%) Data Modelling
7 329 (12.79%) Visualisation
8 295 (11.47%) Continuous Improvement
9 262 (10.18%) ETL
10 231 (8.98%) Data Visualisation
11 230 (8.94%) Data Governance
12 220 (8.55%) Agile
13 208 (8.08%) Data Engineering
14 197 (7.66%) Data Analysis
15 193 (7.50%) ERP
16 192 (7.46%) Actionable Insight
17 174 (6.76%) Data Pipeline
18 172 (6.68%) Data Management
18 172 (6.68%) Project Management
19 168 (6.53%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 1,770 (68.79%) SQL
2 1,285 (49.94%) Python
3 149 (5.79%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 124 (4.82%) C#
5 89 (3.46%) JavaScript
6 75 (2.91%) PowerShell
7 66 (2.57%) VBA
8 55 (2.14%) T-SQL
9 46 (1.79%) R
10 25 (0.97%) TypeScript
11 19 (0.74%) Kusto Query Language
12 14 (0.54%) Java
13 12 (0.47%) Scala
14 10 (0.39%) Delphi
15 9 (0.35%) VBScript
16 7 (0.27%) VB
17 6 (0.23%) Julia
18 5 (0.19%) Bicep
19 3 (0.12%) PL/SQL
19 3 (0.12%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 924 (35.91%) Azure Certification
2 265 (10.30%) Degree
3 84 (3.26%) Security Cleared
4 63 (2.45%) ACCA
4 63 (2.45%) SC Cleared
5 62 (2.41%) CIMA
6 38 (1.48%) PMI Certification
6 38 (1.48%) PMP
7 37 (1.44%) Microsoft Certification
8 34 (1.32%) DBS Check
9 29 (1.13%) Computer Science Degree
10 23 (0.89%) Master's Degree
11 16 (0.62%) AAT
12 11 (0.43%) MBA
13 10 (0.39%) CompTIA Security+
14 9 (0.35%) CompTIA CySA+
14 9 (0.35%) SSCP
15 8 (0.31%) APMP
16 7 (0.27%) Postgraduate
17 5 (0.19%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 287 (11.15%) Data Quality
2 118 (4.59%) GDPR
3 65 (2.53%) QA
4 52 (2.02%) SLA
5 38 (1.48%) Accessibility
6 36 (1.40%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 33 (1.28%) PMO
8 27 (1.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 17 (0.66%) TickIT
10 15 (0.58%) NIST
11 13 (0.51%) GRC
12 12 (0.47%) Actionable Recommendations
13 8 (0.31%) 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 (0.078%) GxP
15 2 (0.078%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 55 (2.14%) Active Directory
2 13 (0.51%) Docker
3 9 (0.35%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.16%) BitLocker
5 3 (0.12%) Terminal Services
5 3 (0.12%) Virtual Desktop
5 3 (0.12%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.078%) IAG
7 1 (0.039%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 14 (0.54%) Terraform
2 12 (0.47%) Kubernetes
3 7 (0.27%) Microsoft Intune
4 5 (0.19%) FortiGate
4 5 (0.19%) SCCM
5 4 (0.16%) Ansible
6 3 (0.12%) Control-M
6 3 (0.12%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (0.078%) Microsoft Clustering
7 2 (0.078%) MOM
8 1 (0.039%) Grafana
8 1 (0.039%) SQL Sentry
8 1 (0.039%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 1,494 (58.06%) Microsoft
2 164 (6.37%) Databricks
3 91 (3.54%) SAP
4 79 (3.07%) Oracle
5 54 (2.10%) Google
6 39 (1.52%) Salesforce
7 31 (1.20%) Informatica
7 31 (1.20%) ServiceNow
8 30 (1.17%) Adobe
9 27 (1.05%) Alteryx
10 24 (0.93%) Cloudera
11 23 (0.89%) Dell
11 23 (0.89%) Intapp
12 17 (0.66%) Anaplan
12 17 (0.66%) Sage
13 14 (0.54%) Cognos
14 13 (0.51%) iManage
14 13 (0.51%) Verint
15 12 (0.47%) Concur
15 12 (0.47%) HubSpot