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

6 months to
9 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 81 71 78
Rank change year-on-year -10 +7 -16
Permanent jobs citing Power BI 2,157 1,688 2,004
As % of all permanent jobs in England 2.08% 3.89% 3.08%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 27.98% 27.05% 19.45%
Number of salaries quoted 1,499 1,178 1,225
10th Percentile £34,600 £32,010 £37,600
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £46,250
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 £76,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £87,500 £93,400
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 7,708 6,240 10,301
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 7.43% 14.38% 15.85%
Number of salaries quoted 5,395 4,004 5,954
10th Percentile £37,250 £33,750 £38,750
25th Percentile £45,750 £44,196 £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 £81,875 £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

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 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 9 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 -25 743 £65,000 -7.14% 1,211
North of England +60 469 £46,500 -12.26% 381
Midlands +9 337 £52,500 +9.38% 274
South East -49 276 £55,000 +10.00% 392
North West +49 249 £50,000 -9.09% 235
West Midlands +9 215 £55,000 +5.26% 180
South West -37 185 £42,500 -12.82% 149
Yorkshire +35 144 £43,000 -10.42% 110
East of England -37 124 £52,000 +30.00% 160
East Midlands -5 122 £47,500 +5.56% 93
North East -5 76 £46,250 +8.82% 37
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Power BI
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 (9.78%) SharePoint
2 27 (1.25%) Apache Spark
3 20 (0.93%) Apache Airflow
4 19 (0.88%) Microsoft Exchange
5 16 (0.74%) Apache
6 10 (0.46%) Confluence
7 8 (0.37%) CMS
7 8 (0.37%) WordPress
8 5 (0.23%) IIS
8 5 (0.23%) Oracle Workflow
9 4 (0.19%) Luigi
9 4 (0.19%) SAS
10 3 (0.14%) Appian
10 3 (0.14%) ArcGIS
11 2 (0.093%) Oracle Application Server
11 2 (0.093%) Tornado
11 2 (0.093%) Umbraco
12 1 (0.046%) Headless CMS
12 1 (0.046%) Moodle
12 1 (0.046%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 638 (29.58%) Microsoft Excel
2 73 (3.38%) Microsoft Office
3 36 (1.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 20 (0.93%) Spreadsheet
5 17 (0.79%) MS Visio
6 16 (0.74%) Chatbot
7 15 (0.70%) Microsoft Project
8 10 (0.46%) ProjectWise
9 6 (0.28%) Notion
10 5 (0.23%) Revit
11 4 (0.19%) Navisworks
12 3 (0.14%) AutoCAD
13 2 (0.093%) SPSS
14 1 (0.046%) Adobe Illustrator
14 1 (0.046%) Civil 3D
14 1 (0.046%) InDesign
14 1 (0.046%) Inkscape
Business Applications
1 59 (2.74%) Dynamics CRM
2 48 (2.23%) NetSuite
3 18 (0.83%) Dynamics NAV
4 15 (0.70%) Elite 3E
5 12 (0.56%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 11 (0.51%) Carpe Diem
6 11 (0.51%) SAP S/4HANA
7 10 (0.46%) IBM Planning Analytics
8 9 (0.42%) Visualfiles
9 8 (0.37%) Workday HCM
10 7 (0.32%) Infor M3
11 4 (0.19%) Dynamics GP
11 4 (0.19%) SystmOne
12 3 (0.14%) Integrated Workplace Management System
12 3 (0.14%) Payment Gateway
12 3 (0.14%) Shopify
13 2 (0.093%) FastStats
13 2 (0.093%) Magento
13 2 (0.093%) Sage 200
13 2 (0.093%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 2,157 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 765 (35.47%) Azure
3 293 (13.58%) Power Automate
4 278 (12.89%) PowerApps
5 248 (11.50%) Microsoft 365
6 183 (8.48%) Dynamics 365
7 166 (7.70%) Azure Data Factory
8 163 (7.56%) Azure AI
9 155 (7.19%) AWS
10 141 (6.54%) Azure DevOps
11 100 (4.64%) Microsoft Copilot
12 93 (4.31%) Snowflake
13 84 (3.89%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 84 (3.89%) SaaS
14 79 (3.66%) Microsoft Purview
15 77 (3.57%) GCP
16 55 (2.55%) Azure Logic Apps
17 52 (2.41%) Entra ID
17 52 (2.41%) Google Analytics
18 50 (2.32%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 18 (0.83%) Firewall
2 13 (0.60%) Broadband
3 8 (0.37%) LAN
3 8 (0.37%) WAN
4 7 (0.32%) DNS
4 7 (0.32%) 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 (0.093%) Intranet
8 2 (0.093%) VLAN
8 2 (0.093%) VoIP
8 2 (0.093%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (0.093%) Wireless
9 1 (0.046%) IP Telephony
9 1 (0.046%) Modbus
9 1 (0.046%) NAS
9 1 (0.046%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 449 (20.82%) Tableau
2 235 (10.89%) Data Warehouse
3 160 (7.42%) SQL Server
4 126 (5.84%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 125 (5.80%) Data Lake
6 121 (5.61%) Power Query
7 104 (4.82%) Azure SQL Database
8 76 (3.52%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 73 (3.38%) Relational Database
10 70 (3.25%) Metadata
11 57 (2.64%) Looker
12 51 (2.36%) Star Schema
13 33 (1.53%) NoSQL
14 30 (1.39%) Big Data
14 30 (1.39%) Semantic Layer
15 27 (1.25%) BigQuery
16 25 (1.16%) Delta Lake
16 25 (1.16%) MySQL
17 21 (0.97%) MongoDB
17 21 (0.97%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 99 (4.59%) Git
2 50 (2.32%) JIRA
3 15 (0.70%) Jenkins
4 11 (0.51%) Visual Studio
5 8 (0.37%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 6 (0.28%) GitLab
7 5 (0.23%) MLflow
8 4 (0.19%) Oracle Forms
9 2 (0.093%) Ant
9 2 (0.093%) Apache Ivy
9 2 (0.093%) IBM UrbanCode
9 2 (0.093%) Maven
9 2 (0.093%) Visual Studio Code
10 1 (0.046%) Browser DevTools
10 1 (0.046%) Burp Suite
10 1 (0.046%) ER Studio
10 1 (0.046%) ERwin
10 1 (0.046%) JMeter
10 1 (0.046%) kappa
10 1 (0.046%) Selenium
General
1 936 (43.39%) Social Skills
2 709 (32.87%) Finance
3 623 (28.88%) Analytical Skills
4 155 (7.19%) Legal
5 149 (6.91%) Law
6 139 (6.44%) Marketing
7 134 (6.21%) Organisational Skills
8 127 (5.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 126 (5.84%) Manufacturing
9 126 (5.84%) Retail
10 125 (5.80%) Public Sector
11 63 (2.92%) Banking
12 52 (2.41%) Documentation Skills
13 37 (1.72%) Billing
14 36 (1.67%) Influencing Skills
15 30 (1.39%) Presentation Skills
16 29 (1.34%) Telecoms
17 25 (1.16%) Advertising
17 25 (1.16%) Military
18 24 (1.11%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 680 (31.53%) Analyst
2 366 (16.97%) Data Analyst
3 298 (13.82%) Developer
4 268 (12.42%) Senior
5 188 (8.72%) Data Engineer
6 165 (7.65%) Junior
7 162 (7.51%) Lead
8 159 (7.37%) Junior Analyst
9 145 (6.72%) Junior Data Analyst
10 88 (4.08%) Architect
11 81 (3.76%) Business Intelligence Developer
12 76 (3.52%) Data Manager
13 72 (3.34%) Business Intelligence Analyst
14 70 (3.25%) Business Analyst
15 68 (3.15%) Consultant
15 68 (3.15%) Senior Analyst
16 64 (2.97%) Systems Analyst
17 60 (2.78%) Data Architect
18 56 (2.60%) Power Platform Developer
18 56 (2.60%) Senior Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 94 (4.36%) .NET
2 68 (3.15%) REST
3 67 (3.11%) PySpark
4 62 (2.87%) HTML
5 50 (2.32%) CSS
6 34 (1.58%) JSON
7 30 (1.39%) Terraform
8 26 (1.21%) Kafka
9 25 (1.16%) XML
10 24 (1.11%) .NET Core
10 24 (1.11%) HTML5 Canvas
11 23 (1.07%) EDI
12 20 (0.93%) Microsoft Graph
13 19 (0.88%) Middleware
14 18 (0.83%) ASP.NET
15 16 (0.74%) React
16 15 (0.70%) HTML5
17 14 (0.65%) Pandas
18 13 (0.60%) Playwright
19 12 (0.56%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 189 (8.76%) Management Information System
2 76 (3.52%) Data Structures
3 61 (2.83%) Product Ownership
4 60 (2.78%) Onboarding
5 54 (2.50%) Self-Motivation
6 35 (1.62%) Analytical Mindset
6 35 (1.62%) Enterprise Software
7 33 (1.53%) Greenfield Project
8 32 (1.48%) Legacy Systems
9 31 (1.44%) AI Agents
10 27 (1.25%) Cloud Native
10 27 (1.25%) Driving Licence
11 25 (1.16%) NHS
12 24 (1.11%) Low-Code
13 23 (1.07%) FMCG
14 19 (0.88%) Educational Technology
14 19 (0.88%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 19 (0.88%) Social Media
15 15 (0.70%) Reference Data
15 15 (0.70%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 55 (2.55%) Windows
2 25 (1.16%) Linux
3 14 (0.65%) Windows Server
4 6 (0.28%) Windows Server 2019
5 2 (0.093%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.093%) Mac OS
5 2 (0.093%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (0.093%) Solaris
5 2 (0.093%) Ubuntu
5 2 (0.093%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.046%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,043 (94.71%) Business Intelligence
2 790 (36.62%) Analytics
3 670 (31.06%) AI
4 610 (28.28%) Problem-Solving
5 572 (26.52%) Decision-Making
6 487 (22.58%) Continuous Improvement
7 463 (21.46%) Data Modelling
8 381 (17.66%) Visualisation
9 356 (16.50%) Stakeholder Management
10 327 (15.16%) Agile
11 304 (14.09%) Data Governance
12 296 (13.72%) ETL
13 276 (12.80%) Actionable Insight
14 259 (12.01%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 257 (11.91%) Data Engineering
15 257 (11.91%) ERP
16 254 (11.78%) Data Visualisation
17 240 (11.13%) Data Analysis
18 239 (11.08%) Dashboard Development
19 230 (10.66%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 1,201 (55.68%) SQL
2 587 (27.21%) Python
3 179 (8.30%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 169 (7.83%) C#
5 119 (5.52%) JavaScript
6 59 (2.74%) PowerShell
7 51 (2.36%) R
8 43 (1.99%) T-SQL
9 36 (1.67%) VBA
10 27 (1.25%) Java
11 22 (1.02%) TypeScript
12 21 (0.97%) Scala
13 12 (0.56%) Kusto Query Language
14 8 (0.37%) Bicep
14 8 (0.37%) C++
14 8 (0.37%) PHP
15 5 (0.23%) VB.NET
16 4 (0.19%) VB
16 4 (0.19%) XAML
17 3 (0.14%) XPath
Qualifications
1 291 (13.49%) Degree
2 184 (8.53%) Azure Certification
3 128 (5.93%) Security Cleared
4 104 (4.82%) SC Cleared
5 91 (4.22%) ACCA
6 86 (3.99%) CIMA
7 52 (2.41%) Microsoft Certification
8 31 (1.44%) PMI Certification
9 30 (1.39%) DBS Check
9 30 (1.39%) PMP
10 19 (0.88%) AAT
10 19 (0.88%) Computer Science Degree
11 17 (0.79%) BPSS Clearance
12 13 (0.60%) Master's Degree
13 9 (0.42%) CFA
13 9 (0.42%) CISSP
14 8 (0.37%) AWS Certification
14 8 (0.37%) CIPD
15 7 (0.32%) DV Cleared
15 7 (0.32%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 499 (23.13%) Data Quality
2 151 (7.00%) GDPR
3 90 (4.17%) QA
4 66 (3.06%) Accessibility
5 35 (1.62%) PMO
6 30 (1.39%) SLA
7 28 (1.30%) Actionable Recommendations
8 27 (1.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 24 (1.11%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 13 (0.60%) GRC
11 11 (0.51%) ISO 9001
11 11 (0.51%) NIST
12 10 (0.46%) Cyber Essentials
12 10 (0.46%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 8 (0.37%) TickIT
14 7 (0.32%) GAAP
14 7 (0.32%) ISO 19650
15 6 (0.28%) PERC
16 5 (0.23%) SOC 2
17 4 (0.19%) NIST 800
System Software
1 29 (1.34%) Docker
2 22 (1.02%) Active Directory
3 6 (0.28%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (0.093%) BitLocker
4 2 (0.093%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.093%) IAG
4 2 (0.093%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.093%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.046%) Firmware
5 1 (0.046%) Terminal Services
5 1 (0.046%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.046%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 22 (1.02%) Kubernetes
2 17 (0.79%) Microsoft Intune
3 10 (0.46%) FortiGate
4 7 (0.32%) EnCase
4 7 (0.32%) FTK
5 6 (0.28%) Single Sign-On
6 4 (0.19%) Argo
7 3 (0.14%) SQL Sentry
8 2 (0.093%) Ansible
8 2 (0.093%) Microsoft Clustering
8 2 (0.093%) Progress Chef
8 2 (0.093%) Puppet
9 1 (0.046%) EMC NetWorker
9 1 (0.046%) Grafana
9 1 (0.046%) MOM
9 1 (0.046%) PaperCut
9 1 (0.046%) SCCM
9 1 (0.046%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 976 (45.25%) Microsoft
2 177 (8.21%) Databricks
3 104 (4.82%) SAP
4 82 (3.80%) Oracle
5 81 (3.76%) Google
6 47 (2.18%) Salesforce
7 31 (1.44%) Sage
7 31 (1.44%) ServiceNow
8 30 (1.39%) Alteryx
9 25 (1.16%) Informatica
10 22 (1.02%) Intapp
11 18 (0.83%) Concur
12 17 (0.79%) YouTube
13 14 (0.65%) Workday
14 13 (0.60%) Aderant
15 12 (0.56%) Cognos
16 11 (0.51%) Adobe
16 11 (0.51%) HP
16 11 (0.51%) HubSpot
17 10 (0.46%) Talend