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

6 months to
27 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 58 79 60
Rank change year-on-year +21 -19 +20
Permanent jobs citing Power BI 2,560 1,425 3,198
As % of all permanent jobs in England 3.09% 3.75% 3.70%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 35.64% 22.67% 21.65%
Number of salaries quoted 1,273 1,010 2,587
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 7,182 6,287 14,770
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 8.66% 16.56% 17.09%
Number of salaries quoted 4,629 4,189 11,406
10th Percentile £35,750 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £42,725
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £64,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +11.30% -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

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

Power BI
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Power BI in England over the 6 months to 27 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 27 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 +54 625 £45,000 -14.29% 135
London -14 584 £70,000 - 313
Midlands +36 472 £47,085 -12.30% 78
South East +43 436 £57,500 +12.20% 185
Yorkshire +49 281 £42,500 -12.82% 42
West Midlands +17 278 £46,042 -16.29% 55
North West +42 277 £46,500 -13.49% 81
South West +21 223 £43,500 -24.35% 52
East of England +46 203 £56,000 +19.79% 36
East Midlands +36 192 £50,000 - 23
North East +9 67 £43,250 -13.50% 14
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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
1 150 (5.86%) SharePoint
2 45 (1.76%) Apache Spark
3 44 (1.72%) Apache Airflow
4 40 (1.56%) Microsoft Exchange
5 10 (0.39%) Apache
6 9 (0.35%) SAS
7 8 (0.31%) Confluence
8 7 (0.27%) WordPress
9 6 (0.23%) ArcGIS
9 6 (0.23%) CMS
10 2 (0.078%) Headless CMS
10 2 (0.078%) IIS
10 2 (0.078%) Luigi
10 2 (0.078%) Oracle Application Server
10 2 (0.078%) Palantir Foundry
10 2 (0.078%) Umbraco
11 1 (0.039%) Appian
11 1 (0.039%) Drupal
11 1 (0.039%) Mendix
11 1 (0.039%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 1,306 (51.02%) Microsoft Excel
2 55 (2.15%) Microsoft Office
3 32 (1.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 28 (1.09%) Spreadsheet
5 26 (1.02%) Microsoft Project
5 26 (1.02%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.078%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 2 (0.078%) Trello
7 1 (0.039%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 43 (1.68%) 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 (0.20%) Sage 200
8 5 (0.20%) SAP ERP
8 5 (0.20%) SAP PM
8 5 (0.20%) Shopify
9 4 (0.16%) Magento
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 2,560 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 1,452 (56.72%) Azure
3 898 (35.08%) Azure AI
4 234 (9.14%) Power Automate
5 209 (8.16%) Microsoft 365
6 198 (7.73%) PowerApps
7 139 (5.43%) Azure Data Factory
8 125 (4.88%) Dynamics 365
9 121 (4.73%) Snowflake
10 117 (4.57%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 115 (4.49%) AWS
12 81 (3.16%) dbt
13 80 (3.13%) Azure DevOps
14 69 (2.70%) GCP
15 64 (2.50%) SaaS
16 60 (2.34%) Azure Logic Apps
17 59 (2.30%) Microsoft Purview
18 55 (2.15%) Entra ID
19 43 (1.68%) Microsoft Copilot
20 41 (1.60%) 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 (45.23%) Tableau
2 178 (6.95%) Data Warehouse
3 173 (6.76%) SQL Server
4 119 (4.65%) Data Lake
5 117 (4.57%) Power Query
6 113 (4.41%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 67 (2.62%) Looker
7 67 (2.62%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 65 (2.54%) Azure SQL Database
9 54 (2.11%) Relational Database
10 50 (1.95%) BigQuery
11 44 (1.72%) Big Data
12 42 (1.64%) Amazon Redshift
13 33 (1.29%) Star Schema
14 32 (1.25%) Metadata
15 29 (1.13%) Snowflake Schema
16 27 (1.05%) PostgreSQL
17 23 (0.90%) Elasticsearch
17 23 (0.90%) MySQL
17 23 (0.90%) PowerPivot
Development Applications
1 55 (2.15%) Git
2 41 (1.60%) JIRA
3 26 (1.02%) MLflow
3 26 (1.02%) Visual Studio
4 15 (0.59%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 5 (0.20%) Jenkins
6 4 (0.16%) Oracle Forms
7 3 (0.12%) Postman
8 2 (0.078%) DBeaver
9 1 (0.039%) Axure RP
9 1 (0.039%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.039%) Browser DevTools
9 1 (0.039%) ERwin
9 1 (0.039%) NUnit
9 1 (0.039%) Oracle APEX
9 1 (0.039%) PowerDesigner
9 1 (0.039%) Selenium
9 1 (0.039%) Toad
General
1 1,485 (58.01%) Social Skills
2 540 (21.09%) Analytical Skills
3 487 (19.02%) Finance
4 115 (4.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 96 (3.75%) Law
5 96 (3.75%) Public Sector
6 93 (3.63%) Marketing
7 90 (3.52%) Retail
8 81 (3.16%) Legal
9 65 (2.54%) Manufacturing
10 61 (2.38%) Organisational Skills
11 40 (1.56%) Presentation Skills
12 33 (1.29%) Influencing Skills
13 32 (1.25%) Documentation Skills
14 24 (0.94%) Telecoms
15 23 (0.90%) Banking
16 18 (0.70%) Advertising
16 18 (0.70%) Publishing
17 17 (0.66%) Automotive
18 16 (0.63%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 1,406 (54.92%) Analyst
2 1,105 (43.16%) Data Analyst
3 918 (35.86%) Junior
4 912 (35.63%) Junior Analyst
5 903 (35.27%) Junior Data Analyst
6 280 (10.94%) Senior
7 252 (9.84%) Developer
8 140 (5.47%) Data Engineer
9 124 (4.84%) Lead
10 90 (3.52%) Business Intelligence Developer
11 87 (3.40%) Business Intelligence Analyst
12 77 (3.01%) Architect
12 77 (3.01%) Business Analyst
13 72 (2.81%) Data Manager
14 70 (2.73%) Senior Analyst
15 61 (2.38%) Power BI Developer
16 56 (2.19%) Systems Analyst
17 55 (2.15%) Power BI Analyst
18 54 (2.11%) Financial Analyst
19 51 (1.99%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 90 (3.52%) .NET
2 50 (1.95%) CSS
2 50 (1.95%) JSON
3 49 (1.91%) HTML
4 42 (1.64%) PySpark
4 42 (1.64%) REST
5 39 (1.52%) HTML5 Canvas
6 38 (1.48%) XML
7 35 (1.37%) .NET Core
8 34 (1.33%) Kafka
9 29 (1.13%) PyTorch
9 29 (1.13%) scikit-learn
10 24 (0.94%) Middleware
11 23 (0.90%) LangChain
11 23 (0.90%) LlamaIndex
11 23 (0.90%) Microsoft Graph
11 23 (0.90%) pgvector
11 23 (0.90%) TensorFlow
12 20 (0.78%) SOAP
12 20 (0.78%) SPFx
Miscellaneous
1 92 (3.59%) Management Information System
2 60 (2.34%) Data Structures
3 54 (2.11%) Analytical Mindset
4 48 (1.88%) Cloud Native
5 35 (1.37%) Legacy Systems
6 33 (1.29%) Onboarding
7 29 (1.13%) Product Ownership
8 27 (1.05%) Clustering
8 27 (1.05%) Low-Code
9 26 (1.02%) Public Cloud
10 24 (0.94%) NHS
10 24 (0.94%) Self-Motivation
11 19 (0.74%) Social Media
12 18 (0.70%) Enterprise Cloud
13 15 (0.59%) Greenfield Project
14 14 (0.55%) Enterprise Software
15 13 (0.51%) Driving Licence
15 13 (0.51%) FMCG
16 11 (0.43%) Replication
17 9 (0.35%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 33 (1.29%) Windows
2 19 (0.74%) Windows Server
3 15 (0.59%) Linux
4 12 (0.47%) VMS
5 6 (0.23%) Unix
6 4 (0.16%) Apple iOS
6 4 (0.16%) Windows 10
7 3 (0.12%) 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 2,420 (94.53%) Business Intelligence
2 1,154 (45.08%) AI
3 650 (25.39%) Analytics
4 448 (17.50%) Decision-Making
5 384 (15.00%) Problem-Solving
6 381 (14.88%) Data Modelling
7 329 (12.85%) Visualisation
8 289 (11.29%) Continuous Improvement
9 262 (10.23%) ETL
10 230 (8.98%) Data Governance
11 229 (8.95%) Data Visualisation
12 216 (8.44%) Agile
13 205 (8.01%) Data Engineering
14 198 (7.73%) Data Analysis
15 193 (7.54%) Actionable Insight
16 190 (7.42%) ERP
17 175 (6.84%) Data Pipeline
18 171 (6.68%) Project Management
19 170 (6.64%) Data Management
20 169 (6.60%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 1,763 (68.87%) SQL
2 1,284 (50.16%) Python
3 145 (5.66%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 122 (4.77%) C#
5 88 (3.44%) JavaScript
6 75 (2.93%) PowerShell
7 66 (2.58%) VBA
8 54 (2.11%) T-SQL
9 46 (1.80%) R
10 25 (0.98%) TypeScript
11 19 (0.74%) Kusto Query Language
12 13 (0.51%) Java
13 12 (0.47%) Scala
14 11 (0.43%) Delphi
15 9 (0.35%) VBScript
16 6 (0.23%) Julia
16 6 (0.23%) VB
17 5 (0.20%) Bicep
18 3 (0.12%) PL/SQL
18 3 (0.12%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 924 (36.09%) Azure Certification
2 265 (10.35%) Degree
3 83 (3.24%) Security Cleared
4 62 (2.42%) ACCA
4 62 (2.42%) SC Cleared
5 61 (2.38%) CIMA
6 38 (1.48%) PMI Certification
6 38 (1.48%) PMP
7 36 (1.41%) Microsoft Certification
8 34 (1.33%) DBS Check
9 29 (1.13%) Computer Science Degree
10 23 (0.90%) Master's Degree
11 16 (0.63%) AAT
12 11 (0.43%) MBA
13 9 (0.35%) CompTIA Security+
14 8 (0.31%) APMP
14 8 (0.31%) CompTIA CySA+
14 8 (0.31%) SSCP
15 7 (0.27%) Postgraduate
16 5 (0.20%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 284 (11.09%) Data Quality
2 115 (4.49%) GDPR
3 65 (2.54%) QA
4 52 (2.03%) SLA
5 37 (1.45%) Accessibility
6 36 (1.41%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 33 (1.29%) PMO
8 26 (1.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 17 (0.66%) TickIT
10 14 (0.55%) NIST
11 12 (0.47%) Actionable Recommendations
11 12 (0.47%) GRC
12 8 (0.31%) IFRS
13 4 (0.16%) GAAP
13 4 (0.16%) IFRS 17
13 4 (0.16%) ITGC
13 4 (0.16%) NIST 800
13 4 (0.16%) PERC
14 2 (0.078%) GxP
14 2 (0.078%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 55 (2.15%) 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 (0.55%) Terraform
2 12 (0.47%) Kubernetes
3 7 (0.27%) Microsoft Intune
4 5 (0.20%) FortiGate
4 5 (0.20%) 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 1,486 (58.05%) Microsoft
2 164 (6.41%) Databricks
3 90 (3.52%) SAP
4 78 (3.05%) Oracle
5 54 (2.11%) Google
6 39 (1.52%) Salesforce
7 31 (1.21%) Informatica
8 30 (1.17%) Adobe
8 30 (1.17%) ServiceNow
9 28 (1.09%) Alteryx
10 24 (0.94%) Cloudera
11 23 (0.90%) Dell
11 23 (0.90%) Intapp
12 17 (0.66%) Anaplan
12 17 (0.66%) Sage
13 14 (0.55%) Cognos
14 13 (0.51%) iManage
14 13 (0.51%) Verint
15 12 (0.47%) Genesys
15 12 (0.47%) HubSpot