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

6 months to
24 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 51 79 69
Rank change year-on-year +28 -10 +8
Permanent jobs citing Power BI 2,545 1,612 2,669
As % of all permanent jobs in England 2.86% 3.73% 3.35%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 32.07% 23.68% 21.24%
Number of salaries quoted 1,454 1,206 2,063
10th Percentile £34,500 £35,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £42,532
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.51% -0.87% +4.55%
75th Percentile £74,000 £70,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,790 £57,500
% change year-on-year -1.42% -2.97% +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 7,937 6,806 12,566
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 8.91% 15.73% 15.78%
Number of salaries quoted 5,420 4,511 9,077
10th Percentile £36,250 £35,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £45,438 £46,250 £45,000
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 £83,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £110,000 £112,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,743 £60,000
% change year-on-year -1.22% +1.24% -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

Power BI
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Power BI in England over the 6 months to 24 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 24 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 -10 649 £70,000 +3.70% 295
North of England +88 625 £46,500 -11.00% 153
Midlands +22 456 £48,552 -2.90% 113
South East +14 384 £52,500 - 185
North West +68 286 £49,000 -6.67% 74
West Midlands +16 265 £49,000 -7.98% 61
Yorkshire +66 263 £44,000 -12.87% 52
South West +2 223 £42,500 -22.73% 84
East Midlands +20 191 £47,500 +5.56% 52
East of England +26 184 £60,000 +39.53% 35
North East +10 76 £45,000 - 29
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UK

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
1 178 (6.99%) SharePoint
2 47 (1.85%) Apache Spark
3 44 (1.73%) Apache Airflow
4 38 (1.49%) Microsoft Exchange
5 11 (0.43%) Apache
6 9 (0.35%) WordPress
7 7 (0.28%) ArcGIS
8 6 (0.24%) CMS
8 6 (0.24%) Confluence
9 5 (0.20%) SAS
10 4 (0.16%) Oracle Workflow
11 2 (0.079%) Headless CMS
11 2 (0.079%) IIS
11 2 (0.079%) Luigi
11 2 (0.079%) Umbraco
12 1 (0.039%) Appian
12 1 (0.039%) Mendix
12 1 (0.039%) Oracle Application Server
Applications
1 1,170 (45.97%) Microsoft Excel
2 66 (2.59%) Microsoft Office
3 44 (1.73%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 26 (1.02%) Microsoft Project
5 25 (0.98%) Spreadsheet
6 24 (0.94%) MS Visio
7 7 (0.28%) Chatbot
8 2 (0.079%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 2 (0.079%) ProjectWise
9 1 (0.039%) Revit
Business Applications
1 50 (1.96%) Dynamics CRM
2 44 (1.73%) NetSuite
3 12 (0.47%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 11 (0.43%) Elite 3E
5 8 (0.31%) Carpe Diem
5 8 (0.31%) 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 (0.079%) Infor M3
10 2 (0.079%) Markit EDM
10 2 (0.079%) Unit4 Business World
10 2 (0.079%) Workday HCM
10 2 (0.079%) Workfront
11 1 (0.039%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 2,545 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 1,313 (51.59%) Azure
3 716 (28.13%) Azure AI
4 284 (11.16%) Power Automate
5 259 (10.18%) PowerApps
6 247 (9.71%) Microsoft 365
7 163 (6.40%) Dynamics 365
8 148 (5.82%) Azure Data Factory
9 145 (5.70%) AWS
10 125 (4.91%) Snowflake
11 112 (4.40%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 93 (3.65%) Azure DevOps
12 93 (3.65%) GCP
13 78 (3.06%) SaaS
14 74 (2.91%) Azure Logic Apps
15 70 (2.75%) dbt
15 70 (2.75%) Microsoft Purview
16 60 (2.36%) OneDrive
17 55 (2.16%) Entra ID
18 52 (2.04%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 17 (0.67%) Broadband
2 16 (0.63%) Firewall
3 11 (0.43%) DHCP
3 11 (0.43%) DNS
4 8 (0.31%) WAN
5 7 (0.28%) VPN
6 6 (0.24%) VoIP
7 4 (0.16%) 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 (0.079%) Internet
9 2 (0.079%) VLAN
9 2 (0.079%) Wireless
10 1 (0.039%) Modbus
10 1 (0.039%) MQTT
10 1 (0.039%) Softphone
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1,018 (40.00%) Tableau
2 215 (8.45%) Data Warehouse
3 179 (7.03%) SQL Server
4 129 (5.07%) Data Lake
5 124 (4.87%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 122 (4.79%) Power Query
7 81 (3.18%) Azure SQL Database
8 77 (3.03%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 71 (2.79%) Looker
10 58 (2.28%) Relational Database
11 54 (2.12%) BigQuery
12 43 (1.69%) Star Schema
13 40 (1.57%) Metadata
14 39 (1.53%) Amazon Redshift
15 36 (1.41%) Big Data
16 31 (1.22%) PostgreSQL
17 30 (1.18%) MySQL
18 27 (1.06%) Semantic Layer
18 27 (1.06%) Snowflake Schema
19 24 (0.94%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 61 (2.40%) Git
2 47 (1.85%) JIRA
3 29 (1.14%) MLflow
4 23 (0.90%) Visual Studio
5 14 (0.55%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 7 (0.28%) Jenkins
7 5 (0.20%) Oracle Forms
8 2 (0.079%) GitLab
9 1 (0.039%) Ant
9 1 (0.039%) Apache Ivy
9 1 (0.039%) Browser DevTools
9 1 (0.039%) ERwin
9 1 (0.039%) IBM UrbanCode
9 1 (0.039%) Maven
9 1 (0.039%) NUnit
9 1 (0.039%) Postman
9 1 (0.039%) PowerDesigner
9 1 (0.039%) Selenium
9 1 (0.039%) Toad
9 1 (0.039%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 1,389 (54.58%) Social Skills
2 558 (21.93%) Analytical Skills
3 553 (21.73%) Finance
4 137 (5.38%) Law
5 124 (4.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 105 (4.13%) Legal
6 105 (4.13%) Marketing
7 104 (4.09%) Public Sector
8 103 (4.05%) Retail
9 87 (3.42%) Organisational Skills
10 82 (3.22%) Manufacturing
11 35 (1.38%) Banking
12 32 (1.26%) Documentation Skills
13 29 (1.14%) Telecoms
14 25 (0.98%) Influencing Skills
14 25 (0.98%) Military
14 25 (0.98%) Presentation Skills
15 24 (0.94%) Billing
16 22 (0.86%) Advertising
17 21 (0.83%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 1,239 (48.68%) Analyst
2 917 (36.03%) Data Analyst
3 737 (28.96%) Junior
4 727 (28.57%) Junior Analyst
5 716 (28.13%) Junior Data Analyst
6 303 (11.91%) Senior
7 283 (11.12%) Developer
8 173 (6.80%) Data Engineer
9 143 (5.62%) Lead
10 89 (3.50%) Business Intelligence Analyst
11 81 (3.18%) Architect
12 77 (3.03%) Business Intelligence Developer
13 72 (2.83%) Data Manager
14 70 (2.75%) Business Analyst
15 67 (2.63%) Senior Analyst
16 60 (2.36%) Power Platform Developer
17 56 (2.20%) Systems Analyst
18 55 (2.16%) Consultant
19 53 (2.08%) Data Architect
19 53 (2.08%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 111 (4.36%) .NET
2 62 (2.44%) HTML
3 59 (2.32%) REST
4 58 (2.28%) CSS
5 57 (2.24%) PySpark
6 50 (1.96%) JSON
7 42 (1.65%) HTML5 Canvas
8 39 (1.53%) Kafka
9 37 (1.45%) .NET Core
10 32 (1.26%) scikit-learn
11 31 (1.22%) PyTorch
11 31 (1.22%) XML
12 27 (1.06%) Microsoft Graph
13 26 (1.02%) TensorFlow
14 24 (0.94%) LangChain
14 24 (0.94%) LlamaIndex
14 24 (0.94%) Middleware
15 23 (0.90%) pgvector
16 20 (0.79%) EDI
16 20 (0.79%) SPFx
Miscellaneous
1 137 (5.38%) Management Information System
2 79 (3.10%) Data Structures
3 56 (2.20%) Cloud Native
4 55 (2.16%) Analytical Mindset
5 49 (1.93%) Onboarding
6 41 (1.61%) Product Ownership
7 33 (1.30%) Legacy Systems
8 32 (1.26%) Self-Motivation
9 26 (1.02%) Public Cloud
10 25 (0.98%) Clustering
11 22 (0.86%) Low-Code
12 19 (0.75%) NHS
12 19 (0.75%) Social Media
13 18 (0.71%) Driving Licence
13 18 (0.71%) Greenfield Project
14 14 (0.55%) Enterprise Cloud
15 13 (0.51%) AI Agents
15 13 (0.51%) Enterprise Software
15 13 (0.51%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
16 11 (0.43%) Educational Technology
Operating Systems
1 46 (1.81%) Windows
2 21 (0.83%) Linux
3 20 (0.79%) Windows Server
4 9 (0.35%) VMS
5 4 (0.16%) Unix
5 4 (0.16%) Windows 10
5 4 (0.16%) Windows Server 2019
6 3 (0.12%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.079%) Android
7 2 (0.079%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.039%) Solaris
8 1 (0.039%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.039%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,397 (94.18%) Business Intelligence
2 1,073 (42.16%) AI
3 722 (28.37%) Analytics
4 481 (18.90%) Decision-Making
5 475 (18.66%) Problem-Solving
6 439 (17.25%) Data Modelling
7 367 (14.42%) Continuous Improvement
8 332 (13.05%) Visualisation
9 281 (11.04%) Agile
9 281 (11.04%) ETL
10 279 (10.96%) Data Governance
11 233 (9.16%) ERP
12 231 (9.08%) Data Engineering
13 228 (8.96%) Actionable Insight
13 228 (8.96%) Data Visualisation
14 221 (8.68%) Stakeholder Management
15 217 (8.53%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 215 (8.45%) Data Analysis
17 207 (8.13%) Data Pipeline
18 195 (7.66%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 1,705 (66.99%) SQL
2 1,095 (43.03%) Python
3 166 (6.52%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 158 (6.21%) C#
5 107 (4.20%) JavaScript
6 70 (2.75%) PowerShell
7 55 (2.16%) T-SQL
7 55 (2.16%) VBA
8 41 (1.61%) R
9 29 (1.14%) TypeScript
10 20 (0.79%) Kusto Query Language
11 18 (0.71%) Scala
12 13 (0.51%) Java
13 8 (0.31%) VB
13 8 (0.31%) VBScript
14 6 (0.24%) Julia
15 5 (0.20%) Bicep
16 4 (0.16%) Delphi
16 4 (0.16%) PHP
16 4 (0.16%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 742 (29.16%) Azure Certification
2 254 (9.98%) Degree
3 100 (3.93%) Security Cleared
4 86 (3.38%) ACCA
5 81 (3.18%) CIMA
6 79 (3.10%) SC Cleared
7 44 (1.73%) Microsoft Certification
8 39 (1.53%) DBS Check
9 28 (1.10%) AAT
9 28 (1.10%) Computer Science Degree
10 23 (0.90%) PMI Certification
11 22 (0.86%) PMP
12 16 (0.63%) Master's Degree
13 13 (0.51%) BPSS Clearance
14 9 (0.35%) CompTIA CySA+
14 9 (0.35%) CompTIA Security+
14 9 (0.35%) SSCP
15 7 (0.28%) HND
15 7 (0.28%) Postgraduate
16 5 (0.20%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 349 (13.71%) Data Quality
2 128 (5.03%) GDPR
3 84 (3.30%) QA
4 48 (1.89%) Accessibility
5 46 (1.81%) SLA
6 41 (1.61%) PMO
7 37 (1.45%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 29 (1.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 17 (0.67%) TickIT
10 15 (0.59%) Actionable Recommendations
11 14 (0.55%) NIST
12 12 (0.47%) 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 47 (1.85%) Active Directory
2 17 (0.67%) Docker
3 8 (0.31%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (0.28%) Virtual Desktop
5 5 (0.20%) BitLocker
6 3 (0.12%) Terminal Services
7 2 (0.079%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.079%) IAG
8 1 (0.039%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 25 (0.98%) Terraform
2 14 (0.55%) Kubernetes
2 14 (0.55%) Microsoft Intune
3 10 (0.39%) FortiGate
4 6 (0.24%) Single Sign-On
5 5 (0.20%) SCCM
6 4 (0.16%) Ansible
7 2 (0.079%) Control-M
7 2 (0.079%) Microsoft Clustering
8 1 (0.039%) Grafana
8 1 (0.039%) MOM
8 1 (0.039%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.039%) Puppet
8 1 (0.039%) SQL Sentry
8 1 (0.039%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 1,423 (55.91%) Microsoft
2 191 (7.50%) Databricks
3 93 (3.65%) SAP
4 79 (3.10%) Oracle
5 63 (2.48%) Google
6 45 (1.77%) Salesforce
7 29 (1.14%) Intapp
7 29 (1.14%) Sage
8 28 (1.10%) Alteryx
9 27 (1.06%) Adobe
10 24 (0.94%) Cloudera
11 23 (0.90%) Dell
12 22 (0.86%) Informatica
13 19 (0.75%) Concur
13 19 (0.75%) ServiceNow
14 16 (0.63%) iManage
15 14 (0.55%) Cognos
16 13 (0.51%) Aderant
16 13 (0.51%) HubSpot
17 11 (0.43%) Yardi