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

6 months to
10 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 61 76 60
Rank change year-on-year +15 -16 +15
Permanent jobs citing Power BI 1,825 1,728 2,087
As % of all permanent jobs in England 3.48% 3.58% 4.26%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 31.25% 19.98% 21.03%
Number of salaries quoted 1,083 975 1,706
10th Percentile £35,788 £37,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +9.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £74,750 £76,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £86,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -1.79%

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 5,840 8,649 9,926
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 11.13% 17.94% 20.24%
Number of salaries quoted 3,858 4,872 7,939
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £36,500
25th Percentile £42,750 £47,688 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -4.76%
75th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £96,539
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,779 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.43% +4.63% -4.00%

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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 10 January 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 10 January 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 +14 647 £70,000 +3.70% 205
South East +20 352 £55,000 -6.98% 222
North of England +8 293 £50,000 +5.26% 109
Midlands +37 265 £50,000 - 101
West Midlands +18 176 £50,000 - 67
North West +1 166 £50,000 +1.01% 54
South West +32 138 £43,953 -5.98% 46
East of England -11 113 £46,750 -38.49% 48
Yorkshire -10 99 £43,500 -8.42% 38
East Midlands +47 87 £45,390 +3.75% 33
North East +23 28 £47,500 -7.32% 19
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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
1 119 (6.52%) SharePoint
2 16 (0.88%) Apache Spark
2 16 (0.88%) SAS
3 14 (0.77%) Apache Airflow
4 13 (0.71%) Confluence
4 13 (0.71%) Microsoft Exchange
5 9 (0.49%) SugarCRM
6 5 (0.27%) WordPress
7 4 (0.22%) Apache
7 4 (0.22%) Umbraco
8 3 (0.16%) CMS
9 2 (0.11%) Moodle
10 1 (0.055%) Apache Superset
10 1 (0.055%) Jupyter
Applications
1 802 (43.95%) Microsoft Excel
2 62 (3.40%) Microsoft Office
3 51 (2.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 19 (1.04%) Microsoft Project
5 14 (0.77%) Spreadsheet
6 12 (0.66%) MS Visio
7 11 (0.60%) Maya
8 10 (0.55%) Trello
9 5 (0.27%) Chatbot
10 2 (0.11%) AutoCAD
10 2 (0.11%) Revit
11 1 (0.055%) Acrobat
11 1 (0.055%) Adobe Illustrator
11 1 (0.055%) Adobe XD
11 1 (0.055%) InDesign
11 1 (0.055%) Oracle Smart View
11 1 (0.055%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 76 (4.16%) Dynamics CRM
2 10 (0.55%) NetSuite
3 9 (0.49%) Elite 3E
3 9 (0.49%) Shopify
4 8 (0.44%) SAP Business One
5 7 (0.38%) Dynamics AX
5 7 (0.38%) Dynamics NAV
5 7 (0.38%) Visualfiles
6 6 (0.33%) NEC Housing
6 6 (0.33%) SAP CO
7 5 (0.27%) IBM Planning Analytics
8 4 (0.22%) Oracle Payables
8 4 (0.22%) Oracle Receivables
8 4 (0.22%) SAP FI
9 3 (0.16%) ResourceLink
9 3 (0.16%) Salesforce CRM
9 3 (0.16%) SAP APO
9 3 (0.16%) SAP IBP
9 3 (0.16%) SAP S/4HANA
10 2 (0.11%) Q-Pulse
Cloud Services
1 1,825 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 809 (44.33%) Azure
3 247 (13.53%) Azure AI
4 199 (10.90%) Power Automate
5 170 (9.32%) Microsoft 365
6 169 (9.26%) PowerApps
7 136 (7.45%) Snowflake
8 133 (7.29%) Azure Data Factory
9 132 (7.23%) Dynamics 365
10 118 (6.47%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 86 (4.71%) AWS
12 84 (4.60%) Azure DevOps
13 63 (3.45%) dbt
14 57 (3.12%) Microsoft Copilot
15 53 (2.90%) GCP
16 47 (2.58%) SaaS
17 38 (2.08%) Azure Logic Apps
18 36 (1.97%) Fivetran
19 35 (1.92%) Entra ID
20 31 (1.70%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 14 (0.77%) Firewall
2 11 (0.60%) Intranet
3 9 (0.49%) DHCP
3 9 (0.49%) DNS
3 9 (0.49%) TCP/IP
4 7 (0.38%) VoIP
4 7 (0.38%) WAN
5 6 (0.33%) LAN
6 4 (0.22%) Modbus
6 4 (0.22%) MQTT
6 4 (0.22%) VPN
7 2 (0.11%) Network Security
7 2 (0.11%) VLAN
7 2 (0.11%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (0.055%) BGP
8 1 (0.055%) FTP
8 1 (0.055%) Internet
8 1 (0.055%) NAS
8 1 (0.055%) SAN
8 1 (0.055%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 506 (27.73%) Tableau
2 200 (10.96%) SQL Server
3 167 (9.15%) Data Warehouse
4 166 (9.10%) Data Lake
5 109 (5.97%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 90 (4.93%) Power Query
7 68 (3.73%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 63 (3.45%) SAP BW
9 61 (3.34%) Looker
10 58 (3.18%) Azure SQL Database
11 41 (2.25%) Relational Database
12 39 (2.14%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 32 (1.75%) Metadata
14 27 (1.48%) BigQuery
15 24 (1.32%) Qlik Sense
16 23 (1.26%) Crystal Reports
17 20 (1.10%) BusinessObjects
17 20 (1.10%) Data Mining
18 19 (1.04%) Amazon Redshift
18 19 (1.04%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 75 (4.11%) Git
2 33 (1.81%) Visual Studio
3 29 (1.59%) JIRA
4 9 (0.49%) GitLab
5 4 (0.22%) ER Studio
5 4 (0.22%) ERwin
5 4 (0.22%) PowerDesigner
6 3 (0.16%) Jenkins
7 2 (0.11%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 1 (0.055%) Axure RP
8 1 (0.055%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.055%) LSMW
8 1 (0.055%) Mercurial
8 1 (0.055%) Oracle APEX
8 1 (0.055%) Postman
8 1 (0.055%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 835 (45.75%) Social Skills
2 621 (34.03%) Finance
3 492 (26.96%) Analytical Skills
4 126 (6.90%) Marketing
5 91 (4.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 88 (4.82%) Law
7 87 (4.77%) Manufacturing
8 84 (4.60%) Retail
9 76 (4.16%) Legal
10 66 (3.62%) Presentation Skills
11 62 (3.40%) Organisational Skills
11 62 (3.40%) Public Sector
12 47 (2.58%) Banking
13 35 (1.92%) Games
14 34 (1.86%) Advertising
15 26 (1.42%) Influencing Skills
16 22 (1.21%) Billing
16 22 (1.21%) Financial Institution
17 19 (1.04%) Documentation Skills
18 18 (0.99%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 776 (42.52%) Analyst
2 439 (24.05%) Data Analyst
3 255 (13.97%) Junior
4 246 (13.48%) Junior Analyst
5 236 (12.93%) Junior Data Analyst
6 212 (11.62%) Senior
7 195 (10.68%) Developer
8 157 (8.60%) Lead
9 143 (7.84%) Data Engineer
10 78 (4.27%) Business Intelligence Developer
11 77 (4.22%) Senior Analyst
12 73 (4.00%) Business Intelligence Analyst
13 66 (3.62%) Architect
14 65 (3.56%) Report Analyst
15 64 (3.51%) Support Analyst
16 59 (3.23%) Financial Analyst
17 56 (3.07%) Business Analyst
18 47 (2.58%) Applications Support
19 46 (2.52%) Consultant
20 45 (2.47%) Power Platform Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (2.63%) .NET
2 43 (2.36%) REST
3 27 (1.48%) PySpark
4 26 (1.42%) Web Services
5 24 (1.32%) SOAP
6 21 (1.15%) HTML
7 18 (0.99%) EDI
7 18 (0.99%) HTML5 Canvas
7 18 (0.99%) JSON
7 18 (0.99%) XML
8 13 (0.71%) Pandas
9 12 (0.66%) CSS
10 10 (0.55%) React
11 9 (0.49%) AngularJS
11 9 (0.49%) Middleware
12 8 (0.44%) .NET Core
12 8 (0.44%) ASP.NET
13 7 (0.38%) ASP.NET Core
13 7 (0.38%) Kafka
13 7 (0.38%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 77 (4.22%) Analytical Mindset
2 60 (3.29%) Management Information System
3 51 (2.79%) Data Structures
4 39 (2.14%) Cloud Native
5 38 (2.08%) Self-Motivation
6 37 (2.03%) Onboarding
7 35 (1.92%) Product Ownership
8 34 (1.86%) FMCG
9 28 (1.53%) Legacy Systems
10 25 (1.37%) Enterprise Software
11 21 (1.15%) Reinsurance
12 19 (1.04%) Driving Licence
12 19 (1.04%) Low-Code
13 16 (0.88%) Greenfield Project
14 14 (0.77%) Algorithms
15 12 (0.66%) Social Media
16 10 (0.55%) NHS
17 9 (0.49%) Data Protection Act
17 9 (0.49%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
17 9 (0.49%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 45 (2.47%) Windows
2 12 (0.66%) Linux
3 8 (0.44%) Mac OS
3 8 (0.44%) Unix
4 7 (0.38%) Windows 10
5 4 (0.22%) Windows Server
6 3 (0.16%) Android
7 1 (0.055%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.055%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.055%) VMS
7 1 (0.055%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,713 (93.86%) Business Intelligence
2 629 (34.47%) Analytics
3 449 (24.60%) AI
3 449 (24.60%) Problem-Solving
4 433 (23.73%) Decision-Making
5 357 (19.56%) Data Modelling
6 355 (19.45%) Visualisation
7 277 (15.18%) Continuous Improvement
8 270 (14.79%) Data Analysis
9 263 (14.41%) Agile
10 253 (13.86%) ETL
11 251 (13.75%) Actionable Insight
12 225 (12.33%) Data Visualisation
13 216 (11.84%) Data Governance
14 178 (9.75%) Data Analytics
14 178 (9.75%) Data Engineering
14 178 (9.75%) Stakeholder Management
15 176 (9.64%) Data Pipeline
16 174 (9.53%) ERP
17 161 (8.82%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 1,028 (56.33%) SQL
2 651 (35.67%) Python
3 124 (6.79%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 71 (3.89%) C#
5 65 (3.56%) PowerShell
5 65 (3.56%) VBA
6 60 (3.29%) JavaScript
7 52 (2.85%) R
8 46 (2.52%) T-SQL
9 24 (1.32%) Scala
10 9 (0.49%) Java
11 7 (0.38%) ANSI SQL
12 6 (0.33%) Kusto Query Language
12 6 (0.33%) TypeScript
13 5 (0.27%) Delphi
14 4 (0.22%) Bash
14 4 (0.22%) Bicep
15 3 (0.16%) VB.NET
16 2 (0.11%) C
16 2 (0.11%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 391 (21.42%) Degree
2 263 (14.41%) Azure Certification
3 75 (4.11%) ACCA
4 73 (4.00%) CIMA
5 64 (3.51%) Security Cleared
6 51 (2.79%) Microsoft Certification
6 51 (2.79%) SC Cleared
7 50 (2.74%) DBS Check
8 47 (2.58%) Computer Science Degree
9 41 (2.25%) PMI Certification
9 41 (2.25%) PMP
10 37 (2.03%) Master's Degree
11 20 (1.10%) CISSP
12 19 (1.04%) CISA
13 12 (0.66%) CISM
13 12 (0.66%) CRISC
13 12 (0.66%) HNC
13 12 (0.66%) Numerate Degree
14 11 (0.60%) MBA
15 8 (0.44%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 290 (15.89%) Data Quality
2 70 (3.84%) GDPR
3 68 (3.73%) QA
4 48 (2.63%) Accessibility
5 44 (2.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 41 (2.25%) PMO
7 23 (1.26%) SLA
8 15 (0.82%) NIST
9 14 (0.77%) Cyber Essentials
10 13 (0.71%) Actionable Recommendations
10 13 (0.71%) GRC
11 12 (0.66%) COBIT
11 12 (0.66%) ITGC
12 6 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 4 (0.22%) IFRS
14 3 (0.16%) California Consumer Privacy Act
15 2 (0.11%) EMIR
15 2 (0.11%) IFRS 17
15 2 (0.11%) MiFID
15 2 (0.11%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 28 (1.53%) Active Directory
2 11 (0.60%) Docker
3 5 (0.27%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.11%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.055%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.055%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.055%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.055%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 22 (1.21%) Microsoft Intune
2 15 (0.82%) Terraform
3 11 (0.60%) Kubernetes
4 8 (0.44%) Single Sign-On
5 6 (0.33%) RSA Archer
6 5 (0.27%) FortiGate
7 3 (0.16%) Argo
7 3 (0.16%) Control-M
8 2 (0.11%) Microsoft Clustering
9 1 (0.055%) Grafana
9 1 (0.055%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.055%) MOM
9 1 (0.055%) SCCM
Vendors
1 736 (40.33%) Microsoft
2 145 (7.95%) SAP
3 113 (6.19%) Databricks
4 70 (3.84%) Oracle
5 54 (2.96%) Salesforce
6 43 (2.36%) Google
7 33 (1.81%) Alteryx
8 31 (1.70%) ServiceNow
9 21 (1.15%) Anaplan
10 20 (1.10%) Informatica
11 17 (0.93%) Verint
12 16 (0.88%) HubSpot
13 15 (0.82%) Adobe
13 15 (0.82%) Intapp
14 12 (0.66%) Dell
14 12 (0.66%) Genesys
14 12 (0.66%) MuleSoft
15 10 (0.55%) Dataiku
15 10 (0.55%) IBM
16 8 (0.44%) Talend