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

6 months to
31 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 56 69 59
Rank change year-on-year +13 -10 +22
Permanent jobs citing Power BI 2,357 1,431 3,163
As % of all permanent jobs in England 3.36% 3.91% 4.05%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 35.95% 20.80% 22.40%
Number of salaries quoted 1,162 1,013 2,560
10th Percentile £36,250 £37,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £54,250
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +10.60% -1.72%
75th Percentile £75,000 £76,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £95,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £58,000 £52,750
% change year-on-year -0.86% +9.95% -4.09%

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 6,557 6,879 14,118
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 9.36% 18.79% 18.07%
Number of salaries quoted 4,071 4,714 11,259
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £43,395
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +13.04% -11.54%
75th Percentile £81,250 £87,500 £77,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £63,175 £57,500
% change year-on-year -5.03% +9.87% -8.00%

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 31 March 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 31 March 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 +17 640 £70,000 - 258
North of England +7 496 £47,000 -2.08% 176
Midlands +23 420 £47,085 -5.83% 126
South East +13 420 £57,500 +4.55% 212
West Midlands +22 251 £47,085 -8.13% 72
Yorkshire +41 234 £41,770 -12.06% 63
North West -15 203 £47,500 -5.00% 90
South West +39 198 £43,953 -8.43% 70
East Midlands +24 167 £45,000 +4.65% 54
East of England -13 166 £50,500 -27.86% 57
North East +28 59 £51,000 +7.37% 29
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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
1 144 (6.11%) SharePoint
2 48 (2.04%) Apache Spark
3 47 (1.99%) Apache Airflow
4 29 (1.23%) Microsoft Exchange
5 16 (0.68%) Confluence
6 12 (0.51%) SAS
7 7 (0.30%) Apache
8 4 (0.17%) ArcGIS
8 4 (0.17%) CMS
8 4 (0.17%) Umbraco
9 2 (0.085%) Moodle
9 2 (0.085%) Oracle Application Server
9 2 (0.085%) Palantir Foundry
9 2 (0.085%) WordPress
10 1 (0.042%) Appian
10 1 (0.042%) Drupal
10 1 (0.042%) Jupyter
10 1 (0.042%) Mendix
Applications
1 1,225 (51.97%) Microsoft Excel
2 68 (2.89%) Microsoft Office
3 56 (2.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 25 (1.06%) Spreadsheet
5 21 (0.89%) Microsoft Project
6 15 (0.64%) MS Visio
7 9 (0.38%) Trello
8 2 (0.085%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.042%) Acrobat
9 1 (0.042%) Adobe Illustrator
9 1 (0.042%) Adobe XD
9 1 (0.042%) Chatbot
9 1 (0.042%) InDesign
9 1 (0.042%) Maya
9 1 (0.042%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 36 (1.53%) Dynamics CRM
2 17 (0.72%) NetSuite
3 10 (0.42%) Dynamics AX
4 9 (0.38%) SAP CO
5 6 (0.25%) IBM Planning Analytics
5 6 (0.25%) NEC Housing
6 5 (0.21%) Dynamics NAV
6 5 (0.21%) SAP ERP
6 5 (0.21%) SAP PM
7 4 (0.17%) Elite 3E
7 4 (0.17%) Sage 200
7 4 (0.17%) SAP Business One
8 3 (0.13%) Integrated Workplace Management System
8 3 (0.13%) Markit EDM
8 3 (0.13%) ResourceLink
8 3 (0.13%) Salesforce CRM
8 3 (0.13%) SAP S/4HANA
8 3 (0.13%) Shopify
8 3 (0.13%) Visualfiles
9 2 (0.085%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 2,357 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 1,371 (58.17%) Azure
3 809 (34.32%) Azure AI
4 230 (9.76%) Power Automate
5 203 (8.61%) Microsoft 365
6 185 (7.85%) PowerApps
7 153 (6.49%) Azure Data Factory
8 147 (6.24%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 139 (5.90%) Snowflake
10 107 (4.54%) Dynamics 365
11 105 (4.45%) AWS
12 98 (4.16%) dbt
13 74 (3.14%) GCP
14 72 (3.05%) Azure DevOps
15 64 (2.72%) SaaS
16 61 (2.59%) Entra ID
17 56 (2.38%) Microsoft Copilot
18 52 (2.21%) Azure Logic Apps
19 36 (1.53%) Serverless
20 27 (1.15%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 14 (0.59%) Intranet
2 11 (0.47%) DHCP
2 11 (0.47%) DNS
2 11 (0.47%) Firewall
3 10 (0.42%) TCP/IP
4 7 (0.30%) WAN
5 6 (0.25%) VoIP
6 5 (0.21%) Modbus
6 5 (0.21%) MQTT
7 4 (0.17%) Broadband
8 3 (0.13%) Internet
8 3 (0.13%) VLAN
8 3 (0.13%) VPN
8 3 (0.13%) Wi-Fi
9 2 (0.085%) Network Security
10 1 (0.042%) ADSL
10 1 (0.042%) FTP
10 1 (0.042%) LAN
10 1 (0.042%) NAS
10 1 (0.042%) Softphone
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1,046 (44.38%) Tableau
2 195 (8.27%) Data Warehouse
3 194 (8.23%) SQL Server
4 121 (5.13%) Data Lake
5 114 (4.84%) Power Query
6 106 (4.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 69 (2.93%) Azure SQL Database
7 69 (2.93%) Looker
8 60 (2.55%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 48 (2.04%) BigQuery
10 43 (1.82%) Relational Database
11 40 (1.70%) Big Data
12 38 (1.61%) Amazon Redshift
13 37 (1.57%) Snowflake Schema
14 32 (1.36%) Metadata
15 29 (1.23%) PostgreSQL
15 29 (1.23%) SQL Server Analysis Services
16 26 (1.10%) PowerPivot
17 25 (1.06%) Star Schema
18 23 (0.98%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 67 (2.84%) Git
2 32 (1.36%) JIRA
3 31 (1.32%) Visual Studio
4 25 (1.06%) MLflow
5 10 (0.42%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 5 (0.21%) ERwin
6 5 (0.21%) PowerDesigner
7 4 (0.17%) ER Studio
7 4 (0.17%) GitLab
7 4 (0.17%) Jenkins
7 4 (0.17%) Postman
8 2 (0.085%) DBeaver
9 1 (0.042%) Axure RP
9 1 (0.042%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.042%) NUnit
9 1 (0.042%) Oracle APEX
9 1 (0.042%) Oracle Forms
9 1 (0.042%) Selenium
9 1 (0.042%) Team Foundation Server
9 1 (0.042%) Toad
General
1 1,355 (57.49%) Social Skills
2 532 (22.57%) Finance
3 521 (22.10%) Analytical Skills
4 88 (3.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 83 (3.52%) Marketing
6 80 (3.39%) Public Sector
7 78 (3.31%) Legal
8 76 (3.22%) Manufacturing
9 72 (3.05%) Law
10 60 (2.55%) Retail
11 54 (2.29%) Organisational Skills
12 48 (2.04%) Presentation Skills
13 39 (1.65%) Banking
14 28 (1.19%) Documentation Skills
14 28 (1.19%) Influencing Skills
15 22 (0.93%) Telecoms
16 19 (0.81%) Financial Institution
17 17 (0.72%) Automotive
17 17 (0.72%) Games
17 17 (0.72%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 1,297 (55.03%) Analyst
2 1,014 (43.02%) Data Analyst
3 816 (34.62%) Junior
4 810 (34.37%) Junior Analyst
5 807 (34.24%) Junior Data Analyst
6 241 (10.22%) Senior
7 214 (9.08%) Developer
8 143 (6.07%) Data Engineer
9 112 (4.75%) Lead
10 88 (3.73%) Business Intelligence Developer
11 80 (3.39%) Architect
11 80 (3.39%) Business Intelligence Analyst
12 73 (3.10%) Financial Analyst
13 70 (2.97%) Senior Analyst
14 65 (2.76%) Business Analyst
15 62 (2.63%) IT Support
16 59 (2.50%) Support Analyst
17 53 (2.25%) Power BI Developer
18 49 (2.08%) Systems Analyst
19 47 (1.99%) Power Platform Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 73 (3.10%) .NET
2 40 (1.70%) PySpark
3 39 (1.65%) JSON
4 36 (1.53%) REST
5 34 (1.44%) Kafka
6 33 (1.40%) XML
7 28 (1.19%) .NET Core
7 28 (1.19%) CSS
7 28 (1.19%) HTML5 Canvas
8 27 (1.15%) PyTorch
9 26 (1.10%) scikit-learn
10 24 (1.02%) HTML
10 24 (1.02%) TensorFlow
11 23 (0.98%) LangChain
11 23 (0.98%) LlamaIndex
11 23 (0.98%) pgvector
12 17 (0.72%) EDI
13 14 (0.59%) SOAP
14 12 (0.51%) ASP.NET
14 12 (0.51%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 75 (3.18%) Management Information System
2 72 (3.05%) Analytical Mindset
3 61 (2.59%) Cloud Native
4 45 (1.91%) Data Structures
5 39 (1.65%) Self-Motivation
6 33 (1.40%) Low-Code
7 31 (1.32%) Legacy Systems
8 29 (1.23%) Onboarding
9 28 (1.19%) Clustering
10 27 (1.15%) Product Ownership
11 24 (1.02%) Public Cloud
12 16 (0.68%) Driving Licence
13 15 (0.64%) Greenfield Project
13 15 (0.64%) Reinsurance
14 14 (0.59%) FMCG
15 13 (0.55%) Enterprise Software
15 13 (0.55%) NHS
16 12 (0.51%) Algorithms
17 11 (0.47%) Replication
18 10 (0.42%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 36 (1.53%) Windows
2 14 (0.59%) Linux
2 14 (0.59%) Windows Server
3 12 (0.51%) VMS
4 9 (0.38%) Unix
5 3 (0.13%) Android
5 3 (0.13%) Apple iOS
5 3 (0.13%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.085%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.042%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.042%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.042%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.042%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,256 (95.71%) Business Intelligence
2 1,039 (44.08%) AI
3 600 (25.46%) Analytics
4 430 (18.24%) Decision-Making
5 374 (15.87%) Problem-Solving
6 357 (15.15%) Data Modelling
7 341 (14.47%) Visualisation
8 275 (11.67%) ETL
9 269 (11.41%) Continuous Improvement
10 236 (10.01%) Data Analysis
11 227 (9.63%) Agile
12 224 (9.50%) Data Visualisation
13 222 (9.42%) Data Governance
14 199 (8.44%) Data Engineering
15 196 (8.32%) Actionable Insight
16 189 (8.02%) Data Pipeline
17 162 (6.87%) Data Management
18 160 (6.79%) Project Management
19 154 (6.53%) ERP
20 151 (6.41%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 1,610 (68.31%) SQL
2 1,205 (51.12%) Python
3 147 (6.24%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 104 (4.41%) C#
5 80 (3.39%) PowerShell
6 77 (3.27%) VBA
7 70 (2.97%) JavaScript
8 53 (2.25%) R
9 41 (1.74%) T-SQL
10 20 (0.85%) Kusto Query Language
11 15 (0.64%) TypeScript
12 12 (0.51%) Scala
13 11 (0.47%) Delphi
14 9 (0.38%) Java
15 8 (0.34%) VBScript
16 6 (0.25%) Julia
16 6 (0.25%) VB
17 5 (0.21%) Bicep
18 4 (0.17%) Bash
19 3 (0.13%) ANSI SQL
Qualifications
1 832 (35.30%) Azure Certification
2 266 (11.29%) Degree
3 83 (3.52%) Security Cleared
4 76 (3.22%) ACCA
4 76 (3.22%) CIMA
5 64 (2.72%) SC Cleared
6 49 (2.08%) Microsoft Certification
7 46 (1.95%) Computer Science Degree
8 37 (1.57%) Master's Degree
8 37 (1.57%) PMI Certification
8 37 (1.57%) PMP
9 36 (1.53%) DBS Check
10 17 (0.72%) AAT
11 16 (0.68%) MBA
12 13 (0.55%) APMP
13 9 (0.38%) BPSS Clearance
13 9 (0.38%) Numerate Degree
14 8 (0.34%) IIBA
15 7 (0.30%) Six Sigma Green Belt
16 6 (0.25%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 265 (11.24%) Data Quality
2 93 (3.95%) GDPR
3 55 (2.33%) QA
4 42 (1.78%) SLA
5 38 (1.61%) PMO
6 29 (1.23%) Accessibility
7 26 (1.10%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 24 (1.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 21 (0.89%) Actionable Recommendations
10 7 (0.30%) GRC
10 7 (0.30%) IFRS
11 5 (0.21%) NIST
12 4 (0.17%) IFRS 17
12 4 (0.17%) ITGC
13 3 (0.13%) Cyber Essentials
13 3 (0.13%) GAAP
14 2 (0.085%) EMIR
14 2 (0.085%) MiFID
14 2 (0.085%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 2 (0.085%) WCAG
System Software
1 60 (2.55%) Active Directory
2 12 (0.51%) Docker
3 10 (0.42%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.13%) Hyper-V
4 3 (0.13%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.085%) BitLocker
6 1 (0.042%) Terminal Services
6 1 (0.042%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 16 (0.68%) Terraform
2 12 (0.51%) Kubernetes
3 9 (0.38%) Microsoft Intune
4 6 (0.25%) Single Sign-On
5 5 (0.21%) FortiGate
5 5 (0.21%) SCCM
6 4 (0.17%) Control-M
7 3 (0.13%) Ansible
7 3 (0.13%) Argo
8 1 (0.042%) Grafana
8 1 (0.042%) MOM
8 1 (0.042%) RSA Archer
8 1 (0.042%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 1,321 (56.05%) Microsoft
2 155 (6.58%) Databricks
3 81 (3.44%) SAP
4 65 (2.76%) Oracle
5 44 (1.87%) Google
5 44 (1.87%) Salesforce
6 36 (1.53%) Informatica
7 32 (1.36%) ServiceNow
8 30 (1.27%) Alteryx
9 25 (1.06%) Dell
10 24 (1.02%) Cloudera
11 22 (0.93%) Adobe
12 20 (0.85%) Anaplan
13 16 (0.68%) Intapp
14 14 (0.59%) IBM
15 12 (0.51%) Genesys
15 12 (0.51%) Sage
15 12 (0.51%) Verint
16 10 (0.42%) Epicor
16 10 (0.42%) HubSpot