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 30 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 61 74 61
Rank change year-on-year +13 -13 +16
Permanent jobs citing Power BI 1,844 1,800 2,018
As % of all permanent jobs in England 3.54% 3.63% 4.44%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 30.98% 20.14% 21.52%
Number of salaries quoted 1,087 1,031 1,647
10th Percentile £35,938 £37,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +4.35% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £76,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £88,750 £92,000 £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 5,952 8,939 9,378
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 11.42% 18.03% 20.62%
Number of salaries quoted 3,909 5,102 7,448
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £36,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £101,250 £115,000 £97,087
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -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

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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

Power BI
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Power BI in England over the 6 months to 30 December 2025.

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 30 December 2025. 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 +15 657 £70,000 +3.70% 463
South East +23 351 £52,500 -10.64% 612
North of England +2 292 £50,000 +5.26% 445
Midlands +29 266 £50,000 +5.26% 409
West Midlands +13 177 £52,500 +10.53% 217
North West +6 165 £50,000 - 224
South West +38 144 £44,477 -7.82% 231
East of England -11 117 £46,750 -38.49% 285
Yorkshire -4 99 £47,500 - 187
East Midlands +31 88 £45,195 -2.28% 172
North East +21 28 £47,500 -7.32% 36
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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
1 121 (6.56%) SharePoint
2 16 (0.87%) Apache Spark
2 16 (0.87%) SAS
3 15 (0.81%) Microsoft Exchange
4 14 (0.76%) Apache Airflow
5 13 (0.70%) Confluence
6 10 (0.54%) SugarCRM
7 5 (0.27%) WordPress
8 4 (0.22%) Umbraco
9 3 (0.16%) Apache
9 3 (0.16%) CMS
10 2 (0.11%) Moodle
11 1 (0.054%) Apache Superset
11 1 (0.054%) Jupyter
Applications
1 803 (43.55%) Microsoft Excel
2 64 (3.47%) Microsoft Office
3 50 (2.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 18 (0.98%) Microsoft Project
5 12 (0.65%) Spreadsheet
6 11 (0.60%) Maya
6 11 (0.60%) MS Visio
7 9 (0.49%) Trello
8 5 (0.27%) Chatbot
9 2 (0.11%) AutoCAD
9 2 (0.11%) Revit
10 1 (0.054%) Acrobat
10 1 (0.054%) Adobe Illustrator
10 1 (0.054%) Adobe XD
10 1 (0.054%) InDesign
10 1 (0.054%) Oracle Smart View
10 1 (0.054%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 78 (4.23%) Dynamics CRM
2 10 (0.54%) NetSuite
3 9 (0.49%) Elite 3E
3 9 (0.49%) SAP Business One
3 9 (0.49%) Shopify
4 7 (0.38%) Visualfiles
5 6 (0.33%) Dynamics NAV
6 5 (0.27%) Dynamics AX
6 5 (0.27%) IBM Planning Analytics
7 4 (0.22%) NEC Housing
7 4 (0.22%) Oracle Payables
7 4 (0.22%) Oracle Receivables
7 4 (0.22%) SAP CO
7 4 (0.22%) SAP FI
8 3 (0.16%) ResourceLink
8 3 (0.16%) Salesforce CRM
8 3 (0.16%) SAP APO
8 3 (0.16%) SAP IBP
8 3 (0.16%) SAP S/4HANA
9 2 (0.11%) Q-Pulse
Cloud Services
1 1,844 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 818 (44.36%) Azure
3 247 (13.39%) Azure AI
4 189 (10.25%) Power Automate
5 172 (9.33%) Microsoft 365
6 163 (8.84%) PowerApps
7 138 (7.48%) Snowflake
8 135 (7.32%) Azure Data Factory
9 133 (7.21%) Dynamics 365
10 118 (6.40%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 92 (4.99%) AWS
12 83 (4.50%) Azure DevOps
13 70 (3.80%) dbt
14 59 (3.20%) GCP
15 57 (3.09%) Microsoft Copilot
16 52 (2.82%) SaaS
17 39 (2.11%) Azure Logic Apps
18 38 (2.06%) Fivetran
19 36 (1.95%) Entra ID
20 32 (1.74%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 14 (0.76%) Firewall
2 11 (0.60%) Intranet
3 10 (0.54%) DHCP
3 10 (0.54%) DNS
4 9 (0.49%) TCP/IP
5 8 (0.43%) VoIP
6 7 (0.38%) WAN
7 6 (0.33%) LAN
8 4 (0.22%) Modbus
8 4 (0.22%) MQTT
8 4 (0.22%) VPN
9 3 (0.16%) NAS
9 3 (0.16%) SAN
10 2 (0.11%) Network Security
10 2 (0.11%) VLAN
10 2 (0.11%) Wi-Fi
11 1 (0.054%) ADSL
11 1 (0.054%) BGP
11 1 (0.054%) FTP
11 1 (0.054%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 508 (27.55%) Tableau
2 202 (10.95%) SQL Server
3 169 (9.16%) Data Lake
4 167 (9.06%) Data Warehouse
5 111 (6.02%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 93 (5.04%) Power Query
7 69 (3.74%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 65 (3.52%) Looker
9 63 (3.42%) SAP BW
10 62 (3.36%) Azure SQL Database
11 41 (2.22%) Relational Database
12 38 (2.06%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 31 (1.68%) Metadata
14 28 (1.52%) BigQuery
15 25 (1.36%) Crystal Reports
16 24 (1.30%) Qlik Sense
17 21 (1.14%) BusinessObjects
18 20 (1.08%) Data Mining
18 20 (1.08%) PostgreSQL
19 19 (1.03%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 76 (4.12%) Git
2 33 (1.79%) Visual Studio
3 29 (1.57%) 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 (0.054%) Axure RP
8 1 (0.054%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.054%) LSMW
8 1 (0.054%) Mercurial
8 1 (0.054%) Oracle APEX
8 1 (0.054%) Postman
8 1 (0.054%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 823 (44.63%) Social Skills
2 626 (33.95%) Finance
3 493 (26.74%) Analytical Skills
4 132 (7.16%) Marketing
5 99 (5.37%) Law
6 95 (5.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 90 (4.88%) Retail
8 87 (4.72%) Manufacturing
9 74 (4.01%) Legal
10 67 (3.63%) Presentation Skills
11 63 (3.42%) Organisational Skills
12 62 (3.36%) Public Sector
13 44 (2.39%) Banking
14 38 (2.06%) Games
15 36 (1.95%) Advertising
16 23 (1.25%) Billing
16 23 (1.25%) Financial Institution
16 23 (1.25%) Influencing Skills
17 19 (1.03%) Telecoms
18 18 (0.98%) French Language
Job Titles
1 775 (42.03%) Analyst
2 435 (23.59%) Data Analyst
3 257 (13.94%) Junior
4 246 (13.34%) Junior Analyst
5 236 (12.80%) Junior Data Analyst
6 217 (11.77%) Senior
7 199 (10.79%) Developer
8 164 (8.89%) Lead
9 153 (8.30%) Data Engineer
10 80 (4.34%) Business Intelligence Developer
10 80 (4.34%) Senior Analyst
11 74 (4.01%) Business Intelligence Analyst
12 70 (3.80%) Architect
13 64 (3.47%) Report Analyst
14 62 (3.36%) Support Analyst
15 60 (3.25%) Financial Analyst
16 56 (3.04%) Business Analyst
17 46 (2.49%) Consultant
17 46 (2.49%) Power Platform Developer
18 45 (2.44%) Applications Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (2.60%) .NET
2 44 (2.39%) REST
3 32 (1.74%) PySpark
4 26 (1.41%) Web Services
5 24 (1.30%) SOAP
6 21 (1.14%) HTML
7 18 (0.98%) EDI
7 18 (0.98%) HTML5 Canvas
7 18 (0.98%) JSON
7 18 (0.98%) XML
8 15 (0.81%) Pandas
9 12 (0.65%) CSS
10 10 (0.54%) React
11 9 (0.49%) AngularJS
11 9 (0.49%) Middleware
12 8 (0.43%) .NET Core
12 8 (0.43%) ASP.NET
12 8 (0.43%) Kafka
13 7 (0.38%) ASP.NET Core
13 7 (0.38%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 80 (4.34%) Analytical Mindset
2 61 (3.31%) Management Information System
3 51 (2.77%) Data Structures
4 40 (2.17%) Self-Motivation
5 39 (2.11%) Cloud Native
6 38 (2.06%) Onboarding
7 34 (1.84%) Product Ownership
8 32 (1.74%) FMCG
9 27 (1.46%) Legacy Systems
10 26 (1.41%) Enterprise Software
11 22 (1.19%) Reinsurance
12 18 (0.98%) Driving Licence
13 17 (0.92%) Low-Code
14 15 (0.81%) Algorithms
15 14 (0.76%) Greenfield Project
16 13 (0.70%) Social Media
17 9 (0.49%) Credit Risk
17 9 (0.49%) Data Protection Act
17 9 (0.49%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
17 9 (0.49%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 47 (2.55%) Windows
2 11 (0.60%) Linux
3 8 (0.43%) Mac OS
4 7 (0.38%) Unix
4 7 (0.38%) Windows 10
5 3 (0.16%) Android
5 3 (0.16%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.11%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.054%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.054%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.054%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,727 (93.66%) Business Intelligence
2 632 (34.27%) Analytics
3 459 (24.89%) Problem-Solving
4 453 (24.57%) AI
5 434 (23.54%) Decision-Making
6 373 (20.23%) Data Modelling
7 360 (19.52%) Visualisation
8 273 (14.80%) Continuous Improvement
9 270 (14.64%) Data Analysis
10 266 (14.43%) Agile
11 260 (14.10%) ETL
12 254 (13.77%) Actionable Insight
13 222 (12.04%) Data Visualisation
14 217 (11.77%) Data Governance
15 185 (10.03%) Data Pipeline
16 178 (9.65%) Data Engineering
17 177 (9.60%) Data Analytics
17 177 (9.60%) ERP
18 175 (9.49%) Stakeholder Management
19 163 (8.84%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 1,034 (56.07%) SQL
2 653 (35.41%) Python
3 130 (7.05%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 69 (3.74%) C#
5 64 (3.47%) PowerShell
6 61 (3.31%) JavaScript
7 55 (2.98%) VBA
8 51 (2.77%) R
9 46 (2.49%) T-SQL
10 25 (1.36%) Scala
11 10 (0.54%) Java
12 7 (0.38%) ANSI SQL
13 6 (0.33%) Kusto Query Language
13 6 (0.33%) TypeScript
14 5 (0.27%) Bash
14 5 (0.27%) Delphi
15 4 (0.22%) Bicep
16 3 (0.16%) VB.NET
17 2 (0.11%) C
17 2 (0.11%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 390 (21.15%) Degree
2 264 (14.32%) Azure Certification
3 76 (4.12%) ACCA
4 73 (3.96%) CIMA
5 61 (3.31%) Security Cleared
6 54 (2.93%) Microsoft Certification
7 51 (2.77%) DBS Check
8 49 (2.66%) SC Cleared
9 48 (2.60%) Computer Science Degree
10 37 (2.01%) PMI Certification
10 37 (2.01%) PMP
11 36 (1.95%) Master's Degree
12 20 (1.08%) CISSP
13 19 (1.03%) CISA
14 13 (0.70%) CISM
14 13 (0.70%) HNC
15 12 (0.65%) CRISC
15 12 (0.65%) Numerate Degree
16 9 (0.49%) MBA
17 8 (0.43%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 284 (15.40%) Data Quality
2 73 (3.96%) GDPR
3 66 (3.58%) QA
4 47 (2.55%) Accessibility
5 43 (2.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 41 (2.22%) PMO
7 22 (1.19%) SLA
8 14 (0.76%) Cyber Essentials
8 14 (0.76%) NIST
9 13 (0.70%) Actionable Recommendations
9 13 (0.70%) GRC
10 12 (0.65%) COBIT
10 12 (0.65%) ITGC
11 6 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 4 (0.22%) IFRS
13 3 (0.16%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 2 (0.11%) EMIR
14 2 (0.11%) MiFID
14 2 (0.11%) WCAG
15 1 (0.054%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 28 (1.52%) Active Directory
2 11 (0.60%) Docker
3 7 (0.38%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.16%) VMware ESXi
4 3 (0.16%) vSphere
5 2 (0.11%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.054%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.054%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 25 (1.36%) Microsoft Intune
2 15 (0.81%) Terraform
3 11 (0.60%) Kubernetes
4 8 (0.43%) 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 (0.054%) Grafana
9 1 (0.054%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.054%) MOM
9 1 (0.054%) SCCM
Vendors
1 755 (40.94%) Microsoft
2 143 (7.75%) SAP
3 125 (6.78%) Databricks
4 67 (3.63%) Oracle
5 53 (2.87%) Salesforce
6 46 (2.49%) Google
7 36 (1.95%) Alteryx
8 31 (1.68%) ServiceNow
9 20 (1.08%) Anaplan
10 17 (0.92%) Informatica
10 17 (0.92%) Verint
11 16 (0.87%) Adobe
11 16 (0.87%) HubSpot
12 15 (0.81%) Intapp
13 12 (0.65%) Dell
13 12 (0.65%) Genesys
13 12 (0.65%) MuleSoft
14 10 (0.54%) Dataiku
14 10 (0.54%) IBM
15 8 (0.43%) Sage