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

6 months to
24 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 56 63 59
Rank change year-on-year +7 -4 +21
Permanent jobs citing Power BI 2,633 1,515 3,198
As % of all permanent jobs in England 3.36% 4.05% 3.86%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 37.71% 22.64% 21.93%
Number of salaries quoted 1,237 1,066 2,585
10th Percentile £35,750 £36,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,993 £42,500 £41,492
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +4.55% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £76,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,764 £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 6,982 6,692 14,580
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 8.91% 17.90% 17.59%
Number of salaries quoted 4,295 4,739 11,430
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +13.04% -11.54%
75th Percentile £80,000 £86,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £96,539
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -11.54%

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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 24 April 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 April 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 -1 619 £70,000 - 195
North of England +21 613 £45,000 -10.00% 149
Midlands +20 494 £47,085 -5.83% 115
South East +11 460 £57,500 +4.55% 182
Yorkshire +47 286 £42,039 -11.50% 51
West Midlands +15 285 £46,042 -11.75% 76
North West +6 256 £46,000 -12.38% 80
South West +32 227 £45,000 -7.22% 53
East of England -6 208 £55,000 -21.43% 47
East Midlands +25 207 £46,445 +2.08% 39
North East +14 71 £51,000 +2.00% 22
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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 (5.47%) SharePoint
2 49 (1.86%) Apache Spark
3 47 (1.79%) Apache Airflow
4 42 (1.60%) Microsoft Exchange
5 10 (0.38%) Confluence
5 10 (0.38%) SAS
6 8 (0.30%) Apache
7 7 (0.27%) WordPress
8 6 (0.23%) ArcGIS
8 6 (0.23%) CMS
9 4 (0.15%) Umbraco
10 2 (0.076%) Headless CMS
10 2 (0.076%) Moodle
10 2 (0.076%) Oracle Application Server
10 2 (0.076%) Palantir Foundry
11 1 (0.038%) Appian
11 1 (0.038%) Drupal
11 1 (0.038%) Mendix
Applications
1 1,440 (54.69%) Microsoft Excel
2 64 (2.43%) Microsoft Office
3 40 (1.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 29 (1.10%) Spreadsheet
5 22 (0.84%) Microsoft Project
6 20 (0.76%) MS Visio
7 6 (0.23%) Trello
8 2 (0.076%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.038%) Chatbot
9 1 (0.038%) Maya
Business Applications
1 35 (1.33%) Dynamics CRM
2 20 (0.76%) NetSuite
3 12 (0.46%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 10 (0.38%) Dynamics AX
5 9 (0.34%) SAP CO
6 7 (0.27%) IBM Planning Analytics
7 6 (0.23%) Dynamics NAV
7 6 (0.23%) NEC Housing
8 5 (0.19%) Sage 200
8 5 (0.19%) SAP ERP
8 5 (0.19%) SAP PM
8 5 (0.19%) Shopify
9 4 (0.15%) Elite 3E
9 4 (0.15%) Magento
9 4 (0.15%) SAP S/4HANA
10 3 (0.11%) Integrated Workplace Management System
10 3 (0.11%) Markit EDM
10 3 (0.11%) ResourceLink
11 2 (0.076%) Infor M3
11 2 (0.076%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 2,633 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 1,567 (59.51%) Azure
3 993 (37.71%) Azure AI
4 238 (9.04%) Power Automate
5 213 (8.09%) Microsoft 365
6 189 (7.18%) PowerApps
7 158 (6.00%) Azure Data Factory
8 147 (5.58%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 139 (5.28%) Snowflake
10 118 (4.48%) Dynamics 365
11 107 (4.06%) AWS
12 95 (3.61%) dbt
13 74 (2.81%) GCP
14 68 (2.58%) Azure DevOps
15 65 (2.47%) SaaS
16 64 (2.43%) Entra ID
17 54 (2.05%) Azure Logic Apps
18 48 (1.82%) Microsoft Copilot
19 38 (1.44%) Serverless
20 35 (1.33%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 16 (0.61%) Broadband
2 14 (0.53%) Intranet
3 12 (0.46%) DHCP
3 12 (0.46%) DNS
4 9 (0.34%) Firewall
5 8 (0.30%) VoIP
6 7 (0.27%) TCP/IP
7 6 (0.23%) WAN
8 5 (0.19%) Modbus
8 5 (0.19%) MQTT
8 5 (0.19%) Wi-Fi
9 3 (0.11%) Internet
9 3 (0.11%) NAS
9 3 (0.11%) VLAN
10 2 (0.076%) Network Security
10 2 (0.076%) VPN
11 1 (0.038%) FTP
11 1 (0.038%) LTE
11 1 (0.038%) Mobile Broadband
11 1 (0.038%) Softphone
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1,234 (46.87%) Tableau
2 188 (7.14%) SQL Server
3 186 (7.06%) Data Warehouse
4 129 (4.90%) Data Lake
5 120 (4.56%) Power Query
6 110 (4.18%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 75 (2.85%) Azure SQL Database
8 69 (2.62%) Looker
9 58 (2.20%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 50 (1.90%) BigQuery
11 45 (1.71%) Big Data
11 45 (1.71%) Relational Database
12 40 (1.52%) Amazon Redshift
13 34 (1.29%) Snowflake Schema
14 30 (1.14%) PostgreSQL
15 28 (1.06%) Metadata
16 25 (0.95%) Star Schema
17 24 (0.91%) PowerPivot
18 23 (0.87%) Elasticsearch
19 22 (0.84%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 58 (2.20%) Git
2 42 (1.60%) JIRA
3 26 (0.99%) MLflow
4 24 (0.91%) Visual Studio
5 11 (0.42%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 4 (0.15%) GitLab
6 4 (0.15%) Jenkins
6 4 (0.15%) Postman
7 2 (0.076%) DBeaver
8 1 (0.038%) Axure RP
8 1 (0.038%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.038%) ERwin
8 1 (0.038%) NUnit
8 1 (0.038%) Oracle APEX
8 1 (0.038%) Oracle Forms
8 1 (0.038%) PowerDesigner
8 1 (0.038%) Selenium
8 1 (0.038%) Team Foundation Server
8 1 (0.038%) Toad
General
1 1,594 (60.54%) Social Skills
2 551 (20.93%) Analytical Skills
3 537 (20.39%) Finance
4 98 (3.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 92 (3.49%) Marketing
6 85 (3.23%) Law
6 85 (3.23%) Public Sector
7 83 (3.15%) Retail
8 82 (3.11%) Legal
9 76 (2.89%) Manufacturing
10 58 (2.20%) Organisational Skills
11 48 (1.82%) Presentation Skills
12 37 (1.41%) Influencing Skills
13 36 (1.37%) Documentation Skills
14 32 (1.22%) Banking
15 28 (1.06%) Telecoms
16 19 (0.72%) Advertising
17 18 (0.68%) Publishing
18 16 (0.61%) Automotive
18 16 (0.61%) Games
Job Titles
1 1,520 (57.73%) Analyst
2 1,209 (45.92%) Data Analyst
3 1,006 (38.21%) Junior
4 1,000 (37.98%) Junior Analyst
5 997 (37.87%) Junior Data Analyst
6 262 (9.95%) Senior
7 236 (8.96%) Developer
8 143 (5.43%) Data Engineer
9 117 (4.44%) Lead
10 88 (3.34%) Business Intelligence Developer
11 79 (3.00%) Business Intelligence Analyst
12 77 (2.92%) Business Analyst
13 76 (2.89%) Architect
14 70 (2.66%) Financial Analyst
15 69 (2.62%) Senior Analyst
16 64 (2.43%) IT Support
17 62 (2.35%) Support Analyst
18 55 (2.09%) Consultant
18 55 (2.09%) Systems Analyst
19 52 (1.97%) Power BI Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 87 (3.30%) .NET
2 51 (1.94%) JSON
3 44 (1.67%) CSS
4 43 (1.63%) PySpark
5 42 (1.60%) HTML
6 41 (1.56%) HTML5 Canvas
7 40 (1.52%) REST
8 36 (1.37%) XML
9 35 (1.33%) .NET Core
10 34 (1.29%) Kafka
11 30 (1.14%) PyTorch
12 29 (1.10%) scikit-learn
13 26 (0.99%) EDI
14 24 (0.91%) TensorFlow
15 23 (0.87%) LangChain
15 23 (0.87%) LlamaIndex
15 23 (0.87%) pgvector
16 21 (0.80%) Middleware
17 19 (0.72%) Microsoft Graph
17 19 (0.72%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 81 (3.08%) Management Information System
2 72 (2.73%) Analytical Mindset
3 58 (2.20%) Data Structures
4 56 (2.13%) Cloud Native
5 35 (1.33%) Legacy Systems
6 33 (1.25%) Self-Motivation
7 31 (1.18%) Onboarding
8 27 (1.03%) Clustering
8 27 (1.03%) Low-Code
9 24 (0.91%) Product Ownership
9 24 (0.91%) Public Cloud
10 21 (0.80%) Social Media
11 20 (0.76%) Enterprise Cloud
12 18 (0.68%) Greenfield Project
13 16 (0.61%) Driving Licence
14 13 (0.49%) Enterprise Software
14 13 (0.49%) NHS
14 13 (0.49%) Reinsurance
15 12 (0.46%) FMCG
16 11 (0.42%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 28 (1.06%) Windows
2 17 (0.65%) Windows Server
3 13 (0.49%) Linux
4 12 (0.46%) VMS
5 6 (0.23%) Unix
6 5 (0.19%) Windows 10
7 3 (0.11%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.076%) Android
9 1 (0.038%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.038%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.038%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.038%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,501 (94.99%) Business Intelligence
2 1,216 (46.18%) AI
3 631 (23.97%) Analytics
4 441 (16.75%) Decision-Making
5 405 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
6 380 (14.43%) Data Modelling
7 338 (12.84%) Visualisation
8 292 (11.09%) Continuous Improvement
9 262 (9.95%) ETL
10 231 (8.77%) Data Analysis
11 224 (8.51%) Data Governance
12 217 (8.24%) Actionable Insight
13 214 (8.13%) Data Visualisation
14 213 (8.09%) Agile
15 199 (7.56%) Data Engineering
16 190 (7.22%) ERP
17 186 (7.06%) Data Pipeline
18 177 (6.72%) Project Management
19 171 (6.49%) Data Management
20 160 (6.08%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 1,851 (70.30%) SQL
2 1,395 (52.98%) Python
3 158 (6.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 115 (4.37%) C#
5 79 (3.00%) JavaScript
5 79 (3.00%) PowerShell
6 76 (2.89%) VBA
7 48 (1.82%) T-SQL
8 44 (1.67%) R
9 25 (0.95%) TypeScript
10 21 (0.80%) Kusto Query Language
11 11 (0.42%) Delphi
11 11 (0.42%) Scala
12 10 (0.38%) Java
13 9 (0.34%) VBScript
14 6 (0.23%) Julia
14 6 (0.23%) VB
15 5 (0.19%) Bicep
16 3 (0.11%) ANSI SQL
16 3 (0.11%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 1,016 (38.59%) Azure Certification
2 258 (9.80%) Degree
3 77 (2.92%) Security Cleared
4 71 (2.70%) ACCA
4 71 (2.70%) CIMA
5 57 (2.16%) SC Cleared
6 40 (1.52%) Microsoft Certification
7 39 (1.48%) Computer Science Degree
8 36 (1.37%) PMI Certification
8 36 (1.37%) PMP
9 32 (1.22%) Master's Degree
10 31 (1.18%) DBS Check
11 16 (0.61%) AAT
12 13 (0.49%) MBA
13 10 (0.38%) APMP
14 9 (0.34%) CompTIA Security+
15 8 (0.30%) CompTIA CySA+
15 8 (0.30%) IIBA
15 8 (0.30%) SSCP
16 7 (0.27%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 270 (10.25%) Data Quality
2 102 (3.87%) GDPR
3 57 (2.16%) QA
4 52 (1.97%) SLA
5 35 (1.33%) PMO
6 29 (1.10%) Accessibility
7 25 (0.95%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 24 (0.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 20 (0.76%) Actionable Recommendations
10 16 (0.61%) TickIT
11 12 (0.46%) GRC
11 12 (0.46%) NIST
12 8 (0.30%) IFRS
13 4 (0.15%) GAAP
13 4 (0.15%) IFRS 17
13 4 (0.15%) ITGC
14 3 (0.11%) NIST 800
15 2 (0.076%) EMIR
15 2 (0.076%) MiFID
15 2 (0.076%) WCAG
System Software
1 63 (2.39%) Active Directory
2 14 (0.53%) Docker
3 12 (0.46%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.15%) BitLocker
5 3 (0.11%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.11%) Terminal Services
5 3 (0.11%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.038%) IAG
6 1 (0.038%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 13 (0.49%) Kubernetes
1 13 (0.49%) Terraform
2 6 (0.23%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (0.19%) SCCM
4 4 (0.15%) Ansible
4 4 (0.15%) Control-M
4 4 (0.15%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (0.11%) Argo
5 3 (0.11%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.038%) Grafana
6 1 (0.038%) MOM
6 1 (0.038%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 1,543 (58.60%) Microsoft
2 162 (6.15%) Databricks
3 91 (3.46%) SAP
4 67 (2.54%) Oracle
5 43 (1.63%) Google
6 41 (1.56%) Salesforce
7 31 (1.18%) Informatica
8 30 (1.14%) Alteryx
9 28 (1.06%) Adobe
9 28 (1.06%) ServiceNow
10 24 (0.91%) Cloudera
10 24 (0.91%) Dell
11 22 (0.84%) Intapp
12 20 (0.76%) Anaplan
13 14 (0.53%) iManage
14 13 (0.49%) HubSpot
14 13 (0.49%) Sage
15 12 (0.46%) Genesys
15 12 (0.46%) Verint
15 12 (0.46%) VMware