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

6 months to
10 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 79 72 80
Rank change year-on-year -7 +8 -20
Permanent jobs citing Power BI 2,162 1,669 1,991
As % of all permanent jobs in England 2.08% 3.87% 3.06%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 27.92% 26.93% 19.17%
Number of salaries quoted 1,500 1,171 1,215
10th Percentile £34,500 £32,010 £37,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - -8.33% +4.35%
75th Percentile £72,500 £70,000 £76,250
90th Percentile £87,500 £87,500 £93,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% +9.09%

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 7,743 6,197 10,387
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 7.46% 14.38% 15.96%
Number of salaries quoted 5,407 3,978 5,919
10th Percentile £37,000 £33,750 £38,750
25th Percentile £45,750 £43,813 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - -7.69% +4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,875 £90,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £110,000 £116,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - -7.69% +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

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Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Power BI in England over the 6 months to 10 October 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 October 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 -23 748 £65,000 -5.11% 1,228
North of England +65 466 £47,000 -11.32% 397
Midlands +3 339 £52,500 +9.38% 269
South East -47 274 £55,000 +10.00% 406
North West +42 246 £50,000 -9.09% 245
West Midlands +6 217 £55,000 +5.26% 174
South West -33 187 £42,500 -12.82% 156
Yorkshire +39 145 £43,000 -10.42% 115
East of England -36 125 £52,000 +30.00% 174
East Midlands -2 122 £47,500 +5.56% 95
North East -12 75 £45,000 +5.88% 38
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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
1 210 (9.71%) SharePoint
2 29 (1.34%) Apache Spark
3 22 (1.02%) Apache Airflow
4 18 (0.83%) Apache
4 18 (0.83%) Microsoft Exchange
5 10 (0.46%) Confluence
6 8 (0.37%) CMS
6 8 (0.37%) WordPress
7 5 (0.23%) IIS
7 5 (0.23%) Oracle Workflow
7 5 (0.23%) SAS
8 4 (0.19%) Luigi
9 3 (0.14%) Appian
9 3 (0.14%) ArcGIS
10 2 (0.093%) Oracle Application Server
10 2 (0.093%) Tornado
10 2 (0.093%) Umbraco
11 1 (0.046%) Headless CMS
11 1 (0.046%) Moodle
11 1 (0.046%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 635 (29.37%) Microsoft Excel
2 73 (3.38%) Microsoft Office
3 36 (1.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 19 (0.88%) Spreadsheet
5 16 (0.74%) Chatbot
5 16 (0.74%) MS Visio
6 14 (0.65%) Microsoft Project
7 10 (0.46%) ProjectWise
8 7 (0.32%) Notion
9 5 (0.23%) Revit
10 4 (0.19%) Navisworks
11 3 (0.14%) AutoCAD
12 2 (0.093%) SPSS
13 1 (0.046%) Adobe Illustrator
13 1 (0.046%) Civil 3D
13 1 (0.046%) InDesign
13 1 (0.046%) Inkscape
Business Applications
1 59 (2.73%) Dynamics CRM
2 47 (2.17%) NetSuite
3 18 (0.83%) Dynamics NAV
4 15 (0.69%) Elite 3E
5 12 (0.56%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 11 (0.51%) Carpe Diem
6 11 (0.51%) SAP S/4HANA
7 10 (0.46%) IBM Planning Analytics
8 9 (0.42%) Visualfiles
9 8 (0.37%) Workday HCM
10 7 (0.32%) Infor M3
11 4 (0.19%) Dynamics GP
11 4 (0.19%) SystmOne
12 3 (0.14%) Integrated Workplace Management System
12 3 (0.14%) Payment Gateway
12 3 (0.14%) Shopify
13 2 (0.093%) FastStats
13 2 (0.093%) Magento
13 2 (0.093%) Sage 200
13 2 (0.093%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 2,162 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 770 (35.62%) Azure
3 292 (13.51%) Power Automate
4 278 (12.86%) PowerApps
5 246 (11.38%) Microsoft 365
6 182 (8.42%) Dynamics 365
7 168 (7.77%) Azure Data Factory
8 163 (7.54%) Azure AI
9 161 (7.45%) AWS
10 141 (6.52%) Azure DevOps
11 104 (4.81%) Microsoft Copilot
12 100 (4.63%) Snowflake
13 85 (3.93%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 85 (3.93%) SaaS
14 79 (3.65%) GCP
15 77 (3.56%) Microsoft Purview
16 55 (2.54%) Azure Logic Apps
17 54 (2.50%) Google Analytics
18 53 (2.45%) Entra ID
19 49 (2.27%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 18 (0.83%) Firewall
2 13 (0.60%) Broadband
3 8 (0.37%) LAN
3 8 (0.37%) WAN
4 7 (0.32%) DNS
4 7 (0.32%) VPN
5 5 (0.23%) Network Security
5 5 (0.23%) SMS
6 4 (0.19%) LTE
6 4 (0.19%) MQTT
7 3 (0.14%) DHCP
8 2 (0.093%) Intranet
8 2 (0.093%) VLAN
8 2 (0.093%) VoIP
8 2 (0.093%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (0.093%) Wireless
9 1 (0.046%) IP Telephony
9 1 (0.046%) Modbus
9 1 (0.046%) SAN
9 1 (0.046%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 451 (20.86%) Tableau
2 239 (11.05%) Data Warehouse
3 161 (7.45%) SQL Server
4 125 (5.78%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 124 (5.74%) Data Lake
5 124 (5.74%) Power Query
6 105 (4.86%) Azure SQL Database
7 76 (3.52%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 73 (3.38%) Relational Database
9 70 (3.24%) Metadata
10 59 (2.73%) Looker
11 52 (2.41%) Star Schema
12 33 (1.53%) NoSQL
13 30 (1.39%) Big Data
13 30 (1.39%) Semantic Layer
14 28 (1.30%) BigQuery
15 27 (1.25%) MySQL
16 26 (1.20%) Delta Lake
17 21 (0.97%) Amazon QuickSight
17 21 (0.97%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 102 (4.72%) Git
2 48 (2.22%) JIRA
3 15 (0.69%) Jenkins
4 11 (0.51%) Visual Studio
5 9 (0.42%) GitLab
6 8 (0.37%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 5 (0.23%) MLflow
8 4 (0.19%) Oracle Forms
9 2 (0.093%) Ant
9 2 (0.093%) Apache Ivy
9 2 (0.093%) IBM UrbanCode
9 2 (0.093%) Maven
9 2 (0.093%) Visual Studio Code
10 1 (0.046%) Browser DevTools
10 1 (0.046%) Burp Suite
10 1 (0.046%) ER Studio
10 1 (0.046%) ERwin
10 1 (0.046%) JMeter
10 1 (0.046%) kappa
10 1 (0.046%) Selenium
General
1 937 (43.34%) Social Skills
2 713 (32.98%) Finance
3 619 (28.63%) Analytical Skills
4 154 (7.12%) Legal
5 151 (6.98%) Law
6 138 (6.38%) Marketing
7 135 (6.24%) Organisational Skills
8 129 (5.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 127 (5.87%) Manufacturing
10 125 (5.78%) Public Sector
11 123 (5.69%) Retail
12 65 (3.01%) Banking
13 51 (2.36%) Documentation Skills
14 38 (1.76%) Billing
15 36 (1.67%) Influencing Skills
16 31 (1.43%) Presentation Skills
17 28 (1.30%) Telecoms
18 26 (1.20%) Advertising
19 25 (1.16%) Military
20 24 (1.11%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 675 (31.22%) Analyst
2 366 (16.93%) Data Analyst
3 300 (13.88%) Developer
4 268 (12.40%) Senior
5 194 (8.97%) Data Engineer
6 165 (7.63%) Junior
6 165 (7.63%) Lead
7 159 (7.35%) Junior Analyst
8 145 (6.71%) Junior Data Analyst
9 88 (4.07%) Architect
10 82 (3.79%) Business Intelligence Developer
11 76 (3.52%) Data Manager
12 71 (3.28%) Business Intelligence Analyst
13 69 (3.19%) Consultant
14 67 (3.10%) Business Analyst
14 67 (3.10%) Senior Analyst
15 65 (3.01%) Systems Analyst
16 61 (2.82%) Data Architect
17 58 (2.68%) Senior Data Engineer
18 56 (2.59%) Power Platform Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 94 (4.35%) .NET
2 68 (3.15%) PySpark
3 66 (3.05%) REST
4 63 (2.91%) HTML
5 51 (2.36%) CSS
6 34 (1.57%) Terraform
7 32 (1.48%) JSON
8 28 (1.30%) Kafka
9 24 (1.11%) .NET Core
9 24 (1.11%) HTML5 Canvas
10 23 (1.06%) XML
11 21 (0.97%) EDI
12 20 (0.93%) Microsoft Graph
13 18 (0.83%) ASP.NET
14 17 (0.79%) Middleware
15 16 (0.74%) React
16 15 (0.69%) HTML5
16 15 (0.69%) Pandas
17 13 (0.60%) Playwright
18 12 (0.56%) NumPy
Miscellaneous
1 189 (8.74%) Management Information System
2 76 (3.52%) Data Structures
3 62 (2.87%) Onboarding
4 61 (2.82%) Product Ownership
5 54 (2.50%) Self-Motivation
6 35 (1.62%) Analytical Mindset
6 35 (1.62%) Enterprise Software
7 34 (1.57%) Greenfield Project
8 33 (1.53%) Legacy Systems
9 32 (1.48%) AI Agents
10 27 (1.25%) Cloud Native
10 27 (1.25%) Driving Licence
11 25 (1.16%) NHS
12 24 (1.11%) Low-Code
13 23 (1.06%) FMCG
14 20 (0.93%) Educational Technology
15 19 (0.88%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
15 19 (0.88%) Social Media
16 16 (0.74%) Reference Data
17 15 (0.69%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 55 (2.54%) Windows
2 25 (1.16%) Linux
3 14 (0.65%) Windows Server
4 6 (0.28%) Windows Server 2019
5 2 (0.093%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.093%) Mac OS
5 2 (0.093%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (0.093%) Solaris
5 2 (0.093%) Ubuntu
5 2 (0.093%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.046%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,052 (94.91%) Business Intelligence
2 799 (36.96%) Analytics
3 681 (31.50%) AI
4 611 (28.26%) Problem-Solving
5 577 (26.69%) Decision-Making
6 491 (22.71%) Continuous Improvement
7 471 (21.79%) Data Modelling
8 390 (18.04%) Visualisation
9 358 (16.56%) Stakeholder Management
10 329 (15.22%) Agile
11 307 (14.20%) Data Governance
12 302 (13.97%) ETL
13 278 (12.86%) Actionable Insight
14 264 (12.21%) Data Engineering
15 260 (12.03%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 257 (11.89%) Data Visualisation
17 254 (11.75%) ERP
18 243 (11.24%) Data Analysis
19 238 (11.01%) Dashboard Development
20 230 (10.64%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 1,210 (55.97%) SQL
2 597 (27.61%) Python
3 182 (8.42%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 170 (7.86%) C#
5 120 (5.55%) JavaScript
6 59 (2.73%) PowerShell
7 51 (2.36%) R
8 45 (2.08%) T-SQL
9 35 (1.62%) VBA
10 27 (1.25%) Java
11 22 (1.02%) TypeScript
12 21 (0.97%) Scala
13 12 (0.56%) Kusto Query Language
14 8 (0.37%) Bicep
14 8 (0.37%) C++
14 8 (0.37%) PHP
15 5 (0.23%) VB.NET
16 4 (0.19%) VB
16 4 (0.19%) XAML
17 3 (0.14%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 289 (13.37%) Degree
2 184 (8.51%) Azure Certification
3 129 (5.97%) Security Cleared
4 105 (4.86%) SC Cleared
5 92 (4.26%) ACCA
6 87 (4.02%) CIMA
7 52 (2.41%) Microsoft Certification
8 32 (1.48%) DBS Check
8 32 (1.48%) PMI Certification
9 30 (1.39%) PMP
10 19 (0.88%) AAT
10 19 (0.88%) Computer Science Degree
11 17 (0.79%) BPSS Clearance
12 13 (0.60%) Master's Degree
13 9 (0.42%) AWS Certification
13 9 (0.42%) CFA
14 8 (0.37%) CIPD
14 8 (0.37%) CISSP
14 8 (0.37%) DV Cleared
15 7 (0.32%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 507 (23.45%) Data Quality
2 149 (6.89%) GDPR
3 90 (4.16%) QA
4 68 (3.15%) Accessibility
5 37 (1.71%) PMO
6 29 (1.34%) Actionable Recommendations
6 29 (1.34%) SLA
7 24 (1.11%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 24 (1.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 11 (0.51%) ISO 9001
9 10 (0.46%) Cyber Essentials
9 10 (0.46%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 10 (0.46%) GRC
10 8 (0.37%) NIST
11 7 (0.32%) GAAP
11 7 (0.32%) ISO 19650
12 6 (0.28%) PERC
12 6 (0.28%) TickIT
13 4 (0.19%) NIST 800
13 4 (0.19%) SOC 2
System Software
1 31 (1.43%) Docker
2 23 (1.06%) Active Directory
3 6 (0.28%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (0.093%) BitLocker
4 2 (0.093%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.093%) IAG
4 2 (0.093%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.093%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.046%) Firmware
5 1 (0.046%) Terminal Services
5 1 (0.046%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.046%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 24 (1.11%) Kubernetes
2 17 (0.79%) Microsoft Intune
3 10 (0.46%) FortiGate
4 7 (0.32%) EnCase
4 7 (0.32%) FTK
5 6 (0.28%) Single Sign-On
6 4 (0.19%) Argo
7 3 (0.14%) SQL Sentry
8 2 (0.093%) Ansible
8 2 (0.093%) Microsoft Clustering
8 2 (0.093%) Progress Chef
8 2 (0.093%) Puppet
9 1 (0.046%) EMC NetWorker
9 1 (0.046%) Grafana
9 1 (0.046%) MOM
9 1 (0.046%) PaperCut
9 1 (0.046%) SCCM
9 1 (0.046%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 978 (45.24%) Microsoft
2 181 (8.37%) Databricks
3 106 (4.90%) SAP
4 84 (3.89%) Google
5 83 (3.84%) Oracle
6 47 (2.17%) Salesforce
7 31 (1.43%) Sage
7 31 (1.43%) ServiceNow
8 30 (1.39%) Alteryx
9 26 (1.20%) Informatica
10 21 (0.97%) Intapp
11 18 (0.83%) Concur
11 18 (0.83%) YouTube
12 14 (0.65%) Workday
13 12 (0.56%) Aderant
13 12 (0.56%) Cognos
14 11 (0.51%) Adobe
14 11 (0.51%) HP
15 10 (0.46%) OpenAI
15 10 (0.46%) Talend