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

6 months to
10 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 59 76 55
Rank change year-on-year +17 -21 +17
Permanent jobs citing Power BI 1,973 1,653 2,842
As % of all permanent jobs in England 3.41% 3.67% 4.30%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 33.16% 20.24% 22.31%
Number of salaries quoted 1,104 952 2,363
10th Percentile £35,750 £37,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,688 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,125 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.46% +9.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £74,500 £76,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,475 £85,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +14.29% -7.89%

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 5,950 8,166 12,736
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 10.28% 18.13% 19.28%
Number of salaries quoted 3,827 4,622 10,443
10th Percentile £35,000 £38,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £43,625 £49,000 £43,750
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 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +13.04% -8.00%

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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 February 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 February 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 +11 654 £70,000 - 199
South East +36 401 £55,000 -4.35% 202
North of England +5 341 £47,500 -0.38% 136
Midlands +38 301 £47,500 -5.00% 134
West Midlands +22 193 £47,500 -5.00% 86
North West +5 174 £50,000 +2.56% 80
South West +35 151 £43,500 -3.33% 44
Yorkshire -4 132 £42,270 -11.01% 39
East of England -15 108 £46,750 -38.49% 30
East Midlands +45 106 £45,000 +5.26% 48
North East +23 35 £42,000 -25.33% 18
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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
1 134 (6.79%) SharePoint
2 21 (1.06%) Microsoft Exchange
3 17 (0.86%) Apache Spark
3 17 (0.86%) SAS
4 16 (0.81%) Apache Airflow
4 16 (0.81%) Confluence
5 6 (0.30%) WordPress
6 4 (0.20%) CMS
6 4 (0.20%) Umbraco
7 3 (0.15%) Apache
8 2 (0.10%) Moodle
8 2 (0.10%) Oracle Application Server
8 2 (0.10%) Palantir Foundry
8 2 (0.10%) SugarCRM
9 1 (0.051%) Appian
9 1 (0.051%) Drupal
9 1 (0.051%) Jupyter
Applications
1 917 (46.48%) Microsoft Excel
2 65 (3.29%) Microsoft Office
3 51 (2.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 21 (1.06%) Spreadsheet
5 17 (0.86%) Microsoft Project
6 15 (0.76%) MS Visio
7 10 (0.51%) Maya
7 10 (0.51%) Trello
8 5 (0.25%) Chatbot
9 2 (0.10%) AutoCAD
9 2 (0.10%) Revit
10 1 (0.051%) Acrobat
10 1 (0.051%) Adobe Illustrator
10 1 (0.051%) Adobe XD
10 1 (0.051%) InDesign
10 1 (0.051%) Oracle Smart View
10 1 (0.051%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 69 (3.50%) Dynamics CRM
2 14 (0.71%) NetSuite
3 10 (0.51%) Dynamics AX
4 9 (0.46%) SAP CO
5 8 (0.41%) Visualfiles
6 7 (0.35%) Shopify
7 6 (0.30%) Dynamics NAV
7 6 (0.30%) Elite 3E
7 6 (0.30%) NEC Housing
8 5 (0.25%) IBM Planning Analytics
8 5 (0.25%) SAP Business One
9 4 (0.20%) Oracle Payables
9 4 (0.20%) Oracle Receivables
9 4 (0.20%) SAP S/4HANA
10 3 (0.15%) Integrated Workplace Management System
10 3 (0.15%) ResourceLink
10 3 (0.15%) Salesforce CRM
11 2 (0.10%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
11 2 (0.10%) Oracle Cash Management
11 2 (0.10%) SAP HR
Cloud Services
1 1,973 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 960 (48.66%) Azure
3 388 (19.67%) Azure AI
4 216 (10.95%) Power Automate
5 194 (9.83%) Microsoft 365
6 182 (9.22%) PowerApps
7 139 (7.05%) Azure Data Factory
8 128 (6.49%) Dynamics 365
8 128 (6.49%) Snowflake
9 111 (5.63%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 85 (4.31%) AWS
11 82 (4.16%) Azure DevOps
12 72 (3.65%) dbt
13 62 (3.14%) Microsoft Copilot
14 52 (2.64%) Entra ID
15 51 (2.58%) SaaS
16 46 (2.33%) Azure Logic Apps
17 45 (2.28%) GCP
18 26 (1.32%) Fivetran
18 26 (1.32%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 16 (0.81%) Firewall
2 13 (0.66%) Intranet
3 10 (0.51%) TCP/IP
3 10 (0.51%) WAN
4 9 (0.46%) DHCP
4 9 (0.46%) DNS
5 7 (0.35%) VoIP
6 6 (0.30%) LAN
7 5 (0.25%) Modbus
7 5 (0.25%) MQTT
7 5 (0.25%) VPN
8 3 (0.15%) Broadband
8 3 (0.15%) VLAN
9 2 (0.10%) Internet
9 2 (0.10%) Network Security
9 2 (0.10%) Wi-Fi
10 1 (0.051%) ADSL
10 1 (0.051%) BGP
10 1 (0.051%) FTP
10 1 (0.051%) Softphone
Database & Business Intelligence
1 631 (31.98%) Tableau
2 194 (9.83%) SQL Server
3 177 (8.97%) Data Warehouse
4 167 (8.46%) Data Lake
5 115 (5.83%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 100 (5.07%) Power Query
7 66 (3.35%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 64 (3.24%) SAP BW
9 60 (3.04%) Azure SQL Database
10 47 (2.38%) Looker
11 41 (2.08%) Relational Database
12 33 (1.67%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 31 (1.57%) Metadata
14 25 (1.27%) PostgreSQL
15 24 (1.22%) MySQL
15 24 (1.22%) Qlik Sense
16 21 (1.06%) Big Data
16 21 (1.06%) BigQuery
16 21 (1.06%) PowerPivot
17 19 (0.96%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 73 (3.70%) Git
2 37 (1.88%) Visual Studio
3 33 (1.67%) JIRA
4 7 (0.35%) GitLab
4 7 (0.35%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 4 (0.20%) ER Studio
5 4 (0.20%) ERwin
5 4 (0.20%) PowerDesigner
6 3 (0.15%) Jenkins
6 3 (0.15%) Postman
7 2 (0.10%) DBeaver
8 1 (0.051%) Axure RP
8 1 (0.051%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.051%) LSMW
8 1 (0.051%) Oracle APEX
8 1 (0.051%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 999 (50.63%) Social Skills
2 617 (31.27%) Finance
3 527 (26.71%) Analytical Skills
4 116 (5.88%) Marketing
5 95 (4.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 85 (4.31%) Manufacturing
7 84 (4.26%) Legal
8 75 (3.80%) Law
9 63 (3.19%) Retail
10 62 (3.14%) Public Sector
11 61 (3.09%) Organisational Skills
12 54 (2.74%) Presentation Skills
13 46 (2.33%) Banking
14 29 (1.47%) Influencing Skills
15 27 (1.37%) Advertising
16 25 (1.27%) Games
17 22 (1.12%) Financial Institution
18 21 (1.06%) Billing
18 21 (1.06%) Documentation Skills
19 18 (0.91%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 921 (46.68%) Analyst
2 603 (30.56%) Data Analyst
3 398 (20.17%) Junior
4 393 (19.92%) Junior Analyst
5 380 (19.26%) Junior Data Analyst
6 218 (11.05%) Senior
7 206 (10.44%) Developer
8 151 (7.65%) Lead
9 146 (7.40%) Data Engineer
10 86 (4.36%) Business Intelligence Developer
11 79 (4.00%) Senior Analyst
12 73 (3.70%) Business Intelligence Analyst
13 71 (3.60%) Report Analyst
14 70 (3.55%) Architect
15 66 (3.35%) Financial Analyst
16 64 (3.24%) Support Analyst
17 62 (3.14%) Business Analyst
18 47 (2.38%) Power Platform Developer
19 46 (2.33%) Consultant
20 45 (2.28%) IT Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 52 (2.64%) .NET
2 43 (2.18%) REST
3 29 (1.47%) Web Services
4 28 (1.42%) PySpark
5 27 (1.37%) XML
6 26 (1.32%) JSON
7 24 (1.22%) SOAP
8 23 (1.17%) HTML
9 18 (0.91%) EDI
9 18 (0.91%) HTML5 Canvas
10 17 (0.86%) CSS
11 12 (0.61%) .NET Core
12 11 (0.56%) React
13 10 (0.51%) Middleware
14 9 (0.46%) AngularJS
14 9 (0.46%) SAP CO-PA
15 8 (0.41%) ASP.NET
15 8 (0.41%) WinForms
16 7 (0.35%) RESTful
16 7 (0.35%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 82 (4.16%) Analytical Mindset
2 60 (3.04%) Management Information System
3 44 (2.23%) Self-Motivation
4 42 (2.13%) Data Structures
4 42 (2.13%) Onboarding
5 35 (1.77%) Cloud Native
5 35 (1.77%) FMCG
6 31 (1.57%) Product Ownership
7 24 (1.22%) Legacy Systems
8 22 (1.12%) Enterprise Software
9 20 (1.01%) Reinsurance
10 19 (0.96%) Greenfield Project
10 19 (0.96%) Low-Code
11 18 (0.91%) Driving Licence
12 14 (0.71%) NHS
13 13 (0.66%) Algorithms
14 10 (0.51%) Renewable Energy
14 10 (0.51%) Social Media
15 9 (0.46%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
15 9 (0.46%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 40 (2.03%) Windows
2 9 (0.46%) Linux
3 8 (0.41%) Mac OS
4 7 (0.35%) Windows 10
4 7 (0.35%) Windows Server
5 6 (0.30%) Unix
6 5 (0.25%) VMS
7 3 (0.15%) Android
8 2 (0.10%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.051%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.051%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,863 (94.42%) Business Intelligence
2 621 (31.47%) Analytics
3 596 (30.21%) AI
4 446 (22.61%) Problem-Solving
5 445 (22.55%) Decision-Making
6 389 (19.72%) Data Modelling
7 362 (18.35%) Visualisation
8 283 (14.34%) Continuous Improvement
9 264 (13.38%) ETL
10 257 (13.03%) Agile
11 254 (12.87%) Data Analysis
12 253 (12.82%) Actionable Insight
13 227 (11.51%) Data Visualisation
14 217 (11.00%) Data Governance
15 184 (9.33%) Data Engineering
16 177 (8.97%) ERP
17 171 (8.67%) Data Pipeline
18 166 (8.41%) Stakeholder Management
19 165 (8.36%) Data Analytics
20 163 (8.26%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 1,157 (58.64%) SQL
2 772 (39.13%) Python
3 131 (6.64%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 80 (4.05%) C#
5 79 (4.00%) PowerShell
6 67 (3.40%) VBA
7 64 (3.24%) JavaScript
8 48 (2.43%) R
9 43 (2.18%) T-SQL
10 17 (0.86%) Scala
11 11 (0.56%) Kusto Query Language
12 8 (0.41%) Delphi
12 8 (0.41%) Java
13 7 (0.35%) TypeScript
14 5 (0.25%) ANSI SQL
14 5 (0.25%) Bicep
15 4 (0.20%) Bash
16 3 (0.15%) C
16 3 (0.15%) VB.NET
17 2 (0.10%) PHP
Qualifications
1 408 (20.68%) Azure Certification
2 376 (19.06%) Degree
3 70 (3.55%) Security Cleared
4 68 (3.45%) ACCA
4 68 (3.45%) CIMA
5 57 (2.89%) Microsoft Certification
6 56 (2.84%) SC Cleared
7 49 (2.48%) Computer Science Degree
8 42 (2.13%) Master's Degree
8 42 (2.13%) PMI Certification
8 42 (2.13%) PMP
9 36 (1.82%) DBS Check
10 15 (0.76%) MBA
11 13 (0.66%) CISSP
11 13 (0.66%) Numerate Degree
12 12 (0.61%) CISA
13 11 (0.56%) AAT
13 11 (0.56%) APMP
14 9 (0.46%) IIBA
15 8 (0.41%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 311 (15.76%) Data Quality
2 73 (3.70%) GDPR
3 65 (3.29%) QA
4 45 (2.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 44 (2.23%) PMO
6 41 (2.08%) Accessibility
7 30 (1.52%) SLA
8 15 (0.76%) Actionable Recommendations
9 13 (0.66%) Cyber Essentials
9 13 (0.66%) NIST
10 11 (0.56%) GRC
11 10 (0.51%) ITGC
12 8 (0.41%) COBIT
13 6 (0.30%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 4 (0.20%) IFRS
15 3 (0.15%) California Consumer Privacy Act
15 3 (0.15%) IFRS 17
16 2 (0.10%) MiFID
16 2 (0.10%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 2 (0.10%) WCAG
System Software
1 43 (2.18%) Active Directory
2 9 (0.46%) Docker
3 5 (0.25%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.10%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.10%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (0.10%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.051%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 22 (1.12%) Microsoft Intune
2 15 (0.76%) Terraform
3 9 (0.46%) Kubernetes
4 8 (0.41%) Single Sign-On
5 5 (0.25%) FortiGate
5 5 (0.25%) RSA Archer
6 3 (0.15%) Argo
6 3 (0.15%) Control-M
7 2 (0.10%) SCCM
8 1 (0.051%) Ansible
8 1 (0.051%) Grafana
8 1 (0.051%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.051%) MOM
Vendors
1 873 (44.25%) Microsoft
2 145 (7.35%) SAP
3 104 (5.27%) Databricks
4 73 (3.70%) Oracle
5 56 (2.84%) Salesforce
6 38 (1.93%) Google
7 33 (1.67%) Informatica
7 33 (1.67%) ServiceNow
8 30 (1.52%) Alteryx
9 22 (1.12%) Anaplan
10 19 (0.96%) Adobe
11 17 (0.86%) HubSpot
12 14 (0.71%) Verint
13 12 (0.61%) Genesys
13 12 (0.61%) Intapp
14 11 (0.56%) Dell
14 11 (0.56%) IBM
14 11 (0.56%) MuleSoft
15 10 (0.51%) Dataiku
16 9 (0.46%) Northgate