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

6 months to
1 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 61 75 54
Rank change year-on-year +14 -21 +20
Permanent jobs citing Power BI 1,929 1,690 2,809
As % of all permanent jobs in England 3.43% 3.62% 4.46%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 32.74% 20.17% 22.53%
Number of salaries quoted 1,088 957 2,331
10th Percentile £35,750 £37,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £43,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +9.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £74,125 £76,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £92,200 £85,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £53,568
% change year-on-year -8.33% +12.01% -6.84%

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 5,892 8,379 12,466
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 10.49% 17.93% 19.77%
Number of salaries quoted 3,807 4,684 10,230
10th Percentile £35,000 £38,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £42,780 £48,750 £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 £80,000 £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%

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 1 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 1 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 +15 647 £70,000 - 285
South East +33 384 £53,750 -6.52% 234
North of England -2 328 £47,500 - 133
Midlands +41 294 £47,500 -5.00% 144
West Midlands +24 190 £47,500 -5.00% 86
North West +5 173 £50,000 +5.26% 84
South West +45 150 £43,727 -2.83% 40
Yorkshire 0 122 £42,039 -11.96% 38
East of England -14 108 £46,750 -38.49% 47
East Midlands +47 102 £47,500 +11.76% 58
North East +21 33 £42,500 -22.73% 14
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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
1 130 (6.74%) SharePoint
2 18 (0.93%) Apache Airflow
2 18 (0.93%) Microsoft Exchange
3 17 (0.88%) Apache Spark
3 17 (0.88%) SAS
4 16 (0.83%) Confluence
5 6 (0.31%) WordPress
6 5 (0.26%) CMS
7 4 (0.21%) Apache
7 4 (0.21%) SugarCRM
7 4 (0.21%) Umbraco
8 2 (0.10%) Moodle
8 2 (0.10%) Oracle Application Server
8 2 (0.10%) Palantir Foundry
9 1 (0.052%) Apache Superset
9 1 (0.052%) Drupal
9 1 (0.052%) Jupyter
Applications
1 888 (46.03%) Microsoft Excel
2 67 (3.47%) Microsoft Office
3 54 (2.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 20 (1.04%) Microsoft Project
5 18 (0.93%) Spreadsheet
6 13 (0.67%) MS Visio
7 11 (0.57%) Maya
8 10 (0.52%) Trello
9 5 (0.26%) Chatbot
10 2 (0.10%) AutoCAD
10 2 (0.10%) Revit
11 1 (0.052%) Acrobat
11 1 (0.052%) Adobe Illustrator
11 1 (0.052%) Adobe XD
11 1 (0.052%) InDesign
11 1 (0.052%) Oracle Smart View
11 1 (0.052%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 73 (3.78%) Dynamics CRM
2 13 (0.67%) NetSuite
3 10 (0.52%) Shopify
4 9 (0.47%) Dynamics AX
5 8 (0.41%) SAP CO
5 8 (0.41%) Visualfiles
6 7 (0.36%) Elite 3E
7 6 (0.31%) Dynamics NAV
7 6 (0.31%) NEC Housing
7 6 (0.31%) SAP Business One
8 5 (0.26%) IBM Planning Analytics
9 4 (0.21%) Oracle Payables
9 4 (0.21%) Oracle Receivables
10 3 (0.16%) Integrated Workplace Management System
10 3 (0.16%) ResourceLink
10 3 (0.16%) Salesforce CRM
10 3 (0.16%) SAP APO
10 3 (0.16%) SAP IBP
10 3 (0.16%) SAP S/4HANA
11 2 (0.10%) Aladdin
Cloud Services
1 1,929 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 916 (47.49%) Azure
3 340 (17.63%) Azure AI
4 212 (10.99%) Power Automate
5 189 (9.80%) Microsoft 365
6 179 (9.28%) PowerApps
7 137 (7.10%) Azure Data Factory
8 129 (6.69%) Snowflake
9 126 (6.53%) Dynamics 365
10 110 (5.70%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 87 (4.51%) AWS
12 81 (4.20%) Azure DevOps
13 65 (3.37%) dbt
14 64 (3.32%) Microsoft Copilot
15 48 (2.49%) SaaS
16 47 (2.44%) Entra ID
16 47 (2.44%) GCP
17 44 (2.28%) Azure Logic Apps
18 27 (1.40%) Fivetran
19 26 (1.35%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 15 (0.78%) Firewall
2 13 (0.67%) Intranet
3 10 (0.52%) TCP/IP
4 9 (0.47%) WAN
5 8 (0.41%) DHCP
5 8 (0.41%) DNS
6 7 (0.36%) VoIP
7 6 (0.31%) LAN
8 5 (0.26%) Modbus
8 5 (0.26%) MQTT
9 4 (0.21%) VPN
10 2 (0.10%) Network Security
10 2 (0.10%) VLAN
10 2 (0.10%) Wi-Fi
11 1 (0.052%) ADSL
11 1 (0.052%) BGP
11 1 (0.052%) Broadband
11 1 (0.052%) FTP
11 1 (0.052%) Internet
11 1 (0.052%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 584 (30.27%) Tableau
2 194 (10.06%) SQL Server
3 176 (9.12%) Data Warehouse
4 167 (8.66%) Data Lake
5 112 (5.81%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 97 (5.03%) Power Query
7 67 (3.47%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 64 (3.32%) SAP BW
9 59 (3.06%) Azure SQL Database
10 51 (2.64%) Looker
11 43 (2.23%) Relational Database
12 33 (1.71%) Metadata
12 33 (1.71%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 25 (1.30%) Qlik Sense
14 22 (1.14%) PostgreSQL
15 21 (1.09%) BigQuery
15 21 (1.09%) Data Mining
16 20 (1.04%) MySQL
17 19 (0.98%) BusinessObjects
18 18 (0.93%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 73 (3.78%) Git
2 35 (1.81%) Visual Studio
3 32 (1.66%) JIRA
4 8 (0.41%) GitLab
5 7 (0.36%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 4 (0.21%) ER Studio
6 4 (0.21%) ERwin
6 4 (0.21%) PowerDesigner
7 3 (0.16%) Jenkins
7 3 (0.16%) Postman
8 2 (0.10%) DBeaver
9 1 (0.052%) Axure RP
9 1 (0.052%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.052%) LSMW
9 1 (0.052%) Oracle APEX
9 1 (0.052%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 943 (48.89%) Social Skills
2 610 (31.62%) Finance
3 516 (26.75%) Analytical Skills
4 122 (6.32%) Marketing
5 92 (4.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 89 (4.61%) Manufacturing
7 81 (4.20%) Legal
8 74 (3.84%) Law
9 71 (3.68%) Retail
10 64 (3.32%) Public Sector
11 60 (3.11%) Organisational Skills
12 57 (2.95%) Presentation Skills
13 46 (2.38%) Banking
14 29 (1.50%) Games
14 29 (1.50%) Influencing Skills
15 28 (1.45%) Advertising
16 22 (1.14%) Financial Institution
17 21 (1.09%) Billing
18 19 (0.98%) Documentation Skills
19 17 (0.88%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 876 (45.41%) Analyst
2 542 (28.10%) Data Analyst
3 348 (18.04%) Junior
4 343 (17.78%) Junior Analyst
5 330 (17.11%) Junior Data Analyst
6 210 (10.89%) Senior
7 207 (10.73%) Developer
8 151 (7.83%) Lead
9 143 (7.41%) Data Engineer
10 86 (4.46%) Business Intelligence Developer
11 78 (4.04%) Senior Analyst
12 75 (3.89%) Business Intelligence Analyst
13 68 (3.53%) Architect
14 65 (3.37%) Report Analyst
15 63 (3.27%) Support Analyst
16 62 (3.21%) Financial Analyst
17 56 (2.90%) Business Analyst
18 47 (2.44%) Power Platform Developer
19 46 (2.38%) Consultant
20 44 (2.28%) Applications Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 52 (2.70%) .NET
2 42 (2.18%) REST
3 28 (1.45%) Web Services
4 26 (1.35%) PySpark
5 24 (1.24%) SOAP
5 24 (1.24%) XML
6 23 (1.19%) HTML
7 22 (1.14%) JSON
8 18 (0.93%) EDI
8 18 (0.93%) HTML5 Canvas
9 15 (0.78%) CSS
10 11 (0.57%) .NET Core
11 10 (0.52%) React
12 9 (0.47%) AngularJS
12 9 (0.47%) Middleware
13 8 (0.41%) ASP.NET
13 8 (0.41%) SAP CO-PA
13 8 (0.41%) WinForms
14 7 (0.36%) Kafka
14 7 (0.36%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 81 (4.20%) Analytical Mindset
2 59 (3.06%) Management Information System
3 57 (2.95%) Data Structures
4 44 (2.28%) Self-Motivation
5 41 (2.13%) Onboarding
6 37 (1.92%) FMCG
7 36 (1.87%) Cloud Native
8 32 (1.66%) Product Ownership
9 23 (1.19%) Enterprise Software
10 22 (1.14%) Legacy Systems
11 19 (0.98%) Driving Licence
11 19 (0.98%) Low-Code
12 18 (0.93%) Greenfield Project
12 18 (0.93%) Reinsurance
13 13 (0.67%) Algorithms
13 13 (0.67%) NHS
14 11 (0.57%) Social Media
15 9 (0.47%) Virtual Team
16 8 (0.41%) AI Agents
16 8 (0.41%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 41 (2.13%) Windows
2 10 (0.52%) Linux
3 8 (0.41%) Mac OS
4 7 (0.36%) Unix
4 7 (0.36%) Windows 10
4 7 (0.36%) Windows Server
5 4 (0.21%) VMS
6 3 (0.16%) Android
7 1 (0.052%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.052%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,821 (94.40%) Business Intelligence
2 633 (32.81%) Analytics
3 541 (28.05%) AI
4 446 (23.12%) Decision-Making
5 441 (22.86%) Problem-Solving
6 379 (19.65%) Data Modelling
7 356 (18.46%) Visualisation
8 279 (14.46%) Continuous Improvement
9 264 (13.69%) ETL
10 262 (13.58%) Data Analysis
11 257 (13.32%) Actionable Insight
12 256 (13.27%) Agile
13 227 (11.77%) Data Visualisation
14 217 (11.25%) Data Governance
15 181 (9.38%) Data Engineering
16 177 (9.18%) ERP
17 176 (9.12%) Data Pipeline
18 170 (8.81%) Stakeholder Management
19 168 (8.71%) Data Analytics
20 166 (8.61%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 1,117 (57.91%) SQL
2 734 (38.05%) Python
3 129 (6.69%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 79 (4.10%) C#
5 74 (3.84%) PowerShell
6 68 (3.53%) VBA
7 63 (3.27%) JavaScript
8 45 (2.33%) R
9 40 (2.07%) T-SQL
10 19 (0.98%) Scala
11 10 (0.52%) Kusto Query Language
12 8 (0.41%) Delphi
13 7 (0.36%) Java
14 6 (0.31%) ANSI SQL
14 6 (0.31%) TypeScript
15 5 (0.26%) Bicep
16 4 (0.21%) Bash
17 3 (0.16%) VB.NET
18 2 (0.10%) C
18 2 (0.10%) PHP
Qualifications
1 396 (20.53%) Degree
2 358 (18.56%) Azure Certification
3 68 (3.53%) Security Cleared
4 66 (3.42%) ACCA
4 66 (3.42%) CIMA
5 55 (2.85%) Microsoft Certification
5 55 (2.85%) SC Cleared
6 50 (2.59%) Computer Science Degree
7 43 (2.23%) PMI Certification
7 43 (2.23%) PMP
8 42 (2.18%) Master's Degree
9 40 (2.07%) DBS Check
10 15 (0.78%) CISSP
11 14 (0.73%) CISA
11 14 (0.73%) MBA
12 12 (0.62%) Numerate Degree
13 10 (0.52%) APMP
14 9 (0.47%) AAT
14 9 (0.47%) CRISC
14 9 (0.47%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 312 (16.17%) Data Quality
2 71 (3.68%) GDPR
2 71 (3.68%) QA
3 47 (2.44%) Accessibility
4 45 (2.33%) PMO
5 44 (2.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 29 (1.50%) SLA
7 13 (0.67%) Actionable Recommendations
7 13 (0.67%) Cyber Essentials
7 13 (0.67%) NIST
8 11 (0.57%) GRC
9 9 (0.47%) COBIT
9 9 (0.47%) ITGC
10 6 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 3 (0.16%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 3 (0.16%) IFRS
11 3 (0.16%) IFRS 17
12 2 (0.10%) MiFID
12 2 (0.10%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 2 (0.10%) WCAG
System Software
1 37 (1.92%) Active Directory
2 11 (0.57%) Docker
3 5 (0.26%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.10%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.10%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.052%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 21 (1.09%) Microsoft Intune
2 15 (0.78%) Terraform
3 11 (0.57%) Kubernetes
4 8 (0.41%) Single Sign-On
5 5 (0.26%) FortiGate
5 5 (0.26%) RSA Archer
6 3 (0.16%) Argo
6 3 (0.16%) Control-M
7 2 (0.10%) SCCM
8 1 (0.052%) Ansible
8 1 (0.052%) Grafana
8 1 (0.052%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.052%) MOM
Vendors
1 831 (43.08%) Microsoft
2 147 (7.62%) SAP
3 104 (5.39%) Databricks
4 74 (3.84%) Oracle
5 55 (2.85%) Salesforce
6 38 (1.97%) Google
7 33 (1.71%) ServiceNow
8 28 (1.45%) Alteryx
8 28 (1.45%) Informatica
9 22 (1.14%) Anaplan
10 20 (1.04%) Adobe
11 16 (0.83%) Verint
12 15 (0.78%) HubSpot
13 12 (0.62%) Dell
13 12 (0.62%) Genesys
13 12 (0.62%) Intapp
13 12 (0.62%) MuleSoft
14 11 (0.57%) IBM
15 10 (0.52%) Dataiku
16 8 (0.41%) Sage