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

6 months to
4 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 56 70 59
Rank change year-on-year +14 -11 +24
Permanent jobs citing Power BI 2,393 1,434 3,181
As % of all permanent jobs in England 3.35% 3.92% 4.01%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 36.08% 20.84% 22.32%
Number of salaries quoted 1,187 1,020 2,575
10th Percentile £36,250 £37,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -0.08%
75th Percentile £75,000 £76,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,750 £85,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £58,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year -0.86% +8.41% -2.73%

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 6,632 6,881 14,253
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 9.28% 18.81% 17.97%
Number of salaries quoted 4,133 4,752 11,339
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £43,500
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 £87,386 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £63,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +9.57% -10.16%

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

Power BI
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 4 April 2026.

Salary histogram for Power BI in England

Power BI
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 4 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 +16 636 £70,000 - 258
North of England +4 510 £47,085 -2.92% 176
Midlands +26 434 £47,085 -3.42% 126
South East +14 423 £56,250 +2.27% 212
West Midlands +28 256 £47,085 -5.83% 72
Yorkshire +32 237 £42,039 -11.50% 63
North West -19 214 £48,000 -4.00% 90
South West +36 200 £44,477 -7.82% 70
East Midlands +26 176 £46,445 +8.01% 54
East of England -9 172 £52,500 -25.00% 57
North East +23 59 £51,000 +7.37% 29
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Power BI
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
1 143 (5.98%) SharePoint
2 48 (2.01%) Apache Spark
3 46 (1.92%) Apache Airflow
4 35 (1.46%) Microsoft Exchange
5 15 (0.63%) Confluence
6 12 (0.50%) SAS
7 7 (0.29%) Apache
8 5 (0.21%) ArcGIS
9 4 (0.17%) CMS
9 4 (0.17%) Umbraco
10 3 (0.13%) WordPress
11 2 (0.084%) Moodle
11 2 (0.084%) Oracle Application Server
11 2 (0.084%) Palantir Foundry
12 1 (0.042%) Appian
12 1 (0.042%) Drupal
12 1 (0.042%) Jupyter
12 1 (0.042%) Mendix
Applications
1 1,233 (51.53%) Microsoft Excel
2 69 (2.88%) Microsoft Office
3 55 (2.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 26 (1.09%) Spreadsheet
5 22 (0.92%) Microsoft Project
6 17 (0.71%) MS Visio
7 9 (0.38%) Trello
8 2 (0.084%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.042%) Chatbot
9 1 (0.042%) Maya
Business Applications
1 38 (1.59%) Dynamics CRM
2 18 (0.75%) NetSuite
3 10 (0.42%) Dynamics AX
4 9 (0.38%) SAP CO
5 6 (0.25%) NEC Housing
6 5 (0.21%) Dynamics NAV
6 5 (0.21%) Elite 3E
6 5 (0.21%) IBM Planning Analytics
6 5 (0.21%) SAP ERP
6 5 (0.21%) SAP PM
7 4 (0.17%) Sage 200
7 4 (0.17%) SAP Business One
7 4 (0.17%) Shopify
8 3 (0.13%) Integrated Workplace Management System
8 3 (0.13%) Markit EDM
8 3 (0.13%) ResourceLink
8 3 (0.13%) Salesforce CRM
8 3 (0.13%) SAP S/4HANA
8 3 (0.13%) Visualfiles
9 2 (0.084%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 2,393 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 1,379 (57.63%) Azure
3 807 (33.72%) Azure AI
4 235 (9.82%) Power Automate
5 205 (8.57%) Microsoft 365
6 189 (7.90%) PowerApps
7 158 (6.60%) Azure Data Factory
8 147 (6.14%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 140 (5.85%) Snowflake
10 112 (4.68%) Dynamics 365
11 106 (4.43%) AWS
12 97 (4.05%) dbt
13 79 (3.30%) GCP
14 75 (3.13%) Azure DevOps
15 65 (2.72%) SaaS
16 61 (2.55%) Entra ID
17 54 (2.26%) Azure Logic Apps
17 54 (2.26%) Microsoft Copilot
18 35 (1.46%) Serverless
19 29 (1.21%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 14 (0.59%) Intranet
2 10 (0.42%) DHCP
2 10 (0.42%) DNS
2 10 (0.42%) Firewall
2 10 (0.42%) TCP/IP
3 7 (0.29%) VoIP
4 6 (0.25%) WAN
5 5 (0.21%) Modbus
5 5 (0.21%) MQTT
6 4 (0.17%) Broadband
6 4 (0.17%) Wi-Fi
7 3 (0.13%) Internet
7 3 (0.13%) VLAN
8 2 (0.084%) NAS
8 2 (0.084%) Network Security
8 2 (0.084%) VPN
9 1 (0.042%) ADSL
9 1 (0.042%) FTP
9 1 (0.042%) Mobile Broadband
9 1 (0.042%) Softphone
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1,052 (43.96%) Tableau
2 195 (8.15%) SQL Server
3 193 (8.07%) Data Warehouse
4 119 (4.97%) Data Lake
4 119 (4.97%) Power Query
5 115 (4.81%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 70 (2.93%) Azure SQL Database
7 69 (2.88%) Looker
8 67 (2.80%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 50 (2.09%) BigQuery
10 45 (1.88%) Relational Database
11 40 (1.67%) Big Data
12 38 (1.59%) Amazon Redshift
13 37 (1.55%) Snowflake Schema
14 30 (1.25%) Metadata
15 29 (1.21%) PostgreSQL
16 28 (1.17%) SQL Server Analysis Services
17 26 (1.09%) PowerPivot
17 26 (1.09%) Star Schema
18 23 (0.96%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 69 (2.88%) Git
2 35 (1.46%) JIRA
3 30 (1.25%) Visual Studio
4 25 (1.04%) MLflow
5 11 (0.46%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 4 (0.17%) ERwin
6 4 (0.17%) GitLab
6 4 (0.17%) Jenkins
6 4 (0.17%) Postman
6 4 (0.17%) PowerDesigner
7 3 (0.13%) ER Studio
8 2 (0.084%) DBeaver
9 1 (0.042%) Axure RP
9 1 (0.042%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.042%) NUnit
9 1 (0.042%) Oracle APEX
9 1 (0.042%) Oracle Forms
9 1 (0.042%) Selenium
9 1 (0.042%) Team Foundation Server
9 1 (0.042%) Toad
General
1 1,372 (57.33%) Social Skills
2 550 (22.98%) Analytical Skills
3 540 (22.57%) Finance
4 94 (3.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 88 (3.68%) Marketing
6 82 (3.43%) Public Sector
7 80 (3.34%) Legal
8 77 (3.22%) Manufacturing
9 74 (3.09%) Law
10 70 (2.93%) Retail
11 55 (2.30%) Organisational Skills
12 48 (2.01%) Presentation Skills
13 38 (1.59%) Banking
14 34 (1.42%) Influencing Skills
15 29 (1.21%) Documentation Skills
16 21 (0.88%) Telecoms
17 20 (0.84%) Publishing
18 19 (0.79%) Financial Institution
19 17 (0.71%) Automotive
20 16 (0.67%) Games
Job Titles
1 1,311 (54.78%) Analyst
2 1,015 (42.42%) Data Analyst
3 817 (34.14%) Junior
4 811 (33.89%) Junior Analyst
5 808 (33.77%) Junior Data Analyst
6 246 (10.28%) Senior
7 224 (9.36%) Developer
8 143 (5.98%) Data Engineer
9 112 (4.68%) Lead
10 90 (3.76%) Business Intelligence Developer
11 83 (3.47%) Business Intelligence Analyst
12 79 (3.30%) Architect
13 72 (3.01%) Business Analyst
13 72 (3.01%) Financial Analyst
14 71 (2.97%) Senior Analyst
15 63 (2.63%) IT Support
16 60 (2.51%) Support Analyst
17 53 (2.21%) Power BI Developer
18 52 (2.17%) Consultant
19 50 (2.09%) Systems Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 76 (3.18%) .NET
2 44 (1.84%) JSON
3 41 (1.71%) PySpark
3 41 (1.71%) REST
4 37 (1.55%) XML
5 34 (1.42%) Kafka
6 31 (1.30%) CSS
7 30 (1.25%) PyTorch
8 29 (1.21%) scikit-learn
9 28 (1.17%) .NET Core
9 28 (1.17%) HTML5 Canvas
10 27 (1.13%) HTML
11 24 (1.00%) TensorFlow
12 23 (0.96%) LangChain
12 23 (0.96%) LlamaIndex
12 23 (0.96%) pgvector
13 21 (0.88%) EDI
14 17 (0.71%) SOAP
15 15 (0.63%) Middleware
16 13 (0.54%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 76 (3.18%) Management Information System
2 73 (3.05%) Analytical Mindset
3 58 (2.42%) Cloud Native
4 44 (1.84%) Data Structures
5 38 (1.59%) Self-Motivation
6 34 (1.42%) Legacy Systems
7 32 (1.34%) Low-Code
8 30 (1.25%) Onboarding
9 28 (1.17%) Clustering
10 26 (1.09%) Product Ownership
11 24 (1.00%) Public Cloud
12 16 (0.67%) Greenfield Project
12 16 (0.67%) Reinsurance
13 15 (0.63%) Driving Licence
13 15 (0.63%) Enterprise Cloud
14 14 (0.59%) Enterprise Software
14 14 (0.59%) FMCG
15 13 (0.54%) Social Media
16 12 (0.50%) NHS
17 11 (0.46%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 36 (1.50%) Windows
2 15 (0.63%) Windows Server
3 14 (0.59%) Linux
4 12 (0.50%) VMS
5 9 (0.38%) Unix
6 4 (0.17%) Windows 10
7 3 (0.13%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.084%) Android
9 1 (0.042%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.042%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.042%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.042%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,281 (95.32%) Business Intelligence
2 1,035 (43.25%) AI
3 627 (26.20%) Analytics
4 443 (18.51%) Decision-Making
5 404 (16.88%) Problem-Solving
6 365 (15.25%) Data Modelling
7 353 (14.75%) Visualisation
8 278 (11.62%) Continuous Improvement
9 273 (11.41%) ETL
10 236 (9.86%) Data Analysis
11 234 (9.78%) Agile
12 232 (9.69%) Data Visualisation
13 226 (9.44%) Data Governance
14 205 (8.57%) Actionable Insight
14 205 (8.57%) Data Engineering
15 187 (7.81%) Data Pipeline
16 172 (7.19%) Data Management
17 171 (7.15%) Project Management
18 166 (6.94%) ERP
19 154 (6.44%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 1,645 (68.74%) SQL
2 1,214 (50.73%) Python
3 155 (6.48%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 105 (4.39%) C#
5 78 (3.26%) PowerShell
5 78 (3.26%) VBA
6 72 (3.01%) JavaScript
7 52 (2.17%) R
8 47 (1.96%) T-SQL
9 20 (0.84%) Kusto Query Language
10 16 (0.67%) TypeScript
11 12 (0.50%) Scala
12 11 (0.46%) Delphi
13 9 (0.38%) Java
13 9 (0.38%) VBScript
14 6 (0.25%) Julia
14 6 (0.25%) VB
15 5 (0.21%) Bicep
16 3 (0.13%) ANSI SQL
16 3 (0.13%) Bash
Qualifications
1 830 (34.68%) Azure Certification
2 263 (10.99%) Degree
3 83 (3.47%) Security Cleared
4 75 (3.13%) ACCA
4 75 (3.13%) CIMA
5 64 (2.67%) SC Cleared
6 46 (1.92%) Microsoft Certification
7 43 (1.80%) Computer Science Degree
8 37 (1.55%) DBS Check
9 36 (1.50%) PMI Certification
9 36 (1.50%) PMP
10 35 (1.46%) Master's Degree
11 17 (0.71%) AAT
12 16 (0.67%) MBA
13 13 (0.54%) APMP
14 9 (0.38%) BPSS Clearance
15 8 (0.33%) IIBA
16 7 (0.29%) Numerate Degree
16 7 (0.29%) Postgraduate
16 7 (0.29%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 270 (11.28%) Data Quality
2 95 (3.97%) GDPR
3 54 (2.26%) QA
4 44 (1.84%) SLA
5 41 (1.71%) PMO
6 28 (1.17%) Accessibility
7 26 (1.09%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 22 (0.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 20 (0.84%) Actionable Recommendations
10 8 (0.33%) TickIT
11 7 (0.29%) GRC
11 7 (0.29%) IFRS
12 4 (0.17%) IFRS 17
12 4 (0.17%) ITGC
12 4 (0.17%) NIST
13 3 (0.13%) GAAP
14 2 (0.084%) EMIR
14 2 (0.084%) MiFID
14 2 (0.084%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 2 (0.084%) WCAG
System Software
1 61 (2.55%) Active Directory
2 11 (0.46%) Docker
2 11 (0.46%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (0.13%) BitLocker
3 3 (0.13%) Hyper-V
3 3 (0.13%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.084%) Terminal Services
5 1 (0.042%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 15 (0.63%) Terraform
2 12 (0.50%) Kubernetes
3 7 (0.29%) Microsoft Intune
4 6 (0.25%) Single Sign-On
5 5 (0.21%) FortiGate
5 5 (0.21%) SCCM
6 4 (0.17%) Control-M
7 3 (0.13%) Ansible
7 3 (0.13%) Argo
8 1 (0.042%) Grafana
8 1 (0.042%) MOM
8 1 (0.042%) RSA Archer
8 1 (0.042%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 1,338 (55.91%) Microsoft
2 159 (6.64%) Databricks
3 81 (3.38%) SAP
4 64 (2.67%) Oracle
5 49 (2.05%) Google
6 43 (1.80%) Salesforce
7 35 (1.46%) Informatica
8 32 (1.34%) ServiceNow
9 29 (1.21%) Alteryx
10 24 (1.00%) Cloudera
10 24 (1.00%) Dell
11 20 (0.84%) Adobe
11 20 (0.84%) Anaplan
12 16 (0.67%) Intapp
13 12 (0.50%) Genesys
13 12 (0.50%) IBM
13 12 (0.50%) Sage
13 12 (0.50%) Verint
14 11 (0.46%) Epicor
14 11 (0.46%) VMware