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

6 months to
10 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 54 69 60
Rank change year-on-year +15 -9 +19
Permanent jobs citing Power BI 2,634 1,570 3,181
As % of all permanent jobs in England 3.25% 4.01% 3.78%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 37.17% 23.08% 21.70%
Number of salaries quoted 1,262 1,094 2,583
10th Percentile £35,250 £36,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,439 £42,500 £41,403
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £76,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,778 £85,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £53,635
% change year-on-year -4.35% +7.21% -2.48%

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 7,086 6,803 14,661
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 8.75% 17.37% 17.44%
Number of salaries quoted 4,448 4,680 11,404
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £42,725
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £64,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +11.30% -11.54%
75th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £115,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -11.54%

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 May 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 May 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
North of England +36 623 £45,000 -13.46% 152
London -11 602 £72,500 +3.57% 310
Midlands +35 498 £47,085 -9.19% 110
South East +22 458 £57,500 +4.55% 211
West Midlands +19 292 £46,042 -12.30% 70
Yorkshire +46 291 £42,039 -11.50% 44
North West +29 266 £46,500 -11.43% 95
South West +17 230 £43,500 -16.35% 43
East of England +8 211 £55,000 -15.38% 47
East Midlands +46 204 £47,500 -2.56% 40
North East +9 66 £51,000 -5.12% 15
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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
1 152 (5.77%) SharePoint
2 49 (1.86%) Apache Spark
3 48 (1.82%) Apache Airflow
4 43 (1.63%) Microsoft Exchange
5 10 (0.38%) SAS
6 9 (0.34%) Apache
7 8 (0.30%) Confluence
8 7 (0.27%) WordPress
9 6 (0.23%) ArcGIS
9 6 (0.23%) CMS
10 4 (0.15%) Umbraco
11 2 (0.076%) Headless CMS
11 2 (0.076%) Luigi
11 2 (0.076%) Moodle
11 2 (0.076%) Oracle Application Server
11 2 (0.076%) Palantir Foundry
12 1 (0.038%) Appian
12 1 (0.038%) Drupal
12 1 (0.038%) Mendix
Applications
1 1,404 (53.30%) Microsoft Excel
2 61 (2.32%) Microsoft Office
3 30 (1.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 30 (1.14%) Spreadsheet
4 22 (0.84%) Microsoft Project
4 22 (0.84%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.11%) Trello
6 2 (0.076%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.038%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.038%) Maya
Business Applications
1 43 (1.63%) 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 8 (0.30%) IBM Planning Analytics
7 7 (0.27%) SAP S/4HANA
8 6 (0.23%) Dynamics NAV
8 6 (0.23%) NEC Housing
9 5 (0.19%) Sage 200
9 5 (0.19%) SAP ERP
9 5 (0.19%) SAP PM
9 5 (0.19%) Shopify
10 4 (0.15%) Magento
11 3 (0.11%) Elite 3E
11 3 (0.11%) Integrated Workplace Management System
11 3 (0.11%) Markit EDM
12 2 (0.076%) Aladdin
12 2 (0.076%) Infor M3
12 2 (0.076%) Q-Pulse
Cloud Services
1 2,634 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 1,566 (59.45%) Azure
3 993 (37.70%) Azure AI
4 244 (9.26%) Power Automate
5 212 (8.05%) Microsoft 365
6 199 (7.56%) PowerApps
7 149 (5.66%) Azure Data Factory
8 136 (5.16%) Snowflake
9 129 (4.90%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 124 (4.71%) Dynamics 365
11 116 (4.40%) AWS
12 91 (3.45%) dbt
13 76 (2.89%) Azure DevOps
13 76 (2.89%) GCP
14 67 (2.54%) SaaS
15 62 (2.35%) Entra ID
16 61 (2.32%) Azure Logic Apps
17 47 (1.78%) Microsoft Purview
18 45 (1.71%) Microsoft Copilot
19 41 (1.56%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 16 (0.61%) Broadband
2 12 (0.46%) DHCP
2 12 (0.46%) DNS
2 12 (0.46%) Intranet
3 8 (0.30%) Firewall
4 7 (0.27%) VoIP
5 6 (0.23%) WAN
6 5 (0.19%) Modbus
6 5 (0.19%) MQTT
6 5 (0.19%) Wi-Fi
7 4 (0.15%) TCP/IP
8 3 (0.11%) LTE
8 3 (0.11%) NAS
9 2 (0.076%) Internet
9 2 (0.076%) VLAN
9 2 (0.076%) VPN
10 1 (0.038%) FTP
10 1 (0.038%) Network Security
10 1 (0.038%) SMS
10 1 (0.038%) Softphone
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1,236 (46.92%) Tableau
2 186 (7.06%) Data Warehouse
3 177 (6.72%) SQL Server
4 128 (4.86%) Data Lake
5 120 (4.56%) Power Query
6 108 (4.10%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 68 (2.58%) Looker
7 68 (2.58%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 64 (2.43%) Azure SQL Database
9 51 (1.94%) BigQuery
10 47 (1.78%) Relational Database
11 45 (1.71%) Big Data
12 42 (1.59%) Amazon Redshift
13 33 (1.25%) Snowflake Schema
14 31 (1.18%) Metadata
15 30 (1.14%) PostgreSQL
16 28 (1.06%) Star Schema
17 23 (0.87%) Elasticsearch
17 23 (0.87%) MySQL
17 23 (0.87%) PowerPivot
Development Applications
1 62 (2.35%) Git
2 39 (1.48%) JIRA
3 27 (1.03%) Visual Studio
4 26 (0.99%) MLflow
5 13 (0.49%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 4 (0.15%) Jenkins
6 4 (0.15%) Oracle Forms
7 3 (0.11%) GitLab
7 3 (0.11%) Postman
8 2 (0.076%) DBeaver
9 1 (0.038%) Axure RP
9 1 (0.038%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.038%) ERwin
9 1 (0.038%) NUnit
9 1 (0.038%) Oracle APEX
9 1 (0.038%) PowerDesigner
9 1 (0.038%) Selenium
9 1 (0.038%) Team Foundation Server
9 1 (0.038%) Toad
General
1 1,580 (59.98%) Social Skills
2 532 (20.20%) Analytical Skills
3 490 (18.60%) Finance
4 113 (4.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 96 (3.64%) Marketing
6 90 (3.42%) Law
6 90 (3.42%) Public Sector
6 90 (3.42%) Retail
7 78 (2.96%) Legal
8 70 (2.66%) Manufacturing
9 61 (2.32%) Organisational Skills
10 41 (1.56%) Presentation Skills
11 36 (1.37%) Documentation Skills
12 35 (1.33%) Influencing Skills
13 30 (1.14%) Banking
14 25 (0.95%) Telecoms
15 21 (0.80%) Publishing
16 19 (0.72%) Advertising
17 17 (0.65%) Automotive
18 16 (0.61%) Games
Job Titles
1 1,504 (57.10%) Analyst
2 1,199 (45.52%) Data Analyst
3 1,010 (38.34%) Junior
4 1,004 (38.12%) Junior Analyst
5 997 (37.85%) Junior Data Analyst
6 276 (10.48%) Senior
7 252 (9.57%) Developer
8 144 (5.47%) Data Engineer
9 123 (4.67%) Lead
10 92 (3.49%) Business Intelligence Developer
11 81 (3.08%) Business Analyst
12 79 (3.00%) Architect
13 78 (2.96%) Business Intelligence Analyst
14 68 (2.58%) Senior Analyst
15 63 (2.39%) Financial Analyst
16 60 (2.28%) IT Support
17 59 (2.24%) Data Manager
17 59 (2.24%) Power BI Developer
18 57 (2.16%) Systems Analyst
19 53 (2.01%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 90 (3.42%) .NET
2 54 (2.05%) JSON
3 50 (1.90%) CSS
4 49 (1.86%) HTML
5 45 (1.71%) REST
6 43 (1.63%) PySpark
7 42 (1.59%) HTML5 Canvas
8 39 (1.48%) XML
9 35 (1.33%) .NET Core
10 34 (1.29%) Kafka
11 29 (1.10%) PyTorch
11 29 (1.10%) scikit-learn
12 24 (0.91%) EDI
13 23 (0.87%) LangChain
13 23 (0.87%) LlamaIndex
13 23 (0.87%) pgvector
13 23 (0.87%) TensorFlow
14 22 (0.84%) Microsoft Graph
14 22 (0.84%) Middleware
14 22 (0.84%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 82 (3.11%) Management Information System
2 64 (2.43%) Data Structures
3 56 (2.13%) Analytical Mindset
4 55 (2.09%) Cloud Native
5 35 (1.33%) Legacy Systems
6 29 (1.10%) Low-Code
6 29 (1.10%) Onboarding
7 27 (1.03%) Clustering
8 25 (0.95%) Product Ownership
9 24 (0.91%) Public Cloud
10 23 (0.87%) Self-Motivation
11 21 (0.80%) Enterprise Cloud
12 20 (0.76%) Greenfield Project
13 19 (0.72%) NHS
13 19 (0.72%) Social Media
14 15 (0.57%) Driving Licence
15 14 (0.53%) Enterprise Software
15 14 (0.53%) FMCG
16 12 (0.46%) Reinsurance
17 11 (0.42%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 27 (1.03%) 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 2,494 (94.68%) Business Intelligence
2 1,234 (46.85%) AI
3 632 (23.99%) Analytics
4 437 (16.59%) Decision-Making
5 389 (14.77%) Problem-Solving
6 385 (14.62%) Data Modelling
7 320 (12.15%) Visualisation
8 277 (10.52%) Continuous Improvement
9 268 (10.17%) ETL
10 225 (8.54%) Data Governance
11 221 (8.39%) Agile
12 215 (8.16%) Data Visualisation
13 210 (7.97%) Data Engineering
14 202 (7.67%) Data Analysis
15 201 (7.63%) Actionable Insight
16 190 (7.21%) ERP
17 183 (6.95%) Project Management
18 182 (6.91%) Data Pipeline
19 177 (6.72%) Machine Learning
20 171 (6.49%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 1,845 (70.05%) SQL
2 1,397 (53.04%) Python
3 148 (5.62%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 120 (4.56%) C#
5 88 (3.34%) JavaScript
6 77 (2.92%) PowerShell
7 72 (2.73%) VBA
8 52 (1.97%) T-SQL
9 46 (1.75%) R
10 26 (0.99%) TypeScript
11 20 (0.76%) Kusto Query Language
12 13 (0.49%) Java
13 12 (0.46%) Scala
14 11 (0.42%) Delphi
15 9 (0.34%) VBScript
16 6 (0.23%) Julia
16 6 (0.23%) VB
17 5 (0.19%) Bicep
18 3 (0.11%) ANSI SQL
18 3 (0.11%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 1,015 (38.53%) Azure Certification
2 269 (10.21%) Degree
3 81 (3.08%) Security Cleared
4 67 (2.54%) ACCA
4 67 (2.54%) CIMA
5 60 (2.28%) SC Cleared
6 43 (1.63%) Microsoft Certification
7 39 (1.48%) PMI Certification
7 39 (1.48%) PMP
8 35 (1.33%) Computer Science Degree
8 35 (1.33%) DBS Check
9 25 (0.95%) Master's Degree
10 14 (0.53%) AAT
11 11 (0.42%) MBA
12 9 (0.34%) CompTIA Security+
13 8 (0.30%) APMP
13 8 (0.30%) CompTIA CySA+
13 8 (0.30%) IIBA
13 8 (0.30%) SSCP
14 7 (0.27%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 276 (10.48%) Data Quality
2 108 (4.10%) GDPR
3 61 (2.32%) QA
4 53 (2.01%) SLA
5 35 (1.33%) Accessibility
6 32 (1.21%) PMO
7 29 (1.10%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 26 (0.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 17 (0.65%) TickIT
10 14 (0.53%) NIST
11 12 (0.46%) Actionable Recommendations
11 12 (0.46%) GRC
12 8 (0.30%) IFRS
13 4 (0.15%) GAAP
13 4 (0.15%) IFRS 17
13 4 (0.15%) ITGC
13 4 (0.15%) NIST 800
14 2 (0.076%) MiFID
14 2 (0.076%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 2 (0.076%) WCAG
System Software
1 61 (2.32%) Active Directory
2 14 (0.53%) Docker
3 11 (0.42%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.15%) BitLocker
5 3 (0.11%) Terminal Services
5 3 (0.11%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.076%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.076%) IAG
7 1 (0.038%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 14 (0.53%) Terraform
2 13 (0.49%) Kubernetes
3 7 (0.27%) Microsoft Intune
4 5 (0.19%) SCCM
5 4 (0.15%) Ansible
5 4 (0.15%) Control-M
5 4 (0.15%) Single Sign-On
6 3 (0.11%) Argo
7 2 (0.076%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.038%) Grafana
8 1 (0.038%) MOM
8 1 (0.038%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 1,567 (59.49%) Microsoft
2 166 (6.30%) Databricks
3 90 (3.42%) SAP
4 77 (2.92%) Oracle
5 48 (1.82%) Google
6 40 (1.52%) Salesforce
7 32 (1.21%) Informatica
8 31 (1.18%) Adobe
9 30 (1.14%) Alteryx
10 25 (0.95%) ServiceNow
11 24 (0.91%) Cloudera
11 24 (0.91%) Dell
12 22 (0.84%) Intapp
13 20 (0.76%) Anaplan
14 13 (0.49%) iManage
14 13 (0.49%) Sage
15 12 (0.46%) Genesys
15 12 (0.46%) HubSpot
15 12 (0.46%) Verint
16 11 (0.42%) VMware