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

6 months to
31 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 58 76 60
Rank change year-on-year +18 -16 +17
Permanent jobs citing Power BI 2,538 1,490 3,229
As % of all permanent jobs in England 3.05% 3.82% 3.67%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 34.96% 22.85% 21.66%
Number of salaries quoted 1,292 1,074 2,592
10th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £32,510
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £41,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -
75th Percentile £74,125 £72,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £94,633 £85,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -

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 7,259 6,522 14,911
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 8.73% 16.72% 16.93%
Number of salaries quoted 4,723 4,360 11,433
10th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £42,725
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -11.54%
75th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £115,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -11.54%

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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 31 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 31 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 +51 620 £45,000 -14.29% 104
London -12 594 £70,000 - 172
Midlands +30 458 £47,085 -10.32% 67
South East +41 427 £57,500 +12.20% 154
North West +43 278 £46,500 -13.49% 61
Yorkshire +46 273 £42,500 -15.00% 31
West Midlands +16 268 £45,000 -18.18% 45
South West +19 220 £43,500 -24.35% 36
East of England +43 202 £60,000 +28.22% 23
East Midlands +32 188 £50,000 +5.26% 22
North East +1 69 £41,500 -12.63% 15
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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
1 156 (6.15%) SharePoint
2 45 (1.77%) Apache Spark
3 44 (1.73%) Apache Airflow
4 42 (1.65%) Microsoft Exchange
5 10 (0.39%) Apache
5 10 (0.39%) SAS
6 8 (0.32%) Confluence
7 7 (0.28%) WordPress
8 6 (0.24%) ArcGIS
8 6 (0.24%) CMS
9 2 (0.079%) Headless CMS
9 2 (0.079%) IIS
9 2 (0.079%) Luigi
9 2 (0.079%) Oracle Application Server
9 2 (0.079%) Oracle Workflow
9 2 (0.079%) Palantir Foundry
9 2 (0.079%) Umbraco
10 1 (0.039%) Appian
10 1 (0.039%) Drupal
10 1 (0.039%) Mendix
Applications
1 1,261 (49.68%) Microsoft Excel
2 56 (2.21%) Microsoft Office
3 35 (1.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 28 (1.10%) Spreadsheet
5 26 (1.02%) Microsoft Project
5 26 (1.02%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.079%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 2 (0.079%) Trello
7 1 (0.039%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.039%) ProjectWise
7 1 (0.039%) Revit
Business Applications
1 46 (1.81%) Dynamics CRM
2 20 (0.79%) NetSuite
3 12 (0.47%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 10 (0.39%) Dynamics AX
5 9 (0.35%) SAP CO
6 8 (0.32%) IBM Planning Analytics
7 7 (0.28%) Dynamics NAV
8 6 (0.24%) NEC Housing
8 6 (0.24%) SAP S/4HANA
9 5 (0.20%) Sage 200
9 5 (0.20%) SAP ERP
9 5 (0.20%) SAP PM
9 5 (0.20%) Shopify
10 4 (0.16%) Magento
11 3 (0.12%) Elite 3E
11 3 (0.12%) Integrated Workplace Management System
11 3 (0.12%) Markit EDM
12 2 (0.079%) Aladdin
12 2 (0.079%) Q-Pulse
12 2 (0.079%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 2,538 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 1,408 (55.48%) Azure
3 851 (33.53%) Azure AI
4 243 (9.57%) Power Automate
5 218 (8.59%) Microsoft 365
6 210 (8.27%) PowerApps
7 139 (5.48%) Azure Data Factory
8 133 (5.24%) Dynamics 365
9 121 (4.77%) Snowflake
10 116 (4.57%) AWS
10 116 (4.57%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 81 (3.19%) Azure DevOps
12 80 (3.15%) dbt
13 68 (2.68%) GCP
14 63 (2.48%) Azure Logic Apps
15 62 (2.44%) SaaS
16 61 (2.40%) Microsoft Purview
17 56 (2.21%) Entra ID
18 47 (1.85%) Microsoft Copilot
19 45 (1.77%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 17 (0.67%) Broadband
2 12 (0.47%) Firewall
3 10 (0.39%) DHCP
3 10 (0.39%) DNS
4 8 (0.32%) Intranet
5 7 (0.28%) VoIP
6 6 (0.24%) WAN
7 4 (0.16%) LTE
7 4 (0.16%) Modbus
7 4 (0.16%) MQTT
7 4 (0.16%) VPN
7 4 (0.16%) Wi-Fi
8 3 (0.12%) NAS
8 3 (0.12%) SMS
9 2 (0.079%) Internet
9 2 (0.079%) Network Security
10 1 (0.039%) FTP
10 1 (0.039%) Softphone
10 1 (0.039%) TCP/IP
10 1 (0.039%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1,114 (43.89%) Tableau
2 175 (6.90%) Data Warehouse
3 168 (6.62%) SQL Server
4 119 (4.69%) Data Lake
5 118 (4.65%) Power Query
6 114 (4.49%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 67 (2.64%) Looker
7 67 (2.64%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 66 (2.60%) Azure SQL Database
9 52 (2.05%) Relational Database
10 51 (2.01%) BigQuery
11 44 (1.73%) Big Data
12 43 (1.69%) Amazon Redshift
13 34 (1.34%) Star Schema
14 33 (1.30%) Metadata
15 29 (1.14%) Snowflake Schema
16 28 (1.10%) PostgreSQL
17 24 (0.95%) MySQL
17 24 (0.95%) PowerPivot
18 23 (0.91%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 55 (2.17%) Git
2 40 (1.58%) JIRA
3 26 (1.02%) MLflow
4 24 (0.95%) Visual Studio
5 15 (0.59%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 5 (0.20%) Jenkins
6 5 (0.20%) Oracle Forms
7 3 (0.12%) Postman
8 2 (0.079%) DBeaver
9 1 (0.039%) Axure RP
9 1 (0.039%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.039%) Browser DevTools
9 1 (0.039%) ERwin
9 1 (0.039%) NUnit
9 1 (0.039%) Oracle APEX
9 1 (0.039%) PowerDesigner
9 1 (0.039%) Selenium
9 1 (0.039%) Toad
General
1 1,447 (57.01%) Social Skills
2 551 (21.71%) Analytical Skills
3 495 (19.50%) Finance
4 120 (4.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 103 (4.06%) Law
6 99 (3.90%) Public Sector
7 96 (3.78%) Marketing
8 92 (3.62%) Retail
9 82 (3.23%) Legal
10 68 (2.68%) Manufacturing
11 60 (2.36%) Organisational Skills
12 41 (1.62%) Presentation Skills
13 33 (1.30%) Documentation Skills
14 32 (1.26%) Influencing Skills
15 26 (1.02%) Banking
16 24 (0.95%) Telecoms
17 18 (0.71%) Advertising
17 18 (0.71%) Publishing
17 18 (0.71%) Social Housing
18 17 (0.67%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 1,360 (53.59%) Analyst
2 1,058 (41.69%) Data Analyst
3 871 (34.32%) Junior
4 865 (34.08%) Junior Analyst
5 856 (33.73%) Junior Data Analyst
6 278 (10.95%) Senior
7 256 (10.09%) Developer
8 139 (5.48%) Data Engineer
9 131 (5.16%) Lead
10 90 (3.55%) Business Intelligence Developer
11 88 (3.47%) Business Intelligence Analyst
12 78 (3.07%) Architect
13 73 (2.88%) Business Analyst
14 71 (2.80%) Data Manager
15 68 (2.68%) Senior Analyst
16 60 (2.36%) Power BI Developer
17 57 (2.25%) Power BI Analyst
18 55 (2.17%) Systems Analyst
19 52 (2.05%) Financial Analyst
20 51 (2.01%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 91 (3.59%) .NET
2 54 (2.13%) HTML
3 52 (2.05%) CSS
4 49 (1.93%) JSON
5 44 (1.73%) PySpark
5 44 (1.73%) REST
6 41 (1.62%) HTML5 Canvas
7 37 (1.46%) XML
8 35 (1.38%) .NET Core
9 34 (1.34%) Kafka
10 29 (1.14%) PyTorch
10 29 (1.14%) scikit-learn
11 24 (0.95%) Microsoft Graph
11 24 (0.95%) Middleware
12 23 (0.91%) LangChain
12 23 (0.91%) LlamaIndex
12 23 (0.91%) pgvector
12 23 (0.91%) TensorFlow
13 21 (0.83%) EDI
14 20 (0.79%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 95 (3.74%) Management Information System
2 60 (2.36%) Data Structures
3 55 (2.17%) Analytical Mindset
4 48 (1.89%) Cloud Native
5 37 (1.46%) Onboarding
6 32 (1.26%) Legacy Systems
7 30 (1.18%) Product Ownership
8 27 (1.06%) Clustering
8 27 (1.06%) Self-Motivation
9 26 (1.02%) Low-Code
9 26 (1.02%) Public Cloud
10 24 (0.95%) NHS
11 19 (0.75%) Enterprise Cloud
11 19 (0.75%) Social Media
12 15 (0.59%) Greenfield Project
13 14 (0.55%) Enterprise Software
14 13 (0.51%) FMCG
15 12 (0.47%) Driving Licence
16 11 (0.43%) Replication
17 10 (0.39%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 37 (1.46%) Windows
2 19 (0.75%) Windows Server
3 15 (0.59%) Linux
4 12 (0.47%) VMS
5 6 (0.24%) Unix
6 4 (0.16%) Windows 10
7 3 (0.12%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.079%) Android
8 2 (0.079%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.039%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.039%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.039%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.039%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,397 (94.44%) Business Intelligence
2 1,115 (43.93%) AI
3 657 (25.89%) Analytics
4 453 (17.85%) Decision-Making
5 395 (15.56%) Problem-Solving
6 384 (15.13%) Data Modelling
7 331 (13.04%) Visualisation
8 300 (11.82%) Continuous Improvement
9 259 (10.20%) ETL
10 233 (9.18%) Data Visualisation
11 228 (8.98%) Agile
12 226 (8.90%) Data Governance
13 209 (8.23%) Data Engineering
14 197 (7.76%) Data Analysis
14 197 (7.76%) ERP
15 195 (7.68%) Actionable Insight
16 176 (6.93%) Project Management
17 175 (6.90%) Data Pipeline
18 171 (6.74%) CRM
18 171 (6.74%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 1,727 (68.05%) SQL
2 1,238 (48.78%) Python
3 149 (5.87%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 126 (4.96%) C#
5 93 (3.66%) JavaScript
6 77 (3.03%) PowerShell
7 67 (2.64%) VBA
8 55 (2.17%) T-SQL
9 47 (1.85%) R
10 25 (0.99%) TypeScript
11 19 (0.75%) Kusto Query Language
12 14 (0.55%) Java
13 12 (0.47%) Scala
14 9 (0.35%) Delphi
14 9 (0.35%) VBScript
15 7 (0.28%) VB
16 6 (0.24%) Julia
17 5 (0.20%) Bicep
18 3 (0.12%) PL/SQL
18 3 (0.12%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 878 (34.59%) Azure Certification
2 268 (10.56%) Degree
3 85 (3.35%) Security Cleared
4 64 (2.52%) ACCA
4 64 (2.52%) SC Cleared
5 61 (2.40%) CIMA
6 41 (1.62%) PMI Certification
6 41 (1.62%) PMP
7 40 (1.58%) Microsoft Certification
8 34 (1.34%) DBS Check
9 30 (1.18%) Computer Science Degree
10 23 (0.91%) Master's Degree
11 16 (0.63%) AAT
12 11 (0.43%) CompTIA Security+
12 11 (0.43%) MBA
13 10 (0.39%) CompTIA CySA+
13 10 (0.39%) SSCP
14 8 (0.32%) APMP
15 7 (0.28%) Postgraduate
16 6 (0.24%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 290 (11.43%) Data Quality
2 120 (4.73%) GDPR
3 68 (2.68%) QA
4 52 (2.05%) SLA
5 38 (1.50%) Accessibility
6 36 (1.42%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 33 (1.30%) PMO
8 28 (1.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 17 (0.67%) TickIT
10 16 (0.63%) NIST
11 14 (0.55%) GRC
12 12 (0.47%) Actionable Recommendations
13 9 (0.35%) IFRS
14 4 (0.16%) GAAP
14 4 (0.16%) IFRS 17
14 4 (0.16%) ITGC
14 4 (0.16%) NIST 800
14 4 (0.16%) PERC
15 2 (0.079%) GxP
15 2 (0.079%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 57 (2.25%) Active Directory
2 13 (0.51%) Docker
3 9 (0.35%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (0.20%) Virtual Desktop
5 4 (0.16%) BitLocker
6 3 (0.12%) Terminal Services
6 3 (0.12%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (0.079%) IAG
8 1 (0.039%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 15 (0.59%) Terraform
2 12 (0.47%) Kubernetes
3 9 (0.35%) Microsoft Intune
4 7 (0.28%) FortiGate
5 5 (0.20%) SCCM
5 5 (0.20%) Single Sign-On
6 4 (0.16%) Ansible
7 3 (0.12%) Control-M
8 2 (0.079%) Microsoft Clustering
8 2 (0.079%) MOM
9 1 (0.039%) Grafana
9 1 (0.039%) SQL Sentry
9 1 (0.039%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 1,460 (57.53%) Microsoft
2 165 (6.50%) Databricks
3 92 (3.62%) SAP
4 79 (3.11%) Oracle
5 55 (2.17%) Google
6 39 (1.54%) Salesforce
7 32 (1.26%) ServiceNow
8 31 (1.22%) Adobe
8 31 (1.22%) Informatica
9 28 (1.10%) Alteryx
10 24 (0.95%) Cloudera
11 23 (0.91%) Dell
11 23 (0.91%) Intapp
12 17 (0.67%) Anaplan
12 17 (0.67%) Sage
13 14 (0.55%) Cognos
14 13 (0.51%) iManage
14 13 (0.51%) Verint
15 12 (0.47%) Concur
15 12 (0.47%) HubSpot