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

6 months to
24 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 60 69 74
Rank change year-on-year +9 +5 +1
Permanent jobs citing Power BI 2,382 1,729 2,264
As % of all permanent jobs in England 2.48% 3.95% 3.11%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 29.72% 25.77% 20.14%
Number of salaries quoted 1,494 1,234 1,634
10th Percentile £34,500 £32,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £44,466
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - -8.33% +6.19%
75th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £88,375 £93,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% +9.09%

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 8,014 6,710 11,244
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 8.35% 15.31% 15.42%
Number of salaries quoted 5,562 4,418 7,575
10th Percentile £36,250 £34,750 £37,250
25th Percentile £45,750 £45,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £86,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £110,000 £115,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - - -4.00%

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

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 24 August 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 24 August 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 -17 687 £70,000 +5.26% 319
North of England +81 567 £45,000 -14.29% 155
Midlands +19 411 £51,356 +2.71% 127
South East -23 326 £52,500 - 222
North West +61 273 £47,500 -10.38% 86
West Midlands +14 247 £51,356 -2.64% 77
Yorkshire +57 219 £42,500 -15.00% 47
South West -21 207 £42,500 -15.00% 67
East Midlands +11 164 £50,000 +11.11% 50
East of England -11 160 £60,000 +50.00% 57
North East -4 75 £45,000 - 25
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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
1 191 (8.02%) SharePoint
2 51 (2.14%) Apache Spark
3 42 (1.76%) Apache Airflow
4 30 (1.26%) Microsoft Exchange
5 16 (0.67%) Apache
6 10 (0.42%) WordPress
7 8 (0.34%) ArcGIS
8 7 (0.29%) CMS
8 7 (0.29%) Confluence
9 6 (0.25%) SAS
10 4 (0.17%) Luigi
10 4 (0.17%) Oracle Workflow
11 2 (0.084%) Headless CMS
11 2 (0.084%) IIS
11 2 (0.084%) Oracle Application Server
11 2 (0.084%) Tornado
11 2 (0.084%) Umbraco
12 1 (0.042%) Appian
12 1 (0.042%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 938 (39.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 62 (2.60%) Microsoft Office
3 41 (1.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 23 (0.97%) Microsoft Project
5 21 (0.88%) Spreadsheet
6 19 (0.80%) MS Visio
7 8 (0.34%) Chatbot
8 2 (0.084%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 2 (0.084%) ProjectWise
9 1 (0.042%) Revit
9 1 (0.042%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 56 (2.35%) Dynamics CRM
2 49 (2.06%) NetSuite
3 15 (0.63%) Elite 3E
4 12 (0.50%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 9 (0.38%) Carpe Diem
5 9 (0.38%) IBM Planning Analytics
5 9 (0.38%) Visualfiles
6 8 (0.34%) Dynamics NAV
7 7 (0.29%) SAP S/4HANA
8 5 (0.21%) SAP ERP
8 5 (0.21%) SAP PM
9 4 (0.17%) Infor M3
9 4 (0.17%) Magento
9 4 (0.17%) Shopify
10 3 (0.13%) Sage 200
10 3 (0.13%) SystmOne
11 2 (0.084%) Dynamics GP
11 2 (0.084%) Payment Gateway
11 2 (0.084%) SAP Business One
11 2 (0.084%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 2,382 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 1,109 (46.56%) Azure
3 483 (20.28%) Azure AI
4 297 (12.47%) Power Automate
5 273 (11.46%) PowerApps
6 248 (10.41%) Microsoft 365
7 184 (7.72%) Dynamics 365
8 166 (6.97%) AWS
9 155 (6.51%) Azure Data Factory
10 122 (5.12%) Snowflake
11 112 (4.70%) Azure DevOps
12 111 (4.66%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 102 (4.28%) GCP
14 73 (3.06%) Microsoft Purview
15 69 (2.90%) Azure Logic Apps
15 69 (2.90%) Microsoft Copilot
16 68 (2.85%) SaaS
17 61 (2.56%) OneDrive
18 58 (2.43%) dbt
19 47 (1.97%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 15 (0.63%) Firewall
2 13 (0.55%) Broadband
3 9 (0.38%) DHCP
3 9 (0.38%) DNS
4 8 (0.34%) WAN
5 7 (0.29%) LAN
6 6 (0.25%) VoIP
6 6 (0.25%) VPN
7 5 (0.21%) Network Security
7 5 (0.21%) SMS
8 4 (0.17%) LTE
8 4 (0.17%) MQTT
9 3 (0.13%) Intranet
9 3 (0.13%) NAS
9 3 (0.13%) Wi-Fi
10 2 (0.084%) Wireless
11 1 (0.042%) Modbus
11 1 (0.042%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 788 (33.08%) Tableau
2 231 (9.70%) Data Warehouse
3 166 (6.97%) SQL Server
4 147 (6.17%) Data Lake
5 129 (5.42%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 120 (5.04%) Power Query
7 89 (3.74%) Azure SQL Database
8 84 (3.53%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 82 (3.44%) Looker
10 62 (2.60%) Relational Database
11 53 (2.23%) BigQuery
11 53 (2.23%) Metadata
12 46 (1.93%) Star Schema
13 37 (1.55%) Amazon Redshift
14 31 (1.30%) Big Data
15 30 (1.26%) Semantic Layer
15 30 (1.26%) Snowflake Schema
16 28 (1.18%) SQL Server Analysis Services
17 27 (1.13%) Delta Lake
18 24 (1.01%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 74 (3.11%) Git
2 53 (2.23%) JIRA
3 31 (1.30%) MLflow
4 17 (0.71%) Visual Studio
5 10 (0.42%) Jenkins
6 9 (0.38%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 5 (0.21%) Oracle Forms
8 4 (0.17%) GitLab
9 2 (0.084%) Ant
9 2 (0.084%) Apache Ivy
9 2 (0.084%) ERwin
9 2 (0.084%) IBM UrbanCode
9 2 (0.084%) Maven
10 1 (0.042%) Browser DevTools
10 1 (0.042%) ER Studio
10 1 (0.042%) NUnit
10 1 (0.042%) PowerDesigner
10 1 (0.042%) Toad
10 1 (0.042%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 1,202 (50.46%) Social Skills
2 594 (24.94%) Analytical Skills
3 591 (24.81%) Finance
4 146 (6.13%) Law
5 128 (5.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 124 (5.21%) Legal
7 123 (5.16%) Retail
8 122 (5.12%) Marketing
9 117 (4.91%) Organisational Skills
10 104 (4.37%) Public Sector
11 99 (4.16%) Manufacturing
12 43 (1.81%) Banking
13 35 (1.47%) Documentation Skills
14 32 (1.34%) Influencing Skills
15 31 (1.30%) Billing
16 30 (1.26%) Presentation Skills
17 28 (1.18%) Telecoms
18 26 (1.09%) Military
19 25 (1.05%) Social Housing
20 24 (1.01%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 992 (41.65%) Analyst
2 677 (28.42%) Data Analyst
3 497 (20.86%) Junior
4 489 (20.53%) Junior Analyst
5 476 (19.98%) Junior Data Analyst
6 304 (12.76%) Developer
6 304 (12.76%) Senior
7 179 (7.51%) Data Engineer
8 139 (5.84%) Lead
9 85 (3.57%) Business Intelligence Developer
9 85 (3.57%) Data Manager
10 83 (3.48%) Architect
11 82 (3.44%) Business Intelligence Analyst
12 77 (3.23%) Business Analyst
13 69 (2.90%) Senior Analyst
14 58 (2.43%) Consultant
14 58 (2.43%) Power Platform Developer
14 58 (2.43%) Systems Analyst
15 57 (2.39%) Data Architect
16 55 (2.31%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 116 (4.87%) .NET
2 65 (2.73%) REST
3 64 (2.69%) HTML
3 64 (2.69%) PySpark
4 55 (2.31%) CSS
5 45 (1.89%) Kafka
6 44 (1.85%) JSON
7 40 (1.68%) HTML5 Canvas
8 36 (1.51%) .NET Core
8 36 (1.51%) PyTorch
9 34 (1.43%) scikit-learn
10 31 (1.30%) TensorFlow
11 28 (1.18%) Microsoft Graph
12 26 (1.09%) Terraform
13 25 (1.05%) XML
14 24 (1.01%) EDI
14 24 (1.01%) LangChain
14 24 (1.01%) LlamaIndex
15 23 (0.97%) Middleware
15 23 (0.97%) pgvector
Miscellaneous
1 146 (6.13%) Management Information System
2 73 (3.06%) Data Structures
3 58 (2.43%) Cloud Native
4 52 (2.18%) Product Ownership
5 48 (2.02%) Onboarding
6 44 (1.85%) Analytical Mindset
7 39 (1.64%) Self-Motivation
8 32 (1.34%) Legacy Systems
9 29 (1.22%) Public Cloud
10 24 (1.01%) Clustering
11 23 (0.97%) Greenfield Project
12 22 (0.92%) Enterprise Software
13 21 (0.88%) Driving Licence
14 20 (0.84%) AI Agents
15 19 (0.80%) Social Media
16 18 (0.76%) Low-Code
16 18 (0.76%) NHS
17 15 (0.63%) Educational Technology
17 15 (0.63%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
18 14 (0.59%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 51 (2.14%) Windows
2 20 (0.84%) Linux
2 20 (0.84%) Windows Server
3 7 (0.29%) Windows Server 2019
4 4 (0.17%) Windows 10
5 3 (0.13%) Apple iOS
5 3 (0.13%) VMS
6 2 (0.084%) Android
6 2 (0.084%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.084%) Solaris
7 1 (0.042%) Unix
7 1 (0.042%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,240 (94.04%) Business Intelligence
2 909 (38.16%) AI
3 784 (32.91%) Analytics
4 548 (23.01%) Problem-Solving
5 511 (21.45%) Decision-Making
6 452 (18.98%) Data Modelling
7 416 (17.46%) Continuous Improvement
8 343 (14.40%) Visualisation
9 311 (13.06%) Agile
10 300 (12.59%) Data Governance
11 295 (12.38%) ETL
12 268 (11.25%) Stakeholder Management
13 260 (10.92%) Data Engineering
14 251 (10.54%) ERP
15 250 (10.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 243 (10.20%) Actionable Insight
17 240 (10.08%) Data Visualisation
18 228 (9.57%) Data Analysis
19 220 (9.24%) Data Pipeline
20 209 (8.77%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 1,526 (64.06%) SQL
2 882 (37.03%) Python
3 170 (7.14%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 166 (6.97%) C#
5 120 (5.04%) JavaScript
6 58 (2.43%) PowerShell
7 49 (2.06%) T-SQL
8 46 (1.93%) VBA
9 45 (1.89%) R
10 33 (1.39%) TypeScript
11 20 (0.84%) Scala
12 16 (0.67%) Java
13 14 (0.59%) Kusto Query Language
14 6 (0.25%) Julia
14 6 (0.25%) VB
14 6 (0.25%) VB.NET
15 5 (0.21%) PHP
15 5 (0.21%) VBScript
16 4 (0.17%) Bicep
17 3 (0.13%) XPath
Qualifications
1 508 (21.33%) Azure Certification
2 267 (11.21%) Degree
3 113 (4.74%) Security Cleared
4 94 (3.95%) SC Cleared
5 83 (3.48%) ACCA
6 78 (3.27%) CIMA
7 47 (1.97%) Microsoft Certification
8 38 (1.60%) DBS Check
9 26 (1.09%) PMI Certification
10 25 (1.05%) Computer Science Degree
11 23 (0.97%) PMP
12 22 (0.92%) AAT
13 14 (0.59%) BPSS Clearance
13 14 (0.59%) Master's Degree
14 8 (0.34%) CompTIA CySA+
14 8 (0.34%) CompTIA Security+
14 8 (0.34%) SSCP
15 7 (0.29%) AWS Certification
15 7 (0.29%) CFA
15 7 (0.29%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 394 (16.54%) Data Quality
2 143 (6.00%) GDPR
3 88 (3.69%) QA
4 51 (2.14%) Accessibility
5 44 (1.85%) SLA
6 42 (1.76%) PMO
7 41 (1.72%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 22 (0.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 17 (0.71%) TickIT
10 16 (0.67%) Actionable Recommendations
11 13 (0.55%) NIST
12 9 (0.38%) GRC
13 7 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials
13 7 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 7 (0.29%) ISO 9001
14 6 (0.25%) GAAP
14 6 (0.25%) PERC
15 5 (0.21%) IFRS
16 4 (0.17%) NIST 800
17 2 (0.084%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 32 (1.34%) Active Directory
2 23 (0.97%) Docker
3 6 (0.25%) Virtual Desktop
4 5 (0.21%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (0.17%) BitLocker
6 3 (0.13%) Terminal Services
7 2 (0.084%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.084%) IAG
Systems Management
1 15 (0.63%) Microsoft Intune
2 14 (0.59%) Kubernetes
3 10 (0.42%) FortiGate
4 6 (0.25%) Single Sign-On
5 5 (0.21%) Ansible
6 3 (0.13%) Argo
7 2 (0.084%) Microsoft Clustering
7 2 (0.084%) Progress Chef
7 2 (0.084%) Puppet
7 2 (0.084%) SCCM
8 1 (0.042%) EMC NetWorker
8 1 (0.042%) Grafana
8 1 (0.042%) MOM
8 1 (0.042%) SQL Sentry
8 1 (0.042%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 1,248 (52.39%) Microsoft
2 203 (8.52%) Databricks
3 99 (4.16%) SAP
4 74 (3.11%) Oracle
5 72 (3.02%) Google
6 40 (1.68%) Salesforce
7 31 (1.30%) Sage
8 29 (1.22%) Alteryx
9 28 (1.18%) Intapp
10 24 (1.01%) Cloudera
11 23 (0.97%) Adobe
11 23 (0.97%) Dell
12 19 (0.80%) Informatica
13 18 (0.76%) ServiceNow
14 17 (0.71%) Concur
15 16 (0.67%) iManage
16 14 (0.59%) Aderant
17 12 (0.50%) HubSpot
17 12 (0.50%) OpenAI
17 12 (0.50%) SYSPRO