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

6 months to
5 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 64 69 79
Rank change year-on-year +5 +10 -9
Permanent jobs citing Power BI 2,359 1,678 2,045
As % of all permanent jobs in England 2.40% 3.89% 2.95%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 29.62% 26.07% 19.13%
Number of salaries quoted 1,502 1,179 1,456
10th Percentile £34,500 £32,010 £36,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - -8.33% +4.35%
75th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £87,750 £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 7,963 6,436 10,691
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 8.11% 14.91% 15.43%
Number of salaries quoted 5,569 4,201 6,868
10th Percentile £36,250 £33,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,750 £45,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £61,182 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.93% -5.87% -
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £87,500
90th Percentile £96,250 £110,000 £117,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £62,500
% 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 5 September 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 5 September 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 -21 679 £70,000 +5.26% 660
North of England +84 561 £45,500 -13.33% 206
Midlands +14 405 £51,356 +2.71% 187
South East -25 330 £52,500 -4.55% 248
North West +72 276 £50,000 -9.09% 129
West Midlands +7 247 £51,356 -6.63% 122
South West -18 212 £42,500 -15.00% 104
Yorkshire +46 205 £42,750 -5.00% 53
East Midlands +10 158 £50,000 +11.11% 65
East of England -13 153 £60,000 +50.00% 80
North East -6 80 £46,250 +2.78% 24
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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
1 200 (8.48%) SharePoint
2 43 (1.82%) Apache Spark
3 33 (1.40%) Apache Airflow
4 29 (1.23%) Microsoft Exchange
5 15 (0.64%) Apache
6 9 (0.38%) Confluence
6 9 (0.38%) WordPress
7 8 (0.34%) CMS
8 5 (0.21%) ArcGIS
8 5 (0.21%) SAS
9 4 (0.17%) Luigi
9 4 (0.17%) Oracle Workflow
10 2 (0.085%) Appian
10 2 (0.085%) Headless CMS
10 2 (0.085%) IIS
10 2 (0.085%) Oracle Application Server
10 2 (0.085%) Tornado
10 2 (0.085%) Umbraco
11 1 (0.042%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 888 (37.64%) Microsoft Excel
2 60 (2.54%) Microsoft Office
3 38 (1.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 22 (0.93%) Microsoft Project
4 22 (0.93%) Spreadsheet
5 20 (0.85%) MS Visio
6 9 (0.38%) Chatbot
7 3 (0.13%) ProjectWise
8 2 (0.085%) Revit
9 1 (0.042%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.042%) Adobe Illustrator
9 1 (0.042%) AutoCAD
9 1 (0.042%) InDesign
9 1 (0.042%) Inkscape
9 1 (0.042%) Navisworks
9 1 (0.042%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 57 (2.42%) Dynamics CRM
2 50 (2.12%) NetSuite
3 16 (0.68%) Elite 3E
4 12 (0.51%) Dynamics NAV
4 12 (0.51%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 10 (0.42%) Carpe Diem
5 10 (0.42%) IBM Planning Analytics
6 9 (0.38%) Visualfiles
7 8 (0.34%) SAP S/4HANA
8 5 (0.21%) Infor M3
8 5 (0.21%) SAP PM
9 3 (0.13%) Magento
9 3 (0.13%) Payment Gateway
9 3 (0.13%) SAP ERP
9 3 (0.13%) Shopify
9 3 (0.13%) SystmOne
9 3 (0.13%) Workday HCM
10 2 (0.085%) Dynamics GP
10 2 (0.085%) Sage 200
10 2 (0.085%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 2,359 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 1,070 (45.36%) Azure
3 441 (18.69%) Azure AI
4 298 (12.63%) Power Automate
5 280 (11.87%) PowerApps
6 253 (10.72%) Microsoft 365
7 194 (8.22%) Dynamics 365
8 166 (7.04%) Azure Data Factory
9 162 (6.87%) AWS
10 123 (5.21%) Azure DevOps
11 108 (4.58%) Snowflake
12 100 (4.24%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 93 (3.94%) GCP
14 78 (3.31%) Microsoft Copilot
15 75 (3.18%) Microsoft Purview
16 70 (2.97%) SaaS
17 68 (2.88%) Azure Logic Apps
18 60 (2.54%) OneDrive
19 48 (2.03%) Google Analytics
20 47 (1.99%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 15 (0.64%) Firewall
2 13 (0.55%) Broadband
3 8 (0.34%) DHCP
3 8 (0.34%) DNS
3 8 (0.34%) LAN
3 8 (0.34%) WAN
4 6 (0.25%) VoIP
4 6 (0.25%) VPN
5 5 (0.21%) Network Security
5 5 (0.21%) SMS
6 4 (0.17%) LTE
6 4 (0.17%) MQTT
7 3 (0.13%) NAS
7 3 (0.13%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (0.085%) Intranet
8 2 (0.085%) Wireless
9 1 (0.042%) Modbus
9 1 (0.042%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 734 (31.11%) Tableau
2 233 (9.88%) Data Warehouse
3 171 (7.25%) SQL Server
4 140 (5.93%) Data Lake
5 135 (5.72%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 122 (5.17%) Power Query
7 100 (4.24%) Azure SQL Database
8 85 (3.60%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 74 (3.14%) Looker
10 64 (2.71%) Relational Database
11 62 (2.63%) Metadata
12 51 (2.16%) Star Schema
13 45 (1.91%) BigQuery
14 31 (1.31%) Semantic Layer
15 30 (1.27%) Big Data
16 29 (1.23%) NoSQL
17 28 (1.19%) Delta Lake
18 27 (1.14%) Amazon Redshift
18 27 (1.14%) SQL Server Analysis Services
19 25 (1.06%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 85 (3.60%) Git
2 52 (2.20%) JIRA
3 22 (0.93%) MLflow
4 14 (0.59%) Visual Studio
5 13 (0.55%) Jenkins
6 9 (0.38%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 5 (0.21%) Oracle Forms
8 4 (0.17%) GitLab
9 2 (0.085%) Ant
9 2 (0.085%) Apache Ivy
9 2 (0.085%) ERwin
9 2 (0.085%) IBM UrbanCode
9 2 (0.085%) Maven
9 2 (0.085%) Visual Studio Code
10 1 (0.042%) Browser DevTools
10 1 (0.042%) ER Studio
10 1 (0.042%) kappa
10 1 (0.042%) NUnit
10 1 (0.042%) PowerDesigner
10 1 (0.042%) Toad
General
1 1,172 (49.68%) Social Skills
2 608 (25.77%) Finance
3 599 (25.39%) Analytical Skills
4 150 (6.36%) Law
5 134 (5.68%) Legal
6 126 (5.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 126 (5.34%) Marketing
7 125 (5.30%) Retail
8 119 (5.04%) Organisational Skills
9 108 (4.58%) Manufacturing
10 102 (4.32%) Public Sector
11 47 (1.99%) Banking
12 38 (1.61%) Documentation Skills
13 36 (1.53%) Influencing Skills
14 34 (1.44%) Billing
15 29 (1.23%) Presentation Skills
16 28 (1.19%) Telecoms
17 26 (1.10%) Military
18 24 (1.02%) Social Housing
19 22 (0.93%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 951 (40.31%) Analyst
2 641 (27.17%) Data Analyst
3 452 (19.16%) Junior
4 444 (18.82%) Junior Analyst
5 431 (18.27%) Junior Data Analyst
6 308 (13.06%) Developer
7 296 (12.55%) Senior
8 178 (7.55%) Data Engineer
9 143 (6.06%) Lead
10 86 (3.65%) Business Intelligence Developer
11 84 (3.56%) Data Manager
12 83 (3.52%) Architect
13 78 (3.31%) Business Intelligence Analyst
14 74 (3.14%) Business Analyst
15 69 (2.92%) Senior Analyst
16 62 (2.63%) Consultant
17 61 (2.59%) Systems Analyst
18 57 (2.42%) Data Architect
19 56 (2.37%) Power Platform Developer
20 53 (2.25%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 118 (5.00%) .NET
2 70 (2.97%) HTML
3 69 (2.92%) REST
4 63 (2.67%) PySpark
5 59 (2.50%) CSS
6 46 (1.95%) JSON
7 39 (1.65%) HTML5 Canvas
8 38 (1.61%) Kafka
9 37 (1.57%) .NET Core
10 29 (1.23%) PyTorch
10 29 (1.23%) XML
11 28 (1.19%) Microsoft Graph
12 26 (1.10%) scikit-learn
13 25 (1.06%) EDI
13 25 (1.06%) Terraform
14 24 (1.02%) ASP.NET
14 24 (1.02%) Middleware
14 24 (1.02%) TensorFlow
15 19 (0.81%) HTML5
15 19 (0.81%) SPFx
Miscellaneous
1 148 (6.27%) Management Information System
2 70 (2.97%) Data Structures
3 58 (2.46%) Product Ownership
4 48 (2.03%) Onboarding
5 46 (1.95%) Self-Motivation
6 45 (1.91%) Cloud Native
7 40 (1.70%) Analytical Mindset
8 37 (1.57%) Legacy Systems
9 29 (1.23%) Enterprise Software
10 26 (1.10%) Greenfield Project
11 22 (0.93%) Public Cloud
12 21 (0.89%) AI Agents
12 21 (0.89%) Driving Licence
12 21 (0.89%) NHS
13 19 (0.81%) Social Media
14 18 (0.76%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 18 (0.76%) Low-Code
15 16 (0.68%) Clustering
16 15 (0.64%) Educational Technology
17 14 (0.59%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 55 (2.33%) Windows
2 21 (0.89%) Linux
3 19 (0.81%) Windows Server
4 7 (0.30%) Windows Server 2019
5 4 (0.17%) Windows 10
6 3 (0.13%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.085%) Android
7 2 (0.085%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.085%) Solaris
7 2 (0.085%) VMS
8 1 (0.042%) Unix
8 1 (0.042%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,220 (94.11%) Business Intelligence
2 878 (37.22%) AI
3 780 (33.06%) Analytics
4 565 (23.95%) Problem-Solving
5 526 (22.30%) Decision-Making
6 456 (19.33%) Data Modelling
7 432 (18.31%) Continuous Improvement
8 348 (14.75%) Visualisation
9 313 (13.27%) Agile
10 292 (12.38%) Data Governance
11 290 (12.29%) ETL
12 284 (12.04%) Stakeholder Management
13 265 (11.23%) ERP
14 258 (10.94%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 257 (10.89%) Data Engineering
16 251 (10.64%) Actionable Insight
17 239 (10.13%) Data Visualisation
18 235 (9.96%) Data Analysis
19 221 (9.37%) Dashboard Development
20 217 (9.20%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 1,490 (63.16%) SQL
2 838 (35.52%) Python
3 178 (7.55%) C#
3 178 (7.55%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 129 (5.47%) JavaScript
5 57 (2.42%) PowerShell
6 49 (2.08%) T-SQL
7 48 (2.03%) VBA
8 46 (1.95%) R
9 33 (1.40%) TypeScript
10 21 (0.89%) Scala
11 18 (0.76%) Java
12 12 (0.51%) Kusto Query Language
13 6 (0.25%) Julia
13 6 (0.25%) VB
13 6 (0.25%) VB.NET
14 5 (0.21%) PHP
14 5 (0.21%) VBScript
15 4 (0.17%) XAML
16 3 (0.13%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 464 (19.67%) Azure Certification
2 270 (11.45%) Degree
3 118 (5.00%) Security Cleared
4 98 (4.15%) SC Cleared
5 84 (3.56%) ACCA
6 79 (3.35%) CIMA
7 46 (1.95%) Microsoft Certification
8 38 (1.61%) DBS Check
9 26 (1.10%) PMI Certification
10 23 (0.97%) PMP
11 21 (0.89%) Computer Science Degree
12 20 (0.85%) AAT
13 15 (0.64%) BPSS Clearance
14 14 (0.59%) Master's Degree
15 8 (0.34%) CompTIA CySA+
15 8 (0.34%) CompTIA Security+
15 8 (0.34%) SSCP
16 7 (0.30%) CFA
16 7 (0.30%) HND
16 7 (0.30%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 421 (17.85%) Data Quality
2 145 (6.15%) GDPR
3 85 (3.60%) QA
4 55 (2.33%) Accessibility
5 43 (1.82%) PMO
6 39 (1.65%) SLA
7 37 (1.57%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 22 (0.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 17 (0.72%) TickIT
10 16 (0.68%) Actionable Recommendations
11 13 (0.55%) NIST
12 9 (0.38%) GRC
13 8 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials
13 8 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 8 (0.34%) ISO 9001
14 6 (0.25%) PERC
15 5 (0.21%) GAAP
16 4 (0.17%) IFRS
16 4 (0.17%) NIST 800
17 2 (0.085%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 29 (1.23%) 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 (0.085%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.085%) IAG
Systems Management
1 16 (0.68%) Microsoft Intune
2 15 (0.64%) Kubernetes
3 10 (0.42%) FortiGate
4 6 (0.25%) Single Sign-On
5 4 (0.17%) Ansible
5 4 (0.17%) Argo
6 2 (0.085%) Microsoft Clustering
6 2 (0.085%) Progress Chef
6 2 (0.085%) Puppet
6 2 (0.085%) SCCM
7 1 (0.042%) EMC NetWorker
7 1 (0.042%) Grafana
7 1 (0.042%) MOM
7 1 (0.042%) SQL Sentry
7 1 (0.042%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 1,223 (51.84%) Microsoft
2 194 (8.22%) Databricks
3 100 (4.24%) SAP
4 75 (3.18%) Google
5 73 (3.09%) Oracle
6 39 (1.65%) Salesforce
7 30 (1.27%) Sage
8 27 (1.14%) Intapp
9 26 (1.10%) Alteryx
10 22 (0.93%) Adobe
10 22 (0.93%) Informatica
11 17 (0.72%) Concur
12 16 (0.68%) Cloudera
12 16 (0.68%) iManage
12 16 (0.68%) ServiceNow
13 15 (0.64%) Aderant
13 15 (0.64%) Dell
14 12 (0.51%) HubSpot
14 12 (0.51%) SYSPRO
15 11 (0.47%) Yardi