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

6 months to
12 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 54 70 59
Rank change year-on-year +16 -11 +20
Permanent jobs citing Power BI 2,624 1,565 3,183
As % of all permanent jobs in England 3.26% 4.00% 3.78%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 36.95% 23.06% 21.66%
Number of salaries quoted 1,253 1,089 2,583
10th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £41,492
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 £68,125
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,756 £85,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £54,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +6.48% -1.82%

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 7,101 6,786 14,694
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 8.82% 17.36% 17.45%
Number of salaries quoted 4,466 4,639 11,412
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £42,750
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 12 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 12 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 +45 626 £45,000 -14.29% 124
London -9 592 £72,500 +3.57% 279
Midlands +26 500 £47,085 -9.19% 88
South East +28 454 £57,500 +4.55% 196
West Midlands +17 293 £45,000 -14.29% 53
Yorkshire +45 290 £42,039 -11.50% 33
North West +30 270 £46,500 -11.43% 78
South West +21 230 £43,500 -16.75% 39
East of England +17 211 £55,000 -15.38% 37
East Midlands +46 205 £47,500 -2.56% 35
North East +13 66 £51,000 -5.12% 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
1 153 (5.83%) SharePoint
2 47 (1.79%) Apache Airflow
3 46 (1.75%) Apache Spark
4 43 (1.64%) 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 1,401 (53.39%) Microsoft Excel
2 61 (2.32%) Microsoft Office
3 30 (1.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 29 (1.11%) Spreadsheet
5 23 (0.88%) MS Visio
6 22 (0.84%) Microsoft Project
7 2 (0.076%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 2 (0.076%) Trello
8 1 (0.038%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.038%) Maya
Business Applications
1 44 (1.68%) 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%) IBM Planning Analytics
5 9 (0.34%) SAP CO
6 7 (0.27%) SAP S/4HANA
7 6 (0.23%) Dynamics NAV
7 6 (0.23%) NEC Housing
8 5 (0.19%) Sage 200
8 5 (0.19%) SAP ERP
8 5 (0.19%) SAP PM
8 5 (0.19%) Shopify
9 4 (0.15%) Magento
10 3 (0.11%) Elite 3E
10 3 (0.11%) Integrated Workplace Management System
10 3 (0.11%) Markit EDM
11 2 (0.076%) Aladdin
11 2 (0.076%) Infor M3
11 2 (0.076%) Q-Pulse
Cloud Services
1 2,624 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 1,558 (59.38%) Azure
3 993 (37.84%) Azure AI
4 243 (9.26%) Power Automate
5 210 (8.00%) Microsoft 365
6 197 (7.51%) PowerApps
7 142 (5.41%) Azure Data Factory
8 134 (5.11%) Snowflake
9 124 (4.73%) Dynamics 365
10 123 (4.69%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 115 (4.38%) AWS
12 90 (3.43%) dbt
13 75 (2.86%) Azure DevOps
14 74 (2.82%) GCP
15 67 (2.55%) SaaS
16 60 (2.29%) Azure Logic Apps
16 60 (2.29%) Entra ID
17 51 (1.94%) Microsoft Purview
18 45 (1.71%) Microsoft Copilot
19 40 (1.52%) 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 6 (0.23%) VoIP
4 6 (0.23%) WAN
5 5 (0.19%) Modbus
5 5 (0.19%) MQTT
5 5 (0.19%) Wi-Fi
6 3 (0.11%) LTE
6 3 (0.11%) NAS
6 3 (0.11%) TCP/IP
7 2 (0.076%) Internet
7 2 (0.076%) VPN
8 1 (0.038%) FTP
8 1 (0.038%) Mobile Broadband
8 1 (0.038%) SMS
8 1 (0.038%) Softphone
8 1 (0.038%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1,235 (47.07%) Tableau
2 181 (6.90%) Data Warehouse
3 178 (6.78%) SQL Server
4 124 (4.73%) Data Lake
5 119 (4.54%) Power Query
6 110 (4.19%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 68 (2.59%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 67 (2.55%) Looker
9 61 (2.32%) Azure SQL Database
10 50 (1.91%) BigQuery
11 48 (1.83%) Relational Database
12 44 (1.68%) Big Data
13 42 (1.60%) Amazon Redshift
14 32 (1.22%) Snowflake Schema
15 30 (1.14%) Metadata
16 29 (1.11%) PostgreSQL
17 28 (1.07%) Star Schema
18 23 (0.88%) Elasticsearch
18 23 (0.88%) PowerPivot
19 21 (0.80%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 60 (2.29%) Git
2 39 (1.49%) JIRA
3 27 (1.03%) Visual Studio
4 26 (0.99%) MLflow
5 13 (0.50%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 4 (0.15%) Oracle Forms
7 3 (0.11%) Jenkins
7 3 (0.11%) Postman
8 2 (0.076%) DBeaver
8 2 (0.076%) GitLab
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 (60.21%) Social Skills
2 533 (20.31%) Analytical Skills
3 483 (18.41%) Finance
4 115 (4.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 94 (3.58%) Marketing
6 91 (3.47%) Law
6 91 (3.47%) Retail
7 90 (3.43%) Public Sector
8 78 (2.97%) Legal
9 70 (2.67%) Manufacturing
10 60 (2.29%) Organisational Skills
11 41 (1.56%) Presentation Skills
12 35 (1.33%) Documentation Skills
12 35 (1.33%) Influencing Skills
13 29 (1.11%) 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 1,502 (57.24%) Analyst
2 1,199 (45.69%) Data Analyst
3 1,010 (38.49%) Junior
4 1,004 (38.26%) Junior Analyst
5 997 (38.00%) Junior Data Analyst
6 277 (10.56%) Senior
7 252 (9.60%) Developer
8 141 (5.37%) Data Engineer
9 122 (4.65%) Lead
10 90 (3.43%) Business Intelligence Developer
11 82 (3.13%) Business Analyst
12 79 (3.01%) Business Intelligence Analyst
13 78 (2.97%) Architect
14 69 (2.63%) Senior Analyst
15 64 (2.44%) Data Manager
16 63 (2.40%) Financial Analyst
17 59 (2.25%) Power BI Developer
18 58 (2.21%) IT Support
19 57 (2.17%) Systems Analyst
20 51 (1.94%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 91 (3.47%) .NET
2 52 (1.98%) JSON
3 51 (1.94%) CSS
4 50 (1.91%) HTML
5 45 (1.71%) REST
6 42 (1.60%) HTML5 Canvas
7 41 (1.56%) PySpark
8 38 (1.45%) XML
9 35 (1.33%) .NET Core
10 32 (1.22%) Kafka
11 29 (1.11%) PyTorch
11 29 (1.11%) scikit-learn
12 23 (0.88%) EDI
12 23 (0.88%) LangChain
12 23 (0.88%) LlamaIndex
12 23 (0.88%) pgvector
12 23 (0.88%) TensorFlow
13 22 (0.84%) Microsoft Graph
13 22 (0.84%) Middleware
13 22 (0.84%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 80 (3.05%) Management Information System
2 61 (2.32%) Data Structures
3 56 (2.13%) Analytical Mindset
4 54 (2.06%) Cloud Native
5 35 (1.33%) Legacy Systems
6 30 (1.14%) Onboarding
7 28 (1.07%) Low-Code
7 28 (1.07%) Product Ownership
8 27 (1.03%) Clustering
9 24 (0.91%) Public Cloud
10 23 (0.88%) Self-Motivation
11 21 (0.80%) Enterprise Cloud
12 20 (0.76%) NHS
13 19 (0.72%) Greenfield Project
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 (0.50%) 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 2,485 (94.70%) Business Intelligence
2 1,235 (47.07%) AI
3 628 (23.93%) Analytics
4 434 (16.54%) Decision-Making
5 388 (14.79%) Problem-Solving
6 379 (14.44%) Data Modelling
7 320 (12.20%) Visualisation
8 273 (10.40%) Continuous Improvement
9 263 (10.02%) ETL
10 225 (8.57%) Data Governance
11 218 (8.31%) Data Visualisation
12 214 (8.16%) Agile
13 204 (7.77%) Data Engineering
14 201 (7.66%) Actionable Insight
15 198 (7.55%) Data Analysis
16 190 (7.24%) ERP
17 183 (6.97%) Project Management
18 178 (6.78%) Data Pipeline
19 175 (6.67%) Machine Learning
20 173 (6.59%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 1,834 (69.89%) SQL
2 1,389 (52.93%) Python
3 146 (5.56%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 120 (4.57%) C#
5 88 (3.35%) JavaScript
6 77 (2.93%) PowerShell
7 71 (2.71%) VBA
8 52 (1.98%) T-SQL
9 46 (1.75%) R
10 26 (0.99%) TypeScript
11 19 (0.72%) Kusto Query Language
12 13 (0.50%) Java
13 11 (0.42%) Delphi
13 11 (0.42%) Scala
14 9 (0.34%) VBScript
15 6 (0.23%) Julia
15 6 (0.23%) VB
16 5 (0.19%) Bicep
17 3 (0.11%) VB.NET
18 2 (0.076%) C
Qualifications
1 1,014 (38.64%) Azure Certification
2 267 (10.18%) Degree
3 79 (3.01%) Security Cleared
4 66 (2.52%) ACCA
4 66 (2.52%) CIMA
5 58 (2.21%) SC Cleared
6 40 (1.52%) Microsoft Certification
7 39 (1.49%) PMI Certification
7 39 (1.49%) PMP
8 33 (1.26%) Computer Science Degree
9 32 (1.22%) DBS Check
10 23 (0.88%) Master's Degree
11 14 (0.53%) AAT
12 11 (0.42%) MBA
13 9 (0.34%) CompTIA Security+
14 8 (0.30%) APMP
14 8 (0.30%) CompTIA CySA+
14 8 (0.30%) IIBA
14 8 (0.30%) SSCP
15 7 (0.27%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 277 (10.56%) Data Quality
2 112 (4.27%) GDPR
3 61 (2.32%) QA
4 53 (2.02%) SLA
5 34 (1.30%) Accessibility
6 33 (1.26%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 32 (1.22%) PMO
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%) EMIR
14 2 (0.076%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 2 (0.076%) WCAG
System Software
1 60 (2.29%) Active Directory
2 13 (0.50%) Docker
3 10 (0.38%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.15%) BitLocker
5 3 (0.11%) Terminal Services
5 3 (0.11%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.076%) IAG
7 1 (0.038%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.038%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 14 (0.53%) Terraform
2 12 (0.46%) 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 1,564 (59.60%) Microsoft
2 159 (6.06%) Databricks
3 89 (3.39%) SAP
4 76 (2.90%) Oracle
5 48 (1.83%) Google
6 37 (1.41%) Salesforce
7 32 (1.22%) Informatica
8 31 (1.18%) Adobe
9 30 (1.14%) Alteryx
10 24 (0.91%) Cloudera
10 24 (0.91%) Dell
10 24 (0.91%) ServiceNow
11 22 (0.84%) Intapp
12 20 (0.76%) Anaplan
13 13 (0.50%) iManage
13 13 (0.50%) Sage
14 12 (0.46%) Cognos
14 12 (0.46%) Genesys
14 12 (0.46%) HubSpot
14 12 (0.46%) Verint