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 3 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 59 75 59
Rank change year-on-year +16 -16 +23
Permanent jobs citing Power BI 1,797 1,951 2,087
As % of all permanent jobs in England 3.79% 3.43% 4.65%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 30.00% 20.06% 21.80%
Number of salaries quoted 1,147 1,172 1,727
10th Percentile £34,000 £37,525 £35,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,250 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -
75th Percentile £71,561 £76,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £88,750 £93,175 £85,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,011
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.07% -1.77%

All Database and 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 5,990 9,724 9,572
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 12.62% 17.10% 21.34%
Number of salaries quoted 3,995 5,639 7,556
10th Percentile £35,000 £38,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £61,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +5.69% -1.60%
75th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £115,000 £96,539
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -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

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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 3 December 2025.

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 3 December 2025. 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 +14 686 £70,000 - 349
South East +23 337 £52,500 -9.87% 339
North of England -4 256 £50,000 - 181
Midlands +48 249 £47,500 -5.00% 148
West Midlands +35 167 £52,000 +9.47% 93
North West +17 157 £52,000 +4.00% 115
South West +21 131 £42,500 -19.05% 69
East of England -1 120 £43,500 -42.76% 72
East Midlands +53 82 £45,000 -10.00% 54
Yorkshire -13 78 £46,500 -3.13% 48
North East +19 21 £47,500 -5.00% 20
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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
1 134 (7.46%) SharePoint
2 19 (1.06%) Apache Spark
3 18 (1.00%) Microsoft Exchange
4 17 (0.95%) Apache Airflow
4 17 (0.95%) Confluence
5 14 (0.78%) SAS
6 10 (0.56%) SugarCRM
7 5 (0.28%) Moodle
7 5 (0.28%) WordPress
8 4 (0.22%) Umbraco
9 3 (0.17%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 3 (0.17%) CMS
9 3 (0.17%) Jupyter
10 2 (0.11%) Apache
11 1 (0.056%) Anypoint
11 1 (0.056%) Apache Superset
11 1 (0.056%) HCL Notes
Applications
1 735 (40.90%) Microsoft Excel
2 70 (3.90%) Microsoft Office
3 52 (2.89%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 18 (1.00%) Microsoft Project
5 12 (0.67%) Spreadsheet
6 11 (0.61%) Maya
7 10 (0.56%) MS Visio
8 8 (0.45%) Trello
9 4 (0.22%) Chatbot
10 2 (0.11%) AutoCAD
10 2 (0.11%) Revit
11 1 (0.056%) Acrobat
11 1 (0.056%) Adobe Illustrator
11 1 (0.056%) Adobe XD
11 1 (0.056%) InDesign
11 1 (0.056%) Oracle Smart View
11 1 (0.056%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 83 (4.62%) Dynamics CRM
2 15 (0.83%) NetSuite
3 10 (0.56%) Elite 3E
3 10 (0.56%) SAP Business One
4 9 (0.50%) Shopify
5 7 (0.39%) Dynamics NAV
5 7 (0.39%) Visualfiles
6 5 (0.28%) Primavera
6 5 (0.28%) SAP FI
7 4 (0.22%) Exchequer
7 4 (0.22%) Oracle Payables
7 4 (0.22%) Oracle Receivables
8 3 (0.17%) Adobe Campaign
8 3 (0.17%) IBM Planning Analytics
8 3 (0.17%) Salesforce CRM
8 3 (0.17%) SAP APO
8 3 (0.17%) SAP IBP
8 3 (0.17%) SAP S/4HANA
9 2 (0.11%) iTrent
9 2 (0.11%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 1,797 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 744 (41.40%) Azure
3 204 (11.35%) Power Automate
4 181 (10.07%) Microsoft 365
5 174 (9.68%) PowerApps
6 153 (8.51%) Azure AI
7 142 (7.90%) Dynamics 365
8 138 (7.68%) Snowflake
9 135 (7.51%) Azure Data Factory
10 115 (6.40%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 98 (5.45%) AWS
12 82 (4.56%) Azure DevOps
13 73 (4.06%) GCP
14 64 (3.56%) dbt
15 59 (3.28%) Microsoft Copilot
16 50 (2.78%) Azure Logic Apps
16 50 (2.78%) SaaS
17 40 (2.23%) Entra ID
18 39 (2.17%) Fivetran
19 38 (2.11%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 17 (0.95%) Firewall
2 10 (0.56%) DHCP
2 10 (0.56%) DNS
2 10 (0.56%) Intranet
3 9 (0.50%) TCP/IP
4 8 (0.45%) VoIP
5 7 (0.39%) WAN
6 6 (0.33%) LAN
7 5 (0.28%) Broadband
8 3 (0.17%) Modbus
8 3 (0.17%) NAS
8 3 (0.17%) SAN
8 3 (0.17%) VPN
9 2 (0.11%) MQTT
9 2 (0.11%) Network Security
9 2 (0.11%) PuTTY
9 2 (0.11%) VLAN
10 1 (0.056%) ADSL
10 1 (0.056%) Ethernet
10 1 (0.056%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 420 (23.37%) Tableau
2 224 (12.47%) SQL Server
3 177 (9.85%) Data Warehouse
4 165 (9.18%) Data Lake
5 114 (6.34%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 98 (5.45%) Power Query
7 78 (4.34%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 66 (3.67%) Azure SQL Database
9 64 (3.56%) Looker
10 63 (3.51%) SAP BW
11 41 (2.28%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 39 (2.17%) Metadata
12 39 (2.17%) Relational Database
13 32 (1.78%) BigQuery
13 32 (1.78%) Crystal Reports
14 28 (1.56%) BusinessObjects
15 25 (1.39%) Qlik Sense
16 22 (1.22%) PostgreSQL
17 21 (1.17%) Data Mining
18 19 (1.06%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 73 (4.06%) Git
2 40 (2.23%) JIRA
3 33 (1.84%) Visual Studio
4 9 (0.50%) GitLab
5 4 (0.22%) ER Studio
5 4 (0.22%) ERwin
5 4 (0.22%) PowerDesigner
6 2 (0.11%) Jenkins
6 2 (0.11%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 1 (0.056%) LSMW
7 1 (0.056%) Mercurial
7 1 (0.056%) Oracle APEX
7 1 (0.056%) Oracle Forms
7 1 (0.056%) Postman
7 1 (0.056%) RStudio
7 1 (0.056%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 730 (40.62%) Social Skills
2 670 (37.28%) Finance
3 506 (28.16%) Analytical Skills
4 144 (8.01%) Marketing
5 111 (6.18%) Law
6 107 (5.95%) Retail
7 102 (5.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 86 (4.79%) Legal
9 85 (4.73%) Manufacturing
10 72 (4.01%) Public Sector
11 66 (3.67%) Organisational Skills
12 63 (3.51%) Presentation Skills
13 46 (2.56%) Banking
14 38 (2.11%) Advertising
15 28 (1.56%) Games
16 24 (1.34%) Billing
17 23 (1.28%) Financial Institution
18 22 (1.22%) Documentation Skills
18 22 (1.22%) Influencing Skills
18 22 (1.22%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 730 (40.62%) Analyst
2 354 (19.70%) Data Analyst
3 214 (11.91%) Senior
4 200 (11.13%) Developer
5 176 (9.79%) Lead
6 168 (9.35%) Junior
7 158 (8.79%) Data Engineer
8 154 (8.57%) Junior Analyst
9 144 (8.01%) Junior Data Analyst
10 86 (4.79%) Business Intelligence Analyst
11 82 (4.56%) Senior Analyst
12 72 (4.01%) Business Intelligence Developer
13 68 (3.78%) Report Analyst
13 68 (3.78%) Support Analyst
14 67 (3.73%) Financial Analyst
15 61 (3.39%) Architect
16 59 (3.28%) Business Analyst
17 49 (2.73%) Power Platform Developer
18 47 (2.62%) Applications Support
18 47 (2.62%) Business Intelligence Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 51 (2.84%) .NET
2 47 (2.62%) REST
3 33 (1.84%) PySpark
4 26 (1.45%) SOAP
4 26 (1.45%) Web Services
5 23 (1.28%) HTML
6 21 (1.17%) HTML5 Canvas
7 20 (1.11%) JSON
8 16 (0.89%) Pandas
9 15 (0.83%) Kafka
9 15 (0.83%) React
9 15 (0.83%) XML
10 14 (0.78%) CSS
10 14 (0.78%) EDI
11 12 (0.67%) AngularJS
12 10 (0.56%) .NET Core
13 9 (0.50%) ASP.NET
13 9 (0.50%) RESTful
14 8 (0.45%) Middleware
14 8 (0.45%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 90 (5.01%) Analytical Mindset
2 69 (3.84%) Management Information System
3 57 (3.17%) Data Structures
4 53 (2.95%) Self-Motivation
5 44 (2.45%) Onboarding
6 41 (2.28%) Product Ownership
7 40 (2.23%) Cloud Native
8 33 (1.84%) FMCG
9 28 (1.56%) Enterprise Software
10 27 (1.50%) Legacy Systems
11 20 (1.11%) Driving Licence
11 20 (1.11%) Reinsurance
12 18 (1.00%) Social Media
13 15 (0.83%) Algorithms
14 14 (0.78%) Greenfield Project
15 12 (0.67%) Low-Code
16 11 (0.61%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
17 10 (0.56%) Learning Management System
18 9 (0.50%) Credit Risk
18 9 (0.50%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 53 (2.95%) Windows
2 10 (0.56%) Linux
3 9 (0.50%) Unix
4 8 (0.45%) Mac OS
5 6 (0.33%) Windows 10
6 4 (0.22%) Windows Server
7 3 (0.17%) Android
8 2 (0.11%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.056%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,663 (92.54%) Business Intelligence
2 664 (36.95%) Analytics
3 485 (26.99%) Problem-Solving
4 436 (24.26%) Decision-Making
5 374 (20.81%) Data Modelling
5 374 (20.81%) Visualisation
6 362 (20.14%) AI
7 297 (16.53%) Data Analysis
8 292 (16.25%) Agile
9 267 (14.86%) Continuous Improvement
10 266 (14.80%) Actionable Insight
11 254 (14.13%) ETL
12 229 (12.74%) Data Visualisation
13 226 (12.58%) Data Governance
14 195 (10.85%) Data Analytics
15 186 (10.35%) Data Pipeline
16 180 (10.02%) Stakeholder Management
17 179 (9.96%) ERP
18 176 (9.79%) CRM
19 172 (9.57%) Data Engineering
Programming Languages
1 983 (54.70%) SQL
2 557 (31.00%) Python
3 132 (7.35%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 75 (4.17%) C#
5 71 (3.95%) JavaScript
6 59 (3.28%) PowerShell
7 53 (2.95%) R
8 52 (2.89%) T-SQL
8 52 (2.89%) VBA
9 26 (1.45%) Scala
10 12 (0.67%) Java
11 8 (0.45%) Bash
11 8 (0.45%) TypeScript
12 7 (0.39%) ANSI SQL
13 5 (0.28%) Kusto Query Language
14 4 (0.22%) VB.NET
15 3 (0.17%) Bicep
16 2 (0.11%) C
16 2 (0.11%) Delphi
16 2 (0.11%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 407 (22.65%) Degree
2 172 (9.57%) Azure Certification
3 82 (4.56%) ACCA
4 78 (4.34%) CIMA
5 70 (3.90%) DBS Check
6 60 (3.34%) Microsoft Certification
7 55 (3.06%) Security Cleared
8 54 (3.01%) Computer Science Degree
9 46 (2.56%) SC Cleared
10 37 (2.06%) Master's Degree
11 20 (1.11%) CISSP
11 20 (1.11%) PMI Certification
12 19 (1.06%) CISA
12 19 (1.06%) PMP
13 16 (0.89%) CISM
14 13 (0.72%) HNC
14 13 (0.72%) Numerate Degree
15 12 (0.67%) CRISC
16 8 (0.45%) HND
17 7 (0.39%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 271 (15.08%) Data Quality
2 86 (4.79%) GDPR
3 67 (3.73%) QA
4 48 (2.67%) Accessibility
5 45 (2.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 44 (2.45%) PMO
7 21 (1.17%) SLA
8 14 (0.78%) Actionable Recommendations
8 14 (0.78%) Cyber Essentials
8 14 (0.78%) NIST
9 12 (0.67%) COBIT
9 12 (0.67%) GRC
9 12 (0.67%) ITGC
10 6 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 4 (0.22%) IFRS
12 2 (0.11%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 2 (0.11%) COSHH
12 2 (0.11%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 2 (0.11%) WCAG
13 1 (0.056%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 24 (1.34%) Active Directory
2 10 (0.56%) Docker
3 8 (0.45%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.17%) Hyper-V
4 3 (0.17%) VMware ESXi
4 3 (0.17%) vSphere
5 2 (0.11%) Apache Flume
5 2 (0.11%) HDFS
6 1 (0.056%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 28 (1.56%) Microsoft Intune
2 14 (0.78%) Terraform
3 10 (0.56%) Kubernetes
4 7 (0.39%) Single Sign-On
5 6 (0.33%) RSA Archer
6 5 (0.28%) FortiGate
7 3 (0.17%) Argo
8 2 (0.11%) Control-M
8 2 (0.11%) Kibana
8 2 (0.11%) logstash
8 2 (0.11%) Microsoft Clustering
8 2 (0.11%) Oozie
8 2 (0.11%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 1 (0.056%) Failover Clustering
9 1 (0.056%) Grafana
9 1 (0.056%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.056%) SCCM
Vendors
1 689 (38.34%) Microsoft
2 141 (7.85%) SAP
3 129 (7.18%) Databricks
4 65 (3.62%) Oracle
5 63 (3.51%) Salesforce
6 56 (3.12%) Google
7 42 (2.34%) Alteryx
8 20 (1.11%) Adobe
9 19 (1.06%) HubSpot
10 18 (1.00%) ServiceNow
11 15 (0.83%) Informatica
11 15 (0.83%) Intapp
12 13 (0.72%) MuleSoft
13 12 (0.67%) Dell
14 10 (0.56%) Dataiku
15 9 (0.50%) Sage
15 9 (0.50%) Talend
16 8 (0.45%) Concur
16 8 (0.45%) IBM
16 8 (0.45%) VMware