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 15 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 59 77 55
Rank change year-on-year +18 -22 +20
Permanent jobs citing Power BI 2,002 1,639 2,855
As % of all permanent jobs in England 3.38% 3.67% 4.30%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 33.35% 20.00% 22.36%
Number of salaries quoted 1,127 949 2,374
10th Percentile £36,125 £37,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,959 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £73,875 £76,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,250 £84,367
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +14.29% -6.25%

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 6,003 8,193 12,770
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 10.13% 18.34% 19.22%
Number of salaries quoted 3,867 4,658 10,435
10th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £43,750 £50,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +13.04% -11.54%
75th Percentile £81,250 £87,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +13.04% -8.00%

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 15 February 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 15 February 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 +11 660 £70,000 - 210
South East +31 384 £53,750 -6.52% 221
North of England 0 360 £48,105 -0.82% 124
Midlands +38 315 £47,085 -5.83% 126
West Midlands +25 198 £47,500 -5.00% 82
North West +3 177 £50,000 - 68
South West +54 157 £43,500 -3.33% 46
Yorkshire +4 147 £47,000 -1.05% 42
East Midlands +50 115 £45,000 +5.26% 44
East of England -14 109 £46,750 -38.49% 32
North East +21 36 £51,000 -9.33% 17
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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
1 140 (6.99%) SharePoint
2 22 (1.10%) Microsoft Exchange
3 18 (0.90%) Apache Spark
4 17 (0.85%) Apache Airflow
4 17 (0.85%) SAS
5 16 (0.80%) Confluence
6 6 (0.30%) WordPress
7 4 (0.20%) Apache
7 4 (0.20%) CMS
7 4 (0.20%) Umbraco
8 2 (0.100%) Moodle
8 2 (0.100%) Oracle Application Server
8 2 (0.100%) Palantir Foundry
8 2 (0.100%) SugarCRM
9 1 (0.050%) Appian
9 1 (0.050%) Drupal
9 1 (0.050%) Jupyter
9 1 (0.050%) Mendix
Applications
1 932 (46.55%) Microsoft Excel
2 66 (3.30%) Microsoft Office
3 50 (2.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 22 (1.10%) Spreadsheet
5 19 (0.95%) Microsoft Project
6 16 (0.80%) MS Visio
7 10 (0.50%) Trello
8 9 (0.45%) Maya
9 5 (0.25%) Chatbot
10 2 (0.100%) AutoCAD
10 2 (0.100%) Revit
11 1 (0.050%) Acrobat
11 1 (0.050%) Adobe Illustrator
11 1 (0.050%) Adobe XD
11 1 (0.050%) InDesign
11 1 (0.050%) Oracle Smart View
11 1 (0.050%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 65 (3.25%) Dynamics CRM
2 14 (0.70%) NetSuite
3 10 (0.50%) Dynamics AX
4 9 (0.45%) SAP CO
5 8 (0.40%) Visualfiles
6 7 (0.35%) Shopify
7 6 (0.30%) NEC Housing
8 5 (0.25%) Dynamics NAV
8 5 (0.25%) Elite 3E
8 5 (0.25%) IBM Planning Analytics
8 5 (0.25%) SAP Business One
9 4 (0.20%) Oracle Payables
9 4 (0.20%) Oracle Receivables
9 4 (0.20%) SAP S/4HANA
10 3 (0.15%) Integrated Workplace Management System
10 3 (0.15%) ResourceLink
10 3 (0.15%) Salesforce CRM
11 2 (0.100%) Aladdin
11 2 (0.100%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
11 2 (0.100%) Q-Pulse
Cloud Services
1 2,002 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 974 (48.65%) Azure
3 435 (21.73%) Azure AI
4 216 (10.79%) Power Automate
5 200 (9.99%) Microsoft 365
6 182 (9.09%) PowerApps
7 137 (6.84%) Azure Data Factory
8 125 (6.24%) Snowflake
9 120 (5.99%) Dynamics 365
10 111 (5.54%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 86 (4.30%) AWS
12 83 (4.15%) Azure DevOps
13 71 (3.55%) dbt
14 62 (3.10%) Microsoft Copilot
15 59 (2.95%) Entra ID
16 54 (2.70%) SaaS
17 50 (2.50%) GCP
18 45 (2.25%) Azure Logic Apps
19 27 (1.35%) Serverless
20 26 (1.30%) Fivetran
Communications & Networking
1 16 (0.80%) Firewall
2 13 (0.65%) Intranet
3 10 (0.50%) TCP/IP
3 10 (0.50%) WAN
4 9 (0.45%) DHCP
4 9 (0.45%) DNS
5 7 (0.35%) VoIP
6 6 (0.30%) LAN
7 5 (0.25%) Modbus
7 5 (0.25%) MQTT
7 5 (0.25%) VPN
8 3 (0.15%) Broadband
8 3 (0.15%) VLAN
9 2 (0.100%) Internet
9 2 (0.100%) Network Security
9 2 (0.100%) Wi-Fi
10 1 (0.050%) ADSL
10 1 (0.050%) BGP
10 1 (0.050%) FTP
10 1 (0.050%) Softphone
Database & Business Intelligence
1 684 (34.17%) Tableau
2 195 (9.74%) SQL Server
3 172 (8.59%) Data Warehouse
4 137 (6.84%) Data Lake
5 113 (5.64%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 100 (5.00%) Power Query
7 63 (3.15%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 60 (3.00%) Azure SQL Database
9 55 (2.75%) Looker
10 40 (2.00%) Relational Database
11 34 (1.70%) SAP BW
12 33 (1.65%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 31 (1.55%) Metadata
14 27 (1.35%) BigQuery
15 25 (1.25%) PostgreSQL
16 24 (1.20%) Qlik Sense
17 23 (1.15%) Big Data
17 23 (1.15%) MySQL
18 22 (1.10%) PowerPivot
19 19 (0.95%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 69 (3.45%) Git
2 33 (1.65%) Visual Studio
3 32 (1.60%) JIRA
4 8 (0.40%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 7 (0.35%) GitLab
6 4 (0.20%) ER Studio
6 4 (0.20%) ERwin
6 4 (0.20%) Postman
6 4 (0.20%) PowerDesigner
7 3 (0.15%) Jenkins
8 2 (0.100%) DBeaver
9 1 (0.050%) Axure RP
9 1 (0.050%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.050%) LSMW
9 1 (0.050%) Oracle APEX
9 1 (0.050%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 1,039 (51.90%) Social Skills
2 613 (30.62%) Finance
3 520 (25.97%) Analytical Skills
4 116 (5.79%) Marketing
5 98 (4.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 87 (4.35%) Legal
7 84 (4.20%) Manufacturing
8 75 (3.75%) Law
9 69 (3.45%) Public Sector
10 61 (3.05%) Retail
11 59 (2.95%) Organisational Skills
12 54 (2.70%) Presentation Skills
13 43 (2.15%) Banking
14 28 (1.40%) Influencing Skills
15 25 (1.25%) Advertising
16 24 (1.20%) Games
17 21 (1.05%) Billing
17 21 (1.05%) Documentation Skills
17 21 (1.05%) Financial Institution
18 18 (0.90%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 974 (48.65%) Analyst
2 659 (32.92%) Data Analyst
3 448 (22.38%) Junior
4 441 (22.03%) Junior Analyst
5 428 (21.38%) Junior Data Analyst
6 222 (11.09%) Senior
7 205 (10.24%) Developer
8 141 (7.04%) Data Engineer
9 135 (6.74%) Lead
10 86 (4.30%) Business Intelligence Developer
11 85 (4.25%) Senior Analyst
12 77 (3.85%) Business Intelligence Analyst
13 71 (3.55%) Architect
14 69 (3.45%) Financial Analyst
15 65 (3.25%) Business Analyst
16 61 (3.05%) Support Analyst
17 57 (2.85%) Report Analyst
18 48 (2.40%) IT Support
19 47 (2.35%) Consultant
19 47 (2.35%) Power Platform Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (2.70%) .NET
2 40 (2.00%) REST
3 29 (1.45%) XML
4 28 (1.40%) JSON
4 28 (1.40%) PySpark
5 27 (1.35%) Web Services
6 25 (1.25%) HTML
7 20 (1.00%) SOAP
8 19 (0.95%) CSS
9 18 (0.90%) HTML5 Canvas
10 17 (0.85%) EDI
11 14 (0.70%) .NET Core
12 11 (0.55%) React
13 10 (0.50%) Middleware
14 9 (0.45%) AngularJS
14 9 (0.45%) SAP CO-PA
15 8 (0.40%) ASP.NET
15 8 (0.40%) RESTful
15 8 (0.40%) WinForms
16 7 (0.35%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 84 (4.20%) Analytical Mindset
2 64 (3.20%) Management Information System
3 46 (2.30%) Self-Motivation
4 44 (2.20%) Data Structures
5 43 (2.15%) Onboarding
6 35 (1.75%) FMCG
7 34 (1.70%) Cloud Native
8 30 (1.50%) Product Ownership
9 24 (1.20%) Legacy Systems
10 20 (1.00%) Enterprise Software
10 20 (1.00%) Low-Code
10 20 (1.00%) Reinsurance
11 19 (0.95%) Driving Licence
11 19 (0.95%) Greenfield Project
12 14 (0.70%) NHS
13 13 (0.65%) Algorithms
14 11 (0.55%) Renewable Energy
15 10 (0.50%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
15 10 (0.50%) Social Media
16 9 (0.45%) Derivative
Operating Systems
1 41 (2.05%) Windows
2 11 (0.55%) Linux
3 8 (0.40%) Mac OS
3 8 (0.40%) Windows Server
4 7 (0.35%) Unix
4 7 (0.35%) VMS
4 7 (0.35%) Windows 10
5 3 (0.15%) Android
6 2 (0.100%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.050%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.050%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,895 (94.66%) Business Intelligence
2 640 (31.97%) AI
3 590 (29.47%) Analytics
4 455 (22.73%) Decision-Making
5 408 (20.38%) Problem-Solving
6 365 (18.23%) Visualisation
7 358 (17.88%) Data Modelling
8 285 (14.24%) Continuous Improvement
9 262 (13.09%) ETL
10 257 (12.84%) Agile
11 256 (12.79%) Data Analysis
12 241 (12.04%) Actionable Insight
13 229 (11.44%) Data Visualisation
14 203 (10.14%) Data Governance
15 179 (8.94%) Data Engineering
16 170 (8.49%) Data Pipeline
17 165 (8.24%) Project Management
18 162 (8.09%) ERP
19 160 (7.99%) Data Analytics
19 160 (7.99%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 1,216 (60.74%) SQL
2 820 (40.96%) Python
3 132 (6.59%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 83 (4.15%) C#
5 79 (3.95%) PowerShell
6 70 (3.50%) VBA
7 66 (3.30%) JavaScript
8 47 (2.35%) R
9 43 (2.15%) T-SQL
10 16 (0.80%) Scala
11 13 (0.65%) Kusto Query Language
12 9 (0.45%) Java
13 8 (0.40%) Delphi
14 7 (0.35%) TypeScript
15 5 (0.25%) ANSI SQL
16 4 (0.20%) Bash
16 4 (0.20%) Bicep
17 3 (0.15%) C
17 3 (0.15%) VB.NET
18 2 (0.100%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 456 (22.78%) Azure Certification
2 342 (17.08%) Degree
3 74 (3.70%) Security Cleared
4 70 (3.50%) ACCA
4 70 (3.50%) CIMA
5 58 (2.90%) Microsoft Certification
5 58 (2.90%) SC Cleared
6 49 (2.45%) Computer Science Degree
7 43 (2.15%) Master's Degree
7 43 (2.15%) PMI Certification
7 43 (2.15%) PMP
8 32 (1.60%) DBS Check
9 16 (0.80%) MBA
10 13 (0.65%) Numerate Degree
11 12 (0.60%) AAT
11 12 (0.60%) APMP
12 11 (0.55%) CISA
12 11 (0.55%) CISSP
13 9 (0.45%) IIBA
14 8 (0.40%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 285 (14.24%) Data Quality
2 71 (3.55%) GDPR
3 67 (3.35%) QA
4 43 (2.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 42 (2.10%) PMO
6 40 (2.00%) Accessibility
7 31 (1.55%) SLA
8 16 (0.80%) Actionable Recommendations
9 13 (0.65%) Cyber Essentials
10 12 (0.60%) NIST
11 10 (0.50%) GRC
12 9 (0.45%) ITGC
13 7 (0.35%) COBIT
14 6 (0.30%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 5 (0.25%) IFRS
16 4 (0.20%) IFRS 17
17 3 (0.15%) California Consumer Privacy Act
18 2 (0.100%) MiFID
18 2 (0.100%) Sarbanes-Oxley
18 2 (0.100%) WCAG
System Software
1 45 (2.25%) Active Directory
2 9 (0.45%) Docker
3 6 (0.30%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.15%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.100%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.100%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.050%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 23 (1.15%) Microsoft Intune
2 14 (0.70%) Terraform
3 12 (0.60%) Kubernetes
4 8 (0.40%) Single Sign-On
5 5 (0.25%) FortiGate
5 5 (0.25%) RSA Archer
6 3 (0.15%) Argo
6 3 (0.15%) Control-M
6 3 (0.15%) SCCM
7 1 (0.050%) Ansible
7 1 (0.050%) Grafana
7 1 (0.050%) Jamf Pro
7 1 (0.050%) MOM
Vendors
1 926 (46.25%) Microsoft
2 115 (5.74%) SAP
3 104 (5.19%) Databricks
4 72 (3.60%) Oracle
5 56 (2.80%) Salesforce
6 44 (2.20%) Google
7 34 (1.70%) ServiceNow
8 33 (1.65%) Informatica
9 28 (1.40%) Alteryx
10 22 (1.10%) Anaplan
11 18 (0.90%) Adobe
11 18 (0.90%) HubSpot
12 13 (0.65%) Verint
13 12 (0.60%) Genesys
13 12 (0.60%) IBM
14 11 (0.55%) Intapp
15 10 (0.50%) Dataiku
15 10 (0.50%) Dell
15 10 (0.50%) MuleSoft
16 9 (0.45%) Foundry