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 30 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 52 76 70
Rank change year-on-year +24 -6 +11
Permanent jobs citing Power BI 2,586 1,625 2,461
As % of all permanent jobs in England 2.85% 3.74% 3.24%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 31.95% 23.84% 20.66%
Number of salaries quoted 1,492 1,213 1,887
10th Percentile £35,000 £34,755 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £56,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.65% -1.74% +4.55%
75th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year - -4.35% +4.55%

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 8,094 6,815 11,914
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 8.91% 15.69% 15.69%
Number of salaries quoted 5,515 4,513 8,455
10th Percentile £36,250 £35,000 £36,600
25th Percentile £45,438 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £84,964
90th Percentile £95,000 £110,000 £112,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -0.83% +0.83% -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 30 July 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 30 July 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 -10 672 £72,500 +7.41% 255
North of England +88 636 £45,269 -13.77% 133
Midlands +24 457 £50,000 - 118
South East +16 386 £52,500 - 184
North West +69 289 £48,000 -9.43% 68
Yorkshire +74 269 £44,000 -12.00% 43
West Midlands +16 264 £50,000 -7.83% 68
South West -1 226 £42,500 -19.05% 57
East Midlands +24 193 £47,500 +5.56% 50
East of England +13 188 £60,000 +42.01% 31
North East +7 78 £45,000 -5.26% 26
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UK

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
1 184 (7.12%) SharePoint
2 48 (1.86%) Apache Spark
3 43 (1.66%) Apache Airflow
4 36 (1.39%) Microsoft Exchange
5 12 (0.46%) Apache
6 9 (0.35%) WordPress
7 7 (0.27%) ArcGIS
8 6 (0.23%) CMS
9 5 (0.19%) Confluence
9 5 (0.19%) SAS
10 4 (0.15%) Oracle Workflow
11 2 (0.077%) Headless CMS
11 2 (0.077%) IIS
11 2 (0.077%) Luigi
11 2 (0.077%) Umbraco
12 1 (0.039%) Appian
12 1 (0.039%) Mendix
12 1 (0.039%) Oracle Application Server
Applications
1 1,184 (45.78%) Microsoft Excel
2 66 (2.55%) Microsoft Office
3 45 (1.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 25 (0.97%) Microsoft Project
5 24 (0.93%) Spreadsheet
6 23 (0.89%) MS Visio
7 7 (0.27%) Chatbot
8 2 (0.077%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 2 (0.077%) ProjectWise
9 1 (0.039%) Revit
Business Applications
1 50 (1.93%) Dynamics CRM
2 45 (1.74%) NetSuite
3 12 (0.46%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 11 (0.43%) Elite 3E
5 8 (0.31%) Carpe Diem
5 8 (0.31%) SAP S/4HANA
6 7 (0.27%) Visualfiles
7 6 (0.23%) IBM Planning Analytics
8 5 (0.19%) Dynamics NAV
8 5 (0.19%) SAP ERP
8 5 (0.19%) SAP PM
9 4 (0.15%) Magento
9 4 (0.15%) Shopify
10 3 (0.12%) Sage 200
11 2 (0.077%) Infor M3
11 2 (0.077%) Markit EDM
11 2 (0.077%) Unit4 Business World
11 2 (0.077%) Workday HCM
12 1 (0.039%) Oracle SCM
12 1 (0.039%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 2,586 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 1,327 (51.31%) Azure
3 716 (27.69%) Azure AI
4 286 (11.06%) Power Automate
5 262 (10.13%) PowerApps
6 248 (9.59%) Microsoft 365
7 169 (6.54%) Dynamics 365
8 153 (5.92%) AWS
9 149 (5.76%) Azure Data Factory
10 125 (4.83%) Snowflake
11 112 (4.33%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 97 (3.75%) GCP
13 95 (3.67%) Azure DevOps
14 76 (2.94%) SaaS
15 75 (2.90%) Azure Logic Apps
16 73 (2.82%) Microsoft Purview
17 68 (2.63%) dbt
18 61 (2.36%) OneDrive
19 54 (2.09%) Microsoft Copilot
20 52 (2.01%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 16 (0.62%) Broadband
1 16 (0.62%) Firewall
2 11 (0.43%) DHCP
2 11 (0.43%) DNS
3 8 (0.31%) WAN
4 7 (0.27%) VPN
5 6 (0.23%) VoIP
6 5 (0.19%) SMS
7 4 (0.15%) Intranet
7 4 (0.15%) LAN
7 4 (0.15%) LTE
7 4 (0.15%) Network Security
8 3 (0.12%) NAS
8 3 (0.12%) Wi-Fi
9 2 (0.077%) Internet
9 2 (0.077%) VLAN
9 2 (0.077%) Wireless
10 1 (0.039%) Modbus
10 1 (0.039%) MQTT
10 1 (0.039%) Softphone
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1,024 (39.60%) Tableau
2 216 (8.35%) Data Warehouse
3 178 (6.88%) SQL Server
4 134 (5.18%) Data Lake
5 127 (4.91%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 126 (4.87%) Power Query
7 82 (3.17%) Azure SQL Database
8 81 (3.13%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 75 (2.90%) Looker
10 58 (2.24%) Relational Database
11 54 (2.09%) BigQuery
12 45 (1.74%) Star Schema
13 44 (1.70%) Metadata
14 39 (1.51%) Amazon Redshift
15 34 (1.31%) Big Data
16 30 (1.16%) PostgreSQL
16 30 (1.16%) Semantic Layer
17 29 (1.12%) MySQL
18 27 (1.04%) Snowflake Schema
18 27 (1.04%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 60 (2.32%) Git
2 48 (1.86%) JIRA
3 31 (1.20%) MLflow
4 21 (0.81%) Visual Studio
5 14 (0.54%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 7 (0.27%) Jenkins
7 5 (0.19%) Oracle Forms
8 4 (0.15%) GitLab
9 1 (0.039%) Ant
9 1 (0.039%) Apache Ivy
9 1 (0.039%) Browser DevTools
9 1 (0.039%) ERwin
9 1 (0.039%) IBM UrbanCode
9 1 (0.039%) Maven
9 1 (0.039%) NUnit
9 1 (0.039%) Postman
9 1 (0.039%) PowerDesigner
9 1 (0.039%) Selenium
9 1 (0.039%) Toad
9 1 (0.039%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 1,410 (54.52%) Social Skills
2 573 (22.16%) Analytical Skills
3 567 (21.93%) Finance
4 139 (5.38%) Law
5 128 (4.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 111 (4.29%) Marketing
7 109 (4.22%) Retail
8 108 (4.18%) Legal
9 107 (4.14%) Public Sector
10 101 (3.91%) Organisational Skills
11 90 (3.48%) Manufacturing
12 35 (1.35%) Banking
13 32 (1.24%) Documentation Skills
14 30 (1.16%) Influencing Skills
15 29 (1.12%) Telecoms
16 27 (1.04%) Presentation Skills
17 25 (0.97%) Billing
17 25 (0.97%) Military
18 24 (0.93%) Advertising
19 22 (0.85%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 1,245 (48.14%) Analyst
2 917 (35.46%) Data Analyst
3 736 (28.46%) Junior
4 726 (28.07%) Junior Analyst
5 716 (27.69%) Junior Data Analyst
6 308 (11.91%) Senior
7 288 (11.14%) Developer
8 171 (6.61%) Data Engineer
9 142 (5.49%) Lead
10 89 (3.44%) Architect
11 88 (3.40%) Business Intelligence Analyst
12 82 (3.17%) Business Intelligence Developer
13 78 (3.02%) Business Analyst
14 77 (2.98%) Data Manager
15 69 (2.67%) Senior Analyst
16 59 (2.28%) Data Architect
16 59 (2.28%) Power Platform Developer
17 56 (2.17%) Senior Developer
18 55 (2.13%) Consultant
18 55 (2.13%) Systems Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 113 (4.37%) .NET
2 62 (2.40%) HTML
3 60 (2.32%) REST
4 59 (2.28%) PySpark
5 58 (2.24%) CSS
6 49 (1.89%) JSON
7 42 (1.62%) HTML5 Canvas
8 40 (1.55%) Kafka
9 37 (1.43%) .NET Core
10 32 (1.24%) scikit-learn
11 31 (1.20%) PyTorch
12 29 (1.12%) XML
13 27 (1.04%) Microsoft Graph
14 26 (1.01%) Middleware
14 26 (1.01%) TensorFlow
15 24 (0.93%) LangChain
15 24 (0.93%) LlamaIndex
16 23 (0.89%) pgvector
17 21 (0.81%) EDI
18 20 (0.77%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 140 (5.41%) Management Information System
2 77 (2.98%) Data Structures
3 57 (2.20%) Cloud Native
4 53 (2.05%) Analytical Mindset
5 49 (1.89%) Onboarding
6 42 (1.62%) Product Ownership
7 36 (1.39%) Self-Motivation
8 34 (1.31%) Legacy Systems
9 26 (1.01%) Public Cloud
10 25 (0.97%) Clustering
11 23 (0.89%) Low-Code
12 21 (0.81%) Greenfield Project
13 19 (0.73%) NHS
13 19 (0.73%) Social Media
14 18 (0.70%) Driving Licence
15 15 (0.58%) Enterprise Software
16 14 (0.54%) AI Agents
16 14 (0.54%) Enterprise Cloud
16 14 (0.54%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
17 12 (0.46%) Educational Technology
Operating Systems
1 47 (1.82%) Windows
2 22 (0.85%) Linux
3 21 (0.81%) Windows Server
4 9 (0.35%) VMS
5 4 (0.15%) Unix
5 4 (0.15%) Windows 10
5 4 (0.15%) Windows Server 2019
6 3 (0.12%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.077%) Android
7 2 (0.077%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.039%) Solaris
8 1 (0.039%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.039%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,442 (94.43%) Business Intelligence
2 1,097 (42.42%) AI
3 746 (28.85%) Analytics
4 501 (19.37%) Decision-Making
5 499 (19.30%) Problem-Solving
6 446 (17.25%) Data Modelling
7 393 (15.20%) Continuous Improvement
8 341 (13.19%) Visualisation
9 293 (11.33%) Agile
10 289 (11.18%) Data Governance
11 285 (11.02%) ETL
12 240 (9.28%) Data Engineering
12 240 (9.28%) Data Visualisation
13 239 (9.24%) ERP
13 239 (9.24%) Stakeholder Management
14 233 (9.01%) Actionable Insight
15 231 (8.93%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 222 (8.58%) Data Analysis
17 208 (8.04%) Data Pipeline
18 199 (7.70%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 1,725 (66.71%) SQL
2 1,101 (42.58%) Python
3 166 (6.42%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 160 (6.19%) C#
5 111 (4.29%) JavaScript
6 69 (2.67%) PowerShell
7 56 (2.17%) T-SQL
7 56 (2.17%) VBA
8 44 (1.70%) R
9 29 (1.12%) TypeScript
10 20 (0.77%) Kusto Query Language
11 18 (0.70%) Scala
12 13 (0.50%) Java
13 8 (0.31%) VB
13 8 (0.31%) VBScript
14 6 (0.23%) Julia
15 4 (0.15%) Bicep
15 4 (0.15%) PL/SQL
15 4 (0.15%) VB.NET
16 3 (0.12%) PHP
Qualifications
1 743 (28.73%) Azure Certification
2 260 (10.05%) Degree
3 103 (3.98%) Security Cleared
4 86 (3.33%) ACCA
5 81 (3.13%) CIMA
5 81 (3.13%) SC Cleared
6 45 (1.74%) Microsoft Certification
7 39 (1.51%) DBS Check
8 29 (1.12%) Computer Science Degree
9 27 (1.04%) AAT
10 25 (0.97%) PMI Certification
11 23 (0.89%) PMP
12 15 (0.58%) Master's Degree
13 13 (0.50%) BPSS Clearance
14 9 (0.35%) CompTIA CySA+
14 9 (0.35%) CompTIA Security+
14 9 (0.35%) SSCP
15 7 (0.27%) HND
15 7 (0.27%) Postgraduate
16 6 (0.23%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 371 (14.35%) Data Quality
2 132 (5.10%) GDPR
3 85 (3.29%) QA
4 50 (1.93%) Accessibility
5 45 (1.74%) SLA
6 41 (1.59%) PMO
7 37 (1.43%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 28 (1.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 17 (0.66%) TickIT
10 16 (0.62%) Actionable Recommendations
11 14 (0.54%) NIST
12 12 (0.46%) GRC
13 7 (0.27%) IFRS
14 6 (0.23%) ISO 9001
14 6 (0.23%) PERC
15 5 (0.19%) GAAP
16 4 (0.15%) Cyber Essentials
16 4 (0.15%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 4 (0.15%) ITGC
16 4 (0.15%) NIST 800
System Software
1 44 (1.70%) Active Directory
2 18 (0.70%) Docker
3 8 (0.31%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (0.27%) Virtual Desktop
5 5 (0.19%) BitLocker
6 3 (0.12%) Terminal Services
7 2 (0.077%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.077%) IAG
8 1 (0.039%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 25 (0.97%) Terraform
2 14 (0.54%) Kubernetes
2 14 (0.54%) Microsoft Intune
3 10 (0.39%) FortiGate
4 6 (0.23%) Single Sign-On
5 5 (0.19%) SCCM
6 4 (0.15%) Ansible
7 2 (0.077%) Control-M
7 2 (0.077%) Microsoft Clustering
8 1 (0.039%) Grafana
8 1 (0.039%) MOM
8 1 (0.039%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.039%) Puppet
8 1 (0.039%) SQL Sentry
8 1 (0.039%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 1,446 (55.92%) Microsoft
2 196 (7.58%) Databricks
3 96 (3.71%) SAP
4 79 (3.05%) Oracle
5 66 (2.55%) Google
6 45 (1.74%) Salesforce
7 30 (1.16%) Sage
8 29 (1.12%) Alteryx
8 29 (1.12%) Intapp
9 26 (1.01%) Adobe
10 24 (0.93%) Cloudera
11 23 (0.89%) Dell
12 22 (0.85%) Informatica
13 20 (0.77%) Concur
14 19 (0.73%) ServiceNow
15 18 (0.70%) iManage
16 13 (0.50%) Aderant
16 13 (0.50%) Cognos
17 12 (0.46%) HubSpot
17 12 (0.46%) SYSPRO