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 2 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 55 71 59
Rank change year-on-year +16 -12 +23
Permanent jobs citing Power BI 2,384 1,434 3,165
As % of all permanent jobs in England 3.37% 3.92% 4.03%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 36.01% 20.83% 22.38%
Number of salaries quoted 1,176 1,019 2,563
10th Percentile £36,250 £37,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -0.36%
75th Percentile £75,000 £76,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,750 £85,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £58,750 £53,000
% change year-on-year -2.13% +10.85% -3.64%

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 6,621 6,883 14,144
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 9.35% 18.83% 18.02%
Number of salaries quoted 4,113 4,723 11,285
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £43,500
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 £87,299 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £64,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -6.25% +11.30% -8.00%

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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 2 April 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 2 April 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 +17 637 £70,000 - 258
North of England +4 507 £47,000 -3.59% 176
Midlands +28 433 £47,085 -5.83% 126
South East +14 423 £57,500 +4.55% 212
West Midlands +26 255 £47,085 -8.13% 72
Yorkshire +38 236 £42,039 -11.50% 63
North West -15 212 £48,000 -4.00% 90
South West +41 198 £43,953 -8.91% 70
East Midlands +21 176 £46,445 +8.01% 54
East of England -14 168 £52,500 -26.32% 57
North East +22 59 £51,000 +7.37% 29
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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
1 143 (6.00%) SharePoint
2 48 (2.01%) Apache Spark
3 47 (1.97%) Apache Airflow
4 33 (1.38%) Microsoft Exchange
5 15 (0.63%) Confluence
6 12 (0.50%) SAS
7 7 (0.29%) Apache
8 4 (0.17%) ArcGIS
8 4 (0.17%) CMS
8 4 (0.17%) Umbraco
9 2 (0.084%) Moodle
9 2 (0.084%) Oracle Application Server
9 2 (0.084%) Palantir Foundry
9 2 (0.084%) WordPress
10 1 (0.042%) Appian
10 1 (0.042%) Drupal
10 1 (0.042%) Jupyter
10 1 (0.042%) Mendix
Applications
1 1,229 (51.55%) Microsoft Excel
2 67 (2.81%) Microsoft Office
3 56 (2.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 26 (1.09%) Spreadsheet
5 22 (0.92%) Microsoft Project
6 16 (0.67%) MS Visio
7 9 (0.38%) Trello
8 2 (0.084%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.042%) Acrobat
9 1 (0.042%) Adobe Illustrator
9 1 (0.042%) Adobe XD
9 1 (0.042%) Chatbot
9 1 (0.042%) InDesign
9 1 (0.042%) Maya
9 1 (0.042%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 39 (1.64%) Dynamics CRM
2 17 (0.71%) NetSuite
3 10 (0.42%) Dynamics AX
4 9 (0.38%) SAP CO
5 6 (0.25%) NEC Housing
6 5 (0.21%) Dynamics NAV
6 5 (0.21%) IBM Planning Analytics
6 5 (0.21%) SAP ERP
6 5 (0.21%) SAP PM
7 4 (0.17%) Elite 3E
7 4 (0.17%) Sage 200
7 4 (0.17%) SAP Business One
8 3 (0.13%) Integrated Workplace Management System
8 3 (0.13%) Markit EDM
8 3 (0.13%) ResourceLink
8 3 (0.13%) Salesforce CRM
8 3 (0.13%) SAP S/4HANA
8 3 (0.13%) Shopify
8 3 (0.13%) Visualfiles
9 2 (0.084%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 2,384 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 1,381 (57.93%) Azure
3 808 (33.89%) Azure AI
4 235 (9.86%) Power Automate
5 204 (8.56%) Microsoft 365
6 188 (7.89%) PowerApps
7 158 (6.63%) Azure Data Factory
8 147 (6.17%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 142 (5.96%) Snowflake
10 114 (4.78%) Dynamics 365
11 108 (4.53%) AWS
12 98 (4.11%) dbt
13 79 (3.31%) GCP
14 74 (3.10%) Azure DevOps
15 64 (2.68%) SaaS
16 60 (2.52%) Entra ID
17 55 (2.31%) Azure Logic Apps
17 55 (2.31%) Microsoft Copilot
18 35 (1.47%) Serverless
19 29 (1.22%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 14 (0.59%) Intranet
2 10 (0.42%) DHCP
2 10 (0.42%) DNS
2 10 (0.42%) Firewall
2 10 (0.42%) TCP/IP
3 7 (0.29%) VoIP
4 6 (0.25%) WAN
5 5 (0.21%) Modbus
5 5 (0.21%) MQTT
6 4 (0.17%) Broadband
6 4 (0.17%) Wi-Fi
7 3 (0.13%) Internet
7 3 (0.13%) VLAN
8 2 (0.084%) NAS
8 2 (0.084%) Network Security
8 2 (0.084%) VPN
9 1 (0.042%) ADSL
9 1 (0.042%) FTP
9 1 (0.042%) Mobile Broadband
9 1 (0.042%) Softphone
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1,053 (44.17%) Tableau
2 194 (8.14%) SQL Server
3 193 (8.10%) Data Warehouse
4 121 (5.08%) Data Lake
5 115 (4.82%) Power Query
6 112 (4.70%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 71 (2.98%) Looker
8 70 (2.94%) Azure SQL Database
9 65 (2.73%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 50 (2.10%) BigQuery
11 44 (1.85%) Relational Database
12 40 (1.68%) Big Data
13 38 (1.59%) Amazon Redshift
14 37 (1.55%) Snowflake Schema
15 31 (1.30%) Metadata
16 29 (1.22%) PostgreSQL
17 27 (1.13%) SQL Server Analysis Services
18 26 (1.09%) PowerPivot
18 26 (1.09%) Star Schema
19 23 (0.96%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 72 (3.02%) Git
2 34 (1.43%) JIRA
3 31 (1.30%) Visual Studio
4 25 (1.05%) MLflow
5 10 (0.42%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 5 (0.21%) ERwin
6 5 (0.21%) PowerDesigner
7 4 (0.17%) ER Studio
7 4 (0.17%) GitLab
7 4 (0.17%) Jenkins
7 4 (0.17%) Postman
8 2 (0.084%) DBeaver
9 1 (0.042%) Axure RP
9 1 (0.042%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.042%) NUnit
9 1 (0.042%) Oracle APEX
9 1 (0.042%) Oracle Forms
9 1 (0.042%) Selenium
9 1 (0.042%) Team Foundation Server
9 1 (0.042%) Toad
General
1 1,363 (57.17%) Social Skills
2 541 (22.69%) Analytical Skills
3 538 (22.57%) Finance
4 93 (3.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 87 (3.65%) Marketing
6 81 (3.40%) Public Sector
7 79 (3.31%) Legal
8 77 (3.23%) Manufacturing
9 73 (3.06%) Law
10 71 (2.98%) Retail
11 54 (2.27%) Organisational Skills
12 48 (2.01%) Presentation Skills
13 39 (1.64%) Banking
14 33 (1.38%) Influencing Skills
15 29 (1.22%) Documentation Skills
16 22 (0.92%) Telecoms
17 20 (0.84%) Publishing
18 19 (0.80%) Financial Institution
19 17 (0.71%) Automotive
20 16 (0.67%) Games
Job Titles
1 1,304 (54.70%) Analyst
2 1,015 (42.58%) Data Analyst
3 817 (34.27%) Junior
4 811 (34.02%) Junior Analyst
5 808 (33.89%) Junior Data Analyst
6 247 (10.36%) Senior
7 219 (9.19%) Developer
8 145 (6.08%) Data Engineer
9 112 (4.70%) Lead
10 89 (3.73%) Business Intelligence Developer
11 82 (3.44%) Business Intelligence Analyst
12 81 (3.40%) Architect
13 72 (3.02%) Financial Analyst
14 70 (2.94%) Senior Analyst
15 69 (2.89%) Business Analyst
16 64 (2.68%) IT Support
17 59 (2.47%) Support Analyst
18 52 (2.18%) Power BI Developer
19 51 (2.14%) Consultant
20 48 (2.01%) Systems Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 76 (3.19%) .NET
2 44 (1.85%) JSON
3 42 (1.76%) REST
4 41 (1.72%) PySpark
5 36 (1.51%) XML
6 34 (1.43%) Kafka
7 30 (1.26%) PyTorch
8 29 (1.22%) CSS
8 29 (1.22%) scikit-learn
9 28 (1.17%) .NET Core
10 27 (1.13%) HTML5 Canvas
11 25 (1.05%) HTML
12 24 (1.01%) TensorFlow
13 23 (0.96%) LangChain
13 23 (0.96%) LlamaIndex
13 23 (0.96%) pgvector
14 20 (0.84%) EDI
15 17 (0.71%) SOAP
16 13 (0.55%) ASP.NET
16 13 (0.55%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 77 (3.23%) Management Information System
2 72 (3.02%) Analytical Mindset
3 59 (2.47%) Cloud Native
4 44 (1.85%) Data Structures
5 39 (1.64%) Self-Motivation
6 33 (1.38%) Low-Code
7 32 (1.34%) Legacy Systems
8 30 (1.26%) Onboarding
9 28 (1.17%) Clustering
10 26 (1.09%) Product Ownership
11 24 (1.01%) Public Cloud
12 15 (0.63%) Driving Licence
12 15 (0.63%) Greenfield Project
12 15 (0.63%) Reinsurance
13 14 (0.59%) Enterprise Software
13 14 (0.59%) FMCG
14 13 (0.55%) Enterprise Cloud
14 13 (0.55%) Social Media
15 12 (0.50%) NHS
16 11 (0.46%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 35 (1.47%) Windows
2 14 (0.59%) Windows Server
3 13 (0.55%) Linux
4 12 (0.50%) VMS
5 9 (0.38%) Unix
6 4 (0.17%) Windows 10
7 3 (0.13%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.084%) Android
9 1 (0.042%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.042%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.042%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.042%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,274 (95.39%) Business Intelligence
2 1,037 (43.50%) AI
3 622 (26.09%) Analytics
4 442 (18.54%) Decision-Making
5 394 (16.53%) Problem-Solving
6 362 (15.18%) Data Modelling
7 351 (14.72%) Visualisation
8 274 (11.49%) Continuous Improvement
8 274 (11.49%) ETL
9 235 (9.86%) Data Analysis
10 234 (9.82%) Agile
11 232 (9.73%) Data Visualisation
12 225 (9.44%) Data Governance
13 205 (8.60%) Data Engineering
14 202 (8.47%) Actionable Insight
15 188 (7.89%) Data Pipeline
16 173 (7.26%) Data Management
17 169 (7.09%) Project Management
18 163 (6.84%) ERP
19 153 (6.42%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 1,635 (68.58%) SQL
2 1,213 (50.88%) Python
3 152 (6.38%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 105 (4.40%) C#
5 79 (3.31%) PowerShell
6 77 (3.23%) VBA
7 70 (2.94%) JavaScript
8 52 (2.18%) R
9 45 (1.89%) T-SQL
10 20 (0.84%) Kusto Query Language
11 16 (0.67%) TypeScript
12 12 (0.50%) Scala
13 11 (0.46%) Delphi
14 9 (0.38%) Java
14 9 (0.38%) VBScript
15 6 (0.25%) Julia
15 6 (0.25%) VB
16 5 (0.21%) Bicep
17 4 (0.17%) Bash
18 3 (0.13%) ANSI SQL
Qualifications
1 831 (34.86%) Azure Certification
2 265 (11.12%) Degree
3 83 (3.48%) Security Cleared
4 75 (3.15%) ACCA
4 75 (3.15%) CIMA
5 64 (2.68%) SC Cleared
6 46 (1.93%) Microsoft Certification
7 44 (1.85%) Computer Science Degree
8 39 (1.64%) DBS Check
9 37 (1.55%) PMI Certification
9 37 (1.55%) PMP
10 36 (1.51%) Master's Degree
11 17 (0.71%) AAT
12 16 (0.67%) MBA
13 13 (0.55%) APMP
14 9 (0.38%) BPSS Clearance
15 8 (0.34%) IIBA
16 7 (0.29%) Numerate Degree
16 7 (0.29%) Postgraduate
16 7 (0.29%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 268 (11.24%) Data Quality
2 94 (3.94%) GDPR
3 54 (2.27%) QA
4 43 (1.80%) SLA
5 41 (1.72%) PMO
6 30 (1.26%) Accessibility
7 26 (1.09%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 23 (0.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 20 (0.84%) Actionable Recommendations
10 7 (0.29%) GRC
10 7 (0.29%) IFRS
11 6 (0.25%) TickIT
12 4 (0.17%) IFRS 17
12 4 (0.17%) ITGC
12 4 (0.17%) NIST
13 3 (0.13%) Cyber Essentials
13 3 (0.13%) GAAP
14 2 (0.084%) MiFID
14 2 (0.084%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 2 (0.084%) WCAG
System Software
1 60 (2.52%) Active Directory
2 12 (0.50%) Docker
3 11 (0.46%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.13%) BitLocker
4 3 (0.13%) Hyper-V
4 3 (0.13%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.084%) Terminal Services
6 1 (0.042%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 16 (0.67%) Terraform
2 12 (0.50%) Kubernetes
3 7 (0.29%) Microsoft Intune
4 6 (0.25%) Single Sign-On
5 5 (0.21%) FortiGate
5 5 (0.21%) SCCM
6 4 (0.17%) Control-M
7 3 (0.13%) Ansible
7 3 (0.13%) Argo
8 1 (0.042%) Grafana
8 1 (0.042%) MOM
8 1 (0.042%) RSA Archer
8 1 (0.042%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 1,332 (55.87%) Microsoft
2 159 (6.67%) Databricks
3 82 (3.44%) SAP
4 64 (2.68%) Oracle
5 51 (2.14%) Google
6 44 (1.85%) Salesforce
7 36 (1.51%) Informatica
8 32 (1.34%) ServiceNow
9 29 (1.22%) Alteryx
10 25 (1.05%) Dell
11 24 (1.01%) Cloudera
12 23 (0.96%) Adobe
13 20 (0.84%) Anaplan
14 16 (0.67%) Intapp
15 13 (0.55%) IBM
16 12 (0.50%) Genesys
16 12 (0.50%) Sage
16 12 (0.50%) Verint
17 11 (0.46%) VMware
18 10 (0.42%) Epicor