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

6 months to
22 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 57 81 60
Rank change year-on-year +24 -21 +20
Permanent jobs citing Power BI 2,586 1,431 3,171
As % of all permanent jobs in England 3.14% 3.73% 3.74%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 36.34% 22.50% 21.52%
Number of salaries quoted 1,256 1,016 2,569
10th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,439 £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 £72,500 £68,250
90th Percentile £90,000 £95,000 £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 7,117 6,361 14,737
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 8.64% 16.57% 17.39%
Number of salaries quoted 4,514 4,271 11,390
10th Percentile £35,575 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £42,725
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 £96,250 £115,000 £100,000
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 22 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 22 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 +49 630 £45,000 -14.29% 151
London -12 583 £72,500 +3.57% 300
Midlands +32 485 £47,085 -11.16% 96
South East +39 445 £57,500 +9.52% 193
Yorkshire +51 287 £42,500 -15.00% 52
West Midlands +17 282 £47,085 -12.30% 67
North West +36 276 £46,500 -11.43% 85
South West +18 225 £43,500 -25.32% 60
East of England +53 203 £55,500 +16.84% 45
East Midlands +40 201 £47,500 -9.52% 29
North East +14 67 £44,750 -10.50% 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
1 146 (5.65%) SharePoint
2 48 (1.86%) Apache Spark
3 44 (1.70%) Apache Airflow
4 39 (1.51%) Microsoft Exchange
5 9 (0.35%) Apache
5 9 (0.35%) SAS
6 8 (0.31%) Confluence
7 7 (0.27%) WordPress
8 6 (0.23%) ArcGIS
8 6 (0.23%) CMS
9 2 (0.077%) Headless CMS
9 2 (0.077%) Luigi
9 2 (0.077%) Oracle Application Server
9 2 (0.077%) Palantir Foundry
9 2 (0.077%) Umbraco
10 1 (0.039%) Appian
10 1 (0.039%) Drupal
10 1 (0.039%) IIS
10 1 (0.039%) Mendix
Applications
1 1,346 (52.05%) Microsoft Excel
2 53 (2.05%) Microsoft Office
3 30 (1.16%) Spreadsheet
4 29 (1.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 25 (0.97%) Microsoft Project
6 24 (0.93%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.077%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 2 (0.077%) Trello
8 1 (0.039%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.039%) Maya
Business Applications
1 45 (1.74%) Dynamics CRM
2 19 (0.73%) NetSuite
3 12 (0.46%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 10 (0.39%) Dynamics AX
5 9 (0.35%) SAP CO
6 8 (0.31%) IBM Planning Analytics
7 7 (0.27%) SAP S/4HANA
8 6 (0.23%) Dynamics NAV
8 6 (0.23%) NEC Housing
9 5 (0.19%) Sage 200
9 5 (0.19%) SAP ERP
9 5 (0.19%) SAP PM
9 5 (0.19%) Shopify
10 4 (0.15%) Magento
11 3 (0.12%) Elite 3E
11 3 (0.12%) Integrated Workplace Management System
11 3 (0.12%) Markit EDM
12 2 (0.077%) Aladdin
12 2 (0.077%) Q-Pulse
12 2 (0.077%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 2,586 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 1,499 (57.97%) Azure
3 946 (36.58%) Azure AI
4 234 (9.05%) Power Automate
5 206 (7.97%) Microsoft 365
6 197 (7.62%) PowerApps
7 142 (5.49%) Azure Data Factory
8 123 (4.76%) Dynamics 365
8 123 (4.76%) Snowflake
9 119 (4.60%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 114 (4.41%) AWS
11 82 (3.17%) dbt
12 76 (2.94%) Azure DevOps
13 69 (2.67%) GCP
14 64 (2.47%) SaaS
15 59 (2.28%) Azure Logic Apps
16 57 (2.20%) Microsoft Purview
17 56 (2.17%) Entra ID
18 43 (1.66%) Microsoft Copilot
19 40 (1.55%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 17 (0.66%) Broadband
2 10 (0.39%) DHCP
2 10 (0.39%) DNS
2 10 (0.39%) Intranet
3 8 (0.31%) Firewall
4 7 (0.27%) VoIP
5 6 (0.23%) WAN
6 4 (0.15%) LTE
6 4 (0.15%) Modbus
6 4 (0.15%) MQTT
6 4 (0.15%) Wi-Fi
7 3 (0.12%) NAS
8 2 (0.077%) Internet
8 2 (0.077%) SMS
8 2 (0.077%) VPN
9 1 (0.039%) FTP
9 1 (0.039%) Mobile Broadband
9 1 (0.039%) Softphone
9 1 (0.039%) TCP/IP
9 1 (0.039%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1,201 (46.44%) Tableau
2 180 (6.96%) Data Warehouse
3 169 (6.54%) SQL Server
4 122 (4.72%) Data Lake
5 117 (4.52%) Power Query
6 112 (4.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 68 (2.63%) Looker
8 67 (2.59%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 64 (2.47%) Azure SQL Database
10 51 (1.97%) Relational Database
11 50 (1.93%) BigQuery
12 45 (1.74%) Big Data
13 43 (1.66%) Amazon Redshift
14 32 (1.24%) Metadata
15 31 (1.20%) Star Schema
16 29 (1.12%) Snowflake Schema
17 27 (1.04%) PostgreSQL
18 23 (0.89%) Elasticsearch
18 23 (0.89%) MySQL
19 22 (0.85%) PowerPivot
Development Applications
1 55 (2.13%) Git
2 41 (1.59%) JIRA
3 26 (1.01%) MLflow
3 26 (1.01%) Visual Studio
4 15 (0.58%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 6 (0.23%) Jenkins
6 4 (0.15%) Oracle Forms
7 3 (0.12%) Postman
8 2 (0.077%) DBeaver
9 1 (0.039%) Axure RP
9 1 (0.039%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.039%) Browser DevTools
9 1 (0.039%) ERwin
9 1 (0.039%) GitLab
9 1 (0.039%) NUnit
9 1 (0.039%) Oracle APEX
9 1 (0.039%) PowerDesigner
9 1 (0.039%) Selenium
9 1 (0.039%) Toad
General
1 1,524 (58.93%) Social Skills
2 535 (20.69%) Analytical Skills
3 483 (18.68%) Finance
4 111 (4.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 95 (3.67%) Marketing
5 95 (3.67%) Public Sector
6 92 (3.56%) Law
7 91 (3.52%) Retail
8 78 (3.02%) Legal
9 66 (2.55%) Manufacturing
10 57 (2.20%) Organisational Skills
11 40 (1.55%) Presentation Skills
12 36 (1.39%) Influencing Skills
13 32 (1.24%) Documentation Skills
14 24 (0.93%) Banking
14 24 (0.93%) Telecoms
15 19 (0.73%) Publishing
16 18 (0.70%) Advertising
17 17 (0.66%) Automotive
18 16 (0.62%) Games
Job Titles
1 1,445 (55.88%) Analyst
2 1,149 (44.43%) Data Analyst
3 964 (37.28%) Junior
4 958 (37.05%) Junior Analyst
5 950 (36.74%) Junior Data Analyst
6 279 (10.79%) Senior
7 253 (9.78%) Developer
8 140 (5.41%) Data Engineer
9 125 (4.83%) Lead
10 91 (3.52%) Business Intelligence Developer
11 84 (3.25%) Business Intelligence Analyst
12 79 (3.05%) Architect
13 78 (3.02%) Business Analyst
14 71 (2.75%) Senior Analyst
15 68 (2.63%) Data Manager
16 63 (2.44%) Power BI Developer
17 56 (2.17%) Systems Analyst
18 55 (2.13%) Financial Analyst
19 54 (2.09%) Power BI Analyst
20 52 (2.01%) IT Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 89 (3.44%) .NET
2 51 (1.97%) JSON
3 49 (1.89%) CSS
4 48 (1.86%) HTML
5 43 (1.66%) PySpark
6 41 (1.59%) REST
7 40 (1.55%) HTML5 Canvas
8 38 (1.47%) XML
9 35 (1.35%) .NET Core
9 35 (1.35%) Kafka
10 29 (1.12%) PyTorch
10 29 (1.12%) scikit-learn
11 25 (0.97%) Middleware
12 23 (0.89%) LangChain
12 23 (0.89%) LlamaIndex
12 23 (0.89%) Microsoft Graph
12 23 (0.89%) pgvector
12 23 (0.89%) TensorFlow
13 20 (0.77%) SOAP
13 20 (0.77%) SPFx
Miscellaneous
1 83 (3.21%) Management Information System
2 62 (2.40%) Data Structures
3 54 (2.09%) Analytical Mindset
4 50 (1.93%) Cloud Native
5 36 (1.39%) Legacy Systems
6 31 (1.20%) Onboarding
7 27 (1.04%) Clustering
7 27 (1.04%) Low-Code
8 26 (1.01%) Product Ownership
9 25 (0.97%) Public Cloud
10 22 (0.85%) NHS
11 21 (0.81%) Self-Motivation
12 19 (0.73%) Enterprise Cloud
12 19 (0.73%) Social Media
13 17 (0.66%) Greenfield Project
14 15 (0.58%) Enterprise Software
15 13 (0.50%) Driving Licence
15 13 (0.50%) FMCG
16 11 (0.43%) Replication
17 9 (0.35%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 28 (1.08%) Windows
2 18 (0.70%) Windows Server
3 15 (0.58%) Linux
4 12 (0.46%) VMS
5 6 (0.23%) Unix
6 4 (0.15%) Apple iOS
6 4 (0.15%) Windows 10
7 3 (0.12%) Android
8 2 (0.077%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.039%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.039%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.039%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.039%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,446 (94.59%) Business Intelligence
2 1,190 (46.02%) AI
3 643 (24.86%) Analytics
4 442 (17.09%) Decision-Making
5 386 (14.93%) Data Modelling
6 380 (14.69%) Problem-Solving
7 328 (12.68%) Visualisation
8 277 (10.71%) Continuous Improvement
9 263 (10.17%) ETL
10 227 (8.78%) Data Governance
11 226 (8.74%) Data Visualisation
12 213 (8.24%) Agile
13 203 (7.85%) Data Engineering
14 193 (7.46%) Actionable Insight
15 190 (7.35%) Data Analysis
16 187 (7.23%) ERP
17 173 (6.69%) Data Pipeline
18 170 (6.57%) Machine Learning
18 170 (6.57%) Project Management
19 166 (6.42%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 1,798 (69.53%) SQL
2 1,328 (51.35%) Python
3 147 (5.68%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 121 (4.68%) C#
5 87 (3.36%) JavaScript
6 72 (2.78%) PowerShell
7 67 (2.59%) VBA
8 54 (2.09%) T-SQL
9 46 (1.78%) R
10 25 (0.97%) TypeScript
11 19 (0.73%) Kusto Query Language
12 13 (0.50%) Scala
13 12 (0.46%) Java
14 11 (0.43%) Delphi
15 9 (0.35%) VBScript
16 6 (0.23%) Julia
16 6 (0.23%) VB
17 4 (0.15%) Bicep
18 3 (0.12%) PL/SQL
18 3 (0.12%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 971 (37.55%) Azure Certification
2 262 (10.13%) Degree
3 84 (3.25%) Security Cleared
4 63 (2.44%) SC Cleared
5 61 (2.36%) ACCA
5 61 (2.36%) CIMA
6 38 (1.47%) PMI Certification
6 38 (1.47%) PMP
7 37 (1.43%) Microsoft Certification
8 30 (1.16%) DBS Check
9 28 (1.08%) Computer Science Degree
10 23 (0.89%) Master's Degree
11 14 (0.54%) AAT
12 11 (0.43%) MBA
13 9 (0.35%) CompTIA Security+
14 8 (0.31%) APMP
14 8 (0.31%) CompTIA CySA+
14 8 (0.31%) SSCP
15 7 (0.27%) Postgraduate
16 6 (0.23%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 284 (10.98%) Data Quality
2 115 (4.45%) GDPR
3 61 (2.36%) QA
4 52 (2.01%) SLA
5 34 (1.31%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 34 (1.31%) PMO
6 33 (1.28%) Accessibility
7 26 (1.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 17 (0.66%) TickIT
9 14 (0.54%) NIST
10 12 (0.46%) Actionable Recommendations
10 12 (0.46%) GRC
11 8 (0.31%) IFRS
12 4 (0.15%) GAAP
12 4 (0.15%) IFRS 17
12 4 (0.15%) ITGC
12 4 (0.15%) NIST 800
13 3 (0.12%) PERC
14 2 (0.077%) MiFID
14 2 (0.077%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 55 (2.13%) Active Directory
2 14 (0.54%) Docker
3 9 (0.35%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.15%) BitLocker
5 3 (0.12%) Terminal Services
5 3 (0.12%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.077%) IAG
7 1 (0.039%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.039%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 13 (0.50%) Kubernetes
1 13 (0.50%) Terraform
2 5 (0.19%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (0.19%) SCCM
3 4 (0.15%) Ansible
4 3 (0.12%) Control-M
4 3 (0.12%) FortiGate
5 2 (0.077%) MOM
5 2 (0.077%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.039%) Grafana
6 1 (0.039%) Microsoft Clustering
6 1 (0.039%) SQL Sentry
6 1 (0.039%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 1,515 (58.58%) Microsoft
2 163 (6.30%) Databricks
3 90 (3.48%) SAP
4 78 (3.02%) Oracle
5 51 (1.97%) Google
6 39 (1.51%) Salesforce
7 31 (1.20%) Adobe
8 30 (1.16%) Informatica
9 28 (1.08%) Alteryx
10 26 (1.01%) ServiceNow
11 24 (0.93%) Cloudera
11 24 (0.93%) Dell
12 23 (0.89%) Intapp
13 18 (0.70%) Anaplan
14 15 (0.58%) Sage
15 14 (0.54%) Cognos
16 13 (0.50%) iManage
16 13 (0.50%) Verint
17 12 (0.46%) Genesys
17 12 (0.46%) HubSpot