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

6 months to
23 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 51 74 68
Rank change year-on-year +23 -6 +11
Permanent jobs citing Power BI 2,542 1,619 2,721
As % of all permanent jobs in England 2.86% 3.74% 3.37%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 32.14% 23.70% 21.29%
Number of salaries quoted 1,452 1,209 2,106
10th Percentile £34,500 £35,000 £36,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.51% -0.87% +4.55%
75th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,790 £57,500
% change year-on-year -1.42% -2.97% +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 7,910 6,830 12,783
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 8.89% 15.78% 15.82%
Number of salaries quoted 5,412 4,522 9,273
10th Percentile £36,250 £35,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £45,391 £46,250 £43,750
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 £82,725
90th Percentile £95,000 £110,000 £112,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,750 £60,000
% change year-on-year -1.23% +1.25% -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 23 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 23 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 -7 652 £70,000 +3.70% 254
North of England +88 621 £46,500 -11.43% 122
Midlands +26 454 £47,802 -4.40% 95
South East +14 385 £52,500 - 162
North West +70 284 £48,000 -8.57% 58
West Midlands +16 264 £49,000 -7.11% 50
Yorkshire +68 262 £44,000 -12.87% 42
South West -2 223 £42,500 -22.73% 72
East Midlands +21 190 £47,500 +5.56% 45
East of England +32 184 £60,000 +37.93% 27
North East +4 75 £45,000 - 24
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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
1 175 (6.88%) SharePoint
2 47 (1.85%) Apache Spark
3 44 (1.73%) Apache Airflow
4 38 (1.49%) Microsoft Exchange
5 11 (0.43%) Apache
6 9 (0.35%) WordPress
7 7 (0.28%) ArcGIS
7 7 (0.28%) Confluence
8 6 (0.24%) CMS
9 5 (0.20%) SAS
10 4 (0.16%) Oracle Workflow
11 2 (0.079%) Headless CMS
11 2 (0.079%) IIS
11 2 (0.079%) Luigi
11 2 (0.079%) Umbraco
12 1 (0.039%) Appian
12 1 (0.039%) Mendix
12 1 (0.039%) Oracle Application Server
Applications
1 1,172 (46.11%) Microsoft Excel
2 65 (2.56%) Microsoft Office
3 46 (1.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 26 (1.02%) Microsoft Project
5 25 (0.98%) Spreadsheet
6 24 (0.94%) MS Visio
7 7 (0.28%) Chatbot
8 2 (0.079%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 2 (0.079%) ProjectWise
9 1 (0.039%) Revit
Business Applications
1 49 (1.93%) Dynamics CRM
2 44 (1.73%) NetSuite
3 12 (0.47%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 11 (0.43%) Elite 3E
5 8 (0.31%) Carpe Diem
5 8 (0.31%) SAP S/4HANA
6 6 (0.24%) IBM Planning Analytics
6 6 (0.24%) Visualfiles
7 5 (0.20%) Dynamics NAV
7 5 (0.20%) SAP ERP
7 5 (0.20%) SAP PM
7 5 (0.20%) Shopify
8 4 (0.16%) Magento
9 3 (0.12%) Sage 200
10 2 (0.079%) Infor M3
10 2 (0.079%) Markit EDM
10 2 (0.079%) Unit4 Business World
10 2 (0.079%) Workday HCM
10 2 (0.079%) Workfront
11 1 (0.039%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 2,542 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 1,311 (51.57%) Azure
3 716 (28.17%) Azure AI
4 280 (11.01%) Power Automate
5 257 (10.11%) PowerApps
6 247 (9.72%) Microsoft 365
7 162 (6.37%) Dynamics 365
8 146 (5.74%) Azure Data Factory
9 144 (5.66%) AWS
10 125 (4.92%) Snowflake
11 112 (4.41%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 92 (3.62%) GCP
13 91 (3.58%) Azure DevOps
14 77 (3.03%) SaaS
15 76 (2.99%) Azure Logic Apps
16 70 (2.75%) dbt
16 70 (2.75%) Microsoft Purview
17 60 (2.36%) OneDrive
18 56 (2.20%) Entra ID
19 52 (2.05%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 17 (0.67%) Broadband
1 17 (0.67%) Firewall
2 11 (0.43%) DHCP
2 11 (0.43%) DNS
3 8 (0.31%) WAN
4 7 (0.28%) VPN
5 6 (0.24%) VoIP
6 4 (0.16%) Intranet
6 4 (0.16%) LAN
6 4 (0.16%) LTE
6 4 (0.16%) Network Security
6 4 (0.16%) SMS
7 3 (0.12%) NAS
7 3 (0.12%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (0.079%) Internet
8 2 (0.079%) VLAN
8 2 (0.079%) Wireless
9 1 (0.039%) Modbus
9 1 (0.039%) MQTT
9 1 (0.039%) Softphone
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1,017 (40.01%) Tableau
2 214 (8.42%) Data Warehouse
3 176 (6.92%) SQL Server
4 128 (5.04%) Data Lake
5 122 (4.80%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 121 (4.76%) Power Query
7 81 (3.19%) Azure SQL Database
8 74 (2.91%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 71 (2.79%) Looker
10 57 (2.24%) Relational Database
11 54 (2.12%) BigQuery
12 43 (1.69%) Star Schema
13 40 (1.57%) Amazon Redshift
14 39 (1.53%) Metadata
15 35 (1.38%) Big Data
16 31 (1.22%) PostgreSQL
17 30 (1.18%) MySQL
18 27 (1.06%) Semantic Layer
18 27 (1.06%) Snowflake Schema
19 23 (0.90%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 60 (2.36%) Git
2 48 (1.89%) JIRA
3 29 (1.14%) MLflow
4 23 (0.90%) Visual Studio
5 14 (0.55%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 7 (0.28%) Jenkins
7 5 (0.20%) Oracle Forms
8 2 (0.079%) 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 1,387 (54.56%) Social Skills
2 563 (22.15%) Analytical Skills
3 553 (21.75%) Finance
4 136 (5.35%) Law
5 124 (4.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 106 (4.17%) Marketing
7 104 (4.09%) Public Sector
8 103 (4.05%) Legal
9 102 (4.01%) Retail
10 88 (3.46%) Organisational Skills
11 79 (3.11%) Manufacturing
12 36 (1.42%) Banking
13 32 (1.26%) Documentation Skills
14 29 (1.14%) Telecoms
15 27 (1.06%) Influencing Skills
16 25 (0.98%) Military
16 25 (0.98%) Presentation Skills
17 24 (0.94%) Billing
18 22 (0.87%) Advertising
19 21 (0.83%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 1,242 (48.86%) Analyst
2 916 (36.03%) Data Analyst
3 737 (28.99%) Junior
4 727 (28.60%) Junior Analyst
5 716 (28.17%) Junior Data Analyst
6 299 (11.76%) Senior
7 276 (10.86%) Developer
8 172 (6.77%) Data Engineer
9 144 (5.66%) Lead
10 92 (3.62%) Business Intelligence Analyst
11 82 (3.23%) Architect
12 76 (2.99%) Business Intelligence Developer
13 72 (2.83%) Data Manager
14 70 (2.75%) Business Analyst
15 67 (2.64%) Senior Analyst
16 59 (2.32%) Power Platform Developer
17 57 (2.24%) Systems Analyst
18 54 (2.12%) Data Architect
19 53 (2.08%) Consultant
19 53 (2.08%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 110 (4.33%) .NET
2 58 (2.28%) HTML
2 58 (2.28%) REST
3 57 (2.24%) PySpark
4 54 (2.12%) CSS
5 49 (1.93%) JSON
6 42 (1.65%) HTML5 Canvas
7 39 (1.53%) Kafka
8 37 (1.46%) .NET Core
9 32 (1.26%) scikit-learn
10 31 (1.22%) PyTorch
10 31 (1.22%) XML
11 27 (1.06%) Microsoft Graph
12 26 (1.02%) TensorFlow
13 24 (0.94%) LangChain
13 24 (0.94%) LlamaIndex
13 24 (0.94%) Middleware
14 23 (0.90%) pgvector
15 20 (0.79%) EDI
15 20 (0.79%) SPFx
Miscellaneous
1 138 (5.43%) Management Information System
2 79 (3.11%) Data Structures
3 56 (2.20%) Cloud Native
4 55 (2.16%) Analytical Mindset
5 49 (1.93%) Onboarding
6 42 (1.65%) Product Ownership
7 33 (1.30%) Legacy Systems
7 33 (1.30%) Self-Motivation
8 26 (1.02%) Public Cloud
9 25 (0.98%) Clustering
10 21 (0.83%) Low-Code
11 19 (0.75%) NHS
11 19 (0.75%) Social Media
12 17 (0.67%) Driving Licence
13 16 (0.63%) Greenfield Project
14 14 (0.55%) Enterprise Cloud
15 13 (0.51%) AI Agents
15 13 (0.51%) Enterprise Software
15 13 (0.51%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
16 11 (0.43%) Educational Technology
Operating Systems
1 47 (1.85%) Windows
2 21 (0.83%) Linux
2 21 (0.83%) Windows Server
3 10 (0.39%) VMS
4 4 (0.16%) Unix
4 4 (0.16%) Windows 10
4 4 (0.16%) Windows Server 2019
5 3 (0.12%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.079%) Android
6 2 (0.079%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.039%) Solaris
7 1 (0.039%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.039%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,394 (94.18%) Business Intelligence
2 1,067 (41.97%) AI
3 725 (28.52%) Analytics
4 480 (18.88%) Decision-Making
5 474 (18.65%) Problem-Solving
6 438 (17.23%) Data Modelling
7 364 (14.32%) Continuous Improvement
8 332 (13.06%) Visualisation
9 282 (11.09%) Agile
10 280 (11.01%) ETL
11 278 (10.94%) Data Governance
12 232 (9.13%) Data Engineering
13 231 (9.09%) ERP
14 230 (9.05%) Data Visualisation
15 229 (9.01%) Actionable Insight
16 220 (8.65%) Stakeholder Management
17 216 (8.50%) Data Analysis
17 216 (8.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 209 (8.22%) Data Pipeline
19 196 (7.71%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 1,706 (67.11%) SQL
2 1,094 (43.04%) Python
3 165 (6.49%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 154 (6.06%) C#
5 102 (4.01%) JavaScript
6 71 (2.79%) PowerShell
7 55 (2.16%) T-SQL
8 54 (2.12%) VBA
9 41 (1.61%) R
10 27 (1.06%) TypeScript
11 22 (0.87%) Kusto Query Language
12 18 (0.71%) Scala
13 13 (0.51%) Java
14 8 (0.31%) VB
14 8 (0.31%) VBScript
15 6 (0.24%) Julia
16 5 (0.20%) Bicep
17 4 (0.16%) PHP
17 4 (0.16%) PL/SQL
17 4 (0.16%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 742 (29.19%) Azure Certification
2 258 (10.15%) Degree
3 99 (3.89%) Security Cleared
4 85 (3.34%) ACCA
5 80 (3.15%) CIMA
6 79 (3.11%) SC Cleared
7 46 (1.81%) Microsoft Certification
8 39 (1.53%) DBS Check
9 29 (1.14%) Computer Science Degree
10 28 (1.10%) AAT
11 23 (0.90%) PMI Certification
12 22 (0.87%) PMP
13 16 (0.63%) Master's Degree
14 13 (0.51%) BPSS Clearance
15 10 (0.39%) CompTIA CySA+
15 10 (0.39%) CompTIA Security+
15 10 (0.39%) SSCP
16 7 (0.28%) HND
16 7 (0.28%) Postgraduate
17 5 (0.20%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 350 (13.77%) Data Quality
2 128 (5.04%) GDPR
3 84 (3.30%) QA
4 48 (1.89%) Accessibility
5 47 (1.85%) SLA
6 40 (1.57%) PMO
7 37 (1.46%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 30 (1.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 17 (0.67%) TickIT
10 15 (0.59%) Actionable Recommendations
10 15 (0.59%) NIST
11 13 (0.51%) GRC
12 7 (0.28%) IFRS
13 6 (0.24%) ISO 9001
14 5 (0.20%) PERC
15 4 (0.16%) Cyber Essentials
15 4 (0.16%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 4 (0.16%) GAAP
15 4 (0.16%) ITGC
15 4 (0.16%) NIST 800
System Software
1 48 (1.89%) Active Directory
2 17 (0.67%) Docker
3 8 (0.31%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (0.28%) Virtual Desktop
5 5 (0.20%) BitLocker
6 3 (0.12%) Terminal Services
7 2 (0.079%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.079%) IAG
8 1 (0.039%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 25 (0.98%) Terraform
2 14 (0.55%) Kubernetes
2 14 (0.55%) Microsoft Intune
3 10 (0.39%) FortiGate
4 6 (0.24%) Single Sign-On
5 5 (0.20%) SCCM
6 4 (0.16%) Ansible
7 2 (0.079%) Control-M
7 2 (0.079%) 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 1,419 (55.82%) Microsoft
2 189 (7.44%) Databricks
3 92 (3.62%) SAP
4 80 (3.15%) Oracle
5 62 (2.44%) Google
6 44 (1.73%) Salesforce
7 29 (1.14%) Adobe
7 29 (1.14%) Intapp
7 29 (1.14%) Sage
8 28 (1.10%) Alteryx
9 24 (0.94%) Cloudera
10 23 (0.90%) Dell
11 22 (0.87%) Informatica
12 20 (0.79%) ServiceNow
13 19 (0.75%) Concur
14 16 (0.63%) iManage
15 14 (0.55%) Cognos
16 13 (0.51%) Aderant
16 13 (0.51%) HubSpot
17 11 (0.43%) Yardi