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 11 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 65 69 76
Rank change year-on-year +4 +7 -11
Permanent jobs citing Power BI 2,356 1,701 2,073
As % of all permanent jobs in England 2.35% 3.91% 3.00%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 29.52% 26.27% 19.32%
Number of salaries quoted 1,523 1,194 1,417
10th Percentile £34,300 £31,713 £36,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - -8.33% +4.35%
75th Percentile £74,000 £70,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £87,500 £94,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% +9.09%

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 7,980 6,474 10,730
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 7.97% 14.90% 15.51%
Number of salaries quoted 5,584 4,199 6,684
10th Percentile £36,250 £33,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,750 £45,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.83% -6.92% +0.78%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £87,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £110,000 £118,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year - -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 11 September 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 11 September 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 -22 696 £70,000 +6.06% 587
North of England +88 558 £46,000 -12.38% 218
Midlands +15 397 £51,356 +2.71% 181
South East -33 324 £52,500 -4.55% 287
North West +61 283 £50,000 -9.09% 117
West Midlands +7 243 £51,928 -2.02% 117
South West -21 211 £42,500 -15.00% 109
Yorkshire +49 195 £43,500 -3.33% 75
East Midlands +3 154 £48,750 +8.33% 64
East of England -17 149 £60,000 +50.00% 89
North East +4 80 £45,000 - 27
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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
1 207 (8.79%) SharePoint
2 42 (1.78%) Apache Spark
3 33 (1.40%) Apache Airflow
4 29 (1.23%) Microsoft Exchange
5 15 (0.64%) Apache
6 10 (0.42%) Confluence
7 9 (0.38%) WordPress
8 8 (0.34%) CMS
9 5 (0.21%) ArcGIS
9 5 (0.21%) SAS
10 4 (0.17%) Luigi
10 4 (0.17%) Oracle Workflow
11 3 (0.13%) IIS
12 2 (0.085%) Appian
12 2 (0.085%) Headless CMS
12 2 (0.085%) Oracle Application Server
12 2 (0.085%) Tornado
12 2 (0.085%) Umbraco
13 1 (0.042%) Moodle
13 1 (0.042%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 857 (36.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 65 (2.76%) Microsoft Office
3 40 (1.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 22 (0.93%) Microsoft Project
4 22 (0.93%) Spreadsheet
5 20 (0.85%) MS Visio
6 12 (0.51%) Chatbot
7 5 (0.21%) ProjectWise
8 3 (0.13%) Revit
9 2 (0.085%) AutoCAD
9 2 (0.085%) Navisworks
10 1 (0.042%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 1 (0.042%) Adobe Illustrator
10 1 (0.042%) InDesign
10 1 (0.042%) Inkscape
10 1 (0.042%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 56 (2.38%) Dynamics CRM
2 51 (2.16%) NetSuite
3 17 (0.72%) Elite 3E
4 14 (0.59%) Dynamics NAV
5 12 (0.51%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 11 (0.47%) Carpe Diem
6 11 (0.47%) IBM Planning Analytics
7 9 (0.38%) SAP S/4HANA
7 9 (0.38%) Visualfiles
8 6 (0.25%) Infor M3
9 5 (0.21%) SAP PM
10 4 (0.17%) Workday HCM
11 3 (0.13%) Magento
11 3 (0.13%) Payment Gateway
11 3 (0.13%) SAP ERP
11 3 (0.13%) Shopify
11 3 (0.13%) SystmOne
12 2 (0.085%) Dynamics GP
12 2 (0.085%) FastStats
12 2 (0.085%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 2,356 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 1,027 (43.59%) Azure
3 394 (16.72%) Azure AI
4 303 (12.86%) Power Automate
5 284 (12.05%) PowerApps
6 260 (11.04%) Microsoft 365
7 195 (8.28%) Dynamics 365
8 165 (7.00%) AWS
8 165 (7.00%) Azure Data Factory
9 126 (5.35%) Azure DevOps
10 105 (4.46%) Snowflake
11 100 (4.24%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 94 (3.99%) GCP
13 84 (3.57%) Microsoft Copilot
14 75 (3.18%) Microsoft Purview
15 69 (2.93%) SaaS
16 67 (2.84%) Azure Logic Apps
17 60 (2.55%) OneDrive
18 51 (2.16%) Google Analytics
19 48 (2.04%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 16 (0.68%) Firewall
2 13 (0.55%) Broadband
3 8 (0.34%) DHCP
3 8 (0.34%) DNS
3 8 (0.34%) LAN
3 8 (0.34%) WAN
4 7 (0.30%) VPN
5 6 (0.25%) VoIP
6 5 (0.21%) Network Security
6 5 (0.21%) SMS
7 4 (0.17%) LTE
7 4 (0.17%) MQTT
7 4 (0.17%) Wi-Fi
8 3 (0.13%) NAS
9 2 (0.085%) Intranet
9 2 (0.085%) VLAN
9 2 (0.085%) Wireless
10 1 (0.042%) IP Telephony
10 1 (0.042%) Modbus
10 1 (0.042%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 689 (29.24%) Tableau
2 237 (10.06%) Data Warehouse
3 174 (7.39%) SQL Server
4 141 (5.98%) Data Lake
5 136 (5.77%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 123 (5.22%) Power Query
7 99 (4.20%) Azure SQL Database
8 85 (3.61%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 73 (3.10%) Looker
10 67 (2.84%) Relational Database
11 63 (2.67%) Metadata
12 51 (2.16%) Star Schema
13 46 (1.95%) BigQuery
14 34 (1.44%) Big Data
15 31 (1.32%) Semantic Layer
16 29 (1.23%) NoSQL
17 28 (1.19%) Amazon Redshift
18 27 (1.15%) Delta Lake
18 27 (1.15%) SQL Server Analysis Services
19 25 (1.06%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 87 (3.69%) Git
2 52 (2.21%) JIRA
3 21 (0.89%) MLflow
4 14 (0.59%) Visual Studio
5 13 (0.55%) Jenkins
6 9 (0.38%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 5 (0.21%) Oracle Forms
8 4 (0.17%) GitLab
9 2 (0.085%) Ant
9 2 (0.085%) Apache Ivy
9 2 (0.085%) ERwin
9 2 (0.085%) IBM UrbanCode
9 2 (0.085%) Maven
9 2 (0.085%) Visual Studio Code
10 1 (0.042%) Browser DevTools
10 1 (0.042%) ER Studio
10 1 (0.042%) kappa
10 1 (0.042%) PowerDesigner
10 1 (0.042%) Toad
General
1 1,136 (48.22%) Social Skills
2 628 (26.66%) Finance
3 619 (26.27%) Analytical Skills
4 155 (6.58%) Law
5 139 (5.90%) Legal
6 128 (5.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 128 (5.43%) Marketing
7 127 (5.39%) Retail
8 125 (5.31%) Organisational Skills
9 112 (4.75%) Manufacturing
10 106 (4.50%) Public Sector
11 50 (2.12%) Banking
12 42 (1.78%) Documentation Skills
13 36 (1.53%) Influencing Skills
14 34 (1.44%) Billing
15 29 (1.23%) Presentation Skills
15 29 (1.23%) Telecoms
16 27 (1.15%) Military
17 24 (1.02%) Social Housing
18 22 (0.93%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 913 (38.75%) Analyst
2 598 (25.38%) Data Analyst
3 405 (17.19%) Junior
4 397 (16.85%) Junior Analyst
5 384 (16.30%) Junior Data Analyst
6 308 (13.07%) Developer
7 295 (12.52%) Senior
8 181 (7.68%) Data Engineer
9 148 (6.28%) Lead
10 84 (3.57%) Business Intelligence Developer
11 83 (3.52%) Data Manager
12 80 (3.40%) Architect
13 78 (3.31%) Business Intelligence Analyst
14 76 (3.23%) Business Analyst
15 69 (2.93%) Senior Analyst
16 64 (2.72%) Consultant
16 64 (2.72%) Systems Analyst
17 58 (2.46%) Power Platform Developer
18 57 (2.42%) Data Architect
19 54 (2.29%) Applications Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 115 (4.88%) .NET
2 71 (3.01%) REST
3 70 (2.97%) HTML
4 64 (2.72%) PySpark
5 58 (2.46%) CSS
6 45 (1.91%) JSON
7 38 (1.61%) HTML5 Canvas
8 37 (1.57%) Kafka
9 36 (1.53%) .NET Core
10 30 (1.27%) PyTorch
11 29 (1.23%) XML
12 27 (1.15%) EDI
12 27 (1.15%) Microsoft Graph
13 26 (1.10%) scikit-learn
14 25 (1.06%) TensorFlow
15 24 (1.02%) Middleware
15 24 (1.02%) Terraform
16 23 (0.98%) ASP.NET
17 19 (0.81%) HTML5
18 18 (0.76%) SPFx
Miscellaneous
1 160 (6.79%) Management Information System
2 72 (3.06%) Data Structures
3 59 (2.50%) Product Ownership
4 49 (2.08%) Onboarding
4 49 (2.08%) Self-Motivation
5 44 (1.87%) Cloud Native
6 40 (1.70%) Analytical Mindset
7 37 (1.57%) Legacy Systems
8 29 (1.23%) Greenfield Project
9 28 (1.19%) Enterprise Software
10 25 (1.06%) Driving Licence
11 23 (0.98%) AI Agents
11 23 (0.98%) Public Cloud
12 21 (0.89%) NHS
13 20 (0.85%) Social Media
14 19 (0.81%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 19 (0.81%) Low-Code
15 17 (0.72%) FMCG
16 16 (0.68%) Clustering
16 16 (0.68%) Educational Technology
Operating Systems
1 55 (2.33%) Windows
2 24 (1.02%) Linux
3 19 (0.81%) Windows Server
4 7 (0.30%) Windows Server 2019
5 4 (0.17%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.085%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.085%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.085%) Solaris
6 2 (0.085%) VMS
7 1 (0.042%) Android
7 1 (0.042%) Unix
7 1 (0.042%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,213 (93.93%) Business Intelligence
2 852 (36.16%) AI
3 793 (33.66%) Analytics
4 591 (25.08%) Problem-Solving
5 537 (22.79%) Decision-Making
6 462 (19.61%) Data Modelling
7 443 (18.80%) Continuous Improvement
8 363 (15.41%) Visualisation
9 310 (13.16%) Agile
10 297 (12.61%) Data Governance
11 296 (12.56%) Stakeholder Management
12 294 (12.48%) ETL
13 276 (11.71%) ERP
14 261 (11.08%) Data Engineering
15 257 (10.91%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 256 (10.87%) Actionable Insight
17 252 (10.70%) Data Visualisation
18 245 (10.40%) Data Analysis
19 226 (9.59%) Dashboard Development
20 214 (9.08%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 1,458 (61.88%) SQL
2 801 (34.00%) Python
3 181 (7.68%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 180 (7.64%) C#
5 129 (5.48%) JavaScript
6 60 (2.55%) PowerShell
7 49 (2.08%) T-SQL
8 47 (1.99%) VBA
9 46 (1.95%) R
10 31 (1.32%) TypeScript
11 21 (0.89%) Java
11 21 (0.89%) Scala
12 13 (0.55%) Kusto Query Language
13 6 (0.25%) VB
13 6 (0.25%) VB.NET
14 5 (0.21%) Julia
14 5 (0.21%) PHP
14 5 (0.21%) VBScript
15 4 (0.17%) XAML
16 3 (0.13%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 416 (17.66%) Azure Certification
2 276 (11.71%) Degree
3 123 (5.22%) Security Cleared
4 100 (4.24%) SC Cleared
5 87 (3.69%) ACCA
6 82 (3.48%) CIMA
7 48 (2.04%) Microsoft Certification
8 37 (1.57%) DBS Check
9 26 (1.10%) PMI Certification
10 23 (0.98%) PMP
11 21 (0.89%) Computer Science Degree
12 19 (0.81%) AAT
13 15 (0.64%) BPSS Clearance
13 15 (0.64%) Master's Degree
14 8 (0.34%) CFA
14 8 (0.34%) CompTIA CySA+
14 8 (0.34%) CompTIA Security+
14 8 (0.34%) SSCP
15 7 (0.30%) HND
15 7 (0.30%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 430 (18.25%) Data Quality
2 151 (6.41%) GDPR
3 86 (3.65%) QA
4 56 (2.38%) Accessibility
5 43 (1.83%) PMO
6 39 (1.66%) SLA
7 37 (1.57%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 22 (0.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 18 (0.76%) Actionable Recommendations
10 17 (0.72%) TickIT
11 13 (0.55%) NIST
12 9 (0.38%) GRC
13 8 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials
13 8 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 8 (0.34%) ISO 9001
14 6 (0.25%) GAAP
14 6 (0.25%) PERC
15 4 (0.17%) NIST 800
16 3 (0.13%) IFRS
17 2 (0.085%) ISO 19650
System Software
1 28 (1.19%) Active Directory
2 22 (0.93%) Docker
3 6 (0.25%) Virtual Desktop
3 6 (0.25%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.17%) BitLocker
5 3 (0.13%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.13%) Terminal Services
6 2 (0.085%) IAG
7 1 (0.042%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.042%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 16 (0.68%) Microsoft Intune
2 14 (0.59%) Kubernetes
3 10 (0.42%) FortiGate
4 6 (0.25%) Single Sign-On
5 4 (0.17%) Argo
6 3 (0.13%) Ansible
7 2 (0.085%) EnCase
7 2 (0.085%) FTK
7 2 (0.085%) Microsoft Clustering
7 2 (0.085%) Progress Chef
7 2 (0.085%) Puppet
7 2 (0.085%) SCCM
8 1 (0.042%) EMC NetWorker
8 1 (0.042%) Grafana
8 1 (0.042%) MOM
8 1 (0.042%) PaperCut
8 1 (0.042%) SQL Sentry
8 1 (0.042%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 1,199 (50.89%) Microsoft
2 196 (8.32%) Databricks
3 104 (4.41%) SAP
4 78 (3.31%) Google
5 74 (3.14%) Oracle
6 39 (1.66%) Salesforce
7 32 (1.36%) Sage
8 27 (1.15%) Intapp
9 26 (1.10%) Alteryx
10 22 (0.93%) Informatica
11 21 (0.89%) Adobe
12 19 (0.81%) ServiceNow
13 18 (0.76%) Concur
14 16 (0.68%) Aderant
14 16 (0.68%) Cloudera
14 16 (0.68%) iManage
15 15 (0.64%) Dell
16 12 (0.51%) HubSpot
16 12 (0.51%) SYSPRO
16 12 (0.51%) YouTube