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

6 months to
9 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 51 78 61
Rank change year-on-year +27 -17 +15
Permanent jobs citing Power BI 2,564 1,601 3,203
As % of all permanent jobs in England 2.96% 3.72% 3.56%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 32.77% 23.50% 22.05%
Number of salaries quoted 1,425 1,199 2,542
10th Percentile £35,000 £35,000 £34,075
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.51% +3.64% -
75th Percentile £74,000 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,790 £55,000
% change year-on-year -1.42% +1.44% -

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 7,824 6,813 14,527
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 9.02% 15.82% 16.16%
Number of salaries quoted 5,317 4,537 10,837
10th Percentile £36,250 £35,500 £35,442
25th Percentile £45,750 £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 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £110,500 £106,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -8.00%

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

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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 9 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 9 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 -9 639 £72,500 +6.23% 310
North of England +79 629 £46,000 -12.38% 135
Midlands +31 460 £47,500 -5.00% 107
South East +22 408 £52,500 +5.00% 174
North West +68 286 £48,000 -8.57% 65
Yorkshire +64 274 £44,000 -12.87% 53
West Midlands +24 268 £48,105 -10.40% 53
South West 0 223 £42,500 -22.73% 61
East Midlands +23 192 £47,500 +5.56% 54
East of England +31 185 £60,000 +37.93% 42
North East +8 69 £45,000 -5.26% 18
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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
1 176 (6.86%) SharePoint
2 47 (1.83%) Apache Spark
3 45 (1.76%) Apache Airflow
4 41 (1.60%) Microsoft Exchange
5 11 (0.43%) Apache
6 10 (0.39%) WordPress
7 8 (0.31%) Confluence
8 7 (0.27%) CMS
9 6 (0.23%) ArcGIS
9 6 (0.23%) SAS
10 4 (0.16%) Oracle Workflow
11 2 (0.078%) Headless CMS
11 2 (0.078%) IIS
11 2 (0.078%) Luigi
11 2 (0.078%) Oracle Application Server
11 2 (0.078%) Palantir Foundry
11 2 (0.078%) Umbraco
12 1 (0.039%) Appian
12 1 (0.039%) Drupal
12 1 (0.039%) Mendix
Applications
1 1,204 (46.96%) Microsoft Excel
2 66 (2.57%) Microsoft Office
3 44 (1.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 26 (1.01%) Spreadsheet
5 25 (0.98%) Microsoft Project
6 24 (0.94%) MS Visio
7 6 (0.23%) Chatbot
8 2 (0.078%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 2 (0.078%) ProjectWise
9 1 (0.039%) Revit
Business Applications
1 51 (1.99%) Dynamics CRM
2 38 (1.48%) NetSuite
3 12 (0.47%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 9 (0.35%) Elite 3E
5 8 (0.31%) SAP S/4HANA
6 7 (0.27%) Carpe Diem
7 6 (0.23%) Dynamics NAV
7 6 (0.23%) IBM Planning Analytics
8 5 (0.20%) SAP ERP
8 5 (0.20%) SAP PM
8 5 (0.20%) Shopify
9 4 (0.16%) Magento
10 3 (0.12%) Dynamics AX
10 3 (0.12%) Sage 200
10 3 (0.12%) SAP CO
10 3 (0.12%) Visualfiles
11 2 (0.078%) Infor M3
11 2 (0.078%) Markit EDM
11 2 (0.078%) SAP HR
11 2 (0.078%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 2,564 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 1,353 (52.77%) Azure
3 761 (29.68%) Azure AI
4 273 (10.65%) Power Automate
5 249 (9.71%) Microsoft 365
6 246 (9.59%) PowerApps
7 162 (6.32%) Dynamics 365
8 145 (5.66%) Azure Data Factory
9 135 (5.27%) AWS
10 119 (4.64%) Snowflake
11 116 (4.52%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 88 (3.43%) Azure DevOps
13 85 (3.32%) GCP
14 76 (2.96%) dbt
15 73 (2.85%) Azure Logic Apps
16 72 (2.81%) SaaS
17 69 (2.69%) Microsoft Purview
18 58 (2.26%) Entra ID
18 58 (2.26%) OneDrive
19 53 (2.07%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 17 (0.66%) Broadband
2 16 (0.62%) Firewall
3 10 (0.39%) DHCP
3 10 (0.39%) DNS
3 10 (0.39%) WAN
4 6 (0.23%) Intranet
4 6 (0.23%) VoIP
5 5 (0.20%) VPN
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 (0.078%) Internet
8 2 (0.078%) Modbus
8 2 (0.078%) MQTT
8 2 (0.078%) VLAN
9 1 (0.039%) TCP/IP
9 1 (0.039%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1,047 (40.83%) Tableau
2 206 (8.03%) Data Warehouse
3 172 (6.71%) SQL Server
4 122 (4.76%) Data Lake
5 120 (4.68%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 118 (4.60%) Power Query
7 77 (3.00%) Azure SQL Database
8 75 (2.93%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 67 (2.61%) Looker
10 61 (2.38%) Relational Database
11 53 (2.07%) BigQuery
12 45 (1.76%) Star Schema
13 41 (1.60%) Amazon Redshift
14 39 (1.52%) Metadata
15 36 (1.40%) Big Data
16 32 (1.25%) PostgreSQL
17 29 (1.13%) MySQL
18 28 (1.09%) Snowflake Schema
19 25 (0.98%) Semantic Layer
20 23 (0.90%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 57 (2.22%) Git
2 47 (1.83%) JIRA
3 27 (1.05%) MLflow
4 25 (0.98%) Visual Studio
5 15 (0.59%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 5 (0.20%) Jenkins
6 5 (0.20%) Oracle Forms
7 3 (0.12%) Postman
8 2 (0.078%) DBeaver
9 1 (0.039%) Browser DevTools
9 1 (0.039%) ERwin
9 1 (0.039%) NUnit
9 1 (0.039%) PowerDesigner
9 1 (0.039%) Selenium
9 1 (0.039%) Toad
9 1 (0.039%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 1,413 (55.11%) Social Skills
2 552 (21.53%) Analytical Skills
3 542 (21.14%) Finance
4 125 (4.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 124 (4.84%) Law
6 106 (4.13%) Public Sector
7 100 (3.90%) Marketing
8 98 (3.82%) Retail
9 96 (3.74%) Legal
10 83 (3.24%) Organisational Skills
11 80 (3.12%) Manufacturing
12 36 (1.40%) Documentation Skills
13 31 (1.21%) Banking
14 28 (1.09%) Telecoms
15 26 (1.01%) Influencing Skills
16 24 (0.94%) Military
16 24 (0.94%) Presentation Skills
17 21 (0.82%) Advertising
18 20 (0.78%) Billing
18 20 (0.78%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 1,299 (50.66%) Analyst
2 969 (37.79%) Data Analyst
3 782 (30.50%) Junior
4 775 (30.23%) Junior Analyst
5 762 (29.72%) Junior Data Analyst
6 290 (11.31%) Senior
7 278 (10.84%) Developer
8 165 (6.44%) Data Engineer
9 140 (5.46%) Lead
10 93 (3.63%) Business Intelligence Analyst
11 83 (3.24%) Business Intelligence Developer
12 76 (2.96%) Architect
13 73 (2.85%) Data Manager
14 72 (2.81%) Business Analyst
15 65 (2.54%) Senior Analyst
16 60 (2.34%) Power Platform Developer
17 59 (2.30%) Systems Analyst
18 55 (2.15%) Financial Analyst
18 55 (2.15%) Power BI Developer
18 55 (2.15%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 108 (4.21%) .NET
2 57 (2.22%) HTML
3 56 (2.18%) PySpark
4 55 (2.15%) CSS
4 55 (2.15%) REST
5 49 (1.91%) JSON
6 43 (1.68%) HTML5 Canvas
7 38 (1.48%) Kafka
8 36 (1.40%) .NET Core
9 32 (1.25%) XML
10 30 (1.17%) PyTorch
10 30 (1.17%) scikit-learn
11 26 (1.01%) Microsoft Graph
12 24 (0.94%) Middleware
12 24 (0.94%) TensorFlow
13 23 (0.90%) LangChain
13 23 (0.90%) LlamaIndex
13 23 (0.90%) pgvector
14 20 (0.78%) SPFx
15 19 (0.74%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 129 (5.03%) Management Information System
2 80 (3.12%) Data Structures
3 56 (2.18%) Analytical Mindset
4 54 (2.11%) Cloud Native
5 45 (1.76%) Onboarding
6 35 (1.37%) Self-Motivation
7 34 (1.33%) Product Ownership
8 32 (1.25%) Legacy Systems
9 26 (1.01%) Public Cloud
10 25 (0.98%) Clustering
11 21 (0.82%) Low-Code
11 21 (0.82%) NHS
12 19 (0.74%) Social Media
13 17 (0.66%) Driving Licence
14 16 (0.62%) Enterprise Cloud
15 14 (0.55%) Enterprise Software
16 13 (0.51%) Greenfield Project
17 12 (0.47%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
18 11 (0.43%) AI Agents
18 11 (0.43%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 45 (1.76%) Windows
2 20 (0.78%) Windows Server
3 19 (0.74%) Linux
4 11 (0.43%) VMS
5 5 (0.20%) Unix
6 4 (0.16%) Windows Server 2019
7 3 (0.12%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.12%) Windows 10
8 2 (0.078%) Android
8 2 (0.078%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.039%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.039%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,414 (94.15%) Business Intelligence
2 1,090 (42.51%) AI
3 718 (28.00%) Analytics
4 471 (18.37%) Decision-Making
5 452 (17.63%) Problem-Solving
6 419 (16.34%) Data Modelling
7 330 (12.87%) Continuous Improvement
8 329 (12.83%) Visualisation
9 280 (10.92%) ETL
10 265 (10.34%) Agile
11 264 (10.30%) Data Governance
12 235 (9.17%) ERP
13 230 (8.97%) Data Visualisation
14 229 (8.93%) Actionable Insight
15 217 (8.46%) Data Engineering
16 212 (8.27%) Data Analysis
17 201 (7.84%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 200 (7.80%) CRM
19 198 (7.72%) Data Pipeline
20 191 (7.45%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 1,730 (67.47%) SQL
2 1,136 (44.31%) Python
3 162 (6.32%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 152 (5.93%) C#
5 98 (3.82%) JavaScript
6 75 (2.93%) PowerShell
7 55 (2.15%) VBA
8 54 (2.11%) T-SQL
9 40 (1.56%) R
10 27 (1.05%) TypeScript
11 21 (0.82%) Kusto Query Language
12 15 (0.59%) Scala
13 13 (0.51%) Java
14 9 (0.35%) VBScript
15 7 (0.27%) VB
16 6 (0.23%) Delphi
16 6 (0.23%) Julia
17 5 (0.20%) Bicep
17 5 (0.20%) PHP
18 4 (0.16%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 788 (30.73%) Azure Certification
2 263 (10.26%) Degree
3 93 (3.63%) Security Cleared
4 85 (3.32%) ACCA
5 80 (3.12%) CIMA
6 74 (2.89%) SC Cleared
7 47 (1.83%) Microsoft Certification
8 35 (1.37%) DBS Check
9 32 (1.25%) Computer Science Degree
10 28 (1.09%) AAT
11 23 (0.90%) PMI Certification
11 23 (0.90%) PMP
12 19 (0.74%) Master's Degree
13 11 (0.43%) BPSS Clearance
13 11 (0.43%) CompTIA Security+
14 10 (0.39%) CompTIA CySA+
14 10 (0.39%) SSCP
15 7 (0.27%) HND
15 7 (0.27%) Postgraduate
16 6 (0.23%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 335 (13.07%) Data Quality
2 126 (4.91%) GDPR
3 83 (3.24%) QA
4 47 (1.83%) SLA
5 43 (1.68%) Accessibility
6 37 (1.44%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 37 (1.44%) PMO
7 31 (1.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 17 (0.66%) TickIT
9 16 (0.62%) Actionable Recommendations
10 15 (0.59%) NIST
11 13 (0.51%) GRC
12 8 (0.31%) IFRS
13 6 (0.23%) 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 53 (2.07%) Active Directory
2 14 (0.55%) Docker
3 9 (0.35%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (0.27%) Virtual Desktop
5 4 (0.16%) BitLocker
6 3 (0.12%) Terminal Services
7 2 (0.078%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.078%) IAG
7 2 (0.078%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 23 (0.90%) Terraform
2 14 (0.55%) Microsoft Intune
3 12 (0.47%) Kubernetes
4 10 (0.39%) FortiGate
5 6 (0.23%) Single Sign-On
6 5 (0.20%) SCCM
7 4 (0.16%) Ansible
8 2 (0.078%) Control-M
8 2 (0.078%) Microsoft Clustering
9 1 (0.039%) Grafana
9 1 (0.039%) MOM
9 1 (0.039%) SQL Sentry
9 1 (0.039%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 1,447 (56.44%) Microsoft
2 182 (7.10%) Databricks
3 97 (3.78%) SAP
4 85 (3.32%) Oracle
5 62 (2.42%) Google
6 43 (1.68%) Salesforce
7 31 (1.21%) Adobe
8 29 (1.13%) Informatica
9 28 (1.09%) Intapp
9 28 (1.09%) Sage
10 27 (1.05%) Alteryx
11 24 (0.94%) Cloudera
12 23 (0.90%) Dell
13 19 (0.74%) ServiceNow
14 18 (0.70%) Concur
15 16 (0.62%) iManage
16 14 (0.55%) Cognos
17 13 (0.51%) Aderant
17 13 (0.51%) HubSpot
18 10 (0.39%) SYSPRO