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

6 months to
10 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 65 69 76
Rank change year-on-year +4 +7 -10
Permanent jobs citing Power BI 2,353 1,703 2,058
As % of all permanent jobs in England 2.36% 3.92% 2.98%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 29.52% 26.26% 19.25%
Number of salaries quoted 1,523 1,195 1,414
10th Percentile £34,250 £32,004 £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 £75,000 £70,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £87,500 £94,625
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 7,972 6,486 10,690
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 7.99% 14.91% 15.49%
Number of salaries quoted 5,586 4,215 6,655
10th Percentile £36,250 £33,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,750 £45,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £61,182 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.93% -5.87% +0.78%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £87,500
90th Percentile £96,250 £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 10 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Power BI in England

Power BI
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 10 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 -25 690 £70,000 +5.66% 826
North of England +79 560 £46,000 -12.38% 249
Midlands +15 398 £51,356 +1.25% 198
South East -30 323 £52,500 -4.55% 285
North West +70 284 £50,000 -9.09% 153
West Midlands +9 244 £52,500 -3.23% 131
South West -21 211 £42,500 -15.00% 120
Yorkshire +52 196 £43,000 -4.44% 69
East Midlands +10 154 £48,750 +8.33% 67
East of England -13 151 £60,000 +50.00% 89
North East +1 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 (8.80%) SharePoint
2 42 (1.78%) Apache Spark
3 33 (1.40%) Apache Airflow
4 28 (1.19%) Microsoft Exchange
5 15 (0.64%) Apache
6 9 (0.38%) Confluence
6 9 (0.38%) WordPress
7 8 (0.34%) CMS
8 5 (0.21%) ArcGIS
8 5 (0.21%) SAS
9 4 (0.17%) Luigi
9 4 (0.17%) Oracle Workflow
10 2 (0.085%) Appian
10 2 (0.085%) Headless CMS
10 2 (0.085%) IIS
10 2 (0.085%) Oracle Application Server
10 2 (0.085%) Tornado
10 2 (0.085%) Umbraco
11 1 (0.042%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 856 (36.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 65 (2.76%) Microsoft Office
3 40 (1.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 22 (0.93%) Spreadsheet
5 21 (0.89%) Microsoft Project
6 20 (0.85%) MS Visio
7 12 (0.51%) Chatbot
8 5 (0.21%) ProjectWise
9 3 (0.13%) Revit
10 2 (0.085%) AutoCAD
10 2 (0.085%) Navisworks
11 1 (0.042%) Adobe Creative Suite
11 1 (0.042%) Adobe Illustrator
11 1 (0.042%) InDesign
11 1 (0.042%) Inkscape
11 1 (0.042%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 55 (2.34%) Dynamics CRM
2 51 (2.17%) 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%) Visualfiles
8 8 (0.34%) SAP S/4HANA
9 6 (0.25%) Infor M3
10 5 (0.21%) SAP PM
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
11 3 (0.13%) Workday HCM
12 2 (0.085%) FastStats
12 2 (0.085%) Sage 200
12 2 (0.085%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 2,353 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 1,027 (43.65%) Azure
3 394 (16.74%) Azure AI
4 303 (12.88%) Power Automate
5 286 (12.15%) PowerApps
6 260 (11.05%) Microsoft 365
7 196 (8.33%) Dynamics 365
8 165 (7.01%) Azure Data Factory
9 162 (6.88%) AWS
10 126 (5.35%) Azure DevOps
11 106 (4.50%) Snowflake
12 100 (4.25%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 94 (3.99%) GCP
14 83 (3.53%) Microsoft Copilot
15 76 (3.23%) Microsoft Purview
16 70 (2.97%) SaaS
17 68 (2.89%) Azure Logic Apps
18 61 (2.59%) OneDrive
19 51 (2.17%) Google Analytics
20 48 (2.04%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 15 (0.64%) Firewall
2 13 (0.55%) Broadband
3 8 (0.34%) LAN
3 8 (0.34%) WAN
4 7 (0.30%) DHCP
4 7 (0.30%) DNS
5 6 (0.25%) VoIP
5 6 (0.25%) VPN
6 5 (0.21%) Network Security
6 5 (0.21%) SMS
7 4 (0.17%) LTE
7 4 (0.17%) MQTT
8 3 (0.13%) NAS
8 3 (0.13%) Wi-Fi
9 2 (0.085%) Intranet
9 2 (0.085%) Wireless
10 1 (0.042%) Modbus
10 1 (0.042%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 689 (29.28%) Tableau
2 235 (9.99%) Data Warehouse
3 172 (7.31%) SQL Server
4 142 (6.03%) Data Lake
5 135 (5.74%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 124 (5.27%) Power Query
7 101 (4.29%) Azure SQL Database
8 85 (3.61%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 75 (3.19%) Looker
10 67 (2.85%) Relational Database
11 63 (2.68%) Metadata
12 51 (2.17%) Star Schema
13 46 (1.95%) BigQuery
14 32 (1.36%) Big Data
15 31 (1.32%) Semantic Layer
16 29 (1.23%) NoSQL
17 27 (1.15%) Amazon Redshift
17 27 (1.15%) Delta Lake
17 27 (1.15%) SQL Server Analysis Services
18 25 (1.06%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 86 (3.65%) 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%) NUnit
10 1 (0.042%) PowerDesigner
10 1 (0.042%) Toad
General
1 1,139 (48.41%) Social Skills
2 622 (26.43%) Finance
3 617 (26.22%) Analytical Skills
4 155 (6.59%) Law
5 140 (5.95%) Legal
6 128 (5.44%) Marketing
7 127 (5.40%) Retail
8 126 (5.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 125 (5.31%) Organisational Skills
10 111 (4.72%) Manufacturing
11 105 (4.46%) Public Sector
12 50 (2.12%) Banking
13 41 (1.74%) Documentation Skills
14 36 (1.53%) Influencing Skills
15 34 (1.44%) Billing
16 29 (1.23%) Presentation Skills
16 29 (1.23%) Telecoms
17 27 (1.15%) Military
18 24 (1.02%) Social Housing
19 22 (0.93%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 913 (38.80%) Analyst
2 599 (25.46%) Data Analyst
3 405 (17.21%) Junior
4 397 (16.87%) Junior Analyst
5 384 (16.32%) Junior Data Analyst
6 309 (13.13%) Developer
7 297 (12.62%) Senior
8 179 (7.61%) Data Engineer
9 147 (6.25%) Lead
10 84 (3.57%) Business Intelligence Developer
11 83 (3.53%) Data Manager
12 80 (3.40%) Architect
13 79 (3.36%) Business Intelligence Analyst
14 75 (3.19%) 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
1 117 (4.97%) .NET
2 72 (3.06%) REST
3 71 (3.02%) HTML
4 62 (2.63%) PySpark
5 59 (2.51%) CSS
6 46 (1.95%) JSON
7 39 (1.66%) HTML5 Canvas
8 37 (1.57%) .NET Core
8 37 (1.57%) Kafka
9 30 (1.27%) PyTorch
10 29 (1.23%) XML
11 28 (1.19%) Microsoft Graph
12 26 (1.10%) EDI
12 26 (1.10%) scikit-learn
13 25 (1.06%) TensorFlow
14 24 (1.02%) ASP.NET
14 24 (1.02%) Middleware
14 24 (1.02%) Terraform
15 19 (0.81%) HTML5
15 19 (0.81%) SPFx
Miscellaneous
1 158 (6.71%) Management Information System
2 72 (3.06%) Data Structures
3 59 (2.51%) Product Ownership
4 49 (2.08%) Onboarding
5 47 (2.00%) Self-Motivation
6 44 (1.87%) Cloud Native
7 40 (1.70%) Analytical Mindset
8 37 (1.57%) Legacy Systems
9 29 (1.23%) Enterprise Software
10 27 (1.15%) Greenfield Project
11 25 (1.06%) Driving Licence
12 23 (0.98%) AI Agents
12 23 (0.98%) Public Cloud
13 21 (0.89%) NHS
14 20 (0.85%) Social Media
15 19 (0.81%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
15 19 (0.81%) Low-Code
16 17 (0.72%) FMCG
17 16 (0.68%) Clustering
18 15 (0.64%) Educational Technology
Operating Systems
1 55 (2.34%) Windows
2 23 (0.98%) Linux
3 19 (0.81%) Windows Server
4 7 (0.30%) Windows Server 2019
5 4 (0.17%) Windows 10
6 3 (0.13%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.085%) Android
7 2 (0.085%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.085%) Solaris
7 2 (0.085%) VMS
8 1 (0.042%) Unix
8 1 (0.042%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,209 (93.88%) Business Intelligence
2 848 (36.04%) AI
3 793 (33.70%) Analytics
4 585 (24.86%) Problem-Solving
5 535 (22.74%) Decision-Making
6 459 (19.51%) Data Modelling
7 440 (18.70%) Continuous Improvement
8 362 (15.38%) Visualisation
9 310 (13.17%) Agile
10 295 (12.54%) Data Governance
10 295 (12.54%) Stakeholder Management
11 294 (12.49%) ETL
12 275 (11.69%) ERP
13 259 (11.01%) Data Engineering
14 257 (10.92%) Actionable Insight
14 257 (10.92%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 250 (10.62%) Data Visualisation
16 246 (10.45%) Data Analysis
17 227 (9.65%) Dashboard Development
18 216 (9.18%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 1,459 (62.01%) SQL
2 798 (33.91%) Python
3 181 (7.69%) C#
3 181 (7.69%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 130 (5.52%) JavaScript
5 61 (2.59%) PowerShell
6 49 (2.08%) T-SQL
7 47 (2.00%) R
7 47 (2.00%) VBA
8 33 (1.40%) TypeScript
9 21 (0.89%) Java
9 21 (0.89%) Scala
10 13 (0.55%) Kusto Query Language
11 6 (0.25%) Julia
11 6 (0.25%) VB
11 6 (0.25%) VB.NET
12 5 (0.21%) PHP
12 5 (0.21%) VBScript
13 4 (0.17%) XAML
14 3 (0.13%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 416 (17.68%) Azure Certification
2 274 (11.64%) Degree
3 121 (5.14%) Security Cleared
4 100 (4.25%) SC Cleared
5 88 (3.74%) ACCA
6 83 (3.53%) CIMA
7 49 (2.08%) Microsoft Certification
8 38 (1.61%) DBS Check
9 26 (1.10%) PMI Certification
10 23 (0.98%) PMP
11 20 (0.85%) Computer Science Degree
12 19 (0.81%) AAT
13 15 (0.64%) BPSS Clearance
14 14 (0.59%) Master's Degree
15 8 (0.34%) CompTIA CySA+
15 8 (0.34%) CompTIA Security+
15 8 (0.34%) SSCP
16 7 (0.30%) CFA
16 7 (0.30%) HND
16 7 (0.30%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 428 (18.19%) Data Quality
2 147 (6.25%) GDPR
3 87 (3.70%) QA
4 56 (2.38%) Accessibility
5 43 (1.83%) PMO
6 40 (1.70%) 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 7 (0.30%) GAAP
15 6 (0.25%) PERC
16 4 (0.17%) IFRS
16 4 (0.17%) NIST 800
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
4 5 (0.21%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (0.17%) BitLocker
6 3 (0.13%) Terminal Services
7 2 (0.085%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.085%) IAG
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%) SQL Sentry
8 1 (0.042%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 1,200 (51.00%) Microsoft
2 194 (8.24%) Databricks
3 102 (4.33%) SAP
4 79 (3.36%) Google
5 73 (3.10%) 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%) Adobe
10 22 (0.93%) Informatica
11 18 (0.76%) ServiceNow
12 17 (0.72%) Concur
13 16 (0.68%) Aderant
13 16 (0.68%) Cloudera
13 16 (0.68%) iManage
14 15 (0.64%) Dell
15 12 (0.51%) HubSpot
15 12 (0.51%) SYSPRO
15 12 (0.51%) YouTube