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 3 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 59 77 60
Rank change year-on-year +18 -17 +17
Permanent jobs citing Power BI 2,516 1,477 3,242
As % of all permanent jobs in England 3.02% 3.80% 3.62%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 34.95% 22.87% 21.67%
Number of salaries quoted 1,269 1,065 2,596
10th Percentile £35,000 £35,000 £32,550
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £41,500
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 £68,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,767 £85,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +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 7,199 6,459 14,963
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 8.65% 16.64% 16.72%
Number of salaries quoted 4,662 4,302 11,446
10th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £42,725
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -11.54%
75th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £115,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -11.54%

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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 3 June 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 3 June 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 +49 621 £45,000 -14.29% 168
London -13 588 £70,000 - 335
Midlands +27 452 £47,500 -11.37% 100
South East +36 421 £57,500 +15.00% 189
North West +44 278 £46,500 -13.49% 94
Yorkshire +48 274 £42,500 -15.00% 54
West Midlands +12 263 £47,085 -14.39% 61
South West +10 218 £43,500 -25.32% 61
East of England +42 198 £60,000 +32.96% 41
East Midlands +37 187 £50,000 +5.26% 39
North East +3 69 £41,500 -12.63% 23
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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
1 157 (6.24%) SharePoint
2 45 (1.79%) Apache Airflow
2 45 (1.79%) Apache Spark
3 42 (1.67%) Microsoft Exchange
4 10 (0.40%) Apache
5 8 (0.32%) Confluence
5 8 (0.32%) SAS
6 7 (0.28%) WordPress
7 6 (0.24%) ArcGIS
7 6 (0.24%) CMS
8 2 (0.079%) Headless CMS
8 2 (0.079%) IIS
8 2 (0.079%) Luigi
8 2 (0.079%) Oracle Application Server
8 2 (0.079%) Oracle Workflow
8 2 (0.079%) Palantir Foundry
8 2 (0.079%) Umbraco
9 1 (0.040%) Appian
9 1 (0.040%) Drupal
9 1 (0.040%) Mendix
Applications
1 1,253 (49.80%) Microsoft Excel
2 56 (2.23%) Microsoft Office
3 35 (1.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 26 (1.03%) Microsoft Project
4 26 (1.03%) MS Visio
4 26 (1.03%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.079%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 2 (0.079%) Trello
6 1 (0.040%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.040%) ProjectWise
6 1 (0.040%) Revit
Business Applications
1 46 (1.83%) Dynamics CRM
2 19 (0.76%) NetSuite
3 12 (0.48%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 10 (0.40%) Dynamics AX
5 9 (0.36%) SAP CO
6 8 (0.32%) IBM Planning Analytics
7 7 (0.28%) Dynamics NAV
8 6 (0.24%) NEC Housing
8 6 (0.24%) SAP S/4HANA
9 5 (0.20%) Sage 200
9 5 (0.20%) SAP ERP
9 5 (0.20%) SAP PM
9 5 (0.20%) Shopify
10 4 (0.16%) Magento
11 3 (0.12%) Elite 3E
11 3 (0.12%) Integrated Workplace Management System
11 3 (0.12%) Markit EDM
12 2 (0.079%) Aladdin
12 2 (0.079%) Q-Pulse
12 2 (0.079%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 2,516 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 1,404 (55.80%) Azure
3 851 (33.82%) Azure AI
4 244 (9.70%) Power Automate
5 218 (8.66%) Microsoft 365
6 211 (8.39%) PowerApps
7 136 (5.41%) Azure Data Factory
8 133 (5.29%) Dynamics 365
9 119 (4.73%) Snowflake
10 117 (4.65%) AWS
11 111 (4.41%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 82 (3.26%) Azure DevOps
13 79 (3.14%) dbt
14 69 (2.74%) GCP
15 64 (2.54%) Azure Logic Apps
16 61 (2.42%) Microsoft Purview
16 61 (2.42%) SaaS
17 55 (2.19%) Entra ID
18 46 (1.83%) Microsoft Copilot
18 46 (1.83%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 17 (0.68%) Broadband
2 12 (0.48%) Firewall
3 10 (0.40%) DHCP
3 10 (0.40%) DNS
4 7 (0.28%) Intranet
4 7 (0.28%) VoIP
5 6 (0.24%) WAN
6 4 (0.16%) LTE
6 4 (0.16%) VPN
6 4 (0.16%) Wi-Fi
7 3 (0.12%) Modbus
7 3 (0.12%) MQTT
7 3 (0.12%) NAS
7 3 (0.12%) SMS
8 2 (0.079%) Internet
8 2 (0.079%) Network Security
9 1 (0.040%) FTP
9 1 (0.040%) Softphone
9 1 (0.040%) TCP/IP
9 1 (0.040%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1,119 (44.48%) Tableau
2 174 (6.92%) Data Warehouse
3 163 (6.48%) SQL Server
4 117 (4.65%) Power Query
5 116 (4.61%) Data Lake
6 108 (4.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 68 (2.70%) Looker
7 68 (2.70%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 66 (2.62%) Azure SQL Database
9 51 (2.03%) BigQuery
10 50 (1.99%) Relational Database
11 43 (1.71%) Amazon Redshift
11 43 (1.71%) Big Data
12 34 (1.35%) Star Schema
13 33 (1.31%) Metadata
14 29 (1.15%) Snowflake Schema
15 28 (1.11%) PostgreSQL
16 24 (0.95%) MySQL
17 23 (0.91%) Elasticsearch
17 23 (0.91%) PowerPivot
Development Applications
1 58 (2.31%) Git
2 39 (1.55%) JIRA
3 26 (1.03%) MLflow
4 24 (0.95%) Visual Studio
5 15 (0.60%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 6 (0.24%) Jenkins
7 5 (0.20%) Oracle Forms
8 3 (0.12%) Postman
9 2 (0.079%) DBeaver
10 1 (0.040%) Axure RP
10 1 (0.040%) Bitbucket
10 1 (0.040%) Browser DevTools
10 1 (0.040%) ERwin
10 1 (0.040%) NUnit
10 1 (0.040%) PowerDesigner
10 1 (0.040%) Selenium
10 1 (0.040%) Toad
General
1 1,440 (57.23%) Social Skills
2 539 (21.42%) Analytical Skills
3 487 (19.36%) Finance
4 122 (4.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 103 (4.09%) Law
6 98 (3.90%) Public Sector
7 94 (3.74%) Marketing
8 89 (3.54%) Retail
9 81 (3.22%) Legal
10 65 (2.58%) Manufacturing
11 60 (2.38%) Organisational Skills
12 39 (1.55%) Presentation Skills
13 32 (1.27%) Documentation Skills
14 30 (1.19%) Influencing Skills
15 26 (1.03%) Banking
16 24 (0.95%) Telecoms
17 18 (0.72%) Social Housing
18 17 (0.68%) Advertising
18 17 (0.68%) Automotive
18 17 (0.68%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 1,346 (53.50%) Analyst
2 1,051 (41.77%) Data Analyst
3 871 (34.62%) Junior
4 865 (34.38%) Junior Analyst
5 856 (34.02%) Junior Data Analyst
6 279 (11.09%) Senior
7 251 (9.98%) Developer
8 139 (5.52%) Data Engineer
9 131 (5.21%) Lead
10 88 (3.50%) Business Intelligence Developer
11 85 (3.38%) Business Intelligence Analyst
12 76 (3.02%) Architect
13 73 (2.90%) Data Manager
14 71 (2.82%) Business Analyst
15 67 (2.66%) Senior Analyst
16 59 (2.34%) Power BI Developer
17 57 (2.27%) Power BI Analyst
18 52 (2.07%) Systems Analyst
19 50 (1.99%) Consultant
19 50 (1.99%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 89 (3.54%) .NET
2 54 (2.15%) HTML
3 52 (2.07%) CSS
4 49 (1.95%) JSON
5 46 (1.83%) PySpark
6 44 (1.75%) REST
7 41 (1.63%) HTML5 Canvas
8 37 (1.47%) XML
9 35 (1.39%) .NET Core
9 35 (1.39%) Kafka
10 29 (1.15%) PyTorch
10 29 (1.15%) scikit-learn
11 24 (0.95%) Microsoft Graph
11 24 (0.95%) Middleware
12 23 (0.91%) LangChain
12 23 (0.91%) LlamaIndex
12 23 (0.91%) pgvector
12 23 (0.91%) TensorFlow
13 21 (0.83%) EDI
14 20 (0.79%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 95 (3.78%) Management Information System
2 57 (2.27%) Data Structures
3 54 (2.15%) Analytical Mindset
4 48 (1.91%) Cloud Native
5 37 (1.47%) Onboarding
6 32 (1.27%) Legacy Systems
6 32 (1.27%) Product Ownership
7 27 (1.07%) Clustering
7 27 (1.07%) Self-Motivation
8 26 (1.03%) Low-Code
8 26 (1.03%) Public Cloud
9 24 (0.95%) NHS
10 19 (0.76%) Social Media
11 18 (0.72%) Enterprise Cloud
12 14 (0.56%) Enterprise Software
12 14 (0.56%) Greenfield Project
13 12 (0.48%) Driving Licence
13 12 (0.48%) FMCG
14 11 (0.44%) Replication
15 9 (0.36%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 37 (1.47%) Windows
2 19 (0.76%) Windows Server
3 15 (0.60%) Linux
4 12 (0.48%) VMS
5 6 (0.24%) Unix
6 4 (0.16%) Windows 10
7 3 (0.12%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.079%) Android
8 2 (0.079%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.040%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.040%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.040%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.040%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,376 (94.44%) Business Intelligence
2 1,113 (44.24%) AI
3 651 (25.87%) Analytics
4 445 (17.69%) Decision-Making
5 390 (15.50%) Problem-Solving
6 381 (15.14%) Data Modelling
7 329 (13.08%) Visualisation
8 297 (11.80%) Continuous Improvement
9 256 (10.17%) ETL
10 233 (9.26%) Data Visualisation
11 229 (9.10%) Data Governance
12 227 (9.02%) Agile
13 208 (8.27%) Data Engineering
14 194 (7.71%) Actionable Insight
14 194 (7.71%) Data Analysis
15 192 (7.63%) ERP
16 174 (6.92%) Data Pipeline
16 174 (6.92%) Project Management
17 172 (6.84%) Data Management
18 171 (6.80%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 1,719 (68.32%) SQL
2 1,235 (49.09%) Python
3 148 (5.88%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 126 (5.01%) C#
5 91 (3.62%) JavaScript
6 76 (3.02%) PowerShell
7 65 (2.58%) VBA
8 56 (2.23%) T-SQL
9 47 (1.87%) R
10 25 (0.99%) TypeScript
11 19 (0.76%) Kusto Query Language
12 13 (0.52%) Java
13 12 (0.48%) Scala
14 9 (0.36%) Delphi
14 9 (0.36%) VBScript
15 7 (0.28%) VB
16 6 (0.24%) Bicep
16 6 (0.24%) Julia
17 3 (0.12%) PL/SQL
17 3 (0.12%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 878 (34.90%) Azure Certification
2 262 (10.41%) Degree
3 85 (3.38%) Security Cleared
4 65 (2.58%) SC Cleared
5 61 (2.42%) ACCA
6 58 (2.31%) CIMA
7 40 (1.59%) Microsoft Certification
7 40 (1.59%) PMI Certification
7 40 (1.59%) PMP
8 34 (1.35%) DBS Check
9 30 (1.19%) Computer Science Degree
10 23 (0.91%) Master's Degree
11 16 (0.64%) AAT
12 11 (0.44%) CompTIA Security+
12 11 (0.44%) MBA
13 10 (0.40%) CompTIA CySA+
13 10 (0.40%) SSCP
14 8 (0.32%) APMP
15 7 (0.28%) Postgraduate
16 6 (0.24%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 289 (11.49%) Data Quality
2 119 (4.73%) GDPR
3 68 (2.70%) QA
4 51 (2.03%) SLA
5 39 (1.55%) Accessibility
6 38 (1.51%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 32 (1.27%) PMO
8 28 (1.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 17 (0.68%) TickIT
10 16 (0.64%) NIST
11 14 (0.56%) GRC
12 12 (0.48%) Actionable Recommendations
13 9 (0.36%) IFRS
14 4 (0.16%) GAAP
14 4 (0.16%) IFRS 17
14 4 (0.16%) ITGC
14 4 (0.16%) NIST 800
14 4 (0.16%) PERC
15 2 (0.079%) GxP
15 2 (0.079%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 56 (2.23%) Active Directory
2 14 (0.56%) Docker
3 9 (0.36%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (0.20%) Virtual Desktop
5 4 (0.16%) BitLocker
6 3 (0.12%) Terminal Services
6 3 (0.12%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (0.079%) IAG
8 1 (0.040%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 16 (0.64%) Terraform
2 13 (0.52%) Kubernetes
3 9 (0.36%) Microsoft Intune
4 7 (0.28%) FortiGate
5 5 (0.20%) SCCM
6 4 (0.16%) Ansible
6 4 (0.16%) Single Sign-On
7 3 (0.12%) Control-M
8 2 (0.079%) Microsoft Clustering
8 2 (0.079%) MOM
9 1 (0.040%) Grafana
9 1 (0.040%) SQL Sentry
9 1 (0.040%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 1,452 (57.71%) Microsoft
2 164 (6.52%) Databricks
3 90 (3.58%) SAP
4 78 (3.10%) Oracle
5 56 (2.23%) Google
6 38 (1.51%) Salesforce
7 32 (1.27%) ServiceNow
8 31 (1.23%) Adobe
8 31 (1.23%) Informatica
9 27 (1.07%) Alteryx
10 24 (0.95%) Cloudera
11 23 (0.91%) Dell
11 23 (0.91%) Intapp
12 17 (0.68%) Sage
13 16 (0.64%) Anaplan
14 14 (0.56%) Cognos
15 13 (0.52%) iManage
15 13 (0.52%) Verint
16 12 (0.48%) Concur
16 12 (0.48%) HubSpot