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 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 62 75 57
Rank change year-on-year +13 -18 +19
Permanent jobs citing Power BI 1,842 1,800 2,025
As % of all permanent jobs in England 3.54% 3.63% 4.47%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 31.11% 20.18% 21.71%
Number of salaries quoted 1,089 1,027 1,650
10th Percentile £35,938 £37,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £60,000 £56,700
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +5.82% -1.39%
75th Percentile £74,000 £76,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £88,750 £92,500 £86,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -1.79%

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 5,921 8,919 9,327
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 11.38% 17.99% 20.57%
Number of salaries quoted 3,883 5,081 7,402
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £36,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £47,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £97,261
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,779 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.43% +4.63% -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

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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 1 January 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 1 January 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 +15 653 £70,000 +3.70% 540
South East +26 349 £52,500 -11.21% 658
North of England +5 294 £50,000 +5.26% 505
Midlands +31 271 £50,000 +5.26% 471
West Midlands +14 180 £52,000 +9.47% 256
North West +2 166 £50,000 - 251
South West +35 144 £44,477 -7.34% 260
East of England -10 114 £46,750 -38.49% 326
Yorkshire -4 100 £47,500 - 214
East Midlands +37 89 £45,390 -1.86% 196
North East +25 28 £47,500 -7.32% 42
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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
1 118 (6.41%) SharePoint
2 16 (0.87%) Apache Spark
2 16 (0.87%) SAS
3 14 (0.76%) Apache Airflow
3 14 (0.76%) Microsoft Exchange
4 13 (0.71%) Confluence
5 10 (0.54%) SugarCRM
6 5 (0.27%) WordPress
7 4 (0.22%) Umbraco
8 3 (0.16%) Apache
8 3 (0.16%) CMS
9 2 (0.11%) Moodle
10 1 (0.054%) Apache Superset
10 1 (0.054%) Jupyter
Applications
1 806 (43.76%) Microsoft Excel
2 65 (3.53%) Microsoft Office
3 51 (2.77%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 19 (1.03%) Microsoft Project
5 12 (0.65%) MS Visio
5 12 (0.65%) Spreadsheet
6 11 (0.60%) Maya
7 10 (0.54%) Trello
8 5 (0.27%) Chatbot
9 2 (0.11%) AutoCAD
9 2 (0.11%) Revit
10 1 (0.054%) Acrobat
10 1 (0.054%) Adobe Illustrator
10 1 (0.054%) Adobe XD
10 1 (0.054%) InDesign
10 1 (0.054%) Oracle Smart View
10 1 (0.054%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 78 (4.23%) Dynamics CRM
2 10 (0.54%) NetSuite
3 9 (0.49%) Elite 3E
3 9 (0.49%) SAP Business One
3 9 (0.49%) Shopify
4 7 (0.38%) Visualfiles
5 6 (0.33%) Dynamics AX
5 6 (0.33%) Dynamics NAV
6 5 (0.27%) IBM Planning Analytics
6 5 (0.27%) NEC Housing
7 4 (0.22%) Oracle Payables
7 4 (0.22%) Oracle Receivables
7 4 (0.22%) SAP CO
7 4 (0.22%) SAP FI
8 3 (0.16%) ResourceLink
8 3 (0.16%) Salesforce CRM
8 3 (0.16%) SAP APO
8 3 (0.16%) SAP IBP
8 3 (0.16%) SAP S/4HANA
9 2 (0.11%) Q-Pulse
Cloud Services
1 1,842 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 815 (44.25%) Azure
3 247 (13.41%) Azure AI
4 193 (10.48%) Power Automate
5 169 (9.17%) Microsoft 365
6 166 (9.01%) PowerApps
7 138 (7.49%) Snowflake
8 134 (7.27%) Dynamics 365
9 132 (7.17%) Azure Data Factory
10 118 (6.41%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 91 (4.94%) AWS
12 82 (4.45%) Azure DevOps
13 68 (3.69%) dbt
14 57 (3.09%) GCP
15 55 (2.99%) Microsoft Copilot
16 49 (2.66%) SaaS
17 38 (2.06%) Azure Logic Apps
17 38 (2.06%) Fivetran
18 35 (1.90%) Entra ID
19 31 (1.68%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 14 (0.76%) Firewall
2 11 (0.60%) Intranet
3 10 (0.54%) DHCP
3 10 (0.54%) DNS
4 9 (0.49%) TCP/IP
5 8 (0.43%) VoIP
6 7 (0.38%) WAN
7 6 (0.33%) LAN
8 4 (0.22%) Modbus
8 4 (0.22%) MQTT
8 4 (0.22%) VPN
9 3 (0.16%) NAS
9 3 (0.16%) SAN
10 2 (0.11%) Network Security
10 2 (0.11%) VLAN
10 2 (0.11%) Wi-Fi
11 1 (0.054%) ADSL
11 1 (0.054%) BGP
11 1 (0.054%) FTP
11 1 (0.054%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 510 (27.69%) Tableau
2 202 (10.97%) SQL Server
3 170 (9.23%) Data Lake
4 166 (9.01%) Data Warehouse
5 110 (5.97%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 91 (4.94%) Power Query
7 68 (3.69%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 65 (3.53%) Looker
9 63 (3.42%) SAP BW
10 61 (3.31%) Azure SQL Database
11 41 (2.23%) Relational Database
12 39 (2.12%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 32 (1.74%) Metadata
14 28 (1.52%) BigQuery
15 25 (1.36%) Crystal Reports
16 24 (1.30%) Qlik Sense
17 21 (1.14%) BusinessObjects
18 20 (1.09%) Data Mining
18 20 (1.09%) PostgreSQL
19 19 (1.03%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 77 (4.18%) Git
2 33 (1.79%) Visual Studio
3 29 (1.57%) JIRA
4 9 (0.49%) GitLab
5 4 (0.22%) ER Studio
5 4 (0.22%) ERwin
5 4 (0.22%) PowerDesigner
6 3 (0.16%) Jenkins
7 2 (0.11%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 1 (0.054%) Axure RP
8 1 (0.054%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.054%) LSMW
8 1 (0.054%) Mercurial
8 1 (0.054%) Oracle APEX
8 1 (0.054%) Postman
8 1 (0.054%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 828 (44.95%) Social Skills
2 626 (33.98%) Finance
3 496 (26.93%) Analytical Skills
4 130 (7.06%) Marketing
5 97 (5.27%) Law
6 91 (4.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 89 (4.83%) Manufacturing
7 89 (4.83%) Retail
8 75 (4.07%) Legal
9 68 (3.69%) Presentation Skills
10 63 (3.42%) Organisational Skills
10 63 (3.42%) Public Sector
11 45 (2.44%) Banking
12 38 (2.06%) Games
13 36 (1.95%) Advertising
14 23 (1.25%) Billing
14 23 (1.25%) Influencing Skills
15 22 (1.19%) Financial Institution
16 19 (1.03%) Telecoms
17 18 (0.98%) French Language
Job Titles
1 778 (42.24%) Analyst
2 438 (23.78%) Data Analyst
3 256 (13.90%) Junior
4 246 (13.36%) Junior Analyst
5 236 (12.81%) Junior Data Analyst
6 218 (11.83%) Senior
7 199 (10.80%) Developer
8 161 (8.74%) Lead
9 149 (8.09%) Data Engineer
10 82 (4.45%) Senior Analyst
11 80 (4.34%) Business Intelligence Developer
12 72 (3.91%) Business Intelligence Analyst
13 69 (3.75%) Architect
14 64 (3.47%) Report Analyst
14 64 (3.47%) Support Analyst
15 60 (3.26%) Financial Analyst
16 55 (2.99%) Business Analyst
17 46 (2.50%) Applications Support
17 46 (2.50%) Consultant
17 46 (2.50%) Power Platform Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (2.61%) .NET
2 43 (2.33%) REST
3 29 (1.57%) PySpark
4 26 (1.41%) Web Services
5 24 (1.30%) SOAP
6 21 (1.14%) HTML
7 18 (0.98%) EDI
7 18 (0.98%) HTML5 Canvas
7 18 (0.98%) JSON
7 18 (0.98%) XML
8 15 (0.81%) Pandas
9 12 (0.65%) CSS
10 10 (0.54%) React
11 9 (0.49%) AngularJS
11 9 (0.49%) Middleware
12 8 (0.43%) .NET Core
12 8 (0.43%) ASP.NET
12 8 (0.43%) Kafka
13 7 (0.38%) ASP.NET Core
13 7 (0.38%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 79 (4.29%) Analytical Mindset
2 62 (3.37%) Management Information System
3 51 (2.77%) Data Structures
4 41 (2.23%) Self-Motivation
5 39 (2.12%) Cloud Native
6 38 (2.06%) Onboarding
7 34 (1.85%) Product Ownership
8 32 (1.74%) FMCG
9 27 (1.47%) Legacy Systems
10 26 (1.41%) Enterprise Software
11 21 (1.14%) Reinsurance
12 19 (1.03%) Driving Licence
13 18 (0.98%) Low-Code
14 15 (0.81%) Algorithms
15 14 (0.76%) Greenfield Project
16 12 (0.65%) Social Media
17 9 (0.49%) Credit Risk
17 9 (0.49%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
17 9 (0.49%) NHS
17 9 (0.49%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 47 (2.55%) Windows
2 12 (0.65%) Linux
3 8 (0.43%) Mac OS
3 8 (0.43%) Unix
4 7 (0.38%) Windows 10
5 4 (0.22%) Windows Server
6 3 (0.16%) Android
7 2 (0.11%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.054%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.054%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.054%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,726 (93.70%) Business Intelligence
2 632 (34.31%) Analytics
3 459 (24.92%) Problem-Solving
4 450 (24.43%) AI
5 430 (23.34%) Decision-Making
6 366 (19.87%) Data Modelling
7 360 (19.54%) Visualisation
8 276 (14.98%) Continuous Improvement
9 271 (14.71%) Data Analysis
10 265 (14.39%) Agile
11 254 (13.79%) ETL
12 252 (13.68%) Actionable Insight
13 222 (12.05%) Data Visualisation
14 219 (11.89%) Data Governance
15 182 (9.88%) Data Pipeline
16 179 (9.72%) Stakeholder Management
17 178 (9.66%) Data Engineering
17 178 (9.66%) ERP
18 177 (9.61%) Data Analytics
19 164 (8.90%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 1,034 (56.13%) SQL
2 650 (35.29%) Python
3 127 (6.89%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 70 (3.80%) C#
5 63 (3.42%) PowerShell
6 61 (3.31%) JavaScript
7 58 (3.15%) VBA
8 51 (2.77%) R
9 46 (2.50%) T-SQL
10 25 (1.36%) Scala
11 10 (0.54%) Java
12 7 (0.38%) ANSI SQL
13 6 (0.33%) Kusto Query Language
13 6 (0.33%) TypeScript
14 5 (0.27%) Delphi
15 4 (0.22%) Bash
15 4 (0.22%) Bicep
16 3 (0.16%) VB.NET
17 2 (0.11%) C
17 2 (0.11%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 394 (21.39%) Degree
2 264 (14.33%) Azure Certification
3 74 (4.02%) ACCA
4 71 (3.85%) CIMA
5 63 (3.42%) Security Cleared
6 52 (2.82%) Microsoft Certification
7 50 (2.71%) DBS Check
7 50 (2.71%) SC Cleared
8 48 (2.61%) Computer Science Degree
9 39 (2.12%) PMI Certification
9 39 (2.12%) PMP
10 38 (2.06%) Master's Degree
11 20 (1.09%) CISSP
12 19 (1.03%) CISA
13 13 (0.71%) CISM
13 13 (0.71%) HNC
14 12 (0.65%) CRISC
14 12 (0.65%) Numerate Degree
15 10 (0.54%) MBA
16 8 (0.43%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 288 (15.64%) Data Quality
2 72 (3.91%) GDPR
3 67 (3.64%) QA
4 48 (2.61%) Accessibility
5 44 (2.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 41 (2.23%) PMO
7 23 (1.25%) SLA
8 15 (0.81%) NIST
9 14 (0.76%) Cyber Essentials
10 13 (0.71%) Actionable Recommendations
10 13 (0.71%) GRC
11 12 (0.65%) COBIT
11 12 (0.65%) ITGC
12 6 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 5 (0.27%) IFRS
14 3 (0.16%) California Consumer Privacy Act
15 2 (0.11%) IFRS 17
15 2 (0.11%) MiFID
15 2 (0.11%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 2 (0.11%) WCAG
System Software
1 29 (1.57%) Active Directory
2 11 (0.60%) Docker
3 7 (0.38%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.16%) VMware ESXi
4 3 (0.16%) vSphere
5 2 (0.11%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.054%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.054%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 24 (1.30%) Microsoft Intune
2 15 (0.81%) Terraform
3 11 (0.60%) Kubernetes
4 8 (0.43%) Single Sign-On
5 6 (0.33%) RSA Archer
6 5 (0.27%) FortiGate
7 3 (0.16%) Argo
7 3 (0.16%) Control-M
8 2 (0.11%) Microsoft Clustering
9 1 (0.054%) Grafana
9 1 (0.054%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.054%) MOM
9 1 (0.054%) SCCM
Vendors
1 747 (40.55%) Microsoft
2 143 (7.76%) SAP
3 121 (6.57%) Databricks
4 67 (3.64%) Oracle
5 53 (2.88%) Salesforce
6 46 (2.50%) Google
7 34 (1.85%) Alteryx
8 32 (1.74%) ServiceNow
9 20 (1.09%) Anaplan
10 17 (0.92%) Informatica
10 17 (0.92%) Verint
11 16 (0.87%) HubSpot
12 15 (0.81%) Adobe
12 15 (0.81%) Intapp
13 12 (0.65%) Dell
13 12 (0.65%) Genesys
13 12 (0.65%) MuleSoft
14 10 (0.54%) Dataiku
14 10 (0.54%) IBM
15 8 (0.43%) Sage