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 6 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 57 69 59
Rank change year-on-year +12 -10 +23
Permanent jobs citing Power BI 2,442 1,441 3,175
As % of all permanent jobs in England 3.37% 3.93% 4.01%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 36.50% 20.92% 22.34%
Number of salaries quoted 1,191 1,026 2,571
10th Percentile £36,250 £37,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £59,875 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.97% +8.86% -0.08%
75th Percentile £75,000 £76,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,750 £85,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £58,000 £53,100
% change year-on-year -0.86% +9.23% -3.45%

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 6,691 6,887 14,210
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 9.23% 18.80% 17.96%
Number of salaries quoted 4,143 4,758 11,304
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £43,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +13.04% -11.54%
75th Percentile £80,000 £87,323 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £63,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +9.57% -10.18%

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 6 April 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 6 April 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 +11 637 £70,000 - 258
North of England +6 529 £47,000 -3.59% 176
Midlands +29 445 £47,085 -5.83% 126
South East +17 432 £57,500 +4.55% 212
West Midlands +31 261 £47,085 -8.13% 72
Yorkshire +36 247 £42,039 -11.50% 63
North West -16 221 £47,750 -4.50% 90
South West +34 205 £45,000 -6.25% 70
East Midlands +26 182 £46,445 +8.01% 54
East of England -10 177 £52,500 -25.00% 57
North East +19 61 £51,000 +7.37% 29
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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
1 143 (5.86%) SharePoint
2 47 (1.92%) Apache Spark
3 46 (1.88%) Apache Airflow
4 35 (1.43%) Microsoft Exchange
5 14 (0.57%) Confluence
6 12 (0.49%) SAS
7 7 (0.29%) Apache
8 5 (0.20%) ArcGIS
8 5 (0.20%) CMS
9 4 (0.16%) Umbraco
9 4 (0.16%) WordPress
10 2 (0.082%) Moodle
10 2 (0.082%) Oracle Application Server
10 2 (0.082%) Palantir Foundry
11 1 (0.041%) Appian
11 1 (0.041%) Drupal
11 1 (0.041%) Headless CMS
11 1 (0.041%) Jupyter
11 1 (0.041%) Mendix
Applications
1 1,278 (52.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 68 (2.78%) Microsoft Office
3 54 (2.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 26 (1.06%) Spreadsheet
5 22 (0.90%) Microsoft Project
6 18 (0.74%) MS Visio
7 9 (0.37%) Trello
8 2 (0.082%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.041%) Chatbot
9 1 (0.041%) Maya
Business Applications
1 40 (1.64%) Dynamics CRM
2 18 (0.74%) NetSuite
3 10 (0.41%) Dynamics AX
4 9 (0.37%) SAP CO
5 6 (0.25%) NEC Housing
6 5 (0.20%) Dynamics NAV
6 5 (0.20%) Elite 3E
6 5 (0.20%) IBM Planning Analytics
6 5 (0.20%) Sage 200
6 5 (0.20%) SAP ERP
6 5 (0.20%) SAP PM
7 4 (0.16%) SAP Business One
7 4 (0.16%) Shopify
8 3 (0.12%) Integrated Workplace Management System
8 3 (0.12%) Markit EDM
8 3 (0.12%) ResourceLink
8 3 (0.12%) Salesforce CRM
8 3 (0.12%) SAP S/4HANA
8 3 (0.12%) Visualfiles
9 2 (0.082%) Q-Pulse
Cloud Services
1 2,442 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 1,426 (58.39%) Azure
3 854 (34.97%) Azure AI
4 236 (9.66%) Power Automate
5 204 (8.35%) Microsoft 365
6 191 (7.82%) PowerApps
7 158 (6.47%) Azure Data Factory
8 147 (6.02%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 139 (5.69%) Snowflake
10 114 (4.67%) Dynamics 365
11 106 (4.34%) AWS
12 96 (3.93%) dbt
13 78 (3.19%) GCP
14 74 (3.03%) Azure DevOps
15 65 (2.66%) SaaS
16 61 (2.50%) Entra ID
17 54 (2.21%) Azure Logic Apps
17 54 (2.21%) Microsoft Copilot
18 36 (1.47%) Serverless
19 29 (1.19%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 14 (0.57%) Intranet
2 10 (0.41%) DHCP
2 10 (0.41%) DNS
2 10 (0.41%) Firewall
2 10 (0.41%) TCP/IP
3 7 (0.29%) VoIP
4 6 (0.25%) WAN
5 5 (0.20%) Modbus
5 5 (0.20%) MQTT
6 4 (0.16%) Broadband
6 4 (0.16%) Wi-Fi
7 3 (0.12%) Internet
7 3 (0.12%) VLAN
8 2 (0.082%) NAS
8 2 (0.082%) Network Security
8 2 (0.082%) VPN
9 1 (0.041%) ADSL
9 1 (0.041%) FTP
9 1 (0.041%) Mobile Broadband
9 1 (0.041%) Softphone
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1,097 (44.92%) Tableau
2 196 (8.03%) SQL Server
3 190 (7.78%) Data Warehouse
4 120 (4.91%) Power Query
5 119 (4.87%) Data Lake
6 114 (4.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 71 (2.91%) Azure SQL Database
8 68 (2.78%) Looker
9 67 (2.74%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 49 (2.01%) BigQuery
11 45 (1.84%) Relational Database
12 40 (1.64%) Big Data
13 38 (1.56%) Amazon Redshift
14 37 (1.52%) Snowflake Schema
15 30 (1.23%) Metadata
16 29 (1.19%) PostgreSQL
17 28 (1.15%) SQL Server Analysis Services
18 26 (1.06%) PowerPivot
18 26 (1.06%) Star Schema
19 23 (0.94%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 68 (2.78%) Git
2 34 (1.39%) JIRA
3 30 (1.23%) Visual Studio
4 25 (1.02%) MLflow
5 11 (0.45%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 4 (0.16%) ERwin
6 4 (0.16%) GitLab
6 4 (0.16%) Jenkins
6 4 (0.16%) Postman
6 4 (0.16%) PowerDesigner
7 3 (0.12%) ER Studio
8 2 (0.082%) DBeaver
9 1 (0.041%) Axure RP
9 1 (0.041%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.041%) NUnit
9 1 (0.041%) Oracle APEX
9 1 (0.041%) Oracle Forms
9 1 (0.041%) Selenium
9 1 (0.041%) Team Foundation Server
9 1 (0.041%) Toad
General
1 1,420 (58.15%) Social Skills
2 547 (22.40%) Analytical Skills
3 538 (22.03%) Finance
4 94 (3.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 89 (3.64%) Marketing
6 82 (3.36%) Legal
6 82 (3.36%) Public Sector
7 77 (3.15%) Manufacturing
8 76 (3.11%) Law
9 70 (2.87%) Retail
10 56 (2.29%) Organisational Skills
11 48 (1.97%) Presentation Skills
12 38 (1.56%) Banking
13 34 (1.39%) Influencing Skills
14 29 (1.19%) Documentation Skills
15 21 (0.86%) Telecoms
16 20 (0.82%) Publishing
17 19 (0.78%) Financial Institution
18 17 (0.70%) Automotive
19 16 (0.66%) Games
Job Titles
1 1,358 (55.61%) Analyst
2 1,061 (43.45%) Data Analyst
3 864 (35.38%) Junior
4 858 (35.14%) Junior Analyst
5 855 (35.01%) Junior Data Analyst
6 247 (10.11%) Senior
7 225 (9.21%) Developer
8 143 (5.86%) Data Engineer
9 113 (4.63%) Lead
10 91 (3.73%) Business Intelligence Developer
11 83 (3.40%) Business Intelligence Analyst
12 79 (3.24%) Architect
13 73 (2.99%) Business Analyst
14 72 (2.95%) Financial Analyst
14 72 (2.95%) Senior Analyst
15 63 (2.58%) IT Support
16 60 (2.46%) Support Analyst
17 54 (2.21%) Consultant
18 53 (2.17%) Power BI Developer
19 50 (2.05%) Systems Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 76 (3.11%) .NET
2 44 (1.80%) JSON
3 41 (1.68%) PySpark
3 41 (1.68%) REST
4 36 (1.47%) XML
5 34 (1.39%) Kafka
6 32 (1.31%) CSS
7 30 (1.23%) PyTorch
8 29 (1.19%) HTML
8 29 (1.19%) HTML5 Canvas
8 29 (1.19%) scikit-learn
9 28 (1.15%) .NET Core
10 24 (0.98%) TensorFlow
11 23 (0.94%) LangChain
11 23 (0.94%) LlamaIndex
11 23 (0.94%) pgvector
12 21 (0.86%) EDI
13 17 (0.70%) SOAP
14 15 (0.61%) Middleware
15 13 (0.53%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 77 (3.15%) Management Information System
2 73 (2.99%) Analytical Mindset
3 58 (2.38%) Cloud Native
4 44 (1.80%) Data Structures
5 38 (1.56%) Self-Motivation
6 34 (1.39%) Legacy Systems
7 32 (1.31%) Low-Code
8 30 (1.23%) Onboarding
9 28 (1.15%) Clustering
10 26 (1.06%) Product Ownership
11 24 (0.98%) Public Cloud
12 16 (0.66%) Greenfield Project
13 15 (0.61%) Driving Licence
13 15 (0.61%) Enterprise Cloud
13 15 (0.61%) Reinsurance
14 14 (0.57%) Enterprise Software
14 14 (0.57%) FMCG
15 13 (0.53%) Social Media
16 12 (0.49%) NHS
17 11 (0.45%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 36 (1.47%) Windows
2 15 (0.61%) Windows Server
3 14 (0.57%) Linux
4 12 (0.49%) VMS
5 9 (0.37%) Unix
6 4 (0.16%) Windows 10
7 3 (0.12%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.082%) Android
9 1 (0.041%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.041%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.041%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.041%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,329 (95.37%) Business Intelligence
2 1,082 (44.31%) AI
3 627 (25.68%) Analytics
4 444 (18.18%) Decision-Making
5 404 (16.54%) Problem-Solving
6 364 (14.91%) Data Modelling
7 350 (14.33%) Visualisation
8 278 (11.38%) Continuous Improvement
9 272 (11.14%) ETL
10 236 (9.66%) Data Analysis
11 232 (9.50%) Agile
12 230 (9.42%) Data Visualisation
13 227 (9.30%) Data Governance
14 205 (8.39%) Actionable Insight
15 204 (8.35%) Data Engineering
16 187 (7.66%) Data Pipeline
17 171 (7.00%) Data Management
18 170 (6.96%) Project Management
19 165 (6.76%) ERP
20 154 (6.31%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 1,695 (69.41%) SQL
2 1,261 (51.64%) Python
3 157 (6.43%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 107 (4.38%) C#
5 79 (3.24%) VBA
6 78 (3.19%) PowerShell
7 72 (2.95%) JavaScript
8 52 (2.13%) R
9 47 (1.92%) T-SQL
10 20 (0.82%) Kusto Query Language
11 17 (0.70%) TypeScript
12 12 (0.49%) Scala
13 11 (0.45%) Delphi
14 9 (0.37%) Java
14 9 (0.37%) VBScript
15 6 (0.25%) Julia
15 6 (0.25%) VB
16 5 (0.20%) Bicep
17 3 (0.12%) Bash
17 3 (0.12%) C
Qualifications
1 877 (35.91%) Azure Certification
2 262 (10.73%) Degree
3 84 (3.44%) Security Cleared
4 75 (3.07%) ACCA
4 75 (3.07%) CIMA
5 65 (2.66%) SC Cleared
6 46 (1.88%) Microsoft Certification
7 43 (1.76%) Computer Science Degree
8 37 (1.52%) DBS Check
9 36 (1.47%) Master's Degree
9 36 (1.47%) PMI Certification
9 36 (1.47%) PMP
10 17 (0.70%) AAT
11 16 (0.66%) MBA
12 13 (0.53%) APMP
13 9 (0.37%) BPSS Clearance
14 8 (0.33%) IIBA
15 7 (0.29%) Numerate Degree
15 7 (0.29%) Postgraduate
15 7 (0.29%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 270 (11.06%) Data Quality
2 95 (3.89%) GDPR
3 55 (2.25%) QA
4 44 (1.80%) SLA
5 40 (1.64%) PMO
6 29 (1.19%) Accessibility
7 26 (1.06%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 22 (0.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 20 (0.82%) Actionable Recommendations
10 8 (0.33%) TickIT
11 7 (0.29%) GRC
11 7 (0.29%) IFRS
12 4 (0.16%) IFRS 17
12 4 (0.16%) ITGC
12 4 (0.16%) NIST
13 3 (0.12%) GAAP
14 2 (0.082%) EMIR
14 2 (0.082%) MiFID
14 2 (0.082%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 2 (0.082%) WCAG
System Software
1 61 (2.50%) Active Directory
2 11 (0.45%) Docker
2 11 (0.45%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (0.12%) BitLocker
3 3 (0.12%) Hyper-V
3 3 (0.12%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.082%) Terminal Services
5 1 (0.041%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 15 (0.61%) Terraform
2 12 (0.49%) Kubernetes
3 7 (0.29%) Microsoft Intune
4 5 (0.20%) FortiGate
4 5 (0.20%) SCCM
4 5 (0.20%) Single Sign-On
5 4 (0.16%) Control-M
6 3 (0.12%) Ansible
6 3 (0.12%) Argo
7 1 (0.041%) Grafana
7 1 (0.041%) MOM
7 1 (0.041%) RSA Archer
7 1 (0.041%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 1,385 (56.72%) Microsoft
2 159 (6.51%) Databricks
3 81 (3.32%) SAP
4 64 (2.62%) Oracle
5 48 (1.97%) Google
6 44 (1.80%) Salesforce
7 35 (1.43%) Informatica
8 32 (1.31%) ServiceNow
9 29 (1.19%) Alteryx
10 24 (0.98%) Cloudera
10 24 (0.98%) Dell
11 20 (0.82%) Adobe
11 20 (0.82%) Anaplan
12 19 (0.78%) Intapp
13 13 (0.53%) Sage
14 12 (0.49%) Genesys
14 12 (0.49%) IBM
14 12 (0.49%) Verint
15 11 (0.45%) Epicor
15 11 (0.45%) iManage