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 26 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 57 80 60
Rank change year-on-year +23 -20 +22
Permanent jobs citing Power BI 2,559 1,425 3,196
As % of all permanent jobs in England 3.09% 3.75% 3.71%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 35.91% 22.60% 21.63%
Number of salaries quoted 1,274 1,008 2,586
10th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £41,494
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 £95,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £54,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +6.48% -1.82%

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 7,127 6,305 14,776
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 8.61% 16.59% 17.13%
Number of salaries quoted 4,574 4,205 11,413
10th Percentile £35,750 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £42,725
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £64,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +11.30% -11.54%
75th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £96,250 £115,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -11.54%

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 26 May 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 26 May 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 +53 622 £45,000 -14.29% 156
London -11 585 £72,500 +3.57% 324
Midlands +31 475 £47,085 -12.30% 89
South East +41 438 £57,500 +15.00% 195
Yorkshire +44 282 £42,500 -15.00% 52
West Midlands +12 280 £44,772 -18.60% 59
North West +42 274 £46,500 -11.43% 89
South West +19 223 £43,500 -25.32% 56
East of England +45 200 £55,500 +18.72% 47
East Midlands +38 193 £50,000 -2.44% 30
North East +8 66 £41,500 -17.00% 17
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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
1 148 (5.78%) SharePoint
2 46 (1.80%) Apache Spark
3 45 (1.76%) Apache Airflow
4 41 (1.60%) Microsoft Exchange
5 10 (0.39%) Apache
6 9 (0.35%) SAS
7 8 (0.31%) Confluence
8 7 (0.27%) WordPress
9 6 (0.23%) ArcGIS
9 6 (0.23%) CMS
10 2 (0.078%) Headless CMS
10 2 (0.078%) Luigi
10 2 (0.078%) Oracle Application Server
10 2 (0.078%) Palantir Foundry
10 2 (0.078%) Umbraco
11 1 (0.039%) Appian
11 1 (0.039%) Drupal
11 1 (0.039%) IIS
11 1 (0.039%) Mendix
11 1 (0.039%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 1,306 (51.04%) Microsoft Excel
2 54 (2.11%) Microsoft Office
3 31 (1.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 30 (1.17%) Spreadsheet
5 25 (0.98%) Microsoft Project
6 23 (0.90%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.078%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 2 (0.078%) Trello
8 1 (0.039%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 43 (1.68%) Dynamics CRM
2 21 (0.82%) NetSuite
3 12 (0.47%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 10 (0.39%) Dynamics AX
5 9 (0.35%) SAP CO
6 8 (0.31%) IBM Planning Analytics
7 7 (0.27%) SAP S/4HANA
8 6 (0.23%) Dynamics NAV
8 6 (0.23%) NEC Housing
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 (0.078%) Aladdin
12 2 (0.078%) Q-Pulse
12 2 (0.078%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 2,559 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 1,451 (56.70%) Azure
3 898 (35.09%) Azure AI
4 233 (9.11%) Power Automate
5 208 (8.13%) Microsoft 365
6 197 (7.70%) PowerApps
7 140 (5.47%) Azure Data Factory
8 125 (4.88%) Dynamics 365
9 122 (4.77%) Snowflake
10 118 (4.61%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 114 (4.45%) AWS
12 82 (3.20%) dbt
13 77 (3.01%) Azure DevOps
14 70 (2.74%) GCP
15 65 (2.54%) SaaS
16 60 (2.34%) Azure Logic Apps
17 59 (2.31%) Microsoft Purview
18 57 (2.23%) Entra ID
19 44 (1.72%) Microsoft Copilot
20 40 (1.56%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 17 (0.66%) Broadband
2 10 (0.39%) DHCP
2 10 (0.39%) DNS
2 10 (0.39%) Firewall
3 8 (0.31%) Intranet
4 7 (0.27%) VoIP
5 6 (0.23%) WAN
6 4 (0.16%) LTE
6 4 (0.16%) Modbus
6 4 (0.16%) MQTT
6 4 (0.16%) Wi-Fi
7 3 (0.12%) NAS
7 3 (0.12%) SMS
7 3 (0.12%) VPN
8 2 (0.078%) Internet
9 1 (0.039%) FTP
9 1 (0.039%) Network Security
9 1 (0.039%) Softphone
9 1 (0.039%) TCP/IP
9 1 (0.039%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1,157 (45.21%) Tableau
2 177 (6.92%) Data Warehouse
3 171 (6.68%) SQL Server
4 120 (4.69%) Data Lake
5 116 (4.53%) Power Query
6 113 (4.42%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 67 (2.62%) Looker
7 67 (2.62%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 64 (2.50%) Azure SQL Database
9 53 (2.07%) Relational Database
10 51 (1.99%) BigQuery
11 44 (1.72%) Big Data
12 43 (1.68%) Amazon Redshift
13 33 (1.29%) Metadata
14 32 (1.25%) Star Schema
15 28 (1.09%) Snowflake Schema
16 27 (1.06%) PostgreSQL
17 23 (0.90%) Elasticsearch
17 23 (0.90%) MySQL
17 23 (0.90%) PowerPivot
Development Applications
1 55 (2.15%) Git
2 40 (1.56%) JIRA
3 26 (1.02%) MLflow
3 26 (1.02%) Visual Studio
4 15 (0.59%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 5 (0.20%) Jenkins
6 4 (0.16%) Oracle Forms
7 3 (0.12%) Postman
8 2 (0.078%) DBeaver
9 1 (0.039%) Axure RP
9 1 (0.039%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.039%) Browser DevTools
9 1 (0.039%) ERwin
9 1 (0.039%) NUnit
9 1 (0.039%) Oracle APEX
9 1 (0.039%) PowerDesigner
9 1 (0.039%) Selenium
9 1 (0.039%) Toad
General
1 1,485 (58.03%) Social Skills
2 540 (21.10%) Analytical Skills
3 487 (19.03%) Finance
4 114 (4.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 96 (3.75%) Public Sector
6 94 (3.67%) Law
6 94 (3.67%) Marketing
7 91 (3.56%) Retail
8 79 (3.09%) Legal
9 65 (2.54%) Manufacturing
10 59 (2.31%) Organisational Skills
11 39 (1.52%) Presentation Skills
12 35 (1.37%) Influencing Skills
13 34 (1.33%) Documentation Skills
14 24 (0.94%) Telecoms
15 23 (0.90%) Banking
16 19 (0.74%) Publishing
17 18 (0.70%) Advertising
18 17 (0.66%) Automotive
19 16 (0.63%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 1,404 (54.87%) Analyst
2 1,103 (43.10%) Data Analyst
3 918 (35.87%) Junior
4 912 (35.64%) Junior Analyst
5 903 (35.29%) Junior Data Analyst
6 282 (11.02%) Senior
7 251 (9.81%) Developer
8 139 (5.43%) Data Engineer
9 124 (4.85%) Lead
10 89 (3.48%) Business Intelligence Developer
11 87 (3.40%) Business Intelligence Analyst
12 78 (3.05%) Architect
13 76 (2.97%) Business Analyst
14 71 (2.77%) Data Manager
14 71 (2.77%) Senior Analyst
15 61 (2.38%) Power BI Developer
16 57 (2.23%) Financial Analyst
16 57 (2.23%) Systems Analyst
17 55 (2.15%) Power BI Analyst
18 51 (1.99%) IT Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 90 (3.52%) .NET
2 50 (1.95%) CSS
2 50 (1.95%) JSON
3 49 (1.91%) HTML
4 42 (1.64%) REST
5 41 (1.60%) PySpark
6 39 (1.52%) HTML5 Canvas
7 38 (1.48%) XML
8 35 (1.37%) .NET Core
9 34 (1.33%) Kafka
10 29 (1.13%) PyTorch
10 29 (1.13%) scikit-learn
11 25 (0.98%) Middleware
12 23 (0.90%) LangChain
12 23 (0.90%) LlamaIndex
12 23 (0.90%) Microsoft Graph
12 23 (0.90%) pgvector
12 23 (0.90%) TensorFlow
13 20 (0.78%) SOAP
13 20 (0.78%) SPFx
Miscellaneous
1 91 (3.56%) Management Information System
2 61 (2.38%) Data Structures
3 53 (2.07%) Analytical Mindset
4 49 (1.91%) Cloud Native
5 35 (1.37%) Legacy Systems
6 33 (1.29%) Onboarding
7 28 (1.09%) Product Ownership
8 27 (1.06%) Clustering
8 27 (1.06%) Low-Code
9 25 (0.98%) Public Cloud
10 24 (0.94%) NHS
10 24 (0.94%) Self-Motivation
11 19 (0.74%) Enterprise Cloud
11 19 (0.74%) Social Media
12 17 (0.66%) Greenfield Project
13 14 (0.55%) Enterprise Software
13 14 (0.55%) FMCG
14 13 (0.51%) Driving Licence
15 11 (0.43%) Replication
16 9 (0.35%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 32 (1.25%) Windows
2 18 (0.70%) Windows Server
3 15 (0.59%) Linux
4 12 (0.47%) VMS
5 6 (0.23%) Unix
6 4 (0.16%) Apple iOS
6 4 (0.16%) Windows 10
7 3 (0.12%) Android
8 2 (0.078%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.039%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.039%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.039%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.039%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,418 (94.49%) Business Intelligence
2 1,153 (45.06%) AI
3 648 (25.32%) Analytics
4 447 (17.47%) Decision-Making
5 382 (14.93%) Data Modelling
6 380 (14.85%) Problem-Solving
7 327 (12.78%) Visualisation
8 285 (11.14%) Continuous Improvement
9 263 (10.28%) ETL
10 232 (9.07%) Data Governance
11 227 (8.87%) Data Visualisation
12 217 (8.48%) Agile
13 202 (7.89%) Data Engineering
14 194 (7.58%) Data Analysis
15 191 (7.46%) Actionable Insight
15 191 (7.46%) ERP
16 173 (6.76%) Data Pipeline
17 171 (6.68%) Machine Learning
17 171 (6.68%) Project Management
18 170 (6.64%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 1,760 (68.78%) SQL
2 1,282 (50.10%) Python
3 145 (5.67%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 122 (4.77%) C#
5 88 (3.44%) JavaScript
6 75 (2.93%) PowerShell
7 68 (2.66%) VBA
8 54 (2.11%) T-SQL
9 46 (1.80%) R
10 25 (0.98%) TypeScript
11 19 (0.74%) Kusto Query Language
12 13 (0.51%) Java
13 12 (0.47%) Scala
14 11 (0.43%) Delphi
15 9 (0.35%) VBScript
16 6 (0.23%) Julia
16 6 (0.23%) VB
17 5 (0.20%) Bicep
18 3 (0.12%) PL/SQL
18 3 (0.12%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 923 (36.07%) Azure Certification
2 268 (10.47%) Degree
3 83 (3.24%) Security Cleared
4 65 (2.54%) ACCA
5 64 (2.50%) CIMA
6 62 (2.42%) SC Cleared
7 38 (1.48%) PMI Certification
7 38 (1.48%) PMP
8 35 (1.37%) Microsoft Certification
9 34 (1.33%) DBS Check
10 29 (1.13%) Computer Science Degree
11 23 (0.90%) Master's Degree
12 16 (0.63%) AAT
13 11 (0.43%) MBA
14 9 (0.35%) CompTIA Security+
15 8 (0.31%) APMP
15 8 (0.31%) CompTIA CySA+
15 8 (0.31%) SSCP
16 7 (0.27%) Postgraduate
17 6 (0.23%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 284 (11.10%) Data Quality
2 115 (4.49%) GDPR
3 64 (2.50%) QA
4 52 (2.03%) SLA
5 36 (1.41%) Accessibility
5 36 (1.41%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 34 (1.33%) PMO
7 26 (1.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 17 (0.66%) TickIT
9 14 (0.55%) NIST
10 12 (0.47%) Actionable Recommendations
10 12 (0.47%) GRC
11 8 (0.31%) IFRS
12 4 (0.16%) GAAP
12 4 (0.16%) IFRS 17
12 4 (0.16%) ITGC
12 4 (0.16%) NIST 800
12 4 (0.16%) PERC
13 2 (0.078%) MiFID
13 2 (0.078%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 56 (2.19%) Active Directory
2 13 (0.51%) Docker
3 9 (0.35%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.16%) BitLocker
5 3 (0.12%) Terminal Services
5 3 (0.12%) Virtual Desktop
5 3 (0.12%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.078%) IAG
7 1 (0.039%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 14 (0.55%) Terraform
2 12 (0.47%) Kubernetes
3 7 (0.27%) Microsoft Intune
4 5 (0.20%) FortiGate
4 5 (0.20%) SCCM
5 4 (0.16%) Ansible
5 4 (0.16%) Single Sign-On
6 3 (0.12%) Control-M
7 2 (0.078%) MOM
8 1 (0.039%) Grafana
8 1 (0.039%) Microsoft Clustering
8 1 (0.039%) SQL Sentry
8 1 (0.039%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 1,482 (57.91%) Microsoft
2 161 (6.29%) Databricks
3 93 (3.63%) SAP
4 78 (3.05%) Oracle
5 53 (2.07%) Google
6 40 (1.56%) Salesforce
7 31 (1.21%) Informatica
8 30 (1.17%) Adobe
9 29 (1.13%) Alteryx
9 29 (1.13%) ServiceNow
10 24 (0.94%) Cloudera
11 23 (0.90%) Dell
11 23 (0.90%) Intapp
12 18 (0.70%) Anaplan
13 17 (0.66%) Sage
14 14 (0.55%) Cognos
15 13 (0.51%) iManage
15 13 (0.51%) Verint
16 12 (0.47%) Concur
16 12 (0.47%) HubSpot