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 11 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 57 72 58
Rank change year-on-year +15 -14 +20
Permanent jobs citing Power BI 2,131 1,526 3,076
As % of all permanent jobs in England 3.30% 3.88% 4.17%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 34.83% 20.44% 22.52%
Number of salaries quoted 1,126 988 2,496
10th Percentile £36,250 £37,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £53,084
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +13.03% -5.82%
75th Percentile £74,875 £76,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £96,250 £84,056
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.17% +14.29% -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 6,118 7,464 13,656
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 9.48% 18.95% 18.50%
Number of salaries quoted 3,859 4,722 11,090
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +13.04% -11.54%
75th Percentile £81,250 £87,500 £76,250
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% -8.00%

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

Power BI
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Power BI in England over the 6 months to 11 March 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 11 March 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 +8 645 £70,000 - 299
North of England +7 419 £47,500 -5.00% 158
South East +28 379 £57,500 +5.50% 215
Midlands +32 362 £47,085 -0.87% 119
West Midlands +25 219 £47,085 -5.83% 87
Yorkshire +14 192 £46,000 -3.66% 56
North West -14 181 £50,000 - 88
South West +52 177 £43,953 -8.43% 63
East Midlands +31 141 £45,000 +5.88% 32
East of England -9 132 £46,750 -38.49% 43
North East +20 46 £42,500 -15.00% 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
1 147 (6.90%) SharePoint
2 29 (1.36%) Apache Spark
3 28 (1.31%) Apache Airflow
4 25 (1.17%) Microsoft Exchange
5 17 (0.80%) SAS
6 16 (0.75%) Confluence
7 5 (0.23%) Apache
8 4 (0.19%) CMS
8 4 (0.19%) Umbraco
9 3 (0.14%) ArcGIS
10 2 (0.094%) Moodle
10 2 (0.094%) Oracle Application Server
10 2 (0.094%) Palantir Foundry
10 2 (0.094%) WordPress
11 1 (0.047%) Appian
11 1 (0.047%) Drupal
11 1 (0.047%) Jupyter
11 1 (0.047%) Mendix
Applications
1 1,038 (48.71%) Microsoft Excel
2 66 (3.10%) Microsoft Office
3 52 (2.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 22 (1.03%) Spreadsheet
5 16 (0.75%) Microsoft Project
6 14 (0.66%) MS Visio
7 9 (0.42%) Trello
8 4 (0.19%) Maya
9 2 (0.094%) AutoCAD
9 2 (0.094%) Chatbot
9 2 (0.094%) Revit
10 1 (0.047%) Acrobat
10 1 (0.047%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 1 (0.047%) Adobe Illustrator
10 1 (0.047%) Adobe XD
10 1 (0.047%) InDesign
10 1 (0.047%) Oracle Smart View
10 1 (0.047%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 47 (2.21%) Dynamics CRM
2 14 (0.66%) NetSuite
3 10 (0.47%) Dynamics AX
4 9 (0.42%) SAP CO
5 6 (0.28%) NEC Housing
6 5 (0.23%) Dynamics NAV
6 5 (0.23%) IBM Planning Analytics
6 5 (0.23%) SAP Business One
6 5 (0.23%) Visualfiles
7 4 (0.19%) Markit EDM
7 4 (0.19%) SAP S/4HANA
8 3 (0.14%) Elite 3E
8 3 (0.14%) Integrated Workplace Management System
8 3 (0.14%) ResourceLink
8 3 (0.14%) Sage 200
8 3 (0.14%) Salesforce CRM
8 3 (0.14%) SAP ERP
8 3 (0.14%) Shopify
9 2 (0.094%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
9 2 (0.094%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 2,131 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 1,152 (54.06%) Azure
3 624 (29.28%) Azure AI
4 231 (10.84%) Power Automate
5 205 (9.62%) Microsoft 365
6 192 (9.01%) PowerApps
7 147 (6.90%) Azure Data Factory
8 134 (6.29%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 133 (6.24%) Snowflake
10 112 (5.26%) Dynamics 365
11 83 (3.89%) AWS
11 83 (3.89%) dbt
12 82 (3.85%) Azure DevOps
13 60 (2.82%) Microsoft Copilot
13 60 (2.82%) SaaS
14 59 (2.77%) Entra ID
15 53 (2.49%) GCP
16 48 (2.25%) Azure Logic Apps
17 32 (1.50%) Serverless
18 29 (1.36%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 14 (0.66%) Intranet
2 13 (0.61%) Firewall
3 10 (0.47%) TCP/IP
3 10 (0.47%) WAN
4 9 (0.42%) DHCP
4 9 (0.42%) DNS
5 5 (0.23%) Modbus
5 5 (0.23%) MQTT
5 5 (0.23%) VPN
6 4 (0.19%) Broadband
6 4 (0.19%) VoIP
7 3 (0.14%) Internet
7 3 (0.14%) LAN
7 3 (0.14%) VLAN
8 2 (0.094%) Network Security
8 2 (0.094%) Wi-Fi
9 1 (0.047%) ADSL
9 1 (0.047%) BGP
9 1 (0.047%) FTP
9 1 (0.047%) Softphone
Database & Business Intelligence
1 856 (40.17%) Tableau
2 197 (9.24%) SQL Server
3 186 (8.73%) Data Warehouse
4 112 (5.26%) Data Lake
5 110 (5.16%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 105 (4.93%) Power Query
7 64 (3.00%) Azure SQL Database
8 60 (2.82%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 53 (2.49%) Looker
10 42 (1.97%) Relational Database
11 33 (1.55%) BigQuery
12 32 (1.50%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 30 (1.41%) Big Data
13 30 (1.41%) Metadata
14 27 (1.27%) PostgreSQL
14 27 (1.27%) Qlik Sense
15 25 (1.17%) PowerPivot
16 24 (1.13%) Amazon Redshift
16 24 (1.13%) Snowflake Schema
17 23 (1.08%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 69 (3.24%) Git
2 33 (1.55%) JIRA
3 32 (1.50%) Visual Studio
4 10 (0.47%) MLflow
5 9 (0.42%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 7 (0.33%) GitLab
7 4 (0.19%) ER Studio
7 4 (0.19%) ERwin
7 4 (0.19%) Postman
7 4 (0.19%) PowerDesigner
8 3 (0.14%) Jenkins
9 2 (0.094%) DBeaver
10 1 (0.047%) Axure RP
10 1 (0.047%) Bitbucket
10 1 (0.047%) LSMW
10 1 (0.047%) NUnit
10 1 (0.047%) Oracle APEX
10 1 (0.047%) Selenium
10 1 (0.047%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 1,178 (55.28%) Social Skills
2 561 (26.33%) Finance
3 494 (23.18%) Analytical Skills
4 92 (4.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 89 (4.18%) Marketing
6 77 (3.61%) Legal
6 77 (3.61%) Manufacturing
7 76 (3.57%) Public Sector
8 67 (3.14%) Law
9 57 (2.67%) Retail
10 51 (2.39%) Organisational Skills
11 47 (2.21%) Presentation Skills
12 42 (1.97%) Banking
13 25 (1.17%) Influencing Skills
14 24 (1.13%) Documentation Skills
15 21 (0.99%) Advertising
16 20 (0.94%) Financial Institution
17 18 (0.84%) Billing
17 18 (0.84%) Games
17 18 (0.84%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 1,107 (51.95%) Analyst
2 822 (38.57%) Data Analyst
3 627 (29.42%) Junior
4 620 (29.09%) Junior Analyst
5 617 (28.95%) Junior Data Analyst
6 224 (10.51%) Senior
7 215 (10.09%) Developer
8 140 (6.57%) Data Engineer
9 116 (5.44%) Lead
10 87 (4.08%) Business Intelligence Developer
11 78 (3.66%) Senior Analyst
12 77 (3.61%) Architect
13 76 (3.57%) Business Intelligence Analyst
14 71 (3.33%) Financial Analyst
15 63 (2.96%) Business Analyst
16 56 (2.63%) Support Analyst
17 53 (2.49%) Power Platform Developer
18 50 (2.35%) Consultant
18 50 (2.35%) IT Support
19 49 (2.30%) Power BI Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 57 (2.67%) .NET
2 39 (1.83%) REST
3 35 (1.64%) PySpark
4 34 (1.60%) JSON
5 33 (1.55%) XML
6 23 (1.08%) CSS
7 22 (1.03%) HTML5 Canvas
8 21 (0.99%) HTML
9 19 (0.89%) .NET Core
10 18 (0.84%) Kafka
10 18 (0.84%) Web Services
11 17 (0.80%) EDI
11 17 (0.80%) SOAP
12 10 (0.47%) React
12 10 (0.47%) WinForms
13 9 (0.42%) ASP.NET
13 9 (0.42%) PyTorch
13 9 (0.42%) RESTful
13 9 (0.42%) SAP CO-PA
13 9 (0.42%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 74 (3.47%) Analytical Mindset
2 71 (3.33%) Management Information System
3 47 (2.21%) Cloud Native
4 46 (2.16%) Data Structures
5 44 (2.06%) Self-Motivation
6 35 (1.64%) Onboarding
7 31 (1.45%) Low-Code
8 28 (1.31%) Legacy Systems
8 28 (1.31%) Product Ownership
9 18 (0.84%) Driving Licence
9 18 (0.84%) Greenfield Project
10 17 (0.80%) Reinsurance
11 15 (0.70%) FMCG
12 14 (0.66%) Enterprise Software
12 14 (0.66%) NHS
13 13 (0.61%) Algorithms
14 12 (0.56%) Clustering
15 11 (0.52%) Social Media
16 10 (0.47%) Renewable Energy
17 9 (0.42%) Data Fabric
Operating Systems
1 33 (1.55%) Windows
2 13 (0.61%) Linux
3 10 (0.47%) VMS
3 10 (0.47%) Windows Server
4 8 (0.38%) Unix
5 5 (0.23%) Mac OS
6 4 (0.19%) Android
7 3 (0.14%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.094%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.047%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.047%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,029 (95.21%) Business Intelligence
2 831 (39.00%) AI
3 552 (25.90%) Analytics
4 429 (20.13%) Decision-Making
5 365 (17.13%) Problem-Solving
6 335 (15.72%) Data Modelling
7 333 (15.63%) Visualisation
8 273 (12.81%) Continuous Improvement
8 273 (12.81%) ETL
9 245 (11.50%) Agile
10 241 (11.31%) Data Analysis
11 216 (10.14%) Data Visualisation
12 208 (9.76%) Data Governance
13 202 (9.48%) Actionable Insight
14 184 (8.63%) Data Engineering
15 179 (8.40%) Data Pipeline
16 164 (7.70%) Project Management
17 157 (7.37%) DevOps
18 151 (7.09%) Stakeholder Management
19 149 (6.99%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 1,391 (65.27%) SQL
2 1,007 (47.25%) Python
3 132 (6.19%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 91 (4.27%) C#
5 79 (3.71%) PowerShell
6 75 (3.52%) VBA
7 67 (3.14%) JavaScript
8 51 (2.39%) R
9 40 (1.88%) T-SQL
10 17 (0.80%) Kusto Query Language
11 10 (0.47%) Delphi
11 10 (0.47%) Scala
11 10 (0.47%) TypeScript
12 8 (0.38%) Java
13 6 (0.28%) Bicep
14 5 (0.23%) ANSI SQL
15 4 (0.19%) Bash
15 4 (0.19%) VB
15 4 (0.19%) VBScript
16 3 (0.14%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 644 (30.22%) Azure Certification
2 280 (13.14%) Degree
3 79 (3.71%) Security Cleared
4 70 (3.28%) ACCA
4 70 (3.28%) CIMA
5 62 (2.91%) SC Cleared
6 57 (2.67%) Microsoft Certification
7 50 (2.35%) Computer Science Degree
8 41 (1.92%) Master's Degree
9 38 (1.78%) PMI Certification
9 38 (1.78%) PMP
10 29 (1.36%) DBS Check
11 17 (0.80%) AAT
11 17 (0.80%) MBA
12 13 (0.61%) APMP
13 12 (0.56%) Numerate Degree
14 8 (0.38%) BPSS Clearance
14 8 (0.38%) DV Cleared
14 8 (0.38%) IIBA
15 7 (0.33%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 260 (12.20%) Data Quality
2 80 (3.75%) GDPR
3 52 (2.44%) QA
4 42 (1.97%) PMO
5 38 (1.78%) Accessibility
6 35 (1.64%) SLA
7 30 (1.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 21 (0.99%) Actionable Recommendations
9 11 (0.52%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 8 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials
11 7 (0.33%) IFRS
12 6 (0.28%) GRC
12 6 (0.28%) NIST
13 5 (0.23%) ITGC
14 4 (0.19%) IFRS 17
15 3 (0.14%) GAAP
16 2 (0.094%) EMIR
16 2 (0.094%) MiFID
16 2 (0.094%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 2 (0.094%) WCAG
System Software
1 52 (2.44%) Active Directory
2 11 (0.52%) Docker
3 8 (0.38%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.14%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.094%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.094%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.047%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 17 (0.80%) Terraform
2 15 (0.70%) Microsoft Intune
3 12 (0.56%) Kubernetes
4 7 (0.33%) Single Sign-On
5 5 (0.23%) Control-M
5 5 (0.23%) FortiGate
5 5 (0.23%) SCCM
6 3 (0.14%) Ansible
6 3 (0.14%) Argo
7 2 (0.094%) RSA Archer
8 1 (0.047%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.047%) MOM
Vendors
1 1,117 (52.42%) Microsoft
2 122 (5.73%) Databricks
3 74 (3.47%) SAP
4 69 (3.24%) Oracle
5 50 (2.35%) Salesforce
6 42 (1.97%) Google
7 36 (1.69%) Informatica
8 34 (1.60%) ServiceNow
9 29 (1.36%) Alteryx
10 21 (0.99%) Anaplan
11 18 (0.84%) Adobe
12 13 (0.61%) Dell
12 13 (0.61%) IBM
13 12 (0.56%) Genesys
13 12 (0.56%) Verint
14 11 (0.52%) HubSpot
14 11 (0.52%) Intapp
15 9 (0.42%) Foundry
15 9 (0.42%) Northgate
16 8 (0.38%) Epicor