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

6 months to
5 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 54 77 61
Rank change year-on-year +23 -16 +16
Permanent jobs citing Power BI 2,456 1,481 3,230
As % of all permanent jobs in England 2.97% 3.79% 3.59%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 34.45% 22.81% 21.59%
Number of salaries quoted 1,268 1,076 2,586
10th Percentile £35,000 £35,000 £32,800
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 £93,764 £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 7,129 6,492 14,962
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 8.62% 16.62% 16.63%
Number of salaries quoted 4,649 4,317 11,423
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 5 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 5 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 +51 601 £45,000 -14.29% 173
London -10 587 £70,000 - 335
Midlands +26 439 £47,500 -9.52% 109
South East +30 408 £57,500 +12.20% 185
North West +47 271 £46,500 -15.45% 99
Yorkshire +47 265 £42,500 -15.00% 54
West Midlands +12 257 £47,085 -14.39% 65
South West +13 210 £43,000 -27.12% 63
East of England +36 192 £60,000 +28.34% 40
East Midlands +28 180 £50,000 +5.26% 44
North East +1 65 £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
1 155 (6.31%) SharePoint
2 46 (1.87%) Apache Spark
3 45 (1.83%) Apache Airflow
4 42 (1.71%) Microsoft Exchange
5 11 (0.45%) Apache
6 8 (0.33%) Confluence
6 8 (0.33%) SAS
7 7 (0.29%) WordPress
8 6 (0.24%) ArcGIS
8 6 (0.24%) CMS
9 2 (0.081%) Headless CMS
9 2 (0.081%) IIS
9 2 (0.081%) Luigi
9 2 (0.081%) Oracle Application Server
9 2 (0.081%) Oracle Workflow
9 2 (0.081%) Palantir Foundry
9 2 (0.081%) Umbraco
10 1 (0.041%) Appian
10 1 (0.041%) Drupal
10 1 (0.041%) Mendix
Applications
1 1,205 (49.06%) Microsoft Excel
2 56 (2.28%) Microsoft Office
3 36 (1.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 26 (1.06%) Microsoft Project
4 26 (1.06%) MS Visio
4 26 (1.06%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.081%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 2 (0.081%) Trello
6 1 (0.041%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.041%) ProjectWise
6 1 (0.041%) Revit
Business Applications
1 46 (1.87%) Dynamics CRM
2 21 (0.86%) NetSuite
3 12 (0.49%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 10 (0.41%) Dynamics AX
5 9 (0.37%) SAP CO
6 8 (0.33%) IBM Planning Analytics
7 7 (0.29%) Dynamics NAV
8 6 (0.24%) SAP S/4HANA
9 5 (0.20%) 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 (0.081%) Aladdin
12 2 (0.081%) Q-Pulse
12 2 (0.081%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 2,456 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 1,354 (55.13%) Azure
3 804 (32.74%) Azure AI
4 243 (9.89%) Power Automate
5 216 (8.79%) Microsoft 365
6 209 (8.51%) PowerApps
7 134 (5.46%) Azure Data Factory
8 133 (5.42%) Dynamics 365
9 119 (4.85%) AWS
10 118 (4.80%) Snowflake
11 111 (4.52%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 82 (3.34%) Azure DevOps
13 78 (3.18%) dbt
14 71 (2.89%) GCP
15 64 (2.61%) Azure Logic Apps
16 63 (2.57%) Microsoft Purview
17 61 (2.48%) SaaS
18 54 (2.20%) Entra ID
19 46 (1.87%) Microsoft Copilot
20 45 (1.83%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 17 (0.69%) Broadband
2 13 (0.53%) Firewall
3 10 (0.41%) DHCP
3 10 (0.41%) DNS
4 7 (0.29%) Intranet
4 7 (0.29%) VoIP
5 6 (0.24%) WAN
6 4 (0.16%) LTE
7 3 (0.12%) Modbus
7 3 (0.12%) MQTT
7 3 (0.12%) NAS
7 3 (0.12%) SMS
7 3 (0.12%) VPN
7 3 (0.12%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (0.081%) Internet
8 2 (0.081%) Network Security
9 1 (0.041%) FTP
9 1 (0.041%) Softphone
9 1 (0.041%) TCP/IP
9 1 (0.041%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1,064 (43.32%) Tableau
2 175 (7.13%) Data Warehouse
3 159 (6.47%) SQL Server
4 116 (4.72%) Data Lake
5 115 (4.68%) Power Query
6 106 (4.32%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 69 (2.81%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 66 (2.69%) Looker
9 65 (2.65%) Azure SQL Database
10 50 (2.04%) BigQuery
11 49 (2.00%) Relational Database
12 42 (1.71%) Amazon Redshift
12 42 (1.71%) Big Data
13 34 (1.38%) Star Schema
14 33 (1.34%) Metadata
15 29 (1.18%) Snowflake Schema
16 28 (1.14%) PostgreSQL
17 24 (0.98%) MySQL
18 23 (0.94%) Elasticsearch
18 23 (0.94%) PowerPivot
Development Applications
1 57 (2.32%) Git
2 39 (1.59%) JIRA
3 27 (1.10%) MLflow
4 24 (0.98%) Visual Studio
5 15 (0.61%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 6 (0.24%) Jenkins
7 5 (0.20%) Oracle Forms
8 3 (0.12%) Postman
9 2 (0.081%) DBeaver
10 1 (0.041%) Axure RP
10 1 (0.041%) Bitbucket
10 1 (0.041%) Browser DevTools
10 1 (0.041%) ERwin
10 1 (0.041%) NUnit
10 1 (0.041%) PowerDesigner
10 1 (0.041%) Selenium
10 1 (0.041%) Toad
General
1 1,388 (56.51%) Social Skills
2 528 (21.50%) Analytical Skills
3 489 (19.91%) Finance
4 121 (4.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 104 (4.23%) Law
6 96 (3.91%) Public Sector
7 93 (3.79%) Marketing
8 88 (3.58%) Retail
9 81 (3.30%) Legal
10 66 (2.69%) Manufacturing
11 60 (2.44%) Organisational Skills
12 32 (1.30%) Documentation Skills
13 31 (1.26%) Presentation Skills
14 30 (1.22%) Influencing Skills
15 26 (1.06%) Banking
16 24 (0.98%) Telecoms
17 18 (0.73%) Billing
17 18 (0.73%) Social Housing
18 17 (0.69%) Advertising
18 17 (0.69%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 1,300 (52.93%) Analyst
2 1,003 (40.84%) Data Analyst
3 825 (33.59%) Junior
4 819 (33.35%) Junior Analyst
5 809 (32.94%) Junior Data Analyst
6 271 (11.03%) Senior
7 246 (10.02%) Developer
8 140 (5.70%) Data Engineer
9 134 (5.46%) Lead
10 86 (3.50%) Business Intelligence Analyst
11 85 (3.46%) Business Intelligence Developer
12 73 (2.97%) Data Manager
13 71 (2.89%) Business Analyst
14 70 (2.85%) Architect
15 65 (2.65%) Senior Analyst
16 58 (2.36%) Power BI Developer
17 57 (2.32%) Power BI Analyst
18 53 (2.16%) Systems Analyst
19 51 (2.08%) Financial Analyst
20 50 (2.04%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 89 (3.62%) .NET
2 54 (2.20%) HTML
3 52 (2.12%) CSS
4 49 (2.00%) JSON
5 47 (1.91%) PySpark
6 44 (1.79%) REST
7 41 (1.67%) HTML5 Canvas
8 35 (1.43%) .NET Core
8 35 (1.43%) Kafka
8 35 (1.43%) XML
9 29 (1.18%) PyTorch
9 29 (1.18%) scikit-learn
10 24 (0.98%) Microsoft Graph
10 24 (0.98%) Middleware
11 23 (0.94%) LangChain
11 23 (0.94%) LlamaIndex
11 23 (0.94%) pgvector
11 23 (0.94%) TensorFlow
12 20 (0.81%) EDI
12 20 (0.81%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 97 (3.95%) Management Information System
2 57 (2.32%) Data Structures
3 54 (2.20%) Analytical Mindset
4 48 (1.95%) Cloud Native
5 37 (1.51%) Onboarding
6 32 (1.30%) Legacy Systems
6 32 (1.30%) Product Ownership
7 29 (1.18%) Self-Motivation
8 27 (1.10%) Clustering
9 26 (1.06%) Public Cloud
10 25 (1.02%) Low-Code
11 24 (0.98%) NHS
12 19 (0.77%) Social Media
13 18 (0.73%) Enterprise Cloud
14 14 (0.57%) Enterprise Software
14 14 (0.57%) Greenfield Project
15 12 (0.49%) FMCG
16 11 (0.45%) Driving Licence
16 11 (0.45%) Replication
17 9 (0.37%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 37 (1.51%) Windows
2 19 (0.77%) Windows Server
3 15 (0.61%) Linux
4 12 (0.49%) VMS
5 6 (0.24%) Unix
6 3 (0.12%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.12%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.081%) Android
7 2 (0.081%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.041%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.041%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.041%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.041%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,319 (94.42%) Business Intelligence
2 1,068 (43.49%) AI
3 650 (26.47%) Analytics
4 433 (17.63%) Decision-Making
5 388 (15.80%) Problem-Solving
6 382 (15.55%) Data Modelling
7 325 (13.23%) Visualisation
8 291 (11.85%) Continuous Improvement
9 251 (10.22%) ETL
10 230 (9.36%) Data Visualisation
11 229 (9.32%) Data Governance
12 227 (9.24%) Agile
13 210 (8.55%) Data Engineering
14 195 (7.94%) ERP
15 194 (7.90%) Actionable Insight
15 194 (7.90%) Data Analysis
16 172 (7.00%) Data Management
16 172 (7.00%) Data Pipeline
17 171 (6.96%) CRM
18 170 (6.92%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 1,667 (67.87%) SQL
2 1,186 (48.29%) Python
3 147 (5.99%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 124 (5.05%) C#
5 91 (3.71%) JavaScript
6 76 (3.09%) PowerShell
7 64 (2.61%) VBA
8 56 (2.28%) T-SQL
9 45 (1.83%) R
10 25 (1.02%) TypeScript
11 19 (0.77%) Kusto Query Language
12 14 (0.57%) Scala
13 13 (0.53%) Java
14 9 (0.37%) VBScript
15 7 (0.29%) Delphi
15 7 (0.29%) VB
16 6 (0.24%) Bicep
16 6 (0.24%) Julia
17 3 (0.12%) PL/SQL
17 3 (0.12%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 831 (33.84%) Azure Certification
2 256 (10.42%) Degree
3 83 (3.38%) Security Cleared
4 65 (2.65%) ACCA
5 63 (2.57%) SC Cleared
6 62 (2.52%) CIMA
7 40 (1.63%) Microsoft Certification
8 34 (1.38%) DBS Check
9 33 (1.34%) PMI Certification
9 33 (1.34%) PMP
10 30 (1.22%) Computer Science Degree
11 22 (0.90%) Master's Degree
12 18 (0.73%) AAT
13 11 (0.45%) CompTIA Security+
14 10 (0.41%) CompTIA CySA+
14 10 (0.41%) MBA
14 10 (0.41%) SSCP
15 7 (0.29%) APMP
15 7 (0.29%) HND
15 7 (0.29%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 287 (11.69%) Data Quality
2 118 (4.80%) GDPR
3 69 (2.81%) QA
4 51 (2.08%) SLA
5 38 (1.55%) Accessibility
5 38 (1.55%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 32 (1.30%) PMO
7 28 (1.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 17 (0.69%) TickIT
9 16 (0.65%) NIST
10 13 (0.53%) GRC
11 12 (0.49%) Actionable Recommendations
12 9 (0.37%) IFRS
13 4 (0.16%) GAAP
13 4 (0.16%) IFRS 17
13 4 (0.16%) ITGC
13 4 (0.16%) NIST 800
13 4 (0.16%) PERC
14 2 (0.081%) GxP
14 2 (0.081%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 55 (2.24%) Active Directory
2 14 (0.57%) Docker
3 9 (0.37%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (0.20%) Virtual Desktop
5 4 (0.16%) BitLocker
6 3 (0.12%) Terminal Services
7 2 (0.081%) IAG
7 2 (0.081%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.041%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 17 (0.69%) Terraform
2 13 (0.53%) Kubernetes
3 8 (0.33%) FortiGate
3 8 (0.33%) Microsoft Intune
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 (0.081%) Microsoft Clustering
7 2 (0.081%) MOM
8 1 (0.041%) Grafana
8 1 (0.041%) SQL Sentry
8 1 (0.041%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 1,404 (57.17%) Microsoft
2 167 (6.80%) Databricks
3 91 (3.71%) SAP
4 77 (3.14%) Oracle
5 56 (2.28%) Google
6 37 (1.51%) Salesforce
7 31 (1.26%) Adobe
7 31 (1.26%) Informatica
8 26 (1.06%) Alteryx
8 26 (1.06%) ServiceNow
9 24 (0.98%) Cloudera
10 23 (0.94%) Dell
10 23 (0.94%) Intapp
11 18 (0.73%) Sage
12 14 (0.57%) Cognos
13 13 (0.53%) Concur
13 13 (0.53%) iManage
14 11 (0.45%) HubSpot
15 10 (0.41%) Aderant
15 10 (0.41%) Epicor