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

6 months to
15 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 54 75 60
Rank change year-on-year +21 -15 +19
Permanent jobs citing Power BI 2,619 1,552 3,170
As % of all permanent jobs in England 3.23% 3.98% 3.77%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 36.91% 23.26% 21.59%
Number of salaries quoted 1,246 1,080 2,570
10th Percentile £35,000 £36,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £58,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.17% +5.45% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,753 £85,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £53,568
% change year-on-year -4.35% +7.34% -2.60%

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 7,095 6,671 14,685
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 8.76% 17.12% 17.48%
Number of salaries quoted 4,456 4,549 11,391
10th Percentile £35,250 £37,000 £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 £97,500 £115,000 £97,500
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

Power BI
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 15 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 15 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 +53 625 £45,000 -14.29% 136
London -13 587 £70,000 - 294
Midlands +32 500 £47,085 -10.32% 83
South East +25 455 £57,500 +4.55% 189
Yorkshire +51 293 £42,500 -10.53% 39
West Midlands +14 293 £45,000 -16.04% 54
North West +42 267 £46,500 -11.43% 82
South West +19 229 £43,500 -20.91% 45
East of England +18 211 £55,000 -15.38% 45
East Midlands +49 205 £47,500 -2.56% 29
North East +13 65 £46,250 -13.95% 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
1 149 (5.69%) SharePoint
2 46 (1.76%) Apache Spark
3 45 (1.72%) Apache Airflow
4 41 (1.57%) Microsoft Exchange
5 10 (0.38%) SAS
6 9 (0.34%) Apache
6 9 (0.34%) Confluence
7 7 (0.27%) CMS
7 7 (0.27%) WordPress
8 6 (0.23%) ArcGIS
9 5 (0.19%) Umbraco
10 2 (0.076%) Headless CMS
10 2 (0.076%) Luigi
10 2 (0.076%) Moodle
10 2 (0.076%) Oracle Application Server
10 2 (0.076%) Palantir Foundry
11 1 (0.038%) Appian
11 1 (0.038%) Drupal
11 1 (0.038%) Mendix
Applications
1 1,397 (53.34%) Microsoft Excel
2 60 (2.29%) Microsoft Office
3 30 (1.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 29 (1.11%) Spreadsheet
5 24 (0.92%) Microsoft Project
6 23 (0.88%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.076%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 2 (0.076%) Trello
8 1 (0.038%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.038%) Maya
Business Applications
1 43 (1.64%) Dynamics CRM
2 20 (0.76%) NetSuite
3 12 (0.46%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 10 (0.38%) Dynamics AX
5 9 (0.34%) 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 (0.19%) Sage 200
9 5 (0.19%) SAP ERP
9 5 (0.19%) SAP PM
9 5 (0.19%) Shopify
10 4 (0.15%) Magento
11 3 (0.11%) Elite 3E
11 3 (0.11%) Integrated Workplace Management System
11 3 (0.11%) Markit EDM
12 2 (0.076%) Aladdin
12 2 (0.076%) Q-Pulse
12 2 (0.076%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 2,619 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 1,546 (59.03%) Azure
3 993 (37.92%) Azure AI
4 236 (9.01%) Power Automate
5 207 (7.90%) Microsoft 365
6 194 (7.41%) PowerApps
7 140 (5.35%) Azure Data Factory
8 131 (5.00%) Snowflake
9 123 (4.70%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 121 (4.62%) Dynamics 365
11 111 (4.24%) AWS
12 86 (3.28%) dbt
13 73 (2.79%) Azure DevOps
14 71 (2.71%) GCP
15 65 (2.48%) SaaS
16 59 (2.25%) Entra ID
17 57 (2.18%) Azure Logic Apps
18 50 (1.91%) Microsoft Purview
19 44 (1.68%) Microsoft Copilot
20 38 (1.45%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 16 (0.61%) Broadband
2 12 (0.46%) DHCP
2 12 (0.46%) DNS
2 12 (0.46%) Intranet
3 7 (0.27%) Firewall
4 6 (0.23%) VoIP
4 6 (0.23%) WAN
5 5 (0.19%) Modbus
5 5 (0.19%) MQTT
5 5 (0.19%) Wi-Fi
6 3 (0.11%) LTE
6 3 (0.11%) NAS
7 2 (0.076%) Internet
7 2 (0.076%) SMS
7 2 (0.076%) TCP/IP
7 2 (0.076%) VPN
8 1 (0.038%) FTP
8 1 (0.038%) Mobile Broadband
8 1 (0.038%) Softphone
8 1 (0.038%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1,237 (47.23%) Tableau
2 179 (6.83%) Data Warehouse
3 175 (6.68%) SQL Server
4 123 (4.70%) Data Lake
5 117 (4.47%) Power Query
6 110 (4.20%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 67 (2.56%) Looker
7 67 (2.56%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 61 (2.33%) Azure SQL Database
9 50 (1.91%) BigQuery
10 44 (1.68%) Big Data
10 44 (1.68%) Relational Database
11 42 (1.60%) Amazon Redshift
12 31 (1.18%) Snowflake Schema
13 29 (1.11%) Star Schema
14 27 (1.03%) Metadata
15 26 (0.99%) PostgreSQL
16 23 (0.88%) Elasticsearch
17 22 (0.84%) PowerPivot
18 21 (0.80%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 56 (2.14%) Git
2 41 (1.57%) JIRA
3 26 (0.99%) MLflow
3 26 (0.99%) Visual Studio
4 14 (0.53%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 4 (0.15%) Oracle Forms
6 3 (0.11%) Jenkins
6 3 (0.11%) Postman
7 2 (0.076%) DBeaver
8 1 (0.038%) Axure RP
8 1 (0.038%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.038%) ERwin
8 1 (0.038%) GitLab
8 1 (0.038%) NUnit
8 1 (0.038%) Oracle APEX
8 1 (0.038%) PowerDesigner
8 1 (0.038%) Selenium
8 1 (0.038%) Team Foundation Server
8 1 (0.038%) Toad
General
1 1,568 (59.87%) Social Skills
2 532 (20.31%) Analytical Skills
3 482 (18.40%) Finance
4 113 (4.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 95 (3.63%) Marketing
6 92 (3.51%) Public Sector
7 91 (3.47%) Retail
8 90 (3.44%) Law
9 78 (2.98%) Legal
10 67 (2.56%) Manufacturing
11 61 (2.33%) Organisational Skills
12 40 (1.53%) Presentation Skills
13 35 (1.34%) Influencing Skills
14 34 (1.30%) Documentation Skills
15 26 (0.99%) Banking
16 24 (0.92%) Telecoms
17 21 (0.80%) Publishing
18 18 (0.69%) Advertising
19 17 (0.65%) Automotive
20 16 (0.61%) Games
Job Titles
1 1,495 (57.08%) Analyst
2 1,197 (45.70%) Data Analyst
3 1,010 (38.56%) Junior
4 1,004 (38.34%) Junior Analyst
5 997 (38.07%) Junior Data Analyst
6 276 (10.54%) Senior
7 250 (9.55%) Developer
8 139 (5.31%) Data Engineer
9 124 (4.73%) Lead
10 91 (3.47%) Business Intelligence Developer
11 81 (3.09%) Business Intelligence Analyst
12 80 (3.05%) Architect
12 80 (3.05%) Business Analyst
13 68 (2.60%) Senior Analyst
14 64 (2.44%) Data Manager
15 59 (2.25%) Financial Analyst
15 59 (2.25%) Power BI Developer
16 57 (2.18%) IT Support
17 56 (2.14%) Systems Analyst
18 51 (1.95%) Power BI Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 91 (3.47%) .NET
2 51 (1.95%) JSON
3 48 (1.83%) CSS
4 47 (1.79%) HTML
5 41 (1.57%) HTML5 Canvas
6 40 (1.53%) PySpark
6 40 (1.53%) REST
7 38 (1.45%) XML
8 35 (1.34%) .NET Core
9 32 (1.22%) Kafka
10 29 (1.11%) PyTorch
10 29 (1.11%) scikit-learn
11 24 (0.92%) Middleware
12 23 (0.88%) EDI
12 23 (0.88%) LangChain
12 23 (0.88%) LlamaIndex
12 23 (0.88%) pgvector
12 23 (0.88%) TensorFlow
13 22 (0.84%) Microsoft Graph
14 20 (0.76%) SPFx
Miscellaneous
1 79 (3.02%) Management Information System
2 62 (2.37%) Data Structures
3 56 (2.14%) Analytical Mindset
4 51 (1.95%) Cloud Native
5 35 (1.34%) Legacy Systems
6 31 (1.18%) Onboarding
7 28 (1.07%) Low-Code
8 27 (1.03%) Clustering
9 26 (0.99%) Product Ownership
10 24 (0.92%) Public Cloud
11 23 (0.88%) Self-Motivation
12 20 (0.76%) Enterprise Cloud
12 20 (0.76%) NHS
13 19 (0.73%) Greenfield Project
13 19 (0.73%) Social Media
14 14 (0.53%) Driving Licence
14 14 (0.53%) Enterprise Software
14 14 (0.53%) FMCG
15 11 (0.42%) Reinsurance
15 11 (0.42%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 28 (1.07%) Windows
2 17 (0.65%) Windows Server
3 15 (0.57%) Linux
4 12 (0.46%) VMS
5 6 (0.23%) Unix
6 5 (0.19%) Windows 10
7 3 (0.11%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.076%) Android
8 2 (0.076%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.038%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.038%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.038%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.038%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,481 (94.73%) Business Intelligence
2 1,231 (47.00%) AI
3 631 (24.09%) Analytics
4 434 (16.57%) Decision-Making
5 383 (14.62%) Data Modelling
6 381 (14.55%) Problem-Solving
7 319 (12.18%) Visualisation
8 277 (10.58%) Continuous Improvement
9 259 (9.89%) ETL
10 220 (8.40%) Data Governance
11 216 (8.25%) Data Visualisation
12 210 (8.02%) Agile
13 202 (7.71%) Data Engineering
14 201 (7.67%) Actionable Insight
15 194 (7.41%) Data Analysis
16 188 (7.18%) ERP
17 181 (6.91%) Project Management
18 176 (6.72%) Data Pipeline
19 174 (6.64%) Machine Learning
20 168 (6.41%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 1,832 (69.95%) SQL
2 1,380 (52.69%) Python
3 147 (5.61%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 119 (4.54%) C#
5 83 (3.17%) JavaScript
6 72 (2.75%) PowerShell
7 70 (2.67%) VBA
8 52 (1.99%) T-SQL
9 46 (1.76%) R
10 25 (0.95%) TypeScript
11 19 (0.73%) Kusto Query Language
12 11 (0.42%) Delphi
12 11 (0.42%) Java
12 11 (0.42%) Scala
13 9 (0.34%) VBScript
14 6 (0.23%) Julia
14 6 (0.23%) VB
15 5 (0.19%) Bicep
16 3 (0.11%) VB.NET
17 2 (0.076%) C
Qualifications
1 1,014 (38.72%) Azure Certification
2 262 (10.00%) Degree
3 76 (2.90%) Security Cleared
4 63 (2.41%) ACCA
4 63 (2.41%) CIMA
5 56 (2.14%) SC Cleared
6 38 (1.45%) Microsoft Certification
6 38 (1.45%) PMI Certification
6 38 (1.45%) PMP
7 31 (1.18%) DBS Check
8 29 (1.11%) Computer Science Degree
9 23 (0.88%) Master's Degree
10 14 (0.53%) AAT
11 11 (0.42%) MBA
12 9 (0.34%) CompTIA Security+
13 8 (0.31%) APMP
13 8 (0.31%) CompTIA CySA+
13 8 (0.31%) SSCP
14 7 (0.27%) IIBA
14 7 (0.27%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 274 (10.46%) Data Quality
2 112 (4.28%) GDPR
3 59 (2.25%) QA
4 53 (2.02%) SLA
5 35 (1.34%) Accessibility
5 35 (1.34%) PMO
6 32 (1.22%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 26 (0.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 17 (0.65%) TickIT
9 14 (0.53%) NIST
10 13 (0.50%) Actionable Recommendations
11 12 (0.46%) GRC
12 8 (0.31%) IFRS
13 4 (0.15%) GAAP
13 4 (0.15%) IFRS 17
13 4 (0.15%) ITGC
13 4 (0.15%) NIST 800
14 2 (0.076%) MiFID
14 2 (0.076%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 2 (0.076%) WCAG
System Software
1 58 (2.21%) Active Directory
2 11 (0.42%) Docker
3 10 (0.38%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.15%) BitLocker
5 3 (0.11%) Terminal Services
5 3 (0.11%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.076%) IAG
7 1 (0.038%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.038%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 14 (0.53%) Terraform
2 10 (0.38%) Kubernetes
3 7 (0.27%) Microsoft Intune
4 5 (0.19%) SCCM
5 4 (0.15%) Ansible
5 4 (0.15%) Control-M
6 3 (0.11%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (0.076%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.038%) Argo
8 1 (0.038%) Grafana
8 1 (0.038%) MOM
8 1 (0.038%) SQL Sentry
8 1 (0.038%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 1,562 (59.64%) Microsoft
2 160 (6.11%) Databricks
3 87 (3.32%) SAP
4 75 (2.86%) Oracle
5 50 (1.91%) Google
6 38 (1.45%) Salesforce
7 32 (1.22%) Informatica
8 31 (1.18%) Adobe
9 29 (1.11%) Alteryx
10 25 (0.95%) ServiceNow
11 24 (0.92%) Cloudera
11 24 (0.92%) Dell
12 23 (0.88%) Intapp
13 19 (0.73%) Anaplan
14 13 (0.50%) iManage
14 13 (0.50%) Sage
15 12 (0.46%) Cognos
15 12 (0.46%) Genesys
15 12 (0.46%) HubSpot
15 12 (0.46%) Verint