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

6 months to
12 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 59 73 59
Rank change year-on-year +14 -14 +20
Permanent jobs citing Power BI 2,139 1,527 3,077
As % of all permanent jobs in England 3.29% 3.89% 4.17%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 34.65% 20.56% 22.55%
Number of salaries quoted 1,133 991 2,497
10th Percentile £36,300 £37,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,987 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £53,635
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +11.87% -4.84%
75th Percentile £75,000 £76,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £96,250 £85,000
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 6,174 7,427 13,643
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 9.49% 18.93% 18.48%
Number of salaries quoted 3,907 4,707 11,068
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 £80,000 £87,500 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £64,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -6.25% +11.30% -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 12 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 12 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 +9 647 £70,000 - 304
North of England +9 424 £47,750 -4.50% 165
South East +22 376 £57,500 +5.50% 231
Midlands +26 366 £47,085 -0.87% 118
West Midlands +25 222 £47,085 -5.83% 85
Yorkshire +17 193 £47,000 -1.57% 61
North West -10 184 £50,000 - 90
South West +53 176 £43,953 -8.43% 70
East Midlands +29 142 £45,000 +5.88% 33
East of England -4 134 £47,500 -32.14% 49
North East +20 47 £42,500 -15.00% 18
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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
1 145 (6.78%) SharePoint
2 30 (1.40%) Apache Spark
3 29 (1.36%) Apache Airflow
4 25 (1.17%) Microsoft Exchange
5 17 (0.79%) SAS
6 16 (0.75%) Confluence
7 6 (0.28%) Apache
8 4 (0.19%) ArcGIS
8 4 (0.19%) CMS
8 4 (0.19%) Umbraco
9 2 (0.094%) Moodle
9 2 (0.094%) Oracle Application Server
9 2 (0.094%) Palantir Foundry
9 2 (0.094%) WordPress
10 1 (0.047%) Appian
10 1 (0.047%) Drupal
10 1 (0.047%) Jupyter
10 1 (0.047%) Mendix
Applications
1 1,038 (48.53%) Microsoft Excel
2 67 (3.13%) Microsoft Office
3 53 (2.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 23 (1.08%) Spreadsheet
5 16 (0.75%) Microsoft Project
6 14 (0.65%) 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 46 (2.15%) Dynamics CRM
2 14 (0.65%) 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
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%) SAP S/4HANA
8 3 (0.14%) Shopify
9 2 (0.094%) Aladdin
9 2 (0.094%) Q-Pulse
Cloud Services
1 2,139 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 1,157 (54.09%) Azure
3 623 (29.13%) Azure AI
4 233 (10.89%) Power Automate
5 205 (9.58%) Microsoft 365
6 193 (9.02%) PowerApps
7 150 (7.01%) Azure Data Factory
8 135 (6.31%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 132 (6.17%) Snowflake
10 112 (5.24%) Dynamics 365
11 85 (3.97%) AWS
12 83 (3.88%) Azure DevOps
12 83 (3.88%) dbt
13 62 (2.90%) SaaS
14 59 (2.76%) Entra ID
14 59 (2.76%) Microsoft Copilot
15 53 (2.48%) GCP
16 50 (2.34%) Azure Logic Apps
17 36 (1.68%) Serverless
18 30 (1.40%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 14 (0.65%) 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%) BGP
9 1 (0.047%) Mobile Broadband
9 1 (0.047%) SD-WAN
9 1 (0.047%) Softphone
Database & Business Intelligence
1 857 (40.07%) Tableau
2 201 (9.40%) SQL Server
3 187 (8.74%) Data Warehouse
4 113 (5.28%) Data Lake
5 112 (5.24%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 107 (5.00%) Power Query
7 66 (3.09%) Azure SQL Database
8 62 (2.90%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 52 (2.43%) Looker
10 42 (1.96%) Relational Database
11 33 (1.54%) BigQuery
12 32 (1.50%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 31 (1.45%) Big Data
14 30 (1.40%) Metadata
15 28 (1.31%) PostgreSQL
16 27 (1.26%) Qlik Sense
17 25 (1.17%) Amazon Redshift
17 25 (1.17%) PowerPivot
17 25 (1.17%) Star Schema
18 24 (1.12%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 71 (3.32%) Git
2 34 (1.59%) 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%) Jenkins
7 4 (0.19%) Postman
7 4 (0.19%) PowerDesigner
8 2 (0.094%) DBeaver
9 1 (0.047%) Axure RP
9 1 (0.047%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.047%) NUnit
9 1 (0.047%) Oracle APEX
9 1 (0.047%) Oracle Forms
9 1 (0.047%) Selenium
9 1 (0.047%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 1,177 (55.03%) Social Skills
2 561 (26.23%) Finance
3 494 (23.09%) Analytical Skills
4 93 (4.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 89 (4.16%) Marketing
6 78 (3.65%) Public Sector
7 77 (3.60%) Manufacturing
8 76 (3.55%) Legal
9 67 (3.13%) Law
10 55 (2.57%) Retail
11 50 (2.34%) Organisational Skills
12 47 (2.20%) Presentation Skills
13 43 (2.01%) Banking
14 25 (1.17%) Influencing Skills
15 24 (1.12%) Documentation Skills
16 20 (0.94%) Advertising
16 20 (0.94%) Financial Institution
17 19 (0.89%) Games
18 18 (0.84%) Billing
18 18 (0.84%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 1,105 (51.66%) Analyst
2 822 (38.43%) Data Analyst
3 627 (29.31%) Junior
4 620 (28.99%) Junior Analyst
5 617 (28.85%) Junior Data Analyst
6 224 (10.47%) Senior
7 217 (10.14%) Developer
8 143 (6.69%) Data Engineer
9 118 (5.52%) Lead
10 87 (4.07%) Business Intelligence Developer
11 78 (3.65%) Architect
12 76 (3.55%) Business Intelligence Analyst
12 76 (3.55%) Senior Analyst
13 71 (3.32%) Financial Analyst
14 63 (2.95%) Business Analyst
15 56 (2.62%) Support Analyst
16 54 (2.52%) Power Platform Developer
17 49 (2.29%) IT Support
17 49 (2.29%) Power BI Developer
18 48 (2.24%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 62 (2.90%) .NET
2 40 (1.87%) REST
3 36 (1.68%) PySpark
4 34 (1.59%) JSON
5 33 (1.54%) XML
6 23 (1.08%) CSS
6 23 (1.08%) HTML5 Canvas
7 21 (0.98%) .NET Core
7 21 (0.98%) HTML
8 18 (0.84%) Kafka
8 18 (0.84%) Web Services
9 17 (0.79%) EDI
9 17 (0.79%) SOAP
10 11 (0.51%) React
11 10 (0.47%) ASP.NET
11 10 (0.47%) RESTful
11 10 (0.47%) WinForms
12 9 (0.42%) AngularJS
12 9 (0.42%) SAP CO-PA
12 9 (0.42%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 75 (3.51%) Analytical Mindset
2 71 (3.32%) Management Information System
3 48 (2.24%) Cloud Native
4 46 (2.15%) Data Structures
5 43 (2.01%) Self-Motivation
6 33 (1.54%) Onboarding
7 32 (1.50%) Low-Code
8 29 (1.36%) Legacy Systems
8 29 (1.36%) Product Ownership
9 18 (0.84%) Driving Licence
9 18 (0.84%) Greenfield Project
10 17 (0.79%) Reinsurance
11 15 (0.70%) FMCG
12 14 (0.65%) Enterprise Software
12 14 (0.65%) NHS
13 13 (0.61%) Algorithms
13 13 (0.61%) Clustering
14 11 (0.51%) Social Media
15 10 (0.47%) Renewable Energy
16 9 (0.42%) Data Fabric
Operating Systems
1 33 (1.54%) Windows
2 14 (0.65%) Linux
3 11 (0.51%) VMS
4 10 (0.47%) Windows Server
5 9 (0.42%) Unix
6 5 (0.23%) Mac OS
7 4 (0.19%) Android
8 3 (0.14%) Apple iOS
9 2 (0.094%) Windows 10
10 1 (0.047%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.047%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,040 (95.37%) Business Intelligence
2 831 (38.85%) AI
3 562 (26.27%) Analytics
4 432 (20.20%) Decision-Making
5 368 (17.20%) Problem-Solving
6 338 (15.80%) Data Modelling
7 334 (15.61%) Visualisation
8 278 (13.00%) Continuous Improvement
9 275 (12.86%) ETL
10 243 (11.36%) Agile
11 238 (11.13%) Data Analysis
12 218 (10.19%) Data Visualisation
13 209 (9.77%) Data Governance
14 203 (9.49%) Actionable Insight
15 187 (8.74%) Data Engineering
16 181 (8.46%) Data Pipeline
17 162 (7.57%) Project Management
18 160 (7.48%) DevOps
19 151 (7.06%) CI/CD
19 151 (7.06%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 1,397 (65.31%) SQL
2 1,008 (47.12%) Python
3 135 (6.31%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 96 (4.49%) C#
5 81 (3.79%) PowerShell
6 76 (3.55%) VBA
7 70 (3.27%) JavaScript
8 51 (2.38%) R
9 42 (1.96%) T-SQL
10 18 (0.84%) Kusto Query Language
11 11 (0.51%) TypeScript
12 10 (0.47%) Delphi
12 10 (0.47%) Scala
13 9 (0.42%) Java
14 6 (0.28%) Bicep
14 6 (0.28%) VBScript
15 5 (0.23%) ANSI SQL
15 5 (0.23%) VB
16 4 (0.19%) Bash
17 3 (0.14%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 644 (30.11%) Azure Certification
2 279 (13.04%) Degree
3 77 (3.60%) Security Cleared
4 70 (3.27%) ACCA
4 70 (3.27%) CIMA
5 60 (2.81%) SC Cleared
6 57 (2.66%) Microsoft Certification
7 51 (2.38%) Computer Science Degree
8 40 (1.87%) Master's Degree
9 38 (1.78%) PMI Certification
9 38 (1.78%) PMP
10 29 (1.36%) DBS Check
11 17 (0.79%) AAT
11 17 (0.79%) MBA
12 13 (0.61%) APMP
13 12 (0.56%) Numerate Degree
14 8 (0.37%) BPSS Clearance
14 8 (0.37%) IIBA
15 7 (0.33%) DV Cleared
15 7 (0.33%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 262 (12.25%) Data Quality
2 81 (3.79%) GDPR
3 53 (2.48%) QA
4 42 (1.96%) PMO
5 36 (1.68%) Accessibility
5 36 (1.68%) SLA
6 29 (1.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 21 (0.98%) Actionable Recommendations
8 11 (0.51%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 7 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials
9 7 (0.33%) IFRS
10 6 (0.28%) GRC
10 6 (0.28%) NIST
11 5 (0.23%) ITGC
12 4 (0.19%) IFRS 17
13 3 (0.14%) GAAP
14 2 (0.094%) EMIR
14 2 (0.094%) MiFID
14 2 (0.094%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 2 (0.094%) WCAG
System Software
1 52 (2.43%) Active Directory
2 12 (0.56%) Docker
3 9 (0.42%) 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 18 (0.84%) Terraform
2 15 (0.70%) Microsoft Intune
3 13 (0.61%) Kubernetes
4 7 (0.33%) Single Sign-On
5 6 (0.28%) SCCM
6 5 (0.23%) Control-M
6 5 (0.23%) FortiGate
7 3 (0.14%) Ansible
7 3 (0.14%) Argo
8 2 (0.094%) RSA Archer
9 1 (0.047%) Grafana
9 1 (0.047%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.047%) MOM
9 1 (0.047%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 1,125 (52.59%) Microsoft
2 124 (5.80%) Databricks
3 73 (3.41%) SAP
4 71 (3.32%) Oracle
5 50 (2.34%) Salesforce
6 42 (1.96%) Google
7 36 (1.68%) Informatica
8 34 (1.59%) ServiceNow
9 29 (1.36%) Alteryx
10 21 (0.98%) Anaplan
11 19 (0.89%) Adobe
12 14 (0.65%) IBM
13 13 (0.61%) Dell
14 12 (0.56%) Genesys
14 12 (0.56%) HubSpot
14 12 (0.56%) Verint
15 11 (0.51%) Intapp
16 9 (0.42%) Foundry
16 9 (0.42%) Northgate
16 9 (0.42%) VMware