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 17 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 51 78 65
Rank change year-on-year +27 -13 +11
Permanent jobs citing Power BI 2,510 1,611 2,959
As % of all permanent jobs in England 2.86% 3.72% 3.45%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 32.15% 23.65% 21.56%
Number of salaries quoted 1,425 1,207 2,314
10th Percentile £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.51% -0.87% +4.55%
75th Percentile £74,000 £70,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,790 £55,000
% change year-on-year -1.42% +1.44% -

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 7,807 6,812 13,722
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 8.90% 15.73% 16.00%
Number of salaries quoted 5,345 4,524 10,122
10th Percentile £36,250 £35,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £45,163 £46,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £110,000 £108,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £61,091 £58,500
% change year-on-year -1.79% +4.43% -6.40%

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

Power BI
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Power BI in England over the 6 months to 17 July 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 17 July 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 -13 628 £72,500 +5.84% 189
North of England +87 617 £46,500 -7.92% 130
Midlands +23 449 £47,500 -5.00% 100
South East +8 390 £52,500 - 153
North West +68 284 £48,000 -8.57% 64
Yorkshire +58 264 £44,000 -12.00% 44
West Midlands +13 263 £47,500 -11.21% 55
South West +6 221 £42,500 -22.73% 55
East Midlands +29 186 £47,500 +5.56% 45
East of England +32 184 £60,000 +28.34% 29
North East -5 69 £45,000 - 24
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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
1 174 (6.93%) SharePoint
2 45 (1.79%) Apache Spark
3 43 (1.71%) Apache Airflow
4 40 (1.59%) Microsoft Exchange
5 10 (0.40%) Apache
6 9 (0.36%) WordPress
7 7 (0.28%) ArcGIS
7 7 (0.28%) Confluence
8 6 (0.24%) CMS
9 5 (0.20%) SAS
10 4 (0.16%) Oracle Workflow
11 2 (0.080%) Headless CMS
11 2 (0.080%) IIS
11 2 (0.080%) Luigi
11 2 (0.080%) Umbraco
12 1 (0.040%) Appian
12 1 (0.040%) Mendix
12 1 (0.040%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 1,163 (46.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 64 (2.55%) Microsoft Office
3 46 (1.83%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 25 (1.00%) Microsoft Project
4 25 (1.00%) Spreadsheet
5 24 (0.96%) MS Visio
6 6 (0.24%) Chatbot
7 2 (0.080%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 2 (0.080%) ProjectWise
8 1 (0.040%) Revit
Business Applications
1 49 (1.95%) Dynamics CRM
2 44 (1.75%) NetSuite
3 12 (0.48%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 10 (0.40%) Elite 3E
5 8 (0.32%) Carpe Diem
5 8 (0.32%) SAP S/4HANA
6 6 (0.24%) IBM Planning Analytics
7 5 (0.20%) Dynamics NAV
7 5 (0.20%) SAP ERP
7 5 (0.20%) SAP PM
7 5 (0.20%) Shopify
7 5 (0.20%) Visualfiles
8 4 (0.16%) Magento
9 3 (0.12%) Sage 200
10 2 (0.080%) Dynamics AX
10 2 (0.080%) Infor M3
10 2 (0.080%) Markit EDM
10 2 (0.080%) SAP CO
10 2 (0.080%) Unit4 Business World
10 2 (0.080%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 2,510 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 1,299 (51.75%) Azure
3 716 (28.53%) Azure AI
4 276 (11.00%) Power Automate
5 252 (10.04%) PowerApps
6 248 (9.88%) Microsoft 365
7 158 (6.29%) Dynamics 365
8 146 (5.82%) Azure Data Factory
9 132 (5.26%) AWS
10 117 (4.66%) Snowflake
11 111 (4.42%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 88 (3.51%) Azure DevOps
12 88 (3.51%) GCP
13 75 (2.99%) Azure Logic Apps
13 75 (2.99%) SaaS
14 70 (2.79%) dbt
14 70 (2.79%) Microsoft Purview
15 60 (2.39%) OneDrive
16 58 (2.31%) Entra ID
17 50 (1.99%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 17 (0.68%) Broadband
2 16 (0.64%) Firewall
3 11 (0.44%) DHCP
3 11 (0.44%) DNS
4 8 (0.32%) WAN
5 6 (0.24%) VoIP
5 6 (0.24%) VPN
6 5 (0.20%) Intranet
7 4 (0.16%) LAN
7 4 (0.16%) LTE
7 4 (0.16%) Network Security
7 4 (0.16%) SMS
8 3 (0.12%) NAS
8 3 (0.12%) Wi-Fi
9 2 (0.080%) Internet
9 2 (0.080%) VLAN
10 1 (0.040%) Modbus
10 1 (0.040%) Softphone
10 1 (0.040%) TCP/IP
10 1 (0.040%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1,007 (40.12%) Tableau
2 202 (8.05%) Data Warehouse
3 172 (6.85%) SQL Server
4 122 (4.86%) Data Lake
5 120 (4.78%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 119 (4.74%) Power Query
7 78 (3.11%) Azure SQL Database
8 74 (2.95%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 68 (2.71%) Looker
10 58 (2.31%) Relational Database
11 53 (2.11%) BigQuery
12 44 (1.75%) Star Schema
13 40 (1.59%) Amazon Redshift
14 38 (1.51%) Metadata
15 35 (1.39%) Big Data
16 31 (1.24%) PostgreSQL
17 29 (1.16%) MySQL
18 27 (1.08%) Snowflake Schema
19 26 (1.04%) Semantic Layer
20 23 (0.92%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 56 (2.23%) Git
2 46 (1.83%) JIRA
3 29 (1.16%) MLflow
4 23 (0.92%) Visual Studio
5 15 (0.60%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 5 (0.20%) Jenkins
6 5 (0.20%) Oracle Forms
7 2 (0.080%) GitLab
7 2 (0.080%) Postman
8 1 (0.040%) Browser DevTools
8 1 (0.040%) ERwin
8 1 (0.040%) NUnit
8 1 (0.040%) PowerDesigner
8 1 (0.040%) Selenium
8 1 (0.040%) Toad
8 1 (0.040%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 1,371 (54.62%) Social Skills
2 548 (21.83%) Analytical Skills
3 545 (21.71%) Finance
4 130 (5.18%) Law
5 120 (4.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 104 (4.14%) Public Sector
7 101 (4.02%) Legal
8 100 (3.98%) Marketing
9 99 (3.94%) Retail
10 85 (3.39%) Organisational Skills
11 80 (3.19%) Manufacturing
12 32 (1.27%) Documentation Skills
13 30 (1.20%) Banking
14 29 (1.16%) Telecoms
15 26 (1.04%) Influencing Skills
16 25 (1.00%) Military
17 24 (0.96%) Presentation Skills
18 22 (0.88%) Advertising
18 22 (0.88%) Billing
19 20 (0.80%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 1,246 (49.64%) Analyst
2 917 (36.53%) Data Analyst
3 735 (29.28%) Junior
4 727 (28.96%) Junior Analyst
5 715 (28.49%) Junior Data Analyst
6 291 (11.59%) Senior
7 273 (10.88%) Developer
8 166 (6.61%) Data Engineer
9 139 (5.54%) Lead
10 91 (3.63%) Business Intelligence Analyst
11 80 (3.19%) Architect
12 78 (3.11%) Business Intelligence Developer
13 71 (2.83%) Business Analyst
14 70 (2.79%) Data Manager
15 65 (2.59%) Senior Analyst
16 59 (2.35%) Power Platform Developer
17 57 (2.27%) Systems Analyst
18 55 (2.19%) Support Analyst
19 53 (2.11%) Financial Analyst
20 52 (2.07%) IT Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 109 (4.34%) .NET
2 57 (2.27%) HTML
3 56 (2.23%) PySpark
3 56 (2.23%) REST
4 54 (2.15%) CSS
5 49 (1.95%) JSON
6 42 (1.67%) HTML5 Canvas
7 37 (1.47%) Kafka
8 36 (1.43%) .NET Core
9 32 (1.27%) scikit-learn
10 31 (1.24%) PyTorch
10 31 (1.24%) XML
11 26 (1.04%) Microsoft Graph
11 26 (1.04%) TensorFlow
12 24 (0.96%) Middleware
13 23 (0.92%) LangChain
13 23 (0.92%) LlamaIndex
13 23 (0.92%) pgvector
14 20 (0.80%) EDI
14 20 (0.80%) SPFx
Miscellaneous
1 136 (5.42%) Management Information System
2 79 (3.15%) Data Structures
3 56 (2.23%) Analytical Mindset
4 54 (2.15%) Cloud Native
5 47 (1.87%) Onboarding
6 38 (1.51%) Product Ownership
7 35 (1.39%) Self-Motivation
8 33 (1.31%) Legacy Systems
9 26 (1.04%) Public Cloud
10 25 (1.00%) Clustering
11 21 (0.84%) Low-Code
11 21 (0.84%) NHS
12 19 (0.76%) Social Media
13 18 (0.72%) Driving Licence
14 14 (0.56%) Enterprise Cloud
14 14 (0.56%) Greenfield Project
15 13 (0.52%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
16 12 (0.48%) Enterprise Software
17 11 (0.44%) AI Agents
18 10 (0.40%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 47 (1.87%) Windows
2 21 (0.84%) Linux
2 21 (0.84%) Windows Server
3 11 (0.44%) VMS
4 5 (0.20%) Unix
5 4 (0.16%) Windows 10
5 4 (0.16%) Windows Server 2019
6 3 (0.12%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.080%) Android
7 2 (0.080%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.040%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.040%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,363 (94.14%) Business Intelligence
2 1,050 (41.83%) AI
3 711 (28.33%) Analytics
4 474 (18.88%) Decision-Making
5 456 (18.17%) Problem-Solving
6 419 (16.69%) Data Modelling
7 341 (13.59%) Continuous Improvement
8 323 (12.87%) Visualisation
9 270 (10.76%) ETL
10 266 (10.60%) Agile
10 266 (10.60%) Data Governance
11 235 (9.36%) ERP
12 228 (9.08%) Actionable Insight
13 224 (8.92%) Data Visualisation
14 216 (8.61%) Data Engineering
15 215 (8.57%) Data Analysis
16 209 (8.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 201 (8.01%) Stakeholder Management
18 198 (7.89%) CRM
19 197 (7.85%) Data Pipeline
Programming Languages
1 1,685 (67.13%) SQL
2 1,082 (43.11%) Python
3 161 (6.41%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 154 (6.14%) C#
5 98 (3.90%) JavaScript
6 74 (2.95%) PowerShell
7 55 (2.19%) T-SQL
8 54 (2.15%) VBA
9 38 (1.51%) R
10 27 (1.08%) TypeScript
11 23 (0.92%) Kusto Query Language
12 16 (0.64%) Scala
13 12 (0.48%) Java
14 9 (0.36%) VBScript
15 8 (0.32%) VB
16 6 (0.24%) Julia
17 5 (0.20%) Bicep
17 5 (0.20%) Delphi
18 4 (0.16%) PHP
18 4 (0.16%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 739 (29.44%) Azure Certification
2 259 (10.32%) Degree
3 96 (3.82%) Security Cleared
4 88 (3.51%) ACCA
5 83 (3.31%) CIMA
6 76 (3.03%) SC Cleared
7 44 (1.75%) Microsoft Certification
8 37 (1.47%) DBS Check
9 30 (1.20%) Computer Science Degree
10 29 (1.16%) AAT
11 21 (0.84%) PMI Certification
11 21 (0.84%) PMP
12 16 (0.64%) Master's Degree
13 12 (0.48%) BPSS Clearance
14 10 (0.40%) CompTIA CySA+
14 10 (0.40%) CompTIA Security+
14 10 (0.40%) SSCP
15 7 (0.28%) HND
15 7 (0.28%) Postgraduate
16 5 (0.20%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 337 (13.43%) Data Quality
2 127 (5.06%) GDPR
3 83 (3.31%) QA
4 46 (1.83%) Accessibility
4 46 (1.83%) SLA
5 38 (1.51%) PMO
6 37 (1.47%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 31 (1.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 17 (0.68%) TickIT
9 15 (0.60%) Actionable Recommendations
9 15 (0.60%) NIST
10 13 (0.52%) GRC
11 7 (0.28%) IFRS
12 6 (0.24%) ISO 9001
13 5 (0.20%) PERC
14 4 (0.16%) Cyber Essentials
14 4 (0.16%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 4 (0.16%) GAAP
14 4 (0.16%) ITGC
14 4 (0.16%) NIST 800
System Software
1 53 (2.11%) Active Directory
2 15 (0.60%) Docker
3 9 (0.36%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (0.28%) Virtual Desktop
5 5 (0.20%) BitLocker
6 3 (0.12%) Terminal Services
7 2 (0.080%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.080%) IAG
7 2 (0.080%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 25 (1.00%) Terraform
2 14 (0.56%) Microsoft Intune
3 12 (0.48%) Kubernetes
4 10 (0.40%) FortiGate
5 6 (0.24%) SCCM
5 6 (0.24%) Single Sign-On
6 3 (0.12%) Ansible
7 2 (0.080%) Control-M
7 2 (0.080%) Microsoft Clustering
8 1 (0.040%) Grafana
8 1 (0.040%) MOM
8 1 (0.040%) SQL Sentry
8 1 (0.040%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 1,399 (55.74%) Microsoft
2 185 (7.37%) Databricks
3 94 (3.75%) SAP
4 82 (3.27%) Oracle
5 60 (2.39%) Google
6 44 (1.75%) Salesforce
7 31 (1.24%) Adobe
8 29 (1.16%) Intapp
8 29 (1.16%) Sage
9 24 (0.96%) Alteryx
9 24 (0.96%) Cloudera
10 23 (0.92%) Dell
10 23 (0.92%) Informatica
11 19 (0.76%) Concur
11 19 (0.76%) ServiceNow
12 16 (0.64%) iManage
13 14 (0.56%) Cognos
14 13 (0.52%) Aderant
14 13 (0.52%) HubSpot
15 11 (0.44%) Yardi