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 23 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 70 68 79
Rank change year-on-year -2 +11 -14
Permanent jobs citing Power BI 2,329 1,696 1,984
As % of all permanent jobs in England 2.27% 3.96% 2.96%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 29.16% 26.69% 19.02%
Number of salaries quoted 1,553 1,197 1,297
10th Percentile £34,700 £32,006 £37,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - -8.33% +4.62%
75th Percentile £73,750 £70,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £87,900 £87,500 £93,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% +9.09%

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 7,986 6,355 10,429
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 7.77% 14.84% 15.56%
Number of salaries quoted 5,603 4,130 6,287
10th Percentile £36,500 £34,250 £38,000
25th Percentile £46,000 £45,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - -7.69% +2.22%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,500 £90,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £110,000 £118,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - -7.69% +4.00%

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

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Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Power BI in England over the 6 months to 23 September 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 23 September 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 -20 732 £67,500 +2.27% 1,154
North of England +73 539 £46,500 -12.26% 393
Midlands +4 385 £52,500 +5.00% 286
South East -30 312 £55,000 +4.76% 430
North West +57 282 £50,000 -9.09% 223
West Midlands +5 239 £54,646 +4.09% 192
South West -28 205 £42,500 -15.00% 159
Yorkshire +48 177 £43,000 -9.47% 134
East Midlands +7 146 £47,500 +5.56% 94
East of England -27 132 £58,000 +45.00% 153
North East -9 80 £45,000 +5.88% 37
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Power BI
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
1 211 (9.06%) SharePoint
2 29 (1.25%) Apache Spark
3 26 (1.12%) Microsoft Exchange
4 16 (0.69%) Apache Airflow
5 13 (0.56%) Apache
6 10 (0.43%) Confluence
7 9 (0.39%) CMS
7 9 (0.39%) WordPress
8 5 (0.21%) Oracle Workflow
8 5 (0.21%) SAS
9 4 (0.17%) ArcGIS
9 4 (0.17%) IIS
9 4 (0.17%) Luigi
10 2 (0.086%) Appian
10 2 (0.086%) Headless CMS
10 2 (0.086%) Oracle Application Server
10 2 (0.086%) Tornado
10 2 (0.086%) Umbraco
11 1 (0.043%) Moodle
11 1 (0.043%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 788 (33.83%) Microsoft Excel
2 69 (2.96%) Microsoft Office
3 39 (1.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 22 (0.94%) MS Visio
5 21 (0.90%) Spreadsheet
6 19 (0.82%) Microsoft Project
7 14 (0.60%) Chatbot
8 9 (0.39%) ProjectWise
9 5 (0.21%) Revit
10 4 (0.17%) Navisworks
11 3 (0.13%) AutoCAD
12 2 (0.086%) SPSS
13 1 (0.043%) Adobe Illustrator
13 1 (0.043%) Civil 3D
13 1 (0.043%) InDesign
13 1 (0.043%) Inkscape
Business Applications
1 60 (2.58%) Dynamics CRM
2 51 (2.19%) NetSuite
3 17 (0.73%) Elite 3E
4 15 (0.64%) Dynamics NAV
5 12 (0.52%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 11 (0.47%) Carpe Diem
6 11 (0.47%) SAP S/4HANA
7 10 (0.43%) IBM Planning Analytics
8 9 (0.39%) Visualfiles
9 8 (0.34%) Infor M3
10 7 (0.30%) Workday HCM
11 5 (0.21%) SAP PM
12 3 (0.13%) Integrated Workplace Management System
12 3 (0.13%) Magento
12 3 (0.13%) Payment Gateway
12 3 (0.13%) Shopify
12 3 (0.13%) SystmOne
13 2 (0.086%) Dynamics GP
13 2 (0.086%) FastStats
13 2 (0.086%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 2,329 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 928 (39.85%) Azure
3 308 (13.22%) Power Automate
4 304 (13.05%) Azure AI
5 288 (12.37%) PowerApps
6 262 (11.25%) Microsoft 365
7 196 (8.42%) Dynamics 365
8 172 (7.39%) Azure Data Factory
9 151 (6.48%) AWS
10 141 (6.05%) Azure DevOps
11 94 (4.04%) Microsoft Copilot
12 91 (3.91%) Snowflake
13 86 (3.69%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 81 (3.48%) GCP
14 81 (3.48%) Microsoft Purview
15 69 (2.96%) SaaS
16 63 (2.71%) Azure Logic Apps
17 56 (2.40%) OneDrive
18 54 (2.32%) Google Analytics
19 51 (2.19%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 17 (0.73%) Firewall
2 13 (0.56%) Broadband
3 8 (0.34%) LAN
3 8 (0.34%) WAN
4 7 (0.30%) DNS
4 7 (0.30%) VPN
5 5 (0.21%) DHCP
5 5 (0.21%) Network Security
5 5 (0.21%) SMS
6 4 (0.17%) LTE
6 4 (0.17%) MQTT
6 4 (0.17%) VoIP
7 3 (0.13%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (0.086%) Intranet
8 2 (0.086%) NAS
8 2 (0.086%) VLAN
8 2 (0.086%) Wireless
9 1 (0.043%) IP Telephony
9 1 (0.043%) Modbus
9 1 (0.043%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 590 (25.33%) Tableau
2 230 (9.88%) Data Warehouse
3 170 (7.30%) SQL Server
4 133 (5.71%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 128 (5.50%) Data Lake
6 124 (5.32%) Power Query
7 107 (4.59%) Azure SQL Database
8 84 (3.61%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 72 (3.09%) Relational Database
10 70 (3.01%) Metadata
11 56 (2.40%) Looker
12 53 (2.28%) Star Schema
13 33 (1.42%) Big Data
13 33 (1.42%) NoSQL
14 32 (1.37%) BigQuery
14 32 (1.37%) Semantic Layer
15 28 (1.20%) Delta Lake
16 25 (1.07%) SQL Server Analysis Services
17 23 (0.99%) MySQL
18 22 (0.94%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 96 (4.12%) Git
2 53 (2.28%) JIRA
3 15 (0.64%) Jenkins
4 12 (0.52%) Visual Studio
5 9 (0.39%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 6 (0.26%) MLflow
7 4 (0.17%) GitLab
7 4 (0.17%) Oracle Forms
8 2 (0.086%) Ant
8 2 (0.086%) Apache Ivy
8 2 (0.086%) IBM UrbanCode
8 2 (0.086%) Maven
8 2 (0.086%) Visual Studio Code
9 1 (0.043%) Browser DevTools
9 1 (0.043%) Burp Suite
9 1 (0.043%) ER Studio
9 1 (0.043%) ERwin
9 1 (0.043%) kappa
9 1 (0.043%) Selenium
9 1 (0.043%) Toad
General
1 1,075 (46.16%) Social Skills
2 668 (28.68%) Finance
3 639 (27.44%) Analytical Skills
4 156 (6.70%) Law
5 149 (6.40%) Legal
6 135 (5.80%) Marketing
7 133 (5.71%) Organisational Skills
8 131 (5.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 127 (5.45%) Retail
10 122 (5.24%) Public Sector
11 120 (5.15%) Manufacturing
12 57 (2.45%) Banking
13 48 (2.06%) Documentation Skills
14 36 (1.55%) Influencing Skills
15 34 (1.46%) Billing
16 32 (1.37%) Telecoms
17 28 (1.20%) Military
18 27 (1.16%) Presentation Skills
19 25 (1.07%) Social Housing
20 22 (0.94%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 839 (36.02%) Analyst
2 512 (21.98%) Data Analyst
3 322 (13.83%) Developer
4 308 (13.22%) Junior
5 302 (12.97%) Junior Analyst
6 288 (12.37%) Junior Data Analyst
7 286 (12.28%) Senior
8 187 (8.03%) Data Engineer
9 154 (6.61%) Lead
10 91 (3.91%) Business Intelligence Developer
11 86 (3.69%) Architect
12 82 (3.52%) Business Intelligence Analyst
13 81 (3.48%) Data Manager
14 80 (3.43%) Business Analyst
15 72 (3.09%) Senior Analyst
16 67 (2.88%) Consultant
17 65 (2.79%) Systems Analyst
18 59 (2.53%) Power Platform Developer
19 58 (2.49%) Data Architect
20 57 (2.45%) Senior Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 105 (4.51%) .NET
2 73 (3.13%) REST
3 71 (3.05%) HTML
4 70 (3.01%) PySpark
5 59 (2.53%) CSS
6 44 (1.89%) JSON
7 32 (1.37%) HTML5 Canvas
8 31 (1.33%) XML
9 29 (1.25%) .NET Core
10 27 (1.16%) EDI
10 27 (1.16%) Terraform
11 26 (1.12%) Middleware
12 25 (1.07%) Microsoft Graph
13 24 (1.03%) Kafka
14 21 (0.90%) ASP.NET
15 19 (0.82%) HTML5
16 17 (0.73%) SOAP
17 15 (0.64%) Pandas
17 15 (0.64%) React
17 15 (0.64%) SPFx
Miscellaneous
1 176 (7.56%) Management Information System
2 76 (3.26%) Data Structures
3 62 (2.66%) Product Ownership
4 53 (2.28%) Self-Motivation
5 52 (2.23%) Onboarding
6 40 (1.72%) Analytical Mindset
7 36 (1.55%) Legacy Systems
8 34 (1.46%) Enterprise Software
9 32 (1.37%) Greenfield Project
10 28 (1.20%) Cloud Native
11 26 (1.12%) AI Agents
11 26 (1.12%) Driving Licence
12 25 (1.07%) NHS
13 22 (0.94%) Low-Code
14 21 (0.90%) Social Media
15 20 (0.86%) FMCG
16 19 (0.82%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
17 16 (0.69%) Educational Technology
18 14 (0.60%) Enterprise Cloud
18 14 (0.60%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 57 (2.45%) Windows
2 25 (1.07%) Linux
3 17 (0.73%) Windows Server
4 6 (0.26%) Windows Server 2019
5 3 (0.13%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.086%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.086%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.086%) Solaris
7 1 (0.043%) Android
7 1 (0.043%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.043%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,191 (94.07%) Business Intelligence
2 810 (34.78%) Analytics
3 779 (33.45%) AI
4 624 (26.79%) Problem-Solving
5 575 (24.69%) Decision-Making
6 479 (20.57%) Continuous Improvement
7 463 (19.88%) Data Modelling
8 378 (16.23%) Visualisation
9 325 (13.95%) Agile
10 323 (13.87%) Stakeholder Management
11 298 (12.80%) Data Governance
12 291 (12.49%) ETL
13 279 (11.98%) ERP
14 278 (11.94%) Actionable Insight
15 267 (11.46%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 259 (11.12%) Data Visualisation
17 253 (10.86%) Data Engineering
18 246 (10.56%) Data Analysis
19 240 (10.30%) Dashboard Development
20 229 (9.83%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 1,377 (59.12%) SQL
2 712 (30.57%) Python
3 182 (7.81%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 178 (7.64%) C#
5 128 (5.50%) JavaScript
6 58 (2.49%) PowerShell
7 49 (2.10%) T-SQL
8 46 (1.98%) R
9 41 (1.76%) VBA
10 28 (1.20%) TypeScript
11 24 (1.03%) Java
11 24 (1.03%) Scala
12 11 (0.47%) Kusto Query Language
13 7 (0.30%) PHP
14 6 (0.26%) Bicep
14 6 (0.26%) VB.NET
15 5 (0.21%) C++
16 4 (0.17%) VB
16 4 (0.17%) XAML
17 3 (0.13%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 328 (14.08%) Azure Certification
2 282 (12.11%) Degree
3 130 (5.58%) Security Cleared
4 106 (4.55%) SC Cleared
5 90 (3.86%) ACCA
6 85 (3.65%) CIMA
7 51 (2.19%) Microsoft Certification
8 35 (1.50%) DBS Check
9 29 (1.25%) PMI Certification
10 27 (1.16%) PMP
11 20 (0.86%) Computer Science Degree
12 19 (0.82%) AAT
13 18 (0.77%) BPSS Clearance
14 15 (0.64%) Master's Degree
15 8 (0.34%) CompTIA CySA+
15 8 (0.34%) CompTIA Security+
15 8 (0.34%) Postgraduate
15 8 (0.34%) SSCP
16 7 (0.30%) CFA
16 7 (0.30%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 466 (20.01%) Data Quality
2 145 (6.23%) GDPR
3 94 (4.04%) QA
4 61 (2.62%) Accessibility
5 42 (1.80%) PMO
6 35 (1.50%) SLA
7 24 (1.03%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 24 (1.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 21 (0.90%) Actionable Recommendations
9 17 (0.73%) TickIT
10 13 (0.56%) NIST
11 12 (0.52%) GRC
12 9 (0.39%) ISO 9001
13 8 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials
13 8 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 7 (0.30%) GAAP
15 6 (0.26%) PERC
16 4 (0.17%) ISO 19650
16 4 (0.17%) NIST 800
17 3 (0.13%) IFRS
System Software
1 26 (1.12%) Docker
2 24 (1.03%) Active Directory
3 6 (0.26%) Virtual Desktop
4 3 (0.13%) BitLocker
4 3 (0.13%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.086%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.086%) IAG
5 2 (0.086%) Terminal Services
6 1 (0.043%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.043%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.043%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 18 (0.77%) Kubernetes
2 17 (0.73%) Microsoft Intune
3 10 (0.43%) FortiGate
4 6 (0.26%) Single Sign-On
5 4 (0.17%) Argo
5 4 (0.17%) EnCase
5 4 (0.17%) FTK
6 3 (0.13%) Ansible
7 2 (0.086%) Microsoft Clustering
7 2 (0.086%) Progress Chef
7 2 (0.086%) Puppet
8 1 (0.043%) EMC NetWorker
8 1 (0.043%) Grafana
8 1 (0.043%) MOM
8 1 (0.043%) PaperCut
8 1 (0.043%) SCCM
8 1 (0.043%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 1,137 (48.82%) Microsoft
2 182 (7.81%) Databricks
3 112 (4.81%) SAP
4 83 (3.56%) Google
5 81 (3.48%) Oracle
6 41 (1.76%) Salesforce
7 32 (1.37%) Sage
8 30 (1.29%) Alteryx
9 29 (1.25%) ServiceNow
10 26 (1.12%) Intapp
11 24 (1.03%) Informatica
12 19 (0.82%) Concur
13 16 (0.69%) Aderant
13 16 (0.69%) Adobe
14 15 (0.64%) iManage
15 14 (0.60%) Workday
16 13 (0.56%) YouTube
17 11 (0.47%) HubSpot
17 11 (0.47%) OpenAI
17 11 (0.47%) Yardi