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 28 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 63 76 60
Rank change year-on-year +13 -16 +18
Permanent jobs citing Power BI 1,844 1,804 2,035
As % of all permanent jobs in England 3.52% 3.62% 4.45%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 30.94% 20.09% 21.58%
Number of salaries quoted 1,085 1,037 1,662
10th Percentile £35,825 £37,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +4.35% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £76,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £88,750 £92,200 £86,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -1.79%

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 5,959 8,978 9,430
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 11.37% 18.01% 20.62%
Number of salaries quoted 3,906 5,138 7,462
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £36,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £101,250 £115,000 £96,954
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -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

Power BI
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Power BI in England over the 6 months to 28 December 2025.

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 28 December 2025. 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 +16 658 £70,000 +3.70% 562
South East +20 350 £52,500 -10.26% 519
North of England +4 292 £50,000 +5.26% 379
Midlands +27 266 £50,000 +5.26% 351
West Midlands +17 177 £52,500 +7.69% 190
North West +4 165 £50,000 - 202
South West +31 145 £43,953 -8.91% 191
East of England -12 116 £46,750 -38.49% 227
Yorkshire -7 99 £47,500 - 145
East Midlands +39 88 £45,195 -2.28% 146
North East +31 28 £47,500 -7.32% 34
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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
1 121 (6.56%) SharePoint
2 18 (0.98%) Apache Spark
3 16 (0.87%) SAS
4 15 (0.81%) Microsoft Exchange
5 14 (0.76%) Apache Airflow
6 13 (0.70%) Confluence
7 10 (0.54%) SugarCRM
8 5 (0.27%) WordPress
9 4 (0.22%) Umbraco
10 3 (0.16%) CMS
11 2 (0.11%) Apache
11 2 (0.11%) Moodle
12 1 (0.054%) Apache Superset
12 1 (0.054%) Jupyter
Applications
1 803 (43.55%) Microsoft Excel
2 64 (3.47%) Microsoft Office
3 50 (2.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 18 (0.98%) Microsoft Project
5 12 (0.65%) Spreadsheet
6 11 (0.60%) Maya
6 11 (0.60%) MS Visio
7 9 (0.49%) Trello
8 5 (0.27%) Chatbot
9 2 (0.11%) AutoCAD
9 2 (0.11%) Revit
10 1 (0.054%) Acrobat
10 1 (0.054%) Adobe Illustrator
10 1 (0.054%) Adobe XD
10 1 (0.054%) InDesign
10 1 (0.054%) Oracle Smart View
10 1 (0.054%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 78 (4.23%) Dynamics CRM
2 12 (0.65%) NetSuite
3 9 (0.49%) Elite 3E
3 9 (0.49%) SAP Business One
3 9 (0.49%) Shopify
4 7 (0.38%) Visualfiles
5 6 (0.33%) Dynamics NAV
6 5 (0.27%) Dynamics AX
6 5 (0.27%) IBM Planning Analytics
7 4 (0.22%) NEC Housing
7 4 (0.22%) Oracle Payables
7 4 (0.22%) Oracle Receivables
7 4 (0.22%) SAP CO
7 4 (0.22%) SAP FI
8 3 (0.16%) ResourceLink
8 3 (0.16%) Salesforce CRM
8 3 (0.16%) SAP APO
8 3 (0.16%) SAP IBP
8 3 (0.16%) SAP S/4HANA
9 2 (0.11%) Q-Pulse
Cloud Services
1 1,844 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 818 (44.36%) Azure
3 247 (13.39%) Azure AI
4 189 (10.25%) Power Automate
5 172 (9.33%) Microsoft 365
6 162 (8.79%) PowerApps
7 138 (7.48%) Snowflake
8 134 (7.27%) Azure Data Factory
9 132 (7.16%) Dynamics 365
10 117 (6.34%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 92 (4.99%) AWS
12 83 (4.50%) Azure DevOps
13 70 (3.80%) dbt
14 59 (3.20%) GCP
15 57 (3.09%) Microsoft Copilot
16 52 (2.82%) SaaS
17 42 (2.28%) Azure Logic Apps
18 38 (2.06%) Fivetran
19 36 (1.95%) Entra ID
20 32 (1.74%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 14 (0.76%) Firewall
2 11 (0.60%) Intranet
3 10 (0.54%) DHCP
3 10 (0.54%) DNS
4 9 (0.49%) TCP/IP
5 8 (0.43%) VoIP
6 7 (0.38%) WAN
7 6 (0.33%) LAN
8 4 (0.22%) Modbus
8 4 (0.22%) MQTT
8 4 (0.22%) VPN
9 3 (0.16%) NAS
9 3 (0.16%) SAN
10 2 (0.11%) Network Security
10 2 (0.11%) VLAN
10 2 (0.11%) Wi-Fi
11 1 (0.054%) ADSL
11 1 (0.054%) BGP
11 1 (0.054%) FTP
11 1 (0.054%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 509 (27.60%) Tableau
2 204 (11.06%) SQL Server
3 167 (9.06%) Data Lake
4 165 (8.95%) Data Warehouse
5 111 (6.02%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 94 (5.10%) Power Query
7 69 (3.74%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 65 (3.52%) Looker
9 63 (3.42%) SAP BW
10 62 (3.36%) Azure SQL Database
11 40 (2.17%) Relational Database
12 38 (2.06%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 30 (1.63%) Metadata
14 28 (1.52%) BigQuery
15 25 (1.36%) Crystal Reports
16 24 (1.30%) Qlik Sense
17 21 (1.14%) BusinessObjects
18 20 (1.08%) Data Mining
19 19 (1.03%) Amazon Redshift
19 19 (1.03%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 76 (4.12%) Git
2 33 (1.79%) Visual Studio
3 29 (1.57%) JIRA
4 9 (0.49%) GitLab
5 4 (0.22%) ER Studio
5 4 (0.22%) ERwin
5 4 (0.22%) PowerDesigner
6 3 (0.16%) Jenkins
7 2 (0.11%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 1 (0.054%) Axure RP
8 1 (0.054%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.054%) LSMW
8 1 (0.054%) Mercurial
8 1 (0.054%) Oracle APEX
8 1 (0.054%) Postman
8 1 (0.054%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 823 (44.63%) Social Skills
2 623 (33.79%) Finance
3 496 (26.90%) Analytical Skills
4 132 (7.16%) Marketing
5 102 (5.53%) Law
6 94 (5.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 91 (4.93%) Manufacturing
8 90 (4.88%) Retail
9 74 (4.01%) Legal
10 67 (3.63%) Presentation Skills
11 63 (3.42%) Organisational Skills
12 62 (3.36%) Public Sector
13 43 (2.33%) Banking
14 38 (2.06%) Games
15 36 (1.95%) Advertising
16 23 (1.25%) Billing
16 23 (1.25%) Financial Institution
16 23 (1.25%) Influencing Skills
17 19 (1.03%) Telecoms
18 18 (0.98%) French Language
Job Titles
1 777 (42.14%) Analyst
2 436 (23.64%) Data Analyst
3 257 (13.94%) Junior
4 246 (13.34%) Junior Analyst
5 236 (12.80%) Junior Data Analyst
6 219 (11.88%) Senior
7 199 (10.79%) Developer
8 163 (8.84%) Lead
9 155 (8.41%) Data Engineer
10 80 (4.34%) Business Intelligence Developer
10 80 (4.34%) Senior Analyst
11 75 (4.07%) Business Intelligence Analyst
12 69 (3.74%) Architect
13 64 (3.47%) Report Analyst
14 63 (3.42%) Support Analyst
15 60 (3.25%) Financial Analyst
16 56 (3.04%) Business Analyst
17 46 (2.49%) Consultant
17 46 (2.49%) Power Platform Developer
18 45 (2.44%) Applications Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (2.60%) .NET
2 44 (2.39%) REST
3 35 (1.90%) PySpark
4 26 (1.41%) Web Services
5 24 (1.30%) SOAP
6 21 (1.14%) HTML
7 18 (0.98%) EDI
7 18 (0.98%) HTML5 Canvas
7 18 (0.98%) JSON
7 18 (0.98%) XML
8 15 (0.81%) Pandas
9 13 (0.70%) React
10 12 (0.65%) CSS
11 11 (0.60%) Kafka
12 9 (0.49%) AngularJS
12 9 (0.49%) Middleware
13 8 (0.43%) .NET Core
13 8 (0.43%) ASP.NET
14 7 (0.38%) ASP.NET Core
14 7 (0.38%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 80 (4.34%) Analytical Mindset
2 61 (3.31%) Management Information System
3 51 (2.77%) Data Structures
4 41 (2.22%) Self-Motivation
5 39 (2.11%) Cloud Native
6 38 (2.06%) Onboarding
7 33 (1.79%) Product Ownership
8 32 (1.74%) FMCG
9 27 (1.46%) Legacy Systems
10 26 (1.41%) Enterprise Software
11 22 (1.19%) Reinsurance
12 18 (0.98%) Driving Licence
13 17 (0.92%) Low-Code
14 14 (0.76%) Algorithms
14 14 (0.76%) Greenfield Project
15 13 (0.70%) Social Media
16 9 (0.49%) Credit Risk
16 9 (0.49%) Data Protection Act
16 9 (0.49%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
16 9 (0.49%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 47 (2.55%) Windows
2 11 (0.60%) Linux
3 8 (0.43%) Mac OS
4 7 (0.38%) Unix
4 7 (0.38%) Windows 10
5 3 (0.16%) Android
5 3 (0.16%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.11%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.054%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.054%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.054%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,725 (93.55%) Business Intelligence
2 636 (34.49%) Analytics
3 463 (25.11%) Problem-Solving
4 453 (24.57%) AI
5 436 (23.64%) Decision-Making
6 375 (20.34%) Data Modelling
7 362 (19.63%) Visualisation
8 274 (14.86%) Continuous Improvement
9 270 (14.64%) Data Analysis
10 269 (14.59%) Agile
11 259 (14.05%) ETL
12 257 (13.94%) Actionable Insight
13 224 (12.15%) Data Visualisation
14 216 (11.71%) Data Governance
15 185 (10.03%) Data Pipeline
16 179 (9.71%) Data Analytics
16 179 (9.71%) Data Engineering
17 177 (9.60%) ERP
18 174 (9.44%) Stakeholder Management
19 162 (8.79%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 1,036 (56.18%) SQL
2 654 (35.47%) Python
3 130 (7.05%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 69 (3.74%) C#
5 64 (3.47%) PowerShell
6 62 (3.36%) JavaScript
7 56 (3.04%) VBA
8 51 (2.77%) R
9 46 (2.49%) T-SQL
10 25 (1.36%) Scala
11 10 (0.54%) Java
12 7 (0.38%) ANSI SQL
13 6 (0.33%) Kusto Query Language
13 6 (0.33%) TypeScript
14 5 (0.27%) Bash
14 5 (0.27%) Delphi
15 4 (0.22%) Bicep
16 3 (0.16%) VB.NET
17 2 (0.11%) C
17 2 (0.11%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 392 (21.26%) Degree
2 263 (14.26%) Azure Certification
3 76 (4.12%) ACCA
4 73 (3.96%) CIMA
5 61 (3.31%) Security Cleared
6 53 (2.87%) Microsoft Certification
7 51 (2.77%) DBS Check
8 49 (2.66%) Computer Science Degree
8 49 (2.66%) SC Cleared
9 37 (2.01%) PMI Certification
9 37 (2.01%) PMP
10 36 (1.95%) Master's Degree
11 20 (1.08%) CISSP
12 19 (1.03%) CISA
13 13 (0.70%) CISM
13 13 (0.70%) HNC
14 12 (0.65%) CRISC
14 12 (0.65%) Numerate Degree
15 9 (0.49%) MBA
16 8 (0.43%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 281 (15.24%) Data Quality
2 72 (3.90%) GDPR
3 66 (3.58%) QA
4 47 (2.55%) Accessibility
5 43 (2.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 40 (2.17%) PMO
7 22 (1.19%) SLA
8 14 (0.76%) Cyber Essentials
8 14 (0.76%) NIST
9 13 (0.70%) Actionable Recommendations
9 13 (0.70%) GRC
10 12 (0.65%) COBIT
10 12 (0.65%) ITGC
11 6 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 4 (0.22%) IFRS
13 2 (0.11%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 2 (0.11%) EMIR
13 2 (0.11%) MiFID
13 2 (0.11%) WCAG
14 1 (0.054%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 28 (1.52%) Active Directory
2 11 (0.60%) Docker
3 7 (0.38%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.16%) VMware ESXi
4 3 (0.16%) vSphere
5 2 (0.11%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.054%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.054%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 25 (1.36%) Microsoft Intune
2 15 (0.81%) Terraform
3 11 (0.60%) Kubernetes
4 8 (0.43%) Single Sign-On
5 6 (0.33%) RSA Archer
6 5 (0.27%) FortiGate
7 3 (0.16%) Argo
7 3 (0.16%) Control-M
8 2 (0.11%) Microsoft Clustering
9 1 (0.054%) Grafana
9 1 (0.054%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.054%) MOM
9 1 (0.054%) SCCM
Vendors
1 753 (40.84%) Microsoft
2 144 (7.81%) SAP
3 128 (6.94%) Databricks
4 68 (3.69%) Oracle
5 53 (2.87%) Salesforce
6 46 (2.49%) Google
7 36 (1.95%) Alteryx
8 31 (1.68%) ServiceNow
9 20 (1.08%) Anaplan
10 17 (0.92%) Verint
11 16 (0.87%) Adobe
11 16 (0.87%) HubSpot
11 16 (0.87%) Informatica
12 15 (0.81%) Intapp
13 12 (0.65%) Dell
13 12 (0.65%) Genesys
13 12 (0.65%) MuleSoft
14 10 (0.54%) Dataiku
14 10 (0.54%) IBM
15 8 (0.43%) Sage