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 26 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 65 78 59
Rank change year-on-year +13 -19 +12
Permanent jobs citing Power BI 1,873 1,700 2,602
As % of all permanent jobs in England 3.40% 3.59% 4.34%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 32.19% 20.02% 22.00%
Number of salaries quoted 1,081 957 2,140
10th Percentile £35,750 £37,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £43,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,250 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +9.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £74,500 £76,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +14.29% -8.70%

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 5,818 8,492 11,827
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 10.55% 17.92% 19.71%
Number of salaries quoted 3,789 4,734 9,640
10th Percentile £35,000 £38,538 £35,975
25th Percentile £43,375 £48,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £58,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +11.11% -6.40%

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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 26 January 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 26 January 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 +11 646 £70,000 - 216
South East +27 369 £52,500 -8.70% 264
North of England +7 312 £48,500 +1.57% 136
Midlands +35 276 £48,750 -2.50% 130
West Midlands +21 180 £50,000 - 80
North West +4 170 £50,000 +5.26% 75
South West +35 144 £43,727 -2.83% 55
Yorkshire -1 111 £41,020 -14.10% 44
East of England -15 110 £46,750 -38.49% 63
East Midlands +40 94 £46,445 +6.16% 50
North East +20 31 £42,500 -22.73% 20
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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
1 125 (6.67%) SharePoint
2 17 (0.91%) Apache Airflow
2 17 (0.91%) Apache Spark
2 17 (0.91%) SAS
3 16 (0.85%) Microsoft Exchange
4 15 (0.80%) Confluence
5 6 (0.32%) WordPress
6 5 (0.27%) CMS
6 5 (0.27%) SugarCRM
7 4 (0.21%) Apache
7 4 (0.21%) Umbraco
8 2 (0.11%) Moodle
8 2 (0.11%) Oracle Application Server
9 1 (0.053%) Apache Superset
9 1 (0.053%) Drupal
9 1 (0.053%) Jupyter
Applications
1 842 (44.95%) Microsoft Excel
2 66 (3.52%) Microsoft Office
3 54 (2.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 19 (1.01%) Microsoft Project
5 17 (0.91%) Spreadsheet
6 12 (0.64%) MS Visio
7 11 (0.59%) Maya
8 10 (0.53%) Trello
9 5 (0.27%) Chatbot
10 2 (0.11%) AutoCAD
10 2 (0.11%) Revit
11 1 (0.053%) Acrobat
11 1 (0.053%) Adobe Illustrator
11 1 (0.053%) Adobe XD
11 1 (0.053%) InDesign
11 1 (0.053%) Oracle Smart View
11 1 (0.053%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 76 (4.06%) Dynamics CRM
2 12 (0.64%) NetSuite
3 9 (0.48%) Dynamics AX
3 9 (0.48%) Shopify
4 8 (0.43%) SAP CO
4 8 (0.43%) Visualfiles
5 7 (0.37%) Elite 3E
6 6 (0.32%) Dynamics NAV
6 6 (0.32%) NEC Housing
6 6 (0.32%) SAP Business One
7 5 (0.27%) IBM Planning Analytics
8 4 (0.21%) Oracle Payables
8 4 (0.21%) Oracle Receivables
9 3 (0.16%) Integrated Workplace Management System
9 3 (0.16%) ResourceLink
9 3 (0.16%) Salesforce CRM
9 3 (0.16%) SAP APO
9 3 (0.16%) SAP IBP
9 3 (0.16%) SAP S/4HANA
10 2 (0.11%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
Cloud Services
1 1,873 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 864 (46.13%) Azure
3 293 (15.64%) Azure AI
4 206 (11.00%) Power Automate
5 183 (9.77%) Microsoft 365
6 172 (9.18%) PowerApps
7 136 (7.26%) Snowflake
8 132 (7.05%) Azure Data Factory
9 128 (6.83%) Dynamics 365
10 111 (5.93%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 92 (4.91%) AWS
12 84 (4.48%) Azure DevOps
13 69 (3.68%) dbt
14 63 (3.36%) Microsoft Copilot
15 52 (2.78%) GCP
16 49 (2.62%) SaaS
17 43 (2.30%) Entra ID
18 42 (2.24%) Azure Logic Apps
19 33 (1.76%) Fivetran
20 31 (1.66%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 15 (0.80%) Firewall
2 13 (0.69%) Intranet
3 10 (0.53%) TCP/IP
4 9 (0.48%) WAN
5 8 (0.43%) DHCP
5 8 (0.43%) DNS
6 7 (0.37%) VoIP
7 6 (0.32%) LAN
8 5 (0.27%) Modbus
8 5 (0.27%) MQTT
9 4 (0.21%) VPN
10 2 (0.11%) Network Security
10 2 (0.11%) VLAN
10 2 (0.11%) Wi-Fi
11 1 (0.053%) ADSL
11 1 (0.053%) BGP
11 1 (0.053%) FTP
11 1 (0.053%) Internet
11 1 (0.053%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 546 (29.15%) Tableau
2 193 (10.30%) SQL Server
3 176 (9.40%) Data Warehouse
4 168 (8.97%) Data Lake
5 109 (5.82%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 92 (4.91%) Power Query
7 65 (3.47%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 64 (3.42%) SAP BW
9 58 (3.10%) Azure SQL Database
10 57 (3.04%) Looker
11 42 (2.24%) Relational Database
12 36 (1.92%) Metadata
13 34 (1.82%) SQL Server Analysis Services
14 25 (1.33%) BigQuery
14 25 (1.33%) Qlik Sense
15 22 (1.17%) Data Mining
16 20 (1.07%) Amazon Redshift
16 20 (1.07%) PostgreSQL
17 19 (1.01%) BusinessObjects
18 18 (0.96%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 78 (4.16%) Git
2 34 (1.82%) Visual Studio
3 31 (1.66%) JIRA
4 9 (0.48%) GitLab
5 4 (0.21%) ER Studio
5 4 (0.21%) ERwin
5 4 (0.21%) PowerDesigner
5 4 (0.21%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 3 (0.16%) Jenkins
6 3 (0.16%) Postman
7 2 (0.11%) DBeaver
8 1 (0.053%) Axure RP
8 1 (0.053%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.053%) LSMW
8 1 (0.053%) Mercurial
8 1 (0.053%) Oracle APEX
8 1 (0.053%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 898 (47.94%) Social Skills
2 615 (32.84%) Finance
3 505 (26.96%) Analytical Skills
4 127 (6.78%) Marketing
5 93 (4.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 89 (4.75%) Manufacturing
7 78 (4.16%) Legal
8 76 (4.06%) Retail
9 75 (4.00%) Law
10 63 (3.36%) Public Sector
11 61 (3.26%) Organisational Skills
12 60 (3.20%) Presentation Skills
13 48 (2.56%) Banking
14 30 (1.60%) Advertising
14 30 (1.60%) Influencing Skills
15 29 (1.55%) Games
16 24 (1.28%) Financial Institution
17 21 (1.12%) Billing
18 19 (1.01%) Documentation Skills
19 17 (0.91%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 837 (44.69%) Analyst
2 499 (26.64%) Data Analyst
3 301 (16.07%) Junior
4 295 (15.75%) Junior Analyst
5 283 (15.11%) Junior Data Analyst
6 210 (11.21%) Senior
7 202 (10.78%) Developer
8 149 (7.96%) Lead
9 140 (7.47%) Data Engineer
10 83 (4.43%) Business Intelligence Developer
11 79 (4.22%) Senior Analyst
12 76 (4.06%) Business Intelligence Analyst
13 69 (3.68%) Architect
14 65 (3.47%) Support Analyst
15 63 (3.36%) Report Analyst
16 62 (3.31%) Financial Analyst
17 56 (2.99%) Business Analyst
18 48 (2.56%) Consultant
19 46 (2.46%) Power Platform Developer
20 44 (2.35%) Applications Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (2.67%) .NET
2 42 (2.24%) REST
3 28 (1.49%) Web Services
4 26 (1.39%) PySpark
5 24 (1.28%) SOAP
6 22 (1.17%) HTML
6 22 (1.17%) XML
7 20 (1.07%) JSON
8 18 (0.96%) EDI
8 18 (0.96%) HTML5 Canvas
9 14 (0.75%) CSS
10 10 (0.53%) .NET Core
10 10 (0.53%) React
11 9 (0.48%) AngularJS
11 9 (0.48%) Middleware
12 8 (0.43%) ASP.NET
12 8 (0.43%) Pandas
12 8 (0.43%) SAP CO-PA
13 7 (0.37%) Kafka
13 7 (0.37%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 81 (4.32%) Analytical Mindset
2 58 (3.10%) Management Information System
3 56 (2.99%) Data Structures
4 45 (2.40%) Self-Motivation
5 40 (2.14%) Onboarding
6 37 (1.98%) Cloud Native
7 36 (1.92%) FMCG
8 32 (1.71%) Product Ownership
9 24 (1.28%) Enterprise Software
10 21 (1.12%) Legacy Systems
11 19 (1.01%) Driving Licence
11 19 (1.01%) Low-Code
11 19 (1.01%) Reinsurance
12 17 (0.91%) Greenfield Project
13 13 (0.69%) NHS
14 12 (0.64%) Algorithms
15 11 (0.59%) Social Media
16 9 (0.48%) Credit Risk
16 9 (0.48%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
16 9 (0.48%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 40 (2.14%) Windows
2 10 (0.53%) Linux
3 8 (0.43%) Mac OS
4 7 (0.37%) Unix
4 7 (0.37%) Windows 10
5 6 (0.32%) Windows Server
6 3 (0.16%) Android
6 3 (0.16%) VMS
7 1 (0.053%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.053%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,770 (94.50%) Business Intelligence
2 638 (34.06%) Analytics
3 498 (26.59%) AI
4 440 (23.49%) Problem-Solving
5 437 (23.33%) Decision-Making
6 366 (19.54%) Data Modelling
7 354 (18.90%) Visualisation
8 278 (14.84%) Continuous Improvement
9 266 (14.20%) Data Analysis
10 261 (13.93%) ETL
11 258 (13.77%) Actionable Insight
12 256 (13.67%) Agile
13 227 (12.12%) Data Visualisation
14 220 (11.75%) Data Governance
15 180 (9.61%) Data Engineering
16 179 (9.56%) Data Pipeline
17 178 (9.50%) ERP
18 174 (9.29%) Stakeholder Management
19 170 (9.08%) Data Analytics
20 165 (8.81%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 1,069 (57.07%) SQL
2 691 (36.89%) Python
3 126 (6.73%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 76 (4.06%) C#
5 72 (3.84%) PowerShell
6 68 (3.63%) VBA
7 62 (3.31%) JavaScript
8 46 (2.46%) R
9 40 (2.14%) T-SQL
10 20 (1.07%) Scala
11 9 (0.48%) Kusto Query Language
12 8 (0.43%) Java
13 7 (0.37%) ANSI SQL
13 7 (0.37%) Delphi
14 6 (0.32%) TypeScript
15 4 (0.21%) Bash
15 4 (0.21%) Bicep
16 3 (0.16%) VB.NET
17 2 (0.11%) C
17 2 (0.11%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 396 (21.14%) Degree
2 312 (16.66%) Azure Certification
3 67 (3.58%) Security Cleared
4 66 (3.52%) ACCA
4 66 (3.52%) CIMA
5 55 (2.94%) Microsoft Certification
6 54 (2.88%) SC Cleared
7 50 (2.67%) Computer Science Degree
8 45 (2.40%) DBS Check
9 43 (2.30%) PMI Certification
9 43 (2.30%) PMP
10 42 (2.24%) Master's Degree
11 15 (0.80%) CISSP
12 14 (0.75%) CISA
13 13 (0.69%) MBA
14 12 (0.64%) Numerate Degree
15 9 (0.48%) APMP
15 9 (0.48%) CISM
15 9 (0.48%) CRISC
15 9 (0.48%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 308 (16.44%) Data Quality
2 72 (3.84%) GDPR
3 70 (3.74%) QA
4 47 (2.51%) Accessibility
5 44 (2.35%) PMO
6 42 (2.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 26 (1.39%) SLA
8 13 (0.69%) Cyber Essentials
8 13 (0.69%) NIST
9 12 (0.64%) Actionable Recommendations
10 11 (0.59%) GRC
11 9 (0.48%) COBIT
11 9 (0.48%) ITGC
12 6 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 3 (0.16%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 3 (0.16%) IFRS
13 3 (0.16%) IFRS 17
14 2 (0.11%) EMIR
14 2 (0.11%) HIPAA
14 2 (0.11%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 33 (1.76%) Active Directory
2 11 (0.59%) Docker
3 5 (0.27%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.11%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.11%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.053%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 21 (1.12%) Microsoft Intune
2 15 (0.80%) Terraform
3 11 (0.59%) Kubernetes
4 8 (0.43%) Single Sign-On
5 5 (0.27%) FortiGate
5 5 (0.27%) RSA Archer
6 3 (0.16%) Argo
6 3 (0.16%) Control-M
7 2 (0.11%) SCCM
8 1 (0.053%) Ansible
8 1 (0.053%) Grafana
8 1 (0.053%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.053%) MOM
Vendors
1 783 (41.80%) Microsoft
2 147 (7.85%) SAP
3 104 (5.55%) Databricks
4 73 (3.90%) Oracle
5 58 (3.10%) Salesforce
6 44 (2.35%) Google
7 31 (1.66%) ServiceNow
8 30 (1.60%) Alteryx
9 26 (1.39%) Informatica
10 22 (1.17%) Anaplan
11 19 (1.01%) Adobe
12 18 (0.96%) HubSpot
13 17 (0.91%) Verint
14 12 (0.64%) Dell
14 12 (0.64%) Genesys
14 12 (0.64%) MuleSoft
15 11 (0.59%) IBM
15 11 (0.59%) Intapp
16 10 (0.53%) Dataiku
17 9 (0.48%) Talend