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 31 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 60 66 76
Rank change year-on-year +6 +10 -3
Permanent jobs citing Power BI 2,383 1,724 2,167
As % of all permanent jobs in England 2.45% 3.93% 3.04%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 29.84% 25.92% 19.59%
Number of salaries quoted 1,491 1,225 1,548
10th Percentile £34,500 £32,500 £36,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - -8.33% +4.35%
75th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £88,750 £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 7,985 6,652 11,060
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 8.21% 15.16% 15.51%
Number of salaries quoted 5,541 4,385 7,237
10th Percentile £36,250 £34,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,750 £45,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £63,000
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -3.08%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £108,750 £116,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year - -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

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 31 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Power BI in England

Power BI
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 31 August 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 -18 685 £72,500 +9.85% 446
North of England +75 568 £45,037 -14.22% 189
Midlands +17 412 £51,356 +2.71% 139
South East -29 330 £52,500 +2.44% 232
North West +73 273 £47,750 -11.57% 109
West Midlands +14 247 £51,356 -3.56% 90
Yorkshire +49 216 £42,750 -10.00% 52
South West -22 211 £42,500 -15.00% 76
East Midlands +15 165 £50,000 +11.11% 48
East of England -4 156 £60,000 +50.00% 68
North East -2 79 £45,000 -5.26% 30
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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
1 193 (8.10%) SharePoint
2 51 (2.14%) Apache Spark
3 41 (1.72%) Apache Airflow
4 29 (1.22%) Microsoft Exchange
5 16 (0.67%) Apache
6 9 (0.38%) WordPress
7 8 (0.34%) CMS
8 7 (0.29%) Confluence
9 5 (0.21%) ArcGIS
9 5 (0.21%) SAS
10 4 (0.17%) Luigi
10 4 (0.17%) Oracle Workflow
11 2 (0.084%) Appian
11 2 (0.084%) Headless CMS
11 2 (0.084%) IIS
11 2 (0.084%) Oracle Application Server
11 2 (0.084%) Tornado
11 2 (0.084%) Umbraco
12 1 (0.042%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 934 (39.19%) Microsoft Excel
2 60 (2.52%) Microsoft Office
3 39 (1.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 21 (0.88%) Microsoft Project
4 21 (0.88%) Spreadsheet
5 19 (0.80%) MS Visio
6 9 (0.38%) Chatbot
7 2 (0.084%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 2 (0.084%) ProjectWise
8 1 (0.042%) Adobe Illustrator
8 1 (0.042%) InDesign
8 1 (0.042%) Inkscape
8 1 (0.042%) Revit
8 1 (0.042%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 57 (2.39%) Dynamics CRM
2 50 (2.10%) NetSuite
3 16 (0.67%) Elite 3E
4 12 (0.50%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 10 (0.42%) Carpe Diem
6 9 (0.38%) Dynamics NAV
6 9 (0.38%) IBM Planning Analytics
6 9 (0.38%) Visualfiles
7 7 (0.29%) SAP S/4HANA
8 5 (0.21%) Infor M3
8 5 (0.21%) SAP ERP
8 5 (0.21%) SAP PM
9 4 (0.17%) Magento
9 4 (0.17%) Shopify
10 3 (0.13%) SystmOne
11 2 (0.084%) Dynamics GP
11 2 (0.084%) Payment Gateway
11 2 (0.084%) Sage 200
11 2 (0.084%) SAP Business One
11 2 (0.084%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 2,383 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 1,114 (46.75%) Azure
3 484 (20.31%) Azure AI
4 293 (12.30%) Power Automate
5 273 (11.46%) PowerApps
6 249 (10.45%) Microsoft 365
7 190 (7.97%) Dynamics 365
8 166 (6.97%) AWS
9 159 (6.67%) Azure Data Factory
10 118 (4.95%) Azure DevOps
10 118 (4.95%) Snowflake
11 109 (4.57%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 101 (4.24%) GCP
13 74 (3.11%) Microsoft Purview
14 72 (3.02%) Microsoft Copilot
15 70 (2.94%) SaaS
16 68 (2.85%) Azure Logic Apps
17 61 (2.56%) OneDrive
18 56 (2.35%) dbt
19 47 (1.97%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 15 (0.63%) Firewall
2 13 (0.55%) Broadband
3 8 (0.34%) DHCP
3 8 (0.34%) DNS
3 8 (0.34%) LAN
3 8 (0.34%) WAN
4 6 (0.25%) VoIP
4 6 (0.25%) VPN
5 5 (0.21%) Network Security
5 5 (0.21%) SMS
6 4 (0.17%) LTE
6 4 (0.17%) MQTT
7 3 (0.13%) NAS
7 3 (0.13%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (0.084%) Intranet
8 2 (0.084%) Wireless
9 1 (0.042%) Modbus
9 1 (0.042%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 784 (32.90%) Tableau
2 234 (9.82%) Data Warehouse
3 165 (6.92%) SQL Server
4 147 (6.17%) Data Lake
5 129 (5.41%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 119 (4.99%) Power Query
7 92 (3.86%) Azure SQL Database
8 84 (3.52%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 82 (3.44%) Looker
10 62 (2.60%) Relational Database
11 56 (2.35%) Metadata
12 53 (2.22%) BigQuery
13 48 (2.01%) Star Schema
14 34 (1.43%) Amazon Redshift
15 31 (1.30%) Snowflake Schema
16 30 (1.26%) Big Data
16 30 (1.26%) Semantic Layer
17 29 (1.22%) Delta Lake
18 27 (1.13%) SQL Server Analysis Services
19 25 (1.05%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 80 (3.36%) Git
2 52 (2.18%) JIRA
3 31 (1.30%) MLflow
4 15 (0.63%) Visual Studio
5 11 (0.46%) Jenkins
6 9 (0.38%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 5 (0.21%) Oracle Forms
8 4 (0.17%) GitLab
9 2 (0.084%) Ant
9 2 (0.084%) Apache Ivy
9 2 (0.084%) ERwin
9 2 (0.084%) IBM UrbanCode
9 2 (0.084%) Maven
10 1 (0.042%) Browser DevTools
10 1 (0.042%) ER Studio
10 1 (0.042%) kappa
10 1 (0.042%) NUnit
10 1 (0.042%) PowerDesigner
10 1 (0.042%) Toad
10 1 (0.042%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 1,204 (50.52%) Social Skills
2 599 (25.14%) Finance
3 594 (24.93%) Analytical Skills
4 147 (6.17%) Law
5 129 (5.41%) Legal
6 127 (5.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 123 (5.16%) Marketing
7 123 (5.16%) Retail
8 115 (4.83%) Organisational Skills
9 102 (4.28%) Manufacturing
10 101 (4.24%) Public Sector
11 45 (1.89%) Banking
12 37 (1.55%) Documentation Skills
13 32 (1.34%) Billing
13 32 (1.34%) Influencing Skills
14 30 (1.26%) Presentation Skills
15 28 (1.17%) Telecoms
16 26 (1.09%) Military
17 24 (1.01%) Social Housing
18 22 (0.92%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 994 (41.71%) Analyst
2 686 (28.79%) Data Analyst
3 497 (20.86%) Junior
4 489 (20.52%) Junior Analyst
5 476 (19.97%) Junior Data Analyst
6 305 (12.80%) Developer
7 303 (12.72%) Senior
8 177 (7.43%) Data Engineer
9 140 (5.87%) Lead
10 86 (3.61%) Business Intelligence Developer
11 84 (3.52%) Architect
11 84 (3.52%) Data Manager
12 79 (3.32%) Business Intelligence Analyst
13 74 (3.11%) Business Analyst
14 68 (2.85%) Senior Analyst
15 61 (2.56%) Consultant
15 61 (2.56%) Systems Analyst
16 57 (2.39%) Data Architect
17 55 (2.31%) Power Platform Developer
17 55 (2.31%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 117 (4.91%) .NET
2 71 (2.98%) REST
3 64 (2.69%) HTML
4 63 (2.64%) PySpark
5 54 (2.27%) CSS
6 46 (1.93%) Kafka
7 45 (1.89%) JSON
8 39 (1.64%) HTML5 Canvas
9 36 (1.51%) .NET Core
9 36 (1.51%) PyTorch
10 34 (1.43%) scikit-learn
11 31 (1.30%) TensorFlow
12 29 (1.22%) Microsoft Graph
13 26 (1.09%) Terraform
14 25 (1.05%) XML
15 24 (1.01%) EDI
15 24 (1.01%) LangChain
15 24 (1.01%) LlamaIndex
16 23 (0.97%) Middleware
16 23 (0.97%) pgvector
Miscellaneous
1 144 (6.04%) Management Information System
2 73 (3.06%) Data Structures
3 58 (2.43%) Cloud Native
4 56 (2.35%) Product Ownership
5 48 (2.01%) Onboarding
6 42 (1.76%) Analytical Mindset
7 40 (1.68%) Self-Motivation
8 35 (1.47%) Legacy Systems
9 29 (1.22%) Public Cloud
10 25 (1.05%) Enterprise Software
11 24 (1.01%) Clustering
12 23 (0.97%) Greenfield Project
13 21 (0.88%) Driving Licence
14 20 (0.84%) AI Agents
14 20 (0.84%) NHS
15 18 (0.76%) Social Media
16 16 (0.67%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
17 15 (0.63%) Educational Technology
17 15 (0.63%) Low-Code
18 14 (0.59%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 53 (2.22%) Windows
2 21 (0.88%) Linux
3 19 (0.80%) Windows Server
4 7 (0.29%) Windows Server 2019
5 4 (0.17%) Windows 10
6 3 (0.13%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.084%) Android
7 2 (0.084%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.084%) Solaris
7 2 (0.084%) VMS
8 1 (0.042%) Unix
8 1 (0.042%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,243 (94.13%) Business Intelligence
2 916 (38.44%) AI
3 779 (32.69%) Analytics
4 547 (22.95%) Problem-Solving
5 513 (21.53%) Decision-Making
6 455 (19.09%) Data Modelling
7 415 (17.42%) Continuous Improvement
8 343 (14.39%) Visualisation
9 310 (13.01%) Agile
10 298 (12.51%) Data Governance
11 296 (12.42%) ETL
12 272 (11.41%) Stakeholder Management
13 262 (10.99%) Data Engineering
14 258 (10.83%) ERP
15 249 (10.45%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 246 (10.32%) Actionable Insight
17 238 (9.99%) Data Visualisation
18 230 (9.65%) Data Analysis
19 215 (9.02%) DevOps
20 214 (8.98%) Data Pipeline
Programming Languages
1 1,535 (64.41%) SQL
2 888 (37.26%) Python
3 173 (7.26%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 172 (7.22%) C#
5 121 (5.08%) JavaScript
6 58 (2.43%) PowerShell
7 49 (2.06%) T-SQL
8 46 (1.93%) R
9 45 (1.89%) VBA
10 34 (1.43%) TypeScript
11 20 (0.84%) Scala
12 17 (0.71%) Java
13 13 (0.55%) Kusto Query Language
14 6 (0.25%) Julia
14 6 (0.25%) VB
14 6 (0.25%) VB.NET
15 5 (0.21%) PHP
15 5 (0.21%) VBScript
16 4 (0.17%) Bicep
16 4 (0.17%) XAML
Qualifications
1 510 (21.40%) Azure Certification
2 268 (11.25%) Degree
3 113 (4.74%) Security Cleared
4 94 (3.94%) SC Cleared
5 82 (3.44%) ACCA
6 77 (3.23%) CIMA
7 48 (2.01%) Microsoft Certification
8 38 (1.59%) DBS Check
9 26 (1.09%) PMI Certification
10 24 (1.01%) Computer Science Degree
11 23 (0.97%) PMP
12 20 (0.84%) AAT
13 15 (0.63%) BPSS Clearance
14 14 (0.59%) Master's Degree
15 9 (0.38%) Postgraduate
16 8 (0.34%) CompTIA CySA+
16 8 (0.34%) CompTIA Security+
16 8 (0.34%) SSCP
17 7 (0.29%) AWS Certification
17 7 (0.29%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 407 (17.08%) Data Quality
2 148 (6.21%) GDPR
3 87 (3.65%) QA
4 52 (2.18%) Accessibility
5 43 (1.80%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 42 (1.76%) SLA
7 41 (1.72%) PMO
8 22 (0.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 17 (0.71%) TickIT
10 16 (0.67%) Actionable Recommendations
11 13 (0.55%) NIST
12 9 (0.38%) GRC
13 8 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials
13 8 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 8 (0.34%) ISO 9001
14 6 (0.25%) PERC
15 5 (0.21%) GAAP
16 4 (0.17%) IFRS
16 4 (0.17%) NIST 800
17 2 (0.084%) GxP
System Software
1 29 (1.22%) Active Directory
2 22 (0.92%) Docker
3 6 (0.25%) Virtual Desktop
4 5 (0.21%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (0.17%) BitLocker
6 3 (0.13%) Terminal Services
7 2 (0.084%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.084%) IAG
Systems Management
1 16 (0.67%) Microsoft Intune
2 14 (0.59%) Kubernetes
3 10 (0.42%) FortiGate
4 6 (0.25%) Single Sign-On
5 5 (0.21%) Ansible
6 4 (0.17%) Argo
7 2 (0.084%) Microsoft Clustering
7 2 (0.084%) Progress Chef
7 2 (0.084%) Puppet
7 2 (0.084%) SCCM
8 1 (0.042%) EMC NetWorker
8 1 (0.042%) Grafana
8 1 (0.042%) MOM
8 1 (0.042%) SQL Sentry
8 1 (0.042%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 1,256 (52.71%) Microsoft
2 203 (8.52%) Databricks
3 100 (4.20%) SAP
4 73 (3.06%) Google
5 71 (2.98%) Oracle
6 40 (1.68%) Salesforce
7 30 (1.26%) Sage
8 27 (1.13%) Intapp
9 26 (1.09%) Alteryx
10 24 (1.01%) Adobe
10 24 (1.01%) Cloudera
11 23 (0.97%) Dell
12 20 (0.84%) Informatica
13 16 (0.67%) Concur
13 16 (0.67%) iManage
13 16 (0.67%) ServiceNow
14 15 (0.63%) Aderant
15 12 (0.50%) HubSpot
15 12 (0.50%) OpenAI
15 12 (0.50%) SYSPRO