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 21 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 56 62 59
Rank change year-on-year +6 -3 +23
Permanent jobs citing Power BI 2,624 1,511 3,190
As % of all permanent jobs in England 3.37% 4.04% 3.87%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 37.58% 22.42% 22.02%
Number of salaries quoted 1,224 1,062 2,581
10th Percentile £35,750 £36,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,000 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.87% +4.55% -0.08%
75th Percentile £75,000 £76,000 £68,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,750 £85,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £53,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +7.48% -2.73%

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 6,982 6,741 14,486
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 8.97% 18.04% 17.60%
Number of salaries quoted 4,278 4,762 11,389
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £64,250 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.61% +11.74% -11.54%
75th Percentile £80,000 £85,377 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -11.54%

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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 21 April 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 21 April 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 -1 616 £70,000 - 259
North of England +20 607 £45,500 -9.00% 146
Midlands +24 494 £47,085 -5.83% 118
South East +12 462 £57,500 +4.55% 155
Yorkshire +43 286 £42,039 -11.50% 40
West Midlands +16 284 £47,085 -8.48% 74
North West +6 251 £47,000 -10.48% 87
South West +26 229 £45,000 -6.74% 51
East Midlands +23 208 £46,445 +2.08% 44
East of England -3 203 £54,500 -22.14% 41
North East +14 70 £51,000 +2.00% 23
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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
1 146 (5.56%) SharePoint
2 48 (1.83%) Apache Spark
3 47 (1.79%) Apache Airflow
4 41 (1.56%) Microsoft Exchange
5 11 (0.42%) Confluence
5 11 (0.42%) SAS
6 8 (0.30%) Apache
7 7 (0.27%) WordPress
8 6 (0.23%) CMS
9 5 (0.19%) ArcGIS
10 4 (0.15%) Umbraco
11 2 (0.076%) Headless CMS
11 2 (0.076%) Moodle
11 2 (0.076%) Oracle Application Server
11 2 (0.076%) Palantir Foundry
12 1 (0.038%) Appian
12 1 (0.038%) Drupal
12 1 (0.038%) Mendix
Applications
1 1,436 (54.73%) Microsoft Excel
2 64 (2.44%) Microsoft Office
3 41 (1.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 29 (1.11%) Spreadsheet
5 22 (0.84%) Microsoft Project
6 20 (0.76%) MS Visio
7 7 (0.27%) Trello
8 2 (0.076%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.038%) Chatbot
9 1 (0.038%) Maya
Business Applications
1 34 (1.30%) Dynamics CRM
2 20 (0.76%) NetSuite
3 12 (0.46%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 10 (0.38%) Dynamics AX
5 9 (0.34%) SAP CO
6 7 (0.27%) IBM Planning Analytics
7 6 (0.23%) NEC Housing
8 5 (0.19%) Dynamics NAV
8 5 (0.19%) Sage 200
8 5 (0.19%) SAP ERP
8 5 (0.19%) SAP PM
8 5 (0.19%) Shopify
9 4 (0.15%) Elite 3E
9 4 (0.15%) Magento
9 4 (0.15%) SAP S/4HANA
10 3 (0.11%) Integrated Workplace Management System
10 3 (0.11%) Markit EDM
10 3 (0.11%) ResourceLink
10 3 (0.11%) SAP Business One
11 2 (0.076%) Q-Pulse
Cloud Services
1 2,624 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 1,569 (59.79%) Azure
3 993 (37.84%) Azure AI
4 233 (8.88%) Power Automate
5 213 (8.12%) Microsoft 365
6 186 (7.09%) PowerApps
7 160 (6.10%) Azure Data Factory
8 151 (5.75%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 139 (5.30%) Snowflake
10 114 (4.34%) Dynamics 365
11 105 (4.00%) AWS
12 98 (3.73%) dbt
13 76 (2.90%) GCP
14 68 (2.59%) Azure DevOps
15 65 (2.48%) Entra ID
16 64 (2.44%) SaaS
17 53 (2.02%) Azure Logic Apps
18 51 (1.94%) Microsoft Copilot
19 37 (1.41%) Serverless
20 35 (1.33%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 16 (0.61%) Broadband
2 14 (0.53%) Intranet
3 12 (0.46%) DHCP
3 12 (0.46%) DNS
4 11 (0.42%) Firewall
5 8 (0.30%) VoIP
6 7 (0.27%) TCP/IP
7 6 (0.23%) WAN
8 5 (0.19%) Modbus
8 5 (0.19%) MQTT
8 5 (0.19%) Wi-Fi
9 3 (0.11%) Internet
9 3 (0.11%) NAS
9 3 (0.11%) VLAN
10 2 (0.076%) Network Security
10 2 (0.076%) VPN
11 1 (0.038%) FTP
11 1 (0.038%) LTE
11 1 (0.038%) Mobile Broadband
11 1 (0.038%) Softphone
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1,237 (47.14%) Tableau
2 192 (7.32%) SQL Server
3 189 (7.20%) Data Warehouse
4 131 (4.99%) Data Lake
5 126 (4.80%) Power Query
6 112 (4.27%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 76 (2.90%) Azure SQL Database
8 68 (2.59%) Looker
9 62 (2.36%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 50 (1.91%) BigQuery
11 44 (1.68%) Big Data
11 44 (1.68%) Relational Database
12 40 (1.52%) Amazon Redshift
13 36 (1.37%) Snowflake Schema
14 30 (1.14%) PostgreSQL
15 29 (1.11%) Metadata
16 25 (0.95%) Star Schema
17 24 (0.91%) PowerPivot
18 23 (0.88%) Elasticsearch
18 23 (0.88%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 61 (2.32%) Git
2 42 (1.60%) JIRA
3 26 (0.99%) MLflow
3 26 (0.99%) Visual Studio
4 11 (0.42%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 4 (0.15%) GitLab
5 4 (0.15%) Jenkins
5 4 (0.15%) Postman
6 2 (0.076%) DBeaver
7 1 (0.038%) Axure RP
7 1 (0.038%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.038%) ERwin
7 1 (0.038%) NUnit
7 1 (0.038%) Oracle APEX
7 1 (0.038%) Oracle Forms
7 1 (0.038%) PowerDesigner
7 1 (0.038%) Selenium
7 1 (0.038%) Team Foundation Server
7 1 (0.038%) Toad
General
1 1,590 (60.59%) Social Skills
2 551 (21.00%) Analytical Skills
3 538 (20.50%) Finance
4 98 (3.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 92 (3.51%) Marketing
6 86 (3.28%) Public Sector
7 83 (3.16%) Legal
8 81 (3.09%) Retail
9 78 (2.97%) Law
10 77 (2.93%) Manufacturing
11 58 (2.21%) Organisational Skills
12 47 (1.79%) Presentation Skills
13 37 (1.41%) Influencing Skills
14 36 (1.37%) Documentation Skills
15 32 (1.22%) Banking
16 23 (0.88%) Telecoms
17 19 (0.72%) Advertising
18 18 (0.69%) Publishing
19 17 (0.65%) Automotive
20 16 (0.61%) Games
Job Titles
1 1,522 (58.00%) Analyst
2 1,210 (46.11%) Data Analyst
3 1,006 (38.34%) Junior
4 1,000 (38.11%) Junior Analyst
5 997 (38.00%) Junior Data Analyst
6 257 (9.79%) Senior
7 230 (8.77%) Developer
8 142 (5.41%) Data Engineer
9 118 (4.50%) Lead
10 89 (3.39%) Business Intelligence Developer
11 81 (3.09%) Business Intelligence Analyst
12 76 (2.90%) Architect
12 76 (2.90%) Business Analyst
13 71 (2.71%) Financial Analyst
13 71 (2.71%) Senior Analyst
14 64 (2.44%) IT Support
15 61 (2.32%) Support Analyst
16 55 (2.10%) Consultant
16 55 (2.10%) Systems Analyst
17 53 (2.02%) Power BI Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 86 (3.28%) .NET
2 51 (1.94%) JSON
3 43 (1.64%) CSS
3 43 (1.64%) PySpark
4 41 (1.56%) REST
5 40 (1.52%) HTML
6 37 (1.41%) HTML5 Canvas
6 37 (1.41%) XML
7 34 (1.30%) .NET Core
7 34 (1.30%) Kafka
8 30 (1.14%) PyTorch
9 29 (1.11%) scikit-learn
10 25 (0.95%) EDI
11 24 (0.91%) TensorFlow
12 23 (0.88%) LangChain
12 23 (0.88%) LlamaIndex
12 23 (0.88%) pgvector
13 20 (0.76%) Middleware
14 19 (0.72%) SOAP
15 17 (0.65%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 81 (3.09%) Management Information System
2 72 (2.74%) Analytical Mindset
3 56 (2.13%) Cloud Native
3 56 (2.13%) Data Structures
4 33 (1.26%) Legacy Systems
4 33 (1.26%) Self-Motivation
5 31 (1.18%) Onboarding
6 28 (1.07%) Low-Code
7 27 (1.03%) Clustering
8 25 (0.95%) Product Ownership
9 24 (0.91%) Public Cloud
10 22 (0.84%) Social Media
11 19 (0.72%) Enterprise Cloud
12 18 (0.69%) Greenfield Project
13 16 (0.61%) Driving Licence
14 13 (0.50%) Enterprise Software
14 13 (0.50%) NHS
15 12 (0.46%) FMCG
15 12 (0.46%) Reinsurance
16 11 (0.42%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 28 (1.07%) Windows
2 17 (0.65%) Windows Server
3 13 (0.50%) Linux
4 12 (0.46%) VMS
5 6 (0.23%) Unix
6 5 (0.19%) Windows 10
7 3 (0.11%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.076%) Android
9 1 (0.038%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.038%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.038%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.038%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,499 (95.24%) Business Intelligence
2 1,217 (46.38%) AI
3 637 (24.28%) Analytics
4 445 (16.96%) Decision-Making
5 409 (15.59%) Problem-Solving
6 383 (14.60%) Data Modelling
7 338 (12.88%) Visualisation
8 292 (11.13%) Continuous Improvement
9 266 (10.14%) ETL
10 233 (8.88%) Data Analysis
11 228 (8.69%) Data Governance
12 220 (8.38%) Agile
13 218 (8.31%) Actionable Insight
14 215 (8.19%) Data Visualisation
15 203 (7.74%) Data Engineering
16 189 (7.20%) ERP
17 185 (7.05%) Data Pipeline
18 174 (6.63%) Project Management
19 171 (6.52%) Data Management
20 158 (6.02%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 1,850 (70.50%) SQL
2 1,396 (53.20%) Python
3 161 (6.14%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 113 (4.31%) C#
5 79 (3.01%) PowerShell
6 77 (2.93%) VBA
7 75 (2.86%) JavaScript
8 49 (1.87%) T-SQL
9 43 (1.64%) R
10 23 (0.88%) TypeScript
11 20 (0.76%) Kusto Query Language
12 12 (0.46%) Scala
13 11 (0.42%) Delphi
14 10 (0.38%) Java
15 9 (0.34%) VBScript
16 6 (0.23%) Julia
16 6 (0.23%) VB
17 5 (0.19%) Bicep
18 3 (0.11%) ANSI SQL
18 3 (0.11%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 1,017 (38.76%) Azure Certification
2 258 (9.83%) Degree
3 78 (2.97%) Security Cleared
4 70 (2.67%) ACCA
4 70 (2.67%) CIMA
5 58 (2.21%) SC Cleared
6 42 (1.60%) Microsoft Certification
7 38 (1.45%) Computer Science Degree
8 36 (1.37%) PMI Certification
8 36 (1.37%) PMP
9 33 (1.26%) Master's Degree
10 31 (1.18%) DBS Check
11 16 (0.61%) AAT
12 14 (0.53%) MBA
13 11 (0.42%) APMP
14 9 (0.34%) CompTIA Security+
15 8 (0.30%) CompTIA CySA+
15 8 (0.30%) IIBA
15 8 (0.30%) SSCP
16 7 (0.27%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 273 (10.40%) Data Quality
2 102 (3.89%) GDPR
3 57 (2.17%) QA
4 51 (1.94%) SLA
5 35 (1.33%) PMO
6 29 (1.11%) Accessibility
7 25 (0.95%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 24 (0.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 20 (0.76%) Actionable Recommendations
10 15 (0.57%) TickIT
11 12 (0.46%) GRC
12 11 (0.42%) NIST
13 8 (0.30%) IFRS
14 4 (0.15%) GAAP
14 4 (0.15%) IFRS 17
14 4 (0.15%) ITGC
15 2 (0.076%) MiFID
15 2 (0.076%) NIST 800
15 2 (0.076%) SOC 2
15 2 (0.076%) WCAG
System Software
1 64 (2.44%) Active Directory
2 14 (0.53%) Docker
3 12 (0.46%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.15%) BitLocker
5 3 (0.11%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.11%) Terminal Services
5 3 (0.11%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.038%) IAG
6 1 (0.038%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 13 (0.50%) Kubernetes
1 13 (0.50%) Terraform
2 6 (0.23%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (0.19%) FortiGate
3 5 (0.19%) SCCM
4 4 (0.15%) Ansible
4 4 (0.15%) Control-M
4 4 (0.15%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (0.11%) Argo
6 1 (0.038%) Grafana
6 1 (0.038%) MOM
6 1 (0.038%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 1,538 (58.61%) Microsoft
2 163 (6.21%) Databricks
3 92 (3.51%) SAP
4 68 (2.59%) Oracle
5 44 (1.68%) Google
6 41 (1.56%) Salesforce
7 31 (1.18%) Informatica
8 30 (1.14%) Alteryx
9 28 (1.07%) ServiceNow
10 26 (0.99%) Adobe
11 24 (0.91%) Cloudera
11 24 (0.91%) Dell
12 21 (0.80%) Intapp
13 20 (0.76%) Anaplan
14 14 (0.53%) iManage
15 13 (0.50%) HubSpot
15 13 (0.50%) Sage
16 12 (0.46%) Genesys
16 12 (0.46%) Verint
16 12 (0.46%) VMware