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

6 months to
1 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 63 67 76
Rank change year-on-year +4 +9 -4
Permanent jobs citing Power BI 2,341 1,706 2,157
As % of all permanent jobs in England 2.41% 3.90% 3.02%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 29.46% 25.79% 19.49%
Number of salaries quoted 1,493 1,217 1,546
10th Percentile £34,500 £32,304 £36,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £45,563
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 £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 7,947 6,615 11,070
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 8.18% 15.11% 15.51%
Number of salaries quoted 5,541 4,363 7,238
10th Percentile £36,250 £34,550 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,750 £45,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £63,500
Median % change year-on-year - -5.51% -2.31%
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 1 September 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 1 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 -18 682 £71,250 +7.95% 833
North of England +86 553 £45,037 -14.22% 253
Midlands +16 404 £51,356 +2.71% 192
South East -31 321 £52,500 +5.00% 289
North West +69 271 £48,000 -11.11% 157
West Midlands +15 245 £51,356 -3.56% 124
South West -20 207 £42,500 -15.00% 122
Yorkshire +49 205 £42,500 -10.53% 71
East Midlands +18 159 £50,000 +11.11% 68
East of England -7 152 £60,000 +50.00% 96
North East -5 77 £45,000 -5.26% 27
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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
1 194 (8.29%) SharePoint
2 50 (2.14%) Apache Spark
3 41 (1.75%) Apache Airflow
4 29 (1.24%) Microsoft Exchange
5 15 (0.64%) Apache
6 9 (0.38%) WordPress
7 8 (0.34%) CMS
7 8 (0.34%) Confluence
8 5 (0.21%) ArcGIS
8 5 (0.21%) SAS
9 4 (0.17%) Luigi
9 4 (0.17%) Oracle Workflow
10 2 (0.085%) Appian
10 2 (0.085%) Headless CMS
10 2 (0.085%) IIS
10 2 (0.085%) Oracle Application Server
10 2 (0.085%) Tornado
10 2 (0.085%) Umbraco
11 1 (0.043%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 889 (37.98%) Microsoft Excel
2 60 (2.56%) Microsoft Office
3 39 (1.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 21 (0.90%) Microsoft Project
4 21 (0.90%) Spreadsheet
5 20 (0.85%) MS Visio
6 9 (0.38%) Chatbot
7 2 (0.085%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 2 (0.085%) ProjectWise
8 1 (0.043%) Adobe Illustrator
8 1 (0.043%) InDesign
8 1 (0.043%) Inkscape
8 1 (0.043%) Revit
8 1 (0.043%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 57 (2.43%) Dynamics CRM
2 50 (2.14%) NetSuite
3 16 (0.68%) Elite 3E
4 12 (0.51%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 10 (0.43%) Carpe Diem
5 10 (0.43%) IBM Planning Analytics
6 9 (0.38%) Dynamics NAV
6 9 (0.38%) Visualfiles
7 7 (0.30%) SAP S/4HANA
8 5 (0.21%) Infor M3
8 5 (0.21%) SAP ERP
8 5 (0.21%) SAP PM
9 3 (0.13%) Magento
9 3 (0.13%) Payment Gateway
9 3 (0.13%) Shopify
9 3 (0.13%) SystmOne
10 2 (0.085%) Dynamics GP
10 2 (0.085%) Sage 200
10 2 (0.085%) SAP Business One
10 2 (0.085%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 2,341 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 1,067 (45.58%) Azure
3 439 (18.75%) Azure AI
4 294 (12.56%) Power Automate
5 274 (11.70%) PowerApps
6 250 (10.68%) Microsoft 365
7 190 (8.12%) Dynamics 365
8 165 (7.05%) AWS
9 158 (6.75%) Azure Data Factory
10 118 (5.04%) Snowflake
11 115 (4.91%) Azure DevOps
12 109 (4.66%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 101 (4.31%) GCP
14 74 (3.16%) Microsoft Purview
15 73 (3.12%) Microsoft Copilot
16 70 (2.99%) SaaS
17 68 (2.90%) Azure Logic Apps
18 61 (2.61%) OneDrive
19 56 (2.39%) dbt
20 48 (2.05%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 15 (0.64%) Firewall
2 13 (0.56%) Broadband
3 8 (0.34%) DHCP
3 8 (0.34%) DNS
3 8 (0.34%) LAN
3 8 (0.34%) WAN
4 6 (0.26%) VoIP
4 6 (0.26%) 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 (0.085%) Intranet
8 2 (0.085%) Wireless
9 1 (0.043%) Modbus
9 1 (0.043%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 738 (31.52%) Tableau
2 232 (9.91%) Data Warehouse
3 167 (7.13%) SQL Server
4 147 (6.28%) Data Lake
5 131 (5.60%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 119 (5.08%) Power Query
7 94 (4.02%) Azure SQL Database
8 84 (3.59%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 83 (3.55%) Looker
10 62 (2.65%) Relational Database
11 57 (2.43%) Metadata
12 53 (2.26%) BigQuery
13 48 (2.05%) Star Schema
14 34 (1.45%) Amazon Redshift
15 31 (1.32%) Big Data
15 31 (1.32%) Snowflake Schema
16 30 (1.28%) Semantic Layer
17 28 (1.20%) Delta Lake
18 27 (1.15%) SQL Server Analysis Services
19 25 (1.07%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 78 (3.33%) Git
2 51 (2.18%) JIRA
3 31 (1.32%) MLflow
4 15 (0.64%) Visual Studio
5 11 (0.47%) Jenkins
6 9 (0.38%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 5 (0.21%) Oracle Forms
8 4 (0.17%) GitLab
9 2 (0.085%) Ant
9 2 (0.085%) Apache Ivy
9 2 (0.085%) ERwin
9 2 (0.085%) IBM UrbanCode
9 2 (0.085%) Maven
10 1 (0.043%) Browser DevTools
10 1 (0.043%) ER Studio
10 1 (0.043%) kappa
10 1 (0.043%) NUnit
10 1 (0.043%) PowerDesigner
10 1 (0.043%) Toad
10 1 (0.043%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 1,158 (49.47%) Social Skills
2 598 (25.54%) Analytical Skills
2 598 (25.54%) Finance
3 148 (6.32%) Law
4 131 (5.60%) Legal
5 127 (5.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 124 (5.30%) Marketing
6 124 (5.30%) Retail
7 118 (5.04%) Organisational Skills
8 103 (4.40%) Manufacturing
9 101 (4.31%) Public Sector
10 45 (1.92%) Banking
11 37 (1.58%) Documentation Skills
12 32 (1.37%) Billing
12 32 (1.37%) Influencing Skills
13 29 (1.24%) Presentation Skills
14 28 (1.20%) Telecoms
15 26 (1.11%) Military
16 24 (1.03%) Social Housing
17 22 (0.94%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 946 (40.41%) Analyst
2 637 (27.21%) Data Analyst
3 450 (19.22%) Junior
4 442 (18.88%) Junior Analyst
5 429 (18.33%) Junior Data Analyst
6 307 (13.11%) Developer
7 302 (12.90%) Senior
8 176 (7.52%) Data Engineer
9 140 (5.98%) Lead
10 87 (3.72%) Business Intelligence Developer
11 85 (3.63%) Architect
12 84 (3.59%) Data Manager
13 78 (3.33%) Business Intelligence Analyst
14 75 (3.20%) Business Analyst
15 67 (2.86%) Senior Analyst
16 62 (2.65%) Systems Analyst
17 61 (2.61%) Consultant
18 57 (2.43%) Data Architect
19 56 (2.39%) Power Platform Developer
20 55 (2.35%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 119 (5.08%) .NET
2 68 (2.90%) REST
3 66 (2.82%) HTML
4 62 (2.65%) PySpark
5 56 (2.39%) CSS
6 47 (2.01%) JSON
7 45 (1.92%) Kafka
8 40 (1.71%) HTML5 Canvas
9 37 (1.58%) .NET Core
9 37 (1.58%) PyTorch
10 34 (1.45%) scikit-learn
11 32 (1.37%) TensorFlow
12 29 (1.24%) Microsoft Graph
13 27 (1.15%) XML
14 25 (1.07%) Terraform
15 24 (1.03%) EDI
15 24 (1.03%) LangChain
15 24 (1.03%) LlamaIndex
16 23 (0.98%) Middleware
16 23 (0.98%) pgvector
Miscellaneous
1 145 (6.19%) Management Information System
2 71 (3.03%) Data Structures
3 57 (2.43%) Cloud Native
4 56 (2.39%) Product Ownership
5 48 (2.05%) Onboarding
6 43 (1.84%) Self-Motivation
7 42 (1.79%) Analytical Mindset
8 35 (1.50%) Legacy Systems
9 30 (1.28%) Public Cloud
10 25 (1.07%) Enterprise Software
11 24 (1.03%) Clustering
12 23 (0.98%) Greenfield Project
13 21 (0.90%) Driving Licence
13 21 (0.90%) NHS
14 20 (0.85%) AI Agents
15 18 (0.77%) Social Media
16 17 (0.73%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
17 16 (0.68%) Low-Code
18 15 (0.64%) Educational Technology
19 14 (0.60%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 53 (2.26%) Windows
2 21 (0.90%) Linux
3 19 (0.81%) Windows Server
4 7 (0.30%) Windows Server 2019
5 4 (0.17%) Windows 10
6 3 (0.13%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.085%) Android
7 2 (0.085%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.085%) Solaris
7 2 (0.085%) VMS
8 1 (0.043%) Unix
8 1 (0.043%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,201 (94.02%) Business Intelligence
2 876 (37.42%) AI
3 781 (33.36%) Analytics
4 552 (23.58%) Problem-Solving
5 515 (22.00%) Decision-Making
6 452 (19.31%) Data Modelling
7 419 (17.90%) Continuous Improvement
8 345 (14.74%) Visualisation
9 313 (13.37%) Agile
10 299 (12.77%) Data Governance
11 294 (12.56%) ETL
12 272 (11.62%) Stakeholder Management
13 263 (11.23%) Data Engineering
14 259 (11.06%) ERP
15 253 (10.81%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 249 (10.64%) Actionable Insight
17 238 (10.17%) Data Visualisation
18 232 (9.91%) Data Analysis
19 214 (9.14%) Dashboard Development
20 213 (9.10%) Data Pipeline
Programming Languages
1 1,487 (63.52%) SQL
2 842 (35.97%) Python
3 174 (7.43%) C#
4 171 (7.30%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 122 (5.21%) JavaScript
6 58 (2.48%) PowerShell
7 48 (2.05%) T-SQL
8 47 (2.01%) R
8 47 (2.01%) VBA
9 34 (1.45%) TypeScript
10 19 (0.81%) Scala
11 18 (0.77%) Java
12 13 (0.56%) Kusto Query Language
13 6 (0.26%) Julia
13 6 (0.26%) VB
13 6 (0.26%) VB.NET
14 5 (0.21%) PHP
14 5 (0.21%) VBScript
15 4 (0.17%) XAML
16 3 (0.13%) XPath
Qualifications
1 462 (19.74%) Azure Certification
2 268 (11.45%) Degree
3 114 (4.87%) Security Cleared
4 95 (4.06%) SC Cleared
5 83 (3.55%) ACCA
6 78 (3.33%) CIMA
7 47 (2.01%) Microsoft Certification
8 38 (1.62%) DBS Check
9 26 (1.11%) PMI Certification
10 23 (0.98%) Computer Science Degree
10 23 (0.98%) PMP
11 20 (0.85%) AAT
12 15 (0.64%) BPSS Clearance
13 14 (0.60%) Master's Degree
14 9 (0.38%) Postgraduate
15 8 (0.34%) CompTIA CySA+
15 8 (0.34%) CompTIA Security+
15 8 (0.34%) SSCP
16 7 (0.30%) AWS Certification
16 7 (0.30%) CFA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 407 (17.39%) Data Quality
2 148 (6.32%) GDPR
3 86 (3.67%) QA
4 53 (2.26%) Accessibility
5 43 (1.84%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 43 (1.84%) PMO
6 42 (1.79%) SLA
7 22 (0.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 17 (0.73%) TickIT
9 16 (0.68%) Actionable Recommendations
10 13 (0.56%) NIST
11 9 (0.38%) GRC
12 8 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials
12 8 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 8 (0.34%) ISO 9001
13 6 (0.26%) PERC
14 5 (0.21%) GAAP
15 4 (0.17%) IFRS
15 4 (0.17%) NIST 800
16 2 (0.085%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 29 (1.24%) Active Directory
2 22 (0.94%) Docker
3 6 (0.26%) Virtual Desktop
4 5 (0.21%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (0.17%) BitLocker
6 3 (0.13%) Terminal Services
7 2 (0.085%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.085%) IAG
Systems Management
1 16 (0.68%) Microsoft Intune
2 14 (0.60%) Kubernetes
3 10 (0.43%) FortiGate
4 6 (0.26%) Single Sign-On
5 5 (0.21%) Ansible
6 4 (0.17%) Argo
7 2 (0.085%) Microsoft Clustering
7 2 (0.085%) Progress Chef
7 2 (0.085%) Puppet
7 2 (0.085%) SCCM
8 1 (0.043%) EMC NetWorker
8 1 (0.043%) Grafana
8 1 (0.043%) MOM
8 1 (0.043%) SQL Sentry
8 1 (0.043%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 1,208 (51.60%) Microsoft
2 203 (8.67%) Databricks
3 100 (4.27%) SAP
4 75 (3.20%) Google
5 71 (3.03%) Oracle
6 40 (1.71%) Salesforce
7 30 (1.28%) Sage
8 26 (1.11%) Alteryx
8 26 (1.11%) Intapp
9 24 (1.03%) Adobe
9 24 (1.03%) Cloudera
10 23 (0.98%) Dell
11 20 (0.85%) Informatica
12 16 (0.68%) Concur
12 16 (0.68%) iManage
12 16 (0.68%) ServiceNow
13 14 (0.60%) Aderant
14 12 (0.51%) HubSpot
14 12 (0.51%) OpenAI
14 12 (0.51%) SYSPRO