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 5 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 59 72 56
Rank change year-on-year +13 -16 +22
Permanent jobs citing Power BI 2,124 1,581 2,922
As % of all permanent jobs in England 3.35% 3.85% 4.21%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 34.40% 20.56% 22.47%
Number of salaries quoted 1,146 959 2,380
10th Percentile £36,250 £37,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £43,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +14.29% -8.70%
75th Percentile £74,000 £76,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £96,050 £82,500
UK median annual salary £56,000 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -6.67% +14.29% -4.55%

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 6,175 7,689 13,005
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 9.73% 18.71% 18.74%
Number of salaries quoted 3,923 4,600 10,584
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,980 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £48,750 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +13.04% -11.54%
75th Percentile £81,250 £87,500 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +13.04% -8.00%

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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 5 March 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 5 March 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 +9 657 £70,000 - 303
North of England +5 415 £47,500 -2.06% 173
South East +25 386 £56,000 +1.82% 230
Midlands +31 357 £47,085 -0.87% 138
West Midlands +21 216 £47,500 -5.00% 101
North West -17 189 £50,000 +2.04% 89
Yorkshire +13 183 £47,000 -1.57% 59
South West +55 171 £43,500 -4.40% 75
East Midlands +39 139 £45,000 +5.88% 36
East of England -16 122 £46,750 -38.49% 48
North East +18 43 £46,750 -16.89% 30
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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 (6.87%) SharePoint
2 24 (1.13%) Apache Airflow
2 24 (1.13%) Microsoft Exchange
3 23 (1.08%) Apache Spark
4 18 (0.85%) SAS
5 16 (0.75%) Confluence
6 5 (0.24%) Apache
6 5 (0.24%) WordPress
7 4 (0.19%) CMS
7 4 (0.19%) Umbraco
8 3 (0.14%) ArcGIS
9 2 (0.094%) Moodle
9 2 (0.094%) Oracle Application Server
9 2 (0.094%) Palantir Foundry
10 1 (0.047%) Appian
10 1 (0.047%) Drupal
10 1 (0.047%) Jupyter
10 1 (0.047%) Mendix
Applications
1 1,021 (48.07%) Microsoft Excel
2 67 (3.15%) Microsoft Office
3 54 (2.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 23 (1.08%) Spreadsheet
5 16 (0.75%) Microsoft Project
5 16 (0.75%) MS Visio
6 10 (0.47%) Trello
7 6 (0.28%) Maya
8 4 (0.19%) Chatbot
9 2 (0.094%) AutoCAD
9 2 (0.094%) Revit
10 1 (0.047%) Acrobat
10 1 (0.047%) Adobe Illustrator
10 1 (0.047%) Adobe XD
10 1 (0.047%) InDesign
10 1 (0.047%) Oracle Smart View
10 1 (0.047%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 52 (2.45%) Dynamics CRM
2 13 (0.61%) NetSuite
3 10 (0.47%) Dynamics AX
4 9 (0.42%) SAP CO
5 7 (0.33%) Visualfiles
6 6 (0.28%) NEC Housing
7 5 (0.24%) Dynamics NAV
7 5 (0.24%) IBM Planning Analytics
7 5 (0.24%) SAP Business One
8 4 (0.19%) Elite 3E
8 4 (0.19%) Markit EDM
8 4 (0.19%) SAP S/4HANA
8 4 (0.19%) Shopify
9 3 (0.14%) Integrated Workplace Management System
9 3 (0.14%) Oracle Payables
9 3 (0.14%) Oracle Receivables
9 3 (0.14%) ResourceLink
9 3 (0.14%) Sage 200
9 3 (0.14%) Salesforce CRM
10 2 (0.094%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
Cloud Services
1 2,124 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 1,099 (51.74%) Azure
3 575 (27.07%) Azure AI
4 227 (10.69%) Power Automate
5 208 (9.79%) Microsoft 365
6 190 (8.95%) PowerApps
7 144 (6.78%) Azure Data Factory
8 131 (6.17%) Snowflake
9 125 (5.89%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 117 (5.51%) Dynamics 365
11 86 (4.05%) AWS
12 82 (3.86%) Azure DevOps
13 78 (3.67%) dbt
14 60 (2.82%) Entra ID
14 60 (2.82%) Microsoft Copilot
14 60 (2.82%) SaaS
15 54 (2.54%) GCP
16 47 (2.21%) Azure Logic Apps
17 31 (1.46%) Serverless
18 29 (1.37%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 16 (0.75%) Firewall
2 14 (0.66%) Intranet
3 13 (0.61%) WAN
4 11 (0.52%) DHCP
4 11 (0.52%) DNS
5 10 (0.47%) TCP/IP
6 6 (0.28%) LAN
6 6 (0.28%) VoIP
7 5 (0.24%) Modbus
7 5 (0.24%) MQTT
7 5 (0.24%) VPN
8 4 (0.19%) Broadband
9 3 (0.14%) Internet
9 3 (0.14%) VLAN
10 2 (0.094%) Network Security
10 2 (0.094%) Wi-Fi
11 1 (0.047%) ADSL
11 1 (0.047%) BGP
11 1 (0.047%) FTP
11 1 (0.047%) Softphone
Database & Business Intelligence
1 823 (38.75%) Tableau
2 201 (9.46%) SQL Server
3 183 (8.62%) Data Warehouse
4 116 (5.46%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 109 (5.13%) Data Lake
6 106 (4.99%) Power Query
7 62 (2.92%) Azure SQL Database
7 62 (2.92%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 52 (2.45%) Looker
9 43 (2.02%) Relational Database
10 34 (1.60%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 31 (1.46%) BigQuery
11 31 (1.46%) Metadata
12 28 (1.32%) Big Data
12 28 (1.32%) Qlik Sense
13 26 (1.22%) PostgreSQL
14 24 (1.13%) PowerPivot
15 23 (1.08%) Star Schema
16 21 (0.99%) Amazon Redshift
17 20 (0.94%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 68 (3.20%) Git
2 33 (1.55%) Visual Studio
3 32 (1.51%) JIRA
4 9 (0.42%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 7 (0.33%) GitLab
6 4 (0.19%) ER Studio
6 4 (0.19%) ERwin
6 4 (0.19%) MLflow
6 4 (0.19%) Postman
6 4 (0.19%) PowerDesigner
7 3 (0.14%) Jenkins
8 2 (0.094%) DBeaver
9 1 (0.047%) Axure RP
9 1 (0.047%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.047%) LSMW
9 1 (0.047%) Oracle APEX
9 1 (0.047%) Selenium
9 1 (0.047%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 1,159 (54.57%) Social Skills
2 594 (27.97%) Finance
3 516 (24.29%) Analytical Skills
4 107 (5.04%) Marketing
5 93 (4.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 82 (3.86%) Manufacturing
7 80 (3.77%) Legal
8 77 (3.63%) Law
9 76 (3.58%) Public Sector
10 58 (2.73%) Retail
11 51 (2.40%) Organisational Skills
12 48 (2.26%) Presentation Skills
13 42 (1.98%) Banking
14 26 (1.22%) Influencing Skills
15 24 (1.13%) Advertising
15 24 (1.13%) Documentation Skills
16 20 (0.94%) Billing
16 20 (0.94%) Financial Institution
17 19 (0.89%) Games
18 18 (0.85%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 1,090 (51.32%) Analyst
2 793 (37.34%) Data Analyst
3 580 (27.31%) Junior
4 573 (26.98%) Junior Analyst
5 570 (26.84%) Junior Data Analyst
6 222 (10.45%) Senior
7 210 (9.89%) Developer
8 147 (6.92%) Data Engineer
9 118 (5.56%) Lead
10 82 (3.86%) Business Intelligence Developer
11 81 (3.81%) Senior Analyst
12 80 (3.77%) Business Intelligence Analyst
13 74 (3.48%) Architect
14 73 (3.44%) Financial Analyst
15 65 (3.06%) Business Analyst
16 59 (2.78%) Support Analyst
17 53 (2.50%) IT Support
17 53 (2.50%) Power Platform Developer
18 48 (2.26%) Consultant
19 44 (2.07%) Systems Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (2.54%) .NET
2 40 (1.88%) REST
3 33 (1.55%) XML
4 32 (1.51%) JSON
4 32 (1.51%) PySpark
5 23 (1.08%) HTML
6 22 (1.04%) CSS
7 21 (0.99%) Web Services
8 20 (0.94%) HTML5 Canvas
9 19 (0.89%) SOAP
10 17 (0.80%) .NET Core
10 17 (0.80%) EDI
11 12 (0.56%) Kafka
12 10 (0.47%) React
12 10 (0.47%) WinForms
13 9 (0.42%) SAP CO-PA
14 8 (0.38%) AngularJS
14 8 (0.38%) ASP.NET
14 8 (0.38%) Middleware
14 8 (0.38%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 88 (4.14%) Analytical Mindset
2 70 (3.30%) Management Information System
3 48 (2.26%) Data Structures
4 47 (2.21%) Self-Motivation
5 42 (1.98%) Cloud Native
6 38 (1.79%) Onboarding
7 31 (1.46%) Low-Code
8 30 (1.41%) FMCG
9 29 (1.37%) Product Ownership
10 27 (1.27%) Legacy Systems
11 19 (0.89%) Driving Licence
11 19 (0.89%) Greenfield Project
11 19 (0.89%) Reinsurance
12 16 (0.75%) Enterprise Software
13 14 (0.66%) NHS
14 13 (0.61%) Algorithms
15 11 (0.52%) Renewable Energy
15 11 (0.52%) Social Media
16 9 (0.42%) SCADA
17 8 (0.38%) Derivative
Operating Systems
1 39 (1.84%) Windows
2 14 (0.66%) Linux
3 10 (0.47%) VMS
4 9 (0.42%) Unix
4 9 (0.42%) Windows Server
5 8 (0.38%) Mac OS
6 5 (0.24%) Windows 10
7 3 (0.14%) Android
8 2 (0.094%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.047%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.047%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,018 (95.01%) Business Intelligence
2 792 (37.29%) AI
3 564 (26.55%) Analytics
4 445 (20.95%) Decision-Making
5 378 (17.80%) Problem-Solving
6 362 (17.04%) Visualisation
7 333 (15.68%) Data Modelling
8 278 (13.09%) Continuous Improvement
9 274 (12.90%) ETL
10 248 (11.68%) Data Analysis
11 247 (11.63%) Agile
12 238 (11.21%) Data Visualisation
13 216 (10.17%) Actionable Insight
14 204 (9.60%) Data Governance
15 186 (8.76%) Data Engineering
16 178 (8.38%) Data Pipeline
17 162 (7.63%) Project Management
18 158 (7.44%) Stakeholder Management
19 154 (7.25%) Data Analytics
20 152 (7.16%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 1,364 (64.22%) SQL
2 966 (45.48%) Python
3 134 (6.31%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 89 (4.19%) C#
5 80 (3.77%) PowerShell
6 77 (3.63%) VBA
7 65 (3.06%) JavaScript
8 51 (2.40%) R
9 45 (2.12%) T-SQL
10 16 (0.75%) Kusto Query Language
11 12 (0.56%) Scala
12 10 (0.47%) Delphi
13 9 (0.42%) Java
14 7 (0.33%) TypeScript
15 5 (0.24%) ANSI SQL
15 5 (0.24%) Bicep
16 4 (0.19%) Bash
16 4 (0.19%) VB
16 4 (0.19%) VBScript
17 3 (0.14%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 598 (28.15%) Azure Certification
2 303 (14.27%) Degree
3 79 (3.72%) Security Cleared
4 74 (3.48%) ACCA
4 74 (3.48%) CIMA
5 62 (2.92%) SC Cleared
6 55 (2.59%) Microsoft Certification
7 50 (2.35%) Computer Science Degree
8 43 (2.02%) Master's Degree
9 39 (1.84%) PMI Certification
9 39 (1.84%) PMP
10 28 (1.32%) DBS Check
11 17 (0.80%) MBA
12 16 (0.75%) AAT
13 13 (0.61%) APMP
13 13 (0.61%) Numerate Degree
14 9 (0.42%) IIBA
15 8 (0.38%) BPSS Clearance
15 8 (0.38%) DV Cleared
16 7 (0.33%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 263 (12.38%) Data Quality
2 80 (3.77%) GDPR
3 52 (2.45%) QA
4 39 (1.84%) Accessibility
4 39 (1.84%) PMO
5 35 (1.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 33 (1.55%) SLA
7 20 (0.94%) Actionable Recommendations
8 11 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials
9 8 (0.38%) GRC
9 8 (0.38%) NIST
10 7 (0.33%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 7 (0.33%) ITGC
11 6 (0.28%) IFRS
12 4 (0.19%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 4 (0.19%) IFRS 17
13 3 (0.14%) COBIT
14 2 (0.094%) MiFID
14 2 (0.094%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 2 (0.094%) WCAG
System Software
1 50 (2.35%) Active Directory
2 10 (0.47%) Docker
3 8 (0.38%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.14%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.094%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.094%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.047%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 21 (0.99%) Microsoft Intune
2 15 (0.71%) Terraform
3 12 (0.56%) Kubernetes
4 7 (0.33%) Single Sign-On
5 5 (0.24%) Control-M
5 5 (0.24%) FortiGate
5 5 (0.24%) SCCM
6 3 (0.14%) Argo
6 3 (0.14%) RSA Archer
7 1 (0.047%) Ansible
7 1 (0.047%) Grafana
7 1 (0.047%) Jamf Pro
7 1 (0.047%) MOM
Vendors
1 1,079 (50.80%) Microsoft
2 115 (5.41%) Databricks
3 75 (3.53%) SAP
4 72 (3.39%) Oracle
5 52 (2.45%) Salesforce
6 42 (1.98%) Google
7 36 (1.69%) Informatica
8 35 (1.65%) ServiceNow
9 30 (1.41%) Alteryx
10 21 (0.99%) Anaplan
11 17 (0.80%) Adobe
12 16 (0.75%) HubSpot
13 13 (0.61%) IBM
14 12 (0.56%) Genesys
14 12 (0.56%) Verint
15 11 (0.52%) Dell
15 11 (0.52%) Intapp
16 9 (0.42%) Dataiku
16 9 (0.42%) Foundry
16 9 (0.42%) Northgate