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

6 months to
21 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 67 68 78
Rank change year-on-year +1 +10 -13
Permanent jobs citing Power BI 2,369 1,696 2,038
As % of all permanent jobs in England 2.31% 3.95% 2.97%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 29.66% 26.57% 19.14%
Number of salaries quoted 1,540 1,198 1,341
10th Percentile £34,500 £31,963 £37,199
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - -8.33% +4.90%
75th Percentile £73,750 £70,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £88,075 £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 7,987 6,383 10,649
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 7.80% 14.86% 15.49%
Number of salaries quoted 5,562 4,155 6,473
10th Percentile £36,275 £33,750 £37,750
25th Percentile £46,000 £45,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - -7.69% +1.56%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,688 £88,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £110,000 £118,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £63,000
% change year-on-year - -4.76% +0.80%

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

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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 September 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 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 -20 730 £67,500 +2.27% 1,297
North of England +68 551 £46,000 -12.38% 369
Midlands +11 395 £52,500 +5.00% 269
South East -27 322 £55,000 +4.76% 418
North West +55 283 £50,000 -9.09% 212
West Midlands +1 244 £54,646 +4.09% 185
South West -20 211 £42,500 -12.82% 168
Yorkshire +53 187 £43,000 -9.47% 124
East Midlands +11 151 £48,750 +8.33% 84
East of England -26 137 £60,000 +50.00% 130
North East -2 81 £46,250 +8.82% 34
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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
1 213 (8.99%) SharePoint
2 37 (1.56%) Apache Spark
3 26 (1.10%) Microsoft Exchange
4 24 (1.01%) Apache Airflow
5 13 (0.55%) Apache
6 10 (0.42%) Confluence
7 9 (0.38%) CMS
7 9 (0.38%) WordPress
8 5 (0.21%) Oracle Workflow
8 5 (0.21%) SAS
9 4 (0.17%) ArcGIS
9 4 (0.17%) IIS
9 4 (0.17%) Luigi
10 2 (0.084%) Appian
10 2 (0.084%) Headless CMS
10 2 (0.084%) Oracle Application Server
10 2 (0.084%) Tornado
10 2 (0.084%) Umbraco
11 1 (0.042%) Moodle
11 1 (0.042%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 830 (35.04%) Microsoft Excel
2 69 (2.91%) Microsoft Office
3 39 (1.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 22 (0.93%) MS Visio
5 20 (0.84%) Spreadsheet
6 19 (0.80%) Microsoft Project
7 14 (0.59%) Chatbot
8 9 (0.38%) ProjectWise
9 5 (0.21%) Revit
10 4 (0.17%) Navisworks
11 3 (0.13%) AutoCAD
12 2 (0.084%) SPSS
13 1 (0.042%) Adobe Illustrator
13 1 (0.042%) Civil 3D
13 1 (0.042%) InDesign
13 1 (0.042%) Inkscape
Business Applications
1 59 (2.49%) Dynamics CRM
2 51 (2.15%) NetSuite
3 17 (0.72%) Elite 3E
4 15 (0.63%) Dynamics NAV
5 12 (0.51%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 11 (0.46%) Carpe Diem
6 11 (0.46%) SAP S/4HANA
7 10 (0.42%) IBM Planning Analytics
8 9 (0.38%) Visualfiles
9 8 (0.34%) Infor M3
10 6 (0.25%) Workday HCM
11 5 (0.21%) SAP PM
12 3 (0.13%) Integrated Workplace Management System
12 3 (0.13%) Magento
12 3 (0.13%) Payment Gateway
12 3 (0.13%) Shopify
12 3 (0.13%) SystmOne
13 2 (0.084%) Dynamics GP
13 2 (0.084%) FastStats
13 2 (0.084%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 2,369 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 980 (41.37%) Azure
3 351 (14.82%) Azure AI
4 309 (13.04%) Power Automate
5 289 (12.20%) PowerApps
6 266 (11.23%) Microsoft 365
7 196 (8.27%) Dynamics 365
8 169 (7.13%) Azure Data Factory
9 158 (6.67%) AWS
10 138 (5.83%) Azure DevOps
11 98 (4.14%) Snowflake
12 95 (4.01%) Microsoft Copilot
13 93 (3.93%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 89 (3.76%) GCP
15 81 (3.42%) Microsoft Purview
16 68 (2.87%) SaaS
17 63 (2.66%) Azure Logic Apps
18 57 (2.41%) OneDrive
19 54 (2.28%) Google Analytics
20 51 (2.15%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 18 (0.76%) Firewall
2 13 (0.55%) Broadband
3 8 (0.34%) LAN
3 8 (0.34%) WAN
4 7 (0.30%) DNS
4 7 (0.30%) VPN
5 6 (0.25%) VoIP
6 5 (0.21%) DHCP
6 5 (0.21%) Network Security
6 5 (0.21%) SMS
7 4 (0.17%) LTE
7 4 (0.17%) MQTT
7 4 (0.17%) Wi-Fi
8 3 (0.13%) NAS
9 2 (0.084%) Intranet
9 2 (0.084%) VLAN
9 2 (0.084%) Wireless
10 1 (0.042%) IP Telephony
10 1 (0.042%) Modbus
10 1 (0.042%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 644 (27.18%) Tableau
2 236 (9.96%) Data Warehouse
3 168 (7.09%) SQL Server
4 136 (5.74%) Data Lake
5 132 (5.57%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 123 (5.19%) Power Query
7 105 (4.43%) Azure SQL Database
8 83 (3.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 71 (3.00%) Relational Database
10 69 (2.91%) Metadata
11 64 (2.70%) Looker
12 53 (2.24%) Star Schema
13 40 (1.69%) BigQuery
14 33 (1.39%) NoSQL
15 32 (1.35%) Big Data
15 32 (1.35%) Semantic Layer
16 28 (1.18%) Delta Lake
17 25 (1.06%) SQL Server Analysis Services
18 23 (0.97%) MySQL
19 21 (0.89%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 92 (3.88%) Git
2 53 (2.24%) JIRA
3 15 (0.63%) Jenkins
4 14 (0.59%) MLflow
5 12 (0.51%) Visual Studio
6 9 (0.38%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 4 (0.17%) GitLab
7 4 (0.17%) Oracle Forms
8 2 (0.084%) Ant
8 2 (0.084%) Apache Ivy
8 2 (0.084%) IBM UrbanCode
8 2 (0.084%) Maven
8 2 (0.084%) Visual Studio Code
9 1 (0.042%) Browser DevTools
9 1 (0.042%) Burp Suite
9 1 (0.042%) ER Studio
9 1 (0.042%) ERwin
9 1 (0.042%) kappa
9 1 (0.042%) Selenium
9 1 (0.042%) Toad
General
1 1,115 (47.07%) Social Skills
2 661 (27.90%) Finance
3 642 (27.10%) Analytical Skills
4 155 (6.54%) Law
5 147 (6.21%) Legal
6 135 (5.70%) Marketing
7 132 (5.57%) Organisational Skills
8 131 (5.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 127 (5.36%) Retail
10 118 (4.98%) Manufacturing
11 117 (4.94%) Public Sector
12 55 (2.32%) Banking
13 46 (1.94%) Documentation Skills
14 36 (1.52%) Influencing Skills
15 34 (1.44%) Billing
16 33 (1.39%) Telecoms
17 28 (1.18%) Military
18 27 (1.14%) Presentation Skills
19 25 (1.06%) Social Housing
20 22 (0.93%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 886 (37.40%) Analyst
2 559 (23.60%) Data Analyst
3 355 (14.99%) Junior
4 349 (14.73%) Junior Analyst
5 335 (14.14%) Junior Data Analyst
6 316 (13.34%) Developer
7 293 (12.37%) Senior
8 185 (7.81%) Data Engineer
9 152 (6.42%) Lead
10 89 (3.76%) Business Intelligence Developer
11 85 (3.59%) Architect
12 82 (3.46%) Business Intelligence Analyst
13 81 (3.42%) Data Manager
14 80 (3.38%) Business Analyst
15 72 (3.04%) Senior Analyst
16 67 (2.83%) Consultant
17 65 (2.74%) Systems Analyst
18 60 (2.53%) Power Platform Developer
19 58 (2.45%) Data Architect
20 56 (2.36%) Senior Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 106 (4.47%) .NET
2 72 (3.04%) REST
3 71 (3.00%) HTML
4 69 (2.91%) PySpark
5 59 (2.49%) CSS
6 43 (1.82%) JSON
7 33 (1.39%) HTML5 Canvas
8 32 (1.35%) Kafka
9 30 (1.27%) XML
10 29 (1.22%) .NET Core
11 27 (1.14%) EDI
12 26 (1.10%) Terraform
13 25 (1.06%) Microsoft Graph
14 24 (1.01%) Middleware
15 22 (0.93%) PyTorch
16 21 (0.89%) ASP.NET
17 19 (0.80%) HTML5
17 19 (0.80%) scikit-learn
18 18 (0.76%) TensorFlow
19 17 (0.72%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 171 (7.22%) Management Information System
2 75 (3.17%) Data Structures
3 62 (2.62%) Product Ownership
4 52 (2.20%) Self-Motivation
5 51 (2.15%) Onboarding
6 40 (1.69%) Analytical Mindset
7 36 (1.52%) Cloud Native
7 36 (1.52%) Legacy Systems
8 34 (1.44%) Enterprise Software
9 32 (1.35%) Greenfield Project
10 26 (1.10%) Driving Licence
11 25 (1.06%) AI Agents
11 25 (1.06%) NHS
12 23 (0.97%) Low-Code
13 21 (0.89%) Social Media
14 20 (0.84%) FMCG
15 19 (0.80%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
16 17 (0.72%) Public Cloud
17 16 (0.68%) Educational Technology
18 14 (0.59%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 60 (2.53%) Windows
2 25 (1.06%) Linux
3 19 (0.80%) Windows Server
4 6 (0.25%) Windows Server 2019
5 4 (0.17%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.084%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.084%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.084%) Solaris
7 1 (0.042%) Android
7 1 (0.042%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.042%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,230 (94.13%) Business Intelligence
2 831 (35.08%) AI
3 808 (34.11%) Analytics
4 622 (26.26%) Problem-Solving
5 568 (23.98%) Decision-Making
6 471 (19.88%) Continuous Improvement
7 467 (19.71%) Data Modelling
8 371 (15.66%) Visualisation
9 324 (13.68%) Agile
10 318 (13.42%) Stakeholder Management
11 304 (12.83%) Data Governance
12 295 (12.45%) ETL
13 278 (11.73%) ERP
14 277 (11.69%) Actionable Insight
15 263 (11.10%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 258 (10.89%) Data Engineering
17 256 (10.81%) Data Visualisation
18 247 (10.43%) Data Analysis
19 236 (9.96%) Dashboard Development
20 225 (9.50%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 1,419 (59.90%) SQL
2 761 (32.12%) Python
3 179 (7.56%) C#
3 179 (7.56%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 129 (5.45%) JavaScript
5 58 (2.45%) PowerShell
6 49 (2.07%) T-SQL
7 46 (1.94%) R
8 41 (1.73%) VBA
9 28 (1.18%) TypeScript
10 24 (1.01%) Java
10 24 (1.01%) Scala
11 11 (0.46%) Kusto Query Language
12 7 (0.30%) PHP
13 6 (0.25%) VB.NET
14 5 (0.21%) Bicep
14 5 (0.21%) C++
14 5 (0.21%) VB
15 4 (0.17%) XAML
16 3 (0.13%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 374 (15.79%) Azure Certification
2 282 (11.90%) Degree
3 129 (5.45%) Security Cleared
4 105 (4.43%) SC Cleared
5 89 (3.76%) ACCA
6 84 (3.55%) CIMA
7 51 (2.15%) Microsoft Certification
8 36 (1.52%) DBS Check
9 29 (1.22%) PMI Certification
10 26 (1.10%) PMP
11 20 (0.84%) Computer Science Degree
12 19 (0.80%) AAT
13 18 (0.76%) BPSS Clearance
14 15 (0.63%) Master's Degree
15 8 (0.34%) CompTIA CySA+
15 8 (0.34%) CompTIA Security+
15 8 (0.34%) Postgraduate
15 8 (0.34%) SSCP
16 7 (0.30%) CFA
16 7 (0.30%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 458 (19.33%) Data Quality
2 150 (6.33%) GDPR
3 92 (3.88%) QA
4 60 (2.53%) Accessibility
5 42 (1.77%) PMO
6 36 (1.52%) SLA
7 32 (1.35%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 24 (1.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 21 (0.89%) Actionable Recommendations
10 17 (0.72%) TickIT
11 13 (0.55%) NIST
12 12 (0.51%) GRC
13 8 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials
13 8 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 8 (0.34%) ISO 9001
14 7 (0.30%) GAAP
15 6 (0.25%) PERC
16 4 (0.17%) ISO 19650
16 4 (0.17%) NIST 800
17 3 (0.13%) IFRS
System Software
1 26 (1.10%) Docker
2 25 (1.06%) Active Directory
3 6 (0.25%) Virtual Desktop
4 4 (0.17%) BitLocker
4 4 (0.17%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (0.13%) Terminal Services
6 2 (0.084%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.084%) IAG
7 1 (0.042%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.042%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.042%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 18 (0.76%) Kubernetes
2 17 (0.72%) Microsoft Intune
3 10 (0.42%) FortiGate
4 6 (0.25%) Single Sign-On
5 4 (0.17%) Argo
5 4 (0.17%) EnCase
5 4 (0.17%) FTK
6 3 (0.13%) Ansible
7 2 (0.084%) Microsoft Clustering
7 2 (0.084%) Progress Chef
7 2 (0.084%) Puppet
8 1 (0.042%) EMC NetWorker
8 1 (0.042%) MOM
8 1 (0.042%) PaperCut
8 1 (0.042%) SCCM
8 1 (0.042%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 1,183 (49.94%) Microsoft
2 186 (7.85%) Databricks
3 110 (4.64%) SAP
4 83 (3.50%) Google
5 78 (3.29%) Oracle
6 41 (1.73%) Salesforce
7 33 (1.39%) Sage
8 30 (1.27%) Alteryx
9 29 (1.22%) ServiceNow
10 26 (1.10%) Intapp
11 24 (1.01%) Informatica
12 19 (0.80%) Concur
13 16 (0.68%) Aderant
13 16 (0.68%) Adobe
14 15 (0.63%) iManage
15 13 (0.55%) Workday
15 13 (0.55%) YouTube
16 11 (0.46%) HubSpot
16 11 (0.46%) OpenAI
16 11 (0.46%) Yardi