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

6 months to
5 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 62 76 56
Rank change year-on-year +14 -20 +17
Permanent jobs citing Power BI 1,926 1,681 2,820
As % of all permanent jobs in England 3.38% 3.65% 4.35%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 32.46% 20.22% 22.55%
Number of salaries quoted 1,103 959 2,356
10th Percentile £35,750 £37,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £73,750 £76,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £89,750 £92,500 £85,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +14.29% -8.70%

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 5,934 8,312 12,508
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 10.41% 18.04% 19.30%
Number of salaries quoted 3,857 4,689 10,313
10th Percentile £35,000 £38,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £43,497 £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 £77,500
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 February 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 February 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 +12 653 £70,000 - 281
South East +31 387 £55,000 -4.35% 230
North of England 0 324 £47,500 -1.04% 146
Midlands +38 290 £47,500 -5.00% 143
West Midlands +23 190 £47,500 -5.00% 85
North West -4 171 £50,000 +4.17% 90
South West +47 148 £43,500 -3.33% 47
Yorkshire -2 121 £42,039 -11.96% 41
East of England -13 106 £46,750 -38.49% 33
East Midlands +40 98 £46,445 +9.28% 58
North East +10 32 £42,500 -22.73% 17
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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
1 133 (6.91%) SharePoint
2 19 (0.99%) Microsoft Exchange
3 18 (0.93%) Apache Spark
4 17 (0.88%) Apache Airflow
4 17 (0.88%) SAS
5 16 (0.83%) Confluence
6 6 (0.31%) WordPress
7 4 (0.21%) Apache
7 4 (0.21%) CMS
7 4 (0.21%) Umbraco
8 3 (0.16%) SugarCRM
9 2 (0.10%) Moodle
9 2 (0.10%) Oracle Application Server
9 2 (0.10%) Palantir Foundry
10 1 (0.052%) Apache Superset
10 1 (0.052%) Drupal
10 1 (0.052%) Jupyter
Applications
1 875 (45.43%) Microsoft Excel
2 68 (3.53%) Microsoft Office
3 53 (2.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 20 (1.04%) Microsoft Project
5 19 (0.99%) Spreadsheet
6 14 (0.73%) MS Visio
7 10 (0.52%) Maya
7 10 (0.52%) Trello
8 5 (0.26%) Chatbot
9 2 (0.10%) AutoCAD
9 2 (0.10%) Revit
10 1 (0.052%) Acrobat
10 1 (0.052%) Adobe Illustrator
10 1 (0.052%) Adobe XD
10 1 (0.052%) InDesign
10 1 (0.052%) Oracle Smart View
10 1 (0.052%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 72 (3.74%) Dynamics CRM
2 14 (0.73%) NetSuite
3 10 (0.52%) Dynamics AX
3 10 (0.52%) Shopify
4 9 (0.47%) SAP CO
5 8 (0.42%) Visualfiles
6 7 (0.36%) Elite 3E
7 6 (0.31%) Dynamics NAV
7 6 (0.31%) NEC Housing
7 6 (0.31%) SAP Business One
8 5 (0.26%) IBM Planning Analytics
9 4 (0.21%) Oracle Payables
9 4 (0.21%) Oracle Receivables
10 3 (0.16%) Integrated Workplace Management System
10 3 (0.16%) ResourceLink
10 3 (0.16%) Salesforce CRM
10 3 (0.16%) SAP S/4HANA
11 2 (0.10%) Aladdin
11 2 (0.10%) Sage 200
11 2 (0.10%) SAP IBP
Cloud Services
1 1,926 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 919 (47.72%) Azure
3 340 (17.65%) Azure AI
4 214 (11.11%) Power Automate
5 191 (9.92%) Microsoft 365
6 180 (9.35%) PowerApps
7 138 (7.17%) Azure Data Factory
8 131 (6.80%) Snowflake
9 128 (6.65%) Dynamics 365
10 109 (5.66%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 84 (4.36%) AWS
12 83 (4.31%) Azure DevOps
13 67 (3.48%) dbt
14 64 (3.32%) Microsoft Copilot
15 51 (2.65%) SaaS
16 48 (2.49%) Entra ID
17 46 (2.39%) GCP
18 45 (2.34%) Azure Logic Apps
19 27 (1.40%) Fivetran
20 26 (1.35%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 16 (0.83%) Firewall
2 13 (0.67%) Intranet
3 10 (0.52%) TCP/IP
4 9 (0.47%) DHCP
4 9 (0.47%) DNS
4 9 (0.47%) WAN
5 7 (0.36%) VoIP
6 6 (0.31%) LAN
7 5 (0.26%) Modbus
7 5 (0.26%) MQTT
7 5 (0.26%) VPN
8 3 (0.16%) VLAN
9 2 (0.10%) Broadband
9 2 (0.10%) Network Security
9 2 (0.10%) Wi-Fi
10 1 (0.052%) ADSL
10 1 (0.052%) BGP
10 1 (0.052%) FTP
10 1 (0.052%) Internet
10 1 (0.052%) Softphone
Database & Business Intelligence
1 583 (30.27%) Tableau
2 196 (10.18%) SQL Server
3 178 (9.24%) Data Warehouse
4 166 (8.62%) Data Lake
5 114 (5.92%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 98 (5.09%) Power Query
7 68 (3.53%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 64 (3.32%) SAP BW
9 60 (3.12%) Azure SQL Database
10 50 (2.60%) Looker
11 43 (2.23%) Relational Database
12 33 (1.71%) Metadata
12 33 (1.71%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 25 (1.30%) Qlik Sense
14 23 (1.19%) PostgreSQL
15 22 (1.14%) MySQL
16 21 (1.09%) BigQuery
17 20 (1.04%) Big Data
17 20 (1.04%) Data Mining
18 19 (0.99%) PowerPivot
Development Applications
1 73 (3.79%) Git
2 36 (1.87%) Visual Studio
3 34 (1.77%) JIRA
4 7 (0.36%) GitLab
4 7 (0.36%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 4 (0.21%) ER Studio
5 4 (0.21%) ERwin
5 4 (0.21%) PowerDesigner
6 3 (0.16%) Jenkins
6 3 (0.16%) Postman
7 2 (0.10%) DBeaver
8 1 (0.052%) Axure RP
8 1 (0.052%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.052%) LSMW
8 1 (0.052%) Oracle APEX
8 1 (0.052%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 951 (49.38%) Social Skills
2 616 (31.98%) Finance
3 523 (27.15%) Analytical Skills
4 119 (6.18%) Marketing
5 93 (4.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 91 (4.72%) Manufacturing
7 81 (4.21%) Legal
8 74 (3.84%) Law
9 68 (3.53%) Retail
10 64 (3.32%) Public Sector
11 60 (3.12%) Organisational Skills
12 56 (2.91%) Presentation Skills
13 45 (2.34%) Banking
14 30 (1.56%) Influencing Skills
15 28 (1.45%) Advertising
16 27 (1.40%) Games
17 22 (1.14%) Financial Institution
18 21 (1.09%) Billing
19 20 (1.04%) Documentation Skills
20 18 (0.93%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 871 (45.22%) Analyst
2 548 (28.45%) Data Analyst
3 349 (18.12%) Junior
4 344 (17.86%) Junior Analyst
5 331 (17.19%) Junior Data Analyst
6 213 (11.06%) Senior
7 209 (10.85%) Developer
8 153 (7.94%) Lead
9 144 (7.48%) Data Engineer
10 88 (4.57%) Business Intelligence Developer
11 78 (4.05%) Senior Analyst
12 74 (3.84%) Business Intelligence Analyst
13 68 (3.53%) Architect
14 67 (3.48%) Report Analyst
15 66 (3.43%) Support Analyst
16 65 (3.37%) Financial Analyst
17 60 (3.12%) Business Analyst
18 47 (2.44%) Power Platform Developer
19 46 (2.39%) Consultant
20 44 (2.28%) IT Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 53 (2.75%) .NET
2 43 (2.23%) REST
3 29 (1.51%) Web Services
4 27 (1.40%) PySpark
5 25 (1.30%) XML
6 24 (1.25%) JSON
6 24 (1.25%) SOAP
7 23 (1.19%) HTML
8 18 (0.93%) EDI
8 18 (0.93%) HTML5 Canvas
9 16 (0.83%) CSS
10 12 (0.62%) .NET Core
11 11 (0.57%) React
12 10 (0.52%) Middleware
13 9 (0.47%) AngularJS
13 9 (0.47%) SAP CO-PA
14 8 (0.42%) ASP.NET
14 8 (0.42%) WinForms
15 7 (0.36%) Kafka
15 7 (0.36%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 81 (4.21%) Analytical Mindset
2 60 (3.12%) Management Information System
3 44 (2.28%) Self-Motivation
4 42 (2.18%) Onboarding
5 40 (2.08%) Data Structures
6 37 (1.92%) FMCG
7 35 (1.82%) Cloud Native
8 31 (1.61%) Product Ownership
9 23 (1.19%) Enterprise Software
10 22 (1.14%) Legacy Systems
11 20 (1.04%) Reinsurance
12 19 (0.99%) Driving Licence
12 19 (0.99%) Greenfield Project
12 19 (0.99%) Low-Code
13 14 (0.73%) NHS
14 13 (0.67%) Algorithms
15 11 (0.57%) Social Media
16 9 (0.47%) Renewable Energy
16 9 (0.47%) Virtual Team
17 8 (0.42%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 41 (2.13%) Windows
2 9 (0.47%) Linux
3 8 (0.42%) Mac OS
4 7 (0.36%) Windows 10
4 7 (0.36%) Windows Server
5 6 (0.31%) Unix
6 5 (0.26%) VMS
7 3 (0.16%) Android
8 2 (0.10%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.052%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.052%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,820 (94.50%) Business Intelligence
2 632 (32.81%) Analytics
3 544 (28.25%) AI
4 447 (23.21%) Decision-Making
4 447 (23.21%) Problem-Solving
5 386 (20.04%) Data Modelling
6 360 (18.69%) Visualisation
7 282 (14.64%) Continuous Improvement
8 266 (13.81%) ETL
9 262 (13.60%) Data Analysis
10 259 (13.45%) Agile
11 256 (13.29%) Actionable Insight
12 229 (11.89%) Data Visualisation
13 218 (11.32%) Data Governance
14 184 (9.55%) Data Engineering
15 179 (9.29%) ERP
16 178 (9.24%) Data Pipeline
17 172 (8.93%) Stakeholder Management
18 168 (8.72%) Data Analytics
19 166 (8.62%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 1,107 (57.48%) SQL
2 718 (37.28%) Python
3 133 (6.91%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 80 (4.15%) C#
5 77 (4.00%) PowerShell
6 68 (3.53%) VBA
7 64 (3.32%) JavaScript
8 45 (2.34%) R
9 42 (2.18%) T-SQL
10 18 (0.93%) Scala
11 11 (0.57%) Kusto Query Language
12 8 (0.42%) Delphi
12 8 (0.42%) Java
13 7 (0.36%) TypeScript
14 5 (0.26%) ANSI SQL
14 5 (0.26%) Bicep
15 4 (0.21%) Bash
16 3 (0.16%) C
16 3 (0.16%) VB.NET
17 2 (0.10%) PHP
Qualifications
1 378 (19.63%) Degree
2 358 (18.59%) Azure Certification
3 68 (3.53%) Security Cleared
4 67 (3.48%) ACCA
4 67 (3.48%) CIMA
5 55 (2.86%) Microsoft Certification
5 55 (2.86%) SC Cleared
6 50 (2.60%) Computer Science Degree
7 43 (2.23%) PMI Certification
7 43 (2.23%) PMP
8 41 (2.13%) Master's Degree
9 40 (2.08%) DBS Check
10 14 (0.73%) CISSP
10 14 (0.73%) MBA
11 13 (0.67%) CISA
11 13 (0.67%) Numerate Degree
12 10 (0.52%) AAT
12 10 (0.52%) APMP
13 9 (0.47%) CRISC
13 9 (0.47%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 314 (16.30%) Data Quality
2 73 (3.79%) GDPR
3 70 (3.63%) QA
4 48 (2.49%) Accessibility
5 45 (2.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 44 (2.28%) PMO
7 30 (1.56%) SLA
8 14 (0.73%) NIST
9 13 (0.67%) Actionable Recommendations
9 13 (0.67%) Cyber Essentials
10 12 (0.62%) GRC
11 10 (0.52%) ITGC
12 9 (0.47%) COBIT
13 6 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 3 (0.16%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 3 (0.16%) IFRS
14 3 (0.16%) IFRS 17
15 2 (0.10%) EMIR
15 2 (0.10%) MiFID
15 2 (0.10%) WCAG
System Software
1 40 (2.08%) Active Directory
2 11 (0.57%) Docker
3 5 (0.26%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.10%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.10%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (0.10%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.052%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 22 (1.14%) Microsoft Intune
2 15 (0.78%) Terraform
3 11 (0.57%) Kubernetes
4 8 (0.42%) Single Sign-On
5 5 (0.26%) FortiGate
5 5 (0.26%) RSA Archer
6 3 (0.16%) Argo
6 3 (0.16%) Control-M
7 2 (0.10%) SCCM
8 1 (0.052%) Ansible
8 1 (0.052%) Grafana
8 1 (0.052%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.052%) MOM
Vendors
1 832 (43.20%) Microsoft
2 146 (7.58%) SAP
3 105 (5.45%) Databricks
4 73 (3.79%) Oracle
5 55 (2.86%) Salesforce
6 37 (1.92%) Google
7 33 (1.71%) ServiceNow
8 29 (1.51%) Informatica
9 27 (1.40%) Alteryx
10 22 (1.14%) Anaplan
11 19 (0.99%) Adobe
12 16 (0.83%) Verint
13 15 (0.78%) HubSpot
14 12 (0.62%) Genesys
14 12 (0.62%) Intapp
15 11 (0.57%) Dell
15 11 (0.57%) IBM
15 11 (0.57%) MuleSoft
16 10 (0.52%) Dataiku
17 8 (0.42%) Foundry