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

6 months to
16 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 84 67 80
Rank change year-on-year -17 +13 -20
Permanent jobs citing Power BI 2,130 1,673 1,942
As % of all permanent jobs in England 2.03% 3.93% 3.08%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 27.11% 27.05% 19.16%
Number of salaries quoted 1,537 1,176 1,185
10th Percentile £35,000 £32,010 £39,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £61,500
Median % change year-on-year - -10.57% +6.96%
75th Percentile £72,500 £70,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £88,750 £93,250
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 7,858 6,185 10,138
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 7.50% 14.53% 16.06%
Number of salaries quoted 5,500 3,979 5,807
10th Percentile £37,500 £33,750 £38,750
25th Percentile £45,750 £43,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - -7.69% +4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £90,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £110,000 £116,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - -7.69% +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

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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 16 October 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 16 October 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 -22 766 £65,000 -7.14% 132
North of England +50 444 £47,500 -7.77% 86
Midlands +9 334 £52,750 +11.05% 67
South East -62 263 £55,000 +10.00% 99
North West +32 245 £50,000 -9.09% 41
West Midlands +4 219 £55,000 +4.76% 45
South West -36 184 £42,500 -12.82% 40
Yorkshire +27 128 £44,500 -7.29% 28
East of England -42 116 £52,000 +30.00% 45
East Midlands -7 115 £47,500 +5.56% 22
North East -17 71 £45,000 +5.88% 17
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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
1 207 (9.72%) SharePoint
2 31 (1.46%) Apache Spark
3 21 (0.99%) Apache Airflow
4 18 (0.85%) Apache
5 16 (0.75%) Microsoft Exchange
6 11 (0.52%) Confluence
7 8 (0.38%) WordPress
8 7 (0.33%) CMS
9 6 (0.28%) SAS
10 5 (0.23%) IIS
10 5 (0.23%) Oracle Workflow
11 4 (0.19%) Luigi
12 3 (0.14%) Appian
12 3 (0.14%) ArcGIS
13 2 (0.094%) Oracle Application Server
13 2 (0.094%) Tornado
13 2 (0.094%) Umbraco
14 1 (0.047%) Moodle
14 1 (0.047%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 545 (25.59%) Microsoft Excel
2 76 (3.57%) Microsoft Office
3 40 (1.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 18 (0.85%) Spreadsheet
5 17 (0.80%) Chatbot
5 17 (0.80%) MS Visio
6 13 (0.61%) Microsoft Project
7 11 (0.52%) ProjectWise
8 8 (0.38%) Notion
9 5 (0.23%) Revit
10 4 (0.19%) Navisworks
11 3 (0.14%) AutoCAD
12 2 (0.094%) SPSS
13 1 (0.047%) Adobe Illustrator
13 1 (0.047%) CATIA
13 1 (0.047%) Civil 3D
13 1 (0.047%) InDesign
13 1 (0.047%) Inkscape
Business Applications
1 61 (2.86%) Dynamics CRM
2 48 (2.25%) NetSuite
3 19 (0.89%) Dynamics NAV
4 15 (0.70%) Elite 3E
5 13 (0.61%) SAP S/4HANA
6 11 (0.52%) Carpe Diem
7 9 (0.42%) IBM Planning Analytics
7 9 (0.42%) Visualfiles
7 9 (0.42%) Workday HCM
8 7 (0.33%) Infor M3
9 6 (0.28%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
10 5 (0.23%) SystmOne
11 4 (0.19%) Dynamics GP
12 3 (0.14%) Integrated Workplace Management System
12 3 (0.14%) Payment Gateway
12 3 (0.14%) Sage 200
12 3 (0.14%) Shopify
13 2 (0.094%) FastStats
13 2 (0.094%) SAP Business One
13 2 (0.094%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 2,130 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 696 (32.68%) Azure
3 302 (14.18%) Power Automate
4 286 (13.43%) PowerApps
5 246 (11.55%) Microsoft 365
6 187 (8.78%) Dynamics 365
7 171 (8.03%) Azure Data Factory
8 163 (7.65%) AWS
9 147 (6.90%) Azure DevOps
10 111 (5.21%) Microsoft Copilot
11 102 (4.79%) Snowflake
12 95 (4.46%) SaaS
13 84 (3.94%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 82 (3.85%) GCP
15 77 (3.62%) Microsoft Purview
16 70 (3.29%) Azure AI
17 57 (2.68%) Google Analytics
18 55 (2.58%) Azure Logic Apps
19 53 (2.49%) Entra ID
20 48 (2.25%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 17 (0.80%) Firewall
2 8 (0.38%) LAN
2 8 (0.38%) WAN
3 7 (0.33%) Broadband
3 7 (0.33%) VPN
4 6 (0.28%) DNS
5 5 (0.23%) Network Security
5 5 (0.23%) SMS
6 4 (0.19%) LTE
6 4 (0.19%) MQTT
7 2 (0.094%) DHCP
7 2 (0.094%) Intranet
7 2 (0.094%) VLAN
7 2 (0.094%) Wireless
8 1 (0.047%) IP Telephony
8 1 (0.047%) Modbus
8 1 (0.047%) SAN
8 1 (0.047%) SNMP
8 1 (0.047%) VoIP
8 1 (0.047%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 370 (17.37%) Tableau
2 249 (11.69%) Data Warehouse
3 165 (7.75%) SQL Server
4 128 (6.01%) Power Query
4 128 (6.01%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 121 (5.68%) Data Lake
6 105 (4.93%) Azure SQL Database
7 82 (3.85%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 78 (3.66%) Relational Database
9 72 (3.38%) Metadata
10 66 (3.10%) Looker
11 54 (2.54%) Star Schema
12 32 (1.50%) NoSQL
12 32 (1.50%) Semantic Layer
13 30 (1.41%) Big Data
14 29 (1.36%) MySQL
15 28 (1.31%) BigQuery
16 26 (1.22%) Delta Lake
17 23 (1.08%) SQL Server Analysis Services
18 21 (0.99%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 103 (4.84%) Git
2 52 (2.44%) JIRA
3 15 (0.70%) Jenkins
4 11 (0.52%) Visual Studio
5 9 (0.42%) GitLab
6 7 (0.33%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 5 (0.23%) MLflow
8 4 (0.19%) Oracle Forms
9 2 (0.094%) Ant
9 2 (0.094%) Apache Ivy
9 2 (0.094%) Browser DevTools
9 2 (0.094%) IBM UrbanCode
9 2 (0.094%) Maven
9 2 (0.094%) Visual Studio Code
10 1 (0.047%) Burp Suite
10 1 (0.047%) Claude Code
10 1 (0.047%) ER Studio
10 1 (0.047%) ERwin
10 1 (0.047%) kappa
10 1 (0.047%) Selenium
General
1 859 (40.33%) Social Skills
2 738 (34.65%) Finance
3 655 (30.75%) Analytical Skills
4 157 (7.37%) Law
4 157 (7.37%) Legal
5 147 (6.90%) Marketing
6 140 (6.57%) Organisational Skills
7 133 (6.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 133 (6.24%) Manufacturing
8 128 (6.01%) Public Sector
9 122 (5.73%) Retail
10 67 (3.15%) Banking
11 49 (2.30%) Documentation Skills
12 41 (1.92%) Billing
13 40 (1.88%) Influencing Skills
14 34 (1.60%) Presentation Skills
15 27 (1.27%) Telecoms
16 26 (1.22%) Advertising
17 25 (1.17%) Military
18 24 (1.13%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 596 (27.98%) Analyst
2 315 (14.79%) Developer
3 285 (13.38%) Data Analyst
4 275 (12.91%) Senior
5 199 (9.34%) Data Engineer
6 179 (8.40%) Lead
7 92 (4.32%) Business Intelligence Developer
8 90 (4.23%) Architect
9 79 (3.71%) Data Manager
10 73 (3.43%) Business Intelligence Analyst
10 73 (3.43%) Junior
10 73 (3.43%) Senior Analyst
11 71 (3.33%) Business Analyst
12 69 (3.24%) Consultant
13 65 (3.05%) Junior Analyst
14 63 (2.96%) Systems Analyst
15 61 (2.86%) Data Architect
16 59 (2.77%) Power Platform Developer
17 57 (2.68%) Senior Data Engineer
18 56 (2.63%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 96 (4.51%) .NET
2 72 (3.38%) PySpark
3 66 (3.10%) REST
4 61 (2.86%) HTML
5 49 (2.30%) CSS
6 34 (1.60%) Terraform
7 31 (1.46%) JSON
8 28 (1.31%) Kafka
9 23 (1.08%) XML
10 22 (1.03%) .NET Core
10 22 (1.03%) HTML5 Canvas
11 20 (0.94%) EDI
12 18 (0.85%) ASP.NET
13 17 (0.80%) Microsoft Graph
13 17 (0.80%) Middleware
14 15 (0.70%) HTML5
14 15 (0.70%) React
15 13 (0.61%) Pandas
15 13 (0.61%) Playwright
16 12 (0.56%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 200 (9.39%) Management Information System
2 74 (3.47%) Data Structures
3 68 (3.19%) Onboarding
4 61 (2.86%) Product Ownership
5 56 (2.63%) Self-Motivation
6 37 (1.74%) Analytical Mindset
6 37 (1.74%) Enterprise Software
7 35 (1.64%) AI Agents
7 35 (1.64%) Greenfield Project
8 31 (1.46%) Legacy Systems
9 29 (1.36%) Driving Licence
10 27 (1.27%) Cloud Native
11 26 (1.22%) FMCG
11 26 (1.22%) NHS
12 25 (1.17%) Low-Code
13 21 (0.99%) Educational Technology
14 20 (0.94%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
15 17 (0.80%) Reference Data
16 15 (0.70%) Web Conferencing
17 13 (0.61%) Housing Association
Operating Systems
1 54 (2.54%) Windows
2 24 (1.13%) Linux
3 13 (0.61%) Windows Server
4 6 (0.28%) Windows Server 2019
5 2 (0.094%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.094%) macOS
5 2 (0.094%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (0.094%) Solaris
5 2 (0.094%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.047%) Android
6 1 (0.047%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,022 (94.93%) Business Intelligence
2 833 (39.11%) Analytics
3 635 (29.81%) Problem-Solving
4 627 (29.44%) AI
5 609 (28.59%) Decision-Making
6 513 (24.08%) Continuous Improvement
7 490 (23.00%) Data Modelling
8 407 (19.11%) Visualisation
9 392 (18.40%) Stakeholder Management
10 343 (16.10%) Agile
11 323 (15.16%) Data Governance
12 312 (14.65%) ETL
13 289 (13.57%) Actionable Insight
14 278 (13.05%) Data Engineering
15 269 (12.63%) Data Visualisation
15 269 (12.63%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 257 (12.07%) Data Analysis
17 252 (11.83%) Dashboard Development
18 249 (11.69%) ERP
19 238 (11.17%) Data Pipeline
Programming Languages
1 1,154 (54.18%) SQL
2 525 (24.65%) Python
3 193 (9.06%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 175 (8.22%) C#
5 120 (5.63%) JavaScript
6 56 (2.63%) PowerShell
7 55 (2.58%) R
8 49 (2.30%) T-SQL
9 36 (1.69%) VBA
10 27 (1.27%) Java
11 21 (0.99%) Scala
12 18 (0.85%) TypeScript
13 12 (0.56%) Kusto Query Language
14 9 (0.42%) C++
14 9 (0.42%) PHP
15 8 (0.38%) Bicep
16 5 (0.23%) VB.NET
17 4 (0.19%) VB
17 4 (0.19%) XAML
18 3 (0.14%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 295 (13.85%) Degree
2 131 (6.15%) Security Cleared
3 107 (5.02%) SC Cleared
4 94 (4.41%) ACCA
5 91 (4.27%) Azure Certification
6 89 (4.18%) CIMA
7 55 (2.58%) Microsoft Certification
8 35 (1.64%) PMI Certification
9 32 (1.50%) DBS Check
10 30 (1.41%) PMP
11 19 (0.89%) AAT
11 19 (0.89%) Computer Science Degree
12 18 (0.85%) BPSS Clearance
13 13 (0.61%) Master's Degree
14 9 (0.42%) AWS Certification
14 9 (0.42%) CFA
14 9 (0.42%) CISSP
14 9 (0.42%) DV Cleared
15 8 (0.38%) CIPD
16 7 (0.33%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 542 (25.45%) Data Quality
2 160 (7.51%) GDPR
3 100 (4.69%) QA
4 70 (3.29%) Accessibility
5 37 (1.74%) PMO
6 34 (1.60%) Actionable Recommendations
7 26 (1.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 26 (1.22%) SLA
8 24 (1.13%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 11 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials
9 11 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 11 (0.52%) GRC
9 11 (0.52%) ISO 9001
10 9 (0.42%) NIST
11 8 (0.38%) ISO 19650
12 7 (0.33%) PERC
13 6 (0.28%) GAAP
14 4 (0.19%) NIST 800
14 4 (0.19%) SOC 2
14 4 (0.19%) TickIT
System Software
1 31 (1.46%) Docker
2 22 (1.03%) Active Directory
3 6 (0.28%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (0.094%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.094%) IAG
4 2 (0.094%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.047%) BitLocker
5 1 (0.047%) Firmware
5 1 (0.047%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.047%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.047%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 24 (1.13%) Kubernetes
2 17 (0.80%) Microsoft Intune
3 10 (0.47%) FortiGate
4 8 (0.38%) EnCase
4 8 (0.38%) FTK
5 6 (0.28%) Single Sign-On
6 4 (0.19%) Argo
7 3 (0.14%) SQL Sentry
8 2 (0.094%) Ansible
8 2 (0.094%) Microsoft Clustering
8 2 (0.094%) Progress Chef
8 2 (0.094%) Puppet
9 1 (0.047%) EMC NetWorker
9 1 (0.047%) Grafana
9 1 (0.047%) MOM
9 1 (0.047%) PaperCut
9 1 (0.047%) SCCM
9 1 (0.047%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 920 (43.19%) Microsoft
2 197 (9.25%) Databricks
3 106 (4.98%) SAP
4 90 (4.23%) Google
5 80 (3.76%) Oracle
6 48 (2.25%) Salesforce
7 35 (1.64%) Alteryx
8 32 (1.50%) Sage
9 31 (1.46%) ServiceNow
10 27 (1.27%) Informatica
11 20 (0.94%) Intapp
12 19 (0.89%) Concur
12 19 (0.89%) YouTube
13 15 (0.70%) Workday
14 13 (0.61%) HubSpot
15 12 (0.56%) Aderant
16 11 (0.52%) Cognos
16 11 (0.52%) HP
16 11 (0.52%) OpenAI
16 11 (0.52%) Talend