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

6 months to
27 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 56 69 59
Rank change year-on-year +13 -10 +21
Permanent jobs citing Power BI 2,306 1,450 3,167
As % of all permanent jobs in England 3.35% 3.99% 4.09%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 35.71% 21.04% 22.50%
Number of salaries quoted 1,149 1,002 2,567
10th Percentile £36,250 £37,050 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +11.11% -3.57%
75th Percentile £75,000 £76,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £94,878 £85,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £59,000 £52,750
% change year-on-year -2.54% +11.85% -4.09%

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 6,458 6,892 14,076
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 9.39% 18.98% 18.16%
Number of salaries quoted 4,024 4,676 11,258
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £43,250
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 £87,063 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £63,750 £57,500
% change year-on-year -5.88% +10.87% -8.00%

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 27 March 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 27 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 +12 643 £70,000 - 258
North of England +8 479 £47,000 -2.08% 176
South East +18 411 £57,500 +4.55% 212
Midlands +25 407 £47,085 -5.83% 126
West Midlands +27 244 £47,085 -9.45% 72
Yorkshire +28 224 £42,039 -11.50% 63
North West -18 198 £47,500 -3.06% 90
South West +36 190 £43,953 -4.45% 70
East Midlands +23 161 £45,000 +4.65% 54
East of England -6 160 £49,500 -30.53% 57
North East +19 57 £51,000 +4.62% 29
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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
1 141 (6.11%) SharePoint
2 48 (2.08%) Apache Spark
3 47 (2.04%) Apache Airflow
4 28 (1.21%) Microsoft Exchange
5 16 (0.69%) Confluence
6 14 (0.61%) SAS
7 7 (0.30%) Apache
8 4 (0.17%) ArcGIS
8 4 (0.17%) CMS
8 4 (0.17%) Umbraco
9 2 (0.087%) Moodle
9 2 (0.087%) Oracle Application Server
9 2 (0.087%) Palantir Foundry
9 2 (0.087%) WordPress
10 1 (0.043%) Appian
10 1 (0.043%) Drupal
10 1 (0.043%) Jupyter
10 1 (0.043%) Mendix
Applications
1 1,177 (51.04%) Microsoft Excel
2 69 (2.99%) Microsoft Office
3 57 (2.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 25 (1.08%) Spreadsheet
5 21 (0.91%) Microsoft Project
6 13 (0.56%) MS Visio
7 9 (0.39%) Trello
8 3 (0.13%) Maya
9 2 (0.087%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 1 (0.043%) Acrobat
10 1 (0.043%) Adobe Illustrator
10 1 (0.043%) Adobe XD
10 1 (0.043%) Chatbot
10 1 (0.043%) InDesign
10 1 (0.043%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 38 (1.65%) Dynamics CRM
2 17 (0.74%) NetSuite
3 10 (0.43%) Dynamics AX
4 9 (0.39%) SAP CO
5 6 (0.26%) IBM Planning Analytics
5 6 (0.26%) NEC Housing
6 5 (0.22%) Dynamics NAV
6 5 (0.22%) SAP PM
7 4 (0.17%) Elite 3E
7 4 (0.17%) Sage 200
7 4 (0.17%) SAP Business One
7 4 (0.17%) SAP ERP
8 3 (0.13%) Integrated Workplace Management System
8 3 (0.13%) Markit EDM
8 3 (0.13%) ResourceLink
8 3 (0.13%) Salesforce CRM
8 3 (0.13%) SAP S/4HANA
8 3 (0.13%) Shopify
8 3 (0.13%) Visualfiles
9 2 (0.087%) Aladdin
Cloud Services
1 2,306 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 1,327 (57.55%) Azure
3 763 (33.09%) Azure AI
4 230 (9.97%) Power Automate
5 204 (8.85%) Microsoft 365
6 183 (7.94%) PowerApps
7 153 (6.63%) Azure Data Factory
8 148 (6.42%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 142 (6.16%) Snowflake
10 106 (4.60%) Dynamics 365
11 104 (4.51%) AWS
12 99 (4.29%) dbt
13 78 (3.38%) Azure DevOps
14 74 (3.21%) GCP
15 65 (2.82%) SaaS
16 60 (2.60%) Entra ID
17 57 (2.47%) Microsoft Copilot
18 51 (2.21%) Azure Logic Apps
19 35 (1.52%) Serverless
20 28 (1.21%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 14 (0.61%) Intranet
2 11 (0.48%) Firewall
3 10 (0.43%) DHCP
3 10 (0.43%) DNS
3 10 (0.43%) TCP/IP
4 8 (0.35%) WAN
5 5 (0.22%) Modbus
5 5 (0.22%) MQTT
5 5 (0.22%) VoIP
6 4 (0.17%) Broadband
6 4 (0.17%) VPN
7 3 (0.13%) Internet
7 3 (0.13%) VLAN
7 3 (0.13%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (0.087%) Network Security
9 1 (0.043%) BGP
9 1 (0.043%) Mobile Broadband
9 1 (0.043%) NAS
9 1 (0.043%) SD-WAN
9 1 (0.043%) Softphone
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1,003 (43.50%) Tableau
2 198 (8.59%) SQL Server
3 197 (8.54%) Data Warehouse
4 122 (5.29%) Data Lake
5 111 (4.81%) Power Query
6 107 (4.64%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 70 (3.04%) Azure SQL Database
7 70 (3.04%) Looker
8 61 (2.65%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 48 (2.08%) BigQuery
10 42 (1.82%) Relational Database
11 38 (1.65%) Big Data
11 38 (1.65%) Snowflake Schema
12 37 (1.60%) Amazon Redshift
13 32 (1.39%) Metadata
14 30 (1.30%) SQL Server Analysis Services
15 28 (1.21%) PostgreSQL
16 26 (1.13%) PowerPivot
17 25 (1.08%) Star Schema
18 23 (1.00%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 67 (2.91%) Git
2 32 (1.39%) JIRA
3 31 (1.34%) Visual Studio
4 25 (1.08%) MLflow
5 9 (0.39%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 5 (0.22%) ERwin
6 5 (0.22%) GitLab
6 5 (0.22%) PowerDesigner
7 4 (0.17%) ER Studio
7 4 (0.17%) Jenkins
7 4 (0.17%) Postman
8 2 (0.087%) DBeaver
9 1 (0.043%) Axure RP
9 1 (0.043%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.043%) NUnit
9 1 (0.043%) Oracle APEX
9 1 (0.043%) Oracle Forms
9 1 (0.043%) Selenium
9 1 (0.043%) Team Foundation Server
9 1 (0.043%) Toad
General
1 1,307 (56.68%) Social Skills
2 539 (23.37%) Finance
3 529 (22.94%) Analytical Skills
4 86 (3.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 85 (3.69%) Marketing
6 79 (3.43%) Public Sector
7 78 (3.38%) Legal
8 76 (3.30%) Manufacturing
9 72 (3.12%) Law
10 62 (2.69%) Retail
11 51 (2.21%) Organisational Skills
11 51 (2.21%) Presentation Skills
12 39 (1.69%) Banking
13 29 (1.26%) Influencing Skills
14 27 (1.17%) Documentation Skills
15 21 (0.91%) Telecoms
16 19 (0.82%) Financial Institution
16 19 (0.82%) Games
17 17 (0.74%) Publishing
18 16 (0.69%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 1,246 (54.03%) Analyst
2 965 (41.85%) Data Analyst
3 770 (33.39%) Junior
4 763 (33.09%) Junior Analyst
5 760 (32.96%) Junior Data Analyst
6 241 (10.45%) Senior
7 212 (9.19%) Developer
8 143 (6.20%) Data Engineer
9 113 (4.90%) Lead
10 87 (3.77%) Business Intelligence Developer
11 82 (3.56%) Architect
12 77 (3.34%) Business Intelligence Analyst
13 73 (3.17%) Financial Analyst
14 70 (3.04%) Senior Analyst
15 63 (2.73%) Business Analyst
16 60 (2.60%) IT Support
17 58 (2.52%) Support Analyst
18 53 (2.30%) Power BI Developer
19 48 (2.08%) Power Platform Developer
19 48 (2.08%) Systems Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 71 (3.08%) .NET
2 41 (1.78%) PySpark
3 38 (1.65%) JSON
4 36 (1.56%) REST
5 34 (1.47%) Kafka
6 33 (1.43%) XML
7 27 (1.17%) .NET Core
7 27 (1.17%) HTML5 Canvas
7 27 (1.17%) PyTorch
8 26 (1.13%) CSS
8 26 (1.13%) scikit-learn
9 24 (1.04%) TensorFlow
10 23 (1.00%) LangChain
10 23 (1.00%) LlamaIndex
10 23 (1.00%) pgvector
11 22 (0.95%) HTML
12 17 (0.74%) EDI
13 14 (0.61%) SOAP
14 12 (0.52%) ASP.NET
14 12 (0.52%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 77 (3.34%) Management Information System
2 74 (3.21%) Analytical Mindset
3 63 (2.73%) Cloud Native
4 45 (1.95%) Data Structures
5 39 (1.69%) Self-Motivation
6 33 (1.43%) Legacy Systems
6 33 (1.43%) Low-Code
7 30 (1.30%) Onboarding
8 28 (1.21%) Clustering
9 26 (1.13%) Product Ownership
10 24 (1.04%) Public Cloud
11 16 (0.69%) Driving Licence
11 16 (0.69%) Greenfield Project
11 16 (0.69%) Reinsurance
12 15 (0.65%) Enterprise Software
13 14 (0.61%) FMCG
14 13 (0.56%) NHS
15 12 (0.52%) Algorithms
16 11 (0.48%) Replication
17 10 (0.43%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 35 (1.52%) Windows
2 14 (0.61%) Linux
2 14 (0.61%) Windows Server
3 12 (0.52%) VMS
4 9 (0.39%) Unix
5 3 (0.13%) Android
5 3 (0.13%) Apple iOS
5 3 (0.13%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.087%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.043%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.043%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.043%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.043%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,207 (95.71%) Business Intelligence
2 996 (43.19%) AI
3 601 (26.06%) Analytics
4 433 (18.78%) Decision-Making
5 377 (16.35%) Problem-Solving
6 359 (15.57%) Data Modelling
7 344 (14.92%) Visualisation
8 277 (12.01%) ETL
9 272 (11.80%) Continuous Improvement
10 236 (10.23%) Data Analysis
11 228 (9.89%) Agile
12 226 (9.80%) Data Governance
13 225 (9.76%) Data Visualisation
14 201 (8.72%) Data Engineering
15 200 (8.67%) Actionable Insight
16 191 (8.28%) Data Pipeline
17 167 (7.24%) Data Management
18 160 (6.94%) Project Management
19 153 (6.63%) DevOps
20 152 (6.59%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 1,559 (67.61%) SQL
2 1,162 (50.39%) Python
3 143 (6.20%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 103 (4.47%) C#
5 82 (3.56%) PowerShell
6 77 (3.34%) VBA
7 69 (2.99%) JavaScript
8 54 (2.34%) R
9 42 (1.82%) T-SQL
10 20 (0.87%) Kusto Query Language
11 14 (0.61%) TypeScript
12 12 (0.52%) Scala
13 11 (0.48%) Delphi
14 9 (0.39%) Java
15 8 (0.35%) VBScript
16 6 (0.26%) Julia
16 6 (0.26%) VB
17 5 (0.22%) Bicep
18 4 (0.17%) ANSI SQL
18 4 (0.17%) Bash
Qualifications
1 786 (34.08%) Azure Certification
2 269 (11.67%) Degree
3 81 (3.51%) Security Cleared
4 75 (3.25%) ACCA
4 75 (3.25%) CIMA
5 62 (2.69%) SC Cleared
6 50 (2.17%) Microsoft Certification
7 46 (1.99%) Computer Science Degree
8 37 (1.60%) DBS Check
8 37 (1.60%) PMI Certification
8 37 (1.60%) PMP
9 36 (1.56%) Master's Degree
10 17 (0.74%) AAT
11 16 (0.69%) MBA
12 13 (0.56%) APMP
13 9 (0.39%) BPSS Clearance
13 9 (0.39%) Numerate Degree
14 8 (0.35%) IIBA
15 7 (0.30%) Six Sigma Green Belt
16 6 (0.26%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 267 (11.58%) Data Quality
2 95 (4.12%) GDPR
3 58 (2.52%) QA
4 41 (1.78%) PMO
5 40 (1.73%) SLA
6 31 (1.34%) Accessibility
7 26 (1.13%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 25 (1.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 21 (0.91%) Actionable Recommendations
10 7 (0.30%) GRC
10 7 (0.30%) IFRS
11 5 (0.22%) Cyber Essentials
11 5 (0.22%) NIST
12 4 (0.17%) IFRS 17
12 4 (0.17%) ITGC
13 3 (0.13%) GAAP
13 3 (0.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 2 (0.087%) EMIR
14 2 (0.087%) MiFID
14 2 (0.087%) WCAG
System Software
1 58 (2.52%) Active Directory
2 12 (0.52%) Docker
3 11 (0.48%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.13%) Hyper-V
4 3 (0.13%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.087%) BitLocker
5 2 (0.087%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.043%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 17 (0.74%) Terraform
2 12 (0.52%) Kubernetes
3 11 (0.48%) Microsoft Intune
4 6 (0.26%) SCCM
4 6 (0.26%) Single Sign-On
5 5 (0.22%) FortiGate
6 4 (0.17%) Control-M
7 3 (0.13%) Ansible
7 3 (0.13%) Argo
8 1 (0.043%) Grafana
8 1 (0.043%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.043%) MOM
8 1 (0.043%) RSA Archer
8 1 (0.043%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 1,276 (55.33%) Microsoft
2 154 (6.68%) Databricks
3 80 (3.47%) SAP
4 67 (2.91%) Oracle
5 46 (1.99%) Salesforce
6 43 (1.86%) Google
7 36 (1.56%) Informatica
8 32 (1.39%) ServiceNow
9 29 (1.26%) Alteryx
10 27 (1.17%) Dell
11 24 (1.04%) Cloudera
12 23 (1.00%) Adobe
13 20 (0.87%) Anaplan
14 15 (0.65%) Intapp
15 14 (0.61%) IBM
16 12 (0.52%) Genesys
16 12 (0.52%) Sage
16 12 (0.52%) Verint
17 11 (0.48%) VMware
18 10 (0.43%) HubSpot