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

6 months to
8 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 56 72 60
Rank change year-on-year +16 -12 +18
Permanent jobs citing Power BI 2,622 1,530 3,175
As % of all permanent jobs in England 3.25% 3.93% 3.79%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 37.47% 22.65% 21.69%
Number of salaries quoted 1,249 1,076 2,581
10th Percentile £35,250 £36,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,439 £42,500 £41,492
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.61% +4.55% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £68,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,125 £85,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £53,635
% change year-on-year -4.35% +7.21% -2.48%

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 6,998 6,756 14,638
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 8.67% 17.35% 17.48%
Number of salaries quoted 4,339 4,646 11,411
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £42,999
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £64,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +11.30% -11.54%
75th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £115,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -11.54%

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 8 May 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 8 May 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
North of England +28 617 £45,000 -10.00% 151
London -2 603 £72,500 +3.57% 313
Midlands +35 494 £47,085 -10.32% 109
South East +16 458 £57,500 +4.55% 214
West Midlands +18 288 £46,042 -13.13% 72
Yorkshire +49 287 £42,039 -11.50% 43
North West +20 264 £46,500 -11.43% 95
South West +24 229 £43,727 -14.26% 47
East of England +6 210 £55,000 -21.43% 48
East Midlands +48 204 £47,500 -5.00% 37
North East +13 66 £51,000 -5.12% 15
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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
1 153 (5.84%) SharePoint
2 48 (1.83%) Apache Spark
3 46 (1.75%) Apache Airflow
4 43 (1.64%) Microsoft Exchange
5 10 (0.38%) SAS
6 8 (0.31%) Apache
6 8 (0.31%) Confluence
7 7 (0.27%) WordPress
8 6 (0.23%) ArcGIS
8 6 (0.23%) CMS
9 4 (0.15%) Umbraco
10 2 (0.076%) Headless CMS
10 2 (0.076%) Moodle
10 2 (0.076%) Oracle Application Server
10 2 (0.076%) Palantir Foundry
11 1 (0.038%) Appian
11 1 (0.038%) Drupal
11 1 (0.038%) Luigi
11 1 (0.038%) Mendix
Applications
1 1,409 (53.74%) Microsoft Excel
2 61 (2.33%) Microsoft Office
3 32 (1.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 30 (1.14%) Spreadsheet
5 22 (0.84%) Microsoft Project
5 22 (0.84%) MS Visio
6 3 (0.11%) Trello
7 2 (0.076%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.038%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.038%) Maya
Business Applications
1 41 (1.56%) Dynamics CRM
2 21 (0.80%) NetSuite
3 12 (0.46%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 10 (0.38%) Dynamics AX
5 9 (0.34%) SAP CO
6 8 (0.31%) IBM Planning Analytics
7 7 (0.27%) SAP S/4HANA
8 6 (0.23%) NEC Housing
9 5 (0.19%) Dynamics NAV
9 5 (0.19%) Sage 200
9 5 (0.19%) SAP ERP
9 5 (0.19%) SAP PM
9 5 (0.19%) Shopify
10 4 (0.15%) Magento
11 3 (0.11%) Elite 3E
11 3 (0.11%) Integrated Workplace Management System
11 3 (0.11%) Markit EDM
12 2 (0.076%) Aladdin
12 2 (0.076%) Infor M3
12 2 (0.076%) Q-Pulse
Cloud Services
1 2,622 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 1,557 (59.38%) Azure
3 993 (37.87%) Azure AI
4 241 (9.19%) Power Automate
5 213 (8.12%) Microsoft 365
6 197 (7.51%) PowerApps
7 146 (5.57%) Azure Data Factory
8 136 (5.19%) Snowflake
9 128 (4.88%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 120 (4.58%) Dynamics 365
11 114 (4.35%) AWS
12 90 (3.43%) dbt
13 75 (2.86%) GCP
14 73 (2.78%) Azure DevOps
15 66 (2.52%) SaaS
16 62 (2.36%) Entra ID
17 60 (2.29%) Azure Logic Apps
18 47 (1.79%) Microsoft Purview
19 45 (1.72%) Microsoft Copilot
20 41 (1.56%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 16 (0.61%) Broadband
2 12 (0.46%) DHCP
2 12 (0.46%) DNS
2 12 (0.46%) Intranet
3 9 (0.34%) Firewall
4 7 (0.27%) VoIP
5 6 (0.23%) WAN
6 5 (0.19%) Modbus
6 5 (0.19%) MQTT
6 5 (0.19%) Wi-Fi
7 4 (0.15%) TCP/IP
8 3 (0.11%) LTE
8 3 (0.11%) NAS
9 2 (0.076%) Internet
9 2 (0.076%) VLAN
9 2 (0.076%) VPN
10 1 (0.038%) FTP
10 1 (0.038%) Mobile Broadband
10 1 (0.038%) Network Security
10 1 (0.038%) Softphone
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1,235 (47.10%) Tableau
2 182 (6.94%) Data Warehouse
3 177 (6.75%) SQL Server
4 126 (4.81%) Data Lake
5 118 (4.50%) Power Query
6 106 (4.04%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 69 (2.63%) Looker
8 65 (2.48%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 64 (2.44%) Azure SQL Database
10 50 (1.91%) BigQuery
11 47 (1.79%) Relational Database
12 45 (1.72%) Big Data
13 41 (1.56%) Amazon Redshift
14 33 (1.26%) Snowflake Schema
15 30 (1.14%) Metadata
15 30 (1.14%) PostgreSQL
16 27 (1.03%) Star Schema
17 23 (0.88%) Elasticsearch
17 23 (0.88%) MySQL
18 22 (0.84%) PowerPivot
Development Applications
1 61 (2.33%) Git
2 39 (1.49%) JIRA
3 27 (1.03%) Visual Studio
4 26 (0.99%) MLflow
5 13 (0.50%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 4 (0.15%) Jenkins
6 4 (0.15%) Oracle Forms
7 3 (0.11%) GitLab
7 3 (0.11%) Postman
8 2 (0.076%) DBeaver
9 1 (0.038%) Axure RP
9 1 (0.038%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.038%) ERwin
9 1 (0.038%) NUnit
9 1 (0.038%) Oracle APEX
9 1 (0.038%) PowerDesigner
9 1 (0.038%) Selenium
9 1 (0.038%) Team Foundation Server
9 1 (0.038%) Toad
General
1 1,577 (60.14%) Social Skills
2 534 (20.37%) Analytical Skills
3 495 (18.88%) Finance
4 109 (4.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 95 (3.62%) Marketing
6 89 (3.39%) Retail
7 88 (3.36%) Law
7 88 (3.36%) Public Sector
8 78 (2.97%) Legal
9 69 (2.63%) Manufacturing
10 60 (2.29%) Organisational Skills
11 41 (1.56%) Presentation Skills
12 36 (1.37%) Documentation Skills
12 36 (1.37%) Influencing Skills
13 30 (1.14%) Banking
14 25 (0.95%) Telecoms
15 23 (0.88%) Publishing
16 19 (0.72%) Advertising
17 17 (0.65%) Automotive
18 16 (0.61%) Games
Job Titles
1 1,499 (57.17%) Analyst
2 1,197 (45.65%) Data Analyst
3 1,009 (38.48%) Junior
4 1,003 (38.25%) Junior Analyst
5 997 (38.02%) Junior Data Analyst
6 274 (10.45%) Senior
7 247 (9.42%) Developer
8 140 (5.34%) Data Engineer
9 123 (4.69%) Lead
10 89 (3.39%) Business Intelligence Developer
11 80 (3.05%) Business Analyst
12 77 (2.94%) Architect
12 77 (2.94%) Business Intelligence Analyst
13 69 (2.63%) Senior Analyst
14 64 (2.44%) Financial Analyst
15 60 (2.29%) IT Support
16 59 (2.25%) Data Manager
17 56 (2.14%) Power BI Developer
17 56 (2.14%) Systems Analyst
18 54 (2.06%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 89 (3.39%) .NET
2 54 (2.06%) JSON
3 49 (1.87%) CSS
4 48 (1.83%) HTML
5 45 (1.72%) REST
6 43 (1.64%) PySpark
7 42 (1.60%) HTML5 Canvas
8 38 (1.45%) XML
9 35 (1.33%) .NET Core
10 34 (1.30%) Kafka
11 29 (1.11%) PyTorch
11 29 (1.11%) scikit-learn
12 24 (0.92%) EDI
13 23 (0.88%) LangChain
13 23 (0.88%) LlamaIndex
13 23 (0.88%) pgvector
13 23 (0.88%) TensorFlow
14 22 (0.84%) Microsoft Graph
14 22 (0.84%) Middleware
14 22 (0.84%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 81 (3.09%) Management Information System
2 63 (2.40%) Data Structures
3 58 (2.21%) Analytical Mindset
4 55 (2.10%) Cloud Native
5 35 (1.33%) Legacy Systems
6 29 (1.11%) Onboarding
7 28 (1.07%) Low-Code
8 27 (1.03%) Clustering
9 25 (0.95%) Self-Motivation
10 24 (0.92%) Public Cloud
11 23 (0.88%) Product Ownership
12 21 (0.80%) Enterprise Cloud
13 20 (0.76%) Social Media
14 19 (0.72%) Greenfield Project
15 17 (0.65%) NHS
16 15 (0.57%) Driving Licence
17 14 (0.53%) Enterprise Software
18 13 (0.50%) FMCG
19 12 (0.46%) Reinsurance
20 11 (0.42%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 28 (1.07%) Windows
2 17 (0.65%) Windows Server
3 13 (0.50%) Linux
4 12 (0.46%) VMS
5 6 (0.23%) Unix
6 5 (0.19%) Windows 10
7 3 (0.11%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.076%) Android
9 1 (0.038%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.038%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.038%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.038%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,483 (94.70%) Business Intelligence
2 1,229 (46.87%) AI
3 620 (23.65%) Analytics
4 433 (16.51%) Decision-Making
5 388 (14.80%) Problem-Solving
6 376 (14.34%) Data Modelling
7 320 (12.20%) Visualisation
8 273 (10.41%) Continuous Improvement
9 264 (10.07%) ETL
10 223 (8.50%) Data Governance
11 218 (8.31%) Agile
12 214 (8.16%) Data Visualisation
13 207 (7.89%) Data Engineering
14 201 (7.67%) Data Analysis
15 199 (7.59%) Actionable Insight
16 189 (7.21%) ERP
17 187 (7.13%) Project Management
18 179 (6.83%) Data Pipeline
19 175 (6.67%) Machine Learning
20 169 (6.45%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 1,831 (69.83%) SQL
2 1,390 (53.01%) Python
3 145 (5.53%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 117 (4.46%) C#
5 86 (3.28%) JavaScript
6 78 (2.97%) PowerShell
7 73 (2.78%) VBA
8 52 (1.98%) T-SQL
9 45 (1.72%) R
10 26 (0.99%) TypeScript
11 20 (0.76%) Kusto Query Language
12 11 (0.42%) Delphi
12 11 (0.42%) Java
12 11 (0.42%) Scala
13 9 (0.34%) VBScript
14 6 (0.23%) Julia
14 6 (0.23%) VB
15 5 (0.19%) Bicep
16 3 (0.11%) ANSI SQL
16 3 (0.11%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 1,015 (38.71%) Azure Certification
2 264 (10.07%) Degree
3 79 (3.01%) Security Cleared
4 70 (2.67%) CIMA
5 69 (2.63%) ACCA
6 58 (2.21%) SC Cleared
7 42 (1.60%) Microsoft Certification
8 39 (1.49%) PMI Certification
8 39 (1.49%) PMP
9 35 (1.33%) DBS Check
10 34 (1.30%) Computer Science Degree
11 27 (1.03%) Master's Degree
12 15 (0.57%) AAT
13 12 (0.46%) MBA
14 9 (0.34%) APMP
14 9 (0.34%) CompTIA Security+
15 8 (0.31%) CompTIA CySA+
15 8 (0.31%) IIBA
15 8 (0.31%) SSCP
16 7 (0.27%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 269 (10.26%) Data Quality
2 108 (4.12%) GDPR
3 60 (2.29%) QA
4 53 (2.02%) SLA
5 34 (1.30%) Accessibility
6 32 (1.22%) PMO
7 29 (1.11%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 26 (0.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 17 (0.65%) TickIT
10 14 (0.53%) NIST
11 12 (0.46%) Actionable Recommendations
11 12 (0.46%) GRC
12 8 (0.31%) IFRS
13 4 (0.15%) GAAP
13 4 (0.15%) IFRS 17
13 4 (0.15%) ITGC
13 4 (0.15%) NIST 800
14 2 (0.076%) EMIR
14 2 (0.076%) MiFID
14 2 (0.076%) WCAG
System Software
1 61 (2.33%) Active Directory
2 14 (0.53%) Docker
3 11 (0.42%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.15%) BitLocker
5 3 (0.11%) Terminal Services
5 3 (0.11%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.076%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.076%) IAG
7 1 (0.038%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 14 (0.53%) Terraform
2 13 (0.50%) Kubernetes
3 7 (0.27%) Microsoft Intune
4 5 (0.19%) SCCM
5 4 (0.15%) Ansible
5 4 (0.15%) Control-M
5 4 (0.15%) Single Sign-On
6 3 (0.11%) Argo
6 3 (0.11%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.038%) Grafana
7 1 (0.038%) MOM
7 1 (0.038%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 1,557 (59.38%) Microsoft
2 163 (6.22%) Databricks
3 87 (3.32%) SAP
4 76 (2.90%) Oracle
5 46 (1.75%) Google
6 40 (1.53%) Salesforce
7 31 (1.18%) Adobe
7 31 (1.18%) Informatica
8 29 (1.11%) Alteryx
9 25 (0.95%) ServiceNow
10 24 (0.92%) Cloudera
10 24 (0.92%) Dell
11 22 (0.84%) Intapp
12 20 (0.76%) Anaplan
13 13 (0.50%) iManage
13 13 (0.50%) Sage
14 12 (0.46%) Genesys
14 12 (0.46%) HubSpot
14 12 (0.46%) Verint
15 11 (0.42%) VMware