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

6 months to
1 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 50 77 61
Rank change year-on-year +27 -16 +17
Permanent jobs citing Power BI 2,533 1,558 3,273
As % of all permanent jobs in England 2.95% 3.78% 3.54%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 33.17% 23.38% 21.85%
Number of salaries quoted 1,399 1,165 2,612
10th Percentile £35,000 £35,000 £33,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,250 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.93% +4.09% -
75th Percentile £74,500 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £56,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -2.65% +2.73% -

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 7,637 6,665 14,976
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 8.90% 16.18% 16.19%
Number of salaries quoted 5,196 4,445 11,256
10th Percentile £36,250 £35,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,500 £46,250 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +7.76% -10.77%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,751 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £112,500 £102,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -8.73%

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 1 July 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 1 July 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 -9 630 £72,500 +3.57% 346
North of England +78 619 £45,005 -14.28% 147
Midlands +30 453 £47,500 -5.00% 118
South East +21 406 £55,000 +10.00% 188
North West +62 281 £47,500 -11.63% 82
Yorkshire +59 274 £42,500 -15.00% 48
West Midlands +21 266 £47,500 -12.59% 66
South West +6 217 £42,500 -24.11% 71
East of England +36 187 £60,000 +42.86% 52
East Midlands +23 187 £47,500 +5.56% 52
North East -3 64 £42,500 -10.53% 18
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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
1 171 (6.75%) SharePoint
2 46 (1.82%) Apache Spark
3 45 (1.78%) Apache Airflow
4 40 (1.58%) Microsoft Exchange
5 11 (0.43%) Apache
6 10 (0.39%) WordPress
7 8 (0.32%) Confluence
8 6 (0.24%) ArcGIS
8 6 (0.24%) CMS
8 6 (0.24%) SAS
9 3 (0.12%) Oracle Workflow
10 2 (0.079%) Headless CMS
10 2 (0.079%) IIS
10 2 (0.079%) Luigi
10 2 (0.079%) Oracle Application Server
10 2 (0.079%) Palantir Foundry
10 2 (0.079%) Umbraco
11 1 (0.039%) Appian
11 1 (0.039%) Drupal
11 1 (0.039%) Mendix
Applications
1 1,199 (47.34%) Microsoft Excel
2 66 (2.61%) Microsoft Office
3 42 (1.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 27 (1.07%) Spreadsheet
5 25 (0.99%) Microsoft Project
6 23 (0.91%) MS Visio
7 4 (0.16%) Chatbot
8 2 (0.079%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 2 (0.079%) ProjectWise
9 1 (0.039%) Revit
Business Applications
1 48 (1.89%) Dynamics CRM
2 33 (1.30%) NetSuite
3 12 (0.47%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 8 (0.32%) SAP S/4HANA
5 7 (0.28%) Dynamics NAV
5 7 (0.28%) Elite 3E
6 6 (0.24%) IBM Planning Analytics
7 5 (0.20%) Carpe Diem
7 5 (0.20%) SAP CO
7 5 (0.20%) SAP ERP
7 5 (0.20%) SAP PM
7 5 (0.20%) Shopify
8 4 (0.16%) Dynamics AX
8 4 (0.16%) Magento
9 3 (0.12%) Sage 200
9 3 (0.12%) Visualfiles
10 2 (0.079%) Infor M3
10 2 (0.079%) Markit EDM
10 2 (0.079%) NEC Housing
10 2 (0.079%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 2,533 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 1,336 (52.74%) Azure
3 761 (30.04%) Azure AI
4 275 (10.86%) Power Automate
5 247 (9.75%) PowerApps
6 241 (9.51%) Microsoft 365
7 157 (6.20%) Dynamics 365
8 138 (5.45%) Azure Data Factory
9 132 (5.21%) AWS
10 119 (4.70%) Snowflake
11 114 (4.50%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 85 (3.36%) Azure DevOps
13 84 (3.32%) GCP
14 76 (3.00%) dbt
15 70 (2.76%) Azure Logic Apps
16 69 (2.72%) Microsoft Purview
17 68 (2.68%) SaaS
18 55 (2.17%) Entra ID
19 54 (2.13%) OneDrive
20 50 (1.97%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 17 (0.67%) Broadband
2 16 (0.63%) Firewall
3 10 (0.39%) DHCP
3 10 (0.39%) DNS
4 9 (0.36%) WAN
5 6 (0.24%) Intranet
5 6 (0.24%) VoIP
6 5 (0.20%) VPN
7 4 (0.16%) LTE
7 4 (0.16%) Network Security
8 3 (0.12%) LAN
8 3 (0.12%) NAS
8 3 (0.12%) SMS
8 3 (0.12%) Wi-Fi
9 2 (0.079%) Internet
9 2 (0.079%) Modbus
9 2 (0.079%) MQTT
9 2 (0.079%) VLAN
10 1 (0.039%) Softphone
10 1 (0.039%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1,036 (40.90%) Tableau
2 198 (7.82%) Data Warehouse
3 170 (6.71%) SQL Server
4 122 (4.82%) Data Lake
5 116 (4.58%) Power Query
6 114 (4.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 75 (2.96%) Azure SQL Database
8 74 (2.92%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 68 (2.68%) Looker
10 60 (2.37%) Relational Database
11 53 (2.09%) BigQuery
12 40 (1.58%) Amazon Redshift
12 40 (1.58%) Star Schema
13 39 (1.54%) Metadata
14 36 (1.42%) Big Data
15 31 (1.22%) PostgreSQL
16 28 (1.11%) MySQL
16 28 (1.11%) Snowflake Schema
17 24 (0.95%) Semantic Layer
17 24 (0.95%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 55 (2.17%) Git
2 44 (1.74%) JIRA
3 27 (1.07%) MLflow
4 24 (0.95%) Visual Studio
5 15 (0.59%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 5 (0.20%) Jenkins
6 5 (0.20%) Oracle Forms
7 3 (0.12%) Postman
8 2 (0.079%) DBeaver
9 1 (0.039%) Browser DevTools
9 1 (0.039%) ERwin
9 1 (0.039%) NUnit
9 1 (0.039%) PowerDesigner
9 1 (0.039%) Selenium
9 1 (0.039%) Toad
General
1 1,398 (55.19%) Social Skills
2 547 (21.59%) Analytical Skills
3 533 (21.04%) Finance
4 125 (4.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 120 (4.74%) Law
6 103 (4.07%) Public Sector
7 99 (3.91%) Marketing
8 95 (3.75%) Retail
9 93 (3.67%) Legal
10 77 (3.04%) Manufacturing
10 77 (3.04%) Organisational Skills
11 36 (1.42%) Documentation Skills
12 31 (1.22%) Banking
13 29 (1.14%) Influencing Skills
14 27 (1.07%) Telecoms
15 24 (0.95%) Presentation Skills
16 22 (0.87%) Military
17 20 (0.79%) Social Housing
18 19 (0.75%) Billing
19 18 (0.71%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 1,304 (51.48%) Analyst
2 970 (38.29%) Data Analyst
3 782 (30.87%) Junior
4 775 (30.60%) Junior Analyst
5 762 (30.08%) Junior Data Analyst
6 284 (11.21%) Senior
7 272 (10.74%) Developer
8 156 (6.16%) Data Engineer
9 139 (5.49%) Lead
10 97 (3.83%) Business Intelligence Analyst
11 83 (3.28%) Business Intelligence Developer
12 75 (2.96%) Architect
13 74 (2.92%) Data Manager
14 73 (2.88%) Business Analyst
15 67 (2.65%) Senior Analyst
16 65 (2.57%) Systems Analyst
17 61 (2.41%) Power BI Analyst
18 59 (2.33%) Power Platform Developer
19 57 (2.25%) Financial Analyst
20 54 (2.13%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 105 (4.15%) .NET
2 55 (2.17%) HTML
3 53 (2.09%) CSS
4 52 (2.05%) PySpark
4 52 (2.05%) REST
5 49 (1.93%) JSON
6 42 (1.66%) HTML5 Canvas
7 36 (1.42%) .NET Core
7 36 (1.42%) Kafka
8 32 (1.26%) XML
9 30 (1.18%) PyTorch
9 30 (1.18%) scikit-learn
10 25 (0.99%) Microsoft Graph
11 24 (0.95%) Middleware
11 24 (0.95%) TensorFlow
12 23 (0.91%) LangChain
12 23 (0.91%) LlamaIndex
12 23 (0.91%) pgvector
13 20 (0.79%) SPFx
14 19 (0.75%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 117 (4.62%) Management Information System
2 78 (3.08%) Data Structures
3 55 (2.17%) Analytical Mindset
4 54 (2.13%) Cloud Native
5 43 (1.70%) Onboarding
6 35 (1.38%) Product Ownership
6 35 (1.38%) Self-Motivation
7 32 (1.26%) Legacy Systems
8 26 (1.03%) Public Cloud
9 25 (0.99%) Clustering
10 23 (0.91%) Low-Code
11 20 (0.79%) NHS
12 19 (0.75%) Social Media
13 17 (0.67%) Enterprise Cloud
14 16 (0.63%) Driving Licence
15 14 (0.55%) Enterprise Software
15 14 (0.55%) Greenfield Project
16 11 (0.43%) AI Agents
16 11 (0.43%) FMCG
16 11 (0.43%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 42 (1.66%) Windows
2 20 (0.79%) Windows Server
3 18 (0.71%) Linux
4 11 (0.43%) VMS
5 5 (0.20%) Unix
6 3 (0.12%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.12%) Windows 10
6 3 (0.12%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (0.079%) Android
7 2 (0.079%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.039%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.039%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,386 (94.20%) Business Intelligence
2 1,070 (42.24%) AI
3 707 (27.91%) Analytics
4 461 (18.20%) Decision-Making
5 436 (17.21%) Problem-Solving
6 405 (15.99%) Data Modelling
7 329 (12.99%) Visualisation
8 320 (12.63%) Continuous Improvement
9 268 (10.58%) ETL
10 255 (10.07%) Agile
11 253 (9.99%) Data Governance
12 233 (9.20%) Data Visualisation
13 225 (8.88%) ERP
14 221 (8.72%) Actionable Insight
15 213 (8.41%) Data Engineering
16 211 (8.33%) Data Analysis
17 197 (7.78%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 192 (7.58%) CRM
19 187 (7.38%) Data Pipeline
20 184 (7.26%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 1,716 (67.75%) SQL
2 1,134 (44.77%) Python
3 159 (6.28%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 147 (5.80%) C#
5 96 (3.79%) JavaScript
6 75 (2.96%) PowerShell
7 65 (2.57%) VBA
8 56 (2.21%) T-SQL
9 40 (1.58%) R
10 26 (1.03%) TypeScript
11 20 (0.79%) Kusto Query Language
12 14 (0.55%) Scala
13 13 (0.51%) Java
14 9 (0.36%) VBScript
15 7 (0.28%) VB
16 6 (0.24%) Delphi
16 6 (0.24%) Julia
17 5 (0.20%) Bicep
17 5 (0.20%) PHP
18 4 (0.16%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 788 (31.11%) Azure Certification
2 265 (10.46%) Degree
3 93 (3.67%) Security Cleared
4 85 (3.36%) ACCA
5 81 (3.20%) CIMA
6 74 (2.92%) SC Cleared
7 47 (1.86%) Microsoft Certification
8 35 (1.38%) DBS Check
9 32 (1.26%) Computer Science Degree
10 27 (1.07%) AAT
11 24 (0.95%) PMI Certification
11 24 (0.95%) PMP
12 20 (0.79%) Master's Degree
13 11 (0.43%) CompTIA Security+
14 10 (0.39%) CompTIA CySA+
14 10 (0.39%) SSCP
15 8 (0.32%) BPSS Clearance
16 7 (0.28%) APMP
16 7 (0.28%) HND
16 7 (0.28%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 321 (12.67%) Data Quality
2 123 (4.86%) GDPR
3 80 (3.16%) QA
4 47 (1.86%) SLA
5 39 (1.54%) Accessibility
6 37 (1.46%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 36 (1.42%) PMO
8 29 (1.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 17 (0.67%) TickIT
10 16 (0.63%) Actionable Recommendations
11 15 (0.59%) NIST
12 13 (0.51%) GRC
13 9 (0.36%) IFRS
14 5 (0.20%) GAAP
14 5 (0.20%) ISO 9001
15 4 (0.16%) ITGC
15 4 (0.16%) NIST 800
15 4 (0.16%) PERC
16 3 (0.12%) Cyber Essentials
16 3 (0.12%) IFRS 17
System Software
1 52 (2.05%) Active Directory
2 14 (0.55%) Docker
3 9 (0.36%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (0.20%) Virtual Desktop
5 4 (0.16%) BitLocker
6 3 (0.12%) Terminal Services
7 2 (0.079%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.079%) IAG
7 2 (0.079%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 22 (0.87%) Terraform
2 12 (0.47%) Kubernetes
3 11 (0.43%) Microsoft Intune
4 10 (0.39%) FortiGate
5 5 (0.20%) SCCM
6 4 (0.16%) Ansible
6 4 (0.16%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (0.079%) Control-M
7 2 (0.079%) Microsoft Clustering
8 1 (0.039%) Grafana
8 1 (0.039%) MOM
8 1 (0.039%) SQL Sentry
8 1 (0.039%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 1,423 (56.18%) Microsoft
2 178 (7.03%) Databricks
3 96 (3.79%) SAP
4 83 (3.28%) Oracle
5 60 (2.37%) Google
6 42 (1.66%) Salesforce
7 31 (1.22%) Adobe
8 30 (1.18%) Informatica
9 27 (1.07%) Alteryx
10 26 (1.03%) Intapp
10 26 (1.03%) Sage
11 24 (0.95%) Cloudera
12 23 (0.91%) Dell
13 19 (0.75%) ServiceNow
14 17 (0.67%) Concur
15 15 (0.59%) iManage
16 14 (0.55%) Cognos
17 12 (0.47%) Aderant
17 12 (0.47%) HubSpot
18 10 (0.39%) Yardi