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

6 months to
9 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 60 73 59
Rank change year-on-year +13 -14 +19
Permanent jobs citing Power BI 2,081 1,533 3,077
As % of all permanent jobs in England 3.26% 3.87% 4.18%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 34.34% 20.43% 22.56%
Number of salaries quoted 1,121 985 2,496
10th Percentile £36,250 £37,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £53,100
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +12.99% -6.84%
75th Percentile £75,000 £76,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £96,150 £84,056
UK median annual salary £57,500 £59,875 £52,500
% change year-on-year -3.97% +14.05% -4.55%

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 6,060 7,503 13,640
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 9.50% 18.95% 18.52%
Number of salaries quoted 3,845 4,739 11,090
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £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 £81,000 £87,500 £75,781
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,779 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.43% +9.18% -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 9 March 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 9 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 +12 651 £70,000 - 282
North of England +3 404 £47,750 -4.50% 156
South East +26 369 £57,500 +5.38% 216
Midlands +27 347 £47,085 -0.87% 127
West Midlands +23 210 £47,085 -5.83% 95
Yorkshire +14 182 £47,000 -1.57% 52
North West -20 178 £50,000 - 83
South West +46 169 £43,953 -6.48% 63
East Midlands +38 135 £45,000 +5.88% 31
East of England -16 123 £46,750 -37.04% 41
North East +17 44 £42,500 -15.00% 26
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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
1 147 (7.06%) SharePoint
2 28 (1.35%) Apache Airflow
2 28 (1.35%) Apache Spark
3 25 (1.20%) Microsoft Exchange
4 17 (0.82%) SAS
5 16 (0.77%) Confluence
6 5 (0.24%) Apache
7 4 (0.19%) CMS
7 4 (0.19%) Umbraco
8 3 (0.14%) ArcGIS
8 3 (0.14%) WordPress
9 2 (0.096%) Moodle
9 2 (0.096%) Oracle Application Server
9 2 (0.096%) Palantir Foundry
10 1 (0.048%) Appian
10 1 (0.048%) Drupal
10 1 (0.048%) Jupyter
10 1 (0.048%) Mendix
Applications
1 991 (47.62%) Microsoft Excel
2 66 (3.17%) Microsoft Office
3 52 (2.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 22 (1.06%) Spreadsheet
5 15 (0.72%) Microsoft Project
5 15 (0.72%) MS Visio
6 9 (0.43%) Trello
7 4 (0.19%) Maya
8 3 (0.14%) Chatbot
9 2 (0.096%) AutoCAD
9 2 (0.096%) Revit
10 1 (0.048%) Acrobat
10 1 (0.048%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 1 (0.048%) Adobe Illustrator
10 1 (0.048%) Adobe XD
10 1 (0.048%) InDesign
10 1 (0.048%) Oracle Smart View
10 1 (0.048%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 45 (2.16%) Dynamics CRM
2 13 (0.62%) NetSuite
3 10 (0.48%) Dynamics AX
4 9 (0.43%) SAP CO
5 6 (0.29%) NEC Housing
6 5 (0.24%) Dynamics NAV
6 5 (0.24%) IBM Planning Analytics
6 5 (0.24%) SAP Business One
6 5 (0.24%) Visualfiles
7 4 (0.19%) Markit EDM
7 4 (0.19%) SAP S/4HANA
8 3 (0.14%) Elite 3E
8 3 (0.14%) Integrated Workplace Management System
8 3 (0.14%) Oracle Payables
8 3 (0.14%) Oracle Receivables
8 3 (0.14%) ResourceLink
8 3 (0.14%) Sage 200
8 3 (0.14%) Salesforce CRM
8 3 (0.14%) SAP ERP
8 3 (0.14%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 2,081 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 1,097 (52.72%) Azure
3 576 (27.68%) Azure AI
4 227 (10.91%) Power Automate
5 204 (9.80%) Microsoft 365
6 188 (9.03%) PowerApps
7 143 (6.87%) Azure Data Factory
8 133 (6.39%) Snowflake
9 132 (6.34%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 110 (5.29%) Dynamics 365
11 87 (4.18%) AWS
12 82 (3.94%) Azure DevOps
12 82 (3.94%) dbt
13 60 (2.88%) Microsoft Copilot
14 59 (2.84%) SaaS
15 58 (2.79%) Entra ID
16 55 (2.64%) GCP
17 45 (2.16%) Azure Logic Apps
18 31 (1.49%) Serverless
19 29 (1.39%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 14 (0.67%) Intranet
2 13 (0.62%) Firewall
3 10 (0.48%) TCP/IP
3 10 (0.48%) WAN
4 9 (0.43%) DHCP
4 9 (0.43%) DNS
5 5 (0.24%) Modbus
5 5 (0.24%) MQTT
5 5 (0.24%) VoIP
5 5 (0.24%) VPN
6 4 (0.19%) Broadband
7 3 (0.14%) Internet
7 3 (0.14%) LAN
7 3 (0.14%) VLAN
8 2 (0.096%) Network Security
8 2 (0.096%) Wi-Fi
9 1 (0.048%) ADSL
9 1 (0.048%) BGP
9 1 (0.048%) FTP
9 1 (0.048%) Softphone
Database & Business Intelligence
1 812 (39.02%) Tableau
2 196 (9.42%) SQL Server
3 186 (8.94%) Data Warehouse
4 110 (5.29%) Data Lake
5 109 (5.24%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 106 (5.09%) Power Query
7 61 (2.93%) Azure SQL Database
8 59 (2.84%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 55 (2.64%) Looker
10 42 (2.02%) Relational Database
11 34 (1.63%) BigQuery
12 32 (1.54%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 30 (1.44%) Big Data
13 30 (1.44%) Metadata
14 27 (1.30%) PostgreSQL
14 27 (1.30%) Qlik Sense
15 24 (1.15%) Amazon Redshift
15 24 (1.15%) PowerPivot
15 24 (1.15%) Snowflake Schema
16 23 (1.11%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 68 (3.27%) Git
2 32 (1.54%) Visual Studio
3 31 (1.49%) JIRA
4 9 (0.43%) MLflow
4 9 (0.43%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 7 (0.34%) GitLab
6 4 (0.19%) ER Studio
6 4 (0.19%) ERwin
6 4 (0.19%) Postman
6 4 (0.19%) PowerDesigner
7 3 (0.14%) Jenkins
8 2 (0.096%) DBeaver
9 1 (0.048%) Axure RP
9 1 (0.048%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.048%) LSMW
9 1 (0.048%) Oracle APEX
9 1 (0.048%) Selenium
9 1 (0.048%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 1,125 (54.06%) Social Skills
2 560 (26.91%) Finance
3 492 (23.64%) Analytical Skills
4 92 (4.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 90 (4.32%) Marketing
6 78 (3.75%) Manufacturing
7 77 (3.70%) Legal
8 76 (3.65%) Public Sector
9 68 (3.27%) Law
10 55 (2.64%) Retail
11 52 (2.50%) Organisational Skills
12 46 (2.21%) Presentation Skills
13 42 (2.02%) Banking
14 25 (1.20%) Influencing Skills
15 24 (1.15%) Documentation Skills
16 22 (1.06%) Advertising
17 20 (0.96%) Financial Institution
18 18 (0.86%) Billing
18 18 (0.86%) Games
18 18 (0.86%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 1,063 (51.08%) Analyst
2 776 (37.29%) Data Analyst
3 580 (27.87%) Junior
4 573 (27.53%) Junior Analyst
5 570 (27.39%) Junior Data Analyst
6 219 (10.52%) Senior
7 211 (10.14%) Developer
8 142 (6.82%) Data Engineer
9 117 (5.62%) Lead
10 85 (4.08%) Business Intelligence Developer
11 78 (3.75%) Senior Analyst
12 76 (3.65%) Business Intelligence Analyst
13 74 (3.56%) Architect
14 72 (3.46%) Financial Analyst
15 64 (3.08%) Business Analyst
16 57 (2.74%) Support Analyst
17 53 (2.55%) Power Platform Developer
18 52 (2.50%) IT Support
19 50 (2.40%) Consultant
20 48 (2.31%) Power BI Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 53 (2.55%) .NET
2 38 (1.83%) REST
3 34 (1.63%) PySpark
4 33 (1.59%) JSON
4 33 (1.59%) XML
5 22 (1.06%) CSS
6 21 (1.01%) HTML
6 21 (1.01%) HTML5 Canvas
7 18 (0.86%) .NET Core
7 18 (0.86%) Web Services
8 17 (0.82%) EDI
8 17 (0.82%) Kafka
8 17 (0.82%) SOAP
9 10 (0.48%) React
9 10 (0.48%) WinForms
10 9 (0.43%) PyTorch
10 9 (0.43%) SAP CO-PA
10 9 (0.43%) TensorFlow
11 8 (0.38%) LangChain
11 8 (0.38%) pgvector
Miscellaneous
1 74 (3.56%) Analytical Mindset
2 69 (3.32%) Management Information System
3 46 (2.21%) Cloud Native
3 46 (2.21%) Data Structures
4 44 (2.11%) Self-Motivation
5 35 (1.68%) Onboarding
6 31 (1.49%) Low-Code
7 28 (1.35%) Legacy Systems
7 28 (1.35%) Product Ownership
8 18 (0.86%) Driving Licence
8 18 (0.86%) Greenfield Project
8 18 (0.86%) Reinsurance
9 16 (0.77%) FMCG
10 14 (0.67%) NHS
11 13 (0.62%) Algorithms
11 13 (0.62%) Enterprise Software
12 12 (0.58%) Clustering
13 11 (0.53%) Renewable Energy
13 11 (0.53%) Social Media
14 9 (0.43%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 33 (1.59%) Windows
2 13 (0.62%) Linux
3 10 (0.48%) VMS
4 9 (0.43%) Windows Server
5 8 (0.38%) Unix
6 5 (0.24%) Mac OS
7 3 (0.14%) Android
7 3 (0.14%) Windows 10
8 2 (0.096%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.048%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.048%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,978 (95.05%) Business Intelligence
2 784 (37.67%) AI
3 551 (26.48%) Analytics
4 427 (20.52%) Decision-Making
5 366 (17.59%) Problem-Solving
6 335 (16.10%) Data Modelling
6 335 (16.10%) Visualisation
7 272 (13.07%) ETL
8 271 (13.02%) Continuous Improvement
9 243 (11.68%) Agile
10 241 (11.58%) Data Analysis
11 216 (10.38%) Data Visualisation
12 209 (10.04%) Data Governance
13 201 (9.66%) Actionable Insight
14 187 (8.99%) Data Engineering
15 178 (8.55%) Data Pipeline
16 164 (7.88%) Project Management
17 151 (7.26%) DevOps
17 151 (7.26%) Stakeholder Management
18 146 (7.02%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 1,348 (64.78%) SQL
2 964 (46.32%) Python
3 134 (6.44%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 88 (4.23%) C#
5 78 (3.75%) PowerShell
6 74 (3.56%) VBA
7 64 (3.08%) JavaScript
8 50 (2.40%) R
9 40 (1.92%) T-SQL
10 17 (0.82%) Kusto Query Language
11 11 (0.53%) Scala
12 10 (0.48%) Delphi
13 8 (0.38%) Java
13 8 (0.38%) TypeScript
14 5 (0.24%) ANSI SQL
14 5 (0.24%) Bicep
15 4 (0.19%) Bash
15 4 (0.19%) VB
15 4 (0.19%) VBScript
16 3 (0.14%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 596 (28.64%) Azure Certification
2 279 (13.41%) Degree
3 78 (3.75%) Security Cleared
4 69 (3.32%) ACCA
4 69 (3.32%) CIMA
5 61 (2.93%) SC Cleared
6 55 (2.64%) Microsoft Certification
7 49 (2.35%) Computer Science Degree
8 42 (2.02%) Master's Degree
9 38 (1.83%) PMI Certification
9 38 (1.83%) PMP
10 28 (1.35%) DBS Check
11 17 (0.82%) MBA
12 16 (0.77%) AAT
13 13 (0.62%) APMP
14 12 (0.58%) Numerate Degree
15 9 (0.43%) IIBA
16 8 (0.38%) BPSS Clearance
16 8 (0.38%) DV Cleared
17 7 (0.34%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 258 (12.40%) Data Quality
2 82 (3.94%) GDPR
3 51 (2.45%) QA
4 41 (1.97%) PMO
5 38 (1.83%) Accessibility
6 34 (1.63%) SLA
7 31 (1.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 21 (1.01%) Actionable Recommendations
9 11 (0.53%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 9 (0.43%) Cyber Essentials
11 6 (0.29%) GRC
11 6 (0.29%) IFRS
11 6 (0.29%) NIST
12 5 (0.24%) ITGC
13 4 (0.19%) IFRS 17
14 2 (0.096%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 2 (0.096%) EMIR
14 2 (0.096%) MiFID
14 2 (0.096%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 2 (0.096%) WCAG
System Software
1 51 (2.45%) Active Directory
2 10 (0.48%) Docker
3 8 (0.38%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.14%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.096%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.096%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.048%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 16 (0.77%) Microsoft Intune
1 16 (0.77%) Terraform
2 11 (0.53%) Kubernetes
3 7 (0.34%) Single Sign-On
4 5 (0.24%) Control-M
4 5 (0.24%) FortiGate
4 5 (0.24%) SCCM
5 3 (0.14%) Argo
6 2 (0.096%) Ansible
6 2 (0.096%) RSA Archer
7 1 (0.048%) Jamf Pro
7 1 (0.048%) MOM
Vendors
1 1,065 (51.18%) Microsoft
2 120 (5.77%) Databricks
3 75 (3.60%) SAP
4 69 (3.32%) Oracle
5 49 (2.35%) Salesforce
6 42 (2.02%) Google
7 36 (1.73%) Informatica
8 34 (1.63%) ServiceNow
9 29 (1.39%) Alteryx
10 21 (1.01%) Anaplan
11 17 (0.82%) Adobe
12 14 (0.67%) HubSpot
13 13 (0.62%) Dell
13 13 (0.62%) IBM
14 12 (0.58%) Genesys
14 12 (0.58%) Verint
15 11 (0.53%) Intapp
16 9 (0.43%) Foundry
16 9 (0.43%) Northgate
17 8 (0.38%) Sage