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

6 months to
27 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 52 79 70
Rank change year-on-year +27 -9 +10
Permanent jobs citing Power BI 2,565 1,616 2,532
As % of all permanent jobs in England 2.86% 3.71% 3.29%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 31.99% 23.59% 20.95%
Number of salaries quoted 1,472 1,210 1,947
10th Percentile £35,000 £35,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.51% -0.87% +4.55%
75th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,790 £57,500
% change year-on-year -1.42% -2.97% +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 8,018 6,849 12,084
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 8.92% 15.73% 15.69%
Number of salaries quoted 5,472 4,550 8,650
10th Percentile £36,250 £35,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £45,250 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £84,188
90th Percentile £95,000 £110,000 £112,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £61,182 £60,000
% change year-on-year -1.93% +1.97% -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

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 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 27 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 -12 663 £72,500 +5.84% 256
North of England +89 628 £46,500 -11.43% 131
Midlands +24 461 £50,000 - 103
South East +18 380 £52,500 - 175
North West +64 285 £50,000 -4.76% 64
West Midlands +17 269 £50,000 -7.83% 58
Yorkshire +70 267 £44,500 -11.00% 46
South West 0 223 £42,500 -19.05% 68
East Midlands +22 192 £47,500 +5.56% 45
East of England +19 186 £60,000 +39.53% 28
North East +8 76 £45,000 - 24
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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
1 180 (7.02%) SharePoint
2 48 (1.87%) Apache Spark
3 44 (1.72%) Apache Airflow
4 37 (1.44%) Microsoft Exchange
5 12 (0.47%) Apache
6 9 (0.35%) WordPress
7 7 (0.27%) ArcGIS
8 6 (0.23%) CMS
8 6 (0.23%) Confluence
9 5 (0.19%) SAS
10 4 (0.16%) Oracle Workflow
11 2 (0.078%) Headless CMS
11 2 (0.078%) IIS
11 2 (0.078%) Luigi
11 2 (0.078%) Umbraco
12 1 (0.039%) Appian
12 1 (0.039%) Mendix
12 1 (0.039%) Oracle Application Server
Applications
1 1,174 (45.77%) Microsoft Excel
2 66 (2.57%) Microsoft Office
3 44 (1.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 26 (1.01%) Microsoft Project
5 24 (0.94%) MS Visio
5 24 (0.94%) Spreadsheet
6 7 (0.27%) Chatbot
7 2 (0.078%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 2 (0.078%) ProjectWise
8 1 (0.039%) Revit
Business Applications
1 50 (1.95%) Dynamics CRM
2 44 (1.72%) NetSuite
3 12 (0.47%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 11 (0.43%) Elite 3E
5 8 (0.31%) Carpe Diem
5 8 (0.31%) SAP S/4HANA
6 6 (0.23%) IBM Planning Analytics
6 6 (0.23%) Visualfiles
7 5 (0.19%) Dynamics NAV
7 5 (0.19%) SAP ERP
7 5 (0.19%) SAP PM
7 5 (0.19%) Shopify
8 4 (0.16%) Magento
9 3 (0.12%) Sage 200
10 2 (0.078%) Infor M3
10 2 (0.078%) Markit EDM
10 2 (0.078%) Unit4 Business World
10 2 (0.078%) Workday HCM
10 2 (0.078%) Workfront
11 1 (0.039%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 2,565 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 1,320 (51.46%) Azure
3 716 (27.91%) Azure AI
4 285 (11.11%) Power Automate
5 262 (10.21%) PowerApps
6 249 (9.71%) Microsoft 365
7 166 (6.47%) Dynamics 365
8 149 (5.81%) AWS
8 149 (5.81%) Azure Data Factory
9 124 (4.83%) Snowflake
10 112 (4.37%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 96 (3.74%) GCP
12 94 (3.66%) Azure DevOps
13 78 (3.04%) SaaS
14 74 (2.88%) Azure Logic Apps
15 71 (2.77%) Microsoft Purview
16 69 (2.69%) dbt
17 61 (2.38%) OneDrive
18 54 (2.11%) Entra ID
19 53 (2.07%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 16 (0.62%) Broadband
1 16 (0.62%) Firewall
2 11 (0.43%) DHCP
2 11 (0.43%) DNS
3 8 (0.31%) WAN
4 7 (0.27%) VPN
5 6 (0.23%) VoIP
6 4 (0.16%) Intranet
6 4 (0.16%) LAN
6 4 (0.16%) LTE
6 4 (0.16%) Network Security
6 4 (0.16%) SMS
7 3 (0.12%) NAS
7 3 (0.12%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (0.078%) Internet
8 2 (0.078%) VLAN
8 2 (0.078%) Wireless
9 1 (0.039%) Modbus
9 1 (0.039%) MQTT
9 1 (0.039%) Softphone
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1,023 (39.88%) Tableau
2 215 (8.38%) Data Warehouse
3 178 (6.94%) SQL Server
4 131 (5.11%) Data Lake
5 125 (4.87%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 123 (4.80%) Power Query
7 80 (3.12%) Azure SQL Database
8 79 (3.08%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 72 (2.81%) Looker
10 59 (2.30%) Relational Database
11 54 (2.11%) BigQuery
12 45 (1.75%) Star Schema
13 41 (1.60%) Metadata
14 39 (1.52%) Amazon Redshift
15 36 (1.40%) Big Data
16 30 (1.17%) PostgreSQL
17 29 (1.13%) MySQL
18 27 (1.05%) Semantic Layer
18 27 (1.05%) Snowflake Schema
19 25 (0.97%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 61 (2.38%) Git
2 49 (1.91%) JIRA
3 29 (1.13%) MLflow
4 22 (0.86%) Visual Studio
5 14 (0.55%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 7 (0.27%) Jenkins
7 5 (0.19%) Oracle Forms
8 2 (0.078%) GitLab
9 1 (0.039%) Ant
9 1 (0.039%) Apache Ivy
9 1 (0.039%) Browser DevTools
9 1 (0.039%) ERwin
9 1 (0.039%) IBM UrbanCode
9 1 (0.039%) Maven
9 1 (0.039%) NUnit
9 1 (0.039%) Postman
9 1 (0.039%) PowerDesigner
9 1 (0.039%) Selenium
9 1 (0.039%) Toad
9 1 (0.039%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 1,397 (54.46%) Social Skills
2 565 (22.03%) Analytical Skills
3 559 (21.79%) Finance
4 137 (5.34%) Law
5 125 (4.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 107 (4.17%) Marketing
6 107 (4.17%) Retail
7 105 (4.09%) Public Sector
8 104 (4.05%) Legal
9 92 (3.59%) Organisational Skills
10 88 (3.43%) Manufacturing
11 36 (1.40%) Banking
12 32 (1.25%) Documentation Skills
13 29 (1.13%) Telecoms
14 26 (1.01%) Presentation Skills
15 25 (0.97%) Influencing Skills
15 25 (0.97%) Military
16 24 (0.94%) Billing
17 23 (0.90%) Advertising
18 21 (0.82%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 1,243 (48.46%) Analyst
2 918 (35.79%) Data Analyst
3 737 (28.73%) Junior
4 727 (28.34%) Junior Analyst
5 716 (27.91%) Junior Data Analyst
6 307 (11.97%) Senior
7 285 (11.11%) Developer
8 175 (6.82%) Data Engineer
9 144 (5.61%) Lead
10 90 (3.51%) Business Intelligence Analyst
11 83 (3.24%) Architect
12 79 (3.08%) Business Intelligence Developer
13 75 (2.92%) Business Analyst
13 75 (2.92%) Data Manager
14 69 (2.69%) Senior Analyst
15 60 (2.34%) Power Platform Developer
16 55 (2.14%) Consultant
16 55 (2.14%) Data Architect
16 55 (2.14%) Senior Developer
16 55 (2.14%) Systems Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 111 (4.33%) .NET
2 62 (2.42%) HTML
3 59 (2.30%) PySpark
3 59 (2.30%) REST
4 58 (2.26%) CSS
5 50 (1.95%) JSON
6 42 (1.64%) HTML5 Canvas
7 40 (1.56%) Kafka
8 37 (1.44%) .NET Core
9 32 (1.25%) scikit-learn
10 31 (1.21%) PyTorch
10 31 (1.21%) XML
11 27 (1.05%) Microsoft Graph
12 26 (1.01%) TensorFlow
13 24 (0.94%) LangChain
13 24 (0.94%) LlamaIndex
13 24 (0.94%) Middleware
14 23 (0.90%) pgvector
15 20 (0.78%) EDI
15 20 (0.78%) SPFx
Miscellaneous
1 138 (5.38%) Management Information System
2 78 (3.04%) Data Structures
3 56 (2.18%) Cloud Native
4 54 (2.11%) Analytical Mindset
5 48 (1.87%) Onboarding
6 42 (1.64%) Product Ownership
7 34 (1.33%) Legacy Systems
7 34 (1.33%) Self-Motivation
8 26 (1.01%) Public Cloud
9 25 (0.97%) Clustering
10 22 (0.86%) Low-Code
11 19 (0.74%) NHS
11 19 (0.74%) Social Media
12 18 (0.70%) Driving Licence
13 17 (0.66%) Greenfield Project
14 14 (0.55%) AI Agents
14 14 (0.55%) Enterprise Cloud
14 14 (0.55%) Enterprise Software
14 14 (0.55%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
15 12 (0.47%) Educational Technology
Operating Systems
1 46 (1.79%) Windows
2 21 (0.82%) Linux
3 20 (0.78%) Windows Server
4 9 (0.35%) VMS
5 4 (0.16%) Unix
5 4 (0.16%) Windows 10
5 4 (0.16%) Windows Server 2019
6 3 (0.12%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.078%) Android
7 2 (0.078%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.039%) Solaris
8 1 (0.039%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.039%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,418 (94.27%) Business Intelligence
2 1,084 (42.26%) AI
3 736 (28.69%) Analytics
4 491 (19.14%) Decision-Making
5 489 (19.06%) Problem-Solving
6 440 (17.15%) Data Modelling
7 376 (14.66%) Continuous Improvement
8 336 (13.10%) Visualisation
9 286 (11.15%) Agile
10 284 (11.07%) Data Governance
11 282 (10.99%) ETL
12 237 (9.24%) ERP
13 234 (9.12%) Data Engineering
14 233 (9.08%) Data Visualisation
15 230 (8.97%) Actionable Insight
16 228 (8.89%) Stakeholder Management
17 220 (8.58%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 218 (8.50%) Data Analysis
19 209 (8.15%) Data Pipeline
20 195 (7.60%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 1,719 (67.02%) SQL
2 1,099 (42.85%) Python
3 167 (6.51%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 158 (6.16%) C#
5 107 (4.17%) JavaScript
6 69 (2.69%) PowerShell
7 57 (2.22%) VBA
8 54 (2.11%) T-SQL
9 42 (1.64%) R
10 29 (1.13%) TypeScript
11 20 (0.78%) Kusto Query Language
12 19 (0.74%) Scala
13 13 (0.51%) Java
14 8 (0.31%) VB
14 8 (0.31%) VBScript
15 6 (0.23%) Julia
16 5 (0.19%) Bicep
17 4 (0.16%) PHP
17 4 (0.16%) PL/SQL
17 4 (0.16%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 743 (28.97%) Azure Certification
2 258 (10.06%) Degree
3 102 (3.98%) Security Cleared
4 84 (3.27%) ACCA
5 81 (3.16%) SC Cleared
6 79 (3.08%) CIMA
7 45 (1.75%) Microsoft Certification
8 39 (1.52%) DBS Check
9 28 (1.09%) Computer Science Degree
10 27 (1.05%) AAT
11 24 (0.94%) PMI Certification
12 22 (0.86%) PMP
13 16 (0.62%) Master's Degree
14 13 (0.51%) BPSS Clearance
15 9 (0.35%) CompTIA CySA+
15 9 (0.35%) CompTIA Security+
15 9 (0.35%) SSCP
16 7 (0.27%) HND
16 7 (0.27%) Postgraduate
17 5 (0.19%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 359 (14.00%) Data Quality
2 129 (5.03%) GDPR
3 83 (3.24%) QA
4 48 (1.87%) Accessibility
5 46 (1.79%) SLA
6 41 (1.60%) PMO
7 37 (1.44%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 28 (1.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 17 (0.66%) TickIT
10 16 (0.62%) Actionable Recommendations
11 14 (0.55%) NIST
12 12 (0.47%) GRC
13 7 (0.27%) IFRS
14 6 (0.23%) ISO 9001
15 5 (0.19%) PERC
16 4 (0.16%) Cyber Essentials
16 4 (0.16%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 4 (0.16%) GAAP
16 4 (0.16%) ITGC
16 4 (0.16%) NIST 800
System Software
1 46 (1.79%) Active Directory
2 17 (0.66%) Docker
3 8 (0.31%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (0.27%) Virtual Desktop
5 5 (0.19%) BitLocker
6 3 (0.12%) Terminal Services
7 2 (0.078%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.078%) IAG
8 1 (0.039%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 25 (0.97%) Terraform
2 14 (0.55%) Kubernetes
2 14 (0.55%) Microsoft Intune
3 10 (0.39%) FortiGate
4 6 (0.23%) Single Sign-On
5 5 (0.19%) SCCM
6 4 (0.16%) Ansible
7 2 (0.078%) Control-M
7 2 (0.078%) Microsoft Clustering
8 1 (0.039%) Grafana
8 1 (0.039%) MOM
8 1 (0.039%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.039%) Puppet
8 1 (0.039%) SQL Sentry
8 1 (0.039%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 1,430 (55.75%) Microsoft
2 194 (7.56%) Databricks
3 93 (3.63%) SAP
4 78 (3.04%) Oracle
5 64 (2.50%) Google
6 44 (1.72%) Salesforce
7 29 (1.13%) Alteryx
7 29 (1.13%) Intapp
7 29 (1.13%) Sage
8 26 (1.01%) Adobe
9 24 (0.94%) Cloudera
10 23 (0.90%) Dell
11 22 (0.86%) Informatica
12 20 (0.78%) Concur
13 19 (0.74%) ServiceNow
14 16 (0.62%) iManage
15 14 (0.55%) Cognos
16 13 (0.51%) Aderant
16 13 (0.51%) HubSpot
17 12 (0.47%) SYSPRO