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

6 months to
11 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 54 70 59
Rank change year-on-year +16 -11 +21
Permanent jobs citing Power BI 2,628 1,568 3,183
As % of all permanent jobs in England 3.26% 4.00% 3.78%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 36.98% 22.99% 21.68%
Number of salaries quoted 1,256 1,091 2,583
10th Percentile £35,125 £36,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,392 £42,500 £41,492
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £76,000 £68,125
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,778 £85,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £54,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +6.48% -1.82%

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 7,107 6,821 14,684
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 8.83% 17.39% 17.45%
Number of salaries quoted 4,474 4,678 11,412
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £42,750
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 11 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 11 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 +43 626 £45,000 -14.29% 158
London -10 595 £72,500 +3.57% 313
Midlands +28 499 £47,085 -9.19% 104
South East +28 455 £57,500 +4.55% 217
West Midlands +15 293 £46,042 -12.30% 63
Yorkshire +48 291 £42,039 -11.50% 47
North West +28 269 £46,500 -11.43% 97
South West +19 231 £43,500 -16.35% 44
East of England +14 211 £55,000 -15.38% 47
East Midlands +44 204 £47,500 -2.56% 41
North East +8 66 £51,000 -5.12% 16
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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 (5.82%) SharePoint
2 47 (1.79%) Apache Airflow
2 47 (1.79%) Apache Spark
3 43 (1.64%) Microsoft Exchange
4 10 (0.38%) SAS
5 9 (0.34%) Apache
6 8 (0.30%) 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%) Luigi
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%) Mendix
Applications
1 1,402 (53.35%) Microsoft Excel
2 61 (2.32%) Microsoft Office
3 30 (1.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 29 (1.10%) Spreadsheet
5 23 (0.88%) MS Visio
6 22 (0.84%) Microsoft Project
7 2 (0.076%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 2 (0.076%) Trello
8 1 (0.038%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.038%) Maya
Business Applications
1 44 (1.67%) Dynamics CRM
2 20 (0.76%) NetSuite
3 12 (0.46%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 10 (0.38%) Dynamics AX
5 9 (0.34%) IBM Planning Analytics
5 9 (0.34%) SAP CO
6 7 (0.27%) SAP S/4HANA
7 6 (0.23%) Dynamics NAV
7 6 (0.23%) NEC Housing
8 5 (0.19%) Sage 200
8 5 (0.19%) SAP ERP
8 5 (0.19%) SAP PM
8 5 (0.19%) Shopify
9 4 (0.15%) Magento
10 3 (0.11%) Elite 3E
10 3 (0.11%) Integrated Workplace Management System
10 3 (0.11%) Markit EDM
11 2 (0.076%) Aladdin
11 2 (0.076%) Infor M3
11 2 (0.076%) Q-Pulse
Cloud Services
1 2,628 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 1,562 (59.44%) Azure
3 993 (37.79%) Azure AI
4 242 (9.21%) Power Automate
5 211 (8.03%) Microsoft 365
6 196 (7.46%) PowerApps
7 146 (5.56%) Azure Data Factory
8 134 (5.10%) Snowflake
9 126 (4.79%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 124 (4.72%) Dynamics 365
11 116 (4.41%) AWS
12 90 (3.42%) dbt
13 75 (2.85%) Azure DevOps
13 75 (2.85%) GCP
14 67 (2.55%) SaaS
15 60 (2.28%) Azure Logic Apps
15 60 (2.28%) Entra ID
16 50 (1.90%) Microsoft Purview
17 45 (1.71%) Microsoft Copilot
18 40 (1.52%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 16 (0.61%) Broadband
2 12 (0.46%) DHCP
2 12 (0.46%) DNS
2 12 (0.46%) Intranet
3 8 (0.30%) 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%) Network Security
10 1 (0.038%) SMS
10 1 (0.038%) Softphone
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1,234 (46.96%) Tableau
2 184 (7.00%) Data Warehouse
3 177 (6.74%) SQL Server
4 127 (4.83%) Data Lake
5 119 (4.53%) Power Query
6 110 (4.19%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 68 (2.59%) Looker
7 68 (2.59%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 63 (2.40%) Azure SQL Database
9 51 (1.94%) BigQuery
10 48 (1.83%) Relational Database
11 44 (1.67%) Big Data
12 42 (1.60%) Amazon Redshift
13 32 (1.22%) Snowflake Schema
14 30 (1.14%) Metadata
14 30 (1.14%) PostgreSQL
15 28 (1.07%) Star Schema
16 23 (0.88%) Elasticsearch
16 23 (0.88%) PowerPivot
17 22 (0.84%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 61 (2.32%) Git
2 39 (1.48%) JIRA
3 27 (1.03%) Visual Studio
4 26 (0.99%) MLflow
5 13 (0.49%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 4 (0.15%) Oracle Forms
7 3 (0.11%) Jenkins
7 3 (0.11%) Postman
8 2 (0.076%) DBeaver
8 2 (0.076%) GitLab
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 1,579 (60.08%) Social Skills
2 535 (20.36%) Analytical Skills
3 484 (18.42%) Finance
4 115 (4.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 94 (3.58%) Marketing
6 91 (3.46%) Retail
7 90 (3.42%) Law
7 90 (3.42%) Public Sector
8 78 (2.97%) Legal
9 70 (2.66%) Manufacturing
10 61 (2.32%) Organisational Skills
11 41 (1.56%) Presentation Skills
12 35 (1.33%) Documentation Skills
12 35 (1.33%) Influencing Skills
13 29 (1.10%) Banking
14 25 (0.95%) Telecoms
15 21 (0.80%) Publishing
16 19 (0.72%) Advertising
17 17 (0.65%) Automotive
18 16 (0.61%) Games
Job Titles
1 1,505 (57.27%) Analyst
2 1,200 (45.66%) Data Analyst
3 1,010 (38.43%) Junior
4 1,004 (38.20%) Junior Analyst
5 997 (37.94%) Junior Data Analyst
6 277 (10.54%) Senior
7 250 (9.51%) Developer
8 142 (5.40%) Data Engineer
9 122 (4.64%) Lead
10 90 (3.42%) Business Intelligence Developer
11 82 (3.12%) Business Analyst
12 79 (3.01%) Architect
12 79 (3.01%) Business Intelligence Analyst
13 69 (2.63%) Senior Analyst
14 63 (2.40%) Financial Analyst
15 61 (2.32%) Data Manager
16 59 (2.25%) Power BI Developer
17 58 (2.21%) IT Support
18 57 (2.17%) Systems Analyst
19 52 (1.98%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 90 (3.42%) .NET
2 52 (1.98%) JSON
3 50 (1.90%) CSS
4 49 (1.86%) HTML
5 45 (1.71%) REST
6 42 (1.60%) HTML5 Canvas
6 42 (1.60%) PySpark
7 38 (1.45%) XML
8 35 (1.33%) .NET Core
9 33 (1.26%) Kafka
10 29 (1.10%) PyTorch
10 29 (1.10%) scikit-learn
11 23 (0.88%) EDI
11 23 (0.88%) LangChain
11 23 (0.88%) LlamaIndex
11 23 (0.88%) pgvector
11 23 (0.88%) TensorFlow
12 22 (0.84%) Microsoft Graph
12 22 (0.84%) Middleware
12 22 (0.84%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 80 (3.04%) Management Information System
2 62 (2.36%) Data Structures
3 56 (2.13%) Analytical Mindset
4 55 (2.09%) Cloud Native
5 35 (1.33%) Legacy Systems
6 30 (1.14%) Onboarding
7 28 (1.07%) Low-Code
8 27 (1.03%) Clustering
9 26 (0.99%) Product Ownership
10 24 (0.91%) Public Cloud
11 23 (0.88%) Self-Motivation
12 21 (0.80%) Enterprise Cloud
13 20 (0.76%) NHS
14 19 (0.72%) Greenfield Project
14 19 (0.72%) Social Media
15 15 (0.57%) Driving Licence
16 14 (0.53%) Enterprise Software
16 14 (0.53%) FMCG
17 12 (0.46%) Reinsurance
18 11 (0.42%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 27 (1.03%) Windows
2 17 (0.65%) Windows Server
3 13 (0.49%) 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 2,488 (94.67%) Business Intelligence
2 1,234 (46.96%) AI
3 630 (23.97%) Analytics
4 435 (16.55%) Decision-Making
5 390 (14.84%) Problem-Solving
6 379 (14.42%) Data Modelling
7 320 (12.18%) Visualisation
8 275 (10.46%) Continuous Improvement
9 267 (10.16%) ETL
10 223 (8.49%) Data Governance
11 219 (8.33%) Agile
12 215 (8.18%) Data Visualisation
13 209 (7.95%) Data Engineering
14 201 (7.65%) Actionable Insight
15 199 (7.57%) Data Analysis
16 190 (7.23%) ERP
17 183 (6.96%) Project Management
18 180 (6.85%) Data Pipeline
19 175 (6.66%) Machine Learning
20 172 (6.54%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 1,841 (70.05%) SQL
2 1,394 (53.04%) Python
3 147 (5.59%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 120 (4.57%) C#
5 87 (3.31%) JavaScript
6 77 (2.93%) PowerShell
7 71 (2.70%) VBA
8 52 (1.98%) T-SQL
9 46 (1.75%) R
10 26 (0.99%) TypeScript
11 20 (0.76%) Kusto Query Language
12 13 (0.49%) Java
13 11 (0.42%) Delphi
13 11 (0.42%) Scala
14 9 (0.34%) VBScript
15 6 (0.23%) Julia
15 6 (0.23%) VB
16 5 (0.19%) Bicep
17 3 (0.11%) VB.NET
18 2 (0.076%) C
Qualifications
1 1,014 (38.58%) Azure Certification
2 267 (10.16%) Degree
3 79 (3.01%) Security Cleared
4 67 (2.55%) ACCA
4 67 (2.55%) CIMA
5 58 (2.21%) SC Cleared
6 42 (1.60%) Microsoft Certification
7 39 (1.48%) PMI Certification
7 39 (1.48%) PMP
8 34 (1.29%) DBS Check
9 33 (1.26%) Computer Science Degree
10 23 (0.88%) Master's Degree
11 14 (0.53%) AAT
12 11 (0.42%) MBA
13 9 (0.34%) CompTIA Security+
14 8 (0.30%) APMP
14 8 (0.30%) CompTIA CySA+
14 8 (0.30%) IIBA
14 8 (0.30%) SSCP
15 7 (0.27%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 276 (10.50%) Data Quality
2 110 (4.19%) GDPR
3 61 (2.32%) QA
4 53 (2.02%) SLA
5 34 (1.29%) Accessibility
6 32 (1.22%) PMO
7 31 (1.18%) 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 (0.30%) 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%) MiFID
14 2 (0.076%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 2 (0.076%) WCAG
System Software
1 60 (2.28%) Active Directory
2 13 (0.49%) 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 12 (0.46%) 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
7 2 (0.076%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.038%) Grafana
8 1 (0.038%) MOM
8 1 (0.038%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 1,568 (59.67%) Microsoft
2 163 (6.20%) Databricks
3 89 (3.39%) SAP
4 76 (2.89%) Oracle
5 48 (1.83%) Google
6 38 (1.45%) Salesforce
7 32 (1.22%) Informatica
8 31 (1.18%) Adobe
9 30 (1.14%) Alteryx
10 24 (0.91%) Cloudera
10 24 (0.91%) Dell
10 24 (0.91%) ServiceNow
11 22 (0.84%) Intapp
12 20 (0.76%) Anaplan
13 13 (0.49%) iManage
13 13 (0.49%) Sage
14 12 (0.46%) Cognos
14 12 (0.46%) Genesys
14 12 (0.46%) HubSpot
14 12 (0.46%) Verint