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

6 months to
23 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 51 80 63
Rank change year-on-year +29 -17 +14
Permanent jobs citing Power BI 2,499 1,530 3,304
As % of all permanent jobs in England 2.97% 3.82% 3.47%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 33.52% 23.09% 21.57%
Number of salaries quoted 1,364 1,137 2,638
10th Percentile £35,000 £35,000 £33,742
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £42,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -
75th Percentile £74,625 £71,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £86,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -3.51% +3.64% -

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 7,455 6,625 15,321
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 8.85% 16.54% 16.08%
Number of salaries quoted 5,032 4,422 11,547
10th Percentile £36,250 £35,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,750 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -11.54%
75th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £78,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £115,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -10.16%

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 23 June 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 23 June 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 +78 617 £45,000 -14.29% 125
London -9 616 £71,250 +1.79% 218
Midlands +25 444 £47,500 -6.36% 101
South East +31 402 £55,000 +4.76% 183
North West +69 282 £47,500 -13.64% 75
Yorkshire +61 270 £42,500 -15.00% 38
West Midlands +19 262 £47,085 -12.30% 56
South West +8 211 £42,500 -25.76% 55
East of England +35 188 £60,000 +42.86% 42
East Midlands +24 180 £48,750 +8.33% 44
North East -3 65 £42,000 -11.58% 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
1 165 (6.60%) SharePoint
2 47 (1.88%) Apache Spark
3 45 (1.80%) Apache Airflow
4 41 (1.64%) Microsoft Exchange
5 12 (0.48%) Apache
6 9 (0.36%) 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 (0.080%) Headless CMS
10 2 (0.080%) IIS
10 2 (0.080%) Luigi
10 2 (0.080%) Oracle Application Server
10 2 (0.080%) Palantir Foundry
10 2 (0.080%) Umbraco
11 1 (0.040%) Appian
11 1 (0.040%) Drupal
11 1 (0.040%) Mendix
Applications
1 1,188 (47.54%) Microsoft Excel
2 66 (2.64%) Microsoft Office
3 41 (1.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 27 (1.08%) Spreadsheet
5 26 (1.04%) Microsoft Project
6 25 (1.00%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.080%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 2 (0.080%) Chatbot
7 2 (0.080%) ProjectWise
7 2 (0.080%) Trello
8 1 (0.040%) Revit
Business Applications
1 45 (1.80%) Dynamics CRM
2 30 (1.20%) NetSuite
3 12 (0.48%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 8 (0.32%) SAP S/4HANA
5 7 (0.28%) Dynamics NAV
6 6 (0.24%) Dynamics AX
6 6 (0.24%) IBM Planning Analytics
6 6 (0.24%) SAP CO
7 5 (0.20%) SAP ERP
7 5 (0.20%) SAP PM
7 5 (0.20%) Shopify
8 4 (0.16%) Magento
9 3 (0.12%) Elite 3E
9 3 (0.12%) Integrated Workplace Management System
9 3 (0.12%) NEC Housing
9 3 (0.12%) Sage 200
9 3 (0.12%) Visualfiles
10 2 (0.080%) SAP HR
10 2 (0.080%) Unit4 Business World
10 2 (0.080%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 2,499 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 1,321 (52.86%) Azure
3 761 (30.45%) Azure AI
4 264 (10.56%) Power Automate
5 236 (9.44%) Microsoft 365
6 234 (9.36%) PowerApps
7 150 (6.00%) Dynamics 365
8 137 (5.48%) Azure Data Factory
9 129 (5.16%) AWS
10 117 (4.68%) Snowflake
11 113 (4.52%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 84 (3.36%) Azure DevOps
13 80 (3.20%) GCP
14 74 (2.96%) dbt
15 69 (2.76%) Microsoft Purview
16 64 (2.56%) Azure Logic Apps
17 63 (2.52%) SaaS
18 56 (2.24%) Entra ID
19 51 (2.04%) OneDrive
20 49 (1.96%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 17 (0.68%) Broadband
2 16 (0.64%) Firewall
3 10 (0.40%) DHCP
3 10 (0.40%) DNS
4 8 (0.32%) 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%) NAS
8 3 (0.12%) SMS
8 3 (0.12%) Wi-Fi
9 2 (0.080%) Internet
9 2 (0.080%) LAN
9 2 (0.080%) Modbus
9 2 (0.080%) MQTT
9 2 (0.080%) VLAN
10 1 (0.040%) Mobile Broadband
10 1 (0.040%) Softphone
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1,026 (41.06%) Tableau
2 187 (7.48%) Data Warehouse
3 162 (6.48%) SQL Server
4 122 (4.88%) Data Lake
5 119 (4.76%) Power Query
6 106 (4.24%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 71 (2.84%) Azure SQL Database
8 69 (2.76%) Looker
9 68 (2.72%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 56 (2.24%) Relational Database
11 53 (2.12%) BigQuery
12 40 (1.60%) Amazon Redshift
12 40 (1.60%) Metadata
12 40 (1.60%) Star Schema
13 38 (1.52%) Big Data
14 31 (1.24%) PostgreSQL
15 28 (1.12%) Snowflake Schema
16 27 (1.08%) MySQL
17 23 (0.92%) Elasticsearch
17 23 (0.92%) PowerPivot
Development Applications
1 56 (2.24%) Git
2 42 (1.68%) JIRA
3 27 (1.08%) MLflow
4 24 (0.96%) Visual Studio
5 15 (0.60%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 5 (0.20%) Jenkins
6 5 (0.20%) Oracle Forms
7 3 (0.12%) Postman
8 2 (0.080%) DBeaver
9 1 (0.040%) Browser DevTools
9 1 (0.040%) ERwin
9 1 (0.040%) NUnit
9 1 (0.040%) PowerDesigner
9 1 (0.040%) Selenium
9 1 (0.040%) Toad
General
1 1,385 (55.42%) Social Skills
2 545 (21.81%) Analytical Skills
3 526 (21.05%) Finance
4 125 (5.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 114 (4.56%) Law
6 103 (4.12%) Public Sector
7 97 (3.88%) Marketing
8 91 (3.64%) Retail
9 89 (3.56%) Legal
10 73 (2.92%) Manufacturing
11 69 (2.76%) Organisational Skills
12 36 (1.44%) Documentation Skills
13 31 (1.24%) Influencing Skills
14 28 (1.12%) Banking
15 27 (1.08%) Presentation Skills
15 27 (1.08%) Telecoms
16 21 (0.84%) Military
17 20 (0.80%) Social Housing
18 18 (0.72%) Automotive
18 18 (0.72%) Billing
Job Titles
1 1,297 (51.90%) Analyst
2 968 (38.74%) Data Analyst
3 781 (31.25%) Junior
4 775 (31.01%) Junior Analyst
5 762 (30.49%) Junior Data Analyst
6 274 (10.96%) Senior
7 261 (10.44%) Developer
8 151 (6.04%) Data Engineer
9 137 (5.48%) Lead
10 90 (3.60%) Business Intelligence Analyst
11 81 (3.24%) Business Intelligence Developer
12 74 (2.96%) Business Analyst
13 73 (2.92%) Architect
13 73 (2.92%) Data Manager
14 65 (2.60%) Senior Analyst
15 64 (2.56%) Systems Analyst
16 62 (2.48%) Power BI Analyst
17 59 (2.36%) Financial Analyst
18 57 (2.28%) Power Platform Developer
19 54 (2.16%) Power BI Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 99 (3.96%) .NET
2 55 (2.20%) HTML
3 53 (2.12%) CSS
4 51 (2.04%) PySpark
5 49 (1.96%) JSON
6 47 (1.88%) REST
7 42 (1.68%) HTML5 Canvas
8 36 (1.44%) Kafka
9 35 (1.40%) .NET Core
10 32 (1.28%) XML
11 30 (1.20%) PyTorch
11 30 (1.20%) scikit-learn
12 25 (1.00%) Microsoft Graph
13 24 (0.96%) Middleware
13 24 (0.96%) TensorFlow
14 23 (0.92%) LangChain
14 23 (0.92%) LlamaIndex
14 23 (0.92%) pgvector
15 20 (0.80%) SPFx
16 19 (0.76%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 110 (4.40%) Management Information System
2 75 (3.00%) Data Structures
3 54 (2.16%) Analytical Mindset
4 51 (2.04%) Cloud Native
5 41 (1.64%) Onboarding
6 35 (1.40%) Self-Motivation
7 34 (1.36%) Product Ownership
8 31 (1.24%) Legacy Systems
9 26 (1.04%) Clustering
9 26 (1.04%) Public Cloud
10 23 (0.92%) Low-Code
11 21 (0.84%) NHS
12 19 (0.76%) Social Media
13 18 (0.72%) Enterprise Cloud
14 15 (0.60%) Enterprise Software
14 15 (0.60%) Greenfield Project
15 14 (0.56%) Driving Licence
16 12 (0.48%) FMCG
17 11 (0.44%) AI Agents
18 10 (0.40%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 42 (1.68%) Windows
2 21 (0.84%) Windows Server
3 18 (0.72%) Linux
4 11 (0.44%) VMS
5 6 (0.24%) Unix
6 3 (0.12%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.12%) Windows 10
6 3 (0.12%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (0.080%) Android
7 2 (0.080%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.040%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.040%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,355 (94.24%) Business Intelligence
2 1,053 (42.14%) AI
3 688 (27.53%) Analytics
4 452 (18.09%) Decision-Making
5 423 (16.93%) Problem-Solving
6 395 (15.81%) Data Modelling
7 324 (12.97%) Visualisation
8 314 (12.57%) Continuous Improvement
9 253 (10.12%) ETL
10 248 (9.92%) Agile
11 240 (9.60%) Data Governance
12 230 (9.20%) Data Visualisation
13 216 (8.64%) ERP
14 213 (8.52%) Data Engineering
15 212 (8.48%) Data Analysis
16 210 (8.40%) Actionable Insight
17 189 (7.56%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 185 (7.40%) CRM
19 180 (7.20%) Data Pipeline
20 179 (7.16%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 1,682 (67.31%) SQL
2 1,133 (45.34%) Python
3 156 (6.24%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 137 (5.48%) C#
5 93 (3.72%) JavaScript
6 77 (3.08%) PowerShell
7 65 (2.60%) VBA
8 56 (2.24%) T-SQL
9 41 (1.64%) R
10 26 (1.04%) TypeScript
11 19 (0.76%) Kusto Query Language
12 14 (0.56%) Scala
13 13 (0.52%) Java
14 9 (0.36%) VBScript
15 7 (0.28%) VB
16 6 (0.24%) Bicep
16 6 (0.24%) Delphi
16 6 (0.24%) Julia
17 4 (0.16%) PHP
17 4 (0.16%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 788 (31.53%) Azure Certification
2 263 (10.52%) Degree
3 93 (3.72%) Security Cleared
4 86 (3.44%) ACCA
5 82 (3.28%) CIMA
6 74 (2.96%) SC Cleared
7 47 (1.88%) Microsoft Certification
8 35 (1.40%) DBS Check
9 31 (1.24%) Computer Science Degree
10 29 (1.16%) PMI Certification
10 29 (1.16%) PMP
11 24 (0.96%) AAT
12 23 (0.92%) Master's Degree
13 11 (0.44%) CompTIA Security+
14 10 (0.40%) CompTIA CySA+
14 10 (0.40%) SSCP
15 9 (0.36%) MBA
16 7 (0.28%) APMP
16 7 (0.28%) HND
16 7 (0.28%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 307 (12.28%) Data Quality
2 123 (4.92%) GDPR
3 77 (3.08%) QA
4 47 (1.88%) SLA
5 39 (1.56%) Accessibility
6 38 (1.52%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 36 (1.44%) PMO
8 28 (1.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 17 (0.68%) TickIT
10 16 (0.64%) Actionable Recommendations
10 16 (0.64%) NIST
11 13 (0.52%) GRC
12 10 (0.40%) IFRS
13 5 (0.20%) GAAP
14 4 (0.16%) IFRS 17
14 4 (0.16%) ISO 9001
14 4 (0.16%) ITGC
14 4 (0.16%) NIST 800
14 4 (0.16%) PERC
15 2 (0.080%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 55 (2.20%) Active Directory
2 15 (0.60%) 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 (0.080%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.080%) IAG
7 2 (0.080%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 22 (0.88%) Terraform
2 13 (0.52%) Kubernetes
3 10 (0.40%) FortiGate
3 10 (0.40%) Microsoft Intune
4 5 (0.20%) SCCM
5 4 (0.16%) Ansible
5 4 (0.16%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.080%) Control-M
6 2 (0.080%) Microsoft Clustering
7 1 (0.040%) Grafana
7 1 (0.040%) MOM
7 1 (0.040%) SQL Sentry
7 1 (0.040%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 1,401 (56.06%) Microsoft
2 173 (6.92%) Databricks
3 98 (3.92%) SAP
4 83 (3.32%) Oracle
5 59 (2.36%) Google
6 41 (1.64%) Salesforce
7 31 (1.24%) Adobe
8 30 (1.20%) Informatica
9 27 (1.08%) Alteryx
10 24 (0.96%) Cloudera
10 24 (0.96%) Sage
11 23 (0.92%) Dell
12 22 (0.88%) Intapp
13 21 (0.84%) ServiceNow
14 17 (0.68%) Concur
15 14 (0.56%) Cognos
16 13 (0.52%) iManage
17 11 (0.44%) HubSpot
18 10 (0.40%) Aderant
18 10 (0.40%) Yardi