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

6 months to
11 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 79 71 80
Rank change year-on-year -8 +9 -19
Permanent jobs citing Power BI 2,171 1,672 1,974
As % of all permanent jobs in England 2.09% 3.89% 3.05%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 27.94% 26.95% 19.07%
Number of salaries quoted 1,500 1,175 1,210
10th Percentile £34,613 £32,004 £37,725
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £46,810
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - -8.33% +4.35%
75th Percentile £72,500 £70,000 £76,522
90th Percentile £87,500 £87,500 £93,275
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% +9.09%

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 7,770 6,205 10,352
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 7.47% 14.42% 15.98%
Number of salaries quoted 5,410 3,989 5,910
10th Percentile £37,500 £33,750 £38,750
25th Percentile £45,750 £43,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - -7.69% +4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,500 £90,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £110,000 £117,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - -7.69% +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

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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 October 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 October 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 -21 753 £65,000 -5.11% 1,096
North of England +53 470 £46,500 -12.26% 383
Midlands +3 338 £53,000 +10.42% 269
South East -50 272 £55,000 +10.00% 377
North West +46 248 £50,000 -9.09% 239
West Midlands +4 217 £55,000 +4.76% 174
South West -30 190 £42,500 -12.82% 143
Yorkshire +33 147 £43,000 -10.42% 108
East of England -39 125 £52,000 +30.00% 165
East Midlands +1 121 £47,500 +5.56% 95
North East -10 75 £45,000 +5.88% 37
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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
1 211 (9.72%) SharePoint
2 30 (1.38%) Apache Spark
3 22 (1.01%) Apache Airflow
4 18 (0.83%) Apache
4 18 (0.83%) Microsoft Exchange
5 10 (0.46%) Confluence
6 8 (0.37%) CMS
6 8 (0.37%) WordPress
7 5 (0.23%) IIS
7 5 (0.23%) Oracle Workflow
7 5 (0.23%) SAS
8 4 (0.18%) Luigi
9 3 (0.14%) Appian
9 3 (0.14%) ArcGIS
10 2 (0.092%) Oracle Application Server
10 2 (0.092%) Tornado
10 2 (0.092%) Umbraco
11 1 (0.046%) Headless CMS
11 1 (0.046%) Moodle
11 1 (0.046%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 637 (29.34%) Microsoft Excel
2 73 (3.36%) Microsoft Office
3 37 (1.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 20 (0.92%) Spreadsheet
5 16 (0.74%) Chatbot
5 16 (0.74%) MS Visio
6 13 (0.60%) Microsoft Project
7 10 (0.46%) ProjectWise
8 7 (0.32%) Notion
9 5 (0.23%) Revit
10 4 (0.18%) Navisworks
11 3 (0.14%) AutoCAD
12 2 (0.092%) SPSS
13 1 (0.046%) Adobe Illustrator
13 1 (0.046%) Civil 3D
13 1 (0.046%) InDesign
13 1 (0.046%) Inkscape
Business Applications
1 59 (2.72%) Dynamics CRM
2 47 (2.16%) NetSuite
3 18 (0.83%) Dynamics NAV
4 15 (0.69%) Elite 3E
5 12 (0.55%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 11 (0.51%) Carpe Diem
6 11 (0.51%) SAP S/4HANA
7 9 (0.41%) IBM Planning Analytics
7 9 (0.41%) Visualfiles
8 8 (0.37%) Workday HCM
9 7 (0.32%) Infor M3
10 5 (0.23%) SystmOne
11 4 (0.18%) Dynamics GP
12 3 (0.14%) Integrated Workplace Management System
12 3 (0.14%) Payment Gateway
13 2 (0.092%) FastStats
13 2 (0.092%) Sage 200
13 2 (0.092%) SAP Business One
13 2 (0.092%) Shopify
14 1 (0.046%) SAP EHS
Cloud Services
1 2,171 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 771 (35.51%) Azure
3 294 (13.54%) Power Automate
4 281 (12.94%) PowerApps
5 245 (11.29%) Microsoft 365
6 184 (8.48%) Dynamics 365
7 168 (7.74%) Azure Data Factory
8 163 (7.51%) AWS
8 163 (7.51%) Azure AI
9 141 (6.49%) Azure DevOps
10 106 (4.88%) Microsoft Copilot
11 99 (4.56%) Snowflake
12 87 (4.01%) SaaS
13 85 (3.92%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 80 (3.68%) GCP
15 76 (3.50%) Microsoft Purview
16 55 (2.53%) Azure Logic Apps
17 54 (2.49%) Google Analytics
18 53 (2.44%) Entra ID
19 50 (2.30%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 17 (0.78%) Firewall
2 13 (0.60%) Broadband
3 8 (0.37%) LAN
3 8 (0.37%) WAN
4 7 (0.32%) DNS
4 7 (0.32%) VPN
5 5 (0.23%) Network Security
5 5 (0.23%) SMS
6 4 (0.18%) LTE
6 4 (0.18%) MQTT
7 3 (0.14%) DHCP
8 2 (0.092%) Intranet
8 2 (0.092%) VLAN
8 2 (0.092%) Wireless
9 1 (0.046%) IP Telephony
9 1 (0.046%) Modbus
9 1 (0.046%) SAN
9 1 (0.046%) SNMP
9 1 (0.046%) VoIP
9 1 (0.046%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 453 (20.87%) Tableau
2 242 (11.15%) Data Warehouse
3 163 (7.51%) SQL Server
4 127 (5.85%) Power Query
5 126 (5.80%) Data Lake
6 125 (5.76%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 105 (4.84%) Azure SQL Database
8 77 (3.55%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 74 (3.41%) Relational Database
10 71 (3.27%) Metadata
11 60 (2.76%) Looker
12 52 (2.40%) Star Schema
13 33 (1.52%) NoSQL
14 31 (1.43%) Big Data
14 31 (1.43%) Semantic Layer
15 29 (1.34%) BigQuery
16 26 (1.20%) Delta Lake
16 26 (1.20%) MySQL
17 21 (0.97%) MongoDB
17 21 (0.97%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 103 (4.74%) Git
2 48 (2.21%) JIRA
3 15 (0.69%) Jenkins
4 11 (0.51%) Visual Studio
5 9 (0.41%) GitLab
6 8 (0.37%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 5 (0.23%) MLflow
8 4 (0.18%) Oracle Forms
9 2 (0.092%) Ant
9 2 (0.092%) Apache Ivy
9 2 (0.092%) Browser DevTools
9 2 (0.092%) IBM UrbanCode
9 2 (0.092%) Maven
9 2 (0.092%) Visual Studio Code
10 1 (0.046%) Burp Suite
10 1 (0.046%) Claude Code
10 1 (0.046%) ER Studio
10 1 (0.046%) ERwin
10 1 (0.046%) kappa
10 1 (0.046%) Selenium
General
1 940 (43.30%) Social Skills
2 716 (32.98%) Finance
3 630 (29.02%) Analytical Skills
4 154 (7.09%) Legal
5 152 (7.00%) Law
6 139 (6.40%) Marketing
7 135 (6.22%) Organisational Skills
8 129 (5.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 128 (5.90%) Manufacturing
10 125 (5.76%) Public Sector
11 122 (5.62%) Retail
12 65 (2.99%) Banking
13 50 (2.30%) Documentation Skills
14 39 (1.80%) Billing
15 37 (1.70%) Influencing Skills
16 31 (1.43%) Presentation Skills
17 28 (1.29%) Telecoms
18 26 (1.20%) Advertising
19 25 (1.15%) Military
20 24 (1.11%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 679 (31.28%) Analyst
2 368 (16.95%) Data Analyst
3 303 (13.96%) Developer
4 269 (12.39%) Senior
5 197 (9.07%) Data Engineer
6 169 (7.78%) Lead
7 167 (7.69%) Junior
8 159 (7.32%) Junior Analyst
9 145 (6.68%) Junior Data Analyst
10 88 (4.05%) Architect
11 85 (3.92%) Business Intelligence Developer
12 77 (3.55%) Data Manager
13 71 (3.27%) Business Intelligence Analyst
14 70 (3.22%) Consultant
15 67 (3.09%) Business Analyst
15 67 (3.09%) Senior Analyst
16 65 (2.99%) Systems Analyst
17 61 (2.81%) Data Architect
18 58 (2.67%) Senior Data Engineer
19 57 (2.63%) Power Platform Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 95 (4.38%) .NET
2 70 (3.22%) PySpark
3 66 (3.04%) REST
4 62 (2.86%) HTML
5 50 (2.30%) CSS
6 35 (1.61%) Terraform
7 32 (1.47%) JSON
8 28 (1.29%) Kafka
9 24 (1.11%) .NET Core
9 24 (1.11%) HTML5 Canvas
10 23 (1.06%) XML
11 21 (0.97%) EDI
12 20 (0.92%) Microsoft Graph
13 18 (0.83%) ASP.NET
13 18 (0.83%) Middleware
14 16 (0.74%) React
15 15 (0.69%) HTML5
15 15 (0.69%) Pandas
16 13 (0.60%) Playwright
17 12 (0.55%) NumPy
Miscellaneous
1 188 (8.66%) Management Information System
2 77 (3.55%) Data Structures
3 62 (2.86%) Onboarding
4 61 (2.81%) Product Ownership
5 55 (2.53%) Self-Motivation
6 36 (1.66%) Analytical Mindset
7 35 (1.61%) Enterprise Software
8 34 (1.57%) Greenfield Project
9 32 (1.47%) AI Agents
9 32 (1.47%) Legacy Systems
10 27 (1.24%) Cloud Native
10 27 (1.24%) Driving Licence
11 26 (1.20%) NHS
12 24 (1.11%) Low-Code
13 23 (1.06%) FMCG
14 20 (0.92%) Educational Technology
15 19 (0.88%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
15 19 (0.88%) Social Media
16 16 (0.74%) Reference Data
17 15 (0.69%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 54 (2.49%) Windows
2 24 (1.11%) Linux
3 13 (0.60%) Windows Server
4 6 (0.28%) Windows Server 2019
5 2 (0.092%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.092%) macOS
5 2 (0.092%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (0.092%) Solaris
5 2 (0.092%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.046%) Android
6 1 (0.046%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,062 (94.98%) Business Intelligence
2 799 (36.80%) Analytics
3 686 (31.60%) AI
4 617 (28.42%) Problem-Solving
5 585 (26.95%) Decision-Making
6 491 (22.62%) Continuous Improvement
7 476 (21.93%) Data Modelling
8 391 (18.01%) Visualisation
9 361 (16.63%) Stakeholder Management
10 330 (15.20%) Agile
11 309 (14.23%) Data Governance
12 303 (13.96%) ETL
13 282 (12.99%) Actionable Insight
14 266 (12.25%) Data Engineering
15 259 (11.93%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 257 (11.84%) Data Visualisation
17 253 (11.65%) ERP
18 247 (11.38%) Data Analysis
19 242 (11.15%) Dashboard Development
20 230 (10.59%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 1,219 (56.15%) SQL
2 601 (27.68%) Python
3 184 (8.48%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 171 (7.88%) C#
5 121 (5.57%) JavaScript
6 59 (2.72%) PowerShell
7 51 (2.35%) R
8 46 (2.12%) T-SQL
9 38 (1.75%) VBA
10 27 (1.24%) Java
11 22 (1.01%) TypeScript
12 21 (0.97%) Scala
13 12 (0.55%) Kusto Query Language
14 9 (0.41%) PHP
15 8 (0.37%) Bicep
15 8 (0.37%) C++
16 5 (0.23%) VB.NET
17 4 (0.18%) VB
17 4 (0.18%) XAML
18 3 (0.14%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 290 (13.36%) Degree
2 184 (8.48%) Azure Certification
3 130 (5.99%) Security Cleared
4 106 (4.88%) SC Cleared
5 92 (4.24%) ACCA
6 87 (4.01%) CIMA
7 52 (2.40%) Microsoft Certification
8 32 (1.47%) PMI Certification
9 31 (1.43%) DBS Check
10 30 (1.38%) PMP
11 19 (0.88%) AAT
11 19 (0.88%) Computer Science Degree
12 17 (0.78%) BPSS Clearance
13 13 (0.60%) Master's Degree
14 9 (0.41%) AWS Certification
14 9 (0.41%) CFA
14 9 (0.41%) DV Cleared
15 8 (0.37%) CIPD
15 8 (0.37%) CISSP
16 7 (0.32%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 519 (23.91%) Data Quality
2 151 (6.96%) GDPR
3 92 (4.24%) QA
4 68 (3.13%) Accessibility
5 36 (1.66%) PMO
6 30 (1.38%) Actionable Recommendations
7 27 (1.24%) SLA
8 24 (1.11%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 24 (1.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 11 (0.51%) ISO 9001
10 10 (0.46%) Cyber Essentials
10 10 (0.46%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 10 (0.46%) GRC
11 8 (0.37%) NIST
12 7 (0.32%) GAAP
12 7 (0.32%) ISO 19650
12 7 (0.32%) PERC
13 6 (0.28%) TickIT
14 4 (0.18%) NEBOSH
14 4 (0.18%) SOC 2
System Software
1 31 (1.43%) Docker
2 23 (1.06%) Active Directory
3 6 (0.28%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (0.092%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.092%) IAG
4 2 (0.092%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.046%) BitLocker
5 1 (0.046%) Firmware
5 1 (0.046%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.046%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.046%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 24 (1.11%) Kubernetes
2 17 (0.78%) Microsoft Intune
3 10 (0.46%) FortiGate
4 7 (0.32%) EnCase
4 7 (0.32%) FTK
5 6 (0.28%) Single Sign-On
6 4 (0.18%) Argo
7 3 (0.14%) SQL Sentry
8 2 (0.092%) Ansible
8 2 (0.092%) Microsoft Clustering
8 2 (0.092%) Progress Chef
8 2 (0.092%) Puppet
9 1 (0.046%) EMC NetWorker
9 1 (0.046%) Grafana
9 1 (0.046%) MOM
9 1 (0.046%) PaperCut
9 1 (0.046%) SCCM
9 1 (0.046%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 980 (45.14%) Microsoft
2 181 (8.34%) Databricks
3 106 (4.88%) SAP
4 85 (3.92%) Google
5 83 (3.82%) Oracle
6 47 (2.16%) Salesforce
7 31 (1.43%) Sage
7 31 (1.43%) ServiceNow
8 30 (1.38%) Alteryx
9 26 (1.20%) Informatica
10 21 (0.97%) Intapp
11 18 (0.83%) Concur
11 18 (0.83%) YouTube
12 14 (0.64%) Workday
13 12 (0.55%) Aderant
14 11 (0.51%) Adobe
14 11 (0.51%) Cognos
14 11 (0.51%) HP
15 10 (0.46%) OpenAI
15 10 (0.46%) Talend