Power BI Job Trends in Manchester

Microsoft Power BI
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Manchester requiring Power BI skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 65 62 62
Rank change year-on-year -3 0 +23
Permanent jobs citing Power BI 74 106 89
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 2.68% 3.86% 3.92%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 26.06% 21.37% 19.73%
Number of salaries quoted 53 54 83
10th Percentile £31,850 £38,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,000 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -16.67% +26.32%
75th Percentile £67,500 £59,313 £71,250
90th Percentile £77,500 £72,345 £75,000
North West median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - - +11.11%

All Database & Business Intelligence Skills
Manchester

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 Manchester.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 284 496 451
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 10.27% 18.08% 19.88%
Number of salaries quoted 225 224 375
10th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £36,172
25th Percentile £46,250 £43,750 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -12.50% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £87,000 £87,500 £87,500
North West median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £52,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% +0.96% -0.95%

Power BI
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Power BI relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Power BI job vacancy trend in Manchester

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Salary Trend in Manchester

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Power BI.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Power BI

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Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Power BI in Manchester over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Power BI in Manchester

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Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Power BI within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 1 January 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
Altrincham - 5 £27,500 -
Oldham - 5 £42,000 - 1
Bolton +7 2 £51,250 +28.13% 1
Stockport +5 1 £50,000 +5.26%
Cheadle - 1 £55,000 -
Salford - 1 £45,000 - 3
Power BI
North West

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester 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 6 (8.11%) SharePoint
2 5 (6.76%) WordPress
3 1 (1.35%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 33 (44.59%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (10.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (6.76%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (6.76%) NEC Housing
2 1 (1.35%) SAP ERP
2 1 (1.35%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 74 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 25 (33.78%) Azure
3 10 (13.51%) Cloud Computing
4 8 (10.81%) Microsoft 365
4 8 (10.81%) Power Automate
5 7 (9.46%) Dynamics 365
5 7 (9.46%) Snowflake
6 6 (8.11%) Azure Data Factory
6 6 (8.11%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 6 (8.11%) Entra ID
6 6 (8.11%) OneDrive
7 5 (6.76%) Azure AI
8 3 (4.05%) PowerApps
9 2 (2.70%) Intacct
9 2 (2.70%) Workato
10 1 (1.35%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.35%) VPN
1 1 (1.35%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (17.57%) Tableau
2 8 (10.81%) SQL Server
3 7 (9.46%) Data Warehouse
3 7 (9.46%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 7 (9.46%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 5 (6.76%) Azure SQL Database
4 5 (6.76%) Data Vault
4 5 (6.76%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 4 (5.41%) BusinessObjects
5 4 (5.41%) Data Lake
5 4 (5.41%) Data Mining
6 3 (4.05%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
7 2 (2.70%) Snowflake Schema
8 1 (1.35%) Amazon Redshift
8 1 (1.35%) Power Query
8 1 (1.35%) Qlik Sense
8 1 (1.35%) QlikView
8 1 (1.35%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 6 (8.11%) GitLab
2 1 (1.35%) JIRA
General
1 32 (43.24%) Social Skills
2 31 (41.89%) Finance
3 26 (35.14%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (10.81%) Manufacturing
5 7 (9.46%) Banking
6 6 (8.11%) Law
6 6 (8.11%) Presentation Skills
6 6 (8.11%) Retail
7 5 (6.76%) Investment Banking
8 4 (5.41%) Advertising
9 3 (4.05%) Marketing
9 3 (4.05%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (4.05%) Pharmaceutical
9 3 (4.05%) Public Sector
9 3 (4.05%) Telecoms
10 2 (2.70%) Games
10 2 (2.70%) Military
11 1 (1.35%) Billing
11 1 (1.35%) Electronics
11 1 (1.35%) Legal
Job Titles
1 35 (47.30%) Analyst
2 16 (21.62%) Senior
3 9 (12.16%) Data Analyst
3 9 (12.16%) Developer
4 8 (10.81%) Financial Analyst
5 7 (9.46%) Applications Support
5 7 (9.46%) Data Engineer
5 7 (9.46%) Senior Analyst
5 7 (9.46%) Senior Applications Support
6 6 (8.11%) Snowflake Developer
7 5 (6.76%) Applications Support Analyst
7 5 (6.76%) Business Intelligence Analyst
7 5 (6.76%) Commercial Analyst
7 5 (6.76%) IT Support
7 5 (6.76%) Junior
7 5 (6.76%) Junior Data Analyst
7 5 (6.76%) Senior Applications Support Analyst
7 5 (6.76%) Senior Support Analyst
7 5 (6.76%) Support Analyst
7 5 (6.76%) Support Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (6.76%) HTML
2 3 (4.05%) Snowpark
3 2 (2.70%) .NET
3 2 (2.70%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 10 (13.51%) Analytical Mindset
2 9 (12.16%) Social Media
3 6 (8.11%) Product Ownership
4 5 (6.76%) Data Structures
4 5 (6.76%) Onboarding
4 5 (6.76%) Video Conferencing
5 2 (2.70%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (2.70%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.35%) Algorithms
6 1 (1.35%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 13 (17.57%) Windows
2 6 (8.11%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 71 (95.95%) Business Intelligence
2 20 (27.03%) Decision-Making
3 18 (24.32%) Data Analysis
4 17 (22.97%) Analytics
5 15 (20.27%) Agile
6 14 (18.92%) Actionable Insight
6 14 (18.92%) Problem-Solving
7 13 (17.57%) Process Improvement
8 12 (16.22%) AI
8 12 (16.22%) Budgeting and Forecasting
8 12 (16.22%) Data Modelling
9 11 (14.86%) Data Management
9 11 (14.86%) Stakeholder Management
10 10 (13.51%) Data Pipeline
10 10 (13.51%) Financial Modelling
11 9 (12.16%) Commercial Awareness
11 9 (12.16%) Continuous Improvement
11 9 (12.16%) Data Science
11 9 (12.16%) ERP
11 9 (12.16%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 40 (54.05%) SQL
2 15 (20.27%) Python
3 6 (8.11%) ANSI SQL
3 6 (8.11%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 4 (5.41%) VBA
5 3 (4.05%) T-SQL
6 2 (2.70%) C#
Qualifications
1 12 (16.22%) Degree
2 9 (12.16%) DBS Check
3 8 (10.81%) ACCA
3 8 (10.81%) CIMA
4 5 (6.76%) A+ Certification
4 5 (6.76%) Azure Certification
5 3 (4.05%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (2.70%) PMI Certification
6 2 (2.70%) PMP
7 1 (1.35%) AAT
7 1 (1.35%) DV Cleared
7 1 (1.35%) Master's Degree
7 1 (1.35%) MBA
7 1 (1.35%) SAP Certification
7 1 (1.35%) Security Cleared
7 1 (1.35%) Six Sigma Green Belt
7 1 (1.35%) Tableau Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (9.46%) Data Quality
2 5 (6.76%) Cyber Essentials
2 5 (6.76%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 5 (6.76%) QA
3 3 (4.05%) SLA
4 2 (2.70%) Accessibility
5 1 (1.35%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (1.35%) GDPR
5 1 (1.35%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (1.35%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 6 (8.11%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 35 (47.30%) Microsoft
2 6 (8.11%) Oracle
3 5 (6.76%) Northgate
4 4 (5.41%) Facebook
5 3 (4.05%) Anaplan
5 3 (4.05%) Concur
5 3 (4.05%) SAP
6 2 (2.70%) Genesys
6 2 (2.70%) Sage
6 2 (2.70%) ServiceNow
6 2 (2.70%) UiPath
6 2 (2.70%) Verint
7 1 (1.35%) Adaptive Insights
7 1 (1.35%) Ariba
7 1 (1.35%) Cognos
7 1 (1.35%) Databricks
7 1 (1.35%) Salesforce