Power BI Job Trends in the Midlands

Microsoft Power BI
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring Power BI skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 33 65 54
Rank change year-on-year +32 -11 -4
Permanent jobs citing Power BI 452 219 525
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 3.56% 4.30% 3.82%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 47.78% 29.16% 28.55%
Number of salaries quoted 215 183 433
10th Percentile £31,250 £35,250 £31,050
25th Percentile £39,000 £41,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £62,250 £61,250 £61,750
90th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £67,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £57,226 £55,000
% change year-on-year -3.89% +4.05% -

All Database & Business Intelligence Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 946 751 1,839
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 7.46% 14.73% 13.38%
Number of salaries quoted 630 523 1,373
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £32,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +10.00% -
75th Percentile £67,250 £67,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £75,000 £72,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £58,000
% change year-on-year -4.00% +7.76% -10.77%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Power BI job vacancy trend in the Midlands

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Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Power BI.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Power BI

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Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Power BI in the Midlands over the 6 months to 27 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Power BI in the Midlands

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Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Power BI within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 27 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
West Midlands +25 265 £47,292 -11.91% 48
East Midlands +23 186 £48,750 +8.33% 39
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England

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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 11 (2.43%) SharePoint
2 3 (0.66%) ArcGIS
2 3 (0.66%) WordPress
3 1 (0.22%) Apache
3 1 (0.22%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 237 (52.43%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (2.43%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (1.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.88%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (0.88%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.22%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.22%) Trello
Business Applications
1 7 (1.55%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.88%) Shopify
3 3 (0.66%) Magento
3 3 (0.66%) NetSuite
4 2 (0.44%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.44%) Visualfiles
5 1 (0.22%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.22%) SAP EHS
Cloud Services
1 452 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 261 (57.74%) Azure
3 176 (38.94%) Azure AI
4 42 (9.29%) Power Automate
5 40 (8.85%) PowerApps
6 35 (7.74%) Microsoft 365
7 24 (5.31%) Dynamics 365
8 23 (5.09%) Azure Data Factory
9 19 (4.20%) AWS
10 17 (3.76%) Snowflake
11 13 (2.88%) Microsoft Purview
12 10 (2.21%) GCP
13 7 (1.55%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 6 (1.33%) Azure DevOps
14 6 (1.33%) SaaS
15 5 (1.11%) Azure Logic Apps
16 4 (0.88%) Azure Stack
16 4 (0.88%) Smartsheet
17 3 (0.66%) Google Analytics
17 3 (0.66%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.22%) DHCP
1 1 (0.22%) DNS
1 1 (0.22%) Firewall
1 1 (0.22%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 210 (46.46%) Tableau
2 32 (7.08%) Power Query
3 27 (5.97%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 25 (5.53%) SQL Server
5 23 (5.09%) Data Warehouse
6 15 (3.32%) Star Schema
7 12 (2.65%) Relational Database
7 12 (2.65%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 7 (1.55%) Azure SQL Database
8 7 (1.55%) MySQL
9 6 (1.33%) Looker
10 5 (1.11%) Amazon Redshift
10 5 (1.11%) Semantic Layer
10 5 (1.11%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 4 (0.88%) Data Lake
11 4 (0.88%) QlikView
12 3 (0.66%) Amazon RDS
12 3 (0.66%) BigQuery
12 3 (0.66%) Delta Lake
13 2 (0.44%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 6 (1.33%) Git
2 5 (1.11%) JIRA
3 2 (0.44%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 1 (0.22%) Oracle Forms
4 1 (0.22%) Visual Studio
General
1 258 (57.08%) Social Skills
2 94 (20.80%) Analytical Skills
3 63 (13.94%) Finance
4 28 (6.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 22 (4.87%) Public Sector
6 20 (4.42%) Manufacturing
7 19 (4.20%) Retail
8 15 (3.32%) Law
9 14 (3.10%) Organisational Skills
10 9 (1.99%) Marketing
11 7 (1.55%) Legal
11 7 (1.55%) Pharmaceutical
11 7 (1.55%) Social Housing
12 6 (1.33%) Influencing Skills
13 3 (0.66%) Aerospace
13 3 (0.66%) Legal Technology
13 3 (0.66%) Presentation Skills
14 2 (0.44%) Billing
14 2 (0.44%) Local Government
15 1 (0.22%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 249 (55.09%) Analyst
2 210 (46.46%) Data Analyst
3 187 (41.37%) Junior
4 185 (40.93%) Junior Analyst
4 185 (40.93%) Junior Data Analyst
5 64 (14.16%) Developer
6 37 (8.19%) Business Intelligence Developer
7 30 (6.64%) Senior
8 28 (6.19%) Data Engineer
9 24 (5.31%) Business Intelligence Analyst
10 19 (4.20%) Power BI Developer
11 15 (3.32%) Power BI Analyst
12 14 (3.10%) Snowflake Data Engineer
12 14 (3.10%) Snowflake Engineer
13 13 (2.88%) Business Developer
13 13 (2.88%) Data Manager
13 13 (2.88%) Data Scientist
14 12 (2.65%) Systems Analyst
15 11 (2.43%) Lead
15 11 (2.43%) Power BI Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (3.54%) .NET
2 8 (1.77%) Pandas
3 7 (1.55%) PySpark
3 7 (1.55%) PyTorch
3 7 (1.55%) REST
3 7 (1.55%) scikit-learn
4 6 (1.33%) WinForms
4 6 (1.33%) XML
5 5 (1.11%) HTML
6 3 (0.66%) CSS
6 3 (0.66%) EDI
6 3 (0.66%) RESTful
7 2 (0.44%) JSON
7 2 (0.44%) React
7 2 (0.44%) Web Services
8 1 (0.22%) Matplotlib
8 1 (0.22%) Seaborn
8 1 (0.22%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 27 (5.97%) Management Information System
2 12 (2.65%) Analytical Mindset
3 9 (1.99%) Product Ownership
4 8 (1.77%) NHS
5 4 (0.88%) Data Structures
6 3 (0.66%) Cloud Native
6 3 (0.66%) e-Learning
6 3 (0.66%) Legacy Systems
6 3 (0.66%) Linux Command Line
6 3 (0.66%) Web Conferencing
7 2 (0.44%) Cyberattack
7 2 (0.44%) Driving Licence
7 2 (0.44%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (0.44%) FMCG
7 2 (0.44%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 2 (0.44%) Robotics
8 1 (0.22%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (0.22%) Distributed Architecture
8 1 (0.22%) Replication
8 1 (0.22%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 3 (0.66%) Linux
1 3 (0.66%) Windows
1 3 (0.66%) Windows Server
2 1 (0.22%) Windows Server 2016
2 1 (0.22%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 442 (97.79%) Business Intelligence
2 215 (47.57%) AI
3 139 (30.75%) Analytics
4 88 (19.47%) Problem-Solving
5 76 (16.81%) Decision-Making
6 64 (14.16%) Data Modelling
7 59 (13.05%) Visualisation
8 47 (10.40%) Continuous Improvement
8 47 (10.40%) ETL
9 44 (9.73%) Agile
10 42 (9.29%) Data Visualisation
11 41 (9.07%) Data Analysis
12 37 (8.19%) Data Governance
13 35 (7.74%) ERP
14 32 (7.08%) Actionable Insight
15 30 (6.64%) CRM
16 29 (6.42%) Data Management
16 29 (6.42%) Data-Driven Decision Making
17 28 (6.19%) Data Analytics
17 28 (6.19%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 328 (72.57%) SQL
2 229 (50.66%) Python
3 52 (11.50%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 21 (4.65%) C#
5 11 (2.43%) T-SQL
6 8 (1.77%) VBA
7 7 (1.55%) JavaScript
7 7 (1.55%) R
8 6 (1.33%) Delphi
9 1 (0.22%) PHP
9 1 (0.22%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 180 (39.82%) Azure Certification
2 53 (11.73%) Degree
3 14 (3.10%) Microsoft Certification
4 8 (1.77%) PMI Certification
4 8 (1.77%) PMP
4 8 (1.77%) Security Cleared
5 7 (1.55%) DBS Check
6 6 (1.33%) SC Cleared
7 3 (0.66%) CITP
7 3 (0.66%) CompTIA CySA+
7 3 (0.66%) CompTIA Security+
7 3 (0.66%) SSCP
8 2 (0.44%) ACCA
8 2 (0.44%) CIMA
8 2 (0.44%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (0.22%) A+ Certification
9 1 (0.22%) CCAB
9 1 (0.22%) CIPFA
9 1 (0.22%) MBA
9 1 (0.22%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (10.62%) Data Quality
2 36 (7.96%) GDPR
3 9 (1.99%) Accessibility
4 7 (1.55%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 6 (1.33%) QA
6 5 (1.11%) Actionable Recommendations
6 5 (1.11%) SLA
7 4 (0.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 3 (0.66%) ISO 9001
8 3 (0.66%) NIST
9 2 (0.44%) GRC
System Software
1 4 (0.88%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.44%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.22%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 274 (60.62%) Microsoft
2 24 (5.31%) Databricks
3 13 (2.88%) Google
3 13 (2.88%) Oracle
4 4 (0.88%) ESRI
4 4 (0.88%) SAP
5 3 (0.66%) HubSpot
5 3 (0.66%) SYSPRO
6 2 (0.44%) Cognos
6 2 (0.44%) OpenAI
7 1 (0.22%) Adobe
7 1 (0.22%) Alteryx
7 1 (0.22%) Civica
7 1 (0.22%) DocuSign
7 1 (0.22%) Informatica
7 1 (0.22%) Northgate
7 1 (0.22%) Orchard
7 1 (0.22%) QAD
7 1 (0.22%) Qualtrics
7 1 (0.22%) VMware