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

 6 months to
3 Apr 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 39 71 39
Rank change year-on-year +32 -32 +21
Permanent jobs citing Power BI 433 185 502
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 3.95% 3.84% 4.72%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 48.76% 26.39% 28.64%
Number of salaries quoted 194 163 424
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £30,330
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,085 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.83% +5.26% -
75th Percentile £61,813 £63,750 £61,250
90th Percentile £76,750 £69,750 £67,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -0.08%

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 888 701 1,753
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 8.09% 14.53% 16.47%
Number of salaries quoted 564 534 1,428
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,750 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,250 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.82% +10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £72,500 £72,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +13.04% -11.54%

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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 3 April 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 3 April 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 +25 256 £47,085 -10.32% 72
East Midlands +26 175 £47,500 +10.47% 54
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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 19 (4.39%) SharePoint
2 3 (0.69%) Apache Airflow
2 3 (0.69%) ArcGIS
3 2 (0.46%) CMS
3 2 (0.46%) Umbraco
4 1 (0.23%) Apache
4 1 (0.23%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.23%) Confluence
4 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.23%) WordPress
Applications
1 242 (55.89%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (1.85%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (1.15%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (0.92%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.92%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.69%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.46%) Trello
Business Applications
1 5 (1.15%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.46%) NetSuite
2 2 (0.46%) Shopify
3 1 (0.23%) Magento
3 1 (0.23%) Odoo
3 1 (0.23%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 433 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 287 (66.28%) Azure
3 187 (43.19%) Azure AI
4 36 (8.31%) Azure Data Factory
5 27 (6.24%) Power Automate
6 23 (5.31%) PowerApps
7 22 (5.08%) Dynamics 365
8 18 (4.16%) Microsoft 365
8 18 (4.16%) Snowflake
9 15 (3.46%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 11 (2.54%) AWS
11 9 (2.08%) Azure DevOps
11 9 (2.08%) GCP
12 6 (1.39%) Azure Logic Apps
12 6 (1.39%) Microsoft Copilot
13 5 (1.15%) Smartsheet
14 3 (0.69%) Azure Functions
14 3 (0.69%) Azure Service Bus
14 3 (0.69%) Copilot Studio
14 3 (0.69%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.46%) DHCP
1 2 (0.46%) DNS
1 2 (0.46%) Intranet
2 1 (0.23%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 214 (49.42%) Tableau
2 38 (8.78%) SQL Server
3 35 (8.08%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 28 (6.47%) Power Query
5 23 (5.31%) Data Warehouse
6 14 (3.23%) Data Lake
6 14 (3.23%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 11 (2.54%) Relational Database
8 9 (2.08%) Azure SQL Database
9 8 (1.85%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
9 8 (1.85%) Star Schema
10 5 (1.15%) Looker
11 4 (0.92%) Data Mining
12 3 (0.69%) Amazon Redshift
12 3 (0.69%) BigQuery
12 3 (0.69%) Crystal Reports
12 3 (0.69%) MySQL
12 3 (0.69%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 2 (0.46%) BusinessObjects
13 2 (0.46%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 7 (1.62%) Git
2 6 (1.39%) JIRA
3 2 (0.46%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 1 (0.23%) GitLab
4 1 (0.23%) Visual Studio
General
1 251 (57.97%) Social Skills
2 79 (18.24%) Analytical Skills
3 63 (14.55%) Finance
4 23 (5.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 21 (4.85%) Public Sector
6 16 (3.70%) Retail
7 14 (3.23%) Manufacturing
8 11 (2.54%) Marketing
9 9 (2.08%) Law
10 8 (1.85%) Legal
11 7 (1.62%) Organisational Skills
12 6 (1.39%) Pharmaceutical
13 4 (0.92%) Influencing Skills
13 4 (0.92%) Presentation Skills
14 3 (0.69%) Aerospace
14 3 (0.69%) Billing
14 3 (0.69%) Electronics
14 3 (0.69%) Spanish Language
15 2 (0.46%) Local Government
15 2 (0.46%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 248 (57.27%) Analyst
2 218 (50.35%) Data Analyst
3 197 (45.50%) Junior
4 195 (45.03%) Junior Analyst
4 195 (45.03%) Junior Data Analyst
5 71 (16.40%) Developer
6 37 (8.55%) Business Intelligence Developer
7 28 (6.47%) Data Engineer
8 26 (6.00%) Business Developer
8 26 (6.00%) Senior
9 25 (5.77%) Business Intelligence Analyst
10 18 (4.16%) Power BI Developer
11 15 (3.46%) Snowflake Data Engineer
11 15 (3.46%) Snowflake Engineer
12 14 (3.23%) Senior Analyst
13 12 (2.77%) Data Scientist
14 11 (2.54%) Architect
14 11 (2.54%) Power BI Analyst
15 10 (2.31%) Azure Data Engineer
15 10 (2.31%) Systems Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (4.16%) .NET
2 15 (3.46%) XML
3 11 (2.54%) WinForms
4 9 (2.08%) EDI
5 8 (1.85%) Pandas
6 7 (1.62%) JSON
6 7 (1.62%) PyTorch
7 6 (1.39%) PySpark
7 6 (1.39%) scikit-learn
8 4 (0.92%) REST
9 3 (0.69%) CSS
9 3 (0.69%) HTML
10 2 (0.46%) .NET Framework
10 2 (0.46%) ASP.NET
10 2 (0.46%) ASP.NET Core
10 2 (0.46%) Razor View Engine
11 1 (0.23%) EDIFACT
11 1 (0.23%) React
11 1 (0.23%) RESTful
11 1 (0.23%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 16 (3.70%) Analytical Mindset
1 16 (3.70%) Management Information System
2 4 (0.92%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (0.46%) Cloud Native
3 2 (0.46%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (0.23%) 3D Printing
4 1 (0.23%) Data Structures
4 1 (0.23%) FMCG
4 1 (0.23%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 1 (0.23%) Industry 4.0
4 1 (0.23%) IoT
4 1 (0.23%) Linux Command Line
4 1 (0.23%) Low-Code
4 1 (0.23%) Replication
4 1 (0.23%) Taxonomies
4 1 (0.23%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.23%) Linux
1 1 (0.23%) Windows
1 1 (0.23%) Windows Server
1 1 (0.23%) Windows Server 2016
1 1 (0.23%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 423 (97.69%) Business Intelligence
2 203 (46.88%) AI
3 103 (23.79%) Analytics
4 71 (16.40%) Decision-Making
5 59 (13.63%) Problem-Solving
6 58 (13.39%) Data Modelling
6 58 (13.39%) Visualisation
7 52 (12.01%) Continuous Improvement
8 42 (9.70%) Data Visualisation
8 42 (9.70%) ETL
9 37 (8.55%) Actionable Insight
10 33 (7.62%) Agile
11 30 (6.93%) Data Analysis
12 28 (6.47%) ERP
13 26 (6.00%) Computer Science
13 26 (6.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
14 25 (5.77%) CRM
15 23 (5.31%) Data Engineering
16 22 (5.08%) Data Science
17 21 (4.85%) Data Pipeline
Programming Languages
1 320 (73.90%) SQL
2 243 (56.12%) Python
3 42 (9.70%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 15 (3.46%) C#
5 12 (2.77%) T-SQL
6 11 (2.54%) Delphi
7 9 (2.08%) VBA
8 8 (1.85%) R
9 7 (1.62%) JavaScript
10 2 (0.46%) C
10 2 (0.46%) PowerShell
11 1 (0.23%) ActionScript
11 1 (0.23%) ActionScript 2.0
11 1 (0.23%) PHP
11 1 (0.23%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 194 (44.80%) Azure Certification
2 39 (9.01%) Degree
3 11 (2.54%) Microsoft Certification
4 10 (2.31%) DBS Check
5 8 (1.85%) PMI Certification
5 8 (1.85%) PMP
6 6 (1.39%) Security Cleared
7 5 (1.15%) SC Cleared
8 4 (0.92%) Numerate Degree
9 3 (0.69%) ACCA
9 3 (0.69%) CIMA
9 3 (0.69%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (0.69%) Master's Degree
9 3 (0.69%) MBA
10 2 (0.46%) CITP
10 2 (0.46%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 1 (0.23%) A+ Certification
11 1 (0.23%) BPSS Clearance
11 1 (0.23%) CIPFA
11 1 (0.23%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (9.01%) Data Quality
2 14 (3.23%) GDPR
3 6 (1.39%) PMO
3 6 (1.39%) QA
4 5 (1.15%) Accessibility
4 5 (1.15%) Actionable Recommendations
5 2 (0.46%) SLA
5 2 (0.46%) WCAG
System Software
1 3 (0.69%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.46%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.23%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (0.23%) MOM
Vendors
1 259 (59.82%) Microsoft
2 25 (5.77%) Databricks
3 15 (3.46%) Oracle
4 12 (2.77%) Google
5 7 (1.62%) Sparx
6 6 (1.39%) SAP
7 4 (0.92%) Civica
7 4 (0.92%) Salesforce
8 3 (0.69%) ESRI
8 3 (0.69%) OpenAI
8 3 (0.69%) QAD
9 2 (0.46%) DocuSign
9 2 (0.46%) Epicor
9 2 (0.46%) Northgate
9 2 (0.46%) Orchard
9 2 (0.46%) VMware
10 1 (0.23%) Infor
10 1 (0.23%) Sage
10 1 (0.23%) ServiceNow
10 1 (0.23%) Verint
126 Power BI jobs in the Midlands