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 8 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 65 106 39
Rank change year-on-year +41 -67 +49
Permanent jobs citing Power BI 216 209 296
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 3.80% 2.36% 5.81%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 31.95% 23.22% 28.82%
Number of salaries quoted 162 137 265
10th Percentile £34,075 £34,600 £31,100
25th Percentile £37,500 £41,000 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £49,368
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +1.28% -1.26%
75th Percentile £58,750 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £67,500 £80,000 £72,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -12.00% +8.70% -

All Database and 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 676 900 1,027
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 11.90% 10.16% 20.17%
Number of salaries quoted 511 493 894
10th Percentile £33,500 £32,500 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £41,634
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.96% -3.81% -
75th Percentile £68,750 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £73,750 £75,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £62,450
% change year-on-year -7.69% +4.08% -0.08%

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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 8 November 2025.

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 8 November 2025. 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 +26 137 £52,500 +3.96% 139
East Midlands +53 79 £40,750 -18.50% 99
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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 9 (4.17%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.85%) Apache Airflow
3 3 (1.39%) Apache Spark
3 3 (1.39%) Confluence
4 2 (0.93%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.93%) SAS
5 1 (0.46%) Apache
Applications
1 75 (34.72%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (2.78%) Spreadsheet
3 4 (1.85%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.93%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.93%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.93%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 14 (6.48%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (2.78%) SAP Business One
3 5 (2.31%) Exchequer
4 4 (1.85%) SAP FI
5 2 (0.93%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
5 2 (0.93%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.46%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.46%) Odoo
6 1 (0.46%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.46%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.46%) Oracle SCM
6 1 (0.46%) Pegasus Opera
6 1 (0.46%) Primavera
6 1 (0.46%) Sage 200
6 1 (0.46%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 216 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 68 (31.48%) Azure
3 24 (11.11%) Power Automate
4 20 (9.26%) Dynamics 365
4 20 (9.26%) PowerApps
5 18 (8.33%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 18 (8.33%) Snowflake
6 16 (7.41%) Azure Data Factory
7 14 (6.48%) Microsoft 365
8 13 (6.02%) GCP
8 13 (6.02%) SaaS
9 11 (5.09%) AWS
9 11 (5.09%) Azure DevOps
10 6 (2.78%) Azure Key Vault
10 6 (2.78%) Azure Logic Apps
10 6 (2.78%) Azure Monitor
10 6 (2.78%) Azure Service Bus
11 5 (2.31%) Azure AI
11 5 (2.31%) Entra ID
11 5 (2.31%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.78%) DNS
2 4 (1.85%) Firewall
2 4 (1.85%) SD-WAN
2 4 (1.85%) VPN
2 4 (1.85%) WAN
3 3 (1.39%) NAS
3 3 (1.39%) SAN
4 2 (0.93%) DHCP
5 1 (0.46%) ADSL2
5 1 (0.46%) Broadband
5 1 (0.46%) PuTTY
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (17.13%) SQL Server
1 37 (17.13%) Tableau
2 22 (10.19%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 20 (9.26%) Data Lake
4 18 (8.33%) Data Warehouse
5 16 (7.41%) Azure SQL Database
6 12 (5.56%) Power Query
7 11 (5.09%) Crystal Reports
8 10 (4.63%) BigQuery
8 10 (4.63%) NoSQL
9 9 (4.17%) BusinessObjects
10 8 (3.70%) MySQL
10 8 (3.70%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 6 (2.78%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
11 6 (2.78%) Data Mining
12 5 (2.31%) EDRMS
12 5 (2.31%) Geospatial Data
12 5 (2.31%) GIS
13 4 (1.85%) PostgreSQL
13 4 (1.85%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 14 (6.48%) JIRA
2 8 (3.70%) Git
3 2 (0.93%) RStudio
4 1 (0.46%) ER Studio
4 1 (0.46%) GitLab
4 1 (0.46%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.46%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 1 (0.46%) Visual Studio
General
1 71 (32.87%) Finance
2 53 (24.54%) Social Skills
3 49 (22.69%) Analytical Skills
4 25 (11.57%) Public Sector
5 24 (11.11%) Retail
6 20 (9.26%) Marketing
7 19 (8.80%) Manufacturing
8 11 (5.09%) Law
9 10 (4.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 9 (4.17%) Legal
11 5 (2.31%) Social Housing
12 2 (0.93%) Automotive
12 2 (0.93%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (0.93%) Local Government
12 2 (0.93%) Organisational Skills
13 1 (0.46%) Advertising
13 1 (0.46%) Back Office
13 1 (0.46%) Billing
13 1 (0.46%) Games
13 1 (0.46%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 76 (35.19%) Analyst
2 48 (22.22%) Developer
3 27 (12.50%) Data Engineer
4 26 (12.04%) Data Analyst
5 23 (10.65%) Senior
6 22 (10.19%) Business Intelligence Analyst
7 20 (9.26%) Business Intelligence Developer
8 14 (6.48%) SQL Developer
9 12 (5.56%) Applications Support
10 11 (5.09%) Analyst Developer
10 11 (5.09%) Customer Analyst
10 11 (5.09%) Digital Analyst
10 11 (5.09%) Digital Analytics Analyst
10 11 (5.09%) Systems Support
11 10 (4.63%) Lead
11 10 (4.63%) Support Analyst
11 10 (4.63%) Systems Analyst
12 9 (4.17%) Business Intelligence Data Analyst
12 9 (4.17%) Senior Data Engineer
13 8 (3.70%) Accountant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (6.48%) .NET
2 7 (3.24%) REST
3 5 (2.31%) EDI
3 5 (2.31%) JSON
4 4 (1.85%) XML
5 3 (1.39%) AngularJS
5 3 (1.39%) Entity Framework
5 3 (1.39%) PySpark
5 3 (1.39%) Web Services
6 2 (0.93%) .NET Framework
6 2 (0.93%) Ajax
6 2 (0.93%) CSS
6 2 (0.93%) HTML
6 2 (0.93%) jQuery
6 2 (0.93%) KnockoutJS
6 2 (0.93%) Razor View Engine
6 2 (0.93%) React
6 2 (0.93%) SOAP
6 2 (0.93%) WCF
7 1 (0.46%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 11 (5.09%) Data Structures
1 11 (5.09%) Management Information System
2 9 (4.17%) Analytical Mindset
3 8 (3.70%) Legacy Systems
4 7 (3.24%) FMCG
5 6 (2.78%) Enterprise Software
5 6 (2.78%) Pricing Data
6 4 (1.85%) Algorithms
6 4 (1.85%) Data Centre
6 4 (1.85%) NHS
6 4 (1.85%) Self-Motivation
7 3 (1.39%) Driving Licence
7 3 (1.39%) Onboarding
8 2 (0.93%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 2 (0.93%) Low-Code
8 2 (0.93%) Product Ownership
8 2 (0.93%) Virtual Team
9 1 (0.46%) e-Learning
9 1 (0.46%) Industry 4.0
9 1 (0.46%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.39%) Windows
2 2 (0.93%) Windows Server 2012
3 1 (0.46%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 191 (88.43%) Business Intelligence
2 74 (34.26%) Problem-Solving
3 64 (29.63%) Analytics
4 57 (26.39%) Decision-Making
5 56 (25.93%) Visualisation
6 52 (24.07%) Continuous Improvement
7 48 (22.22%) ERP
8 44 (20.37%) Data Visualisation
9 41 (18.98%) Data Analysis
10 38 (17.59%) CRM
11 34 (15.74%) Agile
12 33 (15.28%) Actionable Insight
13 29 (13.43%) Data Pipeline
13 29 (13.43%) ETL
14 26 (12.04%) Data Modelling
15 24 (11.11%) Data Science
15 24 (11.11%) DevOps
16 23 (10.65%) Migration
17 22 (10.19%) Project Management
18 20 (9.26%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 147 (68.06%) SQL
2 44 (20.37%) Python
3 21 (9.72%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 17 (7.87%) T-SQL
5 10 (4.63%) C#
6 8 (3.70%) JavaScript
7 7 (3.24%) R
8 6 (2.78%) PowerShell
9 4 (1.85%) Bicep
10 3 (1.39%) VB.NET
11 2 (0.93%) Java
12 1 (0.46%) Bash
12 1 (0.46%) C
12 1 (0.46%) PROC SQL
Qualifications
1 41 (18.98%) Degree
2 13 (6.02%) Azure Certification
3 11 (5.09%) Numerate Degree
4 8 (3.70%) Microsoft Certification
4 8 (3.70%) PMI Certification
4 8 (3.70%) PMP
5 6 (2.78%) ACCA
5 6 (2.78%) CIMA
5 6 (2.78%) SC Cleared
5 6 (2.78%) Security Cleared
6 5 (2.31%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (1.85%) DBS Check
8 2 (0.93%) AAT
8 2 (0.93%) AWS Certification
8 2 (0.93%) CCAB
8 2 (0.93%) Master's Degree
8 2 (0.93%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 1 (0.46%) Chartered Engineer
9 1 (0.46%) CITP
9 1 (0.46%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (12.96%) Data Quality
2 14 (6.48%) GDPR
3 9 (4.17%) PMO
4 7 (3.24%) QA
5 6 (2.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 6 (2.78%) SLA
6 4 (1.85%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (0.93%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.46%) COSHH
8 1 (0.46%) ISO 19650
8 1 (0.46%) ISO 22301
8 1 (0.46%) P3O
System Software
1 4 (1.85%) Active Directory
1 4 (1.85%) Virtual Machines
2 3 (1.39%) VMware ESXi
2 3 (1.39%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (1.39%) vSphere
3 1 (0.46%) Apache Flume
3 1 (0.46%) Docker
3 1 (0.46%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 4 (1.85%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (0.93%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.46%) Kibana
3 1 (0.46%) logstash
3 1 (0.46%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.46%) Oozie
Vendors
1 55 (25.46%) Microsoft
2 31 (14.35%) Databricks
3 21 (9.72%) Salesforce
4 17 (7.87%) SAP
5 7 (3.24%) Google
6 6 (2.78%) NEC
7 5 (2.31%) Capita
7 5 (2.31%) Civica
8 4 (1.85%) Meraki
9 3 (1.39%) Alteryx
9 3 (1.39%) Cisco
9 3 (1.39%) Cognos
9 3 (1.39%) Infor
9 3 (1.39%) Sage
9 3 (1.39%) Ubiquiti
9 3 (1.39%) VMware
10 2 (0.93%) HubSpot
10 2 (0.93%) IFS
10 2 (0.93%) Oracle
10 2 (0.93%) Veeam