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 24 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 60 97 42
Rank change year-on-year +37 -55 +35
Permanent jobs citing Power BI 270 200 250
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 3.46% 2.94% 5.35%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 36.44% 23.53% 26.21%
Number of salaries quoted 166 142 225
10th Percentile £36,250 £35,000 £28,950
25th Percentile £40,000 £38,750 £36,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -3.06% -2.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £63,438 £61,250
90th Percentile £76,875 £72,375 £74,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.17% +4.35% -

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 741 850 954
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 9.49% 12.49% 20.43%
Number of salaries quoted 544 487 831
10th Percentile £33,750 £32,500 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -
75th Percentile £66,500 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,125 £75,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -4.00%

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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 24 December 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 24 December 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 +21 178 £52,500 +10.53% 105
East Midlands +37 91 £45,000 -5.26% 64
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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 10 (3.70%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.48%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (0.74%) CMS
3 2 (0.74%) Confluence
3 2 (0.74%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.74%) Umbraco
4 1 (0.37%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.37%) SAS
Applications
1 119 (44.07%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.85%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (1.85%) Microsoft Project
3 4 (1.48%) Spreadsheet
4 3 (1.11%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.37%) Trello
Business Applications
1 12 (4.44%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (1.85%) SAP Business One
3 4 (1.48%) SAP FI
4 2 (0.74%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
4 2 (0.74%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.37%) Exchequer
5 1 (0.37%) Odoo
5 1 (0.37%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.37%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.37%) Pegasus Opera
5 1 (0.37%) Primavera
5 1 (0.37%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 270 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 120 (44.44%) Azure
3 55 (20.37%) Azure AI
4 23 (8.52%) Dynamics 365
5 19 (7.04%) Azure Data Factory
6 18 (6.67%) Power Automate
6 18 (6.67%) PowerApps
7 16 (5.93%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 16 (5.93%) Snowflake
8 14 (5.19%) Microsoft 365
9 8 (2.96%) SaaS
10 6 (2.22%) Azure DevOps
10 6 (2.22%) GCP
11 5 (1.85%) Microsoft Copilot
12 4 (1.48%) Azure Logic Apps
13 3 (1.11%) Azure Functions
13 3 (1.11%) Azure Service Bus
13 3 (1.11%) Copilot Studio
13 3 (1.11%) dbt
13 3 (1.11%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.11%) DHCP
1 3 (1.11%) DNS
1 3 (1.11%) NAS
1 3 (1.11%) SAN
2 2 (0.74%) Intranet
3 1 (0.37%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 81 (30.00%) Tableau
2 38 (14.07%) SQL Server
3 30 (11.11%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 20 (7.41%) Data Lake
5 18 (6.67%) Data Warehouse
6 17 (6.30%) Power Query
7 14 (5.19%) Azure SQL Database
8 8 (2.96%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
9 7 (2.59%) Crystal Reports
9 7 (2.59%) Data Mining
9 7 (2.59%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 5 (1.85%) BigQuery
10 5 (1.85%) Relational Database
10 5 (1.85%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 4 (1.48%) NoSQL
12 3 (1.11%) BusinessObjects
13 2 (0.74%) MySQL
14 1 (0.37%) Oracle Reports
14 1 (0.37%) Snowflake Schema
14 1 (0.37%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 11 (4.07%) JIRA
2 4 (1.48%) Git
3 1 (0.37%) GitLab
General
1 106 (39.26%) Social Skills
2 56 (20.74%) Finance
3 49 (18.15%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (7.78%) Manufacturing
5 19 (7.04%) Marketing
5 19 (7.04%) Public Sector
5 19 (7.04%) Retail
6 15 (5.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 7 (2.59%) Legal
8 6 (2.22%) Law
9 4 (1.48%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (1.11%) Spanish Language
11 2 (0.74%) Aerospace
11 2 (0.74%) Automotive
11 2 (0.74%) Billing
11 2 (0.74%) Electronics
11 2 (0.74%) Games
11 2 (0.74%) Local Government
11 2 (0.74%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (0.74%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 112 (41.48%) Analyst
2 74 (27.41%) Data Analyst
3 58 (21.48%) Developer
4 57 (21.11%) Junior
5 55 (20.37%) Junior Analyst
5 55 (20.37%) Junior Data Analyst
6 27 (10.00%) Data Engineer
7 24 (8.89%) Business Intelligence Developer
8 22 (8.15%) Senior
9 19 (7.04%) Business Intelligence Analyst
10 15 (5.56%) Business Developer
11 14 (5.19%) Lead
12 11 (4.07%) Systems Developer
13 10 (3.70%) Power BI Developer
13 10 (3.70%) Systems Analyst
13 10 (3.70%) Systems Support
14 9 (3.33%) Analyst Developer
14 9 (3.33%) Architect
14 9 (3.33%) Digital Analyst
15 8 (2.96%) SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (8.15%) .NET
2 9 (3.33%) EDI
2 9 (3.33%) XML
3 6 (2.22%) JSON
4 5 (1.85%) REST
4 5 (1.85%) WinForms
5 4 (1.48%) .NET Framework
6 3 (1.11%) AngularJS
6 3 (1.11%) CSS
6 3 (1.11%) HTML
6 3 (1.11%) Razor View Engine
7 2 (0.74%) ASP.NET
7 2 (0.74%) ASP.NET Core
7 2 (0.74%) Entity Framework
7 2 (0.74%) React
7 2 (0.74%) Web Services
8 1 (0.37%) EDIFACT
8 1 (0.37%) ODBC
8 1 (0.37%) SOAP
8 1 (0.37%) WCF
Miscellaneous
1 9 (3.33%) Data Structures
2 8 (2.96%) Analytical Mindset
3 7 (2.59%) FMCG
3 7 (2.59%) Legacy Systems
4 6 (2.22%) Enterprise Software
4 6 (2.22%) Management Information System
4 6 (2.22%) Pricing Data
5 4 (1.48%) Algorithms
5 4 (1.48%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (1.11%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 1 (0.37%) 3D Printing
7 1 (0.37%) Industry 4.0
7 1 (0.37%) IoT
7 1 (0.37%) Low-Code
7 1 (0.37%) Onboarding
7 1 (0.37%) Product Ownership
7 1 (0.37%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.11%) Windows
2 2 (0.74%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 255 (94.44%) Business Intelligence
2 66 (24.44%) AI
3 62 (22.96%) Problem-Solving
4 56 (20.74%) Analytics
5 50 (18.52%) Decision-Making
5 50 (18.52%) ERP
6 48 (17.78%) Continuous Improvement
7 43 (15.93%) Visualisation
8 38 (14.07%) Data Modelling
9 33 (12.22%) Data Visualisation
10 32 (11.85%) Actionable Insight
11 30 (11.11%) Agile
11 30 (11.11%) Data Analysis
12 28 (10.37%) CRM
13 26 (9.63%) ETL
14 21 (7.78%) Data Pipeline
14 21 (7.78%) Migration
15 19 (7.04%) Data Management
15 19 (7.04%) Stakeholder Management
16 18 (6.67%) Economics
Programming Languages
1 179 (66.30%) SQL
2 98 (36.30%) Python
3 29 (10.74%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 12 (4.44%) T-SQL
5 11 (4.07%) C#
6 9 (3.33%) JavaScript
7 5 (1.85%) Delphi
7 5 (1.85%) R
8 3 (1.11%) VB.NET
9 2 (0.74%) C
9 2 (0.74%) PowerShell
10 1 (0.37%) ActionScript
10 1 (0.37%) ActionScript 2.0
10 1 (0.37%) VBA
Qualifications
1 63 (23.33%) Azure Certification
2 40 (14.81%) Degree
3 13 (4.81%) PMI Certification
3 13 (4.81%) PMP
4 9 (3.33%) Microsoft Certification
5 8 (2.96%) Numerate Degree
6 5 (1.85%) ACCA
6 5 (1.85%) CIMA
7 4 (1.48%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (1.48%) Master's Degree
7 4 (1.48%) Security Cleared
8 3 (1.11%) DBS Check
8 3 (1.11%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 3 (1.11%) SC Cleared
9 2 (0.74%) MBA
10 1 (0.37%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.37%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 1 (0.37%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (8.52%) Data Quality
2 13 (4.81%) GDPR
3 9 (3.33%) PMO
4 5 (1.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (1.85%) SLA
5 3 (1.11%) Actionable Recommendations
6 2 (0.74%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.74%) WCAG
7 1 (0.37%) QA
System Software
1 4 (1.48%) Active Directory
1 4 (1.48%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (1.11%) VMware ESXi
2 3 (1.11%) vSphere
3 1 (0.37%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (0.37%) Kubernetes
1 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (0.37%) MOM
Vendors
1 122 (45.19%) Microsoft
2 20 (7.41%) Databricks
3 17 (6.30%) SAP
4 11 (4.07%) Salesforce
5 8 (2.96%) Oracle
6 7 (2.59%) Sparx
7 5 (1.85%) Google
8 4 (1.48%) Civica
8 4 (1.48%) VMware
9 3 (1.11%) Cisco
9 3 (1.11%) Infor
9 3 (1.11%) Ubiquiti
10 2 (0.74%) Alteryx
10 2 (0.74%) Epicor
10 2 (0.74%) IFS
10 2 (0.74%) NEC
10 2 (0.74%) QAD
10 2 (0.74%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
10 2 (0.74%) Veeam
11 1 (0.37%) Sage