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 10 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
10 May 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 39 74 44
Rank change year-on-year +35 -30 +16
Permanent jobs citing Power BI 498 199 515
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 3.85% 3.89% 4.40%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 51.77% 26.08% 28.05%
Number of salaries quoted 214 173 435
10th Percentile £32,900 £37,500 £31,100
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,500 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,085 £51,850 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.19% +9.16% +2.70%
75th Percentile £62,500 £62,000 £61,250
90th Percentile £74,625 £68,750 £67,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -

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 962 763 1,836
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 7.43% 14.93% 15.68%
Number of salaries quoted 604 536 1,429
10th Percentile £32,500 £36,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £39,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £72,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £64,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -6.25% +11.30% -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 10 May 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 10 May 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 +19 292 £46,042 -12.30% 67
East Midlands +46 204 £47,500 -2.56% 39
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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 16 (3.21%) SharePoint
2 3 (0.60%) ArcGIS
2 3 (0.60%) WordPress
3 2 (0.40%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (0.40%) CMS
3 2 (0.40%) Umbraco
4 1 (0.20%) Apache
4 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 288 (57.83%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (1.61%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (0.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (0.80%) Microsoft Project
3 4 (0.80%) Spreadsheet
4 3 (0.60%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.40%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (0.80%) Dynamics CRM
1 4 (0.80%) Shopify
2 3 (0.60%) Magento
2 3 (0.60%) NetSuite
3 2 (0.40%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.20%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.20%) SAP EHS
Cloud Services
1 498 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 328 (65.86%) Azure
3 231 (46.39%) Azure AI
4 31 (6.22%) Azure Data Factory
5 27 (5.42%) Power Automate
6 24 (4.82%) Microsoft 365
7 22 (4.42%) Dynamics 365
7 22 (4.42%) PowerApps
8 19 (3.82%) Snowflake
9 16 (3.21%) AWS
10 13 (2.61%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 8 (1.61%) GCP
11 8 (1.61%) Microsoft Purview
12 7 (1.41%) Azure DevOps
13 4 (0.80%) Azure Logic Apps
13 4 (0.80%) Azure Stack
13 4 (0.80%) SaaS
13 4 (0.80%) Smartsheet
14 3 (0.60%) Google Analytics
14 3 (0.60%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.40%) DHCP
1 2 (0.40%) DNS
1 2 (0.40%) Intranet
2 1 (0.20%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 257 (51.61%) Tableau
2 35 (7.03%) Power Query
3 34 (6.83%) SQL Server
4 29 (5.82%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 20 (4.02%) Data Warehouse
6 13 (2.61%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 13 (2.61%) Star Schema
7 12 (2.41%) Data Lake
8 11 (2.21%) Relational Database
9 7 (1.41%) Azure SQL Database
10 6 (1.20%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
11 5 (1.00%) Amazon Redshift
11 5 (1.00%) Looker
12 4 (0.80%) MySQL
13 3 (0.60%) Semantic Layer
14 2 (0.40%) BigQuery
14 2 (0.40%) Data Mining
14 2 (0.40%) Delta Lake
14 2 (0.40%) Metadata
15 1 (0.20%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 7 (1.41%) Git
2 5 (1.00%) JIRA
3 2 (0.40%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 1 (0.20%) Oracle Forms
4 1 (0.20%) Visual Studio
General
1 301 (60.44%) Social Skills
2 87 (17.47%) Analytical Skills
3 61 (12.25%) Finance
4 32 (6.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 22 (4.42%) Public Sector
6 21 (4.22%) Retail
7 12 (2.41%) Manufacturing
7 12 (2.41%) Organisational Skills
8 9 (1.81%) Law
9 8 (1.61%) Marketing
10 7 (1.41%) Pharmaceutical
11 6 (1.20%) Influencing Skills
11 6 (1.20%) Legal
12 4 (0.80%) Presentation Skills
13 3 (0.60%) Aerospace
13 3 (0.60%) Billing
13 3 (0.60%) Electronics
13 3 (0.60%) Social Housing
13 3 (0.60%) Spanish Language
14 2 (0.40%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 300 (60.24%) Analyst
2 264 (53.01%) Data Analyst
3 242 (48.59%) Junior
4 240 (48.19%) Junior Analyst
4 240 (48.19%) Junior Data Analyst
5 68 (13.65%) Developer
6 40 (8.03%) Business Intelligence Developer
7 30 (6.02%) Senior
8 27 (5.42%) Data Engineer
9 24 (4.82%) Business Intelligence Analyst
10 23 (4.62%) Business Developer
10 23 (4.62%) Power BI Developer
11 16 (3.21%) Snowflake Data Engineer
11 16 (3.21%) Snowflake Engineer
12 15 (3.01%) Power BI Analyst
13 13 (2.61%) Senior Analyst
14 12 (2.41%) Azure Data Engineer
14 12 (2.41%) Azure Engineer
14 12 (2.41%) Data Scientist
15 10 (2.01%) Python Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (2.61%) .NET
2 12 (2.41%) XML
3 11 (2.21%) WinForms
4 8 (1.61%) EDI
4 8 (1.61%) Pandas
5 6 (1.20%) PySpark
5 6 (1.20%) PyTorch
5 6 (1.20%) scikit-learn
6 5 (1.00%) CSS
6 5 (1.00%) HTML
7 4 (0.80%) JSON
7 4 (0.80%) REST
8 3 (0.60%) RESTful
9 2 (0.40%) .NET Framework
9 2 (0.40%) ASP.NET
9 2 (0.40%) ASP.NET Core
9 2 (0.40%) Razor View Engine
10 1 (0.20%) AngularJS
10 1 (0.20%) HTML5 Canvas
10 1 (0.20%) React
Miscellaneous
1 20 (4.02%) Management Information System
2 13 (2.61%) Analytical Mindset
3 4 (0.80%) NHS
4 3 (0.60%) Data Structures
4 3 (0.60%) Legacy Systems
4 3 (0.60%) Linux Command Line
4 3 (0.60%) Product Ownership
5 2 (0.40%) Cloud Native
5 2 (0.40%) Cyberattack
5 2 (0.40%) Driving Licence
5 2 (0.40%) FMCG
6 1 (0.20%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (0.20%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 1 (0.20%) Replication
6 1 (0.20%) Robotics
6 1 (0.20%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (0.20%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 3 (0.60%) Linux
2 1 (0.20%) Windows
2 1 (0.20%) Windows Server
2 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2016
2 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 487 (97.79%) Business Intelligence
2 256 (51.41%) AI
3 120 (24.10%) Analytics
4 72 (14.46%) Decision-Making
5 70 (14.06%) Problem-Solving
6 69 (13.86%) Data Modelling
7 55 (11.04%) Visualisation
8 43 (8.63%) ETL
9 42 (8.43%) Continuous Improvement
10 38 (7.63%) Data Visualisation
11 35 (7.03%) Data Analysis
12 34 (6.83%) Actionable Insight
13 31 (6.22%) Agile
14 29 (5.82%) CRM
14 29 (5.82%) ERP
15 27 (5.42%) Data Engineering
15 27 (5.42%) Data-Driven Decision Making
16 24 (4.82%) Data Governance
17 23 (4.62%) Data Management
17 23 (4.62%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 368 (73.90%) SQL
2 289 (58.03%) Python
3 51 (10.24%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 15 (3.01%) C#
5 11 (2.21%) Delphi
5 11 (2.21%) T-SQL
6 9 (1.81%) VBA
7 8 (1.61%) JavaScript
7 8 (1.61%) R
8 2 (0.40%) PowerShell
9 1 (0.20%) ActionScript
9 1 (0.20%) ActionScript 2.0
9 1 (0.20%) C
9 1 (0.20%) PHP
Qualifications
1 237 (47.59%) Azure Certification
2 44 (8.84%) Degree
3 10 (2.01%) DBS Check
3 10 (2.01%) Microsoft Certification
4 8 (1.61%) Security Cleared
5 7 (1.41%) PMI Certification
5 7 (1.41%) PMP
6 6 (1.20%) SC Cleared
7 3 (0.60%) ACCA
7 3 (0.60%) CIMA
7 3 (0.60%) CITP
7 3 (0.60%) CompTIA CySA+
7 3 (0.60%) CompTIA Security+
7 3 (0.60%) Master's Degree
7 3 (0.60%) MBA
7 3 (0.60%) SSCP
8 2 (0.40%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 1 (0.20%) A+ Certification
9 1 (0.20%) CIPFA
9 1 (0.20%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (8.63%) Data Quality
2 21 (4.22%) GDPR
3 8 (1.61%) Accessibility
4 7 (1.41%) QA
5 5 (1.00%) SLA
6 4 (0.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (0.60%) Actionable Recommendations
7 3 (0.60%) NIST
7 3 (0.60%) PMO
8 2 (0.40%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 2 (0.40%) GRC
8 2 (0.40%) WCAG
System Software
1 4 (0.80%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.40%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.20%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (0.20%) MOM
Vendors
1 310 (62.25%) Microsoft
2 29 (5.82%) Databricks
3 20 (4.02%) Oracle
4 12 (2.41%) Google
5 6 (1.20%) Sparx
6 5 (1.00%) SAP
7 4 (0.80%) Civica
7 4 (0.80%) ESRI
8 3 (0.60%) HubSpot
8 3 (0.60%) QAD
9 2 (0.40%) Cognos
9 2 (0.40%) DocuSign
9 2 (0.40%) Northgate
9 2 (0.40%) OpenAI
9 2 (0.40%) Orchard
9 2 (0.40%) VMware
10 1 (0.20%) Adobe
10 1 (0.20%) Epicor
10 1 (0.20%) Genesys
10 1 (0.20%) Informatica
106 Power BI jobs in the Midlands