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 6 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 48 81 36
Rank change year-on-year +33 -45 +24
Permanent jobs citing Power BI 356 191 466
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 3.71% 3.50% 5.19%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 44.06% 23.67% 29.48%
Number of salaries quoted 182 145 403
10th Percentile £35,125 £37,500 £28,800
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,085 £47,500 £46,500
Median % change year-on-year -0.87% +2.15% -2.11%
75th Percentile £61,250 £63,750 £61,250
90th Percentile £77,125 £71,250 £67,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.17% +14.29% -7.89%

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 808 807 1,581
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 8.41% 14.77% 17.60%
Number of salaries quoted 549 493 1,339
10th Percentile £32,500 £33,400 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £72,500 £70,000
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 6 March 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 6 March 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 +21 216 £47,085 -5.83% 96
East Midlands +38 138 £45,000 +5.88% 30
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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 17 (4.78%) SharePoint
2 3 (0.84%) Apache Airflow
2 3 (0.84%) ArcGIS
3 2 (0.56%) CMS
3 2 (0.56%) Confluence
3 2 (0.56%) Umbraco
4 1 (0.28%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.28%) SAS
Applications
1 193 (54.21%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (1.97%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (1.69%) Microsoft Project
3 6 (1.69%) Spreadsheet
4 3 (0.84%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.84%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.56%) Trello
Business Applications
1 8 (2.25%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.56%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
2 2 (0.56%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.28%) Odoo
3 1 (0.28%) Primavera
3 1 (0.28%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.28%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 356 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 212 (59.55%) Azure
3 132 (37.08%) Azure AI
4 32 (8.99%) Azure Data Factory
5 26 (7.30%) Power Automate
6 24 (6.74%) PowerApps
7 22 (6.18%) Dynamics 365
8 18 (5.06%) Microsoft 365
9 15 (4.21%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 12 (3.37%) Snowflake
11 7 (1.97%) Azure DevOps
12 6 (1.69%) Microsoft Copilot
13 5 (1.40%) Azure Logic Apps
14 4 (1.12%) AWS
14 4 (1.12%) Smartsheet
15 3 (0.84%) Azure Functions
15 3 (0.84%) Azure Service Bus
15 3 (0.84%) Copilot Studio
15 3 (0.84%) SaaS
15 3 (0.84%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.56%) Intranet
2 1 (0.28%) DHCP
2 1 (0.28%) DNS
2 1 (0.28%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 160 (44.94%) Tableau
2 38 (10.67%) SQL Server
3 37 (10.39%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 21 (5.90%) Data Warehouse
4 21 (5.90%) Power Query
5 16 (4.49%) Data Lake
6 13 (3.65%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 12 (3.37%) Azure SQL Database
8 10 (2.81%) Relational Database
9 9 (2.53%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
10 5 (1.40%) Crystal Reports
10 5 (1.40%) Looker
10 5 (1.40%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 4 (1.12%) Data Mining
11 4 (1.12%) Star Schema
12 2 (0.56%) Amazon Redshift
12 2 (0.56%) BigQuery
12 2 (0.56%) BusinessObjects
12 2 (0.56%) MySQL
12 2 (0.56%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 7 (1.97%) JIRA
2 5 (1.40%) Git
3 2 (0.56%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 1 (0.28%) GitLab
4 1 (0.28%) Visual Studio
General
1 198 (55.62%) Social Skills
2 66 (18.54%) Analytical Skills
3 59 (16.57%) Finance
4 21 (5.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 20 (5.62%) Public Sector
6 16 (4.49%) Marketing
7 12 (3.37%) Manufacturing
8 9 (2.53%) Legal
9 7 (1.97%) Law
9 7 (1.97%) Organisational Skills
9 7 (1.97%) Retail
10 4 (1.12%) Presentation Skills
11 3 (0.84%) Aerospace
11 3 (0.84%) Electronics
11 3 (0.84%) Local Government
11 3 (0.84%) Spanish Language
12 2 (0.56%) Billing
12 2 (0.56%) Social Housing
13 1 (0.28%) Games
13 1 (0.28%) Police
Job Titles
1 186 (52.25%) Analyst
2 159 (44.66%) Data Analyst
3 139 (39.04%) Junior
4 137 (38.48%) Junior Analyst
4 137 (38.48%) Junior Data Analyst
5 68 (19.10%) Developer
6 33 (9.27%) Business Intelligence Developer
7 25 (7.02%) Data Engineer
8 23 (6.46%) Business Developer
8 23 (6.46%) Senior
9 21 (5.90%) Business Intelligence Analyst
10 14 (3.93%) Power BI Developer
11 12 (3.37%) Senior Analyst
12 11 (3.09%) Lead
12 11 (3.09%) Snowflake Data Engineer
12 11 (3.09%) Snowflake Engineer
12 11 (3.09%) Systems Developer
13 10 (2.81%) Azure Data Engineer
13 10 (2.81%) Azure Engineer
14 9 (2.53%) Business Intelligence Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (5.90%) .NET
2 14 (3.93%) XML
3 10 (2.81%) WinForms
4 9 (2.53%) EDI
5 7 (1.97%) JSON
6 5 (1.40%) PySpark
6 5 (1.40%) REST
7 4 (1.12%) .NET Framework
8 3 (0.84%) CSS
8 3 (0.84%) HTML
8 3 (0.84%) Razor View Engine
9 2 (0.56%) AngularJS
9 2 (0.56%) ASP.NET
9 2 (0.56%) ASP.NET Core
9 2 (0.56%) Entity Framework
9 2 (0.56%) Pandas
9 2 (0.56%) Web Services
10 1 (0.28%) HTML5 Canvas
10 1 (0.28%) React
10 1 (0.28%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 15 (4.21%) Analytical Mindset
2 13 (3.65%) Management Information System
3 4 (1.12%) FMCG
3 4 (1.12%) Legacy Systems
4 3 (0.84%) Pricing Data
4 3 (0.84%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (0.56%) Data Structures
5 2 (0.56%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 1 (0.28%) 3D Printing
6 1 (0.28%) Algorithms
6 1 (0.28%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (0.28%) Industry 4.0
6 1 (0.28%) IoT
6 1 (0.28%) Low-Code
6 1 (0.28%) Replication
6 1 (0.28%) Taxonomies
6 1 (0.28%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 351 (98.60%) Business Intelligence
2 146 (41.01%) AI
3 76 (21.35%) Analytics
4 66 (18.54%) Decision-Making
5 52 (14.61%) Problem-Solving
6 51 (14.33%) Continuous Improvement
7 50 (14.04%) Visualisation
8 43 (12.08%) Data Modelling
9 38 (10.67%) Actionable Insight
10 36 (10.11%) ETL
11 35 (9.83%) Data Visualisation
12 32 (8.99%) Agile
13 30 (8.43%) CRM
14 29 (8.15%) ERP
15 26 (7.30%) Data Analysis
16 24 (6.74%) Data-Driven Decision Making
17 22 (6.18%) Data Management
18 21 (5.90%) Migration
19 19 (5.34%) Project Management
20 18 (5.06%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 251 (70.51%) SQL
2 178 (50.00%) Python
3 29 (8.15%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 15 (4.21%) C#
5 10 (2.81%) Delphi
5 10 (2.81%) T-SQL
6 9 (2.53%) VBA
7 8 (2.25%) JavaScript
8 7 (1.97%) R
9 3 (0.84%) VB.NET
10 2 (0.56%) C
11 1 (0.28%) ActionScript
11 1 (0.28%) ActionScript 2.0
11 1 (0.28%) PHP
11 1 (0.28%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 140 (39.33%) Azure Certification
2 34 (9.55%) Degree
3 13 (3.65%) Microsoft Certification
4 11 (3.09%) PMI Certification
4 11 (3.09%) PMP
5 7 (1.97%) Numerate Degree
6 6 (1.69%) Security Cleared
7 5 (1.40%) SC Cleared
8 4 (1.12%) DBS Check
8 4 (1.12%) Master's Degree
9 3 (0.84%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (0.84%) MBA
9 3 (0.84%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 2 (0.56%) ACCA
10 2 (0.56%) CIMA
10 2 (0.56%) CITP
10 2 (0.56%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 1 (0.28%) BPSS Clearance
11 1 (0.28%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (9.83%) Data Quality
2 16 (4.49%) GDPR
3 8 (2.25%) PMO
4 5 (1.40%) Actionable Recommendations
5 3 (0.84%) Accessibility
5 3 (0.84%) QA
6 2 (0.56%) SLA
6 2 (0.56%) WCAG
7 1 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 2 (0.56%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.28%) Docker
2 1 (0.28%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (0.28%) Kubernetes
1 1 (0.28%) MOM
Vendors
1 199 (55.90%) Microsoft
2 14 (3.93%) Oracle
3 13 (3.65%) Databricks
4 8 (2.25%) Salesforce
5 7 (1.97%) Sparx
6 6 (1.69%) SAP
7 5 (1.40%) Google
8 4 (1.12%) Civica
9 3 (0.84%) ESRI
9 3 (0.84%) Infor
9 3 (0.84%) QAD
10 2 (0.56%) Cognos
10 2 (0.56%) DocuSign
10 2 (0.56%) Epicor
10 2 (0.56%) Northgate
10 2 (0.56%) OpenAI
10 2 (0.56%) Orchard
11 1 (0.28%) Anaplan
11 1 (0.28%) ServiceNow
11 1 (0.28%) Verint