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

6 months to
27 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 45 81 46
Rank change year-on-year +36 -35 +10
Permanent jobs citing Power BI 472 186 527
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 3.56% 3.84% 4.27%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 50.11% 26.92% 28.24%
Number of salaries quoted 203 160 445
10th Percentile £31,400 £38,869 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,085 £53,688 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.30% +13.03% -
75th Percentile £62,500 £63,375 £61,250
90th Percentile £72,250 £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 942 691 1,866
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 7.10% 14.27% 15.11%
Number of salaries quoted 603 481 1,451
10th Percentile £32,500 £36,250 £32,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £43,750 £39,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +10.00% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £66,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £79,750 £76,250 £73,750
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 27 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 27 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 +17 278 £46,042 -16.29% 51
East Midlands +36 192 £50,000 - 25
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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 12 (2.54%) SharePoint
2 3 (0.64%) ArcGIS
2 3 (0.64%) WordPress
3 2 (0.42%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.21%) Apache
Applications
1 266 (56.36%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (1.48%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (0.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (0.85%) Microsoft Project
3 4 (0.85%) Spreadsheet
4 3 (0.64%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.42%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (0.85%) Dynamics CRM
1 4 (0.85%) Shopify
2 3 (0.64%) Magento
2 3 (0.64%) NetSuite
3 2 (0.42%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.21%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.21%) SAP EHS
Cloud Services
1 472 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 300 (63.56%) Azure
3 209 (44.28%) Azure AI
4 28 (5.93%) Azure Data Factory
5 25 (5.30%) Power Automate
6 22 (4.66%) Microsoft 365
6 22 (4.66%) PowerApps
7 18 (3.81%) Snowflake
8 17 (3.60%) Dynamics 365
9 15 (3.18%) AWS
10 13 (2.75%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 12 (2.54%) Microsoft Purview
12 8 (1.69%) Azure DevOps
12 8 (1.69%) GCP
13 5 (1.06%) Azure Logic Apps
14 4 (0.85%) Azure Stack
14 4 (0.85%) Microsoft Copilot
14 4 (0.85%) SaaS
14 4 (0.85%) Smartsheet
15 2 (0.42%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.21%) DHCP
1 1 (0.21%) DNS
1 1 (0.21%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 240 (50.85%) Tableau
2 34 (7.20%) Power Query
3 30 (6.36%) SQL Server
4 27 (5.72%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 17 (3.60%) Data Warehouse
6 15 (3.18%) Star Schema
7 14 (2.97%) Relational Database
8 12 (2.54%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 10 (2.12%) Data Lake
10 7 (1.48%) Azure SQL Database
11 5 (1.06%) Amazon Redshift
11 5 (1.06%) Looker
11 5 (1.06%) Semantic Layer
12 4 (0.85%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
12 4 (0.85%) MySQL
13 3 (0.64%) SQL Server Analysis Services
14 2 (0.42%) BigQuery
14 2 (0.42%) Delta Lake
14 2 (0.42%) Metadata
15 1 (0.21%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 7 (1.48%) Git
2 5 (1.06%) JIRA
3 2 (0.42%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 1 (0.21%) Oracle Forms
4 1 (0.21%) Visual Studio
General
1 283 (59.96%) Social Skills
2 89 (18.86%) Analytical Skills
3 60 (12.71%) Finance
4 31 (6.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 20 (4.24%) Public Sector
6 19 (4.03%) Retail
7 11 (2.33%) Organisational Skills
8 10 (2.12%) Law
8 10 (2.12%) Manufacturing
9 7 (1.48%) Pharmaceutical
10 6 (1.27%) Influencing Skills
10 6 (1.27%) Legal
10 6 (1.27%) Marketing
10 6 (1.27%) Social Housing
11 5 (1.06%) Aerospace
12 4 (0.85%) Presentation Skills
13 3 (0.64%) Billing
13 3 (0.64%) Electronics
14 2 (0.42%) Local Government
14 2 (0.42%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 275 (58.26%) Analyst
2 242 (51.27%) Data Analyst
3 220 (46.61%) Junior
4 218 (46.19%) Junior Analyst
4 218 (46.19%) Junior Data Analyst
5 68 (14.41%) Developer
6 42 (8.90%) Business Intelligence Developer
7 31 (6.57%) Senior
8 28 (5.93%) Data Engineer
9 24 (5.08%) Business Intelligence Analyst
10 23 (4.87%) Power BI Developer
11 21 (4.45%) Business Developer
12 15 (3.18%) Power BI Analyst
12 15 (3.18%) Snowflake Data Engineer
12 15 (3.18%) Snowflake Engineer
13 13 (2.75%) Senior Analyst
14 11 (2.33%) Azure Data Engineer
14 11 (2.33%) Azure Engineer
14 11 (2.33%) Data Scientist
15 10 (2.12%) Business Intelligence Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (2.54%) XML
2 11 (2.33%) WinForms
3 10 (2.12%) .NET
4 8 (1.69%) Pandas
5 6 (1.27%) PySpark
5 6 (1.27%) PyTorch
5 6 (1.27%) scikit-learn
6 5 (1.06%) EDI
6 5 (1.06%) HTML
7 4 (0.85%) REST
8 3 (0.64%) CSS
8 3 (0.64%) JSON
8 3 (0.64%) React
8 3 (0.64%) RESTful
9 2 (0.42%) Web Services
10 1 (0.21%) AngularJS
10 1 (0.21%) EDIFACT
10 1 (0.21%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 22 (4.66%) Management Information System
2 13 (2.75%) Analytical Mindset
3 8 (1.69%) Product Ownership
4 6 (1.27%) NHS
5 3 (0.64%) Legacy Systems
5 3 (0.64%) Linux Command Line
6 2 (0.42%) Cloud Native
6 2 (0.42%) Cyberattack
6 2 (0.42%) Data Structures
6 2 (0.42%) Driving Licence
6 2 (0.42%) FMCG
6 2 (0.42%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 2 (0.42%) Robotics
7 1 (0.21%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.21%) Replication
7 1 (0.21%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 3 (0.64%) Linux
2 1 (0.21%) Windows
2 1 (0.21%) Windows Server
2 1 (0.21%) Windows Server 2016
2 1 (0.21%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 461 (97.67%) Business Intelligence
2 241 (51.06%) AI
3 124 (26.27%) Analytics
4 72 (15.25%) Problem-Solving
5 71 (15.04%) Decision-Making
6 66 (13.98%) Data Modelling
7 56 (11.86%) Visualisation
8 41 (8.69%) Continuous Improvement
8 41 (8.69%) ETL
9 40 (8.47%) Data Visualisation
10 36 (7.63%) Data Analysis
11 32 (6.78%) Agile
12 30 (6.36%) Data Governance
13 29 (6.14%) Actionable Insight
13 29 (6.14%) CRM
13 29 (6.14%) Data-Driven Decision Making
14 26 (5.51%) Data Management
15 25 (5.30%) Computer Science
15 25 (5.30%) ERP
15 25 (5.30%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 344 (72.88%) SQL
2 264 (55.93%) Python
3 53 (11.23%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 14 (2.97%) C#
5 11 (2.33%) Delphi
5 11 (2.33%) T-SQL
6 9 (1.91%) VBA
7 7 (1.48%) JavaScript
7 7 (1.48%) R
8 1 (0.21%) ActionScript
8 1 (0.21%) ActionScript 2.0
8 1 (0.21%) C
8 1 (0.21%) PHP
8 1 (0.21%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 214 (45.34%) Azure Certification
2 46 (9.75%) Degree
3 9 (1.91%) Microsoft Certification
4 8 (1.69%) Security Cleared
5 7 (1.48%) DBS Check
5 7 (1.48%) PMI Certification
5 7 (1.48%) PMP
6 6 (1.27%) SC Cleared
7 3 (0.64%) ACCA
7 3 (0.64%) CIMA
7 3 (0.64%) CITP
7 3 (0.64%) CompTIA CySA+
7 3 (0.64%) CompTIA Security+
7 3 (0.64%) Master's Degree
7 3 (0.64%) MBA
7 3 (0.64%) SSCP
8 2 (0.42%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (0.42%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 1 (0.21%) A+ Certification
9 1 (0.21%) CIPFA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (9.32%) Data Quality
2 26 (5.51%) GDPR
3 7 (1.48%) QA
4 6 (1.27%) Accessibility
4 6 (1.27%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 5 (1.06%) SLA
6 4 (0.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (0.64%) Actionable Recommendations
7 3 (0.64%) NIST
8 2 (0.42%) GRC
9 1 (0.21%) PMO
System Software
1 3 (0.64%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.21%) Hyper-V
2 1 (0.21%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (0.21%) MOM
Vendors
1 286 (60.59%) Microsoft
2 27 (5.72%) Databricks
3 20 (4.24%) Oracle
4 10 (2.12%) Google
5 6 (1.27%) SAP
6 4 (0.85%) ESRI
7 3 (0.64%) HubSpot
7 3 (0.64%) QAD
7 3 (0.64%) Sparx
8 2 (0.42%) Civica
8 2 (0.42%) Cognos
8 2 (0.42%) DocuSign
8 2 (0.42%) OpenAI
9 1 (0.21%) Adobe
9 1 (0.21%) Epicor
9 1 (0.21%) Genesys
9 1 (0.21%) Informatica
9 1 (0.21%) Northgate
9 1 (0.21%) Orchard
9 1 (0.21%) VMware