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 21 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
21 Sep 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 52 63 94
Rank change year-on-year +11 +31 -49
Permanent jobs citing Power BI 395 227 241
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 2.52% 4.06% 2.40%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 40.98% 30.72% 22.63%
Number of salaries quoted 220 180 172
10th Percentile £35,000 £34,750 £34,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,563 £41,254
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £51,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -1.96% +2.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £61,250 £65,313
90th Percentile £72,500 £67,500 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% +4.90%

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 964 739 1,065
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 6.16% 13.22% 10.61%
Number of salaries quoted 657 515 592
10th Percentile £33,575 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £67,500 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £77,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - -7.69% +1.56%

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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 21 September 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 21 September 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 +1 244 £54,646 +4.09% 185
East Midlands +11 151 £48,750 +8.33% 84
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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 22 (5.57%) SharePoint
2 3 (0.76%) WordPress
3 2 (0.51%) Confluence
4 1 (0.25%) ArcGIS
4 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.25%) SAS
Applications
1 141 (35.70%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (2.53%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (1.52%) Chatbot
4 5 (1.27%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (1.01%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 12 (3.04%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (1.52%) Infor M3
3 3 (0.76%) Magento
3 3 (0.76%) NetSuite
3 3 (0.76%) Shopify
4 2 (0.51%) SAP Business One
4 2 (0.51%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.51%) Visualfiles
5 1 (0.25%) Dynamics GP
5 1 (0.25%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.25%) Dynamics SL
5 1 (0.25%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.25%) SAP EHS
Cloud Services
1 395 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 177 (44.81%) Azure
3 77 (19.49%) Azure AI
4 53 (13.42%) PowerApps
5 52 (13.16%) Power Automate
6 50 (12.66%) Microsoft 365
7 33 (8.35%) Dynamics 365
8 17 (4.30%) AWS
9 13 (3.29%) Microsoft Purview
10 12 (3.04%) Azure Data Factory
11 11 (2.78%) GCP
12 10 (2.53%) Microsoft Copilot
13 9 (2.28%) Azure DevOps
14 8 (2.03%) SaaS
15 7 (1.77%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 7 (1.77%) Snowflake
16 6 (1.52%) Azure Stack
17 5 (1.27%) Copilot Studio
17 5 (1.27%) PaaS
18 4 (1.01%) Meta Ads
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.51%) Firewall
2 1 (0.25%) VLAN
2 1 (0.25%) VPN
2 1 (0.25%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 121 (30.63%) Tableau
2 41 (10.38%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 40 (10.13%) Power Query
4 35 (8.86%) Data Warehouse
5 20 (5.06%) SQL Server
6 19 (4.81%) QlikView
7 15 (3.80%) Data Lake
7 15 (3.80%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 12 (3.04%) Relational Database
9 11 (2.78%) Star Schema
10 7 (1.77%) MySQL
10 7 (1.77%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 6 (1.52%) Azure SQL Database
11 6 (1.52%) GIS
12 5 (1.27%) Big Data
12 5 (1.27%) Data Mining
12 5 (1.27%) Oracle BI EE
13 4 (1.01%) BigQuery
13 4 (1.01%) Crystal Reports
13 4 (1.01%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 11 (2.78%) Git
2 4 (1.01%) JIRA
3 2 (0.51%) Ant
3 2 (0.51%) Apache Ivy
3 2 (0.51%) IBM UrbanCode
3 2 (0.51%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.51%) Maven
4 1 (0.25%) Oracle Forms
General
1 172 (43.54%) Social Skills
2 126 (31.90%) Analytical Skills
3 90 (22.78%) Finance
4 30 (7.59%) Manufacturing
5 28 (7.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 27 (6.84%) Public Sector
7 22 (5.57%) Retail
8 16 (4.05%) Organisational Skills
9 15 (3.80%) Legal
10 14 (3.54%) Marketing
11 13 (3.29%) Law
12 11 (2.78%) Social Housing
13 10 (2.53%) Influencing Skills
14 9 (2.28%) Fire and Rescue
15 6 (1.52%) Pharmaceutical
16 3 (0.76%) Legal Technology
17 2 (0.51%) Advertising
17 2 (0.51%) Aerospace
17 2 (0.51%) Financial Institution
17 2 (0.51%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 141 (35.70%) Analyst
2 103 (26.08%) Data Analyst
3 79 (20.00%) Junior
3 79 (20.00%) Junior Analyst
3 79 (20.00%) Junior Data Analyst
4 71 (17.97%) Developer
5 35 (8.86%) Senior
6 34 (8.61%) Lead
7 32 (8.10%) Data Engineer
8 26 (6.58%) Business Intelligence Developer
9 22 (5.57%) Data Manager
10 20 (5.06%) Power Platform Developer
11 16 (4.05%) Business Intelligence Analyst
12 15 (3.80%) Business Intelligence Manager
13 13 (3.29%) Power BI Developer
14 11 (2.78%) Business Intelligence Lead
14 11 (2.78%) Senior Data Engineer
14 11 (2.78%) Systems Analyst
15 10 (2.53%) Data Scientist
15 10 (2.53%) Performance Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (5.82%) .NET
2 12 (3.04%) PyTorch
3 10 (2.53%) REST
4 9 (2.28%) EDI
5 7 (1.77%) scikit-learn
5 7 (1.77%) TensorFlow
6 6 (1.52%) JSON
6 6 (1.52%) PySpark
7 5 (1.27%) HTML
7 5 (1.27%) Pandas
8 3 (0.76%) CSS
8 3 (0.76%) RESTful
8 3 (0.76%) XML
9 2 (0.51%) GraphQL
9 2 (0.51%) Matplotlib
9 2 (0.51%) React
9 2 (0.51%) Seaborn
9 2 (0.51%) Terraform
9 2 (0.51%) Web Services
10 1 (0.25%) HTML5 Canvas
Miscellaneous
1 38 (9.62%) Management Information System
2 13 (3.29%) Data Structures
3 10 (2.53%) Driving Licence
3 10 (2.53%) NHS
3 10 (2.53%) Product Ownership
4 9 (2.28%) Data Protection Act
5 8 (2.03%) FMCG
6 7 (1.77%) Reference Data
7 6 (1.52%) Self-Motivation
8 5 (1.27%) Cloud Native
8 5 (1.27%) Greenfield Project
8 5 (1.27%) Linux Command Line
8 5 (1.27%) Public Cloud
9 4 (1.01%) e-Learning
10 3 (0.76%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 3 (0.76%) Onboarding
10 3 (0.76%) Web Conferencing
11 2 (0.51%) Cyberattack
11 2 (0.51%) PMI
11 2 (0.51%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 6 (1.52%) Linux
1 6 (1.52%) Windows
2 4 (1.01%) Windows Server
3 2 (0.51%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 388 (98.23%) Business Intelligence
2 150 (37.97%) AI
3 143 (36.20%) Analytics
4 124 (31.39%) Problem-Solving
5 91 (23.04%) Decision-Making
6 69 (17.47%) Agile
6 69 (17.47%) Continuous Improvement
7 68 (17.22%) Data Modelling
8 61 (15.44%) ERP
9 60 (15.19%) Visualisation
10 53 (13.42%) ETL
11 51 (12.91%) Data Governance
11 51 (12.91%) Data Management
12 46 (11.65%) Data Analytics
12 46 (11.65%) Data Visualisation
13 41 (10.38%) Data Analysis
14 39 (9.87%) Dashboard Development
14 39 (9.87%) Roadmaps
14 39 (9.87%) Stakeholder Management
15 33 (8.35%) Data Architecture
Programming Languages
1 243 (61.52%) SQL
2 135 (34.18%) Python
3 60 (15.19%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 26 (6.58%) C#
5 12 (3.04%) JavaScript
6 7 (1.77%) R
7 6 (1.52%) Java
8 4 (1.01%) PowerShell
9 3 (0.76%) T-SQL
10 1 (0.25%) Delphi
Qualifications
1 81 (20.51%) Azure Certification
2 78 (19.75%) Degree
3 17 (4.30%) Security Cleared
4 15 (3.80%) SC Cleared
5 14 (3.54%) PMI Certification
6 13 (3.29%) Microsoft Certification
7 12 (3.04%) PMP
8 6 (1.52%) DBS Check
9 3 (0.76%) AAT
9 3 (0.76%) CCAB
9 3 (0.76%) CompTIA CySA+
9 3 (0.76%) CompTIA Security+
9 3 (0.76%) SSCP
10 2 (0.51%) ACCA
10 2 (0.51%) AWS Certification
10 2 (0.51%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (0.51%) CIMA
10 2 (0.51%) Computer Science Degree
11 1 (0.25%) Master's Degree
11 1 (0.25%) MCT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 65 (16.46%) Data Quality
2 45 (11.39%) GDPR
3 9 (2.28%) Accessibility
4 7 (1.77%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 7 (1.77%) SLA
5 5 (1.27%) PMO
6 4 (1.01%) ISO 9001
6 4 (1.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (0.76%) Actionable Recommendations
7 3 (0.76%) NIST
8 2 (0.51%) GRC
8 2 (0.51%) QA
9 1 (0.25%) ISO 14001
System Software
1 2 (0.51%) Active Directory
1 2 (0.51%) Docker
2 1 (0.25%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 2 (0.51%) Ansible
1 2 (0.51%) Kubernetes
1 2 (0.51%) Progress Chef
1 2 (0.51%) Puppet
2 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 214 (54.18%) Microsoft
2 25 (6.33%) Databricks
3 16 (4.05%) Google
4 10 (2.53%) Oracle
5 8 (2.03%) SYSPRO
6 7 (1.77%) SAP
7 6 (1.52%) Infor
8 5 (1.27%) ServiceNow
9 4 (1.01%) HubSpot
10 3 (0.76%) HP
10 3 (0.76%) YouTube
11 2 (0.51%) Cognos
11 2 (0.51%) Jedox
12 1 (0.25%) Alteryx
12 1 (0.25%) Denodo
12 1 (0.25%) ESRI
12 1 (0.25%) HighQ
12 1 (0.25%) OpenAI
12 1 (0.25%) Qualtrics
12 1 (0.25%) Xero
269 Power BI jobs in the Midlands