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 9 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 56 97 43
Rank change year-on-year +41 -54 +27
Permanent jobs citing Power BI 271 185 267
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 3.46% 2.88% 4.86%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 37.90% 22.16% 25.21%
Number of salaries quoted 165 131 241
10th Percentile £36,250 £35,000 £28,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £38,750 £36,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £63,125 £60,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £71,250 £72,500
England median annual salary £57,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -5.00% +9.09% -4.35%

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 715 835 1,059
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 9.12% 13.01% 19.28%
Number of salaries quoted 530 471 923
10th Percentile £32,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,688 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.87% +2.26% -1.87%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,927 £63,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £75,000
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 9 January 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 9 January 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 +24 182 £50,000 - 77
East Midlands +40 87 £45,390 +3.75% 35
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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 (3.69%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.11%) 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
1 122 (45.02%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (2.21%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (2.21%) Microsoft Project
3 4 (1.48%) MS Visio
4 3 (1.11%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.74%) Trello
6 1 (0.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 12 (4.43%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (1.48%) SAP FI
3 3 (1.11%) SAP Business One
4 2 (0.74%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
4 2 (0.74%) NetSuite
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
1 271 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 118 (43.54%) Azure
3 55 (20.30%) Azure AI
4 23 (8.49%) Dynamics 365
5 22 (8.12%) Power Automate
5 22 (8.12%) PowerApps
6 19 (7.01%) Azure Data Factory
7 15 (5.54%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 13 (4.80%) Microsoft 365
9 12 (4.43%) Snowflake
10 8 (2.95%) SaaS
11 7 (2.58%) Azure DevOps
12 5 (1.85%) Microsoft Copilot
13 4 (1.48%) Azure Logic Apps
13 4 (1.48%) GCP
14 3 (1.11%) Azure Functions
14 3 (1.11%) Azure Service Bus
14 3 (1.11%) Copilot Studio
14 3 (1.11%) Serverless
15 2 (0.74%) dbt
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 (29.89%) Tableau
2 35 (12.92%) SQL Server
3 29 (10.70%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 19 (7.01%) Data Lake
4 19 (7.01%) Data Warehouse
5 18 (6.64%) Power Query
6 13 (4.80%) Azure SQL Database
7 9 (3.32%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
8 7 (2.58%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 6 (2.21%) Crystal Reports
9 6 (2.21%) Data Mining
10 5 (1.85%) Relational Database
10 5 (1.85%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 3 (1.11%) BigQuery
12 2 (0.74%) BusinessObjects
12 2 (0.74%) MySQL
12 2 (0.74%) NoSQL
12 2 (0.74%) Star Schema
13 1 (0.37%) Oracle Reports
13 1 (0.37%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 10 (3.69%) JIRA
2 5 (1.85%) Git
3 1 (0.37%) GitLab
General
1 107 (39.48%) Social Skills
2 58 (21.40%) Finance
3 53 (19.56%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (8.12%) Manufacturing
5 18 (6.64%) Marketing
6 16 (5.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 16 (5.90%) Public Sector
7 14 (5.17%) Retail
8 6 (2.21%) Legal
9 5 (1.85%) Law
10 4 (1.48%) Organisational Skills
11 3 (1.11%) Aerospace
11 3 (1.11%) Electronics
11 3 (1.11%) Spanish Language
12 2 (0.74%) Automotive
12 2 (0.74%) Billing
12 2 (0.74%) Games
12 2 (0.74%) Local Government
12 2 (0.74%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (0.74%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 111 (40.96%) Analyst
2 74 (27.31%) Data Analyst
3 58 (21.40%) Developer
4 57 (21.03%) Junior
5 55 (20.30%) Junior Analyst
5 55 (20.30%) Junior Data Analyst
6 26 (9.59%) Business Intelligence Developer
7 25 (9.23%) Data Engineer
8 22 (8.12%) Business Intelligence Analyst
9 21 (7.75%) Senior
10 17 (6.27%) Business Developer
11 13 (4.80%) Lead
12 12 (4.43%) Systems Analyst
13 11 (4.06%) Systems Developer
14 10 (3.69%) Power BI Developer
15 9 (3.32%) Analyst Developer
15 9 (3.32%) Architect
15 9 (3.32%) Digital Analyst
16 8 (2.95%) Administrator
16 8 (2.95%) Systems Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (8.12%) .NET
2 9 (3.32%) EDI
2 9 (3.32%) XML
3 6 (2.21%) 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 (3.32%) Data Structures
2 7 (2.58%) Analytical Mindset
2 7 (2.58%) FMCG
2 7 (2.58%) Legacy Systems
3 6 (2.21%) Enterprise Software
3 6 (2.21%) Management Information System
3 6 (2.21%) Pricing Data
4 4 (1.48%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (1.11%) Algorithms
6 2 (0.74%) 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
1 260 (95.94%) Business Intelligence
2 66 (24.35%) AI
3 59 (21.77%) Analytics
4 56 (20.66%) Problem-Solving
5 54 (19.93%) Continuous Improvement
6 51 (18.82%) Decision-Making
7 47 (17.34%) ERP
8 43 (15.87%) Visualisation
9 38 (14.02%) Data Modelling
10 34 (12.55%) Data Visualisation
11 31 (11.44%) Actionable Insight
12 30 (11.07%) Agile
13 28 (10.33%) CRM
14 27 (9.96%) Data Analysis
15 26 (9.59%) ETL
16 22 (8.12%) Migration
17 20 (7.38%) Data Management
17 20 (7.38%) Stakeholder Management
18 19 (7.01%) Project Management
19 18 (6.64%) Data-Driven Decision Making
Programming Languages
1 176 (64.94%) SQL
2 97 (35.79%) Python
3 29 (10.70%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 11 (4.06%) C#
5 9 (3.32%) JavaScript
5 9 (3.32%) T-SQL
6 6 (2.21%) VBA
7 5 (1.85%) Delphi
8 4 (1.48%) R
9 3 (1.11%) VB.NET
10 2 (0.74%) C
10 2 (0.74%) PowerShell
11 1 (0.37%) ActionScript
11 1 (0.37%) ActionScript 2.0
Qualifications
1 63 (23.25%) Azure Certification
2 40 (14.76%) Degree
3 15 (5.54%) PMI Certification
3 15 (5.54%) PMP
4 10 (3.69%) Microsoft Certification
5 8 (2.95%) Numerate Degree
6 7 (2.58%) ACCA
6 7 (2.58%) 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%) MBA
8 3 (1.11%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 3 (1.11%) SC Cleared
9 2 (0.74%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 1 (0.37%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.37%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (8.12%) Data Quality
2 13 (4.80%) GDPR
3 8 (2.95%) 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
1 125 (46.13%) Microsoft
2 17 (6.27%) Databricks
3 16 (5.90%) SAP
4 10 (3.69%) Salesforce
5 9 (3.32%) Oracle
6 7 (2.58%) Sparx
7 5 (1.85%) Google
8 4 (1.48%) VMware
9 3 (1.11%) Cisco
9 3 (1.11%) Civica
9 3 (1.11%) Infor
9 3 (1.11%) QAD
9 3 (1.11%) Ubiquiti
10 2 (0.74%) Alteryx
10 2 (0.74%) Epicor
10 2 (0.74%) IFS
10 2 (0.74%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
10 2 (0.74%) Veeam
11 1 (0.37%) Genesys
11 1 (0.37%) Pegasus