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 28 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 47 67 83
Rank change year-on-year +20 +16 -25
Permanent jobs citing Power BI 410 236 287
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 2.77% 4.06% 2.67%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 43.71% 30.41% 24.55%
Number of salaries quoted 223 185 212
10th Percentile £33,500 £34,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £41,254
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,356 £50,000 £52,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.71% -3.85% +6.12%
75th Percentile £62,500 £61,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £67,500 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% +4.35%

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 938 776 1,169
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 6.35% 13.34% 10.86%
Number of salaries quoted 641 542 760
10th Percentile £32,250 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £50,500
Median % change year-on-year - +8.91% -3.81%
75th Percentile £67,500 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £77,500 £78,825
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year - -4.00% -3.85%

Power BI
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 28 August 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 28 August 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 +11 246 £51,356 -3.10% 128
East Midlands +11 164 £50,000 +11.11% 65
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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 (4.15%) SharePoint
2 3 (0.73%) WordPress
3 2 (0.49%) ArcGIS
4 1 (0.24%) Apache
4 1 (0.24%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.24%) SAS
Applications
1 171 (41.71%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (2.20%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (0.98%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.73%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.24%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 12 (2.93%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.73%) Magento
2 3 (0.73%) NetSuite
2 3 (0.73%) Shopify
3 2 (0.49%) Infor M3
3 2 (0.49%) SAP Business One
3 2 (0.49%) Visualfiles
4 1 (0.24%) Dynamics GP
4 1 (0.24%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.24%) Dynamics SL
4 1 (0.24%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.24%) SAP EHS
4 1 (0.24%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 410 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 209 (50.98%) Azure
3 110 (26.83%) Azure AI
4 49 (11.95%) Power Automate
5 46 (11.22%) PowerApps
6 43 (10.49%) Microsoft 365
7 33 (8.05%) Dynamics 365
8 19 (4.63%) AWS
9 15 (3.66%) Azure Data Factory
10 13 (3.17%) Microsoft Purview
10 13 (3.17%) Snowflake
11 11 (2.68%) GCP
12 10 (2.44%) Azure DevOps
13 9 (2.20%) SaaS
14 6 (1.46%) Azure Stack
14 6 (1.46%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 5 (1.22%) Azure Logic Apps
15 5 (1.22%) Microsoft Copilot
16 4 (0.98%) Google Ads
16 4 (0.98%) Meta Ads
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.49%) Firewall
2 1 (0.24%) DHCP
2 1 (0.24%) DNS
2 1 (0.24%) VLAN
2 1 (0.24%) VPN
2 1 (0.24%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 150 (36.59%) Tableau
2 40 (9.76%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 39 (9.51%) Power Query
4 33 (8.05%) Data Warehouse
5 21 (5.12%) SQL Server
6 14 (3.41%) QlikView
6 14 (3.41%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 14 (3.41%) Star Schema
7 12 (2.93%) Relational Database
8 11 (2.68%) Data Lake
9 7 (1.71%) MySQL
9 7 (1.71%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 6 (1.46%) GIS
11 5 (1.22%) Delta Lake
12 4 (0.98%) Crystal Reports
12 4 (0.98%) Oracle Reports
13 3 (0.73%) Data Mining
13 3 (0.73%) Looker
13 3 (0.73%) Oracle BI EE
13 3 (0.73%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 13 (3.17%) Git
2 3 (0.73%) JIRA
3 2 (0.49%) Ant
3 2 (0.49%) Apache Ivy
3 2 (0.49%) IBM UrbanCode
3 2 (0.49%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.49%) Maven
4 1 (0.24%) Oracle Forms
General
1 202 (49.27%) Social Skills
2 114 (27.80%) Analytical Skills
3 77 (18.78%) Finance
4 30 (7.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 27 (6.59%) Manufacturing
6 24 (5.85%) Public Sector
6 24 (5.85%) Retail
7 16 (3.90%) Organisational Skills
8 14 (3.41%) Law
9 13 (3.17%) Legal
10 12 (2.93%) Marketing
11 11 (2.68%) Influencing Skills
12 10 (2.44%) Social Housing
13 7 (1.71%) Fire and Rescue
13 7 (1.71%) Pharmaceutical
14 3 (0.73%) Legal Technology
15 2 (0.49%) Advertising
15 2 (0.49%) Aerospace
15 2 (0.49%) Financial Institution
15 2 (0.49%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 171 (41.71%) Analyst
2 138 (33.66%) Data Analyst
3 116 (28.29%) Junior
4 114 (27.80%) Junior Analyst
4 114 (27.80%) Junior Data Analyst
5 71 (17.32%) Developer
6 38 (9.27%) Senior
7 34 (8.29%) Data Engineer
8 32 (7.80%) Business Intelligence Developer
9 24 (5.85%) Lead
10 22 (5.37%) Data Manager
11 18 (4.39%) Power BI Developer
12 17 (4.15%) Business Intelligence Analyst
13 16 (3.90%) Business Intelligence Manager
13 16 (3.90%) Power Platform Developer
14 12 (2.93%) Data Scientist
14 12 (2.93%) Senior Data Engineer
15 10 (2.44%) Performance Manager
15 10 (2.44%) Snowflake Data Engineer
15 10 (2.44%) Systems Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (5.37%) .NET
2 11 (2.68%) PyTorch
3 10 (2.44%) REST
4 9 (2.20%) EDI
5 8 (1.95%) scikit-learn
6 7 (1.71%) JSON
6 7 (1.71%) PySpark
7 6 (1.46%) Pandas
8 5 (1.22%) HTML
8 5 (1.22%) TensorFlow
9 3 (0.73%) CSS
9 3 (0.73%) RESTful
9 3 (0.73%) XML
10 2 (0.49%) GraphQL
10 2 (0.49%) Matplotlib
10 2 (0.49%) React
10 2 (0.49%) Seaborn
10 2 (0.49%) Terraform
10 2 (0.49%) Web Services
11 1 (0.24%) HTML5 Canvas
Miscellaneous
1 32 (7.80%) Management Information System
2 10 (2.44%) NHS
2 10 (2.44%) Product Ownership
3 9 (2.20%) Data Structures
4 7 (1.71%) Data Protection Act
5 6 (1.46%) Cloud Native
5 6 (1.46%) Driving Licence
6 5 (1.22%) Greenfield Project
6 5 (1.22%) Linux Command Line
7 4 (0.98%) e-Learning
7 4 (0.98%) FMCG
7 4 (0.98%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (0.73%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (0.73%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 3 (0.73%) Onboarding
8 3 (0.73%) Public Cloud
8 3 (0.73%) Reference Data
8 3 (0.73%) Web Conferencing
9 2 (0.49%) Cyberattack
9 2 (0.49%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 6 (1.46%) Linux
1 6 (1.46%) Windows
2 5 (1.22%) Windows Server
3 2 (0.49%) Solaris
4 1 (0.24%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (0.24%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 401 (97.80%) Business Intelligence
2 171 (41.71%) AI
3 147 (35.85%) Analytics
4 115 (28.05%) Problem-Solving
5 84 (20.49%) Decision-Making
6 69 (16.83%) Data Modelling
7 61 (14.88%) Agile
8 56 (13.66%) Visualisation
9 55 (13.41%) Continuous Improvement
10 51 (12.44%) ETL
11 46 (11.22%) ERP
12 45 (10.98%) Data Visualisation
13 44 (10.73%) Data Governance
14 43 (10.49%) Data Management
15 41 (10.00%) Data Analysis
16 39 (9.51%) Dashboard Development
16 39 (9.51%) Data Analytics
17 37 (9.02%) Roadmaps
18 30 (7.32%) Data Engineering
19 29 (7.07%) Data Security
Programming Languages
1 274 (66.83%) SQL
2 170 (41.46%) Python
3 61 (14.88%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 24 (5.85%) C#
5 11 (2.68%) JavaScript
6 7 (1.71%) R
7 5 (1.22%) T-SQL
8 4 (0.98%) Java
8 4 (0.98%) PowerShell
9 1 (0.24%) Delphi
Qualifications
1 114 (27.80%) Azure Certification
2 72 (17.56%) Degree
3 14 (3.41%) Security Cleared
4 12 (2.93%) SC Cleared
5 11 (2.68%) Microsoft Certification
6 10 (2.44%) PMI Certification
7 8 (1.95%) PMP
8 6 (1.46%) DBS Check
9 3 (0.73%) AAT
9 3 (0.73%) AWS Certification
9 3 (0.73%) CCAB
9 3 (0.73%) CompTIA CySA+
9 3 (0.73%) CompTIA Security+
9 3 (0.73%) SSCP
10 2 (0.49%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (0.49%) Computer Science Degree
11 1 (0.24%) ACCA
11 1 (0.24%) CIMA
11 1 (0.24%) CIPFA
11 1 (0.24%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 56 (13.66%) Data Quality
2 43 (10.49%) GDPR
3 9 (2.20%) Accessibility
4 7 (1.71%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 7 (1.71%) SLA
5 4 (0.98%) ISO 9001
5 4 (0.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (0.98%) QA
6 3 (0.73%) NIST
7 2 (0.49%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (0.49%) GRC
8 1 (0.24%) ISO 14001
8 1 (0.24%) PMO
System Software
1 3 (0.73%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.49%) Docker
2 2 (0.49%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.24%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (0.49%) Ansible
1 2 (0.49%) Kubernetes
1 2 (0.49%) Progress Chef
1 2 (0.49%) Puppet
2 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 237 (57.80%) Microsoft
2 26 (6.34%) Databricks
3 16 (3.90%) Google
4 10 (2.44%) Oracle
5 8 (1.95%) SYSPRO
6 5 (1.22%) SAP
7 4 (0.98%) HubSpot
8 2 (0.49%) ESRI
8 2 (0.49%) HP
8 2 (0.49%) Infor
8 2 (0.49%) Jedox
8 2 (0.49%) ServiceNow
9 1 (0.24%) Alteryx
9 1 (0.24%) Cognos
9 1 (0.24%) Informatica
9 1 (0.24%) OpenAI
9 1 (0.24%) Qualtrics
9 1 (0.24%) VMware
9 1 (0.24%) Xero
9 1 (0.24%) YouTube