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

6 months to
22 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 55 90 37
Rank change year-on-year +35 -53 +32
Permanent jobs citing Power BI 277 187 349
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 3.45% 2.98% 5.17%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 38.42% 22.03% 27.24%
Number of salaries quoted 160 138 310
10th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £28,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £38,750 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £63,750 £61,250
90th Percentile £77,500 £71,625 £67,550
England median annual salary £56,125 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -6.46% +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 721 849 1,281
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 8.98% 13.52% 18.99%
Number of salaries quoted 527 480 1,108
10th Percentile £33,100 £32,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -1.41%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £74,230 £72,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -7.69%

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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 22 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 22 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 +22 181 £50,000 - 72
East Midlands +47 94 £46,445 +0.42% 45
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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 11 (3.97%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.08%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (0.72%) CMS
3 2 (0.72%) Confluence
3 2 (0.72%) Umbraco
4 1 (0.36%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.36%) SAS
Applications
1 130 (46.93%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (2.17%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (2.17%) Microsoft Project
3 4 (1.44%) MS Visio
3 4 (1.44%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (0.72%) Trello
5 1 (0.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 9 (3.25%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.72%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
2 2 (0.72%) NetSuite
2 2 (0.72%) SAP FI
3 1 (0.36%) Odoo
3 1 (0.36%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (0.36%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (0.36%) Pegasus Opera
3 1 (0.36%) Primavera
3 1 (0.36%) SAP Business One
3 1 (0.36%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 277 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 130 (46.93%) Azure
3 66 (23.83%) Azure AI
4 22 (7.94%) Power Automate
5 21 (7.58%) Azure Data Factory
6 20 (7.22%) Dynamics 365
6 20 (7.22%) PowerApps
7 15 (5.42%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 13 (4.69%) Microsoft 365
8 13 (4.69%) Snowflake
9 7 (2.53%) Azure DevOps
9 7 (2.53%) SaaS
10 6 (2.17%) Microsoft Copilot
11 5 (1.81%) Azure Logic Apps
12 3 (1.08%) Azure Functions
12 3 (1.08%) Azure Service Bus
12 3 (1.08%) Copilot Studio
12 3 (1.08%) GCP
12 3 (1.08%) Serverless
13 2 (0.72%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.72%) Intranet
2 1 (0.36%) DHCP
2 1 (0.36%) DNS
2 1 (0.36%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 90 (32.49%) Tableau
2 36 (13.00%) SQL Server
3 31 (11.19%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 20 (7.22%) Data Warehouse
5 19 (6.86%) Power Query
6 17 (6.14%) Data Lake
7 13 (4.69%) Azure SQL Database
8 10 (3.61%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
9 9 (3.25%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 7 (2.53%) Relational Database
11 6 (2.17%) Crystal Reports
11 6 (2.17%) Data Mining
12 5 (1.81%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 2 (0.72%) BigQuery
13 2 (0.72%) BusinessObjects
13 2 (0.72%) Looker
13 2 (0.72%) MySQL
13 2 (0.72%) Semantic Layer
13 2 (0.72%) Star Schema
14 1 (0.36%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 9 (3.25%) JIRA
2 5 (1.81%) Git
3 1 (0.36%) GitLab
General
1 118 (42.60%) Social Skills
2 57 (20.58%) Analytical Skills
3 55 (19.86%) Finance
4 17 (6.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 17 (6.14%) Manufacturing
4 17 (6.14%) Marketing
5 16 (5.78%) Public Sector
6 11 (3.97%) Retail
7 7 (2.53%) Legal
8 4 (1.44%) Law
8 4 (1.44%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (1.08%) Aerospace
9 3 (1.08%) Electronics
9 3 (1.08%) Local Government
9 3 (1.08%) Spanish Language
10 2 (0.72%) Automotive
10 2 (0.72%) Billing
10 2 (0.72%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (0.72%) Social Housing
11 1 (0.36%) Police
Job Titles
1 120 (43.32%) Analyst
2 85 (30.69%) Data Analyst
3 68 (24.55%) Junior
4 66 (23.83%) Junior Analyst
4 66 (23.83%) Junior Data Analyst
5 65 (23.47%) Developer
6 32 (11.55%) Business Intelligence Developer
7 24 (8.66%) Data Engineer
8 23 (8.30%) Senior
9 22 (7.94%) Business Intelligence Analyst
10 21 (7.58%) Business Developer
11 13 (4.69%) Lead
12 12 (4.33%) Power BI Developer
13 11 (3.97%) Systems Developer
14 10 (3.61%) Digital Analyst
14 10 (3.61%) Power BI Engineer
14 10 (3.61%) Systems Analyst
15 9 (3.25%) Analyst Developer
15 9 (3.25%) Architect
16 8 (2.89%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (7.94%) .NET
2 11 (3.97%) XML
3 9 (3.25%) EDI
4 7 (2.53%) WinForms
5 6 (2.17%) JSON
6 5 (1.81%) REST
7 4 (1.44%) .NET Framework
8 3 (1.08%) AngularJS
8 3 (1.08%) CSS
8 3 (1.08%) HTML
8 3 (1.08%) Razor View Engine
9 2 (0.72%) ASP.NET
9 2 (0.72%) ASP.NET Core
9 2 (0.72%) Entity Framework
9 2 (0.72%) PySpark
9 2 (0.72%) React
9 2 (0.72%) Web Services
10 1 (0.36%) HTML5 Canvas
10 1 (0.36%) PyTorch
10 1 (0.36%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 9 (3.25%) Analytical Mindset
1 9 (3.25%) Data Structures
2 7 (2.53%) FMCG
2 7 (2.53%) Management Information System
3 6 (2.17%) Pricing Data
4 5 (1.81%) Enterprise Software
5 4 (1.44%) Legacy Systems
6 3 (1.08%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (0.72%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 1 (0.36%) 3D Printing
8 1 (0.36%) Algorithms
8 1 (0.36%) Industry 4.0
8 1 (0.36%) IoT
8 1 (0.36%) Low-Code
8 1 (0.36%) Onboarding
8 1 (0.36%) Taxonomies
8 1 (0.36%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.36%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 271 (97.83%) Business Intelligence
2 77 (27.80%) AI
3 62 (22.38%) Analytics
4 54 (19.49%) Decision-Making
5 53 (19.13%) Continuous Improvement
6 47 (16.97%) Problem-Solving
7 44 (15.88%) Visualisation
8 42 (15.16%) Data Modelling
9 40 (14.44%) ERP
10 35 (12.64%) Actionable Insight
11 34 (12.27%) Data Visualisation
12 31 (11.19%) ETL
13 28 (10.11%) Agile
14 27 (9.75%) CRM
15 24 (8.66%) Data Analysis
16 21 (7.58%) Data-Driven Decision Making
16 21 (7.58%) Migration
17 20 (7.22%) Data Management
18 19 (6.86%) Stakeholder Management
19 18 (6.50%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 183 (66.06%) SQL
2 108 (38.99%) Python
3 30 (10.83%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 13 (4.69%) C#
5 9 (3.25%) JavaScript
6 8 (2.89%) T-SQL
7 7 (2.53%) Delphi
8 6 (2.17%) VBA
9 5 (1.81%) R
10 3 (1.08%) VB.NET
11 2 (0.72%) C
12 1 (0.36%) ActionScript
12 1 (0.36%) ActionScript 2.0
12 1 (0.36%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 75 (27.08%) Azure Certification
2 40 (14.44%) Degree
3 15 (5.42%) PMI Certification
3 15 (5.42%) PMP
4 11 (3.97%) Microsoft Certification
5 8 (2.89%) Numerate Degree
6 4 (1.44%) ACCA
6 4 (1.44%) CIMA
6 4 (1.44%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (1.44%) Master's Degree
6 4 (1.44%) Security Cleared
7 3 (1.08%) DBS Check
7 3 (1.08%) MBA
7 3 (1.08%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 3 (1.08%) SC Cleared
8 2 (0.72%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 1 (0.36%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.36%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (8.66%) Data Quality
2 14 (5.05%) GDPR
3 8 (2.89%) PMO
4 5 (1.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (1.81%) SLA
5 2 (0.72%) Accessibility
5 2 (0.72%) Actionable Recommendations
5 2 (0.72%) WCAG
6 1 (0.36%) QA
System Software
1 1 (0.36%) Active Directory
1 1 (0.36%) Docker
1 1 (0.36%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (0.36%) Kubernetes
1 1 (0.36%) MOM
Vendors
1 134 (48.38%) Microsoft
2 18 (6.50%) Databricks
3 11 (3.97%) Oracle
3 11 (3.97%) SAP
4 10 (3.61%) Salesforce
5 7 (2.53%) Sparx
6 5 (1.81%) Google
7 3 (1.08%) Civica
7 3 (1.08%) Infor
7 3 (1.08%) QAD
8 2 (0.72%) DocuSign
8 2 (0.72%) Epicor
8 2 (0.72%) IFS
8 2 (0.72%) OpenAI
8 2 (0.72%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
9 1 (0.36%) Hotjar
9 1 (0.36%) NEC
9 1 (0.36%) Orchard
9 1 (0.36%) ServiceNow
9 1 (0.36%) Verint