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 12 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 32 65 49
Rank change year-on-year +33 -16 +2
Permanent jobs citing Power BI 430 209 537
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 3.49% 4.20% 3.89%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 47.15% 28.40% 28.16%
Number of salaries quoted 195 175 448
10th Percentile £31,550 £36,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,250 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,085 £52,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.32% +10.53% -
75th Percentile £62,500 £61,250 £61,375
90th Percentile £72,000 £68,250 £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 912 736 1,907
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 7.40% 14.79% 13.81%
Number of salaries quoted 600 516 1,446
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,063 £42,500 £39,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +10.00% -
75th Percentile £67,250 £67,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £75,000 £73,750
England median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -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 12 June 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 12 June 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 +19 253 £47,085 -14.39% 75
East Midlands +24 175 £50,000 +8.70% 42
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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 (2.56%) SharePoint
2 3 (0.70%) ArcGIS
2 3 (0.70%) WordPress
3 2 (0.47%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.23%) Apache
Applications
1 232 (53.95%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (1.86%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (1.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (1.16%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (0.93%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.70%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.47%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (0.93%) Dynamics CRM
1 4 (0.93%) Shopify
2 3 (0.70%) Magento
2 3 (0.70%) NetSuite
3 2 (0.47%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.23%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.23%) SAP EHS
4 1 (0.23%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 430 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 263 (61.16%) Azure
3 176 (40.93%) Azure AI
4 31 (7.21%) Power Automate
5 28 (6.51%) Azure Data Factory
5 28 (6.51%) PowerApps
6 27 (6.28%) Microsoft 365
7 20 (4.65%) Dynamics 365
8 17 (3.95%) Snowflake
9 16 (3.72%) AWS
10 13 (3.02%) Microsoft Purview
11 11 (2.56%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 8 (1.86%) Azure DevOps
12 8 (1.86%) GCP
13 5 (1.16%) Azure Logic Apps
14 4 (0.93%) Azure Stack
14 4 (0.93%) SaaS
14 4 (0.93%) Smartsheet
15 3 (0.70%) Microsoft Copilot
16 2 (0.47%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.23%) DHCP
1 1 (0.23%) DNS
1 1 (0.23%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 206 (47.91%) Tableau
2 34 (7.91%) Power Query
3 21 (4.88%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 20 (4.65%) SQL Server
5 18 (4.19%) Data Warehouse
6 16 (3.72%) Star Schema
7 13 (3.02%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 10 (2.33%) Data Lake
9 9 (2.09%) Relational Database
10 8 (1.86%) Azure SQL Database
11 5 (1.16%) Amazon Redshift
11 5 (1.16%) Looker
11 5 (1.16%) MySQL
11 5 (1.16%) Semantic Layer
12 4 (0.93%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
12 4 (0.93%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 3 (0.70%) Delta Lake
14 2 (0.47%) BigQuery
14 2 (0.47%) Metadata
15 1 (0.23%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 8 (1.86%) Git
2 5 (1.16%) JIRA
3 2 (0.47%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 1 (0.23%) Oracle Forms
4 1 (0.23%) Visual Studio
General
1 248 (57.67%) Social Skills
2 88 (20.47%) Analytical Skills
3 61 (14.19%) Finance
4 30 (6.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 19 (4.42%) Public Sector
6 18 (4.19%) Retail
7 15 (3.49%) Manufacturing
8 13 (3.02%) Law
9 11 (2.56%) Organisational Skills
10 7 (1.63%) Pharmaceutical
11 6 (1.40%) Influencing Skills
11 6 (1.40%) Legal
11 6 (1.40%) Marketing
11 6 (1.40%) Social Housing
12 5 (1.16%) Aerospace
13 3 (0.70%) Billing
13 3 (0.70%) Electronics
13 3 (0.70%) Presentation Skills
14 2 (0.47%) Legal Technology
14 2 (0.47%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 240 (55.81%) Analyst
2 207 (48.14%) Data Analyst
3 187 (43.49%) Junior
4 185 (43.02%) Junior Analyst
4 185 (43.02%) Junior Data Analyst
5 60 (13.95%) Developer
6 41 (9.53%) Business Intelligence Developer
7 27 (6.28%) Senior
8 26 (6.05%) Data Engineer
9 22 (5.12%) Business Intelligence Analyst
9 22 (5.12%) Power BI Developer
10 15 (3.49%) Power BI Analyst
11 14 (3.26%) Business Developer
11 14 (3.26%) Snowflake Data Engineer
11 14 (3.26%) Snowflake Engineer
12 12 (2.79%) Power BI Engineer
13 11 (2.56%) Data Manager
13 11 (2.56%) Data Scientist
14 10 (2.33%) Azure Data Engineer
14 10 (2.33%) Python Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (2.09%) .NET
2 8 (1.86%) Pandas
3 7 (1.63%) PySpark
3 7 (1.63%) XML
4 6 (1.40%) PyTorch
4 6 (1.40%) scikit-learn
4 6 (1.40%) WinForms
5 5 (1.16%) HTML
5 5 (1.16%) REST
6 3 (0.70%) CSS
6 3 (0.70%) EDI
6 3 (0.70%) JSON
6 3 (0.70%) RESTful
7 2 (0.47%) React
7 2 (0.47%) Web Services
8 1 (0.23%) EDIFACT
8 1 (0.23%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 25 (5.81%) Management Information System
2 13 (3.02%) Analytical Mindset
3 9 (2.09%) Product Ownership
4 7 (1.63%) NHS
5 4 (0.93%) Data Structures
6 3 (0.70%) Linux Command Line
7 2 (0.47%) Cloud Native
7 2 (0.47%) Cyberattack
7 2 (0.47%) Driving Licence
7 2 (0.47%) FMCG
7 2 (0.47%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 2 (0.47%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (0.47%) Robotics
8 1 (0.23%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (0.23%) e-Learning
8 1 (0.23%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.23%) Replication
8 1 (0.23%) Taxonomies
8 1 (0.23%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 3 (0.70%) Linux
2 1 (0.23%) Windows
2 1 (0.23%) Windows Server
2 1 (0.23%) Windows Server 2016
2 1 (0.23%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 420 (97.67%) Business Intelligence
2 209 (48.60%) AI
3 128 (29.77%) Analytics
4 75 (17.44%) Problem-Solving
5 70 (16.28%) Decision-Making
6 64 (14.88%) Data Modelling
7 56 (13.02%) Visualisation
8 43 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
9 42 (9.77%) ETL
10 41 (9.53%) Agile
11 40 (9.30%) Data Visualisation
12 35 (8.14%) Data Analysis
13 32 (7.44%) Data Governance
14 29 (6.74%) Data-Driven Decision Making
15 28 (6.51%) CRM
15 28 (6.51%) ERP
16 27 (6.28%) Actionable Insight
16 27 (6.28%) Data Management
17 26 (6.05%) Data Engineering
17 26 (6.05%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 311 (72.33%) SQL
2 228 (53.02%) Python
3 54 (12.56%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 14 (3.26%) C#
5 11 (2.56%) T-SQL
6 9 (2.09%) VBA
7 7 (1.63%) R
8 6 (1.40%) Delphi
8 6 (1.40%) JavaScript
9 1 (0.23%) ActionScript
9 1 (0.23%) ActionScript 2.0
9 1 (0.23%) PHP
9 1 (0.23%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 180 (41.86%) Azure Certification
2 48 (11.16%) Degree
3 13 (3.02%) Microsoft Certification
4 10 (2.33%) PMI Certification
4 10 (2.33%) PMP
5 7 (1.63%) DBS Check
5 7 (1.63%) Security Cleared
6 6 (1.40%) SC Cleared
7 3 (0.70%) ACCA
7 3 (0.70%) CIMA
7 3 (0.70%) CITP
7 3 (0.70%) CompTIA CySA+
7 3 (0.70%) CompTIA Security+
7 3 (0.70%) Master's Degree
7 3 (0.70%) MBA
7 3 (0.70%) SSCP
8 2 (0.47%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (0.47%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 1 (0.23%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.23%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (10.23%) Data Quality
2 33 (7.67%) GDPR
3 7 (1.63%) Accessibility
3 7 (1.63%) California Consumer Privacy Act
3 7 (1.63%) QA
4 5 (1.16%) SLA
5 4 (0.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (0.70%) Actionable Recommendations
6 3 (0.70%) NIST
7 2 (0.47%) GRC
8 1 (0.23%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 3 (0.70%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.23%) Hyper-V
2 1 (0.23%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 261 (60.70%) Microsoft
2 27 (6.28%) Databricks
3 15 (3.49%) Oracle
4 11 (2.56%) Google
5 6 (1.40%) SAP
6 4 (0.93%) ESRI
7 3 (0.70%) HubSpot
7 3 (0.70%) QAD
8 2 (0.47%) Cognos
8 2 (0.47%) OpenAI
9 1 (0.23%) Adobe
9 1 (0.23%) Alteryx
9 1 (0.23%) Civica
9 1 (0.23%) HighQ
9 1 (0.23%) Hotjar
9 1 (0.23%) Informatica
9 1 (0.23%) Legora
9 1 (0.23%) Northgate
9 1 (0.23%) Orchard
9 1 (0.23%) VMware