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 18 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 48 84 36
Rank change year-on-year +36 -48 +24
Permanent jobs citing Power BI 329 193 449
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 3.70% 3.26% 5.36%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 41.91% 22.81% 29.79%
Number of salaries quoted 174 142 400
10th Percentile £36,250 £37,500 £28,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,085 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.83% +5.26% -
75th Percentile £61,250 £63,750 £61,250
90th Percentile £77,500 £71,250 £67,500
England median annual salary £56,000 £60,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -6.67% +11.11% -6.09%

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 785 846 1,507
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 8.82% 14.29% 17.98%
Number of salaries quoted 546 481 1,292
10th Percentile £32,500 £32,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £38,181
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £72,500 £70,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +13.04% -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 18 February 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 18 February 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 +24 205 £47,500 -5.47% 78
East Midlands +48 122 £45,000 +5.26% 50
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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 14 (4.26%) SharePoint
2 3 (0.91%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (0.61%) CMS
3 2 (0.61%) Confluence
3 2 (0.61%) Umbraco
4 1 (0.30%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.30%) SAS
Applications
1 170 (51.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (2.13%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (1.82%) Microsoft Project
3 6 (1.82%) Spreadsheet
4 3 (0.91%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.91%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.61%) Trello
Business Applications
1 9 (2.74%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.61%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
2 2 (0.61%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.30%) Odoo
3 1 (0.30%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (0.30%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (0.30%) Primavera
3 1 (0.30%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.30%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 329 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 188 (57.14%) Azure
3 110 (33.43%) Azure AI
4 31 (9.42%) Azure Data Factory
5 26 (7.90%) Power Automate
6 24 (7.29%) PowerApps
7 21 (6.38%) Dynamics 365
8 15 (4.56%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 14 (4.26%) Microsoft 365
10 9 (2.74%) Snowflake
11 7 (2.13%) Azure DevOps
12 6 (1.82%) Microsoft Copilot
13 5 (1.52%) AWS
13 5 (1.52%) Azure Logic Apps
13 5 (1.52%) SaaS
14 3 (0.91%) Azure Functions
14 3 (0.91%) Azure Service Bus
14 3 (0.91%) dbt
14 3 (0.91%) GCP
14 3 (0.91%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.61%) Intranet
2 1 (0.30%) DHCP
2 1 (0.30%) DNS
2 1 (0.30%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 140 (42.55%) Tableau
2 38 (11.55%) SQL Server
3 34 (10.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 22 (6.69%) Data Warehouse
4 22 (6.69%) Power Query
5 17 (5.17%) Data Lake
6 13 (3.95%) Azure SQL Database
6 13 (3.95%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 10 (3.04%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
8 8 (2.43%) Relational Database
9 6 (1.82%) Crystal Reports
10 5 (1.52%) Looker
10 5 (1.52%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 4 (1.22%) Data Mining
11 4 (1.22%) Star Schema
12 2 (0.61%) BigQuery
12 2 (0.61%) BusinessObjects
12 2 (0.61%) MySQL
12 2 (0.61%) Semantic Layer
13 1 (0.30%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 8 (2.43%) JIRA
2 5 (1.52%) Git
3 2 (0.61%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 1 (0.30%) GitLab
4 1 (0.30%) Visual Studio
General
1 172 (52.28%) Social Skills
2 66 (20.06%) Analytical Skills
3 62 (18.84%) Finance
4 19 (5.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 18 (5.47%) Marketing
6 17 (5.17%) Public Sector
7 12 (3.65%) Manufacturing
8 9 (2.74%) Legal
9 8 (2.43%) Retail
10 6 (1.82%) Organisational Skills
11 5 (1.52%) Law
12 4 (1.22%) Presentation Skills
13 3 (0.91%) Aerospace
13 3 (0.91%) Electronics
13 3 (0.91%) Local Government
13 3 (0.91%) Spanish Language
14 2 (0.61%) Billing
14 2 (0.61%) Social Housing
15 1 (0.30%) Police
15 1 (0.30%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 159 (48.33%) Analyst
2 134 (40.73%) Data Analyst
3 115 (34.95%) Junior
4 113 (34.35%) Junior Analyst
4 113 (34.35%) Junior Data Analyst
5 67 (20.36%) Developer
6 33 (10.03%) Business Intelligence Developer
7 24 (7.29%) Data Engineer
8 23 (6.99%) Business Developer
8 23 (6.99%) Senior
9 20 (6.08%) Business Intelligence Analyst
10 12 (3.65%) Power BI Developer
11 11 (3.34%) Lead
11 11 (3.34%) Systems Developer
12 10 (3.04%) Digital Analyst
12 10 (3.04%) Senior Analyst
13 9 (2.74%) Architect
13 9 (2.74%) Business Intelligence Data Analyst
14 8 (2.43%) Customer Analyst
14 8 (2.43%) Systems Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (6.69%) .NET
2 12 (3.65%) XML
3 9 (2.74%) EDI
4 8 (2.43%) WinForms
5 6 (1.82%) JSON
6 5 (1.52%) PySpark
6 5 (1.52%) REST
7 4 (1.22%) .NET Framework
8 3 (0.91%) AngularJS
8 3 (0.91%) CSS
8 3 (0.91%) HTML
8 3 (0.91%) Razor View Engine
9 2 (0.61%) ASP.NET
9 2 (0.61%) ASP.NET Core
9 2 (0.61%) Entity Framework
9 2 (0.61%) Pandas
9 2 (0.61%) React
9 2 (0.61%) Web Services
10 1 (0.30%) ODBC
10 1 (0.30%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 15 (4.56%) Analytical Mindset
2 11 (3.34%) Management Information System
3 7 (2.13%) FMCG
4 6 (1.82%) Pricing Data
5 4 (1.22%) Legacy Systems
6 3 (0.91%) Enterprise Software
6 3 (0.91%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (0.61%) Data Structures
7 2 (0.61%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 1 (0.30%) 3D Printing
8 1 (0.30%) Algorithms
8 1 (0.30%) Industry 4.0
8 1 (0.30%) IoT
8 1 (0.30%) Low-Code
8 1 (0.30%) Replication
8 1 (0.30%) Taxonomies
8 1 (0.30%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 323 (98.18%) Business Intelligence
2 122 (37.08%) AI
3 69 (20.97%) Analytics
4 62 (18.84%) Decision-Making
5 51 (15.50%) Continuous Improvement
5 51 (15.50%) Problem-Solving
6 48 (14.59%) Visualisation
7 43 (13.07%) Data Modelling
8 36 (10.94%) Actionable Insight
8 36 (10.94%) ERP
9 34 (10.33%) Data Visualisation
9 34 (10.33%) ETL
10 31 (9.42%) CRM
11 30 (9.12%) Agile
12 24 (7.29%) Data Analysis
13 23 (6.99%) Data Management
13 23 (6.99%) Migration
14 22 (6.69%) Data-Driven Decision Making
15 18 (5.47%) Project Management
16 17 (5.17%) Data Pipeline
Programming Languages
1 229 (69.60%) SQL
2 152 (46.20%) Python
3 27 (8.21%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 14 (4.26%) C#
5 9 (2.74%) JavaScript
6 8 (2.43%) Delphi
6 8 (2.43%) VBA
7 7 (2.13%) T-SQL
8 5 (1.52%) R
9 3 (0.91%) VB.NET
10 2 (0.61%) C
11 1 (0.30%) ActionScript
11 1 (0.30%) ActionScript 2.0
11 1 (0.30%) PHP
11 1 (0.30%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 120 (36.47%) Azure Certification
2 34 (10.33%) Degree
3 13 (3.95%) Microsoft Certification
3 13 (3.95%) PMI Certification
3 13 (3.95%) PMP
4 8 (2.43%) Numerate Degree
5 5 (1.52%) Security Cleared
6 4 (1.22%) DBS Check
6 4 (1.22%) Master's Degree
6 4 (1.22%) SC Cleared
7 3 (0.91%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (0.91%) MBA
7 3 (0.91%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 2 (0.61%) ACCA
8 2 (0.61%) CIMA
8 2 (0.61%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 1 (0.30%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.30%) CITP
9 1 (0.30%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (10.64%) Data Quality
2 16 (4.86%) GDPR
3 8 (2.43%) PMO
4 4 (1.22%) Actionable Recommendations
5 3 (0.91%) Accessibility
5 3 (0.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (0.91%) QA
5 3 (0.91%) SLA
6 2 (0.61%) WCAG
System Software
1 2 (0.61%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.30%) Docker
2 1 (0.30%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (0.30%) Kubernetes
1 1 (0.30%) MOM
Vendors
1 176 (53.50%) Microsoft
2 14 (4.26%) Databricks
3 13 (3.95%) Oracle
4 10 (3.04%) Salesforce
5 8 (2.43%) SAP
6 7 (2.13%) Sparx
7 6 (1.82%) Google
8 4 (1.22%) Civica
9 3 (0.91%) Infor
9 3 (0.91%) QAD
10 2 (0.61%) Cognos
10 2 (0.61%) DocuSign
10 2 (0.61%) Epicor
10 2 (0.61%) IFS
10 2 (0.61%) Northgate
10 2 (0.61%) OpenAI
10 2 (0.61%) Orchard
10 2 (0.61%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
11 1 (0.30%) Anaplan
11 1 (0.30%) ServiceNow