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 27 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 42 66 77
Rank change year-on-year +24 +11 -23
Permanent jobs citing Power BI 461 230 363
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 3.35% 4.03% 3.16%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 47.48% 29.08% 26.71%
Number of salaries quoted 228 193 285
10th Percentile £31,600 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £39,000 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.26%
75th Percentile £62,500 £61,250 £63,750
90th Percentile £72,500 £67,000 £74,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £57,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -3.51% -0.87% +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 971 791 1,359
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 7.06% 13.86% 11.83%
Number of salaries quoted 650 565 957
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £67,050 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £75,478 £76,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -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 27 July 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 27 July 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 +17 269 £50,000 -7.83% 61
East Midlands +22 192 £47,500 +5.56% 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 11 (2.39%) SharePoint
2 4 (0.87%) ArcGIS
3 3 (0.65%) WordPress
4 1 (0.22%) Apache
4 1 (0.22%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 233 (50.54%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (1.95%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (1.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.65%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (0.65%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 7 (1.52%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.87%) Shopify
3 3 (0.65%) Magento
3 3 (0.65%) NetSuite
4 2 (0.43%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.43%) Visualfiles
5 1 (0.22%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.22%) SAP Business One
5 1 (0.22%) SAP EHS
Cloud Services
1 461 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 256 (55.53%) Azure
3 165 (35.79%) Azure AI
4 46 (9.98%) Power Automate
5 43 (9.33%) PowerApps
6 42 (9.11%) Microsoft 365
7 26 (5.64%) Dynamics 365
8 21 (4.56%) AWS
8 21 (4.56%) Azure Data Factory
9 15 (3.25%) Snowflake
10 13 (2.82%) Microsoft Purview
11 11 (2.39%) GCP
12 8 (1.74%) SaaS
13 5 (1.08%) Azure DevOps
13 5 (1.08%) Azure Stack
14 4 (0.87%) Azure Logic Apps
14 4 (0.87%) Smartsheet
15 3 (0.65%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 3 (0.65%) Google Ads
15 3 (0.65%) Google Sheets
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.43%) Firewall
2 1 (0.22%) DHCP
2 1 (0.22%) DNS
2 1 (0.22%) VLAN
2 1 (0.22%) VPN
2 1 (0.22%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 208 (45.12%) Tableau
2 41 (8.89%) Power Query
3 34 (7.38%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 29 (6.29%) Data Warehouse
5 24 (5.21%) SQL Server
6 15 (3.25%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 15 (3.25%) Star Schema
7 13 (2.82%) Relational Database
8 8 (1.74%) QlikView
9 7 (1.52%) MySQL
10 6 (1.30%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 5 (1.08%) Looker
12 4 (0.87%) Amazon Redshift
12 4 (0.87%) Data Lake
12 4 (0.87%) Delta Lake
13 3 (0.65%) Amazon RDS
13 3 (0.65%) Azure SQL Database
13 3 (0.65%) BigQuery
13 3 (0.65%) Semantic Layer
14 2 (0.43%) GIS
Development Applications
1 7 (1.52%) Git
2 4 (0.87%) JIRA
3 2 (0.43%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 1 (0.22%) Ant
4 1 (0.22%) Apache Ivy
4 1 (0.22%) IBM UrbanCode
4 1 (0.22%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.22%) Maven
4 1 (0.22%) Oracle Forms
4 1 (0.22%) Visual Studio
General
1 258 (55.97%) Social Skills
2 104 (22.56%) Analytical Skills
3 69 (14.97%) Finance
4 29 (6.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 26 (5.64%) Manufacturing
5 26 (5.64%) Public Sector
6 22 (4.77%) Retail
7 17 (3.69%) Law
8 16 (3.47%) Organisational Skills
9 12 (2.60%) Marketing
10 9 (1.95%) Influencing Skills
10 9 (1.95%) Legal
11 7 (1.52%) Pharmaceutical
11 7 (1.52%) Social Housing
12 5 (1.08%) Fire and Rescue
13 2 (0.43%) Advertising
13 2 (0.43%) Aerospace
13 2 (0.43%) Billing
13 2 (0.43%) Legal Technology
13 2 (0.43%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 235 (50.98%) Analyst
2 199 (43.17%) Data Analyst
3 176 (38.18%) Junior
4 174 (37.74%) Junior Analyst
4 174 (37.74%) Junior Data Analyst
5 69 (14.97%) Developer
6 35 (7.59%) Business Intelligence Developer
7 34 (7.38%) Senior
8 29 (6.29%) Data Engineer
9 20 (4.34%) Business Intelligence Analyst
10 19 (4.12%) Power BI Developer
11 18 (3.90%) Data Manager
12 16 (3.47%) Lead
13 15 (3.25%) Business Intelligence Manager
13 15 (3.25%) Data Scientist
14 13 (2.82%) Power Platform Developer
15 12 (2.60%) Snowflake Data Engineer
15 12 (2.60%) Snowflake Engineer
16 9 (1.95%) Power BI Analyst
16 9 (1.95%) Senior Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (4.56%) .NET
2 9 (1.95%) REST
3 8 (1.74%) Pandas
3 8 (1.74%) PyTorch
3 8 (1.74%) scikit-learn
4 7 (1.52%) PySpark
5 6 (1.30%) XML
6 5 (1.08%) EDI
6 5 (1.08%) HTML
6 5 (1.08%) JSON
7 4 (0.87%) WinForms
8 3 (0.65%) CSS
8 3 (0.65%) RESTful
9 2 (0.43%) GraphQL
9 2 (0.43%) Matplotlib
9 2 (0.43%) React
9 2 (0.43%) Seaborn
9 2 (0.43%) TensorFlow
9 2 (0.43%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 28 (6.07%) Management Information System
2 10 (2.17%) NHS
2 10 (2.17%) Product Ownership
3 9 (1.95%) Analytical Mindset
4 5 (1.08%) Data Protection Act
4 5 (1.08%) Data Structures
5 4 (0.87%) Cloud Native
5 4 (0.87%) e-Learning
5 4 (0.87%) Linux Command Line
6 3 (0.65%) Driving Licence
6 3 (0.65%) Greenfield Project
6 3 (0.65%) Legacy Systems
6 3 (0.65%) Web Conferencing
7 2 (0.43%) Cyberattack
7 2 (0.43%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (0.43%) FMCG
7 2 (0.43%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 2 (0.43%) Onboarding
7 2 (0.43%) PMI
7 2 (0.43%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 5 (1.08%) Linux
1 5 (1.08%) Windows
2 4 (0.87%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.22%) Solaris
3 1 (0.22%) Windows Server 2016
3 1 (0.22%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 451 (97.83%) Business Intelligence
2 214 (46.42%) AI
3 147 (31.89%) Analytics
4 106 (22.99%) Problem-Solving
5 87 (18.87%) Decision-Making
6 70 (15.18%) Data Modelling
7 62 (13.45%) Visualisation
8 54 (11.71%) Agile
9 51 (11.06%) ETL
10 49 (10.63%) Data Analysis
11 47 (10.20%) Continuous Improvement
12 46 (9.98%) Data Visualisation
13 42 (9.11%) Data Governance
14 39 (8.46%) ERP
15 38 (8.24%) Data Management
16 37 (8.03%) Data Analytics
17 33 (7.16%) Dashboard Development
18 32 (6.94%) Data-Driven Decision Making
19 31 (6.72%) Actionable Insight
19 31 (6.72%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 329 (71.37%) SQL
2 223 (48.37%) Python
3 59 (12.80%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 24 (5.21%) C#
5 11 (2.39%) T-SQL
6 7 (1.52%) JavaScript
7 6 (1.30%) R
8 4 (0.87%) Delphi
9 3 (0.65%) PowerShell
9 3 (0.65%) VBA
10 1 (0.22%) PHP
Qualifications
1 168 (36.44%) Azure Certification
2 64 (13.88%) Degree
3 11 (2.39%) Microsoft Certification
4 8 (1.74%) PMI Certification
4 8 (1.74%) Security Cleared
5 7 (1.52%) DBS Check
6 6 (1.30%) PMP
6 6 (1.30%) SC Cleared
7 3 (0.65%) AAT
7 3 (0.65%) CCAB
7 3 (0.65%) CompTIA CySA+
7 3 (0.65%) CompTIA Security+
7 3 (0.65%) SSCP
8 2 (0.43%) AWS Certification
8 2 (0.43%) CITP
8 2 (0.43%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (0.22%) A+ Certification
9 1 (0.22%) ACCA
9 1 (0.22%) CIMA
9 1 (0.22%) CIPFA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 58 (12.58%) Data Quality
2 39 (8.46%) GDPR
3 10 (2.17%) Accessibility
4 7 (1.52%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 6 (1.30%) SLA
6 5 (1.08%) Actionable Recommendations
6 5 (1.08%) QA
7 4 (0.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 3 (0.65%) ISO 9001
8 3 (0.65%) NIST
9 2 (0.43%) GRC
System Software
1 4 (0.87%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.43%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.22%) Docker
3 1 (0.22%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (0.22%) Ansible
1 1 (0.22%) Kubernetes
1 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (0.22%) Progress Chef
1 1 (0.22%) Puppet
1 1 (0.22%) Terraform
Vendors
1 278 (60.30%) Microsoft
2 23 (4.99%) Databricks
3 16 (3.47%) Google
4 9 (1.95%) Oracle
5 8 (1.74%) SYSPRO
6 5 (1.08%) SAP
7 4 (0.87%) ESRI
8 3 (0.65%) HubSpot
9 2 (0.43%) Cognos
9 2 (0.43%) Jedox
10 1 (0.22%) Alteryx
10 1 (0.22%) Civica
10 1 (0.22%) Informatica
10 1 (0.22%) Northgate
10 1 (0.22%) OpenAI
10 1 (0.22%) Orchard
10 1 (0.22%) Qualtrics
10 1 (0.22%) ServiceNow
10 1 (0.22%) VMware