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

 6 months to
12 Jan 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 59 89 42
Rank change year-on-year +30 -47 +29
Permanent jobs citing Power BI 261 180 284
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 3.37% 2.82% 4.96%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 37.50% 21.53% 25.59%
Number of salaries quoted 156 130 257
10th Percentile £36,250 £36,125 £28,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £38,750 £36,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £48,750 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.56% +2.63% -5.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £63,438 £58,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £71,375 £68,750
England median annual salary £56,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -6.67% +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 696 836 1,110
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 8.97% 13.11% 19.40%
Number of salaries quoted 515 471 964
10th Percentile £32,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -2.78%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -4.76%

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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 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 12 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 +26 173 £50,000 - 66
East Midlands +42 86 £46,445 +6.16% 46
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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 10 (3.83%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.15%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (0.77%) CMS
3 2 (0.77%) Confluence
3 2 (0.77%) Umbraco
4 1 (0.38%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.38%) SAS
Applications
1 120 (45.98%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (2.30%) Microsoft Project
3 5 (1.92%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (1.53%) MS Visio
5 3 (1.15%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.77%) Trello
7 1 (0.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 10 (3.83%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (1.53%) SAP FI
3 2 (0.77%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
3 2 (0.77%) NetSuite
3 2 (0.77%) SAP Business One
4 1 (0.38%) Odoo
4 1 (0.38%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.38%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.38%) Pegasus Opera
4 1 (0.38%) Primavera
4 1 (0.38%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 261 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 114 (43.68%) Azure
3 55 (21.07%) Azure AI
4 22 (8.43%) Power Automate
5 21 (8.05%) Dynamics 365
5 21 (8.05%) PowerApps
6 18 (6.90%) Azure Data Factory
7 14 (5.36%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 13 (4.98%) Microsoft 365
9 11 (4.21%) Snowflake
10 7 (2.68%) Azure DevOps
10 7 (2.68%) SaaS
11 5 (1.92%) Microsoft Copilot
12 4 (1.53%) Azure Logic Apps
13 3 (1.15%) Azure Functions
13 3 (1.15%) Azure Service Bus
13 3 (1.15%) Copilot Studio
13 3 (1.15%) GCP
13 3 (1.15%) Serverless
14 2 (0.77%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.77%) DHCP
1 2 (0.77%) DNS
1 2 (0.77%) Intranet
2 1 (0.38%) FTP
2 1 (0.38%) NAS
2 1 (0.38%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 80 (30.65%) Tableau
2 34 (13.03%) SQL Server
3 29 (11.11%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 19 (7.28%) Data Warehouse
4 19 (7.28%) Power Query
5 17 (6.51%) Data Lake
6 12 (4.60%) Azure SQL Database
7 9 (3.45%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
8 7 (2.68%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 6 (2.30%) Crystal Reports
9 6 (2.30%) Data Mining
10 5 (1.92%) Relational Database
10 5 (1.92%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 2 (0.77%) BigQuery
11 2 (0.77%) BusinessObjects
11 2 (0.77%) MySQL
11 2 (0.77%) Star Schema
12 1 (0.38%) Oracle Reports
12 1 (0.38%) PostgreSQL
12 1 (0.38%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 9 (3.45%) JIRA
2 5 (1.92%) Git
3 1 (0.38%) GitLab
General
1 105 (40.23%) Social Skills
2 56 (21.46%) Finance
3 53 (20.31%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (6.90%) Manufacturing
4 18 (6.90%) Marketing
5 16 (6.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 15 (5.75%) Public Sector
7 12 (4.60%) Retail
8 6 (2.30%) Legal
9 4 (1.53%) Law
9 4 (1.53%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (1.15%) Aerospace
10 3 (1.15%) Electronics
10 3 (1.15%) Spanish Language
11 2 (0.77%) Automotive
11 2 (0.77%) Billing
11 2 (0.77%) Games
11 2 (0.77%) Local Government
11 2 (0.77%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (0.77%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 108 (41.38%) Analyst
2 73 (27.97%) Data Analyst
3 59 (22.61%) Developer
4 57 (21.84%) Junior
5 55 (21.07%) Junior Analyst
5 55 (21.07%) Junior Data Analyst
6 28 (10.73%) Business Intelligence Developer
7 23 (8.81%) Data Engineer
8 22 (8.43%) Business Intelligence Analyst
9 20 (7.66%) Senior
10 18 (6.90%) Business Developer
11 12 (4.60%) Lead
12 11 (4.21%) Power BI Developer
12 11 (4.21%) Systems Analyst
12 11 (4.21%) Systems Developer
13 9 (3.45%) Analyst Developer
13 9 (3.45%) Architect
13 9 (3.45%) Digital Analyst
14 8 (3.07%) Business Intelligence Data Analyst
14 8 (3.07%) Customer Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (8.43%) .NET
2 9 (3.45%) EDI
2 9 (3.45%) XML
3 6 (2.30%) JSON
4 5 (1.92%) REST
4 5 (1.92%) WinForms
5 4 (1.53%) .NET Framework
6 3 (1.15%) AngularJS
6 3 (1.15%) CSS
6 3 (1.15%) HTML
6 3 (1.15%) Razor View Engine
7 2 (0.77%) ASP.NET
7 2 (0.77%) ASP.NET Core
7 2 (0.77%) Entity Framework
7 2 (0.77%) React
7 2 (0.77%) Web Services
8 1 (0.38%) Ajax
8 1 (0.38%) jQuery
8 1 (0.38%) Oracle Fusion
8 1 (0.38%) WCF
Miscellaneous
1 9 (3.45%) Data Structures
2 7 (2.68%) Analytical Mindset
2 7 (2.68%) FMCG
2 7 (2.68%) Legacy Systems
3 6 (2.30%) Management Information System
3 6 (2.30%) Pricing Data
4 5 (1.92%) Enterprise Software
5 3 (1.15%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (0.77%) Algorithms
6 2 (0.77%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 1 (0.38%) 3D Printing
7 1 (0.38%) Industry 4.0
7 1 (0.38%) IoT
7 1 (0.38%) Low-Code
7 1 (0.38%) Onboarding
7 1 (0.38%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.77%) Windows
2 1 (0.38%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 253 (96.93%) Business Intelligence
2 66 (25.29%) AI
3 57 (21.84%) Analytics
4 53 (20.31%) Continuous Improvement
5 51 (19.54%) Problem-Solving
6 50 (19.16%) Decision-Making
7 43 (16.48%) ERP
8 41 (15.71%) Visualisation
9 38 (14.56%) Data Modelling
10 33 (12.64%) Data Visualisation
11 31 (11.88%) Actionable Insight
12 28 (10.73%) Agile
13 27 (10.34%) ETL
14 26 (9.96%) CRM
15 25 (9.58%) Data Analysis
16 22 (8.43%) Migration
17 20 (7.66%) Data Management
18 19 (7.28%) Data-Driven Decision Making
18 19 (7.28%) Stakeholder Management
19 18 (6.90%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 168 (64.37%) SQL
2 95 (36.40%) Python
3 30 (11.49%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 11 (4.21%) C#
5 9 (3.45%) JavaScript
6 8 (3.07%) T-SQL
7 6 (2.30%) VBA
8 5 (1.92%) Delphi
9 4 (1.53%) R
10 3 (1.15%) VB.NET
11 2 (0.77%) C
12 1 (0.38%) ActionScript
12 1 (0.38%) ActionScript 2.0
12 1 (0.38%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 63 (24.14%) Azure Certification
2 39 (14.94%) Degree
3 15 (5.75%) PMI Certification
3 15 (5.75%) PMP
4 10 (3.83%) Microsoft Certification
5 8 (3.07%) Numerate Degree
6 7 (2.68%) ACCA
6 7 (2.68%) CIMA
7 4 (1.53%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (1.53%) Master's Degree
7 4 (1.53%) Security Cleared
8 3 (1.15%) DBS Check
8 3 (1.15%) MBA
8 3 (1.15%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 3 (1.15%) SC Cleared
9 2 (0.77%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 1 (0.38%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.38%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (8.43%) Data Quality
2 13 (4.98%) GDPR
3 8 (3.07%) PMO
4 5 (1.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (1.92%) SLA
5 2 (0.77%) Accessibility
5 2 (0.77%) Actionable Recommendations
5 2 (0.77%) WCAG
6 1 (0.38%) QA
System Software
1 2 (0.77%) Active Directory
1 2 (0.77%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.38%) Docker
2 1 (0.38%) VMware ESXi
2 1 (0.38%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (0.38%) Kubernetes
1 1 (0.38%) MOM
Vendors
1 122 (46.74%) Microsoft
2 15 (5.75%) Databricks
3 14 (5.36%) SAP
4 10 (3.83%) Salesforce
5 9 (3.45%) Oracle
6 7 (2.68%) Sparx
7 5 (1.92%) Google
8 3 (1.15%) Civica
8 3 (1.15%) Infor
8 3 (1.15%) QAD
9 2 (0.77%) Epicor
9 2 (0.77%) IFS
9 2 (0.77%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
9 2 (0.77%) VMware
10 1 (0.38%) DocuSign
10 1 (0.38%) NEC
10 1 (0.38%) OpenAI
10 1 (0.38%) Orchard
10 1 (0.38%) Ubiquiti
10 1 (0.38%) Veeam
113 Power BI jobs in the Midlands