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

6 months to
4 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 51 87 33
Rank change year-on-year +36 -54 +31
Permanent jobs citing Power BI 296 189 436
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 3.53% 3.09% 5.33%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 40.05% 22.34% 29.26%
Number of salaries quoted 163 138 388
10th Percentile £36,250 £37,500 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,063 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £61,875 £63,750 £61,250
90th Percentile £77,500 £71,250 £67,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +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 739 846 1,490
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 8.82% 13.85% 18.22%
Number of salaries quoted 528 480 1,291
10th Percentile £32,500 £32,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £38,750
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 £72,625 £71,250
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 4 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 4 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 +25 191 £47,500 -5.00% 88
East Midlands +50 103 £46,445 +9.28% 46
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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 (4.73%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.01%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (0.68%) CMS
3 2 (0.68%) Confluence
3 2 (0.68%) Umbraco
4 1 (0.34%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.34%) SAS
Applications
1 137 (46.28%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (2.03%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (2.03%) Microsoft Project
3 4 (1.35%) Spreadsheet
4 3 (1.01%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.68%) Trello
6 1 (0.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 9 (3.04%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.68%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
2 2 (0.68%) NetSuite
2 2 (0.68%) Shopify
3 1 (0.34%) Odoo
3 1 (0.34%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (0.34%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (0.34%) Pegasus Opera
3 1 (0.34%) Primavera
3 1 (0.34%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 296 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 152 (51.35%) Azure
3 77 (26.01%) Azure AI
4 29 (9.80%) Azure Data Factory
5 25 (8.45%) Power Automate
6 23 (7.77%) PowerApps
7 21 (7.09%) Dynamics 365
8 15 (5.07%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 14 (4.73%) Microsoft 365
10 10 (3.38%) Snowflake
11 7 (2.36%) Azure DevOps
11 7 (2.36%) SaaS
12 6 (2.03%) Microsoft Copilot
13 5 (1.69%) Azure Logic Apps
14 3 (1.01%) Azure Functions
14 3 (1.01%) Azure Service Bus
14 3 (1.01%) Copilot Studio
14 3 (1.01%) Serverless
15 2 (0.68%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
15 2 (0.68%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.68%) Intranet
2 1 (0.34%) DHCP
2 1 (0.34%) DNS
2 1 (0.34%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 101 (34.12%) Tableau
2 38 (12.84%) SQL Server
3 34 (11.49%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 24 (8.11%) Data Warehouse
5 19 (6.42%) Power Query
6 17 (5.74%) Data Lake
7 13 (4.39%) Azure SQL Database
7 13 (4.39%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 10 (3.38%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
9 8 (2.70%) Relational Database
10 6 (2.03%) Crystal Reports
11 5 (1.69%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 4 (1.35%) Data Mining
12 4 (1.35%) Star Schema
13 2 (0.68%) BusinessObjects
13 2 (0.68%) Looker
13 2 (0.68%) MySQL
13 2 (0.68%) Semantic Layer
14 1 (0.34%) Amazon Redshift
14 1 (0.34%) SAS EBI
Development Applications
1 10 (3.38%) JIRA
2 5 (1.69%) Git
3 2 (0.68%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 1 (0.34%) GitLab
4 1 (0.34%) Visual Studio
General
1 133 (44.93%) Social Skills
2 59 (19.93%) Analytical Skills
3 57 (19.26%) Finance
4 18 (6.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 17 (5.74%) Manufacturing
5 17 (5.74%) Marketing
6 15 (5.07%) Public Sector
7 9 (3.04%) Legal
7 9 (3.04%) Retail
8 4 (1.35%) Law
8 4 (1.35%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (1.01%) Aerospace
9 3 (1.01%) Electronics
9 3 (1.01%) Local Government
9 3 (1.01%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (1.01%) Spanish Language
10 2 (0.68%) Billing
11 1 (0.34%) Automotive
11 1 (0.34%) Games
11 1 (0.34%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 128 (43.24%) Analyst
2 97 (32.77%) Data Analyst
3 80 (27.03%) Junior
4 78 (26.35%) Junior Analyst
4 78 (26.35%) Junior Data Analyst
5 68 (22.97%) Developer
6 34 (11.49%) Business Intelligence Developer
7 26 (8.78%) Data Engineer
8 24 (8.11%) Business Developer
9 23 (7.77%) Senior
10 20 (6.76%) Business Intelligence Analyst
11 12 (4.05%) Lead
11 12 (4.05%) Power BI Developer
12 11 (3.72%) Power BI Engineer
12 11 (3.72%) Systems Developer
13 10 (3.38%) Digital Analyst
13 10 (3.38%) Systems Analyst
14 9 (3.04%) Architect
14 9 (3.04%) Business Intelligence Data Analyst
15 8 (2.70%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (7.43%) .NET
2 12 (4.05%) XML
3 9 (3.04%) EDI
4 8 (2.70%) WinForms
5 6 (2.03%) JSON
6 5 (1.69%) REST
7 4 (1.35%) .NET Framework
7 4 (1.35%) PySpark
8 3 (1.01%) AngularJS
8 3 (1.01%) CSS
8 3 (1.01%) HTML
8 3 (1.01%) Razor View Engine
9 2 (0.68%) ASP.NET
9 2 (0.68%) ASP.NET Core
9 2 (0.68%) Entity Framework
9 2 (0.68%) React
9 2 (0.68%) Web Services
10 1 (0.34%) EDIFACT
10 1 (0.34%) ODBC
10 1 (0.34%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 12 (4.05%) Analytical Mindset
2 11 (3.72%) Management Information System
3 8 (2.70%) Data Structures
4 7 (2.36%) FMCG
5 6 (2.03%) Pricing Data
6 5 (1.69%) Enterprise Software
7 4 (1.35%) Legacy Systems
8 3 (1.01%) Self-Motivation
9 2 (0.68%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 1 (0.34%) 3D Printing
10 1 (0.34%) Algorithms
10 1 (0.34%) Industry 4.0
10 1 (0.34%) IoT
10 1 (0.34%) Low-Code
10 1 (0.34%) Onboarding
10 1 (0.34%) Replication
10 1 (0.34%) Taxonomies
10 1 (0.34%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.34%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 290 (97.97%) Business Intelligence
2 88 (29.73%) AI
3 65 (21.96%) Analytics
4 57 (19.26%) Decision-Making
5 49 (16.55%) Continuous Improvement
6 47 (15.88%) Problem-Solving
7 44 (14.86%) Visualisation
8 42 (14.19%) Data Modelling
9 39 (13.18%) ERP
10 34 (11.49%) ETL
11 33 (11.15%) Data Visualisation
12 32 (10.81%) Actionable Insight
13 30 (10.14%) CRM
14 29 (9.80%) Agile
15 23 (7.77%) Data-Driven Decision Making
16 22 (7.43%) Data Analysis
16 22 (7.43%) Migration
17 21 (7.09%) Data Management
18 19 (6.42%) Data Pipeline
19 18 (6.08%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 201 (67.91%) SQL
2 120 (40.54%) Python
3 30 (10.14%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 14 (4.73%) C#
5 9 (3.04%) JavaScript
6 8 (2.70%) Delphi
7 6 (2.03%) VBA
8 5 (1.69%) T-SQL
9 4 (1.35%) R
10 3 (1.01%) VB.NET
11 2 (0.68%) C
12 1 (0.34%) ActionScript
12 1 (0.34%) ActionScript 2.0
12 1 (0.34%) PHP
12 1 (0.34%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 86 (29.05%) Azure Certification
2 41 (13.85%) Degree
3 15 (5.07%) PMI Certification
3 15 (5.07%) PMP
4 12 (4.05%) Microsoft Certification
5 8 (2.70%) Numerate Degree
6 5 (1.69%) Security Cleared
7 4 (1.35%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (1.35%) Master's Degree
7 4 (1.35%) SC Cleared
8 3 (1.01%) DBS Check
8 3 (1.01%) MBA
8 3 (1.01%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 2 (0.68%) ACCA
9 2 (0.68%) CIMA
9 2 (0.68%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 1 (0.34%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.34%) CITP
10 1 (0.34%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (9.12%) Data Quality
2 14 (4.73%) GDPR
3 8 (2.70%) PMO
4 5 (1.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (1.69%) SLA
5 2 (0.68%) Accessibility
5 2 (0.68%) Actionable Recommendations
5 2 (0.68%) QA
5 2 (0.68%) WCAG
System Software
1 2 (0.68%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.34%) Docker
2 1 (0.34%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (0.34%) Kubernetes
1 1 (0.34%) MOM
Vendors
1 145 (48.99%) Microsoft
2 14 (4.73%) Databricks
3 13 (4.39%) Oracle
4 10 (3.38%) Salesforce
5 9 (3.04%) SAP
6 7 (2.36%) Sparx
7 4 (1.35%) Google
8 3 (1.01%) Civica
8 3 (1.01%) Infor
8 3 (1.01%) QAD
9 2 (0.68%) DocuSign
9 2 (0.68%) Epicor
9 2 (0.68%) IFS
9 2 (0.68%) OpenAI
9 2 (0.68%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
10 1 (0.34%) Anaplan
10 1 (0.34%) Hotjar
10 1 (0.34%) Pegasus
10 1 (0.34%) ServiceNow
10 1 (0.34%) Verint