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

 6 months to
18 Sep 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 54 68 99
Rank change year-on-year +14 +31 -51
Permanent jobs citing Power BI 397 228 240
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 2.56% 4.07% 2.38%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 41.31% 31.02% 22.47%
Number of salaries quoted 222 182 174
10th Percentile £35,000 £34,750 £34,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,750 £41,254
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £51,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -1.96% +2.65%
75th Percentile £62,500 £61,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £67,500 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% +4.62%

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 961 735 1,068
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 6.19% 13.11% 10.58%
Number of salaries quoted 656 515 596
10th Percentile £33,500 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £50,250
Median % change year-on-year - +9.45% -4.29%
75th Percentile £67,500 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £77,500 £76,250
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - -7.69% +1.56%

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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 September 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 September 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 +2 245 £52,500 - 161
East Midlands +7 152 £48,750 +8.33% 77
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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 21 (5.29%) SharePoint
2 3 (0.76%) WordPress
3 2 (0.50%) Confluence
4 1 (0.25%) ArcGIS
4 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.25%) SAS
Applications
1 140 (35.26%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (2.52%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (1.26%) Chatbot
3 5 (1.26%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (0.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 12 (3.02%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (1.26%) Infor M3
3 3 (0.76%) Magento
3 3 (0.76%) NetSuite
3 3 (0.76%) Shopify
4 2 (0.50%) SAP Business One
4 2 (0.50%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.50%) Visualfiles
5 1 (0.25%) Dynamics GP
5 1 (0.25%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.25%) Dynamics SL
5 1 (0.25%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.25%) SAP EHS
Cloud Services
1 397 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 180 (45.34%) Azure
3 77 (19.40%) Azure AI
4 52 (13.10%) Power Automate
4 52 (13.10%) PowerApps
5 49 (12.34%) Microsoft 365
6 33 (8.31%) Dynamics 365
7 18 (4.53%) AWS
8 13 (3.27%) GCP
8 13 (3.27%) Microsoft Purview
9 12 (3.02%) Azure Data Factory
10 9 (2.27%) Azure DevOps
10 9 (2.27%) Microsoft Copilot
11 8 (2.02%) SaaS
12 7 (1.76%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 7 (1.76%) Snowflake
13 6 (1.51%) Azure Stack
14 5 (1.26%) Google Analytics
14 5 (1.26%) PaaS
15 4 (1.01%) Google Ads
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.50%) Firewall
2 1 (0.25%) VLAN
2 1 (0.25%) VPN
2 1 (0.25%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 121 (30.48%) Tableau
2 41 (10.33%) Power Query
2 41 (10.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 35 (8.82%) Data Warehouse
4 20 (5.04%) SQL Server
5 19 (4.79%) QlikView
6 15 (3.78%) Data Lake
6 15 (3.78%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 12 (3.02%) Relational Database
7 12 (3.02%) Star Schema
8 7 (1.76%) MySQL
8 7 (1.76%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 6 (1.51%) Azure SQL Database
9 6 (1.51%) GIS
10 5 (1.26%) Big Data
10 5 (1.26%) BigQuery
10 5 (1.26%) Data Mining
10 5 (1.26%) Looker
10 5 (1.26%) Oracle BI EE
11 4 (1.01%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 11 (2.77%) Git
2 4 (1.01%) JIRA
3 2 (0.50%) Ant
3 2 (0.50%) Apache Ivy
3 2 (0.50%) IBM UrbanCode
3 2 (0.50%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.50%) Maven
4 1 (0.25%) Oracle Forms
General
1 173 (43.58%) Social Skills
2 126 (31.74%) Analytical Skills
3 88 (22.17%) Finance
4 29 (7.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 29 (7.30%) Manufacturing
4 29 (7.30%) Public Sector
5 24 (6.05%) Retail
6 16 (4.03%) Organisational Skills
7 15 (3.78%) Legal
8 13 (3.27%) Law
8 13 (3.27%) Marketing
9 11 (2.77%) Influencing Skills
9 11 (2.77%) Social Housing
10 9 (2.27%) Fire and Rescue
11 7 (1.76%) Pharmaceutical
12 3 (0.76%) Legal Technology
13 2 (0.50%) Advertising
13 2 (0.50%) Aerospace
13 2 (0.50%) Financial Institution
13 2 (0.50%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 141 (35.52%) Analyst
2 104 (26.20%) Data Analyst
3 80 (20.15%) Junior
4 79 (19.90%) Junior Analyst
4 79 (19.90%) Junior Data Analyst
5 72 (18.14%) Developer
6 35 (8.82%) Senior
7 32 (8.06%) Data Engineer
7 32 (8.06%) Lead
8 27 (6.80%) Business Intelligence Developer
9 22 (5.54%) Data Manager
10 20 (5.04%) Power Platform Developer
11 16 (4.03%) Business Intelligence Analyst
11 16 (4.03%) Business Intelligence Manager
12 13 (3.27%) Power BI Developer
13 11 (2.77%) Business Intelligence Lead
13 11 (2.77%) Data Scientist
13 11 (2.77%) Senior Data Engineer
13 11 (2.77%) Systems Analyst
14 10 (2.52%) Performance Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (5.79%) .NET
2 13 (3.27%) PyTorch
3 10 (2.52%) REST
4 9 (2.27%) EDI
5 8 (2.02%) scikit-learn
6 7 (1.76%) TensorFlow
7 6 (1.51%) JSON
7 6 (1.51%) Pandas
7 6 (1.51%) PySpark
8 5 (1.26%) HTML
9 3 (0.76%) CSS
9 3 (0.76%) RESTful
9 3 (0.76%) XML
10 2 (0.50%) GraphQL
10 2 (0.50%) Matplotlib
10 2 (0.50%) React
10 2 (0.50%) Seaborn
10 2 (0.50%) Terraform
10 2 (0.50%) Web Services
11 1 (0.25%) HTML5 Canvas
Miscellaneous
1 37 (9.32%) Management Information System
2 12 (3.02%) Data Structures
3 10 (2.52%) NHS
3 10 (2.52%) Product Ownership
4 9 (2.27%) Data Protection Act
4 9 (2.27%) Driving Licence
5 7 (1.76%) FMCG
5 7 (1.76%) Reference Data
6 6 (1.51%) Self-Motivation
7 5 (1.26%) Cloud Native
7 5 (1.26%) Greenfield Project
7 5 (1.26%) Linux Command Line
7 5 (1.26%) Public Cloud
8 4 (1.01%) e-Learning
9 3 (0.76%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 3 (0.76%) Onboarding
9 3 (0.76%) Web Conferencing
10 2 (0.50%) Cyberattack
10 2 (0.50%) PMI
10 2 (0.50%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 6 (1.51%) Linux
1 6 (1.51%) Windows
2 4 (1.01%) Windows Server
3 2 (0.50%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 389 (97.98%) Business Intelligence
2 149 (37.53%) AI
3 145 (36.52%) Analytics
4 126 (31.74%) Problem-Solving
5 91 (22.92%) Decision-Making
6 70 (17.63%) Agile
7 69 (17.38%) Continuous Improvement
7 69 (17.38%) Data Modelling
8 61 (15.37%) Visualisation
9 60 (15.11%) ERP
10 52 (13.10%) ETL
11 50 (12.59%) Data Governance
11 50 (12.59%) Data Management
12 47 (11.84%) Data Visualisation
13 44 (11.08%) Data Analytics
14 41 (10.33%) Dashboard Development
14 41 (10.33%) Data Analysis
15 40 (10.08%) Roadmaps
16 38 (9.57%) Stakeholder Management
17 32 (8.06%) Data Architecture
Programming Languages
1 245 (61.71%) SQL
2 136 (34.26%) Python
3 63 (15.87%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 26 (6.55%) C#
5 12 (3.02%) JavaScript
6 7 (1.76%) R
7 6 (1.51%) Java
8 4 (1.01%) PowerShell
9 3 (0.76%) T-SQL
10 1 (0.25%) Delphi
Qualifications
1 81 (20.40%) Azure Certification
2 77 (19.40%) Degree
3 17 (4.28%) Security Cleared
4 15 (3.78%) SC Cleared
5 13 (3.27%) PMI Certification
6 12 (3.02%) Microsoft Certification
7 11 (2.77%) PMP
8 7 (1.76%) DBS Check
9 3 (0.76%) AAT
9 3 (0.76%) CCAB
9 3 (0.76%) CompTIA CySA+
9 3 (0.76%) CompTIA Security+
9 3 (0.76%) SSCP
10 2 (0.50%) ACCA
10 2 (0.50%) AWS Certification
10 2 (0.50%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (0.50%) CIMA
10 2 (0.50%) Computer Science Degree
11 1 (0.25%) Master's Degree
11 1 (0.25%) MCT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 65 (16.37%) Data Quality
2 45 (11.34%) GDPR
3 10 (2.52%) Accessibility
4 7 (1.76%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 7 (1.76%) SLA
5 5 (1.26%) PMO
6 4 (1.01%) ISO 9001
6 4 (1.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (0.76%) Actionable Recommendations
7 3 (0.76%) NIST
7 3 (0.76%) QA
8 2 (0.50%) GRC
9 1 (0.25%) ISO 14001
System Software
1 2 (0.50%) Active Directory
1 2 (0.50%) Docker
2 1 (0.25%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 2 (0.50%) Ansible
1 2 (0.50%) Kubernetes
1 2 (0.50%) Progress Chef
1 2 (0.50%) Puppet
2 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 214 (53.90%) Microsoft
2 27 (6.80%) Databricks
3 18 (4.53%) Google
4 10 (2.52%) Oracle
5 8 (2.02%) SYSPRO
6 7 (1.76%) SAP
7 5 (1.26%) Infor
7 5 (1.26%) ServiceNow
8 4 (1.01%) HubSpot
9 3 (0.76%) HP
9 3 (0.76%) YouTube
10 2 (0.50%) Cognos
10 2 (0.50%) Jedox
11 1 (0.25%) Alteryx
11 1 (0.25%) Denodo
11 1 (0.25%) ESRI
11 1 (0.25%) HighQ
11 1 (0.25%) OpenAI
11 1 (0.25%) Qualtrics
11 1 (0.25%) Xero
238 Power BI jobs in the Midlands