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

6 months to
19 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 40 66 42
Rank change year-on-year +26 -24 +21
Permanent jobs citing Power BI 482 193 511
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 3.97% 3.97% 4.54%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 51.22% 27.34% 27.97%
Number of salaries quoted 206 170 432
10th Percentile £31,625 £37,500 £31,000
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 £62,500 £61,250
90th Percentile £74,375 £68,750 £67,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +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 941 706 1,827
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 7.75% 14.52% 16.24%
Number of salaries quoted 584 545 1,450
10th Percentile £31,825 £36,250 £31,988
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £39,500
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 £73,250 £72,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £64,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -6.98% +12.17% -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 19 April 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 19 April 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 +13 277 £47,085 -8.84% 85
East Midlands +23 203 £45,390 -0.24% 56
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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 18 (3.73%) SharePoint
2 3 (0.62%) Apache Airflow
2 3 (0.62%) ArcGIS
3 2 (0.41%) CMS
3 2 (0.41%) Umbraco
3 2 (0.41%) WordPress
4 1 (0.21%) Apache
4 1 (0.21%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.21%) Confluence
4 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 282 (58.51%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (1.66%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (1.04%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (0.83%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.83%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.62%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.41%) Trello
Business Applications
1 5 (1.04%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.62%) Shopify
3 2 (0.41%) Magento
3 2 (0.41%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.21%) Odoo
4 1 (0.21%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 482 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 321 (66.60%) Azure
3 220 (45.64%) Azure AI
4 35 (7.26%) Azure Data Factory
5 28 (5.81%) Power Automate
6 24 (4.98%) Microsoft 365
7 23 (4.77%) Dynamics 365
7 23 (4.77%) PowerApps
8 17 (3.53%) Snowflake
9 15 (3.11%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 12 (2.49%) AWS
11 9 (1.87%) GCP
12 8 (1.66%) Azure DevOps
13 6 (1.24%) Azure Logic Apps
13 6 (1.24%) Microsoft Copilot
14 5 (1.04%) Microsoft Purview
14 5 (1.04%) Smartsheet
15 3 (0.62%) Azure Functions
15 3 (0.62%) Azure Service Bus
15 3 (0.62%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.41%) DHCP
1 2 (0.41%) DNS
1 2 (0.41%) Intranet
2 1 (0.21%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 245 (50.83%) Tableau
2 37 (7.68%) SQL Server
3 33 (6.85%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 30 (6.22%) Power Query
5 21 (4.36%) Data Warehouse
6 14 (2.90%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 13 (2.70%) Data Lake
8 11 (2.28%) Relational Database
9 9 (1.87%) Azure SQL Database
9 9 (1.87%) Star Schema
10 8 (1.66%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
11 5 (1.04%) Looker
12 4 (0.83%) MySQL
13 3 (0.62%) Amazon Redshift
13 3 (0.62%) BigQuery
13 3 (0.62%) Crystal Reports
14 2 (0.41%) BusinessObjects
14 2 (0.41%) Data Mining
14 2 (0.41%) Semantic Layer
14 2 (0.41%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 6 (1.24%) Git
1 6 (1.24%) JIRA
2 2 (0.41%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 1 (0.21%) GitLab
3 1 (0.21%) Visual Studio
General
1 290 (60.17%) Social Skills
2 89 (18.46%) Analytical Skills
3 68 (14.11%) Finance
4 29 (6.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 22 (4.56%) Public Sector
6 20 (4.15%) Retail
7 15 (3.11%) Manufacturing
8 11 (2.28%) Organisational Skills
9 10 (2.07%) Marketing
10 9 (1.87%) Law
11 8 (1.66%) Legal
12 7 (1.45%) Pharmaceutical
13 6 (1.24%) Influencing Skills
14 4 (0.83%) Billing
14 4 (0.83%) Presentation Skills
15 3 (0.62%) Aerospace
15 3 (0.62%) Electronics
15 3 (0.62%) Spanish Language
16 2 (0.41%) Local Government
16 2 (0.41%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 293 (60.79%) Analyst
2 254 (52.70%) Data Analyst
3 231 (47.93%) Junior
4 229 (47.51%) Junior Analyst
4 229 (47.51%) Junior Data Analyst
5 70 (14.52%) Developer
6 39 (8.09%) Business Intelligence Developer
7 27 (5.60%) Business Intelligence Analyst
8 26 (5.39%) Business Developer
8 26 (5.39%) Data Engineer
8 26 (5.39%) Senior
9 19 (3.94%) Power BI Developer
10 14 (2.90%) Power BI Analyst
10 14 (2.90%) Senior Analyst
10 14 (2.90%) Snowflake Data Engineer
10 14 (2.90%) Snowflake Engineer
11 12 (2.49%) Data Scientist
12 11 (2.28%) Architect
12 11 (2.28%) Business Intelligence Manager
13 10 (2.07%) Systems Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (3.53%) .NET
2 12 (2.49%) XML
3 11 (2.28%) WinForms
4 9 (1.87%) EDI
5 8 (1.66%) Pandas
6 7 (1.45%) PyTorch
7 6 (1.24%) PySpark
7 6 (1.24%) scikit-learn
8 4 (0.83%) CSS
8 4 (0.83%) HTML
8 4 (0.83%) JSON
8 4 (0.83%) REST
9 2 (0.41%) .NET Framework
9 2 (0.41%) ASP.NET
9 2 (0.41%) ASP.NET Core
9 2 (0.41%) Razor View Engine
9 2 (0.41%) RESTful
10 1 (0.21%) AngularJS
10 1 (0.21%) HTML5 Canvas
10 1 (0.21%) React
Miscellaneous
1 16 (3.32%) Analytical Mindset
1 16 (3.32%) Management Information System
2 4 (0.83%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (0.41%) Cloud Native
3 2 (0.41%) Driving Licence
3 2 (0.41%) Linux Command Line
3 2 (0.41%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (0.21%) 3D Printing
4 1 (0.21%) Data Structures
4 1 (0.21%) FMCG
4 1 (0.21%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 1 (0.21%) Industry 4.0
4 1 (0.21%) IoT
4 1 (0.21%) Replication
4 1 (0.21%) Taxonomies
4 1 (0.21%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.41%) Linux
2 1 (0.21%) Windows
2 1 (0.21%) Windows Server
2 1 (0.21%) Windows Server 2016
2 1 (0.21%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 472 (97.93%) Business Intelligence
2 236 (48.96%) AI
3 111 (23.03%) Analytics
4 74 (15.35%) Decision-Making
5 68 (14.11%) Problem-Solving
6 63 (13.07%) Data Modelling
7 61 (12.66%) Visualisation
8 52 (10.79%) Continuous Improvement
9 43 (8.92%) Data Visualisation
10 40 (8.30%) ETL
11 39 (8.09%) Actionable Insight
12 35 (7.26%) Data Analysis
13 34 (7.05%) Agile
14 30 (6.22%) ERP
15 27 (5.60%) Computer Science
15 27 (5.60%) CRM
15 27 (5.60%) Data-Driven Decision Making
16 24 (4.98%) Data Engineering
17 23 (4.77%) Data Science
18 20 (4.15%) Dashboard Development
Programming Languages
1 357 (74.07%) SQL
2 278 (57.68%) Python
3 46 (9.54%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 15 (3.11%) C#
5 11 (2.28%) Delphi
5 11 (2.28%) T-SQL
6 9 (1.87%) VBA
7 8 (1.66%) R
8 7 (1.45%) JavaScript
9 2 (0.41%) C
9 2 (0.41%) PowerShell
10 1 (0.21%) ActionScript
10 1 (0.21%) ActionScript 2.0
10 1 (0.21%) PHP
10 1 (0.21%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 227 (47.10%) Azure Certification
2 43 (8.92%) Degree
3 11 (2.28%) Microsoft Certification
4 10 (2.07%) DBS Check
5 8 (1.66%) PMI Certification
5 8 (1.66%) PMP
6 6 (1.24%) Security Cleared
7 5 (1.04%) SC Cleared
8 3 (0.62%) ACCA
8 3 (0.62%) CIMA
8 3 (0.62%) CompTIA CySA+
8 3 (0.62%) CompTIA Security+
8 3 (0.62%) Master's Degree
8 3 (0.62%) MBA
8 3 (0.62%) Numerate Degree
8 3 (0.62%) SSCP
9 2 (0.41%) CITP
9 2 (0.41%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 1 (0.21%) A+ Certification
10 1 (0.21%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (8.30%) Data Quality
2 17 (3.53%) GDPR
3 7 (1.45%) QA
4 6 (1.24%) Accessibility
4 6 (1.24%) PMO
5 5 (1.04%) Actionable Recommendations
6 4 (0.83%) SLA
7 2 (0.41%) GRC
7 2 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.41%) NIST
7 2 (0.41%) WCAG
System Software
1 3 (0.62%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.41%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.21%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (0.21%) MOM
Vendors
1 299 (62.03%) Microsoft
2 29 (6.02%) Databricks
3 15 (3.11%) Oracle
4 12 (2.49%) Google
5 7 (1.45%) Sparx
6 6 (1.24%) SAP
7 4 (0.83%) Civica
7 4 (0.83%) ESRI
8 3 (0.62%) HubSpot
8 3 (0.62%) OpenAI
8 3 (0.62%) QAD
8 3 (0.62%) Salesforce
9 2 (0.41%) DocuSign
9 2 (0.41%) Epicor
9 2 (0.41%) Northgate
9 2 (0.41%) Orchard
9 2 (0.41%) VMware
10 1 (0.21%) Genesys
10 1 (0.21%) Infor
10 1 (0.21%) Sage