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

6 months to
9 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 34 70 48
Rank change year-on-year +36 -22 +4
Permanent jobs citing Power BI 442 210 536
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 3.60% 4.23% 3.97%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 48.36% 28.69% 28.11%
Number of salaries quoted 195 176 447
10th Percentile £31,550 £37,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +10.53% -
75th Percentile £62,500 £61,250 £61,250
90th Percentile £72,500 £68,750 £67,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +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 914 732 1,907
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 7.45% 14.73% 14.12%
Number of salaries quoted 589 514 1,448
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £39,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +10.00% -
75th Percentile £67,250 £67,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £75,875 £73,750
England median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -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 9 June 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 9 June 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 +20 258 £47,085 -14.39% 66
East Midlands +27 182 £50,000 +5.26% 37
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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 12 (2.71%) SharePoint
2 3 (0.68%) ArcGIS
2 3 (0.68%) WordPress
3 2 (0.45%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.23%) Apache
Applications
1 243 (54.98%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (1.58%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (1.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (1.13%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (0.90%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.68%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.45%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (0.90%) Dynamics CRM
1 4 (0.90%) Shopify
2 3 (0.68%) Magento
2 3 (0.68%) NetSuite
3 2 (0.45%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.23%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.23%) SAP EHS
4 1 (0.23%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 442 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 275 (62.22%) Azure
3 187 (42.31%) Azure AI
4 31 (7.01%) Power Automate
5 28 (6.33%) Azure Data Factory
5 28 (6.33%) PowerApps
6 25 (5.66%) Microsoft 365
7 20 (4.52%) Dynamics 365
8 17 (3.85%) Snowflake
9 15 (3.39%) AWS
10 13 (2.94%) Microsoft Purview
11 11 (2.49%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 8 (1.81%) Azure DevOps
12 8 (1.81%) GCP
13 5 (1.13%) Azure Logic Apps
14 4 (0.90%) Azure Stack
14 4 (0.90%) SaaS
14 4 (0.90%) Smartsheet
15 3 (0.68%) Microsoft Copilot
16 2 (0.45%) Meta Ads
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.23%) DHCP
1 1 (0.23%) DNS
1 1 (0.23%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 216 (48.87%) Tableau
2 34 (7.69%) Power Query
3 22 (4.98%) SQL Server
4 21 (4.75%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 16 (3.62%) Data Warehouse
5 16 (3.62%) Star Schema
6 12 (2.71%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 10 (2.26%) Data Lake
7 10 (2.26%) Relational Database
8 7 (1.58%) Azure SQL Database
9 5 (1.13%) Amazon Redshift
9 5 (1.13%) Looker
9 5 (1.13%) Semantic Layer
10 4 (0.90%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
10 4 (0.90%) MySQL
11 3 (0.68%) Delta Lake
11 3 (0.68%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 2 (0.45%) BigQuery
12 2 (0.45%) Metadata
13 1 (0.23%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 8 (1.81%) Git
2 5 (1.13%) JIRA
3 2 (0.45%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 1 (0.23%) Oracle Forms
4 1 (0.23%) Visual Studio
General
1 260 (58.82%) Social Skills
2 86 (19.46%) Analytical Skills
3 62 (14.03%) Finance
4 32 (7.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 19 (4.30%) Public Sector
6 18 (4.07%) Retail
7 15 (3.39%) Manufacturing
8 14 (3.17%) Law
9 11 (2.49%) Organisational Skills
10 7 (1.58%) Pharmaceutical
11 6 (1.36%) Influencing Skills
11 6 (1.36%) Legal
11 6 (1.36%) Marketing
11 6 (1.36%) Social Housing
12 5 (1.13%) Aerospace
13 3 (0.68%) Billing
13 3 (0.68%) Electronics
13 3 (0.68%) Presentation Skills
14 2 (0.45%) Local Government
15 1 (0.23%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 249 (56.33%) Analyst
2 218 (49.32%) Data Analyst
3 198 (44.80%) Junior
4 196 (44.34%) Junior Analyst
4 196 (44.34%) Junior Data Analyst
5 62 (14.03%) Developer
6 41 (9.28%) Business Intelligence Developer
7 26 (5.88%) Data Engineer
8 25 (5.66%) Senior
9 23 (5.20%) Power BI Developer
10 22 (4.98%) Business Intelligence Analyst
11 15 (3.39%) Business Developer
11 15 (3.39%) Power BI Analyst
12 14 (3.17%) Snowflake Data Engineer
12 14 (3.17%) Snowflake Engineer
13 12 (2.71%) Power BI Engineer
14 11 (2.49%) Data Manager
14 11 (2.49%) Data Scientist
15 10 (2.26%) Azure Engineer
15 10 (2.26%) Python Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (2.26%) .NET
2 8 (1.81%) Pandas
2 8 (1.81%) XML
3 7 (1.58%) PySpark
3 7 (1.58%) WinForms
4 6 (1.36%) PyTorch
4 6 (1.36%) REST
4 6 (1.36%) scikit-learn
5 5 (1.13%) EDI
5 5 (1.13%) HTML
6 3 (0.68%) CSS
6 3 (0.68%) JSON
6 3 (0.68%) React
6 3 (0.68%) RESTful
7 2 (0.45%) Web Services
8 1 (0.23%) AngularJS
8 1 (0.23%) EDIFACT
8 1 (0.23%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 22 (4.98%) Management Information System
2 13 (2.94%) Analytical Mindset
3 9 (2.04%) Product Ownership
4 6 (1.36%) NHS
5 3 (0.68%) Data Structures
5 3 (0.68%) Linux Command Line
6 2 (0.45%) Cloud Native
6 2 (0.45%) Cyberattack
6 2 (0.45%) Driving Licence
6 2 (0.45%) FMCG
6 2 (0.45%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 2 (0.45%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (0.45%) Robotics
7 1 (0.23%) e-Learning
7 1 (0.23%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.23%) Replication
7 1 (0.23%) Taxonomies
7 1 (0.23%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 3 (0.68%) Linux
2 1 (0.23%) Windows
2 1 (0.23%) Windows Server
2 1 (0.23%) Windows Server 2016
2 1 (0.23%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 431 (97.51%) Business Intelligence
2 219 (49.55%) AI
3 125 (28.28%) Analytics
4 71 (16.06%) Problem-Solving
5 68 (15.38%) Decision-Making
6 65 (14.71%) Data Modelling
7 55 (12.44%) Visualisation
8 41 (9.28%) ETL
9 40 (9.05%) Continuous Improvement
10 39 (8.82%) Agile
10 39 (8.82%) Data Visualisation
11 34 (7.69%) Data Analysis
12 31 (7.01%) Data Governance
13 29 (6.56%) CRM
14 28 (6.33%) Data-Driven Decision Making
14 28 (6.33%) ERP
15 27 (6.11%) Actionable Insight
15 27 (6.11%) Data Management
16 26 (5.88%) Data Engineering
17 25 (5.66%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 318 (71.95%) SQL
2 238 (53.85%) Python
3 53 (11.99%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 15 (3.39%) C#
5 11 (2.49%) T-SQL
6 9 (2.04%) VBA
7 7 (1.58%) Delphi
7 7 (1.58%) JavaScript
7 7 (1.58%) R
8 1 (0.23%) ActionScript
8 1 (0.23%) ActionScript 2.0
8 1 (0.23%) PHP
8 1 (0.23%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 192 (43.44%) Azure Certification
2 45 (10.18%) Degree
3 13 (2.94%) Microsoft Certification
4 10 (2.26%) PMI Certification
4 10 (2.26%) PMP
5 7 (1.58%) DBS Check
5 7 (1.58%) Security Cleared
6 6 (1.36%) SC Cleared
7 3 (0.68%) ACCA
7 3 (0.68%) CIMA
7 3 (0.68%) CITP
7 3 (0.68%) CompTIA CySA+
7 3 (0.68%) CompTIA Security+
7 3 (0.68%) Master's Degree
7 3 (0.68%) MBA
7 3 (0.68%) SSCP
8 2 (0.45%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (0.45%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 1 (0.23%) A+ Certification
9 1 (0.23%) CIPFA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (9.73%) Data Quality
2 30 (6.79%) GDPR
3 7 (1.58%) Accessibility
3 7 (1.58%) California Consumer Privacy Act
3 7 (1.58%) QA
4 5 (1.13%) SLA
5 4 (0.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (0.68%) Actionable Recommendations
6 3 (0.68%) NIST
7 2 (0.45%) GRC
8 1 (0.23%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 3 (0.68%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.23%) Hyper-V
2 1 (0.23%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (0.23%) MOM
Vendors
1 270 (61.09%) Microsoft
2 27 (6.11%) Databricks
3 16 (3.62%) Oracle
4 11 (2.49%) Google
5 6 (1.36%) SAP
6 4 (0.90%) ESRI
7 3 (0.68%) HubSpot
7 3 (0.68%) QAD
7 3 (0.68%) Sparx
8 2 (0.45%) Cognos
8 2 (0.45%) OpenAI
9 1 (0.23%) Adobe
9 1 (0.23%) Alteryx
9 1 (0.23%) Civica
9 1 (0.23%) Epicor
9 1 (0.23%) HighQ
9 1 (0.23%) Informatica
9 1 (0.23%) Northgate
9 1 (0.23%) Orchard
9 1 (0.23%) VMware