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

6 months to
7 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 41 74 44
Rank change year-on-year +33 -30 +16
Permanent jobs citing Power BI 496 193 516
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 3.83% 3.73% 4.47%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 51.67% 25.36% 27.80%
Number of salaries quoted 210 170 435
10th Percentile £31,925 £37,500 £31,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,500 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,085 £52,175 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.76% +9.84% +2.70%
75th Percentile £62,500 £62,375 £61,250
90th Percentile £75,250 £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 960 761 1,856
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 7.41% 14.72% 16.07%
Number of salaries quoted 592 535 1,443
10th Percentile £32,500 £36,250 £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% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £73,500
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 7 May 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 7 May 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 +19 289 £47,085 -11.16% 75
East Midlands +44 205 £47,500 -2.56% 41
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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 16 (3.23%) SharePoint
2 3 (0.60%) ArcGIS
2 3 (0.60%) WordPress
3 2 (0.40%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (0.40%) CMS
3 2 (0.40%) Umbraco
4 1 (0.20%) Apache
4 1 (0.20%) Confluence
4 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 290 (58.47%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (1.61%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (0.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (0.81%) Microsoft Project
3 4 (0.81%) Spreadsheet
4 3 (0.60%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.40%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (0.81%) Dynamics CRM
1 4 (0.81%) NetSuite
1 4 (0.81%) Shopify
2 3 (0.60%) Magento
3 2 (0.40%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.20%) Odoo
4 1 (0.20%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.20%) SAP EHS
Cloud Services
1 496 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 327 (65.93%) Azure
3 231 (46.57%) Azure AI
4 31 (6.25%) Azure Data Factory
5 27 (5.44%) Power Automate
6 24 (4.84%) Microsoft 365
7 22 (4.44%) Dynamics 365
7 22 (4.44%) PowerApps
8 19 (3.83%) Snowflake
9 16 (3.23%) AWS
10 13 (2.62%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 8 (1.61%) GCP
11 8 (1.61%) Microsoft Purview
12 6 (1.21%) Azure DevOps
13 5 (1.01%) Smartsheet
14 4 (0.81%) Azure Logic Apps
14 4 (0.81%) Azure Stack
14 4 (0.81%) Microsoft Copilot
15 3 (0.60%) Google Analytics
15 3 (0.60%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.40%) DHCP
1 2 (0.40%) DNS
1 2 (0.40%) Intranet
2 1 (0.20%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 256 (51.61%) Tableau
2 35 (7.06%) SQL Server
3 34 (6.85%) Power Query
4 30 (6.05%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 20 (4.03%) Data Warehouse
6 13 (2.62%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 12 (2.42%) Data Lake
7 12 (2.42%) Star Schema
8 11 (2.22%) Relational Database
9 7 (1.41%) Azure SQL Database
10 6 (1.21%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
11 5 (1.01%) Amazon Redshift
11 5 (1.01%) Looker
12 4 (0.81%) MySQL
13 2 (0.40%) BigQuery
13 2 (0.40%) Data Mining
13 2 (0.40%) Delta Lake
13 2 (0.40%) Metadata
13 2 (0.40%) Semantic Layer
14 1 (0.20%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 7 (1.41%) Git
2 6 (1.21%) JIRA
3 2 (0.40%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 1 (0.20%) Oracle Forms
4 1 (0.20%) Visual Studio
General
1 300 (60.48%) Social Skills
2 88 (17.74%) Analytical Skills
3 64 (12.90%) Finance
4 32 (6.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 21 (4.23%) Public Sector
5 21 (4.23%) Retail
6 13 (2.62%) Manufacturing
7 12 (2.42%) Organisational Skills
8 9 (1.81%) Law
8 9 (1.81%) Marketing
9 7 (1.41%) Pharmaceutical
10 6 (1.21%) Influencing Skills
10 6 (1.21%) Legal
11 4 (0.81%) Presentation Skills
12 3 (0.60%) Aerospace
12 3 (0.60%) Billing
12 3 (0.60%) Electronics
12 3 (0.60%) Social Housing
12 3 (0.60%) Spanish Language
13 2 (0.40%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 301 (60.69%) Analyst
2 265 (53.43%) Data Analyst
3 242 (48.79%) Junior
4 240 (48.39%) Junior Analyst
4 240 (48.39%) Junior Data Analyst
5 67 (13.51%) Developer
6 38 (7.66%) Business Intelligence Developer
7 30 (6.05%) Senior
8 27 (5.44%) Data Engineer
9 24 (4.84%) Business Developer
9 24 (4.84%) Business Intelligence Analyst
10 21 (4.23%) Power BI Developer
11 16 (3.23%) Snowflake Data Engineer
11 16 (3.23%) Snowflake Engineer
12 15 (3.02%) Power BI Analyst
13 13 (2.62%) Senior Analyst
14 12 (2.42%) Azure Data Engineer
14 12 (2.42%) Azure Engineer
14 12 (2.42%) Data Scientist
15 10 (2.02%) Python Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (2.82%) .NET
2 12 (2.42%) XML
3 11 (2.22%) WinForms
4 8 (1.61%) EDI
4 8 (1.61%) Pandas
5 7 (1.41%) PyTorch
6 6 (1.21%) PySpark
6 6 (1.21%) scikit-learn
7 5 (1.01%) CSS
7 5 (1.01%) HTML
8 4 (0.81%) JSON
8 4 (0.81%) REST
9 3 (0.60%) RESTful
10 2 (0.40%) .NET Framework
10 2 (0.40%) ASP.NET
10 2 (0.40%) ASP.NET Core
10 2 (0.40%) Razor View Engine
11 1 (0.20%) AngularJS
11 1 (0.20%) HTML5 Canvas
11 1 (0.20%) React
Miscellaneous
1 17 (3.43%) Management Information System
2 13 (2.62%) Analytical Mindset
3 3 (0.60%) Data Structures
3 3 (0.60%) Legacy Systems
3 3 (0.60%) Linux Command Line
4 2 (0.40%) Cloud Native
4 2 (0.40%) Cyberattack
4 2 (0.40%) Driving Licence
4 2 (0.40%) FMCG
4 2 (0.40%) Product Ownership
5 1 (0.20%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (0.20%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 1 (0.20%) NHS
5 1 (0.20%) Replication
5 1 (0.20%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (0.20%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 3 (0.60%) Linux
2 1 (0.20%) Windows
2 1 (0.20%) Windows Server
2 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2016
2 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 485 (97.78%) Business Intelligence
2 255 (51.41%) AI
3 118 (23.79%) Analytics
4 71 (14.31%) Decision-Making
5 67 (13.51%) Data Modelling
5 67 (13.51%) Problem-Solving
6 56 (11.29%) Visualisation
7 44 (8.87%) Continuous Improvement
8 43 (8.67%) ETL
9 39 (7.86%) Data Visualisation
10 35 (7.06%) Actionable Insight
11 32 (6.45%) Agile
11 32 (6.45%) Data Analysis
12 30 (6.05%) CRM
12 30 (6.05%) ERP
13 27 (5.44%) Data Engineering
14 26 (5.24%) Data-Driven Decision Making
15 24 (4.84%) Computer Science
15 24 (4.84%) Data Governance
16 22 (4.44%) Dashboard Development
Programming Languages
1 366 (73.79%) SQL
2 290 (58.47%) Python
3 49 (9.88%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 15 (3.02%) C#
5 11 (2.22%) Delphi
5 11 (2.22%) T-SQL
6 9 (1.81%) VBA
7 8 (1.61%) JavaScript
7 8 (1.61%) R
8 2 (0.40%) PowerShell
9 1 (0.20%) ActionScript
9 1 (0.20%) ActionScript 2.0
9 1 (0.20%) C
9 1 (0.20%) PHP
Qualifications
1 237 (47.78%) Azure Certification
2 42 (8.47%) Degree
3 10 (2.02%) DBS Check
3 10 (2.02%) Microsoft Certification
4 8 (1.61%) Security Cleared
5 7 (1.41%) PMI Certification
5 7 (1.41%) PMP
6 6 (1.21%) SC Cleared
7 3 (0.60%) ACCA
7 3 (0.60%) CIMA
7 3 (0.60%) CITP
7 3 (0.60%) CompTIA CySA+
7 3 (0.60%) CompTIA Security+
7 3 (0.60%) Master's Degree
7 3 (0.60%) MBA
7 3 (0.60%) SSCP
8 2 (0.40%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 1 (0.20%) A+ Certification
9 1 (0.20%) CIPFA
9 1 (0.20%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (8.87%) Data Quality
2 21 (4.23%) GDPR
3 8 (1.61%) Accessibility
4 7 (1.41%) QA
5 5 (1.01%) SLA
6 4 (0.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (0.81%) PMO
7 3 (0.60%) Actionable Recommendations
7 3 (0.60%) NIST
8 2 (0.40%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 2 (0.40%) GRC
8 2 (0.40%) WCAG
System Software
1 4 (0.81%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.40%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.20%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (0.20%) MOM
Vendors
1 309 (62.30%) Microsoft
2 29 (5.85%) Databricks
3 20 (4.03%) Oracle
4 12 (2.42%) Google
5 6 (1.21%) SAP
5 6 (1.21%) Sparx
6 4 (0.81%) Civica
6 4 (0.81%) ESRI
7 3 (0.60%) HubSpot
7 3 (0.60%) OpenAI
7 3 (0.60%) QAD
8 2 (0.40%) Cognos
8 2 (0.40%) DocuSign
8 2 (0.40%) Northgate
8 2 (0.40%) Orchard
8 2 (0.40%) VMware
9 1 (0.20%) Adobe
9 1 (0.20%) Epicor
9 1 (0.20%) Genesys
9 1 (0.20%) Informatica