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

6 months to
14 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 34 69 51
Rank change year-on-year +35 -18 +1
Permanent jobs citing Power BI 435 213 537
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 3.52% 4.24% 3.85%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 47.33% 28.59% 27.97%
Number of salaries quoted 199 179 448
10th Percentile £31,250 £36,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,750 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,085 £52,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.32% +10.53% -
75th Percentile £62,500 £61,250 £61,375
90th Percentile £71,500 £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 919 745 1,920
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 7.43% 14.83% 13.75%
Number of salaries quoted 606 525 1,447
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £39,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +10.00% -
75th Percentile £66,250 £67,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £75,000 £72,500
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 14 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 14 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 +20 257 £47,085 -14.39% 71
East Midlands +27 176 £50,000 +11.11% 43
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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 11 (2.53%) SharePoint
2 3 (0.69%) ArcGIS
2 3 (0.69%) WordPress
3 2 (0.46%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.23%) Apache
Applications
1 233 (53.56%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (1.84%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (1.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (1.15%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (0.92%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.69%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.46%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (0.92%) Dynamics CRM
1 4 (0.92%) Shopify
2 3 (0.69%) Magento
2 3 (0.69%) NetSuite
3 2 (0.46%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.23%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.23%) SAP EHS
4 1 (0.23%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 435 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 262 (60.23%) Azure
3 176 (40.46%) Azure AI
4 32 (7.36%) Power Automate
5 30 (6.90%) PowerApps
6 28 (6.44%) Microsoft 365
7 27 (6.21%) Azure Data Factory
8 20 (4.60%) Dynamics 365
9 17 (3.91%) Snowflake
10 16 (3.68%) AWS
11 13 (2.99%) Microsoft Purview
12 11 (2.53%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 9 (2.07%) GCP
14 8 (1.84%) Azure DevOps
15 5 (1.15%) Azure Logic Apps
16 4 (0.92%) Azure Stack
16 4 (0.92%) SaaS
16 4 (0.92%) Smartsheet
17 3 (0.69%) Google Analytics
17 3 (0.69%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.23%) DHCP
1 1 (0.23%) DNS
1 1 (0.23%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 206 (47.36%) Tableau
2 34 (7.82%) Power Query
3 22 (5.06%) SQL Server
3 22 (5.06%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 18 (4.14%) Data Warehouse
5 16 (3.68%) Star Schema
6 13 (2.99%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 10 (2.30%) Relational Database
8 9 (2.07%) Data Lake
9 8 (1.84%) Azure SQL Database
10 6 (1.38%) Looker
11 5 (1.15%) Amazon Redshift
11 5 (1.15%) MySQL
11 5 (1.15%) Semantic Layer
12 4 (0.92%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 3 (0.69%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
13 3 (0.69%) BigQuery
13 3 (0.69%) Delta Lake
14 2 (0.46%) Metadata
15 1 (0.23%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 8 (1.84%) Git
2 5 (1.15%) JIRA
3 2 (0.46%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 1 (0.23%) Oracle Forms
4 1 (0.23%) Visual Studio
General
1 250 (57.47%) Social Skills
2 91 (20.92%) Analytical Skills
3 61 (14.02%) Finance
4 29 (6.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 21 (4.83%) Public Sector
6 18 (4.14%) Retail
7 15 (3.45%) Manufacturing
8 13 (2.99%) Law
9 11 (2.53%) Organisational Skills
10 7 (1.61%) Pharmaceutical
11 6 (1.38%) Influencing Skills
11 6 (1.38%) Legal
11 6 (1.38%) Marketing
11 6 (1.38%) Social Housing
12 5 (1.15%) Aerospace
13 3 (0.69%) Billing
13 3 (0.69%) Electronics
13 3 (0.69%) Presentation Skills
14 2 (0.46%) Legal Technology
14 2 (0.46%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 242 (55.63%) Analyst
2 208 (47.82%) Data Analyst
3 187 (42.99%) Junior
4 185 (42.53%) Junior Analyst
4 185 (42.53%) Junior Data Analyst
5 62 (14.25%) Developer
6 41 (9.43%) Business Intelligence Developer
7 27 (6.21%) Data Engineer
7 27 (6.21%) Senior
8 22 (5.06%) Business Intelligence Analyst
8 22 (5.06%) Power BI Developer
9 15 (3.45%) Power BI Analyst
10 14 (3.22%) Business Developer
10 14 (3.22%) Snowflake Data Engineer
10 14 (3.22%) Snowflake Engineer
11 12 (2.76%) Power BI Engineer
12 11 (2.53%) Data Manager
12 11 (2.53%) Data Scientist
13 10 (2.30%) Azure Engineer
13 10 (2.30%) Python Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (2.30%) .NET
2 8 (1.84%) Pandas
3 7 (1.61%) PySpark
3 7 (1.61%) XML
4 6 (1.38%) PyTorch
4 6 (1.38%) REST
4 6 (1.38%) scikit-learn
4 6 (1.38%) WinForms
5 5 (1.15%) HTML
6 4 (0.92%) EDI
7 3 (0.69%) CSS
7 3 (0.69%) JSON
7 3 (0.69%) RESTful
8 2 (0.46%) React
8 2 (0.46%) Web Services
9 1 (0.23%) EDIFACT
9 1 (0.23%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 25 (5.75%) Management Information System
2 13 (2.99%) Analytical Mindset
3 9 (2.07%) Product Ownership
4 7 (1.61%) NHS
5 4 (0.92%) Data Structures
6 3 (0.69%) Linux Command Line
7 2 (0.46%) Cloud Native
7 2 (0.46%) Cyberattack
7 2 (0.46%) Driving Licence
7 2 (0.46%) FMCG
7 2 (0.46%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 2 (0.46%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (0.46%) Robotics
8 1 (0.23%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (0.23%) e-Learning
8 1 (0.23%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.23%) Replication
8 1 (0.23%) Taxonomies
8 1 (0.23%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 3 (0.69%) 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
1 425 (97.70%) Business Intelligence
2 210 (48.28%) AI
3 131 (30.11%) Analytics
4 78 (17.93%) Problem-Solving
5 72 (16.55%) Decision-Making
6 65 (14.94%) Data Modelling
7 57 (13.10%) Visualisation
8 44 (10.11%) Continuous Improvement
8 44 (10.11%) ETL
9 41 (9.43%) Agile
10 40 (9.20%) Data Visualisation
11 36 (8.28%) Data Analysis
12 32 (7.36%) Data Governance
13 29 (6.67%) Actionable Insight
13 29 (6.67%) Data-Driven Decision Making
14 28 (6.44%) CRM
14 28 (6.44%) ERP
15 27 (6.21%) Data Management
16 26 (5.98%) Validation
17 25 (5.75%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 314 (72.18%) SQL
2 228 (52.41%) Python
3 54 (12.41%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 15 (3.45%) C#
5 11 (2.53%) T-SQL
6 9 (2.07%) VBA
7 7 (1.61%) R
8 6 (1.38%) Delphi
8 6 (1.38%) JavaScript
9 1 (0.23%) ActionScript
9 1 (0.23%) ActionScript 2.0
9 1 (0.23%) PHP
9 1 (0.23%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 180 (41.38%) Azure Certification
2 49 (11.26%) Degree
3 13 (2.99%) Microsoft Certification
4 10 (2.30%) PMI Certification
4 10 (2.30%) PMP
5 7 (1.61%) DBS Check
5 7 (1.61%) Security Cleared
6 6 (1.38%) SC Cleared
7 3 (0.69%) ACCA
7 3 (0.69%) CIMA
7 3 (0.69%) CITP
7 3 (0.69%) CompTIA CySA+
7 3 (0.69%) CompTIA Security+
7 3 (0.69%) Master's Degree
7 3 (0.69%) MBA
7 3 (0.69%) SSCP
8 2 (0.46%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (0.46%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 1 (0.23%) A+ Certification
9 1 (0.23%) CIPFA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (10.11%) Data Quality
2 33 (7.59%) GDPR
3 7 (1.61%) Accessibility
3 7 (1.61%) California Consumer Privacy Act
3 7 (1.61%) QA
4 5 (1.15%) Actionable Recommendations
4 5 (1.15%) SLA
5 4 (0.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (0.69%) NIST
7 2 (0.46%) GRC
8 1 (0.23%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 3 (0.69%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.23%) Hyper-V
2 1 (0.23%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 262 (60.23%) Microsoft
2 26 (5.98%) Databricks
3 15 (3.45%) Oracle
4 12 (2.76%) Google
5 6 (1.38%) SAP
6 4 (0.92%) ESRI
7 3 (0.69%) HubSpot
7 3 (0.69%) QAD
8 2 (0.46%) Cognos
8 2 (0.46%) OpenAI
9 1 (0.23%) Adobe
9 1 (0.23%) Alteryx
9 1 (0.23%) Civica
9 1 (0.23%) DocuSign
9 1 (0.23%) Informatica
9 1 (0.23%) Northgate
9 1 (0.23%) Orchard
9 1 (0.23%) Qualtrics
9 1 (0.23%) Sparx
9 1 (0.23%) VMware