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

 6 months to
1 May 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 41 66 43
Rank change year-on-year +25 -23 +19
Permanent jobs citing Power BI 493 194 510
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 3.87% 3.88% 4.43%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 51.68% 27.79% 27.58%
Number of salaries quoted 209 172 429
10th Percentile £31,850 £37,500 £31,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,085 £51,649 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.84% +8.73% +2.43%
75th Percentile £62,500 £62,500 £61,250
90th Percentile £77,500 £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 954 698 1,849
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 7.49% 13.97% 16.08%
Number of salaries quoted 588 532 1,437
10th Percentile £31,925 £36,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £39,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £76,125 £73,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +13.04% -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 1 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 1 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 +15 286 £44,772 -15.53% 87
East Midlands +36 205 £47,500 - 45
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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 (3.25%) SharePoint
2 3 (0.61%) ArcGIS
2 3 (0.61%) WordPress
3 2 (0.41%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (0.41%) CMS
3 2 (0.41%) Umbraco
4 1 (0.20%) Apache
4 1 (0.20%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.20%) Confluence
4 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 289 (58.62%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (1.62%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (1.01%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (0.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.81%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.61%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.41%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (0.81%) Dynamics CRM
1 4 (0.81%) Shopify
2 3 (0.61%) Magento
2 3 (0.61%) NetSuite
3 2 (0.41%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.20%) Odoo
4 1 (0.20%) SAP EHS
Cloud Services
1 493 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 330 (66.94%) Azure
3 231 (46.86%) Azure AI
4 33 (6.69%) Azure Data Factory
5 26 (5.27%) Power Automate
6 24 (4.87%) Microsoft 365
7 21 (4.26%) Dynamics 365
7 21 (4.26%) PowerApps
8 18 (3.65%) Snowflake
9 15 (3.04%) AWS
10 14 (2.84%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 8 (1.62%) GCP
12 7 (1.42%) Azure DevOps
12 7 (1.42%) Microsoft Purview
13 5 (1.01%) Smartsheet
14 4 (0.81%) Azure Logic Apps
14 4 (0.81%) Microsoft Copilot
15 3 (0.61%) Azure Stack
15 3 (0.61%) Google Analytics
16 2 (0.41%) Contentsquare
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.41%) DHCP
1 2 (0.41%) DNS
1 2 (0.41%) Intranet
2 1 (0.20%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 254 (51.52%) Tableau
2 36 (7.30%) SQL Server
3 31 (6.29%) Power Query
3 31 (6.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 21 (4.26%) Data Warehouse
5 13 (2.64%) Data Lake
5 13 (2.64%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 11 (2.23%) Relational Database
7 10 (2.03%) Star Schema
8 7 (1.42%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
8 7 (1.42%) Azure SQL Database
9 5 (1.01%) Looker
10 4 (0.81%) Amazon Redshift
10 4 (0.81%) MySQL
11 2 (0.41%) BigQuery
11 2 (0.41%) Data Mining
11 2 (0.41%) Metadata
11 2 (0.41%) Semantic Layer
12 1 (0.20%) Amazon QuickSight
12 1 (0.20%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 7 (1.42%) JIRA
2 6 (1.22%) Git
3 2 (0.41%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 1 (0.20%) Visual Studio
General
1 299 (60.65%) Social Skills
2 85 (17.24%) Analytical Skills
3 64 (12.98%) Finance
4 31 (6.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 22 (4.46%) Public Sector
6 20 (4.06%) Retail
7 13 (2.64%) Manufacturing
8 12 (2.43%) Organisational Skills
9 8 (1.62%) Law
9 8 (1.62%) Marketing
10 7 (1.42%) Pharmaceutical
11 6 (1.22%) Influencing Skills
11 6 (1.22%) Legal
12 3 (0.61%) Aerospace
12 3 (0.61%) Billing
12 3 (0.61%) Electronics
12 3 (0.61%) Presentation Skills
12 3 (0.61%) Spanish Language
13 2 (0.41%) Local Government
13 2 (0.41%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 300 (60.85%) Analyst
2 263 (53.35%) Data Analyst
3 242 (49.09%) Junior
4 240 (48.68%) Junior Analyst
4 240 (48.68%) Junior Data Analyst
5 66 (13.39%) Developer
6 36 (7.30%) Business Intelligence Developer
7 31 (6.29%) Senior
8 27 (5.48%) Data Engineer
9 26 (5.27%) Business Developer
10 25 (5.07%) Business Intelligence Analyst
11 19 (3.85%) Power BI Developer
12 15 (3.04%) Snowflake Data Engineer
12 15 (3.04%) Snowflake Engineer
13 14 (2.84%) Power BI Analyst
14 13 (2.64%) Senior Analyst
15 12 (2.43%) Data Scientist
16 11 (2.23%) Architect
16 11 (2.23%) Azure Engineer
16 11 (2.23%) Business Intelligence Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (3.25%) .NET
2 12 (2.43%) XML
3 11 (2.23%) WinForms
4 9 (1.83%) EDI
5 8 (1.62%) Pandas
6 7 (1.42%) PyTorch
7 6 (1.22%) PySpark
7 6 (1.22%) scikit-learn
8 5 (1.01%) CSS
8 5 (1.01%) HTML
9 4 (0.81%) JSON
10 3 (0.61%) REST
10 3 (0.61%) RESTful
11 2 (0.41%) .NET Framework
11 2 (0.41%) ASP.NET
11 2 (0.41%) ASP.NET Core
11 2 (0.41%) Razor View Engine
12 1 (0.20%) EDIFACT
12 1 (0.20%) ODBC
12 1 (0.20%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 16 (3.25%) Management Information System
2 13 (2.64%) Analytical Mindset
3 4 (0.81%) Legacy Systems
4 3 (0.61%) Linux Command Line
5 2 (0.41%) Cloud Native
5 2 (0.41%) Data Structures
5 2 (0.41%) Driving Licence
6 1 (0.20%) Cyberattack
6 1 (0.20%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (0.20%) FMCG
6 1 (0.20%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 1 (0.20%) NHS
6 1 (0.20%) Product Ownership
6 1 (0.20%) Replication
6 1 (0.20%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (0.20%) Taxonomies
6 1 (0.20%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 3 (0.61%) 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
1 483 (97.97%) Business Intelligence
2 250 (50.71%) AI
3 112 (22.72%) Analytics
4 71 (14.40%) Decision-Making
5 67 (13.59%) Problem-Solving
6 65 (13.18%) Data Modelling
7 55 (11.16%) Visualisation
8 45 (9.13%) Continuous Improvement
9 42 (8.52%) ETL
10 38 (7.71%) Data Visualisation
11 35 (7.10%) Actionable Insight
12 34 (6.90%) Data Analysis
13 31 (6.29%) Agile
14 29 (5.88%) ERP
15 27 (5.48%) CRM
15 27 (5.48%) Data-Driven Decision Making
16 26 (5.27%) Computer Science
16 26 (5.27%) Data Engineering
17 22 (4.46%) Dashboard Development
18 21 (4.26%) Data Science
Programming Languages
1 366 (74.24%) SQL
2 289 (58.62%) Python
3 45 (9.13%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 15 (3.04%) C#
5 11 (2.23%) Delphi
5 11 (2.23%) T-SQL
6 9 (1.83%) VBA
7 8 (1.62%) JavaScript
7 8 (1.62%) R
8 2 (0.41%) C
8 2 (0.41%) PowerShell
9 1 (0.20%) ActionScript
9 1 (0.20%) ActionScript 2.0
9 1 (0.20%) PHP
9 1 (0.20%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 237 (48.07%) Azure Certification
2 41 (8.32%) Degree
3 10 (2.03%) DBS Check
4 9 (1.83%) Microsoft Certification
5 8 (1.62%) PMI Certification
5 8 (1.62%) PMP
6 7 (1.42%) Security Cleared
7 5 (1.01%) SC Cleared
8 3 (0.61%) ACCA
8 3 (0.61%) CIMA
8 3 (0.61%) CompTIA CySA+
8 3 (0.61%) CompTIA Security+
8 3 (0.61%) Master's Degree
8 3 (0.61%) MBA
8 3 (0.61%) SSCP
9 2 (0.41%) CITP
9 2 (0.41%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 1 (0.20%) A+ Certification
10 1 (0.20%) CIPFA
10 1 (0.20%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (8.72%) Data Quality
2 19 (3.85%) GDPR
3 7 (1.42%) Accessibility
3 7 (1.42%) QA
4 6 (1.22%) PMO
5 5 (1.01%) SLA
6 4 (0.81%) Actionable Recommendations
6 4 (0.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (0.61%) NIST
8 2 (0.41%) GRC
8 2 (0.41%) WCAG
9 1 (0.20%) California Consumer Privacy Act
System Software
1 4 (0.81%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.41%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.20%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (0.20%) MOM
Vendors
1 309 (62.68%) Microsoft
2 29 (5.88%) Databricks
3 17 (3.45%) Oracle
4 11 (2.23%) Google
5 7 (1.42%) Sparx
6 6 (1.22%) SAP
7 4 (0.81%) Civica
7 4 (0.81%) ESRI
8 3 (0.61%) HubSpot
8 3 (0.61%) OpenAI
8 3 (0.61%) QAD
9 2 (0.41%) Cognos
9 2 (0.41%) DocuSign
9 2 (0.41%) Northgate
9 2 (0.41%) Orchard
9 2 (0.41%) VMware
10 1 (0.20%) Adobe
10 1 (0.20%) Epicor
10 1 (0.20%) Genesys
10 1 (0.20%) Informatica
132 Power BI jobs in the Midlands