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

6 months to
14 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 72 73 104
Rank change year-on-year +1 +31 -64
Permanent jobs citing Power BI 336 210 216
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 2.14% 3.79% 2.32%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 35.26% 29.87% 21.45%
Number of salaries quoted 211 162 143
10th Percentile £36,250 £34,075 £34,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £41,627
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £47,500 £52,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -8.65% +5.73%
75th Percentile £62,500 £58,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £67,500 £79,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% +4.35%

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 953 703 1,007
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 6.06% 12.69% 10.80%
Number of salaries quoted 665 476 525
10th Percentile £35,000 £34,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £52,000
Median % change year-on-year - +5.77% -0.95%
75th Percentile £67,500 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £76,875 £75,967
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - -7.69% +4.00%

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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 October 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 October 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 +6 218 £55,000 +4.76% 108
East Midlands -5 118 £47,500 +5.56% 52
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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 22 (6.55%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.60%) Confluence
2 2 (0.60%) SAS
2 2 (0.60%) WordPress
3 1 (0.30%) Apache
3 1 (0.30%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.30%) ArcGIS
3 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 92 (27.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (3.27%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (2.38%) Notion
4 7 (2.08%) Chatbot
5 5 (1.49%) Microsoft Project
6 4 (1.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 12 (3.57%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (2.08%) Infor M3
3 3 (0.89%) NetSuite
4 2 (0.60%) SAP Business One
4 2 (0.60%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.60%) Visualfiles
5 1 (0.30%) Dynamics GP
5 1 (0.30%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.30%) Dynamics SL
5 1 (0.30%) Magento
5 1 (0.30%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.30%) Sage 200
5 1 (0.30%) SAP EHS
5 1 (0.30%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 336 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 115 (34.23%) Azure
3 54 (16.07%) PowerApps
4 49 (14.58%) Power Automate
5 46 (13.69%) Microsoft 365
6 38 (11.31%) Dynamics 365
7 22 (6.55%) Azure AI
8 12 (3.57%) AWS
9 11 (3.27%) Azure DevOps
9 11 (3.27%) Microsoft Copilot
10 10 (2.98%) Microsoft Purview
11 9 (2.68%) Azure Data Factory
11 9 (2.68%) Entra ID
12 8 (2.38%) SaaS
13 7 (2.08%) GCP
14 6 (1.79%) Azure Stack
14 6 (1.79%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 6 (1.79%) Copilot Studio
14 6 (1.79%) Google Analytics
14 6 (1.79%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.60%) Firewall
2 1 (0.30%) VLAN
2 1 (0.30%) VPN
2 1 (0.30%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 65 (19.35%) Tableau
2 40 (11.90%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 37 (11.01%) Data Warehouse
3 37 (11.01%) Power Query
4 19 (5.65%) QlikView
5 17 (5.06%) SQL Server
6 15 (4.46%) Data Lake
6 15 (4.46%) Relational Database
7 12 (3.57%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 9 (2.68%) Star Schema
9 8 (2.38%) Azure SQL Database
10 7 (2.08%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 6 (1.79%) GIS
11 6 (1.79%) Looker
11 6 (1.79%) MySQL
12 5 (1.49%) Big Data
12 5 (1.49%) BigQuery
12 5 (1.49%) Data Mining
12 5 (1.49%) Oracle BI EE
13 4 (1.19%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 14 (4.17%) Git
2 4 (1.19%) JIRA
3 2 (0.60%) Ant
3 2 (0.60%) Apache Ivy
3 2 (0.60%) IBM UrbanCode
3 2 (0.60%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.60%) Maven
4 1 (0.30%) Browser DevTools
4 1 (0.30%) GitLab
4 1 (0.30%) Oracle Forms
4 1 (0.30%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 129 (38.39%) Analytical Skills
2 121 (36.01%) Social Skills
3 101 (30.06%) Finance
4 30 (8.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 30 (8.93%) Manufacturing
5 25 (7.44%) Public Sector
6 20 (5.95%) Marketing
7 16 (4.76%) Legal
7 16 (4.76%) Retail
8 14 (4.17%) Law
8 14 (4.17%) Organisational Skills
9 11 (3.27%) Social Housing
10 10 (2.98%) Fire and Rescue
11 8 (2.38%) Influencing Skills
12 3 (0.89%) Legal Technology
13 2 (0.60%) Advertising
13 2 (0.60%) Aerospace
13 2 (0.60%) Financial Institution
13 2 (0.60%) Presentation Skills
14 1 (0.30%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 80 (23.81%) Analyst
2 72 (21.43%) Developer
3 49 (14.58%) Data Analyst
4 38 (11.31%) Lead
5 34 (10.12%) Data Engineer
5 34 (10.12%) Senior
6 23 (6.85%) Business Intelligence Developer
6 23 (6.85%) Junior
7 22 (6.55%) Data Manager
7 22 (6.55%) Junior Analyst
7 22 (6.55%) Junior Data Analyst
8 19 (5.65%) Power Platform Developer
9 13 (3.87%) Systems Analyst
10 12 (3.57%) Business Intelligence Lead
11 11 (3.27%) Business Intelligence Analyst
11 11 (3.27%) Business Intelligence Manager
11 11 (3.27%) Power BI Developer
11 11 (3.27%) Senior Data Engineer
12 10 (2.98%) Performance Manager
12 10 (2.98%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (7.44%) .NET
2 11 (3.27%) REST
3 9 (2.68%) EDI
4 7 (2.08%) PyTorch
4 7 (2.08%) TensorFlow
5 6 (1.79%) JSON
5 6 (1.79%) PySpark
6 4 (1.19%) HTML
7 3 (0.89%) Terraform
8 2 (0.60%) GraphQL
8 2 (0.60%) HTML5 Canvas
8 2 (0.60%) Matplotlib
8 2 (0.60%) React
8 2 (0.60%) scikit-learn
8 2 (0.60%) Seaborn
8 2 (0.60%) Web Services
8 2 (0.60%) XML
9 1 (0.30%) CSS
9 1 (0.30%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 44 (13.10%) Management Information System
2 14 (4.17%) Data Structures
3 12 (3.57%) Reference Data
4 10 (2.98%) Data Protection Act
4 10 (2.98%) Driving Licence
4 10 (2.98%) FMCG
4 10 (2.98%) NHS
4 10 (2.98%) Product Ownership
5 6 (1.79%) AI Agents
5 6 (1.79%) Onboarding
5 6 (1.79%) Self-Motivation
6 5 (1.49%) Cloud Native
6 5 (1.49%) Greenfield Project
6 5 (1.49%) Public Cloud
7 4 (1.19%) e-Learning
7 4 (1.19%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 3 (0.89%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (0.89%) Linux Command Line
8 3 (0.89%) Web Conferencing
9 2 (0.60%) Cyberattack
Operating Systems
1 8 (2.38%) Windows
2 4 (1.19%) Linux
2 4 (1.19%) Windows Server
3 2 (0.60%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 334 (99.40%) Business Intelligence
2 141 (41.96%) Analytics
3 114 (33.93%) Problem-Solving
4 106 (31.55%) Decision-Making
5 105 (31.25%) AI
6 77 (22.92%) Continuous Improvement
7 76 (22.62%) Agile
8 72 (21.43%) Data Modelling
9 66 (19.64%) ETL
10 65 (19.35%) Visualisation
11 64 (19.05%) Data Governance
12 57 (16.96%) Data Management
13 56 (16.67%) ERP
14 54 (16.07%) Stakeholder Management
15 53 (15.77%) Data Analytics
16 47 (13.99%) Dashboard Development
17 44 (13.10%) Data Visualisation
18 41 (12.20%) Data Analysis
19 40 (11.90%) Data Architecture
20 35 (10.42%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 185 (55.06%) SQL
2 81 (24.11%) Python
3 62 (18.45%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 27 (8.04%) C#
5 14 (4.17%) JavaScript
6 9 (2.68%) R
7 6 (1.79%) Java
7 6 (1.79%) PowerShell
8 2 (0.60%) VBA
9 1 (0.30%) PHP
Qualifications
1 69 (20.54%) Degree
2 26 (7.74%) Azure Certification
3 17 (5.06%) Security Cleared
4 15 (4.46%) PMI Certification
4 15 (4.46%) SC Cleared
5 14 (4.17%) Microsoft Certification
6 13 (3.87%) PMP
7 7 (2.08%) ACCA
7 7 (2.08%) CIMA
8 3 (0.89%) AAT
8 3 (0.89%) CCAB
9 2 (0.60%) AWS Certification
9 2 (0.60%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (0.60%) CITP
9 2 (0.60%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (0.30%) CompTIA Security+
10 1 (0.30%) DBS Check
10 1 (0.30%) Master's Degree
10 1 (0.30%) MCT
10 1 (0.30%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 80 (23.81%) Data Quality
2 48 (14.29%) GDPR
3 16 (4.76%) Accessibility
4 8 (2.38%) PMO
5 7 (2.08%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 5 (1.49%) Actionable Recommendations
6 5 (1.49%) SLA
7 4 (1.19%) ISO 9001
8 3 (0.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 3 (0.89%) QA
9 2 (0.60%) GRC
9 2 (0.60%) NIST
10 1 (0.30%) ISO 14001
10 1 (0.30%) PERC
System Software
1 7 (2.08%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.89%) Docker
3 1 (0.30%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 2 (0.60%) Ansible
1 2 (0.60%) Kubernetes
1 2 (0.60%) Progress Chef
1 2 (0.60%) Puppet
2 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 169 (50.30%) Microsoft
2 16 (4.76%) Databricks
3 15 (4.46%) Oracle
4 14 (4.17%) Google
4 14 (4.17%) SAP
5 8 (2.38%) Salesforce
5 8 (2.38%) SYSPRO
6 7 (2.08%) Infor
7 6 (1.79%) Adaptive Insights
7 6 (1.79%) Anaplan
8 5 (1.49%) ServiceNow
9 4 (1.19%) Cognos
9 4 (1.19%) YouTube
10 3 (0.89%) HP
11 2 (0.60%) HubSpot
11 2 (0.60%) Jedox
12 1 (0.30%) Alteryx
12 1 (0.30%) Marketo
12 1 (0.30%) Talend
12 1 (0.30%) Xero