Power BI Job Trends in the South East

Microsoft Power BI
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Power BI skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 55 87 79
Rank change year-on-year +32 -8 +12
Permanent jobs citing Power BI 402 266 398
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 3.59% 3.19% 3.25%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 41.10% 17.91% 18.41%
Number of salaries quoted 162 128 330
10th Percentile £40,000 £35,000 £38,600
25th Percentile £44,063 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -0.94%
75th Percentile £63,750 £76,000 £67,188
90th Percentile £80,000 £86,250 £77,800
England median annual salary £55,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -7.50% +9.09% -4.35%

All Database & Business Intelligence Skills
South East

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 South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 978 1,485 2,162
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 8.74% 17.81% 17.67%
Number of salaries quoted 542 781 1,704
10th Percentile £31,250 £36,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,250 £46,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £59,125 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.75% +7.50% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £86,250 £85,000
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 South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Power BI relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Power BI job vacancy trend in the South East

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Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Power BI.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Power BI

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Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Power BI in the South East over the 6 months to 11 February 2026.

Salary histogram for Power BI in the South East

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Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Power BI within the South East region over the 6 months to 11 February 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
Thames Valley +29 201 £60,000 - 29
Berkshire +31 117 £60,000 +26.32% 17
Surrey +10 64 £50,540 -9.41% 17
Buckinghamshire +15 62 £62,500 -17.76% 7
Hampshire +9 50 £57,500 +15.00% 32
Kent +1 31 £50,000 +61.29% 15
Oxfordshire +23 22 £42,500 -10.53% 6
West Sussex +19 21 £57,500 +27.78% 5
Middlesex +13 16 - - 3
East Sussex -8 13 £43,500 -48.82% 1
Sussex +3 5 £45,000 - 1
Isle of Wight - 1 £42,500 - 2
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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 29 (7.21%) SharePoint
2 7 (1.74%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (0.75%) Confluence
3 3 (0.75%) SAS
4 2 (0.50%) SugarCRM
5 1 (0.25%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.25%) CMS
Applications
1 260 (64.68%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (3.73%) Microsoft Office
3 12 (2.99%) Spreadsheet
4 9 (2.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (1.00%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.50%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.25%) Acrobat
7 1 (0.25%) Adobe Illustrator
7 1 (0.25%) InDesign
7 1 (0.25%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 10 (2.49%) Dynamics AX
2 9 (2.24%) SAP CO
3 4 (1.00%) Dynamics NAV
4 3 (0.75%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (0.50%) IBM Planning Analytics
5 2 (0.50%) NetSuite
5 2 (0.50%) Q-Pulse
5 2 (0.50%) Sage 200
6 1 (0.25%) Oracle 11i
6 1 (0.25%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.25%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.25%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.25%) SAP HR
6 1 (0.25%) Shopify
6 1 (0.25%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 402 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 203 (50.50%) Azure
3 86 (21.39%) Azure AI
4 47 (11.69%) Microsoft 365
5 29 (7.21%) PowerApps
6 25 (6.22%) Power Automate
7 21 (5.22%) Snowflake
8 18 (4.48%) Azure DevOps
9 13 (3.23%) Dynamics 365
10 12 (2.99%) SaaS
11 10 (2.49%) Azure Data Factory
12 8 (1.99%) Entra ID
12 8 (1.99%) Microsoft Copilot
13 6 (1.49%) AWS
13 6 (1.49%) dbt
14 5 (1.24%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 5 (1.24%) Fivetran
15 4 (1.00%) GCP
16 3 (0.75%) Copilot Studio
16 3 (0.75%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 8 (1.99%) Intranet
2 5 (1.24%) Modbus
2 5 (1.24%) MQTT
3 2 (0.50%) WAN
4 1 (0.25%) BGP
4 1 (0.25%) Broadband
4 1 (0.25%) DHCP
4 1 (0.25%) DNS
4 1 (0.25%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.25%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.25%) VPN
4 1 (0.25%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 109 (27.11%) Tableau
2 67 (16.67%) Data Lake
3 64 (15.92%) SAP BW
4 27 (6.72%) SQL Server
5 24 (5.97%) Data Warehouse
6 19 (4.73%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 16 (3.98%) Power Query
8 13 (3.23%) Relational Database
9 11 (2.74%) PostgreSQL
10 10 (2.49%) MySQL
11 8 (1.99%) PowerPivot
12 7 (1.74%) Looker
12 7 (1.74%) Metadata
13 4 (1.00%) Azure SQL Database
13 4 (1.00%) Qlik Sense
13 4 (1.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 2 (0.50%) BusinessObjects
14 2 (0.50%) Data Mining
14 2 (0.50%) Snowflake Schema
14 2 (0.50%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 13 (3.23%) Git
2 6 (1.49%) JIRA
3 1 (0.25%) Bitbucket
3 1 (0.25%) Oracle APEX
3 1 (0.25%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 1 (0.25%) Visual Studio
General
1 249 (61.94%) Social Skills
2 140 (34.83%) Analytical Skills
3 123 (30.60%) Finance
4 39 (9.70%) Manufacturing
5 19 (4.73%) Marketing
6 14 (3.48%) Influencing Skills
7 9 (2.24%) Organisational Skills
8 4 (1.00%) Billing
8 4 (1.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (1.00%) Legal
9 3 (0.75%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (0.75%) Public Sector
10 2 (0.50%) Advertising
10 2 (0.50%) Back Office
10 2 (0.50%) French Language
10 2 (0.50%) General Ledger
10 2 (0.50%) Law
11 1 (0.25%) Electronics
11 1 (0.25%) Financial Institution
11 1 (0.25%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 228 (56.72%) Analyst
2 135 (33.58%) Data Analyst
3 80 (19.90%) Junior
3 80 (19.90%) Junior Analyst
3 80 (19.90%) Junior Data Analyst
4 55 (13.68%) Lead
5 51 (12.69%) Report Analyst
6 35 (8.71%) Business Intelligence Lead
7 31 (7.71%) Developer
8 28 (6.97%) Sustainability Analyst
9 22 (5.47%) Senior
10 21 (5.22%) Business Intelligence Analyst
10 21 (5.22%) Business Intelligence Developer
11 20 (4.98%) Financial Analyst
12 19 (4.73%) Consultant
13 15 (3.73%) Power BI Developer
14 14 (3.48%) Support Analyst
15 13 (3.23%) Data Manager
15 13 (3.23%) Senior Analyst
16 12 (2.99%) Commercial Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (2.24%) JSON
1 9 (2.24%) SAP CO-PA
2 8 (1.99%) XML
3 7 (1.74%) .NET
3 7 (1.74%) CSS
3 7 (1.74%) HTML
4 5 (1.24%) ASP.NET
4 5 (1.24%) ASP.NET Core
4 5 (1.24%) React
4 5 (1.24%) Vue
5 4 (1.00%) .NET Core
5 4 (1.00%) AngularJS
5 4 (1.00%) Blazor
5 4 (1.00%) RESTful
6 3 (0.75%) CSS3
6 3 (0.75%) HTML5
6 3 (0.75%) Web Services
7 2 (0.50%) jQuery
7 2 (0.50%) LESS
7 2 (0.50%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 18 (4.48%) Analytical Mindset
2 16 (3.98%) Onboarding
3 12 (2.99%) FMCG
4 10 (2.49%) NHS
5 9 (2.24%) Data Structures
6 6 (1.49%) SCADA
7 5 (1.24%) IoT
7 5 (1.24%) Management Information System
7 5 (1.24%) Manufacturing Execution System
8 4 (1.00%) Legacy Systems
9 3 (0.75%) Product Ownership
10 2 (0.50%) Enterprise Software
10 2 (0.50%) Replication
11 1 (0.25%) Algorithms
11 1 (0.25%) Educational Technology
11 1 (0.25%) Enterprise Storage
11 1 (0.25%) Learning Management System
11 1 (0.25%) Low-Code
11 1 (0.25%) Podcast
11 1 (0.25%) Sports Betting
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.50%) Linux
1 2 (0.50%) Windows
2 1 (0.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (0.25%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 379 (94.28%) Business Intelligence
2 150 (37.31%) Analytics
3 125 (31.09%) Problem-Solving
4 120 (29.85%) AI
5 108 (26.87%) Decision-Making
6 107 (26.62%) Data Modelling
7 77 (19.15%) ERP
8 65 (16.17%) Visualisation
9 64 (15.92%) Agile
9 64 (15.92%) ETL
10 61 (15.17%) Actionable Insight
11 57 (14.18%) Continuous Improvement
12 52 (12.94%) Data Governance
13 51 (12.69%) Data Analysis
14 42 (10.45%) Data Visualisation
15 40 (9.95%) Data Cleansing
16 36 (8.96%) Project Management
17 35 (8.71%) Data Analytics
18 34 (8.46%) Budgeting and Forecasting
19 32 (7.96%) GAP Analysis
Programming Languages
1 228 (56.72%) SQL
2 158 (39.30%) Python
3 37 (9.20%) VBA
4 31 (7.71%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 15 (3.73%) T-SQL
6 12 (2.99%) C#
6 12 (2.99%) PowerShell
7 7 (1.74%) JavaScript
8 5 (1.24%) Kusto Query Language
9 4 (1.00%) R
10 1 (0.25%) Scala
10 1 (0.25%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 125 (31.09%) Degree
2 81 (20.15%) Azure Certification
3 34 (8.46%) CIMA
4 33 (8.21%) ACCA
5 18 (4.48%) SC Cleared
5 18 (4.48%) Security Cleared
6 17 (4.23%) Master's Degree
7 11 (2.74%) APMP
7 11 (2.74%) MBA
8 10 (2.49%) AAT
9 7 (1.74%) Microsoft Certification
10 3 (0.75%) Computer Science Degree
10 3 (0.75%) DBS Check
10 3 (0.75%) HNC
10 3 (0.75%) PMI Certification
10 3 (0.75%) PMP
11 2 (0.50%) BPSS Clearance
11 2 (0.50%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 98 (24.38%) Data Quality
2 17 (4.23%) PMO
3 14 (3.48%) QA
4 12 (2.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 10 (2.49%) SLA
6 7 (1.74%) Accessibility
7 6 (1.49%) Cyber Essentials
8 3 (0.75%) GDPR
9 2 (0.50%) ITGC
10 1 (0.25%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.25%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 1 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.25%) IFRS
10 1 (0.25%) PERC
System Software
1 10 (2.49%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.25%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (1.00%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.25%) Argo
2 1 (0.25%) Jamf Pro
2 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.25%) Terraform
Vendors
1 160 (39.80%) Microsoft
2 96 (23.88%) SAP
3 17 (4.23%) Informatica
4 12 (2.99%) Oracle
5 9 (2.24%) Databricks
6 4 (1.00%) Salesforce
7 3 (0.75%) Alteryx
7 3 (0.75%) Google
8 2 (0.50%) Adobe
8 2 (0.50%) HubSpot
8 2 (0.50%) IBM
8 2 (0.50%) IFS
8 2 (0.50%) OpenText
8 2 (0.50%) Sage
8 2 (0.50%) Xero
9 1 (0.25%) Cisco
9 1 (0.25%) Cognos
9 1 (0.25%) Mapbox
9 1 (0.25%) Red Hat
9 1 (0.25%) Siemens