Power BI Job Trends in South Wales

Microsoft Power BI
Wales > South Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in South Wales requiring Power BI skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 44 53 55
Rank change year-on-year +9 +2 -15
Permanent jobs citing Power BI 21 14 16
As % of all permanent jobs in South Wales 2.69% 2.23% 2.61%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 31.34% 9.86% 10.96%
Number of salaries quoted 4 7 8
10th Percentile £36,550 - £49,000
25th Percentile £37,000 £41,250 £64,351
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,750 £47,500 £70,576
Median % change year-on-year -14.21% -32.70% +76.44%
75th Percentile £48,250 £59,375 £72,433
90th Percentile £52,300 £68,172 -
Wales median annual salary £40,750 £47,500 £34,000
% change year-on-year -14.21% +39.71% -15.00%

All Database & Business Intelligence Skills
South Wales

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 South Wales.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 67 142 146
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Wales 8.57% 22.58% 23.82%
Number of salaries quoted 36 100 92
10th Percentile £35,625 £23,750 £37,750
25th Percentile £41,500 £31,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £44,672 £52,301
Median % change year-on-year +23.12% -14.59% +4.60%
75th Percentile £62,372 £65,000 £67,813
90th Percentile £76,270 £74,144 £72,950
Wales median annual salary £53,750 £47,307 £47,500
% change year-on-year +13.62% -0.41% -2.06%

Power BI
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

Power BI job vacancy trend in South Wales

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Salary Trend in South Wales

Salary distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Power BI.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Power BI

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Salary Histogram in South Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing Power BI in South Wales over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Power BI in South Wales

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Job Locations in South Wales

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 Wales region over the 6 months to 14 January 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
Cardiff - 12 - - 7
Newport -5 6 £44,000 -9.28% 3
Monmouthshire 0 1 £37,500 -21.05% 1
Bridgend - 1 £50,000 - 1
Caerphilly - 1 £37,500 -
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Wales

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Wales 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:

Applications
1 16 (76.19%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (4.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (4.76%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (4.76%) Dynamics NAV
1 1 (4.76%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 21 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 13 (61.90%) Azure
3 10 (47.62%) Azure AI
4 2 (9.52%) Azure Data Factory
4 2 (9.52%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 2 (9.52%) Dynamics 365
4 2 (9.52%) PowerApps
5 1 (4.76%) Azure API Management
5 1 (4.76%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (4.76%) Google Analytics
5 1 (4.76%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (4.76%) Power Automate
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (61.90%) Tableau
2 3 (14.29%) SQL Server
2 3 (14.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 2 (9.52%) Azure SQL Database
3 2 (9.52%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (4.76%) Oracle Database
4 1 (4.76%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (4.76%) Power Query
4 1 (4.76%) RDBMS
4 1 (4.76%) Relational Database
4 1 (4.76%) Spotfire
4 1 (4.76%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 1 (4.76%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 1 (4.76%) SonarQube
General
1 15 (71.43%) Social Skills
2 5 (23.81%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (23.81%) Finance
3 2 (9.52%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (4.76%) Billing
4 1 (4.76%) Games
4 1 (4.76%) Law
4 1 (4.76%) Legal
4 1 (4.76%) Manufacturing
4 1 (4.76%) Police
Job Titles
1 16 (76.19%) Analyst
2 14 (66.67%) Data Analyst
3 10 (47.62%) Junior
3 10 (47.62%) Junior Analyst
3 10 (47.62%) Junior Data Analyst
4 2 (9.52%) Senior
5 1 (4.76%) Administrator
5 1 (4.76%) Architect
5 1 (4.76%) Business Intelligence Analyst
5 1 (4.76%) Business Intelligence Consultant
5 1 (4.76%) Business Manager
5 1 (4.76%) Commercial Analyst
5 1 (4.76%) Consultant
5 1 (4.76%) Developer
5 1 (4.76%) JavaScript Developer
5 1 (4.76%) Node.js Developer
5 1 (4.76%) Senior Analyst
5 1 (4.76%) Senior Architect
5 1 (4.76%) Senior Data Analyst
5 1 (4.76%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.76%) Express.js
1 1 (4.76%) koa
1 1 (4.76%) Node.js
1 1 (4.76%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 2 (9.52%) Analytical Mindset
1 2 (9.52%) Data Structures
2 1 (4.76%) Algorithms
2 1 (4.76%) Management Information System
2 1 (4.76%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (90.48%) Business Intelligence
2 11 (52.38%) AI
3 5 (23.81%) Actionable Insight
3 5 (23.81%) Analytics
3 5 (23.81%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (19.05%) Data Analysis
4 4 (19.05%) Decision-Making
4 4 (19.05%) Visualisation
5 3 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (14.29%) Data Modelling
5 3 (14.29%) Process Improvement
5 3 (14.29%) Statistical Modelling
5 3 (14.29%) WFM
6 2 (9.52%) Data Visualisation
6 2 (9.52%) Data-Driven Decision Making
6 2 (9.52%) ERP
6 2 (9.52%) ETL
6 2 (9.52%) Mathematics
6 2 (9.52%) Six Sigma
6 2 (9.52%) Visual Analytics
Programming Languages
1 19 (90.48%) SQL
2 12 (57.14%) Python
3 3 (14.29%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 1 (4.76%) C#
4 1 (4.76%) JavaScript
4 1 (4.76%) R
Qualifications
1 10 (47.62%) Azure Certification
2 4 (19.05%) Degree
3 1 (4.76%) DBS Check
3 1 (4.76%) Master's Degree
3 1 (4.76%) PMI Certification
3 1 (4.76%) PMP
3 1 (4.76%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (9.52%) Data Quality
2 1 (4.76%) Actionable Recommendations
2 1 (4.76%) GDPR
Vendors
1 14 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 2 (9.52%) Oracle
3 1 (4.76%) Anaplan
3 1 (4.76%) Genesys
3 1 (4.76%) Google
3 1 (4.76%) Qualys
3 1 (4.76%) ServiceNow
3 1 (4.76%) TIBCO
3 1 (4.76%) Verint