Power BI Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Microsoft Power BI
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Power BI skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 84 68 75
Rank change year-on-year -16 +7 +16
Permanent jobs citing Power BI 131 167 155
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 1.77% 4.42% 3.21%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 30.25% 28.26% 22.24%
Number of salaries quoted 95 56 43
10th Percentile £37,500 £40,750 £34,050
25th Percentile £43,481 £43,750 £41,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £61,250 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.12% +22.50% -4.31%
75th Percentile £65,625 £68,273 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £69,840 -
South East median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% +5.77%

All Database & Business Intelligence Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 433 591 697
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 5.86% 15.66% 14.42%
Number of salaries quoted 323 246 368
10th Percentile £36,250 £35,854 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £41,263
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £72,500 £72,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £88,250
South East median annual salary £55,000 £55,250 £55,000
% change year-on-year -0.45% +0.45% -4.35%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Power BI job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

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Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Power BI.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Power BI

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Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Power BI in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 24 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Power BI in the Thames Valley

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Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Power BI within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 24 September 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
Berkshire -23 60 £49,425 -29.23% 86
Oxfordshire 0 45 £63,750 +2.00% 20
Buckinghamshire -11 26 £55,000 +15.79% 41
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South East

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 3 (2.29%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.53%) CMS
3 1 (0.76%) SAS
Applications
1 55 (41.98%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (8.40%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (2.29%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.76%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 13 (9.92%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.76%) Dynamics GP
2 1 (0.76%) SAP QM
2 1 (0.76%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 131 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 48 (36.64%) Azure
3 18 (13.74%) Azure AI
4 13 (9.92%) Power Automate
5 12 (9.16%) Azure Data Factory
6 11 (8.40%) Azure DevOps
6 11 (8.40%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 9 (6.87%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 8 (6.11%) AWS
8 8 (6.11%) Snowflake
9 7 (5.34%) dbt
10 6 (4.58%) Fivetran
11 4 (3.05%) Dynamics 365
11 4 (3.05%) Google Analytics
11 4 (3.05%) Microsoft 365
12 3 (2.29%) Microsoft Copilot
12 3 (2.29%) PowerApps
12 3 (2.29%) SaaS
12 3 (2.29%) WeChat
13 2 (1.53%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.53%) Firewall
1 2 (1.53%) NAS
1 2 (1.53%) VoIP
1 2 (1.53%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (0.76%) Intranet
2 1 (0.76%) Modbus
2 1 (0.76%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (29.01%) Tableau
2 18 (13.74%) Data Warehouse
3 12 (9.16%) Relational Database
4 11 (8.40%) SQL Server
4 11 (8.40%) Star Schema
5 10 (7.63%) Azure SQL Database
5 10 (7.63%) DynamoDB
5 10 (7.63%) Metadata
5 10 (7.63%) Snowflake Schema
6 9 (6.87%) Amazon QuickSight
6 9 (6.87%) MongoDB
6 9 (6.87%) NoSQL
7 6 (4.58%) Airbyte
7 6 (4.58%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 4 (3.05%) Power Query
9 3 (2.29%) Qlik Sense
9 3 (2.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 2 (1.53%) Data Lake
10 2 (1.53%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 1 (0.76%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 17 (12.98%) Git
2 1 (0.76%) Burp Suite
2 1 (0.76%) JIRA
2 1 (0.76%) JMeter
2 1 (0.76%) Selenium
General
1 52 (39.69%) Social Skills
2 45 (34.35%) Finance
3 31 (23.66%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (9.16%) Law
5 9 (6.87%) Marketing
6 8 (6.11%) Organisational Skills
7 6 (4.58%) Public Sector
8 5 (3.82%) Documentation Skills
8 5 (3.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 5 (3.82%) Manufacturing
9 3 (2.29%) Influencing Skills
9 3 (2.29%) Legal
9 3 (2.29%) Mandarin Language
10 2 (1.53%) Social Housing
10 2 (1.53%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.76%) Banking
11 1 (0.76%) Retail
Job Titles
1 70 (53.44%) Analyst
2 35 (26.72%) Data Analyst
3 23 (17.56%) Senior
4 19 (14.50%) Systems Analyst
5 18 (13.74%) Junior
5 18 (13.74%) Junior Analyst
5 18 (13.74%) Junior Data Analyst
6 15 (11.45%) Data Engineer
7 14 (10.69%) Support Analyst
8 11 (8.40%) Developer
8 11 (8.40%) IT Support
9 9 (6.87%) Applications Support
9 9 (6.87%) Azure Engineer
9 9 (6.87%) Senior Data Engineer
10 7 (5.34%) Business Support Analyst
10 7 (5.34%) Business Systems Analyst
10 7 (5.34%) Senior Analyst
10 7 (5.34%) Systems Support
10 7 (5.34%) Systems Support Analyst
11 5 (3.82%) IT Support Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.53%) HTML
1 2 (1.53%) PySpark
1 2 (1.53%) React
1 2 (1.53%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 13 (9.92%) Data Structures
2 12 (9.16%) Legacy Systems
3 11 (8.40%) Driving Licence
4 10 (7.63%) Product Ownership
5 9 (6.87%) Enterprise Software
6 5 (3.82%) Management Information System
7 3 (2.29%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 2 (1.53%) Operational Technology
8 2 (1.53%) Sports Betting
8 2 (1.53%) SystemC
9 1 (0.76%) Cloud Native
9 1 (0.76%) FMCG
9 1 (0.76%) Housing Association
9 1 (0.76%) Industry 4.0
9 1 (0.76%) IoT
9 1 (0.76%) Learning Management System
9 1 (0.76%) Manufacturing Execution System
9 1 (0.76%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 11 (8.40%) Linux
1 11 (8.40%) Windows
2 2 (1.53%) Windows 10
2 2 (1.53%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 125 (95.42%) Business Intelligence
2 50 (38.17%) Analytics
3 49 (37.40%) AI
4 45 (34.35%) Decision-Making
5 40 (30.53%) Data Modelling
6 37 (28.24%) Problem-Solving
7 29 (22.14%) ERP
8 28 (21.37%) ETL
9 26 (19.85%) Continuous Improvement
9 26 (19.85%) Data Governance
10 24 (18.32%) Data Architecture
10 24 (18.32%) Data Engineering
11 23 (17.56%) Data Management
12 21 (16.03%) Agile
13 20 (15.27%) Collaborative Working
13 20 (15.27%) Process Improvement
14 18 (13.74%) Budgeting and Forecasting
14 18 (13.74%) CI/CD
14 18 (13.74%) Visualisation
15 17 (12.98%) Financial Modelling
Programming Languages
1 82 (62.60%) SQL
2 44 (33.59%) Python
3 12 (9.16%) PowerShell
4 9 (6.87%) C#
4 9 (6.87%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 5 (3.82%) T-SQL
6 3 (2.29%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.76%) Java
Qualifications
1 21 (16.03%) Degree
2 18 (13.74%) ACCA
2 18 (13.74%) Azure Certification
2 18 (13.74%) CIMA
3 8 (6.11%) SC Cleared
3 8 (6.11%) Security Cleared
4 3 (2.29%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (2.29%) DBS Check
5 2 (1.53%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (1.53%) PMP
6 1 (0.76%) APMG
6 1 (0.76%) CREST Certified
6 1 (0.76%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (33.59%) Data Quality
2 13 (9.92%) GDPR
3 9 (6.87%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 3 (2.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (2.29%) PMO
4 3 (2.29%) SLA
5 2 (1.53%) ISO 9001
5 2 (1.53%) QA
6 1 (0.76%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.76%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.76%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.76%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.76%) IASME
6 1 (0.76%) PERC
System Software
1 2 (1.53%) BitLocker
1 2 (1.53%) Terminal Services
1 2 (1.53%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (0.76%) MOM
Vendors
1 64 (48.85%) Microsoft
2 21 (16.03%) Sage
3 14 (10.69%) SAP
4 10 (7.63%) Oracle
5 9 (6.87%) Informatica
5 9 (6.87%) Talend
6 6 (4.58%) CA Agile Central
7 4 (3.05%) Databricks
7 4 (3.05%) Google
8 2 (1.53%) Barracuda Networks
8 2 (1.53%) Salesforce
8 2 (1.53%) Sophos
8 2 (1.53%) VMware
8 2 (1.53%) Xero
9 1 (0.76%) Minitab