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

6 months to
9 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 52 69 71
Rank change year-on-year +17 +2 +13
Permanent jobs citing Power BI 141 101 219
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 3.10% 3.58% 3.66%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 33.89% 17.97% 20.60%
Number of salaries quoted 83 68 174
10th Percentile £41,250 £37,825 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £42,188 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,055 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.98% +15.90% +2.48%
75th Percentile £63,750 £76,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £71,250 - £69,250
South East median annual salary £57,500 £54,563 £52,500
% change year-on-year +5.38% +3.93% -0.94%

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 416 562 1,063
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 9.15% 19.94% 17.76%
Number of salaries quoted 233 376 797
10th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £38,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £71,250 £76,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £91,250 £90,000
South East median annual salary £58,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.87% +4.55% -

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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 9 March 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 9 March 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
Buckinghamshire +7 61 £62,500 -17.76% 12
Berkshire +18 53 £60,000 +33.33% 23
Oxfordshire +10 27 £42,500 -10.53% 9
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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 (2.13%) SAS
1 3 (2.13%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.71%) Apache Airflow
2 1 (0.71%) CMS
2 1 (0.71%) Confluence
Applications
1 85 (60.28%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (9.22%) Spreadsheet
3 7 (4.96%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (1.42%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (1.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 9 (6.38%) SAP CO
2 1 (0.71%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.71%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 141 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 52 (36.88%) Azure
3 36 (25.53%) Azure AI
4 16 (11.35%) Power Automate
5 10 (7.09%) Snowflake
6 5 (3.55%) AWS
7 4 (2.84%) dbt
8 3 (2.13%) Azure Data Factory
8 3 (2.13%) Microsoft Copilot
9 2 (1.42%) GCP
9 2 (1.42%) Microsoft 365
9 2 (1.42%) PowerApps
10 1 (0.71%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 1 (0.71%) Copilot Studio
10 1 (0.71%) Fivetran
10 1 (0.71%) OCI
10 1 (0.71%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (3.55%) Modbus
1 5 (3.55%) MQTT
2 1 (0.71%) Broadband
2 1 (0.71%) DHCP
2 1 (0.71%) DNS
2 1 (0.71%) TCP/IP
2 1 (0.71%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 65 (46.10%) Tableau
2 10 (7.09%) Power Query
3 9 (6.38%) Data Warehouse
4 7 (4.96%) PowerPivot
5 6 (4.26%) Metadata
5 6 (4.26%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 4 (2.84%) Qlik Sense
7 3 (2.13%) Looker
8 2 (1.42%) Airbyte
8 2 (1.42%) BusinessObjects
8 2 (1.42%) Data Lake
8 2 (1.42%) SAP BW
8 2 (1.42%) Snowflake Schema
8 2 (1.42%) SQL Server
8 2 (1.42%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 1 (0.71%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
9 1 (0.71%) Data Hub
9 1 (0.71%) Geospatial Data
9 1 (0.71%) PostgreSQL
9 1 (0.71%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 4 (2.84%) Git
2 3 (2.13%) JIRA
3 1 (0.71%) Oracle APEX
General
1 105 (74.47%) Social Skills
2 65 (46.10%) Analytical Skills
3 61 (43.26%) Finance
4 18 (12.77%) Manufacturing
5 14 (9.93%) Influencing Skills
6 6 (4.26%) Marketing
7 3 (2.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (1.42%) Back Office
9 1 (0.71%) Banking
9 1 (0.71%) Legal
9 1 (0.71%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.71%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 91 (64.54%) Analyst
2 61 (43.26%) Data Analyst
3 36 (25.53%) Junior
3 36 (25.53%) Junior Analyst
3 36 (25.53%) Junior Data Analyst
4 19 (13.48%) Business Intelligence Developer
4 19 (13.48%) Developer
4 19 (13.48%) Financial Analyst
5 13 (9.22%) Power BI Developer
5 13 (9.22%) Report Analyst
6 10 (7.09%) Business Developer
7 9 (6.38%) Senior
8 8 (5.67%) Business Intelligence Analyst
8 8 (5.67%) Business Intelligence Specialist
8 8 (5.67%) Power BI Specialist
9 7 (4.96%) Applications Support
10 6 (4.26%) IT Support
10 6 (4.26%) Senior Analyst
11 5 (3.55%) IT Support Manager
11 5 (3.55%) Support Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (6.38%) SAP CO-PA
2 2 (1.42%) Snowpark
3 1 (0.71%) GeoPandas
3 1 (0.71%) MapLibre
3 1 (0.71%) NetworkX
3 1 (0.71%) PostGIS
3 1 (0.71%) Streamlit
Miscellaneous
1 8 (5.67%) Management Information System
2 6 (4.26%) Analytical Mindset
3 5 (3.55%) IoT
3 5 (3.55%) Manufacturing Execution System
3 5 (3.55%) SCADA
4 3 (2.13%) Product Ownership
5 2 (1.42%) Data Structures
6 1 (0.71%) Algorithms
6 1 (0.71%) Cloud Native
6 1 (0.71%) Educational Technology
6 1 (0.71%) Learning Management System
6 1 (0.71%) Podcast
6 1 (0.71%) Private Cloud
6 1 (0.71%) Replication
6 1 (0.71%) Sports Betting
6 1 (0.71%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.71%) Windows
1 1 (0.71%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 132 (93.62%) Business Intelligence
2 60 (42.55%) Decision-Making
3 43 (30.50%) AI
4 38 (26.95%) Budgeting and Forecasting
5 33 (23.40%) ETL
6 31 (21.99%) Analytics
7 29 (20.57%) Problem-Solving
8 25 (17.73%) Budgeting
9 24 (17.02%) Visualisation
10 20 (14.18%) ERP
11 19 (13.48%) Agile
11 19 (13.48%) Continuous Improvement
11 19 (13.48%) Data Visualisation
12 15 (10.64%) Data Integration
13 14 (9.93%) Computer Science
13 14 (9.93%) Data Analysis
14 13 (9.22%) Cost Optimisation
14 13 (9.22%) Financial Analysis
14 13 (9.22%) Performance Analysis
15 11 (7.80%) Business Strategy
Programming Languages
1 104 (73.76%) SQL
2 68 (48.23%) Python
3 25 (17.73%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 21 (14.89%) VBA
5 5 (3.55%) C#
5 5 (3.55%) Kusto Query Language
6 3 (2.13%) R
7 1 (0.71%) Scala
Qualifications
1 36 (25.53%) Azure Certification
1 36 (25.53%) CIMA
2 35 (24.82%) ACCA
3 26 (18.44%) Degree
4 15 (10.64%) AAT
5 3 (2.13%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.71%) PMI Certification
6 1 (0.71%) PMP
6 1 (0.71%) SC Cleared
6 1 (0.71%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (8.51%) Data Quality
2 4 (2.84%) PMO
3 1 (0.71%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.71%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (0.71%) IFRS
3 1 (0.71%) QA
System Software
1 1 (0.71%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (0.71%) Argo
1 1 (0.71%) Terraform
Vendors
1 53 (37.59%) Microsoft
2 33 (23.40%) SAP
3 4 (2.84%) Databricks
4 2 (1.42%) HubSpot
4 2 (1.42%) IFS
4 2 (1.42%) Oracle
4 2 (1.42%) Salesforce
4 2 (1.42%) Xero
5 1 (0.71%) Foundry
5 1 (0.71%) Informatica
5 1 (0.71%) Mapbox
5 1 (0.71%) Marketo
5 1 (0.71%) Palantir
5 1 (0.71%) ServiceNow