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

6 months to
25 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 41 57 65
Rank change year-on-year +16 +8 +31
Permanent jobs citing Power BI 187 125 244
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 3.42% 4.33% 3.73%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 39.37% 23.02% 22.78%
Number of salaries quoted 95 75 180
10th Percentile £42,750 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - +15.79% +2.48%
75th Percentile £63,750 £73,750 £60,000
90th Percentile £68,500 £76,000 £70,000
South East median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +10.00% -4.76%

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 475 543 1,071
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 8.69% 18.83% 16.37%
Number of salaries quoted 276 346 817
10th Percentile £39,250 £37,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £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 £72,500 £76,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £75,000 £87,500 £87,500
South East median annual salary £58,000 £59,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -1.69% +7.27% -

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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 25 April 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 25 April 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 +29 79 £55,000 +10.00% 9
Buckinghamshire -6 71 £62,500 +4.17% 6
Oxfordshire +12 37 £42,500 -10.53% 11
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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 5 (2.67%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.07%) SAS
3 1 (0.53%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.53%) CMS
Applications
1 112 (59.89%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (6.95%) Microsoft Project
2 13 (6.95%) Spreadsheet
3 2 (1.07%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.07%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 9 (4.81%) SAP CO
2 1 (0.53%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 187 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 87 (46.52%) Azure
3 63 (33.69%) Azure AI
4 30 (16.04%) Power Automate
5 11 (5.88%) Snowflake
6 7 (3.74%) AWS
7 6 (3.21%) dbt
8 5 (2.67%) Azure Data Factory
8 5 (2.67%) Microsoft 365
9 4 (2.14%) Google Analytics
10 3 (1.60%) Fivetran
10 3 (1.60%) Microsoft Copilot
10 3 (1.60%) PowerApps
11 2 (1.07%) GCP
12 1 (0.53%) Azure Stack
12 1 (0.53%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 1 (0.53%) Copilot Studio
12 1 (0.53%) Google Ads
12 1 (0.53%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.67%) Modbus
1 5 (2.67%) MQTT
2 4 (2.14%) Wi-Fi
3 3 (1.60%) Firewall
3 3 (1.60%) NAS
3 3 (1.60%) VoIP
4 1 (0.53%) Broadband
4 1 (0.53%) DHCP
4 1 (0.53%) DNS
4 1 (0.53%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 88 (47.06%) Tableau
2 7 (3.74%) Power Query
3 6 (3.21%) Data Warehouse
3 6 (3.21%) PowerPivot
4 5 (2.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 4 (2.14%) Airbyte
6 3 (1.60%) Looker
6 3 (1.60%) Metadata
6 3 (1.60%) Snowflake Schema
7 2 (1.07%) BusinessObjects
7 2 (1.07%) Data Lake
7 2 (1.07%) SAP BW
7 2 (1.07%) SQL Server
7 2 (1.07%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.53%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.53%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
8 1 (0.53%) Data Hub
8 1 (0.53%) QGIS
8 1 (0.53%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.53%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 7 (3.74%) Git
2 2 (1.07%) JIRA
3 1 (0.53%) Oracle APEX
General
1 125 (66.84%) Social Skills
2 69 (36.90%) Analytical Skills
3 60 (32.09%) Finance
4 17 (9.09%) Manufacturing
5 14 (7.49%) Influencing Skills
6 9 (4.81%) Marketing
7 8 (4.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 6 (3.21%) Documentation Skills
8 6 (3.21%) Public Sector
9 5 (2.67%) Law
10 3 (1.60%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (1.07%) Back Office
11 2 (1.07%) Banking
11 2 (1.07%) Pharmaceutical
11 2 (1.07%) Telecoms
12 1 (0.53%) Legal
Job Titles
1 119 (63.64%) Analyst
2 84 (44.92%) Data Analyst
3 63 (33.69%) Junior
3 63 (33.69%) Junior Analyst
3 63 (33.69%) Junior Data Analyst
4 20 (10.70%) IT Support
5 19 (10.16%) Business Intelligence Developer
5 19 (10.16%) Developer
6 18 (9.63%) Applications Support
7 17 (9.09%) Financial Analyst
8 16 (8.56%) Applications Manager
8 16 (8.56%) Applications Support Manager
8 16 (8.56%) IT Manager
8 16 (8.56%) IT Support Manager
8 16 (8.56%) Support Manager
9 13 (6.95%) Power BI Developer
9 13 (6.95%) Report Analyst
10 10 (5.35%) Business Developer
11 8 (4.28%) Business Intelligence Specialist
11 8 (4.28%) Power BI Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (4.81%) SAP CO-PA
2 2 (1.07%) Snowpark
3 1 (0.53%) GeoPandas
3 1 (0.53%) MapLibre
3 1 (0.53%) NetworkX
3 1 (0.53%) PostGIS
3 1 (0.53%) Streamlit
Miscellaneous
1 15 (8.02%) Management Information System
2 5 (2.67%) Analytical Mindset
2 5 (2.67%) IoT
2 5 (2.67%) Manufacturing Execution System
2 5 (2.67%) SCADA
3 3 (1.60%) Data Structures
3 3 (1.60%) Product Ownership
4 1 (0.53%) Algorithms
4 1 (0.53%) Cloud Native
4 1 (0.53%) Educational Technology
4 1 (0.53%) Learning Management System
4 1 (0.53%) Podcast
4 1 (0.53%) Replication
4 1 (0.53%) Sports Betting
4 1 (0.53%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.14%) Windows
1 4 (2.14%) Windows 10
2 3 (1.60%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 168 (89.84%) Business Intelligence
2 73 (39.04%) AI
3 61 (32.62%) Decision-Making
4 40 (21.39%) Analytics
5 38 (20.32%) Budgeting and Forecasting
6 33 (17.65%) ETL
6 33 (17.65%) Problem-Solving
7 26 (13.90%) Budgeting
8 25 (13.37%) Visualisation
9 23 (12.30%) Agile
10 20 (10.70%) Continuous Improvement
10 20 (10.70%) Data Visualisation
10 20 (10.70%) ERP
11 17 (9.09%) CRM
11 17 (9.09%) Performance Analysis
12 16 (8.56%) Project Management
13 15 (8.02%) Data Integration
13 15 (8.02%) Data Management
14 14 (7.49%) Data Analysis
14 14 (7.49%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 132 (70.59%) SQL
2 92 (49.20%) Python
3 23 (12.30%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 19 (10.16%) VBA
5 5 (2.67%) C#
5 5 (2.67%) Kusto Query Language
6 2 (1.07%) R
7 1 (0.53%) Scala
7 1 (0.53%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 63 (33.69%) Azure Certification
2 38 (20.32%) CIMA
3 37 (19.79%) ACCA
4 33 (17.65%) Degree
5 15 (8.02%) AAT
6 5 (2.67%) SC Cleared
6 5 (2.67%) Security Cleared
7 3 (1.60%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (1.60%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.53%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.53%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (6.42%) Data Quality
2 5 (2.67%) PMO
3 4 (2.14%) SLA
4 2 (1.07%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.53%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (0.53%) IFRS
5 1 (0.53%) QA
System Software
1 3 (1.60%) BitLocker
1 3 (1.60%) Terminal Services
1 3 (1.60%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.53%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (0.53%) Argo
1 1 (0.53%) Terraform
Vendors
1 97 (51.87%) Microsoft
2 31 (16.58%) SAP
3 6 (3.21%) Databricks
4 4 (2.14%) Google
5 3 (1.60%) Barracuda Networks
5 3 (1.60%) Sophos
5 3 (1.60%) VMware
5 3 (1.60%) Xero
6 2 (1.07%) HubSpot
6 2 (1.07%) IFS
7 1 (0.53%) Foundry
7 1 (0.53%) Informatica
7 1 (0.53%) Mapbox
7 1 (0.53%) Marketo
7 1 (0.53%) Oracle
7 1 (0.53%) Palantir
7 1 (0.53%) Salesforce