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 10 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 95 68 69
Rank change year-on-year -27 +1 +27
Permanent jobs citing Power BI 122 155 155
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 1.62% 4.05% 3.36%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 29.05% 26.86% 22.24%
Number of salaries quoted 93 56 48
10th Percentile £37,500 £40,750 £35,425
25th Percentile £42,500 £43,750 £41,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £61,250 £51,250
Median % change year-on-year -6.12% +19.51% -1.44%
75th Percentile £67,500 £68,273 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £69,840 £65,750
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +10.00% -13.04% +10.58%

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 420 577 697
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 5.57% 15.09% 15.09%
Number of salaries quoted 316 245 362
10th Percentile £36,250 £35,792 £36,250
25th Percentile £44,678 £41,250 £41,447
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £58,313
Median % change year-on-year - +2.89% -2.81%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £91,250
South East median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £54,500
% change year-on-year - +0.92% -0.91%

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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 10 October 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 10 October 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 -25 58 £46,500 -33.42% 103
Oxfordshire -5 43 £63,750 +2.00% 25
Buckinghamshire -16 21 £55,000 +15.79% 48
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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 (4.10%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.64%) CMS
3 1 (0.82%) SAS
Applications
1 47 (38.52%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (9.02%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.64%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.82%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 13 (10.66%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.82%) Dynamics GP
2 1 (0.82%) SAP QM
2 1 (0.82%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 122 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 37 (30.33%) Azure
3 11 (9.02%) Azure DevOps
3 11 (9.02%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 10 (8.20%) Azure Data Factory
4 10 (8.20%) Power Automate
5 9 (7.38%) Azure AI
5 9 (7.38%) Azure Cosmos DB
5 9 (7.38%) Snowflake
6 8 (6.56%) AWS
6 8 (6.56%) dbt
7 6 (4.92%) Fivetran
8 5 (4.10%) Microsoft 365
8 5 (4.10%) PowerApps
9 4 (3.28%) Dynamics 365
10 3 (2.46%) Microsoft Copilot
10 3 (2.46%) SaaS
10 3 (2.46%) WeChat
11 2 (1.64%) Google Analytics
11 2 (1.64%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.82%) Firewall
1 1 (0.82%) Intranet
1 1 (0.82%) Modbus
1 1 (0.82%) MQTT
1 1 (0.82%) NAS
1 1 (0.82%) VoIP
1 1 (0.82%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (25.41%) Tableau
2 18 (14.75%) Data Warehouse
3 12 (9.84%) Relational Database
4 11 (9.02%) Star Schema
5 10 (8.20%) DynamoDB
5 10 (8.20%) Metadata
5 10 (8.20%) SQL Server
6 9 (7.38%) Amazon QuickSight
6 9 (7.38%) Azure SQL Database
6 9 (7.38%) MongoDB
6 9 (7.38%) NoSQL
6 9 (7.38%) Snowflake Schema
7 6 (4.92%) Airbyte
8 5 (4.10%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 4 (3.28%) Power Query
9 4 (3.28%) Qlik Sense
10 3 (2.46%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 2 (1.64%) Data Lake
11 2 (1.64%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 1 (0.82%) Data Vault
Development Applications
1 16 (13.11%) Git
2 1 (0.82%) Burp Suite
2 1 (0.82%) JIRA
2 1 (0.82%) JMeter
2 1 (0.82%) Selenium
General
1 50 (40.98%) Finance
2 49 (40.16%) Social Skills
3 33 (27.05%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (9.02%) Organisational Skills
5 9 (7.38%) Law
5 9 (7.38%) Marketing
6 6 (4.92%) Manufacturing
7 3 (2.46%) Documentation Skills
7 3 (2.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (2.46%) Influencing Skills
7 3 (2.46%) Legal
7 3 (2.46%) Mandarin Language
7 3 (2.46%) Public Sector
7 3 (2.46%) Retail
8 2 (1.64%) Pharmaceutical
8 2 (1.64%) Social Housing
9 1 (0.82%) Banking
9 1 (0.82%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 62 (50.82%) Analyst
2 26 (21.31%) Data Analyst
3 25 (20.49%) Senior
4 19 (15.57%) Systems Analyst
5 16 (13.11%) Data Engineer
6 15 (12.30%) Support Analyst
7 10 (8.20%) Developer
8 9 (7.38%) Azure Engineer
8 9 (7.38%) Junior
8 9 (7.38%) Junior Analyst
8 9 (7.38%) Junior Data Analyst
8 9 (7.38%) Senior Analyst
8 9 (7.38%) Senior Data Engineer
9 7 (5.74%) Business Support Analyst
9 7 (5.74%) Business Systems Analyst
9 7 (5.74%) Systems Support
9 7 (5.74%) Systems Support Analyst
10 6 (4.92%) IT Support
11 5 (4.10%) Applications Support
11 5 (4.10%) Business Intelligence Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.64%) HTML
1 2 (1.64%) PySpark
1 2 (1.64%) React
1 2 (1.64%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 13 (10.66%) Legacy Systems
2 12 (9.84%) Data Structures
3 11 (9.02%) Driving Licence
3 11 (9.02%) Product Ownership
4 9 (7.38%) Enterprise Software
5 3 (2.46%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 3 (2.46%) Management Information System
6 2 (1.64%) Augmented Reality
6 2 (1.64%) Credit Risk
6 2 (1.64%) FMCG
6 2 (1.64%) Industry 4.0
6 2 (1.64%) Operational Technology
6 2 (1.64%) SystemC
7 1 (0.82%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (0.82%) Cloud Native
7 1 (0.82%) Housing Association
7 1 (0.82%) Learning Management System
7 1 (0.82%) Manufacturing Execution System
7 1 (0.82%) SCADA
7 1 (0.82%) Sports Betting
Operating Systems
1 11 (9.02%) Linux
2 10 (8.20%) Windows
3 1 (0.82%) Windows 10
3 1 (0.82%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 120 (98.36%) Business Intelligence
2 52 (42.62%) Analytics
3 46 (37.70%) Decision-Making
4 42 (34.43%) AI
4 42 (34.43%) Data Modelling
5 39 (31.97%) Problem-Solving
6 30 (24.59%) Continuous Improvement
6 30 (24.59%) ERP
7 29 (23.77%) ETL
8 27 (22.13%) Data Governance
9 26 (21.31%) Data Engineering
10 24 (19.67%) Data Management
11 23 (18.85%) Data Architecture
12 22 (18.03%) Process Improvement
13 20 (16.39%) Agile
13 20 (16.39%) Collaborative Working
14 19 (15.57%) Budgeting and Forecasting
14 19 (15.57%) Financial Modelling
15 18 (14.75%) CI/CD
16 17 (13.93%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 73 (59.84%) SQL
2 37 (30.33%) Python
3 12 (9.84%) PowerShell
4 9 (7.38%) C#
5 8 (6.56%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 4 (3.28%) T-SQL
7 3 (2.46%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.82%) Java
Qualifications
1 22 (18.03%) Degree
2 19 (15.57%) ACCA
2 19 (15.57%) CIMA
3 9 (7.38%) Azure Certification
4 5 (4.10%) SC Cleared
4 5 (4.10%) Security Cleared
5 3 (2.46%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (2.46%) DBS Check
5 3 (2.46%) PMP
6 2 (1.64%) CFA
6 2 (1.64%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.82%) APMG
7 1 (0.82%) CREST Certified
7 1 (0.82%) IIBA
7 1 (0.82%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (38.52%) Data Quality
2 13 (10.66%) GDPR
3 9 (7.38%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 4 (3.28%) PMO
5 3 (2.46%) Accessibility
5 3 (2.46%) ISO 9001
5 3 (2.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (2.46%) QA
6 2 (1.64%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.82%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.82%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.82%) IASME
7 1 (0.82%) PERC
7 1 (0.82%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (0.82%) BitLocker
1 1 (0.82%) Terminal Services
1 1 (0.82%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (0.82%) MOM
Vendors
1 49 (40.16%) Microsoft
2 21 (17.21%) Sage
3 15 (12.30%) SAP
4 11 (9.02%) Oracle
5 9 (7.38%) Informatica
5 9 (7.38%) Talend
6 6 (4.92%) CA Agile Central
7 5 (4.10%) Databricks
8 2 (1.64%) Google
8 2 (1.64%) Minitab
8 2 (1.64%) Salesforce
8 2 (1.64%) Xero
9 1 (0.82%) Barracuda Networks
9 1 (0.82%) Sophos
9 1 (0.82%) Splunk
9 1 (0.82%) VMware