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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 64 71 94
Rank change year-on-year +7 +23 -15
Permanent jobs citing Power BI 176 158 112
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 4.55% 3.26% 2.99%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 28.30% 22.97% 13.49%
Number of salaries quoted 58 48 77
10th Percentile £39,800 £32,825 £38,750
25th Percentile £44,375 £40,375 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £67,750 £65,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £69,840 - £77,000
South East median annual salary £53,750 £55,000 £52,250
% change year-on-year -2.27% +5.26% -5.00%

All Database and 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 622 688 830
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 16.08% 14.21% 22.17%
Number of salaries quoted 252 380 587
10th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £36,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,375 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% -8.33% -
75th Percentile £72,500 £74,063 £75,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £87,500 £97,500
South East median annual salary £55,533 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +0.97% -4.35% +4.55%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing Power BI as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Power BI 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 17 September 2025.

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 17 September 2025. 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 -3 121 £69,840 +25.13% 87
Buckinghamshire -1 39 £47,500 - 22
Oxfordshire +35 16 £62,500 +47.06% 14
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South East

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 21 (11.93%) SharePoint
2 10 (5.68%) SugarCRM
3 1 (0.57%) Confluence
3 1 (0.57%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 95 (53.98%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.57%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 6 (3.41%) Dynamics GP
2 2 (1.14%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.57%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.57%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 176 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 114 (64.77%) Azure
3 26 (14.77%) Power Automate
4 20 (11.36%) PowerApps
5 9 (5.11%) Azure Data Factory
5 9 (5.11%) Microsoft Purview
6 8 (4.55%) Azure DevOps
7 7 (3.98%) Dynamics 365
7 7 (3.98%) SaaS
8 5 (2.84%) AWS
9 4 (2.27%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 4 (2.27%) Entra ID
9 4 (2.27%) Snowflake
10 3 (1.70%) Azure AI
10 3 (1.70%) GCP
10 3 (1.70%) Microsoft 365
11 2 (1.14%) GitHub
11 2 (1.14%) IaaS
11 2 (1.14%) iPaaS
11 2 (1.14%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.27%) Broadband
2 2 (1.14%) DNS
2 2 (1.14%) Firewall
2 2 (1.14%) SD-WAN
2 2 (1.14%) VPN
2 2 (1.14%) WAN
3 1 (0.57%) Ethernet
3 1 (0.57%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 89 (50.57%) Data Lake
2 63 (35.80%) SAP BW
3 25 (14.20%) Tableau
4 24 (13.64%) SQL Server
5 18 (10.23%) Big Data
6 14 (7.95%) Data Warehouse
6 14 (7.95%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 12 (6.82%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 5 (2.84%) MySQL
9 4 (2.27%) BigQuery
10 3 (1.70%) Azure SQL Database
10 3 (1.70%) PostgreSQL
11 2 (1.14%) Amazon Redshift
11 2 (1.14%) Looker
11 2 (1.14%) Power Query
11 2 (1.14%) Relational Database
12 1 (0.57%) Metadata
12 1 (0.57%) MongoDB
12 1 (0.57%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 6 (3.41%) Git
2 1 (0.57%) JIRA
2 1 (0.57%) Visual Studio
General
1 74 (42.05%) Social Skills
2 66 (37.50%) Analytical Skills
3 43 (24.43%) Finance
4 28 (15.91%) Marketing
5 22 (12.50%) Law
6 19 (10.80%) Retail
7 12 (6.82%) Presentation Skills
8 9 (5.11%) Games
9 8 (4.55%) Manufacturing
10 5 (2.84%) Legal
11 4 (2.27%) Retail Finance
11 4 (2.27%) Telecoms
12 1 (0.57%) Billing
12 1 (0.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.57%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 71 (40.34%) Lead
2 64 (36.36%) Analyst
3 37 (21.02%) Report Analyst
4 30 (17.05%) Business Intelligence Lead
5 28 (15.91%) Sustainability Analyst
6 18 (10.23%) Commercial Analyst
7 16 (9.09%) Data Analyst
8 12 (6.82%) Commercial Data Analyst
8 12 (6.82%) Procurement Analyst
9 10 (5.68%) Senior
10 9 (5.11%) Developer
11 7 (3.98%) Financial Analyst
12 6 (3.41%) Project Analyst
13 5 (2.84%) Business Intelligence Analyst
14 4 (2.27%) Data Manager
14 4 (2.27%) Dynamics 365 Developer
14 4 (2.27%) Manufacturing Engineer
14 4 (2.27%) Pricing Manager
14 4 (2.27%) Senior Systems Engineer
14 4 (2.27%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.84%) .NET
1 5 (2.84%) .NET Framework
2 2 (1.14%) Hugging Face
2 2 (1.14%) JSON
2 2 (1.14%) NumPy
2 2 (1.14%) Pandas
2 2 (1.14%) scikit-learn
2 2 (1.14%) XML
3 1 (0.57%) .NET Core
3 1 (0.57%) ASP.NET
3 1 (0.57%) Flash
3 1 (0.57%) PySpark
3 1 (0.57%) React
3 1 (0.57%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 17 (9.66%) Analytical Mindset
2 13 (7.39%) FMCG
3 11 (6.25%) Management Information System
4 5 (2.84%) SCADA
5 4 (2.27%) Industry 4.0
5 4 (2.27%) Learning Management System
5 4 (2.27%) Manufacturing Execution System
6 3 (1.70%) Data Structures
7 2 (1.14%) Algorithms
7 2 (1.14%) Data Centre
7 2 (1.14%) Driving Licence
7 2 (1.14%) NHS
8 1 (0.57%) Educational Technology
8 1 (0.57%) Industrial Internet of Things
8 1 (0.57%) IoT
8 1 (0.57%) Legacy Systems
8 1 (0.57%) Mobile App
8 1 (0.57%) Product Ownership
8 1 (0.57%) Robotics
8 1 (0.57%) SCORM
Processes & Methodologies
1 172 (97.73%) Business Intelligence
2 128 (72.73%) Analytics
3 85 (48.30%) Problem-Solving
4 66 (37.50%) Data Modelling
5 63 (35.80%) Data Governance
6 57 (32.39%) Actionable Insight
7 49 (27.84%) Decision-Making
8 44 (25.00%) Data Management
9 39 (22.16%) Data Analytics
10 38 (21.59%) Data Analysis
11 37 (21.02%) Data Cleansing
12 33 (18.75%) ERP
13 32 (18.18%) Computer Science
14 30 (17.05%) Quality Management
14 30 (17.05%) Storytelling
15 28 (15.91%) GAP Analysis
15 28 (15.91%) Source to Pay
16 26 (14.77%) Project Management
17 23 (13.07%) Artificial Intelligence
17 23 (13.07%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 46 (26.14%) SQL
2 19 (10.80%) Python
3 6 (3.41%) T-SQL
4 5 (2.84%) C#
4 5 (2.84%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 4 (2.27%) PowerShell
6 2 (1.14%) Bicep
6 2 (1.14%) VBA
6 2 (1.14%) X++
Qualifications
1 121 (68.75%) Degree
2 10 (5.68%) HNC
3 3 (1.70%) DBS Check
4 2 (1.14%) Azure Certification
4 2 (1.14%) Master's Degree
4 2 (1.14%) SC Cleared
4 2 (1.14%) Security Cleared
5 1 (0.57%) ACCA
5 1 (0.57%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (0.57%) CIMA
5 1 (0.57%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (0.57%) PhD
5 1 (0.57%) PMI Certification
5 1 (0.57%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 94 (53.41%) Data Quality
2 12 (6.82%) Accessibility
3 2 (1.14%) QA
4 1 (0.57%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 2 (1.14%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (0.57%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (1.70%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 63 (35.80%) SAP
2 32 (18.18%) Microsoft
3 18 (10.23%) ServiceNow
4 5 (2.84%) Allen-Bradley
4 5 (2.84%) Databricks
4 5 (2.84%) Siemens
5 4 (2.27%) Google
6 3 (1.70%) HubSpot
6 3 (1.70%) Salesforce
6 3 (1.70%) Talend
7 2 (1.14%) Alteryx
7 2 (1.14%) Cognos
7 2 (1.14%) Meraki
7 2 (1.14%) OpenAI
7 2 (1.14%) Zoho
8 1 (0.57%) Adobe
8 1 (0.57%) Freshdesk
8 1 (0.57%) JDA
8 1 (0.57%) Oracle
8 1 (0.57%) Sage