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

6 months to
25 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 50 96 62
Rank change year-on-year +46 -34 +39
Permanent jobs citing Power BI 168 90 247
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 2.94% 2.69% 3.73%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 37.25% 16.92% 24.46%
Number of salaries quoted 94 52 170
10th Percentile £46,625 £36,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £48,750 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +23.08% +8.33% -2.91%
75th Percentile £63,750 £62,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £72,125 £69,840 £67,750
South East median annual salary £57,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +15.00% - -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 451 532 1,010
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 7.89% 15.92% 15.25%
Number of salaries quoted 299 280 765
10th Percentile £39,700 £36,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £47,500 £41,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £72,500 £75,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £75,000 £83,750 £85,000
South East median annual salary £57,500 £56,750 £55,000
% change year-on-year +1.32% +3.18% -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 25 May 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 May 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 +28 76 £53,750 +7.50% 25
Buckinghamshire +32 59 £62,500 +5.93% 17
Oxfordshire +7 33 £63,750 +41.67% 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 6 (3.57%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.19%) SAS
3 1 (0.60%) CMS
Applications
1 99 (58.93%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (7.74%) Microsoft Project
2 13 (7.74%) Spreadsheet
3 2 (1.19%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 9 (5.36%) SAP CO
2 1 (0.60%) Dynamics GP
2 1 (0.60%) SAP QM
2 1 (0.60%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 168 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 80 (47.62%) Azure
3 57 (33.93%) Azure AI
4 24 (14.29%) Power Automate
5 6 (3.57%) AWS
5 6 (3.57%) Snowflake
6 5 (2.98%) dbt
6 5 (2.98%) Fivetran
7 4 (2.38%) Azure Data Factory
7 4 (2.38%) Google Analytics
7 4 (2.38%) Microsoft 365
7 4 (2.38%) PowerApps
8 3 (1.79%) Microsoft Copilot
9 2 (1.19%) Dynamics 365
10 1 (0.60%) Azure Logic Apps
10 1 (0.60%) Azure Stack
10 1 (0.60%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 1 (0.60%) GCP
10 1 (0.60%) Google Ads
10 1 (0.60%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.38%) Modbus
1 4 (2.38%) MQTT
2 3 (1.79%) Firewall
2 3 (1.79%) NAS
2 3 (1.79%) VoIP
2 3 (1.79%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (0.60%) Broadband
3 1 (0.60%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 76 (45.24%) Tableau
2 6 (3.57%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 5 (2.98%) Airbyte
3 5 (2.98%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (1.79%) Relational Database
5 2 (1.19%) SAP BW
6 1 (0.60%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.60%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.60%) Metadata
6 1 (0.60%) Power Query
6 1 (0.60%) PowerPivot
6 1 (0.60%) Snowflake Schema
6 1 (0.60%) SQL Server
6 1 (0.60%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 1 (0.60%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 7 (4.17%) Git
2 1 (0.60%) JIRA
2 1 (0.60%) Oracle APEX
General
1 103 (61.31%) Social Skills
2 56 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
3 51 (30.36%) Finance
4 17 (10.12%) Manufacturing
5 14 (8.33%) Influencing Skills
6 11 (6.55%) Marketing
7 6 (3.57%) Documentation Skills
7 6 (3.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 6 (3.57%) Law
7 6 (3.57%) Public Sector
8 3 (1.79%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (1.19%) Legal
9 2 (1.19%) Pharmaceutical
9 2 (1.19%) Telecoms
10 1 (0.60%) Banking
10 1 (0.60%) Retail
10 1 (0.60%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 105 (62.50%) Analyst
2 73 (43.45%) Data Analyst
3 57 (33.93%) Junior
3 57 (33.93%) Junior Analyst
3 57 (33.93%) Junior Data Analyst
4 19 (11.31%) IT Support
5 18 (10.71%) Developer
6 17 (10.12%) Business Intelligence Developer
7 16 (9.52%) Applications Manager
7 16 (9.52%) Applications Support
7 16 (9.52%) Applications Support Manager
7 16 (9.52%) IT Manager
7 16 (9.52%) IT Support Manager
7 16 (9.52%) Support Manager
8 13 (7.74%) Report Analyst
9 12 (7.14%) Financial Analyst
9 12 (7.14%) Power BI Developer
10 10 (5.95%) Business Developer
11 8 (4.76%) Business Intelligence Specialist
11 8 (4.76%) Power BI Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (5.36%) SAP CO-PA
2 1 (0.60%) HTML
2 1 (0.60%) React
2 1 (0.60%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 13 (7.74%) Management Information System
2 4 (2.38%) IoT
2 4 (2.38%) Manufacturing Execution System
2 4 (2.38%) SCADA
3 3 (1.79%) Analytical Mindset
3 3 (1.79%) Data Structures
4 2 (1.19%) Learning Management System
5 1 (0.60%) Educational Technology
5 1 (0.60%) FMCG
5 1 (0.60%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 1 (0.60%) Housing Association
5 1 (0.60%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (0.60%) Podcast
5 1 (0.60%) Product Ownership
5 1 (0.60%) Sports Betting
5 1 (0.60%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.79%) Windows
1 3 (1.79%) Windows 10
1 3 (1.79%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 149 (88.69%) Business Intelligence
2 69 (41.07%) AI
3 55 (32.74%) Decision-Making
4 40 (23.81%) Budgeting and Forecasting
5 37 (22.02%) Analytics
6 33 (19.64%) ETL
7 26 (15.48%) Budgeting
8 24 (14.29%) ERP
9 22 (13.10%) Agile
10 21 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
10 21 (12.50%) Visualisation
11 18 (10.71%) Data Visualisation
11 18 (10.71%) Performance Analysis
12 17 (10.12%) Project Management
13 16 (9.52%) CRM
13 16 (9.52%) Data Management
14 15 (8.93%) Data Analytics
15 14 (8.33%) Financial Analysis
15 14 (8.33%) PRINCE2
16 13 (7.74%) Data Integration
Programming Languages
1 111 (66.07%) SQL
2 78 (46.43%) Python
3 14 (8.33%) VBA
4 12 (7.14%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 1 (0.60%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.60%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 57 (33.93%) Azure Certification
2 33 (19.64%) ACCA
2 33 (19.64%) CIMA
3 27 (16.07%) Degree
4 13 (7.74%) AAT
5 5 (2.98%) SC Cleared
5 5 (2.98%) Security Cleared
6 4 (2.38%) DBS Check
7 2 (1.19%) PMI Certification
7 2 (1.19%) PMP
8 1 (0.60%) APMG
8 1 (0.60%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (7.14%) Data Quality
2 5 (2.98%) PMO
3 4 (2.38%) SLA
4 2 (1.19%) GDPR
5 1 (0.60%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.60%) IFRS
5 1 (0.60%) PERC
5 1 (0.60%) QA
System Software
1 3 (1.79%) BitLocker
1 3 (1.79%) Terminal Services
1 3 (1.79%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (0.60%) MOM
Vendors
1 89 (52.98%) Microsoft
2 28 (16.67%) SAP
3 4 (2.38%) Databricks
3 4 (2.38%) Google
4 3 (1.79%) Barracuda Networks
4 3 (1.79%) Oracle
4 3 (1.79%) Sophos
4 3 (1.79%) VMware
5 2 (1.19%) HubSpot
5 2 (1.19%) IFS
5 2 (1.19%) Sage
5 2 (1.19%) Xero
6 1 (0.60%) Foundry
6 1 (0.60%) Marketo
6 1 (0.60%) Palantir