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

6 months to
11 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 98 68 66
Rank change year-on-year -30 -2 +28
Permanent jobs citing Power BI 120 155 154
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 1.59% 4.09% 3.36%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 28.71% 26.82% 22.35%
Number of salaries quoted 91 56 47
10th Percentile £37,500 £40,750 £35,150
25th Percentile £42,500 £43,750 £41,256
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £61,250 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.12% +16.67% +0.96%
75th Percentile £69,125 £68,273 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £69,840 £66,000
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 418 578 689
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 5.54% 15.25% 15.03%
Number of salaries quoted 314 246 360
10th Percentile £36,625 £34,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £44,534 £41,250 £41,816
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 £56,350 £55,000 £54,500
% change year-on-year +2.45% +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 11 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 11 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 -31 56 £45,750 -34.49% 92
Oxfordshire -8 44 £63,750 +2.00% 19
Buckinghamshire -19 20 £55,000 +15.79% 33
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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 (4.17%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.67%) CMS
3 1 (0.83%) SAS
Applications
1 46 (38.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (9.17%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.67%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.83%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 13 (10.83%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.83%) Dynamics GP
2 1 (0.83%) SAP QM
2 1 (0.83%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 120 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 36 (30.00%) Azure
3 11 (9.17%) Azure DevOps
3 11 (9.17%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 10 (8.33%) Azure Data Factory
5 9 (7.50%) Azure AI
5 9 (7.50%) Azure Cosmos DB
5 9 (7.50%) Snowflake
6 8 (6.67%) AWS
6 8 (6.67%) dbt
6 8 (6.67%) Power Automate
7 6 (5.00%) Fivetran
8 5 (4.17%) PowerApps
9 4 (3.33%) Dynamics 365
9 4 (3.33%) Microsoft 365
10 3 (2.50%) Microsoft Copilot
10 3 (2.50%) SaaS
10 3 (2.50%) WeChat
11 2 (1.67%) Azure Logic Apps
11 2 (1.67%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.83%) Intranet
1 1 (0.83%) Modbus
1 1 (0.83%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (25.83%) Tableau
2 18 (15.00%) Data Warehouse
3 12 (10.00%) Relational Database
4 11 (9.17%) Star Schema
5 10 (8.33%) DynamoDB
5 10 (8.33%) Metadata
5 10 (8.33%) SQL Server
6 9 (7.50%) Amazon QuickSight
6 9 (7.50%) Azure SQL Database
6 9 (7.50%) MongoDB
6 9 (7.50%) NoSQL
6 9 (7.50%) Snowflake Schema
7 6 (5.00%) Airbyte
8 5 (4.17%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 4 (3.33%) Power Query
9 4 (3.33%) Qlik Sense
10 3 (2.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 2 (1.67%) Data Lake
11 2 (1.67%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 1 (0.83%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 16 (13.33%) Git
2 1 (0.83%) Burp Suite
2 1 (0.83%) JIRA
2 1 (0.83%) JMeter
2 1 (0.83%) Selenium
General
1 50 (41.67%) Finance
1 50 (41.67%) Social Skills
2 34 (28.33%) Analytical Skills
3 11 (9.17%) Organisational Skills
4 9 (7.50%) Law
4 9 (7.50%) Marketing
5 6 (5.00%) Manufacturing
6 3 (2.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (2.50%) Influencing Skills
6 3 (2.50%) Legal
6 3 (2.50%) Mandarin Language
6 3 (2.50%) Public Sector
6 3 (2.50%) Retail
7 2 (1.67%) Pharmaceutical
7 2 (1.67%) Social Housing
8 1 (0.83%) Banking
8 1 (0.83%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (0.83%) Local Government
8 1 (0.83%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 63 (52.50%) Analyst
2 27 (22.50%) Data Analyst
3 25 (20.83%) Senior
4 19 (15.83%) Systems Analyst
5 16 (13.33%) Data Engineer
6 15 (12.50%) Support Analyst
7 10 (8.33%) Developer
8 9 (7.50%) Azure Engineer
8 9 (7.50%) Junior
8 9 (7.50%) Junior Analyst
8 9 (7.50%) Junior Data Analyst
8 9 (7.50%) Senior Analyst
8 9 (7.50%) Senior Data Engineer
9 7 (5.83%) Business Support Analyst
9 7 (5.83%) Business Systems Analyst
9 7 (5.83%) Systems Support
9 7 (5.83%) Systems Support Analyst
10 5 (4.17%) Business Intelligence Analyst
11 4 (3.33%) Business Intelligence Developer
11 4 (3.33%) IT Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.67%) HTML
1 2 (1.67%) PySpark
1 2 (1.67%) React
1 2 (1.67%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 13 (10.83%) Legacy Systems
2 12 (10.00%) Data Structures
3 11 (9.17%) Driving Licence
3 11 (9.17%) Product Ownership
4 9 (7.50%) Enterprise Software
5 3 (2.50%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 2 (1.67%) Augmented Reality
6 2 (1.67%) Credit Risk
6 2 (1.67%) FMCG
6 2 (1.67%) Industry 4.0
6 2 (1.67%) Management Information System
6 2 (1.67%) Operational Technology
6 2 (1.67%) SystemC
7 1 (0.83%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (0.83%) Cloud Native
7 1 (0.83%) Housing Association
7 1 (0.83%) IoT
7 1 (0.83%) Learning Management System
7 1 (0.83%) Manufacturing Execution System
7 1 (0.83%) Sports Betting
Operating Systems
1 11 (9.17%) Linux
2 9 (7.50%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 119 (99.17%) Business Intelligence
2 51 (42.50%) Analytics
3 47 (39.17%) Decision-Making
4 42 (35.00%) AI
5 41 (34.17%) Data Modelling
6 38 (31.67%) Problem-Solving
7 30 (25.00%) ERP
8 29 (24.17%) Continuous Improvement
9 28 (23.33%) ETL
10 27 (22.50%) Data Governance
11 25 (20.83%) Data Engineering
12 23 (19.17%) Data Architecture
12 23 (19.17%) Data Management
13 22 (18.33%) Process Improvement
14 20 (16.67%) Agile
15 19 (15.83%) Budgeting and Forecasting
15 19 (15.83%) Collaborative Working
15 19 (15.83%) Financial Modelling
16 18 (15.00%) CI/CD
16 18 (15.00%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 72 (60.00%) SQL
2 37 (30.83%) Python
3 12 (10.00%) PowerShell
4 9 (7.50%) C#
5 8 (6.67%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 4 (3.33%) T-SQL
7 3 (2.50%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.83%) Java
Qualifications
1 22 (18.33%) Degree
2 19 (15.83%) ACCA
2 19 (15.83%) CIMA
3 9 (7.50%) Azure Certification
4 5 (4.17%) SC Cleared
4 5 (4.17%) Security Cleared
5 3 (2.50%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (2.50%) PMP
6 2 (1.67%) CFA
6 2 (1.67%) DBS Check
6 2 (1.67%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.83%) APMG
7 1 (0.83%) CREST Certified
7 1 (0.83%) IIBA
7 1 (0.83%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (39.17%) Data Quality
2 13 (10.83%) GDPR
3 9 (7.50%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 4 (3.33%) PMO
5 3 (2.50%) Accessibility
5 3 (2.50%) ISO 9001
5 3 (2.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (2.50%) QA
6 2 (1.67%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.83%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.83%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.83%) IASME
7 1 (0.83%) PERC
Systems Management
1 1 (0.83%) MOM
Vendors
1 46 (38.33%) Microsoft
2 21 (17.50%) Sage
3 15 (12.50%) SAP
4 11 (9.17%) Oracle
5 9 (7.50%) Informatica
5 9 (7.50%) Talend
6 6 (5.00%) CA Agile Central
7 4 (3.33%) Databricks
8 2 (1.67%) Google
8 2 (1.67%) Minitab
8 2 (1.67%) Salesforce
8 2 (1.67%) Xero
9 1 (0.83%) Splunk