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

6 months to
8 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 52 97 64
Rank change year-on-year +45 -33 +36
Permanent jobs citing Power BI 156 95 254
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 2.75% 2.80% 3.57%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 35.29% 16.87% 24.68%
Number of salaries quoted 88 56 167
10th Percentile £50,000 £36,250 £34,400
25th Percentile £50,000 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% +5.26% -3.06%
75th Percentile £63,750 £66,563 £60,000
90th Percentile £73,250 £69,840 £68,500
South East median annual salary £57,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +9.52% +5.00% -9.09%

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 442 563 1,029
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 7.78% 16.61% 14.46%
Number of salaries quoted 300 292 759
10th Percentile £38,400 £36,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £45,000 £42,500
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 £86,250
South East median annual salary £55,000 £55,565 £55,000
% change year-on-year -1.02% +1.03% -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 8 June 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 8 June 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 +23 71 £52,500 -16.00% 26
Buckinghamshire +22 53 £62,500 +19.05% 11
Oxfordshire +6 32 £63,750 +34.21% 12
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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 (3.85%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.28%) SAS
3 1 (0.64%) CMS
Applications
1 89 (57.05%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (8.33%) Microsoft Project
3 9 (5.77%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (1.28%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (1.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 9 (5.77%) SAP CO
2 1 (0.64%) Dynamics GP
2 1 (0.64%) SAP QM
2 1 (0.64%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 156 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 74 (47.44%) Azure
3 51 (32.69%) Azure AI
4 25 (16.03%) Power Automate
5 5 (3.21%) AWS
5 5 (3.21%) dbt
5 5 (3.21%) Fivetran
5 5 (3.21%) PowerApps
5 5 (3.21%) Snowflake
6 4 (2.56%) Azure Data Factory
6 4 (2.56%) Google Analytics
6 4 (2.56%) Microsoft 365
6 4 (2.56%) Microsoft Copilot
7 3 (1.92%) Dynamics 365
8 2 (1.28%) Azure Logic Apps
9 1 (0.64%) Azure Stack
9 1 (0.64%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 1 (0.64%) Google Ads
9 1 (0.64%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.92%) Firewall
1 3 (1.92%) Modbus
1 3 (1.92%) MQTT
1 3 (1.92%) NAS
1 3 (1.92%) VoIP
1 3 (1.92%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (0.64%) Broadband
2 1 (0.64%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 70 (44.87%) Tableau
2 6 (3.85%) Relational Database
3 5 (3.21%) Airbyte
3 5 (3.21%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 4 (2.56%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (1.28%) SAP BW
5 2 (1.28%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 2 (1.28%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.64%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.64%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.64%) Metadata
6 1 (0.64%) PowerPivot
6 1 (0.64%) Snowflake Schema
6 1 (0.64%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (3.85%) Git
General
1 93 (59.62%) Social Skills
2 51 (32.69%) Analytical Skills
3 48 (30.77%) Finance
4 15 (9.62%) Manufacturing
5 12 (7.69%) Marketing
6 10 (6.41%) Influencing Skills
7 8 (5.13%) Law
8 6 (3.85%) Documentation Skills
8 6 (3.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 6 (3.85%) Public Sector
9 3 (1.92%) Legal
9 3 (1.92%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (1.28%) Social Housing
10 2 (1.28%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.64%) Banking
11 1 (0.64%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (0.64%) Retail
Job Titles
1 96 (61.54%) Analyst
2 62 (39.74%) Data Analyst
3 51 (32.69%) Junior
3 51 (32.69%) Junior Analyst
3 51 (32.69%) Junior Data Analyst
4 19 (12.18%) IT Support
5 16 (10.26%) Applications Manager
5 16 (10.26%) Applications Support
5 16 (10.26%) Applications Support Manager
5 16 (10.26%) Developer
5 16 (10.26%) IT Manager
5 16 (10.26%) IT Support Manager
5 16 (10.26%) Support Manager
6 13 (8.33%) Business Intelligence Developer
6 13 (8.33%) Report Analyst
7 10 (6.41%) Power BI Developer
8 9 (5.77%) Business Developer
8 9 (5.77%) Financial Analyst
9 8 (5.13%) Business Intelligence Specialist
9 8 (5.13%) Systems Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (5.77%) SAP CO-PA
2 2 (1.28%) HTML
2 2 (1.28%) React
2 2 (1.28%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 14 (8.97%) Management Information System
2 5 (3.21%) Data Structures
3 3 (1.92%) IoT
3 3 (1.92%) Manufacturing Execution System
3 3 (1.92%) SCADA
4 2 (1.28%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (1.28%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 2 (1.28%) Learning Management System
5 1 (0.64%) Educational Technology
5 1 (0.64%) FMCG
5 1 (0.64%) Housing Association
5 1 (0.64%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (0.64%) Podcast
5 1 (0.64%) Product Ownership
5 1 (0.64%) Sports Betting
5 1 (0.64%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.92%) Windows
1 3 (1.92%) Windows 10
1 3 (1.92%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 137 (87.82%) Business Intelligence
2 65 (41.67%) AI
3 54 (34.62%) Decision-Making
4 38 (24.36%) Budgeting and Forecasting
5 35 (22.44%) Analytics
6 29 (18.59%) ETL
7 22 (14.10%) Budgeting
8 21 (13.46%) ERP
8 21 (13.46%) Problem-Solving
9 20 (12.82%) Agile
9 20 (12.82%) Visualisation
10 18 (11.54%) Data Management
11 17 (10.90%) Data Visualisation
11 17 (10.90%) Project Management
12 16 (10.26%) CRM
13 15 (9.62%) Performance Analysis
14 14 (8.97%) Data Analytics
14 14 (8.97%) PRINCE2
15 13 (8.33%) Data Governance
15 13 (8.33%) Financial Analysis
Programming Languages
1 97 (62.18%) SQL
2 69 (44.23%) Python
3 11 (7.05%) VBA
4 10 (6.41%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 2 (1.28%) JavaScript
5 2 (1.28%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 51 (32.69%) Azure Certification
2 32 (20.51%) ACCA
2 32 (20.51%) CIMA
3 27 (17.31%) Degree
4 13 (8.33%) AAT
5 5 (3.21%) SC Cleared
5 5 (3.21%) Security Cleared
6 4 (2.56%) DBS Check
7 2 (1.28%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (1.28%) PMI Certification
7 2 (1.28%) PMP
8 1 (0.64%) APMG
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (8.97%) Data Quality
2 5 (3.21%) PMO
3 4 (2.56%) GDPR
3 4 (2.56%) SLA
4 1 (0.64%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.64%) IFRS
4 1 (0.64%) PERC
System Software
1 3 (1.92%) BitLocker
1 3 (1.92%) Terminal Services
1 3 (1.92%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (0.64%) MOM
Vendors
1 83 (53.21%) Microsoft
2 26 (16.67%) SAP
3 4 (2.56%) Databricks
3 4 (2.56%) Google
3 4 (2.56%) Oracle
3 4 (2.56%) Sage
4 3 (1.92%) Barracuda Networks
4 3 (1.92%) Sophos
4 3 (1.92%) VMware
5 2 (1.28%) HubSpot
5 2 (1.28%) IFS
5 2 (1.28%) Xero
6 1 (0.64%) Marketo