Microsoft Power BI Developer
UK

The median Microsoft Power BI Developer salary in the UK is £55,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 734 864 1005
Rank change year-on-year +130 +141 -288
Permanent jobs requiring a Power BI Developer 162 106 227
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.17% 0.10% 0.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.17% 0.11% 0.15%
Number of salaries quoted 140 98 202
10th Percentile £41,000 £36,600 £38,850
25th Percentile £44,375 £44,438 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £55,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -5.41% +16.84%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,875 £66,250
90th Percentile £72,500 £80,000 £77,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,250 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +7.89% -9.52% +16.67%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 92,756 95,826 148,057
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.61% 91.56% 96.06%
Number of salaries quoted 66,592 60,202 85,221
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,550 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.42% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

Power BI Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Power BI Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Power BI Developer in the UK

Power BI Developer
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Power BI Developer.

Salary trend for Power BI Developer in the UK

Power BI Developer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Power BI Developer over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Power BI Developer in the UK

Power BI Developer
Top 15 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Power BI Developer within the UK over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. 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
England +162 145 £55,000 +4.76% 41
UK excluding London +51 90 £51,250 +7.89% 24
London +150 61 £55,000 -21.43% 19
Work from Home +97 59 £60,000 +9.09% 10
South East +57 31 £50,000 - 11
North of England +61 24 £51,250 +13.89% 1
North West +21 17 £52,500 - 1
South West +6 13 £60,000 +55.84% 2
East of England - 10 £53,750 - 2
Scotland -57 8 £45,000 +12.50%
Yorkshire +94 7 £42,000 +5.00%
Midlands -12 5 £52,500 +10.53% 8
East Midlands -19 3 £45,000 -5.26%
Wales - 3 - -
West Midlands +11 2 £54,750 +4.29% 8

Power BI Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 27 April 2024, Power BI Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Power BI Developer in the job title.

1 162 (100.00%) Power BI
1 162 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 158 (97.53%) Business Intelligence
3 115 (70.99%) SQL
4 86 (53.09%) Visualisation
5 82 (50.62%) Azure
6 71 (43.83%) ETL
7 69 (42.59%) Microsoft
8 66 (40.74%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 61 (37.65%) Data Modelling
10 50 (30.86%) Data Visualisation
11 49 (30.25%) Social Skills
12 47 (29.01%) Analytics
13 46 (28.40%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 46 (28.40%) Power Query
14 45 (27.78%) SQL Server
15 44 (27.16%) SQL Server Reporting Services
16 43 (26.54%) T-SQL
16 43 (26.54%) Data Warehouse
16 43 (26.54%) Decision-Making
17 36 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
18 33 (20.37%) Finance
19 32 (19.75%) Problem-Solving
20 30 (18.52%) DevOps
21 29 (17.90%) PowerApps
21 29 (17.90%) Requirements Gathering
22 28 (17.28%) Data Integration
23 25 (15.43%) Data Lake
24 24 (14.81%) SQL Server Analysis Services
24 24 (14.81%) Data Analysis

Power BI Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 12 (7.41%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.85%) IBM Domino
3 2 (1.23%) Confluence
Applications
1 23 (14.20%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (3.09%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (2.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 11 (6.79%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (5.56%) Dynamics NAV
3 8 (4.94%) Dynamics AX
4 4 (2.47%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 162 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 82 (50.62%) Azure
3 29 (17.90%) PowerApps
4 22 (13.58%) Dynamics 365
4 22 (13.58%) Power Automate
5 14 (8.64%) Azure Data Factory
6 12 (7.41%) Microsoft 365
7 9 (5.56%) Azure DevOps
8 8 (4.94%) AWS
8 8 (4.94%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 4 (2.47%) Google Analytics
10 3 (1.85%) WhatsApp
11 2 (1.23%) Azure Logic Apps
11 2 (1.23%) Azure Sentinel
11 2 (1.23%) Cloud Computing
11 2 (1.23%) GitHub
12 1 (0.62%) Azure Storage
Communications & Networking
1 6 (3.70%) Network Security
2 2 (1.23%) DNS
2 2 (1.23%) Firewall
3 1 (0.62%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 162 (100.00%) Power BI
2 46 (28.40%) Power Query
2 46 (28.40%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 45 (27.78%) SQL Server
4 44 (27.16%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 43 (26.54%) Data Warehouse
6 25 (15.43%) Data Lake
7 24 (14.81%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 17 (10.49%) Tableau
9 7 (4.32%) Azure SQL Database
10 5 (3.09%) Amazon Athena
10 5 (3.09%) Microsoft Analysis Services
10 5 (3.09%) PostgreSQL
11 4 (2.47%) OLAP
11 4 (2.47%) OLAP Cube
11 4 (2.47%) QlikView
11 4 (2.47%) ThoughtSpot
12 3 (1.85%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
13 2 (1.23%) Oracle Database
13 2 (1.23%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 3 (1.85%) JIRA
2 2 (1.23%) Octopus Deploy
3 1 (0.62%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 49 (30.25%) Social Skills
2 36 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
3 33 (20.37%) Finance
4 16 (9.88%) Law
5 14 (8.64%) Presentation Skills
6 13 (8.02%) Legal
7 10 (6.17%) Retail
8 5 (3.09%) Marketing
9 4 (2.47%) Advertising
10 3 (1.85%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (1.85%) Telecoms
11 2 (1.23%) Games
11 2 (1.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (1.23%) Italian Language
11 2 (1.23%) Pharmaceutical
12 1 (0.62%) Banking
12 1 (0.62%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (6.17%) MDX
2 6 (3.70%) CSS
2 6 (3.70%) HTML
3 2 (1.23%) .NET
3 2 (1.23%) JSON
3 2 (1.23%) REST
3 2 (1.23%) SOAP
3 2 (1.23%) Web Services
3 2 (1.23%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (2.47%) Management Information System
1 4 (2.47%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (1.85%) Reinsurance
3 2 (1.23%) Algorithms
3 2 (1.23%) Analytical Mindset
3 2 (1.23%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (0.62%) Life Science
4 1 (0.62%) Low-Code
4 1 (0.62%) Marketing Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 158 (97.53%) Business Intelligence
2 86 (53.09%) Visualisation
3 71 (43.83%) ETL
4 61 (37.65%) Data Modelling
5 50 (30.86%) Data Visualisation
6 47 (29.01%) Analytics
7 43 (26.54%) Decision-Making
8 32 (19.75%) Problem-Solving
9 30 (18.52%) DevOps
10 29 (17.90%) Requirements Gathering
11 28 (17.28%) Data Integration
12 24 (14.81%) Data Analysis
13 22 (13.58%) Agile
13 22 (13.58%) Data Science
14 20 (12.35%) Actionable Insight
15 19 (11.73%) Dashboard Development
16 18 (11.11%) Data-Driven Decision Making
17 17 (10.49%) Data Protection
18 16 (9.88%) Data Transformation
19 15 (9.26%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 115 (70.99%) SQL
2 66 (40.74%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 43 (26.54%) T-SQL
4 6 (3.70%) JavaScript
5 5 (3.09%) Python
6 2 (1.23%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 20 (12.35%) Degree
2 12 (7.41%) DBS Check
3 9 (5.56%) Microsoft Certification
4 6 (3.70%) SC Cleared
4 6 (3.70%) Security Cleared
5 4 (2.47%) Azure Certification
6 3 (1.85%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (1.23%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.62%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (4.32%) QA
2 4 (2.47%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 69 (42.59%) Microsoft
2 13 (8.02%) Databricks
3 6 (3.70%) Facebook
4 5 (3.09%) Alteryx
4 5 (3.09%) Oracle
5 4 (2.47%) Google
5 4 (2.47%) SAP
6 2 (1.23%) Cognos
6 2 (1.23%) IBM
6 2 (1.23%) Snow