Power BI Developer Job Trends

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 leading to 6 January 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 605 651 553
Rank change year-on-year +46 -98 +267
Permanent jobs requiring a Power BI Developer 42 53 153
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.071% 0.098% 0.29%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.078% 0.11% 0.30%
Number of salaries quoted 38 34 123
10th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £40,250
25th Percentile £45,313 £46,250 £43,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £53,750 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% -2.27% -4.35%
75th Percentile £63,750 £60,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £71,250 £68,750 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £48,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +13.40% +2.11% +5.56%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides 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 53,793 50,378 50,490
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.57% 92.94% 95.24%
Number of salaries quoted 33,153 26,319 38,828
10th Percentile £28,500 £33,200 £31,125
25th Percentile £36,250 £44,956 £42,430
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £58,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +2.56% -2.50%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £93,750 £97,500 £96,539
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%

Power BI Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Power BI Developer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Power BI Developer job vacancy trend in the UK

Power BI Developer
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for Power BI Developer job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for Power BI Developer job vacancies in the UK

Power BI Developer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Power BI Developer over the 6 months to 6 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Power BI Developer in the UK

Power BI Developer
Top 13 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 6 January 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
England +59 41 £55,000 - 18
UK excluding London +34 29 £55,000 +13.40% 17
Work from Home +63 13 £52,000 -0.95% 11
London +44 12 £55,000 -8.33% 6
South East +27 12 £62,500 +38.89% 7
Midlands +14 10 £45,000 -10.00% 7
East Midlands +6 7 £45,000 -10.00% 5
North of England +20 3 £54,000 +13.68% 3
West Midlands +15 3 £50,000 -4.76% 2
South West +10 3 £60,000 +26.98%
North West +23 2 £50,000 -
Scotland -4 1 £55,000 +57.14%
Yorkshire - 1 £54,000 -

Power BI Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 6 January 2026, Power BI Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Power BI Developer in the job title.

1 42 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 42 (100.00%) Power BI
1 42 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 31 (73.81%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 27 (64.29%) SQL
4 20 (47.62%) Analytics
4 20 (47.62%) Data Modelling
5 19 (45.24%) Decision-Making
5 19 (45.24%) Power Query
6 16 (38.10%) ETL
7 15 (35.71%) Visualisation
8 14 (33.33%) Actionable Insight
9 11 (26.19%) Microsoft
10 10 (23.81%) Data Analytics
10 10 (23.81%) SAP
11 9 (21.43%) Azure
11 9 (21.43%) Data Integration
11 9 (21.43%) Data Visualisation
11 9 (21.43%) Problem-Solving
12 8 (19.05%) Business Strategy
12 8 (19.05%) Degree
13 7 (16.67%) Budgeting
13 7 (16.67%) Budgeting and Forecasting
13 7 (16.67%) Computer Science
14 6 (14.29%) Dashboard Development
14 6 (14.29%) Data Lake
14 6 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
14 6 (14.29%) SAP CO
14 6 (14.29%) SAP CO-PA
15 5 (11.90%) DevOps

Power BI Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 2 (4.76%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.38%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 6 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 6 (14.29%) SAP CO
Cloud Services
1 42 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 9 (21.43%) Azure
3 4 (9.52%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (9.52%) Snowflake
4 2 (4.76%) Azure Data Factory
4 2 (4.76%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (4.76%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 2 (4.76%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (2.38%) Dataform
5 1 (2.38%) dbt
5 1 (2.38%) Power Automate
5 1 (2.38%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (100.00%) Power BI
2 19 (45.24%) Power Query
3 6 (14.29%) Data Lake
4 4 (9.52%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 4 (9.52%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 3 (7.14%) Amazon Redshift
5 3 (7.14%) BusinessObjects
5 3 (7.14%) MySQL
5 3 (7.14%) Tableau
6 2 (4.76%) Qlik Sense
6 2 (4.76%) QlikView
6 2 (4.76%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 1 (2.38%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (2.38%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (2.38%) Relational Database
7 1 (2.38%) Snowflake Schema
7 1 (2.38%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (7.14%) Git
2 1 (2.38%) Mercurial
General
1 18 (42.86%) Finance
2 13 (30.95%) Social Skills
3 11 (26.19%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (21.43%) Manufacturing
5 3 (7.14%) Marketing
5 3 (7.14%) Pharmaceutical
6 2 (4.76%) Law
7 1 (2.38%) Legal
7 1 (2.38%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (14.29%) SAP CO-PA
2 1 (2.38%) .NET
2 1 (2.38%) EDI
2 1 (2.38%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 3 (7.14%) Virtual Team
2 1 (2.38%) Analytical Mindset
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
2 20 (47.62%) Analytics
2 20 (47.62%) Data Modelling
3 19 (45.24%) Decision-Making
4 16 (38.10%) ETL
5 15 (35.71%) Visualisation
6 14 (33.33%) Actionable Insight
7 10 (23.81%) Data Analytics
8 9 (21.43%) Data Integration
8 9 (21.43%) Data Visualisation
8 9 (21.43%) Problem-Solving
9 8 (19.05%) Business Strategy
10 7 (16.67%) Budgeting
10 7 (16.67%) Budgeting and Forecasting
10 7 (16.67%) Computer Science
11 6 (14.29%) Dashboard Development
12 5 (11.90%) DevOps
12 5 (11.90%) Translating Business Requirements
13 4 (9.52%) Data Strategy
13 4 (9.52%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 31 (73.81%) Data Analysis Expressions
2 27 (64.29%) SQL
3 4 (9.52%) Python
4 1 (2.38%) R
4 1 (2.38%) T-SQL
4 1 (2.38%) VBA
Qualifications
1 8 (19.05%) Degree
2 1 (2.38%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (2.38%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (7.14%) Data Quality
1 3 (7.14%) GDPR
2 1 (2.38%) Actionable Recommendations
Vendors
1 11 (26.19%) Microsoft
2 10 (23.81%) SAP
3 3 (7.14%) Databricks