Power BI Engineer Jobs

Microsoft Power BI Engineer
UK

The median Microsoft Power BI Engineer salary in the UK is £59,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 28 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 703 894 933
Rank change year-on-year +191 +39 +286
Permanent jobs requiring a Power BI Engineer 8 16 31
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.015% 0.016% 0.032%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.016% 0.017% 0.035%
Number of salaries quoted 8 10 30
10th Percentile £43,875 £50,550 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £53,125 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,000 £63,750 £53,750
Median % change year-on-year -7.45% +18.60% -23.21%
75th Percentile £65,938 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £70,625 £73,000 £76,625
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +31.58% -5.00% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 49,435 96,820 89,564
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.41% 94.78% 91.46%
Number of salaries quoted 25,727 69,155 56,824
10th Percentile £28,822 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,000 £38,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £70,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,399 £50,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year +2.80% -6.54% +6.63%

Power BI Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Power BI Engineer in the UK

Power BI Engineer
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Power BI Engineer in the UK

Power BI Engineer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Power BI Engineer over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Power BI Engineer in the UK

Power BI Engineer
Top 7 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Power BI Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 28 May 2025. 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 +151 8 £59,000 -7.45% 3
Work from Home +114 4 £58,000 -3.33% 1
London +114 4 £59,000 -9.23% 2
UK excluding London +192 3 £62,500 +31.58% 1
South East +91 2 £58,750 +10.85% 1
West Midlands +61 1 £62,500 +48.81%
Midlands +57 1 £62,500 +48.81%

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

For the 6 months to 28 May 2025, Power BI Engineer 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 Engineer in the job title.

1 8 (100.00%) Power BI
1 8 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 5 (62.50%) Business Intelligence
2 5 (62.50%) Azure
3 4 (50.00%) Visualisation
3 4 (50.00%) Microsoft
3 4 (50.00%) SQL
4 3 (37.50%) Power Automate
4 3 (37.50%) Data Modelling
4 3 (37.50%) DevOps
4 3 (37.50%) Security Cleared
4 3 (37.50%) Data Visualisation
5 2 (25.00%) Data Quality
5 2 (25.00%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (25.00%) Degree
5 2 (25.00%) SC Cleared
5 2 (25.00%) Data Engineering
5 2 (25.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 2 (25.00%) Python
5 2 (25.00%) Public Sector
5 2 (25.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 2 (25.00%) Social Skills
5 2 (25.00%) Accessibility
5 2 (25.00%) Power Query
5 2 (25.00%) Platform Engineering
5 2 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (25.00%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (25.00%) Terraform
5 2 (25.00%) PowerApps
5 2 (25.00%) Acceptance Criteria

Power BI Engineer 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:

Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 8 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 5 (62.50%) Azure
3 3 (37.50%) Power Automate
4 2 (25.00%) Azure Data Factory
4 2 (25.00%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (25.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 2 (25.00%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (100.00%) Power BI
2 2 (25.00%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (25.00%) Power Query
3 1 (12.50%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
3 1 (12.50%) SQL Server
3 1 (12.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (12.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 2 (25.00%) Public Sector
1 2 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (25.00%) PySpark
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Business Intelligence
2 4 (50.00%) Visualisation
3 3 (37.50%) Data Modelling
3 3 (37.50%) Data Visualisation
3 3 (37.50%) DevOps
4 2 (25.00%) Acceptance Criteria
4 2 (25.00%) Data Engineering
4 2 (25.00%) Platform Engineering
4 2 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (12.50%) Actionable Insight
5 1 (12.50%) Analytics
5 1 (12.50%) Dashboard Development
5 1 (12.50%) Decision-Making
5 1 (12.50%) Digital Analytics
5 1 (12.50%) ETL
5 1 (12.50%) Migration
5 1 (12.50%) Presales
5 1 (12.50%) Project Management
5 1 (12.50%) Roadmaps
5 1 (12.50%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 4 (50.00%) SQL
2 2 (25.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
2 2 (25.00%) Python
3 1 (12.50%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (37.50%) Security Cleared
2 2 (25.00%) Degree
2 2 (25.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (25.00%) Accessibility
1 2 (25.00%) Data Quality
Systems Management
1 2 (25.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 4 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (12.50%) Databricks