Microsoft Power BI Engineer
UK

The median Microsoft Power BI Engineer salary in the UK is £54,000 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 885 938 1217
Rank change year-on-year +53 +279 -338
Permanent jobs requiring a Power BI Engineer 11 32 15
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.011% 0.031% 0.010%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.012% 0.033% 0.010%
Number of salaries quoted 8 31 13
10th Percentile £39,925 £42,500 £46,500
25th Percentile £41,500 £45,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £55,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% -15.38% -
75th Percentile £65,313 £67,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £76,250 £87,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -23.08%

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 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 27 April 2024.

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 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 +96 10 £55,000 +2.33% 2
Work from Home +93 8 £53,000 +0.95% 2
UK excluding London +3 5 £47,500 -5.00% 1
West Midlands +19 4 £42,000 -11.58%
Midlands +1 4 £42,000 -11.58%
London +124 3 £62,500 -3.85% 1
South East - 1 £53,000 -

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

For the 6 months to 27 April 2024, 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 11 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 11 (100.00%) Power BI
1 11 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 8 (72.73%) Microsoft
2 8 (72.73%) SQL
2 8 (72.73%) Azure
3 7 (63.64%) Data Warehouse
3 7 (63.64%) SQL Server
4 6 (54.55%) Data Modelling
4 6 (54.55%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 6 (54.55%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 6 (54.55%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 5 (45.45%) Kimball Methodology
5 5 (45.45%) Databricks
5 5 (45.45%) ETL
6 4 (36.36%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 4 (36.36%) Dimensional Modelling
6 4 (36.36%) T-SQL
6 4 (36.36%) Serverless
6 4 (36.36%) Semantic Layer
6 4 (36.36%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 4 (36.36%) ETL Development
7 3 (27.27%) Analytics
7 3 (27.27%) Data Lake
7 3 (27.27%) Visualisation
7 3 (27.27%) Microsoft Excel
8 2 (18.18%) Programme Management
8 2 (18.18%) SAP
8 2 (18.18%) Data Visualisation
8 2 (18.18%) Oracle

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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (9.09%) SAS
1 1 (9.09%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (27.27%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (9.09%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 11 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 8 (72.73%) Azure
3 4 (36.36%) Azure Synapse Analytics
3 4 (36.36%) Serverless
4 2 (18.18%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (9.09%) AWS
5 1 (9.09%) Azure Data Factory
5 1 (9.09%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (9.09%) PowerApps
5 1 (9.09%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (9.09%) DNS
1 1 (9.09%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (100.00%) Power BI
2 7 (63.64%) Data Warehouse
2 7 (63.64%) SQL Server
3 6 (54.55%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 6 (54.55%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 4 (36.36%) Semantic Layer
4 4 (36.36%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 3 (27.27%) Data Lake
6 2 (18.18%) Microsoft Analysis Services
6 2 (18.18%) Power Query
7 1 (9.09%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (9.09%) Big Data
7 1 (9.09%) Oracle Database
7 1 (9.09%) Sisense
7 1 (9.09%) Tableau
General
1 2 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (18.18%) Public Sector
2 1 (9.09%) Billing
2 1 (9.09%) Electronics
2 1 (9.09%) Finance
2 1 (9.09%) Manufacturing
2 1 (9.09%) Marketing
2 1 (9.09%) Social Skills
2 1 (9.09%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (9.09%) .NET
1 1 (9.09%) .NET Framework
1 1 (9.09%) MDX
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.09%) Algorithms
1 1 (9.09%) Low-Code
1 1 (9.09%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (9.09%) Linux
1 1 (9.09%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
2 6 (54.55%) Data Modelling
3 5 (45.45%) ETL
3 5 (45.45%) Kimball Methodology
4 4 (36.36%) Dimensional Modelling
4 4 (36.36%) ETL Development
5 3 (27.27%) Analytics
5 3 (27.27%) Visualisation
6 2 (18.18%) Data Visualisation
6 2 (18.18%) Programme Management
7 1 (9.09%) Computer Science
7 1 (9.09%) CRM
7 1 (9.09%) Data Cleansing
7 1 (9.09%) Data Migration
7 1 (9.09%) Digital Marketing
7 1 (9.09%) ERP
7 1 (9.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 1 (9.09%) Time Management
7 1 (9.09%) Waterfall
7 1 (9.09%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 8 (72.73%) SQL
2 6 (54.55%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 4 (36.36%) T-SQL
4 1 (9.09%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 1 (9.09%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (9.09%) DBS Check
1 1 (9.09%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.09%) Data Quality
1 1 (9.09%) GDPR
1 1 (9.09%) QA
System Software
1 1 (9.09%) Virtual Machines
Vendors
1 8 (72.73%) Microsoft
2 5 (45.45%) Databricks
3 2 (18.18%) Oracle
3 2 (18.18%) SAP
4 1 (9.09%) MicroStrategy