Power BI Jobs

Microsoft Power BI
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Power BI skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Power BI over the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 82 72 82
Rank change year-on-year -10 +10 +28
Permanent jobs citing Power BI 1,665 3,511 4,115
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 3.19% 3.57% 3.96%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 22.39% 19.36% 18.37%
Number of salaries quoted 1,153 2,826 2,595
10th Percentile £36,250 £32,500 £35,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £42,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £54,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.48% -1.82% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £67,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £85,000 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £47,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +10.53% - -

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 7,436 18,137 22,401
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 14.26% 18.44% 21.54%
Number of salaries quoted 5,214 12,594 13,904
10th Percentile £37,250 £35,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £42,725 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £57,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% -11.54% +8.33%
75th Percentile £83,750 £76,250 £83,750
90th Percentile £115,000 £95,000 £103,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% +4.76%

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Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Power BI as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Power BI in the UK

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Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Power BI in the UK

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Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Power BI over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Salary histogram for Power BI in the UK

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Top 19 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Power BI within the UK over the 6 months to 30 April 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 -16 1,518 £57,500 +4.55% 1,380
UK excluding London -26 1,010 £52,500 +10.53% 806
Work from Home -7 603 £57,500 +4.55% 813
London -11 549 £70,000 +7.69% 638
North of England -63 272 £50,000 +5.26% 234
South East +3 267 £55,000 +10.00% 188
North West -60 195 £52,500 +10.53% 145
Midlands -46 192 £50,724 +6.79% 156
West Midlands -40 138 £52,500 +5.00% 101
East of England -5 131 £70,000 +47.37% 54
South West +11 84 £48,750 +2.63% 99
Yorkshire -19 67 £47,500 - 66
East Midlands -19 53 £47,500 +11.76% 52
Scotland +18 48 £48,500 +2.11% 45
North East -16 10 £50,000 +14.29% 23
Northern Ireland +34 6 £32,500 -51.85% 22
Wales +14 5 £48,500 +2.11% 19
Isle of Man +17 3 £38,000 +5.56%
Channel Islands - 2 £78,750 - 2

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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
1 142 (8.53%) SharePoint
2 46 (2.76%) Apache Spark
3 21 (1.26%) Microsoft Exchange
4 15 (0.90%) Apache
5 13 (0.78%) Confluence
6 9 (0.54%) Apache Airflow
6 9 (0.54%) CMS
6 9 (0.54%) IIS
7 6 (0.36%) SAS
8 3 (0.18%) EPiServer
8 3 (0.18%) Moodle
8 3 (0.18%) SugarCRM
8 3 (0.18%) WordPress
9 2 (0.12%) ArcGIS
9 2 (0.12%) Jupyter
9 2 (0.12%) nginx
9 2 (0.12%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 381 (22.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 78 (4.68%) Microsoft Office
3 51 (3.06%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 17 (1.02%) MS Visio
5 13 (0.78%) Trello
6 12 (0.72%) Spreadsheet
7 8 (0.48%) Maya
7 8 (0.48%) Microsoft Project
8 5 (0.30%) SPSS
9 4 (0.24%) Chatbot
10 1 (0.060%) Simulink
10 1 (0.060%) Sketch
10 1 (0.060%) SPSS Modeler
Business Applications
1 72 (4.32%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (0.54%) Dynamics AX
2 9 (0.54%) Dynamics NAV
3 8 (0.48%) Elite 3E
4 6 (0.36%) Infor M3
4 6 (0.36%) SAP S/4HANA
5 5 (0.30%) Dynamics GP
6 4 (0.24%) IBM Planning Analytics
6 4 (0.24%) Infor LN
6 4 (0.24%) iTrent
6 4 (0.24%) Salesforce CRM
7 3 (0.18%) Aladdin
7 3 (0.18%) Payment Gateway
7 3 (0.18%) Sage 200
7 3 (0.18%) Shopify
8 2 (0.12%) NEC Housing
8 2 (0.12%) Oracle Payables
8 2 (0.12%) Oracle Receivables
8 2 (0.12%) ResourceLink
8 2 (0.12%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 1,665 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 624 (37.48%) Azure
3 215 (12.91%) Power Automate
4 202 (12.13%) PowerApps
5 157 (9.43%) Azure Data Factory
6 155 (9.31%) Dynamics 365
7 132 (7.93%) Microsoft 365
8 128 (7.69%) AWS
9 117 (7.03%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 80 (4.80%) Azure DevOps
10 80 (4.80%) Snowflake
11 77 (4.62%) GCP
12 55 (3.30%) Azure Logic Apps
13 48 (2.88%) SaaS
14 42 (2.52%) Google Analytics
15 40 (2.40%) GitHub
15 40 (2.40%) Serverless
16 29 (1.74%) Azure Functions
16 29 (1.74%) Entra ID
17 27 (1.62%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 15 (0.90%) Firewall
2 14 (0.84%) DNS
3 11 (0.66%) DHCP
4 10 (0.60%) Internet
5 9 (0.54%) VPN
6 7 (0.42%) FTP
7 6 (0.36%) TCP/IP
8 5 (0.30%) SAN
8 5 (0.30%) VoIP
8 5 (0.30%) WAN
9 4 (0.24%) ADSL
9 4 (0.24%) LAN
9 4 (0.24%) Wi-Fi
10 3 (0.18%) IP Telephony
10 3 (0.18%) VLAN
10 3 (0.18%) Wireless
11 2 (0.12%) CHAP
11 2 (0.12%) Intranet
11 2 (0.12%) Network Security
11 2 (0.12%) Reverse Proxy
Database & Business Intelligence
1 330 (19.82%) Tableau
2 288 (17.30%) Data Warehouse
3 225 (13.51%) SQL Server
4 170 (10.21%) Power Query
5 168 (10.09%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 159 (9.55%) Data Lake
7 110 (6.61%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 98 (5.89%) GIS
9 95 (5.71%) Geospatial Data
10 82 (4.92%) Big Data
11 73 (4.38%) Azure SQL Database
12 62 (3.72%) Metadata
13 46 (2.76%) Relational Database
14 40 (2.40%) SQL Server Analysis Services
15 39 (2.34%) Looker
16 34 (2.04%) BigQuery
17 27 (1.62%) PostgreSQL
18 25 (1.50%) Data Mining
19 24 (1.44%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
20 23 (1.38%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 54 (3.24%) JIRA
2 35 (2.10%) Git
3 30 (1.80%) Visual Studio
4 25 (1.50%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 7 (0.42%) Jenkins
6 5 (0.30%) ERwin
6 5 (0.30%) JMeter
6 5 (0.30%) Postman
7 4 (0.24%) Cypress.io
7 4 (0.24%) GitLab
7 4 (0.24%) Selenium
8 3 (0.18%) Bitbucket
8 3 (0.18%) Burp Suite
8 3 (0.18%) ER Studio
8 3 (0.18%) Gatling
8 3 (0.18%) MLflow
8 3 (0.18%) REST Assured
9 2 (0.12%) git-flow
9 2 (0.12%) TestRail
9 2 (0.12%) Visual Website Optimizer
General
1 636 (38.20%) Social Skills
2 476 (28.59%) Finance
3 390 (23.42%) Analytical Skills
4 140 (8.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 118 (7.09%) Marketing
6 116 (6.97%) Law
7 105 (6.31%) Organisational Skills
8 88 (5.29%) Presentation Skills
9 82 (4.92%) Retail
10 69 (4.14%) Banking
11 64 (3.84%) Legal
12 61 (3.66%) Public Sector
13 50 (3.00%) Manufacturing
14 31 (1.86%) Documentation Skills
15 27 (1.62%) Automotive
16 26 (1.56%) Advertising
17 22 (1.32%) Influencing Skills
18 21 (1.26%) Billing
18 21 (1.26%) Telecoms
19 19 (1.14%) Games
Job Titles
1 511 (30.69%) Analyst
2 275 (16.52%) Developer
3 206 (12.37%) Senior
4 186 (11.17%) Data Analyst
5 172 (10.33%) Lead
6 145 (8.71%) Data Engineer
7 95 (5.71%) Business Intelligence Developer
8 81 (4.86%) Senior Analyst
9 72 (4.32%) Digital Analyst
10 70 (4.20%) Business Intelligence Analyst
11 68 (4.08%) Architect
12 63 (3.78%) Financial Analyst
13 61 (3.66%) Power BI Developer
14 50 (3.00%) Data Manager
15 44 (2.64%) Business Analyst
16 42 (2.52%) SQL Developer
17 40 (2.40%) Power Platform Developer
18 39 (2.34%) Consultant
19 34 (2.04%) Senior Data Engineer
19 34 (2.04%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 85 (5.11%) .NET
2 38 (2.28%) REST
3 36 (2.16%) JSON
4 35 (2.10%) CSS
5 34 (2.04%) XML
6 32 (1.92%) HTML
7 27 (1.62%) PySpark
8 26 (1.56%) .NET Framework
9 22 (1.32%) EDI
9 22 (1.32%) Kafka
10 20 (1.20%) SOAP
11 18 (1.08%) React
12 17 (1.02%) ASP.NET
13 16 (0.96%) Web Services
14 14 (0.84%) Middleware
14 14 (0.84%) RESTful
15 13 (0.78%) .NET Core
16 11 (0.66%) ASP.NET Web API
16 11 (0.66%) Pandas
17 9 (0.54%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 119 (7.15%) Algorithms
2 117 (7.03%) Management Information System
3 53 (3.18%) Product Ownership
4 35 (2.10%) Analytical Mindset
4 35 (2.10%) Data Structures
5 29 (1.74%) Social Media
6 27 (1.62%) Cloud Native
7 24 (1.44%) Legacy Systems
8 21 (1.26%) Self-Motivation
9 19 (1.14%) Enterprise Software
9 19 (1.14%) Low-Code
10 13 (0.78%) Mobile App
11 12 (0.72%) NHS
11 12 (0.72%) Onboarding
12 10 (0.60%) Blockchain
12 10 (0.60%) Data Protection Act
12 10 (0.60%) FMCG
12 10 (0.60%) Linux Command Line
12 10 (0.60%) Private Cloud
12 10 (0.60%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 38 (2.28%) Windows
2 19 (1.14%) Linux
3 14 (0.84%) Windows Vista
4 10 (0.60%) Windows 10
5 3 (0.18%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.18%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (0.12%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.12%) SUSE
6 2 (0.12%) Unix
7 1 (0.060%) Android
7 1 (0.060%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.060%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,460 (87.69%) Business Intelligence
2 683 (41.02%) Analytics
3 524 (31.47%) Problem-Solving
4 512 (30.75%) Visualisation
5 355 (21.32%) Data Analysis
6 331 (19.88%) Data Visualisation
7 314 (18.86%) Decision-Making
8 307 (18.44%) Data Management
9 306 (18.38%) Data Modelling
10 300 (18.02%) Actionable Insight
11 275 (16.52%) Agile
12 258 (15.50%) ETL
13 257 (15.44%) Data Analytics
14 228 (13.69%) Artificial Intelligence
15 198 (11.89%) Data Governance
16 183 (10.99%) Data Engineering
17 171 (10.27%) DevOps
18 168 (10.09%) Data Science
19 164 (9.85%) Mentoring
19 164 (9.85%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 944 (56.70%) SQL
2 347 (20.84%) Python
3 137 (8.23%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 110 (6.61%) T-SQL
5 103 (6.19%) C#
6 91 (5.47%) R
7 71 (4.26%) PowerShell
8 58 (3.48%) JavaScript
9 41 (2.46%) Java
10 19 (1.14%) VBA
11 16 (0.96%) TypeScript
12 14 (0.84%) C++
13 13 (0.78%) Scala
14 11 (0.66%) PL/SQL
14 11 (0.66%) VB.NET
15 9 (0.54%) Bash
16 7 (0.42%) X++
17 5 (0.30%) PHP
17 5 (0.30%) VB
18 4 (0.24%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 390 (23.42%) Degree
2 88 (5.29%) DBS Check
3 51 (3.06%) Security Cleared
4 49 (2.94%) Computer Science Degree
5 42 (2.52%) Azure Certification
6 41 (2.46%) ACCA
6 41 (2.46%) Microsoft Certification
7 39 (2.34%) CIMA
7 39 (2.34%) SC Cleared
8 24 (1.44%) Master's Degree
9 17 (1.02%) BPSS Clearance
10 12 (0.72%) CISSP
11 10 (0.60%) AAT
12 9 (0.54%) DV Cleared
12 9 (0.54%) Numerate Degree
13 8 (0.48%) PMI Certification
14 6 (0.36%) CISM
14 6 (0.36%) CSPO
14 6 (0.36%) HND
14 6 (0.36%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 255 (15.32%) Data Quality
2 76 (4.56%) GDPR
3 66 (3.96%) QA
4 36 (2.16%) Accessibility
5 19 (1.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 13 (0.78%) Actionable Recommendations
7 10 (0.60%) PMO
8 8 (0.48%) Cyber Essentials
9 7 (0.42%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 6 (0.36%) GxP
10 6 (0.36%) NIST
10 6 (0.36%) SLA
11 5 (0.30%) IFRS
12 4 (0.24%) PCI DSS
13 3 (0.18%) COBIT
13 3 (0.18%) GRC
13 3 (0.18%) MiFID
13 3 (0.18%) NCSC
13 3 (0.18%) SNOMED CT
13 3 (0.18%) SOC 2
System Software
1 31 (1.86%) Active Directory
2 25 (1.50%) Docker
3 15 (0.90%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (0.48%) Hyper-V
5 6 (0.36%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (0.24%) HDFS
7 3 (0.18%) vSphere
8 2 (0.12%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.060%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.060%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.060%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 18 (1.08%) Terraform
2 17 (1.02%) Kubernetes
3 9 (0.54%) Microsoft Intune
4 8 (0.48%) Failover Clustering
5 6 (0.36%) SCCM
6 5 (0.30%) Ansible
7 2 (0.12%) FortiGate
7 2 (0.12%) Grafana
7 2 (0.12%) HP Quality Center
7 2 (0.12%) Nessus
7 2 (0.12%) SCOM
7 2 (0.12%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.060%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.060%) Istio
8 1 (0.060%) OpenVAS
8 1 (0.060%) QRadar
8 1 (0.060%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 578 (34.71%) Microsoft
2 164 (9.85%) Databricks
3 93 (5.59%) Google
4 90 (5.41%) SAP
5 85 (5.11%) Alteryx
6 62 (3.72%) Salesforce
7 41 (2.46%) Oracle
8 40 (2.40%) ServiceNow
9 28 (1.68%) IBM
9 28 (1.68%) Informatica
10 18 (1.08%) Cognos
11 17 (1.02%) Dell
12 16 (0.96%) Aderant
12 16 (0.96%) VMware
13 14 (0.84%) Adobe
14 12 (0.72%) Intapp
15 10 (0.60%) Anaplan
15 10 (0.60%) Infor
16 8 (0.48%) MuleSoft
16 8 (0.48%) Sage