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 23 October 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 87 66 87
Rank change year-on-year -21 +21 +7
Permanent jobs citing Power BI 2,129 2,593 5,162
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 2.81% 4.36% 3.67%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 17.46% 20.64% 14.58%
Number of salaries quoted 1,261 2,098 3,735
10th Percentile £37,500 £34,000 £35,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £42,500 £42,521
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - +4.76%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,433 £71,250
90th Percentile £92,500 £85,000 £86,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,250 £49,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +2.55% -2.00% +11.11%

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 12,193 12,560 35,408
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 16.12% 21.12% 25.20%
Number of salaries quoted 6,209 9,440 18,525
10th Percentile £37,500 £37,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% - +4.35%
75th Percentile £86,250 £80,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £115,000 £95,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +8.00%

Power BI
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

Power BI
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Power BI in the UK

Power BI
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Power BI over the 6 months to 23 October 2024.

Salary histogram for Power BI in the UK

Power BI
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 23 October 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 -25 1,938 £60,500 +10.00% 793
UK excluding London -30 1,224 £50,250 +2.55% 557
London -7 846 £70,000 +3.70% 274
Work from Home -32 719 £65,000 +18.04% 796
South East +5 332 £57,500 +13.86% 138
North of England -38 301 £50,000 +4.38% 164
Midlands -51 217 £51,250 +4.59% 79
West Midlands -49 175 £52,500 +5.00% 52
North West -42 174 £50,000 +11.11% 96
South West -48 136 £55,000 +10.00% 46
Scotland -10 121 £42,500 -19.05% 42
Yorkshire -21 110 £55,000 +10.00% 39
East of England -22 88 £50,000 - 76
East Midlands -30 41 £50,000 +25.00% 27
North East -33 17 £50,000 +16.28% 29
Wales -12 16 £47,500 +41.79% 20
Northern Ireland +28 11 - - 2
Channel Islands -7 3 £61,250 - 1
Isle of Man - 1 - -

Power BI
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
1 181 (8.50%) SharePoint
2 56 (2.63%) Apache
3 35 (1.64%) SAS
4 30 (1.41%) Apache Spark
5 24 (1.13%) Confluence
6 14 (0.66%) Microsoft Exchange
7 12 (0.56%) Apache Airflow
8 9 (0.42%) ArcGIS
9 5 (0.23%) CMS
10 4 (0.19%) IIS
10 4 (0.19%) Oracle Application Server
11 3 (0.14%) IBM Notes
11 3 (0.14%) Umbraco
12 2 (0.094%) Jupyter
13 1 (0.047%) Adobe Experience Manager
13 1 (0.047%) Appian
13 1 (0.047%) Luigi
13 1 (0.047%) Moodle
Applications
1 488 (22.92%) Microsoft Excel
2 89 (4.18%) Microsoft Office
3 38 (1.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 19 (0.89%) Microsoft Project
5 14 (0.66%) AutoCAD
5 14 (0.66%) MS Visio
6 11 (0.52%) Chatbot
7 7 (0.33%) Spreadsheet
8 2 (0.094%) Trello
9 1 (0.047%) Acrobat
9 1 (0.047%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 88 (4.13%) Dynamics CRM
2 23 (1.08%) Dynamics NAV
3 12 (0.56%) SAP S/4HANA
4 10 (0.47%) NetSuite
4 10 (0.47%) SAP Business One
5 8 (0.38%) IBM Planning Analytics
5 8 (0.38%) Sage X3
6 6 (0.28%) Aladdin
7 5 (0.23%) Dynamics AX
7 5 (0.23%) Dynamics GP
7 5 (0.23%) iTrent
7 5 (0.23%) Magento
7 5 (0.23%) SAP ERP
8 4 (0.19%) Eagle PACE
8 4 (0.19%) Markit EDM
8 4 (0.19%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
9 3 (0.14%) Cognos Business Intelligence
9 3 (0.14%) Elite 3E
9 3 (0.14%) Primavera
9 3 (0.14%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 2,129 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 857 (40.25%) Azure
3 310 (14.56%) PowerApps
4 261 (12.26%) Power Automate
5 228 (10.71%) AWS
6 206 (9.68%) Azure Data Factory
7 193 (9.07%) Dynamics 365
8 190 (8.92%) Microsoft 365
9 171 (8.03%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 141 (6.62%) Azure DevOps
11 96 (4.51%) Snowflake
12 66 (3.10%) SaaS
13 63 (2.96%) Azure Logic Apps
14 57 (2.68%) dbt
15 54 (2.54%) GitHub
16 52 (2.44%) GCP
17 41 (1.93%) Cloud Computing
18 30 (1.41%) Serverless
19 24 (1.13%) Entra ID
20 21 (0.99%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 37 (1.74%) Firewall
2 32 (1.50%) DNS
3 14 (0.66%) DHCP
4 13 (0.61%) VPN
5 12 (0.56%) VoIP
6 11 (0.52%) Internet
7 10 (0.47%) SAN
8 9 (0.42%) Intrusion Detection
9 8 (0.38%) VLAN
9 8 (0.38%) WAN
9 8 (0.38%) Wi-Fi
10 7 (0.33%) LAN
10 7 (0.33%) VRRP
10 7 (0.33%) Wireless
11 6 (0.28%) TCP/IP
12 5 (0.23%) Network Security
12 5 (0.23%) Remote Desktop
13 4 (0.19%) Intranet
13 4 (0.19%) IPv6
13 4 (0.19%) Reverse Proxy
Database & Business Intelligence
1 488 (22.92%) Data Warehouse
2 458 (21.51%) Tableau
3 333 (15.64%) SQL Server
4 204 (9.58%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 199 (9.35%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 193 (9.07%) Data Lake
7 122 (5.73%) Power Query
8 95 (4.46%) Relational Database
9 90 (4.23%) Azure SQL Database
10 79 (3.71%) Big Data
11 63 (2.96%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 57 (2.68%) Qlik Sense
13 51 (2.40%) BusinessObjects
13 51 (2.40%) Looker
14 43 (2.02%) Data Mining
15 41 (1.93%) Data Vault
16 39 (1.83%) PostgreSQL
17 38 (1.78%) Dremio
18 37 (1.74%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
19 36 (1.69%) Apache Arrow
Development Applications
1 76 (3.57%) Git
2 67 (3.15%) JIRA
3 37 (1.74%) Visual Studio
4 20 (0.94%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 17 (0.80%) Subversion
6 12 (0.56%) Visual Studio Code
7 11 (0.52%) PyCharm
8 6 (0.28%) Mercurial
8 6 (0.28%) Team Foundation Server
9 5 (0.23%) Bitbucket
9 5 (0.23%) Terragrunt
10 4 (0.19%) Zephyr
11 3 (0.14%) Flyway
11 3 (0.14%) Liquibase
11 3 (0.14%) RStudio
12 2 (0.094%) GitLab
12 2 (0.094%) Rational DOORS
13 1 (0.047%) Eclipse
13 1 (0.047%) ERwin
13 1 (0.047%) Jenkins
General
1 651 (30.58%) Social Skills
2 596 (27.99%) Finance
3 567 (26.63%) Analytical Skills
4 171 (8.03%) Marketing
5 161 (7.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 107 (5.03%) Banking
6 107 (5.03%) Presentation Skills
7 84 (3.95%) Retail
8 83 (3.90%) Manufacturing
9 82 (3.85%) Legal
10 76 (3.57%) Law
11 66 (3.10%) Pharmaceutical
12 60 (2.82%) Public Sector
13 53 (2.49%) Organisational Skills
14 40 (1.88%) Front Office
14 40 (1.88%) Investment Banking
15 26 (1.22%) Influencing Skills
16 19 (0.89%) Telecoms
17 17 (0.80%) Automotive
18 14 (0.66%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 620 (29.12%) Analyst
2 450 (21.14%) Developer
3 309 (14.51%) Senior
4 231 (10.85%) Data Analyst
5 200 (9.39%) Data Engineer
6 164 (7.70%) Lead
7 141 (6.62%) Architect
8 140 (6.58%) Business Intelligence Developer
9 133 (6.25%) Senior Analyst
10 101 (4.74%) Consultant
11 85 (3.99%) Power BI Developer
12 81 (3.80%) Data Architect
13 79 (3.71%) SQL Developer
14 77 (3.62%) Business Intelligence Analyst
15 67 (3.15%) Data Manager
15 67 (3.15%) Power Platform Developer
16 66 (3.10%) Azure Engineer
17 60 (2.82%) Power BI Analyst
18 54 (2.54%) Senior Data Analyst
19 49 (2.30%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 127 (5.97%) .NET
2 111 (5.21%) HTML
3 65 (3.05%) CSS
4 44 (2.07%) XML
5 38 (1.78%) PySpark
6 33 (1.55%) REST
7 30 (1.41%) JSON
8 26 (1.22%) HTML5 Canvas
9 21 (0.99%) .NET Framework
9 21 (0.99%) Web Services
10 14 (0.66%) React
11 12 (0.56%) Entity Framework
11 12 (0.56%) Kafka
11 12 (0.56%) SQLAlchemy
11 12 (0.56%) XSLT
12 11 (0.52%) pyodbc
13 10 (0.47%) Middleware
13 10 (0.47%) Node.js
13 10 (0.47%) SOAP
14 9 (0.42%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 134 (6.29%) Management Information System
2 74 (3.48%) NHS
3 67 (3.15%) Product Ownership
4 65 (3.05%) Data Structures
5 51 (2.40%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 39 (1.83%) Self-Motivation
7 38 (1.78%) Analytical Mindset
8 36 (1.69%) Derivative
8 36 (1.69%) Equities
8 36 (1.69%) Fixed Income
8 36 (1.69%) Hedge funds
9 33 (1.55%) Onboarding
10 30 (1.41%) Data Centre
11 27 (1.27%) Cyberattack
11 27 (1.27%) Low-Code
12 25 (1.17%) Legacy Systems
13 22 (1.03%) Algorithms
14 21 (0.99%) Enterprise Software
15 19 (0.89%) Replication
16 18 (0.85%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 71 (3.33%) Windows
2 31 (1.46%) Windows Server
3 21 (0.99%) Linux
4 17 (0.80%) Unix
5 13 (0.61%) Windows Server 2019
6 10 (0.47%) Windows Server 2012
7 6 (0.28%) Windows Server 2016
8 3 (0.14%) Mac OS
9 2 (0.094%) Ubuntu
9 2 (0.094%) Windows 10
10 1 (0.047%) Android
10 1 (0.047%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.047%) VMS
10 1 (0.047%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,671 (78.49%) Business Intelligence
2 688 (32.32%) Analytics
3 565 (26.54%) Visualisation
4 423 (19.87%) Data Analysis
5 422 (19.82%) Data Modelling
6 399 (18.74%) Data Visualisation
7 397 (18.65%) Problem-Solving
8 396 (18.60%) ETL
9 329 (15.45%) Decision-Making
10 328 (15.41%) Agile
11 273 (12.82%) DevOps
12 266 (12.49%) Data Science
13 253 (11.88%) Computer Science
13 253 (11.88%) Data Analytics
14 225 (10.57%) Data Management
15 204 (9.58%) Mentoring
16 197 (9.25%) Continuous Improvement
17 185 (8.69%) Data Governance
18 180 (8.45%) Data Engineering
19 172 (8.08%) Artificial Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 1,218 (57.21%) SQL
2 490 (23.02%) Python
3 189 (8.88%) C#
4 173 (8.13%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 162 (7.61%) T-SQL
6 124 (5.82%) JavaScript
7 123 (5.78%) PowerShell
8 94 (4.42%) VBA
9 88 (4.13%) R
10 25 (1.17%) Java
11 22 (1.03%) PL/SQL
12 19 (0.89%) Julia
13 16 (0.75%) Scala
14 15 (0.70%) TypeScript
15 13 (0.61%) VB
16 12 (0.56%) C++
17 11 (0.52%) PHP
18 10 (0.47%) Shell Script
19 7 (0.33%) Ruby
19 7 (0.33%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 483 (22.69%) Degree
2 144 (6.76%) Security Cleared
3 135 (6.34%) Computer Science Degree
4 91 (4.27%) SC Cleared
5 68 (3.19%) Master's Degree
6 54 (2.54%) Microsoft Certification
7 38 (1.78%) CISA
8 34 (1.60%) DV Cleared
9 31 (1.46%) Azure Certification
10 26 (1.22%) ACCA
10 26 (1.22%) CCAB
11 25 (1.17%) DBS Check
12 20 (0.94%) CIMA
13 16 (0.75%) CISM
14 15 (0.70%) CISSP
15 12 (0.56%) MBA
15 12 (0.56%) PMI Certification
16 11 (0.52%) BPSS Clearance
17 9 (0.42%) CompTIA CySA+
17 9 (0.42%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 233 (10.94%) Data Quality
2 58 (2.72%) QA
3 48 (2.25%) GDPR
4 28 (1.32%) Accessibility
5 26 (1.22%) ITGC
6 25 (1.17%) SLA
7 14 (0.66%) PMO
8 9 (0.42%) GRC
9 7 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 5 (0.23%) Actionable Recommendations
10 5 (0.23%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 4 (0.19%) ISO 9001
11 4 (0.19%) NIST
11 4 (0.19%) Software Quality Assurance
12 3 (0.14%) HL7
12 3 (0.14%) SNOMED CT
12 3 (0.14%) SOC 1
13 2 (0.094%) Cyber Essentials
13 2 (0.094%) EMIR
13 2 (0.094%) ISO/IEC 15288
System Software
1 55 (2.58%) Active Directory
2 23 (1.08%) Virtual Machines
3 16 (0.75%) Hyper-V
4 15 (0.70%) VMware Infrastructure
5 7 (0.33%) Firmware
6 5 (0.23%) XenDesktop
7 4 (0.19%) vSphere
8 3 (0.14%) Docker
8 3 (0.14%) HDFS
8 3 (0.14%) pfSense
8 3 (0.14%) Terminal Server
8 3 (0.14%) Virtual Desktop
9 2 (0.094%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 31 (1.46%) Terraform
2 22 (1.03%) Microsoft Intune
3 9 (0.42%) FortiGate
4 8 (0.38%) Kubernetes
5 6 (0.28%) Ansible
6 4 (0.19%) SCCM
6 4 (0.19%) WSUS
7 3 (0.14%) Backup Exec
7 3 (0.14%) Failover Clustering
8 2 (0.094%) Grafana
8 2 (0.094%) Kibana
8 2 (0.094%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.047%) Control-M
9 1 (0.047%) EMC NetWorker
9 1 (0.047%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 781 (36.68%) Microsoft
2 202 (9.49%) Databricks
3 91 (4.27%) Oracle
4 86 (4.04%) SAP
5 69 (3.24%) Google
6 38 (1.78%) Salesforce
7 28 (1.32%) ServiceNow
8 27 (1.27%) Cognos
9 20 (0.94%) IBM
10 16 (0.75%) VMware
11 15 (0.70%) Alteryx
12 14 (0.66%) Veeam
13 13 (0.61%) Adobe
13 13 (0.61%) MicroStrategy
14 12 (0.56%) Citrix
14 12 (0.56%) Epicor
14 12 (0.56%) Genesys
14 12 (0.56%) Informatica
14 12 (0.56%) Verint
15 9 (0.42%) HubSpot