Microsoft Power BI
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Power BI skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Power BI over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 73 81 111
Rank change year-on-year +8 +30 -6
Permanent jobs citing Power BI 3,509 4,148 5,018
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 3.58% 3.96% 3.26%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 19.41% 18.35% 11.79%
Number of salaries quoted 2,823 2,621 3,572
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,500 £34,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,750 £41,622
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £72,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £91,250 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £47,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year - - +5.56%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
UK

Power BI is in the Databases and Business Intelligence category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 18,076 22,599 42,565
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 18.44% 21.59% 27.62%
Number of salaries quoted 12,541 13,991 21,425
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,725 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% +8.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £76,250 £83,750 £78,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £103,750 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £52,000
% change year-on-year -4.55% +5.77% +6.12%

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 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Power BI in the UK

Power BI
Top 18 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 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 +17 3,195 £55,000 - 863
UK excluding London +6 2,358 £47,500 - 526
Work from Home +6 1,512 £55,000 - 420
London +12 1,016 £65,000 -2.41% 359
North of England +15 659 £47,500 +5.56% 155
Midlands +11 506 £47,500 +2.15% 119
South East +14 500 £50,000 -4.76% 106
North West +55 369 £47,500 +5.56% 84
West Midlands +15 369 £50,000 +5.26% 73
South West -1 242 £47,500 -2.56% 54
East of England +101 229 £47,500 -5.00% 48
Yorkshire -13 202 £47,500 +1.06% 46
Scotland -15 185 £47,500 - 35
East Midlands +1 136 £42,500 -5.56% 45
North East +1 88 £43,750 -12.50% 25
Wales -34 31 £47,500 +18.75% 13
Northern Ireland +8 9 £66,250 +47.22% 6
Isle of Man - 1 £36,000 - 2

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
1 364 (10.37%) SharePoint
2 60 (1.71%) Microsoft Exchange
3 50 (1.42%) Confluence
4 47 (1.34%) Apache Spark
5 32 (0.91%) Apache
5 32 (0.91%) SAS
6 25 (0.71%) IIS
7 24 (0.68%) Apache Airflow
8 15 (0.43%) WordPress
9 12 (0.34%) CMS
10 7 (0.20%) Jupyter
11 5 (0.14%) IBM Notes
11 5 (0.14%) Oracle Application Server
12 4 (0.11%) Tomcat
13 3 (0.085%) IBM Domino
13 3 (0.085%) SharePoint Server
14 2 (0.057%) Drupal
14 2 (0.057%) Joomla!
14 2 (0.057%) Moodle
14 2 (0.057%) nginx
Applications
1 864 (24.62%) Microsoft Excel
2 197 (5.61%) Microsoft Office
3 118 (3.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 61 (1.74%) Spreadsheet
5 31 (0.88%) MS Visio
6 15 (0.43%) Microsoft Project
7 12 (0.34%) SPSS
7 12 (0.34%) Trello
8 9 (0.26%) Photoshop
9 8 (0.23%) InDesign
10 5 (0.14%) AutoCAD
11 3 (0.085%) Autodesk Inventor
12 1 (0.028%) Acrobat
12 1 (0.028%) Adobe After Effects
12 1 (0.028%) Adobe Creative Suite
12 1 (0.028%) Adobe Illustrator
12 1 (0.028%) Adobe Premiere
12 1 (0.028%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 187 (5.33%) Dynamics CRM
2 20 (0.57%) Dynamics AX
2 20 (0.57%) Primavera
3 17 (0.48%) Elite 3E
4 14 (0.40%) Epicor Tropos
5 13 (0.37%) Dynamics NAV
6 10 (0.28%) NetSuite
6 10 (0.28%) SAP Business One
7 7 (0.20%) Shopify
8 6 (0.17%) Oracle Applications
8 6 (0.17%) SAP PLM
8 6 (0.17%) SAP S/4HANA
8 6 (0.17%) Teamcenter
9 4 (0.11%) Finacle
9 4 (0.11%) FLEXCUBE
9 4 (0.11%) Temenos T24
10 3 (0.085%) Oracle General Ledger
10 3 (0.085%) Oracle iProcurement
10 3 (0.085%) Sage 200
10 3 (0.085%) Sage 300 ERP
Cloud Services
1 3,509 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 1,314 (37.45%) Azure
3 511 (14.56%) PowerApps
4 457 (13.02%) Power Automate
5 396 (11.29%) Microsoft 365
6 306 (8.72%) Dynamics 365
7 258 (7.35%) Azure Data Factory
8 208 (5.93%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 201 (5.73%) AWS
10 149 (4.25%) Azure DevOps
11 140 (3.99%) GCP
12 109 (3.11%) Snowflake
13 79 (2.25%) Serverless
14 77 (2.19%) Azure Logic Apps
15 65 (1.85%) Google Analytics
16 56 (1.60%) SaaS
17 47 (1.34%) Entra ID
18 44 (1.25%) GitHub
19 39 (1.11%) Azure Functions
20 38 (1.08%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 74 (2.11%) Broadband
2 43 (1.23%) DNS
3 33 (0.94%) Intranet
4 26 (0.74%) Firewall
5 23 (0.66%) DHCP
5 23 (0.66%) Network Security
6 22 (0.63%) Internet
7 12 (0.34%) Unified Communications
7 12 (0.34%) VPN
8 11 (0.31%) LAN
8 11 (0.31%) WAN
9 10 (0.28%) Remote Desktop
9 10 (0.28%) TCP/IP
10 8 (0.23%) WebEx
11 7 (0.20%) NAS
12 6 (0.17%) SAN
13 5 (0.14%) VoIP
14 4 (0.11%) FTP
14 4 (0.11%) SSL
14 4 (0.11%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 754 (21.49%) SQL Server
2 613 (17.47%) Tableau
3 608 (17.33%) Data Warehouse
4 413 (11.77%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 362 (10.32%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 274 (7.81%) Data Lake
7 186 (5.30%) Azure SQL Database
8 167 (4.76%) Power Query
8 167 (4.76%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 138 (3.93%) Relational Database
10 82 (2.34%) Looker
11 77 (2.19%) Big Data
12 71 (2.02%) QlikView
13 67 (1.91%) BigQuery
14 58 (1.65%) Data Mining
14 58 (1.65%) NoSQL
15 57 (1.62%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
16 48 (1.37%) Metadata
16 48 (1.37%) Qlik Sense
17 47 (1.34%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 182 (5.19%) JIRA
2 72 (2.05%) Git
3 56 (1.60%) Visual Studio
4 52 (1.48%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 22 (0.63%) Jenkins
6 17 (0.48%) Team Foundation Server
7 15 (0.43%) RStudio
8 10 (0.28%) Oracle Forms
9 5 (0.14%) ERwin
9 5 (0.14%) GitLab
9 5 (0.14%) Visual Studio Team System
10 4 (0.11%) TeamCity
11 3 (0.085%) ER Studio
11 3 (0.085%) NUnit
11 3 (0.085%) Octopus Deploy
11 3 (0.085%) SpecFlow
11 3 (0.085%) Visual Studio Code
12 2 (0.057%) MSTest
12 2 (0.057%) Sourcetree
13 1 (0.028%) Moq
General
1 1,258 (35.85%) Social Skills
2 1,018 (29.01%) Finance
3 858 (24.45%) Analytical Skills
4 350 (9.97%) Retail
5 287 (8.18%) Marketing
6 278 (7.92%) Public Sector
7 183 (5.22%) Legal
8 168 (4.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 147 (4.19%) Banking
9 147 (4.19%) Law
10 143 (4.08%) Presentation Skills
11 135 (3.85%) Manufacturing
12 66 (1.88%) Organisational Skills
13 49 (1.40%) Local Government
14 45 (1.28%) Documentation Skills
14 45 (1.28%) Telecoms
15 44 (1.25%) Advertising
16 43 (1.23%) Back Office
17 41 (1.17%) Pharmaceutical
18 32 (0.91%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 939 (26.76%) Analyst
2 698 (19.89%) Developer
3 401 (11.43%) Senior
4 393 (11.20%) Data Analyst
5 310 (8.83%) Lead
6 267 (7.61%) Business Intelligence Developer
7 266 (7.58%) Data Engineer
8 231 (6.58%) Consultant
9 165 (4.70%) Business Intelligence Analyst
10 162 (4.62%) Power BI Developer
11 156 (4.45%) Senior Analyst
12 150 (4.27%) Architect
13 128 (3.65%) DBA
14 117 (3.33%) SQL DBA
15 116 (3.31%) Senior Developer
16 113 (3.22%) Data Manager
17 112 (3.19%) Power Platform Developer
18 101 (2.88%) Business Intelligence Consultant
19 85 (2.42%) Administrator
19 85 (2.42%) Business Intelligence Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 176 (5.02%) .NET
2 131 (3.73%) HTML
3 83 (2.37%) CSS
4 75 (2.14%) JSON
5 69 (1.97%) ASP.NET
6 50 (1.42%) REST
7 48 (1.37%) .NET Framework
8 47 (1.34%) HTML5 Canvas
9 46 (1.31%) Web Services
10 35 (1.00%) XML
11 34 (0.97%) PySpark
12 26 (0.74%) RESTful
13 24 (0.68%) Entity Framework
13 24 (0.68%) MDX
14 22 (0.63%) ASP.NET Web API
15 19 (0.54%) ASP.NET MVC
15 19 (0.54%) React
16 18 (0.51%) Kafka
17 15 (0.43%) .NET Core
18 13 (0.37%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 179 (5.10%) Management Information System
2 129 (3.68%) Self-Motivation
3 80 (2.28%) Product Ownership
4 77 (2.19%) Onboarding
5 63 (1.80%) Data Structures
6 57 (1.62%) Enterprise Software
7 54 (1.54%) Analytical Mindset
8 46 (1.31%) Low-Code
9 39 (1.11%) Algorithms
10 36 (1.03%) NHS
11 33 (0.94%) FMCG
12 28 (0.80%) Data Centre
13 26 (0.74%) Virtual Team
14 25 (0.71%) Legacy Systems
15 24 (0.68%) Greenfield Project
15 24 (0.68%) Reinsurance
16 20 (0.57%) IoT
16 20 (0.57%) PMI
17 18 (0.51%) Cloud Native
17 18 (0.51%) Housing Association
Operating Systems
1 149 (4.25%) Windows
2 76 (2.17%) VMS
3 53 (1.51%) Linux
4 52 (1.48%) Windows Server
5 27 (0.77%) Unix
6 26 (0.74%) Windows 10
7 7 (0.20%) Android
8 6 (0.17%) Apple iOS
9 5 (0.14%) Windows Server 2019
10 4 (0.11%) Mac OS
10 4 (0.11%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.028%) Windows 7
11 1 (0.028%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.028%) Windows Vista
11 1 (0.028%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,952 (84.13%) Business Intelligence
2 961 (27.39%) Analytics
3 817 (23.28%) Visualisation
4 690 (19.66%) Agile
5 632 (18.01%) ETL
6 627 (17.87%) Problem-Solving
7 554 (15.79%) Data Analysis
8 543 (15.47%) Data Visualisation
9 507 (14.45%) Data Modelling
10 428 (12.20%) Decision-Making
11 364 (10.37%) Stakeholder Management
12 355 (10.12%) Data Analytics
13 354 (10.09%) Data Science
14 342 (9.75%) Machine Learning
15 338 (9.63%) Migration
16 326 (9.29%) Project Management
17 323 (9.20%) Data Governance
17 323 (9.20%) DevOps
18 315 (8.98%) CRM
19 308 (8.78%) Artificial Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 1,988 (56.65%) SQL
2 597 (17.01%) Python
3 399 (11.37%) T-SQL
4 257 (7.32%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 256 (7.30%) C#
6 178 (5.07%) JavaScript
7 162 (4.62%) R
8 96 (2.74%) PowerShell
9 70 (1.99%) VBA
10 46 (1.31%) Java
11 37 (1.05%) PL/SQL
12 28 (0.80%) TypeScript
13 20 (0.57%) VB
14 19 (0.54%) PHP
15 15 (0.43%) VB.NET
16 14 (0.40%) C
16 14 (0.40%) Scala
17 13 (0.37%) Kusto Query Language
18 12 (0.34%) Delphi
18 12 (0.34%) Go
Qualifications
1 649 (18.50%) Degree
2 237 (6.75%) Microsoft Certification
3 158 (4.50%) DBS Check
4 110 (3.13%) Security Cleared
5 93 (2.65%) Computer Science Degree
6 81 (2.31%) Master's Degree
7 61 (1.74%) SC Cleared
8 48 (1.37%) Azure Certification
9 26 (0.74%) ITIL Certification
10 21 (0.60%) PMI Certification
11 20 (0.57%) BPSS Clearance
11 20 (0.57%) CIPD
12 17 (0.48%) MBA
13 16 (0.46%) CIMA
14 15 (0.43%) Numerate Degree
15 14 (0.40%) MCSE
16 13 (0.37%) ACCA
16 13 (0.37%) CISM
16 13 (0.37%) CISSP
17 11 (0.31%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 325 (9.26%) Data Quality
2 163 (4.65%) GDPR
3 79 (2.25%) QA
4 43 (1.23%) Accessibility
5 30 (0.85%) PMO
6 26 (0.74%) Cyber Essentials
7 20 (0.57%) Actionable Recommendations
7 20 (0.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 18 (0.51%) SLA
9 13 (0.37%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 12 (0.34%) COBIT
11 9 (0.26%) GRC
11 9 (0.26%) ISO 9001
11 9 (0.26%) NIST
12 8 (0.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 4 (0.11%) ISO 22301
13 4 (0.11%) PCI DSS
14 2 (0.057%) HIPAA
15 1 (0.028%) GMP
15 1 (0.028%) IFRS
System Software
1 104 (2.96%) Active Directory
2 82 (2.34%) Virtual Machines
3 18 (0.51%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (0.31%) Docker
5 9 (0.26%) Hyper-V
6 8 (0.23%) Firmware
7 5 (0.14%) Virtual Desktop
8 3 (0.085%) vSphere
9 1 (0.028%) HDFS
9 1 (0.028%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 39 (1.11%) Terraform
2 27 (0.77%) Kubernetes
3 20 (0.57%) Ansible
4 15 (0.43%) Microsoft Intune
5 7 (0.20%) Foglight
5 7 (0.20%) Microsoft Clustering
5 7 (0.20%) Nagios
6 6 (0.17%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 5 (0.14%) Single Sign-On
8 4 (0.11%) Grafana
8 4 (0.11%) Puppet
9 3 (0.085%) SCCM
10 2 (0.057%) cPanel
11 1 (0.028%) Consul
11 1 (0.028%) Jamf Pro
11 1 (0.028%) Kibana
11 1 (0.028%) logstash
11 1 (0.028%) Packer
11 1 (0.028%) PaperCut
11 1 (0.028%) Salt
Vendors
1 1,457 (41.52%) Microsoft
2 235 (6.70%) Databricks
3 187 (5.33%) Oracle
4 178 (5.07%) Google
5 114 (3.25%) SAP
6 107 (3.05%) Alteryx
7 58 (1.65%) Salesforce
8 35 (1.00%) IFS
9 31 (0.88%) Cognos
10 29 (0.83%) Adobe
11 27 (0.77%) ServiceNow
12 26 (0.74%) VMware
13 21 (0.60%) Sophos
14 20 (0.57%) Aderant
14 20 (0.57%) iManage
15 19 (0.54%) Epicor
16 15 (0.43%) Civica
17 14 (0.40%) Atlassian
17 14 (0.40%) Workday
18 13 (0.37%) Apple