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 1 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 84 69 81
Rank change year-on-year -15 +12 +22
Permanent jobs citing Power BI 1,576 3,470 4,361
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 3.12% 3.76% 3.94%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 20.50% 19.87% 18.19%
Number of salaries quoted 1,097 2,797 2,828
10th Percentile £36,250 £32,500 £35,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,000 £53,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.43% -3.64% -
75th Percentile £76,000 £67,500 £72,647
90th Percentile £92,500 £84,964 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,250 £47,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +5.79% - -

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 7,689 17,462 23,975
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 15.23% 18.91% 21.65%
Number of salaries quoted 5,216 12,423 14,654
10th Percentile £37,500 £35,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £42,725 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £57,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% -8.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £85,000 £75,000 £84,056
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% +10.00%

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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 1 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 1 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 -21 1,442 £60,000 +10.09% 1,830
UK excluding London -22 949 £50,250 +5.79% 903
Work from Home -13 564 £57,500 +4.55% 922
London -16 534 £70,000 +7.69% 1,070
North of England -42 258 £48,000 +1.05% 261
South East +3 242 £55,000 +10.00% 265
Midlands -49 187 £50,000 +5.26% 161
North West -39 182 £50,000 +5.26% 146
West Midlands -52 138 £51,250 +5.67% 105
East of England 0 123 £70,000 +47.37% 64
South West -16 75 £48,000 +1.05% 80
Yorkshire -21 68 £47,500 -4.67% 89
Scotland +12 50 £47,000 -1.17% 67
East Midlands -15 49 £43,000 +2.39% 53
North East -28 8 £47,500 +8.57% 27
Northern Ireland +33 6 £32,500 -50.94% 12
Wales +14 5 £43,000 -8.57% 10
Isle of Man +14 3 £38,000 +5.56%
Channel Islands - 2 £78,750 -

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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
1 118 (7.49%) SharePoint
2 43 (2.73%) Apache Spark
3 17 (1.08%) Apache
4 16 (1.02%) Apache Airflow
5 13 (0.82%) Confluence
6 10 (0.63%) Microsoft Exchange
7 6 (0.38%) SAS
8 4 (0.25%) CMS
8 4 (0.25%) IIS
8 4 (0.25%) Jupyter
9 3 (0.19%) EPiServer
9 3 (0.19%) SugarCRM
9 3 (0.19%) WordPress
10 2 (0.13%) ArcGIS
10 2 (0.13%) nginx
10 2 (0.13%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 1 (0.063%) Moodle
Applications
1 388 (24.62%) Microsoft Excel
2 76 (4.82%) Microsoft Office
3 49 (3.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 17 (1.08%) MS Visio
5 13 (0.82%) Trello
6 9 (0.57%) Microsoft Project
6 9 (0.57%) Spreadsheet
7 4 (0.25%) Chatbot
7 4 (0.25%) Maya
7 4 (0.25%) SPSS
8 1 (0.063%) Simulink
8 1 (0.063%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 59 (3.74%) Dynamics CRM
2 11 (0.70%) Elite 3E
3 10 (0.63%) Dynamics NAV
4 7 (0.44%) Dynamics AX
5 6 (0.38%) Infor M3
5 6 (0.38%) SAP S/4HANA
6 4 (0.25%) Aladdin
6 4 (0.25%) IBM Planning Analytics
6 4 (0.25%) Infor LN
6 4 (0.25%) iTrent
7 3 (0.19%) Payment Gateway
7 3 (0.19%) Sage 200
7 3 (0.19%) SAP Business One
7 3 (0.19%) Shopify
8 2 (0.13%) Cloudability
8 2 (0.13%) NEC Housing
8 2 (0.13%) Salesforce CRM
8 2 (0.13%) SAP ERP
8 2 (0.13%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 2 (0.13%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 1,576 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 591 (37.50%) Azure
3 182 (11.55%) PowerApps
4 176 (11.17%) Power Automate
5 147 (9.33%) Dynamics 365
6 145 (9.20%) Azure Data Factory
7 134 (8.50%) AWS
8 126 (7.99%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 120 (7.61%) Microsoft 365
10 80 (5.08%) GCP
11 79 (5.01%) Azure DevOps
12 78 (4.95%) Snowflake
13 52 (3.30%) Azure Logic Apps
14 51 (3.24%) GitHub
15 41 (2.60%) Serverless
16 38 (2.41%) dbt
17 34 (2.16%) SaaS
18 30 (1.90%) Azure Functions
18 30 (1.90%) Google Analytics
19 22 (1.40%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 15 (0.95%) DNS
2 10 (0.63%) DHCP
2 10 (0.63%) Firewall
3 8 (0.51%) Internet
3 8 (0.51%) TCP/IP
3 8 (0.51%) VPN
4 6 (0.38%) SAN
4 6 (0.38%) VoIP
5 4 (0.25%) 5G
5 4 (0.25%) Wireless
6 3 (0.19%) IP Telephony
6 3 (0.19%) VLAN
7 2 (0.13%) CHAP
7 2 (0.13%) FTP
7 2 (0.13%) Intranet
7 2 (0.13%) NAS
7 2 (0.13%) Network Security
7 2 (0.13%) Reverse Proxy
7 2 (0.13%) WAN
7 2 (0.13%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 294 (18.65%) Data Warehouse
2 291 (18.46%) Tableau
3 187 (11.87%) SQL Server
4 178 (11.29%) Power Query
5 158 (10.03%) Data Lake
6 141 (8.95%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 98 (6.22%) GIS
8 95 (6.03%) Geospatial Data
9 93 (5.90%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 74 (4.70%) Big Data
11 71 (4.51%) Azure SQL Database
12 45 (2.86%) Metadata
13 39 (2.47%) BigQuery
13 39 (2.47%) Looker
14 38 (2.41%) Relational Database
15 36 (2.28%) SQL Server Analysis Services
16 26 (1.65%) Data Mining
17 25 (1.59%) Amazon Redshift
17 25 (1.59%) NoSQL
17 25 (1.59%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 51 (3.24%) JIRA
2 35 (2.22%) Git
3 29 (1.84%) Visual Studio
4 15 (0.95%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 6 (0.38%) Terragrunt
6 5 (0.32%) ERwin
7 4 (0.25%) Cypress.io
7 4 (0.25%) JMeter
7 4 (0.25%) MLflow
7 4 (0.25%) Selenium
8 3 (0.19%) ER Studio
8 3 (0.19%) GitLab
9 2 (0.13%) Burp Suite
9 2 (0.13%) ESLint
9 2 (0.13%) Gatling
9 2 (0.13%) git-flow
9 2 (0.13%) Jenkins
9 2 (0.13%) Postman
9 2 (0.13%) REST Assured
9 2 (0.13%) TestRail
General
1 598 (37.94%) Social Skills
2 440 (27.92%) Finance
3 375 (23.79%) Analytical Skills
4 123 (7.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 103 (6.54%) Marketing
6 101 (6.41%) Organisational Skills
7 93 (5.90%) Law
8 87 (5.52%) Presentation Skills
9 68 (4.31%) Banking
9 68 (4.31%) Retail
10 56 (3.55%) Manufacturing
11 55 (3.49%) Public Sector
12 52 (3.30%) Legal
13 24 (1.52%) Advertising
14 23 (1.46%) Documentation Skills
15 22 (1.40%) Automotive
15 22 (1.40%) Telecoms
16 21 (1.33%) Influencing Skills
17 19 (1.21%) Billing
18 14 (0.89%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 492 (31.22%) Analyst
2 227 (14.40%) Developer
3 193 (12.25%) Senior
4 185 (11.74%) Data Analyst
5 156 (9.90%) Data Engineer
6 144 (9.14%) Lead
7 87 (5.52%) Business Intelligence Developer
8 84 (5.33%) Senior Analyst
9 72 (4.57%) Digital Analyst
10 70 (4.44%) Business Intelligence Analyst
11 65 (4.12%) Architect
12 54 (3.43%) Power BI Developer
13 52 (3.30%) Financial Analyst
14 48 (3.05%) Data Manager
15 39 (2.47%) Consultant
15 39 (2.47%) Data Scientist
16 38 (2.41%) Power BI Analyst
17 36 (2.28%) Analytics Manager
18 35 (2.22%) Business Analyst
19 34 (2.16%) Senior Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 72 (4.57%) .NET
2 34 (2.16%) JSON
2 34 (2.16%) REST
3 33 (2.09%) CSS
4 29 (1.84%) HTML
5 28 (1.78%) XML
6 23 (1.46%) Kafka
7 20 (1.27%) .NET Framework
7 20 (1.27%) PySpark
8 18 (1.14%) EDI
9 16 (1.02%) ASP.NET
9 16 (1.02%) React
9 16 (1.02%) SOAP
10 14 (0.89%) Middleware
10 14 (0.89%) RESTful
11 11 (0.70%) .NET Core
11 11 (0.70%) Web Services
12 10 (0.63%) ASP.NET Web API
13 9 (0.57%) AngularJS
13 9 (0.57%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 113 (7.17%) Algorithms
2 106 (6.73%) Management Information System
3 48 (3.05%) Product Ownership
4 33 (2.09%) Data Structures
5 26 (1.65%) Analytical Mindset
6 24 (1.52%) Social Media
7 22 (1.40%) Cloud Native
8 20 (1.27%) Legacy Systems
9 19 (1.21%) Low-Code
10 17 (1.08%) Self-Motivation
11 16 (1.02%) Enterprise Software
12 13 (0.82%) NHS
12 13 (0.82%) Onboarding
13 12 (0.76%) Mobile App
14 11 (0.70%) Virtual Team
15 10 (0.63%) Blockchain
15 10 (0.63%) Linux Command Line
15 10 (0.63%) Reinsurance
16 9 (0.57%) Greenfield Project
16 9 (0.57%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 29 (1.84%) Windows
2 21 (1.33%) Linux
3 10 (0.63%) Windows Vista
4 5 (0.32%) Windows 10
5 3 (0.19%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (0.13%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.13%) SUSE
6 2 (0.13%) Unix
6 2 (0.13%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.063%) Android
7 1 (0.063%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.063%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,349 (85.60%) Business Intelligence
2 642 (40.74%) Analytics
3 471 (29.89%) Visualisation
4 467 (29.63%) Problem-Solving
5 342 (21.70%) Data Analysis
6 310 (19.67%) Data Management
7 292 (18.53%) Data Visualisation
8 291 (18.46%) Actionable Insight
9 288 (18.27%) Data Modelling
10 279 (17.70%) Decision-Making
11 277 (17.58%) ETL
12 256 (16.24%) Agile
13 250 (15.86%) Data Analytics
14 200 (12.69%) Data Engineering
15 197 (12.50%) Artificial Intelligence
16 182 (11.55%) Data Governance
17 165 (10.47%) DevOps
18 164 (10.41%) Stakeholder Management
19 151 (9.58%) Data Science
20 147 (9.33%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 885 (56.15%) SQL
2 353 (22.40%) Python
3 145 (9.20%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 90 (5.71%) R
5 87 (5.52%) T-SQL
6 86 (5.46%) C#
7 61 (3.87%) PowerShell
8 49 (3.11%) JavaScript
9 43 (2.73%) Java
10 20 (1.27%) C++
11 14 (0.89%) VBA
12 13 (0.82%) TypeScript
13 11 (0.70%) PL/SQL
13 11 (0.70%) Scala
13 11 (0.70%) VB.NET
14 9 (0.57%) Bash
15 5 (0.32%) PHP
15 5 (0.32%) Shell Script
15 5 (0.32%) VB
15 5 (0.32%) X++
Qualifications
1 350 (22.21%) Degree
2 79 (5.01%) DBS Check
3 46 (2.92%) Security Cleared
4 40 (2.54%) Computer Science Degree
5 36 (2.28%) ACCA
6 34 (2.16%) CIMA
7 33 (2.09%) Azure Certification
8 32 (2.03%) Microsoft Certification
9 31 (1.97%) SC Cleared
10 21 (1.33%) Master's Degree
11 16 (1.02%) BPSS Clearance
12 13 (0.82%) CISSP
13 11 (0.70%) DV Cleared
14 10 (0.63%) AAT
14 10 (0.63%) Numerate Degree
15 7 (0.44%) CISM
15 7 (0.44%) HND
15 7 (0.44%) PMI Certification
16 6 (0.38%) CSPO
17 5 (0.32%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 233 (14.78%) Data Quality
2 67 (4.25%) QA
3 58 (3.68%) GDPR
4 29 (1.84%) Accessibility
5 15 (0.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 15 (0.95%) PMO
6 9 (0.57%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 9 (0.57%) SLA
7 6 (0.38%) GxP
7 6 (0.38%) HL7
7 6 (0.38%) NIST
7 6 (0.38%) SNOMED CT
8 4 (0.25%) Actionable Recommendations
8 4 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials
8 4 (0.25%) IFRS
9 3 (0.19%) GRC
9 3 (0.19%) MiFID
9 3 (0.19%) PCI DSS
9 3 (0.19%) SOC 2
10 2 (0.13%) HIPAA
System Software
1 28 (1.78%) Active Directory
2 21 (1.33%) Docker
3 8 (0.51%) Hyper-V
4 7 (0.44%) Virtual Machines
4 7 (0.44%) VMware Infrastructure
5 6 (0.38%) XenDesktop
6 4 (0.25%) HDFS
6 4 (0.25%) Virtual Desktop
7 3 (0.19%) vSphere
7 3 (0.19%) XenApp
8 1 (0.063%) pfSense
8 1 (0.063%) Terminal Server
8 1 (0.063%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.063%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 21 (1.33%) Terraform
2 14 (0.89%) Kubernetes
3 10 (0.63%) Microsoft Intune
4 7 (0.44%) SCCM
5 3 (0.19%) Ansible
6 2 (0.13%) FortiGate
6 2 (0.13%) Grafana
6 2 (0.13%) HP Quality Center
6 2 (0.13%) SCOM
7 1 (0.063%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.063%) Failover Clustering
7 1 (0.063%) Istio
7 1 (0.063%) Kibana
7 1 (0.063%) Nessus
7 1 (0.063%) OpenVAS
7 1 (0.063%) QRadar
7 1 (0.063%) RSA Archer
7 1 (0.063%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 501 (31.79%) Microsoft
2 176 (11.17%) Databricks
3 80 (5.08%) Google
3 80 (5.08%) SAP
4 78 (4.95%) Alteryx
5 58 (3.68%) Salesforce
6 39 (2.47%) Oracle
7 38 (2.41%) ServiceNow
8 20 (1.27%) IBM
9 16 (1.02%) Aderant
9 16 (1.02%) Informatica
10 13 (0.82%) Cognos
10 13 (0.82%) Intapp
11 12 (0.76%) Dell
12 10 (0.63%) Infor
13 9 (0.57%) Citrix
14 8 (0.51%) Adobe
14 8 (0.51%) VMware
15 7 (0.44%) Bloomberg
15 7 (0.44%) Teradata