Power BI Job Trends

Microsoft Power BI
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Power BI skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 63 75 62
Rank change year-on-year +12 -13 +17
Permanent jobs citing Power BI 2,045 1,889 2,355
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 3.41% 3.53% 4.23%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 31.43% 19.82% 20.55%
Number of salaries quoted 1,145 1,051 1,919
10th Percentile £36,250 £36,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -3.08%
75th Percentile £73,750 £76,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £88,750 £90,000 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year - +5.26% -5.00%

All Database & 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 6,507 9,532 11,461
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 10.85% 17.81% 20.58%
Number of salaries quoted 4,164 5,324 8,909
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £43,375 £47,500 £45,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £63,900 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.10% +6.50% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £77,715
90th Percentile £100,000 £114,775 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% -4.55%

Power BI
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Power BI relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Power BI job vacancy trend in the UK

Power BI
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Power BI.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Power BI

Power BI
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Power BI over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Power BI in the UK

Power BI
Top 17 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 14 January 2026. 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 1,827 £57,500 -4.17% 687
UK excluding London +13 1,292 £50,000 - 628
London +17 653 £70,000 +3.70% 216
Work from Home +11 527 £55,000 -5.17% 318
South East +24 348 £53,750 -9.09% 246
North of England +3 294 £50,000 +3.63% 130
Midlands +37 263 £50,000 - 103
West Midlands +24 173 £50,000 - 64
North West +3 165 £50,000 +1.01% 69
South West +42 139 £45,000 - 55
East of England -14 113 £46,750 -38.49% 54
Yorkshire -3 101 £43,500 -8.42% 40
Scotland -2 99 £47,500 +6.74% 27
East Midlands +38 88 £47,500 +5.56% 38
North East +29 28 £47,500 -7.32% 23
Wales +20 26 £40,750 -14.21% 17
Northern Ireland -3 19 £56,250 - 4

Power BI
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 125 (6.11%) SharePoint
2 30 (1.47%) Confluence
3 18 (0.88%) Apache Spark
4 17 (0.83%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 16 (0.78%) Apache Airflow
5 16 (0.78%) SAS
6 12 (0.59%) Microsoft Exchange
7 7 (0.34%) CMS
7 7 (0.34%) SugarCRM
8 5 (0.24%) Apache
8 5 (0.24%) WordPress
9 4 (0.20%) Umbraco
10 3 (0.15%) Drupal
11 2 (0.098%) Moodle
11 2 (0.098%) Oracle Application Server
12 1 (0.049%) Apache Superset
12 1 (0.049%) ArcGIS
12 1 (0.049%) Jupyter
Applications
1 889 (43.47%) Microsoft Excel
2 69 (3.37%) Microsoft Office
3 54 (2.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 21 (1.03%) Microsoft Project
5 18 (0.88%) MS Visio
6 16 (0.78%) Spreadsheet
7 14 (0.68%) Trello
8 11 (0.54%) Maya
9 5 (0.24%) Chatbot
10 2 (0.098%) AutoCAD
10 2 (0.098%) Revit
11 1 (0.049%) Acrobat
11 1 (0.049%) Adobe Illustrator
11 1 (0.049%) Adobe XD
11 1 (0.049%) InDesign
11 1 (0.049%) Oracle Smart View
11 1 (0.049%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 86 (4.21%) Dynamics CRM
2 18 (0.88%) Oracle ERP
3 11 (0.54%) NetSuite
3 11 (0.54%) Oracle EBS
4 10 (0.49%) Visualfiles
5 9 (0.44%) Dynamics NAV
5 9 (0.44%) Elite 3E
5 9 (0.44%) Shopify
6 7 (0.34%) Dynamics AX
6 7 (0.34%) SAP Business One
6 7 (0.34%) SAP CO
7 6 (0.29%) NEC Housing
8 5 (0.24%) IBM Planning Analytics
9 4 (0.20%) Oracle Payables
9 4 (0.20%) Oracle Receivables
9 4 (0.20%) Salesforce CRM
10 3 (0.15%) ResourceLink
10 3 (0.15%) SAP APO
10 3 (0.15%) SAP FI
10 3 (0.15%) SAP IBP
Cloud Services
1 2,045 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 942 (46.06%) Azure
3 287 (14.03%) Azure AI
4 219 (10.71%) Power Automate
5 190 (9.29%) PowerApps
6 187 (9.14%) Microsoft 365
7 162 (7.92%) Azure Data Factory
8 156 (7.63%) Snowflake
9 144 (7.04%) Dynamics 365
10 131 (6.41%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 130 (6.36%) Azure DevOps
12 93 (4.55%) AWS
13 68 (3.33%) dbt
14 60 (2.93%) GCP
14 60 (2.93%) Microsoft Copilot
15 58 (2.84%) GitHub
16 51 (2.49%) SaaS
17 43 (2.10%) Azure Logic Apps
18 35 (1.71%) Fivetran
19 34 (1.66%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 14 (0.68%) Firewall
2 11 (0.54%) Intranet
3 9 (0.44%) DHCP
3 9 (0.44%) DNS
3 9 (0.44%) TCP/IP
4 7 (0.34%) VoIP
4 7 (0.34%) WAN
5 6 (0.29%) LAN
6 5 (0.24%) Modbus
6 5 (0.24%) MQTT
7 4 (0.20%) VPN
8 2 (0.098%) Network Security
8 2 (0.098%) VLAN
8 2 (0.098%) Wi-Fi
9 1 (0.049%) ADSL
9 1 (0.049%) BGP
9 1 (0.049%) FTP
9 1 (0.049%) Internet
9 1 (0.049%) NAS
9 1 (0.049%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 600 (29.34%) Tableau
2 213 (10.42%) SQL Server
3 192 (9.39%) Data Warehouse
4 171 (8.36%) Data Lake
5 126 (6.16%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 99 (4.84%) Power Query
7 78 (3.81%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 72 (3.52%) Azure SQL Database
8 72 (3.52%) Looker
9 63 (3.08%) SAP BW
10 43 (2.10%) Relational Database
11 42 (2.05%) Metadata
12 40 (1.96%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 30 (1.47%) BigQuery
14 25 (1.22%) Crystal Reports
14 25 (1.22%) Qlik Sense
15 22 (1.08%) BusinessObjects
16 21 (1.03%) Amazon Redshift
17 20 (0.98%) Data Mining
17 20 (0.98%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 93 (4.55%) Git
2 65 (3.18%) JIRA
3 36 (1.76%) Visual Studio
4 20 (0.98%) Jenkins
5 17 (0.83%) Oracle Forms
6 9 (0.44%) GitLab
7 6 (0.29%) ERwin
8 4 (0.20%) ER Studio
8 4 (0.20%) PowerDesigner
9 2 (0.098%) DBeaver
9 2 (0.098%) Postman
9 2 (0.098%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 1 (0.049%) Axure RP
10 1 (0.049%) Bitbucket
10 1 (0.049%) LSMW
10 1 (0.049%) Mercurial
10 1 (0.049%) Oracle APEX
10 1 (0.049%) SonarQube
10 1 (0.049%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 936 (45.77%) Social Skills
2 696 (34.03%) Finance
3 557 (27.24%) Analytical Skills
4 157 (7.68%) Marketing
5 107 (5.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 103 (5.04%) Manufacturing
7 89 (4.35%) Law
8 85 (4.16%) Retail
9 84 (4.11%) Legal
10 76 (3.72%) Presentation Skills
11 71 (3.47%) Public Sector
12 66 (3.23%) Organisational Skills
13 47 (2.30%) Banking
14 41 (2.00%) Games
15 34 (1.66%) Advertising
16 33 (1.61%) Billing
17 26 (1.27%) Influencing Skills
18 22 (1.08%) Financial Institution
19 19 (0.93%) Documentation Skills
19 19 (0.93%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 883 (43.18%) Analyst
2 495 (24.21%) Data Analyst
3 295 (14.43%) Junior
4 286 (13.99%) Junior Analyst
5 276 (13.50%) Junior Data Analyst
6 235 (11.49%) Senior
7 218 (10.66%) Developer
8 172 (8.41%) Lead
9 152 (7.43%) Data Engineer
10 88 (4.30%) Business Intelligence Developer
11 85 (4.16%) Senior Analyst
12 83 (4.06%) Support Analyst
13 78 (3.81%) Architect
14 75 (3.67%) Business Intelligence Analyst
15 69 (3.37%) Report Analyst
16 68 (3.33%) Business Analyst
17 63 (3.08%) Applications Support
18 59 (2.89%) Financial Analyst
19 55 (2.69%) Consultant
20 48 (2.35%) Power Platform Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 57 (2.79%) .NET
2 45 (2.20%) REST
3 28 (1.37%) PySpark
4 27 (1.32%) HTML
5 26 (1.27%) Web Services
6 25 (1.22%) JSON
6 25 (1.22%) SOAP
7 24 (1.17%) RESTful
8 23 (1.12%) XML
9 22 (1.08%) EDI
10 20 (0.98%) HTML5 Canvas
11 18 (0.88%) CSS
12 17 (0.83%) OAuth
12 17 (0.83%) OAuth2
12 17 (0.83%) SAML
13 13 (0.64%) Middleware
14 11 (0.54%) Pandas
14 11 (0.54%) React
15 9 (0.44%) AngularJS
15 9 (0.44%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 96 (4.69%) Analytical Mindset
2 82 (4.01%) Management Information System
3 59 (2.89%) Cloud Native
4 54 (2.64%) Data Structures
4 54 (2.64%) Product Ownership
5 52 (2.54%) Self-Motivation
6 50 (2.44%) Onboarding
7 43 (2.10%) Enterprise Software
8 34 (1.66%) FMCG
9 30 (1.47%) Low-Code
10 26 (1.27%) Legacy Systems
11 22 (1.08%) Driving Licence
12 21 (1.03%) Social Media
13 20 (0.98%) Reinsurance
14 17 (0.83%) Greenfield Project
15 15 (0.73%) Algorithms
16 10 (0.49%) Credit Risk
16 10 (0.49%) NHS
17 9 (0.44%) Data Protection Act
17 9 (0.44%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 48 (2.35%) Windows
2 12 (0.59%) Linux
3 8 (0.39%) Mac OS
3 8 (0.39%) Unix
4 7 (0.34%) Windows 10
5 4 (0.20%) Windows Server
6 3 (0.15%) Android
7 1 (0.049%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.049%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.049%) VMS
7 1 (0.049%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,928 (94.28%) Business Intelligence
2 710 (34.72%) Analytics
3 542 (26.50%) AI
4 492 (24.06%) Problem-Solving
5 485 (23.72%) Decision-Making
6 421 (20.59%) Visualisation
7 392 (19.17%) Data Modelling
8 340 (16.63%) Continuous Improvement
9 317 (15.50%) Agile
10 303 (14.82%) Data Analysis
11 292 (14.28%) ETL
12 288 (14.08%) Actionable Insight
13 258 (12.62%) Data Visualisation
14 234 (11.44%) Data Governance
15 214 (10.46%) ERP
16 202 (9.88%) DevOps
17 197 (9.63%) Stakeholder Management
18 196 (9.58%) Data Engineering
19 195 (9.54%) Data Analytics
20 180 (8.80%) Data Pipeline
Programming Languages
1 1,175 (57.46%) SQL
2 743 (36.33%) Python
3 140 (6.85%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 79 (3.86%) C#
5 68 (3.33%) PowerShell
6 66 (3.23%) VBA
7 65 (3.18%) JavaScript
8 54 (2.64%) R
9 46 (2.25%) T-SQL
10 30 (1.47%) PL/SQL
11 27 (1.32%) Java
12 23 (1.12%) Scala
13 19 (0.93%) Shell Script
14 8 (0.39%) TypeScript
15 7 (0.34%) ANSI SQL
16 6 (0.29%) Delphi
16 6 (0.29%) Kusto Query Language
17 5 (0.24%) Bash
18 4 (0.20%) Bicep
18 4 (0.20%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 428 (20.93%) Degree
2 305 (14.91%) Azure Certification
3 73 (3.57%) ACCA
4 72 (3.52%) CIMA
5 65 (3.18%) Security Cleared
6 61 (2.98%) Microsoft Certification
7 56 (2.74%) DBS Check
8 51 (2.49%) SC Cleared
9 50 (2.44%) PMI Certification
9 50 (2.44%) PMP
10 49 (2.40%) Computer Science Degree
11 38 (1.86%) Master's Degree
12 20 (0.98%) CISSP
13 19 (0.93%) CISA
14 14 (0.68%) HND
15 12 (0.59%) CISM
15 12 (0.59%) CRISC
15 12 (0.59%) Numerate Degree
15 12 (0.59%) Six Sigma Green Belt
16 11 (0.54%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 316 (15.45%) Data Quality
2 82 (4.01%) GDPR
3 72 (3.52%) QA
4 64 (3.13%) Accessibility
5 48 (2.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 44 (2.15%) PMO
7 32 (1.56%) SLA
8 21 (1.03%) Actionable Recommendations
9 16 (0.78%) NIST
10 14 (0.68%) Cyber Essentials
10 14 (0.68%) GRC
11 12 (0.59%) COBIT
11 12 (0.59%) ITGC
12 6 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 4 (0.20%) IFRS
14 3 (0.15%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 3 (0.15%) IFRS 17
15 2 (0.098%) MiFID
15 2 (0.098%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 2 (0.098%) WCAG
System Software
1 28 (1.37%) Active Directory
2 11 (0.54%) Docker
3 5 (0.24%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.098%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.049%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.049%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.049%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.049%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 32 (1.56%) Terraform
2 25 (1.22%) Single Sign-On
3 22 (1.08%) Microsoft Intune
4 11 (0.54%) Kubernetes
5 6 (0.29%) RSA Archer
6 5 (0.24%) FortiGate
7 3 (0.15%) Argo
7 3 (0.15%) Control-M
8 2 (0.098%) Microsoft Clustering
9 1 (0.049%) Grafana
9 1 (0.049%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.049%) MOM
9 1 (0.049%) SCCM
Vendors
1 844 (41.27%) Microsoft
2 157 (7.68%) SAP
3 121 (5.92%) Databricks
4 103 (5.04%) Oracle
5 63 (3.08%) Google
6 57 (2.79%) Salesforce
7 39 (1.91%) ServiceNow
8 37 (1.81%) Alteryx
9 29 (1.42%) Anaplan
10 25 (1.22%) Verint
11 22 (1.08%) Informatica
12 21 (1.03%) Adobe
13 20 (0.98%) Genesys
14 17 (0.83%) Concur
15 16 (0.78%) HubSpot
16 15 (0.73%) Intapp
17 13 (0.64%) MuleSoft
18 12 (0.59%) Dell
19 11 (0.54%) Dataiku
20 10 (0.49%) IBM