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

6 months to
10 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 87 67 86
Rank change year-on-year -20 +19 +11
Permanent jobs citing Power BI 2,197 2,620 5,261
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 2.80% 4.32% 3.64%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 17.19% 20.40% 14.22%
Number of salaries quoted 1,317 2,132 3,765
10th Percentile £36,400 £34,000 £35,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - +4.76%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £85,900 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £49,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +2.04% -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 12,780 12,846 36,993
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 16.29% 21.16% 25.56%
Number of salaries quoted 6,476 9,739 18,853
10th Percentile £37,500 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +4.17% +4.35%
75th Percentile £87,500 £80,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £115,000 £95,250 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +7.00%

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

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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 10 October 2024.

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 10 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 -22 1,993 £60,000 +4.35% 757
UK excluding London -26 1,275 £50,000 +2.04% 514
London -8 860 £70,000 +6.06% 258
Work from Home -37 741 £65,000 +18.04% 398
South East +4 349 £57,500 +10.58% 117
North of England -30 312 £50,000 +4.38% 163
Midlands -55 221 £52,000 +6.12% 81
North West -22 182 £50,000 +11.11% 83
West Midlands -49 173 £55,000 +10.00% 53
South West -57 139 £57,500 +9.52% 49
Scotland -1 131 £42,500 -19.05% 29
Yorkshire -11 110 £52,500 +5.00% 54
East of England -23 90 £50,000 - 56
East Midlands -26 47 £50,000 +14.29% 28
North East -34 20 £37,500 -21.05% 27
Wales -26 18 £47,500 +41.79% 8
Northern Ireland +25 11 - - 17
Channel Islands -7 3 £61,250 - 4
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
1 193 (8.78%) SharePoint
2 57 (2.59%) Apache
3 41 (1.87%) SAS
4 29 (1.32%) Apache Spark
5 24 (1.09%) Confluence
6 15 (0.68%) Microsoft Exchange
7 9 (0.41%) ArcGIS
8 8 (0.36%) Apache Airflow
9 7 (0.32%) IIS
10 5 (0.23%) CMS
11 4 (0.18%) Oracle Application Server
12 3 (0.14%) IBM Notes
12 3 (0.14%) Jupyter
12 3 (0.14%) Umbraco
13 2 (0.091%) Moodle
14 1 (0.046%) Adobe Experience Manager
14 1 (0.046%) Appian
14 1 (0.046%) Luigi
14 1 (0.046%) WordPress
Applications
1 504 (22.94%) Microsoft Excel
2 103 (4.69%) Microsoft Office
3 44 (2.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 19 (0.86%) Microsoft Project
5 18 (0.82%) MS Visio
6 14 (0.64%) AutoCAD
7 11 (0.50%) Chatbot
8 8 (0.36%) Spreadsheet
9 3 (0.14%) Trello
10 1 (0.046%) Acrobat
10 1 (0.046%) Photoshop
10 1 (0.046%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 96 (4.37%) Dynamics CRM
2 24 (1.09%) Dynamics NAV
3 12 (0.55%) SAP S/4HANA
4 11 (0.50%) NetSuite
5 10 (0.46%) SAP Business One
6 8 (0.36%) Sage X3
7 7 (0.32%) Dynamics AX
7 7 (0.32%) IBM Planning Analytics
8 6 (0.27%) Aladdin
8 6 (0.27%) Magento
9 5 (0.23%) Dynamics GP
9 5 (0.23%) iTrent
10 4 (0.18%) Eagle PACE
10 4 (0.18%) Markit EDM
10 4 (0.18%) Primavera
10 4 (0.18%) Salesforce CRM
10 4 (0.18%) SAP ERP
10 4 (0.18%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
11 3 (0.14%) Cognos Business Intelligence
11 3 (0.14%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 2,197 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 865 (39.37%) Azure
3 333 (15.16%) PowerApps
4 278 (12.65%) Power Automate
5 224 (10.20%) AWS
6 213 (9.70%) Microsoft 365
7 211 (9.60%) Dynamics 365
8 210 (9.56%) Azure Data Factory
9 168 (7.65%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 142 (6.46%) Azure DevOps
11 91 (4.14%) Snowflake
12 65 (2.96%) Azure Logic Apps
12 65 (2.96%) SaaS
13 53 (2.41%) dbt
14 47 (2.14%) GCP
14 47 (2.14%) GitHub
15 42 (1.91%) Cloud Computing
16 29 (1.32%) Serverless
17 28 (1.27%) Entra ID
18 22 (1.00%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 39 (1.78%) Firewall
2 32 (1.46%) DNS
3 14 (0.64%) DHCP
3 14 (0.64%) VoIP
4 13 (0.59%) VPN
5 11 (0.50%) Intrusion Detection
6 10 (0.46%) SAN
7 9 (0.41%) Internet
8 8 (0.36%) VLAN
8 8 (0.36%) WAN
8 8 (0.36%) Wi-Fi
9 7 (0.32%) LAN
9 7 (0.32%) VRRP
10 6 (0.27%) TCP/IP
10 6 (0.27%) Wireless
11 5 (0.23%) Intranet
11 5 (0.23%) Network Security
11 5 (0.23%) Remote Desktop
12 4 (0.18%) IPv6
12 4 (0.18%) Reverse Proxy
Database & Business Intelligence
1 486 (22.12%) Data Warehouse
2 476 (21.67%) Tableau
3 354 (16.11%) SQL Server
4 213 (9.70%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 210 (9.56%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 199 (9.06%) Data Lake
7 121 (5.51%) Power Query
8 98 (4.46%) Relational Database
9 90 (4.10%) Azure SQL Database
10 81 (3.69%) Big Data
11 63 (2.87%) Qlik Sense
12 61 (2.78%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 52 (2.37%) BusinessObjects
14 50 (2.28%) Looker
15 42 (1.91%) Data Mining
16 39 (1.78%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
17 38 (1.73%) Dremio
18 36 (1.64%) Apache Arrow
18 36 (1.64%) Data Vault
18 36 (1.64%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 76 (3.46%) Git
2 70 (3.19%) JIRA
3 37 (1.68%) Visual Studio
4 20 (0.91%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 17 (0.77%) Subversion
6 12 (0.55%) Visual Studio Code
7 11 (0.50%) PyCharm
8 6 (0.27%) Mercurial
8 6 (0.27%) Team Foundation Server
9 5 (0.23%) Bitbucket
10 4 (0.18%) Zephyr
11 3 (0.14%) Flyway
11 3 (0.14%) Liquibase
11 3 (0.14%) RStudio
12 2 (0.091%) ERwin
12 2 (0.091%) GitLab
12 2 (0.091%) Rational DOORS
13 1 (0.046%) Eclipse
13 1 (0.046%) ER Studio
13 1 (0.046%) Jenkins
General
1 672 (30.59%) Social Skills
2 612 (27.86%) Finance
3 576 (26.22%) Analytical Skills
4 183 (8.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 181 (8.24%) Marketing
6 109 (4.96%) Banking
7 107 (4.87%) Presentation Skills
8 90 (4.10%) Manufacturing
9 89 (4.05%) Retail
10 88 (4.01%) Legal
11 80 (3.64%) Law
12 74 (3.37%) Pharmaceutical
13 66 (3.00%) Public Sector
14 56 (2.55%) Organisational Skills
15 44 (2.00%) Investment Banking
16 40 (1.82%) Front Office
17 29 (1.32%) Influencing Skills
18 19 (0.86%) Telecoms
19 17 (0.77%) Automotive
20 15 (0.68%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 642 (29.22%) Analyst
2 464 (21.12%) Developer
3 321 (14.61%) Senior
4 242 (11.02%) Data Analyst
5 200 (9.10%) Data Engineer
6 171 (7.78%) Lead
7 150 (6.83%) Architect
8 142 (6.46%) Business Intelligence Developer
9 138 (6.28%) Senior Analyst
10 107 (4.87%) Consultant
11 86 (3.91%) Power BI Developer
12 83 (3.78%) Business Intelligence Analyst
13 80 (3.64%) Data Architect
13 80 (3.64%) SQL Developer
14 70 (3.19%) Power Platform Developer
15 64 (2.91%) Data Manager
16 60 (2.73%) Azure Engineer
17 59 (2.69%) Power BI Analyst
18 56 (2.55%) Senior Developer
19 55 (2.50%) Senior Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 138 (6.28%) .NET
2 115 (5.23%) HTML
3 69 (3.14%) CSS
4 44 (2.00%) XML
5 38 (1.73%) PySpark
6 37 (1.68%) REST
7 32 (1.46%) JSON
8 28 (1.27%) HTML5 Canvas
9 23 (1.05%) Web Services
10 22 (1.00%) .NET Framework
11 14 (0.64%) React
12 12 (0.55%) ASP.NET
12 12 (0.55%) Entity Framework
12 12 (0.55%) Middleware
12 12 (0.55%) SQLAlchemy
12 12 (0.55%) XSLT
13 11 (0.50%) Kafka
13 11 (0.50%) pyodbc
14 10 (0.46%) Node.js
14 10 (0.46%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 142 (6.46%) Management Information System
2 77 (3.50%) NHS
3 66 (3.00%) Data Structures
3 66 (3.00%) Product Ownership
4 50 (2.28%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 41 (1.87%) Analytical Mindset
5 41 (1.87%) Self-Motivation
6 39 (1.78%) Onboarding
7 36 (1.64%) Derivative
7 36 (1.64%) Equities
7 36 (1.64%) Fixed Income
7 36 (1.64%) Hedge funds
8 31 (1.41%) Data Centre
9 28 (1.27%) Algorithms
10 27 (1.23%) Cyberattack
10 27 (1.23%) Low-Code
11 25 (1.14%) Legacy Systems
12 19 (0.86%) Enterprise Software
12 19 (0.86%) Replication
13 18 (0.82%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 78 (3.55%) Windows
2 35 (1.59%) Windows Server
3 22 (1.00%) Linux
4 18 (0.82%) Unix
5 13 (0.59%) Windows Server 2019
6 10 (0.46%) Windows Server 2012
7 6 (0.27%) Windows Server 2016
8 3 (0.14%) Mac OS
8 3 (0.14%) Windows 10
9 2 (0.091%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.046%) Android
10 1 (0.046%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.046%) VMS
10 1 (0.046%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,731 (78.79%) Business Intelligence
2 703 (32.00%) Analytics
3 577 (26.26%) Visualisation
4 437 (19.89%) Data Modelling
5 434 (19.75%) Data Analysis
6 411 (18.71%) Data Visualisation
7 410 (18.66%) Problem-Solving
8 392 (17.84%) ETL
9 342 (15.57%) Agile
10 334 (15.20%) Decision-Making
11 281 (12.79%) DevOps
12 266 (12.11%) Computer Science
13 265 (12.06%) Data Science
14 261 (11.88%) Data Analytics
15 235 (10.70%) Data Management
16 207 (9.42%) Mentoring
17 204 (9.29%) Continuous Improvement
18 188 (8.56%) Data Governance
19 182 (8.28%) Artificial Intelligence
20 176 (8.01%) Data Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1,258 (57.26%) SQL
2 499 (22.71%) Python
3 200 (9.10%) C#
4 168 (7.65%) T-SQL
5 167 (7.60%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 128 (5.83%) JavaScript
7 121 (5.51%) PowerShell
8 98 (4.46%) VBA
9 97 (4.42%) R
10 23 (1.05%) Java
11 21 (0.96%) PL/SQL
12 19 (0.86%) Julia
13 18 (0.82%) TypeScript
14 17 (0.77%) Scala
15 14 (0.64%) VB
16 12 (0.55%) PHP
17 10 (0.46%) C++
17 10 (0.46%) Shell Script
18 7 (0.32%) Ruby
18 7 (0.32%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 515 (23.44%) Degree
2 149 (6.78%) Security Cleared
3 141 (6.42%) Computer Science Degree
4 94 (4.28%) SC Cleared
5 73 (3.32%) Master's Degree
6 62 (2.82%) Microsoft Certification
7 40 (1.82%) CISA
8 36 (1.64%) DV Cleared
9 32 (1.46%) Azure Certification
10 28 (1.27%) ACCA
11 26 (1.18%) CCAB
12 24 (1.09%) DBS Check
13 22 (1.00%) CIMA
14 18 (0.82%) CISM
15 17 (0.77%) CISSP
16 13 (0.59%) BPSS Clearance
16 13 (0.59%) MBA
17 12 (0.55%) PMI Certification
18 11 (0.50%) CompTIA CySA+
19 9 (0.41%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 232 (10.56%) Data Quality
2 58 (2.64%) QA
3 52 (2.37%) GDPR
4 30 (1.37%) Accessibility
5 26 (1.18%) ITGC
6 25 (1.14%) SLA
7 10 (0.46%) PMO
8 9 (0.41%) GRC
9 8 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 5 (0.23%) Actionable Recommendations
10 5 (0.23%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 5 (0.23%) ISO 9001
11 4 (0.18%) NIST
11 4 (0.18%) Software Quality Assurance
12 3 (0.14%) SOC 1
13 2 (0.091%) Cyber Essentials
13 2 (0.091%) EMIR
13 2 (0.091%) GLP
13 2 (0.091%) ISO/IEC 15288
13 2 (0.091%) MiFID
System Software
1 64 (2.91%) Active Directory
2 22 (1.00%) Virtual Machines
3 16 (0.73%) Hyper-V
4 15 (0.68%) VMware Infrastructure
5 7 (0.32%) Firmware
6 4 (0.18%) vSphere
7 3 (0.14%) Docker
7 3 (0.14%) pfSense
7 3 (0.14%) Terminal Server
7 3 (0.14%) Virtual Desktop
8 2 (0.091%) XenDesktop
9 1 (0.046%) HDFS
9 1 (0.046%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 28 (1.27%) Terraform
2 23 (1.05%) Microsoft Intune
3 9 (0.41%) FortiGate
4 7 (0.32%) Kubernetes
5 6 (0.27%) Ansible
6 4 (0.18%) SCCM
6 4 (0.18%) WSUS
7 3 (0.14%) Backup Exec
7 3 (0.14%) Failover Clustering
8 2 (0.091%) Grafana
8 2 (0.091%) Kibana
8 2 (0.091%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.091%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.046%) Control-M
9 1 (0.046%) cPanel
9 1 (0.046%) EMC NetWorker
9 1 (0.046%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 824 (37.51%) Microsoft
2 195 (8.88%) Databricks
3 94 (4.28%) Oracle
4 87 (3.96%) SAP
5 72 (3.28%) Google
6 37 (1.68%) Salesforce
7 27 (1.23%) Cognos
8 26 (1.18%) ServiceNow
9 22 (1.00%) Alteryx
10 19 (0.86%) IBM
11 16 (0.73%) VMware
12 15 (0.68%) Adobe
12 15 (0.68%) Epicor
13 14 (0.64%) Veeam
14 13 (0.59%) Informatica
15 12 (0.55%) Genesys
15 12 (0.55%) Verint
16 9 (0.41%) Citrix
16 9 (0.41%) HubSpot
16 9 (0.41%) IFS