Microsoft Power BI Developer
UK

The median Microsoft Power BI Developer salary in the UK is £55,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 731 886 984
Rank change year-on-year +155 +98 -277
Permanent jobs requiring a Power BI Developer 163 107 229
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.17% 0.10% 0.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.18% 0.11% 0.15%
Number of salaries quoted 141 99 204
10th Percentile £41,000 £36,650 £39,050
25th Percentile £45,000 £44,625 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £55,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -5.41% +16.84%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,250 £66,250
90th Percentile £72,500 £80,000 £77,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,250 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +7.89% -9.52% +16.67%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 92,901 95,961 148,050
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.57% 96.06%
Number of salaries quoted 66,751 60,281 85,224
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,686 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.19% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,495
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

Power BI Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Power BI Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Power BI Developer in the UK

Power BI Developer
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Power BI Developer in the UK

Power BI Developer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Power BI Developer over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Power BI Developer in the UK

Power BI Developer
Top 15 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Power BI Developer within the UK over the 6 months to 26 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 +167 146 £55,000 +4.76% 41
UK excluding London +33 90 £51,250 +7.89% 23
London +161 62 £55,000 -21.43% 20
Work from Home +89 59 £60,000 +9.09% 10
South East +55 31 £50,000 - 10
North of England +54 24 £51,250 +13.89% 1
North West +16 17 £52,500 - 1
South West -16 13 £60,000 +55.84% 2
East of England - 10 £53,750 - 2
Scotland -54 8 £45,000 +12.50%
Yorkshire +97 7 £42,000 +5.00%
Midlands -13 5 £52,500 +10.53% 8
East Midlands -22 3 £45,000 -5.26%
Wales - 3 - -
West Midlands +12 2 £54,750 +4.29% 8

Power BI Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 26 April 2024, Power BI Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Power BI Developer in the job title.

1 163 (100.00%) Power BI
1 163 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 159 (97.55%) Business Intelligence
3 116 (71.17%) SQL
4 86 (52.76%) Visualisation
5 82 (50.31%) Azure
6 71 (43.56%) ETL
7 69 (42.33%) Microsoft
8 67 (41.10%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 61 (37.42%) Data Modelling
10 50 (30.67%) Data Visualisation
10 50 (30.67%) Social Skills
11 48 (29.45%) Analytics
12 46 (28.22%) SQL Server
12 46 (28.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 46 (28.22%) Power Query
13 44 (26.99%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 44 (26.99%) Data Warehouse
14 43 (26.38%) T-SQL
14 43 (26.38%) Decision-Making
15 36 (22.09%) Analytical Skills
16 33 (20.25%) Finance
17 32 (19.63%) Problem-Solving
18 30 (18.40%) Requirements Gathering
18 30 (18.40%) DevOps
19 29 (17.79%) PowerApps
20 28 (17.18%) Data Integration
21 25 (15.34%) Data Lake
22 24 (14.72%) SQL Server Analysis Services
22 24 (14.72%) Data Analysis

Power BI Developer Skill Set
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 12 (7.36%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.84%) IBM Domino
3 2 (1.23%) Confluence
Applications
1 23 (14.11%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (3.07%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (2.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 11 (6.75%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (5.52%) Dynamics NAV
3 8 (4.91%) Dynamics AX
4 4 (2.45%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 163 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 82 (50.31%) Azure
3 29 (17.79%) PowerApps
4 22 (13.50%) Dynamics 365
4 22 (13.50%) Power Automate
5 14 (8.59%) Azure Data Factory
6 12 (7.36%) Microsoft 365
7 9 (5.52%) Azure DevOps
8 8 (4.91%) AWS
8 8 (4.91%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 4 (2.45%) Google Analytics
10 3 (1.84%) WhatsApp
11 2 (1.23%) Azure Logic Apps
11 2 (1.23%) Azure Sentinel
11 2 (1.23%) Cloud Computing
11 2 (1.23%) GitHub
12 1 (0.61%) Azure Storage
Communications & Networking
1 6 (3.68%) Network Security
2 2 (1.23%) DNS
2 2 (1.23%) Firewall
3 1 (0.61%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 163 (100.00%) Power BI
2 46 (28.22%) Power Query
2 46 (28.22%) SQL Server
2 46 (28.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 44 (26.99%) Data Warehouse
3 44 (26.99%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 25 (15.34%) Data Lake
5 24 (14.72%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 17 (10.43%) Tableau
7 7 (4.29%) Azure SQL Database
8 5 (3.07%) Amazon Athena
8 5 (3.07%) Microsoft Analysis Services
8 5 (3.07%) PostgreSQL
9 4 (2.45%) OLAP
9 4 (2.45%) OLAP Cube
9 4 (2.45%) QlikView
9 4 (2.45%) ThoughtSpot
10 3 (1.84%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
11 2 (1.23%) Oracle Database
11 2 (1.23%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 3 (1.84%) JIRA
2 2 (1.23%) Octopus Deploy
3 1 (0.61%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 50 (30.67%) Social Skills
2 36 (22.09%) Analytical Skills
3 33 (20.25%) Finance
4 16 (9.82%) Law
5 14 (8.59%) Presentation Skills
6 13 (7.98%) Legal
7 10 (6.13%) Retail
8 5 (3.07%) Marketing
9 4 (2.45%) Advertising
10 3 (1.84%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (1.84%) Telecoms
11 2 (1.23%) Games
11 2 (1.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (1.23%) Italian Language
11 2 (1.23%) Pharmaceutical
12 1 (0.61%) Banking
12 1 (0.61%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (6.13%) MDX
2 6 (3.68%) CSS
2 6 (3.68%) HTML
3 2 (1.23%) .NET
3 2 (1.23%) JSON
3 2 (1.23%) REST
3 2 (1.23%) SOAP
3 2 (1.23%) Web Services
3 2 (1.23%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (2.45%) Management Information System
1 4 (2.45%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (1.84%) Greenfield Project
2 3 (1.84%) Reinsurance
3 2 (1.23%) Algorithms
3 2 (1.23%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (0.61%) Life Science
4 1 (0.61%) Low-Code
4 1 (0.61%) Marketing Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 159 (97.55%) Business Intelligence
2 86 (52.76%) Visualisation
3 71 (43.56%) ETL
4 61 (37.42%) Data Modelling
5 50 (30.67%) Data Visualisation
6 48 (29.45%) Analytics
7 43 (26.38%) Decision-Making
8 32 (19.63%) Problem-Solving
9 30 (18.40%) DevOps
9 30 (18.40%) Requirements Gathering
10 28 (17.18%) Data Integration
11 24 (14.72%) Data Analysis
12 22 (13.50%) Agile
12 22 (13.50%) Data Science
13 20 (12.27%) Actionable Insight
14 19 (11.66%) Dashboard Development
15 18 (11.04%) Data-Driven Decision Making
16 17 (10.43%) Data Protection
17 16 (9.82%) Data Transformation
18 15 (9.20%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 116 (71.17%) SQL
2 67 (41.10%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 43 (26.38%) T-SQL
4 6 (3.68%) JavaScript
5 5 (3.07%) Python
6 2 (1.23%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 20 (12.27%) Degree
2 12 (7.36%) DBS Check
3 9 (5.52%) Microsoft Certification
4 6 (3.68%) SC Cleared
4 6 (3.68%) Security Cleared
5 4 (2.45%) Azure Certification
6 3 (1.84%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (1.23%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.61%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (4.29%) QA
2 4 (2.45%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 69 (42.33%) Microsoft
2 13 (7.98%) Databricks
3 6 (3.68%) Facebook
4 5 (3.07%) Alteryx
4 5 (3.07%) Oracle
5 4 (2.45%) Google
5 4 (2.45%) SAP
6 2 (1.23%) Cognos
6 2 (1.23%) IBM
6 2 (1.23%) Snow