Job Vacancy Trend Salary Trend Salary Histogram Skill Sets
Period
to 27 January 2022

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 January 2022 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

Microsoft Power BI
UK > Work from Home
6 months to
27 Jan 2022		 Same period 2021 Same period 2020
Rank 104 110 154
Rank change year-on-year +6 +44 +25
Permanent jobs citing Power BI 931 319 137
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 3.14% 2.85% 1.88%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 11.49% 9.75% 6.72%
Number of salaries quoted 753 286 126
10th Percentile £33,150 £30,000 £34,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £35,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £57,750
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -13.42% +25.54%
75th Percentile £67,500 £62,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £73,750 £76,250
UK median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% - +0.50%

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 WFH option and a requirement for database or business intelligence skills.

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
Work from Home
Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 8,101 3,272 2,039
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 27.32% 29.27% 27.99%
Number of salaries quoted 5,838 2,957 1,767
10th Percentile £37,500 £33,750 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £53,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.21% +6.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £77,500 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £81,750 £85,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% +4.76% -

Power BI
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Power BI as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Power BI trend for jobs with a WFH option

Power BI
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Power BI.

Power BI salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Power BI
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Power BI over the 6 months to 27 January 2022.

Power BI salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

For the 6 months to 27 January 2022, Power BI job roles required the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent jobs with a WFH option and a requirement for Power BI.

1 931 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 809 (86.90%) Business Intelligence
3 570 (61.22%) SQL
4 424 (45.54%) Azure
5 419 (45.01%) Microsoft
6 374 (40.17%) Analytics
7 314 (33.73%) Data Warehouse
8 270 (29.00%) Data Modelling
9 266 (28.57%) Visualisation
10 264 (28.36%) SQL Server
11 254 (27.28%) Analytical Skills
12 248 (26.64%) Python
13 227 (24.38%) Microsoft Excel
14 215 (23.09%) Tableau
15 205 (22.02%) Agile Software Development
16 203 (21.80%) Social Skills
17 202 (21.70%) ETL
18 190 (20.41%) Problem-Solving
19 173 (18.58%) Data Visualisation
19 173 (18.58%) Data Analysis
20 166 (17.83%) DevOps
21 163 (17.51%) SQL Server Reporting Services
22 151 (16.22%) C#
23 141 (15.15%) Finance
24 140 (15.04%) SQL Server Integration Services
25 109 (11.71%) R
26 105 (11.28%) Data Management
27 101 (10.85%) Data Analytics
27 101 (10.85%) Business Analytics
28 99 (10.63%) PowerApps

Power BI
Co-occurring IT Skills with a WFH Option by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 80 (8.59%) SharePoint
2 16 (1.72%) SAS
3 13 (1.40%) Apache Airflow
4 12 (1.29%) Apache Spark
4 12 (1.29%) CMS
5 9 (0.97%) Elasticsearch
6 5 (0.54%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 5 (0.54%) Umbraco
6 5 (0.54%) WordPress
7 4 (0.43%) Apache
7 4 (0.43%) IIS
8 3 (0.32%) Confluence
9 2 (0.21%) GlassFish
9 2 (0.21%) Tomcat
9 2 (0.21%) WebLogic
10 1 (0.11%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 1 (0.11%) Jadu
Applications
1 227 (24.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 33 (3.54%) Microsoft Office
3 24 (2.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 19 (2.04%) Spreadsheet
5 6 (0.64%) Chatbot
6 4 (0.43%) SPSS
7 2 (0.21%) Microsoft Project
8 1 (0.11%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 35 (3.76%) Dynamics CRM
2 23 (2.47%) Dynamics AX
3 19 (2.04%) NetSuite
4 10 (1.07%) Dynamics NAV
5 5 (0.54%) SAP CO
5 5 (0.54%) SAP FI
5 5 (0.54%) SAP FI/CO
6 4 (0.43%) SAP S/4HANA
7 3 (0.32%) SAP Oil and Gas
8 2 (0.21%) Findur
8 2 (0.21%) Infor M3
8 2 (0.21%) SAP BPC
8 2 (0.21%) SAP Business One
8 2 (0.21%) SAP ERP
8 2 (0.21%) SAP GRC
8 2 (0.21%) SAP MDG
8 2 (0.21%) Unit4 Business World
9 1 (0.11%) Oracle SCM
9 1 (0.11%) Sage X3
9 1 (0.11%) SAP CRM
Cloud Services
1 931 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 424 (45.54%) Azure
3 99 (10.63%) PowerApps
4 98 (10.53%) Azure Data Factory
5 90 (9.67%) AWS
6 84 (9.02%) Microsoft 365
7 73 (7.84%) Dynamics 365
8 72 (7.73%) Power Automate
9 49 (5.26%) PaaS
10 41 (4.40%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 38 (4.08%) Google Analytics
12 36 (3.87%) Azure Logic Apps
13 35 (3.76%) GCP
14 31 (3.33%) Snowflake
15 30 (3.22%) GitHub
16 29 (3.11%) Serverless
17 24 (2.58%) SaaS
18 23 (2.47%) IaaS
19 22 (2.36%) Azure Active Directory
20 14 (1.50%) Google Data Studio
Communications & Networking
1 15 (1.61%) Intranet
2 7 (0.75%) HTTP
3 4 (0.43%) Kerberos
3 4 (0.43%) SSL
4 2 (0.21%) Network Security
4 2 (0.21%) Skype
5 1 (0.11%) Firewall
5 1 (0.11%) Internet
5 1 (0.11%) LAN
5 1 (0.11%) SSH
5 1 (0.11%) WAN
5 1 (0.11%) WPA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 314 (33.73%) Data Warehouse
2 264 (28.36%) SQL Server
3 215 (23.09%) Tableau
4 163 (17.51%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 140 (15.04%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 94 (10.10%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
7 84 (9.02%) Data Lake
8 72 (7.73%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 66 (7.09%) Big Data
9 66 (7.09%) MySQL
9 66 (7.09%) Relational Database
10 59 (6.34%) Azure SQL Database
11 51 (5.48%) PostgreSQL
12 47 (5.05%) OLAP
13 46 (4.94%) SQL Server 2016
14 41 (4.40%) QlikView
15 40 (4.30%) Power Query
16 39 (4.19%) NoSQL
17 32 (3.44%) Looker
18 31 (3.33%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 69 (7.41%) Visual Studio
2 59 (6.34%) Git (software)
3 25 (2.69%) VSS/SourceSafe
4 21 (2.26%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 19 (2.04%) Team Foundation Server
6 15 (1.61%) JIRA
7 12 (1.29%) MorphX
8 6 (0.64%) Octopus Deploy
9 5 (0.54%) Postman
10 4 (0.43%) Bitbucket
11 3 (0.32%) AppVeyor
11 3 (0.32%) Jenkins
11 3 (0.32%) Selenium
12 2 (0.21%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 2 (0.21%) Eclipse
12 2 (0.21%) ERwin
12 2 (0.21%) PowerBuilder
12 2 (0.21%) Visual Studio Team System
13 1 (0.11%) HP UFT
13 1 (0.11%) JMeter
General
1 254 (27.28%) Analytical Skills
2 203 (21.80%) Social Skills
3 141 (15.15%) Finance
4 87 (9.34%) Publishing
5 71 (7.63%) Marketing
6 55 (5.91%) Retail
7 37 (3.97%) Law
8 36 (3.87%) Public Sector
9 30 (3.22%) Presentation Skills
10 24 (2.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 23 (2.47%) Pharmaceutical
12 21 (2.26%) Manufacturing
13 18 (1.93%) Legal
14 16 (1.72%) Organisational Skills
15 13 (1.40%) Automotive
16 9 (0.97%) Advertising
17 8 (0.86%) Influencing Skills
18 6 (0.64%) Banking
18 6 (0.64%) Billing
18 6 (0.64%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 295 (31.69%) Developer
2 227 (24.38%) Analyst
3 123 (13.21%) Data Engineer
4 118 (12.67%) Business Intelligence Developer
5 105 (11.28%) Data Analyst
6 80 (8.59%) Business Intelligence Analyst
7 69 (7.41%) Senior Developer
8 61 (6.55%) Administrator
9 52 (5.59%) Data Administrator
10 49 (5.26%) Consultant
11 46 (4.94%) Power BI Analyst
12 42 (4.51%) Azure Engineer
13 39 (4.19%) E-Commerce Administrator
13 39 (4.19%) Power BI Developer
14 38 (4.08%) Data Warehouse Developer
14 38 (4.08%) SQL Developer
15 33 (3.54%) Azure Developer
15 33 (3.54%) Senior Analyst
16 27 (2.90%) Software Developer
17 25 (2.69%) Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 84 (9.02%) .NET
2 55 (5.91%) JSON
3 35 (3.76%) Web Services
4 30 (3.22%) XML
5 29 (3.11%) MDX
6 28 (3.01%) REST
7 21 (2.26%) ASP.NET
7 21 (2.26%) HTML
8 17 (1.83%) CSS
9 16 (1.72%) PySpark
10 14 (1.50%) Node.js
11 13 (1.40%) Microsoft Graph
12 11 (1.18%) .NET Core
12 11 (1.18%) TensorFlow
13 10 (1.07%) JSON Schema
14 9 (0.97%) DOM
14 9 (0.97%) Keras
15 8 (0.86%) ASP.NET MVC
15 8 (0.86%) PyTorch
16 7 (0.75%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 63 (6.77%) Driving Licence
2 43 (4.62%) User Experience
3 39 (4.19%) Management Information System
4 35 (3.76%) Data Protection Act
5 33 (3.54%) Self-Motivation
6 32 (3.44%) Data Structures
7 24 (2.58%) Mobile App
8 22 (2.36%) Algorithms
9 21 (2.26%) Greenfield Project
10 19 (2.04%) Analytical Mindset
11 17 (1.83%) Virtual Team
12 16 (1.72%) Cloud Native
12 16 (1.72%) FMCG
12 16 (1.72%) Legacy Systems
13 13 (1.40%) Biotechnology
14 11 (1.18%) Life Science
15 10 (1.07%) Data Centre
16 9 (0.97%) NHS
17 7 (0.75%) Enterprise Software
17 7 (0.75%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 21 (2.26%) Windows
2 15 (1.61%) Linux
3 11 (1.18%) Apple iOS
4 10 (1.07%) Android
5 8 (0.86%) Windows Server
6 7 (0.75%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.11%) Kali Linux
7 1 (0.11%) Unix
7 1 (0.11%) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
1 809 (86.90%) Business Intelligence
2 374 (40.17%) Analytics
3 270 (29.00%) Data Modelling
4 266 (28.57%) Visualisation
5 205 (22.02%) Agile Software Development
6 202 (21.70%) ETL
7 190 (20.41%) Problem-Solving
8 173 (18.58%) Data Analysis
8 173 (18.58%) Data Visualisation
9 166 (17.83%) DevOps
10 105 (11.28%) Data Management
11 101 (10.85%) Business Analytics
11 101 (10.85%) Data Analytics
12 89 (9.56%) Data Science
13 88 (9.45%) Decision-Making
14 79 (8.49%) CRM
15 76 (8.16%) Data Engineering
16 72 (7.73%) Machine Learning
17 67 (7.20%) Data Architecture
17 67 (7.20%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 570 (61.22%) SQL
2 248 (26.64%) Python
3 151 (16.22%) C#
4 109 (11.71%) R
5 77 (8.27%) T-SQL
6 65 (6.98%) PowerShell
7 56 (6.02%) Data Analysis Expressions (DAX)
8 53 (5.69%) VB
9 40 (4.30%) JavaScript
10 24 (2.58%) Java
11 20 (2.15%) Scala
12 16 (1.72%) VBA
13 14 (1.50%) X++
14 12 (1.29%) PHP
14 12 (1.29%) Ruby
15 11 (1.18%) C
15 11 (1.18%) VB.NET
16 10 (1.07%) ActionScript
16 10 (1.07%) ActionScript 2.0
17 9 (0.97%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 91 (9.77%) Degree
2 33 (3.54%) Security Cleared
3 19 (2.04%) Microsoft Certification
4 18 (1.93%) SC Cleared
5 12 (1.29%) Computer Science Degree
6 10 (1.07%) Numerate Degree
7 9 (0.97%) Analytics IQ
8 8 (0.86%) MCSE
9 6 (0.64%) ISTQB
10 5 (0.54%) PMP
11 4 (0.43%) CTC Cleared
11 4 (0.43%) Master's Degree
11 4 (0.43%) PMI Certification
12 2 (0.21%) CISA
12 2 (0.21%) ITIL Certification
12 2 (0.21%) SAP Certification
13 1 (0.11%) MBCS
13 1 (0.11%) OSCP
13 1 (0.11%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 1 (0.11%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 70 (7.52%) Data Quality
2 55 (5.91%) QA
3 52 (5.59%) GDPR
4 14 (1.50%) PMO
5 8 (0.86%) SLA
6 6 (0.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (0.32%) GRC
8 2 (0.21%) COREP
9 1 (0.11%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.11%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.11%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.11%) NIST
9 1 (0.11%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 30 (3.22%) Active Directory
2 17 (1.83%) Docker
3 2 (0.21%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.11%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 25 (2.69%) Terraform
2 18 (1.93%) Kubernetes
3 13 (1.40%) Microsoft Intune
4 12 (1.29%) Ansible
4 12 (1.29%) Opscode Chef
4 12 (1.29%) Puppet
5 9 (0.97%) Matomo
5 9 (0.97%) Single Sign-On
6 7 (0.75%) Grafana
6 7 (0.75%) SCCM
7 2 (0.21%) Oozie
8 1 (0.11%) Control-M
8 1 (0.11%) Istio
8 1 (0.11%) Nagios
Vendors
1 419 (45.01%) Microsoft
2 76 (8.16%) Oracle
3 63 (6.77%) Databricks
4 59 (6.34%) Google
5 39 (4.19%) SAP
6 37 (3.97%) Informatica
7 29 (3.11%) Cognos
8 19 (2.04%) JD Edwards
8 19 (2.04%) Salesforce.com
9 16 (1.72%) Infor
10 14 (1.50%) IFS
11 13 (1.40%) Adobe
12 11 (1.18%) Alteryx
12 11 (1.18%) Birst
13 10 (1.07%) Civica
14 9 (0.97%) Snowplow
14 9 (0.97%) VMware
15 7 (0.75%) Anaplan
15 7 (0.75%) Citrix
15 7 (0.75%) Okta