Microsoft Power BI
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with 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 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 73 82 113
Rank change year-on-year +9 +31 -9
Permanent jobs citing Power BI 3,497 4,001 5,081
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 3.53% 3.94% 3.23%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 19.22% 18.46% 11.56%
Number of salaries quoted 2,825 2,523 3,573
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,500 £34,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £43,162 £41,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,635 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.48% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £72,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £91,250 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £47,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year - - +5.56%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
UK

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 requirement for database or business intelligence skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 18,197 21,669 43,969
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 18.35% 21.34% 27.93%
Number of salaries quoted 12,547 13,515 21,192
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,725 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% +8.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £76,250 £83,750 £79,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £102,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%

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

Power BI
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Power BI in the UK

Power BI
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Power BI over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Power BI in the UK

Power BI
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 8 May 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 +15 3,185 £55,000 - 941
UK excluding London +5 2,348 £47,500 - 597
Work from Home +4 1,499 £55,000 - 506
London +13 1,014 £65,000 -2.67% 366
North of England +11 648 £47,500 +5.56% 151
Midlands +14 518 £47,500 +2.70% 146
South East +14 497 £50,000 -4.76% 131
West Midlands +17 383 £50,000 +5.26% 92
North West +43 367 £47,500 +5.56% 89
South West -6 244 £47,500 -3.06% 70
East of England +99 225 £47,500 -5.00% 52
Yorkshire -14 194 £47,500 +2.70% 48
Scotland -9 183 £47,500 -0.44% 34
East Midlands +4 133 £42,500 +6.25% 54
North East -3 87 £43,750 -12.50% 14
Wales -37 28 £47,029 +17.57% 13
Northern Ireland +3 7 £67,500 +50.00% 6
Channel Islands -3 1 £67,500 +92.86% 1
Isle of Man - 1 £36,000 - 2

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
1 358 (10.24%) SharePoint
2 53 (1.52%) Microsoft Exchange
3 43 (1.23%) Confluence
4 38 (1.09%) Apache Spark
5 31 (0.89%) SAS
6 26 (0.74%) IIS
7 25 (0.71%) Apache
7 25 (0.71%) Apache Airflow
8 15 (0.43%) WordPress
9 12 (0.34%) CMS
10 7 (0.20%) Jupyter
11 5 (0.14%) IBM Notes
11 5 (0.14%) Oracle Application Server
12 3 (0.086%) SharePoint Server
13 2 (0.057%) Drupal
13 2 (0.057%) IBM Domino
13 2 (0.057%) Joomla!
13 2 (0.057%) Moodle
13 2 (0.057%) nginx
14 1 (0.029%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 862 (24.65%) Microsoft Excel
2 201 (5.75%) Microsoft Office
3 115 (3.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 59 (1.69%) Spreadsheet
5 34 (0.97%) MS Visio
6 13 (0.37%) Microsoft Project
7 12 (0.34%) SPSS
7 12 (0.34%) Trello
8 6 (0.17%) Photoshop
9 5 (0.14%) InDesign
10 3 (0.086%) AutoCAD
10 3 (0.086%) Autodesk Inventor
11 1 (0.029%) Acrobat
11 1 (0.029%) Adobe After Effects
11 1 (0.029%) Adobe Creative Suite
11 1 (0.029%) Adobe Illustrator
11 1 (0.029%) Adobe Premiere
11 1 (0.029%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 182 (5.20%) Dynamics CRM
2 20 (0.57%) Primavera
3 19 (0.54%) Dynamics AX
4 17 (0.49%) Elite 3E
5 14 (0.40%) Epicor Tropos
6 13 (0.37%) Dynamics NAV
7 10 (0.29%) NetSuite
7 10 (0.29%) SAP Business One
8 7 (0.20%) SAP S/4HANA
8 7 (0.20%) Shopify
9 6 (0.17%) Oracle Applications
9 6 (0.17%) SAP PLM
9 6 (0.17%) Teamcenter
10 4 (0.11%) Finacle
10 4 (0.11%) FLEXCUBE
10 4 (0.11%) Temenos T24
11 3 (0.086%) Oracle General Ledger
11 3 (0.086%) Oracle iProcurement
11 3 (0.086%) Sage 200
11 3 (0.086%) Sage 300 ERP
Cloud Services
1 3,497 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 1,319 (37.72%) Azure
3 516 (14.76%) PowerApps
4 470 (13.44%) Power Automate
5 396 (11.32%) Microsoft 365
6 306 (8.75%) Dynamics 365
7 264 (7.55%) Azure Data Factory
8 215 (6.15%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 204 (5.83%) AWS
10 156 (4.46%) Azure DevOps
11 122 (3.49%) GCP
12 108 (3.09%) Snowflake
13 72 (2.06%) Serverless
14 71 (2.03%) Azure Logic Apps
15 65 (1.86%) Google Analytics
16 55 (1.57%) SaaS
17 44 (1.26%) Entra ID
18 38 (1.09%) OneDrive
19 35 (1.00%) GitHub
20 33 (0.94%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 74 (2.12%) Broadband
2 40 (1.14%) DNS
3 33 (0.94%) Intranet
4 27 (0.77%) Firewall
5 24 (0.69%) DHCP
6 23 (0.66%) Network Security
7 22 (0.63%) Internet
8 13 (0.37%) LAN
8 13 (0.37%) WAN
9 12 (0.34%) Unified Communications
9 12 (0.34%) VPN
10 10 (0.29%) Remote Desktop
11 8 (0.23%) WebEx
12 7 (0.20%) NAS
13 6 (0.17%) SAN
14 5 (0.14%) TCP/IP
14 5 (0.14%) VoIP
14 5 (0.14%) Wireless
15 3 (0.086%) FTP
15 3 (0.086%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 752 (21.50%) SQL Server
2 617 (17.64%) Data Warehouse
3 609 (17.41%) Tableau
4 409 (11.70%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 352 (10.07%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 269 (7.69%) Data Lake
7 189 (5.40%) Azure SQL Database
8 168 (4.80%) Power Query
9 162 (4.63%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 133 (3.80%) Relational Database
11 76 (2.17%) Looker
12 71 (2.03%) Big Data
12 71 (2.03%) QlikView
13 60 (1.72%) Data Mining
14 59 (1.69%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
15 56 (1.60%) BigQuery
16 50 (1.43%) Metadata
17 49 (1.40%) BusinessObjects
18 48 (1.37%) NoSQL
19 47 (1.34%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 175 (5.00%) JIRA
2 70 (2.00%) Git
3 61 (1.74%) Visual Studio
4 52 (1.49%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 15 (0.43%) RStudio
5 15 (0.43%) Team Foundation Server
6 14 (0.40%) Jenkins
7 10 (0.29%) Oracle Forms
8 5 (0.14%) ERwin
8 5 (0.14%) GitLab
9 4 (0.11%) TeamCity
10 3 (0.086%) ER Studio
10 3 (0.086%) NUnit
10 3 (0.086%) Octopus Deploy
10 3 (0.086%) SpecFlow
10 3 (0.086%) Visual Studio Code
11 2 (0.057%) MSTest
11 2 (0.057%) Sourcetree
11 2 (0.057%) Visual Studio Team System
12 1 (0.029%) Moq
General
1 1,273 (36.40%) Social Skills
2 999 (28.57%) Finance
3 856 (24.48%) Analytical Skills
4 338 (9.67%) Retail
5 286 (8.18%) Marketing
6 279 (7.98%) Public Sector
7 183 (5.23%) Legal
8 177 (5.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 139 (3.97%) Presentation Skills
10 135 (3.86%) Law
11 133 (3.80%) Manufacturing
12 129 (3.69%) Banking
13 68 (1.94%) Organisational Skills
14 49 (1.40%) Local Government
15 46 (1.32%) Pharmaceutical
16 45 (1.29%) Telecoms
17 43 (1.23%) Back Office
17 43 (1.23%) Documentation Skills
18 40 (1.14%) Advertising
19 29 (0.83%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 950 (27.17%) Analyst
2 696 (19.90%) Developer
3 403 (11.52%) Senior
4 400 (11.44%) Data Analyst
5 311 (8.89%) Lead
6 273 (7.81%) Data Engineer
7 258 (7.38%) Business Intelligence Developer
8 232 (6.63%) Consultant
9 169 (4.83%) Business Intelligence Analyst
10 158 (4.52%) Senior Analyst
11 157 (4.49%) Power BI Developer
12 152 (4.35%) Architect
13 128 (3.66%) DBA
14 118 (3.37%) Senior Developer
15 117 (3.35%) Power Platform Developer
15 117 (3.35%) SQL DBA
16 108 (3.09%) Data Manager
17 100 (2.86%) Business Intelligence Consultant
18 83 (2.37%) Administrator
19 82 (2.34%) Power BI Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 185 (5.29%) .NET
2 131 (3.75%) HTML
3 82 (2.34%) CSS
4 70 (2.00%) JSON
5 66 (1.89%) ASP.NET
6 50 (1.43%) .NET Framework
6 50 (1.43%) REST
7 47 (1.34%) HTML5 Canvas
8 46 (1.32%) Web Services
9 39 (1.12%) PySpark
10 37 (1.06%) XML
11 27 (0.77%) Entity Framework
12 25 (0.71%) RESTful
13 23 (0.66%) MDX
14 21 (0.60%) ASP.NET Web API
15 18 (0.51%) ASP.NET MVC
15 18 (0.51%) React
16 14 (0.40%) .NET Core
17 13 (0.37%) GraphQL
18 12 (0.34%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 183 (5.23%) Management Information System
2 134 (3.83%) Self-Motivation
3 78 (2.23%) Onboarding
3 78 (2.23%) Product Ownership
4 65 (1.86%) Data Structures
5 55 (1.57%) Analytical Mindset
6 54 (1.54%) Enterprise Software
7 45 (1.29%) Low-Code
8 41 (1.17%) Algorithms
9 39 (1.12%) NHS
10 34 (0.97%) FMCG
11 30 (0.86%) Virtual Team
12 29 (0.83%) Data Centre
13 24 (0.69%) Legacy Systems
14 23 (0.66%) Greenfield Project
15 22 (0.63%) Reinsurance
16 20 (0.57%) IoT
16 20 (0.57%) PMI
17 18 (0.51%) Housing Association
18 17 (0.49%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 146 (4.18%) Windows
2 76 (2.17%) VMS
3 52 (1.49%) Linux
4 50 (1.43%) Windows Server
5 26 (0.74%) Windows 10
6 24 (0.69%) Unix
7 7 (0.20%) Windows Server 2019
8 6 (0.17%) Windows Server 2016
9 5 (0.14%) Android
9 5 (0.14%) Apple iOS
9 5 (0.14%) Mac OS
10 2 (0.057%) Ubuntu
11 1 (0.029%) Windows 7
11 1 (0.029%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.029%) Windows Vista
11 1 (0.029%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,951 (84.39%) Business Intelligence
2 955 (27.31%) Analytics
3 811 (23.19%) Visualisation
4 664 (18.99%) Agile
5 628 (17.96%) Problem-Solving
6 618 (17.67%) ETL
7 561 (16.04%) Data Analysis
8 537 (15.36%) Data Visualisation
9 507 (14.50%) Data Modelling
10 427 (12.21%) Decision-Making
11 356 (10.18%) Stakeholder Management
12 353 (10.09%) Data Science
13 345 (9.87%) Data Analytics
14 343 (9.81%) Migration
15 334 (9.55%) Project Management
16 332 (9.49%) Machine Learning
17 325 (9.29%) Data Governance
18 320 (9.15%) DevOps
19 316 (9.04%) Continuous Improvement
20 307 (8.78%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 1,982 (56.68%) SQL
2 590 (16.87%) Python
3 391 (11.18%) T-SQL
4 263 (7.52%) C#
5 260 (7.43%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 177 (5.06%) JavaScript
7 161 (4.60%) R
8 99 (2.83%) PowerShell
9 73 (2.09%) VBA
10 50 (1.43%) Java
11 37 (1.06%) PL/SQL
12 27 (0.77%) TypeScript
13 23 (0.66%) VB
14 19 (0.54%) PHP
15 15 (0.43%) VB.NET
16 14 (0.40%) C
17 13 (0.37%) Kusto Query Language
18 12 (0.34%) Go
18 12 (0.34%) Scala
19 11 (0.31%) Delphi
Qualifications
1 669 (19.13%) Degree
2 236 (6.75%) Microsoft Certification
3 159 (4.55%) DBS Check
4 117 (3.35%) Security Cleared
5 100 (2.86%) Computer Science Degree
6 84 (2.40%) Master's Degree
7 65 (1.86%) SC Cleared
8 51 (1.46%) Azure Certification
9 28 (0.80%) ITIL Certification
10 21 (0.60%) PMI Certification
11 20 (0.57%) CIPD
12 19 (0.54%) BPSS Clearance
13 18 (0.51%) Numerate Degree
14 17 (0.49%) CIMA
15 16 (0.46%) CISM
15 16 (0.46%) CISSP
15 16 (0.46%) MBA
16 13 (0.37%) ACCA
16 13 (0.37%) MCSE
17 11 (0.31%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 330 (9.44%) Data Quality
2 165 (4.72%) GDPR
3 78 (2.23%) QA
4 44 (1.26%) Accessibility
5 30 (0.86%) PMO
6 26 (0.74%) Cyber Essentials
7 22 (0.63%) Actionable Recommendations
8 20 (0.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 13 (0.37%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 13 (0.37%) NIST
9 13 (0.37%) SLA
10 12 (0.34%) COBIT
11 9 (0.26%) GRC
11 9 (0.26%) ISO 9001
12 8 (0.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 4 (0.11%) ISO 22301
13 4 (0.11%) PCI DSS
14 2 (0.057%) NCSC
15 1 (0.029%) IFRS
15 1 (0.029%) NIST 800
System Software
1 104 (2.97%) Active Directory
2 81 (2.32%) Virtual Machines
3 17 (0.49%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (0.29%) Docker
5 9 (0.26%) Hyper-V
6 8 (0.23%) Firmware
7 3 (0.086%) Virtual Desktop
7 3 (0.086%) vSphere
8 1 (0.029%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 35 (1.00%) Terraform
2 27 (0.77%) Kubernetes
3 20 (0.57%) Ansible
4 12 (0.34%) Microsoft Intune
5 7 (0.20%) Foglight
5 7 (0.20%) Microsoft Clustering
5 7 (0.20%) Nagios
6 6 (0.17%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 5 (0.14%) Single Sign-On
8 4 (0.11%) Grafana
8 4 (0.11%) Puppet
9 3 (0.086%) SCCM
10 2 (0.057%) cPanel
11 1 (0.029%) FortiGate
11 1 (0.029%) Kibana
11 1 (0.029%) logstash
11 1 (0.029%) Packer
11 1 (0.029%) PaperCut
11 1 (0.029%) Progress Chef
11 1 (0.029%) Salt
Vendors
1 1,459 (41.72%) Microsoft
2 237 (6.78%) Databricks
3 192 (5.49%) Oracle
4 171 (4.89%) Google
5 112 (3.20%) SAP
6 106 (3.03%) Alteryx
7 57 (1.63%) Salesforce
8 35 (1.00%) IFS
9 31 (0.89%) Cognos
10 26 (0.74%) Adobe
11 24 (0.69%) VMware
12 21 (0.60%) Aderant
12 21 (0.60%) ServiceNow
12 21 (0.60%) Sophos
13 20 (0.57%) iManage
14 19 (0.54%) Epicor
15 15 (0.43%) Civica
16 14 (0.40%) Nintex
16 14 (0.40%) Workday
17 13 (0.37%) Apple