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 20 May 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
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 730 874 1018
Rank change year-on-year +144 +144 -280
Permanent jobs requiring a Power BI Developer 156 101 226
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.16% 0.10% 0.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.16% 0.11% 0.14%
Number of salaries quoted 133 91 201
10th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £39,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £44,625 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,500
Median % change year-on-year - -0.90% +16.84%
75th Percentile £63,750 £72,500 £66,250
90th Percentile £72,250 £83,750 £77,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,250 £47,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +7.89% -13.64% +27.91%

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 94,627 91,047 156,403
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.71% 91.54% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 67,562 57,571 85,106
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,750 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +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 20 May 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 20 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 +130 138 £55,000 - 71
UK excluding London +30 89 £51,250 +7.89% 47
Work from Home +91 59 £58,750 +6.82% 15
London +123 56 £55,000 -21.43% 28
South East +40 34 £55,000 +29.41% 23
North of England +36 19 £52,500 +7.69% 3
North West +4 14 £52,500 - 1
South West -14 14 £60,000 +55.84% 4
East of England - 10 £53,750 - 3
Scotland -57 8 £45,000 +12.50%
Yorkshire +77 5 £42,000 +5.00% 2
Midlands -20 5 £50,000 +5.26% 14
East Midlands -19 3 £45,000 -25.00%
Wales - 3 - -
West Midlands +1 2 £53,500 +12.63% 14

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

For the 6 months to 20 May 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.

1 156 (100.00%) Power BI
1 156 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 150 (96.15%) Business Intelligence
3 112 (71.79%) SQL
4 88 (56.41%) Visualisation
5 80 (51.28%) Azure
6 70 (44.87%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 68 (43.59%) Microsoft
8 65 (41.67%) ETL
9 60 (38.46%) Data Modelling
10 52 (33.33%) Data Visualisation
11 51 (32.69%) Social Skills
12 47 (30.13%) SQL Server
13 46 (29.49%) Power Query
14 44 (28.21%) Analytics
15 43 (27.56%) Data Warehouse
16 41 (26.28%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 41 (26.28%) Decision-Making
17 39 (25.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
18 36 (23.08%) T-SQL
18 36 (23.08%) Analytical Skills
19 33 (21.15%) Finance
20 31 (19.87%) Problem-Solving
21 28 (17.95%) PowerApps
22 27 (17.31%) Requirements Gathering
23 26 (16.67%) DevOps
24 25 (16.03%) Data Integration
25 24 (15.38%) Data Analysis
26 23 (14.74%) SQL Server Analysis Services
27 22 (14.10%) Degree

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 11 (7.05%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.28%) Confluence
2 2 (1.28%) IBM Domino
Applications
1 21 (13.46%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (2.56%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (2.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 10 (6.41%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (5.13%) Dynamics NAV
3 7 (4.49%) Dynamics AX
4 4 (2.56%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 156 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 80 (51.28%) Azure
3 28 (17.95%) PowerApps
4 22 (14.10%) Power Automate
5 20 (12.82%) Dynamics 365
6 15 (9.62%) Azure Data Factory
7 11 (7.05%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 10 (6.41%) Microsoft 365
9 9 (5.77%) Azure DevOps
10 7 (4.49%) AWS
11 4 (2.56%) Google Analytics
12 2 (1.28%) Azure Logic Apps
12 2 (1.28%) Azure Sentinel
12 2 (1.28%) Cloud Computing
12 2 (1.28%) GitHub
12 2 (1.28%) WhatsApp
13 1 (0.64%) Azure Storage
Communications & Networking
1 5 (3.21%) Network Security
2 2 (1.28%) DNS
2 2 (1.28%) Firewall
3 1 (0.64%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 156 (100.00%) Power BI
2 47 (30.13%) SQL Server
3 46 (29.49%) Power Query
4 43 (27.56%) Data Warehouse
5 41 (26.28%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 39 (25.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 23 (14.74%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 22 (14.10%) Data Lake
9 16 (10.26%) Tableau
10 8 (5.13%) Microsoft Analysis Services
11 7 (4.49%) Azure SQL Database
12 4 (2.56%) Amazon Athena
12 4 (2.56%) PostgreSQL
12 4 (2.56%) QlikView
12 4 (2.56%) ThoughtSpot
13 3 (1.92%) OLAP
13 3 (1.92%) OLAP Cube
13 3 (1.92%) Relational Database
14 2 (1.28%) Oracle Reports
14 2 (1.28%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 5 (3.21%) JIRA
2 3 (1.92%) Visual Studio
3 2 (1.28%) Git
3 2 (1.28%) Octopus Deploy
3 2 (1.28%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (0.64%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 51 (32.69%) Social Skills
2 36 (23.08%) Analytical Skills
3 33 (21.15%) Finance
4 12 (7.69%) Law
5 11 (7.05%) Legal
5 11 (7.05%) Presentation Skills
6 9 (5.77%) Retail
7 5 (3.21%) Marketing
8 4 (2.56%) Advertising
8 4 (2.56%) Telecoms
9 3 (1.92%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (1.28%) Games
10 2 (1.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (1.28%) Italian Language
10 2 (1.28%) Pharmaceutical
10 2 (1.28%) Publishing
11 1 (0.64%) Agriculture
11 1 (0.64%) Banking
11 1 (0.64%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (6.41%) MDX
2 6 (3.85%) CSS
2 6 (3.85%) HTML
3 2 (1.28%) .NET
3 2 (1.28%) REST
3 2 (1.28%) SOAP
3 2 (1.28%) Web Services
4 1 (0.64%) JSON
4 1 (0.64%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (3.21%) Self-Motivation
2 4 (2.56%) Management Information System
3 3 (1.92%) NHS
4 2 (1.28%) Algorithms
4 2 (1.28%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (1.28%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (0.64%) Life Science
5 1 (0.64%) Low-Code
5 1 (0.64%) Marketing Technology
5 1 (0.64%) Reinsurance
Processes & Methodologies
1 150 (96.15%) Business Intelligence
2 88 (56.41%) Visualisation
3 65 (41.67%) ETL
4 60 (38.46%) Data Modelling
5 52 (33.33%) Data Visualisation
6 44 (28.21%) Analytics
7 41 (26.28%) Decision-Making
8 31 (19.87%) Problem-Solving
9 27 (17.31%) Requirements Gathering
10 26 (16.67%) DevOps
11 25 (16.03%) Data Integration
12 24 (15.38%) Data Analysis
13 21 (13.46%) Actionable Insight
14 20 (12.82%) Agile
14 20 (12.82%) Data Science
15 17 (10.90%) Data-Driven Decision Making
16 16 (10.26%) Dashboard Development
16 16 (10.26%) Data Protection
17 15 (9.62%) Data Transformation
17 15 (9.62%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 112 (71.79%) SQL
2 70 (44.87%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 36 (23.08%) T-SQL
4 6 (3.85%) JavaScript
5 4 (2.56%) Python
6 2 (1.28%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 22 (14.10%) Degree
2 12 (7.69%) DBS Check
3 9 (5.77%) Microsoft Certification
4 6 (3.85%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (3.21%) SC Cleared
5 5 (3.21%) Security Cleared
6 4 (2.56%) Azure Certification
7 2 (1.28%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.64%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (4.49%) QA
2 2 (1.28%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.64%) GDPR
Vendors
1 68 (43.59%) Microsoft
2 12 (7.69%) Databricks
3 6 (3.85%) Facebook
4 5 (3.21%) Oracle
5 4 (2.56%) Alteryx
5 4 (2.56%) Google
5 4 (2.56%) SAP
6 2 (1.28%) Cognos
6 2 (1.28%) IBM
6 2 (1.28%) Snow