Business & Design · Skill guide
Power BI leads BI-tool mentions in enterprise postings — DAX and data-modeling (star schema) keywords signal real depth, and Microsoft-stack co-terms (Excel, Azure, Fabric) frequently ride along in the same JDs.
It appears in 1% of 2,367 engineering postings in our 15 August 2026 snapshot . Densest in Data Analyst (18%), and Data Engineer (12%) .
Job descriptions rarely ask for Power BI alone — these co-terms appear in the same postings and are screened together. Cover the ones you've genuinely used.
Public ATS boards (Arbeitnow, Greenhouse, Ashby, Google Careers, Lever, RemoteOK, Remotive). Not LinkedIn or Indeed. Percentages are share of postings that already mention Power BI.
A skill in a list is a claim; a skill in a bullet with an outcome is evidence. Patterns to adapt with your real numbers:
“Modeled a star-schema semantic layer with 60 DAX measures powering finance dashboards for 150 monthly active users”
“Implemented row-level security and scheduled refresh across the sales workspace, replacing emailed spreadsheets entirely”
Put "Power BI" in your skills section in its exact form, then prove it in at least one experience bullet with context and an outcome — a skill that appears only in a list reads as padding to recruiters. Power BI leads BI-tool mentions in enterprise postings — DAX and data-modeling (star schema) keywords signal real depth, and Microsoft-stack co-terms (Excel, Azure, Fabric) frequently ride along in the same JDs.
Job descriptions that ask for Power BI typically also screen for: Tableau, SQL, Looker, Snowflake, dbt. Include the ones you've genuinely used — co-keyword coverage is how ATS ranking separates real practitioners from list-padders.
List it only if you could answer interview questions about it comfortably. A safer honest framing for light experience is grouping it under a "familiar with" tier, separate from your core skills — inflated skill claims surface fast in technical interviews.
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