Hybrid/Remote Power BI Job Trends

Microsoft Power BI
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring Power BI skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 73 80 57
Rank change year-on-year +7 -23 +25
Permanent jobs citing Power BI 564 640 965
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.68% 3.69% 4.87%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 25.64% 14.89% 19.93%
Number of salaries quoted 397 389 804
10th Percentile £37,500 £37,500 £36,391
25th Percentile £41,500 £42,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,250
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.80% +4.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £92,500 £85,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
Work from Home

Power BI falls under the Databases and Business Intelligence category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring database or business intelligence skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 2,200 4,299 4,842
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 14.36% 24.77% 24.45%
Number of salaries quoted 1,648 2,650 3,877
10th Percentile £35,854 £40,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £48,750 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £69,304 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.42% +15.51% -4.00%
75th Percentile £81,250 £93,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £101,250 £120,000 £94,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £63,900 £60,000
% change year-on-year -6.10% +6.50% -4.00%

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Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Power BI and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Power BI job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

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Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Power BI.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Power BI

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Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Power BI over the 6 months to 20 December 2025.

Power BI salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 49 (8.69%) SharePoint
2 17 (3.01%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 16 (2.84%) Confluence
4 8 (1.42%) SAS
5 7 (1.24%) Apache Airflow
6 5 (0.89%) Microsoft Exchange
7 4 (0.71%) Apache Spark
7 4 (0.71%) Umbraco
8 3 (0.53%) Jupyter
8 3 (0.53%) Moodle
9 2 (0.35%) CMS
10 1 (0.18%) HCL Notes
Applications
1 207 (36.70%) Microsoft Excel
2 30 (5.32%) Microsoft Office
3 12 (2.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (1.42%) Trello
5 6 (1.06%) Spreadsheet
6 4 (0.71%) Microsoft Project
7 3 (0.53%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 27 (4.79%) Dynamics CRM
2 17 (3.01%) Oracle ERP
3 8 (1.42%) NetSuite
3 8 (1.42%) Visualfiles
4 4 (0.71%) SAP FI
5 3 (0.53%) NEC Housing
5 3 (0.53%) ResourceLink
6 2 (0.35%) Dynamics GP
6 2 (0.35%) Raiser’s Edge
6 2 (0.35%) SAP Business One
7 1 (0.18%) Elite 3E
7 1 (0.18%) FastStats
7 1 (0.18%) Pegasus Opera
7 1 (0.18%) Primavera
7 1 (0.18%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.18%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 564 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 249 (44.15%) Azure
3 81 (14.36%) Azure Data Factory
4 68 (12.06%) PowerApps
5 64 (11.35%) Power Automate
6 61 (10.82%) Microsoft 365
7 56 (9.93%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 54 (9.57%) Azure DevOps
9 51 (9.04%) Dynamics 365
10 44 (7.80%) Snowflake
11 42 (7.45%) GitHub
12 35 (6.21%) AWS
13 30 (5.32%) GCP
14 25 (4.43%) SaaS
15 24 (4.26%) GitHub Copilot
16 21 (3.72%) dbt
17 18 (3.19%) OCI
18 17 (3.01%) Microsoft Copilot
18 17 (3.01%) Microsoft Purview
19 10 (1.77%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.35%) DHCP
1 2 (0.35%) DNS
1 2 (0.35%) Intranet
1 2 (0.35%) NAS
1 2 (0.35%) SAN
2 1 (0.18%) ADSL
2 1 (0.18%) Firewall
2 1 (0.18%) Internet
2 1 (0.18%) Modbus
2 1 (0.18%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 132 (23.40%) Tableau
2 80 (14.18%) Data Warehouse
3 72 (12.77%) SQL Server
4 54 (9.57%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 48 (8.51%) Azure SQL Database
6 43 (7.62%) Data Lake
7 34 (6.03%) Power Query
8 31 (5.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 19 (3.37%) Looker
10 18 (3.19%) Crystal Reports
11 17 (3.01%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
11 17 (3.01%) Metadata
12 15 (2.66%) BigQuery
13 11 (1.95%) SQL Server Analysis Services
14 9 (1.60%) Data Vault
15 8 (1.42%) Oracle Database
16 7 (1.24%) Oracle Reports
16 7 (1.24%) Qlik Sense
16 7 (1.24%) QlikView
16 7 (1.24%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 36 (6.38%) JIRA
2 34 (6.03%) Git
3 20 (3.55%) Jenkins
4 17 (3.01%) Oracle Forms
5 6 (1.06%) ERwin
6 4 (0.71%) ER Studio
6 4 (0.71%) PowerDesigner
7 3 (0.53%) Visual Studio
7 3 (0.53%) Visual Studio Code
8 1 (0.18%) Oracle APEX
8 1 (0.18%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 1 (0.18%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 261 (46.28%) Finance
2 202 (35.82%) Social Skills
3 188 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
4 63 (11.17%) Marketing
5 49 (8.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 39 (6.91%) Retail
7 37 (6.56%) Public Sector
8 36 (6.38%) Manufacturing
9 31 (5.50%) Presentation Skills
10 24 (4.26%) Organisational Skills
11 23 (4.08%) Law
12 18 (3.19%) Billing
13 16 (2.84%) Legal
14 12 (2.13%) Telecoms
15 11 (1.95%) Banking
16 10 (1.77%) Advertising
17 9 (1.60%) Pharmaceutical
18 8 (1.42%) Local Government
19 7 (1.24%) Influencing Skills
20 6 (1.06%) Games
Job Titles
1 190 (33.69%) Analyst
2 82 (14.54%) Developer
3 71 (12.59%) Senior
4 58 (10.28%) Data Analyst
5 50 (8.87%) Lead
6 40 (7.09%) Business Intelligence Analyst
7 39 (6.91%) Data Engineer
8 30 (5.32%) Business Intelligence Developer
9 27 (4.79%) Business Analyst
10 26 (4.61%) Applications Engineer
11 25 (4.43%) Power Platform Developer
12 23 (4.08%) Power BI Analyst
12 23 (4.08%) Support Analyst
13 22 (3.90%) Consultant
14 20 (3.55%) Financial Analyst
15 19 (3.37%) Cloud Engineer
16 18 (3.19%) Insight Analyst
17 17 (3.01%) Accountant
17 17 (3.01%) Architect
17 17 (3.01%) Systems Accountant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (3.37%) HTML5 Canvas
2 18 (3.19%) .NET
2 18 (3.19%) OAuth
2 18 (3.19%) OAuth2
3 17 (3.01%) RESTful
3 17 (3.01%) SAML
4 11 (1.95%) JSON
4 11 (1.95%) Pandas
5 10 (1.77%) Middleware
6 7 (1.24%) EDI
6 7 (1.24%) PySpark
6 7 (1.24%) REST
6 7 (1.24%) scikit-learn
6 7 (1.24%) XML
7 6 (1.06%) HTML
7 6 (1.06%) NumPy
8 5 (0.89%) CSS
8 5 (0.89%) Web Services
9 4 (0.71%) AngularJS
9 4 (0.71%) React
Miscellaneous
1 39 (6.91%) Analytical Mindset
2 37 (6.56%) Cloud Native
3 36 (6.38%) Management Information System
4 35 (6.21%) Self-Motivation
5 23 (4.08%) Product Ownership
6 22 (3.90%) Enterprise Software
7 17 (3.01%) Onboarding
8 15 (2.66%) Legacy Systems
9 12 (2.13%) Data Structures
10 11 (1.95%) Low-Code
11 6 (1.06%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 6 (1.06%) Greenfield Project
11 6 (1.06%) Reinsurance
12 5 (0.89%) Algorithms
12 5 (0.89%) Social Media
13 4 (0.71%) Credit Risk
13 4 (0.71%) FMCG
13 4 (0.71%) Housing Association
13 4 (0.71%) Learning Management System
14 3 (0.53%) Educational Technology
Operating Systems
1 21 (3.72%) Windows
2 7 (1.24%) Linux
2 7 (1.24%) Unix
3 2 (0.35%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (0.18%) Android
4 1 (0.18%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.18%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 524 (92.91%) Business Intelligence
2 226 (40.07%) Analytics
3 171 (30.32%) Visualisation
4 164 (29.08%) Decision-Making
5 159 (28.19%) Problem-Solving
6 142 (25.18%) Continuous Improvement
7 132 (23.40%) Agile
8 117 (20.74%) AI
9 106 (18.79%) Data Visualisation
10 105 (18.62%) Data Analysis
11 98 (17.38%) Data Modelling
12 84 (14.89%) DevOps
13 80 (14.18%) Actionable Insight
13 80 (14.18%) ETL
14 77 (13.65%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 69 (12.23%) Data Engineering
15 69 (12.23%) ERP
16 66 (11.70%) Coaching
16 66 (11.70%) CRM
16 66 (11.70%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 335 (59.40%) SQL
2 167 (29.61%) Python
3 65 (11.52%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 32 (5.67%) C#
4 32 (5.67%) JavaScript
5 25 (4.43%) R
6 24 (4.26%) Java
7 18 (3.19%) PL/SQL
8 17 (3.01%) Shell Script
9 15 (2.66%) Scala
10 13 (2.30%) VBA
11 12 (2.13%) T-SQL
12 10 (1.77%) PowerShell
13 3 (0.53%) TypeScript
14 2 (0.35%) Ruby
15 1 (0.18%) Bash
15 1 (0.18%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 101 (17.91%) Degree
2 42 (7.45%) ACCA
2 42 (7.45%) CIMA
3 39 (6.91%) Microsoft Certification
4 35 (6.21%) Security Cleared
5 32 (5.67%) Computer Science Degree
6 30 (5.32%) SC Cleared
7 23 (4.08%) DBS Check
8 16 (2.84%) Azure Certification
9 14 (2.48%) Master's Degree
10 13 (2.30%) CISSP
11 12 (2.13%) CISA
11 12 (2.13%) Six Sigma Green Belt
12 9 (1.60%) Numerate Degree
13 6 (1.06%) DV Cleared
14 5 (0.89%) CISM
14 5 (0.89%) CRISC
14 5 (0.89%) PMI Certification
15 4 (0.71%) PMP
16 3 (0.53%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 68 (12.06%) Data Quality
2 24 (4.26%) GDPR
3 21 (3.72%) Accessibility
4 17 (3.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 14 (2.48%) Actionable Recommendations
5 14 (2.48%) SLA
6 11 (1.95%) PMO
7 10 (1.77%) QA
8 7 (1.24%) GRC
9 6 (1.06%) NIST
10 5 (0.89%) COBIT
10 5 (0.89%) ITGC
11 2 (0.35%) WCAG
12 1 (0.18%) P3O
12 1 (0.18%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 6 (1.06%) Docker
2 3 (0.53%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.35%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (0.35%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.35%) vSphere
4 1 (0.18%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 24 (4.26%) Terraform
2 20 (3.55%) Single Sign-On
3 8 (1.42%) Microsoft Intune
4 6 (1.06%) Kubernetes
5 2 (0.35%) Argo
6 1 (0.18%) Control-M
6 1 (0.18%) SCCM
Vendors
1 231 (40.96%) Microsoft
2 62 (10.99%) Databricks
3 39 (6.91%) Oracle
4 29 (5.14%) Google
5 23 (4.08%) Salesforce
6 21 (3.72%) SAP
7 16 (2.84%) Alteryx
8 9 (1.60%) Informatica
9 7 (1.24%) Sage
10 6 (1.06%) Concur
10 6 (1.06%) HubSpot
10 6 (1.06%) Talend
11 5 (0.89%) Anaplan
11 5 (0.89%) Northgate
12 4 (0.71%) IBM
12 4 (0.71%) OpenAI
12 4 (0.71%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
12 4 (0.71%) ServiceNow
12 4 (0.71%) Zoho
13 3 (0.53%) Freshdesk