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 29 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 62 80 60
Rank change year-on-year +18 -20 +22
Permanent jobs citing Power BI 586 701 1,025
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.84% 3.57% 4.90%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 25.78% 15.28% 19.88%
Number of salaries quoted 424 443 862
10th Percentile £37,500 £38,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £43,750 £45,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £55,824
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +11.96% +1.50%
75th Percentile £70,000 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £88,375 £93,250 £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 2,273 4,588 5,157
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 14.88% 23.34% 24.63%
Number of salaries quoted 1,729 2,827 4,147
10th Percentile £35,750 £40,000 £39,800
25th Percentile £45,000 £48,750 £47,549
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £70,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +16.67% -0.83%
75th Percentile £81,250 £95,000 £77,542
90th Percentile £110,000 £122,500 £93,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -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 29 November 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 60 (10.24%) SharePoint
2 17 (2.90%) Confluence
3 14 (2.39%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 10 (1.71%) Microsoft Exchange
5 8 (1.37%) SAS
6 7 (1.19%) Apache Airflow
7 5 (0.85%) Moodle
8 4 (0.68%) Umbraco
9 3 (0.51%) Apache Spark
9 3 (0.51%) Jupyter
10 2 (0.34%) CMS
11 1 (0.17%) HCL Notes
Applications
1 217 (37.03%) Microsoft Excel
2 35 (5.97%) Microsoft Office
3 13 (2.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (1.37%) Trello
5 6 (1.02%) MS Visio
5 6 (1.02%) Spreadsheet
6 4 (0.68%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 27 (4.61%) Dynamics CRM
2 14 (2.39%) Oracle ERP
3 9 (1.54%) NetSuite
3 9 (1.54%) Visualfiles
4 4 (0.68%) Dynamics GP
4 4 (0.68%) SAP FI
5 2 (0.34%) Elite 3E
5 2 (0.34%) FastStats
5 2 (0.34%) Primavera
5 2 (0.34%) Raiser’s Edge
5 2 (0.34%) ResourceLink
5 2 (0.34%) Sage 1000
6 1 (0.17%) Dynamics AX
6 1 (0.17%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.17%) FastStats PeopleStage
6 1 (0.17%) Pegasus Opera
6 1 (0.17%) Sage 200
6 1 (0.17%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.17%) SAP Business One
6 1 (0.17%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 586 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 242 (41.30%) Azure
3 80 (13.65%) Power Automate
3 80 (13.65%) PowerApps
4 77 (13.14%) Azure Data Factory
5 71 (12.12%) Microsoft 365
6 52 (8.87%) Dynamics 365
7 50 (8.53%) Azure DevOps
8 49 (8.36%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 44 (7.51%) Snowflake
10 41 (7.00%) GitHub
11 36 (6.14%) AWS
12 34 (5.80%) GCP
13 29 (4.95%) SaaS
14 22 (3.75%) GitHub Copilot
15 21 (3.58%) Microsoft Purview
16 20 (3.41%) Microsoft Copilot
17 19 (3.24%) dbt
18 14 (2.39%) OCI
19 12 (2.05%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.51%) Firewall
2 2 (0.34%) DHCP
2 2 (0.34%) DNS
2 2 (0.34%) Intranet
2 2 (0.34%) NAS
2 2 (0.34%) SAN
3 1 (0.17%) ADSL
3 1 (0.17%) Broadband
3 1 (0.17%) Ethernet
3 1 (0.17%) Internet
3 1 (0.17%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 134 (22.87%) Tableau
2 85 (14.51%) Data Warehouse
3 80 (13.65%) SQL Server
4 64 (10.92%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 45 (7.68%) Azure SQL Database
6 42 (7.17%) Data Lake
7 38 (6.48%) Power Query
8 35 (5.97%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 21 (3.58%) Crystal Reports
10 20 (3.41%) Metadata
11 19 (3.24%) Looker
12 15 (2.56%) BigQuery
13 14 (2.39%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
14 12 (2.05%) SQL Server Analysis Services
15 10 (1.71%) Data Vault
16 8 (1.37%) Oracle Database
16 8 (1.37%) Relational Database
17 7 (1.19%) Oracle Reports
17 7 (1.19%) QlikView
18 6 (1.02%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 35 (5.97%) JIRA
2 30 (5.12%) Git
3 16 (2.73%) Jenkins
4 15 (2.56%) Oracle Forms
5 6 (1.02%) ERwin
6 4 (0.68%) ER Studio
6 4 (0.68%) PowerDesigner
7 3 (0.51%) Visual Studio
7 3 (0.51%) Visual Studio Code
8 2 (0.34%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 1 (0.17%) Cypress.io
9 1 (0.17%) PHPUnit
9 1 (0.17%) RStudio
9 1 (0.17%) Team Foundation Server
9 1 (0.17%) Vite
General
1 277 (47.27%) Finance
2 211 (36.01%) Social Skills
3 191 (32.59%) Analytical Skills
4 66 (11.26%) Marketing
5 50 (8.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 41 (7.00%) Retail
7 38 (6.48%) Manufacturing
7 38 (6.48%) Public Sector
8 30 (5.12%) Presentation Skills
9 28 (4.78%) Law
10 24 (4.10%) Organisational Skills
11 22 (3.75%) Legal
12 18 (3.07%) Billing
13 13 (2.22%) Banking
14 11 (1.88%) Pharmaceutical
15 10 (1.71%) Advertising
15 10 (1.71%) Local Government
15 10 (1.71%) Telecoms
16 7 (1.19%) Influencing Skills
17 6 (1.02%) Games
Job Titles
1 207 (35.32%) Analyst
2 98 (16.72%) Developer
3 77 (13.14%) Senior
4 62 (10.58%) Data Analyst
5 50 (8.53%) Lead
6 45 (7.68%) Business Intelligence Analyst
7 38 (6.48%) Business Intelligence Developer
7 38 (6.48%) Data Engineer
8 28 (4.78%) Business Analyst
9 26 (4.44%) Power BI Analyst
9 26 (4.44%) Power Platform Developer
10 24 (4.10%) Financial Analyst
10 24 (4.10%) Support Analyst
11 22 (3.75%) Applications Engineer
12 20 (3.41%) Accountant
12 20 (3.41%) Senior Developer
12 20 (3.41%) Systems Accountant
13 19 (3.24%) Insight Analyst
14 18 (3.07%) Consultant
14 18 (3.07%) Power BI Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (3.41%) .NET
2 19 (3.24%) HTML5 Canvas
3 15 (2.56%) OAuth
3 15 (2.56%) OAuth2
4 14 (2.39%) RESTful
4 14 (2.39%) SAML
5 11 (1.88%) JSON
5 11 (1.88%) Pandas
6 10 (1.71%) Middleware
7 8 (1.37%) HTML
7 8 (1.37%) REST
8 7 (1.19%) CSS
8 7 (1.19%) scikit-learn
8 7 (1.19%) XML
9 6 (1.02%) NumPy
10 5 (0.85%) ASP.NET
10 5 (0.85%) EDI
10 5 (0.85%) React
10 5 (0.85%) Web Services
11 4 (0.68%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 42 (7.17%) Self-Motivation
2 38 (6.48%) Analytical Mindset
3 36 (6.14%) Management Information System
4 35 (5.97%) Cloud Native
5 24 (4.10%) Product Ownership
6 20 (3.41%) Onboarding
7 19 (3.24%) Enterprise Software
8 16 (2.73%) Legacy Systems
9 11 (1.88%) Data Structures
9 11 (1.88%) Low-Code
10 8 (1.37%) Reinsurance
11 6 (1.02%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 6 (1.02%) Learning Management System
11 6 (1.02%) Social Media
12 5 (0.85%) FMCG
12 5 (0.85%) Greenfield Project
13 4 (0.68%) Credit Risk
14 3 (0.51%) Driving Licence
14 3 (0.51%) Educational Technology
14 3 (0.51%) Market Risk
Operating Systems
1 28 (4.78%) Windows
2 7 (1.19%) Linux
2 7 (1.19%) Unix
3 3 (0.51%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.34%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (0.17%) Android
5 1 (0.17%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 540 (92.15%) Business Intelligence
2 230 (39.25%) Analytics
3 171 (29.18%) Visualisation
4 164 (27.99%) Decision-Making
5 159 (27.13%) Problem-Solving
6 147 (25.09%) Continuous Improvement
7 133 (22.70%) Agile
8 115 (19.62%) AI
9 105 (17.92%) Data Analysis
9 105 (17.92%) Data Visualisation
10 98 (16.72%) Data Modelling
11 85 (14.51%) Actionable Insight
12 80 (13.65%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 76 (12.97%) DevOps
13 76 (12.97%) ETL
14 72 (12.29%) CRM
15 68 (11.60%) Data Analytics
15 68 (11.60%) Process Improvement
16 67 (11.43%) ERP
17 66 (11.26%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 351 (59.90%) SQL
2 159 (27.13%) Python
3 69 (11.77%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 38 (6.48%) JavaScript
5 35 (5.97%) C#
6 24 (4.10%) R
7 22 (3.75%) Java
8 16 (2.73%) T-SQL
9 15 (2.56%) PL/SQL
9 15 (2.56%) Scala
10 14 (2.39%) Shell Script
10 14 (2.39%) VBA
11 9 (1.54%) PowerShell
12 5 (0.85%) TypeScript
13 2 (0.34%) Bash
13 2 (0.34%) Ruby
13 2 (0.34%) VB.NET
14 1 (0.17%) Bicep
14 1 (0.17%) PHP
Qualifications
1 106 (18.09%) Degree
2 46 (7.85%) ACCA
2 46 (7.85%) CIMA
3 40 (6.83%) Microsoft Certification
4 36 (6.14%) Computer Science Degree
5 35 (5.97%) Security Cleared
6 32 (5.46%) SC Cleared
7 26 (4.44%) DBS Check
8 15 (2.56%) Azure Certification
8 15 (2.56%) Master's Degree
9 13 (2.22%) CISSP
10 12 (2.05%) CISA
10 12 (2.05%) Six Sigma Green Belt
11 11 (1.88%) Numerate Degree
12 5 (0.85%) CISM
12 5 (0.85%) CRISC
12 5 (0.85%) DV Cleared
13 3 (0.51%) BPSS Clearance
14 2 (0.34%) PhD
14 2 (0.34%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 68 (11.60%) Data Quality
2 23 (3.92%) Accessibility
2 23 (3.92%) GDPR
3 17 (2.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 14 (2.39%) Actionable Recommendations
4 14 (2.39%) SLA
5 13 (2.22%) PMO
6 9 (1.54%) QA
7 5 (0.85%) COBIT
7 5 (0.85%) GRC
7 5 (0.85%) ITGC
7 5 (0.85%) NIST
8 2 (0.34%) WCAG
9 1 (0.17%) ISO 22301
9 1 (0.17%) P3O
9 1 (0.17%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 6 (1.02%) Docker
2 4 (0.68%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.51%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.34%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (0.34%) vSphere
5 1 (0.17%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.17%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 22 (3.75%) Terraform
2 17 (2.90%) Single Sign-On
3 10 (1.71%) Microsoft Intune
4 6 (1.02%) Kubernetes
5 2 (0.34%) Argo
6 1 (0.17%) Control-M
6 1 (0.17%) Failover Clustering
6 1 (0.17%) SCCM
Vendors
1 241 (41.13%) Microsoft
2 51 (8.70%) Databricks
3 35 (5.97%) Oracle
4 33 (5.63%) Google
5 26 (4.44%) Salesforce
6 20 (3.41%) Alteryx
7 19 (3.24%) SAP
8 11 (1.88%) Sage
9 8 (1.37%) Informatica
10 7 (1.19%) Concur
10 7 (1.19%) HubSpot
11 6 (1.02%) Talend
12 4 (0.68%) Cisco
12 4 (0.68%) IBM
12 4 (0.68%) OpenAI
12 4 (0.68%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
12 4 (0.68%) Zoho
13 3 (0.51%) Anaplan
13 3 (0.51%) Freshdesk
13 3 (0.51%) Openreach