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 6 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 67 80 57
Rank change year-on-year +13 -23 +24
Permanent jobs citing Power BI 579 692 1,012
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.77% 3.65% 4.92%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 25.72% 15.35% 20.01%
Number of salaries quoted 413 431 855
10th Percentile £37,500 £38,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £43,237 £45,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,743 £56,900
Median % change year-on-year -9.45% +6.75% +3.45%
75th Percentile £70,000 £77,125 £72,500
90th Percentile £88,750 £93,250 £85,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,148
% change year-on-year -8.33% +8.80% -0.70%

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 2,251 4,507 5,058
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 14.67% 23.76% 24.60%
Number of salaries quoted 1,698 2,781 4,064
10th Percentile £35,750 £40,000 £39,800
25th Percentile £45,000 £48,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £69,308 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.82% +15.51% -2.44%
75th Percentile £81,500 £95,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £107,500 £122,500 £92,500
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 6 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 58 (10.02%) SharePoint
2 16 (2.76%) Confluence
3 15 (2.59%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 9 (1.55%) Microsoft Exchange
5 8 (1.38%) SAS
6 6 (1.04%) Apache Airflow
7 5 (0.86%) Moodle
8 4 (0.69%) Umbraco
9 3 (0.52%) Apache Spark
9 3 (0.52%) Jupyter
10 2 (0.35%) CMS
11 1 (0.17%) HCL Notes
Applications
1 217 (37.48%) Microsoft Excel
2 33 (5.70%) Microsoft Office
3 12 (2.07%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (1.38%) Trello
5 7 (1.21%) Spreadsheet
6 6 (1.04%) MS Visio
7 4 (0.69%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 27 (4.66%) Dynamics CRM
2 15 (2.59%) Oracle ERP
3 10 (1.73%) NetSuite
4 9 (1.55%) Visualfiles
5 4 (0.69%) SAP FI
6 3 (0.52%) Dynamics GP
7 2 (0.35%) Elite 3E
7 2 (0.35%) Primavera
7 2 (0.35%) Raiser’s Edge
7 2 (0.35%) ResourceLink
7 2 (0.35%) SAP Business One
8 1 (0.17%) Dynamics AX
8 1 (0.17%) Dynamics NAV
8 1 (0.17%) FastStats
8 1 (0.17%) NEC Housing
8 1 (0.17%) Pegasus Opera
8 1 (0.17%) Sage 1000
8 1 (0.17%) Sage 200
8 1 (0.17%) Salesforce CRM
8 1 (0.17%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 579 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 241 (41.62%) Azure
3 77 (13.30%) PowerApps
4 76 (13.13%) Power Automate
5 73 (12.61%) Azure Data Factory
6 69 (11.92%) Microsoft 365
7 52 (8.98%) Dynamics 365
8 51 (8.81%) Azure DevOps
9 49 (8.46%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 44 (7.60%) Snowflake
11 41 (7.08%) GitHub
12 35 (6.04%) AWS
13 32 (5.53%) GCP
14 27 (4.66%) SaaS
15 22 (3.80%) GitHub Copilot
16 20 (3.45%) Microsoft Copilot
16 20 (3.45%) Microsoft Purview
17 18 (3.11%) dbt
18 16 (2.76%) OCI
19 12 (2.07%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.52%) Firewall
2 2 (0.35%) DHCP
2 2 (0.35%) DNS
2 2 (0.35%) Intranet
2 2 (0.35%) Modbus
2 2 (0.35%) NAS
2 2 (0.35%) SAN
3 1 (0.17%) ADSL
3 1 (0.17%) Ethernet
3 1 (0.17%) Internet
3 1 (0.17%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 133 (22.97%) Tableau
2 80 (13.82%) Data Warehouse
2 80 (13.82%) SQL Server
3 59 (10.19%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 45 (7.77%) Azure SQL Database
5 41 (7.08%) Data Lake
6 38 (6.56%) Power Query
7 32 (5.53%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 21 (3.63%) Crystal Reports
9 20 (3.45%) Metadata
10 19 (3.28%) Looker
11 15 (2.59%) BigQuery
12 14 (2.42%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
13 12 (2.07%) SQL Server Analysis Services
14 10 (1.73%) Data Vault
15 8 (1.38%) Oracle Database
16 7 (1.21%) Oracle Reports
16 7 (1.21%) QlikView
16 7 (1.21%) Relational Database
17 6 (1.04%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 36 (6.22%) JIRA
2 31 (5.35%) Git
3 17 (2.94%) Jenkins
4 16 (2.76%) Oracle Forms
5 6 (1.04%) ERwin
6 4 (0.69%) ER Studio
6 4 (0.69%) PowerDesigner
7 3 (0.52%) Visual Studio
7 3 (0.52%) Visual Studio Code
8 1 (0.17%) Oracle APEX
8 1 (0.17%) RStudio
8 1 (0.17%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 1 (0.17%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 277 (47.84%) Finance
2 209 (36.10%) Social Skills
3 194 (33.51%) Analytical Skills
4 66 (11.40%) Marketing
5 49 (8.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 42 (7.25%) Retail
7 39 (6.74%) Public Sector
8 38 (6.56%) Manufacturing
9 31 (5.35%) Presentation Skills
10 27 (4.66%) Law
11 23 (3.97%) Organisational Skills
12 22 (3.80%) Legal
13 18 (3.11%) Billing
14 14 (2.42%) Banking
15 10 (1.73%) Advertising
15 10 (1.73%) Telecoms
16 9 (1.55%) Local Government
16 9 (1.55%) Pharmaceutical
17 7 (1.21%) Games
17 7 (1.21%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 206 (35.58%) Analyst
2 88 (15.20%) Developer
3 74 (12.78%) Senior
4 64 (11.05%) Data Analyst
5 49 (8.46%) Lead
6 44 (7.60%) Business Intelligence Analyst
7 37 (6.39%) Data Engineer
8 30 (5.18%) Business Intelligence Developer
9 28 (4.84%) Business Analyst
10 26 (4.49%) Power Platform Developer
11 25 (4.32%) Power BI Analyst
12 24 (4.15%) Financial Analyst
13 23 (3.97%) Applications Engineer
13 23 (3.97%) Support Analyst
14 20 (3.45%) Accountant
14 20 (3.45%) Systems Accountant
15 18 (3.11%) Consultant
15 18 (3.11%) Insight Analyst
15 18 (3.11%) Senior Developer
16 17 (2.94%) Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (3.45%) .NET
1 20 (3.45%) HTML5 Canvas
2 16 (2.76%) OAuth
2 16 (2.76%) OAuth2
3 15 (2.59%) RESTful
3 15 (2.59%) SAML
4 12 (2.07%) JSON
5 11 (1.90%) Pandas
6 10 (1.73%) Middleware
7 8 (1.38%) REST
8 7 (1.21%) HTML
8 7 (1.21%) scikit-learn
8 7 (1.21%) XML
9 6 (1.04%) CSS
9 6 (1.04%) EDI
9 6 (1.04%) NumPy
10 5 (0.86%) Web Services
11 4 (0.69%) AngularJS
11 4 (0.69%) ASP.NET
11 4 (0.69%) React
Miscellaneous
1 41 (7.08%) Self-Motivation
2 39 (6.74%) Analytical Mindset
3 36 (6.22%) Cloud Native
4 35 (6.04%) Management Information System
5 24 (4.15%) Product Ownership
6 20 (3.45%) Enterprise Software
6 20 (3.45%) Onboarding
7 15 (2.59%) Legacy Systems
8 13 (2.25%) Data Structures
9 10 (1.73%) Low-Code
10 6 (1.04%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 6 (1.04%) Greenfield Project
10 6 (1.04%) Learning Management System
10 6 (1.04%) Reinsurance
10 6 (1.04%) Social Media
11 5 (0.86%) FMCG
12 4 (0.69%) Algorithms
12 4 (0.69%) Credit Risk
13 3 (0.52%) Driving Licence
13 3 (0.52%) Educational Technology
Operating Systems
1 27 (4.66%) Windows
2 7 (1.21%) Linux
2 7 (1.21%) Unix
3 2 (0.35%) Windows Server
3 2 (0.35%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (0.17%) Android
4 1 (0.17%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 534 (92.23%) Business Intelligence
2 230 (39.72%) Analytics
3 172 (29.71%) Visualisation
4 163 (28.15%) Decision-Making
5 157 (27.12%) Problem-Solving
6 149 (25.73%) Continuous Improvement
7 129 (22.28%) Agile
8 117 (20.21%) AI
9 105 (18.13%) Data Analysis
9 105 (18.13%) Data Visualisation
10 93 (16.06%) Data Modelling
11 83 (14.34%) Actionable Insight
12 80 (13.82%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 79 (13.64%) DevOps
14 72 (12.44%) ETL
15 69 (11.92%) CRM
15 69 (11.92%) ERP
15 69 (11.92%) Process Improvement
16 67 (11.57%) Coaching
16 67 (11.57%) Data Analytics
Programming Languages
1 341 (58.89%) SQL
2 159 (27.46%) Python
3 66 (11.40%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 37 (6.39%) JavaScript
5 35 (6.04%) C#
6 24 (4.15%) R
7 23 (3.97%) Java
8 16 (2.76%) PL/SQL
9 15 (2.59%) Scala
9 15 (2.59%) Shell Script
10 13 (2.25%) T-SQL
10 13 (2.25%) VBA
11 8 (1.38%) PowerShell
12 4 (0.69%) TypeScript
13 2 (0.35%) Ruby
14 1 (0.17%) Bash
14 1 (0.17%) Bicep
14 1 (0.17%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 105 (18.13%) Degree
2 47 (8.12%) ACCA
2 47 (8.12%) CIMA
3 40 (6.91%) Microsoft Certification
4 35 (6.04%) Computer Science Degree
5 34 (5.87%) Security Cleared
6 31 (5.35%) SC Cleared
7 25 (4.32%) DBS Check
8 15 (2.59%) Azure Certification
8 15 (2.59%) Master's Degree
9 13 (2.25%) CISSP
10 12 (2.07%) CISA
10 12 (2.07%) Six Sigma Green Belt
11 9 (1.55%) Numerate Degree
12 5 (0.86%) CISM
12 5 (0.86%) CRISC
12 5 (0.86%) DV Cleared
13 3 (0.52%) BPSS Clearance
13 3 (0.52%) PMI Certification
14 2 (0.35%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 69 (11.92%) Data Quality
2 24 (4.15%) GDPR
3 23 (3.97%) Accessibility
4 16 (2.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 14 (2.42%) Actionable Recommendations
5 14 (2.42%) SLA
6 12 (2.07%) PMO
7 9 (1.55%) QA
8 6 (1.04%) GRC
9 5 (0.86%) COBIT
9 5 (0.86%) ITGC
9 5 (0.86%) NIST
10 2 (0.35%) WCAG
11 1 (0.17%) ISO 22301
11 1 (0.17%) P3O
11 1 (0.17%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 5 (0.86%) Docker
2 4 (0.69%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.52%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.35%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (0.35%) vSphere
5 1 (0.17%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.17%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 22 (3.80%) Terraform
2 18 (3.11%) Single Sign-On
3 10 (1.73%) Microsoft Intune
4 5 (0.86%) Kubernetes
5 2 (0.35%) Argo
6 1 (0.17%) Control-M
6 1 (0.17%) Failover Clustering
6 1 (0.17%) SCCM
Vendors
1 235 (40.59%) Microsoft
2 52 (8.98%) Databricks
3 37 (6.39%) Oracle
4 32 (5.53%) Google
5 25 (4.32%) Salesforce
6 20 (3.45%) Alteryx
6 20 (3.45%) SAP
7 10 (1.73%) Sage
8 8 (1.38%) Informatica
9 7 (1.21%) Concur
9 7 (1.21%) HubSpot
10 6 (1.04%) Talend
11 4 (0.69%) Anaplan
11 4 (0.69%) IBM
11 4 (0.69%) OpenAI
11 4 (0.69%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
11 4 (0.69%) Zoho
12 3 (0.52%) Cisco
12 3 (0.52%) Freshdesk
12 3 (0.52%) Openreach