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

6 months to
26 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 72 85 61
Rank change year-on-year +13 -24 +18
Permanent jobs citing Power BI 552 625 941
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.59% 3.63% 4.61%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 25.38% 14.72% 18.85%
Number of salaries quoted 385 374 783
10th Percentile £37,500 £37,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,011
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.07% +0.02%
75th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £72,433
90th Percentile £87,000 £92,500 £85,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -0.97%

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 2,175 4,246 4,993
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 14.16% 24.66% 24.44%
Number of salaries quoted 1,617 2,589 4,017
10th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £39,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £48,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £67,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +12.50% -4.00%
75th Percentile £81,250 £92,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £118,750 £93,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -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 26 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 46 (8.33%) SharePoint
2 17 (3.08%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 16 (2.90%) Confluence
4 8 (1.45%) SAS
5 7 (1.27%) Apache Airflow
6 4 (0.72%) Apache Spark
6 4 (0.72%) Umbraco
7 3 (0.54%) Microsoft Exchange
8 2 (0.36%) CMS
8 2 (0.36%) Jupyter
8 2 (0.36%) Moodle
Applications
1 207 (37.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 30 (5.43%) Microsoft Office
3 12 (2.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (1.45%) Trello
5 6 (1.09%) Spreadsheet
6 4 (0.72%) Microsoft Project
7 3 (0.54%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 26 (4.71%) Dynamics CRM
2 17 (3.08%) Oracle ERP
3 8 (1.45%) Visualfiles
4 7 (1.27%) NetSuite
5 4 (0.72%) NEC Housing
5 4 (0.72%) SAP FI
6 3 (0.54%) ResourceLink
7 2 (0.36%) Dynamics GP
7 2 (0.36%) SAP Business One
8 1 (0.18%) Elite 3E
8 1 (0.18%) Pegasus Opera
8 1 (0.18%) Primavera
8 1 (0.18%) Raiser’s Edge
8 1 (0.18%) Salesforce CRM
8 1 (0.18%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 552 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 244 (44.20%) Azure
3 81 (14.67%) Azure Data Factory
4 66 (11.96%) PowerApps
5 63 (11.41%) Power Automate
6 57 (10.33%) Microsoft 365
7 54 (9.78%) Azure DevOps
7 54 (9.78%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 51 (9.24%) Dynamics 365
9 44 (7.97%) Snowflake
10 41 (7.43%) GitHub
11 34 (6.16%) AWS
12 29 (5.25%) GCP
13 24 (4.35%) GitHub Copilot
14 23 (4.17%) SaaS
15 21 (3.80%) dbt
16 18 (3.26%) OCI
17 15 (2.72%) Microsoft Copilot
18 13 (2.36%) Microsoft Purview
19 10 (1.81%) Azure Machine Learning
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.36%) DHCP
1 2 (0.36%) DNS
1 2 (0.36%) Intranet
1 2 (0.36%) Modbus
1 2 (0.36%) MQTT
1 2 (0.36%) NAS
1 2 (0.36%) SAN
2 1 (0.18%) ADSL
2 1 (0.18%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 130 (23.55%) Tableau
2 78 (14.13%) Data Warehouse
3 70 (12.68%) SQL Server
4 53 (9.60%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 47 (8.51%) Azure SQL Database
6 42 (7.61%) Data Lake
7 32 (5.80%) Power Query
8 30 (5.43%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 18 (3.26%) Looker
10 17 (3.08%) Crystal Reports
10 17 (3.08%) Metadata
11 16 (2.90%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
12 15 (2.72%) BigQuery
13 11 (1.99%) SQL Server Analysis Services
14 9 (1.63%) Data Vault
15 8 (1.45%) Oracle Database
16 7 (1.27%) Oracle Reports
16 7 (1.27%) Qlik Sense
16 7 (1.27%) QlikView
17 6 (1.09%) SAS EBI
Development Applications
1 36 (6.52%) JIRA
2 33 (5.98%) Git
3 20 (3.62%) Jenkins
4 17 (3.08%) Oracle Forms
5 6 (1.09%) ERwin
6 4 (0.72%) ER Studio
6 4 (0.72%) PowerDesigner
7 3 (0.54%) Visual Studio
7 3 (0.54%) 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
1 252 (45.65%) Finance
2 200 (36.23%) Social Skills
3 185 (33.51%) Analytical Skills
4 63 (11.41%) Marketing
5 47 (8.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 38 (6.88%) Retail
7 37 (6.70%) Manufacturing
7 37 (6.70%) Public Sector
8 28 (5.07%) Presentation Skills
9 24 (4.35%) Organisational Skills
10 22 (3.99%) Law
11 18 (3.26%) Billing
12 15 (2.72%) Legal
13 12 (2.17%) Telecoms
14 11 (1.99%) Banking
15 10 (1.81%) Advertising
16 8 (1.45%) Local Government
16 8 (1.45%) Pharmaceutical
17 7 (1.27%) Influencing Skills
18 6 (1.09%) Games
Job Titles
1 185 (33.51%) Analyst
2 80 (14.49%) Developer
3 71 (12.86%) Senior
4 58 (10.51%) Data Analyst
5 47 (8.51%) Lead
6 38 (6.88%) Data Engineer
7 36 (6.52%) Business Intelligence Analyst
8 29 (5.25%) Business Intelligence Developer
9 27 (4.89%) Applications Engineer
10 26 (4.71%) Business Analyst
11 24 (4.35%) Power Platform Developer
12 23 (4.17%) Support Analyst
13 22 (3.99%) Consultant
14 19 (3.44%) Cloud Engineer
14 19 (3.44%) Financial Analyst
14 19 (3.44%) Power BI Analyst
15 18 (3.26%) Insight Analyst
16 17 (3.08%) Applications Support
17 16 (2.90%) Architect
17 16 (2.90%) Systems Accountant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (3.26%) .NET
1 18 (3.26%) HTML5 Canvas
2 17 (3.08%) OAuth
2 17 (3.08%) OAuth2
2 17 (3.08%) RESTful
2 17 (3.08%) SAML
3 11 (1.99%) Pandas
4 10 (1.81%) JSON
4 10 (1.81%) Middleware
5 7 (1.27%) EDI
5 7 (1.27%) PySpark
5 7 (1.27%) scikit-learn
5 7 (1.27%) XML
6 6 (1.09%) HTML
6 6 (1.09%) NumPy
7 5 (0.91%) CSS
7 5 (0.91%) REST
7 5 (0.91%) Web Services
8 4 (0.72%) AngularJS
8 4 (0.72%) React
Miscellaneous
1 39 (7.07%) Analytical Mindset
2 37 (6.70%) Cloud Native
3 36 (6.52%) Management Information System
4 32 (5.80%) Self-Motivation
5 23 (4.17%) Product Ownership
6 21 (3.80%) Enterprise Software
7 16 (2.90%) Onboarding
8 15 (2.72%) Legacy Systems
9 12 (2.17%) Data Structures
9 12 (2.17%) Low-Code
10 6 (1.09%) Algorithms
10 6 (1.09%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 6 (1.09%) Greenfield Project
10 6 (1.09%) Reinsurance
11 5 (0.91%) Social Media
12 4 (0.72%) Credit Risk
12 4 (0.72%) FMCG
12 4 (0.72%) Housing Association
13 3 (0.54%) Educational Technology
13 3 (0.54%) Learning Management System
Operating Systems
1 18 (3.26%) Windows
2 7 (1.27%) Linux
2 7 (1.27%) Unix
3 2 (0.36%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (0.18%) Android
4 1 (0.18%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.18%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 514 (93.12%) Business Intelligence
2 224 (40.58%) Analytics
3 169 (30.62%) Visualisation
4 157 (28.44%) Decision-Making
4 157 (28.44%) Problem-Solving
5 139 (25.18%) Continuous Improvement
6 130 (23.55%) Agile
7 114 (20.65%) AI
8 105 (19.02%) Data Analysis
8 105 (19.02%) Data Visualisation
9 92 (16.67%) Data Modelling
10 84 (15.22%) DevOps
11 79 (14.31%) Actionable Insight
12 78 (14.13%) ETL
13 76 (13.77%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 71 (12.86%) Data Engineering
15 68 (12.32%) ERP
16 65 (11.78%) Coaching
16 65 (11.78%) Process Improvement
17 64 (11.59%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 327 (59.24%) SQL
2 167 (30.25%) Python
3 59 (10.69%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 33 (5.98%) C#
5 31 (5.62%) JavaScript
6 25 (4.53%) R
7 24 (4.35%) Java
8 18 (3.26%) PL/SQL
9 17 (3.08%) Shell Script
10 15 (2.72%) Scala
11 13 (2.36%) T-SQL
11 13 (2.36%) VBA
12 11 (1.99%) PowerShell
13 3 (0.54%) TypeScript
14 2 (0.36%) Ruby
15 1 (0.18%) Bash
15 1 (0.18%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 100 (18.12%) Degree
2 40 (7.25%) ACCA
2 40 (7.25%) CIMA
3 38 (6.88%) Microsoft Certification
4 36 (6.52%) Security Cleared
5 31 (5.62%) Computer Science Degree
6 30 (5.43%) SC Cleared
7 22 (3.99%) DBS Check
8 15 (2.72%) Azure Certification
9 14 (2.54%) Master's Degree
10 13 (2.36%) CISSP
11 12 (2.17%) CISA
11 12 (2.17%) Six Sigma Green Belt
12 9 (1.63%) Numerate Degree
13 6 (1.09%) DV Cleared
14 5 (0.91%) CISM
14 5 (0.91%) CRISC
15 4 (0.72%) PMI Certification
15 4 (0.72%) PMP
16 3 (0.54%) CIPD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 69 (12.50%) Data Quality
2 22 (3.99%) GDPR
3 21 (3.80%) Accessibility
4 17 (3.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 14 (2.54%) Actionable Recommendations
6 12 (2.17%) SLA
7 11 (1.99%) PMO
8 10 (1.81%) QA
9 7 (1.27%) GRC
10 6 (1.09%) NIST
11 5 (0.91%) COBIT
11 5 (0.91%) ITGC
12 2 (0.36%) WCAG
13 1 (0.18%) P3O
13 1 (0.18%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 6 (1.09%) Docker
2 3 (0.54%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.36%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (0.36%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.36%) vSphere
4 1 (0.18%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 24 (4.35%) Terraform
2 20 (3.62%) Single Sign-On
3 6 (1.09%) Kubernetes
3 6 (1.09%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (0.36%) Argo
5 1 (0.18%) Control-M
5 1 (0.18%) SCCM
Vendors
1 222 (40.22%) Microsoft
2 61 (11.05%) Databricks
3 39 (7.07%) Oracle
4 29 (5.25%) Google
5 21 (3.80%) Salesforce
5 21 (3.80%) SAP
6 14 (2.54%) Alteryx
7 10 (1.81%) Informatica
8 7 (1.27%) Sage
9 6 (1.09%) Concur
9 6 (1.09%) Northgate
9 6 (1.09%) Talend
10 5 (0.91%) Anaplan
10 5 (0.91%) HubSpot
11 4 (0.72%) IBM
11 4 (0.72%) OpenAI
11 4 (0.72%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
11 4 (0.72%) ServiceNow
11 4 (0.72%) Zoho
12 3 (0.54%) Openreach