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

6 months to
27 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 63 81 57
Rank change year-on-year +18 -24 +24
Permanent jobs citing Power BI 608 707 1,021
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.97% 3.55% 4.90%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 26.27% 15.28% 19.86%
Number of salaries quoted 446 446 854
10th Percentile £37,500 £38,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £55,148
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +13.33% +0.27%
75th Percentile £70,000 £77,313 £72,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £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 2,314 4,627 5,140
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 15.12% 23.24% 24.67%
Number of salaries quoted 1,778 2,853 4,121
10th Percentile £35,675 £40,000 £39,800
25th Percentile £45,000 £48,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £70,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +16.67% -0.41%
75th Percentile £80,000 £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 27 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 63 (10.36%) SharePoint
2 17 (2.80%) Confluence
3 12 (1.97%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 11 (1.81%) Microsoft Exchange
5 8 (1.32%) SAS
6 7 (1.15%) Apache Airflow
7 6 (0.99%) Moodle
8 4 (0.66%) Umbraco
9 3 (0.49%) Apache Spark
9 3 (0.49%) Jupyter
10 2 (0.33%) CMS
11 1 (0.16%) HCL Notes
Applications
1 228 (37.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 36 (5.92%) Microsoft Office
3 13 (2.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (1.32%) Spreadsheet
4 8 (1.32%) Trello
5 7 (1.15%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.66%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 29 (4.77%) Dynamics CRM
2 13 (2.14%) Oracle ERP
3 9 (1.48%) NetSuite
4 8 (1.32%) Visualfiles
5 4 (0.66%) Dynamics GP
5 4 (0.66%) SAP FI
6 2 (0.33%) Dynamics NAV
6 2 (0.33%) Elite 3E
6 2 (0.33%) FastStats
6 2 (0.33%) Primavera
6 2 (0.33%) Raiser’s Edge
6 2 (0.33%) ResourceLink
6 2 (0.33%) Sage 1000
7 1 (0.16%) Dynamics AX
7 1 (0.16%) FastStats PeopleStage
7 1 (0.16%) Pegasus Opera
7 1 (0.16%) Sage 200
7 1 (0.16%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.16%) SAP Business One
7 1 (0.16%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 608 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 244 (40.13%) Azure
3 83 (13.65%) PowerApps
4 82 (13.49%) Power Automate
5 78 (12.83%) Azure Data Factory
6 75 (12.34%) Microsoft 365
7 52 (8.55%) Dynamics 365
8 50 (8.22%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 47 (7.73%) Azure DevOps
10 45 (7.40%) Snowflake
11 38 (6.25%) GitHub
12 35 (5.76%) AWS
13 33 (5.43%) GCP
14 32 (5.26%) SaaS
15 23 (3.78%) Microsoft Purview
16 20 (3.29%) Microsoft Copilot
17 19 (3.13%) dbt
17 19 (3.13%) GitHub Copilot
18 12 (1.97%) Azure Logic Apps
18 12 (1.97%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.66%) Firewall
2 2 (0.33%) DHCP
2 2 (0.33%) DNS
2 2 (0.33%) Intranet
2 2 (0.33%) LAN
2 2 (0.33%) NAS
2 2 (0.33%) SAN
2 2 (0.33%) WAN
2 2 (0.33%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (0.16%) ADSL
3 1 (0.16%) Broadband
3 1 (0.16%) Ethernet
3 1 (0.16%) Internet
3 1 (0.16%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 134 (22.04%) Tableau
2 90 (14.80%) SQL Server
3 86 (14.14%) Data Warehouse
4 65 (10.69%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 45 (7.40%) Azure SQL Database
6 42 (6.91%) Data Lake
7 41 (6.74%) Power Query
8 34 (5.59%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 21 (3.45%) Crystal Reports
9 21 (3.45%) Metadata
10 18 (2.96%) Looker
11 15 (2.47%) BigQuery
12 14 (2.30%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
13 13 (2.14%) SQL Server Analysis Services
14 10 (1.64%) Data Vault
15 9 (1.48%) Relational Database
16 8 (1.32%) Oracle Database
17 7 (1.15%) Oracle Reports
17 7 (1.15%) QlikView
18 6 (0.99%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 33 (5.43%) JIRA
2 27 (4.44%) Git
3 14 (2.30%) Jenkins
4 13 (2.14%) Oracle Forms
5 6 (0.99%) ERwin
6 4 (0.66%) ER Studio
6 4 (0.66%) PowerDesigner
6 4 (0.66%) RStudio
7 3 (0.49%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 3 (0.49%) Visual Studio
7 3 (0.49%) Visual Studio Code
8 1 (0.16%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.16%) PHPUnit
8 1 (0.16%) Team Foundation Server
8 1 (0.16%) Vite
General
1 283 (46.55%) Finance
2 218 (35.86%) Social Skills
3 199 (32.73%) Analytical Skills
4 68 (11.18%) Marketing
5 52 (8.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 44 (7.24%) Retail
7 40 (6.58%) Manufacturing
8 38 (6.25%) Public Sector
9 30 (4.93%) Presentation Skills
10 28 (4.61%) Law
11 25 (4.11%) Organisational Skills
12 23 (3.78%) Legal
13 18 (2.96%) Billing
14 13 (2.14%) Banking
15 10 (1.64%) Advertising
15 10 (1.64%) Local Government
15 10 (1.64%) Pharmaceutical
15 10 (1.64%) Telecoms
16 7 (1.15%) Games
16 7 (1.15%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 227 (37.34%) Analyst
2 101 (16.61%) Developer
3 81 (13.32%) Senior
4 70 (11.51%) Data Analyst
5 52 (8.55%) Lead
6 49 (8.06%) Business Intelligence Analyst
7 40 (6.58%) Business Intelligence Developer
8 39 (6.41%) Data Engineer
9 34 (5.59%) Business Analyst
10 28 (4.61%) Power BI Analyst
11 26 (4.28%) Power Platform Developer
12 24 (3.95%) Financial Analyst
12 24 (3.95%) Support Analyst
13 21 (3.45%) Insight Analyst
13 21 (3.45%) Senior Developer
14 20 (3.29%) Accountant
14 20 (3.29%) Systems Accountant
15 19 (3.13%) Applications Engineer
16 18 (2.96%) Consultant
16 18 (2.96%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (3.29%) .NET
2 19 (3.13%) HTML5 Canvas
3 13 (2.14%) OAuth
3 13 (2.14%) OAuth2
4 12 (1.97%) JSON
4 12 (1.97%) RESTful
4 12 (1.97%) SAML
5 11 (1.81%) Pandas
6 10 (1.64%) Middleware
7 8 (1.32%) HTML
7 8 (1.32%) REST
7 8 (1.32%) XML
8 7 (1.15%) CSS
8 7 (1.15%) scikit-learn
9 6 (0.99%) NumPy
10 5 (0.82%) ASP.NET
10 5 (0.82%) EDI
10 5 (0.82%) React
10 5 (0.82%) Web Services
11 4 (0.66%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 42 (6.91%) Self-Motivation
2 40 (6.58%) Analytical Mindset
3 37 (6.09%) Management Information System
4 33 (5.43%) Cloud Native
5 24 (3.95%) Product Ownership
6 22 (3.62%) Onboarding
7 17 (2.80%) Enterprise Software
8 16 (2.63%) Legacy Systems
9 11 (1.81%) Data Structures
9 11 (1.81%) Low-Code
10 8 (1.32%) Reinsurance
11 7 (1.15%) Learning Management System
12 6 (0.99%) Driving Licence
12 6 (0.99%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 6 (0.99%) Social Media
13 5 (0.82%) FMCG
13 5 (0.82%) Greenfield Project
14 4 (0.66%) Credit Risk
15 3 (0.49%) Educational Technology
15 3 (0.49%) Market Risk
Operating Systems
1 28 (4.61%) Windows
2 7 (1.15%) Linux
2 7 (1.15%) Unix
3 3 (0.49%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.33%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 561 (92.27%) Business Intelligence
2 235 (38.65%) Analytics
3 177 (29.11%) Visualisation
4 174 (28.62%) Decision-Making
5 160 (26.32%) Problem-Solving
6 152 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
7 135 (22.20%) Agile
8 114 (18.75%) AI
9 109 (17.93%) Data Analysis
9 109 (17.93%) Data Visualisation
10 99 (16.28%) Data Modelling
11 88 (14.47%) Actionable Insight
12 77 (12.66%) CRM
13 76 (12.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 75 (12.34%) ETL
15 73 (12.01%) DevOps
16 71 (11.68%) Process Improvement
17 69 (11.35%) Data Governance
18 67 (11.02%) Data Analytics
18 67 (11.02%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 364 (59.87%) SQL
2 161 (26.48%) Python
3 69 (11.35%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 38 (6.25%) JavaScript
5 36 (5.92%) C#
6 25 (4.11%) R
7 20 (3.29%) Java
8 17 (2.80%) T-SQL
8 17 (2.80%) VBA
9 15 (2.47%) Scala
10 13 (2.14%) PL/SQL
11 12 (1.97%) Shell Script
12 9 (1.48%) PowerShell
13 5 (0.82%) TypeScript
14 2 (0.33%) Bash
14 2 (0.33%) Ruby
14 2 (0.33%) VB.NET
15 1 (0.16%) Bicep
15 1 (0.16%) PHP
Qualifications
1 109 (17.93%) Degree
2 46 (7.57%) ACCA
2 46 (7.57%) CIMA
3 40 (6.58%) Microsoft Certification
4 36 (5.92%) Computer Science Degree
4 36 (5.92%) Security Cleared
5 33 (5.43%) SC Cleared
6 27 (4.44%) DBS Check
7 16 (2.63%) Master's Degree
8 15 (2.47%) Azure Certification
9 13 (2.14%) CISSP
10 12 (1.97%) CISA
10 12 (1.97%) Numerate Degree
10 12 (1.97%) Six Sigma Green Belt
11 6 (0.99%) DV Cleared
12 5 (0.82%) CISM
12 5 (0.82%) CRISC
13 3 (0.49%) BPSS Clearance
14 2 (0.33%) PhD
14 2 (0.33%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 72 (11.84%) Data Quality
2 26 (4.28%) GDPR
3 24 (3.95%) Accessibility
4 17 (2.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 14 (2.30%) Actionable Recommendations
5 14 (2.30%) PMO
5 14 (2.30%) SLA
6 10 (1.64%) QA
7 5 (0.82%) COBIT
7 5 (0.82%) GRC
7 5 (0.82%) ITGC
7 5 (0.82%) NIST
8 2 (0.33%) P3O
8 2 (0.33%) WCAG
9 1 (0.16%) ISO 22301
9 1 (0.16%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 6 (0.99%) Docker
2 4 (0.66%) Active Directory
2 4 (0.66%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.33%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (0.33%) vSphere
4 1 (0.16%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.16%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 20 (3.29%) Terraform
2 15 (2.47%) Single Sign-On
3 10 (1.64%) Microsoft Intune
4 6 (0.99%) Kubernetes
5 2 (0.33%) Argo
5 2 (0.33%) Failover Clustering
6 1 (0.16%) Control-M
6 1 (0.16%) SCCM
Vendors
1 247 (40.63%) Microsoft
2 52 (8.55%) Databricks
3 34 (5.59%) Oracle
4 33 (5.43%) Google
5 28 (4.61%) Salesforce
6 20 (3.29%) Alteryx
6 20 (3.29%) SAP
7 11 (1.81%) Sage
8 9 (1.48%) Informatica
9 7 (1.15%) Concur
9 7 (1.15%) HubSpot
10 6 (0.99%) Talend
11 5 (0.82%) Cognos
11 5 (0.82%) IBM
12 4 (0.66%) Cisco
12 4 (0.66%) OpenAI
12 4 (0.66%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
12 4 (0.66%) VMware
12 4 (0.66%) Zoho
13 3 (0.49%) Anaplan