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 17 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 81 77 58
Rank change year-on-year -4 -19 +38
Permanent jobs citing Power BI 663 726 1,138
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.05% 3.56% 4.88%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 25.71% 15.51% 19.49%
Number of salaries quoted 489 471 976
10th Percentile £37,500 £39,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £42,000 £46,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £55,148
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +17.87% +0.27%
75th Percentile £70,000 £78,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £95,000 £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 2,579 4,682 5,838
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 15.76% 22.99% 25.04%
Number of salaries quoted 1,767 2,887 4,768
10th Percentile £35,750 £40,000 £39,294
25th Percentile £46,250 £48,750 £48,091
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,850 £70,000 £60,781
Median % change year-on-year -13.07% +15.17% +1.30%
75th Percentile £82,500 £95,000 £77,542
90th Percentile £112,500 £130,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £62,450
% change year-on-year -7.69% +4.08% +4.08%

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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 17 October 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 53 (7.99%) SharePoint
2 23 (3.47%) Microsoft Exchange
3 15 (2.26%) Confluence
4 9 (1.36%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 8 (1.21%) Moodle
6 6 (0.90%) SAS
7 4 (0.60%) Apache Airflow
7 4 (0.60%) Apache Spark
7 4 (0.60%) CMS
8 3 (0.45%) ArcGIS
9 2 (0.30%) Jupyter
10 1 (0.15%) Apache
10 1 (0.15%) HCL Notes
Applications
1 227 (34.24%) Microsoft Excel
2 33 (4.98%) Microsoft Office
3 30 (4.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 11 (1.66%) Spreadsheet
5 6 (0.90%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.60%) Microsoft Project
7 3 (0.45%) AutoCAD
7 3 (0.45%) Blender
7 3 (0.45%) Civil 3D
7 3 (0.45%) Navisworks
7 3 (0.45%) ProjectWise
7 3 (0.45%) Revit
8 1 (0.15%) Trello
Business Applications
1 35 (5.28%) Dynamics CRM
2 10 (1.51%) Oracle ERP
3 8 (1.21%) NetSuite
3 8 (1.21%) Visualfiles
4 7 (1.06%) Dynamics GP
5 4 (0.60%) Sage 1000
5 4 (0.60%) SAP FI
6 2 (0.30%) Dynamics NAV
6 2 (0.30%) FastStats
6 2 (0.30%) Primavera
6 2 (0.30%) Raiser’s Edge
6 2 (0.30%) ResourceLink
6 2 (0.30%) Sage 200
6 2 (0.30%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.15%) Dynamics AX
7 1 (0.15%) Elite 3E
7 1 (0.15%) FastStats PeopleStage
7 1 (0.15%) SAP Business One
7 1 (0.15%) SAP S/4HANA
7 1 (0.15%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 663 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 276 (41.63%) Azure
3 97 (14.63%) Power Automate
4 85 (12.82%) PowerApps
5 74 (11.16%) Microsoft 365
6 66 (9.95%) Azure DevOps
7 55 (8.30%) SaaS
8 53 (7.99%) Dynamics 365
9 51 (7.69%) AWS
10 50 (7.54%) Azure Data Factory
11 44 (6.64%) Snowflake
12 29 (4.37%) GCP
13 28 (4.22%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 27 (4.07%) Entra ID
15 25 (3.77%) GitHub
16 24 (3.62%) Microsoft Purview
17 20 (3.02%) Azure Service Bus
18 19 (2.87%) Azure AI
18 19 (2.87%) Azure Key Vault
18 19 (2.87%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 24 (3.62%) Firewall
2 18 (2.71%) DNS
2 18 (2.71%) WAN
3 16 (2.41%) SD-WAN
3 16 (2.41%) VPN
4 2 (0.30%) DHCP
4 2 (0.30%) LAN
4 2 (0.30%) NAS
4 2 (0.30%) SAN
4 2 (0.30%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (0.15%) Broadband
5 1 (0.15%) Ethernet
5 1 (0.15%) Intranet
5 1 (0.15%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 132 (19.91%) Tableau
2 91 (13.73%) SQL Server
3 90 (13.57%) Data Warehouse
4 54 (8.14%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 53 (7.99%) Data Lake
6 39 (5.88%) Power Query
7 38 (5.73%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 30 (4.52%) Metadata
9 26 (3.92%) BusinessObjects
10 21 (3.17%) Data Mining
10 21 (3.17%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 18 (2.71%) Crystal Reports
12 17 (2.56%) Looker
12 17 (2.56%) MySQL
13 16 (2.41%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
14 15 (2.26%) BigQuery
15 13 (1.96%) Azure SQL Database
15 13 (1.96%) Data Hub
15 13 (1.96%) SQL CLR
16 11 (1.66%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 39 (5.88%) Git
2 32 (4.83%) JIRA
3 10 (1.51%) Jenkins
3 10 (1.51%) Oracle Forms
4 4 (0.60%) ER Studio
4 4 (0.60%) ERwin
4 4 (0.60%) PowerDesigner
4 4 (0.60%) RStudio
4 4 (0.60%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 3 (0.45%) Subversion
5 3 (0.45%) Visual Studio Code
6 2 (0.30%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.15%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.15%) MLflow
7 1 (0.15%) PHPUnit
7 1 (0.15%) Postman
7 1 (0.15%) Vite
General
1 267 (40.27%) Finance
2 220 (33.18%) Social Skills
3 200 (30.17%) Analytical Skills
4 70 (10.56%) Retail
5 57 (8.60%) Marketing
6 50 (7.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 34 (5.13%) Manufacturing
8 33 (4.98%) Public Sector
9 23 (3.47%) Law
10 19 (2.87%) Organisational Skills
11 18 (2.71%) Legal
12 16 (2.41%) Presentation Skills
13 14 (2.11%) Back Office
14 11 (1.66%) Local Government
15 10 (1.51%) Advertising
16 9 (1.36%) Banking
16 9 (1.36%) Games
16 9 (1.36%) Social Housing
17 8 (1.21%) Pharmaceutical
18 6 (0.90%) Billing
Job Titles
1 237 (35.75%) Analyst
2 146 (22.02%) Developer
3 93 (14.03%) Senior
4 72 (10.86%) Data Analyst
5 53 (7.99%) Lead
6 49 (7.39%) Business Intelligence Analyst
7 48 (7.24%) Business Analyst
7 48 (7.24%) Business Intelligence Developer
8 46 (6.94%) Data Engineer
9 34 (5.13%) Financial Analyst
10 32 (4.83%) Senior Developer
11 28 (4.22%) Architect
11 28 (4.22%) Power BI Developer
11 28 (4.22%) Power Platform Developer
12 27 (4.07%) Junior
13 26 (3.92%) Power BI Analyst
14 25 (3.77%) Senior Analyst
15 24 (3.62%) Support Analyst
16 20 (3.02%) Accountant
16 20 (3.02%) Systems Accountant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (4.07%) .NET
2 13 (1.96%) HTML5 Canvas
3 10 (1.51%) OAuth
3 10 (1.51%) OAuth2
3 10 (1.51%) Pandas
4 9 (1.36%) REST
4 9 (1.36%) RESTful
4 9 (1.36%) SAML
4 9 (1.36%) XML
5 8 (1.21%) .NET Core
5 8 (1.21%) JSON
5 8 (1.21%) Middleware
5 8 (1.21%) PySpark
5 8 (1.21%) scikit-learn
5 8 (1.21%) Web Services
6 7 (1.06%) HTML
7 6 (0.90%) CSS
7 6 (0.90%) NumPy
8 5 (0.75%) ASP.NET
9 4 (0.60%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 45 (6.79%) Management Information System
2 28 (4.22%) Data Structures
3 26 (3.92%) Self-Motivation
4 24 (3.62%) Cloud Native
5 23 (3.47%) Onboarding
6 22 (3.32%) Analytical Mindset
7 21 (3.17%) NHS
8 20 (3.02%) Legacy Systems
9 18 (2.71%) Product Ownership
10 16 (2.41%) Data Centre
11 13 (1.96%) Enterprise Software
11 13 (1.96%) Private Cloud
12 11 (1.66%) Learning Management System
13 8 (1.21%) Reinsurance
14 7 (1.06%) Driving Licence
15 6 (0.90%) Social Media
16 5 (0.75%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
17 4 (0.60%) Educational Technology
17 4 (0.60%) FMCG
17 4 (0.60%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 34 (5.13%) Windows
2 7 (1.06%) Linux
2 7 (1.06%) Unix
3 5 (0.75%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.30%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 575 (86.73%) Business Intelligence
2 220 (33.18%) Analytics
3 175 (26.40%) Visualisation
4 165 (24.89%) Decision-Making
5 142 (21.42%) Problem-Solving
6 127 (19.16%) Agile
7 123 (18.55%) Continuous Improvement
8 119 (17.95%) Data Visualisation
9 114 (17.19%) Data Analysis
10 107 (16.14%) AI
11 96 (14.48%) DevOps
12 90 (13.57%) CRM
13 85 (12.82%) Data Modelling
13 85 (12.82%) ETL
14 80 (12.07%) Data Management
15 74 (11.16%) Coaching
16 71 (10.71%) Mentoring
17 70 (10.56%) Actionable Insight
18 67 (10.11%) Data Governance
19 66 (9.95%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 423 (63.80%) SQL
2 167 (25.19%) Python
3 49 (7.39%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 43 (6.49%) C#
5 39 (5.88%) R
6 37 (5.58%) VBA
7 32 (4.83%) JavaScript
8 31 (4.68%) T-SQL
9 28 (4.22%) PowerShell
10 16 (2.41%) Bicep
10 16 (2.41%) Java
11 13 (1.96%) Scala
12 11 (1.66%) PL/SQL
13 9 (1.36%) Shell Script
14 4 (0.60%) VB.NET
15 3 (0.45%) Bash
15 3 (0.45%) Julia
15 3 (0.45%) TypeScript
16 1 (0.15%) PHP
16 1 (0.15%) VB
Qualifications
1 98 (14.78%) Degree
2 44 (6.64%) ACCA
2 44 (6.64%) CIMA
3 37 (5.58%) Microsoft Certification
4 33 (4.98%) DBS Check
5 31 (4.68%) Computer Science Degree
5 31 (4.68%) SC Cleared
5 31 (4.68%) Security Cleared
6 30 (4.52%) Azure Certification
7 16 (2.41%) Master's Degree
8 13 (1.96%) CISSP
9 12 (1.81%) CISA
10 10 (1.51%) Numerate Degree
11 5 (0.75%) CISM
11 5 (0.75%) CRISC
12 3 (0.45%) BPSS Clearance
12 3 (0.45%) DV Cleared
12 3 (0.45%) PhD
13 2 (0.30%) AWS Certification
13 2 (0.30%) Tableau Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 66 (9.95%) Data Quality
2 32 (4.83%) GDPR
3 28 (4.22%) Accessibility
4 19 (2.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 16 (2.41%) QA
6 9 (1.36%) SLA
7 8 (1.21%) PMO
8 5 (0.75%) COBIT
8 5 (0.75%) GRC
8 5 (0.75%) ITGC
8 5 (0.75%) NIST
9 4 (0.60%) Actionable Recommendations
10 2 (0.30%) ISO 22301
10 2 (0.30%) P3O
11 1 (0.15%) Cyber Essentials
11 1 (0.15%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 16 (2.41%) Virtual Machines
2 15 (2.26%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (0.75%) Active Directory
4 2 (0.30%) Docker
4 2 (0.30%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (0.30%) vSphere
5 1 (0.15%) HDFS
5 1 (0.15%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.15%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 28 (4.22%) Single Sign-On
2 22 (3.32%) Terraform
3 13 (1.96%) Failover Clustering
4 8 (1.21%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.30%) Kubernetes
6 1 (0.15%) SCCM
Vendors
1 277 (41.78%) Microsoft
2 57 (8.60%) Databricks
3 33 (4.98%) Google
4 31 (4.68%) Salesforce
5 28 (4.22%) Oracle
6 19 (2.87%) Alteryx
7 18 (2.71%) Facebook
7 18 (2.71%) Sage
8 17 (2.56%) Meraki
9 15 (2.26%) VMware
10 14 (2.11%) SAP
11 13 (1.96%) Anaplan
12 11 (1.66%) Cognos
13 8 (1.21%) Concur
13 8 (1.21%) HubSpot
13 8 (1.21%) OpenAI
14 6 (0.90%) IBM
15 5 (0.75%) Cisco
15 5 (0.75%) Informatica
15 5 (0.75%) Talend