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

6 months to
18 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 60 75 57
Rank change year-on-year +15 -18 +27
Permanent jobs citing Power BI 625 676 1,085
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.12% 3.46% 5.00%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 26.92% 15.21% 20.12%
Number of salaries quoted 460 425 900
10th Percentile £37,475 £38,750 £36,690
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,250 £45,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +13.04% +4.55%
75th Percentile £69,840 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £93,750 £85,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +13.64% -

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 2,322 4,445 5,392
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 15.30% 22.73% 24.87%
Number of salaries quoted 1,785 2,704 4,314
10th Percentile £35,500 £40,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £48,750 £47,506
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £70,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +16.67% -
75th Percentile £80,000 £95,000 £77,715
90th Percentile £110,000 £122,500 £95,000
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 18 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 56 (8.96%) SharePoint
2 16 (2.56%) Confluence
3 12 (1.92%) Microsoft Exchange
4 11 (1.76%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 7 (1.12%) SAS
6 6 (0.96%) Apache Airflow
7 4 (0.64%) Moodle
8 3 (0.48%) Jupyter
9 1 (0.16%) Apache Spark
9 1 (0.16%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.16%) HCL Notes
Applications
1 237 (37.92%) Microsoft Excel
2 35 (5.60%) Microsoft Office
3 14 (2.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (1.44%) Spreadsheet
5 8 (1.28%) Trello
6 6 (0.96%) MS Visio
7 4 (0.64%) Microsoft Project
8 1 (0.16%) AutoCAD
8 1 (0.16%) Blender
8 1 (0.16%) Civil 3D
8 1 (0.16%) Navisworks
8 1 (0.16%) ProjectWise
8 1 (0.16%) Revit
Business Applications
1 31 (4.96%) Dynamics CRM
2 12 (1.92%) Oracle ERP
3 8 (1.28%) NetSuite
3 8 (1.28%) Visualfiles
4 6 (0.96%) Dynamics GP
5 4 (0.64%) ResourceLink
5 4 (0.64%) SAP FI
6 3 (0.48%) Sage 1000
7 2 (0.32%) Dynamics NAV
7 2 (0.32%) Elite 3E
7 2 (0.32%) FastStats
7 2 (0.32%) Primavera
7 2 (0.32%) Raiser’s Edge
8 1 (0.16%) Dynamics AX
8 1 (0.16%) FastStats PeopleStage
8 1 (0.16%) Pegasus Opera
8 1 (0.16%) Sage 200
8 1 (0.16%) Salesforce CRM
8 1 (0.16%) SAP Business One
8 1 (0.16%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 625 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 245 (39.20%) Azure
3 86 (13.76%) PowerApps
4 78 (12.48%) Power Automate
5 76 (12.16%) Azure Data Factory
6 74 (11.84%) Microsoft 365
7 50 (8.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 50 (8.00%) Dynamics 365
8 45 (7.20%) Azure DevOps
9 44 (7.04%) Snowflake
10 36 (5.76%) GitHub
11 33 (5.28%) AWS
12 32 (5.12%) GCP
13 31 (4.96%) SaaS
14 24 (3.84%) Microsoft Purview
15 19 (3.04%) Microsoft Copilot
16 17 (2.72%) dbt
16 17 (2.72%) GitHub Copilot
17 13 (2.08%) Azure Logic Apps
17 13 (2.08%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.64%) Firewall
2 2 (0.32%) DHCP
2 2 (0.32%) DNS
2 2 (0.32%) LAN
2 2 (0.32%) NAS
2 2 (0.32%) SAN
2 2 (0.32%) WAN
2 2 (0.32%) 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
1 136 (21.76%) Tableau
2 90 (14.40%) SQL Server
3 86 (13.76%) Data Warehouse
4 68 (10.88%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 44 (7.04%) Azure SQL Database
5 44 (7.04%) Power Query
6 42 (6.72%) Data Lake
7 37 (5.92%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 21 (3.36%) Crystal Reports
8 21 (3.36%) Metadata
9 17 (2.72%) Looker
10 15 (2.40%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 14 (2.24%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
11 14 (2.24%) BigQuery
12 12 (1.92%) Relational Database
13 11 (1.76%) BusinessObjects
14 8 (1.28%) Data Vault
14 8 (1.28%) Oracle Database
15 7 (1.12%) Oracle Reports
15 7 (1.12%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 32 (5.12%) JIRA
2 24 (3.84%) Git
3 12 (1.92%) Jenkins
3 12 (1.92%) Oracle Forms
4 6 (0.96%) ERwin
5 4 (0.64%) ER Studio
5 4 (0.64%) PowerDesigner
5 4 (0.64%) RStudio
6 3 (0.48%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 3 (0.48%) Visual Studio
6 3 (0.48%) Visual Studio Code
7 1 (0.16%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.16%) PHPUnit
7 1 (0.16%) Postman
7 1 (0.16%) Subversion
7 1 (0.16%) Vite
General
1 289 (46.24%) Finance
2 230 (36.80%) Social Skills
3 207 (33.12%) Analytical Skills
4 68 (10.88%) Marketing
5 52 (8.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 48 (7.68%) Retail
7 42 (6.72%) Manufacturing
8 36 (5.76%) Public Sector
9 30 (4.80%) Presentation Skills
10 27 (4.32%) Law
11 26 (4.16%) Organisational Skills
12 22 (3.52%) Legal
13 18 (2.88%) Billing
14 11 (1.76%) Banking
15 10 (1.60%) Advertising
15 10 (1.60%) Local Government
15 10 (1.60%) Pharmaceutical
15 10 (1.60%) Telecoms
16 8 (1.28%) Games
16 8 (1.28%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 238 (38.08%) Analyst
2 108 (17.28%) Developer
3 81 (12.96%) Senior
4 73 (11.68%) Data Analyst
5 52 (8.32%) Business Intelligence Analyst
5 52 (8.32%) Lead
6 47 (7.52%) Business Intelligence Developer
7 41 (6.56%) Data Engineer
8 37 (5.92%) Business Analyst
9 29 (4.64%) Power BI Analyst
10 27 (4.32%) Financial Analyst
11 26 (4.16%) Power Platform Developer
12 24 (3.84%) Support Analyst
13 23 (3.68%) Insight Analyst
13 23 (3.68%) Power BI Developer
14 21 (3.36%) Senior Developer
15 20 (3.20%) Accountant
15 20 (3.20%) Systems Accountant
16 19 (3.04%) Senior Analyst
17 17 (2.72%) Data Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (2.88%) .NET
1 18 (2.88%) HTML5 Canvas
2 12 (1.92%) JSON
2 12 (1.92%) OAuth
2 12 (1.92%) OAuth2
3 11 (1.76%) RESTful
3 11 (1.76%) SAML
4 10 (1.60%) Middleware
4 10 (1.60%) Pandas
5 8 (1.28%) HTML
5 8 (1.28%) REST
5 8 (1.28%) XML
6 7 (1.12%) CSS
6 7 (1.12%) scikit-learn
7 6 (0.96%) EDI
7 6 (0.96%) NumPy
7 6 (0.96%) React
7 6 (0.96%) Web Services
8 5 (0.80%) .NET Core
9 4 (0.64%) Hugging Face
Miscellaneous
1 43 (6.88%) Analytical Mindset
2 42 (6.72%) Self-Motivation
3 41 (6.56%) Management Information System
4 31 (4.96%) Cloud Native
5 23 (3.68%) Product Ownership
6 22 (3.52%) Onboarding
7 16 (2.56%) Enterprise Software
7 16 (2.56%) Legacy Systems
8 10 (1.60%) Low-Code
9 9 (1.44%) Data Structures
10 7 (1.12%) Learning Management System
10 7 (1.12%) Reinsurance
10 7 (1.12%) Social Media
11 6 (0.96%) Driving Licence
11 6 (0.96%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 3 (0.48%) Educational Technology
12 3 (0.48%) Greenfield Project
12 3 (0.48%) Housing Association
12 3 (0.48%) NHS
12 3 (0.48%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 29 (4.64%) Windows
2 7 (1.12%) Linux
2 7 (1.12%) Unix
3 4 (0.64%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.32%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 576 (92.16%) Business Intelligence
2 237 (37.92%) Analytics
3 187 (29.92%) Visualisation
4 183 (29.28%) Decision-Making
5 168 (26.88%) Problem-Solving
6 148 (23.68%) Continuous Improvement
7 130 (20.80%) Agile
8 119 (19.04%) Data Analysis
9 116 (18.56%) Data Visualisation
10 108 (17.28%) AI
11 98 (15.68%) Data Modelling
12 90 (14.40%) Actionable Insight
13 82 (13.12%) CRM
14 78 (12.48%) ETL
15 75 (12.00%) Process Improvement
15 75 (12.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 72 (11.52%) DevOps
17 71 (11.36%) Data Governance
18 68 (10.88%) ERP
19 67 (10.72%) Data Analytics
Programming Languages
1 384 (61.44%) SQL
2 161 (25.76%) Python
3 72 (11.52%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 37 (5.92%) JavaScript
5 35 (5.60%) C#
6 27 (4.32%) R
7 20 (3.20%) T-SQL
8 19 (3.04%) Java
9 18 (2.88%) VBA
10 14 (2.24%) Scala
11 12 (1.92%) PL/SQL
12 11 (1.76%) Shell Script
13 9 (1.44%) PowerShell
14 5 (0.80%) TypeScript
15 3 (0.48%) VB.NET
16 2 (0.32%) Bash
16 2 (0.32%) Ruby
17 1 (0.16%) Julia
17 1 (0.16%) PHP
Qualifications
1 111 (17.76%) Degree
2 44 (7.04%) ACCA
2 44 (7.04%) CIMA
3 39 (6.24%) Microsoft Certification
4 37 (5.92%) Computer Science Degree
5 35 (5.60%) Security Cleared
6 32 (5.12%) SC Cleared
7 24 (3.84%) DBS Check
8 16 (2.56%) Master's Degree
9 14 (2.24%) Azure Certification
10 13 (2.08%) CISSP
10 13 (2.08%) Numerate Degree
11 12 (1.92%) CISA
11 12 (1.92%) Six Sigma Green Belt
12 6 (0.96%) DV Cleared
13 5 (0.80%) CISM
13 5 (0.80%) CRISC
14 2 (0.32%) CIPD
14 2 (0.32%) PhD
14 2 (0.32%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 70 (11.20%) Data Quality
2 26 (4.16%) GDPR
3 24 (3.84%) Accessibility
4 17 (2.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 14 (2.24%) Actionable Recommendations
6 13 (2.08%) PMO
7 12 (1.92%) QA
7 12 (1.92%) SLA
8 5 (0.80%) COBIT
8 5 (0.80%) GRC
8 5 (0.80%) ITGC
8 5 (0.80%) NIST
9 2 (0.32%) P3O
10 1 (0.16%) ISO 22301
10 1 (0.16%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 5 (0.80%) Docker
1 5 (0.80%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (0.64%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.32%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (0.32%) vSphere
4 1 (0.16%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.16%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 20 (3.20%) Terraform
2 14 (2.24%) Single Sign-On
3 8 (1.28%) Microsoft Intune
4 5 (0.80%) Kubernetes
5 3 (0.48%) Failover Clustering
6 2 (0.32%) Argo
7 1 (0.16%) SCCM
Vendors
1 252 (40.32%) Microsoft
2 49 (7.84%) Databricks
3 34 (5.44%) Google
4 32 (5.12%) Oracle
5 29 (4.64%) Salesforce
6 20 (3.20%) Alteryx
6 20 (3.20%) SAP
7 15 (2.40%) Sage
8 8 (1.28%) Cognos
8 8 (1.28%) Informatica
9 7 (1.12%) Concur
9 7 (1.12%) HubSpot
10 6 (0.96%) Anaplan
10 6 (0.96%) Talend
11 5 (0.80%) Cisco
11 5 (0.80%) IBM
11 5 (0.80%) VMware
12 4 (0.64%) OpenAI
12 4 (0.64%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
12 4 (0.64%) Zoho