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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 85 85 62
Rank change year-on-year 0 -23 +46
Permanent jobs citing Power BI 677 774 1,196
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 4.18% 3.33% 4.77%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 24.82% 16.03% 19.21%
Number of salaries quoted 508 573 1,029
10th Percentile £37,125 £38,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £55,065
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +18.04% +0.12%
75th Percentile £70,000 £84,964 £72,500
90th Percentile £89,125 £93,750 £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 2,728 4,829 6,225
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 16.85% 20.75% 24.81%
Number of salaries quoted 1,903 3,262 5,202
10th Percentile £35,500 £39,500 £40,028
25th Percentile £46,250 £48,750 £49,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £67,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% +8.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £82,500 £95,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £113,750 £140,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £63,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +0.80% +4.17%

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Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Power BI as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Power BI trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

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Salary Trend for Jobs with Hybrid Work Options

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing Power BI.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing Power BI

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Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Power BI over the 6 months to 16 September 2025.

Power BI salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 50 (7.39%) SharePoint
2 23 (3.40%) Microsoft Exchange
3 12 (1.77%) Apache Spark
4 11 (1.62%) Confluence
5 9 (1.33%) Moodle
6 6 (0.89%) CMS
6 6 (0.89%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 5 (0.74%) Apache Airflow
8 3 (0.44%) Apache
8 3 (0.44%) ArcGIS
9 2 (0.30%) Jupyter
9 2 (0.30%) SAS
10 1 (0.15%) HCL Notes
Applications
1 226 (33.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 28 (4.14%) Microsoft Office
3 25 (3.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 13 (1.92%) Spreadsheet
5 6 (0.89%) MS Visio
6 3 (0.44%) AutoCAD
6 3 (0.44%) Blender
6 3 (0.44%) Civil 3D
6 3 (0.44%) Navisworks
6 3 (0.44%) ProjectWise
6 3 (0.44%) Revit
7 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 42 (6.20%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (1.18%) NetSuite
3 7 (1.03%) Oracle ERP
3 7 (1.03%) Visualfiles
4 6 (0.89%) Dynamics GP
5 4 (0.59%) ResourceLink
5 4 (0.59%) Sage 1000
5 4 (0.59%) Salesforce CRM
5 4 (0.59%) SAP FI
6 3 (0.44%) IBM Planning Analytics
7 2 (0.30%) Dynamics NAV
7 2 (0.30%) FastStats
7 2 (0.30%) Oracle General Ledger
7 2 (0.30%) Oracle Payables
7 2 (0.30%) Oracle Receivables
7 2 (0.30%) Raiser’s Edge
7 2 (0.30%) Sage 200
7 2 (0.30%) Shopify
8 1 (0.15%) Elite 3E
8 1 (0.15%) FastStats PeopleStage
Cloud Services
1 677 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 275 (40.62%) Azure
3 107 (15.81%) Power Automate
4 91 (13.44%) PowerApps
5 61 (9.01%) Microsoft 365
6 59 (8.71%) SaaS
7 58 (8.57%) Azure Data Factory
7 58 (8.57%) Azure DevOps
8 54 (7.98%) Dynamics 365
9 52 (7.68%) AWS
10 42 (6.20%) Snowflake
11 35 (5.17%) GCP
12 34 (5.02%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 27 (3.99%) Entra ID
14 24 (3.55%) IaaS
14 24 (3.55%) Microsoft Purview
14 24 (3.55%) PaaS
15 20 (2.95%) Azure Service Bus
15 20 (2.95%) GitHub
16 18 (2.66%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 28 (4.14%) Firewall
2 20 (2.95%) WAN
3 18 (2.66%) DNS
4 16 (2.36%) SD-WAN
4 16 (2.36%) VPN
5 4 (0.59%) Internet
5 4 (0.59%) LAN
5 4 (0.59%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (0.30%) ADSL
6 2 (0.30%) DHCP
6 2 (0.30%) NAS
6 2 (0.30%) SAN
7 1 (0.15%) Broadband
7 1 (0.15%) Ethernet
7 1 (0.15%) Intranet
7 1 (0.15%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 130 (19.20%) Tableau
2 100 (14.77%) Data Warehouse
3 97 (14.33%) SQL Server
4 59 (8.71%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 50 (7.39%) Data Lake
6 47 (6.94%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 39 (5.76%) Power Query
8 29 (4.28%) Metadata
9 28 (4.14%) BusinessObjects
10 20 (2.95%) Data Mining
10 20 (2.95%) MySQL
11 19 (2.81%) Data Hub
11 19 (2.81%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 18 (2.66%) Relational Database
13 17 (2.51%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
13 17 (2.51%) Crystal Reports
14 15 (2.22%) Azure SQL Database
14 15 (2.22%) Looker
15 13 (1.92%) Big Data
15 13 (1.92%) SQL CLR
Development Applications
1 36 (5.32%) Git
2 28 (4.14%) JIRA
3 10 (1.48%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 8 (1.18%) Jenkins
5 7 (1.03%) Oracle Forms
6 4 (0.59%) RStudio
6 4 (0.59%) Subversion
7 3 (0.44%) Visual Studio Code
8 2 (0.30%) Postman
9 1 (0.15%) Cypress.io
9 1 (0.15%) Gatling
9 1 (0.15%) JMeter
9 1 (0.15%) Locust
9 1 (0.15%) MLflow
9 1 (0.15%) PHPUnit
9 1 (0.15%) Visual Studio
9 1 (0.15%) Vite
General
1 271 (40.03%) Finance
2 227 (33.53%) Social Skills
3 198 (29.25%) Analytical Skills
4 68 (10.04%) Retail
5 52 (7.68%) Marketing
6 46 (6.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 35 (5.17%) Manufacturing
8 26 (3.84%) Public Sector
9 24 (3.55%) Law
10 23 (3.40%) Legal
11 18 (2.66%) Banking
12 16 (2.36%) Presentation Skills
13 15 (2.22%) Organisational Skills
14 14 (2.07%) Back Office
15 12 (1.77%) Advertising
16 11 (1.62%) Games
17 10 (1.48%) Local Government
18 8 (1.18%) Social Housing
19 7 (1.03%) Billing
19 7 (1.03%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 229 (33.83%) Analyst
2 154 (22.75%) Developer
3 90 (13.29%) Senior
4 74 (10.93%) Data Analyst
5 53 (7.83%) Business Intelligence Developer
6 52 (7.68%) Lead
7 51 (7.53%) Data Engineer
8 46 (6.79%) Business Analyst
8 46 (6.79%) Business Intelligence Analyst
9 36 (5.32%) Power BI Developer
10 33 (4.87%) Financial Analyst
11 31 (4.58%) Power Platform Developer
11 31 (4.58%) Senior Developer
12 30 (4.43%) Junior
13 29 (4.28%) Data Manager
14 28 (4.14%) Architect
15 24 (3.55%) Power BI Analyst
16 23 (3.40%) SQL Developer
17 22 (3.25%) Support Analyst
17 22 (3.25%) Systems Accountant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (4.58%) .NET
2 13 (1.92%) Pandas
3 12 (1.77%) PySpark
4 10 (1.48%) REST
5 9 (1.33%) Web Services
6 8 (1.18%) .NET Core
6 8 (1.18%) HTML5 Canvas
6 8 (1.18%) scikit-learn
7 7 (1.03%) OAuth
7 7 (1.03%) OAuth2
7 7 (1.03%) RESTful
7 7 (1.03%) SOAP
7 7 (1.03%) XML
8 6 (0.89%) CSS
8 6 (0.89%) HTML
8 6 (0.89%) NumPy
8 6 (0.89%) SAML
9 5 (0.74%) JSON
9 5 (0.74%) Middleware
9 5 (0.74%) React
Miscellaneous
1 49 (7.24%) Management Information System
2 28 (4.14%) Data Structures
3 24 (3.55%) Onboarding
3 24 (3.55%) Self-Motivation
4 22 (3.25%) Analytical Mindset
4 22 (3.25%) NHS
5 18 (2.66%) Legacy Systems
6 17 (2.51%) Product Ownership
7 16 (2.36%) Data Centre
8 14 (2.07%) Cloud Native
9 13 (1.92%) Private Cloud
10 12 (1.77%) Learning Management System
11 8 (1.18%) Enterprise Software
12 7 (1.03%) Social Media
13 6 (0.89%) Driving Licence
13 6 (0.89%) FMCG
14 4 (0.59%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 4 (0.59%) Housing Association
14 4 (0.59%) IoT
14 4 (0.59%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 30 (4.43%) Windows
2 4 (0.59%) Linux
2 4 (0.59%) Unix
2 4 (0.59%) Windows Server
3 2 (0.30%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 583 (86.12%) Business Intelligence
2 229 (33.83%) Analytics
3 187 (27.62%) Visualisation
4 176 (26.00%) Decision-Making
5 161 (23.78%) Problem-Solving
6 127 (18.76%) Data Visualisation
7 124 (18.32%) Data Analysis
8 112 (16.54%) Agile
9 109 (16.10%) Continuous Improvement
10 106 (15.66%) CRM
11 99 (14.62%) Artificial Intelligence
12 98 (14.48%) ETL
13 94 (13.88%) Data Modelling
14 90 (13.29%) DevOps
15 77 (11.37%) Data Management
16 74 (10.93%) Actionable Insight
17 73 (10.78%) Mentoring
18 66 (9.75%) Data Science
19 65 (9.60%) Coaching
19 65 (9.60%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 436 (64.40%) SQL
2 161 (23.78%) Python
3 56 (8.27%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 46 (6.79%) C#
5 37 (5.47%) R
6 36 (5.32%) VBA
7 33 (4.87%) PowerShell
8 31 (4.58%) T-SQL
9 29 (4.28%) JavaScript
10 16 (2.36%) Bicep
11 14 (2.07%) Java
12 13 (1.92%) Scala
13 10 (1.48%) PL/SQL
14 6 (0.89%) Bash
14 6 (0.89%) Shell Script
15 4 (0.59%) Julia
15 4 (0.59%) VB.NET
16 3 (0.44%) TypeScript
17 1 (0.15%) PHP
17 1 (0.15%) VB
Qualifications
1 80 (11.82%) Degree
2 44 (6.50%) ACCA
2 44 (6.50%) CIMA
3 28 (4.14%) Azure Certification
3 28 (4.14%) DBS Check
3 28 (4.14%) Microsoft Certification
4 26 (3.84%) Security Cleared
5 25 (3.69%) SC Cleared
6 21 (3.10%) Computer Science Degree
7 14 (2.07%) Master's Degree
8 12 (1.77%) CISSP
9 9 (1.33%) CISA
10 7 (1.03%) CISM
11 6 (0.89%) Numerate Degree
12 5 (0.74%) CRISC
13 3 (0.44%) BPSS Clearance
13 3 (0.44%) PhD
14 2 (0.30%) AWS Certification
14 2 (0.30%) CITP
14 2 (0.30%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 71 (10.49%) Data Quality
2 39 (5.76%) GDPR
3 29 (4.28%) Accessibility
4 20 (2.95%) QA
5 17 (2.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 8 (1.18%) SLA
7 7 (1.03%) NIST
8 6 (0.89%) COBIT
9 5 (0.74%) GRC
9 5 (0.74%) ITGC
10 4 (0.59%) Cyber Essentials
11 3 (0.44%) Actionable Recommendations
11 3 (0.44%) PMO
12 2 (0.30%) ISO 22301
13 1 (0.15%) P3O
13 1 (0.15%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 16 (2.36%) Virtual Machines
2 15 (2.22%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (0.74%) Active Directory
4 4 (0.59%) Docker
4 4 (0.59%) HDFS
5 2 (0.30%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (0.30%) vSphere
6 1 (0.15%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 23 (3.40%) Single Sign-On
2 15 (2.22%) Terraform
3 13 (1.92%) Failover Clustering
4 8 (1.18%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (0.59%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 275 (40.62%) Microsoft
2 56 (8.27%) Databricks
3 39 (5.76%) Google
4 33 (4.87%) Salesforce
5 25 (3.69%) Oracle
6 18 (2.66%) Alteryx
6 18 (2.66%) Facebook
6 18 (2.66%) Sage
6 18 (2.66%) SAP
7 17 (2.51%) Meraki
8 15 (2.22%) VMware
9 14 (2.07%) Cognos
10 13 (1.92%) Anaplan
11 8 (1.18%) HubSpot
11 8 (1.18%) OpenAI
12 7 (1.03%) Concur
13 6 (0.89%) ServiceNow
14 5 (0.74%) Cisco
14 5 (0.74%) Talend
14 5 (0.74%) Teradata