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

6 months to
24 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 67 81 61
Rank change year-on-year +14 -20 +18
Permanent jobs citing Power BI 559 637 932
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.65% 3.68% 4.70%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 25.48% 14.82% 19.40%
Number of salaries quoted 391 388 775
10th Percentile £37,500 £37,500 £36,832
25th Percentile £41,625 £42,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,148
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +8.80% +0.27%
75th Percentile £70,875 £75,000 £72,466
90th Percentile £87,500 £92,500 £85,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -1.79%

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 2,194 4,299 4,803
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 14.34% 24.84% 24.24%
Number of salaries quoted 1,636 2,650 3,838
10th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £39,105
25th Percentile £45,000 £48,813 £47,506
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £69,304 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.42% +15.51% -4.00%
75th Percentile £81,250 £93,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,625 £120,000 £94,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £63,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -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 24 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 49 (8.77%) SharePoint
2 17 (3.04%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 16 (2.86%) Confluence
4 8 (1.43%) SAS
5 7 (1.25%) Apache Airflow
6 5 (0.89%) Microsoft Exchange
7 4 (0.72%) Apache Spark
7 4 (0.72%) Umbraco
8 2 (0.36%) CMS
8 2 (0.36%) Jupyter
8 2 (0.36%) Moodle
Applications
1 207 (37.03%) Microsoft Excel
2 30 (5.37%) Microsoft Office
3 12 (2.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (1.43%) Trello
5 6 (1.07%) Spreadsheet
6 4 (0.72%) Microsoft Project
7 3 (0.54%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 26 (4.65%) Dynamics CRM
2 17 (3.04%) Oracle ERP
3 8 (1.43%) Visualfiles
4 7 (1.25%) 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
1 559 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 245 (43.83%) Azure
3 80 (14.31%) Azure Data Factory
4 68 (12.16%) PowerApps
5 64 (11.45%) Power Automate
6 59 (10.55%) Microsoft 365
7 55 (9.84%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 54 (9.66%) Azure DevOps
9 50 (8.94%) Dynamics 365
10 44 (7.87%) Snowflake
11 42 (7.51%) GitHub
12 34 (6.08%) AWS
13 29 (5.19%) GCP
14 24 (4.29%) GitHub Copilot
14 24 (4.29%) SaaS
15 21 (3.76%) dbt
16 18 (3.22%) OCI
17 17 (3.04%) Microsoft Copilot
18 16 (2.86%) Microsoft Purview
19 10 (1.79%) 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
1 132 (23.61%) Tableau
2 77 (13.77%) Data Warehouse
3 69 (12.34%) SQL Server
4 53 (9.48%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 48 (8.59%) Azure SQL Database
6 42 (7.51%) Data Lake
7 34 (6.08%) Power Query
8 30 (5.37%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 19 (3.40%) Looker
10 17 (3.04%) Crystal Reports
10 17 (3.04%) Metadata
11 15 (2.68%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
11 15 (2.68%) BigQuery
12 11 (1.97%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 9 (1.61%) Data Vault
14 8 (1.43%) Oracle Database
15 7 (1.25%) Oracle Reports
15 7 (1.25%) Qlik Sense
15 7 (1.25%) QlikView
16 6 (1.07%) SAS EBI
Development Applications
1 36 (6.44%) JIRA
2 33 (5.90%) Git
3 20 (3.58%) Jenkins
4 17 (3.04%) Oracle Forms
5 6 (1.07%) 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
1 258 (46.15%) Finance
2 199 (35.60%) Social Skills
3 186 (33.27%) Analytical Skills
4 63 (11.27%) Marketing
5 49 (8.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 39 (6.98%) Retail
7 37 (6.62%) Manufacturing
7 37 (6.62%) Public Sector
8 31 (5.55%) Presentation Skills
9 24 (4.29%) Organisational Skills
10 22 (3.94%) Law
11 18 (3.22%) Billing
12 15 (2.68%) Legal
13 12 (2.15%) Telecoms
14 11 (1.97%) Banking
15 10 (1.79%) Advertising
16 9 (1.61%) Pharmaceutical
17 8 (1.43%) Local Government
18 7 (1.25%) Influencing Skills
19 6 (1.07%) Games
Job Titles
1 188 (33.63%) Analyst
2 80 (14.31%) Developer
3 71 (12.70%) Senior
4 58 (10.38%) Data Analyst
5 50 (8.94%) Lead
6 40 (7.16%) Business Intelligence Analyst
7 38 (6.80%) Data Engineer
8 28 (5.01%) Business Intelligence Developer
9 26 (4.65%) Applications Engineer
9 26 (4.65%) Business Analyst
10 25 (4.47%) Power Platform Developer
11 23 (4.11%) Power BI Analyst
11 23 (4.11%) Support Analyst
12 22 (3.94%) Consultant
13 20 (3.58%) Financial Analyst
14 19 (3.40%) Cloud Engineer
15 18 (3.22%) Insight Analyst
16 17 (3.04%) Applications Support
16 17 (3.04%) Architect
17 16 (2.86%) Systems Accountant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (3.40%) HTML5 Canvas
2 18 (3.22%) .NET
2 18 (3.22%) OAuth
2 18 (3.22%) OAuth2
3 17 (3.04%) RESTful
3 17 (3.04%) SAML
4 11 (1.97%) JSON
4 11 (1.97%) Pandas
5 10 (1.79%) Middleware
6 7 (1.25%) EDI
6 7 (1.25%) PySpark
6 7 (1.25%) scikit-learn
6 7 (1.25%) XML
7 6 (1.07%) HTML
7 6 (1.07%) NumPy
7 6 (1.07%) REST
8 5 (0.89%) CSS
8 5 (0.89%) Web Services
9 4 (0.72%) AngularJS
9 4 (0.72%) React
Miscellaneous
1 39 (6.98%) Analytical Mindset
2 37 (6.62%) Cloud Native
3 36 (6.44%) Management Information System
4 34 (6.08%) Self-Motivation
5 23 (4.11%) Product Ownership
6 21 (3.76%) Enterprise Software
7 17 (3.04%) Onboarding
8 15 (2.68%) Legacy Systems
9 12 (2.15%) Data Structures
10 11 (1.97%) Low-Code
11 6 (1.07%) Algorithms
11 6 (1.07%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 6 (1.07%) Greenfield Project
11 6 (1.07%) Reinsurance
12 5 (0.89%) Social Media
13 4 (0.72%) Credit Risk
13 4 (0.72%) FMCG
13 4 (0.72%) Housing Association
14 3 (0.54%) Educational Technology
14 3 (0.54%) Learning Management System
Operating Systems
1 20 (3.58%) Windows
2 7 (1.25%) Linux
2 7 (1.25%) 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
1 518 (92.67%) Business Intelligence
2 227 (40.61%) Analytics
3 171 (30.59%) Visualisation
4 163 (29.16%) Decision-Making
5 158 (28.26%) Problem-Solving
6 140 (25.04%) Continuous Improvement
7 130 (23.26%) Agile
8 117 (20.93%) AI
9 106 (18.96%) Data Visualisation
10 105 (18.78%) Data Analysis
11 97 (17.35%) Data Modelling
12 85 (15.21%) DevOps
13 81 (14.49%) ETL
14 80 (14.31%) Actionable Insight
15 77 (13.77%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 70 (12.52%) Data Engineering
17 68 (12.16%) ERP
18 65 (11.63%) Coaching
18 65 (11.63%) Process Improvement
19 64 (11.45%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 331 (59.21%) SQL
2 167 (29.87%) Python
3 62 (11.09%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 32 (5.72%) C#
5 31 (5.55%) JavaScript
6 25 (4.47%) R
7 24 (4.29%) Java
8 18 (3.22%) PL/SQL
9 17 (3.04%) Shell Script
10 15 (2.68%) Scala
11 13 (2.33%) VBA
12 12 (2.15%) T-SQL
13 10 (1.79%) PowerShell
14 3 (0.54%) TypeScript
15 2 (0.36%) Ruby
16 1 (0.18%) Bash
16 1 (0.18%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 100 (17.89%) Degree
2 41 (7.33%) ACCA
2 41 (7.33%) CIMA
3 39 (6.98%) Microsoft Certification
4 35 (6.26%) Security Cleared
5 31 (5.55%) Computer Science Degree
6 30 (5.37%) SC Cleared
7 22 (3.94%) DBS Check
8 15 (2.68%) Azure Certification
9 14 (2.50%) Master's Degree
10 13 (2.33%) CISSP
11 12 (2.15%) CISA
11 12 (2.15%) Six Sigma Green Belt
12 9 (1.61%) Numerate Degree
13 6 (1.07%) DV Cleared
14 5 (0.89%) CISM
14 5 (0.89%) CRISC
15 4 (0.72%) PMI Certification
15 4 (0.72%) PMP
16 3 (0.54%) CIPD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 68 (12.16%) Data Quality
2 22 (3.94%) GDPR
3 21 (3.76%) Accessibility
4 17 (3.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 14 (2.50%) Actionable Recommendations
5 14 (2.50%) SLA
6 11 (1.97%) PMO
7 10 (1.79%) QA
8 7 (1.25%) GRC
9 6 (1.07%) NIST
10 5 (0.89%) COBIT
10 5 (0.89%) ITGC
11 2 (0.36%) WCAG
12 1 (0.18%) P3O
12 1 (0.18%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 6 (1.07%) 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 (4.29%) Terraform
2 20 (3.58%) Single Sign-On
3 8 (1.43%) Microsoft Intune
4 6 (1.07%) Kubernetes
5 2 (0.36%) Argo
6 1 (0.18%) Control-M
6 1 (0.18%) SCCM
Vendors
1 228 (40.79%) Microsoft
2 61 (10.91%) Databricks
3 39 (6.98%) Oracle
4 29 (5.19%) Google
5 21 (3.76%) Salesforce
5 21 (3.76%) SAP
6 15 (2.68%) Alteryx
7 10 (1.79%) Informatica
8 7 (1.25%) Sage
9 6 (1.07%) Concur
9 6 (1.07%) Northgate
9 6 (1.07%) Talend
10 5 (0.89%) Anaplan
10 5 (0.89%) 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