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

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 71 83 57
Rank change year-on-year +12 -26 +24
Permanent jobs citing Power BI 563 661 994
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.70% 3.71% 4.94%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 25.58% 15.13% 20.14%
Number of salaries quoted 400 404 831
10th Percentile £37,500 £37,650 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £70,000 £75,313 £72,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £93,250 £85,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,011
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.07% +0.02%

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 2,201 4,370 4,936
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 14.45% 24.51% 24.54%
Number of salaries quoted 1,659 2,713 3,944
10th Percentile £35,854 £39,800 £39,654
25th Percentile £45,000 £48,750 £47,778
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £69,308 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.43% +15.51% -2.44%
75th Percentile £81,250 £93,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £102,500 £122,500 £93,525
UK median annual salary £60,000 £63,900 £60,000
% change year-on-year -6.10% +6.50% -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 14 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 50 (8.88%) SharePoint
2 16 (2.84%) Confluence
2 16 (2.84%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 8 (1.42%) SAS
4 6 (1.07%) Apache Airflow
4 6 (1.07%) Microsoft Exchange
5 4 (0.71%) Apache Spark
5 4 (0.71%) Moodle
5 4 (0.71%) Umbraco
6 3 (0.53%) Jupyter
7 2 (0.36%) CMS
8 1 (0.18%) HCL Notes
Applications
1 207 (36.77%) Microsoft Excel
2 30 (5.33%) Microsoft Office
3 12 (2.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (1.42%) Trello
5 6 (1.07%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.53%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.53%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 27 (4.80%) Dynamics CRM
2 16 (2.84%) Oracle ERP
3 9 (1.60%) Visualfiles
4 8 (1.42%) NetSuite
5 4 (0.71%) SAP FI
6 3 (0.53%) ResourceLink
7 2 (0.36%) Dynamics GP
7 2 (0.36%) NEC Housing
7 2 (0.36%) Raiser’s Edge
7 2 (0.36%) SAP Business One
8 1 (0.18%) Elite 3E
8 1 (0.18%) FastStats
8 1 (0.18%) Pegasus Opera
8 1 (0.18%) Primavera
8 1 (0.18%) Salesforce CRM
8 1 (0.18%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 563 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 243 (43.16%) Azure
3 79 (14.03%) Azure Data Factory
4 69 (12.26%) PowerApps
5 65 (11.55%) Power Automate
6 63 (11.19%) Microsoft 365
7 54 (9.59%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 52 (9.24%) Azure DevOps
9 50 (8.88%) Dynamics 365
10 44 (7.82%) Snowflake
11 41 (7.28%) GitHub
12 35 (6.22%) AWS
13 30 (5.33%) GCP
14 26 (4.62%) SaaS
15 23 (4.09%) GitHub Copilot
16 19 (3.37%) dbt
17 18 (3.20%) Microsoft Copilot
17 18 (3.20%) Microsoft Purview
18 17 (3.02%) OCI
19 10 (1.78%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.36%) DHCP
1 2 (0.36%) DNS
1 2 (0.36%) Firewall
1 2 (0.36%) Intranet
1 2 (0.36%) NAS
1 2 (0.36%) SAN
2 1 (0.18%) ADSL
2 1 (0.18%) Internet
2 1 (0.18%) Modbus
2 1 (0.18%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 133 (23.62%) Tableau
2 81 (14.39%) Data Warehouse
3 71 (12.61%) SQL Server
4 55 (9.77%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 48 (8.53%) Azure SQL Database
6 41 (7.28%) Data Lake
7 35 (6.22%) Power Query
8 31 (5.51%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 19 (3.37%) Crystal Reports
9 19 (3.37%) Looker
10 17 (3.02%) Metadata
11 16 (2.84%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
12 15 (2.66%) BigQuery
13 11 (1.95%) SQL Server Analysis Services
14 9 (1.60%) Data Vault
15 8 (1.42%) Oracle Database
16 7 (1.24%) Oracle Reports
16 7 (1.24%) Qlik Sense
16 7 (1.24%) QlikView
16 7 (1.24%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 35 (6.22%) JIRA
2 33 (5.86%) Git
3 19 (3.37%) Jenkins
4 16 (2.84%) Oracle Forms
5 6 (1.07%) ERwin
6 4 (0.71%) ER Studio
6 4 (0.71%) PowerDesigner
7 3 (0.53%) Visual Studio
7 3 (0.53%) 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
1 263 (46.71%) Finance
2 201 (35.70%) Social Skills
3 191 (33.93%) Analytical Skills
4 63 (11.19%) Marketing
5 47 (8.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 39 (6.93%) Retail
7 38 (6.75%) Public Sector
8 36 (6.39%) Manufacturing
9 32 (5.68%) Presentation Skills
10 23 (4.09%) Law
10 23 (4.09%) Organisational Skills
11 18 (3.20%) Legal
12 17 (3.02%) Billing
13 12 (2.13%) Banking
14 11 (1.95%) Telecoms
15 10 (1.78%) Advertising
16 9 (1.60%) Pharmaceutical
17 8 (1.42%) Local Government
18 7 (1.24%) Influencing Skills
19 6 (1.07%) Games
Job Titles
1 194 (34.46%) Analyst
2 82 (14.56%) Developer
3 70 (12.43%) Senior
4 60 (10.66%) Data Analyst
5 47 (8.35%) Lead
6 42 (7.46%) Business Intelligence Analyst
7 38 (6.75%) Data Engineer
8 29 (5.15%) Business Intelligence Developer
9 27 (4.80%) Business Analyst
10 25 (4.44%) Power Platform Developer
11 24 (4.26%) Applications Engineer
11 24 (4.26%) Power BI Analyst
12 22 (3.91%) Consultant
12 22 (3.91%) Financial Analyst
12 22 (3.91%) Support Analyst
13 18 (3.20%) Accountant
13 18 (3.20%) Cloud Engineer
13 18 (3.20%) Insight Analyst
13 18 (3.20%) Systems Accountant
14 17 (3.02%) Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (3.37%) .NET
1 19 (3.37%) HTML5 Canvas
2 17 (3.02%) OAuth
2 17 (3.02%) OAuth2
3 16 (2.84%) RESTful
3 16 (2.84%) SAML
4 11 (1.95%) JSON
4 11 (1.95%) Pandas
5 10 (1.78%) Middleware
6 7 (1.24%) REST
6 7 (1.24%) scikit-learn
7 6 (1.07%) EDI
7 6 (1.07%) HTML
7 6 (1.07%) NumPy
7 6 (1.07%) PySpark
7 6 (1.07%) XML
8 5 (0.89%) CSS
8 5 (0.89%) Web Services
9 4 (0.71%) AngularJS
9 4 (0.71%) React
Miscellaneous
1 39 (6.93%) Analytical Mindset
2 36 (6.39%) Cloud Native
2 36 (6.39%) Management Information System
3 35 (6.22%) Self-Motivation
4 23 (4.09%) Product Ownership
5 21 (3.73%) Enterprise Software
6 18 (3.20%) Onboarding
7 15 (2.66%) Legacy Systems
8 12 (2.13%) Data Structures
9 10 (1.78%) Low-Code
10 6 (1.07%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 6 (1.07%) Greenfield Project
10 6 (1.07%) Reinsurance
11 5 (0.89%) Algorithms
11 5 (0.89%) Learning Management System
11 5 (0.89%) Social Media
12 4 (0.71%) Credit Risk
12 4 (0.71%) FMCG
12 4 (0.71%) Housing Association
13 3 (0.53%) Market Risk
Operating Systems
1 24 (4.26%) Windows
2 7 (1.24%) Linux
2 7 (1.24%) 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
1 521 (92.54%) Business Intelligence
2 226 (40.14%) Analytics
3 171 (30.37%) Visualisation
4 165 (29.31%) Decision-Making
5 161 (28.60%) Problem-Solving
6 143 (25.40%) Continuous Improvement
7 129 (22.91%) Agile
8 118 (20.96%) AI
9 107 (19.01%) Data Visualisation
10 105 (18.65%) Data Analysis
11 96 (17.05%) Data Modelling
12 81 (14.39%) Actionable Insight
12 81 (14.39%) DevOps
13 77 (13.68%) ETL
13 77 (13.68%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 68 (12.08%) ERP
15 67 (11.90%) Process Improvement
16 66 (11.72%) Coaching
16 66 (11.72%) CRM
16 66 (11.72%) Data Engineering
Programming Languages
1 334 (59.33%) SQL
2 164 (29.13%) Python
3 65 (11.55%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 32 (5.68%) JavaScript
5 31 (5.51%) C#
6 24 (4.26%) R
7 23 (4.09%) Java
8 17 (3.02%) PL/SQL
9 16 (2.84%) Shell Script
10 15 (2.66%) Scala
11 13 (2.31%) VBA
12 11 (1.95%) T-SQL
13 8 (1.42%) PowerShell
14 3 (0.53%) TypeScript
15 2 (0.36%) Ruby
16 1 (0.18%) Bash
16 1 (0.18%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 100 (17.76%) Degree
2 44 (7.82%) ACCA
2 44 (7.82%) CIMA
3 39 (6.93%) Microsoft Certification
4 34 (6.04%) Security Cleared
5 32 (5.68%) Computer Science Degree
6 30 (5.33%) SC Cleared
7 23 (4.09%) DBS Check
8 16 (2.84%) Azure Certification
9 14 (2.49%) Master's Degree
10 13 (2.31%) CISSP
11 12 (2.13%) CISA
11 12 (2.13%) Six Sigma Green Belt
12 9 (1.60%) Numerate Degree
13 6 (1.07%) DV Cleared
14 5 (0.89%) CISM
14 5 (0.89%) CRISC
15 4 (0.71%) PMI Certification
16 3 (0.53%) CIPD
16 3 (0.53%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 67 (11.90%) Data Quality
2 24 (4.26%) GDPR
3 21 (3.73%) Accessibility
4 17 (3.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 14 (2.49%) Actionable Recommendations
5 14 (2.49%) SLA
6 11 (1.95%) PMO
7 10 (1.78%) QA
8 7 (1.24%) 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 (0.53%) 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 23 (4.09%) Terraform
2 19 (3.37%) Single Sign-On
3 9 (1.60%) Microsoft Intune
4 6 (1.07%) Kubernetes
5 2 (0.36%) Argo
6 1 (0.18%) Control-M
6 1 (0.18%) SCCM
Vendors
1 230 (40.85%) Microsoft
2 59 (10.48%) Databricks
3 38 (6.75%) Oracle
4 29 (5.15%) Google
5 23 (4.09%) Salesforce
6 21 (3.73%) SAP
7 18 (3.20%) Alteryx
8 8 (1.42%) Informatica
9 7 (1.24%) Sage
10 6 (1.07%) Concur
10 6 (1.07%) HubSpot
10 6 (1.07%) Talend
11 5 (0.89%) Anaplan
12 4 (0.71%) IBM
12 4 (0.71%) Northgate
12 4 (0.71%) OpenAI
12 4 (0.71%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
12 4 (0.71%) ServiceNow
12 4 (0.71%) Zoho
13 3 (0.53%) Openreach