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 10 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 76 69 56
Rank change year-on-year -7 -13 +19
Permanent jobs citing Power BI 545 624 1,481
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.28% 4.46% 4.95%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 25.98% 16.36% 20.92%
Number of salaries quoted 367 386 1,272
10th Percentile £35,750 £37,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £42,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% -
75th Percentile £68,875 £72,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £59,875 £52,500
% change year-on-year -3.97% +14.05% -4.55%

All Database & 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 2,098 3,815 7,081
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 12.64% 27.25% 23.68%
Number of salaries quoted 1,514 2,460 6,066
10th Percentile £37,500 £38,750 £37,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £50,000 £44,014
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £66,009 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.32% +14.80% -8.49%
75th Percentile £80,000 £92,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £98,750 £118,750 £92,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,779 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.43% +9.18% -8.00%

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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 10 March 2026.

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 59 (10.83%) SharePoint
2 13 (2.39%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 10 (1.83%) Apache Airflow
4 9 (1.65%) Confluence
4 9 (1.65%) Microsoft Exchange
4 9 (1.65%) SAS
5 6 (1.10%) Apache Spark
6 5 (0.92%) CMS
7 4 (0.73%) Umbraco
8 3 (0.55%) ArcGIS
8 3 (0.55%) Drupal
9 2 (0.37%) Moodle
10 1 (0.18%) Apache
10 1 (0.18%) Jupyter
Applications
1 177 (32.48%) Microsoft Excel
2 32 (5.87%) Microsoft Office
3 19 (3.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (1.65%) Microsoft Project
5 8 (1.47%) Trello
6 6 (1.10%) MS Visio
6 6 (1.10%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 23 (4.22%) Dynamics CRM
2 13 (2.39%) Oracle ERP
3 11 (2.02%) NetSuite
4 6 (1.10%) NEC Housing
5 3 (0.55%) ResourceLink
5 3 (0.55%) Visualfiles
6 2 (0.37%) SAP Business One
6 2 (0.37%) SAP ERP
6 2 (0.37%) SAP HR
7 1 (0.18%) Dynamics GP
7 1 (0.18%) Elite 3E
7 1 (0.18%) Primavera
7 1 (0.18%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.18%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 545 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 238 (43.67%) Azure
3 78 (14.31%) Azure Data Factory
3 78 (14.31%) Power Automate
4 68 (12.48%) PowerApps
5 63 (11.56%) Microsoft 365
6 62 (11.38%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 49 (8.99%) Dynamics 365
8 42 (7.71%) Azure DevOps
9 32 (5.87%) Snowflake
10 30 (5.50%) GitHub
11 24 (4.40%) GCP
12 22 (4.04%) AWS
13 20 (3.67%) GitHub Copilot
13 20 (3.67%) Google Analytics
14 19 (3.49%) SaaS
15 16 (2.94%) dbt
16 15 (2.75%) Azure Logic Apps
17 14 (2.57%) OCI
18 13 (2.39%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.55%) Modbus
1 3 (0.55%) MQTT
2 2 (0.37%) Intranet
2 2 (0.37%) WAN
3 1 (0.18%) ADSL
3 1 (0.18%) Firewall
3 1 (0.18%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 121 (22.20%) Tableau
2 76 (13.94%) SQL Server
3 56 (10.28%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 55 (10.09%) Data Warehouse
5 41 (7.52%) Azure SQL Database
6 32 (5.87%) Power Query
7 28 (5.14%) Data Lake
7 28 (5.14%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 22 (4.04%) Big Data
9 20 (3.67%) Looker
10 16 (2.94%) Metadata
10 16 (2.94%) MySQL
11 14 (2.57%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
12 13 (2.39%) BigQuery
13 11 (2.02%) PostgreSQL
14 9 (1.65%) QlikView
15 8 (1.47%) SAS EBI
15 8 (1.47%) SQL Server Analysis Services
16 7 (1.28%) Qlik Sense
16 7 (1.28%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 28 (5.14%) JIRA
2 26 (4.77%) Git
3 16 (2.94%) Jenkins
4 13 (2.39%) Oracle Forms
5 6 (1.10%) ERwin
6 4 (0.73%) ER Studio
6 4 (0.73%) PowerDesigner
6 4 (0.73%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 3 (0.55%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.18%) Oracle APEX
8 1 (0.18%) Postman
8 1 (0.18%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 222 (40.73%) Social Skills
2 206 (37.80%) Finance
3 194 (35.60%) Analytical Skills
4 50 (9.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 48 (8.81%) Public Sector
6 43 (7.89%) Marketing
7 30 (5.50%) Retail
8 26 (4.77%) Organisational Skills
9 24 (4.40%) Legal
9 24 (4.40%) Presentation Skills
10 22 (4.04%) Law
11 18 (3.30%) Manufacturing
12 15 (2.75%) Billing
13 14 (2.57%) Banking
14 12 (2.20%) Telecoms
15 10 (1.83%) Publishing
16 8 (1.47%) Automotive
17 7 (1.28%) Advertising
18 6 (1.10%) Investment Banking
19 5 (0.92%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 189 (34.68%) Analyst
2 80 (14.68%) Senior
3 76 (13.94%) Developer
4 66 (12.11%) Data Analyst
5 52 (9.54%) Lead
6 30 (5.50%) Business Intelligence Developer
7 28 (5.14%) Data Engineer
8 25 (4.59%) Business Intelligence Analyst
8 25 (4.59%) Power Platform Developer
9 24 (4.40%) Applications Engineer
9 24 (4.40%) Commercial Analyst
10 23 (4.22%) Business Analyst
10 23 (4.22%) Consultant
11 22 (4.04%) Senior Analyst
12 21 (3.85%) Data Scientist
13 20 (3.67%) Support Analyst
14 19 (3.49%) Big Data Engineer
14 19 (3.49%) DataOps Engineer
14 19 (3.49%) DataOps Leader
14 19 (3.49%) Report Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (3.67%) HTML5 Canvas
2 18 (3.30%) .NET
3 17 (3.12%) JSON
4 16 (2.94%) XML
5 14 (2.57%) RESTful
6 13 (2.39%) OAuth
6 13 (2.39%) OAuth2
6 13 (2.39%) SAML
7 12 (2.20%) HTML
8 11 (2.02%) CSS
8 11 (2.02%) PySpark
9 7 (1.28%) EDI
10 6 (1.10%) Kafka
11 5 (0.92%) .NET Core
11 5 (0.92%) Middleware
12 4 (0.73%) REST
12 4 (0.73%) Web Services
13 3 (0.55%) .NET Framework
13 3 (0.55%) AngularJS
13 3 (0.55%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 38 (6.97%) Management Information System
2 34 (6.24%) Analytical Mindset
2 34 (6.24%) Cloud Native
3 30 (5.50%) Data Structures
4 29 (5.32%) Self-Motivation
5 19 (3.49%) Enterprise Software
6 15 (2.75%) Low-Code
6 15 (2.75%) Onboarding
6 15 (2.75%) Product Ownership
7 10 (1.83%) Algorithms
7 10 (1.83%) FMCG
7 10 (1.83%) Greenfield Project
8 8 (1.47%) Legacy Systems
9 6 (1.10%) Reinsurance
10 5 (0.92%) Social Media
11 4 (0.73%) Credit Risk
11 4 (0.73%) Life Science
12 3 (0.55%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 3 (0.55%) Market Risk
12 3 (0.55%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 7 (1.28%) Linux
1 7 (1.28%) Unix
1 7 (1.28%) Windows
2 2 (0.37%) VMS
3 1 (0.18%) Android
3 1 (0.18%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.18%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 508 (93.21%) Business Intelligence
2 203 (37.25%) Analytics
3 171 (31.38%) Decision-Making
4 164 (30.09%) Visualisation
5 131 (24.04%) Continuous Improvement
6 126 (23.12%) Problem-Solving
7 115 (21.10%) Data Analysis
8 104 (19.08%) Agile
8 104 (19.08%) Data Modelling
9 99 (18.17%) Data Visualisation
10 89 (16.33%) AI
11 84 (15.41%) Actionable Insight
12 82 (15.05%) ETL
13 74 (13.58%) CRM
14 73 (13.39%) CI/CD
15 65 (11.93%) Data Management
15 65 (11.93%) DevOps
16 61 (11.19%) Data Governance
17 58 (10.64%) Coaching
17 58 (10.64%) Data Engineering
Programming Languages
1 281 (51.56%) SQL
2 141 (25.87%) Python
3 49 (8.99%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 38 (6.97%) C#
5 31 (5.69%) JavaScript
6 26 (4.77%) R
7 22 (4.04%) PowerShell
8 19 (3.49%) T-SQL
9 16 (2.94%) VBA
10 15 (2.75%) Java
11 14 (2.57%) PL/SQL
12 13 (2.39%) Shell Script
13 5 (0.92%) Scala
14 4 (0.73%) Kusto Query Language
14 4 (0.73%) TypeScript
14 4 (0.73%) VB
14 4 (0.73%) VBScript
15 2 (0.37%) Bicep
15 2 (0.37%) Ruby
16 1 (0.18%) C
Qualifications
1 115 (21.10%) Degree
2 39 (7.16%) Security Cleared
3 37 (6.79%) ACCA
3 37 (6.79%) CIMA
4 33 (6.06%) Microsoft Certification
5 32 (5.87%) Computer Science Degree
6 30 (5.50%) SC Cleared
7 25 (4.59%) DBS Check
8 15 (2.75%) AAT
9 12 (2.20%) Azure Certification
9 12 (2.20%) Six Sigma Green Belt
10 11 (2.02%) Master's Degree
11 8 (1.47%) Numerate Degree
12 6 (1.10%) DV Cleared
12 6 (1.10%) PMI Certification
12 6 (1.10%) PMP
13 4 (0.73%) CIPFA
14 3 (0.55%) BPSS Clearance
14 3 (0.55%) CIPD
14 3 (0.55%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 90 (16.51%) Data Quality
2 27 (4.95%) GDPR
2 27 (4.95%) SLA
3 24 (4.40%) Actionable Recommendations
4 17 (3.12%) PMO
5 15 (2.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 14 (2.57%) QA
7 6 (1.10%) Accessibility
8 2 (0.37%) GRC
8 2 (0.37%) IFRS
8 2 (0.37%) WCAG
9 1 (0.18%) GAAP
9 1 (0.18%) IFRS 17
9 1 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 1 (0.18%) NIST
9 1 (0.18%) P3O
System Software
1 9 (1.65%) Active Directory
2 6 (1.10%) Docker
3 4 (0.73%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.18%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 20 (3.67%) Terraform
2 15 (2.75%) Single Sign-On
3 5 (0.92%) Kubernetes
3 5 (0.92%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (0.92%) SCCM
4 2 (0.37%) Argo
5 1 (0.18%) Control-M
Vendors
1 194 (35.60%) Microsoft
2 62 (11.38%) Databricks
3 34 (6.24%) Oracle
4 31 (5.69%) Google
5 23 (4.22%) Salesforce
6 22 (4.04%) Informatica
7 17 (3.12%) SAP
8 13 (2.39%) Alteryx
9 9 (1.65%) Northgate
10 8 (1.47%) IBM
11 7 (1.28%) Hotjar
12 6 (1.10%) ServiceNow
13 5 (0.92%) Adobe
13 5 (0.92%) ESRI
14 4 (0.73%) Foundry
14 4 (0.73%) HubSpot
14 4 (0.73%) Snow
14 4 (0.73%) Talend
14 4 (0.73%) VMware
15 3 (0.55%) OpenAI