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 4 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 71 82 64
Rank change year-on-year +11 -18 +15
Permanent jobs citing Power BI 534 610 969
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.55% 3.66% 4.63%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 25.27% 14.68% 18.73%
Number of salaries quoted 369 357 811
10th Percentile £37,500 £37,500 £37,000
25th Percentile £41,500 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £58,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.17% +5.45% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £73,886 £71,250
90th Percentile £87,500 £89,850 £85,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -1.79%

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 2,113 4,156 5,173
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 14.06% 24.92% 24.70%
Number of salaries quoted 1,578 2,497 4,184
10th Percentile £36,250 £39,250 £38,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £48,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,250 £67,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.78% +12.50% -4.00%
75th Percentile £81,250 £91,202 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £116,250 £92,850
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -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 4 January 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 43 (8.05%) SharePoint
2 17 (3.18%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 16 (3.00%) Confluence
4 8 (1.50%) SAS
5 6 (1.12%) Apache Airflow
6 4 (0.75%) Apache Spark
6 4 (0.75%) Umbraco
7 2 (0.37%) CMS
7 2 (0.37%) Microsoft Exchange
7 2 (0.37%) Moodle
8 1 (0.19%) Jupyter
Applications
1 199 (37.27%) Microsoft Excel
2 28 (5.24%) Microsoft Office
3 12 (2.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (1.50%) Trello
5 5 (0.94%) Spreadsheet
6 4 (0.75%) Microsoft Project
7 3 (0.56%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 25 (4.68%) Dynamics CRM
2 17 (3.18%) Oracle ERP
3 8 (1.50%) Visualfiles
4 7 (1.31%) NetSuite
5 6 (1.12%) NEC Housing
6 4 (0.75%) SAP FI
7 3 (0.56%) ResourceLink
8 2 (0.37%) Dynamics GP
8 2 (0.37%) SAP Business One
9 1 (0.19%) Elite 3E
9 1 (0.19%) Pegasus Opera
9 1 (0.19%) Primavera
9 1 (0.19%) Salesforce CRM
9 1 (0.19%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 534 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 241 (45.13%) Azure
3 76 (14.23%) Azure Data Factory
4 65 (12.17%) PowerApps
5 63 (11.80%) Power Automate
6 55 (10.30%) Microsoft 365
7 54 (10.11%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 53 (9.93%) Azure DevOps
9 49 (9.18%) Dynamics 365
10 43 (8.05%) Snowflake
11 40 (7.49%) GitHub
12 34 (6.37%) AWS
13 28 (5.24%) GCP
14 24 (4.49%) GitHub Copilot
15 20 (3.75%) dbt
16 19 (3.56%) SaaS
17 18 (3.37%) OCI
18 13 (2.43%) Microsoft Copilot
19 11 (2.06%) Azure Machine Learning
20 10 (1.87%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.37%) DHCP
1 2 (0.37%) DNS
1 2 (0.37%) Intranet
1 2 (0.37%) Modbus
1 2 (0.37%) MQTT
1 2 (0.37%) NAS
1 2 (0.37%) SAN
2 1 (0.19%) ADSL
2 1 (0.19%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 133 (24.91%) Tableau
2 74 (13.86%) Data Warehouse
3 67 (12.55%) SQL Server
4 49 (9.18%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 44 (8.24%) Azure SQL Database
6 41 (7.68%) Data Lake
7 28 (5.24%) Power Query
8 24 (4.49%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 18 (3.37%) Looker
10 17 (3.18%) Metadata
11 16 (3.00%) Crystal Reports
12 15 (2.81%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
13 14 (2.62%) BigQuery
14 10 (1.87%) SQL Server Analysis Services
15 9 (1.69%) Data Vault
16 8 (1.50%) Oracle Database
17 7 (1.31%) Big Data
17 7 (1.31%) Oracle Reports
17 7 (1.31%) Qlik Sense
17 7 (1.31%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 36 (6.74%) JIRA
2 33 (6.18%) Git
3 20 (3.75%) Jenkins
4 17 (3.18%) Oracle Forms
5 6 (1.12%) ERwin
6 4 (0.75%) ER Studio
6 4 (0.75%) PowerDesigner
7 3 (0.56%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.19%) Oracle APEX
8 1 (0.19%) Team Foundation Server
8 1 (0.19%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 245 (45.88%) Finance
2 195 (36.52%) Social Skills
3 181 (33.90%) Analytical Skills
4 62 (11.61%) Marketing
5 42 (7.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 37 (6.93%) Public Sector
7 33 (6.18%) Manufacturing
7 33 (6.18%) Retail
8 26 (4.87%) Presentation Skills
9 24 (4.49%) Organisational Skills
10 21 (3.93%) Law
11 18 (3.37%) Billing
12 15 (2.81%) Legal
13 12 (2.25%) Telecoms
14 11 (2.06%) Banking
15 10 (1.87%) Advertising
16 8 (1.50%) Local Government
17 7 (1.31%) Influencing Skills
17 7 (1.31%) Pharmaceutical
18 6 (1.12%) Games
Job Titles
1 178 (33.33%) Analyst
2 75 (14.04%) Developer
3 69 (12.92%) Senior
4 57 (10.67%) Data Analyst
5 45 (8.43%) Lead
6 36 (6.74%) Data Engineer
7 31 (5.81%) Business Intelligence Analyst
8 28 (5.24%) Applications Engineer
9 26 (4.87%) Business Intelligence Developer
10 24 (4.49%) Business Analyst
10 24 (4.49%) Power Platform Developer
11 23 (4.31%) Support Analyst
12 22 (4.12%) Consultant
13 19 (3.56%) Applications Support
13 19 (3.56%) Cloud Engineer
14 18 (3.37%) Financial Analyst
14 18 (3.37%) Insight Analyst
15 17 (3.18%) Commercial Analyst
16 16 (3.00%) Data Scientist
17 15 (2.81%) Systems Accountant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (3.37%) .NET
1 18 (3.37%) HTML5 Canvas
2 17 (3.18%) OAuth
2 17 (3.18%) OAuth2
2 17 (3.18%) RESTful
2 17 (3.18%) SAML
3 10 (1.87%) JSON
3 10 (1.87%) Middleware
4 9 (1.69%) Pandas
5 7 (1.31%) EDI
5 7 (1.31%) PySpark
5 7 (1.31%) scikit-learn
5 7 (1.31%) XML
6 6 (1.12%) HTML
6 6 (1.12%) NumPy
7 5 (0.94%) CSS
8 4 (0.75%) AngularJS
8 4 (0.75%) Hugging Face
8 4 (0.75%) React
8 4 (0.75%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 39 (7.30%) Analytical Mindset
2 37 (6.93%) Cloud Native
3 36 (6.74%) Management Information System
4 29 (5.43%) Self-Motivation
5 23 (4.31%) Product Ownership
6 21 (3.93%) Enterprise Software
7 16 (3.00%) Onboarding
8 14 (2.62%) Data Structures
9 13 (2.43%) Legacy Systems
9 13 (2.43%) Low-Code
10 7 (1.31%) Greenfield Project
11 6 (1.12%) Algorithms
11 6 (1.12%) FMCG
11 6 (1.12%) Reinsurance
12 5 (0.94%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 5 (0.94%) Social Media
13 4 (0.75%) Credit Risk
13 4 (0.75%) Housing Association
14 3 (0.56%) Educational Technology
14 3 (0.56%) Market Risk
Operating Systems
1 17 (3.18%) Windows
2 7 (1.31%) Linux
2 7 (1.31%) Unix
3 2 (0.37%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (0.19%) Android
4 1 (0.19%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.19%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 497 (93.07%) Business Intelligence
2 220 (41.20%) Analytics
3 163 (30.52%) Visualisation
4 152 (28.46%) Decision-Making
5 145 (27.15%) Problem-Solving
6 137 (25.66%) Continuous Improvement
7 123 (23.03%) Agile
8 113 (21.16%) AI
9 103 (19.29%) Data Visualisation
10 102 (19.10%) Data Analysis
11 87 (16.29%) Data Modelling
12 82 (15.36%) DevOps
13 80 (14.98%) Actionable Insight
14 74 (13.86%) ETL
15 70 (13.11%) Data Engineering
15 70 (13.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 65 (12.17%) ERP
17 63 (11.80%) CRM
18 62 (11.61%) Coaching
18 62 (11.61%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 317 (59.36%) SQL
2 166 (31.09%) Python
3 53 (9.93%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 34 (6.37%) C#
5 29 (5.43%) JavaScript
6 25 (4.68%) R
7 24 (4.49%) Java
8 18 (3.37%) PL/SQL
9 17 (3.18%) Shell Script
10 15 (2.81%) Scala
11 13 (2.43%) T-SQL
11 13 (2.43%) VBA
12 10 (1.87%) PowerShell
13 3 (0.56%) TypeScript
14 2 (0.37%) Ruby
15 1 (0.19%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 99 (18.54%) Degree
2 41 (7.68%) ACCA
2 41 (7.68%) CIMA
3 37 (6.93%) Security Cleared
4 35 (6.55%) Microsoft Certification
5 30 (5.62%) SC Cleared
6 29 (5.43%) Computer Science Degree
7 20 (3.75%) DBS Check
8 13 (2.43%) Azure Certification
8 13 (2.43%) CISSP
8 13 (2.43%) Master's Degree
9 12 (2.25%) CISA
9 12 (2.25%) Six Sigma Green Belt
10 9 (1.69%) Numerate Degree
11 6 (1.12%) DV Cleared
12 5 (0.94%) CISM
12 5 (0.94%) CRISC
13 4 (0.75%) PMI Certification
13 4 (0.75%) PMP
14 3 (0.56%) CIPD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 71 (13.30%) Data Quality
2 21 (3.93%) Accessibility
3 20 (3.75%) GDPR
4 17 (3.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 14 (2.62%) Actionable Recommendations
6 13 (2.43%) SLA
7 11 (2.06%) PMO
8 10 (1.87%) QA
9 7 (1.31%) GRC
10 6 (1.12%) NIST
11 5 (0.94%) COBIT
11 5 (0.94%) ITGC
12 2 (0.37%) WCAG
13 1 (0.19%) P3O
13 1 (0.19%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 6 (1.12%) Docker
2 3 (0.56%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.37%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (0.37%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.37%) vSphere
4 1 (0.19%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 24 (4.49%) Terraform
2 20 (3.75%) Single Sign-On
3 6 (1.12%) Kubernetes
4 5 (0.94%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.37%) Argo
6 1 (0.19%) Control-M
6 1 (0.19%) SCCM
Vendors
1 208 (38.95%) Microsoft
2 62 (11.61%) Databricks
3 39 (7.30%) Oracle
4 29 (5.43%) Google
5 22 (4.12%) Salesforce
6 21 (3.93%) SAP
7 12 (2.25%) Alteryx
8 11 (2.06%) Informatica
9 8 (1.50%) Northgate
10 7 (1.31%) Sage
11 6 (1.12%) Concur
11 6 (1.12%) Talend
12 4 (0.75%) Anaplan
12 4 (0.75%) HubSpot
12 4 (0.75%) IBM
12 4 (0.75%) OpenAI
12 4 (0.75%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
12 4 (0.75%) ServiceNow
12 4 (0.75%) Zoho
13 3 (0.56%) Cognos