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 28 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 81 82 55
Rank change year-on-year +1 -27 +15
Permanent jobs citing Power BI 591 656 1,513
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.08% 4.50% 4.59%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 23.33% 20.27% 20.60%
Number of salaries quoted 428 439 1,316
10th Percentile £36,250 £37,000 £36,365
25th Percentile £42,500 £43,487 £42,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,756 £84,964
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £54,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +6.48% -1.82%

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 2,533 3,237 7,345
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 13.22% 22.20% 22.30%
Number of salaries quoted 1,931 2,141 6,237
10th Percentile £37,750 £36,250 £37,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £48,750 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +13.04% -11.54%
75th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £76,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £120,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -11.54%

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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 28 May 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 62 (10.49%) SharePoint
2 8 (1.35%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (1.02%) Apache Airflow
4 5 (0.85%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 4 (0.68%) Apache Spark
5 4 (0.68%) CMS
5 4 (0.68%) SAS
6 3 (0.51%) ArcGIS
6 3 (0.51%) Drupal
7 2 (0.34%) Apache
7 2 (0.34%) Confluence
8 1 (0.17%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (0.17%) Umbraco
Applications
1 149 (25.21%) Microsoft Excel
2 19 (3.21%) Microsoft Office
3 14 (2.37%) Microsoft Project
4 11 (1.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 7 (1.18%) Spreadsheet
6 6 (1.02%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 21 (3.55%) Dynamics CRM
2 12 (2.03%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 10 (1.69%) NetSuite
4 6 (1.02%) NEC Housing
4 6 (1.02%) Oracle ERP
5 5 (0.85%) SAP ERP
6 3 (0.51%) Dynamics NAV
7 2 (0.34%) SAP HR
8 1 (0.17%) Dynamics GP
8 1 (0.17%) Raiser’s Edge
8 1 (0.17%) ResourceLink
8 1 (0.17%) SAP Business One
8 1 (0.17%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 591 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 228 (38.58%) Azure
3 95 (16.07%) Power Automate
4 71 (12.01%) PowerApps
5 66 (11.17%) Microsoft 365
6 59 (9.98%) Azure Data Factory
7 48 (8.12%) Dynamics 365
8 46 (7.78%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 33 (5.58%) Azure Logic Apps
10 29 (4.91%) Azure DevOps
11 28 (4.74%) Google Analytics
11 28 (4.74%) SaaS
12 25 (4.23%) OneDrive
13 24 (4.06%) Microsoft Purview
14 19 (3.21%) Adobe Creative Cloud
15 17 (2.88%) AWS
15 17 (2.88%) GCP
15 17 (2.88%) Snowflake
16 13 (2.20%) Azure Machine Learning
17 10 (1.69%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 13 (2.20%) Broadband
2 4 (0.68%) Firewall
2 4 (0.68%) Modbus
2 4 (0.68%) MQTT
3 3 (0.51%) NAS
3 3 (0.51%) SMS
3 3 (0.51%) VoIP
3 3 (0.51%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (0.34%) WAN
5 1 (0.17%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 114 (19.29%) Tableau
2 61 (10.32%) SQL Server
3 38 (6.43%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 36 (6.09%) Power Query
5 35 (5.92%) Data Warehouse
6 34 (5.75%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 33 (5.58%) Azure SQL Database
7 33 (5.58%) Big Data
8 29 (4.91%) Data Lake
9 23 (3.89%) Looker
10 18 (3.05%) MySQL
11 17 (2.88%) Relational Database
12 14 (2.37%) BigQuery
12 14 (2.37%) PostgreSQL
12 14 (2.37%) Star Schema
13 13 (2.20%) Metadata
13 13 (2.20%) SAP BW
14 11 (1.86%) Semantic Layer
15 8 (1.35%) PowerPivot
16 6 (1.02%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 13 (2.20%) JIRA
2 12 (2.03%) Git
3 9 (1.52%) Visual Studio
4 8 (1.35%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 6 (1.02%) Jenkins
6 5 (0.85%) Oracle Forms
7 1 (0.17%) Browser DevTools
7 1 (0.17%) Oracle APEX
7 1 (0.17%) Postman
7 1 (0.17%) Toad
General
1 246 (41.62%) Social Skills
2 199 (33.67%) Analytical Skills
3 157 (26.57%) Finance
4 70 (11.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 59 (9.98%) Public Sector
6 37 (6.26%) Retail
7 33 (5.58%) Law
8 31 (5.25%) Legal
8 31 (5.25%) Marketing
9 21 (3.55%) Organisational Skills
10 12 (2.03%) Automotive
10 12 (2.03%) Publishing
11 11 (1.86%) Documentation Skills
11 11 (1.86%) Presentation Skills
12 6 (1.02%) Banking
12 6 (1.02%) Manufacturing
12 6 (1.02%) Social Housing
13 5 (0.85%) Aeronautics
13 5 (0.85%) Billing
14 4 (0.68%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 180 (30.46%) Analyst
2 97 (16.41%) Senior
3 84 (14.21%) Developer
4 66 (11.17%) Data Analyst
5 56 (9.48%) Lead
6 41 (6.94%) Data Engineer
7 30 (5.08%) Big Data Engineer
7 30 (5.08%) DataOps Engineer
7 30 (5.08%) DataOps Leader
7 30 (5.08%) Lead Big Data Engineer
8 29 (4.91%) Senior Analyst
9 28 (4.74%) Applications Support
9 28 (4.74%) Business Intelligence Developer
10 26 (4.40%) Data Manager
10 26 (4.40%) Senior Developer
11 24 (4.06%) Applications Manager
11 24 (4.06%) Consultant
12 23 (3.89%) Business Intelligence Analyst
12 23 (3.89%) Power Platform Developer
13 21 (3.55%) Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (5.92%) .NET
1 35 (5.92%) HTML
2 33 (5.58%) HTML5 Canvas
3 32 (5.41%) CSS
4 30 (5.08%) JSON
5 21 (3.55%) .NET Core
6 20 (3.38%) Microsoft Graph
7 19 (3.21%) SPFx
8 15 (2.54%) PySpark
8 15 (2.54%) XML
9 12 (2.03%) Oracle Fusion
10 7 (1.18%) OAuth
10 7 (1.18%) OAuth2
10 7 (1.18%) React
11 6 (1.02%) RESTful
11 6 (1.02%) Web Services
12 5 (0.85%) SAML
13 4 (0.68%) ASP.NET
13 4 (0.68%) Kafka
13 4 (0.68%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 47 (7.95%) Management Information System
2 43 (7.28%) Data Structures
3 20 (3.38%) Onboarding
4 19 (3.21%) Product Ownership
5 15 (2.54%) Self-Motivation
6 14 (2.37%) Analytical Mindset
6 14 (2.37%) Cloud Native
6 14 (2.37%) Social Media
7 13 (2.20%) Enterprise Software
8 9 (1.52%) Algorithms
8 9 (1.52%) FMCG
8 9 (1.52%) Low-Code
9 8 (1.35%) Greenfield Project
10 6 (1.02%) Cyberattack
10 6 (1.02%) Legacy Systems
11 5 (0.85%) Life Science
11 5 (0.85%) Mobile App
11 5 (0.85%) Replication
12 4 (0.68%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 4 (0.68%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 7 (1.18%) Linux
1 7 (1.18%) Windows
2 5 (0.85%) Unix
3 4 (0.68%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.51%) Windows 10
5 2 (0.34%) Mac OS
5 2 (0.34%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 535 (90.52%) Business Intelligence
2 193 (32.66%) Analytics
3 157 (26.57%) Decision-Making
4 124 (20.98%) Data Modelling
5 123 (20.81%) Visualisation
6 115 (19.46%) Problem-Solving
7 107 (18.10%) Continuous Improvement
8 97 (16.41%) ETL
9 92 (15.57%) Data Visualisation
10 87 (14.72%) Actionable Insight
11 85 (14.38%) Agile
11 85 (14.38%) AI
12 84 (14.21%) Project Management
13 74 (12.52%) Data Governance
14 73 (12.35%) Data Analysis
14 73 (12.35%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 68 (11.51%) CRM
16 66 (11.17%) Machine Learning
17 64 (10.83%) CI/CD
18 62 (10.49%) Data Engineering
Programming Languages
1 282 (47.72%) SQL
2 120 (20.30%) Python
3 50 (8.46%) C#
4 45 (7.61%) JavaScript
5 43 (7.28%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 43 (7.28%) PowerShell
6 27 (4.57%) T-SQL
7 23 (3.89%) R
8 19 (3.21%) TypeScript
9 16 (2.71%) VBA
10 8 (1.35%) Kusto Query Language
11 7 (1.18%) PL/SQL
12 6 (1.02%) VB
13 5 (0.85%) Java
13 5 (0.85%) Shell Script
13 5 (0.85%) VBScript
14 3 (0.51%) Scala
15 2 (0.34%) Formula Language
16 1 (0.17%) C
16 1 (0.17%) Google Apps Script
Qualifications
1 98 (16.58%) Degree
2 39 (6.60%) Security Cleared
3 34 (5.75%) ACCA
4 33 (5.58%) CIMA
5 29 (4.91%) SC Cleared
6 21 (3.55%) DBS Check
7 15 (2.54%) Computer Science Degree
7 15 (2.54%) Microsoft Certification
8 14 (2.37%) AAT
9 5 (0.85%) Azure Certification
9 5 (0.85%) PMI Certification
9 5 (0.85%) PMP
10 4 (0.68%) CIPFA
10 4 (0.68%) Master's Degree
11 2 (0.34%) CompTIA CySA+
11 2 (0.34%) CompTIA Security+
11 2 (0.34%) ISEB
11 2 (0.34%) Numerate Degree
11 2 (0.34%) SSCP
12 1 (0.17%) MCT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 109 (18.44%) Data Quality
2 51 (8.63%) GDPR
3 36 (6.09%) SLA
4 20 (3.38%) QA
5 18 (3.05%) Accessibility
6 16 (2.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 13 (2.20%) PMO
8 12 (2.03%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 11 (1.86%) Actionable Recommendations
10 6 (1.02%) NIST
11 4 (0.68%) IFRS
11 4 (0.68%) NIST 800
11 4 (0.68%) PERC
12 3 (0.51%) GAAP
12 3 (0.51%) GRC
13 1 (0.17%) IFRS 17
13 1 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 8 (1.35%) Active Directory
1 8 (1.35%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (0.51%) BitLocker
2 3 (0.51%) Docker
2 3 (0.51%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 7 (1.18%) Terraform
2 5 (0.85%) SCCM
2 5 (0.85%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (0.34%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.17%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.17%) MOM
4 1 (0.17%) SQL Sentry
4 1 (0.17%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 224 (37.90%) Microsoft
2 62 (10.49%) Databricks
3 38 (6.43%) Oracle
4 34 (5.75%) Google
5 29 (4.91%) SAP
6 24 (4.06%) Adobe
7 21 (3.55%) Salesforce
8 16 (2.71%) Informatica
9 12 (2.03%) Alteryx
10 8 (1.35%) VMware
11 7 (1.18%) Hotjar
11 7 (1.18%) Northgate
11 7 (1.18%) ServiceNow
12 5 (0.85%) ESRI
12 5 (0.85%) IBM
12 5 (0.85%) Snow
13 4 (0.68%) HubSpot
13 4 (0.68%) JD Edwards
13 4 (0.68%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
14 3 (0.51%) MuleSoft