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 16 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 90 82 75
Rank change year-on-year -8 -7 -8
Permanent jobs citing Power BI 679 710 896
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.97% 4.28% 3.63%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 21.49% 23.39% 17.83%
Number of salaries quoted 529 519 740
10th Percentile £38,768 £37,000 £38,125
25th Percentile £42,501 £41,750 £44,985
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £81,250 £70,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £93,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £59,125
% change year-on-year - -6.98% +7.50%

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 3,159 3,035 5,025
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 13.83% 18.30% 20.36%
Number of salaries quoted 2,530 2,063 3,896
10th Percentile £36,250 £35,854 £38,000
25th Percentile £45,749 £46,250 £47,498
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £63,091 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.90% -2.94% +4.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £82,500 £92,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £115,000 £122,680
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - - -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 16 August 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 86 (12.67%) SharePoint
2 7 (1.03%) Apache Airflow
3 6 (0.88%) Apache Spark
4 5 (0.74%) Apache
4 5 (0.74%) ArcGIS
5 4 (0.59%) Oracle Workflow
5 4 (0.59%) SAS
6 3 (0.44%) Confluence
7 2 (0.29%) MS Project Server
7 2 (0.29%) Oracle Application Server
7 2 (0.29%) WordPress
8 1 (0.15%) CMS
8 1 (0.15%) Umbraco
Applications
1 174 (25.63%) Microsoft Excel
2 26 (3.83%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 25 (3.68%) Microsoft Office
4 17 (2.50%) Microsoft Project
5 5 (0.74%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.44%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.29%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.15%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 22 (3.24%) Dynamics CRM
2 13 (1.91%) NetSuite
3 12 (1.77%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 5 (0.74%) SAP ERP
4 5 (0.74%) Visualfiles
5 4 (0.59%) Dynamics NAV
6 3 (0.44%) Carpe Diem
6 3 (0.44%) Elite 3E
7 1 (0.15%) Dynamics GP
7 1 (0.15%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.15%) Raiser’s Edge
7 1 (0.15%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 1 (0.15%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 679 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 235 (34.61%) Azure
3 105 (15.46%) Power Automate
4 92 (13.55%) PowerApps
5 73 (10.75%) Microsoft 365
6 69 (10.16%) Dynamics 365
7 61 (8.98%) Azure Data Factory
8 44 (6.48%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 41 (6.04%) AWS
10 38 (5.60%) Azure DevOps
11 35 (5.15%) Azure Logic Apps
12 34 (5.01%) GCP
13 32 (4.71%) Google Analytics
14 31 (4.57%) Microsoft Purview
15 30 (4.42%) SaaS
16 29 (4.27%) OneDrive
16 29 (4.27%) Snowflake
17 19 (2.80%) Adobe Creative Cloud
18 13 (1.91%) dbt
19 9 (1.33%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 13 (1.91%) Broadband
2 5 (0.74%) SMS
3 3 (0.44%) Firewall
3 3 (0.44%) NAS
3 3 (0.44%) VoIP
3 3 (0.44%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.15%) Intranet
4 1 (0.15%) Modbus
4 1 (0.15%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 127 (18.70%) Tableau
2 61 (8.98%) Data Warehouse
3 59 (8.69%) SQL Server
4 45 (6.63%) Data Lake
5 43 (6.33%) Azure SQL Database
5 43 (6.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 40 (5.89%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 34 (5.01%) Looker
7 34 (5.01%) Power Query
8 25 (3.68%) Relational Database
9 21 (3.09%) Big Data
9 21 (3.09%) Metadata
9 21 (3.09%) Star Schema
10 18 (2.65%) BigQuery
10 18 (2.65%) Semantic Layer
11 13 (1.91%) NoSQL
11 13 (1.91%) SAP BW
11 13 (1.91%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 12 (1.77%) Delta Lake
12 12 (1.77%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 18 (2.65%) Git
2 16 (2.36%) JIRA
3 10 (1.47%) Visual Studio
4 5 (0.74%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 2 (0.29%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.15%) Browser DevTools
6 1 (0.15%) ER Studio
6 1 (0.15%) ERwin
6 1 (0.15%) Toad
General
1 296 (43.59%) Social Skills
2 214 (31.52%) Analytical Skills
3 201 (29.60%) Finance
4 76 (11.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 58 (8.54%) Public Sector
6 56 (8.25%) Law
7 54 (7.95%) Marketing
8 52 (7.66%) Legal
9 44 (6.48%) Organisational Skills
10 39 (5.74%) Retail
11 15 (2.21%) Billing
11 15 (2.21%) Manufacturing
12 14 (2.06%) Documentation Skills
12 14 (2.06%) Presentation Skills
13 11 (1.62%) Banking
13 11 (1.62%) Influencing Skills
14 10 (1.47%) Legal Technology
15 8 (1.18%) Automotive
16 7 (1.03%) Social Housing
17 5 (0.74%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 182 (26.80%) Analyst
2 112 (16.49%) Senior
3 94 (13.84%) Developer
4 72 (10.60%) Data Engineer
5 65 (9.57%) Data Analyst
6 56 (8.25%) Lead
7 34 (5.01%) Data Manager
8 31 (4.57%) Applications Support
8 31 (4.57%) Architect
9 30 (4.42%) Consultant
10 29 (4.27%) Business Analyst
11 28 (4.12%) Senior Analyst
12 26 (3.83%) Applications Manager
12 26 (3.83%) Senior Developer
13 25 (3.68%) Power Platform Developer
14 24 (3.53%) Data Architect
15 22 (3.24%) Business Intelligence Analyst
16 21 (3.09%) Business Intelligence Developer
17 19 (2.80%) Senior Consultant
18 18 (2.65%) Financial Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (6.19%) .NET
2 38 (5.60%) HTML
3 32 (4.71%) HTML5 Canvas
4 31 (4.57%) CSS
5 29 (4.27%) PySpark
6 24 (3.53%) JSON
7 20 (2.95%) Microsoft Graph
8 19 (2.80%) .NET Core
8 19 (2.80%) SPFx
9 12 (1.77%) Oracle Fusion
10 9 (1.33%) React
11 8 (1.18%) REST
12 7 (1.03%) Kafka
13 5 (0.74%) ASP.NET
13 5 (0.74%) ODBC
13 5 (0.74%) Web Services
13 5 (0.74%) XML
14 4 (0.59%) Middleware
15 3 (0.44%) HTML5
15 3 (0.44%) Regular Expression
Miscellaneous
1 56 (8.25%) Management Information System
2 28 (4.12%) Product Ownership
3 26 (3.83%) Data Structures
4 16 (2.36%) Cloud Native
5 14 (2.06%) Analytical Mindset
5 14 (2.06%) Self-Motivation
5 14 (2.06%) Social Media
6 12 (1.77%) Enterprise Software
6 12 (1.77%) Onboarding
7 8 (1.18%) Housing Association
8 7 (1.03%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 7 (1.03%) Replication
9 6 (0.88%) AI Agents
9 6 (0.88%) Cyberattack
9 6 (0.88%) Greenfield Project
9 6 (0.88%) Legacy Systems
9 6 (0.88%) Low-Code
10 5 (0.74%) Data Fabric
10 5 (0.74%) Driving Licence
10 5 (0.74%) Educational Technology
Operating Systems
1 10 (1.47%) Windows
2 8 (1.18%) Linux
3 5 (0.74%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.44%) Unix
4 3 (0.44%) Windows 10
5 2 (0.29%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.15%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 627 (92.34%) Business Intelligence
2 271 (39.91%) Analytics
3 185 (27.25%) Decision-Making
4 178 (26.22%) Problem-Solving
5 161 (23.71%) Data Modelling
6 156 (22.97%) Continuous Improvement
7 133 (19.59%) AI
7 133 (19.59%) Visualisation
8 117 (17.23%) Agile
9 113 (16.64%) Actionable Insight
10 106 (15.61%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 103 (15.17%) Stakeholder Management
12 101 (14.87%) Data Governance
13 100 (14.73%) ETL
14 93 (13.70%) Project Management
15 92 (13.55%) Data Visualisation
16 88 (12.96%) Data Engineering
17 75 (11.05%) CRM
17 75 (11.05%) Dashboard Development
17 75 (11.05%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 343 (50.52%) SQL
2 124 (18.26%) Python
3 64 (9.43%) C#
4 57 (8.39%) JavaScript
5 50 (7.36%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 32 (4.71%) PowerShell
7 22 (3.24%) T-SQL
8 20 (2.95%) TypeScript
8 20 (2.95%) VBA
9 14 (2.06%) R
10 9 (1.33%) Kusto Query Language
11 7 (1.03%) Scala
11 7 (1.03%) VB
12 3 (0.44%) PL/SQL
12 3 (0.44%) VBScript
13 2 (0.29%) Bicep
13 2 (0.29%) Formula Language
13 2 (0.29%) PHP
13 2 (0.29%) X++
14 1 (0.15%) Google Apps Script
Qualifications
1 93 (13.70%) Degree
2 61 (8.98%) Security Cleared
3 55 (8.10%) SC Cleared
4 24 (3.53%) ACCA
5 20 (2.95%) CIMA
6 17 (2.50%) Microsoft Certification
7 16 (2.36%) DBS Check
8 14 (2.06%) Computer Science Degree
9 10 (1.47%) Master's Degree
10 9 (1.33%) AAT
11 7 (1.03%) Azure Certification
12 6 (0.88%) BPSS Clearance
12 6 (0.88%) PMI Certification
13 4 (0.59%) ISEB
13 4 (0.59%) PMP
14 2 (0.29%) CompTIA CySA+
14 2 (0.29%) CompTIA Security+
14 2 (0.29%) MCT
14 2 (0.29%) Numerate Degree
14 2 (0.29%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 134 (19.73%) Data Quality
2 69 (10.16%) GDPR
3 35 (5.15%) Accessibility
3 35 (5.15%) QA
3 35 (5.15%) SLA
4 17 (2.50%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 16 (2.36%) PMO
6 13 (1.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 12 (1.77%) Actionable Recommendations
8 6 (0.88%) NIST
8 6 (0.88%) PERC
9 5 (0.74%) ISO 9001
10 4 (0.59%) GAAP
10 4 (0.59%) IFRS
10 4 (0.59%) NIST 800
11 2 (0.29%) GRC
11 2 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 1 (0.15%) HIPAA
System Software
1 7 (1.03%) Docker
2 6 (0.88%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (0.44%) BitLocker
3 3 (0.44%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 12 (1.77%) Terraform
2 4 (0.59%) Kubernetes
3 3 (0.44%) SCCM
4 1 (0.15%) Ansible
4 1 (0.15%) MOM
4 1 (0.15%) SQL Sentry
4 1 (0.15%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 266 (39.18%) Microsoft
2 70 (10.31%) Databricks
3 38 (5.60%) Google
4 34 (5.01%) Oracle
4 34 (5.01%) SAP
5 23 (3.39%) Salesforce
6 22 (3.24%) Adobe
7 15 (2.21%) Alteryx
8 10 (1.47%) Informatica
9 7 (1.03%) Intapp
10 6 (0.88%) HubSpot
10 6 (0.88%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
10 6 (0.88%) VMware
11 5 (0.74%) HighQ
11 5 (0.74%) iManage
11 5 (0.74%) Talend
12 4 (0.59%) dotdigital
12 4 (0.59%) Hyperion
12 4 (0.59%) ServiceNow
12 4 (0.59%) Workday