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

6 months to
27 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 80 89 55
Rank change year-on-year +9 -34 +16
Permanent jobs citing Power BI 587 641 1,514
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.08% 4.42% 4.60%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 23.51% 19.89% 20.63%
Number of salaries quoted 426 425 1,318
10th Percentile £36,250 £37,000 £36,365
25th Percentile £42,500 £43,750 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.48% +4.55% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,778 £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 2,497 3,223 7,339
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 13.10% 22.20% 22.32%
Number of salaries quoted 1,905 2,125 6,234
10th Percentile £38,500 £36,250 £37,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £48,750 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,500 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.38% +13.04% -11.54%
75th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £77,375
90th Percentile £95,000 £121,050 £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 27 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 (10.56%) SharePoint
2 8 (1.36%) 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
6 3 (0.51%) ArcGIS
6 3 (0.51%) Drupal
6 3 (0.51%) SAS
7 2 (0.34%) Apache
7 2 (0.34%) Confluence
8 1 (0.17%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (0.17%) Umbraco
Applications
1 149 (25.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 19 (3.24%) Microsoft Office
3 14 (2.39%) Microsoft Project
4 11 (1.87%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 7 (1.19%) Spreadsheet
6 6 (1.02%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 21 (3.58%) Dynamics CRM
2 12 (2.04%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 10 (1.70%) 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%) Visualfiles
8 1 (0.17%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 587 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 227 (38.67%) Azure
3 94 (16.01%) Power Automate
4 70 (11.93%) PowerApps
5 65 (11.07%) Microsoft 365
6 59 (10.05%) Azure Data Factory
7 47 (8.01%) Dynamics 365
8 45 (7.67%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 33 (5.62%) Azure Logic Apps
10 29 (4.94%) Azure DevOps
10 29 (4.94%) Google Analytics
11 28 (4.77%) SaaS
12 25 (4.26%) OneDrive
13 23 (3.92%) Microsoft Purview
14 19 (3.24%) Adobe Creative Cloud
15 18 (3.07%) GCP
16 17 (2.90%) AWS
16 17 (2.90%) Snowflake
17 13 (2.21%) Azure Machine Learning
18 10 (1.70%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 13 (2.21%) 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 (19.42%) Tableau
2 61 (10.39%) SQL Server
3 38 (6.47%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 36 (6.13%) Data Warehouse
4 36 (6.13%) Power Query
5 35 (5.96%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 33 (5.62%) Azure SQL Database
6 33 (5.62%) Big Data
7 29 (4.94%) Data Lake
8 24 (4.09%) Looker
9 17 (2.90%) MySQL
9 17 (2.90%) Relational Database
10 14 (2.39%) Star Schema
11 13 (2.21%) BigQuery
11 13 (2.21%) PostgreSQL
11 13 (2.21%) SAP BW
12 12 (2.04%) Metadata
13 10 (1.70%) Semantic Layer
14 8 (1.36%) PowerPivot
15 6 (1.02%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 13 (2.21%) Git
1 13 (2.21%) JIRA
2 9 (1.53%) Visual Studio
3 8 (1.36%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 6 (1.02%) Jenkins
5 5 (0.85%) Oracle Forms
6 1 (0.17%) Browser DevTools
6 1 (0.17%) Oracle APEX
6 1 (0.17%) Postman
6 1 (0.17%) Toad
General
1 244 (41.57%) Social Skills
2 195 (33.22%) Analytical Skills
3 155 (26.41%) Finance
4 69 (11.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 58 (9.88%) Public Sector
6 36 (6.13%) Retail
7 33 (5.62%) Law
8 31 (5.28%) Legal
9 29 (4.94%) Marketing
10 21 (3.58%) Organisational Skills
11 12 (2.04%) Automotive
11 12 (2.04%) Publishing
12 11 (1.87%) Documentation Skills
12 11 (1.87%) Presentation Skills
13 6 (1.02%) Banking
13 6 (1.02%) Manufacturing
13 6 (1.02%) Social Housing
14 5 (0.85%) Aeronautics
14 5 (0.85%) Billing
15 4 (0.68%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 179 (30.49%) Analyst
2 98 (16.70%) Senior
3 83 (14.14%) Developer
4 67 (11.41%) Data Analyst
5 57 (9.71%) Lead
6 41 (6.98%) Data Engineer
7 30 (5.11%) Big Data Engineer
7 30 (5.11%) DataOps Engineer
7 30 (5.11%) DataOps Leader
7 30 (5.11%) Lead Big Data Engineer
8 29 (4.94%) Senior Analyst
9 28 (4.77%) Applications Support
10 27 (4.60%) Business Intelligence Developer
10 27 (4.60%) Senior Developer
11 26 (4.43%) Data Manager
12 24 (4.09%) Applications Manager
12 24 (4.09%) Consultant
13 23 (3.92%) Business Intelligence Analyst
13 23 (3.92%) Power Platform Developer
14 21 (3.58%) Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (6.13%) .NET
2 34 (5.79%) HTML
3 33 (5.62%) HTML5 Canvas
4 32 (5.45%) CSS
5 30 (5.11%) JSON
6 21 (3.58%) .NET Core
7 20 (3.41%) Microsoft Graph
8 19 (3.24%) SPFx
9 15 (2.56%) PySpark
9 15 (2.56%) XML
10 12 (2.04%) Oracle Fusion
11 7 (1.19%) OAuth
11 7 (1.19%) OAuth2
11 7 (1.19%) React
12 6 (1.02%) RESTful
12 6 (1.02%) Web Services
13 5 (0.85%) SAML
14 4 (0.68%) ASP.NET
14 4 (0.68%) Kafka
14 4 (0.68%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 45 (7.67%) Management Information System
2 43 (7.33%) Data Structures
3 20 (3.41%) Onboarding
4 19 (3.24%) Product Ownership
5 15 (2.56%) Self-Motivation
6 14 (2.39%) Cloud Native
6 14 (2.39%) Social Media
7 13 (2.21%) Analytical Mindset
7 13 (2.21%) Enterprise Software
8 9 (1.53%) Algorithms
8 9 (1.53%) FMCG
8 9 (1.53%) Low-Code
9 8 (1.36%) 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 8 (1.36%) Windows
2 7 (1.19%) Linux
3 5 (0.85%) Unix
4 4 (0.68%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.51%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.34%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.34%) VMS
7 1 (0.17%) Android
7 1 (0.17%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 531 (90.46%) Business Intelligence
2 191 (32.54%) Analytics
3 155 (26.41%) Decision-Making
4 124 (21.12%) Visualisation
5 123 (20.95%) Data Modelling
6 114 (19.42%) Problem-Solving
7 107 (18.23%) Continuous Improvement
8 99 (16.87%) ETL
9 92 (15.67%) Data Visualisation
10 87 (14.82%) Actionable Insight
11 85 (14.48%) AI
12 83 (14.14%) Agile
12 83 (14.14%) Project Management
13 75 (12.78%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 73 (12.44%) Data Analysis
14 73 (12.44%) Data Governance
15 68 (11.58%) CRM
16 67 (11.41%) Machine Learning
17 64 (10.90%) CI/CD
18 62 (10.56%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 281 (47.87%) SQL
2 120 (20.44%) Python
3 50 (8.52%) C#
4 44 (7.50%) JavaScript
5 43 (7.33%) PowerShell
6 41 (6.98%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 26 (4.43%) T-SQL
8 23 (3.92%) R
9 19 (3.24%) TypeScript
10 16 (2.73%) VBA
11 8 (1.36%) Kusto Query Language
12 7 (1.19%) PL/SQL
13 5 (0.85%) Java
13 5 (0.85%) Shell Script
13 5 (0.85%) VB
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 (16.70%) Degree
2 39 (6.64%) Security Cleared
3 34 (5.79%) ACCA
4 33 (5.62%) CIMA
5 29 (4.94%) SC Cleared
6 21 (3.58%) DBS Check
7 15 (2.56%) Computer Science Degree
7 15 (2.56%) Microsoft Certification
8 14 (2.39%) 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%) ISEB
11 2 (0.34%) Numerate Degree
12 1 (0.17%) DV Cleared
12 1 (0.17%) MCT
12 1 (0.17%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 1 (0.17%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 107 (18.23%) Data Quality
2 48 (8.18%) GDPR
3 36 (6.13%) SLA
4 21 (3.58%) QA
5 17 (2.90%) Accessibility
6 15 (2.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 13 (2.21%) PMO
8 12 (2.04%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 11 (1.87%) Actionable Recommendations
10 5 (0.85%) NIST
11 4 (0.68%) IFRS
11 4 (0.68%) NIST 800
11 4 (0.68%) PERC
12 3 (0.51%) GAAP
13 2 (0.34%) GRC
14 1 (0.17%) IFRS 17
14 1 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 8 (1.36%) Active Directory
1 8 (1.36%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (0.51%) BitLocker
2 3 (0.51%) Docker
2 3 (0.51%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 7 (1.19%) 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
1 221 (37.65%) Microsoft
2 62 (10.56%) Databricks
3 37 (6.30%) Oracle
4 35 (5.96%) Google
5 29 (4.94%) SAP
6 24 (4.09%) Adobe
7 21 (3.58%) Salesforce
8 16 (2.73%) Informatica
9 12 (2.04%) Alteryx
10 8 (1.36%) VMware
11 7 (1.19%) Hotjar
11 7 (1.19%) Northgate
11 7 (1.19%) 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