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 25 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 76 62 57
Rank change year-on-year -14 -5 +15
Permanent jobs citing Power BI 570 598 1,523
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.17% 4.43% 4.69%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 24.54% 18.09% 21.07%
Number of salaries quoted 413 414 1,316
10th Percentile £36,250 £36,475 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £42,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £88,375 £84,964
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £53,635
% change year-on-year -4.35% +7.21% -2.48%

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 2,323 3,306 7,230
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 12.91% 24.47% 22.25%
Number of salaries quoted 1,735 2,413 6,232
10th Percentile £37,350 £37,500 £37,004
25th Percentile £46,250 £50,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +13.04% -11.54%
75th Percentile £81,250 £90,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £122,500 £95,000
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 25 April 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 70 (12.28%) SharePoint
2 9 (1.58%) Apache Airflow
3 8 (1.40%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (1.40%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 7 (1.23%) Apache Spark
5 5 (0.88%) CMS
6 4 (0.70%) SAS
6 4 (0.70%) Umbraco
7 3 (0.53%) ArcGIS
7 3 (0.53%) Confluence
7 3 (0.53%) Drupal
8 2 (0.35%) Apache
8 2 (0.35%) Moodle
Applications
1 176 (30.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 21 (3.68%) Microsoft Office
3 13 (2.28%) Microsoft Project
4 11 (1.93%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 7 (1.23%) Spreadsheet
6 5 (0.88%) MS Visio
7 3 (0.53%) Trello
Business Applications
1 18 (3.16%) Dynamics CRM
2 12 (2.11%) NetSuite
2 12 (2.11%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 8 (1.40%) Oracle ERP
4 6 (1.05%) NEC Housing
5 5 (0.88%) SAP ERP
6 3 (0.53%) ResourceLink
7 2 (0.35%) SAP HR
8 1 (0.18%) Dynamics NAV
8 1 (0.18%) Elite 3E
8 1 (0.18%) Raiser’s Edge
8 1 (0.18%) SAP Business One
8 1 (0.18%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 570 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 251 (44.04%) Azure
3 96 (16.84%) Power Automate
4 89 (15.61%) Azure Data Factory
5 73 (12.81%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 69 (12.11%) Microsoft 365
7 67 (11.75%) PowerApps
8 45 (7.89%) Dynamics 365
9 30 (5.26%) Azure DevOps
10 27 (4.74%) Azure Logic Apps
11 25 (4.39%) SaaS
12 23 (4.04%) Google Analytics
13 22 (3.86%) Snowflake
14 21 (3.68%) OneDrive
15 20 (3.51%) GCP
16 18 (3.16%) AWS
17 17 (2.98%) GitHub
18 16 (2.81%) Adobe Creative Cloud
19 14 (2.46%) dbt
20 13 (2.28%) GitHub Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 12 (2.11%) Broadband
2 4 (0.70%) Firewall
3 3 (0.53%) Modbus
3 3 (0.53%) MQTT
3 3 (0.53%) NAS
3 3 (0.53%) VoIP
3 3 (0.53%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (0.35%) Intranet
4 2 (0.35%) WAN
5 1 (0.18%) ADSL
5 1 (0.18%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 113 (19.82%) Tableau
2 79 (13.86%) SQL Server
3 58 (10.18%) Azure SQL Database
4 46 (8.07%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 36 (6.32%) Data Warehouse
5 36 (6.32%) Power Query
6 32 (5.61%) Big Data
6 32 (5.61%) Data Lake
7 24 (4.21%) Looker
8 23 (4.04%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 15 (2.63%) MySQL
10 13 (2.28%) SAP BW
11 12 (2.11%) BigQuery
11 12 (2.11%) PostgreSQL
12 9 (1.58%) Metadata
12 9 (1.58%) Relational Database
12 9 (1.58%) Star Schema
13 8 (1.40%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
13 8 (1.40%) PowerPivot
14 5 (0.88%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 21 (3.68%) Git
2 17 (2.98%) JIRA
3 11 (1.93%) Jenkins
4 8 (1.40%) Oracle Forms
5 5 (0.88%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 3 (0.53%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.18%) Oracle APEX
7 1 (0.18%) Postman
7 1 (0.18%) Team Foundation Server
7 1 (0.18%) Toad
General
1 248 (43.51%) Social Skills
2 196 (34.39%) Analytical Skills
3 187 (32.81%) Finance
4 55 (9.65%) Public Sector
5 44 (7.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 35 (6.14%) Marketing
7 30 (5.26%) Legal
8 28 (4.91%) Retail
9 25 (4.39%) Presentation Skills
10 24 (4.21%) Law
11 20 (3.51%) Organisational Skills
12 15 (2.63%) Billing
13 12 (2.11%) Automotive
14 11 (1.93%) Manufacturing
15 10 (1.75%) Publishing
16 9 (1.58%) Banking
17 8 (1.40%) Documentation Skills
17 8 (1.40%) Telecoms
18 6 (1.05%) Investment Banking
19 5 (0.88%) Aeronautics
Job Titles
1 192 (33.68%) Analyst
2 86 (15.09%) Senior
3 73 (12.81%) Developer
4 67 (11.75%) Data Analyst
5 56 (9.82%) Lead
6 36 (6.32%) Data Engineer
7 30 (5.26%) Big Data Engineer
7 30 (5.26%) DataOps Engineer
7 30 (5.26%) DataOps Leader
7 30 (5.26%) Lead Big Data Engineer
8 27 (4.74%) Senior Developer
9 26 (4.56%) Consultant
10 25 (4.39%) Senior Analyst
11 24 (4.21%) Applications Support
11 24 (4.21%) Commercial Analyst
12 23 (4.04%) Applications Manager
12 23 (4.04%) Business Intelligence Developer
12 23 (4.04%) IT Support
13 22 (3.86%) Business Analyst
13 22 (3.86%) Power Platform Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (6.32%) .NET
2 34 (5.96%) HTML5 Canvas
3 31 (5.44%) HTML
4 30 (5.26%) CSS
4 30 (5.26%) JSON
5 19 (3.33%) .NET Core
6 17 (2.98%) PySpark
7 16 (2.81%) Microsoft Graph
7 16 (2.81%) SPFx
8 13 (2.28%) XML
9 12 (2.11%) Oracle Fusion
10 9 (1.58%) RESTful
11 8 (1.40%) OAuth
11 8 (1.40%) OAuth2
11 8 (1.40%) SAML
12 6 (1.05%) Kafka
13 5 (0.88%) React
14 4 (0.70%) ASP.NET
14 4 (0.70%) EDI
15 3 (0.53%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 44 (7.72%) Data Structures
2 43 (7.54%) Management Information System
3 33 (5.79%) Analytical Mindset
4 27 (4.74%) Self-Motivation
5 21 (3.68%) Cloud Native
6 18 (3.16%) Onboarding
7 16 (2.81%) Enterprise Software
8 15 (2.63%) Social Media
9 12 (2.11%) Low-Code
10 11 (1.93%) FMCG
11 10 (1.75%) Greenfield Project
12 9 (1.58%) Algorithms
12 9 (1.58%) Product Ownership
13 5 (0.88%) Legacy Systems
13 5 (0.88%) Life Science
13 5 (0.88%) Mobile App
13 5 (0.88%) Replication
14 4 (0.70%) Reinsurance
15 3 (0.53%) Cyber Defence
15 3 (0.53%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 6 (1.05%) Windows
2 5 (0.88%) Linux
2 5 (0.88%) Unix
3 4 (0.70%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.53%) Windows 10
5 2 (0.35%) VMS
6 1 (0.18%) Android
6 1 (0.18%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 524 (91.93%) Business Intelligence
2 191 (33.51%) Analytics
3 170 (29.82%) Decision-Making
4 143 (25.09%) Visualisation
5 127 (22.28%) Problem-Solving
6 123 (21.58%) Data Modelling
7 116 (20.35%) Continuous Improvement
8 104 (18.25%) Data Analysis
9 103 (18.07%) Actionable Insight
10 85 (14.91%) Data Visualisation
11 83 (14.56%) ETL
12 81 (14.21%) Agile
13 77 (13.51%) AI
14 73 (12.81%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 71 (12.46%) CI/CD
16 69 (12.11%) Project Management
17 66 (11.58%) CRM
18 61 (10.70%) Data Management
19 60 (10.53%) Process Improvement
20 59 (10.35%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 286 (50.18%) SQL
2 133 (23.33%) Python
3 56 (9.82%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 50 (8.77%) C#
5 42 (7.37%) JavaScript
6 38 (6.67%) PowerShell
7 22 (3.86%) T-SQL
8 21 (3.68%) R
9 18 (3.16%) TypeScript
9 18 (3.16%) VBA
10 10 (1.75%) Java
11 9 (1.58%) PL/SQL
12 8 (1.40%) Shell Script
13 6 (1.05%) Kusto Query Language
14 5 (0.88%) Scala
14 5 (0.88%) VB
14 5 (0.88%) VBScript
15 2 (0.35%) Bicep
15 2 (0.35%) Ruby
16 1 (0.18%) C
Qualifications
1 99 (17.37%) Degree
2 42 (7.37%) Security Cleared
3 35 (6.14%) ACCA
3 35 (6.14%) CIMA
4 30 (5.26%) SC Cleared
5 23 (4.04%) Microsoft Certification
6 19 (3.33%) Computer Science Degree
6 19 (3.33%) DBS Check
7 14 (2.46%) AAT
8 12 (2.11%) Six Sigma Green Belt
9 8 (1.40%) Azure Certification
10 6 (1.05%) Master's Degree
11 5 (0.88%) PMI Certification
11 5 (0.88%) PMP
12 4 (0.70%) CIPFA
12 4 (0.70%) DV Cleared
13 3 (0.53%) CIPD
13 3 (0.53%) Numerate Degree
14 2 (0.35%) BPSS Clearance
14 2 (0.35%) ISACA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 95 (16.67%) Data Quality
2 41 (7.19%) SLA
3 31 (5.44%) GDPR
4 23 (4.04%) Actionable Recommendations
5 17 (2.98%) QA
6 15 (2.63%) PMO
7 14 (2.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 9 (1.58%) Accessibility
9 4 (0.70%) IFRS
9 4 (0.70%) NIST
10 3 (0.53%) GAAP
10 3 (0.53%) NIST 800
11 2 (0.35%) GRC
11 2 (0.35%) WCAG
12 1 (0.18%) IFRS 17
12 1 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 8 (1.40%) Active Directory
1 8 (1.40%) VMware Infrastructure
2 7 (1.23%) Docker
3 3 (0.53%) BitLocker
3 3 (0.53%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 10 (1.75%) Terraform
2 8 (1.40%) Single Sign-On
3 5 (0.88%) Kubernetes
3 5 (0.88%) SCCM
4 4 (0.70%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.35%) Argo
6 1 (0.18%) Control-M
6 1 (0.18%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 198 (34.74%) Microsoft
2 65 (11.40%) Databricks
3 36 (6.32%) Oracle
4 31 (5.44%) SAP
5 27 (4.74%) Google
6 21 (3.68%) Adobe
7 19 (3.33%) Salesforce
8 17 (2.98%) Informatica
9 12 (2.11%) Alteryx
10 8 (1.40%) Northgate
10 8 (1.40%) VMware
11 7 (1.23%) Hotjar
12 5 (0.88%) ESRI
12 5 (0.88%) IBM
12 5 (0.88%) Snow
13 4 (0.70%) HubSpot
13 4 (0.70%) JD Edwards
13 4 (0.70%) ServiceNow
14 3 (0.53%) Barracuda Networks
14 3 (0.53%) Sophos