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

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 73 83 64
Rank change year-on-year +10 -19 +7
Permanent jobs citing Power BI 533 615 985
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.50% 3.73% 4.58%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 25.26% 14.80% 18.39%
Number of salaries quoted 367 356 824
10th Percentile £37,500 £37,500 £37,000
25th Percentile £41,625 £42,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £58,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.17% +5.45% -
75th Percentile £70,125 £73,886 £70,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £90,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -4.35%

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 2,110 4,156 5,356
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 13.87% 25.24% 24.88%
Number of salaries quoted 1,579 2,475 4,370
10th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £38,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £50,000 £46,306
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £69,300 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.81% +15.50% -4.00%
75th Percentile £81,250 £92,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £118,750 £92,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £64,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -6.98% +7.50% -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 15 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 44 (8.26%) SharePoint
2 17 (3.19%) Confluence
2 17 (3.19%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 9 (1.69%) SAS
4 6 (1.13%) Apache Airflow
5 5 (0.94%) Apache Spark
6 4 (0.75%) Umbraco
7 3 (0.56%) CMS
8 2 (0.38%) Moodle
9 1 (0.19%) Drupal
9 1 (0.19%) Jupyter
9 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 196 (36.77%) Microsoft Excel
2 26 (4.88%) Microsoft Office
3 13 (2.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (1.50%) Trello
5 6 (1.13%) Spreadsheet
6 4 (0.75%) Microsoft Project
7 3 (0.56%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 24 (4.50%) Dynamics CRM
2 17 (3.19%) Oracle ERP
3 9 (1.69%) NetSuite
4 8 (1.50%) Visualfiles
5 6 (1.13%) NEC Housing
6 3 (0.56%) ResourceLink
6 3 (0.56%) SAP FI
7 2 (0.38%) Dynamics GP
7 2 (0.38%) SAP Business One
8 1 (0.19%) Elite 3E
8 1 (0.19%) Pegasus Opera
8 1 (0.19%) Primavera
8 1 (0.19%) Salesforce CRM
8 1 (0.19%) SAP HR
8 1 (0.19%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 533 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 242 (45.40%) Azure
3 77 (14.45%) Azure Data Factory
4 64 (12.01%) Power Automate
5 63 (11.82%) PowerApps
6 56 (10.51%) Azure DevOps
7 55 (10.32%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 55 (10.32%) Microsoft 365
8 48 (9.01%) Dynamics 365
9 42 (7.88%) Snowflake
10 39 (7.32%) GitHub
11 34 (6.38%) AWS
12 27 (5.07%) GCP
13 24 (4.50%) GitHub Copilot
14 20 (3.75%) dbt
15 18 (3.38%) OCI
16 16 (3.00%) SaaS
17 13 (2.44%) Google Analytics
18 12 (2.25%) Azure Machine Learning
18 12 (2.25%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.56%) Modbus
1 3 (0.56%) MQTT
2 2 (0.38%) Intranet
3 1 (0.19%) ADSL
3 1 (0.19%) DHCP
3 1 (0.19%) DNS
3 1 (0.19%) Internet
3 1 (0.19%) NAS
3 1 (0.19%) SAN
3 1 (0.19%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 139 (26.08%) Tableau
2 74 (13.88%) Data Warehouse
3 69 (12.95%) SQL Server
4 50 (9.38%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 43 (8.07%) Azure SQL Database
6 37 (6.94%) Data Lake
7 27 (5.07%) Power Query
7 27 (5.07%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 20 (3.75%) Looker
9 18 (3.38%) Metadata
10 16 (3.00%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
11 14 (2.63%) Crystal Reports
12 13 (2.44%) BigQuery
13 10 (1.88%) SQL Server Analysis Services
14 8 (1.50%) Big Data
14 8 (1.50%) Data Vault
14 8 (1.50%) Oracle Database
14 8 (1.50%) Oracle Reports
15 7 (1.31%) Qlik Sense
15 7 (1.31%) SAS EBI
Development Applications
1 38 (7.13%) JIRA
2 32 (6.00%) Git
3 20 (3.75%) Jenkins
4 17 (3.19%) Oracle Forms
5 6 (1.13%) 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
General
1 240 (45.03%) Finance
2 207 (38.84%) Social Skills
3 180 (33.77%) Analytical Skills
4 62 (11.63%) Marketing
5 44 (8.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 38 (7.13%) Public Sector
7 31 (5.82%) Retail
8 30 (5.63%) Manufacturing
9 25 (4.69%) Presentation Skills
10 24 (4.50%) Organisational Skills
11 21 (3.94%) Law
12 18 (3.38%) Billing
13 16 (3.00%) Legal
14 12 (2.25%) Banking
14 12 (2.25%) Telecoms
15 11 (2.06%) Local Government
16 10 (1.88%) Advertising
17 7 (1.31%) Influencing Skills
17 7 (1.31%) Publishing
18 6 (1.13%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 182 (34.15%) Analyst
2 74 (13.88%) Developer
3 72 (13.51%) Senior
4 60 (11.26%) Data Analyst
5 48 (9.01%) Lead
6 34 (6.38%) Data Engineer
7 29 (5.44%) Business Intelligence Analyst
8 28 (5.25%) Applications Engineer
9 27 (5.07%) Business Intelligence Developer
10 25 (4.69%) Business Analyst
11 23 (4.32%) Power Platform Developer
11 23 (4.32%) Support Analyst
12 22 (4.13%) Consultant
13 19 (3.56%) Applications Support
13 19 (3.56%) Cloud Engineer
13 19 (3.56%) Commercial Analyst
13 19 (3.56%) Insight Analyst
14 18 (3.38%) Data Scientist
15 17 (3.19%) Senior Developer
16 16 (3.00%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (3.38%) .NET
1 18 (3.38%) HTML5 Canvas
2 17 (3.19%) OAuth
2 17 (3.19%) OAuth2
2 17 (3.19%) RESTful
2 17 (3.19%) SAML
3 10 (1.88%) JSON
3 10 (1.88%) Middleware
4 8 (1.50%) PySpark
4 8 (1.50%) XML
5 7 (1.31%) EDI
5 7 (1.31%) HTML
5 7 (1.31%) Pandas
6 6 (1.13%) CSS
6 6 (1.13%) scikit-learn
7 5 (0.94%) NumPy
8 4 (0.75%) AngularJS
8 4 (0.75%) Kafka
8 4 (0.75%) React
8 4 (0.75%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 41 (7.69%) Analytical Mindset
2 37 (6.94%) Cloud Native
2 37 (6.94%) Management Information System
3 28 (5.25%) Self-Motivation
4 23 (4.32%) Product Ownership
5 22 (4.13%) Enterprise Software
6 17 (3.19%) Onboarding
7 16 (3.00%) Data Structures
8 14 (2.63%) Low-Code
9 11 (2.06%) Legacy Systems
10 8 (1.50%) FMCG
10 8 (1.50%) Greenfield Project
11 7 (1.31%) Algorithms
12 6 (1.13%) Reinsurance
13 5 (0.94%) Credit Risk
13 5 (0.94%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 5 (0.94%) Social Media
14 4 (0.75%) Housing Association
14 4 (0.75%) Market Risk
15 3 (0.56%) Educational Technology
Operating Systems
1 15 (2.81%) Windows
2 7 (1.31%) Linux
2 7 (1.31%) Unix
3 1 (0.19%) Android
3 1 (0.19%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.19%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 498 (93.43%) Business Intelligence
2 223 (41.84%) Analytics
3 166 (31.14%) Visualisation
4 163 (30.58%) Decision-Making
5 140 (26.27%) Continuous Improvement
6 136 (25.52%) Problem-Solving
7 123 (23.08%) Agile
8 111 (20.83%) AI
9 106 (19.89%) Data Analysis
10 105 (19.70%) Data Visualisation
11 94 (17.64%) Data Modelling
12 88 (16.51%) Actionable Insight
13 86 (16.14%) DevOps
14 79 (14.82%) ETL
15 72 (13.51%) Data Engineering
16 65 (12.20%) ERP
17 64 (12.01%) CRM
17 64 (12.01%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 63 (11.82%) Data Management
19 62 (11.63%) Data Analytics
Programming Languages
1 318 (59.66%) SQL
2 168 (31.52%) Python
3 51 (9.57%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 35 (6.57%) C#
5 29 (5.44%) JavaScript
6 28 (5.25%) R
7 23 (4.32%) Java
8 18 (3.38%) PL/SQL
9 17 (3.19%) Shell Script
10 14 (2.63%) Scala
10 14 (2.63%) T-SQL
11 13 (2.44%) VBA
12 12 (2.25%) PowerShell
13 3 (0.56%) TypeScript
14 2 (0.38%) Ruby
15 1 (0.19%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 104 (19.51%) Degree
2 40 (7.50%) ACCA
2 40 (7.50%) CIMA
3 38 (7.13%) Security Cleared
4 35 (6.57%) Microsoft Certification
5 30 (5.63%) SC Cleared
6 29 (5.44%) Computer Science Degree
7 20 (3.75%) DBS Check
8 13 (2.44%) Azure Certification
8 13 (2.44%) CISSP
8 13 (2.44%) Master's Degree
9 12 (2.25%) CISA
9 12 (2.25%) Six Sigma Green Belt
10 9 (1.69%) Numerate Degree
11 6 (1.13%) DV Cleared
12 5 (0.94%) AAT
12 5 (0.94%) CISM
12 5 (0.94%) CRISC
13 4 (0.75%) PMI Certification
13 4 (0.75%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 76 (14.26%) Data Quality
2 20 (3.75%) Accessibility
3 19 (3.56%) GDPR
4 18 (3.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 15 (2.81%) Actionable Recommendations
6 13 (2.44%) SLA
7 12 (2.25%) PMO
7 12 (2.25%) QA
8 7 (1.31%) GRC
9 6 (1.13%) NIST
10 5 (0.94%) COBIT
10 5 (0.94%) ITGC
11 2 (0.38%) WCAG
12 1 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 1 (0.19%) P3O
12 1 (0.19%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 6 (1.13%) Docker
2 2 (0.38%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.19%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.19%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (0.19%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.19%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 24 (4.50%) Terraform
2 20 (3.75%) Single Sign-On
3 6 (1.13%) Kubernetes
4 4 (0.75%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.38%) Argo
6 1 (0.19%) Control-M
6 1 (0.19%) SCCM
Vendors
1 200 (37.52%) Microsoft
2 62 (11.63%) Databricks
3 40 (7.50%) Oracle
4 31 (5.82%) Google
5 26 (4.88%) Salesforce
6 21 (3.94%) SAP
7 14 (2.63%) Informatica
8 10 (1.88%) Alteryx
9 8 (1.50%) Northgate
10 7 (1.31%) Sage
10 7 (1.31%) Talend
11 6 (1.13%) Concur
11 6 (1.13%) OpenAI
12 5 (0.94%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
13 4 (0.75%) HubSpot
13 4 (0.75%) IBM
13 4 (0.75%) ServiceNow
13 4 (0.75%) Zoho
14 3 (0.56%) Cognos
14 3 (0.56%) Foundry