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 18 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 71 81 56
Rank change year-on-year +10 -25 +16
Permanent jobs citing Power BI 566 627 1,397
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.46% 4.02% 5.06%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 26.09% 15.43% 20.70%
Number of salaries quoted 381 355 1,222
10th Percentile £35,750 £37,600 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £58,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.48% +5.45% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £73,886 £65,000
90th Percentile £88,750 £88,250 £82,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +14.29% -6.25%

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 2,169 4,064 6,750
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 13.25% 26.08% 24.45%
Number of salaries quoted 1,563 2,427 5,768
10th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £50,718 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £67,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% +17.39% -8.00%
75th Percentile £81,250 £93,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £118,750 £91,934
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +13.04% -8.00%

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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 18 February 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 54 (9.54%) SharePoint
2 16 (2.83%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 15 (2.65%) Confluence
4 9 (1.59%) Apache Airflow
4 9 (1.59%) Microsoft Exchange
4 9 (1.59%) SAS
5 5 (0.88%) Apache Spark
5 5 (0.88%) CMS
6 4 (0.71%) Umbraco
7 3 (0.53%) Drupal
8 2 (0.35%) Moodle
9 1 (0.18%) Jupyter
Applications
1 194 (34.28%) Microsoft Excel
2 30 (5.30%) Microsoft Office
3 15 (2.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (1.41%) Spreadsheet
4 8 (1.41%) Trello
5 6 (1.06%) Microsoft Project
5 6 (1.06%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 22 (3.89%) Dynamics CRM
2 16 (2.83%) Oracle ERP
3 12 (2.12%) NetSuite
4 8 (1.41%) Visualfiles
5 6 (1.06%) NEC Housing
6 3 (0.53%) ResourceLink
7 2 (0.35%) SAP Business One
7 2 (0.35%) SAP HR
8 1 (0.18%) Dynamics GP
8 1 (0.18%) Elite 3E
8 1 (0.18%) Pegasus Opera
8 1 (0.18%) Primavera
8 1 (0.18%) Salesforce CRM
8 1 (0.18%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 566 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 254 (44.88%) Azure
3 81 (14.31%) Azure Data Factory
4 74 (13.07%) Power Automate
5 71 (12.54%) PowerApps
6 66 (11.66%) Microsoft 365
7 57 (10.07%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 49 (8.66%) Azure DevOps
8 49 (8.66%) Dynamics 365
9 38 (6.71%) Snowflake
10 33 (5.83%) GitHub
11 28 (4.95%) AWS
12 27 (4.77%) GCP
13 23 (4.06%) GitHub Copilot
14 19 (3.36%) Google Analytics
15 17 (3.00%) OCI
15 17 (3.00%) SaaS
16 16 (2.83%) dbt
17 14 (2.47%) Azure Logic Apps
18 13 (2.30%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.53%) Modbus
1 3 (0.53%) MQTT
2 2 (0.35%) Intranet
2 2 (0.35%) WAN
3 1 (0.18%) ADSL
3 1 (0.18%) Firewall
3 1 (0.18%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 135 (23.85%) Tableau
2 79 (13.96%) SQL Server
3 68 (12.01%) Data Warehouse
4 60 (10.60%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 42 (7.42%) Azure SQL Database
6 32 (5.65%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 31 (5.48%) Data Lake
8 28 (4.95%) Power Query
9 21 (3.71%) Looker
10 17 (3.00%) Metadata
11 16 (2.83%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
11 16 (2.83%) Big Data
11 16 (2.83%) MySQL
12 14 (2.47%) BigQuery
13 11 (1.94%) PostgreSQL
14 8 (1.41%) SAS EBI
14 8 (1.41%) SQL Server Analysis Services
15 7 (1.24%) Crystal Reports
15 7 (1.24%) Qlik Sense
15 7 (1.24%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 36 (6.36%) JIRA
2 28 (4.95%) Git
3 19 (3.36%) Jenkins
4 16 (2.83%) Oracle Forms
5 6 (1.06%) ERwin
6 4 (0.71%) ER Studio
6 4 (0.71%) PowerDesigner
6 4 (0.71%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 3 (0.53%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.18%) Oracle APEX
8 1 (0.18%) Postman
8 1 (0.18%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 229 (40.46%) Social Skills
2 226 (39.93%) Finance
3 201 (35.51%) Analytical Skills
4 51 (9.01%) Marketing
5 50 (8.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 48 (8.48%) Public Sector
7 31 (5.48%) Retail
8 27 (4.77%) Organisational Skills
9 25 (4.42%) Presentation Skills
10 24 (4.24%) Law
11 23 (4.06%) Legal
11 23 (4.06%) Manufacturing
12 18 (3.18%) Billing
13 13 (2.30%) Banking
14 12 (2.12%) Telecoms
15 11 (1.94%) Advertising
16 10 (1.77%) Publishing
17 5 (0.88%) Influencing Skills
17 5 (0.88%) Investment Banking
17 5 (0.88%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 201 (35.51%) Analyst
2 83 (14.66%) Senior
3 82 (14.49%) Developer
4 72 (12.72%) Data Analyst
5 53 (9.36%) Lead
6 33 (5.83%) Data Engineer
7 30 (5.30%) Business Intelligence Developer
8 28 (4.95%) Business Intelligence Analyst
9 27 (4.77%) Applications Engineer
9 27 (4.77%) Business Analyst
10 26 (4.59%) Power Platform Developer
11 24 (4.24%) Commercial Analyst
11 24 (4.24%) Support Analyst
12 23 (4.06%) Consultant
13 21 (3.71%) Data Scientist
13 21 (3.71%) Senior Analyst
14 20 (3.53%) Senior Developer
15 19 (3.36%) Insight Analyst
16 18 (3.18%) Cloud Engineer
17 16 (2.83%) Applications Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (3.71%) .NET
2 20 (3.53%) HTML5 Canvas
3 18 (3.18%) JSON
3 18 (3.18%) XML
4 17 (3.00%) RESTful
5 16 (2.83%) OAuth
5 16 (2.83%) OAuth2
5 16 (2.83%) SAML
6 11 (1.94%) HTML
7 10 (1.77%) CSS
8 9 (1.59%) Middleware
9 8 (1.41%) PySpark
10 7 (1.24%) EDI
11 5 (0.88%) .NET Core
12 4 (0.71%) AngularJS
12 4 (0.71%) Kafka
12 4 (0.71%) React
12 4 (0.71%) REST
12 4 (0.71%) Web Services
13 3 (0.53%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 41 (7.24%) Analytical Mindset
2 37 (6.54%) Cloud Native
2 37 (6.54%) Management Information System
3 30 (5.30%) Data Structures
3 30 (5.30%) Self-Motivation
4 21 (3.71%) Enterprise Software
4 21 (3.71%) Product Ownership
5 20 (3.53%) Onboarding
6 15 (2.65%) Low-Code
7 11 (1.94%) FMCG
8 10 (1.77%) Algorithms
8 10 (1.77%) Greenfield Project
9 8 (1.41%) Legacy Systems
10 6 (1.06%) Reinsurance
11 5 (0.88%) Credit Risk
11 5 (0.88%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 4 (0.71%) Market Risk
12 4 (0.71%) Social Media
13 3 (0.53%) IoT
13 3 (0.53%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 11 (1.94%) Windows
2 6 (1.06%) Linux
2 6 (1.06%) Unix
3 2 (0.35%) VMS
4 1 (0.18%) Android
4 1 (0.18%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.18%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 527 (93.11%) Business Intelligence
2 222 (39.22%) Analytics
3 174 (30.74%) Decision-Making
4 171 (30.21%) Visualisation
5 144 (25.44%) Continuous Improvement
6 132 (23.32%) Problem-Solving
7 118 (20.85%) Agile
8 117 (20.67%) Data Analysis
9 109 (19.26%) Data Modelling
10 105 (18.55%) Data Visualisation
11 101 (17.84%) AI
12 89 (15.72%) Actionable Insight
13 88 (15.55%) ETL
14 75 (13.25%) Data Engineering
14 75 (13.25%) DevOps
15 70 (12.37%) CRM
16 69 (12.19%) Coaching
17 68 (12.01%) CI/CD
18 65 (11.48%) Data Management
19 64 (11.31%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 323 (57.07%) SQL
2 164 (28.98%) Python
3 48 (8.48%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 40 (7.07%) C#
5 33 (5.83%) JavaScript
6 29 (5.12%) R
7 23 (4.06%) PowerShell
7 23 (4.06%) T-SQL
8 20 (3.53%) Java
9 17 (3.00%) PL/SQL
10 16 (2.83%) Shell Script
11 13 (2.30%) VBA
12 8 (1.41%) Scala
13 3 (0.53%) Kusto Query Language
13 3 (0.53%) TypeScript
14 2 (0.35%) Ruby
14 2 (0.35%) VB
14 2 (0.35%) VBScript
15 1 (0.18%) Bicep
15 1 (0.18%) C
Qualifications
1 115 (20.32%) Degree
2 41 (7.24%) Security Cleared
3 37 (6.54%) ACCA
3 37 (6.54%) CIMA
4 36 (6.36%) Microsoft Certification
5 32 (5.65%) Computer Science Degree
5 32 (5.65%) SC Cleared
6 25 (4.42%) DBS Check
7 13 (2.30%) Azure Certification
8 12 (2.12%) Six Sigma Green Belt
9 11 (1.94%) Master's Degree
10 10 (1.77%) AAT
11 9 (1.59%) Numerate Degree
12 7 (1.24%) CISA
12 7 (1.24%) CISSP
13 6 (1.06%) DV Cleared
13 6 (1.06%) PMI Certification
13 6 (1.06%) PMP
14 4 (0.71%) CIPFA
15 3 (0.53%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 93 (16.43%) Data Quality
2 22 (3.89%) GDPR
2 22 (3.89%) SLA
3 21 (3.71%) Actionable Recommendations
4 20 (3.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 14 (2.47%) PMO
5 14 (2.47%) QA
6 13 (2.30%) Accessibility
7 5 (0.88%) GRC
8 4 (0.71%) NIST
9 3 (0.53%) COBIT
9 3 (0.53%) ITGC
10 2 (0.35%) WCAG
11 1 (0.18%) IFRS
11 1 (0.18%) IFRS 17
11 1 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 1 (0.18%) P3O
11 1 (0.18%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 9 (1.59%) Active Directory
2 5 (0.88%) Docker
3 2 (0.35%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.18%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 22 (3.89%) Terraform
2 19 (3.36%) Single Sign-On
3 5 (0.88%) Kubernetes
3 5 (0.88%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (0.53%) SCCM
5 2 (0.35%) Argo
6 1 (0.18%) Control-M
Vendors
1 199 (35.16%) Microsoft
2 60 (10.60%) Databricks
3 37 (6.54%) Oracle
4 29 (5.12%) Google
5 26 (4.59%) Salesforce
6 21 (3.71%) Informatica
7 18 (3.18%) SAP
8 11 (1.94%) Alteryx
9 9 (1.59%) Northgate
10 6 (1.06%) IBM
11 5 (0.88%) Concur
11 5 (0.88%) Hotjar
11 5 (0.88%) Sage
11 5 (0.88%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
11 5 (0.88%) ServiceNow
12 4 (0.71%) Foundry
12 4 (0.71%) HubSpot
12 4 (0.71%) Talend
13 3 (0.53%) Anaplan
13 3 (0.53%) Mercator