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

6 months to
13 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 78 78 54
Rank change year-on-year 0 -24 +15
Permanent jobs citing Power BI 564 649 1,498
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.08% 4.47% 4.61%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 23.45% 18.79% 20.59%
Number of salaries quoted 412 431 1,307
10th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £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 £88,750 £84,964
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £53,818
% change year-on-year -4.35% +6.84% -2.15%

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 2,405 3,454 7,277
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 13.11% 23.76% 22.42%
Number of salaries quoted 1,827 2,331 6,203
10th Percentile £37,950 £37,500 £37,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £49,750 £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 £90,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £122,500 £96,539
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 13 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 68 (12.06%) SharePoint
2 8 (1.42%) Apache Airflow
2 8 (1.42%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (1.24%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 6 (1.06%) Apache Spark
4 6 (1.06%) CMS
5 5 (0.89%) Umbraco
6 4 (0.71%) SAS
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
1 147 (26.06%) Microsoft Excel
2 19 (3.37%) Microsoft Office
3 14 (2.48%) Microsoft Project
4 9 (1.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 7 (1.24%) Spreadsheet
6 5 (0.89%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 21 (3.72%) Dynamics CRM
2 12 (2.13%) NetSuite
2 12 (2.13%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 8 (1.42%) Oracle ERP
4 6 (1.06%) NEC Housing
5 5 (0.89%) SAP ERP
6 3 (0.53%) Dynamics NAV
7 2 (0.35%) SAP HR
8 1 (0.18%) Raiser’s Edge
8 1 (0.18%) ResourceLink
8 1 (0.18%) SAP Business One
8 1 (0.18%) Visualfiles
8 1 (0.18%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 564 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 226 (40.07%) Azure
3 96 (17.02%) Power Automate
4 70 (12.41%) PowerApps
5 65 (11.52%) Microsoft 365
6 62 (10.99%) Azure Data Factory
7 47 (8.33%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 45 (7.98%) Dynamics 365
9 30 (5.32%) Azure DevOps
9 30 (5.32%) Azure Logic Apps
10 27 (4.79%) SaaS
11 25 (4.43%) Google Analytics
12 24 (4.26%) OneDrive
13 21 (3.72%) Snowflake
14 19 (3.37%) Adobe Creative Cloud
14 19 (3.37%) Microsoft Purview
15 18 (3.19%) GCP
16 17 (3.01%) AWS
17 13 (2.30%) Azure Machine Learning
18 12 (2.13%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 12 (2.13%) Broadband
2 4 (0.71%) Firewall
3 3 (0.53%) Intranet
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%) WAN
5 1 (0.18%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 114 (20.21%) Tableau
2 60 (10.64%) SQL Server
3 35 (6.21%) Power Query
4 34 (6.03%) Data Warehouse
5 33 (5.85%) Azure SQL Database
5 33 (5.85%) Big Data
5 33 (5.85%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 32 (5.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 29 (5.14%) Data Lake
8 25 (4.43%) Looker
9 14 (2.48%) MySQL
10 13 (2.30%) SAP BW
11 12 (2.13%) BigQuery
11 12 (2.13%) PostgreSQL
11 12 (2.13%) Relational Database
11 12 (2.13%) Star Schema
12 10 (1.77%) Metadata
13 8 (1.42%) PowerPivot
13 8 (1.42%) Semantic Layer
14 6 (1.06%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 19 (3.37%) Git
2 16 (2.84%) JIRA
3 9 (1.60%) Jenkins
4 8 (1.42%) Visual Studio
5 7 (1.24%) Oracle Forms
5 7 (1.24%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 1 (0.18%) Oracle APEX
6 1 (0.18%) Postman
6 1 (0.18%) Team Foundation Server
6 1 (0.18%) Toad
General
1 234 (41.49%) Social Skills
2 180 (31.91%) Analytical Skills
3 154 (27.30%) Finance
4 62 (10.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 56 (9.93%) Public Sector
6 35 (6.21%) Retail
7 31 (5.50%) Marketing
8 28 (4.96%) Legal
9 27 (4.79%) Law
10 18 (3.19%) Organisational Skills
11 14 (2.48%) Publishing
12 12 (2.13%) Automotive
12 12 (2.13%) Presentation Skills
13 8 (1.42%) Banking
13 8 (1.42%) Documentation Skills
14 6 (1.06%) Manufacturing
15 5 (0.89%) Aeronautics
15 5 (0.89%) Investment Banking
15 5 (0.89%) Social Housing
16 4 (0.71%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 178 (31.56%) Analyst
2 93 (16.49%) Senior
3 78 (13.83%) Developer
4 67 (11.88%) Data Analyst
5 57 (10.11%) Lead
6 41 (7.27%) Data Engineer
7 30 (5.32%) Big Data Engineer
7 30 (5.32%) DataOps Engineer
7 30 (5.32%) DataOps Leader
7 30 (5.32%) Lead Big Data Engineer
8 28 (4.96%) Senior Analyst
8 28 (4.96%) Senior Developer
9 25 (4.43%) Power Platform Developer
10 24 (4.26%) Applications Manager
10 24 (4.26%) Business Intelligence Developer
10 24 (4.26%) Consultant
11 23 (4.08%) Applications Support
12 22 (3.90%) Business Analyst
12 22 (3.90%) Data Manager
13 21 (3.72%) IT Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (6.74%) .NET
2 35 (6.21%) HTML5 Canvas
3 34 (6.03%) HTML
4 32 (5.67%) CSS
5 30 (5.32%) JSON
6 21 (3.72%) .NET Core
7 19 (3.37%) Microsoft Graph
7 19 (3.37%) SPFx
8 17 (3.01%) PySpark
9 15 (2.66%) XML
10 12 (2.13%) Oracle Fusion
11 8 (1.42%) RESTful
12 7 (1.24%) OAuth
12 7 (1.24%) OAuth2
12 7 (1.24%) SAML
13 5 (0.89%) Kafka
13 5 (0.89%) React
14 4 (0.71%) ASP.NET
14 4 (0.71%) Web Services
15 3 (0.53%) Regular Expression
Miscellaneous
1 44 (7.80%) Data Structures
2 41 (7.27%) Management Information System
3 20 (3.55%) Onboarding
4 19 (3.37%) Cloud Native
5 16 (2.84%) Product Ownership
6 15 (2.66%) Self-Motivation
7 14 (2.48%) Enterprise Software
7 14 (2.48%) Social Media
8 11 (1.95%) Analytical Mindset
8 11 (1.95%) FMCG
8 11 (1.95%) Low-Code
9 10 (1.77%) Greenfield Project
10 9 (1.60%) Algorithms
11 6 (1.06%) Cyberattack
12 5 (0.89%) Legacy Systems
12 5 (0.89%) Life Science
12 5 (0.89%) Mobile App
12 5 (0.89%) Replication
13 4 (0.71%) Reinsurance
13 4 (0.71%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 6 (1.06%) Windows
2 5 (0.89%) Linux
2 5 (0.89%) Unix
3 4 (0.71%) 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
1 509 (90.25%) Business Intelligence
2 178 (31.56%) Analytics
3 149 (26.42%) Decision-Making
4 122 (21.63%) Visualisation
5 120 (21.28%) Data Modelling
6 106 (18.79%) Problem-Solving
7 99 (17.55%) Continuous Improvement
8 94 (16.67%) ETL
9 89 (15.78%) Data Visualisation
10 84 (14.89%) Actionable Insight
11 82 (14.54%) Project Management
12 81 (14.36%) Agile
13 79 (14.01%) AI
14 75 (13.30%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 70 (12.41%) CI/CD
15 70 (12.41%) Data Analysis
16 69 (12.23%) Machine Learning
17 65 (11.52%) CRM
17 65 (11.52%) Data Governance
18 63 (11.17%) Data Engineering
Programming Languages
1 271 (48.05%) SQL
2 128 (22.70%) Python
3 53 (9.40%) C#
4 43 (7.62%) JavaScript
5 41 (7.27%) PowerShell
6 38 (6.74%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 25 (4.43%) T-SQL
8 22 (3.90%) R
9 19 (3.37%) TypeScript
10 17 (3.01%) VBA
11 8 (1.42%) Java
11 8 (1.42%) Kusto Query Language
11 8 (1.42%) PL/SQL
12 7 (1.24%) Shell Script
13 5 (0.89%) VB
13 5 (0.89%) VBScript
14 4 (0.71%) Scala
15 2 (0.35%) Bicep
15 2 (0.35%) Formula Language
16 1 (0.18%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 97 (17.20%) Degree
2 40 (7.09%) Security Cleared
3 35 (6.21%) ACCA
3 35 (6.21%) CIMA
4 29 (5.14%) SC Cleared
5 21 (3.72%) DBS Check
6 19 (3.37%) Microsoft Certification
7 16 (2.84%) Computer Science Degree
8 14 (2.48%) AAT
9 7 (1.24%) Azure Certification
10 5 (0.89%) PMI Certification
10 5 (0.89%) PMP
11 4 (0.71%) CIPFA
11 4 (0.71%) Master's Degree
12 2 (0.35%) BPSS Clearance
12 2 (0.35%) DV Cleared
12 2 (0.35%) ISEB
13 1 (0.18%) CIPD
13 1 (0.18%) ISACA
13 1 (0.18%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 100 (17.73%) Data Quality
2 41 (7.27%) GDPR
3 39 (6.91%) SLA
4 17 (3.01%) QA
5 16 (2.84%) Accessibility
6 15 (2.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 14 (2.48%) PMO
8 11 (1.95%) Actionable Recommendations
9 8 (1.42%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 5 (0.89%) NIST
11 4 (0.71%) IFRS
11 4 (0.71%) NIST 800
12 3 (0.53%) GAAP
13 2 (0.35%) GRC
13 2 (0.35%) WCAG
14 1 (0.18%) IFRS 17
14 1 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 20000
14 1 (0.18%) PERC
System Software
1 8 (1.42%) Active Directory
1 8 (1.42%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (0.89%) Docker
3 3 (0.53%) BitLocker
3 3 (0.53%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 9 (1.60%) Terraform
2 7 (1.24%) Single Sign-On
3 5 (0.89%) SCCM
4 4 (0.71%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (0.53%) Kubernetes
6 1 (0.18%) Argo
6 1 (0.18%) Control-M
6 1 (0.18%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 206 (36.52%) Microsoft
2 63 (11.17%) Databricks
3 37 (6.56%) Oracle
4 30 (5.32%) Google
5 28 (4.96%) SAP
6 24 (4.26%) Adobe
7 18 (3.19%) Salesforce
8 16 (2.84%) Informatica
9 11 (1.95%) Alteryx
10 8 (1.42%) Northgate
10 8 (1.42%) VMware
11 7 (1.24%) Hotjar
12 5 (0.89%) ESRI
12 5 (0.89%) IBM
12 5 (0.89%) Snow
13 4 (0.71%) HubSpot
13 4 (0.71%) JD Edwards
13 4 (0.71%) ServiceNow
14 3 (0.53%) Barracuda Networks
14 3 (0.53%) Talend