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 26 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 83 83 77
Rank change year-on-year 0 -6 -13
Permanent jobs citing Power BI 690 700 887
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.97% 4.23% 3.58%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 21.94% 23.87% 17.41%
Number of salaries quoted 534 517 714
10th Percentile £38,772 £37,500 £37,575
25th Percentile £43,750 £42,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,250 £55,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.91% -12.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £81,750 £70,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £93,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% +9.09%

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 3,145 2,932 5,095
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 13.55% 17.73% 20.55%
Number of salaries quoted 2,516 2,049 3,810
10th Percentile £36,500 £35,833 £38,557
25th Percentile £46,189 £46,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% -3.85% +4.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £82,500 £93,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £115,000 £122,861
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - - -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 26 August 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 87 (12.61%) SharePoint
2 6 (0.87%) Apache Spark
3 5 (0.72%) Apache
3 5 (0.72%) Apache Airflow
4 4 (0.58%) MS Project Server
4 4 (0.58%) Oracle Workflow
4 4 (0.58%) SAS
5 3 (0.43%) ArcGIS
5 3 (0.43%) Confluence
6 2 (0.29%) CMS
6 2 (0.29%) Oracle Application Server
6 2 (0.29%) WordPress
7 1 (0.14%) Umbraco
Applications
1 166 (24.06%) Microsoft Excel
2 23 (3.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 19 (2.75%) Microsoft Office
4 17 (2.46%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (0.58%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.43%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.29%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.14%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 21 (3.04%) Dynamics CRM
2 13 (1.88%) NetSuite
3 12 (1.74%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 5 (0.72%) SAP ERP
4 5 (0.72%) Visualfiles
5 4 (0.58%) Dynamics NAV
5 4 (0.58%) Elite 3E
6 3 (0.43%) Carpe Diem
7 1 (0.14%) Dynamics GP
7 1 (0.14%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.14%) Raiser’s Edge
7 1 (0.14%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 1 (0.14%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 690 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 240 (34.78%) Azure
3 108 (15.65%) Power Automate
4 100 (14.49%) PowerApps
5 70 (10.14%) Dynamics 365
6 69 (10.00%) Microsoft 365
7 67 (9.71%) Azure Data Factory
8 45 (6.52%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 44 (6.38%) Azure DevOps
10 43 (6.23%) AWS
11 36 (5.22%) Azure Logic Apps
12 34 (4.93%) GCP
13 33 (4.78%) SaaS
14 32 (4.64%) Google Analytics
15 31 (4.49%) Microsoft Purview
16 29 (4.20%) OneDrive
17 28 (4.06%) Snowflake
18 19 (2.75%) Adobe Creative Cloud
19 12 (1.74%) dbt
20 10 (1.45%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 13 (1.88%) Broadband
2 5 (0.72%) SMS
3 3 (0.43%) Firewall
3 3 (0.43%) NAS
3 3 (0.43%) VoIP
3 3 (0.43%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.14%) Intranet
4 1 (0.14%) Modbus
4 1 (0.14%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 123 (17.83%) Tableau
2 67 (9.71%) Data Warehouse
3 59 (8.55%) SQL Server
4 48 (6.96%) Data Lake
5 46 (6.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 45 (6.52%) Azure SQL Database
7 39 (5.65%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 35 (5.07%) Looker
8 35 (5.07%) Power Query
9 26 (3.77%) Relational Database
10 24 (3.48%) Metadata
10 24 (3.48%) Star Schema
11 19 (2.75%) BigQuery
12 18 (2.61%) Big Data
12 18 (2.61%) Semantic Layer
13 14 (2.03%) Delta Lake
13 14 (2.03%) SQL Server Analysis Services
14 13 (1.88%) NoSQL
14 13 (1.88%) SAP BW
15 12 (1.74%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 23 (3.33%) Git
2 16 (2.32%) JIRA
3 10 (1.45%) Visual Studio
4 5 (0.72%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 2 (0.29%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.14%) Browser DevTools
6 1 (0.14%) ER Studio
6 1 (0.14%) ERwin
6 1 (0.14%) Toad
General
1 302 (43.77%) Social Skills
2 218 (31.59%) Analytical Skills
3 208 (30.14%) Finance
4 75 (10.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 58 (8.41%) Public Sector
6 57 (8.26%) Legal
7 56 (8.12%) Law
7 56 (8.12%) Marketing
8 41 (5.94%) Organisational Skills
9 39 (5.65%) Retail
10 17 (2.46%) Manufacturing
11 15 (2.17%) Billing
11 15 (2.17%) Documentation Skills
12 14 (2.03%) Presentation Skills
13 12 (1.74%) Banking
13 12 (1.74%) Influencing Skills
14 11 (1.59%) Legal Technology
15 7 (1.01%) Automotive
15 7 (1.01%) Social Housing
16 5 (0.72%) Aeronautics
Job Titles
1 183 (26.52%) Analyst
2 115 (16.67%) Senior
3 98 (14.20%) Developer
4 74 (10.72%) Data Engineer
5 69 (10.00%) Data Analyst
6 57 (8.26%) Lead
7 34 (4.93%) Data Manager
8 32 (4.64%) Architect
9 31 (4.49%) Business Analyst
9 31 (4.49%) Consultant
9 31 (4.49%) Senior Analyst
10 30 (4.35%) Applications Support
11 25 (3.62%) Applications Manager
11 25 (3.62%) Power Platform Developer
12 24 (3.48%) Business Intelligence Analyst
12 24 (3.48%) Senior Developer
13 23 (3.33%) Data Architect
14 21 (3.04%) Business Intelligence Developer
15 18 (2.61%) Senior Consultant
16 16 (2.32%) Support Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (6.52%) .NET
2 38 (5.51%) HTML
3 32 (4.64%) PySpark
4 31 (4.49%) CSS
5 29 (4.20%) HTML5 Canvas
6 24 (3.48%) JSON
7 20 (2.90%) .NET Core
7 20 (2.90%) Microsoft Graph
8 19 (2.75%) SPFx
9 12 (1.74%) Oracle Fusion
9 12 (1.74%) Terraform
10 11 (1.59%) REST
11 9 (1.30%) React
12 7 (1.01%) Kafka
13 6 (0.87%) ASP.NET
13 6 (0.87%) XML
14 5 (0.72%) ODBC
14 5 (0.72%) Web Services
15 4 (0.58%) Blazor
15 4 (0.58%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 53 (7.68%) Management Information System
2 29 (4.20%) Product Ownership
3 26 (3.77%) Data Structures
4 14 (2.03%) Analytical Mindset
4 14 (2.03%) Cloud Native
4 14 (2.03%) Enterprise Software
4 14 (2.03%) Social Media
5 13 (1.88%) Self-Motivation
6 12 (1.74%) Onboarding
7 10 (1.45%) Low-Code
8 9 (1.30%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 8 (1.16%) Housing Association
10 7 (1.01%) AI Agents
10 7 (1.01%) Legacy Systems
11 6 (0.87%) Cyberattack
11 6 (0.87%) Greenfield Project
11 6 (0.87%) Replication
12 5 (0.72%) Driving Licence
12 5 (0.72%) Life Science
12 5 (0.72%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 11 (1.59%) Windows
2 6 (0.87%) Linux
3 5 (0.72%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.43%) Windows 10
5 2 (0.29%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.14%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.14%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 640 (92.75%) Business Intelligence
2 277 (40.14%) Analytics
3 187 (27.10%) Decision-Making
4 186 (26.96%) Problem-Solving
5 166 (24.06%) Data Modelling
6 157 (22.75%) Continuous Improvement
7 141 (20.43%) AI
8 126 (18.26%) Visualisation
9 123 (17.83%) Agile
10 116 (16.81%) Actionable Insight
11 111 (16.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 111 (16.09%) Stakeholder Management
12 103 (14.93%) ETL
13 102 (14.78%) Data Governance
14 94 (13.62%) Project Management
15 91 (13.19%) Data Engineering
16 85 (12.32%) Data Visualisation
17 80 (11.59%) Dashboard Development
18 76 (11.01%) CI/CD
19 74 (10.72%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 359 (52.03%) SQL
2 130 (18.84%) Python
3 66 (9.57%) C#
4 55 (7.97%) JavaScript
5 54 (7.83%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 32 (4.64%) PowerShell
7 22 (3.19%) T-SQL
8 21 (3.04%) TypeScript
9 17 (2.46%) VBA
10 14 (2.03%) R
11 9 (1.30%) Kusto Query Language
12 7 (1.01%) Scala
13 5 (0.72%) VB
14 3 (0.43%) PHP
14 3 (0.43%) PL/SQL
15 2 (0.29%) Bicep
15 2 (0.29%) Formula Language
15 2 (0.29%) X++
16 1 (0.14%) Google Apps Script
16 1 (0.14%) XPath
Qualifications
1 90 (13.04%) Degree
2 62 (8.99%) Security Cleared
3 56 (8.12%) SC Cleared
4 22 (3.19%) ACCA
5 18 (2.61%) CIMA
6 16 (2.32%) DBS Check
7 15 (2.17%) Microsoft Certification
8 11 (1.59%) Computer Science Degree
9 10 (1.45%) Master's Degree
10 7 (1.01%) Azure Certification
10 7 (1.01%) BPSS Clearance
10 7 (1.01%) PMI Certification
11 6 (0.87%) AAT
12 4 (0.58%) ISEB
12 4 (0.58%) PMP
13 2 (0.29%) CompTIA CySA+
13 2 (0.29%) CompTIA Security+
13 2 (0.29%) MCT
13 2 (0.29%) SSCP
14 1 (0.14%) SnowPro
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 137 (19.86%) Data Quality
2 69 (10.00%) GDPR
3 37 (5.36%) Accessibility
4 33 (4.78%) QA
4 33 (4.78%) SLA
5 19 (2.75%) PMO
6 18 (2.61%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 13 (1.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 11 (1.59%) Actionable Recommendations
9 6 (0.87%) NIST
9 6 (0.87%) PERC
10 5 (0.72%) ISO 9001
11 4 (0.58%) GAAP
11 4 (0.58%) IFRS
11 4 (0.58%) NIST 800
12 2 (0.29%) GRC
12 2 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 20000
13 1 (0.14%) HIPAA
System Software
1 7 (1.01%) Docker
2 4 (0.58%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (0.43%) BitLocker
3 3 (0.43%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 4 (0.58%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.14%) Ansible
2 1 (0.14%) MOM
2 1 (0.14%) SCCM
2 1 (0.14%) SQL Sentry
2 1 (0.14%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 270 (39.13%) Microsoft
2 70 (10.14%) Databricks
3 39 (5.65%) Google
4 34 (4.93%) SAP
5 31 (4.49%) Oracle
6 22 (3.19%) Salesforce
7 20 (2.90%) Adobe
8 13 (1.88%) Alteryx
9 11 (1.59%) Informatica
10 7 (1.01%) Intapp
11 6 (0.87%) HighQ
11 6 (0.87%) HubSpot
11 6 (0.87%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
11 6 (0.87%) Talend
12 5 (0.72%) iManage
12 5 (0.72%) YouTube
13 4 (0.58%) dotdigital
13 4 (0.58%) Nintex
13 4 (0.58%) ServiceNow
13 4 (0.58%) Workday