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

6 months to
27 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 75 80 60
Rank change year-on-year +5 -20 +11
Permanent jobs citing Power BI 534 633 1,247
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.41% 3.90% 4.83%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 25.27% 15.29% 19.56%
Number of salaries quoted 358 361 1,083
10th Percentile £36,250 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £58,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.17% +10.48% -4.55%
75th Percentile £70,000 £73,886 £67,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £87,500 £84,056
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +14.29% -8.70%

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 2,113 4,139 6,374
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 13.51% 25.49% 24.68%
Number of salaries quoted 1,548 2,444 5,356
10th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £50,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £69,308 £59,494
Median % change year-on-year -9.82% +16.50% -4.81%
75th Percentile £81,250 £93,313 £74,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £118,750 £92,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £58,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +12.07% -7.20%

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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 27 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 47 (8.80%) SharePoint
2 17 (3.18%) Confluence
2 17 (3.18%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 9 (1.69%) SAS
4 6 (1.12%) Apache Airflow
5 5 (0.94%) Apache Spark
6 4 (0.75%) Umbraco
7 3 (0.56%) CMS
7 3 (0.56%) Microsoft Exchange
8 2 (0.37%) Moodle
9 1 (0.19%) Drupal
9 1 (0.19%) Jupyter
Applications
1 191 (35.77%) Microsoft Excel
2 26 (4.87%) Microsoft Office
3 13 (2.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (1.50%) Trello
5 6 (1.12%) Spreadsheet
6 4 (0.75%) Microsoft Project
7 3 (0.56%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 24 (4.49%) Dynamics CRM
2 17 (3.18%) Oracle ERP
3 11 (2.06%) NetSuite
4 8 (1.50%) Visualfiles
5 6 (1.12%) NEC Housing
6 3 (0.56%) ResourceLink
7 2 (0.37%) SAP Business One
7 2 (0.37%) SAP HR
8 1 (0.19%) Dynamics GP
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 FI
8 1 (0.19%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 534 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 245 (45.88%) Azure
3 78 (14.61%) Azure Data Factory
4 67 (12.55%) Power Automate
5 64 (11.99%) PowerApps
6 59 (11.05%) Microsoft 365
7 56 (10.49%) Azure DevOps
8 54 (10.11%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 50 (9.36%) Dynamics 365
10 42 (7.87%) Snowflake
11 38 (7.12%) GitHub
12 34 (6.37%) AWS
13 26 (4.87%) GCP
14 24 (4.49%) GitHub Copilot
15 19 (3.56%) dbt
16 18 (3.37%) OCI
16 18 (3.37%) SaaS
17 14 (2.62%) Azure Machine Learning
18 13 (2.43%) Google Analytics
19 12 (2.25%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.56%) Modbus
1 3 (0.56%) MQTT
2 2 (0.37%) Intranet
2 2 (0.37%) WAN
3 1 (0.19%) ADSL
3 1 (0.19%) Firewall
3 1 (0.19%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 139 (26.03%) Tableau
2 73 (13.67%) Data Warehouse
3 71 (13.30%) SQL Server
4 51 (9.55%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 42 (7.87%) Azure SQL Database
6 34 (6.37%) Data Lake
7 27 (5.06%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 26 (4.87%) Power Query
9 20 (3.75%) Looker
10 18 (3.37%) Metadata
11 16 (3.00%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
12 12 (2.25%) BigQuery
13 11 (2.06%) Crystal Reports
14 9 (1.69%) Big Data
14 9 (1.69%) SQL Server Analysis Services
15 8 (1.50%) MySQL
16 7 (1.31%) Oracle Database
16 7 (1.31%) Oracle Reports
16 7 (1.31%) Qlik Sense
16 7 (1.31%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 38 (7.12%) JIRA
2 32 (5.99%) Git
3 20 (3.75%) Jenkins
4 17 (3.18%) Oracle Forms
5 6 (1.12%) 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%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 1 (0.19%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 236 (44.19%) Finance
2 210 (39.33%) Social Skills
3 180 (33.71%) Analytical Skills
4 62 (11.61%) Marketing
5 46 (8.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 39 (7.30%) Public Sector
7 31 (5.81%) Retail
8 26 (4.87%) Manufacturing
9 24 (4.49%) Organisational Skills
9 24 (4.49%) Presentation Skills
10 20 (3.75%) Law
11 18 (3.37%) Billing
12 17 (3.18%) Legal
13 12 (2.25%) Banking
13 12 (2.25%) Telecoms
14 11 (2.06%) Advertising
15 10 (1.87%) Local Government
16 9 (1.69%) Publishing
17 7 (1.31%) Influencing Skills
18 4 (0.75%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 183 (34.27%) Analyst
2 74 (13.86%) Developer
2 74 (13.86%) Senior
3 61 (11.42%) Data Analyst
4 49 (9.18%) Lead
5 32 (5.99%) Data Engineer
6 28 (5.24%) Applications Engineer
6 28 (5.24%) Business Intelligence Analyst
7 27 (5.06%) Business Intelligence Developer
8 25 (4.68%) Business Analyst
9 24 (4.49%) Support Analyst
10 23 (4.31%) Consultant
10 23 (4.31%) Power Platform Developer
11 21 (3.93%) Commercial Analyst
12 19 (3.56%) Cloud Engineer
12 19 (3.56%) Data Scientist
13 18 (3.37%) Applications Support
13 18 (3.37%) Insight Analyst
14 17 (3.18%) Senior Developer
15 16 (3.00%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (3.56%) .NET
2 18 (3.37%) HTML5 Canvas
3 17 (3.18%) OAuth
3 17 (3.18%) OAuth2
3 17 (3.18%) RESTful
3 17 (3.18%) SAML
4 12 (2.25%) JSON
4 12 (2.25%) XML
5 9 (1.69%) Middleware
6 8 (1.50%) PySpark
7 7 (1.31%) EDI
7 7 (1.31%) HTML
8 6 (1.12%) CSS
8 6 (1.12%) Pandas
9 5 (0.94%) scikit-learn
10 4 (0.75%) .NET Core
10 4 (0.75%) AngularJS
10 4 (0.75%) Hugging Face
10 4 (0.75%) NumPy
10 4 (0.75%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 40 (7.49%) Analytical Mindset
2 37 (6.93%) Cloud Native
3 35 (6.55%) Management Information System
4 28 (5.24%) Self-Motivation
5 24 (4.49%) Product Ownership
6 22 (4.12%) Enterprise Software
7 20 (3.75%) Onboarding
8 19 (3.56%) Data Structures
9 14 (2.62%) Low-Code
10 10 (1.87%) FMCG
11 9 (1.69%) Algorithms
11 9 (1.69%) Greenfield Project
12 7 (1.31%) Legacy Systems
13 6 (1.12%) Reinsurance
14 5 (0.94%) Credit Risk
14 5 (0.94%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
15 4 (0.75%) Housing Association
15 4 (0.75%) Market Risk
15 4 (0.75%) Social Media
16 3 (0.56%) Manufacturing Execution System
Operating Systems
1 12 (2.25%) Windows
2 6 (1.12%) Linux
2 6 (1.12%) Unix
3 1 (0.19%) Android
3 1 (0.19%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.19%) VMS
3 1 (0.19%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 495 (92.70%) Business Intelligence
2 220 (41.20%) Analytics
3 165 (30.90%) Decision-Making
4 164 (30.71%) Visualisation
5 139 (26.03%) Continuous Improvement
6 128 (23.97%) Problem-Solving
7 120 (22.47%) Agile
8 108 (20.22%) AI
9 107 (20.04%) Data Analysis
10 105 (19.66%) Data Visualisation
11 99 (18.54%) Data Modelling
12 89 (16.67%) Actionable Insight
13 84 (15.73%) DevOps
13 84 (15.73%) ETL
14 73 (13.67%) Data Engineering
15 67 (12.55%) CRM
16 63 (11.80%) Data Management
16 63 (11.80%) ERP
17 62 (11.61%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 61 (11.42%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 313 (58.61%) SQL
2 168 (31.46%) Python
3 51 (9.55%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 36 (6.74%) C#
5 29 (5.43%) JavaScript
6 25 (4.68%) R
7 22 (4.12%) Java
8 18 (3.37%) PL/SQL
9 17 (3.18%) Shell Script
10 16 (3.00%) T-SQL
11 15 (2.81%) PowerShell
12 12 (2.25%) Scala
12 12 (2.25%) VBA
13 3 (0.56%) TypeScript
14 2 (0.37%) Kusto Query Language
14 2 (0.37%) Ruby
15 1 (0.19%) Bicep
15 1 (0.19%) VB
15 1 (0.19%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 106 (19.85%) Degree
2 38 (7.12%) Security Cleared
3 37 (6.93%) ACCA
3 37 (6.93%) CIMA
4 34 (6.37%) Microsoft Certification
5 30 (5.62%) SC Cleared
6 29 (5.43%) Computer Science Degree
7 21 (3.93%) DBS Check
8 13 (2.43%) Azure Certification
8 13 (2.43%) Master's Degree
9 12 (2.25%) Six Sigma Green Belt
10 11 (2.06%) CISSP
11 10 (1.87%) CISA
12 9 (1.69%) Numerate Degree
13 7 (1.31%) AAT
14 6 (1.12%) DV Cleared
15 5 (0.94%) CISM
15 5 (0.94%) CRISC
16 4 (0.75%) PMI Certification
16 4 (0.75%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 82 (15.36%) Data Quality
2 19 (3.56%) Accessibility
3 18 (3.37%) GDPR
4 17 (3.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 16 (3.00%) Actionable Recommendations
6 15 (2.81%) SLA
7 13 (2.43%) PMO
8 12 (2.25%) QA
9 7 (1.31%) GRC
10 6 (1.12%) NIST
11 5 (0.94%) COBIT
11 5 (0.94%) ITGC
12 2 (0.37%) WCAG
13 1 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 20000
13 1 (0.19%) P3O
13 1 (0.19%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 6 (1.12%) Docker
2 3 (0.56%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.19%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.19%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 24 (4.49%) Terraform
2 20 (3.75%) Single Sign-On
3 6 (1.12%) Kubernetes
4 4 (0.75%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.37%) Argo
5 2 (0.37%) SCCM
6 1 (0.19%) Control-M
Vendors
1 192 (35.96%) Microsoft
2 61 (11.42%) Databricks
3 39 (7.30%) Oracle
4 30 (5.62%) Google
5 28 (5.24%) Salesforce
6 20 (3.75%) SAP
7 17 (3.18%) Informatica
8 10 (1.87%) Alteryx
9 8 (1.50%) Northgate
10 7 (1.31%) Talend
11 6 (1.12%) Concur
11 6 (1.12%) OpenAI
11 6 (1.12%) Sage
12 5 (0.94%) HubSpot
12 5 (0.94%) IBM
12 5 (0.94%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
13 4 (0.75%) ServiceNow
13 4 (0.75%) Zoho
14 3 (0.56%) Foundry
14 3 (0.56%) Teradata