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

6 months to
20 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 73 81 62
Rank change year-on-year +8 -19 +7
Permanent jobs citing Power BI 529 620 1,087
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.45% 3.81% 4.68%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 25.18% 14.97% 19.07%
Number of salaries quoted 362 354 920
10th Percentile £36,575 £37,500 £37,000
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 £75,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £89,925 £84,100
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +14.29% -7.89%

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 2,101 4,141 5,700
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 13.70% 25.42% 24.56%
Number of salaries quoted 1,561 2,452 4,701
10th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £50,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £69,308 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.82% +15.51% -4.00%
75th Percentile £81,250 £92,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £118,750 £92,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -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 20 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 (8.88%) SharePoint
2 17 (3.21%) Confluence
2 17 (3.21%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 9 (1.70%) SAS
4 6 (1.13%) Apache Airflow
5 5 (0.95%) Apache Spark
6 4 (0.76%) Umbraco
7 3 (0.57%) CMS
8 2 (0.38%) Moodle
9 1 (0.19%) Drupal
9 1 (0.19%) Jupyter
9 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 192 (36.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 26 (4.91%) Microsoft Office
3 12 (2.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (1.51%) Trello
5 6 (1.13%) Spreadsheet
6 4 (0.76%) Microsoft Project
7 3 (0.57%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 23 (4.35%) Dynamics CRM
2 17 (3.21%) Oracle ERP
3 9 (1.70%) NetSuite
4 8 (1.51%) Visualfiles
5 6 (1.13%) NEC Housing
6 3 (0.57%) ResourceLink
7 2 (0.38%) SAP Business One
7 2 (0.38%) SAP FI
7 2 (0.38%) 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 S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 529 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 242 (45.75%) Azure
3 78 (14.74%) Azure Data Factory
4 65 (12.29%) Power Automate
5 64 (12.10%) PowerApps
6 57 (10.78%) Microsoft 365
7 56 (10.59%) Azure DevOps
8 54 (10.21%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 49 (9.26%) Dynamics 365
10 42 (7.94%) Snowflake
11 38 (7.18%) GitHub
12 36 (6.81%) AWS
13 28 (5.29%) GCP
14 24 (4.54%) GitHub Copilot
15 20 (3.78%) dbt
16 18 (3.40%) OCI
17 16 (3.02%) SaaS
18 13 (2.46%) Azure Machine Learning
19 12 (2.27%) Google Analytics
19 12 (2.27%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.57%) Modbus
1 3 (0.57%) MQTT
2 2 (0.38%) Intranet
2 2 (0.38%) WAN
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
Database & Business Intelligence
1 138 (26.09%) Tableau
2 73 (13.80%) Data Warehouse
3 68 (12.85%) SQL Server
4 50 (9.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 42 (7.94%) Azure SQL Database
6 35 (6.62%) Data Lake
7 28 (5.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 26 (4.91%) Power Query
9 20 (3.78%) Looker
10 19 (3.59%) Metadata
11 16 (3.02%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
12 13 (2.46%) BigQuery
12 13 (2.46%) Crystal Reports
13 10 (1.89%) SQL Server Analysis Services
14 8 (1.51%) Big Data
14 8 (1.51%) Data Vault
14 8 (1.51%) Oracle Database
14 8 (1.51%) Oracle Reports
15 7 (1.32%) Qlik Sense
15 7 (1.32%) SAS EBI
Development Applications
1 38 (7.18%) JIRA
2 32 (6.05%) Git
3 20 (3.78%) Jenkins
4 17 (3.21%) Oracle Forms
5 6 (1.13%) ERwin
6 4 (0.76%) ER Studio
6 4 (0.76%) PowerDesigner
7 3 (0.57%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.19%) Oracle APEX
8 1 (0.19%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 237 (44.80%) Finance
2 204 (38.56%) Social Skills
3 176 (33.27%) Analytical Skills
4 61 (11.53%) Marketing
5 46 (8.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 38 (7.18%) Public Sector
7 29 (5.48%) Manufacturing
7 29 (5.48%) Retail
8 24 (4.54%) Organisational Skills
9 23 (4.35%) Presentation Skills
10 21 (3.97%) Law
11 18 (3.40%) Billing
12 16 (3.02%) Legal
13 12 (2.27%) Banking
13 12 (2.27%) Telecoms
14 11 (2.08%) Local Government
15 10 (1.89%) Advertising
16 7 (1.32%) Influencing Skills
16 7 (1.32%) Publishing
17 5 (0.95%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 179 (33.84%) Analyst
2 75 (14.18%) Developer
3 73 (13.80%) Senior
4 60 (11.34%) Data Analyst
5 47 (8.88%) Lead
6 34 (6.43%) Data Engineer
7 28 (5.29%) Applications Engineer
7 28 (5.29%) Business Intelligence Developer
8 27 (5.10%) Business Intelligence Analyst
9 25 (4.73%) Business Analyst
10 23 (4.35%) Power Platform Developer
10 23 (4.35%) Support Analyst
11 22 (4.16%) Consultant
12 19 (3.59%) Applications Support
12 19 (3.59%) Cloud Engineer
12 19 (3.59%) Commercial Analyst
13 18 (3.40%) Insight Analyst
14 17 (3.21%) Data Scientist
14 17 (3.21%) Senior Developer
15 16 (3.02%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (3.40%) .NET
1 18 (3.40%) HTML5 Canvas
2 17 (3.21%) OAuth
2 17 (3.21%) OAuth2
2 17 (3.21%) RESTful
2 17 (3.21%) SAML
3 10 (1.89%) JSON
4 9 (1.70%) Middleware
4 9 (1.70%) XML
5 8 (1.51%) PySpark
6 7 (1.32%) EDI
6 7 (1.32%) HTML
7 6 (1.13%) CSS
7 6 (1.13%) Pandas
8 5 (0.95%) scikit-learn
9 4 (0.76%) AngularJS
9 4 (0.76%) Kafka
9 4 (0.76%) NumPy
9 4 (0.76%) React
9 4 (0.76%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 41 (7.75%) Analytical Mindset
2 37 (6.99%) Cloud Native
3 36 (6.81%) Management Information System
4 28 (5.29%) Self-Motivation
5 23 (4.35%) Product Ownership
6 22 (4.16%) Enterprise Software
7 18 (3.40%) Onboarding
8 16 (3.02%) Data Structures
9 14 (2.65%) Low-Code
10 9 (1.70%) Legacy Systems
11 8 (1.51%) Algorithms
11 8 (1.51%) FMCG
11 8 (1.51%) Greenfield Project
12 6 (1.13%) Reinsurance
13 5 (0.95%) Credit Risk
13 5 (0.95%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 4 (0.76%) Housing Association
14 4 (0.76%) Market Risk
14 4 (0.76%) Social Media
15 3 (0.57%) Educational Technology
Operating Systems
1 14 (2.65%) Windows
2 6 (1.13%) Linux
2 6 (1.13%) 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
1 493 (93.19%) Business Intelligence
2 219 (41.40%) Analytics
3 166 (31.38%) Visualisation
4 163 (30.81%) Decision-Making
5 137 (25.90%) Continuous Improvement
6 133 (25.14%) Problem-Solving
7 121 (22.87%) Agile
8 110 (20.79%) AI
9 107 (20.23%) Data Visualisation
10 106 (20.04%) Data Analysis
11 96 (18.15%) Data Modelling
12 86 (16.26%) Actionable Insight
13 85 (16.07%) DevOps
14 83 (15.69%) ETL
15 73 (13.80%) Data Engineering
16 65 (12.29%) CRM
16 65 (12.29%) ERP
17 62 (11.72%) Data Management
17 62 (11.72%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 60 (11.34%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 315 (59.55%) SQL
2 165 (31.19%) Python
3 51 (9.64%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 35 (6.62%) C#
5 29 (5.48%) JavaScript
6 26 (4.91%) R
7 23 (4.35%) Java
8 18 (3.40%) PL/SQL
9 17 (3.21%) Shell Script
10 14 (2.65%) Scala
10 14 (2.65%) T-SQL
11 12 (2.27%) PowerShell
11 12 (2.27%) VBA
12 3 (0.57%) TypeScript
13 2 (0.38%) Ruby
14 1 (0.19%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 103 (19.47%) Degree
2 38 (7.18%) Security Cleared
3 37 (6.99%) ACCA
3 37 (6.99%) CIMA
4 34 (6.43%) Microsoft Certification
5 30 (5.67%) SC Cleared
6 29 (5.48%) Computer Science Degree
7 21 (3.97%) DBS Check
8 13 (2.46%) Azure Certification
8 13 (2.46%) Master's Degree
9 12 (2.27%) CISSP
9 12 (2.27%) Six Sigma Green Belt
10 11 (2.08%) CISA
11 9 (1.70%) Numerate Degree
12 6 (1.13%) DV Cleared
13 5 (0.95%) AAT
13 5 (0.95%) CISM
13 5 (0.95%) CRISC
14 4 (0.76%) PMI Certification
14 4 (0.76%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 78 (14.74%) Data Quality
2 19 (3.59%) Accessibility
3 17 (3.21%) GDPR
4 16 (3.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 14 (2.65%) Actionable Recommendations
6 13 (2.46%) PMO
6 13 (2.46%) SLA
7 12 (2.27%) QA
8 7 (1.32%) GRC
9 6 (1.13%) NIST
10 5 (0.95%) COBIT
10 5 (0.95%) 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 (4.54%) Terraform
2 20 (3.78%) Single Sign-On
3 6 (1.13%) Kubernetes
4 4 (0.76%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.38%) Argo
6 1 (0.19%) Control-M
6 1 (0.19%) SCCM
Vendors
1 195 (36.86%) Microsoft
2 60 (11.34%) Databricks
3 39 (7.37%) Oracle
4 30 (5.67%) Google
5 26 (4.91%) Salesforce
6 21 (3.97%) SAP
7 16 (3.02%) Informatica
8 10 (1.89%) Alteryx
9 8 (1.51%) Northgate
10 7 (1.32%) Talend
11 6 (1.13%) Concur
11 6 (1.13%) OpenAI
11 6 (1.13%) Sage
12 5 (0.95%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
13 4 (0.76%) HubSpot
13 4 (0.76%) IBM
13 4 (0.76%) ServiceNow
13 4 (0.76%) Zoho
14 3 (0.57%) Cognos
14 3 (0.57%) Mercator