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

6 months to
23 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 81 89 54
Rank change year-on-year +8 -35 +18
Permanent jobs citing Power BI 584 625 1,510
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.09% 4.31% 4.64%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 23.81% 19.30% 20.60%
Number of salaries quoted 425 414 1,317
10th Percentile £36,250 £37,000 £36,319
25th Percentile £43,965 £44,000 £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 £72,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,778 £84,964
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £54,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +6.48% -1.82%

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 2,453 3,239 7,330
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 12.99% 22.32% 22.51%
Number of salaries quoted 1,863 2,138 6,225
10th Percentile £38,500 £36,775 £37,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £50,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,000 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.62% +13.04% -11.54%
75th Percentile £80,121 £87,500 £76,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £120,900 £98,750
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 23 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 62 (10.62%) SharePoint
2 8 (1.37%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (1.20%) Apache Airflow
4 6 (1.03%) Apache Spark
5 5 (0.86%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 4 (0.68%) CMS
7 3 (0.51%) ArcGIS
7 3 (0.51%) Drupal
7 3 (0.51%) SAS
8 2 (0.34%) Apache
8 2 (0.34%) Confluence
9 1 (0.17%) Oracle Workflow
9 1 (0.17%) Umbraco
Applications
1 149 (25.51%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (3.08%) Microsoft Office
3 14 (2.40%) Microsoft Project
4 9 (1.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 7 (1.20%) Spreadsheet
6 5 (0.86%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 22 (3.77%) Dynamics CRM
2 12 (2.05%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 11 (1.88%) NetSuite
4 6 (1.03%) NEC Housing
4 6 (1.03%) Oracle ERP
5 5 (0.86%) SAP ERP
6 3 (0.51%) Dynamics NAV
7 2 (0.34%) SAP HR
8 1 (0.17%) Dynamics GP
8 1 (0.17%) Raiser’s Edge
8 1 (0.17%) ResourceLink
8 1 (0.17%) SAP Business One
8 1 (0.17%) Visualfiles
8 1 (0.17%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 584 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 227 (38.87%) Azure
3 93 (15.92%) Power Automate
4 69 (11.82%) PowerApps
5 64 (10.96%) Microsoft 365
6 60 (10.27%) Azure Data Factory
7 46 (7.88%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 46 (7.88%) Dynamics 365
8 32 (5.48%) Azure Logic Apps
9 29 (4.97%) Google Analytics
9 29 (4.97%) SaaS
10 28 (4.79%) Azure DevOps
11 24 (4.11%) OneDrive
12 21 (3.60%) Microsoft Purview
13 19 (3.25%) Adobe Creative Cloud
13 19 (3.25%) GCP
14 18 (3.08%) AWS
14 18 (3.08%) Snowflake
15 13 (2.23%) Azure Machine Learning
16 10 (1.71%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 12 (2.05%) Broadband
2 4 (0.68%) Firewall
2 4 (0.68%) Modbus
2 4 (0.68%) MQTT
3 3 (0.51%) NAS
3 3 (0.51%) SMS
3 3 (0.51%) VoIP
3 3 (0.51%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (0.34%) WAN
5 1 (0.17%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 115 (19.69%) Tableau
2 61 (10.45%) SQL Server
3 37 (6.34%) Data Warehouse
3 37 (6.34%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 36 (6.16%) Power Query
5 35 (5.99%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 34 (5.82%) Azure SQL Database
7 33 (5.65%) Big Data
8 28 (4.79%) Data Lake
9 25 (4.28%) Looker
10 18 (3.08%) MySQL
11 16 (2.74%) Relational Database
12 14 (2.40%) BigQuery
13 13 (2.23%) Metadata
13 13 (2.23%) PostgreSQL
13 13 (2.23%) SAP BW
13 13 (2.23%) Star Schema
14 10 (1.71%) Semantic Layer
15 8 (1.37%) PowerPivot
16 6 (1.03%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 15 (2.57%) Git
2 13 (2.23%) JIRA
3 9 (1.54%) Visual Studio
4 8 (1.37%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 7 (1.20%) Jenkins
6 5 (0.86%) Oracle Forms
7 1 (0.17%) Browser DevTools
7 1 (0.17%) Oracle APEX
7 1 (0.17%) Postman
7 1 (0.17%) Toad
General
1 238 (40.75%) Social Skills
2 191 (32.71%) Analytical Skills
3 155 (26.54%) Finance
4 66 (11.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 59 (10.10%) Public Sector
6 37 (6.34%) Retail
7 31 (5.31%) Marketing
8 30 (5.14%) Law
9 28 (4.79%) Legal
10 20 (3.42%) Organisational Skills
11 13 (2.23%) Publishing
12 12 (2.05%) Automotive
13 11 (1.88%) Presentation Skills
14 9 (1.54%) Documentation Skills
15 6 (1.03%) Banking
15 6 (1.03%) Manufacturing
15 6 (1.03%) Social Housing
16 5 (0.86%) Aeronautics
16 5 (0.86%) Billing
17 4 (0.68%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 179 (30.65%) Analyst
2 99 (16.95%) Senior
3 81 (13.87%) Developer
4 67 (11.47%) Data Analyst
5 59 (10.10%) Lead
6 41 (7.02%) Data Engineer
7 30 (5.14%) Big Data Engineer
7 30 (5.14%) DataOps Engineer
7 30 (5.14%) DataOps Leader
7 30 (5.14%) Lead Big Data Engineer
8 29 (4.97%) Senior Analyst
9 27 (4.62%) Senior Developer
10 26 (4.45%) Business Intelligence Developer
11 25 (4.28%) Applications Support
11 25 (4.28%) Consultant
12 24 (4.11%) Applications Manager
12 24 (4.11%) Data Manager
13 23 (3.94%) Business Intelligence Analyst
13 23 (3.94%) Power Platform Developer
14 21 (3.60%) Operations Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (6.34%) .NET
2 33 (5.65%) HTML
2 33 (5.65%) HTML5 Canvas
3 32 (5.48%) CSS
4 30 (5.14%) JSON
5 21 (3.60%) .NET Core
6 20 (3.42%) Microsoft Graph
7 19 (3.25%) SPFx
8 16 (2.74%) PySpark
9 15 (2.57%) XML
10 12 (2.05%) Oracle Fusion
11 7 (1.20%) OAuth
11 7 (1.20%) OAuth2
12 6 (1.03%) React
12 6 (1.03%) RESTful
13 5 (0.86%) Kafka
13 5 (0.86%) SAML
13 5 (0.86%) Web Services
14 4 (0.68%) ASP.NET
14 4 (0.68%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 45 (7.71%) Management Information System
2 44 (7.53%) Data Structures
3 20 (3.42%) Onboarding
4 17 (2.91%) Product Ownership
5 14 (2.40%) Cloud Native
5 14 (2.40%) Self-Motivation
5 14 (2.40%) Social Media
6 13 (2.23%) Analytical Mindset
6 13 (2.23%) Enterprise Software
7 10 (1.71%) FMCG
8 9 (1.54%) Algorithms
8 9 (1.54%) Greenfield Project
8 9 (1.54%) Low-Code
9 7 (1.20%) Legacy Systems
10 6 (1.03%) Cyberattack
11 5 (0.86%) Life Science
11 5 (0.86%) Mobile App
11 5 (0.86%) Replication
12 4 (0.68%) IoT
12 4 (0.68%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 8 (1.37%) Windows
2 7 (1.20%) Linux
3 5 (0.86%) Unix
4 4 (0.68%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.51%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.34%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.34%) VMS
7 1 (0.17%) Android
7 1 (0.17%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 528 (90.41%) Business Intelligence
2 192 (32.88%) Analytics
3 156 (26.71%) Decision-Making
4 125 (21.40%) Data Modelling
5 124 (21.23%) Visualisation
6 107 (18.32%) Problem-Solving
7 104 (17.81%) Continuous Improvement
8 99 (16.95%) ETL
9 92 (15.75%) Data Visualisation
10 88 (15.07%) Actionable Insight
11 84 (14.38%) AI
12 82 (14.04%) Agile
12 82 (14.04%) Project Management
13 74 (12.67%) Data Governance
14 73 (12.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 69 (11.82%) CRM
15 69 (11.82%) Data Analysis
15 69 (11.82%) Machine Learning
16 65 (11.13%) CI/CD
17 62 (10.62%) Data Engineering
Programming Languages
1 281 (48.12%) SQL
2 121 (20.72%) Python
3 51 (8.73%) C#
4 43 (7.36%) JavaScript
4 43 (7.36%) PowerShell
5 40 (6.85%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 26 (4.45%) T-SQL
7 24 (4.11%) R
8 19 (3.25%) TypeScript
9 16 (2.74%) VBA
10 8 (1.37%) Kusto Query Language
11 7 (1.20%) PL/SQL
12 5 (0.86%) Java
12 5 (0.86%) Shell Script
12 5 (0.86%) VB
12 5 (0.86%) VBScript
13 4 (0.68%) Scala
14 2 (0.34%) Formula Language
15 1 (0.17%) Bicep
15 1 (0.17%) Google Apps Script
Qualifications
1 99 (16.95%) Degree
2 40 (6.85%) Security Cleared
3 35 (5.99%) ACCA
4 34 (5.82%) CIMA
5 30 (5.14%) SC Cleared
6 22 (3.77%) DBS Check
7 16 (2.74%) Microsoft Certification
8 14 (2.40%) AAT
8 14 (2.40%) Computer Science Degree
9 7 (1.20%) Azure Certification
10 5 (0.86%) PMI Certification
10 5 (0.86%) PMP
11 4 (0.68%) CIPFA
11 4 (0.68%) Master's Degree
12 2 (0.34%) ISEB
12 2 (0.34%) Numerate Degree
13 1 (0.17%) CIPD
13 1 (0.17%) CompTIA CySA+
13 1 (0.17%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 1 (0.17%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 108 (18.49%) Data Quality
2 48 (8.22%) GDPR
3 37 (6.34%) SLA
4 18 (3.08%) QA
5 17 (2.91%) Accessibility
6 15 (2.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 14 (2.40%) PMO
8 11 (1.88%) Actionable Recommendations
9 10 (1.71%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 5 (0.86%) NIST
11 4 (0.68%) IFRS
11 4 (0.68%) NIST 800
11 4 (0.68%) PERC
12 3 (0.51%) GAAP
13 2 (0.34%) GRC
14 1 (0.17%) IFRS 17
14 1 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 8 (1.37%) Active Directory
1 8 (1.37%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (0.68%) Docker
3 3 (0.51%) BitLocker
3 3 (0.51%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 7 (1.20%) Terraform
2 5 (0.86%) SCCM
2 5 (0.86%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (0.34%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.34%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.17%) MOM
4 1 (0.17%) SQL Sentry
4 1 (0.17%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 217 (37.16%) Microsoft
2 63 (10.79%) Databricks
3 38 (6.51%) Oracle
4 36 (6.16%) Google
5 29 (4.97%) SAP
6 24 (4.11%) Adobe
7 22 (3.77%) Salesforce
8 16 (2.74%) Informatica
9 12 (2.05%) Alteryx
10 8 (1.37%) Northgate
10 8 (1.37%) VMware
11 7 (1.20%) Hotjar
11 7 (1.20%) ServiceNow
12 5 (0.86%) ESRI
12 5 (0.86%) IBM
12 5 (0.86%) Snow
13 4 (0.68%) HubSpot
13 4 (0.68%) JD Edwards
13 4 (0.68%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
14 3 (0.51%) MuleSoft