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

6 months to
20 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 88 83 77
Rank change year-on-year -5 -6 -9
Permanent jobs citing Power BI 682 708 886
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.98% 4.28% 3.59%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 21.75% 23.56% 17.51%
Number of salaries quoted 531 516 726
10th Percentile £38,750 £37,000 £37,938
25th Percentile £42,501 £41,875 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £81,250 £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 3,136 3,005 5,061
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 13.68% 18.15% 20.51%
Number of salaries quoted 2,518 2,063 3,863
10th Percentile £36,425 £35,750 £38,084
25th Percentile £45,750 £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 £93,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £115,000 £124,572
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - - -4.76%

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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 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 86 (12.61%) SharePoint
2 6 (0.88%) Apache Spark
3 5 (0.73%) Apache
3 5 (0.73%) Apache Airflow
3 5 (0.73%) ArcGIS
4 4 (0.59%) Oracle Workflow
4 4 (0.59%) SAS
5 3 (0.44%) Confluence
5 3 (0.44%) MS Project Server
6 2 (0.29%) Oracle Application Server
6 2 (0.29%) WordPress
7 1 (0.15%) CMS
7 1 (0.15%) Umbraco
Applications
1 171 (25.07%) Microsoft Excel
2 24 (3.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 21 (3.08%) Microsoft Office
4 18 (2.64%) Microsoft Project
5 5 (0.73%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.44%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.29%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.15%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 20 (2.93%) Dynamics CRM
2 13 (1.91%) NetSuite
3 12 (1.76%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 5 (0.73%) SAP ERP
4 5 (0.73%) Visualfiles
5 4 (0.59%) Dynamics NAV
6 3 (0.44%) Carpe Diem
6 3 (0.44%) Elite 3E
7 1 (0.15%) Dynamics GP
7 1 (0.15%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.15%) Raiser’s Edge
7 1 (0.15%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 1 (0.15%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 682 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 233 (34.16%) Azure
3 108 (15.84%) Power Automate
4 97 (14.22%) PowerApps
5 71 (10.41%) Microsoft 365
6 69 (10.12%) Dynamics 365
7 61 (8.94%) Azure Data Factory
8 43 (6.30%) AWS
9 42 (6.16%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 40 (5.87%) Azure DevOps
11 35 (5.13%) Azure Logic Apps
12 34 (4.99%) GCP
13 33 (4.84%) Google Analytics
14 31 (4.55%) Microsoft Purview
14 31 (4.55%) SaaS
15 29 (4.25%) OneDrive
16 28 (4.11%) Snowflake
17 19 (2.79%) Adobe Creative Cloud
18 12 (1.76%) dbt
19 10 (1.47%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 13 (1.91%) Broadband
2 5 (0.73%) SMS
3 3 (0.44%) Firewall
3 3 (0.44%) NAS
3 3 (0.44%) VoIP
3 3 (0.44%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.15%) Intranet
4 1 (0.15%) Modbus
4 1 (0.15%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 127 (18.62%) Tableau
2 62 (9.09%) Data Warehouse
3 57 (8.36%) SQL Server
4 47 (6.89%) Data Lake
5 44 (6.45%) Azure SQL Database
6 43 (6.30%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 38 (5.57%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 36 (5.28%) Looker
9 35 (5.13%) Power Query
10 25 (3.67%) Relational Database
11 22 (3.23%) Metadata
12 21 (3.08%) Star Schema
13 19 (2.79%) BigQuery
14 18 (2.64%) Big Data
14 18 (2.64%) Semantic Layer
15 13 (1.91%) SAP BW
15 13 (1.91%) SQL Server Analysis Services
16 12 (1.76%) Delta Lake
16 12 (1.76%) NoSQL
16 12 (1.76%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 20 (2.93%) Git
2 16 (2.35%) JIRA
3 10 (1.47%) Visual Studio
4 5 (0.73%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 2 (0.29%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.15%) Browser DevTools
6 1 (0.15%) ER Studio
6 1 (0.15%) ERwin
6 1 (0.15%) Toad
General
1 298 (43.70%) Social Skills
2 217 (31.82%) Analytical Skills
3 206 (30.21%) Finance
4 75 (11.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 59 (8.65%) Public Sector
6 55 (8.06%) Law
7 54 (7.92%) Marketing
8 53 (7.77%) Legal
9 42 (6.16%) Organisational Skills
10 39 (5.72%) Retail
11 16 (2.35%) Manufacturing
12 15 (2.20%) Billing
13 14 (2.05%) Documentation Skills
13 14 (2.05%) Presentation Skills
14 12 (1.76%) Banking
15 11 (1.61%) Influencing Skills
16 10 (1.47%) Legal Technology
17 8 (1.17%) Automotive
18 7 (1.03%) Social Housing
19 5 (0.73%) Aeronautics
Job Titles
1 186 (27.27%) Analyst
2 112 (16.42%) Senior
3 95 (13.93%) Developer
4 72 (10.56%) Data Engineer
5 68 (9.97%) Data Analyst
6 56 (8.21%) Lead
7 34 (4.99%) Data Manager
8 31 (4.55%) Applications Support
8 31 (4.55%) Architect
8 31 (4.55%) Business Analyst
9 30 (4.40%) Consultant
9 30 (4.40%) Senior Analyst
10 26 (3.81%) Applications Manager
11 25 (3.67%) Power Platform Developer
12 24 (3.52%) Business Intelligence Analyst
12 24 (3.52%) Senior Developer
13 23 (3.37%) Data Architect
14 20 (2.93%) Business Intelligence Developer
15 18 (2.64%) Financial Analyst
15 18 (2.64%) Senior Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (6.45%) .NET
2 38 (5.57%) HTML
3 31 (4.55%) CSS
4 30 (4.40%) HTML5 Canvas
5 29 (4.25%) PySpark
6 24 (3.52%) JSON
7 20 (2.93%) .NET Core
7 20 (2.93%) Microsoft Graph
8 19 (2.79%) SPFx
9 12 (1.76%) Oracle Fusion
9 12 (1.76%) Terraform
10 9 (1.32%) React
11 8 (1.17%) REST
12 7 (1.03%) Kafka
13 6 (0.88%) ASP.NET
14 5 (0.73%) ODBC
14 5 (0.73%) Web Services
14 5 (0.73%) XML
15 4 (0.59%) Blazor
15 4 (0.59%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 55 (8.06%) Management Information System
2 28 (4.11%) Product Ownership
3 26 (3.81%) Data Structures
4 15 (2.20%) Cloud Native
5 14 (2.05%) Analytical Mindset
5 14 (2.05%) Social Media
6 12 (1.76%) Enterprise Software
6 12 (1.76%) Onboarding
6 12 (1.76%) Self-Motivation
7 9 (1.32%) Low-Code
8 8 (1.17%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 8 (1.17%) Housing Association
9 7 (1.03%) AI Agents
10 6 (0.88%) Cyberattack
10 6 (0.88%) Greenfield Project
10 6 (0.88%) Legacy Systems
10 6 (0.88%) Replication
11 5 (0.73%) Driving Licence
11 5 (0.73%) Life Science
11 5 (0.73%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 10 (1.47%) Windows
2 7 (1.03%) Linux
3 5 (0.73%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.44%) Windows 10
5 2 (0.29%) Mac OS
5 2 (0.29%) Unix
6 1 (0.15%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 630 (92.38%) Business Intelligence
2 275 (40.32%) Analytics
3 185 (27.13%) Decision-Making
3 185 (27.13%) Problem-Solving
4 163 (23.90%) Data Modelling
5 157 (23.02%) Continuous Improvement
6 137 (20.09%) AI
7 129 (18.91%) Visualisation
8 121 (17.74%) Agile
9 116 (17.01%) Actionable Insight
10 109 (15.98%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 106 (15.54%) Stakeholder Management
12 103 (15.10%) Data Governance
13 101 (14.81%) ETL
14 94 (13.78%) Project Management
15 89 (13.05%) Data Engineering
16 88 (12.90%) Data Visualisation
17 79 (11.58%) Dashboard Development
18 77 (11.29%) Data Analysis
19 73 (10.70%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 351 (51.47%) SQL
2 125 (18.33%) Python
3 65 (9.53%) C#
4 56 (8.21%) JavaScript
5 50 (7.33%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 32 (4.69%) PowerShell
7 21 (3.08%) T-SQL
7 21 (3.08%) TypeScript
8 19 (2.79%) VBA
9 13 (1.91%) R
10 9 (1.32%) Kusto Query Language
11 7 (1.03%) Scala
12 6 (0.88%) VB
13 3 (0.44%) PHP
13 3 (0.44%) PL/SQL
14 2 (0.29%) Bicep
14 2 (0.29%) Formula Language
14 2 (0.29%) VBScript
14 2 (0.29%) X++
15 1 (0.15%) Google Apps Script
Qualifications
1 91 (13.34%) Degree
2 61 (8.94%) Security Cleared
3 55 (8.06%) SC Cleared
4 23 (3.37%) ACCA
5 19 (2.79%) CIMA
6 16 (2.35%) DBS Check
6 16 (2.35%) Microsoft Certification
7 12 (1.76%) Computer Science Degree
8 10 (1.47%) Master's Degree
9 8 (1.17%) AAT
10 7 (1.03%) Azure Certification
10 7 (1.03%) PMI Certification
11 6 (0.88%) BPSS Clearance
12 4 (0.59%) ISEB
12 4 (0.59%) 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 (0.15%) SnowPro
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 136 (19.94%) Data Quality
2 67 (9.82%) GDPR
3 36 (5.28%) Accessibility
4 33 (4.84%) QA
4 33 (4.84%) SLA
5 17 (2.49%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 17 (2.49%) PMO
6 13 (1.91%) Actionable Recommendations
6 13 (1.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 6 (0.88%) NIST
7 6 (0.88%) PERC
8 5 (0.73%) ISO 9001
9 4 (0.59%) GAAP
9 4 (0.59%) IFRS
9 4 (0.59%) NIST 800
10 2 (0.29%) GRC
10 2 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 1 (0.15%) HIPAA
System Software
1 7 (1.03%) Docker
2 5 (0.73%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (0.44%) BitLocker
3 3 (0.44%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 4 (0.59%) Kubernetes
2 2 (0.29%) SCCM
3 1 (0.15%) Ansible
3 1 (0.15%) MOM
3 1 (0.15%) SQL Sentry
3 1 (0.15%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 267 (39.15%) Microsoft
2 68 (9.97%) Databricks
3 39 (5.72%) Google
4 34 (4.99%) SAP
5 32 (4.69%) Oracle
6 22 (3.23%) Salesforce
7 21 (3.08%) Adobe
8 14 (2.05%) Alteryx
9 10 (1.47%) Informatica
10 7 (1.03%) Intapp
11 6 (0.88%) HubSpot
11 6 (0.88%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
12 5 (0.73%) HighQ
12 5 (0.73%) iManage
12 5 (0.73%) Talend
12 5 (0.73%) VMware
13 4 (0.59%) dotdigital
13 4 (0.59%) Hyperion
13 4 (0.59%) ServiceNow
13 4 (0.59%) Workday