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

6 months to
31 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 72 81 58
Rank change year-on-year +9 -23 +10
Permanent jobs citing Power BI 540 635 1,283
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.42% 3.92% 4.88%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 25.27% 15.44% 19.80%
Number of salaries quoted 359 362 1,114
10th Percentile £36,250 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,625 £42,500 £43,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £58,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.17% +10.48% -7.49%
75th Percentile £70,125 £74,159 £67,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £88,625 £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 2,137 4,114 6,481
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 13.52% 25.38% 24.64%
Number of salaries quoted 1,559 2,443 5,445
10th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £46,104 £50,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £67,500 £57,800
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% +16.78% -7.52%
75th Percentile £81,250 £92,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £118,750 £92,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £64,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -6.98% +12.17% -8.00%

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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 31 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 50 (9.26%) SharePoint
2 17 (3.15%) Confluence
2 17 (3.15%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 9 (1.67%) SAS
4 7 (1.30%) Apache Airflow
5 5 (0.93%) Apache Spark
5 5 (0.93%) Microsoft Exchange
6 4 (0.74%) CMS
6 4 (0.74%) Umbraco
7 2 (0.37%) Drupal
7 2 (0.37%) Moodle
8 1 (0.19%) Jupyter
Applications
1 189 (35.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 26 (4.81%) Microsoft Office
3 13 (2.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (1.48%) Trello
5 6 (1.11%) Spreadsheet
6 5 (0.93%) MS Visio
7 4 (0.74%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 20 (3.70%) Dynamics CRM
2 17 (3.15%) Oracle ERP
3 11 (2.04%) NetSuite
4 8 (1.48%) Visualfiles
5 6 (1.11%) 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 S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 540 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 249 (46.11%) Azure
3 81 (15.00%) Azure Data Factory
4 70 (12.96%) Power Automate
5 67 (12.41%) PowerApps
6 61 (11.30%) Microsoft 365
7 55 (10.19%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 52 (9.63%) Azure DevOps
9 47 (8.70%) Dynamics 365
10 39 (7.22%) Snowflake
11 34 (6.30%) GitHub
12 28 (5.19%) AWS
13 24 (4.44%) GitHub Copilot
14 21 (3.89%) GCP
15 18 (3.33%) OCI
16 17 (3.15%) SaaS
17 16 (2.96%) dbt
18 13 (2.41%) Azure Logic Apps
18 13 (2.41%) Google Analytics
18 13 (2.41%) Microsoft Copilot
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
1 135 (25.00%) Tableau
2 71 (13.15%) SQL Server
3 68 (12.59%) Data Warehouse
4 54 (10.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 41 (7.59%) Azure SQL Database
6 32 (5.93%) Data Lake
7 29 (5.37%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 26 (4.81%) Power Query
9 17 (3.15%) Looker
9 17 (3.15%) Metadata
10 16 (2.96%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
11 11 (2.04%) Big Data
12 10 (1.85%) MySQL
13 9 (1.67%) Crystal Reports
14 8 (1.48%) BigQuery
14 8 (1.48%) SQL Server Analysis Services
15 7 (1.30%) PostgreSQL
15 7 (1.30%) Qlik Sense
15 7 (1.30%) QlikView
15 7 (1.30%) SAS EBI
Development Applications
1 38 (7.04%) JIRA
2 27 (5.00%) Git
3 20 (3.70%) Jenkins
4 17 (3.15%) Oracle Forms
5 6 (1.11%) ERwin
6 4 (0.74%) ER Studio
6 4 (0.74%) PowerDesigner
6 4 (0.74%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 3 (0.56%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.19%) Oracle APEX
8 1 (0.19%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 233 (43.15%) Finance
2 209 (38.70%) Social Skills
3 186 (34.44%) Analytical Skills
4 58 (10.74%) Marketing
5 45 (8.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 40 (7.41%) Public Sector
7 28 (5.19%) Retail
8 26 (4.81%) Manufacturing
9 24 (4.44%) Organisational Skills
9 24 (4.44%) Presentation Skills
10 20 (3.70%) Law
11 19 (3.52%) Legal
12 18 (3.33%) Billing
13 12 (2.22%) Advertising
13 12 (2.22%) Banking
13 12 (2.22%) Telecoms
14 10 (1.85%) Local Government
15 9 (1.67%) Publishing
16 7 (1.30%) Influencing Skills
17 4 (0.74%) Games
Job Titles
1 177 (32.78%) Analyst
2 79 (14.63%) Developer
3 76 (14.07%) Senior
4 60 (11.11%) Data Analyst
5 51 (9.44%) Lead
6 32 (5.93%) Data Engineer
7 31 (5.74%) Business Intelligence Developer
8 28 (5.19%) Applications Engineer
9 25 (4.63%) Business Intelligence Analyst
10 24 (4.44%) Business Analyst
10 24 (4.44%) Power Platform Developer
10 24 (4.44%) Support Analyst
11 23 (4.26%) Consultant
12 21 (3.89%) Commercial Analyst
13 19 (3.52%) Cloud Engineer
13 19 (3.52%) Data Scientist
14 18 (3.33%) Insight Analyst
15 17 (3.15%) Applications Support
15 17 (3.15%) Senior Developer
16 16 (2.96%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (3.70%) .NET
2 18 (3.33%) HTML5 Canvas
3 17 (3.15%) OAuth
3 17 (3.15%) OAuth2
3 17 (3.15%) RESTful
3 17 (3.15%) SAML
4 14 (2.59%) JSON
4 14 (2.59%) XML
5 9 (1.67%) Middleware
6 8 (1.48%) HTML
6 8 (1.48%) PySpark
7 7 (1.30%) CSS
7 7 (1.30%) EDI
8 5 (0.93%) .NET Core
9 4 (0.74%) AngularJS
9 4 (0.74%) Kafka
9 4 (0.74%) React
9 4 (0.74%) REST
9 4 (0.74%) Web Services
10 3 (0.56%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 40 (7.41%) Analytical Mindset
2 38 (7.04%) Management Information System
3 37 (6.85%) Cloud Native
4 27 (5.00%) Self-Motivation
5 24 (4.44%) Product Ownership
6 23 (4.26%) Onboarding
7 22 (4.07%) Enterprise Software
8 21 (3.89%) Data Structures
9 14 (2.59%) Low-Code
10 10 (1.85%) Algorithms
10 10 (1.85%) FMCG
11 9 (1.67%) Greenfield Project
12 8 (1.48%) Legacy Systems
13 6 (1.11%) Reinsurance
14 5 (0.93%) Credit Risk
14 5 (0.93%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
15 4 (0.74%) Housing Association
15 4 (0.74%) Market Risk
15 4 (0.74%) Social Media
16 3 (0.56%) Manufacturing Execution System
Operating Systems
1 12 (2.22%) Windows
2 6 (1.11%) Linux
2 6 (1.11%) Unix
3 2 (0.37%) VMS
4 1 (0.19%) Android
4 1 (0.19%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.19%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 500 (92.59%) Business Intelligence
2 220 (40.74%) Analytics
3 170 (31.48%) Decision-Making
4 167 (30.93%) Visualisation
5 143 (26.48%) Continuous Improvement
6 131 (24.26%) Problem-Solving
7 120 (22.22%) Agile
8 111 (20.56%) Data Analysis
9 108 (20.00%) Data Visualisation
10 104 (19.26%) Data Modelling
11 102 (18.89%) AI
12 86 (15.93%) Actionable Insight
13 84 (15.56%) ETL
14 80 (14.81%) DevOps
15 74 (13.70%) Data Engineering
16 68 (12.59%) CRM
17 66 (12.22%) Data Management
18 65 (12.04%) CI/CD
19 63 (11.67%) Coaching
20 62 (11.48%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 311 (57.59%) SQL
2 163 (30.19%) Python
3 48 (8.89%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 37 (6.85%) C#
5 29 (5.37%) JavaScript
6 27 (5.00%) R
7 21 (3.89%) Java
8 18 (3.33%) PL/SQL
8 18 (3.33%) PowerShell
8 18 (3.33%) T-SQL
9 17 (3.15%) Shell Script
10 11 (2.04%) VBA
11 10 (1.85%) Scala
12 3 (0.56%) Kusto Query Language
12 3 (0.56%) TypeScript
13 2 (0.37%) Ruby
14 1 (0.19%) Bicep
14 1 (0.19%) VB
14 1 (0.19%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 110 (20.37%) Degree
2 38 (7.04%) Security Cleared
3 35 (6.48%) ACCA
3 35 (6.48%) CIMA
4 33 (6.11%) Microsoft Certification
5 30 (5.56%) SC Cleared
6 29 (5.37%) Computer Science Degree
7 22 (4.07%) DBS Check
8 12 (2.22%) Azure Certification
8 12 (2.22%) Master's Degree
8 12 (2.22%) Six Sigma Green Belt
9 11 (2.04%) CISSP
10 10 (1.85%) CISA
11 9 (1.67%) Numerate Degree
12 7 (1.30%) AAT
13 6 (1.11%) DV Cleared
14 5 (0.93%) CISM
14 5 (0.93%) CRISC
15 4 (0.74%) CIPFA
15 4 (0.74%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 87 (16.11%) Data Quality
2 19 (3.52%) Accessibility
2 19 (3.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 18 (3.33%) GDPR
3 18 (3.33%) SLA
4 17 (3.15%) Actionable Recommendations
5 14 (2.59%) PMO
6 12 (2.22%) QA
7 7 (1.30%) GRC
8 6 (1.11%) NIST
9 5 (0.93%) COBIT
9 5 (0.93%) ITGC
10 2 (0.37%) WCAG
11 1 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 1 (0.19%) P3O
11 1 (0.19%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 6 (1.11%) Docker
2 5 (0.93%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.19%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.19%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 24 (4.44%) Terraform
2 20 (3.70%) Single Sign-On
3 6 (1.11%) Kubernetes
4 4 (0.74%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.37%) Argo
5 2 (0.37%) SCCM
6 1 (0.19%) Control-M
Vendors
1 192 (35.56%) Microsoft
2 61 (11.30%) Databricks
3 38 (7.04%) Oracle
4 25 (4.63%) Google
5 24 (4.44%) Salesforce
6 19 (3.52%) SAP
7 18 (3.33%) Informatica
8 8 (1.48%) Northgate
9 6 (1.11%) Alteryx
9 6 (1.11%) Concur
9 6 (1.11%) Sage
10 5 (0.93%) IBM
10 5 (0.93%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
10 5 (0.93%) ServiceNow
11 4 (0.74%) Hotjar
12 3 (0.56%) Cognos
12 3 (0.56%) Mercator
12 3 (0.56%) OpenAI
12 3 (0.56%) Openreach
12 3 (0.56%) Teradata