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

6 months to
18 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 79 81 58
Rank change year-on-year +2 -23 +9
Permanent jobs citing Power BI 610 690 1,544
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.05% 4.48% 4.46%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 22.86% 21.02% 20.49%
Number of salaries quoted 453 481 1,330
10th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £36,365
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £57,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.75% +3.64% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,500 £68,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £92,000 £84,964
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -3.51% +3.64% -

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 2,669 3,283 7,534
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 13.33% 21.30% 21.75%
Number of salaries quoted 2,070 2,201 6,287
10th Percentile £37,500 £36,250 £37,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £47,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +13.04% -11.54%
75th Percentile £78,790 £85,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £115,000 £107,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -9.98%

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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 18 June 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 68 (11.15%) SharePoint
2 8 (1.31%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (1.15%) Apache Airflow
4 4 (0.66%) Apache Spark
4 4 (0.66%) CMS
4 4 (0.66%) SAS
5 3 (0.49%) ArcGIS
5 3 (0.49%) Confluence
5 3 (0.49%) Drupal
5 3 (0.49%) Oracle Workflow
6 2 (0.33%) Apache
7 1 (0.16%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 1 (0.16%) Umbraco
Applications
1 155 (25.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 23 (3.77%) Microsoft Office
3 18 (2.95%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 15 (2.46%) Microsoft Project
5 7 (1.15%) Spreadsheet
6 6 (0.98%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 20 (3.28%) Dynamics CRM
2 12 (1.97%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 9 (1.48%) NetSuite
4 5 (0.82%) SAP ERP
5 4 (0.66%) Dynamics NAV
6 3 (0.49%) NEC Housing
7 2 (0.33%) Oracle ERP
7 2 (0.33%) SAP HR
8 1 (0.16%) Dynamics GP
8 1 (0.16%) Raiser’s Edge
8 1 (0.16%) Visualfiles
8 1 (0.16%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 610 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 223 (36.56%) Azure
3 100 (16.39%) Power Automate
4 77 (12.62%) PowerApps
5 72 (11.80%) Microsoft 365
6 56 (9.18%) Azure Data Factory
7 54 (8.85%) Dynamics 365
8 43 (7.05%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 36 (5.90%) Azure Logic Apps
10 32 (5.25%) Google Analytics
11 30 (4.92%) SaaS
12 28 (4.59%) OneDrive
13 27 (4.43%) Azure DevOps
13 27 (4.43%) Microsoft Purview
14 22 (3.61%) GCP
15 21 (3.44%) AWS
16 19 (3.11%) Adobe Creative Cloud
17 18 (2.95%) Snowflake
18 10 (1.64%) Azure Machine Learning
18 10 (1.64%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 13 (2.13%) Broadband
2 4 (0.66%) Firewall
3 3 (0.49%) Modbus
3 3 (0.49%) MQTT
3 3 (0.49%) NAS
3 3 (0.49%) SMS
3 3 (0.49%) VoIP
3 3 (0.49%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (0.33%) WAN
5 1 (0.16%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 117 (19.18%) Tableau
2 63 (10.33%) SQL Server
3 41 (6.72%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 37 (6.07%) Data Warehouse
5 36 (5.90%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 34 (5.57%) Azure SQL Database
7 33 (5.41%) Power Query
8 30 (4.92%) Big Data
9 29 (4.75%) Data Lake
10 28 (4.59%) Looker
11 21 (3.44%) Relational Database
12 19 (3.11%) MySQL
13 18 (2.95%) BigQuery
14 17 (2.79%) Metadata
14 17 (2.79%) PostgreSQL
15 15 (2.46%) Star Schema
16 13 (2.13%) SAP BW
16 13 (2.13%) Semantic Layer
17 9 (1.48%) NoSQL
18 8 (1.31%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 11 (1.80%) Git
1 11 (1.80%) JIRA
2 10 (1.64%) Visual Studio
3 9 (1.48%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 1 (0.16%) Browser DevTools
4 1 (0.16%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.16%) Oracle Forms
4 1 (0.16%) Postman
4 1 (0.16%) Toad
General
1 257 (42.13%) Social Skills
2 200 (32.79%) Analytical Skills
3 161 (26.39%) Finance
4 75 (12.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 63 (10.33%) Public Sector
6 38 (6.23%) Law
7 35 (5.74%) Legal
8 34 (5.57%) Retail
9 32 (5.25%) Marketing
10 23 (3.77%) Organisational Skills
11 14 (2.30%) Documentation Skills
12 12 (1.97%) Automotive
13 11 (1.80%) Publishing
14 8 (1.31%) Manufacturing
14 8 (1.31%) Social Housing
15 7 (1.15%) Banking
15 7 (1.15%) Presentation Skills
16 5 (0.82%) Aeronautics
17 4 (0.66%) Aviation
17 4 (0.66%) Billing
Job Titles
1 191 (31.31%) Analyst
2 100 (16.39%) Senior
3 88 (14.43%) Developer
4 67 (10.98%) Data Analyst
5 57 (9.34%) Lead
6 49 (8.03%) Data Engineer
7 31 (5.08%) Applications Support
8 30 (4.92%) Data Manager
9 28 (4.59%) Senior Developer
10 27 (4.43%) Big Data Engineer
10 27 (4.43%) Business Intelligence Developer
10 27 (4.43%) DataOps Engineer
10 27 (4.43%) DataOps Leader
10 27 (4.43%) Lead Big Data Engineer
10 27 (4.43%) Senior Analyst
11 26 (4.26%) Business Intelligence Analyst
12 24 (3.93%) Applications Manager
12 24 (3.93%) Architect
12 24 (3.93%) Power Platform Developer
12 24 (3.93%) Report Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (6.23%) .NET
2 37 (6.07%) HTML
3 33 (5.41%) CSS
3 33 (5.41%) HTML5 Canvas
4 29 (4.75%) JSON
5 21 (3.44%) .NET Core
6 20 (3.28%) Microsoft Graph
7 19 (3.11%) SPFx
8 16 (2.62%) XML
9 14 (2.30%) PySpark
10 12 (1.97%) Oracle Fusion
11 8 (1.31%) React
12 7 (1.15%) Web Services
13 5 (0.82%) ASP.NET
13 5 (0.82%) Kafka
14 4 (0.66%) Middleware
14 4 (0.66%) REST
15 3 (0.49%) ADO
15 3 (0.49%) HTML5
15 3 (0.49%) Regular Expression
Miscellaneous
1 47 (7.70%) Management Information System
2 41 (6.72%) Data Structures
3 22 (3.61%) Product Ownership
4 20 (3.28%) Onboarding
5 14 (2.30%) Analytical Mindset
5 14 (2.30%) Social Media
6 13 (2.13%) Self-Motivation
7 12 (1.97%) Cloud Native
8 10 (1.64%) Enterprise Software
9 8 (1.31%) FMCG
10 7 (1.15%) Greenfield Project
10 7 (1.15%) Low-Code
11 6 (0.98%) Algorithms
11 6 (0.98%) Cyberattack
11 6 (0.98%) Legacy Systems
12 5 (0.82%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 5 (0.82%) Life Science
12 5 (0.82%) Mobile App
12 5 (0.82%) Replication
13 4 (0.66%) Cyber Defence
Operating Systems
1 8 (1.31%) Linux
2 6 (0.98%) Windows
3 5 (0.82%) Unix
4 4 (0.66%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.49%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.33%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.33%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 553 (90.66%) Business Intelligence
2 207 (33.93%) Analytics
3 156 (25.57%) Decision-Making
4 131 (21.48%) Data Modelling
5 127 (20.82%) Problem-Solving
6 120 (19.67%) Visualisation
7 115 (18.85%) Continuous Improvement
8 102 (16.72%) Actionable Insight
9 93 (15.25%) Data Visualisation
10 92 (15.08%) AI
11 90 (14.75%) ETL
12 87 (14.26%) Project Management
13 84 (13.77%) Agile
14 80 (13.11%) Data Governance
15 76 (12.46%) Data Analysis
15 76 (12.46%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 71 (11.64%) CRM
17 66 (10.82%) Data Engineering
18 65 (10.66%) CI/CD
19 63 (10.33%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 297 (48.69%) SQL
2 108 (17.70%) Python
3 52 (8.52%) C#
4 48 (7.87%) JavaScript
5 44 (7.21%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 44 (7.21%) PowerShell
6 30 (4.92%) T-SQL
7 20 (3.28%) R
8 19 (3.11%) TypeScript
9 18 (2.95%) VBA
10 8 (1.31%) Kusto Query Language
11 6 (0.98%) VB
12 5 (0.82%) VBScript
13 4 (0.66%) PL/SQL
14 2 (0.33%) Bicep
14 2 (0.33%) Formula Language
14 2 (0.33%) Scala
14 2 (0.33%) X++
15 1 (0.16%) C
15 1 (0.16%) Google Apps Script
Qualifications
1 103 (16.89%) Degree
2 43 (7.05%) Security Cleared
3 36 (5.90%) ACCA
4 35 (5.74%) SC Cleared
5 33 (5.41%) CIMA
6 22 (3.61%) DBS Check
7 17 (2.79%) Computer Science Degree
8 16 (2.62%) Microsoft Certification
9 14 (2.30%) AAT
10 6 (0.98%) Master's Degree
11 5 (0.82%) Azure Certification
12 4 (0.66%) CIPFA
13 2 (0.33%) CompTIA CySA+
13 2 (0.33%) CompTIA Security+
13 2 (0.33%) ISEB
13 2 (0.33%) Numerate Degree
13 2 (0.33%) PMI Certification
13 2 (0.33%) PMP
13 2 (0.33%) SSCP
14 1 (0.16%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 116 (19.02%) Data Quality
2 53 (8.69%) GDPR
3 35 (5.74%) SLA
4 30 (4.92%) QA
5 20 (3.28%) Accessibility
6 16 (2.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 14 (2.30%) Actionable Recommendations
7 14 (2.30%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 14 (2.30%) PMO
8 6 (0.98%) NIST
9 5 (0.82%) IFRS
10 4 (0.66%) GAAP
10 4 (0.66%) NIST 800
10 4 (0.66%) PERC
11 3 (0.49%) ISO 9001
12 2 (0.33%) GRC
13 1 (0.16%) IFRS 17
13 1 (0.16%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 8 (1.31%) Active Directory
1 8 (1.31%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (0.66%) Docker
3 3 (0.49%) BitLocker
3 3 (0.49%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 9 (1.48%) Terraform
2 5 (0.82%) SCCM
3 1 (0.16%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.16%) MOM
3 1 (0.16%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.16%) SQL Sentry
3 1 (0.16%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 228 (37.38%) Microsoft
2 58 (9.51%) Databricks
3 38 (6.23%) Google
4 36 (5.90%) Oracle
5 28 (4.59%) SAP
6 24 (3.93%) Adobe
7 22 (3.61%) Salesforce
8 15 (2.46%) Informatica
9 13 (2.13%) Alteryx
10 8 (1.31%) VMware
11 7 (1.15%) Hotjar
12 5 (0.82%) ESRI
12 5 (0.82%) IBM
12 5 (0.82%) ServiceNow
12 5 (0.82%) Snow
13 4 (0.66%) HubSpot
13 4 (0.66%) Hyperion
13 4 (0.66%) JD Edwards
13 4 (0.66%) Northgate
13 4 (0.66%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud