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

6 months to
21 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 87 80 59
Rank change year-on-year -7 -21 +11
Permanent jobs citing Power BI 649 722 1,201
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.00% 4.38% 4.12%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 21.69% 22.50% 19.93%
Number of salaries quoted 492 522 1,020
10th Percentile £37,500 £36,250 £36,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £80,000 £70,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £91,125 £93,625 £92,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,790 £57,500
% change year-on-year -1.42% -2.97% +4.55%

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 2,992 3,209 6,027
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 13.85% 19.48% 20.68%
Number of salaries quoted 2,405 2,148 4,899
10th Percentile £36,552 £36,249 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,795 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.45% +4.66% -4.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £82,751 £85,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £115,000 £122,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,622 £60,000
% change year-on-year -1.03% +1.04% -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 21 July 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 73 (11.25%) SharePoint
2 8 (1.23%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (1.08%) Apache Airflow
4 5 (0.77%) Apache Spark
5 4 (0.62%) ArcGIS
5 4 (0.62%) Oracle Workflow
5 4 (0.62%) SAS
6 3 (0.46%) CMS
7 2 (0.31%) Apache
7 2 (0.31%) Confluence
7 2 (0.31%) Drupal
8 1 (0.15%) Umbraco
8 1 (0.15%) WordPress
Applications
1 169 (26.04%) Microsoft Excel
2 26 (4.01%) Microsoft Office
3 25 (3.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 17 (2.62%) Microsoft Project
5 7 (1.08%) Spreadsheet
6 5 (0.77%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.31%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 22 (3.39%) Dynamics CRM
2 12 (1.85%) NetSuite
2 12 (1.85%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 5 (0.77%) SAP ERP
4 4 (0.62%) Dynamics NAV
4 4 (0.62%) Visualfiles
5 3 (0.46%) Carpe Diem
5 3 (0.46%) Elite 3E
6 1 (0.15%) Dynamics GP
6 1 (0.15%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.15%) Raiser’s Edge
6 1 (0.15%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 649 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 236 (36.36%) Azure
3 101 (15.56%) Power Automate
4 83 (12.79%) PowerApps
5 78 (12.02%) Microsoft 365
6 61 (9.40%) Dynamics 365
7 60 (9.24%) Azure Data Factory
8 44 (6.78%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 39 (6.01%) Azure Logic Apps
10 36 (5.55%) SaaS
11 32 (4.93%) Azure DevOps
12 30 (4.62%) Google Analytics
12 30 (4.62%) Microsoft Purview
12 30 (4.62%) OneDrive
13 26 (4.01%) AWS
14 24 (3.70%) GCP
15 21 (3.24%) Snowflake
16 19 (2.93%) Adobe Creative Cloud
17 13 (2.00%) Entra ID
18 11 (1.69%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 13 (2.00%) Broadband
2 4 (0.62%) Firewall
2 4 (0.62%) SMS
3 3 (0.46%) NAS
3 3 (0.46%) VoIP
3 3 (0.46%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.15%) Intranet
4 1 (0.15%) Modbus
4 1 (0.15%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 119 (18.34%) Tableau
2 68 (10.48%) SQL Server
3 53 (8.17%) Data Warehouse
4 49 (7.55%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 40 (6.16%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 39 (6.01%) Data Lake
7 37 (5.70%) Azure SQL Database
8 31 (4.78%) Power Query
9 28 (4.31%) Big Data
9 28 (4.31%) Looker
10 25 (3.85%) Relational Database
11 20 (3.08%) PostgreSQL
12 19 (2.93%) BigQuery
12 19 (2.93%) MySQL
13 17 (2.62%) Metadata
13 17 (2.62%) Semantic Layer
13 17 (2.62%) Star Schema
14 13 (2.00%) SAP BW
15 11 (1.69%) NoSQL
15 11 (1.69%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 13 (2.00%) Git
1 13 (2.00%) JIRA
2 10 (1.54%) Visual Studio
3 9 (1.39%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 2 (0.31%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.15%) Browser DevTools
5 1 (0.15%) Postman
5 1 (0.15%) Toad
General
1 280 (43.14%) Social Skills
2 206 (31.74%) Analytical Skills
3 182 (28.04%) Finance
4 73 (11.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 61 (9.40%) Public Sector
6 47 (7.24%) Law
7 46 (7.09%) Legal
8 41 (6.32%) Marketing
9 36 (5.55%) Retail
10 32 (4.93%) Organisational Skills
11 15 (2.31%) Documentation Skills
12 10 (1.54%) Banking
12 10 (1.54%) Manufacturing
13 9 (1.39%) Automotive
13 9 (1.39%) Presentation Skills
14 8 (1.23%) Billing
14 8 (1.23%) Social Housing
15 6 (0.92%) Publishing
16 5 (0.77%) Advertising
16 5 (0.77%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 188 (28.97%) Analyst
2 108 (16.64%) Senior
3 92 (14.18%) Developer
4 68 (10.48%) Data Analyst
4 68 (10.48%) Data Engineer
5 56 (8.63%) Lead
6 34 (5.24%) Data Manager
7 30 (4.62%) Applications Support
8 28 (4.31%) Business Intelligence Analyst
9 26 (4.01%) Applications Manager
9 26 (4.01%) Senior Analyst
9 26 (4.01%) Senior Developer
10 25 (3.85%) Consultant
11 24 (3.70%) Architect
11 24 (3.70%) Big Data Engineer
11 24 (3.70%) Business Intelligence Developer
11 24 (3.70%) DataOps Engineer
11 24 (3.70%) DataOps Leader
11 24 (3.70%) Lead Big Data Engineer
11 24 (3.70%) Power Platform Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (6.63%) .NET
2 39 (6.01%) HTML
3 33 (5.08%) CSS
3 33 (5.08%) HTML5 Canvas
4 31 (4.78%) JSON
5 25 (3.85%) PySpark
6 21 (3.24%) .NET Core
7 20 (3.08%) Microsoft Graph
8 19 (2.93%) SPFx
9 14 (2.16%) XML
10 12 (1.85%) Oracle Fusion
11 8 (1.23%) React
11 8 (1.23%) REST
12 6 (0.92%) Kafka
13 5 (0.77%) ASP.NET
13 5 (0.77%) Web Services
14 4 (0.62%) Middleware
15 3 (0.46%) ADO
15 3 (0.46%) HTML5
15 3 (0.46%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 59 (9.09%) Management Information System
2 39 (6.01%) Data Structures
3 25 (3.85%) Product Ownership
4 18 (2.77%) Onboarding
5 16 (2.47%) Analytical Mindset
6 14 (2.16%) Social Media
7 13 (2.00%) Cloud Native
7 13 (2.00%) Self-Motivation
8 7 (1.08%) Enterprise Software
8 7 (1.08%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 6 (0.92%) AI Agents
9 6 (0.92%) Cyberattack
9 6 (0.92%) Greenfield Project
9 6 (0.92%) Legacy Systems
10 5 (0.77%) Data Fabric
10 5 (0.77%) Driving Licence
10 5 (0.77%) Life Science
10 5 (0.77%) Low-Code
10 5 (0.77%) Mobile App
10 5 (0.77%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 9 (1.39%) Linux
2 7 (1.08%) Windows
3 5 (0.77%) Unix
4 4 (0.62%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.46%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.31%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.31%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 593 (91.37%) Business Intelligence
2 236 (36.36%) Analytics
3 168 (25.89%) Decision-Making
4 154 (23.73%) Problem-Solving
5 148 (22.80%) Data Modelling
6 129 (19.88%) Continuous Improvement
7 125 (19.26%) Visualisation
8 107 (16.49%) Actionable Insight
9 106 (16.33%) AI
10 100 (15.41%) Project Management
11 94 (14.48%) ETL
12 92 (14.18%) Agile
13 90 (13.87%) Data Visualisation
14 89 (13.71%) Data Governance
15 88 (13.56%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 82 (12.63%) CRM
17 74 (11.40%) Data Engineering
18 73 (11.25%) CI/CD
18 73 (11.25%) Data Analysis
19 67 (10.32%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 323 (49.77%) SQL
2 112 (17.26%) Python
3 59 (9.09%) C#
4 51 (7.86%) JavaScript
5 49 (7.55%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 42 (6.47%) PowerShell
7 29 (4.47%) T-SQL
8 22 (3.39%) VBA
9 19 (2.93%) TypeScript
10 16 (2.47%) R
11 12 (1.85%) Kusto Query Language
12 8 (1.23%) VB
13 5 (0.77%) Scala
13 5 (0.77%) VBScript
14 3 (0.46%) PL/SQL
15 2 (0.31%) Bicep
15 2 (0.31%) Formula Language
15 2 (0.31%) X++
16 1 (0.15%) Google Apps Script
16 1 (0.15%) PHP
Qualifications
1 103 (15.87%) Degree
2 50 (7.70%) Security Cleared
3 43 (6.63%) SC Cleared
4 31 (4.78%) ACCA
5 27 (4.16%) CIMA
6 21 (3.24%) DBS Check
7 18 (2.77%) Microsoft Certification
8 16 (2.47%) Computer Science Degree
9 13 (2.00%) AAT
10 8 (1.23%) Master's Degree
11 7 (1.08%) Azure Certification
12 6 (0.92%) BPSS Clearance
13 4 (0.62%) PMI Certification
14 3 (0.46%) ISEB
14 3 (0.46%) PMP
15 2 (0.31%) CIPFA
15 2 (0.31%) CompTIA CySA+
15 2 (0.31%) CompTIA Security+
15 2 (0.31%) Numerate Degree
15 2 (0.31%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 128 (19.72%) Data Quality
2 61 (9.40%) GDPR
3 39 (6.01%) SLA
4 35 (5.39%) QA
5 28 (4.31%) Accessibility
6 20 (3.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 14 (2.16%) Actionable Recommendations
7 14 (2.16%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 14 (2.16%) PMO
8 6 (0.92%) NIST
9 5 (0.77%) IFRS
9 5 (0.77%) ISO 9001
9 5 (0.77%) PERC
10 4 (0.62%) GAAP
10 4 (0.62%) NIST 800
11 2 (0.31%) GRC
11 2 (0.31%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 1 (0.15%) IFRS 17
System Software
1 8 (1.23%) Active Directory
1 8 (1.23%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (0.77%) Docker
3 3 (0.46%) BitLocker
3 3 (0.46%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 11 (1.69%) Terraform
2 5 (0.77%) SCCM
3 3 (0.46%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.15%) Ansible
4 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.15%) MOM
4 1 (0.15%) SQL Sentry
4 1 (0.15%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 255 (39.29%) Microsoft
2 64 (9.86%) Databricks
3 36 (5.55%) Google
3 36 (5.55%) Oracle
4 29 (4.47%) SAP
5 24 (3.70%) Adobe
6 22 (3.39%) Salesforce
7 14 (2.16%) Alteryx
8 10 (1.54%) Informatica
9 8 (1.23%) VMware
10 7 (1.08%) HubSpot
11 6 (0.92%) Intapp
12 5 (0.77%) ESRI
12 5 (0.77%) Hotjar
12 5 (0.77%) IBM
12 5 (0.77%) ServiceNow
12 5 (0.77%) Snow
13 4 (0.62%) Hyperion
13 4 (0.62%) JD Edwards
13 4 (0.62%) Talend