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

6 months to
4 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 70 71 59
Rank change year-on-year +1 -12 +12
Permanent jobs citing Power BI 566 631 1,412
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.41% 4.36% 4.96%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 26.55% 16.34% 20.73%
Number of salaries quoted 382 360 1,222
10th Percentile £35,750 £37,450 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £42,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% -
75th Percentile £68,438 £72,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £89,875 £89,750 £80,000
UK median annual salary £57,250 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.58% +14.29% -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 2,132 3,862 6,812
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 12.83% 26.70% 23.91%
Number of salaries quoted 1,544 2,364 5,837
10th Percentile £37,500 £38,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £46,104 £50,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,000 £67,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.15% +17.39% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £93,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £118,750 £92,161
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +13.04% -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 4 March 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 57 (10.07%) SharePoint
2 14 (2.47%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 11 (1.94%) Confluence
4 10 (1.77%) Apache Airflow
4 10 (1.77%) SAS
5 9 (1.59%) Microsoft Exchange
6 6 (1.06%) Apache Spark
7 5 (0.88%) CMS
8 4 (0.71%) Umbraco
9 3 (0.53%) ArcGIS
9 3 (0.53%) Drupal
10 2 (0.35%) Moodle
11 1 (0.18%) Apache
11 1 (0.18%) Jupyter
Applications
1 188 (33.22%) Microsoft Excel
2 32 (5.65%) Microsoft Office
3 19 (3.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (1.59%) Microsoft Project
5 8 (1.41%) Spreadsheet
5 8 (1.41%) Trello
6 6 (1.06%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 23 (4.06%) Dynamics CRM
2 14 (2.47%) Oracle ERP
3 11 (1.94%) NetSuite
4 6 (1.06%) NEC Housing
5 5 (0.88%) Visualfiles
6 3 (0.53%) ResourceLink
7 2 (0.35%) SAP Business One
7 2 (0.35%) SAP HR
8 1 (0.18%) Dynamics GP
8 1 (0.18%) Elite 3E
8 1 (0.18%) Primavera
8 1 (0.18%) Salesforce CRM
8 1 (0.18%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 566 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 243 (42.93%) Azure
3 79 (13.96%) Azure Data Factory
4 77 (13.60%) Power Automate
5 70 (12.37%) PowerApps
6 63 (11.13%) Microsoft 365
7 60 (10.60%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 49 (8.66%) Dynamics 365
9 45 (7.95%) Azure DevOps
10 36 (6.36%) Snowflake
11 31 (5.48%) GitHub
12 26 (4.59%) AWS
12 26 (4.59%) GCP
13 21 (3.71%) GitHub Copilot
14 19 (3.36%) Google Analytics
14 19 (3.36%) SaaS
15 16 (2.83%) dbt
16 15 (2.65%) OCI
17 14 (2.47%) Azure Logic Apps
18 13 (2.30%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.53%) Modbus
1 3 (0.53%) MQTT
2 2 (0.35%) Intranet
2 2 (0.35%) WAN
3 1 (0.18%) ADSL
3 1 (0.18%) Firewall
3 1 (0.18%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 131 (23.14%) Tableau
2 77 (13.60%) SQL Server
3 62 (10.95%) Data Warehouse
4 58 (10.25%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 41 (7.24%) Azure SQL Database
6 32 (5.65%) Power Query
7 31 (5.48%) Data Lake
8 29 (5.12%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 21 (3.71%) Looker
10 20 (3.53%) Big Data
11 17 (3.00%) Metadata
12 16 (2.83%) MySQL
13 15 (2.65%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
14 13 (2.30%) BigQuery
15 11 (1.94%) PostgreSQL
16 9 (1.59%) SAS EBI
16 9 (1.59%) SQL Server Analysis Services
17 8 (1.41%) QlikView
18 7 (1.24%) Qlik Sense
18 7 (1.24%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 31 (5.48%) JIRA
2 27 (4.77%) Git
3 17 (3.00%) Jenkins
4 14 (2.47%) Oracle Forms
5 6 (1.06%) ERwin
6 4 (0.71%) ER Studio
6 4 (0.71%) PowerDesigner
6 4 (0.71%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 3 (0.53%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.18%) Oracle APEX
8 1 (0.18%) Postman
8 1 (0.18%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 230 (40.64%) Social Skills
2 216 (38.16%) Finance
3 202 (35.69%) Analytical Skills
4 50 (8.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 48 (8.48%) Public Sector
6 46 (8.13%) Marketing
7 30 (5.30%) Retail
8 27 (4.77%) Organisational Skills
9 26 (4.59%) Legal
10 24 (4.24%) Presentation Skills
11 23 (4.06%) Law
12 22 (3.89%) Manufacturing
13 17 (3.00%) Billing
14 14 (2.47%) Banking
15 12 (2.12%) Telecoms
16 10 (1.77%) Publishing
17 9 (1.59%) Advertising
18 6 (1.06%) Automotive
18 6 (1.06%) Investment Banking
19 5 (0.88%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 196 (34.63%) Analyst
2 79 (13.96%) Senior
3 77 (13.60%) Developer
4 68 (12.01%) Data Analyst
5 52 (9.19%) Lead
6 34 (6.01%) Data Engineer
7 29 (5.12%) Business Intelligence Developer
8 28 (4.95%) Business Intelligence Analyst
9 26 (4.59%) Power Platform Developer
10 25 (4.42%) Applications Engineer
11 24 (4.24%) Commercial Analyst
11 24 (4.24%) Consultant
12 23 (4.06%) Business Analyst
13 22 (3.89%) Support Analyst
14 21 (3.71%) Data Scientist
14 21 (3.71%) Senior Analyst
15 19 (3.36%) Insight Analyst
15 19 (3.36%) Report Analyst
16 17 (3.00%) DataOps Engineer
16 17 (3.00%) DataOps Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (3.36%) HTML5 Canvas
2 17 (3.00%) .NET
2 17 (3.00%) JSON
2 17 (3.00%) XML
3 15 (2.65%) RESTful
4 14 (2.47%) OAuth
4 14 (2.47%) OAuth2
4 14 (2.47%) SAML
5 11 (1.94%) HTML
6 10 (1.77%) CSS
6 10 (1.77%) PySpark
7 7 (1.24%) EDI
8 6 (1.06%) Kafka
9 5 (0.88%) Middleware
10 4 (0.71%) .NET Core
10 4 (0.71%) REST
10 4 (0.71%) Web Services
11 3 (0.53%) .NET Framework
11 3 (0.53%) AngularJS
11 3 (0.53%) React
Miscellaneous
1 39 (6.89%) Management Information System
2 37 (6.54%) Analytical Mindset
3 35 (6.18%) Cloud Native
4 32 (5.65%) Data Structures
5 31 (5.48%) Self-Motivation
6 20 (3.53%) Enterprise Software
7 17 (3.00%) Onboarding
7 17 (3.00%) Product Ownership
8 15 (2.65%) Low-Code
9 10 (1.77%) Algorithms
9 10 (1.77%) FMCG
9 10 (1.77%) Greenfield Project
10 8 (1.41%) Legacy Systems
11 6 (1.06%) Reinsurance
12 5 (0.88%) Social Media
13 4 (0.71%) Credit Risk
13 4 (0.71%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 3 (0.53%) Driving Licence
14 3 (0.53%) Market Risk
14 3 (0.53%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 8 (1.41%) Linux
1 8 (1.41%) Unix
1 8 (1.41%) Windows
2 2 (0.35%) VMS
3 1 (0.18%) Android
3 1 (0.18%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.18%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 527 (93.11%) Business Intelligence
2 217 (38.34%) Analytics
3 174 (30.74%) Decision-Making
4 172 (30.39%) Visualisation
5 138 (24.38%) Continuous Improvement
6 127 (22.44%) Problem-Solving
7 117 (20.67%) Data Analysis
8 111 (19.61%) Agile
9 107 (18.90%) Data Modelling
10 105 (18.55%) Data Visualisation
11 94 (16.61%) AI
12 89 (15.72%) ETL
13 85 (15.02%) Actionable Insight
14 74 (13.07%) CRM
15 72 (12.72%) CI/CD
16 69 (12.19%) Data Engineering
16 69 (12.19%) DevOps
17 68 (12.01%) Data Management
18 64 (11.31%) Data Governance
19 63 (11.13%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 304 (53.71%) SQL
2 153 (27.03%) Python
3 50 (8.83%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 37 (6.54%) C#
5 31 (5.48%) JavaScript
6 27 (4.77%) R
7 22 (3.89%) PowerShell
7 22 (3.89%) T-SQL
8 17 (3.00%) Java
9 16 (2.83%) VBA
10 15 (2.65%) PL/SQL
11 14 (2.47%) Shell Script
12 6 (1.06%) Scala
13 4 (0.71%) VB
13 4 (0.71%) VBScript
14 3 (0.53%) Kusto Query Language
14 3 (0.53%) TypeScript
15 2 (0.35%) Bicep
15 2 (0.35%) Ruby
16 1 (0.18%) C
Qualifications
1 116 (20.49%) Degree
2 41 (7.24%) ACCA
2 41 (7.24%) CIMA
3 40 (7.07%) Security Cleared
4 35 (6.18%) Microsoft Certification
5 32 (5.65%) Computer Science Degree
6 31 (5.48%) SC Cleared
7 25 (4.42%) DBS Check
8 14 (2.47%) AAT
9 13 (2.30%) Azure Certification
10 12 (2.12%) Six Sigma Green Belt
11 11 (1.94%) Master's Degree
12 9 (1.59%) Numerate Degree
13 6 (1.06%) DV Cleared
13 6 (1.06%) PMI Certification
13 6 (1.06%) PMP
14 5 (0.88%) CISA
14 5 (0.88%) CISSP
15 4 (0.71%) CIPFA
16 3 (0.53%) CIPD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 92 (16.25%) Data Quality
2 27 (4.77%) GDPR
3 25 (4.42%) SLA
4 23 (4.06%) Actionable Recommendations
5 17 (3.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 15 (2.65%) PMO
6 15 (2.65%) QA
7 8 (1.41%) Accessibility
8 3 (0.53%) GRC
9 2 (0.35%) IFRS
9 2 (0.35%) NIST
9 2 (0.35%) WCAG
10 1 (0.18%) COBIT
10 1 (0.18%) GAAP
10 1 (0.18%) IFRS 17
10 1 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 1 (0.18%) ITGC
10 1 (0.18%) P3O
System Software
1 9 (1.59%) Active Directory
2 6 (1.06%) Docker
3 4 (0.71%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.18%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 21 (3.71%) Terraform
2 16 (2.83%) Single Sign-On
3 5 (0.88%) Kubernetes
3 5 (0.88%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (0.88%) SCCM
4 2 (0.35%) Argo
5 1 (0.18%) Control-M
Vendors
1 201 (35.51%) Microsoft
2 62 (10.95%) Databricks
3 36 (6.36%) Oracle
4 30 (5.30%) Google
5 24 (4.24%) Salesforce
6 22 (3.89%) Informatica
7 17 (3.00%) SAP
8 14 (2.47%) Alteryx
9 9 (1.59%) Northgate
10 8 (1.41%) IBM
11 6 (1.06%) Hotjar
11 6 (1.06%) ServiceNow
12 5 (0.88%) ESRI
13 4 (0.71%) Adobe
13 4 (0.71%) Foundry
13 4 (0.71%) HubSpot
13 4 (0.71%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
13 4 (0.71%) Snow
13 4 (0.71%) Talend
13 4 (0.71%) VMware