Hybrid/Remote Power BI Job Trends

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

6 months to
6 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 70 79 58
Rank change year-on-year +9 -21 +12
Permanent jobs citing Power BI 546 631 1,386
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.42% 3.96% 5.05%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 25.61% 15.53% 20.53%
Number of salaries quoted 365 360 1,221
10th Percentile £36,250 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £58,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.90% +7.41% -4.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £73,977 £65,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £88,850 £82,500
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 2,132 4,064 6,751
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 13.34% 25.49% 24.62%
Number of salaries quoted 1,546 2,431 5,743
10th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £46,104 £50,394 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £67,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% +17.39% -8.00%
75th Percentile £81,250 £93,250 £73,125
90th Percentile £100,000 £118,750 £91,934
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 6 February 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 52 (9.52%) SharePoint
2 17 (3.11%) Confluence
2 17 (3.11%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 9 (1.65%) SAS
4 7 (1.28%) Apache Airflow
4 7 (1.28%) Microsoft Exchange
5 5 (0.92%) Apache Spark
6 4 (0.73%) CMS
6 4 (0.73%) Umbraco
7 2 (0.37%) Drupal
7 2 (0.37%) Moodle
8 1 (0.18%) Jupyter
Applications
1 191 (34.98%) Microsoft Excel
2 27 (4.95%) Microsoft Office
3 13 (2.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (1.47%) Trello
5 6 (1.10%) MS Visio
5 6 (1.10%) Spreadsheet
6 4 (0.73%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 21 (3.85%) Dynamics CRM
2 17 (3.11%) Oracle ERP
3 12 (2.20%) NetSuite
4 8 (1.47%) Visualfiles
5 6 (1.10%) NEC Housing
6 3 (0.55%) ResourceLink
7 2 (0.37%) SAP Business One
7 2 (0.37%) SAP HR
8 1 (0.18%) Dynamics GP
8 1 (0.18%) Elite 3E
8 1 (0.18%) Pegasus Opera
8 1 (0.18%) Primavera
8 1 (0.18%) Salesforce CRM
8 1 (0.18%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 546 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 253 (46.34%) Azure
3 82 (15.02%) Azure Data Factory
4 71 (13.00%) Power Automate
5 68 (12.45%) PowerApps
6 64 (11.72%) Microsoft 365
7 57 (10.44%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 53 (9.71%) Azure DevOps
9 48 (8.79%) Dynamics 365
10 38 (6.96%) Snowflake
11 34 (6.23%) GitHub
12 27 (4.95%) AWS
13 24 (4.40%) GitHub Copilot
14 20 (3.66%) GCP
15 19 (3.48%) SaaS
16 18 (3.30%) OCI
17 15 (2.75%) dbt
18 14 (2.56%) Azure Logic Apps
19 13 (2.38%) Microsoft Copilot
20 12 (2.20%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.55%) Modbus
1 3 (0.55%) MQTT
2 2 (0.37%) Intranet
2 2 (0.37%) WAN
3 1 (0.18%) ADSL
3 1 (0.18%) Firewall
3 1 (0.18%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 134 (24.54%) Tableau
2 74 (13.55%) SQL Server
3 68 (12.45%) Data Warehouse
4 57 (10.44%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 42 (7.69%) Azure SQL Database
6 32 (5.86%) Data Lake
7 30 (5.49%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 26 (4.76%) Power Query
9 17 (3.11%) Looker
9 17 (3.11%) Metadata
10 16 (2.93%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
11 13 (2.38%) Big Data
11 13 (2.38%) MySQL
12 9 (1.65%) Crystal Reports
12 9 (1.65%) PostgreSQL
13 8 (1.47%) BigQuery
13 8 (1.47%) QlikView
13 8 (1.47%) SQL Server Analysis Services
14 7 (1.28%) Qlik Sense
14 7 (1.28%) SAS EBI
Development Applications
1 39 (7.14%) JIRA
2 27 (4.95%) Git
3 20 (3.66%) Jenkins
4 17 (3.11%) Oracle Forms
5 6 (1.10%) ERwin
6 4 (0.73%) ER Studio
6 4 (0.73%) PowerDesigner
6 4 (0.73%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 3 (0.55%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.18%) Oracle APEX
8 1 (0.18%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 229 (41.94%) Finance
2 213 (39.01%) Social Skills
3 190 (34.80%) Analytical Skills
4 57 (10.44%) Marketing
5 46 (8.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 40 (7.33%) Public Sector
7 29 (5.31%) Retail
8 25 (4.58%) Manufacturing
8 25 (4.58%) Presentation Skills
9 24 (4.40%) Organisational Skills
10 21 (3.85%) Law
11 19 (3.48%) Legal
12 18 (3.30%) Billing
13 12 (2.20%) Advertising
13 12 (2.20%) Banking
13 12 (2.20%) Telecoms
14 10 (1.83%) Publishing
15 9 (1.65%) Local Government
16 6 (1.10%) Influencing Skills
17 4 (0.73%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 184 (33.70%) Analyst
2 79 (14.47%) Developer
3 76 (13.92%) Senior
4 65 (11.90%) Data Analyst
5 50 (9.16%) Lead
6 34 (6.23%) Data Engineer
7 30 (5.49%) Business Intelligence Developer
8 28 (5.13%) Applications Engineer
9 27 (4.95%) Business Analyst
10 26 (4.76%) Business Intelligence Analyst
11 25 (4.58%) Power Platform Developer
12 24 (4.40%) Support Analyst
13 23 (4.21%) Consultant
14 22 (4.03%) Commercial Analyst
15 20 (3.66%) Data Scientist
16 19 (3.48%) Cloud Engineer
17 18 (3.30%) Insight Analyst
17 18 (3.30%) Senior Developer
18 16 (2.93%) Applications Support
18 16 (2.93%) Data Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (3.85%) .NET
2 19 (3.48%) HTML5 Canvas
3 17 (3.11%) OAuth
3 17 (3.11%) OAuth2
3 17 (3.11%) RESTful
3 17 (3.11%) SAML
4 16 (2.93%) JSON
4 16 (2.93%) XML
5 9 (1.65%) Middleware
6 8 (1.47%) HTML
6 8 (1.47%) PySpark
7 7 (1.28%) CSS
7 7 (1.28%) EDI
8 5 (0.92%) .NET Core
9 4 (0.73%) AngularJS
9 4 (0.73%) Kafka
9 4 (0.73%) React
9 4 (0.73%) REST
9 4 (0.73%) Web Services
10 3 (0.55%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 41 (7.51%) Analytical Mindset
2 38 (6.96%) Cloud Native
2 38 (6.96%) Management Information System
3 27 (4.95%) Self-Motivation
4 25 (4.58%) Data Structures
5 24 (4.40%) Onboarding
5 24 (4.40%) Product Ownership
6 22 (4.03%) Enterprise Software
7 15 (2.75%) Low-Code
8 11 (2.01%) FMCG
9 10 (1.83%) Algorithms
9 10 (1.83%) Greenfield Project
10 8 (1.47%) Legacy Systems
11 6 (1.10%) Reinsurance
12 5 (0.92%) Credit Risk
12 5 (0.92%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 4 (0.73%) Housing Association
13 4 (0.73%) Market Risk
13 4 (0.73%) Social Media
14 3 (0.55%) Manufacturing Execution System
Operating Systems
1 11 (2.01%) Windows
2 5 (0.92%) Linux
2 5 (0.92%) Unix
3 2 (0.37%) VMS
4 1 (0.18%) Android
4 1 (0.18%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.18%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 506 (92.67%) Business Intelligence
2 216 (39.56%) Analytics
3 167 (30.59%) Visualisation
4 166 (30.40%) Decision-Making
5 143 (26.19%) Continuous Improvement
6 132 (24.18%) Problem-Solving
7 121 (22.16%) Agile
8 111 (20.33%) Data Analysis
9 107 (19.60%) Data Visualisation
10 104 (19.05%) Data Modelling
11 103 (18.86%) AI
12 85 (15.57%) Actionable Insight
13 84 (15.38%) ETL
14 80 (14.65%) DevOps
15 75 (13.74%) Data Engineering
16 68 (12.45%) CI/CD
17 67 (12.27%) CRM
18 64 (11.72%) Data Management
19 63 (11.54%) Coaching
20 61 (11.17%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 313 (57.33%) SQL
2 163 (29.85%) Python
3 47 (8.61%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 39 (7.14%) C#
5 30 (5.49%) JavaScript
6 27 (4.95%) R
7 21 (3.85%) Java
7 21 (3.85%) PowerShell
8 20 (3.66%) T-SQL
9 18 (3.30%) PL/SQL
10 17 (3.11%) Shell Script
11 11 (2.01%) VBA
12 9 (1.65%) Scala
13 3 (0.55%) Kusto Query Language
13 3 (0.55%) TypeScript
14 2 (0.37%) Ruby
15 1 (0.18%) Bicep
15 1 (0.18%) C
15 1 (0.18%) VB
15 1 (0.18%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 112 (20.51%) Degree
2 39 (7.14%) Security Cleared
3 35 (6.41%) ACCA
3 35 (6.41%) CIMA
4 34 (6.23%) Microsoft Certification
5 31 (5.68%) SC Cleared
6 30 (5.49%) Computer Science Degree
7 23 (4.21%) DBS Check
8 12 (2.20%) Azure Certification
8 12 (2.20%) Six Sigma Green Belt
9 11 (2.01%) Master's Degree
10 9 (1.65%) CISSP
10 9 (1.65%) Numerate Degree
11 8 (1.47%) AAT
11 8 (1.47%) CISA
12 6 (1.10%) DV Cleared
13 4 (0.73%) CISM
13 4 (0.73%) CRISC
13 4 (0.73%) PMI Certification
13 4 (0.73%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 86 (15.75%) Data Quality
2 20 (3.66%) SLA
3 19 (3.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 18 (3.30%) GDPR
5 17 (3.11%) Accessibility
5 17 (3.11%) Actionable Recommendations
6 14 (2.56%) PMO
7 11 (2.01%) QA
8 6 (1.10%) GRC
9 5 (0.92%) NIST
10 4 (0.73%) COBIT
10 4 (0.73%) ITGC
11 2 (0.37%) WCAG
12 1 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 1 (0.18%) P3O
12 1 (0.18%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 7 (1.28%) Active Directory
2 6 (1.10%) Docker
3 1 (0.18%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.18%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 24 (4.40%) Terraform
2 20 (3.66%) Single Sign-On
3 6 (1.10%) Kubernetes
4 4 (0.73%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.37%) Argo
5 2 (0.37%) SCCM
6 1 (0.18%) Control-M
Vendors
1 196 (35.90%) Microsoft
2 61 (11.17%) Databricks
3 37 (6.78%) Oracle
4 25 (4.58%) Salesforce
5 24 (4.40%) Google
6 19 (3.48%) SAP
7 18 (3.30%) Informatica
8 8 (1.47%) Northgate
9 6 (1.10%) Alteryx
10 5 (0.92%) Concur
10 5 (0.92%) IBM
10 5 (0.92%) Sage
10 5 (0.92%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
10 5 (0.92%) ServiceNow
11 4 (0.73%) Hotjar
12 3 (0.55%) Anaplan
12 3 (0.55%) Mercator
12 3 (0.55%) OpenAI
12 3 (0.55%) Openreach
12 3 (0.55%) Teradata