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 7 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 82 85 82
Rank change year-on-year +3 -3 -21
Permanent jobs citing Power BI 759 664 756
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.04% 3.95% 3.46%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 24.08% 25.13% 15.87%
Number of salaries quoted 552 490 496
10th Percentile £38,772 £37,500 £38,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £46,199
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -15.38% +18.04%
75th Percentile £80,000 £70,000 £79,063
90th Percentile £95,000 £88,875 £93,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% +9.09%

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 3,152 2,642 4,764
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 12.64% 15.72% 21.80%
Number of salaries quoted 2,432 1,812 2,988
10th Percentile £37,500 £35,750 £38,750
25th Percentile £46,000 £46,250 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% -10.71% +12.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £82,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £112,500 £138,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - -7.69% +4.00%

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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 7 October 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 90 (11.86%) SharePoint
2 7 (0.92%) Apache Airflow
3 6 (0.79%) Apache Spark
3 6 (0.79%) Confluence
4 5 (0.66%) MS Project Server
5 4 (0.53%) Apache
5 4 (0.53%) Oracle Workflow
6 3 (0.40%) SAS
7 2 (0.26%) ArcGIS
7 2 (0.26%) CMS
7 2 (0.26%) IIS
7 2 (0.26%) Oracle Application Server
7 2 (0.26%) WordPress
8 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Exchange
8 1 (0.13%) Umbraco
Applications
1 173 (22.79%) Microsoft Excel
2 21 (2.77%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 18 (2.37%) Microsoft Office
4 12 (1.58%) Microsoft Project
5 6 (0.79%) MS Visio
6 5 (0.66%) Notion
7 4 (0.53%) Chatbot
7 4 (0.53%) Navisworks
7 4 (0.53%) ProjectWise
7 4 (0.53%) Revit
7 4 (0.53%) Spreadsheet
8 3 (0.40%) AutoCAD
9 2 (0.26%) SPSS
10 1 (0.13%) Civil 3D
Business Applications
1 23 (3.03%) Dynamics CRM
2 12 (1.58%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 11 (1.45%) NetSuite
4 6 (0.79%) Dynamics NAV
5 5 (0.66%) Visualfiles
6 4 (0.53%) Dynamics GP
6 4 (0.53%) Elite 3E
7 3 (0.40%) Carpe Diem
7 3 (0.40%) Integrated Workplace Management System
8 2 (0.26%) FastStats
9 1 (0.13%) Actimize
9 1 (0.13%) Oracle ERP
9 1 (0.13%) Raiser’s Edge
9 1 (0.13%) SAP S/4HANA
9 1 (0.13%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
9 1 (0.13%) Temenos T24
9 1 (0.13%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 759 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 242 (31.88%) Azure
3 110 (14.49%) PowerApps
4 107 (14.10%) Power Automate
5 75 (9.88%) Dynamics 365
6 71 (9.35%) Microsoft 365
7 64 (8.43%) Azure DevOps
8 59 (7.77%) Azure Data Factory
9 49 (6.46%) AWS
10 43 (5.67%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 43 (5.67%) SaaS
11 35 (4.61%) Google Analytics
12 33 (4.35%) GCP
13 31 (4.08%) Microsoft Purview
14 29 (3.82%) Azure Logic Apps
14 29 (3.82%) Snowflake
15 22 (2.90%) Microsoft Copilot
16 21 (2.77%) OneDrive
17 19 (2.50%) Entra ID
18 16 (2.11%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 14 (1.84%) Broadband
2 6 (0.79%) SMS
3 1 (0.13%) 5G
3 1 (0.13%) Firewall
3 1 (0.13%) Intranet
3 1 (0.13%) Modbus
3 1 (0.13%) MQTT
3 1 (0.13%) NAS
3 1 (0.13%) VoIP
3 1 (0.13%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 125 (16.47%) Tableau
2 89 (11.73%) Data Warehouse
3 74 (9.75%) SQL Server
4 56 (7.38%) Data Lake
5 51 (6.72%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 46 (6.06%) Azure SQL Database
7 42 (5.53%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 38 (5.01%) Power Query
9 35 (4.61%) Metadata
10 29 (3.82%) Looker
10 29 (3.82%) Relational Database
11 28 (3.69%) Star Schema
12 21 (2.77%) NoSQL
13 19 (2.50%) MongoDB
14 17 (2.24%) BigQuery
14 17 (2.24%) Semantic Layer
15 16 (2.11%) Big Data
16 15 (1.98%) DynamoDB
17 14 (1.84%) SQL Server Analysis Services
18 13 (1.71%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 54 (7.11%) Git
2 21 (2.77%) JIRA
3 10 (1.32%) Visual Studio
4 5 (0.66%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 3 (0.40%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.13%) Browser DevTools
6 1 (0.13%) ER Studio
6 1 (0.13%) ERwin
6 1 (0.13%) Flyway
6 1 (0.13%) RStudio
General
1 320 (42.16%) Social Skills
2 254 (33.47%) Analytical Skills
3 244 (32.15%) Finance
4 86 (11.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 75 (9.88%) Public Sector
6 71 (9.35%) Marketing
7 65 (8.56%) Legal
8 59 (7.77%) Law
9 47 (6.19%) Organisational Skills
10 46 (6.06%) Retail
11 26 (3.43%) Documentation Skills
11 26 (3.43%) Manufacturing
12 20 (2.64%) Influencing Skills
13 15 (1.98%) Presentation Skills
14 14 (1.84%) Banking
14 14 (1.84%) Billing
15 11 (1.45%) Advertising
16 10 (1.32%) Legal Technology
17 9 (1.19%) Social Housing
18 7 (0.92%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 188 (24.77%) Analyst
2 120 (15.81%) Senior
3 112 (14.76%) Developer
4 84 (11.07%) Data Analyst
5 76 (10.01%) Data Engineer
6 63 (8.30%) Lead
7 38 (5.01%) Architect
8 37 (4.87%) Consultant
9 36 (4.74%) Data Manager
10 31 (4.08%) Business Analyst
11 27 (3.56%) Data Architect
11 27 (3.56%) Senior Analyst
12 23 (3.03%) Power Platform Developer
13 22 (2.90%) Applications Support
13 22 (2.90%) Business Intelligence Analyst
14 21 (2.77%) Senior Consultant
15 19 (2.50%) Dynamics 365 Developer
15 19 (2.50%) Senior Data Engineer
15 19 (2.50%) Service Manager
16 18 (2.37%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (5.53%) .NET
2 35 (4.61%) HTML
3 31 (4.08%) PySpark
4 27 (3.56%) CSS
5 19 (2.50%) HTML5 Canvas
5 19 (2.50%) REST
6 17 (2.24%) JSON
7 14 (1.84%) Terraform
8 13 (1.71%) .NET Core
8 13 (1.71%) Microsoft Graph
8 13 (1.71%) Oracle Fusion
9 11 (1.45%) SPFx
10 9 (1.19%) React
11 8 (1.05%) Pandas
12 7 (0.92%) Kafka
13 6 (0.79%) ASP.NET
13 6 (0.79%) Middleware
13 6 (0.79%) NumPy
13 6 (0.79%) XML
14 5 (0.66%) ODBC
Miscellaneous
1 54 (7.11%) Management Information System
2 35 (4.61%) Product Ownership
3 25 (3.29%) Data Structures
4 18 (2.37%) Enterprise Software
5 15 (1.98%) Low-Code
6 14 (1.84%) Analytical Mindset
6 14 (1.84%) Cloud Native
6 14 (1.84%) Social Media
7 13 (1.71%) Legacy Systems
8 12 (1.58%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 12 (1.58%) Self-Motivation
9 10 (1.32%) Greenfield Project
9 10 (1.32%) Housing Association
10 8 (1.05%) Onboarding
11 7 (0.92%) AI Agents
12 6 (0.79%) Cyberattack
12 6 (0.79%) NHS
12 6 (0.79%) Reference Data
13 5 (0.66%) Educational Technology
14 4 (0.53%) Data Fabric
Operating Systems
1 15 (1.98%) Windows
2 5 (0.66%) Linux
3 3 (0.40%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.26%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.13%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.13%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 723 (95.26%) Business Intelligence
2 309 (40.71%) Analytics
3 236 (31.09%) Decision-Making
4 211 (27.80%) Problem-Solving
5 200 (26.35%) Data Modelling
6 196 (25.82%) Continuous Improvement
7 192 (25.30%) AI
8 156 (20.55%) Visualisation
9 152 (20.03%) Stakeholder Management
10 146 (19.24%) Agile
11 137 (18.05%) Actionable Insight
12 115 (15.15%) Data Governance
13 113 (14.89%) ETL
14 111 (14.62%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 96 (12.65%) Data Engineering
16 95 (12.52%) DevOps
17 94 (12.38%) Data Visualisation
18 93 (12.25%) Dashboard Development
19 87 (11.46%) CRM
20 86 (11.33%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 385 (50.72%) SQL
2 150 (19.76%) Python
3 80 (10.54%) C#
4 63 (8.30%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 52 (6.85%) JavaScript
6 30 (3.95%) PowerShell
7 24 (3.16%) T-SQL
8 18 (2.37%) R
9 13 (1.71%) TypeScript
10 12 (1.58%) VBA
11 10 (1.32%) Kusto Query Language
12 6 (0.79%) Scala
13 5 (0.66%) PHP
14 4 (0.53%) VB
15 3 (0.40%) Bicep
15 3 (0.40%) PL/SQL
15 3 (0.40%) X++
16 2 (0.26%) Formula Language
17 1 (0.13%) VB.NET
17 1 (0.13%) XPath
Qualifications
1 90 (11.86%) Degree
2 64 (8.43%) Security Cleared
3 58 (7.64%) SC Cleared
4 21 (2.77%) ACCA
5 17 (2.24%) CIMA
6 16 (2.11%) DBS Check
7 15 (1.98%) Microsoft Certification
8 9 (1.19%) Azure Certification
8 9 (1.19%) Computer Science Degree
9 7 (0.92%) BPSS Clearance
9 7 (0.92%) Master's Degree
9 7 (0.92%) PMI Certification
10 5 (0.66%) PMP
11 4 (0.53%) AAT
11 4 (0.53%) CISM
11 4 (0.53%) CISSP
11 4 (0.53%) CRISC
11 4 (0.53%) ISEB
12 3 (0.40%) Postgraduate
13 2 (0.26%) MCT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 183 (24.11%) Data Quality
2 90 (11.86%) GDPR
3 46 (6.06%) Accessibility
4 32 (4.22%) QA
5 24 (3.16%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 23 (3.03%) SLA
7 20 (2.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 13 (1.71%) PMO
9 12 (1.58%) Actionable Recommendations
10 7 (0.92%) GRC
11 6 (0.79%) ISO 9001
11 6 (0.79%) NIST
11 6 (0.79%) PERC
12 5 (0.66%) SOC 2
13 4 (0.53%) ISO 19650
13 4 (0.53%) NIST 800
14 2 (0.26%) GAAP
14 2 (0.26%) IFRS
14 2 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 20000
15 1 (0.13%) HIPAA
System Software
1 6 (0.79%) Docker
2 4 (0.53%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.13%) BitLocker
3 1 (0.13%) Terminal Services
3 1 (0.13%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (0.79%) Kubernetes
2 3 (0.40%) SQL Sentry
3 2 (0.26%) Ansible
4 1 (0.13%) Failover Clustering
4 1 (0.13%) Grafana
4 1 (0.13%) MOM
4 1 (0.13%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 305 (40.18%) Microsoft
2 65 (8.56%) Databricks
3 41 (5.40%) Google
4 30 (3.95%) SAP
5 28 (3.69%) Oracle
5 28 (3.69%) Salesforce
6 17 (2.24%) Informatica
7 15 (1.98%) ServiceNow
8 12 (1.58%) Alteryx
8 12 (1.58%) Talend
8 12 (1.58%) YouTube
9 11 (1.45%) Adobe
9 11 (1.45%) HP
10 9 (1.19%) Intapp
11 6 (0.79%) HighQ
11 6 (0.79%) HubSpot
11 6 (0.79%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
12 5 (0.66%) Criteo
12 5 (0.66%) Nintex
13 4 (0.53%) iManage