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 22 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 87 82 76
Rank change year-on-year -5 -6 -9
Permanent jobs citing Power BI 685 710 893
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.98% 4.29% 3.62%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 21.73% 23.71% 17.56%
Number of salaries quoted 534 515 725
10th Percentile £38,772 £37,200 £37,900
25th Percentile £43,750 £42,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -12.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £81,250 £70,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £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 2,995 5,085
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 13.70% 18.08% 20.59%
Number of salaries quoted 2,530 2,047 3,859
10th Percentile £36,500 £35,750 £38,713
25th Percentile £46,000 £46,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% -3.85% +4.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £82,500 £93,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £115,000 £122,861
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - - -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 22 August 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 88 (12.85%) SharePoint
2 6 (0.88%) Apache Spark
3 5 (0.73%) Apache
3 5 (0.73%) Apache Airflow
3 5 (0.73%) ArcGIS
4 4 (0.58%) Oracle Workflow
4 4 (0.58%) SAS
5 3 (0.44%) Confluence
5 3 (0.44%) MS Project Server
6 2 (0.29%) Oracle Application Server
6 2 (0.29%) WordPress
7 1 (0.15%) CMS
7 1 (0.15%) Umbraco
Applications
1 168 (24.53%) Microsoft Excel
2 23 (3.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 20 (2.92%) Microsoft Office
4 17 (2.48%) Microsoft Project
5 5 (0.73%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.44%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.29%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.15%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 21 (3.07%) Dynamics CRM
2 13 (1.90%) NetSuite
3 12 (1.75%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 5 (0.73%) SAP ERP
4 5 (0.73%) Visualfiles
5 4 (0.58%) Dynamics NAV
5 4 (0.58%) Elite 3E
6 3 (0.44%) Carpe Diem
7 1 (0.15%) Dynamics GP
7 1 (0.15%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.15%) Raiser’s Edge
7 1 (0.15%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 1 (0.15%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 685 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 238 (34.74%) Azure
3 109 (15.91%) Power Automate
4 99 (14.45%) PowerApps
5 71 (10.36%) Microsoft 365
6 70 (10.22%) Dynamics 365
7 65 (9.49%) Azure Data Factory
8 44 (6.42%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 43 (6.28%) AWS
10 42 (6.13%) Azure DevOps
11 36 (5.26%) Azure Logic Apps
12 34 (4.96%) GCP
13 33 (4.82%) Google Analytics
14 31 (4.53%) Microsoft Purview
14 31 (4.53%) SaaS
15 29 (4.23%) OneDrive
16 28 (4.09%) Snowflake
17 19 (2.77%) Adobe Creative Cloud
18 12 (1.75%) dbt
19 10 (1.46%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 13 (1.90%) Broadband
2 5 (0.73%) SMS
3 3 (0.44%) Firewall
3 3 (0.44%) NAS
3 3 (0.44%) VoIP
3 3 (0.44%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.15%) Intranet
4 1 (0.15%) Modbus
4 1 (0.15%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 125 (18.25%) Tableau
2 65 (9.49%) Data Warehouse
3 59 (8.61%) SQL Server
4 47 (6.86%) Data Lake
5 45 (6.57%) Azure SQL Database
6 44 (6.42%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 38 (5.55%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 36 (5.26%) Looker
9 34 (4.96%) Power Query
10 26 (3.80%) Relational Database
11 23 (3.36%) Metadata
11 23 (3.36%) Star Schema
12 19 (2.77%) BigQuery
13 18 (2.63%) Big Data
13 18 (2.63%) Semantic Layer
14 13 (1.90%) Delta Lake
14 13 (1.90%) NoSQL
14 13 (1.90%) SAP BW
14 13 (1.90%) SQL Server Analysis Services
15 12 (1.75%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 21 (3.07%) Git
2 16 (2.34%) JIRA
3 10 (1.46%) Visual Studio
4 5 (0.73%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 2 (0.29%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.15%) Browser DevTools
6 1 (0.15%) ER Studio
6 1 (0.15%) ERwin
6 1 (0.15%) Toad
General
1 298 (43.50%) Social Skills
2 218 (31.82%) Analytical Skills
3 208 (30.36%) Finance
4 75 (10.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 59 (8.61%) Public Sector
6 56 (8.18%) Law
6 56 (8.18%) Legal
7 54 (7.88%) Marketing
8 42 (6.13%) Organisational Skills
9 39 (5.69%) Retail
10 17 (2.48%) Manufacturing
11 15 (2.19%) Billing
12 14 (2.04%) Documentation Skills
12 14 (2.04%) Presentation Skills
13 12 (1.75%) Banking
14 11 (1.61%) Influencing Skills
14 11 (1.61%) Legal Technology
15 7 (1.02%) Automotive
15 7 (1.02%) Social Housing
16 5 (0.73%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 183 (26.72%) Analyst
2 114 (16.64%) Senior
3 97 (14.16%) Developer
4 73 (10.66%) Data Engineer
5 67 (9.78%) Data Analyst
6 56 (8.18%) Lead
7 34 (4.96%) Data Manager
8 31 (4.53%) Applications Support
8 31 (4.53%) Architect
8 31 (4.53%) Business Analyst
9 30 (4.38%) Senior Analyst
10 29 (4.23%) Consultant
11 26 (3.80%) Applications Manager
11 26 (3.80%) Power Platform Developer
12 25 (3.65%) Senior Developer
13 24 (3.50%) Business Intelligence Analyst
14 23 (3.36%) Data Architect
15 20 (2.92%) Business Intelligence Developer
16 17 (2.48%) Senior Consultant
16 17 (2.48%) Support Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (6.57%) .NET
2 38 (5.55%) HTML
3 31 (4.53%) CSS
4 30 (4.38%) HTML5 Canvas
4 30 (4.38%) PySpark
5 24 (3.50%) JSON
6 20 (2.92%) .NET Core
6 20 (2.92%) Microsoft Graph
7 19 (2.77%) SPFx
8 12 (1.75%) Oracle Fusion
8 12 (1.75%) Terraform
9 10 (1.46%) REST
10 9 (1.31%) React
11 7 (1.02%) Kafka
12 6 (0.88%) ASP.NET
12 6 (0.88%) XML
13 5 (0.73%) ODBC
13 5 (0.73%) Web Services
14 4 (0.58%) Blazor
14 4 (0.58%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 53 (7.74%) Management Information System
2 29 (4.23%) Product Ownership
3 26 (3.80%) Data Structures
4 15 (2.19%) Cloud Native
5 14 (2.04%) Analytical Mindset
5 14 (2.04%) Enterprise Software
5 14 (2.04%) Social Media
6 12 (1.75%) Onboarding
6 12 (1.75%) Self-Motivation
7 9 (1.31%) Low-Code
8 8 (1.17%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 8 (1.17%) Housing Association
9 7 (1.02%) AI Agents
9 7 (1.02%) Legacy Systems
10 6 (0.88%) Cyberattack
10 6 (0.88%) Greenfield Project
10 6 (0.88%) Replication
11 5 (0.73%) Driving Licence
11 5 (0.73%) Life Science
11 5 (0.73%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 11 (1.61%) Windows
2 6 (0.88%) Linux
3 5 (0.73%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.44%) Windows 10
5 2 (0.29%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.15%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.15%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 634 (92.55%) Business Intelligence
2 277 (40.44%) Analytics
3 187 (27.30%) Problem-Solving
4 185 (27.01%) Decision-Making
5 164 (23.94%) Data Modelling
6 158 (23.07%) Continuous Improvement
7 138 (20.15%) AI
8 127 (18.54%) Visualisation
9 124 (18.10%) Agile
10 116 (16.93%) Actionable Insight
11 111 (16.20%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 108 (15.77%) Stakeholder Management
13 102 (14.89%) Data Governance
13 102 (14.89%) ETL
14 93 (13.58%) Project Management
15 89 (12.99%) Data Engineering
16 87 (12.70%) Data Visualisation
17 78 (11.39%) Dashboard Development
18 76 (11.09%) CI/CD
19 75 (10.95%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 356 (51.97%) SQL
2 126 (18.39%) Python
3 66 (9.64%) C#
4 56 (8.18%) JavaScript
5 52 (7.59%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 32 (4.67%) PowerShell
7 22 (3.21%) T-SQL
8 21 (3.07%) TypeScript
9 18 (2.63%) VBA
10 13 (1.90%) R
11 9 (1.31%) Kusto Query Language
12 7 (1.02%) Scala
13 5 (0.73%) VB
14 3 (0.44%) PHP
14 3 (0.44%) PL/SQL
15 2 (0.29%) Bicep
15 2 (0.29%) Formula Language
15 2 (0.29%) X++
16 1 (0.15%) Google Apps Script
16 1 (0.15%) XPath
Qualifications
1 92 (13.43%) Degree
2 62 (9.05%) Security Cleared
3 56 (8.18%) SC Cleared
4 23 (3.36%) ACCA
5 19 (2.77%) CIMA
6 16 (2.34%) DBS Check
6 16 (2.34%) Microsoft Certification
7 12 (1.75%) Computer Science Degree
8 10 (1.46%) Master's Degree
9 8 (1.17%) AAT
10 7 (1.02%) Azure Certification
10 7 (1.02%) PMI Certification
11 6 (0.88%) BPSS Clearance
12 4 (0.58%) ISEB
12 4 (0.58%) PMP
13 2 (0.29%) CompTIA CySA+
13 2 (0.29%) CompTIA Security+
13 2 (0.29%) MCT
13 2 (0.29%) SSCP
14 1 (0.15%) SnowPro
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 136 (19.85%) Data Quality
2 69 (10.07%) GDPR
3 36 (5.26%) Accessibility
4 33 (4.82%) QA
4 33 (4.82%) SLA
5 18 (2.63%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 17 (2.48%) PMO
7 13 (1.90%) Actionable Recommendations
7 13 (1.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 6 (0.88%) NIST
8 6 (0.88%) PERC
9 5 (0.73%) ISO 9001
10 4 (0.58%) GAAP
10 4 (0.58%) IFRS
10 4 (0.58%) NIST 800
11 2 (0.29%) GRC
11 2 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 1 (0.15%) HIPAA
System Software
1 7 (1.02%) Docker
2 4 (0.58%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (0.44%) BitLocker
3 3 (0.44%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 4 (0.58%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.15%) Ansible
2 1 (0.15%) MOM
2 1 (0.15%) SCCM
2 1 (0.15%) SQL Sentry
2 1 (0.15%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 270 (39.42%) Microsoft
2 69 (10.07%) Databricks
3 39 (5.69%) Google
4 34 (4.96%) SAP
5 31 (4.53%) Oracle
6 22 (3.21%) Salesforce
7 20 (2.92%) Adobe
8 13 (1.90%) Alteryx
9 11 (1.61%) Informatica
10 7 (1.02%) Intapp
11 6 (0.88%) HighQ
11 6 (0.88%) HubSpot
11 6 (0.88%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
11 6 (0.88%) Talend
12 5 (0.73%) iManage
13 4 (0.58%) dotdigital
13 4 (0.58%) Hyperion
13 4 (0.58%) ServiceNow
13 4 (0.58%) VMware
13 4 (0.58%) Workday