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 15 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 81 82 86
Rank change year-on-year +1 +4 -25
Permanent jobs citing Power BI 715 673 774
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.98% 4.16% 3.34%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 22.80% 24.75% 16.09%
Number of salaries quoted 531 504 581
10th Percentile £38,772 £37,500 £38,750
25th Percentile £42,750 £42,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -15.38% +18.04%
75th Percentile £80,625 £70,000 £84,964
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 3,136 2,719 4,811
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 13.08% 16.80% 20.75%
Number of salaries quoted 2,469 1,896 3,295
10th Percentile £37,126 £35,500 £39,350
25th Percentile £46,217 £46,250 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £64,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% -5.19% +8.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £82,563 £95,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £115,000 £140,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £62,759
% change year-on-year - -4.40% +0.41%

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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 15 September 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 93 (13.01%) SharePoint
2 6 (0.84%) Apache Spark
3 5 (0.70%) MS Project Server
4 4 (0.56%) Apache
4 4 (0.56%) Apache Airflow
4 4 (0.56%) Confluence
4 4 (0.56%) Oracle Workflow
5 3 (0.42%) SAS
6 2 (0.28%) ArcGIS
6 2 (0.28%) CMS
6 2 (0.28%) Oracle Application Server
6 2 (0.28%) WordPress
7 1 (0.14%) Umbraco
Applications
1 162 (22.66%) Microsoft Excel
2 21 (2.94%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 19 (2.66%) Microsoft Office
4 15 (2.10%) Microsoft Project
5 5 (0.70%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.56%) Chatbot
6 4 (0.56%) Spreadsheet
7 3 (0.42%) AutoCAD
7 3 (0.42%) Navisworks
7 3 (0.42%) ProjectWise
7 3 (0.42%) Revit
8 1 (0.14%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 21 (2.94%) Dynamics CRM
2 12 (1.68%) NetSuite
2 12 (1.68%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 5 (0.70%) Visualfiles
4 4 (0.56%) Dynamics NAV
4 4 (0.56%) Elite 3E
5 3 (0.42%) Carpe Diem
5 3 (0.42%) Integrated Workplace Management System
5 3 (0.42%) SAP ERP
6 2 (0.28%) FastStats
7 1 (0.14%) Dynamics GP
7 1 (0.14%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.14%) Raiser’s Edge
7 1 (0.14%) SAP S/4HANA
7 1 (0.14%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 1 (0.14%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 715 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 244 (34.13%) Azure
3 111 (15.52%) PowerApps
4 110 (15.38%) Power Automate
5 75 (10.49%) Dynamics 365
6 74 (10.35%) Microsoft 365
7 64 (8.95%) Azure Data Factory
8 54 (7.55%) Azure DevOps
9 45 (6.29%) AWS
10 44 (6.15%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 34 (4.76%) Azure Logic Apps
11 34 (4.76%) GCP
11 34 (4.76%) SaaS
12 31 (4.34%) Google Analytics
12 31 (4.34%) Microsoft Purview
13 26 (3.64%) OneDrive
14 25 (3.50%) Snowflake
15 16 (2.24%) Adobe Creative Cloud
16 14 (1.96%) Entra ID
16 14 (1.96%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 14 (1.96%) Broadband
2 6 (0.84%) SMS
3 3 (0.42%) Firewall
3 3 (0.42%) NAS
3 3 (0.42%) VoIP
3 3 (0.42%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.14%) 5G
4 1 (0.14%) Intranet
4 1 (0.14%) Modbus
4 1 (0.14%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 119 (16.64%) Tableau
2 76 (10.63%) Data Warehouse
3 64 (8.95%) SQL Server
4 54 (7.55%) Data Lake
5 49 (6.85%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 48 (6.71%) Azure SQL Database
7 41 (5.73%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 36 (5.03%) Power Query
9 31 (4.34%) Metadata
10 30 (4.20%) Looker
11 27 (3.78%) Relational Database
11 27 (3.78%) Star Schema
12 19 (2.66%) BigQuery
13 18 (2.52%) NoSQL
13 18 (2.52%) Semantic Layer
14 16 (2.24%) MongoDB
15 15 (2.10%) Big Data
15 15 (2.10%) SQL Server Analysis Services
16 13 (1.82%) DynamoDB
16 13 (1.82%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 32 (4.48%) Git
2 16 (2.24%) JIRA
3 10 (1.40%) Visual Studio
4 5 (0.70%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 3 (0.42%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.14%) Browser DevTools
6 1 (0.14%) ER Studio
6 1 (0.14%) ERwin
6 1 (0.14%) RStudio
6 1 (0.14%) Toad
General
1 302 (42.24%) Social Skills
2 229 (32.03%) Analytical Skills
3 219 (30.63%) Finance
4 79 (11.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 65 (9.09%) Public Sector
6 58 (8.11%) Legal
7 57 (7.97%) Law
7 57 (7.97%) Marketing
8 41 (5.73%) Organisational Skills
9 35 (4.90%) Retail
10 21 (2.94%) Documentation Skills
10 21 (2.94%) Manufacturing
11 15 (2.10%) Billing
11 15 (2.10%) Influencing Skills
12 13 (1.82%) Presentation Skills
13 12 (1.68%) Banking
14 11 (1.54%) Legal Technology
15 9 (1.26%) Social Housing
16 7 (0.98%) Local Government
17 6 (0.84%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 181 (25.31%) Analyst
2 117 (16.36%) Senior
3 101 (14.13%) Developer
4 75 (10.49%) Data Engineer
5 70 (9.79%) Data Analyst
6 54 (7.55%) Lead
7 36 (5.03%) Consultant
7 36 (5.03%) Data Manager
8 34 (4.76%) Architect
9 31 (4.34%) Business Analyst
9 31 (4.34%) Senior Analyst
10 28 (3.92%) Applications Support
11 24 (3.36%) Power Platform Developer
12 23 (3.22%) Applications Manager
12 23 (3.22%) Business Intelligence Analyst
12 23 (3.22%) Data Architect
13 22 (3.08%) Senior Consultant
14 21 (2.94%) IT Manager
15 19 (2.66%) Business Intelligence Developer
15 19 (2.66%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (6.15%) .NET
2 38 (5.31%) HTML
3 31 (4.34%) CSS
3 31 (4.34%) PySpark
4 25 (3.50%) HTML5 Canvas
5 21 (2.94%) JSON
6 18 (2.52%) .NET Core
7 17 (2.38%) Microsoft Graph
8 16 (2.24%) SPFx
9 14 (1.96%) REST
10 13 (1.82%) Oracle Fusion
11 12 (1.68%) Terraform
12 9 (1.26%) React
13 6 (0.84%) ASP.NET
13 6 (0.84%) Kafka
13 6 (0.84%) Pandas
13 6 (0.84%) XML
14 5 (0.70%) NumPy
14 5 (0.70%) RESTful
14 5 (0.70%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 51 (7.13%) Management Information System
2 34 (4.76%) Product Ownership
3 25 (3.50%) Data Structures
4 18 (2.52%) Enterprise Software
5 14 (1.96%) Low-Code
5 14 (1.96%) Self-Motivation
6 13 (1.82%) Analytical Mindset
6 13 (1.82%) Cloud Native
6 13 (1.82%) Social Media
7 12 (1.68%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 11 (1.54%) Legacy Systems
9 10 (1.40%) Onboarding
10 8 (1.12%) Greenfield Project
10 8 (1.12%) Housing Association
11 7 (0.98%) AI Agents
12 6 (0.84%) Cyberattack
13 5 (0.70%) Educational Technology
13 5 (0.70%) Mobile App
13 5 (0.70%) Replication
14 4 (0.56%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 15 (2.10%) Windows
2 5 (0.70%) Linux
2 5 (0.70%) Windows Server
3 3 (0.42%) Windows 10
4 2 (0.28%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.14%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 670 (93.71%) Business Intelligence
2 282 (39.44%) Analytics
3 206 (28.81%) Decision-Making
4 202 (28.25%) Problem-Solving
5 183 (25.59%) Data Modelling
6 174 (24.34%) Continuous Improvement
7 168 (23.50%) AI
8 133 (18.60%) Agile
9 129 (18.04%) Visualisation
10 127 (17.76%) Stakeholder Management
11 122 (17.06%) Actionable Insight
12 116 (16.22%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 109 (15.24%) Data Governance
14 108 (15.10%) ETL
15 92 (12.87%) Data Engineering
16 87 (12.17%) Project Management
17 85 (11.89%) Dashboard Development
17 85 (11.89%) DevOps
18 82 (11.47%) Data Visualisation
19 80 (11.19%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 366 (51.19%) SQL
2 139 (19.44%) Python
3 76 (10.63%) C#
4 59 (8.25%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 55 (7.69%) JavaScript
6 32 (4.48%) PowerShell
7 21 (2.94%) T-SQL
8 18 (2.52%) TypeScript
9 16 (2.24%) R
9 16 (2.24%) VBA
10 9 (1.26%) Kusto Query Language
11 7 (0.98%) Scala
12 4 (0.56%) VB
13 3 (0.42%) PHP
13 3 (0.42%) PL/SQL
13 3 (0.42%) X++
14 2 (0.28%) Formula Language
15 1 (0.14%) Java
15 1 (0.14%) VB.NET
15 1 (0.14%) XPath
Qualifications
1 92 (12.87%) Degree
2 64 (8.95%) Security Cleared
3 58 (8.11%) SC Cleared
4 20 (2.80%) ACCA
5 18 (2.52%) DBS Check
6 16 (2.24%) CIMA
7 15 (2.10%) Microsoft Certification
8 10 (1.40%) Master's Degree
9 8 (1.12%) Azure Certification
9 8 (1.12%) Computer Science Degree
10 7 (0.98%) BPSS Clearance
10 7 (0.98%) PMI Certification
11 5 (0.70%) PMP
12 4 (0.56%) AAT
12 4 (0.56%) ISEB
13 3 (0.42%) Postgraduate
14 2 (0.28%) CompTIA CySA+
14 2 (0.28%) CompTIA Security+
14 2 (0.28%) MCT
14 2 (0.28%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 156 (21.82%) Data Quality
2 74 (10.35%) GDPR
3 41 (5.73%) Accessibility
4 33 (4.62%) QA
5 28 (3.92%) SLA
6 22 (3.08%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 18 (2.52%) PMO
8 13 (1.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 11 (1.54%) Actionable Recommendations
10 6 (0.84%) NIST
10 6 (0.84%) PERC
11 5 (0.70%) ISO 9001
12 4 (0.56%) NIST 800
13 3 (0.42%) ISO 19650
14 2 (0.28%) GAAP
14 2 (0.28%) GRC
14 2 (0.28%) IFRS
14 2 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 20000
15 1 (0.14%) HIPAA
System Software
1 6 (0.84%) Docker
2 3 (0.42%) BitLocker
2 3 (0.42%) Terminal Services
2 3 (0.42%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (0.70%) Kubernetes
2 2 (0.28%) Ansible
3 1 (0.14%) MOM
3 1 (0.14%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 291 (40.70%) Microsoft
2 65 (9.09%) Databricks
3 37 (5.17%) Google
4 34 (4.76%) SAP
5 29 (4.06%) Oracle
6 21 (2.94%) Salesforce
7 16 (2.24%) Adobe
8 15 (2.10%) Informatica
9 12 (1.68%) Alteryx
9 12 (1.68%) ServiceNow
9 12 (1.68%) YouTube
10 10 (1.40%) HP
10 10 (1.40%) Talend
11 7 (0.98%) Intapp
12 6 (0.84%) HighQ
12 6 (0.84%) HubSpot
12 6 (0.84%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
13 5 (0.70%) iManage
13 5 (0.70%) Nintex
14 4 (0.56%) Workday