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 18 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 89 81 57
Rank change year-on-year -8 -24 +13
Permanent jobs citing Power BI 646 719 1,317
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.01% 4.38% 4.30%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 21.61% 22.45% 20.39%
Number of salaries quoted 490 521 1,128
10th Percentile £37,500 £36,250 £36,365
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,000 £43,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £80,000 £70,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £90,125 £93,778 £92,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,790 £55,000
% change year-on-year -1.42% +1.44% -

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 2,990 3,202 6,460
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 13.91% 19.49% 21.09%
Number of salaries quoted 2,393 2,146 5,297
10th Percentile £37,250 £36,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,163 £46,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £63,338 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.27% +5.56% -4.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £82,751 £84,964
90th Percentile £95,000 £115,000 £118,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,875 £59,000
% change year-on-year -1.44% +3.18% -5.60%

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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 18 July 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 73 (11.30%) SharePoint
2 8 (1.24%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (1.08%) Apache Airflow
4 4 (0.62%) Apache Spark
4 4 (0.62%) ArcGIS
4 4 (0.62%) Oracle Workflow
4 4 (0.62%) SAS
5 3 (0.46%) CMS
6 2 (0.31%) Apache
6 2 (0.31%) Confluence
6 2 (0.31%) Drupal
7 1 (0.15%) Umbraco
7 1 (0.15%) WordPress
Applications
1 168 (26.01%) Microsoft Excel
2 26 (4.02%) Microsoft Office
3 25 (3.87%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 17 (2.63%) Microsoft Project
5 7 (1.08%) Spreadsheet
6 5 (0.77%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.31%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 22 (3.41%) Dynamics CRM
2 13 (2.01%) NetSuite
3 12 (1.86%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 5 (0.77%) SAP ERP
5 4 (0.62%) Dynamics NAV
6 3 (0.46%) Carpe Diem
6 3 (0.46%) Elite 3E
6 3 (0.46%) Visualfiles
7 1 (0.15%) Dynamics GP
7 1 (0.15%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.15%) Raiser’s Edge
7 1 (0.15%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 646 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 234 (36.22%) Azure
3 100 (15.48%) Power Automate
4 82 (12.69%) PowerApps
5 77 (11.92%) Microsoft 365
6 61 (9.44%) Dynamics 365
7 60 (9.29%) Azure Data Factory
8 43 (6.66%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 39 (6.04%) Azure Logic Apps
10 36 (5.57%) SaaS
11 31 (4.80%) Azure DevOps
12 30 (4.64%) Google Analytics
12 30 (4.64%) OneDrive
13 29 (4.49%) Microsoft Purview
14 26 (4.02%) AWS
15 24 (3.72%) GCP
16 21 (3.25%) Snowflake
17 19 (2.94%) Adobe Creative Cloud
18 12 (1.86%) Entra ID
19 11 (1.70%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 13 (2.01%) Broadband
2 4 (0.62%) Firewall
2 4 (0.62%) SMS
3 3 (0.46%) NAS
3 3 (0.46%) VoIP
3 3 (0.46%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.15%) Intranet
4 1 (0.15%) Modbus
4 1 (0.15%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 120 (18.58%) Tableau
2 67 (10.37%) SQL Server
3 52 (8.05%) Data Warehouse
4 48 (7.43%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 41 (6.35%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 39 (6.04%) Data Lake
7 36 (5.57%) Azure SQL Database
8 31 (4.80%) Power Query
9 28 (4.33%) Big Data
9 28 (4.33%) Looker
10 24 (3.72%) Relational Database
11 20 (3.10%) PostgreSQL
12 19 (2.94%) BigQuery
12 19 (2.94%) MySQL
13 17 (2.63%) Star Schema
14 16 (2.48%) Metadata
14 16 (2.48%) Semantic Layer
15 13 (2.01%) SAP BW
16 11 (1.70%) SQL Server Analysis Services
17 10 (1.55%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 13 (2.01%) JIRA
2 12 (1.86%) Git
3 10 (1.55%) Visual Studio
4 9 (1.39%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (0.15%) Browser DevTools
5 1 (0.15%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.15%) Postman
5 1 (0.15%) Toad
General
1 281 (43.50%) Social Skills
2 207 (32.04%) Analytical Skills
3 185 (28.64%) Finance
4 73 (11.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 62 (9.60%) Public Sector
6 46 (7.12%) Law
7 45 (6.97%) Legal
8 41 (6.35%) Marketing
9 36 (5.57%) Retail
10 32 (4.95%) Organisational Skills
11 15 (2.32%) Documentation Skills
12 10 (1.55%) Manufacturing
13 9 (1.39%) Automotive
13 9 (1.39%) Presentation Skills
14 8 (1.24%) Banking
14 8 (1.24%) Billing
14 8 (1.24%) Social Housing
15 7 (1.08%) Publishing
16 5 (0.77%) Advertising
16 5 (0.77%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 189 (29.26%) Analyst
2 108 (16.72%) Senior
3 92 (14.24%) Developer
4 68 (10.53%) Data Analyst
5 67 (10.37%) Data Engineer
6 56 (8.67%) Lead
7 33 (5.11%) Data Manager
8 29 (4.49%) Applications Support
9 28 (4.33%) Business Intelligence Analyst
10 26 (4.02%) Applications Manager
10 26 (4.02%) Senior Analyst
10 26 (4.02%) Senior Developer
11 25 (3.87%) Business Intelligence Developer
11 25 (3.87%) Consultant
12 24 (3.72%) Architect
12 24 (3.72%) Big Data Engineer
12 24 (3.72%) DataOps Engineer
12 24 (3.72%) DataOps Leader
12 24 (3.72%) Lead Big Data Engineer
12 24 (3.72%) Power Platform Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (6.66%) .NET
2 38 (5.88%) HTML
3 33 (5.11%) CSS
3 33 (5.11%) HTML5 Canvas
4 31 (4.80%) JSON
5 24 (3.72%) PySpark
6 21 (3.25%) .NET Core
7 20 (3.10%) Microsoft Graph
8 19 (2.94%) SPFx
9 14 (2.17%) XML
10 12 (1.86%) Oracle Fusion
11 8 (1.24%) React
11 8 (1.24%) REST
12 5 (0.77%) ASP.NET
12 5 (0.77%) Kafka
12 5 (0.77%) Web Services
13 4 (0.62%) Middleware
14 3 (0.46%) ADO
14 3 (0.46%) HTML5
14 3 (0.46%) Regular Expression
Miscellaneous
1 60 (9.29%) Management Information System
2 39 (6.04%) Data Structures
3 25 (3.87%) Product Ownership
4 18 (2.79%) Onboarding
5 16 (2.48%) Analytical Mindset
6 14 (2.17%) Social Media
7 13 (2.01%) Self-Motivation
8 12 (1.86%) Cloud Native
9 7 (1.08%) Enterprise Software
9 7 (1.08%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 7 (1.08%) Greenfield Project
10 6 (0.93%) AI Agents
10 6 (0.93%) Cyberattack
10 6 (0.93%) Legacy Systems
11 5 (0.77%) Data Fabric
11 5 (0.77%) Driving Licence
11 5 (0.77%) Life Science
11 5 (0.77%) Low-Code
11 5 (0.77%) Mobile App
11 5 (0.77%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 9 (1.39%) Linux
2 7 (1.08%) Windows
3 5 (0.77%) Unix
4 4 (0.62%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.46%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.31%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.31%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 590 (91.33%) Business Intelligence
2 236 (36.53%) Analytics
3 169 (26.16%) Decision-Making
4 150 (23.22%) Problem-Solving
5 148 (22.91%) Data Modelling
6 128 (19.81%) Continuous Improvement
7 127 (19.66%) Visualisation
8 108 (16.72%) Actionable Insight
9 105 (16.25%) AI
10 100 (15.48%) Project Management
11 93 (14.40%) ETL
12 92 (14.24%) Agile
13 91 (14.09%) Data Visualisation
14 88 (13.62%) Data Governance
14 88 (13.62%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 83 (12.85%) CRM
16 75 (11.61%) Data Analysis
17 73 (11.30%) Data Engineering
18 71 (10.99%) CI/CD
19 67 (10.37%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 321 (49.69%) SQL
2 111 (17.18%) Python
3 59 (9.13%) C#
4 50 (7.74%) JavaScript
5 49 (7.59%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 42 (6.50%) PowerShell
7 29 (4.49%) T-SQL
8 22 (3.41%) VBA
9 19 (2.94%) TypeScript
10 15 (2.32%) R
11 12 (1.86%) Kusto Query Language
12 7 (1.08%) VB
13 5 (0.77%) VBScript
14 4 (0.62%) Scala
15 3 (0.46%) PL/SQL
16 2 (0.31%) Bicep
16 2 (0.31%) Formula Language
16 2 (0.31%) X++
17 1 (0.15%) C
17 1 (0.15%) Google Apps Script
Qualifications
1 105 (16.25%) Degree
2 49 (7.59%) Security Cleared
3 42 (6.50%) SC Cleared
4 33 (5.11%) ACCA
5 29 (4.49%) CIMA
6 21 (3.25%) DBS Check
7 17 (2.63%) Microsoft Certification
8 16 (2.48%) Computer Science Degree
9 14 (2.17%) AAT
10 8 (1.24%) Master's Degree
11 6 (0.93%) Azure Certification
11 6 (0.93%) BPSS Clearance
12 4 (0.62%) PMI Certification
13 3 (0.46%) ISEB
13 3 (0.46%) PMP
14 2 (0.31%) CIPFA
14 2 (0.31%) CompTIA CySA+
14 2 (0.31%) CompTIA Security+
14 2 (0.31%) Numerate Degree
14 2 (0.31%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 127 (19.66%) Data Quality
2 61 (9.44%) GDPR
3 38 (5.88%) SLA
4 35 (5.42%) QA
5 27 (4.18%) Accessibility
6 20 (3.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 15 (2.32%) PMO
8 14 (2.17%) Actionable Recommendations
8 14 (2.17%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 6 (0.93%) NIST
10 5 (0.77%) IFRS
10 5 (0.77%) ISO 9001
10 5 (0.77%) PERC
11 4 (0.62%) GAAP
11 4 (0.62%) NIST 800
12 2 (0.31%) GRC
12 2 (0.31%) ISO/IEC 20000
13 1 (0.15%) IFRS 17
System Software
1 8 (1.24%) Active Directory
1 8 (1.24%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (0.62%) Docker
3 3 (0.46%) BitLocker
3 3 (0.46%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 11 (1.70%) Terraform
2 5 (0.77%) SCCM
3 2 (0.31%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.15%) Ansible
4 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.15%) MOM
4 1 (0.15%) SQL Sentry
4 1 (0.15%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 252 (39.01%) Microsoft
2 62 (9.60%) Databricks
3 36 (5.57%) Google
3 36 (5.57%) Oracle
4 29 (4.49%) SAP
5 24 (3.72%) Adobe
6 23 (3.56%) Salesforce
7 14 (2.17%) Alteryx
8 10 (1.55%) Informatica
9 8 (1.24%) VMware
10 7 (1.08%) HubSpot
11 6 (0.93%) Intapp
12 5 (0.77%) ESRI
12 5 (0.77%) Hotjar
12 5 (0.77%) IBM
12 5 (0.77%) ServiceNow
12 5 (0.77%) Snow
13 4 (0.62%) Hyperion
13 4 (0.62%) JD Edwards
13 4 (0.62%) Talend