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

6 months to
15 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 78 66 57
Rank change year-on-year -12 -9 +18
Permanent jobs citing Power BI 558 581 1,515
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.19% 4.43% 4.71%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 24.28% 17.31% 20.99%
Number of salaries quoted 407 402 1,306
10th Percentile £36,250 £36,325 £36,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £42,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £89,975 £84,964
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £53,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +8.49% -3.64%

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 2,298 3,356 7,217
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 13.15% 25.61% 22.46%
Number of salaries quoted 1,706 2,431 6,200
10th Percentile £37,500 £37,500 £37,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £49,059 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +13.04% -11.54%
75th Percentile £81,250 £90,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £120,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -10.20%

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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 April 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 63 (11.29%) SharePoint
2 10 (1.79%) Apache Airflow
3 8 (1.43%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (1.43%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 6 (1.08%) Apache Spark
5 5 (0.90%) CMS
5 5 (0.90%) SAS
6 4 (0.72%) Confluence
6 4 (0.72%) Umbraco
7 3 (0.54%) ArcGIS
7 3 (0.54%) Drupal
8 2 (0.36%) Moodle
9 1 (0.18%) Apache
9 1 (0.18%) Jupyter
Applications
1 167 (29.93%) Microsoft Excel
2 25 (4.48%) Microsoft Office
3 15 (2.69%) Microsoft Project
4 14 (2.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 7 (1.25%) Trello
6 6 (1.08%) Spreadsheet
7 5 (0.90%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 18 (3.23%) Dynamics CRM
2 12 (2.15%) NetSuite
3 8 (1.43%) Oracle ERP
4 6 (1.08%) NEC Housing
5 5 (0.90%) SAP ERP
6 3 (0.54%) ResourceLink
7 2 (0.36%) SAP HR
8 1 (0.18%) Elite 3E
8 1 (0.18%) Salesforce CRM
8 1 (0.18%) SAP Business One
8 1 (0.18%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 558 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 252 (45.16%) Azure
3 94 (16.85%) Power Automate
4 91 (16.31%) Azure Data Factory
5 73 (13.08%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 67 (12.01%) Microsoft 365
7 65 (11.65%) PowerApps
8 43 (7.71%) Dynamics 365
9 33 (5.91%) Azure DevOps
10 25 (4.48%) Snowflake
11 23 (4.12%) Google Analytics
11 23 (4.12%) SaaS
12 22 (3.94%) Azure Logic Apps
12 22 (3.94%) GCP
13 21 (3.76%) GitHub
14 18 (3.23%) AWS
15 15 (2.69%) GitHub Copilot
15 15 (2.69%) OneDrive
16 14 (2.51%) dbt
17 13 (2.33%) Azure Machine Learning
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.72%) Firewall
2 3 (0.54%) Modbus
2 3 (0.54%) MQTT
2 3 (0.54%) NAS
2 3 (0.54%) VoIP
2 3 (0.54%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (0.36%) Intranet
3 2 (0.36%) WAN
4 1 (0.18%) ADSL
4 1 (0.18%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 104 (18.64%) Tableau
2 81 (14.52%) SQL Server
3 55 (9.86%) Azure SQL Database
4 49 (8.78%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 40 (7.17%) Data Warehouse
6 39 (6.99%) Power Query
7 31 (5.56%) Big Data
8 26 (4.66%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 23 (4.12%) Data Lake
9 23 (4.12%) Looker
10 16 (2.87%) MySQL
11 13 (2.33%) BigQuery
12 12 (2.15%) PostgreSQL
13 10 (1.79%) Metadata
14 9 (1.61%) Relational Database
14 9 (1.61%) Star Schema
15 8 (1.43%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
15 8 (1.43%) PowerPivot
16 7 (1.25%) QlikView
17 6 (1.08%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 21 (3.76%) Git
2 17 (3.05%) JIRA
3 11 (1.97%) Jenkins
4 8 (1.43%) Oracle Forms
5 4 (0.72%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 3 (0.54%) ERwin
6 3 (0.54%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.18%) ER Studio
7 1 (0.18%) Oracle APEX
7 1 (0.18%) Postman
7 1 (0.18%) PowerDesigner
7 1 (0.18%) Team Foundation Server
7 1 (0.18%) Toad
General
1 238 (42.65%) Social Skills
2 199 (35.66%) Analytical Skills
3 183 (32.80%) Finance
4 53 (9.50%) Public Sector
5 44 (7.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 36 (6.45%) Marketing
7 28 (5.02%) Legal
8 26 (4.66%) Retail
9 24 (4.30%) Law
9 24 (4.30%) Presentation Skills
10 23 (4.12%) Organisational Skills
11 15 (2.69%) Billing
12 14 (2.51%) Manufacturing
13 12 (2.15%) Automotive
14 10 (1.79%) Banking
14 10 (1.79%) Publishing
14 10 (1.79%) Telecoms
15 8 (1.43%) Documentation Skills
16 6 (1.08%) Investment Banking
17 5 (0.90%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 187 (33.51%) Analyst
2 84 (15.05%) Senior
3 74 (13.26%) Developer
4 68 (12.19%) Data Analyst
5 56 (10.04%) Lead
6 35 (6.27%) Data Engineer
7 29 (5.20%) Big Data Engineer
7 29 (5.20%) DataOps Engineer
7 29 (5.20%) DataOps Leader
7 29 (5.20%) Lead Big Data Engineer
8 28 (5.02%) Business Intelligence Developer
9 27 (4.84%) IT Support
10 25 (4.48%) Senior Analyst
11 24 (4.30%) Business Intelligence Analyst
11 24 (4.30%) Commercial Analyst
11 24 (4.30%) Senior Developer
12 23 (4.12%) Applications Support
13 21 (3.76%) Applications Manager
13 21 (3.76%) Business Analyst
13 21 (3.76%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (5.20%) .NET
1 29 (5.20%) HTML5 Canvas
2 27 (4.84%) JSON
3 23 (4.12%) CSS
3 23 (4.12%) HTML
4 15 (2.69%) PySpark
4 15 (2.69%) XML
5 14 (2.51%) .NET Core
6 11 (1.97%) Microsoft Graph
6 11 (1.97%) SPFx
7 9 (1.61%) RESTful
8 8 (1.43%) OAuth
8 8 (1.43%) OAuth2
8 8 (1.43%) SAML
9 7 (1.25%) EDI
10 6 (1.08%) Kafka
11 3 (0.54%) .NET Framework
11 3 (0.54%) AngularJS
11 3 (0.54%) ASP.NET
11 3 (0.54%) React
Miscellaneous
1 43 (7.71%) Management Information System
2 33 (5.91%) Analytical Mindset
3 31 (5.56%) Data Structures
4 29 (5.20%) Self-Motivation
5 23 (4.12%) Cloud Native
6 18 (3.23%) Onboarding
7 15 (2.69%) Enterprise Software
7 15 (2.69%) Low-Code
8 11 (1.97%) FMCG
9 10 (1.79%) Greenfield Project
9 10 (1.79%) Product Ownership
10 9 (1.61%) Algorithms
11 5 (0.90%) Legacy Systems
11 5 (0.90%) Life Science
11 5 (0.90%) Reinsurance
11 5 (0.90%) Replication
12 4 (0.72%) Mobile App
13 3 (0.54%) Manufacturing Execution System
13 3 (0.54%) SCADA
13 3 (0.54%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 7 (1.25%) Windows
2 6 (1.08%) Linux
2 6 (1.08%) Unix
3 4 (0.72%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.54%) Windows 10
5 2 (0.36%) VMS
6 1 (0.18%) Android
6 1 (0.18%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 514 (92.11%) Business Intelligence
2 197 (35.30%) Analytics
3 169 (30.29%) Decision-Making
4 149 (26.70%) Visualisation
5 137 (24.55%) Problem-Solving
6 121 (21.68%) Continuous Improvement
7 115 (20.61%) Data Modelling
8 108 (19.35%) Data Analysis
9 91 (16.31%) Data Visualisation
10 88 (15.77%) Actionable Insight
11 83 (14.87%) Agile
11 83 (14.87%) ETL
12 80 (14.34%) AI
13 72 (12.90%) CI/CD
14 70 (12.54%) CRM
15 68 (12.19%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 63 (11.29%) Data Management
17 62 (11.11%) Project Management
18 61 (10.93%) Data Engineering
19 59 (10.57%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 287 (51.43%) SQL
2 130 (23.30%) Python
3 58 (10.39%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 44 (7.89%) C#
5 35 (6.27%) JavaScript
6 32 (5.73%) PowerShell
7 22 (3.94%) R
7 22 (3.94%) T-SQL
8 17 (3.05%) VBA
9 13 (2.33%) TypeScript
10 10 (1.79%) Java
11 8 (1.43%) PL/SQL
11 8 (1.43%) Shell Script
12 5 (0.90%) Kusto Query Language
12 5 (0.90%) Scala
12 5 (0.90%) VB
12 5 (0.90%) VBScript
13 2 (0.36%) Bicep
13 2 (0.36%) Ruby
14 1 (0.18%) C
Qualifications
1 99 (17.74%) Degree
2 41 (7.35%) Security Cleared
3 34 (6.09%) ACCA
3 34 (6.09%) CIMA
4 31 (5.56%) SC Cleared
5 25 (4.48%) Microsoft Certification
6 23 (4.12%) DBS Check
7 22 (3.94%) Computer Science Degree
8 14 (2.51%) AAT
9 12 (2.15%) Six Sigma Green Belt
10 9 (1.61%) Azure Certification
11 6 (1.08%) Master's Degree
11 6 (1.08%) PMI Certification
11 6 (1.08%) PMP
12 4 (0.72%) CIPFA
12 4 (0.72%) DV Cleared
12 4 (0.72%) Numerate Degree
13 3 (0.54%) CIPD
14 2 (0.36%) ISACA
14 2 (0.36%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 96 (17.20%) Data Quality
2 40 (7.17%) SLA
3 29 (5.20%) GDPR
4 23 (4.12%) Actionable Recommendations
5 19 (3.41%) PMO
6 17 (3.05%) QA
7 11 (1.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 7 (1.25%) Accessibility
9 3 (0.54%) IFRS
10 2 (0.36%) GAAP
10 2 (0.36%) GRC
10 2 (0.36%) WCAG
11 1 (0.18%) IFRS 17
11 1 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 1 (0.18%) NIST
11 1 (0.18%) P3O
System Software
1 8 (1.43%) Active Directory
1 8 (1.43%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (1.08%) Docker
3 3 (0.54%) BitLocker
3 3 (0.54%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 11 (1.97%) Terraform
2 8 (1.43%) Single Sign-On
3 5 (0.90%) Kubernetes
3 5 (0.90%) SCCM
4 4 (0.72%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.36%) Argo
6 1 (0.18%) Control-M
6 1 (0.18%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 204 (36.56%) Microsoft
2 68 (12.19%) Databricks
3 29 (5.20%) Google
3 29 (5.20%) Oracle
4 21 (3.76%) Salesforce
5 19 (3.41%) Informatica
5 19 (3.41%) SAP
6 16 (2.87%) Adobe
7 11 (1.97%) Alteryx
8 9 (1.61%) Northgate
9 8 (1.43%) VMware
10 7 (1.25%) Hotjar
11 6 (1.08%) IBM
12 5 (0.90%) ESRI
12 5 (0.90%) ServiceNow
12 5 (0.90%) Snow
13 4 (0.72%) HubSpot
13 4 (0.72%) JD Edwards
13 4 (0.72%) Talend
14 3 (0.54%) Sophos