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

6 months to
12 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 71 80 56
Rank change year-on-year +9 -24 +16
Permanent jobs citing Power BI 558 634 1,403
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.43% 4.03% 5.11%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 26.11% 15.64% 20.74%
Number of salaries quoted 371 362 1,229
10th Percentile £36,250 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £58,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.48% +5.45% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £74,159 £66,250
90th Percentile £88,750 £88,625 £82,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +14.29% -6.25%

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 2,137 4,055 6,764
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 13.12% 25.77% 24.61%
Number of salaries quoted 1,540 2,454 5,753
10th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £46,104 £50,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £67,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% +17.39% -8.00%
75th Percentile £81,250 £93,750 £73,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £118,750 £91,934
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +13.04% -8.00%

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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 12 February 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 52 (9.32%) SharePoint
2 17 (3.05%) Confluence
2 17 (3.05%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 9 (1.61%) SAS
4 8 (1.43%) Microsoft Exchange
5 7 (1.25%) Apache Airflow
6 5 (0.90%) Apache Spark
6 5 (0.90%) CMS
7 4 (0.72%) Umbraco
8 3 (0.54%) Drupal
9 2 (0.36%) Moodle
10 1 (0.18%) Jupyter
Applications
1 193 (34.59%) Microsoft Excel
2 28 (5.02%) Microsoft Office
3 13 (2.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (1.43%) Trello
5 7 (1.25%) Spreadsheet
6 6 (1.08%) MS Visio
7 4 (0.72%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 21 (3.76%) Dynamics CRM
2 17 (3.05%) Oracle ERP
3 12 (2.15%) NetSuite
4 8 (1.43%) Visualfiles
5 6 (1.08%) NEC Housing
6 3 (0.54%) ResourceLink
7 2 (0.36%) SAP Business One
7 2 (0.36%) SAP HR
8 1 (0.18%) Dynamics GP
8 1 (0.18%) Elite 3E
8 1 (0.18%) Pegasus Opera
8 1 (0.18%) Primavera
8 1 (0.18%) Salesforce CRM
8 1 (0.18%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 558 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 253 (45.34%) Azure
3 81 (14.52%) Azure Data Factory
4 70 (12.54%) Power Automate
5 69 (12.37%) PowerApps
6 64 (11.47%) Microsoft 365
7 56 (10.04%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 52 (9.32%) Azure DevOps
9 47 (8.42%) Dynamics 365
10 39 (6.99%) Snowflake
11 34 (6.09%) GitHub
12 28 (5.02%) AWS
13 24 (4.30%) GitHub Copilot
14 23 (4.12%) GCP
15 18 (3.23%) OCI
15 18 (3.23%) SaaS
16 16 (2.87%) Google Analytics
17 15 (2.69%) dbt
18 14 (2.51%) Azure Logic Apps
19 13 (2.33%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.54%) Modbus
1 3 (0.54%) MQTT
2 2 (0.36%) Intranet
2 2 (0.36%) WAN
3 1 (0.18%) ADSL
3 1 (0.18%) Firewall
3 1 (0.18%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 138 (24.73%) Tableau
2 76 (13.62%) SQL Server
3 70 (12.54%) Data Warehouse
4 58 (10.39%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 42 (7.53%) Azure SQL Database
6 31 (5.56%) Data Lake
7 30 (5.38%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 27 (4.84%) Power Query
9 20 (3.58%) Looker
10 17 (3.05%) Metadata
11 16 (2.87%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
12 14 (2.51%) Big Data
12 14 (2.51%) MySQL
13 11 (1.97%) BigQuery
14 10 (1.79%) PostgreSQL
15 8 (1.43%) Crystal Reports
15 8 (1.43%) SAS EBI
15 8 (1.43%) SQL Server Analysis Services
16 7 (1.25%) Qlik Sense
16 7 (1.25%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 39 (6.99%) JIRA
2 29 (5.20%) Git
3 20 (3.58%) Jenkins
4 17 (3.05%) Oracle Forms
5 6 (1.08%) ERwin
6 4 (0.72%) ER Studio
6 4 (0.72%) PowerDesigner
6 4 (0.72%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 3 (0.54%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.18%) Oracle APEX
8 1 (0.18%) Postman
8 1 (0.18%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 230 (41.22%) Finance
2 223 (39.96%) Social Skills
3 199 (35.66%) Analytical Skills
4 55 (9.86%) Marketing
5 47 (8.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 43 (7.71%) Public Sector
7 30 (5.38%) Retail
8 26 (4.66%) Organisational Skills
9 25 (4.48%) Presentation Skills
10 24 (4.30%) Manufacturing
11 20 (3.58%) Law
11 20 (3.58%) Legal
12 18 (3.23%) Billing
13 13 (2.33%) Banking
14 12 (2.15%) Telecoms
15 11 (1.97%) Advertising
16 10 (1.79%) Publishing
17 7 (1.25%) Local Government
18 6 (1.08%) Influencing Skills
19 5 (0.90%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 195 (34.95%) Analyst
2 80 (14.34%) Developer
2 80 (14.34%) Senior
3 70 (12.54%) Data Analyst
4 52 (9.32%) Lead
5 33 (5.91%) Data Engineer
6 30 (5.38%) Business Intelligence Developer
7 28 (5.02%) Applications Engineer
8 27 (4.84%) Business Intelligence Analyst
9 26 (4.66%) Business Analyst
10 24 (4.30%) Commercial Analyst
10 24 (4.30%) Power Platform Developer
10 24 (4.30%) Support Analyst
11 22 (3.94%) Consultant
12 21 (3.76%) Data Scientist
13 19 (3.41%) Cloud Engineer
13 19 (3.41%) Insight Analyst
13 19 (3.41%) Senior Analyst
14 18 (3.23%) Senior Developer
15 15 (2.69%) Applications Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (3.76%) .NET
2 18 (3.23%) HTML5 Canvas
2 18 (3.23%) RESTful
3 17 (3.05%) JSON
3 17 (3.05%) OAuth
3 17 (3.05%) OAuth2
3 17 (3.05%) SAML
3 17 (3.05%) XML
4 11 (1.97%) HTML
5 10 (1.79%) CSS
6 9 (1.61%) Middleware
7 8 (1.43%) PySpark
8 7 (1.25%) EDI
9 5 (0.90%) .NET Core
10 4 (0.72%) AngularJS
10 4 (0.72%) Kafka
10 4 (0.72%) React
10 4 (0.72%) REST
10 4 (0.72%) Web Services
11 3 (0.54%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 42 (7.53%) Analytical Mindset
2 37 (6.63%) Management Information System
3 36 (6.45%) Cloud Native
4 29 (5.20%) Data Structures
4 29 (5.20%) Self-Motivation
5 24 (4.30%) Product Ownership
6 23 (4.12%) Onboarding
7 22 (3.94%) Enterprise Software
8 15 (2.69%) Low-Code
9 11 (1.97%) FMCG
10 10 (1.79%) Algorithms
10 10 (1.79%) Greenfield Project
11 8 (1.43%) Legacy Systems
12 6 (1.08%) Reinsurance
13 5 (0.90%) Credit Risk
13 5 (0.90%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 4 (0.72%) Market Risk
14 4 (0.72%) Social Media
15 3 (0.54%) Housing Association
15 3 (0.54%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 11 (1.97%) Windows
2 5 (0.90%) Linux
2 5 (0.90%) Unix
3 2 (0.36%) VMS
4 1 (0.18%) Android
4 1 (0.18%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.18%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 519 (93.01%) Business Intelligence
2 221 (39.61%) Analytics
3 173 (31.00%) Decision-Making
4 169 (30.29%) Visualisation
5 144 (25.81%) Continuous Improvement
6 131 (23.48%) Problem-Solving
7 119 (21.33%) Agile
8 116 (20.79%) Data Analysis
9 107 (19.18%) Data Modelling
10 105 (18.82%) Data Visualisation
11 104 (18.64%) AI
12 88 (15.77%) Actionable Insight
13 87 (15.59%) ETL
14 78 (13.98%) DevOps
15 75 (13.44%) Data Engineering
16 68 (12.19%) CI/CD
16 68 (12.19%) Coaching
17 67 (12.01%) CRM
18 64 (11.47%) Data Management
18 64 (11.47%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 322 (57.71%) SQL
2 165 (29.57%) Python
3 48 (8.60%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 38 (6.81%) C#
5 31 (5.56%) JavaScript
6 28 (5.02%) R
7 22 (3.94%) PowerShell
8 21 (3.76%) Java
8 21 (3.76%) T-SQL
9 18 (3.23%) PL/SQL
10 17 (3.05%) Shell Script
11 11 (1.97%) VBA
12 8 (1.43%) Scala
13 3 (0.54%) Kusto Query Language
13 3 (0.54%) TypeScript
14 2 (0.36%) Ruby
15 1 (0.18%) Bicep
15 1 (0.18%) C
15 1 (0.18%) VB
15 1 (0.18%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 114 (20.43%) Degree
2 39 (6.99%) Security Cleared
3 36 (6.45%) ACCA
3 36 (6.45%) CIMA
4 34 (6.09%) Microsoft Certification
5 30 (5.38%) Computer Science Degree
5 30 (5.38%) SC Cleared
6 25 (4.48%) DBS Check
7 13 (2.33%) Azure Certification
8 12 (2.15%) Six Sigma Green Belt
9 11 (1.97%) Master's Degree
10 9 (1.61%) AAT
10 9 (1.61%) CISSP
10 9 (1.61%) Numerate Degree
11 8 (1.43%) CISA
12 6 (1.08%) DV Cleared
13 4 (0.72%) CIPFA
13 4 (0.72%) CISM
13 4 (0.72%) CRISC
13 4 (0.72%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 90 (16.13%) Data Quality
2 21 (3.76%) SLA
3 20 (3.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 19 (3.41%) Actionable Recommendations
4 19 (3.41%) GDPR
5 16 (2.87%) Accessibility
6 14 (2.51%) PMO
7 13 (2.33%) QA
8 6 (1.08%) GRC
9 5 (0.90%) NIST
10 4 (0.72%) COBIT
10 4 (0.72%) ITGC
11 2 (0.36%) WCAG
12 1 (0.18%) IFRS
12 1 (0.18%) IFRS 17
12 1 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 1 (0.18%) P3O
12 1 (0.18%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 8 (1.43%) Active Directory
2 5 (0.90%) Docker
3 1 (0.18%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.18%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 23 (4.12%) Terraform
2 20 (3.58%) Single Sign-On
3 5 (0.90%) Kubernetes
3 5 (0.90%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (0.36%) Argo
4 2 (0.36%) SCCM
5 1 (0.18%) Control-M
Vendors
1 197 (35.30%) Microsoft
2 60 (10.75%) Databricks
3 37 (6.63%) Oracle
4 28 (5.02%) Google
5 25 (4.48%) Salesforce
6 21 (3.76%) Informatica
7 18 (3.23%) SAP
8 10 (1.79%) Alteryx
9 9 (1.61%) Northgate
10 5 (0.90%) Concur
10 5 (0.90%) Hotjar
10 5 (0.90%) IBM
10 5 (0.90%) Sage
10 5 (0.90%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
10 5 (0.90%) ServiceNow
11 4 (0.72%) Foundry
11 4 (0.72%) Talend
12 3 (0.54%) Civica
12 3 (0.54%) Orchard
12 3 (0.54%) Teradata