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

6 months to
16 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 79 81 55
Rank change year-on-year +2 -26 +16
Permanent jobs citing Power BI 572 650 1,501
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.07% 4.39% 4.62%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 23.61% 18.97% 20.53%
Number of salaries quoted 418 432 1,312
10th Percentile £36,250 £36,325 £36,250
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 £75,938 £71,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £91,882 £84,964
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £53,635
% change year-on-year -4.35% +7.21% -2.48%

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 2,423 3,426 7,313
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 13.02% 23.13% 22.52%
Number of salaries quoted 1,846 2,305 6,215
10th Percentile £37,500 £37,500 £37,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £49,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,000 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.62% +13.04% -11.54%
75th Percentile £80,000 £88,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £122,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -11.54%

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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 16 May 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 67 (11.71%) SharePoint
2 8 (1.40%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (1.22%) Apache Airflow
4 6 (1.05%) Apache Spark
4 6 (1.05%) CMS
4 6 (1.05%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 5 (0.87%) Umbraco
6 4 (0.70%) SAS
7 3 (0.52%) ArcGIS
7 3 (0.52%) Confluence
7 3 (0.52%) Drupal
8 2 (0.35%) Apache
8 2 (0.35%) Moodle
Applications
1 148 (25.87%) Microsoft Excel
2 19 (3.32%) Microsoft Office
3 14 (2.45%) Microsoft Project
4 9 (1.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 7 (1.22%) Spreadsheet
6 5 (0.87%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 23 (4.02%) Dynamics CRM
2 12 (2.10%) NetSuite
2 12 (2.10%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 7 (1.22%) Oracle ERP
4 6 (1.05%) NEC Housing
5 5 (0.87%) SAP ERP
6 3 (0.52%) Dynamics NAV
7 2 (0.35%) SAP HR
8 1 (0.17%) Raiser’s Edge
8 1 (0.17%) ResourceLink
8 1 (0.17%) SAP Business One
8 1 (0.17%) Visualfiles
8 1 (0.17%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 572 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 225 (39.34%) Azure
3 96 (16.78%) Power Automate
4 70 (12.24%) PowerApps
5 65 (11.36%) Microsoft 365
6 61 (10.66%) Azure Data Factory
7 47 (8.22%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 45 (7.87%) Dynamics 365
9 31 (5.42%) Azure Logic Apps
10 28 (4.90%) Azure DevOps
11 27 (4.72%) SaaS
12 26 (4.55%) Google Analytics
13 24 (4.20%) OneDrive
14 21 (3.67%) Snowflake
15 19 (3.32%) Adobe Creative Cloud
15 19 (3.32%) Microsoft Purview
16 18 (3.15%) GCP
17 16 (2.80%) AWS
18 13 (2.27%) Azure Machine Learning
19 12 (2.10%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 12 (2.10%) Broadband
2 4 (0.70%) Firewall
2 4 (0.70%) Modbus
2 4 (0.70%) MQTT
3 3 (0.52%) Intranet
3 3 (0.52%) NAS
3 3 (0.52%) VoIP
3 3 (0.52%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (0.35%) SMS
4 2 (0.35%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 114 (19.93%) Tableau
2 61 (10.66%) SQL Server
3 36 (6.29%) Power Query
4 35 (6.12%) Data Warehouse
4 35 (6.12%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 33 (5.77%) Azure SQL Database
5 33 (5.77%) Big Data
6 32 (5.59%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 29 (5.07%) Data Lake
8 25 (4.37%) Looker
9 15 (2.62%) MySQL
10 13 (2.27%) BigQuery
10 13 (2.27%) Relational Database
10 13 (2.27%) SAP BW
11 12 (2.10%) PostgreSQL
11 12 (2.10%) Star Schema
12 10 (1.75%) Metadata
13 8 (1.40%) PowerPivot
13 8 (1.40%) Semantic Layer
14 6 (1.05%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 18 (3.15%) Git
2 15 (2.62%) JIRA
3 8 (1.40%) Jenkins
3 8 (1.40%) Visual Studio
4 7 (1.22%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 6 (1.05%) Oracle Forms
6 1 (0.17%) Oracle APEX
6 1 (0.17%) Postman
6 1 (0.17%) Team Foundation Server
6 1 (0.17%) Toad
General
1 231 (40.38%) Social Skills
2 182 (31.82%) Analytical Skills
3 154 (26.92%) Finance
4 62 (10.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 57 (9.97%) Public Sector
6 35 (6.12%) Retail
7 31 (5.42%) Marketing
8 29 (5.07%) Law
9 28 (4.90%) Legal
10 19 (3.32%) Organisational Skills
11 14 (2.45%) Publishing
12 12 (2.10%) Automotive
13 11 (1.92%) Presentation Skills
14 9 (1.57%) Documentation Skills
15 8 (1.40%) Banking
16 6 (1.05%) Manufacturing
16 6 (1.05%) Social Housing
17 5 (0.87%) Aeronautics
17 5 (0.87%) Investment Banking
18 4 (0.70%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 179 (31.29%) Analyst
2 94 (16.43%) Senior
3 80 (13.99%) Developer
4 68 (11.89%) Data Analyst
5 60 (10.49%) Lead
6 40 (6.99%) Data Engineer
7 30 (5.24%) Big Data Engineer
7 30 (5.24%) DataOps Engineer
7 30 (5.24%) DataOps Leader
7 30 (5.24%) Lead Big Data Engineer
8 29 (5.07%) Senior Analyst
9 27 (4.72%) Senior Developer
10 24 (4.20%) Applications Manager
10 24 (4.20%) Business Intelligence Developer
10 24 (4.20%) Consultant
10 24 (4.20%) Power Platform Developer
11 23 (4.02%) Applications Support
12 22 (3.85%) Business Intelligence Analyst
12 22 (3.85%) Data Manager
13 21 (3.67%) Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (6.82%) .NET
2 34 (5.94%) HTML
2 34 (5.94%) HTML5 Canvas
3 32 (5.59%) CSS
4 30 (5.24%) JSON
5 21 (3.67%) .NET Core
6 20 (3.50%) Microsoft Graph
7 19 (3.32%) SPFx
8 17 (2.97%) PySpark
9 15 (2.62%) XML
10 12 (2.10%) Oracle Fusion
11 7 (1.22%) OAuth
11 7 (1.22%) OAuth2
11 7 (1.22%) RESTful
12 6 (1.05%) SAML
13 5 (0.87%) ASP.NET
13 5 (0.87%) Kafka
13 5 (0.87%) React
13 5 (0.87%) Web Services
14 3 (0.52%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 44 (7.69%) Data Structures
2 41 (7.17%) Management Information System
3 21 (3.67%) Onboarding
4 16 (2.80%) Cloud Native
5 15 (2.62%) Product Ownership
6 14 (2.45%) Self-Motivation
6 14 (2.45%) Social Media
7 13 (2.27%) Enterprise Software
8 12 (2.10%) Analytical Mindset
9 11 (1.92%) FMCG
10 10 (1.75%) Greenfield Project
10 10 (1.75%) Low-Code
11 9 (1.57%) Algorithms
12 6 (1.05%) Cyberattack
13 5 (0.87%) Legacy Systems
13 5 (0.87%) Life Science
13 5 (0.87%) Mobile App
13 5 (0.87%) Replication
14 4 (0.70%) SCADA
14 4 (0.70%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 8 (1.40%) Windows
2 7 (1.22%) Linux
3 5 (0.87%) Unix
4 4 (0.70%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.52%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.35%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.35%) VMS
7 1 (0.17%) Android
7 1 (0.17%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 516 (90.21%) Business Intelligence
2 182 (31.82%) Analytics
3 150 (26.22%) Decision-Making
4 122 (21.33%) Visualisation
5 121 (21.15%) Data Modelling
6 104 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
7 102 (17.83%) Continuous Improvement
8 94 (16.43%) ETL
9 89 (15.56%) Data Visualisation
10 85 (14.86%) Actionable Insight
11 82 (14.34%) Project Management
12 80 (13.99%) Agile
13 78 (13.64%) AI
14 74 (12.94%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 69 (12.06%) Data Analysis
15 69 (12.06%) Machine Learning
16 68 (11.89%) CRM
17 67 (11.71%) CI/CD
18 66 (11.54%) Data Governance
19 63 (11.01%) Data Engineering
Programming Languages
1 277 (48.43%) SQL
2 126 (22.03%) Python
3 53 (9.27%) C#
4 43 (7.52%) JavaScript
5 42 (7.34%) PowerShell
6 39 (6.82%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 25 (4.37%) T-SQL
8 22 (3.85%) R
9 19 (3.32%) TypeScript
10 17 (2.97%) VBA
11 8 (1.40%) Kusto Query Language
12 7 (1.22%) PL/SQL
13 6 (1.05%) Java
13 6 (1.05%) Shell Script
14 5 (0.87%) VB
14 5 (0.87%) VBScript
15 4 (0.70%) Scala
16 2 (0.35%) Bicep
16 2 (0.35%) Formula Language
17 1 (0.17%) C
Qualifications
1 98 (17.13%) Degree
2 38 (6.64%) Security Cleared
3 35 (6.12%) ACCA
3 35 (6.12%) CIMA
4 28 (4.90%) SC Cleared
5 21 (3.67%) DBS Check
6 18 (3.15%) Microsoft Certification
7 15 (2.62%) Computer Science Degree
8 14 (2.45%) AAT
9 7 (1.22%) Azure Certification
10 5 (0.87%) PMI Certification
10 5 (0.87%) PMP
11 4 (0.70%) CIPFA
11 4 (0.70%) Master's Degree
12 2 (0.35%) BPSS Clearance
12 2 (0.35%) ISEB
12 2 (0.35%) Numerate Degree
13 1 (0.17%) DV Cleared
13 1 (0.17%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 1 (0.17%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 100 (17.48%) Data Quality
2 43 (7.52%) GDPR
3 39 (6.82%) SLA
4 17 (2.97%) Accessibility
4 17 (2.97%) QA
5 15 (2.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 14 (2.45%) PMO
7 11 (1.92%) Actionable Recommendations
8 8 (1.40%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 5 (0.87%) NIST
10 4 (0.70%) IFRS
10 4 (0.70%) NIST 800
11 3 (0.52%) GAAP
12 2 (0.35%) GRC
12 2 (0.35%) PERC
12 2 (0.35%) WCAG
13 1 (0.17%) IFRS 17
13 1 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 8 (1.40%) Active Directory
1 8 (1.40%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (0.70%) Docker
3 3 (0.52%) BitLocker
3 3 (0.52%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 8 (1.40%) Terraform
2 6 (1.05%) Single Sign-On
3 5 (0.87%) SCCM
4 4 (0.70%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.35%) Kubernetes
6 1 (0.17%) Control-M
6 1 (0.17%) MOM
6 1 (0.17%) SQL Sentry
6 1 (0.17%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 212 (37.06%) Microsoft
2 63 (11.01%) Databricks
3 36 (6.29%) Oracle
4 32 (5.59%) Google
5 27 (4.72%) SAP
6 24 (4.20%) Adobe
7 19 (3.32%) Salesforce
8 16 (2.80%) Informatica
9 11 (1.92%) Alteryx
10 8 (1.40%) Northgate
10 8 (1.40%) VMware
11 7 (1.22%) Hotjar
12 5 (0.87%) ESRI
12 5 (0.87%) IBM
12 5 (0.87%) ServiceNow
12 5 (0.87%) Snow
13 4 (0.70%) HubSpot
13 4 (0.70%) JD Edwards
13 4 (0.70%) MuleSoft
14 3 (0.52%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud