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

6 months to
18 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 79 66 57
Rank change year-on-year -13 -9 +16
Permanent jobs citing Power BI 564 581 1,523
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.18% 4.40% 4.68%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 24.34% 17.59% 21.06%
Number of salaries quoted 409 402 1,312
10th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £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 £75,000 £72,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £89,975 £84,964
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £53,568
% change year-on-year -4.35% +7.34% -2.60%

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 2,317 3,303 7,231
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 13.08% 24.99% 22.24%
Number of salaries quoted 1,722 2,422 6,232
10th Percentile £37,500 £37,500 £37,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £49,750 £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% -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 18 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 66 (11.70%) SharePoint
2 9 (1.60%) Apache Airflow
3 8 (1.42%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (1.42%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 7 (1.24%) Apache Spark
5 5 (0.89%) CMS
5 5 (0.89%) SAS
6 4 (0.71%) Confluence
6 4 (0.71%) Umbraco
7 3 (0.53%) ArcGIS
7 3 (0.53%) Drupal
8 2 (0.35%) Apache
8 2 (0.35%) Moodle
Applications
1 173 (30.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 22 (3.90%) Microsoft Office
3 13 (2.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 13 (2.30%) Microsoft Project
4 7 (1.24%) Spreadsheet
5 5 (0.89%) MS Visio
5 5 (0.89%) Trello
Business Applications
1 18 (3.19%) Dynamics CRM
2 12 (2.13%) NetSuite
3 8 (1.42%) Oracle ERP
4 6 (1.06%) NEC Housing
4 6 (1.06%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 5 (0.89%) SAP ERP
6 3 (0.53%) ResourceLink
7 2 (0.35%) SAP HR
8 1 (0.18%) Elite 3E
8 1 (0.18%) SAP Business One
8 1 (0.18%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 564 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 253 (44.86%) Azure
3 92 (16.31%) Azure Data Factory
3 92 (16.31%) Power Automate
4 74 (13.12%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 64 (11.35%) Microsoft 365
6 63 (11.17%) PowerApps
7 42 (7.45%) Dynamics 365
8 32 (5.67%) Azure DevOps
9 25 (4.43%) SaaS
10 23 (4.08%) Google Analytics
10 23 (4.08%) Snowflake
11 22 (3.90%) Azure Logic Apps
12 21 (3.72%) GCP
13 20 (3.55%) GitHub
14 17 (3.01%) AWS
15 16 (2.84%) OneDrive
16 15 (2.66%) GitHub Copilot
17 14 (2.48%) dbt
18 13 (2.30%) Azure Machine Learning
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.06%) Broadband
2 4 (0.71%) Firewall
3 3 (0.53%) Modbus
3 3 (0.53%) MQTT
3 3 (0.53%) NAS
3 3 (0.53%) VoIP
3 3 (0.53%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (0.35%) Intranet
4 2 (0.35%) WAN
5 1 (0.18%) ADSL
5 1 (0.18%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 108 (19.15%) Tableau
2 78 (13.83%) SQL Server
3 57 (10.11%) Azure SQL Database
4 47 (8.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 40 (7.09%) Power Query
6 38 (6.74%) Data Warehouse
7 31 (5.50%) Big Data
8 29 (5.14%) Data Lake
9 25 (4.43%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 23 (4.08%) Looker
11 16 (2.84%) MySQL
12 12 (2.13%) BigQuery
12 12 (2.13%) PostgreSQL
13 10 (1.77%) Metadata
14 9 (1.60%) Star Schema
15 8 (1.42%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
15 8 (1.42%) PowerPivot
15 8 (1.42%) Relational Database
16 7 (1.24%) SAP BW
17 6 (1.06%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 21 (3.72%) Git
2 18 (3.19%) JIRA
3 11 (1.95%) Jenkins
4 8 (1.42%) Oracle Forms
5 4 (0.71%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 4 (0.71%) Visual Studio
6 2 (0.35%) ERwin
7 1 (0.18%) Oracle APEX
7 1 (0.18%) Postman
7 1 (0.18%) Team Foundation Server
7 1 (0.18%) Toad
General
1 240 (42.55%) Social Skills
2 196 (34.75%) Analytical Skills
3 188 (33.33%) Finance
4 55 (9.75%) Public Sector
5 43 (7.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 36 (6.38%) Marketing
7 28 (4.96%) Legal
8 25 (4.43%) Retail
9 24 (4.26%) Presentation Skills
10 22 (3.90%) Law
10 22 (3.90%) Organisational Skills
11 15 (2.66%) Billing
12 13 (2.30%) Manufacturing
13 12 (2.13%) Automotive
14 10 (1.77%) Publishing
14 10 (1.77%) Telecoms
15 9 (1.60%) Banking
16 8 (1.42%) Documentation Skills
17 6 (1.06%) Investment Banking
18 5 (0.89%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 189 (33.51%) Analyst
2 83 (14.72%) Senior
3 74 (13.12%) Developer
4 68 (12.06%) Data Analyst
5 58 (10.28%) Lead
6 36 (6.38%) Data Engineer
7 29 (5.14%) Big Data Engineer
7 29 (5.14%) DataOps Engineer
7 29 (5.14%) DataOps Leader
7 29 (5.14%) Lead Big Data Engineer
8 28 (4.96%) Business Intelligence Developer
9 24 (4.26%) Commercial Analyst
9 24 (4.26%) IT Support
9 24 (4.26%) Senior Analyst
9 24 (4.26%) Senior Developer
10 23 (4.08%) Applications Support
10 23 (4.08%) Business Intelligence Analyst
11 22 (3.90%) Applications Manager
11 22 (3.90%) Consultant
12 21 (3.72%) Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (5.67%) .NET
2 30 (5.32%) HTML5 Canvas
3 27 (4.79%) JSON
4 26 (4.61%) CSS
4 26 (4.61%) HTML
5 16 (2.84%) PySpark
6 15 (2.66%) .NET Core
7 13 (2.30%) XML
8 12 (2.13%) Microsoft Graph
8 12 (2.13%) SPFx
9 9 (1.60%) RESTful
10 8 (1.42%) OAuth
10 8 (1.42%) OAuth2
10 8 (1.42%) SAML
11 6 (1.06%) Kafka
11 6 (1.06%) Oracle Fusion
12 5 (0.89%) EDI
13 3 (0.53%) AngularJS
13 3 (0.53%) ASP.NET
13 3 (0.53%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 42 (7.45%) Management Information System
2 37 (6.56%) Data Structures
3 33 (5.85%) Analytical Mindset
4 28 (4.96%) Self-Motivation
5 21 (3.72%) Cloud Native
6 18 (3.19%) Onboarding
7 15 (2.66%) Enterprise Software
8 14 (2.48%) Low-Code
9 11 (1.95%) FMCG
10 10 (1.77%) Greenfield Project
10 10 (1.77%) Product Ownership
11 9 (1.60%) Algorithms
11 9 (1.60%) Social Media
12 5 (0.89%) Legacy Systems
12 5 (0.89%) Life Science
12 5 (0.89%) Replication
13 4 (0.71%) Mobile App
13 4 (0.71%) Reinsurance
14 3 (0.53%) IoT
14 3 (0.53%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 6 (1.06%) Windows
2 5 (0.89%) Linux
2 5 (0.89%) Unix
3 4 (0.71%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.53%) Windows 10
5 2 (0.35%) VMS
6 1 (0.18%) Android
6 1 (0.18%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 519 (92.02%) Business Intelligence
2 195 (34.57%) Analytics
3 172 (30.50%) Decision-Making
4 147 (26.06%) Visualisation
5 130 (23.05%) Problem-Solving
6 122 (21.63%) Continuous Improvement
7 120 (21.28%) Data Modelling
8 106 (18.79%) Data Analysis
9 95 (16.84%) Actionable Insight
10 88 (15.60%) Data Visualisation
11 85 (15.07%) Agile
11 85 (15.07%) ETL
12 78 (13.83%) AI
13 72 (12.77%) CI/CD
14 70 (12.41%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 67 (11.88%) CRM
16 63 (11.17%) Project Management
17 62 (10.99%) Data Management
18 61 (10.82%) Data Engineering
19 57 (10.11%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 287 (50.89%) SQL
2 133 (23.58%) Python
3 59 (10.46%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 46 (8.16%) C#
5 35 (6.21%) JavaScript
6 34 (6.03%) PowerShell
7 21 (3.72%) R
7 21 (3.72%) T-SQL
8 18 (3.19%) VBA
9 14 (2.48%) TypeScript
10 10 (1.77%) Java
11 8 (1.42%) PL/SQL
11 8 (1.42%) Shell Script
12 5 (0.89%) Kusto Query Language
12 5 (0.89%) Scala
12 5 (0.89%) VB
12 5 (0.89%) VBScript
13 2 (0.35%) Bicep
13 2 (0.35%) Ruby
14 1 (0.18%) C
Qualifications
1 97 (17.20%) Degree
2 40 (7.09%) Security Cleared
3 34 (6.03%) ACCA
3 34 (6.03%) CIMA
4 29 (5.14%) SC Cleared
5 23 (4.08%) Microsoft Certification
6 19 (3.37%) DBS Check
7 18 (3.19%) Computer Science Degree
8 14 (2.48%) AAT
9 12 (2.13%) Six Sigma Green Belt
10 8 (1.42%) Azure Certification
11 6 (1.06%) Master's Degree
12 5 (0.89%) PMI Certification
12 5 (0.89%) PMP
13 4 (0.71%) CIPFA
13 4 (0.71%) DV Cleared
13 4 (0.71%) Numerate Degree
14 3 (0.53%) CIPD
15 2 (0.35%) BPSS Clearance
15 2 (0.35%) ISACA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 97 (17.20%) Data Quality
2 40 (7.09%) SLA
3 28 (4.96%) GDPR
4 23 (4.08%) Actionable Recommendations
5 17 (3.01%) PMO
5 17 (3.01%) QA
6 11 (1.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 9 (1.60%) Accessibility
8 4 (0.71%) IFRS
9 3 (0.53%) GAAP
10 2 (0.35%) GRC
10 2 (0.35%) NIST
10 2 (0.35%) WCAG
11 1 (0.18%) IFRS 17
11 1 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 1 (0.18%) NIST 800
System Software
1 8 (1.42%) Active Directory
1 8 (1.42%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (1.06%) Docker
3 3 (0.53%) BitLocker
3 3 (0.53%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 10 (1.77%) Terraform
2 8 (1.42%) Single Sign-On
3 5 (0.89%) Kubernetes
3 5 (0.89%) SCCM
4 4 (0.71%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.35%) Argo
6 1 (0.18%) Control-M
6 1 (0.18%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 200 (35.46%) Microsoft
2 67 (11.88%) Databricks
3 31 (5.50%) Oracle
4 27 (4.79%) Google
5 25 (4.43%) SAP
6 20 (3.55%) Salesforce
7 17 (3.01%) Adobe
7 17 (3.01%) Informatica
8 12 (2.13%) Alteryx
9 8 (1.42%) Northgate
9 8 (1.42%) VMware
10 7 (1.24%) Hotjar
11 5 (0.89%) ESRI
11 5 (0.89%) IBM
11 5 (0.89%) Snow
12 4 (0.71%) HubSpot
12 4 (0.71%) JD Edwards
12 4 (0.71%) ServiceNow
13 3 (0.53%) Barracuda Networks
13 3 (0.53%) Sophos