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

6 months to
16 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 80 87 79
Rank change year-on-year +7 -8 -21
Permanent jobs citing Power BI 779 661 728
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.09% 4.03% 3.52%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 24.37% 25.50% 15.50%
Number of salaries quoted 563 487 471
10th Percentile £38,772 £37,500 £39,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -15.38% +17.87%
75th Percentile £79,075 £70,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% +9.09%

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 3,197 2,592 4,698
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 12.70% 15.78% 22.73%
Number of salaries quoted 2,419 1,779 2,897
10th Percentile £37,700 £35,833 £40,000
25th Percentile £46,217 £46,250 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% -10.71% +14.75%
75th Percentile £78,750 £82,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £112,500 £132,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - -7.69% +4.00%

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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 16 October 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 86 (11.04%) SharePoint
2 7 (0.90%) Apache Airflow
2 7 (0.90%) Apache Spark
3 6 (0.77%) Confluence
4 5 (0.64%) MS Project Server
5 4 (0.51%) Apache
5 4 (0.51%) Oracle Workflow
5 4 (0.51%) SAS
6 2 (0.26%) ArcGIS
6 2 (0.26%) CMS
6 2 (0.26%) IIS
6 2 (0.26%) Oracle Application Server
6 2 (0.26%) WordPress
7 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.13%) Umbraco
Applications
1 171 (21.95%) Microsoft Excel
2 22 (2.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 21 (2.70%) Microsoft Office
4 10 (1.28%) Microsoft Project
5 8 (1.03%) Notion
6 6 (0.77%) MS Visio
7 4 (0.51%) Chatbot
7 4 (0.51%) Navisworks
7 4 (0.51%) ProjectWise
7 4 (0.51%) Revit
7 4 (0.51%) Spreadsheet
8 3 (0.39%) AutoCAD
9 2 (0.26%) SPSS
10 1 (0.13%) Civil 3D
Business Applications
1 25 (3.21%) Dynamics CRM
2 12 (1.54%) NetSuite
3 6 (0.77%) Dynamics NAV
3 6 (0.77%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 5 (0.64%) Visualfiles
5 4 (0.51%) Dynamics GP
5 4 (0.51%) Elite 3E
6 3 (0.39%) Carpe Diem
6 3 (0.39%) Integrated Workplace Management System
7 2 (0.26%) FastStats
7 2 (0.26%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 1 (0.13%) Actimize
8 1 (0.13%) Dynamics AX
8 1 (0.13%) Oracle ERP
8 1 (0.13%) Raiser’s Edge
8 1 (0.13%) SAP S/4HANA
8 1 (0.13%) Temenos T24
8 1 (0.13%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 779 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 242 (31.07%) Azure
3 111 (14.25%) PowerApps
4 106 (13.61%) Power Automate
5 78 (10.01%) Dynamics 365
6 70 (8.99%) Microsoft 365
7 67 (8.60%) Azure DevOps
8 58 (7.45%) Azure Data Factory
9 54 (6.93%) AWS
10 48 (6.16%) SaaS
11 41 (5.26%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 37 (4.75%) Google Analytics
13 34 (4.36%) GCP
13 34 (4.36%) Snowflake
14 31 (3.98%) Microsoft Purview
15 30 (3.85%) Microsoft Copilot
16 26 (3.34%) Azure Logic Apps
17 21 (2.70%) Entra ID
18 18 (2.31%) dbt
18 18 (2.31%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 8 (1.03%) Broadband
2 6 (0.77%) SMS
3 1 (0.13%) 5G
3 1 (0.13%) Intranet
3 1 (0.13%) Modbus
3 1 (0.13%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 125 (16.05%) Tableau
2 92 (11.81%) Data Warehouse
3 74 (9.50%) SQL Server
4 54 (6.93%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 52 (6.68%) Data Lake
6 43 (5.52%) Azure SQL Database
7 42 (5.39%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 38 (4.88%) Power Query
9 37 (4.75%) Metadata
10 33 (4.24%) Looker
11 31 (3.98%) Relational Database
12 29 (3.72%) Star Schema
13 21 (2.70%) NoSQL
14 19 (2.44%) MongoDB
15 17 (2.18%) Semantic Layer
16 16 (2.05%) BigQuery
17 15 (1.93%) DynamoDB
18 14 (1.80%) SQL Server Analysis Services
19 13 (1.67%) Big Data
19 13 (1.67%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 54 (6.93%) Git
2 22 (2.82%) JIRA
3 9 (1.16%) Visual Studio
4 5 (0.64%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 3 (0.39%) Jenkins
6 2 (0.26%) Browser DevTools
6 2 (0.26%) GitLab
7 1 (0.13%) ER Studio
7 1 (0.13%) ERwin
7 1 (0.13%) Flyway
7 1 (0.13%) RStudio
General
1 324 (41.59%) Social Skills
2 274 (35.17%) Analytical Skills
3 253 (32.48%) Finance
4 90 (11.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 77 (9.88%) Marketing
6 73 (9.37%) Public Sector
7 64 (8.22%) Legal
8 59 (7.57%) Law
9 55 (7.06%) Organisational Skills
10 50 (6.42%) Retail
11 32 (4.11%) Manufacturing
12 25 (3.21%) Documentation Skills
13 23 (2.95%) Influencing Skills
14 16 (2.05%) Presentation Skills
15 14 (1.80%) Banking
15 14 (1.80%) Billing
16 13 (1.67%) Advertising
17 10 (1.28%) Legal Technology
18 9 (1.16%) Social Housing
19 7 (0.90%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 195 (25.03%) Analyst
2 122 (15.66%) Senior
3 116 (14.89%) Developer
4 91 (11.68%) Data Analyst
5 79 (10.14%) Data Engineer
6 75 (9.63%) Lead
7 41 (5.26%) Architect
8 38 (4.88%) Consultant
9 36 (4.62%) Data Manager
10 30 (3.85%) Business Analyst
11 29 (3.72%) Data Architect
12 28 (3.59%) Senior Analyst
13 23 (2.95%) Business Intelligence Analyst
14 22 (2.82%) Power Platform Developer
14 22 (2.82%) Senior Consultant
15 21 (2.70%) Business Intelligence Developer
16 19 (2.44%) Applications Support
16 19 (2.44%) Dynamics 365 Developer
16 19 (2.44%) Senior Data Engineer
17 18 (2.31%) Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (4.88%) .NET
2 33 (4.24%) HTML
2 33 (4.24%) PySpark
3 25 (3.21%) CSS
4 19 (2.44%) REST
5 16 (2.05%) Terraform
6 13 (1.67%) HTML5 Canvas
6 13 (1.67%) JSON
7 10 (1.28%) .NET Core
8 9 (1.16%) Microsoft Graph
8 9 (1.16%) React
9 7 (0.90%) Kafka
9 7 (0.90%) Middleware
9 7 (0.90%) Oracle Fusion
9 7 (0.90%) SPFx
10 6 (0.77%) ASP.NET
10 6 (0.77%) Pandas
10 6 (0.77%) RESTful
10 6 (0.77%) XML
11 5 (0.64%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 55 (7.06%) Management Information System
2 36 (4.62%) Product Ownership
3 19 (2.44%) Data Structures
3 19 (2.44%) Enterprise Software
4 16 (2.05%) Low-Code
5 15 (1.93%) Analytical Mindset
5 15 (1.93%) Cloud Native
6 14 (1.80%) Greenfield Project
6 14 (1.80%) Self-Motivation
7 13 (1.67%) Legacy Systems
8 12 (1.54%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 12 (1.54%) Onboarding
9 11 (1.41%) Housing Association
10 8 (1.03%) Reference Data
10 8 (1.03%) Social Media
11 7 (0.90%) AI Agents
11 7 (0.90%) Driving Licence
12 6 (0.77%) Cyberattack
12 6 (0.77%) NHS
13 5 (0.64%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 14 (1.80%) Windows
2 5 (0.64%) Linux
3 2 (0.26%) macOS
3 2 (0.26%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.13%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 747 (95.89%) Business Intelligence
2 330 (42.36%) Analytics
3 252 (32.35%) Decision-Making
4 222 (28.50%) Problem-Solving
5 215 (27.60%) AI
6 210 (26.96%) Data Modelling
7 205 (26.32%) Continuous Improvement
8 173 (22.21%) Stakeholder Management
9 169 (21.69%) Visualisation
10 153 (19.64%) Agile
11 138 (17.72%) Actionable Insight
12 125 (16.05%) Data Governance
13 119 (15.28%) ETL
14 113 (14.51%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 103 (13.22%) Data Visualisation
16 102 (13.09%) Data Engineering
17 101 (12.97%) DevOps
18 97 (12.45%) Dashboard Development
19 95 (12.20%) Data Analysis
20 92 (11.81%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 399 (51.22%) SQL
2 156 (20.03%) Python
3 80 (10.27%) C#
4 65 (8.34%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 53 (6.80%) JavaScript
6 24 (3.08%) PowerShell
6 24 (3.08%) T-SQL
7 19 (2.44%) R
8 10 (1.28%) Kusto Query Language
8 10 (1.28%) VBA
9 9 (1.16%) TypeScript
10 6 (0.77%) Scala
11 5 (0.64%) PHP
12 4 (0.51%) VB
13 3 (0.39%) Bicep
13 3 (0.39%) PL/SQL
13 3 (0.39%) X++
14 2 (0.26%) Formula Language
15 1 (0.13%) Google Apps Script
15 1 (0.13%) XPath
Qualifications
1 91 (11.68%) Degree
2 66 (8.47%) Security Cleared
3 58 (7.45%) SC Cleared
4 20 (2.57%) ACCA
5 17 (2.18%) Microsoft Certification
6 16 (2.05%) CIMA
6 16 (2.05%) DBS Check
7 10 (1.28%) Azure Certification
8 9 (1.16%) Computer Science Degree
9 8 (1.03%) BPSS Clearance
10 7 (0.90%) Master's Degree
10 7 (0.90%) PMI Certification
11 5 (0.64%) CISM
11 5 (0.64%) CISSP
11 5 (0.64%) CRISC
11 5 (0.64%) PMP
12 4 (0.51%) AAT
12 4 (0.51%) ISEB
13 3 (0.39%) Postgraduate
14 2 (0.26%) MCT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 206 (26.44%) Data Quality
2 96 (12.32%) GDPR
3 49 (6.29%) Accessibility
4 37 (4.75%) QA
5 24 (3.08%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 21 (2.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 19 (2.44%) SLA
8 16 (2.05%) PMO
9 14 (1.80%) Actionable Recommendations
10 8 (1.03%) GRC
11 7 (0.90%) NIST
11 7 (0.90%) PERC
12 6 (0.77%) ISO 9001
13 5 (0.64%) SOC 2
14 4 (0.51%) ISO 19650
14 4 (0.51%) NIST 800
15 2 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 20000
16 1 (0.13%) COBIT
16 1 (0.13%) GAAP
16 1 (0.13%) HIPAA
System Software
1 6 (0.77%) Active Directory
1 6 (0.77%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (0.77%) Kubernetes
2 3 (0.39%) SQL Sentry
3 2 (0.26%) Ansible
4 1 (0.13%) Failover Clustering
4 1 (0.13%) Grafana
4 1 (0.13%) MOM
4 1 (0.13%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 320 (41.08%) Microsoft
2 72 (9.24%) Databricks
3 43 (5.52%) Google
4 32 (4.11%) Salesforce
5 26 (3.34%) SAP
6 23 (2.95%) Oracle
7 19 (2.44%) Informatica
8 16 (2.05%) ServiceNow
9 13 (1.67%) Talend
9 13 (1.67%) YouTube
10 12 (1.54%) Alteryx
11 11 (1.41%) HP
12 9 (1.16%) Intapp
13 7 (0.90%) Adobe
13 7 (0.90%) HubSpot
14 6 (0.77%) Criteo
14 6 (0.77%) HighQ
14 6 (0.77%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
15 5 (0.64%) Nintex
16 4 (0.51%) iManage