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

6 months to
27 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 88 79 78
Rank change year-on-year -9 -1 -14
Permanent jobs citing Power BI 692 703 877
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.98% 4.25% 3.53%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 22.00% 23.95% 17.12%
Number of salaries quoted 535 520 703
10th Percentile £38,772 £37,500 £37,550
25th Percentile £43,750 £42,375 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -12.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £81,750 £70,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £93,750
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 3,146 2,935 5,123
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 13.54% 17.74% 20.64%
Number of salaries quoted 2,514 2,053 3,811
10th Percentile £36,500 £35,771 £38,564
25th Percentile £46,217 £46,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% -3.85% +4.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £82,500 £93,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £115,000 £125,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - - -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 27 August 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 87 (12.57%) SharePoint
2 6 (0.87%) Apache Spark
3 5 (0.72%) Apache
3 5 (0.72%) Apache Airflow
4 4 (0.58%) MS Project Server
4 4 (0.58%) Oracle Workflow
4 4 (0.58%) SAS
5 3 (0.43%) ArcGIS
5 3 (0.43%) Confluence
6 2 (0.29%) CMS
6 2 (0.29%) Oracle Application Server
6 2 (0.29%) WordPress
7 1 (0.14%) Umbraco
Applications
1 165 (23.84%) Microsoft Excel
2 22 (3.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 18 (2.60%) Microsoft Office
4 17 (2.46%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (0.58%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.43%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.29%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.14%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 20 (2.89%) Dynamics CRM
2 13 (1.88%) NetSuite
3 12 (1.73%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 5 (0.72%) SAP ERP
4 5 (0.72%) Visualfiles
5 4 (0.58%) Dynamics NAV
5 4 (0.58%) Elite 3E
6 3 (0.43%) Carpe Diem
7 1 (0.14%) Dynamics GP
7 1 (0.14%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.14%) Raiser’s Edge
7 1 (0.14%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 1 (0.14%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 692 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 242 (34.97%) Azure
3 109 (15.75%) Power Automate
4 102 (14.74%) PowerApps
5 72 (10.40%) Dynamics 365
6 69 (9.97%) Azure Data Factory
7 68 (9.83%) Microsoft 365
8 47 (6.79%) Azure DevOps
9 45 (6.50%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 44 (6.36%) AWS
11 36 (5.20%) Azure Logic Apps
12 34 (4.91%) GCP
13 33 (4.77%) SaaS
14 32 (4.62%) Google Analytics
15 31 (4.48%) Microsoft Purview
16 29 (4.19%) OneDrive
17 28 (4.05%) Snowflake
18 19 (2.75%) Adobe Creative Cloud
19 12 (1.73%) dbt
20 11 (1.59%) Azure Cosmos DB
Communications & Networking
1 13 (1.88%) Broadband
2 5 (0.72%) SMS
3 3 (0.43%) Firewall
3 3 (0.43%) NAS
3 3 (0.43%) VoIP
3 3 (0.43%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.14%) Intranet
4 1 (0.14%) Modbus
4 1 (0.14%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 124 (17.92%) Tableau
2 69 (9.97%) Data Warehouse
3 61 (8.82%) SQL Server
4 49 (7.08%) Data Lake
5 48 (6.94%) Azure SQL Database
6 46 (6.65%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 39 (5.64%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 35 (5.06%) Looker
8 35 (5.06%) Power Query
9 26 (3.76%) Metadata
9 26 (3.76%) Relational Database
9 26 (3.76%) Star Schema
10 19 (2.75%) BigQuery
11 18 (2.60%) Semantic Layer
12 16 (2.31%) Big Data
13 15 (2.17%) NoSQL
14 14 (2.02%) Delta Lake
14 14 (2.02%) MongoDB
14 14 (2.02%) SQL Server Analysis Services
15 13 (1.88%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 26 (3.76%) Git
2 16 (2.31%) JIRA
3 10 (1.45%) Visual Studio
4 5 (0.72%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 2 (0.29%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.14%) Browser DevTools
6 1 (0.14%) ER Studio
6 1 (0.14%) ERwin
6 1 (0.14%) Toad
General
1 300 (43.35%) Social Skills
2 218 (31.50%) Analytical Skills
3 211 (30.49%) Finance
4 76 (10.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 58 (8.38%) Public Sector
6 56 (8.09%) Law
6 56 (8.09%) Legal
7 55 (7.95%) Marketing
8 39 (5.64%) Organisational Skills
8 39 (5.64%) Retail
9 17 (2.46%) Manufacturing
10 15 (2.17%) Billing
10 15 (2.17%) Documentation Skills
11 14 (2.02%) Presentation Skills
12 13 (1.88%) Banking
13 12 (1.73%) Influencing Skills
14 11 (1.59%) Legal Technology
15 7 (1.01%) Automotive
15 7 (1.01%) Social Housing
16 5 (0.72%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 184 (26.59%) Analyst
2 119 (17.20%) Senior
3 98 (14.16%) Developer
4 74 (10.69%) Data Engineer
5 70 (10.12%) Data Analyst
6 56 (8.09%) Lead
7 34 (4.91%) Data Manager
8 33 (4.77%) Architect
9 32 (4.62%) Senior Analyst
10 31 (4.48%) Business Analyst
10 31 (4.48%) Consultant
11 30 (4.34%) Applications Support
12 25 (3.61%) Applications Manager
13 24 (3.47%) Business Intelligence Analyst
13 24 (3.47%) Power Platform Developer
13 24 (3.47%) Senior Developer
14 23 (3.32%) Data Architect
15 21 (3.03%) Business Intelligence Developer
16 18 (2.60%) Senior Consultant
17 17 (2.46%) Senior Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (6.79%) .NET
2 38 (5.49%) HTML
3 32 (4.62%) PySpark
4 31 (4.48%) CSS
5 29 (4.19%) HTML5 Canvas
6 24 (3.47%) JSON
7 21 (3.03%) .NET Core
8 20 (2.89%) Microsoft Graph
9 19 (2.75%) SPFx
10 12 (1.73%) Oracle Fusion
10 12 (1.73%) Terraform
11 11 (1.59%) REST
12 9 (1.30%) React
13 7 (1.01%) Kafka
14 6 (0.87%) ASP.NET
14 6 (0.87%) XML
15 5 (0.72%) ODBC
15 5 (0.72%) Web Services
16 4 (0.58%) Middleware
16 4 (0.58%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 52 (7.51%) Management Information System
2 31 (4.48%) Product Ownership
3 26 (3.76%) Data Structures
4 16 (2.31%) Enterprise Software
5 14 (2.02%) Analytical Mindset
5 14 (2.02%) Cloud Native
6 13 (1.88%) Social Media
7 12 (1.73%) Onboarding
7 12 (1.73%) Self-Motivation
8 10 (1.45%) Low-Code
9 9 (1.30%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 9 (1.30%) Legacy Systems
10 8 (1.16%) Housing Association
11 7 (1.01%) AI Agents
12 6 (0.87%) Cyberattack
12 6 (0.87%) Greenfield Project
12 6 (0.87%) Replication
13 5 (0.72%) Educational Technology
13 5 (0.72%) Life Science
13 5 (0.72%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 13 (1.88%) Windows
2 6 (0.87%) Linux
3 5 (0.72%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.43%) Windows 10
5 2 (0.29%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.14%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.14%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 642 (92.77%) Business Intelligence
2 281 (40.61%) Analytics
3 187 (27.02%) Decision-Making
4 186 (26.88%) Problem-Solving
5 169 (24.42%) Data Modelling
6 158 (22.83%) Continuous Improvement
7 142 (20.52%) AI
8 127 (18.35%) Visualisation
9 126 (18.21%) Agile
10 116 (16.76%) Actionable Insight
11 112 (16.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 112 (16.18%) Stakeholder Management
12 105 (15.17%) ETL
13 102 (14.74%) Data Governance
14 94 (13.58%) Project Management
15 91 (13.15%) Data Engineering
16 85 (12.28%) Data Visualisation
17 81 (11.71%) Dashboard Development
18 78 (11.27%) CI/CD
18 78 (11.27%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 364 (52.60%) SQL
2 132 (19.08%) Python
3 71 (10.26%) C#
4 55 (7.95%) JavaScript
5 54 (7.80%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 32 (4.62%) PowerShell
7 22 (3.18%) T-SQL
8 21 (3.03%) TypeScript
9 17 (2.46%) VBA
10 14 (2.02%) R
11 9 (1.30%) Kusto Query Language
12 7 (1.01%) Scala
13 5 (0.72%) VB
14 3 (0.43%) PHP
14 3 (0.43%) PL/SQL
14 3 (0.43%) X++
15 2 (0.29%) Bicep
15 2 (0.29%) Formula Language
16 1 (0.14%) Google Apps Script
16 1 (0.14%) XPath
Qualifications
1 92 (13.29%) Degree
2 63 (9.10%) Security Cleared
3 57 (8.24%) SC Cleared
4 22 (3.18%) ACCA
5 18 (2.60%) CIMA
6 17 (2.46%) Microsoft Certification
7 16 (2.31%) DBS Check
8 11 (1.59%) Computer Science Degree
9 10 (1.45%) Master's Degree
10 7 (1.01%) Azure Certification
10 7 (1.01%) BPSS Clearance
10 7 (1.01%) PMI Certification
11 6 (0.87%) AAT
12 4 (0.58%) ISEB
12 4 (0.58%) PMP
13 2 (0.29%) CompTIA CySA+
13 2 (0.29%) CompTIA Security+
13 2 (0.29%) MCT
13 2 (0.29%) SSCP
14 1 (0.14%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 139 (20.09%) Data Quality
2 70 (10.12%) GDPR
3 37 (5.35%) Accessibility
4 32 (4.62%) QA
5 31 (4.48%) SLA
6 20 (2.89%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 19 (2.75%) PMO
8 13 (1.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 11 (1.59%) Actionable Recommendations
10 6 (0.87%) NIST
10 6 (0.87%) PERC
11 5 (0.72%) ISO 9001
12 4 (0.58%) GAAP
12 4 (0.58%) IFRS
12 4 (0.58%) NIST 800
13 2 (0.29%) GRC
13 2 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 20000
14 1 (0.14%) HIPAA
System Software
1 7 (1.01%) Docker
2 4 (0.58%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (0.43%) BitLocker
3 3 (0.43%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 4 (0.58%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.14%) Ansible
2 1 (0.14%) MOM
2 1 (0.14%) SCCM
2 1 (0.14%) SQL Sentry
2 1 (0.14%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 273 (39.45%) Microsoft
2 69 (9.97%) Databricks
3 39 (5.64%) Google
4 34 (4.91%) SAP
5 31 (4.48%) Oracle
6 22 (3.18%) Salesforce
7 20 (2.89%) Adobe
8 13 (1.88%) Alteryx
8 13 (1.88%) Informatica
9 8 (1.16%) Talend
10 7 (1.01%) Intapp
11 6 (0.87%) HighQ
11 6 (0.87%) HubSpot
11 6 (0.87%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
12 5 (0.72%) iManage
12 5 (0.72%) YouTube
13 4 (0.58%) dotdigital
13 4 (0.58%) Nintex
13 4 (0.58%) ServiceNow
13 4 (0.58%) Workday