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

6 months to
19 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 78 67 57
Rank change year-on-year -11 -10 +18
Permanent jobs citing Power BI 546 597 1,475
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.24% 4.45% 4.91%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 25.45% 16.37% 20.82%
Number of salaries quoted 373 387 1,264
10th Percentile £35,750 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £72,500 £66,250
90th Percentile £90,000 £90,329 £81,250
UK median annual salary £57,500 £59,875 £52,500
% change year-on-year -3.97% +14.05% -4.55%

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 2,145 3,646 7,085
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 12.72% 27.19% 23.59%
Number of salaries quoted 1,556 2,433 6,062
10th Percentile £37,500 £38,750 £37,000
25th Percentile £46,213 £50,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,425 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.04% +13.04% -8.49%
75th Percentile £80,000 £92,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £118,750 £93,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,779 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.43% +9.18% -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 19 March 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 58 (10.62%) SharePoint
2 10 (1.83%) Apache Airflow
2 10 (1.83%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 9 (1.65%) Microsoft Exchange
4 8 (1.47%) SAS
5 7 (1.28%) Confluence
6 6 (1.10%) Apache Spark
7 5 (0.92%) CMS
8 4 (0.73%) Umbraco
9 3 (0.55%) ArcGIS
9 3 (0.55%) Drupal
10 2 (0.37%) Moodle
11 1 (0.18%) Apache
11 1 (0.18%) Jupyter
Applications
1 174 (31.87%) Microsoft Excel
2 33 (6.04%) Microsoft Office
3 20 (3.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 11 (2.01%) Microsoft Project
5 8 (1.47%) Trello
6 5 (0.92%) MS Visio
6 5 (0.92%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 21 (3.85%) Dynamics CRM
2 11 (2.01%) NetSuite
3 10 (1.83%) Oracle ERP
4 6 (1.10%) NEC Housing
5 3 (0.55%) ResourceLink
5 3 (0.55%) SAP ERP
6 2 (0.37%) SAP Business One
6 2 (0.37%) SAP HR
6 2 (0.37%) Visualfiles
7 1 (0.18%) Dynamics GP
7 1 (0.18%) Elite 3E
7 1 (0.18%) Primavera
7 1 (0.18%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 546 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 239 (43.77%) Azure
3 84 (15.38%) Azure Data Factory
4 80 (14.65%) Power Automate
5 64 (11.72%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 63 (11.54%) PowerApps
7 62 (11.36%) Microsoft 365
8 48 (8.79%) Dynamics 365
9 39 (7.14%) Azure DevOps
10 32 (5.86%) Snowflake
11 27 (4.95%) GitHub
12 24 (4.40%) GCP
13 22 (4.03%) AWS
13 22 (4.03%) SaaS
14 20 (3.66%) Google Analytics
15 17 (3.11%) Azure Logic Apps
15 17 (3.11%) GitHub Copilot
16 16 (2.93%) dbt
17 13 (2.38%) Entra ID
18 12 (2.20%) Azure Machine Learning
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.55%) Modbus
1 3 (0.55%) MQTT
2 2 (0.37%) Intranet
2 2 (0.37%) WAN
3 1 (0.18%) ADSL
3 1 (0.18%) Firewall
3 1 (0.18%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 117 (21.43%) Tableau
2 76 (13.92%) SQL Server
3 55 (10.07%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 51 (9.34%) Data Warehouse
5 44 (8.06%) Azure SQL Database
6 34 (6.23%) Power Query
7 27 (4.95%) Data Lake
7 27 (4.95%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 25 (4.58%) Big Data
9 23 (4.21%) Looker
10 16 (2.93%) MySQL
11 14 (2.56%) Metadata
12 13 (2.38%) BigQuery
13 12 (2.20%) PostgreSQL
14 11 (2.01%) QlikView
15 10 (1.83%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
16 8 (1.47%) SQL Server Analysis Services
17 7 (1.28%) PowerPivot
17 7 (1.28%) Relational Database
17 7 (1.28%) SAS EBI
Development Applications
1 24 (4.40%) Git
2 21 (3.85%) JIRA
3 13 (2.38%) Jenkins
4 10 (1.83%) Oracle Forms
5 6 (1.10%) ERwin
6 4 (0.73%) ER Studio
6 4 (0.73%) PowerDesigner
6 4 (0.73%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 3 (0.55%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.18%) Oracle APEX
8 1 (0.18%) Postman
8 1 (0.18%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 226 (41.39%) Social Skills
2 198 (36.26%) Finance
3 197 (36.08%) Analytical Skills
4 49 (8.97%) Public Sector
5 47 (8.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 38 (6.96%) Marketing
7 31 (5.68%) Retail
8 25 (4.58%) Legal
8 25 (4.58%) Presentation Skills
9 23 (4.21%) Organisational Skills
10 21 (3.85%) Law
11 16 (2.93%) Manufacturing
12 14 (2.56%) Banking
12 14 (2.56%) Billing
13 12 (2.20%) Telecoms
14 10 (1.83%) Automotive
14 10 (1.83%) Publishing
15 6 (1.10%) Advertising
15 6 (1.10%) Investment Banking
16 5 (0.92%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 184 (33.70%) Analyst
2 83 (15.20%) Senior
3 75 (13.74%) Developer
4 68 (12.45%) Data Analyst
5 55 (10.07%) Lead
6 29 (5.31%) Business Intelligence Developer
6 29 (5.31%) Data Engineer
7 24 (4.40%) Business Intelligence Analyst
7 24 (4.40%) Commercial Analyst
8 23 (4.21%) Power Platform Developer
9 22 (4.03%) Applications Engineer
9 22 (4.03%) Business Analyst
9 22 (4.03%) Consultant
10 21 (3.85%) Big Data Engineer
10 21 (3.85%) Data Scientist
10 21 (3.85%) DataOps Engineer
10 21 (3.85%) DataOps Leader
10 21 (3.85%) Lead Big Data Engineer
10 21 (3.85%) Senior Analyst
11 20 (3.66%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (4.21%) HTML5 Canvas
2 21 (3.85%) .NET
3 20 (3.66%) JSON
4 15 (2.75%) XML
5 14 (2.56%) HTML
6 13 (2.38%) CSS
7 12 (2.20%) PySpark
8 11 (2.01%) RESTful
9 10 (1.83%) OAuth
9 10 (1.83%) OAuth2
9 10 (1.83%) SAML
10 8 (1.47%) .NET Core
11 7 (1.28%) EDI
12 6 (1.10%) Kafka
13 5 (0.92%) Middleware
14 4 (0.73%) Microsoft Graph
14 4 (0.73%) REST
14 4 (0.73%) SPFx
15 3 (0.55%) AngularJS
15 3 (0.55%) React
Miscellaneous
1 41 (7.51%) Management Information System
2 34 (6.23%) Analytical Mindset
3 31 (5.68%) Cloud Native
4 30 (5.49%) Data Structures
5 28 (5.13%) Self-Motivation
6 18 (3.30%) Enterprise Software
7 17 (3.11%) Onboarding
8 15 (2.75%) Low-Code
9 12 (2.20%) Product Ownership
10 10 (1.83%) FMCG
10 10 (1.83%) Greenfield Project
11 9 (1.65%) Algorithms
11 9 (1.65%) Legacy Systems
12 6 (1.10%) Reinsurance
13 5 (0.92%) Life Science
13 5 (0.92%) Social Media
14 4 (0.73%) Credit Risk
15 3 (0.55%) Market Risk
15 3 (0.55%) Replication
15 3 (0.55%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 8 (1.47%) Linux
1 8 (1.47%) Unix
2 7 (1.28%) Windows
3 2 (0.37%) VMS
4 1 (0.18%) Android
4 1 (0.18%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.18%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 509 (93.22%) Business Intelligence
2 201 (36.81%) Analytics
3 170 (31.14%) Decision-Making
4 164 (30.04%) Visualisation
5 130 (23.81%) Problem-Solving
6 127 (23.26%) Continuous Improvement
7 114 (20.88%) Data Analysis
8 105 (19.23%) Data Modelling
9 101 (18.50%) Data Visualisation
10 90 (16.48%) Agile
11 87 (15.93%) AI
12 85 (15.57%) Actionable Insight
12 85 (15.57%) ETL
13 73 (13.37%) CRM
14 71 (13.00%) CI/CD
15 63 (11.54%) Data Management
16 60 (10.99%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 59 (10.81%) Data Engineering
17 59 (10.81%) DevOps
18 58 (10.62%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 279 (51.10%) SQL
2 135 (24.73%) Python
3 49 (8.97%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 41 (7.51%) C#
5 33 (6.04%) JavaScript
6 25 (4.58%) R
7 24 (4.40%) PowerShell
8 19 (3.48%) T-SQL
9 14 (2.56%) VBA
10 12 (2.20%) Java
11 11 (2.01%) PL/SQL
12 10 (1.83%) Shell Script
13 7 (1.28%) TypeScript
14 5 (0.92%) VB
14 5 (0.92%) VBScript
15 4 (0.73%) Kusto Query Language
15 4 (0.73%) Scala
16 2 (0.37%) Bicep
16 2 (0.37%) Ruby
17 1 (0.18%) C
Qualifications
1 109 (19.96%) Degree
2 38 (6.96%) Security Cleared
3 37 (6.78%) ACCA
3 37 (6.78%) CIMA
4 31 (5.68%) Microsoft Certification
5 30 (5.49%) Computer Science Degree
6 28 (5.13%) SC Cleared
7 25 (4.58%) DBS Check
8 15 (2.75%) AAT
9 12 (2.20%) Six Sigma Green Belt
10 11 (2.01%) Azure Certification
11 7 (1.28%) Master's Degree
11 7 (1.28%) Numerate Degree
12 6 (1.10%) PMI Certification
12 6 (1.10%) PMP
13 4 (0.73%) CIPFA
13 4 (0.73%) DV Cleared
14 3 (0.55%) CIPD
14 3 (0.55%) CISA
14 3 (0.55%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 90 (16.48%) Data Quality
2 28 (5.13%) SLA
3 27 (4.95%) GDPR
4 24 (4.40%) Actionable Recommendations
5 20 (3.66%) PMO
6 14 (2.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 14 (2.56%) QA
7 4 (0.73%) Accessibility
8 3 (0.55%) IFRS
9 2 (0.37%) GAAP
9 2 (0.37%) GRC
9 2 (0.37%) WCAG
10 1 (0.18%) IFRS 17
10 1 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 1 (0.18%) NIST
10 1 (0.18%) P3O
System Software
1 9 (1.65%) Active Directory
2 6 (1.10%) Docker
3 5 (0.92%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.18%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 17 (3.11%) Terraform
2 12 (2.20%) Single Sign-On
3 6 (1.10%) SCCM
4 5 (0.92%) Kubernetes
4 5 (0.92%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.37%) Argo
6 1 (0.18%) Control-M
6 1 (0.18%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 199 (36.45%) Microsoft
2 65 (11.90%) Databricks
3 32 (5.86%) Oracle
4 31 (5.68%) Google
5 22 (4.03%) Informatica
5 22 (4.03%) Salesforce
6 17 (3.11%) SAP
7 12 (2.20%) Alteryx
8 9 (1.65%) Adobe
8 9 (1.65%) IBM
8 9 (1.65%) Northgate
9 7 (1.28%) Hotjar
10 5 (0.92%) ESRI
10 5 (0.92%) ServiceNow
10 5 (0.92%) Snow
10 5 (0.92%) VMware
11 4 (0.73%) Foundry
11 4 (0.73%) HubSpot
11 4 (0.73%) JD Edwards
11 4 (0.73%) Talend