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

6 months to
28 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 83 88 82
Rank change year-on-year +5 -6 -20
Permanent jobs citing Power BI 751 667 764
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.04% 4.03% 3.36%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 23.80% 24.94% 15.74%
Number of salaries quoted 546 500 527
10th Percentile £38,772 £37,500 £38,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £45,923
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -15.38% +18.16%
75th Percentile £80,000 £70,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £93,250
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 3,155 2,674 4,855
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 12.75% 16.14% 21.38%
Number of salaries quoted 2,436 1,846 3,133
10th Percentile £37,500 £35,500 £39,500
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% +12.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £82,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £113,125 £140,000
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 28 September 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 88 (11.72%) SharePoint
2 6 (0.80%) Apache Spark
3 5 (0.67%) Apache Airflow
3 5 (0.67%) Confluence
3 5 (0.67%) MS Project Server
4 4 (0.53%) Apache
4 4 (0.53%) Oracle Workflow
5 3 (0.40%) SAS
6 2 (0.27%) ArcGIS
6 2 (0.27%) CMS
6 2 (0.27%) IIS
6 2 (0.27%) Oracle Application Server
6 2 (0.27%) WordPress
7 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.13%) Umbraco
Applications
1 173 (23.04%) Microsoft Excel
2 21 (2.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 18 (2.40%) Microsoft Office
4 13 (1.73%) Microsoft Project
5 6 (0.80%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.53%) Chatbot
6 4 (0.53%) Navisworks
6 4 (0.53%) ProjectWise
6 4 (0.53%) Revit
6 4 (0.53%) Spreadsheet
7 3 (0.40%) AutoCAD
8 2 (0.27%) Notion
8 2 (0.27%) SPSS
9 1 (0.13%) Civil 3D
Business Applications
1 21 (2.80%) Dynamics CRM
2 12 (1.60%) NetSuite
2 12 (1.60%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 5 (0.67%) Dynamics NAV
3 5 (0.67%) Visualfiles
4 4 (0.53%) Elite 3E
5 3 (0.40%) Carpe Diem
5 3 (0.40%) Integrated Workplace Management System
6 2 (0.27%) FastStats
7 1 (0.13%) Dynamics GP
7 1 (0.13%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.13%) Raiser’s Edge
7 1 (0.13%) SAP S/4HANA
7 1 (0.13%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 1 (0.13%) Temenos T24
7 1 (0.13%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 751 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 238 (31.69%) Azure
3 107 (14.25%) PowerApps
4 105 (13.98%) Power Automate
5 76 (10.12%) Dynamics 365
6 69 (9.19%) Microsoft 365
7 62 (8.26%) Azure Data Factory
8 60 (7.99%) Azure DevOps
9 46 (6.13%) AWS
10 45 (5.99%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 38 (5.06%) SaaS
12 37 (4.93%) Google Analytics
13 36 (4.79%) GCP
14 31 (4.13%) Microsoft Purview
15 30 (3.99%) Azure Logic Apps
16 26 (3.46%) Snowflake
17 22 (2.93%) OneDrive
18 17 (2.26%) Entra ID
18 17 (2.26%) Microsoft Copilot
19 15 (2.00%) Azure Cosmos DB
Communications & Networking
1 14 (1.86%) Broadband
2 6 (0.80%) SMS
3 2 (0.27%) Firewall
3 2 (0.27%) NAS
3 2 (0.27%) VoIP
3 2 (0.27%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.13%) 5G
4 1 (0.13%) Intranet
4 1 (0.13%) Modbus
4 1 (0.13%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 124 (16.51%) Tableau
2 84 (11.19%) Data Warehouse
3 70 (9.32%) SQL Server
4 56 (7.46%) Data Lake
5 49 (6.52%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 48 (6.39%) Azure SQL Database
7 42 (5.59%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 37 (4.93%) Power Query
9 34 (4.53%) Metadata
10 31 (4.13%) Looker
11 29 (3.86%) Relational Database
11 29 (3.86%) Star Schema
12 20 (2.66%) BigQuery
12 20 (2.66%) NoSQL
13 19 (2.53%) Semantic Layer
14 18 (2.40%) MongoDB
15 16 (2.13%) Big Data
16 15 (2.00%) DynamoDB
17 14 (1.86%) SQL Server Analysis Services
18 13 (1.73%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 45 (5.99%) Git
2 18 (2.40%) JIRA
3 10 (1.33%) Visual Studio
4 5 (0.67%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 3 (0.40%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.13%) Browser DevTools
6 1 (0.13%) ER Studio
6 1 (0.13%) ERwin
6 1 (0.13%) Flyway
6 1 (0.13%) RStudio
General
1 314 (41.81%) Social Skills
2 248 (33.02%) Analytical Skills
3 236 (31.42%) Finance
4 85 (11.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 77 (10.25%) Public Sector
6 70 (9.32%) Marketing
7 61 (8.12%) Legal
8 58 (7.72%) Law
9 46 (6.13%) Organisational Skills
10 43 (5.73%) Retail
11 25 (3.33%) Manufacturing
12 24 (3.20%) Documentation Skills
13 18 (2.40%) Influencing Skills
14 15 (2.00%) Presentation Skills
15 14 (1.86%) Billing
16 13 (1.73%) Banking
17 10 (1.33%) Advertising
17 10 (1.33%) Legal Technology
17 10 (1.33%) Social Housing
18 7 (0.93%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 189 (25.17%) Analyst
2 121 (16.11%) Senior
3 109 (14.51%) Developer
4 80 (10.65%) Data Analyst
5 77 (10.25%) Data Engineer
6 60 (7.99%) Lead
7 37 (4.93%) Architect
7 37 (4.93%) Consultant
8 36 (4.79%) Data Manager
9 30 (3.99%) Business Analyst
9 30 (3.99%) Senior Analyst
10 26 (3.46%) Data Architect
11 24 (3.20%) Applications Support
12 23 (3.06%) Power Platform Developer
13 22 (2.93%) Business Intelligence Analyst
14 21 (2.80%) Senior Consultant
15 20 (2.66%) IT Manager
16 19 (2.53%) Business Intelligence Developer
16 19 (2.53%) Dynamics 365 Developer
16 19 (2.53%) Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (5.19%) .NET
2 37 (4.93%) HTML
3 30 (3.99%) PySpark
4 29 (3.86%) CSS
5 21 (2.80%) HTML5 Canvas
6 17 (2.26%) JSON
7 15 (2.00%) REST
8 14 (1.86%) .NET Core
8 14 (1.86%) Terraform
9 13 (1.73%) Microsoft Graph
9 13 (1.73%) Oracle Fusion
10 12 (1.60%) SPFx
11 9 (1.20%) React
12 7 (0.93%) Pandas
13 6 (0.80%) ASP.NET
13 6 (0.80%) Kafka
13 6 (0.80%) Middleware
13 6 (0.80%) NumPy
13 6 (0.80%) XML
14 5 (0.67%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 54 (7.19%) Management Information System
2 35 (4.66%) Product Ownership
3 25 (3.33%) Data Structures
4 18 (2.40%) Enterprise Software
5 14 (1.86%) Analytical Mindset
5 14 (1.86%) Cloud Native
5 14 (1.86%) Social Media
6 13 (1.73%) Legacy Systems
6 13 (1.73%) Low-Code
6 13 (1.73%) Self-Motivation
7 12 (1.60%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 10 (1.33%) Greenfield Project
8 10 (1.33%) Housing Association
9 9 (1.20%) Onboarding
10 7 (0.93%) AI Agents
11 6 (0.80%) Cyberattack
11 6 (0.80%) NHS
12 5 (0.67%) Educational Technology
13 4 (0.53%) Cyber Defence
13 4 (0.53%) Data Fabric
Operating Systems
1 16 (2.13%) Windows
2 5 (0.67%) Linux
3 4 (0.53%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.27%) Mac OS
4 2 (0.27%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.13%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 711 (94.67%) Business Intelligence
2 307 (40.88%) Analytics
3 233 (31.03%) Decision-Making
4 207 (27.56%) Problem-Solving
5 196 (26.10%) Data Modelling
6 194 (25.83%) Continuous Improvement
7 182 (24.23%) AI
8 148 (19.71%) Visualisation
9 144 (19.17%) Stakeholder Management
10 137 (18.24%) Actionable Insight
10 137 (18.24%) Agile
11 112 (14.91%) ETL
11 112 (14.91%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 111 (14.78%) Data Governance
13 94 (12.52%) Dashboard Development
14 92 (12.25%) Data Engineering
15 91 (12.12%) DevOps
16 90 (11.98%) Data Visualisation
17 85 (11.32%) Data Analysis
18 81 (10.79%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 379 (50.47%) SQL
2 144 (19.17%) Python
3 77 (10.25%) C#
4 61 (8.12%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 53 (7.06%) JavaScript
6 29 (3.86%) PowerShell
7 21 (2.80%) T-SQL
8 17 (2.26%) R
9 14 (1.86%) TypeScript
9 14 (1.86%) VBA
10 9 (1.20%) Kusto Query Language
11 6 (0.80%) Scala
12 5 (0.67%) PHP
13 4 (0.53%) VB
14 3 (0.40%) Bicep
14 3 (0.40%) PL/SQL
14 3 (0.40%) X++
15 2 (0.27%) Formula Language
16 1 (0.13%) Java
16 1 (0.13%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 92 (12.25%) Degree
2 66 (8.79%) Security Cleared
3 60 (7.99%) SC Cleared
4 21 (2.80%) ACCA
5 17 (2.26%) CIMA
5 17 (2.26%) DBS Check
6 15 (2.00%) Microsoft Certification
7 9 (1.20%) Azure Certification
8 8 (1.07%) Computer Science Degree
8 8 (1.07%) Master's Degree
9 7 (0.93%) BPSS Clearance
9 7 (0.93%) PMI Certification
10 5 (0.67%) PMP
11 4 (0.53%) AAT
11 4 (0.53%) ISEB
12 3 (0.40%) CISM
12 3 (0.40%) CISSP
12 3 (0.40%) CRISC
12 3 (0.40%) Postgraduate
13 2 (0.27%) MCT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 174 (23.17%) Data Quality
2 84 (11.19%) GDPR
3 43 (5.73%) Accessibility
4 33 (4.39%) QA
5 26 (3.46%) SLA
6 24 (3.20%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 18 (2.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 13 (1.73%) PMO
9 12 (1.60%) Actionable Recommendations
10 6 (0.80%) GRC
10 6 (0.80%) ISO 9001
10 6 (0.80%) NIST
10 6 (0.80%) PERC
11 4 (0.53%) ISO 19650
11 4 (0.53%) NIST 800
11 4 (0.53%) SOC 2
12 2 (0.27%) GAAP
12 2 (0.27%) IFRS
12 2 (0.27%) ISO/IEC 20000
13 1 (0.13%) HIPAA
System Software
1 6 (0.80%) Docker
2 2 (0.27%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.27%) BitLocker
2 2 (0.27%) Terminal Services
2 2 (0.27%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (0.67%) Kubernetes
2 2 (0.27%) Ansible
3 1 (0.13%) Failover Clustering
3 1 (0.13%) Grafana
3 1 (0.13%) MOM
3 1 (0.13%) SQL Sentry
3 1 (0.13%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 295 (39.28%) Microsoft
2 64 (8.52%) Databricks
3 43 (5.73%) Google
4 30 (3.99%) SAP
5 29 (3.86%) Oracle
6 25 (3.33%) Salesforce
7 17 (2.26%) Informatica
8 15 (2.00%) ServiceNow
9 12 (1.60%) Adobe
9 12 (1.60%) Alteryx
9 12 (1.60%) Talend
9 12 (1.60%) YouTube
10 11 (1.46%) HP
11 6 (0.80%) HighQ
11 6 (0.80%) HubSpot
11 6 (0.80%) Intapp
11 6 (0.80%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
12 5 (0.67%) Nintex
13 4 (0.53%) iManage
13 4 (0.53%) OneTrust