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

6 months to
9 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 86 89 81
Rank change year-on-year +3 -8 -21
Permanent jobs citing Power BI 750 662 751
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.03% 3.94% 3.47%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 24.22% 25.21% 15.73%
Number of salaries quoted 543 489 488
10th Percentile £38,772 £37,500 £38,925
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -15.38% +18.04%
75th Percentile £79,400 £70,000 £77,813
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £94,125
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 3,097 2,626 4,774
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 12.50% 15.64% 22.03%
Number of salaries quoted 2,382 1,799 2,981
10th Percentile £37,500 £35,854 £39,250
25th Percentile £45,750 £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 £83,750 £95,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £112,500 £138,750
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 9 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 88 (11.73%) SharePoint
2 7 (0.93%) Apache Airflow
3 6 (0.80%) Apache Spark
3 6 (0.80%) Confluence
4 5 (0.67%) MS Project Server
5 4 (0.53%) Apache
5 4 (0.53%) Oracle Workflow
6 3 (0.40%) SAS
7 2 (0.27%) ArcGIS
7 2 (0.27%) CMS
7 2 (0.27%) IIS
7 2 (0.27%) Oracle Application Server
7 2 (0.27%) WordPress
8 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Exchange
8 1 (0.13%) Umbraco
Applications
1 173 (23.07%) Microsoft Excel
2 21 (2.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 19 (2.53%) Microsoft Office
4 12 (1.60%) Microsoft Project
5 6 (0.80%) MS Visio
5 6 (0.80%) Notion
6 5 (0.67%) Spreadsheet
7 4 (0.53%) Chatbot
7 4 (0.53%) Navisworks
7 4 (0.53%) ProjectWise
7 4 (0.53%) Revit
8 3 (0.40%) AutoCAD
9 2 (0.27%) SPSS
10 1 (0.13%) Civil 3D
Business Applications
1 23 (3.07%) Dynamics CRM
2 12 (1.60%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 11 (1.47%) NetSuite
4 6 (0.80%) Dynamics NAV
5 5 (0.67%) Visualfiles
6 4 (0.53%) Dynamics GP
6 4 (0.53%) Elite 3E
7 3 (0.40%) Carpe Diem
7 3 (0.40%) Integrated Workplace Management System
8 2 (0.27%) FastStats
9 1 (0.13%) Actimize
9 1 (0.13%) Oracle ERP
9 1 (0.13%) Raiser’s Edge
9 1 (0.13%) SAP S/4HANA
9 1 (0.13%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
9 1 (0.13%) Temenos T24
9 1 (0.13%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 750 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 234 (31.20%) Azure
3 107 (14.27%) PowerApps
4 103 (13.73%) Power Automate
5 73 (9.73%) Dynamics 365
6 71 (9.47%) Microsoft 365
7 63 (8.40%) Azure DevOps
8 57 (7.60%) Azure Data Factory
9 49 (6.53%) AWS
10 43 (5.73%) SaaS
11 41 (5.47%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 34 (4.53%) Google Analytics
13 32 (4.27%) GCP
14 31 (4.13%) Microsoft Purview
15 29 (3.87%) Snowflake
16 27 (3.60%) Azure Logic Apps
17 24 (3.20%) Microsoft Copilot
18 19 (2.53%) Entra ID
18 19 (2.53%) OneDrive
19 15 (2.00%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 14 (1.87%) Broadband
2 6 (0.80%) SMS
3 1 (0.13%) 5G
3 1 (0.13%) Firewall
3 1 (0.13%) Intranet
3 1 (0.13%) Modbus
3 1 (0.13%) MQTT
3 1 (0.13%) NAS
3 1 (0.13%) VoIP
3 1 (0.13%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 125 (16.67%) Tableau
2 88 (11.73%) Data Warehouse
3 71 (9.47%) SQL Server
4 56 (7.47%) Data Lake
5 51 (6.80%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 43 (5.73%) Azure SQL Database
7 42 (5.60%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 37 (4.93%) Power Query
9 36 (4.80%) Metadata
10 30 (4.00%) Relational Database
11 28 (3.73%) Looker
12 27 (3.60%) Star Schema
13 21 (2.80%) NoSQL
14 19 (2.53%) MongoDB
15 16 (2.13%) Semantic Layer
16 15 (2.00%) BigQuery
16 15 (2.00%) DynamoDB
17 14 (1.87%) Big Data
17 14 (1.87%) SQL Server Analysis Services
18 13 (1.73%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 53 (7.07%) Git
2 20 (2.67%) JIRA
3 9 (1.20%) 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
1 318 (42.40%) Social Skills
2 255 (34.00%) Analytical Skills
3 243 (32.40%) Finance
4 85 (11.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 71 (9.47%) Marketing
5 71 (9.47%) Public Sector
6 65 (8.67%) Legal
7 57 (7.60%) Law
8 48 (6.40%) Organisational Skills
9 47 (6.27%) Retail
10 28 (3.73%) Manufacturing
11 26 (3.47%) Documentation Skills
12 20 (2.67%) Influencing Skills
13 15 (2.00%) Presentation Skills
14 14 (1.87%) Banking
15 13 (1.73%) Billing
16 11 (1.47%) Advertising
17 10 (1.33%) Legal Technology
18 9 (1.20%) Social Housing
19 7 (0.93%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 189 (25.20%) Analyst
2 119 (15.87%) Senior
3 109 (14.53%) Developer
4 86 (11.47%) Data Analyst
5 75 (10.00%) Data Engineer
6 62 (8.27%) Lead
7 38 (5.07%) Architect
7 38 (5.07%) Consultant
8 36 (4.80%) Data Manager
9 31 (4.13%) Business Analyst
10 27 (3.60%) Data Architect
10 27 (3.60%) Senior Analyst
11 23 (3.07%) Business Intelligence Analyst
12 22 (2.93%) Senior Consultant
13 21 (2.80%) Applications Support
13 21 (2.80%) Power Platform Developer
14 19 (2.53%) Dynamics 365 Developer
14 19 (2.53%) Senior Data Engineer
14 19 (2.53%) Service Manager
15 17 (2.27%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (5.20%) .NET
2 33 (4.40%) HTML
3 31 (4.13%) PySpark
4 25 (3.33%) CSS
5 19 (2.53%) REST
6 15 (2.00%) HTML5 Canvas
7 14 (1.87%) JSON
7 14 (1.87%) Terraform
8 13 (1.73%) Oracle Fusion
9 11 (1.47%) .NET Core
9 11 (1.47%) Microsoft Graph
10 9 (1.20%) React
10 9 (1.20%) SPFx
11 8 (1.07%) Pandas
12 7 (0.93%) Kafka
13 6 (0.80%) ASP.NET
13 6 (0.80%) Middleware
13 6 (0.80%) NumPy
13 6 (0.80%) XML
14 5 (0.67%) ODBC
Miscellaneous
1 54 (7.20%) Management Information System
2 35 (4.67%) Product Ownership
3 25 (3.33%) Data Structures
4 19 (2.53%) Enterprise Software
5 15 (2.00%) Low-Code
6 14 (1.87%) Analytical Mindset
6 14 (1.87%) Cloud Native
6 14 (1.87%) Social Media
7 13 (1.73%) Legacy Systems
8 12 (1.60%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 12 (1.60%) Greenfield Project
8 12 (1.60%) Self-Motivation
9 10 (1.33%) Housing Association
10 8 (1.07%) Onboarding
11 7 (0.93%) AI Agents
12 6 (0.80%) Cyberattack
12 6 (0.80%) NHS
12 6 (0.80%) Reference Data
13 5 (0.67%) Educational Technology
14 4 (0.53%) Data Fabric
Operating Systems
1 15 (2.00%) Windows
2 5 (0.67%) Linux
3 3 (0.40%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.27%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.13%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.13%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 715 (95.33%) Business Intelligence
2 307 (40.93%) Analytics
3 235 (31.33%) Decision-Making
4 210 (28.00%) Problem-Solving
5 198 (26.40%) Data Modelling
6 194 (25.87%) Continuous Improvement
7 192 (25.60%) AI
8 159 (21.20%) Visualisation
9 154 (20.53%) Stakeholder Management
10 144 (19.20%) Agile
11 137 (18.27%) Actionable Insight
12 116 (15.47%) Data Governance
13 114 (15.20%) ETL
14 110 (14.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 96 (12.80%) Data Visualisation
16 94 (12.53%) Dashboard Development
16 94 (12.53%) Data Engineering
16 94 (12.53%) DevOps
17 87 (11.60%) CRM
17 87 (11.60%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 378 (50.40%) SQL
2 149 (19.87%) Python
3 78 (10.40%) C#
4 62 (8.27%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 51 (6.80%) JavaScript
6 28 (3.73%) PowerShell
7 23 (3.07%) T-SQL
8 19 (2.53%) R
9 12 (1.60%) VBA
10 11 (1.47%) TypeScript
11 10 (1.33%) Kusto Query Language
12 6 (0.80%) Scala
13 5 (0.67%) PHP
14 4 (0.53%) VB
15 3 (0.40%) Bicep
15 3 (0.40%) PL/SQL
15 3 (0.40%) X++
16 2 (0.27%) Formula Language
17 1 (0.13%) Google Apps Script
17 1 (0.13%) XPath
Qualifications
1 89 (11.87%) Degree
2 64 (8.53%) Security Cleared
3 57 (7.60%) SC Cleared
4 21 (2.80%) ACCA
5 17 (2.27%) CIMA
6 15 (2.00%) DBS Check
6 15 (2.00%) Microsoft Certification
7 10 (1.33%) Azure Certification
8 9 (1.20%) Computer Science Degree
9 7 (0.93%) BPSS Clearance
9 7 (0.93%) Master's Degree
9 7 (0.93%) PMI Certification
10 5 (0.67%) PMP
11 4 (0.53%) AAT
11 4 (0.53%) CISM
11 4 (0.53%) CISSP
11 4 (0.53%) CRISC
11 4 (0.53%) ISEB
12 3 (0.40%) Postgraduate
13 2 (0.27%) MCT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 185 (24.67%) Data Quality
2 89 (11.87%) GDPR
3 46 (6.13%) Accessibility
4 32 (4.27%) QA
5 24 (3.20%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 22 (2.93%) SLA
7 20 (2.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 14 (1.87%) Actionable Recommendations
9 13 (1.73%) PMO
10 7 (0.93%) GRC
11 6 (0.80%) ISO 9001
11 6 (0.80%) NIST
11 6 (0.80%) PERC
12 5 (0.67%) SOC 2
13 4 (0.53%) ISO 19650
13 4 (0.53%) NIST 800
14 2 (0.27%) GAAP
14 2 (0.27%) IFRS
14 2 (0.27%) ISO/IEC 20000
15 1 (0.13%) IASME
System Software
1 6 (0.80%) Docker
2 4 (0.53%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.13%) BitLocker
3 1 (0.13%) Terminal Services
3 1 (0.13%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (0.80%) Kubernetes
2 3 (0.40%) SQL Sentry
3 2 (0.27%) Ansible
4 1 (0.13%) Failover Clustering
4 1 (0.13%) Grafana
4 1 (0.13%) MOM
4 1 (0.13%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 302 (40.27%) Microsoft
2 64 (8.53%) Databricks
3 39 (5.20%) Google
4 30 (4.00%) SAP
5 29 (3.87%) Salesforce
6 28 (3.73%) Oracle
7 17 (2.27%) Informatica
8 16 (2.13%) ServiceNow
9 12 (1.60%) Alteryx
9 12 (1.60%) Talend
9 12 (1.60%) YouTube
10 11 (1.47%) HP
11 9 (1.20%) Adobe
11 9 (1.20%) Intapp
12 6 (0.80%) HighQ
12 6 (0.80%) HubSpot
12 6 (0.80%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
13 5 (0.67%) Criteo
13 5 (0.67%) Nintex
14 4 (0.53%) iManage