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

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 72 83 64
Rank change year-on-year +11 -19 +7
Permanent jobs citing Power BI 527 608 987
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.48% 3.70% 4.57%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 25.11% 14.66% 18.35%
Number of salaries quoted 361 350 826
10th Percentile £37,500 £37,500 £37,000
25th Percentile £41,500 £42,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £58,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.17% +5.45% -
75th Percentile £70,250 £73,886 £70,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £90,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -3.08%

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 2,099 4,148 5,379
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 13.86% 25.25% 24.91%
Number of salaries quoted 1,569 2,472 4,393
10th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £38,272
25th Percentile £46,000 £50,000 £46,306
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £67,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% +12.50% -4.00%
75th Percentile £81,250 £92,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £118,750 £92,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £63,900 £60,000
% change year-on-year -6.10% +6.50% -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 14 January 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 43 (8.16%) SharePoint
2 17 (3.23%) Confluence
2 17 (3.23%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 8 (1.52%) SAS
4 6 (1.14%) Apache Airflow
5 5 (0.95%) Apache Spark
6 4 (0.76%) Umbraco
7 3 (0.57%) CMS
8 2 (0.38%) Moodle
9 1 (0.19%) Drupal
9 1 (0.19%) Jupyter
9 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 195 (37.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 26 (4.93%) Microsoft Office
3 13 (2.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (1.52%) Trello
5 5 (0.95%) Spreadsheet
6 4 (0.76%) Microsoft Project
7 3 (0.57%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 24 (4.55%) Dynamics CRM
2 17 (3.23%) Oracle ERP
3 8 (1.52%) NetSuite
3 8 (1.52%) Visualfiles
4 6 (1.14%) NEC Housing
5 3 (0.57%) ResourceLink
5 3 (0.57%) SAP FI
6 2 (0.38%) Dynamics GP
6 2 (0.38%) SAP Business One
7 1 (0.19%) Elite 3E
7 1 (0.19%) Pegasus Opera
7 1 (0.19%) Primavera
7 1 (0.19%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.19%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 527 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 239 (45.35%) Azure
3 76 (14.42%) Azure Data Factory
4 63 (11.95%) Power Automate
4 63 (11.95%) PowerApps
5 55 (10.44%) Azure DevOps
5 55 (10.44%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 54 (10.25%) Microsoft 365
7 47 (8.92%) Dynamics 365
8 42 (7.97%) Snowflake
9 39 (7.40%) GitHub
10 33 (6.26%) AWS
11 27 (5.12%) GCP
12 24 (4.55%) GitHub Copilot
13 20 (3.80%) dbt
14 18 (3.42%) OCI
15 17 (3.23%) SaaS
16 13 (2.47%) Google Analytics
17 12 (2.28%) Azure Machine Learning
17 12 (2.28%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.57%) Modbus
1 3 (0.57%) MQTT
2 2 (0.38%) Intranet
3 1 (0.19%) ADSL
3 1 (0.19%) DHCP
3 1 (0.19%) DNS
3 1 (0.19%) Internet
3 1 (0.19%) NAS
3 1 (0.19%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 136 (25.81%) Tableau
2 73 (13.85%) Data Warehouse
3 67 (12.71%) SQL Server
4 50 (9.49%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 42 (7.97%) Azure SQL Database
6 37 (7.02%) Data Lake
7 27 (5.12%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 26 (4.93%) Power Query
9 20 (3.80%) Looker
10 18 (3.42%) Metadata
11 15 (2.85%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
12 14 (2.66%) Crystal Reports
13 13 (2.47%) BigQuery
14 10 (1.90%) SQL Server Analysis Services
15 8 (1.52%) Big Data
15 8 (1.52%) Data Vault
15 8 (1.52%) Oracle Database
16 7 (1.33%) Oracle Reports
16 7 (1.33%) Qlik Sense
16 7 (1.33%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 38 (7.21%) JIRA
2 32 (6.07%) Git
3 20 (3.80%) Jenkins
4 17 (3.23%) Oracle Forms
5 6 (1.14%) ERwin
6 4 (0.76%) ER Studio
6 4 (0.76%) PowerDesigner
7 3 (0.57%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.19%) Oracle APEX
8 1 (0.19%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 235 (44.59%) Finance
2 201 (38.14%) Social Skills
3 177 (33.59%) Analytical Skills
4 61 (11.57%) Marketing
5 42 (7.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 37 (7.02%) Public Sector
7 30 (5.69%) Manufacturing
7 30 (5.69%) Retail
8 25 (4.74%) Presentation Skills
9 24 (4.55%) Organisational Skills
10 21 (3.98%) Law
11 18 (3.42%) Billing
12 15 (2.85%) Legal
13 12 (2.28%) Telecoms
14 11 (2.09%) Banking
15 10 (1.90%) Advertising
15 10 (1.90%) Local Government
16 7 (1.33%) Influencing Skills
17 6 (1.14%) Pharmaceutical
17 6 (1.14%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 178 (33.78%) Analyst
2 73 (13.85%) Developer
3 69 (13.09%) Senior
4 59 (11.20%) Data Analyst
5 48 (9.11%) Lead
6 34 (6.45%) Data Engineer
7 28 (5.31%) Applications Engineer
7 28 (5.31%) Business Intelligence Analyst
8 26 (4.93%) Business Intelligence Developer
9 25 (4.74%) Business Analyst
10 23 (4.36%) Power Platform Developer
10 23 (4.36%) Support Analyst
11 22 (4.17%) Consultant
12 19 (3.61%) Applications Support
12 19 (3.61%) Cloud Engineer
12 19 (3.61%) Insight Analyst
13 18 (3.42%) Commercial Analyst
14 17 (3.23%) Data Scientist
15 16 (3.04%) Architect
15 16 (3.04%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (3.42%) .NET
1 18 (3.42%) HTML5 Canvas
2 17 (3.23%) OAuth
2 17 (3.23%) OAuth2
2 17 (3.23%) RESTful
2 17 (3.23%) SAML
3 10 (1.90%) JSON
3 10 (1.90%) Middleware
4 8 (1.52%) PySpark
4 8 (1.52%) XML
5 7 (1.33%) EDI
5 7 (1.33%) HTML
5 7 (1.33%) Pandas
6 6 (1.14%) CSS
6 6 (1.14%) scikit-learn
7 5 (0.95%) NumPy
8 4 (0.76%) AngularJS
8 4 (0.76%) Kafka
8 4 (0.76%) React
8 4 (0.76%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 39 (7.40%) Analytical Mindset
2 37 (7.02%) Cloud Native
2 37 (7.02%) Management Information System
3 28 (5.31%) Self-Motivation
4 23 (4.36%) Product Ownership
5 21 (3.98%) Enterprise Software
6 17 (3.23%) Onboarding
7 14 (2.66%) Data Structures
7 14 (2.66%) Low-Code
8 11 (2.09%) Legacy Systems
9 7 (1.33%) Algorithms
9 7 (1.33%) FMCG
9 7 (1.33%) Greenfield Project
10 6 (1.14%) Reinsurance
11 5 (0.95%) Credit Risk
11 5 (0.95%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 5 (0.95%) Social Media
12 4 (0.76%) Housing Association
12 4 (0.76%) Market Risk
13 3 (0.57%) Educational Technology
Operating Systems
1 15 (2.85%) Windows
2 7 (1.33%) Linux
2 7 (1.33%) Unix
3 1 (0.19%) Android
3 1 (0.19%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.19%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 492 (93.36%) Business Intelligence
2 220 (41.75%) Analytics
3 163 (30.93%) Visualisation
4 158 (29.98%) Decision-Making
5 138 (26.19%) Continuous Improvement
5 138 (26.19%) Problem-Solving
6 121 (22.96%) Agile
7 112 (21.25%) AI
8 104 (19.73%) Data Analysis
9 103 (19.54%) Data Visualisation
10 91 (17.27%) Data Modelling
11 85 (16.13%) Actionable Insight
12 84 (15.94%) DevOps
13 78 (14.80%) ETL
14 72 (13.66%) Data Engineering
15 64 (12.14%) CRM
15 64 (12.14%) ERP
15 64 (12.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 63 (11.95%) Data Management
17 60 (11.39%) Data Analytics
Programming Languages
1 316 (59.96%) SQL
2 166 (31.50%) Python
3 51 (9.68%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 35 (6.64%) C#
5 29 (5.50%) JavaScript
6 27 (5.12%) R
7 23 (4.36%) Java
8 18 (3.42%) PL/SQL
9 17 (3.23%) Shell Script
10 14 (2.66%) Scala
10 14 (2.66%) T-SQL
11 13 (2.47%) VBA
12 12 (2.28%) PowerShell
13 3 (0.57%) TypeScript
14 2 (0.38%) Ruby
15 1 (0.19%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 102 (19.35%) Degree
2 38 (7.21%) ACCA
2 38 (7.21%) CIMA
3 37 (7.02%) Security Cleared
4 34 (6.45%) Microsoft Certification
5 30 (5.69%) SC Cleared
6 29 (5.50%) Computer Science Degree
7 20 (3.80%) DBS Check
8 13 (2.47%) CISSP
8 13 (2.47%) Master's Degree
9 12 (2.28%) Azure Certification
9 12 (2.28%) CISA
9 12 (2.28%) Six Sigma Green Belt
10 9 (1.71%) Numerate Degree
11 6 (1.14%) DV Cleared
12 5 (0.95%) CISM
12 5 (0.95%) CRISC
13 4 (0.76%) AAT
13 4 (0.76%) PMI Certification
13 4 (0.76%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 75 (14.23%) Data Quality
2 20 (3.80%) Accessibility
3 19 (3.61%) GDPR
4 18 (3.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 15 (2.85%) Actionable Recommendations
6 13 (2.47%) SLA
7 12 (2.28%) PMO
7 12 (2.28%) QA
8 7 (1.33%) GRC
9 6 (1.14%) NIST
10 5 (0.95%) COBIT
10 5 (0.95%) ITGC
11 2 (0.38%) WCAG
12 1 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 1 (0.19%) P3O
12 1 (0.19%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 6 (1.14%) Docker
2 2 (0.38%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.19%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.19%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (0.19%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.19%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 24 (4.55%) Terraform
2 20 (3.80%) Single Sign-On
3 6 (1.14%) Kubernetes
4 4 (0.76%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.38%) Argo
6 1 (0.19%) Control-M
6 1 (0.19%) SCCM
Vendors
1 198 (37.57%) Microsoft
2 62 (11.76%) Databricks
3 39 (7.40%) Oracle
4 31 (5.88%) Google
5 25 (4.74%) Salesforce
6 20 (3.80%) SAP
7 13 (2.47%) Informatica
8 10 (1.90%) Alteryx
9 8 (1.52%) Northgate
10 7 (1.33%) Sage
11 6 (1.14%) Concur
11 6 (1.14%) OpenAI
11 6 (1.14%) Talend
12 5 (0.95%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
13 4 (0.76%) HubSpot
13 4 (0.76%) IBM
13 4 (0.76%) ServiceNow
13 4 (0.76%) Zoho
14 3 (0.57%) Cognos
14 3 (0.57%) Mercator