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

6 months to
3 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 84 87 82
Rank change year-on-year +3 -5 -20
Permanent jobs citing Power BI 757 666 774
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.04% 3.96% 3.46%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 23.97% 24.97% 16.01%
Number of salaries quoted 549 494 516
10th Percentile £38,772 £37,500 £38,750
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 £80,000 £70,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £88,750 £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 3,158 2,667 4,835
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 12.69% 15.85% 21.63%
Number of salaries quoted 2,439 1,834 3,079
10th Percentile £37,500 £35,781 £39,450
25th Percentile £46,000 £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 £83,438 £95,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £112,500 £139,000
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 3 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 89 (11.76%) SharePoint
2 7 (0.92%) Apache Airflow
3 6 (0.79%) Apache Spark
3 6 (0.79%) Confluence
4 5 (0.66%) MS Project Server
5 4 (0.53%) Apache
5 4 (0.53%) Oracle Workflow
6 3 (0.40%) SAS
7 2 (0.26%) ArcGIS
7 2 (0.26%) CMS
7 2 (0.26%) IIS
7 2 (0.26%) Oracle Application Server
7 2 (0.26%) WordPress
8 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Exchange
8 1 (0.13%) Umbraco
Applications
1 173 (22.85%) Microsoft Excel
2 21 (2.77%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 18 (2.38%) Microsoft Office
4 12 (1.59%) Microsoft Project
5 6 (0.79%) MS Visio
6 5 (0.66%) Notion
7 4 (0.53%) Chatbot
7 4 (0.53%) Navisworks
7 4 (0.53%) ProjectWise
7 4 (0.53%) Revit
7 4 (0.53%) Spreadsheet
8 3 (0.40%) AutoCAD
9 2 (0.26%) SPSS
10 1 (0.13%) Civil 3D
Business Applications
1 23 (3.04%) Dynamics CRM
2 12 (1.59%) NetSuite
2 12 (1.59%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 6 (0.79%) Dynamics NAV
4 5 (0.66%) Visualfiles
5 4 (0.53%) Elite 3E
6 3 (0.40%) Carpe Diem
6 3 (0.40%) Dynamics GP
6 3 (0.40%) Integrated Workplace Management System
7 2 (0.26%) FastStats
8 1 (0.13%) Actimize
8 1 (0.13%) Oracle ERP
8 1 (0.13%) Raiser’s Edge
8 1 (0.13%) SAP S/4HANA
8 1 (0.13%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 1 (0.13%) Temenos T24
8 1 (0.13%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 757 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 241 (31.84%) Azure
3 110 (14.53%) PowerApps
4 106 (14.00%) Power Automate
5 76 (10.04%) Dynamics 365
6 70 (9.25%) Microsoft 365
7 63 (8.32%) Azure DevOps
8 59 (7.79%) Azure Data Factory
9 49 (6.47%) AWS
10 43 (5.68%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 42 (5.55%) SaaS
12 34 (4.49%) GCP
12 34 (4.49%) Google Analytics
13 31 (4.10%) Microsoft Purview
14 29 (3.83%) Azure Logic Apps
14 29 (3.83%) Snowflake
15 21 (2.77%) OneDrive
16 20 (2.64%) Microsoft Copilot
17 19 (2.51%) Entra ID
18 16 (2.11%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 14 (1.85%) Broadband
2 6 (0.79%) 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 (16.51%) Tableau
2 89 (11.76%) Data Warehouse
3 73 (9.64%) SQL Server
4 56 (7.40%) Data Lake
5 50 (6.61%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 47 (6.21%) Azure SQL Database
7 42 (5.55%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 38 (5.02%) Power Query
9 35 (4.62%) Metadata
10 29 (3.83%) Looker
10 29 (3.83%) Relational Database
11 28 (3.70%) Star Schema
12 21 (2.77%) NoSQL
13 19 (2.51%) MongoDB
13 19 (2.51%) Semantic Layer
14 18 (2.38%) BigQuery
15 16 (2.11%) Big Data
16 15 (1.98%) DynamoDB
17 14 (1.85%) SQL Server Analysis Services
18 13 (1.72%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 53 (7.00%) Git
2 21 (2.77%) JIRA
3 10 (1.32%) Visual Studio
4 5 (0.66%) 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
1 322 (42.54%) Social Skills
2 257 (33.95%) Analytical Skills
3 243 (32.10%) Finance
4 87 (11.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 75 (9.91%) Public Sector
6 71 (9.38%) Marketing
7 63 (8.32%) Legal
8 59 (7.79%) Law
9 45 (5.94%) Organisational Skills
9 45 (5.94%) Retail
10 26 (3.43%) Documentation Skills
11 25 (3.30%) Manufacturing
12 19 (2.51%) Influencing Skills
13 15 (1.98%) Presentation Skills
14 14 (1.85%) Banking
14 14 (1.85%) Billing
15 10 (1.32%) Advertising
15 10 (1.32%) Legal Technology
16 9 (1.19%) Social Housing
17 7 (0.92%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 191 (25.23%) Analyst
2 122 (16.12%) Senior
3 113 (14.93%) Developer
4 84 (11.10%) Data Analyst
5 76 (10.04%) Data Engineer
6 59 (7.79%) Lead
7 38 (5.02%) Architect
7 38 (5.02%) Consultant
8 36 (4.76%) Data Manager
9 31 (4.10%) Business Analyst
10 29 (3.83%) Senior Analyst
11 27 (3.57%) Data Architect
12 23 (3.04%) Power Platform Developer
13 22 (2.91%) Applications Support
13 22 (2.91%) Business Intelligence Analyst
13 22 (2.91%) Senior Consultant
14 19 (2.51%) Dynamics 365 Developer
14 19 (2.51%) Senior Data Engineer
14 19 (2.51%) Service Manager
15 18 (2.38%) Business Intelligence Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 41 (5.42%) .NET
2 36 (4.76%) HTML
3 31 (4.10%) PySpark
4 28 (3.70%) CSS
5 20 (2.64%) HTML5 Canvas
6 18 (2.38%) REST
7 17 (2.25%) JSON
8 14 (1.85%) Terraform
9 13 (1.72%) .NET Core
9 13 (1.72%) Microsoft Graph
9 13 (1.72%) Oracle Fusion
10 11 (1.45%) SPFx
11 9 (1.19%) React
12 8 (1.06%) Pandas
13 7 (0.92%) Kafka
14 6 (0.79%) ASP.NET
14 6 (0.79%) Middleware
14 6 (0.79%) NumPy
14 6 (0.79%) XML
15 5 (0.66%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 53 (7.00%) Management Information System
2 35 (4.62%) Product Ownership
3 25 (3.30%) Data Structures
4 18 (2.38%) Enterprise Software
5 14 (1.85%) Analytical Mindset
5 14 (1.85%) Cloud Native
5 14 (1.85%) Low-Code
5 14 (1.85%) Social Media
6 13 (1.72%) Legacy Systems
7 12 (1.59%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 12 (1.59%) Self-Motivation
8 10 (1.32%) Greenfield Project
8 10 (1.32%) Housing Association
9 9 (1.19%) Onboarding
10 7 (0.92%) AI Agents
11 6 (0.79%) Cyberattack
11 6 (0.79%) NHS
11 6 (0.79%) Reference Data
12 5 (0.66%) Educational Technology
13 4 (0.53%) Data Fabric
Operating Systems
1 15 (1.98%) Windows
2 5 (0.66%) Linux
3 3 (0.40%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.26%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.13%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.13%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 720 (95.11%) Business Intelligence
2 311 (41.08%) Analytics
3 238 (31.44%) Decision-Making
4 212 (28.01%) Problem-Solving
5 204 (26.95%) Data Modelling
6 195 (25.76%) Continuous Improvement
7 189 (24.97%) AI
8 155 (20.48%) Visualisation
9 150 (19.82%) Stakeholder Management
10 145 (19.15%) Agile
11 139 (18.36%) Actionable Insight
12 115 (15.19%) Data Governance
13 113 (14.93%) ETL
14 112 (14.80%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 96 (12.68%) Data Engineering
16 94 (12.42%) Dashboard Development
16 94 (12.42%) DevOps
17 93 (12.29%) Data Visualisation
18 87 (11.49%) Data Analysis
19 86 (11.36%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 386 (50.99%) SQL
2 151 (19.95%) Python
3 80 (10.57%) C#
4 65 (8.59%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 52 (6.87%) JavaScript
6 30 (3.96%) PowerShell
7 23 (3.04%) T-SQL
8 18 (2.38%) R
9 13 (1.72%) TypeScript
9 13 (1.72%) VBA
10 10 (1.32%) Kusto Query Language
11 6 (0.79%) Scala
12 5 (0.66%) PHP
13 4 (0.53%) VB
14 3 (0.40%) Bicep
14 3 (0.40%) PL/SQL
14 3 (0.40%) X++
15 2 (0.26%) Formula Language
16 1 (0.13%) Google Apps Script
16 1 (0.13%) XPath
Qualifications
1 91 (12.02%) Degree
2 65 (8.59%) Security Cleared
3 59 (7.79%) SC Cleared
4 21 (2.77%) ACCA
5 17 (2.25%) CIMA
6 16 (2.11%) DBS Check
7 15 (1.98%) Microsoft Certification
8 9 (1.19%) Azure Certification
8 9 (1.19%) Computer Science Degree
9 8 (1.06%) Master's Degree
10 7 (0.92%) BPSS Clearance
10 7 (0.92%) PMI Certification
11 5 (0.66%) PMP
12 4 (0.53%) AAT
12 4 (0.53%) ISEB
13 3 (0.40%) CISM
13 3 (0.40%) CISSP
13 3 (0.40%) CRISC
13 3 (0.40%) Postgraduate
14 2 (0.26%) MCT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 181 (23.91%) Data Quality
2 88 (11.62%) GDPR
3 47 (6.21%) Accessibility
4 32 (4.23%) QA
5 24 (3.17%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 23 (3.04%) SLA
7 18 (2.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 13 (1.72%) PMO
9 12 (1.59%) Actionable Recommendations
10 6 (0.79%) GRC
10 6 (0.79%) ISO 9001
10 6 (0.79%) NIST
10 6 (0.79%) PERC
11 4 (0.53%) ISO 19650
11 4 (0.53%) NIST 800
11 4 (0.53%) SOC 2
12 2 (0.26%) GAAP
12 2 (0.26%) IFRS
12 2 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 20000
13 1 (0.13%) IASME
System Software
1 6 (0.79%) 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 (0.79%) Kubernetes
2 3 (0.40%) SQL Sentry
3 2 (0.26%) Ansible
4 1 (0.13%) Failover Clustering
4 1 (0.13%) Grafana
4 1 (0.13%) MOM
4 1 (0.13%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 300 (39.63%) Microsoft
2 66 (8.72%) Databricks
3 40 (5.28%) Google
4 30 (3.96%) SAP
5 29 (3.83%) Oracle
6 28 (3.70%) Salesforce
7 17 (2.25%) Informatica
8 15 (1.98%) ServiceNow
9 12 (1.59%) Alteryx
9 12 (1.59%) Talend
9 12 (1.59%) YouTube
10 11 (1.45%) Adobe
10 11 (1.45%) HP
11 8 (1.06%) Intapp
12 6 (0.79%) HighQ
12 6 (0.79%) HubSpot
12 6 (0.79%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
13 5 (0.66%) Nintex
14 4 (0.53%) Criteo
14 4 (0.53%) iManage