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

6 months to
30 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 83 86 82
Rank change year-on-year +3 -4 -21
Permanent jobs citing Power BI 766 662 767
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.07% 3.95% 3.43%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 23.97% 24.89% 15.93%
Number of salaries quoted 560 495 517
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% +18.10%
75th Percentile £80,000 £70,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £88,750 £93,350
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 3,196 2,660 4,814
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 12.81% 15.86% 21.52%
Number of salaries quoted 2,467 1,833 3,072
10th Percentile £37,500 £35,500 £39,507
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 £112,500 £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 30 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 91 (11.88%) SharePoint
2 6 (0.78%) Apache Airflow
2 6 (0.78%) Apache Spark
2 6 (0.78%) Confluence
3 5 (0.65%) MS Project Server
4 4 (0.52%) Apache
4 4 (0.52%) Oracle Workflow
5 3 (0.39%) SAS
6 2 (0.26%) ArcGIS
6 2 (0.26%) CMS
6 2 (0.26%) IIS
6 2 (0.26%) Oracle Application Server
6 2 (0.26%) WordPress
7 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.13%) Umbraco
Applications
1 175 (22.85%) Microsoft Excel
2 21 (2.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 18 (2.35%) Microsoft Office
4 13 (1.70%) Microsoft Project
5 6 (0.78%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.52%) Chatbot
6 4 (0.52%) Navisworks
6 4 (0.52%) ProjectWise
6 4 (0.52%) Revit
6 4 (0.52%) Spreadsheet
7 3 (0.39%) AutoCAD
7 3 (0.39%) Notion
8 2 (0.26%) SPSS
9 1 (0.13%) Civil 3D
Business Applications
1 23 (3.00%) Dynamics CRM
2 12 (1.57%) NetSuite
2 12 (1.57%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 6 (0.78%) Dynamics NAV
4 5 (0.65%) Visualfiles
5 4 (0.52%) Elite 3E
6 3 (0.39%) Carpe Diem
6 3 (0.39%) Dynamics GP
6 3 (0.39%) 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
1 766 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 246 (32.11%) Azure
3 111 (14.49%) PowerApps
4 110 (14.36%) Power Automate
5 77 (10.05%) Dynamics 365
6 71 (9.27%) Microsoft 365
7 64 (8.36%) Azure Data Factory
8 63 (8.22%) Azure DevOps
9 48 (6.27%) AWS
10 46 (6.01%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 40 (5.22%) SaaS
12 37 (4.83%) Google Analytics
13 36 (4.70%) GCP
14 31 (4.05%) Microsoft Purview
15 30 (3.92%) Azure Logic Apps
16 28 (3.66%) Snowflake
17 22 (2.87%) OneDrive
18 19 (2.48%) Microsoft Copilot
19 18 (2.35%) Entra ID
20 15 (1.96%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 14 (1.83%) Broadband
2 6 (0.78%) SMS
3 2 (0.26%) Firewall
3 2 (0.26%) NAS
3 2 (0.26%) VoIP
3 2 (0.26%) 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
1 125 (16.32%) Tableau
2 87 (11.36%) Data Warehouse
3 73 (9.53%) SQL Server
4 56 (7.31%) Data Lake
5 50 (6.53%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 49 (6.40%) Azure SQL Database
7 44 (5.74%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 38 (4.96%) Power Query
9 34 (4.44%) Metadata
10 31 (4.05%) Looker
11 29 (3.79%) Relational Database
11 29 (3.79%) Star Schema
12 21 (2.74%) NoSQL
13 20 (2.61%) BigQuery
14 19 (2.48%) MongoDB
14 19 (2.48%) Semantic Layer
15 17 (2.22%) Big Data
16 15 (1.96%) DynamoDB
17 14 (1.83%) SQL Server Analysis Services
18 13 (1.70%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 52 (6.79%) Git
2 20 (2.61%) JIRA
3 10 (1.31%) Visual Studio
4 5 (0.65%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 3 (0.39%) 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
1 321 (41.91%) Social Skills
2 258 (33.68%) Analytical Skills
3 241 (31.46%) Finance
4 86 (11.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 79 (10.31%) Public Sector
6 70 (9.14%) Marketing
7 63 (8.22%) Legal
8 60 (7.83%) Law
9 46 (6.01%) Organisational Skills
10 44 (5.74%) Retail
11 25 (3.26%) Documentation Skills
11 25 (3.26%) Manufacturing
12 19 (2.48%) Influencing Skills
13 15 (1.96%) Presentation Skills
14 14 (1.83%) Banking
14 14 (1.83%) Billing
15 10 (1.31%) Advertising
15 10 (1.31%) Legal Technology
15 10 (1.31%) Social Housing
16 7 (0.91%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 192 (25.07%) Analyst
2 124 (16.19%) Senior
3 114 (14.88%) Developer
4 82 (10.70%) Data Analyst
5 79 (10.31%) Data Engineer
6 62 (8.09%) Lead
7 38 (4.96%) Architect
7 38 (4.96%) Consultant
8 36 (4.70%) Data Manager
9 31 (4.05%) Senior Analyst
10 30 (3.92%) Business Analyst
11 27 (3.52%) Data Architect
12 24 (3.13%) Applications Support
13 23 (3.00%) Power Platform Developer
14 22 (2.87%) Business Intelligence Analyst
14 22 (2.87%) Senior Consultant
15 20 (2.61%) IT Manager
16 19 (2.48%) Business Intelligence Developer
16 19 (2.48%) Dynamics 365 Developer
16 19 (2.48%) Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (5.48%) .NET
2 37 (4.83%) HTML
3 31 (4.05%) PySpark
4 29 (3.79%) CSS
5 21 (2.74%) HTML5 Canvas
6 17 (2.22%) JSON
6 17 (2.22%) REST
7 14 (1.83%) .NET Core
7 14 (1.83%) Terraform
8 13 (1.70%) Microsoft Graph
8 13 (1.70%) Oracle Fusion
9 12 (1.57%) SPFx
10 9 (1.17%) React
11 8 (1.04%) Pandas
12 7 (0.91%) Kafka
13 6 (0.78%) ASP.NET
13 6 (0.78%) Middleware
13 6 (0.78%) NumPy
13 6 (0.78%) XML
14 5 (0.65%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 55 (7.18%) Management Information System
2 35 (4.57%) Product Ownership
3 25 (3.26%) Data Structures
4 18 (2.35%) Enterprise Software
5 14 (1.83%) Analytical Mindset
5 14 (1.83%) Cloud Native
5 14 (1.83%) Low-Code
5 14 (1.83%) Social Media
6 13 (1.70%) Legacy Systems
6 13 (1.70%) Self-Motivation
7 12 (1.57%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 10 (1.31%) Greenfield Project
8 10 (1.31%) Housing Association
9 9 (1.17%) Onboarding
10 7 (0.91%) AI Agents
11 6 (0.78%) Cyberattack
11 6 (0.78%) NHS
12 5 (0.65%) Educational Technology
12 5 (0.65%) Reference Data
13 4 (0.52%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 16 (2.09%) Windows
2 5 (0.65%) Linux
3 4 (0.52%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.26%) Mac OS
4 2 (0.26%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.13%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 727 (94.91%) Business Intelligence
2 313 (40.86%) Analytics
3 238 (31.07%) Decision-Making
4 214 (27.94%) Problem-Solving
5 204 (26.63%) Data Modelling
6 196 (25.59%) Continuous Improvement
7 188 (24.54%) AI
8 156 (20.37%) Visualisation
9 148 (19.32%) Stakeholder Management
10 143 (18.67%) Agile
11 140 (18.28%) Actionable Insight
12 114 (14.88%) ETL
13 113 (14.75%) Data Governance
14 112 (14.62%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 96 (12.53%) Data Engineering
16 95 (12.40%) Dashboard Development
17 94 (12.27%) Data Visualisation
17 94 (12.27%) DevOps
18 87 (11.36%) Data Analysis
19 86 (11.23%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 391 (51.04%) SQL
2 150 (19.58%) Python
3 80 (10.44%) C#
4 64 (8.36%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 53 (6.92%) JavaScript
6 30 (3.92%) PowerShell
7 24 (3.13%) T-SQL
8 18 (2.35%) R
9 14 (1.83%) TypeScript
10 13 (1.70%) VBA
11 10 (1.31%) Kusto Query Language
12 6 (0.78%) Scala
13 5 (0.65%) PHP
14 4 (0.52%) VB
15 3 (0.39%) Bicep
15 3 (0.39%) PL/SQL
15 3 (0.39%) X++
16 2 (0.26%) Formula Language
17 1 (0.13%) VB.NET
17 1 (0.13%) XPath
Qualifications
1 93 (12.14%) Degree
2 68 (8.88%) Security Cleared
3 62 (8.09%) SC Cleared
4 21 (2.74%) ACCA
5 17 (2.22%) CIMA
5 17 (2.22%) DBS Check
6 15 (1.96%) Microsoft Certification
7 9 (1.17%) Azure Certification
8 8 (1.04%) Computer Science Degree
8 8 (1.04%) Master's Degree
9 7 (0.91%) BPSS Clearance
9 7 (0.91%) PMI Certification
10 5 (0.65%) PMP
11 4 (0.52%) AAT
11 4 (0.52%) ISEB
12 3 (0.39%) CISM
12 3 (0.39%) CISSP
12 3 (0.39%) CRISC
12 3 (0.39%) Postgraduate
13 2 (0.26%) MCT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 181 (23.63%) Data Quality
2 87 (11.36%) GDPR
3 44 (5.74%) Accessibility
4 32 (4.18%) QA
5 26 (3.39%) SLA
6 24 (3.13%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 18 (2.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 13 (1.70%) PMO
9 12 (1.57%) Actionable Recommendations
10 6 (0.78%) GRC
10 6 (0.78%) ISO 9001
10 6 (0.78%) NIST
10 6 (0.78%) PERC
11 4 (0.52%) ISO 19650
11 4 (0.52%) NIST 800
11 4 (0.52%) 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 (0.78%) Docker
2 3 (0.39%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.26%) BitLocker
3 2 (0.26%) Terminal Services
3 2 (0.26%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (0.78%) Kubernetes
2 2 (0.26%) Ansible
2 2 (0.26%) SQL Sentry
3 1 (0.13%) Failover Clustering
3 1 (0.13%) Grafana
3 1 (0.13%) MOM
3 1 (0.13%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 303 (39.56%) Microsoft
2 67 (8.75%) Databricks
3 43 (5.61%) Google
4 30 (3.92%) SAP
5 29 (3.79%) Oracle
6 26 (3.39%) Salesforce
7 17 (2.22%) Informatica
8 15 (1.96%) ServiceNow
9 12 (1.57%) Adobe
9 12 (1.57%) Alteryx
9 12 (1.57%) Talend
9 12 (1.57%) YouTube
10 11 (1.44%) HP
11 8 (1.04%) Intapp
12 6 (0.78%) HighQ
12 6 (0.78%) HubSpot
12 6 (0.78%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
13 5 (0.65%) Nintex
14 4 (0.52%) dotdigital
14 4 (0.52%) iManage