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 11 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 76 70 56
Rank change year-on-year -6 -14 +19
Permanent jobs citing Power BI 548 618 1,480
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.30% 4.43% 4.95%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 26.11% 16.24% 20.90%
Number of salaries quoted 373 387 1,271
10th Percentile £35,750 £37,300 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £42,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% -
75th Percentile £69,000 £72,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.17% +14.29% -4.55%

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 3,805 7,081
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 12.62% 27.27% 23.67%
Number of salaries quoted 1,525 2,463 6,066
10th Percentile £37,500 £38,750 £37,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £50,000 £43,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +13.04% -8.24%
75th Percentile £80,000 £92,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £99,500 £118,750 £92,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £63,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +9.57% -8.00%

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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 11 March 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 60 (10.95%) SharePoint
2 11 (2.01%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 10 (1.82%) Apache Airflow
4 9 (1.64%) Microsoft Exchange
4 9 (1.64%) SAS
5 8 (1.46%) Confluence
6 6 (1.09%) Apache Spark
7 5 (0.91%) CMS
8 4 (0.73%) Umbraco
9 3 (0.55%) ArcGIS
9 3 (0.55%) Drupal
10 2 (0.36%) Moodle
11 1 (0.18%) Apache
11 1 (0.18%) Jupyter
Applications
1 178 (32.48%) Microsoft Excel
2 32 (5.84%) Microsoft Office
3 19 (3.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (1.64%) Microsoft Project
5 8 (1.46%) Trello
6 6 (1.09%) MS Visio
6 6 (1.09%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 23 (4.20%) Dynamics CRM
2 11 (2.01%) NetSuite
2 11 (2.01%) Oracle ERP
3 6 (1.09%) NEC Housing
4 3 (0.55%) ResourceLink
4 3 (0.55%) Visualfiles
5 2 (0.36%) SAP Business One
5 2 (0.36%) SAP ERP
5 2 (0.36%) SAP HR
6 1 (0.18%) Dynamics GP
6 1 (0.18%) Elite 3E
6 1 (0.18%) Primavera
6 1 (0.18%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.18%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 548 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 237 (43.25%) Azure
3 80 (14.60%) Azure Data Factory
3 80 (14.60%) Power Automate
4 69 (12.59%) PowerApps
5 64 (11.68%) Microsoft 365
6 62 (11.31%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 50 (9.12%) Dynamics 365
8 40 (7.30%) Azure DevOps
9 32 (5.84%) Snowflake
10 28 (5.11%) GitHub
11 24 (4.38%) GCP
12 22 (4.01%) AWS
13 21 (3.83%) SaaS
14 20 (3.65%) Google Analytics
15 18 (3.28%) GitHub Copilot
16 16 (2.92%) Azure Logic Apps
16 16 (2.92%) dbt
17 13 (2.37%) Entra ID
17 13 (2.37%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.55%) Modbus
1 3 (0.55%) MQTT
2 2 (0.36%) Intranet
2 2 (0.36%) WAN
3 1 (0.18%) ADSL
3 1 (0.18%) Firewall
3 1 (0.18%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 119 (21.72%) Tableau
2 76 (13.87%) SQL Server
3 56 (10.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 54 (9.85%) Data Warehouse
5 42 (7.66%) Azure SQL Database
6 33 (6.02%) Power Query
7 28 (5.11%) Data Lake
7 28 (5.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 22 (4.01%) Big Data
9 21 (3.83%) Looker
10 16 (2.92%) MySQL
11 15 (2.74%) Metadata
12 13 (2.37%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
12 13 (2.37%) BigQuery
13 11 (2.01%) PostgreSQL
14 9 (1.64%) QlikView
15 8 (1.46%) SAS EBI
15 8 (1.46%) SQL Server Analysis Services
16 7 (1.28%) Qlik Sense
16 7 (1.28%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 25 (4.56%) Git
1 25 (4.56%) JIRA
2 14 (2.55%) Jenkins
3 11 (2.01%) Oracle Forms
4 6 (1.09%) ERwin
5 4 (0.73%) ER Studio
5 4 (0.73%) PowerDesigner
5 4 (0.73%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 3 (0.55%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.18%) Oracle APEX
7 1 (0.18%) Postman
7 1 (0.18%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 227 (41.42%) Social Skills
2 204 (37.23%) Finance
3 196 (35.77%) Analytical Skills
4 50 (9.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 48 (8.76%) Public Sector
6 43 (7.85%) Marketing
7 31 (5.66%) Retail
8 26 (4.74%) Organisational Skills
9 25 (4.56%) Legal
10 24 (4.38%) Presentation Skills
11 22 (4.01%) Law
12 18 (3.28%) Manufacturing
13 15 (2.74%) Billing
14 14 (2.55%) Banking
15 12 (2.19%) Telecoms
16 10 (1.82%) Publishing
17 9 (1.64%) Automotive
18 7 (1.28%) Advertising
19 6 (1.09%) Investment Banking
20 5 (0.91%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 190 (34.67%) Analyst
2 82 (14.96%) Senior
3 77 (14.05%) Developer
4 67 (12.23%) Data Analyst
5 52 (9.49%) Lead
6 30 (5.47%) Business Intelligence Developer
7 29 (5.29%) Data Engineer
8 25 (4.56%) Business Intelligence Analyst
8 25 (4.56%) Power Platform Developer
9 24 (4.38%) Commercial Analyst
10 23 (4.20%) Consultant
11 22 (4.01%) Applications Engineer
11 22 (4.01%) Business Analyst
11 22 (4.01%) Senior Analyst
12 21 (3.83%) Data Scientist
13 20 (3.65%) Support Analyst
14 19 (3.47%) DataOps Engineer
14 19 (3.47%) DataOps Leader
14 19 (3.47%) Lead Big Data Engineer
14 19 (3.47%) Report Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (3.83%) HTML5 Canvas
2 19 (3.47%) .NET
3 18 (3.28%) JSON
4 16 (2.92%) XML
5 13 (2.37%) HTML
6 12 (2.19%) CSS
6 12 (2.19%) RESTful
7 11 (2.01%) OAuth
7 11 (2.01%) OAuth2
7 11 (2.01%) PySpark
7 11 (2.01%) SAML
8 7 (1.28%) EDI
9 6 (1.09%) .NET Core
9 6 (1.09%) Kafka
10 5 (0.91%) Middleware
11 4 (0.73%) REST
11 4 (0.73%) Web Services
12 3 (0.55%) .NET Framework
12 3 (0.55%) AngularJS
12 3 (0.55%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 39 (7.12%) Management Information System
2 34 (6.20%) Analytical Mindset
3 32 (5.84%) Cloud Native
4 30 (5.47%) Data Structures
5 29 (5.29%) Self-Motivation
6 18 (3.28%) Enterprise Software
7 16 (2.92%) Onboarding
8 15 (2.74%) Low-Code
9 14 (2.55%) Product Ownership
10 10 (1.82%) Algorithms
10 10 (1.82%) FMCG
10 10 (1.82%) Greenfield Project
11 8 (1.46%) Legacy Systems
12 6 (1.09%) Reinsurance
13 5 (0.91%) Social Media
14 4 (0.73%) Credit Risk
14 4 (0.73%) Life Science
15 3 (0.55%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
15 3 (0.55%) Market Risk
15 3 (0.55%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 7 (1.28%) Linux
1 7 (1.28%) Unix
1 7 (1.28%) Windows
2 2 (0.36%) VMS
3 1 (0.18%) Android
3 1 (0.18%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.18%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 510 (93.07%) Business Intelligence
2 203 (37.04%) Analytics
3 172 (31.39%) Decision-Making
4 163 (29.74%) Visualisation
5 132 (24.09%) Continuous Improvement
6 127 (23.18%) Problem-Solving
7 117 (21.35%) Data Analysis
8 104 (18.98%) Data Modelling
9 101 (18.43%) Agile
10 99 (18.07%) Data Visualisation
11 87 (15.88%) AI
12 85 (15.51%) Actionable Insight
13 84 (15.33%) ETL
14 74 (13.50%) CRM
15 72 (13.14%) CI/CD
16 64 (11.68%) Data Management
17 63 (11.50%) DevOps
18 60 (10.95%) Data Governance
19 59 (10.77%) Stakeholder Engagement
20 58 (10.58%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 281 (51.28%) SQL
2 139 (25.36%) Python
3 49 (8.94%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 39 (7.12%) C#
5 32 (5.84%) JavaScript
6 26 (4.74%) R
7 23 (4.20%) PowerShell
8 19 (3.47%) T-SQL
9 16 (2.92%) VBA
10 13 (2.37%) Java
11 12 (2.19%) PL/SQL
12 11 (2.01%) Shell Script
13 5 (0.91%) Scala
13 5 (0.91%) TypeScript
14 4 (0.73%) Kusto Query Language
14 4 (0.73%) VB
14 4 (0.73%) VBScript
15 2 (0.36%) Bicep
15 2 (0.36%) Ruby
16 1 (0.18%) C
Qualifications
1 116 (21.17%) Degree
2 39 (7.12%) Security Cleared
3 38 (6.93%) ACCA
3 38 (6.93%) CIMA
4 33 (6.02%) Microsoft Certification
5 32 (5.84%) Computer Science Degree
6 30 (5.47%) SC Cleared
7 25 (4.56%) DBS Check
8 15 (2.74%) AAT
9 12 (2.19%) Azure Certification
9 12 (2.19%) Six Sigma Green Belt
10 11 (2.01%) Master's Degree
11 8 (1.46%) Numerate Degree
12 6 (1.09%) DV Cleared
12 6 (1.09%) PMI Certification
12 6 (1.09%) PMP
13 4 (0.73%) CIPFA
14 3 (0.55%) CIPD
14 3 (0.55%) CISA
14 3 (0.55%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 90 (16.42%) Data Quality
2 27 (4.93%) GDPR
2 27 (4.93%) SLA
3 24 (4.38%) Actionable Recommendations
4 18 (3.28%) PMO
5 15 (2.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 14 (2.55%) QA
7 6 (1.09%) Accessibility
8 3 (0.55%) IFRS
9 2 (0.36%) GAAP
9 2 (0.36%) GRC
9 2 (0.36%) WCAG
10 1 (0.18%) IFRS 17
10 1 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 1 (0.18%) NIST
10 1 (0.18%) P3O
System Software
1 9 (1.64%) Active Directory
2 6 (1.09%) Docker
3 4 (0.73%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.18%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 18 (3.28%) Terraform
2 13 (2.37%) Single Sign-On
3 5 (0.91%) Kubernetes
3 5 (0.91%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (0.91%) SCCM
4 2 (0.36%) Argo
5 1 (0.18%) Control-M
Vendors
1 195 (35.58%) Microsoft
2 62 (11.31%) Databricks
3 32 (5.84%) Oracle
4 31 (5.66%) Google
5 23 (4.20%) Salesforce
6 22 (4.01%) Informatica
7 17 (3.10%) SAP
8 13 (2.37%) Alteryx
9 9 (1.64%) Northgate
10 8 (1.46%) IBM
11 7 (1.28%) Hotjar
12 6 (1.09%) Adobe
12 6 (1.09%) ServiceNow
13 5 (0.91%) ESRI
14 4 (0.73%) Foundry
14 4 (0.73%) HubSpot
14 4 (0.73%) Snow
14 4 (0.73%) Talend
14 4 (0.73%) VMware
15 3 (0.55%) Openreach