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 13 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 70 80 55
Rank change year-on-year +10 -25 +17
Permanent jobs citing Power BI 562 632 1,412
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.48% 4.03% 5.11%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 26.22% 15.67% 20.80%
Number of salaries quoted 376 361 1,238
10th Percentile £36,250 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £58,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.48% +5.45% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £73,886 £66,250
90th Percentile £89,375 £88,750 £82,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +14.29% -6.25%

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 2,143 4,032 6,790
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 13.27% 25.70% 24.56%
Number of salaries quoted 1,547 2,434 5,775
10th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £46,177 £50,322 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £67,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% +17.39% -8.00%
75th Percentile £81,250 £93,250 £72,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £118,750 £91,934
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +13.04% -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 13 February 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 52 (9.25%) SharePoint
2 17 (3.02%) Confluence
2 17 (3.02%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 9 (1.60%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (1.60%) SAS
4 7 (1.25%) Apache Airflow
5 5 (0.89%) Apache Spark
5 5 (0.89%) CMS
6 4 (0.71%) Umbraco
7 3 (0.53%) Drupal
8 2 (0.36%) Moodle
9 1 (0.18%) Jupyter
Applications
1 194 (34.52%) Microsoft Excel
2 28 (4.98%) Microsoft Office
3 13 (2.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (1.42%) Trello
5 7 (1.25%) Spreadsheet
6 6 (1.07%) Microsoft Project
6 6 (1.07%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 21 (3.74%) Dynamics CRM
2 17 (3.02%) Oracle ERP
3 12 (2.14%) NetSuite
4 8 (1.42%) Visualfiles
5 6 (1.07%) NEC Housing
6 3 (0.53%) ResourceLink
7 2 (0.36%) SAP Business One
7 2 (0.36%) SAP HR
8 1 (0.18%) Dynamics GP
8 1 (0.18%) Elite 3E
8 1 (0.18%) Pegasus Opera
8 1 (0.18%) Primavera
8 1 (0.18%) Salesforce CRM
8 1 (0.18%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 562 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 256 (45.55%) Azure
3 81 (14.41%) Azure Data Factory
4 72 (12.81%) Power Automate
5 69 (12.28%) PowerApps
6 64 (11.39%) Microsoft 365
7 57 (10.14%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 52 (9.25%) Azure DevOps
9 47 (8.36%) Dynamics 365
10 39 (6.94%) Snowflake
11 34 (6.05%) GitHub
12 28 (4.98%) AWS
13 25 (4.45%) GCP
14 24 (4.27%) GitHub Copilot
15 19 (3.38%) SaaS
16 18 (3.20%) Google Analytics
16 18 (3.20%) OCI
17 15 (2.67%) dbt
18 14 (2.49%) Azure Logic Apps
19 13 (2.31%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.53%) Modbus
1 3 (0.53%) 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
1 137 (24.38%) Tableau
2 77 (13.70%) SQL Server
3 70 (12.46%) Data Warehouse
4 59 (10.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 42 (7.47%) Azure SQL Database
6 31 (5.52%) Data Lake
7 30 (5.34%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 27 (4.80%) Power Query
9 22 (3.91%) Looker
10 17 (3.02%) Metadata
11 16 (2.85%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
12 15 (2.67%) Big Data
12 15 (2.67%) MySQL
13 13 (2.31%) BigQuery
14 11 (1.96%) PostgreSQL
15 8 (1.42%) Crystal Reports
15 8 (1.42%) SAS EBI
15 8 (1.42%) SQL Server Analysis Services
16 7 (1.25%) Qlik Sense
16 7 (1.25%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 39 (6.94%) JIRA
2 29 (5.16%) Git
3 20 (3.56%) Jenkins
4 17 (3.02%) Oracle Forms
5 6 (1.07%) ERwin
6 4 (0.71%) ER Studio
6 4 (0.71%) PowerDesigner
6 4 (0.71%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 3 (0.53%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.18%) Oracle APEX
8 1 (0.18%) Postman
8 1 (0.18%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 230 (40.93%) Finance
2 224 (39.86%) Social Skills
3 200 (35.59%) Analytical Skills
4 55 (9.79%) Marketing
5 47 (8.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 45 (8.01%) Public Sector
7 29 (5.16%) Retail
8 26 (4.63%) Organisational Skills
9 25 (4.45%) Presentation Skills
10 24 (4.27%) Manufacturing
11 20 (3.56%) Law
11 20 (3.56%) Legal
12 18 (3.20%) Billing
13 13 (2.31%) Banking
14 12 (2.14%) Telecoms
15 10 (1.78%) Advertising
15 10 (1.78%) Publishing
16 7 (1.25%) Local Government
17 5 (0.89%) Influencing Skills
17 5 (0.89%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 199 (35.41%) Analyst
2 80 (14.23%) Developer
3 79 (14.06%) Senior
4 71 (12.63%) Data Analyst
5 53 (9.43%) Lead
6 33 (5.87%) Data Engineer
7 30 (5.34%) Business Intelligence Developer
8 28 (4.98%) Applications Engineer
8 28 (4.98%) Business Intelligence Analyst
9 26 (4.63%) Business Analyst
10 24 (4.27%) Commercial Analyst
10 24 (4.27%) Power Platform Developer
10 24 (4.27%) Support Analyst
11 22 (3.91%) Consultant
12 21 (3.74%) Data Scientist
13 19 (3.38%) Cloud Engineer
13 19 (3.38%) Insight Analyst
13 19 (3.38%) Senior Analyst
14 18 (3.20%) Senior Developer
15 17 (3.02%) Applications Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (3.74%) .NET
2 18 (3.20%) HTML5 Canvas
2 18 (3.20%) JSON
2 18 (3.20%) RESTful
2 18 (3.20%) XML
3 17 (3.02%) OAuth
3 17 (3.02%) OAuth2
3 17 (3.02%) SAML
4 11 (1.96%) HTML
5 10 (1.78%) CSS
6 9 (1.60%) Middleware
7 8 (1.42%) PySpark
8 7 (1.25%) EDI
9 5 (0.89%) .NET Core
10 4 (0.71%) AngularJS
10 4 (0.71%) Kafka
10 4 (0.71%) React
10 4 (0.71%) REST
10 4 (0.71%) Web Services
11 3 (0.53%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 42 (7.47%) Analytical Mindset
2 39 (6.94%) Management Information System
3 36 (6.41%) Cloud Native
4 30 (5.34%) Data Structures
5 29 (5.16%) Self-Motivation
6 24 (4.27%) Onboarding
7 23 (4.09%) Product Ownership
8 22 (3.91%) Enterprise Software
9 15 (2.67%) Low-Code
10 11 (1.96%) FMCG
11 10 (1.78%) Algorithms
11 10 (1.78%) Greenfield Project
12 8 (1.42%) Legacy Systems
13 6 (1.07%) Reinsurance
14 5 (0.89%) Credit Risk
14 5 (0.89%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
15 4 (0.71%) Market Risk
15 4 (0.71%) Social Media
16 3 (0.53%) IoT
16 3 (0.53%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 11 (1.96%) Windows
2 5 (0.89%) Linux
2 5 (0.89%) Unix
3 2 (0.36%) VMS
4 1 (0.18%) Android
4 1 (0.18%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.18%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 521 (92.70%) Business Intelligence
2 221 (39.32%) Analytics
3 172 (30.60%) Decision-Making
4 167 (29.72%) Visualisation
5 143 (25.44%) Continuous Improvement
6 130 (23.13%) Problem-Solving
7 119 (21.17%) Agile
8 115 (20.46%) Data Analysis
9 108 (19.22%) Data Modelling
10 104 (18.51%) AI
11 103 (18.33%) Data Visualisation
12 87 (15.48%) Actionable Insight
13 86 (15.30%) ETL
14 78 (13.88%) DevOps
15 75 (13.35%) Data Engineering
16 70 (12.46%) Coaching
17 69 (12.28%) CI/CD
17 69 (12.28%) CRM
18 65 (11.57%) Data Management
19 64 (11.39%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 324 (57.65%) SQL
2 166 (29.54%) Python
3 48 (8.54%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 38 (6.76%) C#
5 31 (5.52%) JavaScript
6 28 (4.98%) R
7 23 (4.09%) PowerShell
8 22 (3.91%) T-SQL
9 21 (3.74%) Java
10 18 (3.20%) PL/SQL
11 17 (3.02%) Shell Script
12 11 (1.96%) VBA
13 8 (1.42%) Scala
14 3 (0.53%) Kusto Query Language
14 3 (0.53%) TypeScript
15 2 (0.36%) Ruby
16 1 (0.18%) Bicep
16 1 (0.18%) C
16 1 (0.18%) VB
16 1 (0.18%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 112 (19.93%) Degree
2 39 (6.94%) Security Cleared
3 37 (6.58%) ACCA
3 37 (6.58%) CIMA
4 34 (6.05%) Microsoft Certification
5 30 (5.34%) Computer Science Degree
5 30 (5.34%) SC Cleared
6 25 (4.45%) DBS Check
7 13 (2.31%) Azure Certification
8 12 (2.14%) Six Sigma Green Belt
9 11 (1.96%) Master's Degree
10 10 (1.78%) AAT
11 9 (1.60%) Numerate Degree
12 7 (1.25%) CISA
12 7 (1.25%) CISSP
13 6 (1.07%) DV Cleared
14 4 (0.71%) CIPFA
14 4 (0.71%) PMI Certification
14 4 (0.71%) PMP
15 3 (0.53%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 90 (16.01%) Data Quality
2 22 (3.91%) SLA
3 20 (3.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 19 (3.38%) Actionable Recommendations
4 19 (3.38%) GDPR
5 16 (2.85%) Accessibility
6 14 (2.49%) PMO
7 13 (2.31%) QA
8 5 (0.89%) GRC
9 4 (0.71%) NIST
10 3 (0.53%) COBIT
10 3 (0.53%) ITGC
11 2 (0.36%) WCAG
12 1 (0.18%) IFRS
12 1 (0.18%) IFRS 17
12 1 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 1 (0.18%) P3O
12 1 (0.18%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 9 (1.60%) Active Directory
2 5 (0.89%) Docker
3 1 (0.18%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.18%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 23 (4.09%) Terraform
2 20 (3.56%) Single Sign-On
3 5 (0.89%) Kubernetes
3 5 (0.89%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (0.36%) Argo
4 2 (0.36%) SCCM
5 1 (0.18%) Control-M
Vendors
1 198 (35.23%) Microsoft
2 61 (10.85%) Databricks
3 37 (6.58%) Oracle
4 30 (5.34%) Google
5 25 (4.45%) Salesforce
6 21 (3.74%) Informatica
7 18 (3.20%) SAP
8 10 (1.78%) Alteryx
9 9 (1.60%) Northgate
10 5 (0.89%) Concur
10 5 (0.89%) Hotjar
10 5 (0.89%) IBM
10 5 (0.89%) Sage
10 5 (0.89%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
10 5 (0.89%) ServiceNow
11 4 (0.71%) Foundry
11 4 (0.71%) Talend
12 3 (0.53%) Anaplan
12 3 (0.53%) HubSpot
12 3 (0.53%) Mercator