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 2 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 83 83 53
Rank change year-on-year 0 -30 +15
Permanent jobs citing Power BI 641 704 1,525
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.08% 4.41% 4.56%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 22.07% 21.58% 21.00%
Number of salaries quoted 483 499 1,316
10th Percentile £37,300 £36,250 £36,307
25th Percentile £43,125 £42,500 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.88% +3.64% -
75th Percentile £78,125 £70,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,756 £85,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £56,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -2.65% +2.73% -

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 2,904 3,263 7,263
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 13.95% 20.44% 21.71%
Number of salaries quoted 2,297 2,194 6,047
10th Percentile £37,500 £36,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £46,104 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -5.78%
75th Percentile £77,500 £83,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £115,000 £112,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -8.73%

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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 2 July 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 76 (11.86%) SharePoint
2 8 (1.25%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (1.09%) Apache Airflow
4 5 (0.78%) Apache Spark
4 5 (0.78%) SAS
5 4 (0.62%) CMS
5 4 (0.62%) Oracle Workflow
6 3 (0.47%) ArcGIS
6 3 (0.47%) Confluence
6 3 (0.47%) Drupal
7 2 (0.31%) Apache
8 1 (0.16%) Umbraco
8 1 (0.16%) WordPress
Applications
1 166 (25.90%) Microsoft Excel
2 25 (3.90%) Microsoft Office
3 22 (3.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 16 (2.50%) Microsoft Project
5 8 (1.25%) Spreadsheet
6 6 (0.94%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.31%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 21 (3.28%) Dynamics CRM
2 12 (1.87%) NetSuite
2 12 (1.87%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 5 (0.78%) SAP ERP
4 4 (0.62%) Dynamics NAV
5 3 (0.47%) Carpe Diem
5 3 (0.47%) Elite 3E
6 2 (0.31%) SAP HR
6 2 (0.31%) Visualfiles
7 1 (0.16%) Dynamics GP
7 1 (0.16%) NEC Housing
7 1 (0.16%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.16%) Raiser’s Edge
7 1 (0.16%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 641 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 235 (36.66%) Azure
3 103 (16.07%) Power Automate
4 83 (12.95%) PowerApps
5 76 (11.86%) Microsoft 365
6 59 (9.20%) Azure Data Factory
6 59 (9.20%) Dynamics 365
7 44 (6.86%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 41 (6.40%) Azure Logic Apps
9 33 (5.15%) SaaS
10 32 (4.99%) Google Analytics
11 30 (4.68%) Azure DevOps
12 28 (4.37%) Microsoft Purview
12 28 (4.37%) OneDrive
13 24 (3.74%) AWS
13 24 (3.74%) GCP
14 20 (3.12%) Snowflake
15 19 (2.96%) Adobe Creative Cloud
16 11 (1.72%) dbt
16 11 (1.72%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 13 (2.03%) Broadband
2 4 (0.62%) Firewall
3 3 (0.47%) NAS
3 3 (0.47%) SMS
3 3 (0.47%) VoIP
3 3 (0.47%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (0.31%) Modbus
4 2 (0.31%) MQTT
4 2 (0.31%) WAN
5 1 (0.16%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 118 (18.41%) Tableau
2 69 (10.76%) SQL Server
3 46 (7.18%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 44 (6.86%) Data Warehouse
5 42 (6.55%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 36 (5.62%) Azure SQL Database
7 32 (4.99%) Data Lake
8 31 (4.84%) Power Query
9 30 (4.68%) Big Data
10 28 (4.37%) Looker
11 24 (3.74%) Relational Database
12 19 (2.96%) BigQuery
12 19 (2.96%) MySQL
12 19 (2.96%) PostgreSQL
13 18 (2.81%) Metadata
14 16 (2.50%) Star Schema
15 15 (2.34%) Semantic Layer
16 13 (2.03%) SAP BW
17 10 (1.56%) NoSQL
18 9 (1.40%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 11 (1.72%) Git
1 11 (1.72%) JIRA
2 10 (1.56%) Visual Studio
3 9 (1.40%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 1 (0.16%) Browser DevTools
4 1 (0.16%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.16%) Postman
4 1 (0.16%) Toad
General
1 274 (42.75%) Social Skills
2 207 (32.29%) Analytical Skills
3 175 (27.30%) Finance
4 77 (12.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 64 (9.98%) Public Sector
6 43 (6.71%) Law
7 40 (6.24%) Legal
8 37 (5.77%) Marketing
9 36 (5.62%) Retail
10 29 (4.52%) Organisational Skills
11 15 (2.34%) Documentation Skills
12 11 (1.72%) Automotive
13 10 (1.56%) Banking
13 10 (1.56%) Publishing
14 9 (1.40%) Manufacturing
15 8 (1.25%) Presentation Skills
15 8 (1.25%) Social Housing
16 5 (0.78%) Aeronautics
16 5 (0.78%) Billing
16 5 (0.78%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 197 (30.73%) Analyst
2 106 (16.54%) Senior
3 95 (14.82%) Developer
4 71 (11.08%) Data Analyst
5 58 (9.05%) Data Engineer
6 57 (8.89%) Lead
7 32 (4.99%) Data Manager
8 29 (4.52%) Applications Support
9 28 (4.37%) Senior Developer
10 27 (4.21%) Business Intelligence Analyst
10 27 (4.21%) Business Intelligence Developer
10 27 (4.21%) Senior Analyst
11 26 (4.06%) Big Data Engineer
11 26 (4.06%) DataOps Engineer
11 26 (4.06%) DataOps Leader
11 26 (4.06%) Lead Big Data Engineer
12 25 (3.90%) Power Platform Developer
13 24 (3.74%) Applications Manager
13 24 (3.74%) Architect
13 24 (3.74%) Report Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (6.71%) .NET
2 37 (5.77%) HTML
3 33 (5.15%) CSS
3 33 (5.15%) HTML5 Canvas
4 30 (4.68%) JSON
5 21 (3.28%) .NET Core
6 20 (3.12%) Microsoft Graph
7 19 (2.96%) PySpark
7 19 (2.96%) SPFx
8 15 (2.34%) XML
9 12 (1.87%) Oracle Fusion
10 8 (1.25%) React
10 8 (1.25%) REST
11 7 (1.09%) Web Services
12 6 (0.94%) Kafka
13 5 (0.78%) ASP.NET
14 4 (0.62%) Middleware
15 3 (0.47%) ADO
15 3 (0.47%) ASP.NET Core
15 3 (0.47%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 55 (8.58%) Management Information System
2 41 (6.40%) Data Structures
3 24 (3.74%) Product Ownership
4 19 (2.96%) Onboarding
5 16 (2.50%) Analytical Mindset
6 14 (2.18%) Social Media
7 13 (2.03%) Cloud Native
7 13 (2.03%) Self-Motivation
8 9 (1.40%) Enterprise Software
9 8 (1.25%) Greenfield Project
10 7 (1.09%) FMCG
10 7 (1.09%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 6 (0.94%) Cyberattack
11 6 (0.94%) Legacy Systems
11 6 (0.94%) Low-Code
12 5 (0.78%) AI Agents
12 5 (0.78%) Data Fabric
12 5 (0.78%) Life Science
12 5 (0.78%) Mobile App
12 5 (0.78%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 8 (1.25%) Linux
2 6 (0.94%) Windows
3 5 (0.78%) Unix
4 4 (0.62%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.47%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.31%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.31%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 582 (90.80%) Business Intelligence
2 221 (34.48%) Analytics
3 165 (25.74%) Decision-Making
4 143 (22.31%) Data Modelling
5 140 (21.84%) Problem-Solving
6 128 (19.97%) Visualisation
7 123 (19.19%) Continuous Improvement
8 108 (16.85%) Actionable Insight
9 100 (15.60%) AI
10 96 (14.98%) Data Visualisation
10 96 (14.98%) ETL
11 93 (14.51%) Project Management
12 89 (13.88%) Agile
13 85 (13.26%) Data Governance
14 80 (12.48%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 78 (12.17%) CRM
15 78 (12.17%) Data Analysis
16 71 (11.08%) CI/CD
17 67 (10.45%) Data Engineering
18 61 (9.52%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 312 (48.67%) SQL
2 109 (17.00%) Python
3 59 (9.20%) C#
4 51 (7.96%) JavaScript
5 49 (7.64%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 43 (6.71%) PowerShell
7 30 (4.68%) T-SQL
8 22 (3.43%) VBA
9 19 (2.96%) R
9 19 (2.96%) TypeScript
10 10 (1.56%) Kusto Query Language
11 6 (0.94%) VB
12 5 (0.78%) VBScript
13 3 (0.47%) PL/SQL
13 3 (0.47%) Scala
14 2 (0.31%) Bicep
14 2 (0.31%) Formula Language
14 2 (0.31%) X++
15 1 (0.16%) C
15 1 (0.16%) PHP
Qualifications
1 107 (16.69%) Degree
2 46 (7.18%) Security Cleared
3 39 (6.08%) SC Cleared
4 37 (5.77%) ACCA
5 33 (5.15%) CIMA
6 22 (3.43%) DBS Check
7 18 (2.81%) Microsoft Certification
8 17 (2.65%) Computer Science Degree
9 15 (2.34%) AAT
10 8 (1.25%) Master's Degree
11 7 (1.09%) Azure Certification
12 4 (0.62%) CIPFA
13 3 (0.47%) BPSS Clearance
14 2 (0.31%) CompTIA Security+
14 2 (0.31%) ISEB
14 2 (0.31%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 2 (0.31%) Numerate Degree
14 2 (0.31%) PMI Certification
14 2 (0.31%) PMP
14 2 (0.31%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 123 (19.19%) Data Quality
2 58 (9.05%) GDPR
3 37 (5.77%) SLA
4 34 (5.30%) QA
5 22 (3.43%) Accessibility
6 20 (3.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 14 (2.18%) Actionable Recommendations
7 14 (2.18%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 14 (2.18%) PMO
8 6 (0.94%) NIST
9 5 (0.78%) IFRS
10 4 (0.62%) GAAP
10 4 (0.62%) ISO 9001
10 4 (0.62%) NIST 800
10 4 (0.62%) PERC
11 2 (0.31%) GRC
11 2 (0.31%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 1 (0.16%) IFRS 17
System Software
1 8 (1.25%) Active Directory
1 8 (1.25%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (0.62%) Docker
3 3 (0.47%) BitLocker
3 3 (0.47%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 10 (1.56%) Terraform
2 5 (0.78%) SCCM
3 2 (0.31%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.16%) Ansible
4 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.16%) MOM
4 1 (0.16%) SQL Sentry
4 1 (0.16%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 245 (38.22%) Microsoft
2 61 (9.52%) Databricks
3 38 (5.93%) Google
4 37 (5.77%) Oracle
5 29 (4.52%) SAP
6 24 (3.74%) Adobe
6 24 (3.74%) Salesforce
7 15 (2.34%) Alteryx
7 15 (2.34%) Informatica
8 8 (1.25%) VMware
9 7 (1.09%) Hotjar
10 6 (0.94%) Intapp
11 5 (0.78%) ESRI
11 5 (0.78%) HubSpot
11 5 (0.78%) IBM
11 5 (0.78%) ServiceNow
11 5 (0.78%) Snow
11 5 (0.78%) Talend
12 4 (0.62%) Hyperion
12 4 (0.62%) JD Edwards