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

6 months to
3 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 74 67 55
Rank change year-on-year -7 -12 +22
Permanent jobs citing Power BI 557 571 1,501
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.30% 4.45% 4.82%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 24.70% 16.75% 20.88%
Number of salaries quoted 396 400 1,292
10th Percentile £35,750 £36,975 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,313 £42,500 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.09% +4.55% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £72,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £84,964
UK median annual salary £57,500 £59,000 £53,300
% change year-on-year -2.54% +10.69% -3.09%

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 2,255 3,408 7,188
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 13.37% 26.56% 23.07%
Number of salaries quoted 1,664 2,421 6,157
10th Percentile £37,500 £38,000 £37,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £50,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +13.04% -11.54%
75th Percentile £81,250 £90,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £118,750 £93,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £64,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -6.25% +11.30% -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 3 April 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 61 (10.95%) SharePoint
2 10 (1.80%) Apache Airflow
3 8 (1.44%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (1.44%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 6 (1.08%) Apache Spark
4 6 (1.08%) SAS
5 5 (0.90%) CMS
5 5 (0.90%) Confluence
6 4 (0.72%) Umbraco
7 3 (0.54%) ArcGIS
7 3 (0.54%) Drupal
8 2 (0.36%) Moodle
9 1 (0.18%) Apache
9 1 (0.18%) Jupyter
Applications
1 176 (31.60%) Microsoft Excel
2 31 (5.57%) Microsoft Office
3 18 (3.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 13 (2.33%) Microsoft Project
5 8 (1.44%) Trello
6 5 (0.90%) MS Visio
6 5 (0.90%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 19 (3.41%) Dynamics CRM
2 11 (1.97%) NetSuite
3 8 (1.44%) Oracle ERP
4 6 (1.08%) NEC Housing
5 5 (0.90%) SAP ERP
6 3 (0.54%) ResourceLink
7 2 (0.36%) SAP HR
8 1 (0.18%) Elite 3E
8 1 (0.18%) Salesforce CRM
8 1 (0.18%) SAP Business One
8 1 (0.18%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 557 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 246 (44.17%) Azure
3 91 (16.34%) Azure Data Factory
4 88 (15.80%) Power Automate
5 70 (12.57%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 63 (11.31%) Microsoft 365
6 63 (11.31%) PowerApps
7 45 (8.08%) Dynamics 365
8 34 (6.10%) Azure DevOps
9 29 (5.21%) Snowflake
10 26 (4.67%) GCP
11 24 (4.31%) GitHub
12 23 (4.13%) Google Analytics
13 22 (3.95%) SaaS
14 21 (3.77%) AWS
15 20 (3.59%) Azure Logic Apps
16 16 (2.87%) dbt
17 15 (2.69%) GitHub Copilot
18 13 (2.33%) Azure Machine Learning
19 12 (2.15%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.54%) Firewall
1 3 (0.54%) Modbus
1 3 (0.54%) MQTT
2 2 (0.36%) Intranet
2 2 (0.36%) NAS
2 2 (0.36%) VoIP
2 2 (0.36%) WAN
2 2 (0.36%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (0.18%) ADSL
3 1 (0.18%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 108 (19.39%) Tableau
2 79 (14.18%) SQL Server
3 55 (9.87%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 51 (9.16%) Azure SQL Database
5 45 (8.08%) Data Warehouse
6 38 (6.82%) Power Query
7 30 (5.39%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 28 (5.03%) Big Data
9 26 (4.67%) Data Lake
10 23 (4.13%) Looker
11 16 (2.87%) MySQL
12 15 (2.69%) BigQuery
13 12 (2.15%) Metadata
13 12 (2.15%) PostgreSQL
14 10 (1.80%) QlikView
15 9 (1.62%) Relational Database
16 8 (1.44%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
16 8 (1.44%) PowerPivot
16 8 (1.44%) SQL Server Analysis Services
16 8 (1.44%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 22 (3.95%) Git
2 17 (3.05%) JIRA
3 11 (1.97%) Jenkins
4 8 (1.44%) Oracle Forms
5 5 (0.90%) ERwin
6 4 (0.72%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 3 (0.54%) ER Studio
7 3 (0.54%) PowerDesigner
7 3 (0.54%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.18%) Oracle APEX
8 1 (0.18%) Postman
8 1 (0.18%) Team Foundation Server
8 1 (0.18%) Toad
General
1 235 (42.19%) Social Skills
2 201 (36.09%) Analytical Skills
3 186 (33.39%) Finance
4 51 (9.16%) Public Sector
5 44 (7.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 35 (6.28%) Marketing
7 28 (5.03%) Retail
8 27 (4.85%) Legal
9 25 (4.49%) Presentation Skills
10 24 (4.31%) Organisational Skills
11 22 (3.95%) Law
12 15 (2.69%) Billing
13 14 (2.51%) Manufacturing
14 13 (2.33%) Banking
15 12 (2.15%) Automotive
16 11 (1.97%) Telecoms
17 10 (1.80%) Publishing
18 6 (1.08%) Documentation Skills
18 6 (1.08%) Investment Banking
19 5 (0.90%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 188 (33.75%) Analyst
2 85 (15.26%) Senior
3 72 (12.93%) Developer
4 69 (12.39%) Data Analyst
5 54 (9.69%) Lead
6 34 (6.10%) Data Engineer
7 28 (5.03%) Business Intelligence Developer
8 25 (4.49%) Big Data Engineer
8 25 (4.49%) Business Intelligence Analyst
8 25 (4.49%) DataOps Engineer
8 25 (4.49%) DataOps Leader
8 25 (4.49%) Lead Big Data Engineer
9 24 (4.31%) Commercial Analyst
10 23 (4.13%) IT Support
10 23 (4.13%) Senior Analyst
11 22 (3.95%) Senior Developer
12 21 (3.77%) Applications Support
12 21 (3.77%) Consultant
12 21 (3.77%) Data Scientist
12 21 (3.77%) Power Platform Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (4.49%) .NET
2 24 (4.31%) HTML5 Canvas
2 24 (4.31%) JSON
3 18 (3.23%) HTML
4 17 (3.05%) CSS
5 15 (2.69%) PySpark
5 15 (2.69%) XML
6 11 (1.97%) .NET Core
7 9 (1.62%) RESTful
8 8 (1.44%) Microsoft Graph
8 8 (1.44%) OAuth
8 8 (1.44%) OAuth2
8 8 (1.44%) SAML
8 8 (1.44%) SPFx
9 7 (1.26%) EDI
10 6 (1.08%) Kafka
11 4 (0.72%) Middleware
11 4 (0.72%) REST
12 3 (0.54%) .NET Framework
12 3 (0.54%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 42 (7.54%) Management Information System
2 34 (6.10%) Analytical Mindset
3 31 (5.57%) Data Structures
4 29 (5.21%) Self-Motivation
5 25 (4.49%) Cloud Native
6 18 (3.23%) Onboarding
7 16 (2.87%) Enterprise Software
7 16 (2.87%) Low-Code
8 11 (1.97%) FMCG
8 11 (1.97%) Product Ownership
9 10 (1.80%) Greenfield Project
10 9 (1.62%) Algorithms
11 8 (1.44%) Legacy Systems
12 5 (0.90%) Life Science
12 5 (0.90%) Reinsurance
12 5 (0.90%) Replication
12 5 (0.90%) Social Media
13 3 (0.54%) Credit Risk
13 3 (0.54%) IoT
13 3 (0.54%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 9 (1.62%) Windows
2 8 (1.44%) Linux
2 8 (1.44%) Unix
3 3 (0.54%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.36%) VMS
4 2 (0.36%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.18%) Android
5 1 (0.18%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 517 (92.82%) Business Intelligence
2 206 (36.98%) Analytics
3 168 (30.16%) Decision-Making
4 158 (28.37%) Visualisation
5 139 (24.96%) Problem-Solving
6 122 (21.90%) Continuous Improvement
7 115 (20.65%) Data Modelling
8 111 (19.93%) Data Analysis
9 97 (17.41%) Data Visualisation
10 87 (15.62%) Agile
10 87 (15.62%) ETL
11 84 (15.08%) Actionable Insight
11 84 (15.08%) AI
12 74 (13.29%) CI/CD
13 72 (12.93%) CRM
14 67 (12.03%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 64 (11.49%) Data Management
16 62 (11.13%) Data Engineering
17 59 (10.59%) Data Governance
18 58 (10.41%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 288 (51.71%) SQL
2 132 (23.70%) Python
3 54 (9.69%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 42 (7.54%) C#
5 34 (6.10%) JavaScript
6 28 (5.03%) PowerShell
7 24 (4.31%) R
8 21 (3.77%) T-SQL
9 15 (2.69%) VBA
10 11 (1.97%) TypeScript
11 10 (1.80%) Java
12 9 (1.62%) PL/SQL
13 8 (1.44%) Shell Script
14 5 (0.90%) Kusto Query Language
14 5 (0.90%) Scala
14 5 (0.90%) VB
14 5 (0.90%) VBScript
15 2 (0.36%) Bicep
15 2 (0.36%) Ruby
16 1 (0.18%) C
Qualifications
1 105 (18.85%) Degree
2 40 (7.18%) Security Cleared
3 37 (6.64%) ACCA
3 37 (6.64%) CIMA
4 30 (5.39%) SC Cleared
5 27 (4.85%) Microsoft Certification
6 26 (4.67%) Computer Science Degree
7 25 (4.49%) DBS Check
8 15 (2.69%) AAT
9 12 (2.15%) Six Sigma Green Belt
10 11 (1.97%) Azure Certification
11 7 (1.26%) Master's Degree
12 6 (1.08%) PMI Certification
12 6 (1.08%) PMP
13 5 (0.90%) Numerate Degree
14 4 (0.72%) CIPFA
14 4 (0.72%) DV Cleared
15 3 (0.54%) CIPD
15 3 (0.54%) CISA
15 3 (0.54%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 98 (17.59%) Data Quality
2 34 (6.10%) SLA
3 27 (4.85%) GDPR
4 23 (4.13%) Actionable Recommendations
5 21 (3.77%) PMO
6 17 (3.05%) QA
7 13 (2.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 4 (0.72%) Accessibility
9 3 (0.54%) IFRS
10 2 (0.36%) GAAP
10 2 (0.36%) GRC
10 2 (0.36%) WCAG
11 1 (0.18%) IFRS 17
11 1 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 1 (0.18%) NIST
11 1 (0.18%) P3O
System Software
1 8 (1.44%) Active Directory
2 7 (1.26%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (1.08%) Docker
4 2 (0.36%) BitLocker
4 2 (0.36%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 13 (2.33%) Terraform
2 9 (1.62%) Single Sign-On
3 5 (0.90%) Kubernetes
3 5 (0.90%) SCCM
4 4 (0.72%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.36%) Argo
6 1 (0.18%) Control-M
6 1 (0.18%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 207 (37.16%) Microsoft
2 68 (12.21%) Databricks
3 32 (5.75%) Google
4 31 (5.57%) Oracle
5 21 (3.77%) Informatica
5 21 (3.77%) Salesforce
6 19 (3.41%) SAP
7 13 (2.33%) Adobe
8 11 (1.97%) Alteryx
9 9 (1.62%) Northgate
10 8 (1.44%) IBM
11 7 (1.26%) Hotjar
11 7 (1.26%) VMware
12 5 (0.90%) ESRI
12 5 (0.90%) ServiceNow
12 5 (0.90%) Snow
13 4 (0.72%) HubSpot
13 4 (0.72%) JD Edwards
13 4 (0.72%) Talend
14 3 (0.54%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud