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

6 months to
16 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 81 83 57
Rank change year-on-year +2 -26 +10
Permanent jobs citing Power BI 607 688 1,539
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.05% 4.49% 4.46%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 22.97% 21.02% 20.50%
Number of salaries quoted 447 478 1,329
10th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £36,365
25th Percentile £43,125 £42,500 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £57,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.75% +3.64% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,500 £68,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £91,175 £84,964
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -3.51% +3.64% -

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 2,643 3,273 7,506
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 13.28% 21.35% 21.74%
Number of salaries quoted 2,040 2,189 6,261
10th Percentile £37,500 £36,250 £37,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £47,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +13.04% -11.54%
75th Percentile £79,159 £85,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £115,000 £106,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -10.20%

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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 16 June 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 68 (11.20%) SharePoint
2 8 (1.32%) Apache Airflow
2 8 (1.32%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (0.66%) Apache Spark
3 4 (0.66%) CMS
3 4 (0.66%) SAS
4 3 (0.49%) ArcGIS
4 3 (0.49%) Confluence
4 3 (0.49%) Drupal
5 2 (0.33%) Apache
5 2 (0.33%) Oracle Workflow
6 1 (0.16%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (0.16%) Umbraco
Applications
1 153 (25.21%) Microsoft Excel
2 22 (3.62%) Microsoft Office
3 16 (2.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 15 (2.47%) Microsoft Project
5 7 (1.15%) Spreadsheet
6 6 (0.99%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 20 (3.29%) Dynamics CRM
2 12 (1.98%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 9 (1.48%) NetSuite
4 5 (0.82%) SAP ERP
5 4 (0.66%) Dynamics NAV
6 3 (0.49%) NEC Housing
7 2 (0.33%) Oracle ERP
7 2 (0.33%) SAP HR
8 1 (0.16%) Dynamics GP
8 1 (0.16%) Raiser’s Edge
8 1 (0.16%) Visualfiles
8 1 (0.16%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 607 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 225 (37.07%) Azure
3 100 (16.47%) Power Automate
4 77 (12.69%) PowerApps
5 72 (11.86%) Microsoft 365
6 57 (9.39%) Azure Data Factory
7 52 (8.57%) Dynamics 365
8 44 (7.25%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 36 (5.93%) Azure Logic Apps
10 31 (5.11%) Google Analytics
11 29 (4.78%) SaaS
12 28 (4.61%) OneDrive
13 27 (4.45%) Microsoft Purview
14 26 (4.28%) Azure DevOps
15 21 (3.46%) AWS
15 21 (3.46%) GCP
16 19 (3.13%) Adobe Creative Cloud
17 18 (2.97%) Snowflake
18 10 (1.65%) dbt
18 10 (1.65%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 13 (2.14%) Broadband
2 4 (0.66%) Firewall
3 3 (0.49%) Modbus
3 3 (0.49%) MQTT
3 3 (0.49%) NAS
3 3 (0.49%) SMS
3 3 (0.49%) VoIP
3 3 (0.49%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (0.33%) WAN
5 1 (0.16%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 117 (19.28%) Tableau
2 62 (10.21%) SQL Server
3 41 (6.75%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 38 (6.26%) Data Warehouse
5 36 (5.93%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 34 (5.60%) Power Query
7 33 (5.44%) Azure SQL Database
8 31 (5.11%) Big Data
8 31 (5.11%) Data Lake
9 27 (4.45%) Looker
10 21 (3.46%) Relational Database
11 19 (3.13%) MySQL
12 17 (2.80%) BigQuery
12 17 (2.80%) Metadata
12 17 (2.80%) PostgreSQL
13 15 (2.47%) Star Schema
14 13 (2.14%) SAP BW
14 13 (2.14%) Semantic Layer
15 9 (1.48%) NoSQL
16 8 (1.32%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 11 (1.81%) Git
1 11 (1.81%) JIRA
2 10 (1.65%) Visual Studio
3 9 (1.48%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 1 (0.16%) Browser DevTools
4 1 (0.16%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.16%) Oracle Forms
4 1 (0.16%) Postman
4 1 (0.16%) Toad
General
1 254 (41.85%) Social Skills
2 198 (32.62%) Analytical Skills
3 160 (26.36%) Finance
4 77 (12.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 62 (10.21%) Public Sector
6 38 (6.26%) Law
7 34 (5.60%) Legal
7 34 (5.60%) Retail
8 31 (5.11%) Marketing
9 23 (3.79%) Organisational Skills
10 13 (2.14%) Documentation Skills
11 12 (1.98%) Automotive
12 11 (1.81%) Publishing
13 8 (1.32%) Manufacturing
13 8 (1.32%) Social Housing
14 7 (1.15%) Banking
14 7 (1.15%) Presentation Skills
15 5 (0.82%) Aeronautics
15 5 (0.82%) Billing
16 4 (0.66%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 190 (31.30%) Analyst
2 101 (16.64%) Senior
3 89 (14.66%) Developer
4 67 (11.04%) Data Analyst
5 59 (9.72%) Lead
6 48 (7.91%) Data Engineer
7 30 (4.94%) Applications Support
8 29 (4.78%) Data Manager
9 28 (4.61%) Big Data Engineer
9 28 (4.61%) Business Intelligence Developer
9 28 (4.61%) DataOps Engineer
9 28 (4.61%) DataOps Leader
9 28 (4.61%) Lead Big Data Engineer
9 28 (4.61%) Senior Developer
10 27 (4.45%) Senior Analyst
11 26 (4.28%) Business Intelligence Analyst
12 24 (3.95%) Applications Manager
12 24 (3.95%) Architect
12 24 (3.95%) Power Platform Developer
12 24 (3.95%) Report Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (6.26%) .NET
2 37 (6.10%) HTML
3 33 (5.44%) CSS
3 33 (5.44%) HTML5 Canvas
4 29 (4.78%) JSON
5 21 (3.46%) .NET Core
6 20 (3.29%) Microsoft Graph
7 19 (3.13%) SPFx
8 16 (2.64%) XML
9 14 (2.31%) PySpark
10 12 (1.98%) Oracle Fusion
11 8 (1.32%) React
12 7 (1.15%) Web Services
13 5 (0.82%) ASP.NET
13 5 (0.82%) Kafka
14 4 (0.66%) Middleware
14 4 (0.66%) REST
15 3 (0.49%) ADO
15 3 (0.49%) HTML5
15 3 (0.49%) Regular Expression
Miscellaneous
1 46 (7.58%) Management Information System
2 41 (6.75%) Data Structures
3 22 (3.62%) Product Ownership
4 20 (3.29%) Onboarding
5 14 (2.31%) Analytical Mindset
5 14 (2.31%) Self-Motivation
5 14 (2.31%) Social Media
6 12 (1.98%) Cloud Native
7 10 (1.65%) Enterprise Software
8 8 (1.32%) FMCG
9 7 (1.15%) Greenfield Project
9 7 (1.15%) Low-Code
10 6 (0.99%) Algorithms
10 6 (0.99%) Cyberattack
10 6 (0.99%) Legacy Systems
11 5 (0.82%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 5 (0.82%) Life Science
11 5 (0.82%) Mobile App
11 5 (0.82%) Replication
12 4 (0.66%) Cyber Defence
Operating Systems
1 8 (1.32%) Linux
2 6 (0.99%) Windows
3 5 (0.82%) Unix
4 4 (0.66%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.49%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.33%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.33%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 551 (90.77%) Business Intelligence
2 205 (33.77%) Analytics
3 156 (25.70%) Decision-Making
4 132 (21.75%) Data Modelling
5 125 (20.59%) Problem-Solving
6 121 (19.93%) Visualisation
7 113 (18.62%) Continuous Improvement
8 101 (16.64%) Actionable Insight
9 93 (15.32%) Data Visualisation
10 91 (14.99%) AI
11 90 (14.83%) ETL
12 86 (14.17%) Agile
13 85 (14.00%) Project Management
14 79 (13.01%) Data Governance
15 75 (12.36%) Data Analysis
15 75 (12.36%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 72 (11.86%) CRM
17 66 (10.87%) Data Engineering
18 65 (10.71%) CI/CD
19 63 (10.38%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 295 (48.60%) SQL
2 108 (17.79%) Python
3 52 (8.57%) C#
4 48 (7.91%) JavaScript
5 45 (7.41%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 43 (7.08%) PowerShell
7 30 (4.94%) T-SQL
8 20 (3.29%) R
9 19 (3.13%) TypeScript
10 18 (2.97%) VBA
11 8 (1.32%) Kusto Query Language
12 6 (0.99%) VB
13 5 (0.82%) VBScript
14 4 (0.66%) PL/SQL
15 2 (0.33%) Bicep
15 2 (0.33%) Formula Language
15 2 (0.33%) Scala
15 2 (0.33%) X++
16 1 (0.16%) C
16 1 (0.16%) Google Apps Script
Qualifications
1 103 (16.97%) Degree
2 43 (7.08%) Security Cleared
3 35 (5.77%) SC Cleared
4 34 (5.60%) ACCA
5 32 (5.27%) CIMA
6 22 (3.62%) DBS Check
7 17 (2.80%) Computer Science Degree
8 16 (2.64%) Microsoft Certification
9 14 (2.31%) AAT
10 6 (0.99%) Master's Degree
11 5 (0.82%) Azure Certification
12 4 (0.66%) CIPFA
13 3 (0.49%) PMI Certification
13 3 (0.49%) PMP
14 2 (0.33%) BPSS Clearance
14 2 (0.33%) CompTIA CySA+
14 2 (0.33%) CompTIA Security+
14 2 (0.33%) ISEB
14 2 (0.33%) Numerate Degree
14 2 (0.33%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 116 (19.11%) Data Quality
2 52 (8.57%) GDPR
3 35 (5.77%) SLA
4 29 (4.78%) QA
5 19 (3.13%) Accessibility
6 16 (2.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 14 (2.31%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 14 (2.31%) PMO
8 13 (2.14%) Actionable Recommendations
9 6 (0.99%) NIST
10 4 (0.66%) IFRS
10 4 (0.66%) NIST 800
10 4 (0.66%) PERC
11 3 (0.49%) GAAP
12 2 (0.33%) GRC
12 2 (0.33%) ISO 9001
13 1 (0.16%) IFRS 17
13 1 (0.16%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 8 (1.32%) Active Directory
1 8 (1.32%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (0.66%) Docker
3 3 (0.49%) BitLocker
3 3 (0.49%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 8 (1.32%) Terraform
2 5 (0.82%) SCCM
3 1 (0.16%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.16%) MOM
3 1 (0.16%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.16%) SQL Sentry
3 1 (0.16%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 226 (37.23%) Microsoft
2 59 (9.72%) Databricks
3 37 (6.10%) Google
4 35 (5.77%) Oracle
5 27 (4.45%) SAP
6 24 (3.95%) Adobe
7 22 (3.62%) Salesforce
8 15 (2.47%) Informatica
9 12 (1.98%) Alteryx
10 8 (1.32%) VMware
11 7 (1.15%) Hotjar
12 5 (0.82%) ESRI
12 5 (0.82%) IBM
12 5 (0.82%) ServiceNow
12 5 (0.82%) Snow
13 4 (0.66%) HubSpot
13 4 (0.66%) JD Edwards
13 4 (0.66%) Northgate
13 4 (0.66%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
14 3 (0.49%) MuleSoft