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

6 months to
6 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 73 69 58
Rank change year-on-year -4 -11 +12
Permanent jobs citing Power BI 568 643 1,413
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.39% 4.43% 4.94%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 26.46% 16.55% 20.66%
Number of salaries quoted 384 372 1,223
10th Percentile £35,575 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £42,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,750 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £68,750 £72,846 £63,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £56,000 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -6.67% +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 2,147 3,885 6,840
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 12.82% 26.75% 23.93%
Number of salaries quoted 1,555 2,386 5,865
10th Percentile £37,500 £38,875 £37,500
25th Percentile £46,052 £50,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,000 £67,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.15% +17.39% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £93,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £118,750 £92,500
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 6 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 59 (10.39%) SharePoint
2 14 (2.46%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 11 (1.94%) Confluence
4 10 (1.76%) Apache Airflow
4 10 (1.76%) SAS
5 9 (1.58%) Microsoft Exchange
6 6 (1.06%) Apache Spark
7 5 (0.88%) CMS
8 4 (0.70%) Umbraco
9 3 (0.53%) ArcGIS
9 3 (0.53%) Drupal
10 2 (0.35%) Moodle
11 1 (0.18%) Apache
11 1 (0.18%) Jupyter
Applications
1 191 (33.63%) Microsoft Excel
2 33 (5.81%) Microsoft Office
3 19 (3.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (1.58%) Microsoft Project
5 8 (1.41%) Spreadsheet
5 8 (1.41%) Trello
6 6 (1.06%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 23 (4.05%) Dynamics CRM
2 14 (2.46%) Oracle ERP
3 11 (1.94%) NetSuite
4 6 (1.06%) NEC Housing
5 5 (0.88%) Visualfiles
6 3 (0.53%) ResourceLink
7 2 (0.35%) SAP Business One
7 2 (0.35%) SAP HR
8 1 (0.18%) Dynamics GP
8 1 (0.18%) Elite 3E
8 1 (0.18%) Primavera
8 1 (0.18%) Salesforce CRM
8 1 (0.18%) SAP ERP
8 1 (0.18%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 568 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 243 (42.78%) Azure
3 79 (13.91%) Azure Data Factory
4 78 (13.73%) Power Automate
5 71 (12.50%) PowerApps
6 64 (11.27%) Microsoft 365
7 62 (10.92%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 50 (8.80%) Dynamics 365
9 45 (7.92%) Azure DevOps
10 34 (5.99%) Snowflake
11 31 (5.46%) GitHub
12 24 (4.23%) AWS
12 24 (4.23%) GCP
13 21 (3.70%) GitHub Copilot
14 20 (3.52%) Google Analytics
15 19 (3.35%) SaaS
16 16 (2.82%) dbt
17 15 (2.64%) Azure Logic Apps
17 15 (2.64%) OCI
18 13 (2.29%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.53%) Modbus
1 3 (0.53%) MQTT
2 2 (0.35%) Intranet
2 2 (0.35%) WAN
3 1 (0.18%) ADSL
3 1 (0.18%) Firewall
3 1 (0.18%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 128 (22.54%) Tableau
2 77 (13.56%) SQL Server
3 61 (10.74%) Data Warehouse
4 58 (10.21%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 42 (7.39%) Azure SQL Database
6 33 (5.81%) Power Query
7 30 (5.28%) Data Lake
8 29 (5.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 22 (3.87%) Big Data
9 22 (3.87%) Looker
10 16 (2.82%) Metadata
10 16 (2.82%) MySQL
11 15 (2.64%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
12 13 (2.29%) BigQuery
13 11 (1.94%) PostgreSQL
14 9 (1.58%) QlikView
14 9 (1.58%) SAS EBI
14 9 (1.58%) SQL Server Analysis Services
15 7 (1.23%) Qlik Sense
15 7 (1.23%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 31 (5.46%) JIRA
2 27 (4.75%) Git
3 17 (2.99%) Jenkins
4 14 (2.46%) Oracle Forms
5 6 (1.06%) ERwin
6 4 (0.70%) ER Studio
6 4 (0.70%) PowerDesigner
6 4 (0.70%) 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
1 228 (40.14%) Social Skills
2 214 (37.68%) Finance
3 201 (35.39%) Analytical Skills
4 50 (8.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 48 (8.45%) Public Sector
6 46 (8.10%) Marketing
7 30 (5.28%) Retail
8 27 (4.75%) Organisational Skills
9 26 (4.58%) Legal
10 24 (4.23%) Presentation Skills
11 23 (4.05%) Law
12 22 (3.87%) Manufacturing
13 17 (2.99%) Billing
14 14 (2.46%) Banking
15 12 (2.11%) Telecoms
16 10 (1.76%) Publishing
17 9 (1.58%) Advertising
18 7 (1.23%) Automotive
19 6 (1.06%) Investment Banking
20 5 (0.88%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 197 (34.68%) Analyst
2 81 (14.26%) Senior
3 78 (13.73%) Developer
4 69 (12.15%) Data Analyst
5 53 (9.33%) Lead
6 32 (5.63%) Data Engineer
7 30 (5.28%) Business Intelligence Developer
8 28 (4.93%) Business Intelligence Analyst
9 26 (4.58%) Power Platform Developer
10 25 (4.40%) Applications Engineer
11 24 (4.23%) Business Analyst
11 24 (4.23%) Commercial Analyst
11 24 (4.23%) Consultant
12 22 (3.87%) Support Analyst
13 21 (3.70%) Data Scientist
13 21 (3.70%) Senior Analyst
14 19 (3.35%) Big Data Engineer
14 19 (3.35%) DataOps Engineer
14 19 (3.35%) DataOps Leader
14 19 (3.35%) Lead Big Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (3.70%) HTML5 Canvas
2 18 (3.17%) .NET
3 17 (2.99%) JSON
4 16 (2.82%) XML
5 15 (2.64%) RESTful
6 14 (2.46%) OAuth
6 14 (2.46%) OAuth2
6 14 (2.46%) SAML
7 12 (2.11%) HTML
8 11 (1.94%) CSS
9 10 (1.76%) PySpark
10 7 (1.23%) EDI
11 6 (1.06%) Kafka
12 5 (0.88%) .NET Core
12 5 (0.88%) Middleware
13 4 (0.70%) REST
13 4 (0.70%) Web Services
14 3 (0.53%) .NET Framework
14 3 (0.53%) AngularJS
14 3 (0.53%) React
Miscellaneous
1 39 (6.87%) Management Information System
2 37 (6.51%) Analytical Mindset
3 36 (6.34%) Cloud Native
4 32 (5.63%) Data Structures
5 31 (5.46%) Self-Motivation
6 20 (3.52%) Enterprise Software
7 17 (2.99%) Onboarding
7 17 (2.99%) Product Ownership
8 15 (2.64%) Low-Code
9 10 (1.76%) Algorithms
9 10 (1.76%) FMCG
9 10 (1.76%) Greenfield Project
10 8 (1.41%) Legacy Systems
11 6 (1.06%) Reinsurance
12 5 (0.88%) Social Media
13 4 (0.70%) Credit Risk
14 3 (0.53%) IoT
14 3 (0.53%) Life Science
14 3 (0.53%) Market Risk
14 3 (0.53%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 8 (1.41%) Linux
1 8 (1.41%) Unix
1 8 (1.41%) Windows
2 2 (0.35%) VMS
3 1 (0.18%) Android
3 1 (0.18%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.18%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 529 (93.13%) Business Intelligence
2 213 (37.50%) Analytics
3 172 (30.28%) Decision-Making
4 170 (29.93%) Visualisation
5 137 (24.12%) Continuous Improvement
6 128 (22.54%) Problem-Solving
7 118 (20.77%) Data Analysis
8 110 (19.37%) Agile
9 104 (18.31%) Data Modelling
9 104 (18.31%) Data Visualisation
10 93 (16.37%) AI
11 85 (14.96%) ETL
12 84 (14.79%) Actionable Insight
13 75 (13.20%) CRM
14 74 (13.03%) CI/CD
15 69 (12.15%) DevOps
16 66 (11.62%) Data Management
17 65 (11.44%) Data Engineering
18 64 (11.27%) Data Governance
19 62 (10.92%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 302 (53.17%) SQL
2 150 (26.41%) Python
3 50 (8.80%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 39 (6.87%) C#
5 32 (5.63%) JavaScript
6 27 (4.75%) R
7 22 (3.87%) PowerShell
7 22 (3.87%) T-SQL
8 16 (2.82%) Java
8 16 (2.82%) VBA
9 15 (2.64%) PL/SQL
10 14 (2.46%) Shell Script
11 5 (0.88%) Scala
12 4 (0.70%) TypeScript
12 4 (0.70%) VB
12 4 (0.70%) VBScript
13 3 (0.53%) Kusto Query Language
14 2 (0.35%) Bicep
14 2 (0.35%) Ruby
15 1 (0.18%) C
Qualifications
1 116 (20.42%) Degree
2 41 (7.22%) ACCA
2 41 (7.22%) CIMA
2 41 (7.22%) Security Cleared
3 35 (6.16%) Microsoft Certification
4 33 (5.81%) Computer Science Degree
5 32 (5.63%) SC Cleared
6 25 (4.40%) DBS Check
7 14 (2.46%) AAT
8 13 (2.29%) Azure Certification
9 12 (2.11%) Six Sigma Green Belt
10 11 (1.94%) Master's Degree
11 9 (1.58%) Numerate Degree
12 6 (1.06%) DV Cleared
12 6 (1.06%) PMI Certification
12 6 (1.06%) PMP
13 4 (0.70%) CIPFA
13 4 (0.70%) CISA
13 4 (0.70%) CISSP
14 3 (0.53%) CIPD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 90 (15.85%) Data Quality
2 27 (4.75%) GDPR
2 27 (4.75%) SLA
3 24 (4.23%) Actionable Recommendations
4 16 (2.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 16 (2.82%) PMO
5 15 (2.64%) QA
6 8 (1.41%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.35%) GRC
7 2 (0.35%) IFRS
7 2 (0.35%) WCAG
8 1 (0.18%) GAAP
8 1 (0.18%) IFRS 17
8 1 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 1 (0.18%) NIST
8 1 (0.18%) P3O
System Software
1 9 (1.58%) Active Directory
2 6 (1.06%) Docker
3 4 (0.70%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.18%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 21 (3.70%) Terraform
2 16 (2.82%) Single Sign-On
3 5 (0.88%) Kubernetes
3 5 (0.88%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (0.88%) SCCM
4 2 (0.35%) Argo
5 1 (0.18%) Control-M
Vendors
1 202 (35.56%) Microsoft
2 63 (11.09%) Databricks
3 36 (6.34%) Oracle
4 31 (5.46%) Google
5 24 (4.23%) Salesforce
6 22 (3.87%) Informatica
7 17 (2.99%) SAP
8 13 (2.29%) Alteryx
9 9 (1.58%) Northgate
10 8 (1.41%) IBM
11 7 (1.23%) Hotjar
12 6 (1.06%) ServiceNow
13 5 (0.88%) Adobe
13 5 (0.88%) ESRI
14 4 (0.70%) Foundry
14 4 (0.70%) HubSpot
14 4 (0.70%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
14 4 (0.70%) Snow
14 4 (0.70%) Talend
14 4 (0.70%) VMware