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

6 months to
25 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 84 88 82
Rank change year-on-year +4 -6 -20
Permanent jobs citing Power BI 756 670 772
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.06% 4.06% 3.35%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 23.55% 24.67% 15.83%
Number of salaries quoted 555 506 544
10th Percentile £38,772 £37,500 £38,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £46,199
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -15.38% +18.04%
75th Percentile £80,000 £70,000 £81,563
90th Percentile £95,000 £89,375 £93,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% +9.09%

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 3,210 2,716 4,876
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 12.99% 16.47% 21.17%
Number of salaries quoted 2,498 1,885 3,175
10th Percentile £37,500 £35,500 £39,500
25th Percentile £46,217 £46,250 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% -10.71% +12.00%
75th Percentile £79,277 £82,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £113,250 £140,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - -7.69% +4.00%

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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 25 September 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 90 (11.90%) SharePoint
2 6 (0.79%) Apache Spark
3 5 (0.66%) Apache Airflow
3 5 (0.66%) Confluence
3 5 (0.66%) MS Project Server
4 4 (0.53%) Apache
4 4 (0.53%) Oracle Workflow
5 3 (0.40%) SAS
6 2 (0.26%) ArcGIS
6 2 (0.26%) CMS
6 2 (0.26%) Oracle Application Server
6 2 (0.26%) WordPress
7 1 (0.13%) IIS
7 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.13%) Umbraco
Applications
1 174 (23.02%) Microsoft Excel
2 21 (2.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 18 (2.38%) Microsoft Office
4 13 (1.72%) Microsoft Project
5 6 (0.79%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.53%) Chatbot
6 4 (0.53%) Navisworks
6 4 (0.53%) ProjectWise
6 4 (0.53%) Revit
6 4 (0.53%) Spreadsheet
7 3 (0.40%) AutoCAD
8 2 (0.26%) SPSS
9 1 (0.13%) Civil 3D
Business Applications
1 21 (2.78%) Dynamics CRM
2 12 (1.59%) NetSuite
2 12 (1.59%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 5 (0.66%) Dynamics NAV
3 5 (0.66%) Visualfiles
4 4 (0.53%) Elite 3E
5 3 (0.40%) Carpe Diem
5 3 (0.40%) Integrated Workplace Management System
6 2 (0.26%) FastStats
6 2 (0.26%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.13%) Dynamics GP
7 1 (0.13%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.13%) Raiser’s Edge
7 1 (0.13%) SAP S/4HANA
7 1 (0.13%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 1 (0.13%) Temenos T24
7 1 (0.13%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 756 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 242 (32.01%) Azure
3 110 (14.55%) PowerApps
4 107 (14.15%) Power Automate
5 77 (10.19%) Dynamics 365
6 71 (9.39%) Microsoft 365
7 63 (8.33%) Azure Data Factory
8 60 (7.94%) Azure DevOps
9 47 (6.22%) AWS
10 45 (5.95%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 38 (5.03%) SaaS
12 36 (4.76%) GCP
12 36 (4.76%) Google Analytics
13 31 (4.10%) Azure Logic Apps
13 31 (4.10%) Microsoft Purview
14 27 (3.57%) Snowflake
15 23 (3.04%) OneDrive
16 17 (2.25%) Microsoft Copilot
17 16 (2.12%) Entra ID
18 15 (1.98%) Azure Cosmos DB
Communications & Networking
1 14 (1.85%) Broadband
2 6 (0.79%) SMS
3 2 (0.26%) Firewall
3 2 (0.26%) NAS
3 2 (0.26%) VoIP
3 2 (0.26%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.13%) 5G
4 1 (0.13%) Intranet
4 1 (0.13%) Modbus
4 1 (0.13%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 123 (16.27%) Tableau
2 84 (11.11%) Data Warehouse
3 71 (9.39%) SQL Server
4 57 (7.54%) Data Lake
5 50 (6.61%) Azure SQL Database
5 50 (6.61%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 43 (5.69%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 39 (5.16%) Power Query
8 34 (4.50%) Metadata
9 31 (4.10%) Looker
10 30 (3.97%) Star Schema
11 28 (3.70%) Relational Database
12 20 (2.65%) BigQuery
12 20 (2.65%) NoSQL
13 19 (2.51%) Semantic Layer
14 18 (2.38%) MongoDB
15 16 (2.12%) Big Data
16 15 (1.98%) DynamoDB
17 14 (1.85%) SQL Server Analysis Services
18 13 (1.72%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 45 (5.95%) Git
2 18 (2.38%) JIRA
3 10 (1.32%) Visual Studio
4 5 (0.66%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 3 (0.40%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.13%) Browser DevTools
6 1 (0.13%) ER Studio
6 1 (0.13%) ERwin
6 1 (0.13%) Flyway
6 1 (0.13%) RStudio
General
1 317 (41.93%) Social Skills
2 246 (32.54%) Analytical Skills
3 237 (31.35%) Finance
4 84 (11.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 78 (10.32%) Public Sector
6 69 (9.13%) Marketing
7 61 (8.07%) Legal
8 58 (7.67%) Law
9 45 (5.95%) Organisational Skills
10 41 (5.42%) Retail
11 24 (3.17%) Documentation Skills
11 24 (3.17%) Manufacturing
12 18 (2.38%) Influencing Skills
13 15 (1.98%) Billing
13 15 (1.98%) Presentation Skills
14 13 (1.72%) Banking
15 10 (1.32%) Legal Technology
15 10 (1.32%) Social Housing
16 9 (1.19%) Advertising
17 7 (0.93%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 191 (25.26%) Analyst
2 123 (16.27%) Senior
3 111 (14.68%) Developer
4 80 (10.58%) Data Analyst
5 78 (10.32%) Data Engineer
6 59 (7.80%) Lead
7 38 (5.03%) Consultant
8 36 (4.76%) Architect
8 36 (4.76%) Data Manager
9 31 (4.10%) Business Analyst
9 31 (4.10%) Senior Analyst
10 25 (3.31%) Data Architect
11 24 (3.17%) Applications Support
11 24 (3.17%) Power Platform Developer
12 23 (3.04%) Business Intelligence Analyst
13 22 (2.91%) Senior Consultant
14 20 (2.65%) Business Intelligence Developer
14 20 (2.65%) IT Manager
15 19 (2.51%) Dynamics 365 Developer
15 19 (2.51%) Senior Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (5.29%) .NET
2 38 (5.03%) HTML
3 31 (4.10%) PySpark
4 30 (3.97%) CSS
5 22 (2.91%) HTML5 Canvas
6 18 (2.38%) JSON
7 15 (1.98%) .NET Core
7 15 (1.98%) REST
8 14 (1.85%) Microsoft Graph
8 14 (1.85%) Terraform
9 13 (1.72%) Oracle Fusion
9 13 (1.72%) SPFx
10 9 (1.19%) React
11 7 (0.93%) Pandas
12 6 (0.79%) ASP.NET
12 6 (0.79%) Kafka
12 6 (0.79%) Middleware
12 6 (0.79%) NumPy
12 6 (0.79%) XML
13 5 (0.66%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 53 (7.01%) Management Information System
2 35 (4.63%) Product Ownership
3 25 (3.31%) Data Structures
4 18 (2.38%) Enterprise Software
5 14 (1.85%) Analytical Mindset
5 14 (1.85%) Cloud Native
5 14 (1.85%) Social Media
6 13 (1.72%) Legacy Systems
6 13 (1.72%) Low-Code
6 13 (1.72%) Self-Motivation
7 12 (1.59%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 10 (1.32%) Greenfield Project
8 10 (1.32%) Housing Association
9 9 (1.19%) Onboarding
10 7 (0.93%) AI Agents
11 6 (0.79%) Cyberattack
11 6 (0.79%) NHS
12 5 (0.66%) Educational Technology
12 5 (0.66%) Replication
13 4 (0.53%) Data Fabric
Operating Systems
1 16 (2.12%) Windows
2 5 (0.66%) Linux
3 4 (0.53%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.26%) Mac OS
4 2 (0.26%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.13%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 715 (94.58%) Business Intelligence
2 309 (40.87%) Analytics
3 231 (30.56%) Decision-Making
4 209 (27.65%) Problem-Solving
5 198 (26.19%) Data Modelling
6 193 (25.53%) Continuous Improvement
7 181 (23.94%) AI
8 147 (19.44%) Visualisation
9 144 (19.05%) Stakeholder Management
10 139 (18.39%) Agile
11 137 (18.12%) Actionable Insight
12 118 (15.61%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 112 (14.81%) Data Governance
13 112 (14.81%) ETL
14 94 (12.43%) Dashboard Development
14 94 (12.43%) Data Engineering
15 91 (12.04%) DevOps
16 89 (11.77%) Data Visualisation
17 86 (11.38%) Data Analysis
18 82 (10.85%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 385 (50.93%) SQL
2 147 (19.44%) Python
3 78 (10.32%) C#
4 63 (8.33%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 54 (7.14%) JavaScript
6 30 (3.97%) PowerShell
7 22 (2.91%) T-SQL
8 17 (2.25%) R
9 15 (1.98%) TypeScript
9 15 (1.98%) VBA
10 9 (1.19%) Kusto Query Language
11 6 (0.79%) Scala
12 4 (0.53%) PHP
12 4 (0.53%) VB
13 3 (0.40%) Bicep
13 3 (0.40%) PL/SQL
13 3 (0.40%) X++
14 2 (0.26%) Formula Language
15 1 (0.13%) VB.NET
15 1 (0.13%) XPath
Qualifications
1 93 (12.30%) Degree
2 67 (8.86%) Security Cleared
3 61 (8.07%) SC Cleared
4 21 (2.78%) ACCA
5 17 (2.25%) CIMA
5 17 (2.25%) DBS Check
6 16 (2.12%) Microsoft Certification
7 10 (1.32%) Azure Certification
8 9 (1.19%) Master's Degree
9 8 (1.06%) Computer Science Degree
10 7 (0.93%) BPSS Clearance
10 7 (0.93%) PMI Certification
11 5 (0.66%) PMP
12 4 (0.53%) AAT
12 4 (0.53%) ISEB
13 3 (0.40%) Postgraduate
14 2 (0.26%) CISM
14 2 (0.26%) CISSP
14 2 (0.26%) MCT
14 2 (0.26%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 174 (23.02%) Data Quality
2 82 (10.85%) GDPR
3 41 (5.42%) Accessibility
4 33 (4.37%) QA
5 26 (3.44%) SLA
6 24 (3.17%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 17 (2.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 15 (1.98%) PMO
9 12 (1.59%) Actionable Recommendations
10 6 (0.79%) ISO 9001
10 6 (0.79%) NIST
10 6 (0.79%) PERC
11 5 (0.66%) GRC
12 4 (0.53%) ISO 19650
12 4 (0.53%) NIST 800
13 3 (0.40%) SOC 2
14 2 (0.26%) GAAP
14 2 (0.26%) IFRS
14 2 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 20000
15 1 (0.13%) IASME
System Software
1 6 (0.79%) Docker
2 2 (0.26%) BitLocker
2 2 (0.26%) Terminal Services
2 2 (0.26%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.13%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (0.66%) Kubernetes
2 2 (0.26%) Ansible
3 1 (0.13%) Failover Clustering
3 1 (0.13%) Grafana
3 1 (0.13%) MOM
3 1 (0.13%) SQL Sentry
3 1 (0.13%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 297 (39.29%) Microsoft
2 64 (8.47%) Databricks
3 42 (5.56%) Google
4 32 (4.23%) SAP
5 29 (3.84%) Oracle
6 22 (2.91%) Salesforce
7 17 (2.25%) Informatica
8 15 (1.98%) ServiceNow
9 13 (1.72%) Adobe
10 12 (1.59%) Alteryx
10 12 (1.59%) Talend
10 12 (1.59%) YouTube
11 11 (1.46%) HP
12 6 (0.79%) HighQ
12 6 (0.79%) HubSpot
12 6 (0.79%) Intapp
12 6 (0.79%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
13 5 (0.66%) Nintex
14 4 (0.53%) iManage
14 4 (0.53%) Workday