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

6 months to
3 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 86 85 79
Rank change year-on-year -1 -6 -17
Permanent jobs citing Power BI 706 678 839
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.02% 4.15% 3.47%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 22.36% 23.72% 16.77%
Number of salaries quoted 536 511 664
10th Percentile £38,772 £37,500 £38,313
25th Percentile £44,938 £42,000 £45,646
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% +18.04%
75th Percentile £81,750 £70,000 £84,428
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £94,625
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 3,158 2,858 5,003
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 13.52% 17.49% 20.67%
Number of salaries quoted 2,510 2,028 3,621
10th Percentile £37,250 £35,854 £38,750
25th Percentile £46,217 £46,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £65,400
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% -4.43% +4.64%
75th Percentile £78,750 £82,500 £93,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £114,125 £127,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year - -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 3 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 92 (13.03%) SharePoint
2 5 (0.71%) Apache Spark
2 5 (0.71%) MS Project Server
3 4 (0.57%) Apache
3 4 (0.57%) Apache Airflow
3 4 (0.57%) Confluence
3 4 (0.57%) Oracle Workflow
4 3 (0.42%) SAS
5 2 (0.28%) ArcGIS
5 2 (0.28%) CMS
5 2 (0.28%) Oracle Application Server
5 2 (0.28%) WordPress
6 1 (0.14%) Umbraco
Applications
1 164 (23.23%) Microsoft Excel
2 22 (3.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 18 (2.55%) Microsoft Office
4 17 (2.41%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (0.57%) MS Visio
5 4 (0.57%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.28%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.14%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.14%) Navisworks
7 1 (0.14%) ProjectWise
7 1 (0.14%) Revit
7 1 (0.14%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 21 (2.97%) Dynamics CRM
2 13 (1.84%) NetSuite
3 12 (1.70%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 5 (0.71%) Visualfiles
5 4 (0.57%) Dynamics NAV
5 4 (0.57%) Elite 3E
5 4 (0.57%) SAP ERP
6 3 (0.42%) Carpe Diem
7 1 (0.14%) Dynamics GP
7 1 (0.14%) FastStats
7 1 (0.14%) Integrated Workplace Management System
7 1 (0.14%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.14%) Raiser’s Edge
7 1 (0.14%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 1 (0.14%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 706 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 246 (34.84%) Azure
3 111 (15.72%) Power Automate
4 107 (15.16%) PowerApps
5 73 (10.34%) Dynamics 365
5 73 (10.34%) Microsoft 365
6 71 (10.06%) Azure Data Factory
7 52 (7.37%) Azure DevOps
8 46 (6.52%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 43 (6.09%) AWS
10 35 (4.96%) Azure Logic Apps
11 34 (4.82%) SaaS
12 33 (4.67%) GCP
13 31 (4.39%) Google Analytics
13 31 (4.39%) Microsoft Purview
14 28 (3.97%) OneDrive
15 26 (3.68%) Snowflake
16 18 (2.55%) Adobe Creative Cloud
17 13 (1.84%) Azure Cosmos DB
18 12 (1.70%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 13 (1.84%) Broadband
2 5 (0.71%) SMS
3 3 (0.42%) Firewall
3 3 (0.42%) NAS
3 3 (0.42%) VoIP
3 3 (0.42%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.14%) Intranet
4 1 (0.14%) Modbus
4 1 (0.14%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 121 (17.14%) Tableau
2 74 (10.48%) Data Warehouse
3 62 (8.78%) SQL Server
4 51 (7.22%) Data Lake
5 50 (7.08%) Azure SQL Database
6 49 (6.94%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 41 (5.81%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 37 (5.24%) Power Query
9 33 (4.67%) Looker
10 29 (4.11%) Metadata
11 27 (3.82%) Star Schema
12 26 (3.68%) Relational Database
13 19 (2.69%) BigQuery
14 18 (2.55%) Semantic Layer
15 17 (2.41%) NoSQL
16 16 (2.27%) MongoDB
17 15 (2.12%) Big Data
17 15 (2.12%) SQL Server Analysis Services
18 13 (1.84%) Delta Lake
18 13 (1.84%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 31 (4.39%) Git
2 16 (2.27%) JIRA
3 10 (1.42%) Visual Studio
4 5 (0.71%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 2 (0.28%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.14%) Browser DevTools
6 1 (0.14%) ER Studio
6 1 (0.14%) ERwin
6 1 (0.14%) Toad
General
1 306 (43.34%) Social Skills
2 222 (31.44%) Analytical Skills
3 214 (30.31%) Finance
4 78 (11.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 59 (8.36%) Legal
6 58 (8.22%) Law
6 58 (8.22%) Public Sector
7 56 (7.93%) Marketing
8 40 (5.67%) Organisational Skills
9 39 (5.52%) Retail
10 20 (2.83%) Manufacturing
11 16 (2.27%) Documentation Skills
12 15 (2.12%) Billing
13 14 (1.98%) Influencing Skills
13 14 (1.98%) Presentation Skills
14 12 (1.70%) Banking
15 11 (1.56%) Legal Technology
16 7 (0.99%) Local Government
16 7 (0.99%) Social Housing
17 5 (0.71%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 185 (26.20%) Analyst
2 123 (17.42%) Senior
3 101 (14.31%) Developer
4 73 (10.34%) Data Engineer
5 72 (10.20%) Data Analyst
6 55 (7.79%) Lead
7 37 (5.24%) Consultant
8 35 (4.96%) Architect
8 35 (4.96%) Data Manager
9 32 (4.53%) Senior Analyst
10 31 (4.39%) Business Analyst
11 30 (4.25%) Applications Support
12 25 (3.54%) Applications Manager
13 24 (3.40%) Power Platform Developer
14 23 (3.26%) Data Architect
14 23 (3.26%) Senior Consultant
15 22 (3.12%) Business Intelligence Analyst
15 22 (3.12%) Senior Developer
16 20 (2.83%) Business Intelligence Developer
17 18 (2.55%) Senior Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (6.52%) .NET
2 40 (5.67%) HTML
3 33 (4.67%) CSS
4 32 (4.53%) PySpark
5 28 (3.97%) HTML5 Canvas
6 23 (3.26%) JSON
7 20 (2.83%) .NET Core
8 19 (2.69%) Microsoft Graph
9 18 (2.55%) SPFx
10 12 (1.70%) Oracle Fusion
11 11 (1.56%) REST
11 11 (1.56%) Terraform
12 9 (1.27%) React
13 6 (0.85%) ASP.NET
13 6 (0.85%) XML
14 5 (0.71%) Kafka
14 5 (0.71%) ODBC
14 5 (0.71%) RESTful
14 5 (0.71%) Web Services
15 4 (0.57%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 53 (7.51%) Management Information System
2 33 (4.67%) Product Ownership
3 24 (3.40%) Data Structures
4 18 (2.55%) Enterprise Software
5 14 (1.98%) Self-Motivation
6 13 (1.84%) Analytical Mindset
6 13 (1.84%) Social Media
7 12 (1.70%) Cloud Native
7 12 (1.70%) Low-Code
8 11 (1.56%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 11 (1.56%) Legacy Systems
8 11 (1.56%) Onboarding
9 8 (1.13%) Greenfield Project
9 8 (1.13%) Housing Association
10 7 (0.99%) AI Agents
11 6 (0.85%) Cyberattack
11 6 (0.85%) Replication
12 5 (0.71%) Educational Technology
12 5 (0.71%) Mobile App
13 4 (0.57%) Data Fabric
Operating Systems
1 15 (2.12%) Windows
2 6 (0.85%) Linux
3 5 (0.71%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.42%) Windows 10
5 2 (0.28%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.14%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.14%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 659 (93.34%) Business Intelligence
2 279 (39.52%) Analytics
3 197 (27.90%) Decision-Making
4 194 (27.48%) Problem-Solving
5 177 (25.07%) Data Modelling
6 165 (23.37%) Continuous Improvement
7 156 (22.10%) AI
8 130 (18.41%) Agile
9 126 (17.85%) Visualisation
10 121 (17.14%) Stakeholder Management
11 119 (16.86%) Actionable Insight
12 117 (16.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 107 (15.16%) ETL
14 106 (15.01%) Data Governance
15 92 (13.03%) Data Engineering
15 92 (13.03%) Project Management
16 84 (11.90%) Data Visualisation
17 83 (11.76%) DevOps
18 82 (11.61%) Dashboard Development
19 78 (11.05%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 366 (51.84%) SQL
2 136 (19.26%) Python
3 76 (10.76%) C#
4 57 (8.07%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 56 (7.93%) JavaScript
6 31 (4.39%) PowerShell
7 22 (3.12%) T-SQL
8 20 (2.83%) TypeScript
9 17 (2.41%) VBA
10 16 (2.27%) R
11 9 (1.27%) Kusto Query Language
12 6 (0.85%) Scala
13 5 (0.71%) VB
14 3 (0.42%) PHP
14 3 (0.42%) PL/SQL
14 3 (0.42%) X++
15 2 (0.28%) Formula Language
16 1 (0.14%) Java
16 1 (0.14%) VB.NET
16 1 (0.14%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 94 (13.31%) Degree
2 62 (8.78%) Security Cleared
3 56 (7.93%) SC Cleared
4 22 (3.12%) ACCA
5 18 (2.55%) CIMA
6 16 (2.27%) DBS Check
7 15 (2.12%) Microsoft Certification
8 10 (1.42%) Master's Degree
9 9 (1.27%) Computer Science Degree
10 7 (0.99%) Azure Certification
10 7 (0.99%) BPSS Clearance
10 7 (0.99%) PMI Certification
11 5 (0.71%) AAT
12 4 (0.57%) ISEB
12 4 (0.57%) PMP
13 3 (0.42%) Postgraduate
14 2 (0.28%) CompTIA CySA+
14 2 (0.28%) CompTIA Security+
14 2 (0.28%) MCT
14 2 (0.28%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 147 (20.82%) Data Quality
2 73 (10.34%) GDPR
3 39 (5.52%) Accessibility
4 32 (4.53%) QA
5 29 (4.11%) SLA
6 22 (3.12%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 20 (2.83%) PMO
8 13 (1.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 11 (1.56%) Actionable Recommendations
10 6 (0.85%) NIST
10 6 (0.85%) PERC
11 5 (0.71%) ISO 9001
12 4 (0.57%) NIST 800
13 3 (0.42%) GAAP
13 3 (0.42%) IFRS
14 2 (0.28%) GRC
14 2 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 20000
15 1 (0.14%) HIPAA
15 1 (0.14%) ISO 19650
System Software
1 6 (0.85%) Docker
2 4 (0.57%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (0.42%) BitLocker
3 3 (0.42%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 4 (0.57%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.14%) Ansible
2 1 (0.14%) MOM
2 1 (0.14%) SCCM
2 1 (0.14%) SQL Sentry
2 1 (0.14%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 288 (40.79%) Microsoft
2 68 (9.63%) Databricks
3 37 (5.24%) Google
4 33 (4.67%) SAP
5 30 (4.25%) Oracle
6 22 (3.12%) Salesforce
7 19 (2.69%) Adobe
8 14 (1.98%) Informatica
9 11 (1.56%) Alteryx
9 11 (1.56%) YouTube
10 9 (1.27%) Talend
11 7 (0.99%) HP
11 7 (0.99%) Intapp
12 6 (0.85%) HighQ
12 6 (0.85%) HubSpot
12 6 (0.85%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
13 5 (0.71%) iManage
13 5 (0.71%) Nintex
14 4 (0.57%) OneTrust
14 4 (0.57%) Workday