Hybrid/Remote Business Intelligence Job Trends

Business Intelligence (BI)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring Business Intelligence skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 60 51 41
Rank change year-on-year -9 -10 -1
Permanent jobs citing Business Intelligence 827 926 1,741
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.87% 5.61% 5.47%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.68% 6.01% 6.17%
Number of salaries quoted 635 740 1,445
10th Percentile £36,250 £37,500 £36,100
25th Percentile £43,858 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £59,875 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.97% +4.13% +4.55%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £92,800 £102,410 £84,964
UK median annual salary £56,500 £57,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -1.74% - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Business Intelligence falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17,659 15,399 28,229
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.69% 93.29% 88.75%
Number of salaries quoted 12,868 9,127 21,456
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,887 £33,750
25th Percentile £44,972 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £75,772
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,201 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.89% +4.00% -8.84%

Business Intelligence
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Business Intelligence and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Business Intelligence job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Business Intelligence
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Business Intelligence.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Business Intelligence

Business Intelligence
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Business Intelligence over the 6 months to 16 July 2026.

Business Intelligence salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Business Intelligence
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 72 (8.71%) SharePoint
2 14 (1.69%) Apache Airflow
3 9 (1.09%) Apache
3 9 (1.09%) Confluence
3 9 (1.09%) WordPress
4 8 (0.97%) Microsoft Exchange
5 7 (0.85%) Apache Spark
5 7 (0.85%) SAS
6 6 (0.73%) Oracle Workflow
7 5 (0.60%) ArcGIS
8 3 (0.36%) CMS
9 2 (0.24%) Drupal
9 2 (0.24%) Oracle Application Server
9 2 (0.24%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 1 (0.12%) Umbraco
Applications
1 171 (20.68%) Microsoft Excel
2 40 (4.84%) Microsoft Office
3 25 (3.02%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (0.85%) Adobe Premiere
4 7 (0.85%) MS Visio
4 7 (0.85%) Photoshop
4 7 (0.85%) Spreadsheet
5 6 (0.73%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 6 (0.73%) Adobe Illustrator
6 4 (0.48%) Microsoft Project
7 2 (0.24%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 27 (3.26%) Dynamics CRM
2 16 (1.93%) NetSuite
3 12 (1.45%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 6 (0.73%) SAP ERP
5 5 (0.60%) Elite 3E
5 5 (0.60%) Oracle EBS
6 4 (0.48%) Dynamics NAV
6 4 (0.48%) Oracle Payables
7 3 (0.36%) Carpe Diem
7 3 (0.36%) Dynamics GP
7 3 (0.36%) Oracle Receivables
7 3 (0.36%) Visualfiles
8 2 (0.24%) Infor M3
8 2 (0.24%) Lawson
8 2 (0.24%) Oracle Applications
8 2 (0.24%) Oracle ERP
9 1 (0.12%) Cognos Business Intelligence
9 1 (0.12%) HFM
9 1 (0.12%) Oracle Financials
9 1 (0.12%) SAP HR
Cloud Services
1 587 (70.98%) Power Platform
2 283 (34.22%) Azure
3 88 (10.64%) Microsoft 365
4 85 (10.28%) Power Automate
5 79 (9.55%) PowerApps
6 76 (9.19%) Azure Data Factory
7 70 (8.46%) Dynamics 365
8 67 (8.10%) AWS
9 64 (7.74%) SaaS
10 58 (7.01%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 41 (4.96%) Azure DevOps
11 41 (4.96%) Snowflake
12 37 (4.47%) Azure Logic Apps
13 36 (4.35%) GCP
14 32 (3.87%) Microsoft Purview
15 30 (3.63%) OneDrive
16 29 (3.51%) Google Analytics
17 19 (2.30%) Adobe Creative Cloud
18 15 (1.81%) dbt
19 12 (1.45%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 21 (2.54%) Firewall
2 14 (1.69%) WAN
3 13 (1.57%) Broadband
3 13 (1.57%) LAN
4 10 (1.21%) Cisco ASA
4 10 (1.21%) VLAN
5 9 (1.09%) Cisco Firepower
5 9 (1.09%) Unified Communications
5 9 (1.09%) WebEx
6 6 (0.73%) TCP/IP
7 5 (0.60%) BGP
7 5 (0.60%) SMS
8 4 (0.48%) Modbus
8 4 (0.48%) MPLS
8 4 (0.48%) OSPF
9 3 (0.36%) NAS
9 3 (0.36%) Software-Defined Networking
9 3 (0.36%) VoIP
9 3 (0.36%) VPN
9 3 (0.36%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 580 (70.13%) Power BI
2 126 (15.24%) Tableau
3 83 (10.04%) SQL Server
4 69 (8.34%) Data Warehouse
5 48 (5.80%) Data Lake
5 48 (5.80%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 47 (5.68%) Azure SQL Database
7 42 (5.08%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 35 (4.23%) MySQL
9 34 (4.11%) Looker
10 33 (3.99%) Power Query
11 31 (3.75%) Relational Database
12 30 (3.63%) Metadata
13 28 (3.39%) Big Data
14 25 (3.02%) BigQuery
15 24 (2.90%) Star Schema
16 23 (2.78%) PostgreSQL
17 21 (2.54%) MongoDB
18 19 (2.30%) NoSQL
19 18 (2.18%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 23 (2.78%) JIRA
2 20 (2.42%) Git
3 10 (1.21%) Visual Studio
4 9 (1.09%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 3 (0.36%) MLflow
6 2 (0.24%) Oracle APEX
6 2 (0.24%) Oracle Forms
7 1 (0.12%) Browser DevTools
7 1 (0.12%) Jenkins
7 1 (0.12%) Postman
7 1 (0.12%) Toad
General
1 307 (37.12%) Social Skills
2 226 (27.33%) Analytical Skills
3 221 (26.72%) Finance
4 84 (10.16%) Public Sector
5 80 (9.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 68 (8.22%) Marketing
7 55 (6.65%) Retail
8 51 (6.17%) Law
9 47 (5.68%) Legal
10 41 (4.96%) Organisational Skills
11 33 (3.99%) Banking
12 21 (2.54%) Manufacturing
13 18 (2.18%) Telecoms
14 17 (2.06%) Advertising
15 16 (1.93%) Documentation Skills
15 16 (1.93%) Publishing
16 12 (1.45%) Health Technology
16 12 (1.45%) Presentation Skills
17 10 (1.21%) Aviation
17 10 (1.21%) Billing
Job Titles
1 199 (24.06%) Analyst
2 135 (16.32%) Senior
3 109 (13.18%) Developer
4 94 (11.37%) Data Engineer
5 74 (8.95%) Lead
6 65 (7.86%) Data Analyst
7 42 (5.08%) Consultant
8 41 (4.96%) Architect
9 30 (3.63%) Business Intelligence Analyst
9 30 (3.63%) Business Intelligence Developer
9 30 (3.63%) Data Manager
10 29 (3.51%) Business Analyst
11 26 (3.14%) Senior Developer
12 25 (3.02%) Data Architect
12 25 (3.02%) Senior Analyst
13 24 (2.90%) Big Data Engineer
13 24 (2.90%) DataOps Engineer
13 24 (2.90%) DataOps Leader
13 24 (2.90%) Lead Big Data Engineer
13 24 (2.90%) Power Platform Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 60 (7.26%) .NET
2 43 (5.20%) PySpark
3 39 (4.72%) JSON
4 38 (4.59%) HTML
5 36 (4.35%) .NET Core
6 33 (3.99%) HTML5 Canvas
7 31 (3.75%) CSS
8 22 (2.66%) XML
9 21 (2.54%) React
10 20 (2.42%) Microsoft Graph
11 19 (2.30%) SPFx
12 17 (2.06%) Oracle Fusion
13 14 (1.69%) ASP.NET
13 14 (1.69%) ASP.NET Core
13 14 (1.69%) Node.js
14 13 (1.57%) Kafka
15 12 (1.45%) .NET Framework
16 11 (1.33%) AngularJS
16 11 (1.33%) WinForms
16 11 (1.33%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 48 (5.80%) Data Structures
2 44 (5.32%) Management Information System
3 38 (4.59%) Product Ownership
4 37 (4.47%) Onboarding
5 25 (3.02%) Cloud Native
6 23 (2.78%) Social Media
7 22 (2.66%) Analytical Mindset
8 18 (2.18%) Self-Motivation
9 15 (1.81%) Enterprise Software
10 14 (1.69%) Legacy Systems
10 14 (1.69%) NHS
11 12 (1.45%) FMCG
12 11 (1.33%) Replication
13 9 (1.09%) FlexPod
13 9 (1.09%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 9 (1.09%) Hybrid Cloud
13 9 (1.09%) Video Conferencing
14 8 (0.97%) Security Posture
15 7 (0.85%) Linux Command Line
16 6 (0.73%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 26 (3.14%) Linux
2 17 (2.06%) Windows
3 15 (1.81%) Windows Server
4 5 (0.60%) Ubuntu
4 5 (0.60%) Unix
5 3 (0.36%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.24%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.24%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 284 (34.34%) Analytics
2 198 (23.94%) Decision-Making
3 186 (22.49%) Data Modelling
4 177 (21.40%) Problem-Solving
5 148 (17.90%) Continuous Improvement
6 131 (15.84%) AI
7 120 (14.51%) Visualisation
8 115 (13.91%) Agile
9 111 (13.42%) Actionable Insight
10 107 (12.94%) ETL
11 101 (12.21%) CI/CD
12 100 (12.09%) Data Governance
13 98 (11.85%) Data Engineering
14 97 (11.73%) CRM
15 92 (11.12%) Stakeholder Management
16 87 (10.52%) Data Visualisation
17 86 (10.40%) Data Pipeline
18 85 (10.28%) ERP
18 85 (10.28%) Stakeholder Engagement
19 83 (10.04%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 403 (48.73%) SQL
2 165 (19.95%) Python
3 80 (9.67%) JavaScript
4 72 (8.71%) C#
5 47 (5.68%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 45 (5.44%) PowerShell
7 36 (4.35%) TypeScript
8 32 (3.87%) T-SQL
9 16 (1.93%) Scala
10 15 (1.81%) R
11 14 (1.69%) Java
12 11 (1.33%) Kusto Query Language
13 10 (1.21%) Bicep
13 10 (1.21%) PL/SQL
13 10 (1.21%) VBA
14 8 (0.97%) Bash
15 7 (0.85%) VB
16 5 (0.60%) VBScript
17 4 (0.48%) Groovy
18 3 (0.36%) C++
Qualifications
1 108 (13.06%) Degree
2 49 (5.93%) Security Cleared
3 38 (4.59%) SC Cleared
4 29 (3.51%) ACCA
5 25 (3.02%) Microsoft Certification
6 23 (2.78%) CIMA
7 21 (2.54%) DBS Check
8 19 (2.30%) Azure Certification
9 17 (2.06%) Computer Science Degree
10 14 (1.69%) AAT
11 11 (1.33%) Master's Degree
12 9 (1.09%) SnowPro
13 6 (0.73%) BPSS Clearance
13 6 (0.73%) MBA
14 5 (0.60%) HNC
14 5 (0.60%) HND
15 4 (0.48%) DV Cleared
16 3 (0.36%) CCNP
16 3 (0.36%) Cisco Certification
16 3 (0.36%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 158 (19.11%) Data Quality
2 68 (8.22%) GDPR
3 39 (4.72%) SLA
4 30 (3.63%) QA
5 21 (2.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 21 (2.54%) PMO
6 19 (2.30%) Accessibility
7 14 (1.69%) Actionable Recommendations
7 14 (1.69%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 7 (0.85%) HL7
8 7 (0.85%) IFRS
9 6 (0.73%) NIST
10 5 (0.60%) ISO 9001
10 5 (0.60%) PERC
11 4 (0.48%) NIST 800
11 4 (0.48%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 4 (0.48%) SNOMED CT
12 3 (0.36%) EMIR
12 3 (0.36%) GRC
12 3 (0.36%) MiFID
System Software
1 20 (2.42%) VMware Infrastructure
2 13 (1.57%) Active Directory
3 11 (1.33%) vSphere
4 9 (1.09%) Docker
5 6 (0.73%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 6 (0.73%) Virtual Servers
6 5 (0.60%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (0.48%) VMware NSX
8 3 (0.36%) BitLocker
8 3 (0.36%) Terminal Services
9 1 (0.12%) IAG
Systems Management
1 29 (3.51%) Terraform
2 13 (1.57%) Ansible
3 9 (1.09%) Cisco CUCM
3 9 (1.09%) Grafana
4 5 (0.60%) SCCM
5 4 (0.48%) Kubernetes
6 3 (0.36%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.12%) MOM
7 1 (0.12%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.12%) SQL Sentry
7 1 (0.12%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 308 (37.24%) Microsoft
2 93 (11.25%) Databricks
3 50 (6.05%) Oracle
4 39 (4.72%) SAP
5 37 (4.47%) Google
6 30 (3.63%) Adobe
7 23 (2.78%) VMware
8 22 (2.66%) Salesforce
9 19 (2.30%) Cisco
10 17 (2.06%) HubSpot
11 15 (1.81%) Alteryx
12 12 (1.45%) Fortinet
12 12 (1.45%) Informatica
12 12 (1.45%) Palo Alto
13 11 (1.33%) Splunk
14 8 (0.97%) Intapp
15 7 (0.85%) ESRI
16 6 (0.73%) IBM
16 6 (0.73%) JD Edwards
16 6 (0.73%) NetApp