Business Intelligence Job Trends in Birmingham

Business Intelligence (BI)
West Midlands > Birmingham

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Birmingham requiring Business Intelligence skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 36 21
Rank change year-on-year +11 -15 +1
Permanent jobs citing Business Intelligence 104 107 108
As % of all permanent jobs in Birmingham 6.00% 5.95% 7.93%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.58% 6.38% 9.00%
Number of salaries quoted 71 69 89
10th Percentile £29,000 £37,500 £35,600
25th Percentile £46,250 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,527 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +19.05% -9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £68,750 £71,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,500 £80,500 £77,500
West Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Birmingham

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 requiring process or methodology skills in Birmingham.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,372 1,678 1,200
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 79.21% 93.27% 88.11%
Number of salaries quoted 971 782 1,015
10th Percentile £30,000 £37,500 £31,000
25th Percentile £42,000 £43,563 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -2.62%
75th Percentile £70,000 £73,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £91,125 £82,500
West Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -4.76%

Business Intelligence
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Business Intelligence relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.

Business Intelligence job vacancy trend in Birmingham

Business Intelligence
Salary Trend in Birmingham

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing Business Intelligence.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing Business Intelligence

Business Intelligence
Salary Histogram in Birmingham

Salary distribution for jobs citing Business Intelligence in Birmingham over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Business Intelligence in Birmingham

Business Intelligence
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham 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 11 (10.58%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.92%) CMS
2 2 (1.92%) Confluence
2 2 (1.92%) Umbraco
3 1 (0.96%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 24 (23.08%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.92%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.92%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.96%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.96%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (3.85%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (2.88%) SAP FI
3 1 (0.96%) Integrated Workplace Management System
3 1 (0.96%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.96%) Odoo
3 1 (0.96%) Pegasus Opera
Cloud Services
1 84 (80.77%) Power Platform
2 43 (41.35%) Azure
3 17 (16.35%) Azure Data Factory
4 9 (8.65%) Dynamics 365
5 8 (7.69%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 6 (5.77%) PowerApps
6 6 (5.77%) Snowflake
7 5 (4.81%) Azure AI
7 5 (4.81%) Microsoft 365
7 5 (4.81%) Power Automate
7 5 (4.81%) SaaS
8 3 (2.88%) Microsoft Copilot
9 2 (1.92%) Smartsheet
10 1 (0.96%) AWS
10 1 (0.96%) AWS Lambda
10 1 (0.96%) Azure DevOps
10 1 (0.96%) ChatGPT
10 1 (0.96%) Microsoft Purview
10 1 (0.96%) OCI
10 1 (0.96%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.92%) Intranet
2 1 (0.96%) DHCP
2 1 (0.96%) DNS
2 1 (0.96%) FTP
2 1 (0.96%) NAS
2 1 (0.96%) PuTTY
2 1 (0.96%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 82 (78.85%) Power BI
2 16 (15.38%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 15 (14.42%) Data Warehouse
4 11 (10.58%) Tableau
5 10 (9.62%) SQL Server
6 9 (8.65%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
6 9 (8.65%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 8 (7.69%) Data Lake
7 8 (7.69%) Power Query
8 5 (4.81%) Azure SQL Database
8 5 (4.81%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 1 (0.96%) Amazon RDS
9 1 (0.96%) Big Data
9 1 (0.96%) DynamoDB
9 1 (0.96%) Hadoop
9 1 (0.96%) Metadata
9 1 (0.96%) NoSQL
9 1 (0.96%) Oracle BI Publisher
9 1 (0.96%) Oracle Reports
9 1 (0.96%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 7 (6.73%) JIRA
2 1 (0.96%) Git
2 1 (0.96%) GitLab
2 1 (0.96%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.96%) Maven
2 1 (0.96%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 34 (32.69%) Social Skills
2 28 (26.92%) Finance
3 17 (16.35%) Analytical Skills
3 17 (16.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 15 (14.42%) Manufacturing
5 14 (13.46%) Marketing
5 14 (13.46%) Public Sector
6 8 (7.69%) Electronics
6 8 (7.69%) Telecoms
7 4 (3.85%) Legal
7 4 (3.85%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (2.88%) Retail
8 3 (2.88%) Spanish Language
9 2 (1.92%) Automotive
9 2 (1.92%) Games
9 2 (1.92%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.96%) Back Office
10 1 (0.96%) Billing
Job Titles
1 22 (21.15%) Analyst
2 21 (20.19%) Data Engineer
3 20 (19.23%) Senior
4 13 (12.50%) Lead
5 11 (10.58%) Data Analyst
6 9 (8.65%) Architect
6 9 (8.65%) Senior Data Engineer
7 8 (7.69%) Developer
8 7 (6.73%) Business Intelligence Analyst
8 7 (6.73%) Data Architect
8 7 (6.73%) Lead Architect
8 7 (6.73%) Lead Data Architect
9 6 (5.77%) Field Engineer
9 6 (5.77%) Senior Analyst
9 6 (5.77%) Systems Support
10 5 (4.81%) Applications Support
10 5 (4.81%) Azure Engineer
10 5 (4.81%) Junior
10 5 (4.81%) Junior Analyst
10 5 (4.81%) Junior Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (9.62%) EDI
2 3 (2.88%) REST
3 2 (1.92%) .NET
3 2 (1.92%) .NET Framework
3 2 (1.92%) ASP.NET
3 2 (1.92%) ASP.NET Core
3 2 (1.92%) CSS
3 2 (1.92%) HTML
3 2 (1.92%) JSON
3 2 (1.92%) Razor View Engine
3 2 (1.92%) SOAP
4 1 (0.96%) ActiveMQ
4 1 (0.96%) AngularJS
4 1 (0.96%) EDIFACT
4 1 (0.96%) HTML5 Canvas
4 1 (0.96%) PySpark
4 1 (0.96%) PyTorch
4 1 (0.96%) React
4 1 (0.96%) RESTful
4 1 (0.96%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 9 (8.65%) Legacy Systems
2 7 (6.73%) FMCG
3 6 (5.77%) Driving Licence
3 6 (5.77%) Enterprise Software
3 6 (5.77%) PDA
3 6 (5.77%) Pricing Data
4 5 (4.81%) Analytical Mindset
5 4 (3.85%) EPoS
6 2 (1.92%) Data Structures
6 2 (1.92%) Management Information System
7 1 (0.96%) AI Agents
7 1 (0.96%) Algorithms
7 1 (0.96%) Cloud Native
7 1 (0.96%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (0.96%) IoT
7 1 (0.96%) Low-Code
7 1 (0.96%) NHS
7 1 (0.96%) Onboarding
7 1 (0.96%) Private Cloud
7 1 (0.96%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.92%) Windows
2 1 (0.96%) Linux
2 1 (0.96%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (25.96%) Analytics
2 26 (25.00%) Decision-Making
3 25 (24.04%) Problem-Solving
4 24 (23.08%) Continuous Improvement
5 19 (18.27%) Data Management
6 18 (17.31%) Agile
6 18 (17.31%) ERP
7 17 (16.35%) Data Modelling
8 16 (15.38%) Data Engineering
8 16 (15.38%) ETL
8 16 (15.38%) Stakeholder Management
9 13 (12.50%) AI
9 13 (12.50%) Data Architecture
9 13 (12.50%) Service Delivery
10 12 (11.54%) Actionable Insight
11 11 (10.58%) Data Pipeline
11 11 (10.58%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 10 (9.62%) Data Analysis
12 10 (9.62%) Migration
12 10 (9.62%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 57 (54.81%) SQL
2 20 (19.23%) Python
3 10 (9.62%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 5 (4.81%) JavaScript
5 4 (3.85%) T-SQL
6 2 (1.92%) C#
6 2 (1.92%) Java
7 1 (0.96%) ActionScript
7 1 (0.96%) ActionScript 2.0
Qualifications
1 11 (10.58%) Degree
2 10 (9.62%) Security Cleared
3 7 (6.73%) Azure Certification
3 7 (6.73%) PMI Certification
3 7 (6.73%) PMP
4 3 (2.88%) ACCA
4 3 (2.88%) CIMA
4 3 (2.88%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (2.88%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (2.88%) SC Cleared
5 2 (1.92%) DBS Check
6 1 (0.96%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (14.42%) Data Quality
2 5 (4.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (4.81%) SLA
3 4 (3.85%) PMO
4 3 (2.88%) Accessibility
5 2 (1.92%) GDPR
5 2 (1.92%) WCAG
6 1 (0.96%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.96%) QA
System Software
1 1 (0.96%) Active Directory
1 1 (0.96%) VMware ESXi
1 1 (0.96%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (0.96%) vSphere
Vendors
1 37 (35.58%) Microsoft
2 12 (11.54%) SAP
3 9 (8.65%) Databricks
4 7 (6.73%) Sparx
5 3 (2.88%) ServiceNow
6 2 (1.92%) Oracle
7 1 (0.96%) Alteryx
7 1 (0.96%) Anaplan
7 1 (0.96%) Cisco
7 1 (0.96%) Genesys
7 1 (0.96%) Google
7 1 (0.96%) MuleSoft
7 1 (0.96%) OpenAI
7 1 (0.96%) Pegasus
7 1 (0.96%) Planon
7 1 (0.96%) Salesforce
7 1 (0.96%) Ubiquiti
7 1 (0.96%) Veeam
7 1 (0.96%) Verint
7 1 (0.96%) VMware