Business Intelligence Job Trends in the City of London

Business Intelligence (BI)
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring Business Intelligence skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 28 38 45
Rank change year-on-year +10 +7 -20
Permanent jobs citing Business Intelligence 149 164 161
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 8.33% 5.72% 5.40%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.05% 6.05% 5.66%
Number of salaries quoted 122 80 150
10th Percentile £40,603 £47,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £56,250 £57,500 £56,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,500 £72,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.28% +3.57% +3.70%
75th Percentile £82,188 £82,500 £86,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £87,500 £111,375
Central London median annual salary £66,500 £72,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -8.28% +3.57% +3.70%

All Process and Methodology Skills
City of London

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 the City of London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,647 2,710 2,843
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 92.11% 94.59% 95.40%
Number of salaries quoted 1,247 1,781 2,567
10th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £40,750
25th Percentile £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £75,000
75th Percentile £97,500 £95,000 £96,250
90th Percentile £118,750 £115,000 £115,000
Central London median annual salary £75,000 £75,000 £74,000
% change year-on-year - +1.35% -1.33%

Business Intelligence
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Business Intelligence job vacancy trend in the City of London

Business Intelligence
Salary Trend in the City of London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Business Intelligence.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Business Intelligence

Business Intelligence
Salary Histogram in the City of London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Business Intelligence in the City of London over the 6 months to 26 November 2025.

Salary histogram for Business Intelligence in the City of London

Business Intelligence
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London 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 18 (12.08%) SharePoint
2 6 (4.03%) Confluence
3 5 (3.36%) Apache Airflow
4 4 (2.68%) Moodle
5 2 (1.34%) Apache
6 1 (0.67%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.67%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.67%) SAS
Applications
1 23 (15.44%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (3.36%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 8 (5.37%) Elite 3E
2 6 (4.03%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (3.36%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (1.34%) Oracle Cash Management
4 2 (1.34%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (1.34%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (1.34%) Visualfiles
5 1 (0.67%) Endur
5 1 (0.67%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (0.67%) SAP Business One
5 1 (0.67%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 128 (85.91%) Power Platform
2 69 (46.31%) Azure
3 27 (18.12%) Power Automate
4 23 (15.44%) Microsoft 365
5 21 (14.09%) PowerApps
6 18 (12.08%) Azure Data Factory
7 16 (10.74%) Dynamics 365
8 14 (9.40%) Snowflake
9 13 (8.72%) AWS
9 13 (8.72%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 12 (8.05%) GCP
11 10 (6.71%) dbt
12 8 (5.37%) Microsoft Purview
13 7 (4.70%) Azure DevOps
13 7 (4.70%) Microsoft Copilot
14 6 (4.03%) Serverless
15 5 (3.36%) Collibra
16 4 (2.68%) GitHub
16 4 (2.68%) ShareGate
17 3 (2.01%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 5 (3.36%) Network Security
2 4 (2.68%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 128 (85.91%) Power BI
2 40 (26.85%) Data Warehouse
3 21 (14.09%) Tableau
4 20 (13.42%) SQL Server
5 15 (10.07%) Data Lake
6 13 (8.72%) Power Query
6 13 (8.72%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 8 (5.37%) Metadata
7 8 (5.37%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 5 (3.36%) BigQuery
8 5 (3.36%) Relational Database
8 5 (3.36%) SAP Data Services
9 3 (2.01%) Data Mining
9 3 (2.01%) Metabase
10 2 (1.34%) Amazon Athena
10 2 (1.34%) Amazon Redshift
10 2 (1.34%) Azure SQL Database
10 2 (1.34%) Delta Lake
10 2 (1.34%) Looker
10 2 (1.34%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 7 (4.70%) ER Studio
2 5 (3.36%) JIRA
3 3 (2.01%) Git
3 3 (2.01%) Visual Studio
4 2 (1.34%) ERwin
4 2 (1.34%) PowerDesigner
General
1 61 (40.94%) Finance
2 50 (33.56%) Social Skills
3 37 (24.83%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (14.77%) Law
5 21 (14.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 19 (12.75%) Legal
7 17 (11.41%) Public Sector
8 13 (8.72%) Marketing
9 11 (7.38%) Banking
9 11 (7.38%) Organisational Skills
10 9 (6.04%) Documentation Skills
11 5 (3.36%) Advertising
11 5 (3.36%) Influencing Skills
11 5 (3.36%) Retail
12 4 (2.68%) Financial Institution
12 4 (2.68%) International Banking
12 4 (2.68%) Investment Banking
13 2 (1.34%) Back Office
13 2 (1.34%) General Ledger
13 2 (1.34%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 44 (29.53%) Analyst
2 31 (20.81%) Developer
3 25 (16.78%) Data Analyst
4 19 (12.75%) Architect
5 17 (11.41%) Senior
6 14 (9.40%) Business Intelligence Developer
7 13 (8.72%) Lead
8 12 (8.05%) Power Platform Developer
9 11 (7.38%) Data Engineer
10 10 (6.71%) Senior Developer
11 7 (4.70%) Applications Support
11 7 (4.70%) Data Architect
11 7 (4.70%) Digital Transformation
11 7 (4.70%) Power BI Developer
11 7 (4.70%) Support Analyst
12 6 (4.03%) Data Insight Analyst
12 6 (4.03%) Financial Analyst
12 6 (4.03%) Insight Analyst
12 6 (4.03%) Insight Data Analyst
13 5 (3.36%) Enterprise Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (6.04%) HTML5 Canvas
2 5 (3.36%) .NET
3 4 (2.68%) REST
4 3 (2.01%) PySpark
5 2 (1.34%) AngularJS
5 2 (1.34%) Hugging Face
5 2 (1.34%) Oracle Fusion
5 2 (1.34%) React
5 2 (1.34%) XML
6 1 (0.67%) .NET Core
6 1 (0.67%) CSS
6 1 (0.67%) HTML
6 1 (0.67%) Middleware
6 1 (0.67%) Node.js
6 1 (0.67%) RESTful
6 1 (0.67%) SOAP
6 1 (0.67%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 13 (8.72%) Cloud Native
2 8 (5.37%) Learning Management System
3 6 (4.03%) Management Information System
3 6 (4.03%) Reinsurance
4 5 (3.36%) Product Ownership
4 5 (3.36%) Tandem
5 4 (2.68%) Analytical Mindset
5 4 (2.68%) Credit Risk
5 4 (2.68%) Enterprise Software
5 4 (2.68%) Market Risk
5 4 (2.68%) Onboarding
6 3 (2.01%) Data Structures
6 3 (2.01%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (1.34%) Legacy Systems
8 1 (0.67%) Augmented Reality
8 1 (0.67%) Data Fabric
8 1 (0.67%) Greenfield Project
8 1 (0.67%) Hybrid Cloud
8 1 (0.67%) Low-Code
8 1 (0.67%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.68%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (43.62%) Analytics
2 55 (36.91%) Decision-Making
3 51 (34.23%) Data Modelling
4 44 (29.53%) Data Governance
5 43 (28.86%) Visualisation
6 39 (26.17%) Problem-Solving
7 36 (24.16%) ETL
8 28 (18.79%) Data Analysis
9 27 (18.12%) AI
9 27 (18.12%) Data Visualisation
10 25 (16.78%) Actionable Insight
10 25 (16.78%) Continuous Improvement
11 24 (16.11%) Agile
11 24 (16.11%) Data Pipeline
12 23 (15.44%) Data Engineering
12 23 (15.44%) Data Management
12 23 (15.44%) Roadmaps
13 22 (14.77%) Data Analytics
13 22 (14.77%) Stakeholder Management
14 21 (14.09%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 74 (49.66%) SQL
2 36 (24.16%) Python
3 23 (15.44%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 16 (10.74%) JavaScript
5 15 (10.07%) C#
6 7 (4.70%) PowerShell
7 3 (2.01%) Scala
8 2 (1.34%) R
8 2 (1.34%) T-SQL
8 2 (1.34%) VBA
9 1 (0.67%) Java
9 1 (0.67%) Ruby
9 1 (0.67%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 26 (17.45%) Degree
2 19 (12.75%) Microsoft Certification
3 14 (9.40%) Computer Science Degree
4 11 (7.38%) SC Cleared
4 11 (7.38%) Security Cleared
5 6 (4.03%) Azure Certification
6 4 (2.68%) Master's Degree
7 3 (2.01%) DBS Check
7 3 (2.01%) TOGAF Certification
8 2 (1.34%) ACCA
8 2 (1.34%) AWS Certification
8 2 (1.34%) CBAP
8 2 (1.34%) CIMA
8 2 (1.34%) MBA
8 2 (1.34%) SnowPro
9 1 (0.67%) Numerate Degree
9 1 (0.67%) Six Sigma Black Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (14.77%) Data Quality
1 22 (14.77%) GDPR
2 9 (6.04%) QA
3 2 (1.34%) PMO
4 1 (0.67%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (0.67%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (0.67%) Docker
1 1 (0.67%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (4.03%) Terraform
2 2 (1.34%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.67%) Argo
3 1 (0.67%) Failover Clustering
3 1 (0.67%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 57 (38.26%) Microsoft
2 14 (9.40%) Databricks
3 9 (6.04%) Google
3 9 (6.04%) Salesforce
4 8 (5.37%) Intapp
4 8 (5.37%) SAP
5 6 (4.03%) Alteryx
6 5 (3.36%) Informatica
6 5 (3.36%) Oracle
6 5 (3.36%) ServiceNow
6 5 (3.36%) Workday
7 4 (2.68%) Okta
7 4 (2.68%) Zscaler
8 2 (1.34%) IBM
8 2 (1.34%) OpenAI
8 2 (1.34%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
9 1 (0.67%) OpenLink
9 1 (0.67%) Red Hat
9 1 (0.67%) VMware