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

6 months to
14 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 53 30 43
Rank change year-on-year -23 +13 +2
Permanent jobs citing Business Intelligence 79 130 162
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 3.12% 7.98% 5.77%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.81% 8.32% 6.16%
Number of salaries quoted 60 107 71
10th Percentile £55,888 £42,000 £47,250
25th Percentile £63,750 £55,625 £55,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £79,500 £65,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +22.31% -10.34% +3.57%
75th Percentile £87,500 £82,500 £83,750
90th Percentile - £108,750 £95,000
Central London median annual salary £79,200 £65,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year +21.85% -10.34% +3.57%

All Process & 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 2,075 1,562 2,631
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 81.85% 95.89% 93.73%
Number of salaries quoted 1,522 1,253 1,719
10th Percentile £46,750 £40,000 £46,250
25th Percentile £60,213 £55,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% - -
75th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £122,250 £115,000
Central London median annual salary £80,000 £75,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% - +3.45%

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 14 October 2026.

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 4 (5.06%) Apache Airflow
2 3 (3.80%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.27%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 5 (6.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.27%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.27%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (3.80%) Elite 3E
2 2 (2.53%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 65 (82.28%) Power Platform
2 35 (44.30%) Azure
3 14 (17.72%) Azure Data Factory
4 11 (13.92%) AWS
5 10 (12.66%) Azure DevOps
5 10 (12.66%) Power Automate
6 9 (11.39%) Snowflake
7 8 (10.13%) PowerApps
8 6 (7.59%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 6 (7.59%) dbt
9 5 (6.33%) Microsoft Copilot
9 5 (6.33%) SaaS
10 4 (5.06%) Azure Logic Apps
11 3 (3.80%) Microsoft 365
12 2 (2.53%) Azure Machine Learning
12 2 (2.53%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 2 (2.53%) Dynamics 365
12 2 (2.53%) Microsoft Purview
13 1 (1.27%) Azure AI
13 1 (1.27%) Azure Databricks
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.27%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 63 (79.75%) Power BI
2 18 (22.78%) SQL Server
3 12 (15.19%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 9 (11.39%) Azure SQL Database
5 8 (10.13%) Data Warehouse
6 7 (8.86%) Tableau
7 6 (7.59%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 4 (5.06%) PostgreSQL
9 3 (3.80%) Metadata
9 3 (3.80%) OLTP
9 3 (3.80%) SSDT
10 2 (2.53%) Looker
11 1 (1.27%) Data Lake
11 1 (1.27%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
11 1 (1.27%) MongoDB
11 1 (1.27%) NoSQL
11 1 (1.27%) Power Query
11 1 (1.27%) Relational Database
11 1 (1.27%) Spark SQL
11 1 (1.27%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 6 (7.59%) Git
2 4 (5.06%) JIRA
3 1 (1.27%) Jenkins
3 1 (1.27%) Oracle Forms
3 1 (1.27%) Visual Studio
General
1 43 (54.43%) Finance
2 15 (18.99%) Social Skills
3 14 (17.72%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (15.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 8 (10.13%) Front Office
5 8 (10.13%) Law
6 5 (6.33%) Legal
7 3 (3.80%) Banking
7 3 (3.80%) Financial Institution
8 2 (2.53%) Advertising
8 2 (2.53%) Private Banking
8 2 (2.53%) Telecoms
9 1 (1.27%) Legal Technology
9 1 (1.27%) Marketing
9 1 (1.27%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (1.27%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (1.27%) Public Sector
9 1 (1.27%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 24 (30.38%) Analyst
2 15 (18.99%) Developer
3 14 (17.72%) Senior
4 13 (16.46%) Data Engineer
5 10 (12.66%) Business Analyst
6 9 (11.39%) Business Manager
7 8 (10.13%) Finance Manager
7 8 (10.13%) Finance Systems Manager
7 8 (10.13%) Systems Manager
8 6 (7.59%) Data Analyst
9 5 (6.33%) Lead
9 5 (6.33%) Platform Engineer
9 5 (6.33%) Report Analyst
9 5 (6.33%) Senior Developer
10 4 (5.06%) Lead Developer
10 4 (5.06%) Lead Python Developer
10 4 (5.06%) Python Developer
11 3 (3.80%) Business Intelligence Manager
11 3 (3.80%) Senior Database Developer
11 3 (3.80%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (8.86%) Terraform
2 6 (7.59%) .NET
3 4 (5.06%) PySpark
4 2 (2.53%) .NET Framework
4 2 (2.53%) XML
4 2 (2.53%) XSLT
5 1 (1.27%) .NET Core
5 1 (1.27%) AngularJS
5 1 (1.27%) ASP.NET
5 1 (1.27%) ASP.NET MVC
5 1 (1.27%) Bootstrap
5 1 (1.27%) GraphQL
5 1 (1.27%) jQuery
5 1 (1.27%) Kafka
5 1 (1.27%) PyTorch
5 1 (1.27%) React
5 1 (1.27%) REST
5 1 (1.27%) scikit-learn
5 1 (1.27%) TensorFlow
5 1 (1.27%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 11 (13.92%) Greenfield Project
2 3 (3.80%) FMCG
3 2 (2.53%) Data Structures
3 2 (2.53%) Hedge funds
3 2 (2.53%) Taxonomies
4 1 (1.27%) AI Agents
4 1 (1.27%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (1.27%) Client/Server
4 1 (1.27%) Cloud Native
4 1 (1.27%) Credit Risk
4 1 (1.27%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.27%) Low-Code
4 1 (1.27%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.27%) Operational Technology
4 1 (1.27%) Product Ownership
4 1 (1.27%) Reference Data
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (34.18%) Analytics
2 21 (26.58%) AI
3 20 (25.32%) Continuous Improvement
4 17 (21.52%) Data Modelling
4 17 (21.52%) Data Pipeline
4 17 (21.52%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 15 (18.99%) Data Engineering
6 14 (17.72%) DevOps
7 13 (16.46%) Agile
7 13 (16.46%) CI/CD
8 10 (12.66%) Problem-Solving
8 10 (12.66%) Stakeholder Management
9 9 (11.39%) Asset Management
9 9 (11.39%) Decision-Making
9 9 (11.39%) ERP
9 9 (11.39%) Performance Tuning
10 8 (10.13%) Business Analysis
10 8 (10.13%) Data Analysis
10 8 (10.13%) Process Improvement
10 8 (10.13%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 57 (72.15%) SQL
2 28 (35.44%) Python
3 11 (13.92%) T-SQL
4 7 (8.86%) C#
5 6 (7.59%) PowerShell
6 5 (6.33%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 4 (5.06%) JavaScript
8 2 (2.53%) Kusto Query Language
8 2 (2.53%) VB.NET
8 2 (2.53%) XPath
9 1 (1.27%) Bicep
9 1 (1.27%) Java
9 1 (1.27%) R
9 1 (1.27%) Scala
Qualifications
1 9 (11.39%) ACCA
1 9 (11.39%) CIMA
1 9 (11.39%) Degree
2 6 (7.59%) CFA
3 3 (3.80%) SC Cleared
3 3 (3.80%) Security Cleared
4 2 (2.53%) Azure Certification
4 2 (2.53%) DBS Check
5 1 (1.27%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (1.27%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (1.27%) PMI Certification
5 1 (1.27%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (22.78%) Data Quality
2 3 (3.80%) QA
3 2 (2.53%) Accessibility
3 2 (2.53%) Actionable Recommendations
3 2 (2.53%) GDPR
4 1 (1.27%) IFRS
4 1 (1.27%) IFRS 17
4 1 (1.27%) PMO
4 1 (1.27%) Solvency II
System Software
1 2 (2.53%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (3.80%) SQL Sentry
2 1 (1.27%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 22 (27.85%) Microsoft
2 9 (11.39%) SAP
3 8 (10.13%) Concur
3 8 (10.13%) Databricks
3 8 (10.13%) Yardi
4 4 (5.06%) Alteryx
5 3 (3.80%) RedGate
6 1 (1.27%) Informatica
6 1 (1.27%) OpenAI
6 1 (1.27%) Oracle
6 1 (1.27%) Planview