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 7 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 27 40 45
Rank change year-on-year +13 +5 -15
Permanent jobs citing Business Intelligence 142 167 167
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 7.47% 5.96% 5.54%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.31% 6.28% 5.81%
Number of salaries quoted 114 84 155
10th Percentile £40,532 £45,750 £43,000
25th Percentile £56,563 £57,500 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,000 £72,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.59% +3.57% +1.82%
75th Percentile £82,500 £82,500 £86,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £92,750 £110,750
Central London median annual salary £66,500 £72,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -8.28% +3.57% -

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 1,709 2,658 2,874
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 89.95% 94.83% 95.32%
Number of salaries quoted 1,306 1,753 2,597
10th Percentile £40,532 £46,250 £40,750
25th Percentile £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £75,000
75th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £96,250
90th Percentile £116,250 £118,500 £115,000
Central London median annual salary £75,000 £74,750 £73,500
% change year-on-year +0.33% +1.70% -2.00%

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 7 December 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 16 (11.27%) SharePoint
2 5 (3.52%) Apache Airflow
2 5 (3.52%) Confluence
3 3 (2.11%) Moodle
4 2 (1.41%) Apache
5 1 (0.70%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.70%) SAS
Applications
1 23 (16.20%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (2.82%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 8 (5.63%) Elite 3E
2 6 (4.23%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (4.23%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (1.41%) Oracle Cash Management
3 2 (1.41%) Oracle Payables
3 2 (1.41%) Oracle Receivables
3 2 (1.41%) Visualfiles
4 1 (0.70%) Endur
4 1 (0.70%) Oracle Applications
4 1 (0.70%) SAP Business One
4 1 (0.70%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 123 (86.62%) Power Platform
2 62 (43.66%) Azure
3 25 (17.61%) Power Automate
4 19 (13.38%) Azure Data Factory
4 19 (13.38%) Microsoft 365
5 18 (12.68%) PowerApps
6 16 (11.27%) Dynamics 365
7 14 (9.86%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 14 (9.86%) Snowflake
8 11 (7.75%) AWS
8 11 (7.75%) dbt
8 11 (7.75%) GCP
9 7 (4.93%) Azure DevOps
10 5 (3.52%) Collibra
10 5 (3.52%) Microsoft Copilot
10 5 (3.52%) Microsoft Purview
10 5 (3.52%) Serverless
11 4 (2.82%) GitHub
11 4 (2.82%) Google Analytics
12 3 (2.11%) Azure Cosmos DB
Communications & Networking
1 5 (3.52%) Network Security
2 3 (2.11%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 121 (85.21%) Power BI
2 42 (29.58%) Data Warehouse
3 21 (14.79%) SQL Server
4 19 (13.38%) Tableau
5 17 (11.97%) Data Lake
6 13 (9.15%) Power Query
7 11 (7.75%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 7 (4.93%) Metadata
8 7 (4.93%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 5 (3.52%) BigQuery
9 5 (3.52%) Metabase
9 5 (3.52%) Relational Database
9 5 (3.52%) SAP Data Services
10 4 (2.82%) Data Mining
11 3 (2.11%) Looker
12 2 (1.41%) Amazon Athena
12 2 (1.41%) Amazon Redshift
12 2 (1.41%) Azure SQL Database
12 2 (1.41%) DataStage
12 2 (1.41%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 7 (4.93%) ER Studio
2 5 (3.52%) Visual Studio
3 4 (2.82%) JIRA
4 3 (2.11%) Git
5 2 (1.41%) ERwin
5 2 (1.41%) PowerDesigner
General
1 62 (43.66%) Finance
2 47 (33.10%) Social Skills
3 33 (23.24%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (14.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 21 (14.79%) Law
5 18 (12.68%) Legal
6 15 (10.56%) Public Sector
7 13 (9.15%) Marketing
8 11 (7.75%) Banking
8 11 (7.75%) Organisational Skills
9 9 (6.34%) Documentation Skills
10 5 (3.52%) Influencing Skills
11 4 (2.82%) Advertising
11 4 (2.82%) Financial Institution
11 4 (2.82%) International Banking
11 4 (2.82%) Investment Banking
11 4 (2.82%) Retail
12 3 (2.11%) Presentation Skills
13 2 (1.41%) General Ledger
13 2 (1.41%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 45 (31.69%) Analyst
2 25 (17.61%) Developer
3 24 (16.90%) Data Analyst
4 17 (11.97%) Senior
5 16 (11.27%) Architect
6 12 (8.45%) Business Intelligence Developer
6 12 (8.45%) Lead
7 11 (7.75%) Data Engineer
7 11 (7.75%) Power Platform Developer
8 9 (6.34%) Financial Analyst
8 9 (6.34%) Senior Developer
8 9 (6.34%) Support Analyst
9 7 (4.93%) Applications Support
9 7 (4.93%) Finance Systems Analyst
9 7 (4.93%) Systems Analyst
10 6 (4.23%) Data Architect
10 6 (4.23%) Data Insight Analyst
10 6 (4.23%) Digital Transformation
10 6 (4.23%) Insight Analyst
10 6 (4.23%) Insight Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (6.34%) HTML5 Canvas
2 4 (2.82%) REST
3 3 (2.11%) PySpark
4 2 (1.41%) .NET
4 2 (1.41%) Hugging Face
4 2 (1.41%) Oracle Fusion
4 2 (1.41%) XML
5 1 (0.70%) AngularJS
5 1 (0.70%) CSS
5 1 (0.70%) HTML
5 1 (0.70%) MDX
5 1 (0.70%) Middleware
5 1 (0.70%) Node.js
5 1 (0.70%) React
5 1 (0.70%) RESTful
5 1 (0.70%) SOAP
5 1 (0.70%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 12 (8.45%) Cloud Native
2 7 (4.93%) Learning Management System
3 5 (3.52%) Onboarding
3 5 (3.52%) Reinsurance
3 5 (3.52%) Tandem
4 4 (2.82%) Analytical Mindset
4 4 (2.82%) Credit Risk
4 4 (2.82%) Management Information System
4 4 (2.82%) Market Risk
4 4 (2.82%) Product Ownership
5 3 (2.11%) Data Structures
5 3 (2.11%) Legacy Systems
5 3 (2.11%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (1.41%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.70%) ASIC
7 1 (0.70%) Augmented Reality
7 1 (0.70%) Data Fabric
7 1 (0.70%) Derivative
7 1 (0.70%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 1 (0.70%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 3 (2.11%) Windows
2 1 (0.70%) Android
2 1 (0.70%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (43.66%) Analytics
2 52 (36.62%) Decision-Making
3 46 (32.39%) Data Modelling
4 41 (28.87%) Visualisation
5 40 (28.17%) Data Governance
6 36 (25.35%) ETL
7 35 (24.65%) Problem-Solving
8 30 (21.13%) AI
9 27 (19.01%) Continuous Improvement
9 27 (19.01%) Data Analysis
10 26 (18.31%) Data Pipeline
11 25 (17.61%) Data Visualisation
12 24 (16.90%) Actionable Insight
13 23 (16.20%) Agile
13 23 (16.20%) Data Engineering
14 22 (15.49%) CRM
14 22 (15.49%) Data Analytics
14 22 (15.49%) Data Management
15 20 (14.08%) Roadmaps
16 19 (13.38%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 72 (50.70%) SQL
2 37 (26.06%) Python
3 23 (16.20%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 14 (9.86%) JavaScript
5 12 (8.45%) C#
6 7 (4.93%) PowerShell
7 3 (2.11%) Scala
8 2 (1.41%) R
8 2 (1.41%) VBA
9 1 (0.70%) Java
9 1 (0.70%) Ruby
9 1 (0.70%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 22 (15.49%) Degree
2 17 (11.97%) Microsoft Certification
3 14 (9.86%) Computer Science Degree
4 11 (7.75%) SC Cleared
4 11 (7.75%) Security Cleared
5 6 (4.23%) Azure Certification
6 4 (2.82%) Master's Degree
7 3 (2.11%) TOGAF Certification
8 2 (1.41%) ACCA
8 2 (1.41%) AWS Certification
8 2 (1.41%) CBAP
8 2 (1.41%) CIMA
8 2 (1.41%) DBS Check
8 2 (1.41%) MBA
8 2 (1.41%) SnowPro
9 1 (0.70%) Numerate Degree
9 1 (0.70%) Six Sigma Black Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (13.38%) Data Quality
2 15 (10.56%) GDPR
3 7 (4.93%) QA
4 2 (1.41%) PMO
5 1 (0.70%) EMIR
5 1 (0.70%) MiFID
5 1 (0.70%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (0.70%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (0.70%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (4.23%) Terraform
2 2 (1.41%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.70%) Argo
3 1 (0.70%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 51 (35.92%) Microsoft
2 16 (11.27%) Databricks
3 9 (6.34%) Google
3 9 (6.34%) Salesforce
4 8 (5.63%) Intapp
5 7 (4.93%) SAP
6 5 (3.52%) Alteryx
6 5 (3.52%) Informatica
6 5 (3.52%) ServiceNow
7 4 (2.82%) Oracle
8 3 (2.11%) Workday
9 2 (1.41%) IBM
9 2 (1.41%) Okta
9 2 (1.41%) OpenAI
9 2 (1.41%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
9 2 (1.41%) Zscaler
10 1 (0.70%) HubSpot
10 1 (0.70%) OpenLink
10 1 (0.70%) Red Hat