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 17 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 35 43 41
Rank change year-on-year +8 -2 -9
Permanent jobs citing Business Intelligence 141 147 174
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 5.13% 5.86% 5.55%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.01% 6.11% 5.95%
Number of salaries quoted 105 75 160
10th Percentile £41,219 £48,100 £42,500
25th Percentile £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £75,000 £71,250
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £90,000 £83,750 £92,500
90th Percentile £105,500 £102,500 £117,500
Central London median annual salary £67,500 £75,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% +7.14% -

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 2,347 2,406 2,926
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 85.38% 95.86% 93.27%
Number of salaries quoted 1,696 1,542 2,592
10th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £60,000 £55,000 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% - -
75th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £96,250
90th Percentile £110,000 £117,725 £115,000
Central London median annual salary £80,000 £75,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year +6.67% +3.45% -3.33%

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 17 February 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 16 (11.35%) SharePoint
2 6 (4.26%) Apache Airflow
3 3 (2.13%) Confluence
4 2 (1.42%) Apache
4 2 (1.42%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.71%) Appian
5 1 (0.71%) SAS
Applications
1 27 (19.15%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (3.55%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 7 (4.96%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (2.84%) Elite 3E
3 3 (2.13%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (1.42%) Oracle Cash Management
4 2 (1.42%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (1.42%) Visualfiles
5 1 (0.71%) Alphatax
5 1 (0.71%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (0.71%) Oracle Assets
5 1 (0.71%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.71%) Oracle Financials
5 1 (0.71%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (0.71%) SAP Business One
5 1 (0.71%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.71%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 119 (84.40%) Power Platform
2 68 (48.23%) Azure
3 24 (17.02%) Power Automate
4 20 (14.18%) Azure Data Factory
5 15 (10.64%) dbt
5 15 (10.64%) Dynamics 365
5 15 (10.64%) Microsoft 365
6 14 (9.93%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 13 (9.22%) PowerApps
7 13 (9.22%) Snowflake
8 10 (7.09%) AWS
8 10 (7.09%) GCP
9 9 (6.38%) Azure DevOps
10 4 (2.84%) GitHub
10 4 (2.84%) Google Analytics
11 3 (2.13%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 3 (2.13%) Azure Storage
11 3 (2.13%) Fivetran
11 3 (2.13%) SaaS
11 3 (2.13%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.71%) Broadband
1 1 (0.71%) DHCP
1 1 (0.71%) DNS
1 1 (0.71%) Firewall
1 1 (0.71%) Mobile Broadband
1 1 (0.71%) Softphone
1 1 (0.71%) VLAN
1 1 (0.71%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 117 (82.98%) Power BI
2 42 (29.79%) Data Warehouse
3 24 (17.02%) SQL Server
4 17 (12.06%) Tableau
5 12 (8.51%) Data Lake
6 10 (7.09%) Metabase
7 8 (5.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 7 (4.96%) Power Query
8 7 (4.96%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 6 (4.26%) Metadata
9 6 (4.26%) Star Schema
10 5 (3.55%) BigQuery
11 4 (2.84%) Relational Database
12 3 (2.13%) Big Data
12 3 (2.13%) Data Mining
12 3 (2.13%) Looker
13 2 (1.42%) BusinessObjects
13 2 (1.42%) Hadoop
13 2 (1.42%) QlikView
13 2 (1.42%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 10 (7.09%) Visual Studio
2 2 (1.42%) ER Studio
2 2 (1.42%) ERwin
2 2 (1.42%) Git
2 2 (1.42%) JIRA
2 2 (1.42%) PowerDesigner
3 1 (0.71%) Selenium
General
1 65 (46.10%) Finance
2 48 (34.04%) Social Skills
3 34 (24.11%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (15.60%) Law
5 18 (12.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 13 (9.22%) Public Sector
7 12 (8.51%) Legal
8 9 (6.38%) Banking
8 9 (6.38%) Documentation Skills
8 9 (6.38%) Marketing
9 8 (5.67%) Organisational Skills
10 6 (4.26%) Financial Institution
11 5 (3.55%) Retail
12 3 (2.13%) General Ledger
12 3 (2.13%) Presentation Skills
13 2 (1.42%) Advertising
13 2 (1.42%) Front Office
13 2 (1.42%) Influencing Skills
13 2 (1.42%) International Banking
13 2 (1.42%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 46 (32.62%) Analyst
2 24 (17.02%) Senior
3 20 (14.18%) Developer
4 19 (13.48%) Data Analyst
5 15 (10.64%) Architect
6 14 (9.93%) Data Engineer
6 14 (9.93%) Financial Analyst
6 14 (9.93%) Support Analyst
7 12 (8.51%) Finance Systems Analyst
7 12 (8.51%) IT Analyst
7 12 (8.51%) Systems Analyst
8 11 (7.80%) IT Support
8 11 (7.80%) IT Support Analyst
8 11 (7.80%) Lead
9 10 (7.09%) Data Architect
9 10 (7.09%) Power Platform Developer
9 10 (7.09%) Systems Support
9 10 (7.09%) Systems Support Analyst
10 9 (6.38%) Senior Developer
11 8 (5.67%) Business Intelligence Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (6.38%) HTML5 Canvas
2 4 (2.84%) PySpark
3 3 (2.13%) .NET
3 3 (2.13%) REST
4 2 (1.42%) Hugging Face
4 2 (1.42%) Oracle Fusion
5 1 (0.71%) .NET Core
5 1 (0.71%) .NET Framework
5 1 (0.71%) AngularJS
5 1 (0.71%) CSS
5 1 (0.71%) HTML
5 1 (0.71%) MDX
5 1 (0.71%) Middleware
5 1 (0.71%) Node.js
5 1 (0.71%) Playwright
5 1 (0.71%) React
5 1 (0.71%) SOAP
5 1 (0.71%) Vue
5 1 (0.71%) Web Services
5 1 (0.71%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 13 (9.22%) Cloud Native
2 8 (5.67%) Analytical Mindset
3 6 (4.26%) Reinsurance
4 5 (3.55%) Legacy Systems
4 5 (3.55%) Management Information System
4 5 (3.55%) Onboarding
5 3 (2.13%) Derivative
5 3 (2.13%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 3 (2.13%) Product Ownership
5 3 (2.13%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (1.42%) ASIC
6 2 (1.42%) Credit Risk
6 2 (1.42%) Data Fabric
6 2 (1.42%) Data Structures
6 2 (1.42%) Market Risk
6 2 (1.42%) OTC Derivatives
7 1 (0.71%) Augmented Reality
7 1 (0.71%) DTCC
7 1 (0.71%) iPhone
7 1 (0.71%) Learning Management System
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.42%) Apple iOS
2 1 (0.71%) Android
2 1 (0.71%) Windows
2 1 (0.71%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (45.39%) Analytics
2 52 (36.88%) Decision-Making
3 50 (35.46%) Data Modelling
4 40 (28.37%) Data Governance
4 40 (28.37%) Visualisation
5 37 (26.24%) AI
6 36 (25.53%) ETL
7 33 (23.40%) Data Analysis
7 33 (23.40%) Data Pipeline
8 31 (21.99%) Problem-Solving
9 30 (21.28%) Continuous Improvement
10 29 (20.57%) Data Management
11 26 (18.44%) Data Engineering
12 25 (17.73%) Agile
13 24 (17.02%) Data Visualisation
14 22 (15.60%) Actionable Insight
15 21 (14.89%) Data Analytics
16 19 (13.48%) Data Science
17 18 (12.77%) CRM
17 18 (12.77%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 79 (56.03%) SQL
2 40 (28.37%) Python
3 18 (12.77%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 12 (8.51%) C#
4 12 (8.51%) JavaScript
5 4 (2.84%) VBA
6 3 (2.13%) PowerShell
6 3 (2.13%) R
7 2 (1.42%) Java
8 1 (0.71%) Ruby
8 1 (0.71%) Scala
8 1 (0.71%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 23 (16.31%) Degree
2 15 (10.64%) Microsoft Certification
3 14 (9.93%) Computer Science Degree
4 11 (7.80%) SC Cleared
4 11 (7.80%) Security Cleared
5 6 (4.26%) Azure Certification
6 4 (2.84%) Master's Degree
7 3 (2.13%) SnowPro
7 3 (2.13%) TOGAF Certification
8 2 (1.42%) ACCA
8 2 (1.42%) AWS Certification
8 2 (1.42%) CBAP
8 2 (1.42%) CIMA
8 2 (1.42%) DBS Check
8 2 (1.42%) MBA
8 2 (1.42%) Six Sigma Black Belt
9 1 (0.71%) CFA
9 1 (0.71%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (21.28%) Data Quality
2 12 (8.51%) GDPR
3 4 (2.84%) QA
4 3 (2.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (1.42%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 2 (1.42%) EMIR
5 2 (1.42%) MiFID
5 2 (1.42%) PMO
6 1 (0.71%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.71%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.71%) GRC
6 1 (0.71%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.71%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (0.71%) Active Directory
1 1 (0.71%) BitLocker
1 1 (0.71%) Docker
1 1 (0.71%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 5 (3.55%) Terraform
2 3 (2.13%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.71%) Argo
3 1 (0.71%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 57 (40.43%) Microsoft
2 20 (14.18%) Databricks
3 9 (6.38%) Google
4 8 (5.67%) Salesforce
5 6 (4.26%) Oracle
6 5 (3.55%) Informatica
7 4 (2.84%) Intapp
8 3 (2.13%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
8 3 (2.13%) SAP
9 2 (1.42%) HubSpot
9 2 (1.42%) IBM
9 2 (1.42%) OpenAI
9 2 (1.42%) Workday
10 1 (0.71%) Alteryx
10 1 (0.71%) eFront
10 1 (0.71%) GoldenSource
10 1 (0.71%) iManage
10 1 (0.71%) MuleSoft
10 1 (0.71%) Pega
10 1 (0.71%) Red Hat