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

6 months to
5 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 36 42 40
Rank change year-on-year +6 -2 -12
Permanent jobs citing Business Intelligence 143 151 176
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 5.46% 5.91% 5.63%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.36% 6.18% 6.03%
Number of salaries quoted 109 76 165
10th Percentile £40,175 £51,250 £47,500
25th Percentile £57,500 £61,875 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £75,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +3.45% +7.41%
75th Percentile £85,750 £83,750 £92,500
90th Percentile £102,500 £102,500 £117,500
Central London median annual salary £67,500 £75,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% +3.45% +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 2,247 2,443 2,918
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 85.80% 95.69% 93.41%
Number of salaries quoted 1,638 1,562 2,594
10th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £40,000
25th Percentile £58,750 £56,250 £54,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £75,000 £74,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% +1.35% -1.33%
75th Percentile £100,000 £96,813 £96,250
90th Percentile £110,225 £117,500 £113,750
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 5 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 14 (9.79%) SharePoint
2 5 (3.50%) Apache Airflow
3 3 (2.10%) Confluence
4 2 (1.40%) Apache
4 2 (1.40%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.70%) SAS
Applications
1 29 (20.28%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (3.50%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 7 (4.90%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (4.20%) Elite 3E
3 3 (2.10%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (1.40%) Oracle Cash Management
4 2 (1.40%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (1.40%) Visualfiles
5 1 (0.70%) Alphatax
5 1 (0.70%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (0.70%) Oracle Assets
5 1 (0.70%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.70%) Oracle Financials
5 1 (0.70%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (0.70%) SAP Business One
5 1 (0.70%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.70%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 122 (85.31%) Power Platform
2 66 (46.15%) Azure
3 24 (16.78%) Power Automate
4 20 (13.99%) Azure Data Factory
5 16 (11.19%) Dynamics 365
6 14 (9.79%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 14 (9.79%) dbt
6 14 (9.79%) PowerApps
6 14 (9.79%) Snowflake
7 13 (9.09%) Microsoft 365
8 11 (7.69%) AWS
9 10 (6.99%) GCP
10 9 (6.29%) Azure DevOps
11 4 (2.80%) GitHub
11 4 (2.80%) Google Analytics
11 4 (2.80%) Serverless
12 3 (2.10%) Azure Storage
12 3 (2.10%) Microsoft Copilot
12 3 (2.10%) Microsoft Purview
12 3 (2.10%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.70%) Broadband
1 1 (0.70%) DHCP
1 1 (0.70%) DNS
1 1 (0.70%) Firewall
1 1 (0.70%) Mobile Broadband
1 1 (0.70%) Softphone
1 1 (0.70%) VLAN
1 1 (0.70%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 120 (83.92%) Power BI
2 44 (30.77%) Data Warehouse
3 22 (15.38%) SQL Server
4 17 (11.89%) Tableau
5 12 (8.39%) Data Lake
6 10 (6.99%) Power Query
6 10 (6.99%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 9 (6.29%) Metabase
8 7 (4.90%) Metadata
8 7 (4.90%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 6 (4.20%) Relational Database
9 6 (4.20%) Star Schema
10 5 (3.50%) BigQuery
11 4 (2.80%) Data Mining
11 4 (2.80%) Looker
12 2 (1.40%) Big Data
12 2 (1.40%) DataStage
12 2 (1.40%) PostgreSQL
12 2 (1.40%) QlikView
12 2 (1.40%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 9 (6.29%) Visual Studio
2 2 (1.40%) ER Studio
2 2 (1.40%) ERwin
2 2 (1.40%) Git
2 2 (1.40%) JIRA
2 2 (1.40%) PowerDesigner
General
1 67 (46.85%) Finance
2 53 (37.06%) Social Skills
3 34 (23.78%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (15.38%) Law
5 20 (13.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 14 (9.79%) Legal
7 13 (9.09%) Public Sector
8 12 (8.39%) Organisational Skills
9 11 (7.69%) Banking
10 9 (6.29%) Marketing
11 8 (5.59%) Documentation Skills
12 7 (4.90%) Financial Institution
13 5 (3.50%) Retail
14 3 (2.10%) Advertising
14 3 (2.10%) General Ledger
14 3 (2.10%) International Banking
14 3 (2.10%) Presentation Skills
15 2 (1.40%) Front Office
15 2 (1.40%) Influencing Skills
15 2 (1.40%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 45 (31.47%) Analyst
2 24 (16.78%) Senior
3 23 (16.08%) Developer
4 21 (14.69%) Data Analyst
5 15 (10.49%) Data Engineer
6 13 (9.09%) Financial Analyst
6 13 (9.09%) Support Analyst
7 12 (8.39%) Lead
8 11 (7.69%) Architect
8 11 (7.69%) Finance Systems Analyst
8 11 (7.69%) Power Platform Developer
8 11 (7.69%) Systems Analyst
9 10 (6.99%) Business Intelligence Developer
9 10 (6.99%) IT Analyst
9 10 (6.99%) IT Support
9 10 (6.99%) IT Support Analyst
10 9 (6.29%) Senior Developer
10 9 (6.29%) Systems Support
10 9 (6.29%) Systems Support Analyst
11 8 (5.59%) Senior Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (6.29%) HTML5 Canvas
2 4 (2.80%) PySpark
3 3 (2.10%) .NET
3 3 (2.10%) REST
4 2 (1.40%) Hugging Face
4 2 (1.40%) Oracle Fusion
5 1 (0.70%) .NET Core
5 1 (0.70%) .NET Framework
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%) SOAP
5 1 (0.70%) Vue
5 1 (0.70%) Web Services
5 1 (0.70%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 13 (9.09%) Cloud Native
2 7 (4.90%) Analytical Mindset
3 6 (4.20%) Reinsurance
4 5 (3.50%) Legacy Systems
5 4 (2.80%) Management Information System
5 4 (2.80%) Onboarding
6 3 (2.10%) Credit Risk
6 3 (2.10%) Market Risk
6 3 (2.10%) Product Ownership
6 3 (2.10%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (1.40%) ASIC
7 2 (1.40%) Data Structures
7 2 (1.40%) Derivative
7 2 (1.40%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 2 (1.40%) Learning Management System
7 2 (1.40%) OTC Derivatives
8 1 (0.70%) Augmented Reality
8 1 (0.70%) DTCC
8 1 (0.70%) Hybrid Cloud
8 1 (0.70%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.40%) Apple iOS
2 1 (0.70%) Android
2 1 (0.70%) Windows
2 1 (0.70%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (46.85%) Analytics
2 57 (39.86%) Decision-Making
3 54 (37.76%) Data Modelling
4 41 (28.67%) Visualisation
5 40 (27.97%) Data Governance
5 40 (27.97%) ETL
6 38 (26.57%) AI
7 34 (23.78%) Continuous Improvement
8 33 (23.08%) Data Pipeline
8 33 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
9 31 (21.68%) Data Analysis
10 27 (18.88%) Agile
10 27 (18.88%) Data Engineering
11 26 (18.18%) Data Management
12 24 (16.78%) Actionable Insight
12 24 (16.78%) Data Visualisation
13 22 (15.38%) Data Analytics
13 22 (15.38%) Data Science
14 19 (13.29%) Machine Learning
15 18 (12.59%) Data Strategy
Programming Languages
1 80 (55.94%) SQL
2 42 (29.37%) Python
3 21 (14.69%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 12 (8.39%) C#
4 12 (8.39%) JavaScript
5 5 (3.50%) PowerShell
6 4 (2.80%) VBA
7 2 (1.40%) Java
7 2 (1.40%) R
7 2 (1.40%) Scala
8 1 (0.70%) Ruby
8 1 (0.70%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 22 (15.38%) Degree
2 15 (10.49%) Microsoft Certification
3 14 (9.79%) Computer Science Degree
4 11 (7.69%) SC Cleared
4 11 (7.69%) Security Cleared
5 6 (4.20%) Azure Certification
6 4 (2.80%) Master's Degree
7 3 (2.10%) SnowPro
7 3 (2.10%) TOGAF Certification
8 2 (1.40%) ACCA
8 2 (1.40%) AWS Certification
8 2 (1.40%) CBAP
8 2 (1.40%) CIMA
8 2 (1.40%) DBS Check
8 2 (1.40%) MBA
9 1 (0.70%) CFA
9 1 (0.70%) Numerate Degree
9 1 (0.70%) Six Sigma Black Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (20.98%) Data Quality
2 13 (9.09%) GDPR
3 6 (4.20%) QA
4 3 (2.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (1.40%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 2 (1.40%) EMIR
5 2 (1.40%) MiFID
5 2 (1.40%) PMO
6 1 (0.70%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.70%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.70%) GRC
6 1 (0.70%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.70%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (0.70%) Active Directory
1 1 (0.70%) BitLocker
1 1 (0.70%) Docker
1 1 (0.70%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 5 (3.50%) Terraform
2 2 (1.40%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.70%) Argo
3 1 (0.70%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 53 (37.06%) Microsoft
2 20 (13.99%) Databricks
3 9 (6.29%) Google
4 6 (4.20%) Intapp
4 6 (4.20%) Salesforce
5 5 (3.50%) Informatica
5 5 (3.50%) Oracle
6 3 (2.10%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
6 3 (2.10%) SAP
7 2 (1.40%) IBM
7 2 (1.40%) OpenAI
7 2 (1.40%) Workday
8 1 (0.70%) Bomgar
8 1 (0.70%) GoldenSource
8 1 (0.70%) HubSpot
8 1 (0.70%) iManage
8 1 (0.70%) Red Hat