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

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 34 46 41
Rank change year-on-year +12 -5 -12
Permanent jobs citing Business Intelligence 131 157 158
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 6.26% 5.78% 5.60%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.15% 6.05% 5.88%
Number of salaries quoted 104 81 144
10th Percentile £39,284 £50,000 £47,500
25th Percentile £57,188 £57,500 £57,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £72,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.90% - +3.57%
75th Percentile £85,188 £82,500 £90,500
90th Percentile £102,500 £95,000 £115,000
Central London median annual salary £67,500 £72,500 £72,500
% change year-on-year -6.90% - +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 1,833 2,593 2,686
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 87.54% 95.47% 95.15%
Number of salaries quoted 1,357 1,694 2,415
10th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £40,350
25th Percentile £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% - -
75th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £96,250
90th Percentile £115,000 £117,500 £115,000
Central London median annual salary £77,500 £75,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +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 31 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 14 (10.69%) SharePoint
2 5 (3.82%) Apache Airflow
3 3 (2.29%) Confluence
4 2 (1.53%) Apache
5 1 (0.76%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.76%) SAS
Applications
1 26 (19.85%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (3.05%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 8 (6.11%) Elite 3E
2 7 (5.34%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (2.29%) Oracle Payables
3 3 (2.29%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (1.53%) Oracle Cash Management
4 2 (1.53%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (1.53%) Visualfiles
5 1 (0.76%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (0.76%) Oracle Assets
5 1 (0.76%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.76%) Oracle Financials
5 1 (0.76%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (0.76%) SAP Business One
5 1 (0.76%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 114 (87.02%) Power Platform
2 59 (45.04%) Azure
3 21 (16.03%) Power Automate
4 19 (14.50%) Azure Data Factory
5 16 (12.21%) Dynamics 365
6 15 (11.45%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 14 (10.69%) PowerApps
8 13 (9.92%) Microsoft 365
8 13 (9.92%) Snowflake
9 11 (8.40%) AWS
9 11 (8.40%) dbt
10 9 (6.87%) GCP
11 7 (5.34%) Azure DevOps
12 5 (3.82%) Serverless
13 4 (3.05%) GitHub
14 3 (2.29%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 3 (2.29%) Google Analytics
14 3 (2.29%) Microsoft Copilot
14 3 (2.29%) Microsoft Purview
15 2 (1.53%) Fivetran
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.53%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 112 (85.50%) Power BI
2 42 (32.06%) Data Warehouse
3 17 (12.98%) SQL Server
4 15 (11.45%) Data Lake
4 15 (11.45%) Tableau
5 11 (8.40%) Power Query
5 11 (8.40%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 8 (6.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 7 (5.34%) Metadata
8 6 (4.58%) Relational Database
9 5 (3.82%) Data Mining
9 5 (3.82%) Metabase
10 4 (3.05%) BigQuery
11 3 (2.29%) Looker
11 3 (2.29%) Star Schema
12 2 (1.53%) Amazon Redshift
12 2 (1.53%) Azure SQL Database
12 2 (1.53%) DataStage
12 2 (1.53%) PostgreSQL
12 2 (1.53%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 5 (3.82%) Visual Studio
2 4 (3.05%) ER Studio
3 3 (2.29%) Git
4 2 (1.53%) ERwin
4 2 (1.53%) JIRA
4 2 (1.53%) PowerDesigner
General
1 58 (44.27%) Finance
2 45 (34.35%) Social Skills
3 28 (21.37%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (16.79%) Law
5 20 (15.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 15 (11.45%) Legal
7 13 (9.92%) Public Sector
8 11 (8.40%) Organisational Skills
9 10 (7.63%) Banking
9 10 (7.63%) Marketing
10 7 (5.34%) Documentation Skills
11 5 (3.82%) Financial Institution
11 5 (3.82%) Retail
12 4 (3.05%) International Banking
13 3 (2.29%) Advertising
13 3 (2.29%) General Ledger
13 3 (2.29%) Influencing Skills
13 3 (2.29%) Presentation Skills
14 2 (1.53%) Investment Banking
14 2 (1.53%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 38 (29.01%) Analyst
2 24 (18.32%) Developer
3 18 (13.74%) Data Analyst
4 17 (12.98%) Senior
5 14 (10.69%) Architect
6 13 (9.92%) Lead
7 12 (9.16%) Data Engineer
8 11 (8.40%) Business Intelligence Developer
8 11 (8.40%) Power Platform Developer
9 9 (6.87%) Financial Analyst
9 9 (6.87%) Senior Developer
9 9 (6.87%) Support Analyst
10 7 (5.34%) Applications Support
10 7 (5.34%) Data Architect
10 7 (5.34%) Finance Systems Analyst
10 7 (5.34%) Systems Analyst
11 6 (4.58%) Data Insight Analyst
11 6 (4.58%) Insight Analyst
11 6 (4.58%) Insight Data Analyst
12 5 (3.82%) IT Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (6.87%) HTML5 Canvas
2 4 (3.05%) REST
3 3 (2.29%) PySpark
4 2 (1.53%) Hugging Face
4 2 (1.53%) Oracle Fusion
4 2 (1.53%) XML
5 1 (0.76%) .NET
5 1 (0.76%) AngularJS
5 1 (0.76%) CSS
5 1 (0.76%) HTML
5 1 (0.76%) MDX
5 1 (0.76%) Middleware
5 1 (0.76%) Node.js
5 1 (0.76%) React
5 1 (0.76%) SOAP
5 1 (0.76%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 12 (9.16%) Cloud Native
2 5 (3.82%) Reinsurance
3 4 (3.05%) Analytical Mindset
3 4 (3.05%) Credit Risk
3 4 (3.05%) Market Risk
3 4 (3.05%) Onboarding
3 4 (3.05%) Product Ownership
4 3 (2.29%) Data Structures
4 3 (2.29%) Learning Management System
4 3 (2.29%) Legacy Systems
4 3 (2.29%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (1.53%) ASIC
5 2 (1.53%) Derivative
5 2 (1.53%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 2 (1.53%) Management Information System
5 2 (1.53%) OTC Derivatives
5 2 (1.53%) Tandem
6 1 (0.76%) Augmented Reality
6 1 (0.76%) DTCC
6 1 (0.76%) Marketing Technology
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.76%) Android
1 1 (0.76%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (42.75%) Analytics
2 50 (38.17%) Decision-Making
3 47 (35.88%) Data Modelling
4 42 (32.06%) ETL
5 39 (29.77%) Visualisation
6 38 (29.01%) Data Governance
7 32 (24.43%) AI
8 30 (22.90%) Continuous Improvement
8 30 (22.90%) Problem-Solving
9 26 (19.85%) Data Analysis
9 26 (19.85%) Data Pipeline
10 25 (19.08%) Agile
11 24 (18.32%) Data Engineering
12 23 (17.56%) Actionable Insight
12 23 (17.56%) Data Visualisation
13 21 (16.03%) Data Management
14 20 (15.27%) Data Analytics
15 18 (13.74%) Translating Business Requirements
16 17 (12.98%) DevOps
16 17 (12.98%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 70 (53.44%) SQL
2 38 (29.01%) Python
3 23 (17.56%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 12 (9.16%) JavaScript
5 10 (7.63%) C#
6 6 (4.58%) PowerShell
7 4 (3.05%) VBA
8 3 (2.29%) Scala
9 2 (1.53%) Java
9 2 (1.53%) R
10 1 (0.76%) Ruby
10 1 (0.76%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 22 (16.79%) Degree
2 16 (12.21%) Microsoft Certification
3 14 (10.69%) Computer Science Degree
4 11 (8.40%) SC Cleared
4 11 (8.40%) Security Cleared
5 7 (5.34%) Azure Certification
6 4 (3.05%) Master's Degree
7 3 (2.29%) SnowPro
7 3 (2.29%) TOGAF Certification
8 2 (1.53%) ACCA
8 2 (1.53%) AWS Certification
8 2 (1.53%) CBAP
8 2 (1.53%) CIMA
8 2 (1.53%) DBS Check
8 2 (1.53%) MBA
9 1 (0.76%) CFA
9 1 (0.76%) Numerate Degree
9 1 (0.76%) Six Sigma Black Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (16.79%) Data Quality
2 11 (8.40%) GDPR
3 5 (3.82%) QA
4 2 (1.53%) EMIR
4 2 (1.53%) MiFID
4 2 (1.53%) PMO
5 1 (0.76%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 1 (0.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.76%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (0.76%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (0.76%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (4.58%) Terraform
2 2 (1.53%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.76%) Argo
3 1 (0.76%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 49 (37.40%) Microsoft
2 16 (12.21%) Databricks
3 8 (6.11%) Intapp
4 7 (5.34%) Google
5 6 (4.58%) Oracle
5 6 (4.58%) Salesforce
6 5 (3.82%) Informatica
6 5 (3.82%) SAP
7 3 (2.29%) Workday
8 2 (1.53%) IBM
8 2 (1.53%) OpenAI
8 2 (1.53%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
8 2 (1.53%) ServiceNow
9 1 (0.76%) Alteryx
9 1 (0.76%) HubSpot
9 1 (0.76%) Red Hat