Business Intelligence Job Trends in the East Midlands

Business Intelligence (BI)
England > East Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the East Midlands requiring Business Intelligence skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 74 58
Rank change year-on-year +46 -16 -3
Permanent jobs citing Business Intelligence 222 67 147
As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands 4.86% 3.60% 3.47%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.81% 3.98% 4.39%
Number of salaries quoted 68 59 120
10th Percentile £28,913 £36,250 £29,175
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,750 £48,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.52% +7.78% -5.26%
75th Percentile £62,638 £58,750 £59,313
90th Percentile £77,875 £63,000 £65,150
England median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -4.35%

All Process & Methodology Skills
East Midlands

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 East Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,261 1,685 3,351
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 71.33% 90.49% 79.16%
Number of salaries quoted 1,998 913 2,487
10th Percentile £28,000 £25,525 £25,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £31,000 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £44,100
Median % change year-on-year - +2.04% -11.80%
75th Percentile £63,750 £60,000 £56,200
90th Percentile £80,000 £68,750 £68,750
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%

Business Intelligence
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Business Intelligence relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands.

Business Intelligence job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

Business Intelligence
Salary Trend in the East Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Business Intelligence.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Business Intelligence

Business Intelligence
Salary Histogram in the East Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Business Intelligence in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 15 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Business Intelligence in the East Midlands

Business Intelligence
Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Business Intelligence within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 15 May 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Leicestershire -5 69 £43,945 -16.30% 4
Nottinghamshire +16 61 £45,000 -5.26% 13
Northamptonshire +35 39 £59,366 +58.31% 5
Lincolnshire 0 27 £50,000 -6.98% 5
Derbyshire +14 25 £68,750 +43.98% 6
Business Intelligence
England

Business Intelligence
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands 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 (1.80%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.35%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 145 (65.32%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.35%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (1.35%) MS Visio
2 3 (1.35%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (0.90%) SAP ERP
2 1 (0.45%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.45%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.45%) Oracle Payables
2 1 (0.45%) Oracle Receivables
2 1 (0.45%) SAP EHS
2 1 (0.45%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 201 (90.54%) Power Platform
2 150 (67.57%) Azure
3 126 (56.76%) Azure AI
4 15 (6.76%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (1.80%) Azure Data Factory
5 4 (1.80%) Dynamics 365
5 4 (1.80%) Power Automate
6 3 (1.35%) AWS
6 3 (1.35%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 3 (1.35%) Microsoft Purview
7 2 (0.90%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (0.90%) Azure Logic Apps
7 2 (0.90%) dbt
7 2 (0.90%) Google Sheets
7 2 (0.90%) SaaS
7 2 (0.90%) Snowflake
8 1 (0.45%) Azure Cognitive Services
8 1 (0.45%) Entra ID
8 1 (0.45%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 199 (89.64%) Power BI
2 135 (60.81%) Tableau
3 20 (9.01%) SQL Server
4 14 (6.31%) Power Query
5 11 (4.95%) Relational Database
6 6 (2.70%) Data Warehouse
7 5 (2.25%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 2 (0.90%) Azure SQL Database
8 2 (0.90%) Data Lake
8 2 (0.90%) Data Mining
8 2 (0.90%) Looker
8 2 (0.90%) Metadata
9 1 (0.45%) Geospatial Data
9 1 (0.45%) GIS
9 1 (0.45%) Semantic Layer
9 1 (0.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (0.45%) Git
1 1 (0.45%) Visual Studio
General
1 159 (71.62%) Social Skills
2 46 (20.72%) Analytical Skills
3 21 (9.46%) Finance
4 10 (4.50%) Retail
5 7 (3.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 7 (3.15%) Marketing
5 7 (3.15%) Organisational Skills
5 7 (3.15%) Public Sector
6 6 (2.70%) Influencing Skills
7 5 (2.25%) Manufacturing
8 3 (1.35%) Aerospace
8 3 (1.35%) Automotive
8 3 (1.35%) Electronics
8 3 (1.35%) Law
9 2 (0.90%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (0.90%) Fire and Rescue
9 2 (0.90%) Social Housing
10 1 (0.45%) Local Government
10 1 (0.45%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (0.45%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 160 (72.07%) Analyst
2 135 (60.81%) Data Analyst
3 130 (58.56%) Junior
3 130 (58.56%) Junior Analyst
3 130 (58.56%) Junior Data Analyst
4 23 (10.36%) Developer
5 11 (4.95%) Business Intelligence Developer
6 10 (4.50%) Business Intelligence Analyst
6 10 (4.50%) C# Developer
6 10 (4.50%) Power BI Developer
7 8 (3.60%) Business Intelligence Manager
7 8 (3.60%) Delivery Manager
8 5 (2.25%) Data Manager
8 5 (2.25%) Data Scientist
8 5 (2.25%) IT Manager
9 4 (1.80%) IT Analyst
9 4 (1.80%) Senior
10 3 (1.35%) Data Engineer
10 3 (1.35%) Finance Systems Analyst
10 3 (1.35%) SQL Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (4.95%) WinForms
1 11 (4.95%) XML
2 3 (1.35%) .NET
3 2 (0.90%) JSON
3 2 (0.90%) Pandas
4 1 (0.45%) Oracle Fusion
4 1 (0.45%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 8 (3.60%) Analytical Mindset
2 5 (2.25%) Management Information System
3 2 (0.90%) Low-Code
4 1 (0.45%) Cloud Native
4 1 (0.45%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (0.45%) Housing Association
4 1 (0.45%) Replication
Processes & Methodologies
1 133 (59.91%) AI
2 29 (13.06%) Analytics
3 25 (11.26%) Problem-Solving
4 24 (10.81%) Data Modelling
5 22 (9.91%) Decision-Making
6 16 (7.21%) Agile
7 15 (6.76%) Actionable Insight
7 15 (6.76%) Continuous Improvement
7 15 (6.76%) Visualisation
8 14 (6.31%) ERP
9 13 (5.86%) Data Governance
9 13 (5.86%) ETL
9 13 (5.86%) Roadmaps
10 11 (4.95%) Business Strategy
10 11 (4.95%) SDLC
10 11 (4.95%) Validation
11 10 (4.50%) CRM
11 10 (4.50%) Dashboard Development
11 10 (4.50%) Data Engineering
11 10 (4.50%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 159 (71.62%) SQL
2 139 (62.61%) Python
3 19 (8.56%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 11 (4.95%) C#
4 11 (4.95%) Delphi
5 4 (1.80%) R
5 4 (1.80%) T-SQL
6 3 (1.35%) VBA
7 1 (0.45%) C
7 1 (0.45%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 129 (58.11%) Azure Certification
2 15 (6.76%) Degree
3 3 (1.35%) CompTIA CySA+
3 3 (1.35%) CompTIA Security+
3 3 (1.35%) Master's Degree
3 3 (1.35%) MBA
3 3 (1.35%) PMI Certification
3 3 (1.35%) PMP
3 3 (1.35%) SSCP
4 2 (0.90%) DBS Check
4 2 (0.90%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (8.56%) Data Quality
2 12 (5.41%) GDPR
3 5 (2.25%) SLA
4 3 (1.35%) Actionable Recommendations
4 3 (1.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (1.35%) NIST
4 3 (1.35%) QA
5 2 (0.90%) GRC
System Software
1 1 (0.45%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (0.45%) MOM
Vendors
1 150 (67.57%) Microsoft
2 16 (7.21%) Oracle
3 13 (5.86%) Databricks
4 6 (2.70%) SAP
5 5 (2.25%) HubSpot
6 4 (1.80%) ESRI
6 4 (1.80%) Google
7 3 (1.35%) QAD
8 2 (0.90%) Civica
8 2 (0.90%) Northgate
8 2 (0.90%) Orchard
9 1 (0.45%) Alteryx
9 1 (0.45%) Cognos
9 1 (0.45%) Epicor
9 1 (0.45%) OpenAI