Business Intelligence Job Trends in the East of England

Business Intelligence (BI)
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring Business Intelligence skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 42 39 39
Rank change year-on-year -3 0 +42
Permanent jobs citing Business Intelligence 237 143 265
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 4.03% 5.53% 4.61%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.62% 5.99% 5.60%
Number of salaries quoted 131 96 218
10th Percentile £30,500 £39,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £43,250 £46,168 £41,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £70,000 £48,000
Median % change year-on-year -22.86% +45.83% +6.67%
75th Percentile £68,125 £76,000 £61,250
90th Percentile £92,988 £81,869 £65,000
England median annual salary £59,186 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -1.36% +9.09% -4.35%

All Process & Methodology Skills
East of England

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 of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,216 2,387 4,728
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 71.71% 92.34% 82.33%
Number of salaries quoted 2,482 1,399 3,567
10th Percentile £29,000 £28,500 £26,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £41,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -12.00%

Business Intelligence
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Business Intelligence job vacancy trend in the East of England

Business Intelligence
Salary Trend in the East of England

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Business Intelligence

Business Intelligence
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Business Intelligence in the East of England over the 6 months to 7 April 2026.

Salary histogram for Business Intelligence in the East of England

Business Intelligence
Job Locations in the East of England

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 of England region over the 6 months to 7 April 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
Essex +13 53 £55,000 +15.79% 14
Cambridgeshire +4 49 £54,000 +2.86% 21
Hertfordshire -39 44 £57,500 -24.34% 19
Suffolk +41 39 £46,750 -1.58% 12
Norfolk +9 30 £60,000 +60.00% 12
Bedfordshire +6 21 £57,500 -17.86% 9
Business Intelligence
England

Business Intelligence
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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 15 (6.33%) SharePoint
2 7 (2.95%) Apache Airflow
2 7 (2.95%) Apache Spark
3 2 (0.84%) Confluence
3 2 (0.84%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.42%) Apache
4 1 (0.42%) SAS
Applications
1 101 (42.62%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (5.06%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (4.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (1.27%) InDesign
5 2 (0.84%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.42%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (1.27%) Integrated Workplace Management System
1 3 (1.27%) NetSuite
2 2 (0.84%) Infor M3
3 1 (0.42%) Cognos Business Intelligence
3 1 (0.42%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.42%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.42%) Oracle General Ledger
3 1 (0.42%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (0.42%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 180 (75.95%) Power Platform
2 114 (48.10%) Azure
3 72 (30.38%) Azure AI
4 32 (13.50%) Microsoft 365
5 24 (10.13%) PowerApps
6 19 (8.02%) Power Automate
7 15 (6.33%) Azure Data Factory
8 14 (5.91%) Snowflake
9 12 (5.06%) dbt
10 11 (4.64%) Azure Logic Apps
10 11 (4.64%) OneDrive
11 10 (4.22%) AWS
11 10 (4.22%) Entra ID
12 9 (3.80%) Adobe Creative Cloud
13 8 (3.38%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 8 (3.38%) GCP
14 7 (2.95%) SaaS
15 6 (2.53%) Dataform
16 5 (2.11%) Dynamics 365
17 2 (0.84%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.11%) TCP/IP
2 3 (1.27%) Unified Communications
3 1 (0.42%) DNS
3 1 (0.42%) Kerberos
3 1 (0.42%) SAN
3 1 (0.42%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 179 (75.53%) Power BI
2 89 (37.55%) Tableau
3 22 (9.28%) Data Warehouse
4 19 (8.02%) Data Lake
5 18 (7.59%) BusinessObjects
6 17 (7.17%) Amazon Redshift
7 13 (5.49%) Azure SQL Database
8 12 (5.06%) Looker
9 10 (4.22%) MySQL
10 8 (3.38%) SQL Server
11 7 (2.95%) BigQuery
12 6 (2.53%) Elasticsearch
12 6 (2.53%) Metabase
12 6 (2.53%) Snowflake Schema
13 5 (2.11%) Crystal Reports
13 5 (2.11%) Power Query
14 4 (1.69%) Metadata
14 4 (1.69%) SQL Server Analysis Services
14 4 (1.69%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 3 (1.27%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 6 (2.53%) MLflow
2 5 (2.11%) JIRA
3 1 (0.42%) Git
3 1 (0.42%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.42%) Toad
General
1 114 (48.10%) Social Skills
2 41 (17.30%) Analytical Skills
3 35 (14.77%) Finance
4 10 (4.22%) Marketing
4 10 (4.22%) Public Sector
5 5 (2.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 5 (2.11%) Social Housing
6 4 (1.69%) Manufacturing
7 3 (1.27%) Electronics
7 3 (1.27%) Organisational Skills
7 3 (1.27%) Retail
7 3 (1.27%) Telecoms
8 2 (0.84%) Automotive
8 2 (0.84%) Aviation
8 2 (0.84%) Banking
8 2 (0.84%) Front Office
8 2 (0.84%) Local Government
8 2 (0.84%) Pharmaceutical
8 2 (0.84%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (0.84%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 120 (50.63%) Analyst
2 78 (32.91%) Data Analyst
3 72 (30.38%) Junior
3 72 (30.38%) Junior Analyst
3 72 (30.38%) Junior Data Analyst
4 34 (14.35%) Senior
5 29 (12.24%) Developer
6 18 (7.59%) Business Analyst
7 15 (6.33%) Systems Engineer
8 14 (5.91%) IT Engineer
8 14 (5.91%) Senior Developer
9 13 (5.49%) Support Analyst
9 13 (5.49%) Systems Support Analyst
10 11 (4.64%) Business Systems Analyst
11 9 (3.80%) Report Developer
11 9 (3.80%) Systems Analyst
12 8 (3.38%) Administrator
12 8 (3.38%) Data Engineer
12 8 (3.38%) Graduate
12 8 (3.38%) Graduate Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (5.49%) JSON
2 12 (5.06%) .NET
3 10 (4.22%) CSS
3 10 (4.22%) HTML
3 10 (4.22%) HTML5 Canvas
4 9 (3.80%) .NET Core
4 9 (3.80%) Microsoft Graph
4 9 (3.80%) SPFx
5 6 (2.53%) Kafka
5 6 (2.53%) LangChain
5 6 (2.53%) LlamaIndex
5 6 (2.53%) pgvector
5 6 (2.53%) PyTorch
5 6 (2.53%) scikit-learn
5 6 (2.53%) TensorFlow
6 3 (1.27%) XML
7 2 (0.84%) PySpark
7 2 (0.84%) REST
7 2 (0.84%) SOAP
8 1 (0.42%) JSON-LD
Miscellaneous
1 17 (7.17%) Driving Licence
2 10 (4.22%) Product Ownership
3 7 (2.95%) Cloud Native
3 7 (2.95%) Clustering
4 6 (2.53%) Public Cloud
5 4 (1.69%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (1.27%) Analytical Mindset
6 3 (1.27%) Legacy Systems
6 3 (1.27%) Low-Code
6 3 (1.27%) Onboarding
6 3 (1.27%) PropTech
6 3 (1.27%) Social Media
6 3 (1.27%) Web Conferencing
7 2 (0.84%) EPoS
7 2 (0.84%) FMCG
7 2 (0.84%) Management Information System
7 2 (0.84%) Reinsurance
7 2 (0.84%) Semantic Web
8 1 (0.42%) Greenfield Project
8 1 (0.42%) Linked Data
Operating Systems
1 16 (6.75%) Windows
2 10 (4.22%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.42%) Windows Server 2016
3 1 (0.42%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 99 (41.77%) AI
2 39 (16.46%) Analytics
3 34 (14.35%) Data Management
4 28 (11.81%) ERP
4 28 (11.81%) ETL
5 27 (11.39%) Decision-Making
6 24 (10.13%) Visualisation
7 23 (9.70%) Data Engineering
7 23 (9.70%) Data Modelling
8 21 (8.86%) Data Science
8 21 (8.86%) Machine Learning
9 19 (8.02%) Computer Science
9 19 (8.02%) Problem-Solving
10 17 (7.17%) Agile
10 17 (7.17%) CRM
11 15 (6.33%) Data Governance
11 15 (6.33%) Data Visualisation
11 15 (6.33%) Project Management
12 14 (5.91%) Data Pipeline
13 13 (5.49%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 139 (58.65%) SQL
2 95 (40.08%) Python
3 16 (6.75%) PowerShell
4 11 (4.64%) C#
5 9 (3.80%) JavaScript
5 9 (3.80%) TypeScript
6 7 (2.95%) R
7 6 (2.53%) Julia
7 6 (2.53%) T-SQL
8 4 (1.69%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 3 (1.27%) VBA
10 1 (0.42%) Java
10 1 (0.42%) SHACL
10 1 (0.42%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 74 (31.22%) Azure Certification
2 33 (13.92%) Degree
3 7 (2.95%) DBS Check
4 6 (2.53%) Security Cleared
5 5 (2.11%) SC Cleared
6 2 (0.84%) DV Cleared
6 2 (0.84%) PMI Certification
6 2 (0.84%) PMP
7 1 (0.42%) AWS Certification
7 1 (0.42%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
7 1 (0.42%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 1 (0.42%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.42%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.42%) Numerate Degree
7 1 (0.42%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (5.06%) Data Quality
2 9 (3.80%) GDPR
3 6 (2.53%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 5 (2.11%) QA
5 3 (1.27%) ISO 9001
5 3 (1.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.84%) PMO
7 1 (0.42%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.42%) IFRS
7 1 (0.42%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.42%) SLA
System Software
1 17 (7.17%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.84%) Docker
2 2 (0.84%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.42%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (0.42%) Grafana
1 1 (0.42%) Kubernetes
1 1 (0.42%) SQL Sentry
1 1 (0.42%) Terraform
1 1 (0.42%) WSUS
Vendors
1 123 (51.90%) Microsoft
2 21 (8.86%) SAP
3 14 (5.91%) Databricks
4 12 (5.06%) Adobe
4 12 (5.06%) Dell
5 9 (3.80%) Epicor
6 6 (2.53%) Cloudera
6 6 (2.53%) Denodo
6 6 (2.53%) Informatica
6 6 (2.53%) Oracle
6 6 (2.53%) Teradata
7 4 (1.69%) Salesforce
8 3 (1.27%) Cisco
8 3 (1.27%) Zoho
9 2 (0.84%) Atlassian
9 2 (0.84%) Facebook
9 2 (0.84%) Infor
10 1 (0.42%) Fujitsu
10 1 (0.42%) Netezza
10 1 (0.42%) SolarWinds