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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 45 60 60
Rank change year-on-year +15 0 +20
Permanent jobs citing Business Intelligence 192 122 93
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 5.66% 2.73% 3.67%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.54% 3.68% 3.96%
Number of salaries quoted 159 71 66
10th Percentile - £29,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £26,250 £37,625 £43,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £51,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% -7.27% -
75th Percentile £57,000 £65,000 £63,125
90th Percentile £63,749 £96,750 £73,750
England median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.17% +4.35% -

All Process and 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 2,935 3,319 2,349
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 86.50% 74.13% 92.70%
Number of salaries quoted 1,561 1,784 1,364
10th Percentile £26,500 £29,000 £25,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £40,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £53,148 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.33% -1.58% +3.35%
75th Percentile £61,250 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £85,000 £80,875
England median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £62,400
% change year-on-year -4.35% -7.85% +4.00%

Business Intelligence
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Job postings citing Business Intelligence as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Job vacancy trend for Business Intelligence 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 18 September 2025.

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 18 September 2025. 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
Cambridgeshire +54 72 £27,500 -21.43% 17
Hertfordshire +3 35 £52,500 +2.44% 40
Suffolk -5 31 £50,000 +5.26% 9
Essex -1 30 £30,000 -40.59% 24
Bedfordshire -2 19 £45,000 -30.77% 12
Norfolk +14 6 £30,500 -66.11% 3
East Anglia - 1 £86,000 - 23
Business Intelligence
England

Business Intelligence
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 16 (8.33%) SharePoint
2 7 (3.65%) IIS
3 4 (2.08%) Confluence
4 1 (0.52%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 81 (42.19%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.04%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (1.04%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.52%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.52%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 137 (71.35%) Power Platform
2 77 (40.10%) Azure
3 16 (8.33%) Microsoft 365
4 14 (7.29%) AWS
5 6 (3.13%) Azure Data Factory
6 5 (2.60%) Entra ID
6 5 (2.60%) Google Data Studio
7 4 (2.08%) Azure Logic Apps
7 4 (2.08%) Google Ads
7 4 (2.08%) Google Analytics
7 4 (2.08%) Google Sheets
7 4 (2.08%) Google Tag Manager
7 4 (2.08%) Microsoft Advertising
8 3 (1.56%) Dynamics 365
8 3 (1.56%) Power Automate
9 2 (1.04%) Azure DevOps
9 2 (1.04%) Cloud Computing
9 2 (1.04%) dbt
9 2 (1.04%) SaaS
9 2 (1.04%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 9 (4.69%) FTP
2 3 (1.56%) Network Security
3 2 (1.04%) SSL
4 1 (0.52%) DNS
4 1 (0.52%) Fibre Channel
4 1 (0.52%) Firewall
4 1 (0.52%) Internet
4 1 (0.52%) SAN
4 1 (0.52%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 137 (71.35%) Power BI
2 22 (11.46%) Power Query
3 20 (10.42%) SQL Server
4 15 (7.81%) Crystal Reports
5 13 (6.77%) Tableau
6 12 (6.25%) Data Warehouse
7 11 (5.73%) MySQL
8 8 (4.17%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 7 (3.65%) BusinessObjects
10 6 (3.13%) Amazon Redshift
10 6 (3.13%) Oracle Reports
10 6 (3.13%) Relational Database
11 5 (2.60%) Amazon RDS
11 5 (2.60%) MariaDB
11 5 (2.60%) Oracle Database
11 5 (2.60%) PostgreSQL
12 4 (2.08%) Azure SQL Database
13 3 (1.56%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 1 (0.52%) BigQuery
14 1 (0.52%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 7 (3.65%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
2 4 (2.08%) JIRA
3 2 (1.04%) Git
4 1 (0.52%) GitLab
4 1 (0.52%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.52%) Postman
4 1 (0.52%) SoapUI
General
1 53 (27.60%) Social Skills
2 50 (26.04%) Finance
3 35 (18.23%) Analytical Skills
4 17 (8.85%) Presentation Skills
5 16 (8.33%) Marketing
6 15 (7.81%) Retail
7 13 (6.77%) Manufacturing
8 11 (5.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 10 (5.21%) Documentation Skills
10 8 (4.17%) Influencing Skills
11 7 (3.65%) Electronics
11 7 (3.65%) Local Government
11 7 (3.65%) Organisational Skills
11 7 (3.65%) Public Sector
11 7 (3.65%) Telecoms
12 5 (2.60%) Games
13 3 (1.56%) Back Office
13 3 (1.56%) Law
13 3 (1.56%) Legal
13 3 (1.56%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 74 (38.54%) Analyst
2 39 (20.31%) Support Analyst
3 34 (17.71%) Lead
4 16 (8.33%) Systems Analyst
5 14 (7.29%) Applications Support
5 14 (7.29%) Business Support Analyst
5 14 (7.29%) Developer
5 14 (7.29%) Systems Support
5 14 (7.29%) Systems Support Analyst
6 13 (6.77%) Business Intelligence Analyst
6 13 (6.77%) Business Intelligence Lead
7 12 (6.25%) Team Leader
8 10 (5.21%) 1st Line Support
8 10 (5.21%) Accountant
8 10 (5.21%) ERP Support
8 10 (5.21%) Management Accountant
8 10 (5.21%) Power BI Analyst
8 10 (5.21%) Senior
8 10 (5.21%) Support Team Leader
8 10 (5.21%) Systems Accountant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.56%) REST
1 3 (1.56%) SOAP
2 2 (1.04%) .NET
2 2 (1.04%) EDI
2 2 (1.04%) Pandas
3 1 (0.52%) HTML
3 1 (0.52%) Hugging Face
3 1 (0.52%) JSON
3 1 (0.52%) NumPy
3 1 (0.52%) scikit-learn
3 1 (0.52%) Web Services
3 1 (0.52%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 10 (5.21%) Driving Licence
2 7 (3.65%) Self-Motivation
3 6 (3.13%) Product Ownership
4 4 (2.08%) Data Protection Act
4 4 (2.08%) Freedom of Information Act
5 3 (1.56%) FMCG
6 2 (1.04%) Data Structures
6 2 (1.04%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (1.04%) Marketing Technology
7 1 (0.52%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (0.52%) Clustering
7 1 (0.52%) Data Centre
7 1 (0.52%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.52%) Hackathon
7 1 (0.52%) Life Science
7 1 (0.52%) Onboarding
7 1 (0.52%) PKI
7 1 (0.52%) Reference Data
7 1 (0.52%) Semantic Web
7 1 (0.52%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 10 (5.21%) Windows
2 7 (3.65%) Windows 10
3 5 (2.60%) Linux
4 2 (1.04%) Unix
5 1 (0.52%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 79 (41.15%) Problem-Solving
2 69 (35.94%) Stakeholder Management
3 65 (33.85%) Customer Service
4 57 (29.69%) Analytics
5 50 (26.04%) Data Analysis
5 50 (26.04%) Process Improvement
6 42 (21.88%) Data Analytics
7 31 (16.15%) Decision-Making
7 31 (16.15%) ERP
8 26 (13.54%) ETL
9 22 (11.46%) Mentoring
10 20 (10.42%) Data Modelling
11 19 (9.90%) Visualisation
12 17 (8.85%) Data Visualisation
13 16 (8.33%) Requirements Gathering
14 14 (7.29%) Coaching
14 14 (7.29%) Computer Science
15 13 (6.77%) Agile
15 13 (6.77%) CRM
15 13 (6.77%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 76 (39.58%) SQL
2 20 (10.42%) T-SQL
3 19 (9.90%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 18 (9.38%) Python
5 7 (3.65%) PowerShell
6 6 (3.13%) PL/SQL
7 4 (2.08%) VBA
8 1 (0.52%) C
8 1 (0.52%) C++
8 1 (0.52%) Rust
Qualifications
1 55 (28.65%) DBS Check
2 22 (11.46%) Degree
3 10 (5.21%) ACCA
3 10 (5.21%) CIMA
4 7 (3.65%) SC Cleared
4 7 (3.65%) Security Cleared
5 3 (1.56%) CISM
5 3 (1.56%) CISSP
5 3 (1.56%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (1.04%) Azure Certification
6 2 (1.04%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (1.04%) TOGAF Certification
7 1 (0.52%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (3.65%) SLA
2 6 (3.13%) Data Quality
3 4 (2.08%) GDPR
3 4 (2.08%) QA
4 3 (1.56%) Actionable Recommendations
5 2 (1.04%) GRC
6 1 (0.52%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.52%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1 (0.52%) Active Directory
1 1 (0.52%) Firmware
1 1 (0.52%) Hyper-V
1 1 (0.52%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Clustering
1 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (0.52%) NetBackup
1 1 (0.52%) Puppet
1 1 (0.52%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 63 (32.81%) Microsoft
2 14 (7.29%) SAP
3 11 (5.73%) Oracle
4 5 (2.60%) Google
5 4 (2.08%) Verint
6 2 (1.04%) Epicor
6 2 (1.04%) VMware
7 1 (0.52%) Alteryx
7 1 (0.52%) Cisco
7 1 (0.52%) HP
7 1 (0.52%) HubSpot
7 1 (0.52%) Instagram
7 1 (0.52%) OpenAI
7 1 (0.52%) Salesforce
7 1 (0.52%) Talend
7 1 (0.52%) Twitter
7 1 (0.52%) Zoho