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

6 months to
28 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 42 46 39
Rank change year-on-year +4 -7 +5
Permanent jobs citing Business Intelligence 161 171 105
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 3.83% 4.75% 4.90%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.06% 5.49% 5.51%
Number of salaries quoted 123 84 80
10th Percentile £26,250 £37,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £46,438 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £73,750 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -35.59% +47.50% +11.11%
75th Percentile £58,750 £76,000 £58,750
90th Percentile £61,250 £78,800 £63,875
England median annual salary £57,500 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.00% +8.70% -4.17%

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 3,179 3,115 1,905
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 75.64% 86.53% 88.89%
Number of salaries quoted 1,855 1,243 1,371
10th Percentile £27,500 £30,600 £27,000
25th Percentile £33,500 £43,250 £39,085
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% - -
75th Percentile £65,000 £73,750 £69,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £85,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

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 28 December 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 28 December 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
Hertfordshire -20 43 £57,500 -24.34% 97
Cambridgeshire +39 42 £27,500 -45.00% 58
Suffolk -2 33 £46,750 -15.00% 25
Essex -6 20 £52,500 +5.00% 77
Bedfordshire +20 16 £31,000 -59.21% 57
Norfolk -1 7 £57,500 -4.17% 33
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 5 (3.11%) Confluence
1 5 (3.11%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.24%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.62%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.62%) SAS
Applications
1 77 (47.83%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (6.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 8 (4.97%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (1.86%) InDesign
5 1 (0.62%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (0.62%) Cognos Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.62%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.62%) Integrated Workplace Management System
Cloud Services
1 115 (71.43%) Power Platform
2 66 (40.99%) Azure
3 21 (13.04%) Microsoft 365
4 20 (12.42%) Azure AI
5 10 (6.21%) AWS
6 6 (3.73%) Power Automate
7 5 (3.11%) PowerApps
7 5 (3.11%) SaaS
8 4 (2.48%) Azure Data Factory
8 4 (2.48%) Snowflake
9 3 (1.86%) GCP
10 2 (1.24%) Azure DevOps
10 2 (1.24%) Copilot Studio
10 2 (1.24%) dbt
10 2 (1.24%) OCI
10 2 (1.24%) Workato
11 1 (0.62%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 1 (0.62%) Fivetran
11 1 (0.62%) GitHub Actions
11 1 (0.62%) Google Data Studio
Communications & Networking
1 5 (3.11%) TCP/IP
2 3 (1.86%) Network Security
2 3 (1.86%) Unified Communications
3 2 (1.24%) FTP
3 2 (1.24%) SSL
4 1 (0.62%) DNS
4 1 (0.62%) Fibre Channel
4 1 (0.62%) Firewall
4 1 (0.62%) Internet
4 1 (0.62%) Kerberos
4 1 (0.62%) SAN
4 1 (0.62%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 115 (71.43%) Power BI
2 33 (20.50%) Tableau
3 20 (12.42%) BusinessObjects
4 16 (9.94%) Amazon Redshift
4 16 (9.94%) MySQL
5 12 (7.45%) Crystal Reports
6 7 (4.35%) Oracle Reports
6 7 (4.35%) SQL Server
7 5 (3.11%) Data Warehouse
7 5 (3.11%) Oracle Database
7 5 (3.11%) Power Query
8 4 (2.48%) Metadata
9 3 (1.86%) Relational Database
9 3 (1.86%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 3 (1.86%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 2 (1.24%) BigQuery
10 2 (1.24%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
10 2 (1.24%) Data Mining
10 2 (1.24%) PowerPivot
10 2 (1.24%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 5 (3.11%) JIRA
2 3 (1.86%) Git
3 1 (0.62%) GitLab
3 1 (0.62%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.62%) Postman
3 1 (0.62%) SoapUI
General
1 59 (36.65%) Social Skills
2 34 (21.12%) Finance
3 26 (16.15%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (9.32%) Manufacturing
5 14 (8.70%) Marketing
5 14 (8.70%) Retail
6 10 (6.21%) Electronics
6 10 (6.21%) Public Sector
6 10 (6.21%) Telecoms
7 4 (2.48%) Automotive
7 4 (2.48%) Banking
7 4 (2.48%) Influencing Skills
7 4 (2.48%) Pharmaceutical
7 4 (2.48%) Presentation Skills
7 4 (2.48%) Publishing
8 3 (1.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (1.24%) Law
9 2 (1.24%) Legal
10 1 (0.62%) Aerospace
10 1 (0.62%) Games
Job Titles
1 76 (47.20%) Analyst
2 23 (14.29%) Data Analyst
3 22 (13.66%) Junior
4 20 (12.42%) Developer
4 20 (12.42%) Junior Analyst
4 20 (12.42%) Junior Data Analyst
4 20 (12.42%) Support Analyst
5 18 (11.18%) Business Analyst
6 13 (8.07%) Report Developer
7 11 (6.83%) Lead
8 10 (6.21%) ERP Support
8 10 (6.21%) Senior
9 9 (5.59%) Business Intelligence Analyst
10 8 (4.97%) Applications Support
11 7 (4.35%) Accountant
11 7 (4.35%) Data Engineer
11 7 (4.35%) Management Accountant
11 7 (4.35%) Support Engineer
11 7 (4.35%) Systems Accountant
12 6 (3.73%) IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.48%) .NET
2 3 (1.86%) JSON
2 3 (1.86%) Pandas
2 3 (1.86%) REST
3 2 (1.24%) EDI
3 2 (1.24%) SOAP
3 2 (1.24%) Web Services
3 2 (1.24%) XML
4 1 (0.62%) FastAPI
4 1 (0.62%) HTML
4 1 (0.62%) Hugging Face
4 1 (0.62%) JSON-LD
4 1 (0.62%) MDX
4 1 (0.62%) Microsoft Graph
4 1 (0.62%) NumPy
4 1 (0.62%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 16 (9.94%) Driving Licence
2 14 (8.70%) Product Ownership
3 4 (2.48%) Data Protection Act
3 4 (2.48%) FMCG
3 4 (2.48%) Freedom of Information Act
4 3 (1.86%) Onboarding
4 3 (1.86%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (1.86%) Semantic Web
4 3 (1.86%) Social Media
4 3 (1.86%) Web Conferencing
5 2 (1.24%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (1.24%) Data Structures
5 2 (1.24%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (1.24%) Reference Data
5 2 (1.24%) Reinsurance
6 1 (0.62%) Linked Data
6 1 (0.62%) LLPG
6 1 (0.62%) Management Information System
6 1 (0.62%) PKI
6 1 (0.62%) W3C
Operating Systems
1 9 (5.59%) Windows
2 5 (3.11%) Linux
3 2 (1.24%) Unix
4 1 (0.62%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (22.98%) Analytics
2 33 (20.50%) Problem-Solving
3 31 (19.25%) Stakeholder Management
4 29 (18.01%) Customer Service
5 27 (16.77%) Process Improvement
6 26 (16.15%) Data Analysis
7 25 (15.53%) ETL
8 24 (14.91%) AI
8 24 (14.91%) Computer Science
8 24 (14.91%) Data Analytics
8 24 (14.91%) ERP
9 23 (14.29%) Visualisation
10 20 (12.42%) Data Visualisation
11 17 (10.56%) Decision-Making
12 15 (9.32%) Data Management
13 14 (8.70%) Agile
14 13 (8.07%) CRM
14 13 (8.07%) Data Modelling
14 13 (8.07%) ETL Development
14 13 (8.07%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 72 (44.72%) SQL
2 33 (20.50%) Python
3 8 (4.97%) PowerShell
4 4 (2.48%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 4 (2.48%) VBA
5 1 (0.62%) C
5 1 (0.62%) C#
5 1 (0.62%) C++
5 1 (0.62%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.62%) Rust
5 1 (0.62%) SHACL
5 1 (0.62%) SPARQL
5 1 (0.62%) T-SQL
5 1 (0.62%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 29 (18.01%) Degree
2 22 (13.66%) Azure Certification
3 21 (13.04%) DBS Check
4 10 (6.21%) SC Cleared
4 10 (6.21%) Security Cleared
5 7 (4.35%) ACCA
5 7 (4.35%) CIMA
6 4 (2.48%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (1.86%) CISM
7 3 (1.86%) CISSP
7 3 (1.86%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.62%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.62%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.62%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (4.97%) Data Quality
2 7 (4.35%) SLA
3 5 (3.11%) GDPR
4 4 (2.48%) QA
5 3 (1.86%) ISO 9001
5 3 (1.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.62%) Accessibility
System Software
1 7 (4.35%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.62%) Docker
2 1 (0.62%) Firmware
2 1 (0.62%) Hyper-V
2 1 (0.62%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (0.62%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (0.62%) Microsoft Clustering
1 1 (0.62%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (0.62%) NetBackup
1 1 (0.62%) Puppet
1 1 (0.62%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 55 (34.16%) Microsoft
2 30 (18.63%) SAP
3 7 (4.35%) Oracle
4 4 (2.48%) Cisco
4 4 (2.48%) Verint
4 4 (2.48%) Zoho
5 3 (1.86%) Adobe
6 2 (1.24%) Google
6 2 (1.24%) VMware
7 1 (0.62%) Alteryx
7 1 (0.62%) Cognos
7 1 (0.62%) HP
7 1 (0.62%) HubSpot
7 1 (0.62%) IBM
7 1 (0.62%) Netezza
7 1 (0.62%) OpenAI
7 1 (0.62%) Salesforce
7 1 (0.62%) Talend