Business Intelligence Job Trends in Edinburgh

Business Intelligence (BI)
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Edinburgh requiring Business Intelligence skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 34 43 65
Rank change year-on-year +9 +22 +29
Permanent jobs citing Business Intelligence 82 72 45
As % of all permanent jobs in Edinburgh 8.01% 6.00% 4.53%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.21% 6.30% 4.82%
Number of salaries quoted 21 26 43
10th Percentile £35,500 £33,919 £42,439
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £43,095
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £61,250 £55,000 £64,516
90th Percentile - £63,750 £84,056
Scotland median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - - +8.70%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Edinburgh

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 Edinburgh.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 890 1,142 934
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 86.91% 95.17% 94.06%
Number of salaries quoted 381 447 748
10th Percentile £26,000 £35,105 £31,000
25th Percentile £29,000 £45,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £57,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -30.43% -8.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £88,750 £93,778 £93,250
Scotland median annual salary £40,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -27.27% +4.76% -4.55%

Business Intelligence
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Business Intelligence job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

Business Intelligence
Salary Trend in Edinburgh

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Business Intelligence.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Business Intelligence

Business Intelligence
Salary Histogram in Edinburgh

Salary distribution for jobs citing Business Intelligence in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 21 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Business Intelligence in Edinburgh

Business Intelligence
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh 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 17 (20.73%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 12 (14.63%) Confluence
3 1 (1.22%) SharePoint
Applications
1 22 (26.83%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (6.10%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.22%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 31 (37.80%) Oracle ERP
2 14 (17.07%) Oracle Assets
2 14 (17.07%) Oracle Financials
2 14 (17.07%) Oracle General Ledger
2 14 (17.07%) Oracle Payables
2 14 (17.07%) Oracle Receivables
3 11 (13.41%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 58 (70.73%) Power Platform
2 45 (54.88%) Azure
3 36 (43.90%) Azure DevOps
4 24 (29.27%) GitHub
4 24 (29.27%) GitHub Copilot
5 21 (25.61%) OCI
6 15 (18.29%) Snowflake
7 11 (13.41%) Azure Data Factory
7 11 (13.41%) PowerApps
8 8 (9.76%) Power Automate
9 5 (6.10%) Azure AI
10 2 (2.44%) Azure Stack
10 2 (2.44%) dbt
11 1 (1.22%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 58 (70.73%) Power BI
2 34 (41.46%) Tableau
3 16 (19.51%) Data Warehouse
4 14 (17.07%) Oracle BI Publisher
5 6 (7.32%) Metadata
6 4 (4.88%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
7 2 (2.44%) Data Vault
7 2 (2.44%) Oracle ODI
7 2 (2.44%) Snowflake Schema
8 1 (1.22%) BusinessObjects
8 1 (1.22%) Crystal Reports
8 1 (1.22%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 31 (37.80%) Oracle Forms
2 29 (35.37%) JIRA
3 17 (20.73%) Git
3 17 (20.73%) Jenkins
General
1 57 (69.51%) Finance
2 28 (34.15%) Social Skills
3 25 (30.49%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (18.29%) Marketing
5 13 (15.85%) Manufacturing
6 6 (7.32%) Organisational Skills
7 5 (6.10%) Advertising
7 5 (6.10%) Presentation Skills
8 3 (3.66%) Public Sector
9 2 (2.44%) Electronics
9 2 (2.44%) Fire and Rescue
9 2 (2.44%) Police
9 2 (2.44%) Telecoms
10 1 (1.22%) Billing
10 1 (1.22%) Retail
Job Titles
1 43 (52.44%) Analyst
2 24 (29.27%) Applications Engineer
3 17 (20.73%) Cloud Engineer
4 14 (17.07%) Oracle Analyst
4 14 (17.07%) Senior
4 14 (17.07%) Senior Analyst
4 14 (17.07%) Senior Oracle Analyst
5 12 (14.63%) Applications Support
5 12 (14.63%) Applications Support Analyst
5 12 (14.63%) Support Analyst
6 10 (12.20%) ERP Analyst
7 8 (9.76%) Business Analyst
8 5 (6.10%) Account Manager
8 5 (6.10%) Data Analyst
8 5 (6.10%) Junior
8 5 (6.10%) Junior Analyst
8 5 (6.10%) Junior Data Analyst
8 5 (6.10%) Web Manager
9 4 (4.88%) Data Business Analyst
9 4 (4.88%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (20.73%) OAuth
1 17 (20.73%) OAuth2
1 17 (20.73%) RESTful
1 17 (20.73%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 17 (20.73%) Cloud Native
1 17 (20.73%) Enterprise Software
2 12 (14.63%) Product Ownership
3 9 (10.98%) Analytical Mindset
3 9 (10.98%) Self-Motivation
4 8 (9.76%) Management Information System
4 8 (9.76%) Onboarding
5 7 (8.54%) Low-Code
6 5 (6.10%) Digital Media
7 2 (2.44%) Driving Licence
8 1 (1.22%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (1.22%) Freedom of Information
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (63.41%) Asset Management
1 52 (63.41%) Coaching
2 42 (51.22%) ERP
3 41 (50.00%) Agile
4 37 (45.12%) AI
4 37 (45.12%) Analytics
5 36 (43.90%) DevOps
6 24 (29.27%) CI/CD
6 24 (29.27%) Test Automation
6 24 (29.27%) Translating Business Requirements
7 23 (28.05%) Continuous Improvement
8 18 (21.95%) Data Management
9 17 (20.73%) API Integration
9 17 (20.73%) Clean Code
9 17 (20.73%) Event-Driven
9 17 (20.73%) Event-Driven Architecture
9 17 (20.73%) Microservices
9 17 (20.73%) RBAC
9 17 (20.73%) SOA
10 16 (19.51%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 71 (86.59%) SQL
2 43 (52.44%) Python
3 28 (34.15%) PL/SQL
4 17 (20.73%) Java
4 17 (20.73%) Shell Script
5 1 (1.22%) VB
Qualifications
1 5 (6.10%) Azure Certification
2 2 (2.44%) A+ Certification
2 2 (2.44%) Security Cleared
3 1 (1.22%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (9.76%) Accessibility
2 4 (4.88%) Data Quality
3 2 (2.44%) SLA
4 1 (1.22%) P3O
4 1 (1.22%) PMO
Systems Management
1 17 (20.73%) Single Sign-On
1 17 (20.73%) Terraform
Vendors
1 44 (53.66%) Oracle
2 32 (39.02%) Microsoft
3 13 (15.85%) SAP
4 11 (13.41%) Concur