Business Intelligence Job Trends in England

Business Intelligence (BI)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring Business Intelligence skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 39 49 47
Rank change year-on-year +10 -2 +1
Permanent jobs citing Business Intelligence 3,061 2,060 4,183
As % of all permanent jobs in England 3.71% 5.24% 4.47%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.09% 5.65% 5.43%
Number of salaries quoted 1,722 1,454 3,242
10th Percentile £35,000 £35,000 £34,750
25th Percentile £42,000 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £58,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.86% +5.45% -4.35%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,938 £70,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +4.55% -4.35%

All Process & Methodology Skills
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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 60,140 36,455 77,015
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 72.96% 92.71% 82.38%
Number of salaries quoted 42,197 19,854 56,054
10th Percentile £30,580 £29,000 £29,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £58,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% +5.45% -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £101,250 £92,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.69%

Business Intelligence
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Business Intelligence job vacancy trend in England

Business Intelligence
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Business Intelligence.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Business Intelligence

Business Intelligence
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Business Intelligence in England over the 6 months to 12 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Business Intelligence in England

Business Intelligence
Job Locations in 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 England region over the 6 months to 12 June 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
London -8 827 £72,500 +3.57% 401
North of England +48 729 £47,500 -9.52% 194
Midlands +22 508 £50,000 -9.09% 135
South East -2 460 £57,500 +9.52% 250
Yorkshire +37 338 £47,085 -14.39% 52
North West +50 319 £50,000 -4.76% 124
West Midlands +9 306 £50,000 -9.09% 93
South West +6 271 £45,000 -24.37% 81
East of England +28 238 £60,000 +28.09% 51
East Midlands +29 200 £55,000 +15.79% 42
North East +11 72 £45,000 -10.00% 19
Business Intelligence
UK

Business Intelligence
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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
1 151 (4.93%) SharePoint
2 66 (2.16%) Apache Airflow
3 57 (1.86%) Apache Spark
4 35 (1.14%) Apache
5 32 (1.05%) Microsoft Exchange
6 28 (0.91%) SAS
7 13 (0.42%) Confluence
8 9 (0.29%) WordPress
9 6 (0.20%) ArcGIS
9 6 (0.20%) CMS
9 6 (0.20%) Oracle Application Server
10 5 (0.16%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 4 (0.13%) Oracle Workflow
12 3 (0.098%) Jupyter
13 2 (0.065%) Headless CMS
13 2 (0.065%) IIS
13 2 (0.065%) Luigi
13 2 (0.065%) NServiceBus
13 2 (0.065%) Palantir Foundry
13 2 (0.065%) Umbraco
Applications
1 1,158 (37.83%) Microsoft Excel
2 65 (2.12%) Microsoft Office
3 41 (1.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 41 (1.34%) Spreadsheet
4 18 (0.59%) MS Visio
5 15 (0.49%) Microsoft Project
6 14 (0.46%) SPSS
7 2 (0.065%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 2 (0.065%) ProjectWise
7 2 (0.065%) Trello
8 1 (0.033%) Revit
Business Applications
1 58 (1.89%) Dynamics CRM
2 27 (0.88%) NetSuite
3 13 (0.42%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 12 (0.39%) Dynamics AX
4 12 (0.39%) Oracle EBS
5 10 (0.33%) SAP S/4HANA
6 9 (0.29%) Oracle ERP
7 8 (0.26%) IBM Planning Analytics
7 8 (0.26%) SAP CO
7 8 (0.26%) SAP ERP
8 7 (0.23%) Dynamics NAV
8 7 (0.23%) Elite 3E
9 6 (0.20%) Magento
10 5 (0.16%) Oracle Receivables
10 5 (0.16%) SAP PM
10 5 (0.16%) Shopify
11 4 (0.13%) NEC Housing
11 4 (0.13%) Oracle Applications
11 4 (0.13%) Oracle Payables
12 3 (0.098%) Relativity
Cloud Services
1 2,319 (75.76%) Power Platform
2 1,391 (45.44%) Azure
3 759 (24.80%) Azure AI
4 239 (7.81%) Power Automate
5 236 (7.71%) Microsoft 365
6 208 (6.80%) PowerApps
7 187 (6.11%) AWS
8 156 (5.10%) Snowflake
9 154 (5.03%) Azure Data Factory
10 142 (4.64%) Dynamics 365
11 125 (4.08%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 116 (3.79%) SaaS
13 112 (3.66%) GCP
14 88 (2.87%) dbt
15 87 (2.84%) Azure DevOps
16 68 (2.22%) Azure Logic Apps
17 67 (2.19%) Microsoft Purview
18 57 (1.86%) Entra ID
19 49 (1.60%) OneDrive
20 46 (1.50%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 30 (0.98%) Firewall
2 24 (0.78%) Broadband
3 19 (0.62%) WAN
4 14 (0.46%) Cisco ASA
5 13 (0.42%) LAN
6 11 (0.36%) DNS
6 11 (0.36%) Internet
6 11 (0.36%) VLAN
7 10 (0.33%) DHCP
8 9 (0.29%) Cisco Firepower
8 9 (0.29%) Unified Communications
8 9 (0.29%) VPN
8 9 (0.29%) WebEx
9 7 (0.23%) BGP
10 6 (0.20%) Intranet
10 6 (0.20%) VoIP
11 4 (0.13%) LTE
11 4 (0.13%) Modbus
11 4 (0.13%) SMS
11 4 (0.13%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2,305 (75.30%) Power BI
2 1,064 (34.76%) Tableau
3 263 (8.59%) Data Warehouse
4 195 (6.37%) SQL Server
5 172 (5.62%) Data Lake
6 125 (4.08%) Power Query
7 108 (3.53%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 84 (2.74%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 75 (2.45%) Azure SQL Database
10 72 (2.35%) BigQuery
10 72 (2.35%) Looker
10 72 (2.35%) Metadata
11 68 (2.22%) Amazon Redshift
12 65 (2.12%) Relational Database
13 59 (1.93%) Big Data
14 50 (1.63%) Star Schema
15 35 (1.14%) NoSQL
16 34 (1.11%) PostgreSQL
17 33 (1.08%) MySQL
17 33 (1.08%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 72 (2.35%) Git
2 41 (1.34%) JIRA
3 27 (0.88%) MLflow
4 24 (0.78%) Visual Studio
5 16 (0.52%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 10 (0.33%) Oracle Forms
7 8 (0.26%) Jenkins
8 5 (0.16%) Visual Studio Code
9 3 (0.098%) Postman
10 2 (0.065%) DBeaver
10 2 (0.065%) ERwin
10 2 (0.065%) PowerDesigner
11 1 (0.033%) Axure RP
11 1 (0.033%) Browser DevTools
11 1 (0.033%) ER Studio
11 1 (0.033%) NUnit
11 1 (0.033%) Oracle APEX
11 1 (0.033%) Selenium
11 1 (0.033%) Team Foundation Server
11 1 (0.033%) Toad
General
1 1,439 (47.01%) Social Skills
2 670 (21.89%) Finance
3 610 (19.93%) Analytical Skills
4 150 (4.90%) Public Sector
5 145 (4.74%) Marketing
6 143 (4.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 130 (4.25%) Legal
8 125 (4.08%) Law
9 109 (3.56%) Retail
10 96 (3.14%) Manufacturing
11 82 (2.68%) Organisational Skills
12 58 (1.89%) Banking
13 43 (1.40%) Telecoms
14 38 (1.24%) Documentation Skills
15 36 (1.18%) Advertising
15 36 (1.18%) Presentation Skills
16 35 (1.14%) Influencing Skills
17 29 (0.95%) Publishing
18 25 (0.82%) Billing
19 22 (0.72%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 1,383 (45.18%) Analyst
2 987 (32.24%) Data Analyst
3 781 (25.51%) Junior
4 773 (25.25%) Junior Analyst
5 762 (24.89%) Junior Data Analyst
6 358 (11.70%) Senior
7 310 (10.13%) Developer
8 235 (7.68%) Lead
9 230 (7.51%) Data Engineer
10 125 (4.08%) Business Intelligence Analyst
11 122 (3.99%) Architect
12 119 (3.89%) Business Intelligence Developer
13 87 (2.84%) Senior Analyst
14 78 (2.55%) Business Analyst
15 75 (2.45%) Data Architect
15 75 (2.45%) Data Manager
16 65 (2.12%) Report Analyst
17 62 (2.03%) Support Analyst
18 61 (1.99%) Financial Analyst
19 60 (1.96%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 115 (3.76%) .NET
2 70 (2.29%) PySpark
3 65 (2.12%) HTML
4 61 (1.99%) CSS
5 56 (1.83%) Kafka
6 45 (1.47%) JSON
7 42 (1.37%) HTML5 Canvas
8 41 (1.34%) .NET Core
9 36 (1.18%) REST
10 27 (0.88%) Oracle Fusion
11 26 (0.85%) XML
12 25 (0.82%) Microsoft Graph
13 23 (0.75%) LangChain
13 23 (0.75%) LlamaIndex
13 23 (0.75%) pgvector
13 23 (0.75%) PyTorch
13 23 (0.75%) scikit-learn
13 23 (0.75%) TensorFlow
14 20 (0.65%) React
14 20 (0.65%) SPFx
Miscellaneous
1 137 (4.48%) Management Information System
2 85 (2.78%) Data Structures
3 73 (2.38%) Analytical Mindset
4 71 (2.32%) Cloud Native
5 60 (1.96%) Onboarding
6 57 (1.86%) Product Ownership
7 50 (1.63%) Legacy Systems
8 48 (1.57%) Self-Motivation
9 36 (1.18%) Enterprise Software
10 32 (1.05%) Low-Code
11 27 (0.88%) Clustering
11 27 (0.88%) NHS
12 26 (0.85%) Public Cloud
13 24 (0.78%) Social Media
14 23 (0.75%) FMCG
15 19 (0.62%) Driving Licence
16 17 (0.56%) Data Centre
16 17 (0.56%) Replication
17 16 (0.52%) Greenfield Project
17 16 (0.52%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 60 (1.96%) Windows
2 31 (1.01%) Linux
3 28 (0.91%) Windows Server
4 11 (0.36%) VMS
5 9 (0.29%) Mac OS
6 5 (0.16%) Unix
6 5 (0.16%) Windows 10
7 3 (0.098%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.098%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (0.065%) Android
9 1 (0.033%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.033%) Windows 7
9 1 (0.033%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.033%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,151 (37.60%) AI
2 943 (30.81%) Analytics
3 593 (19.37%) Decision-Making
4 524 (17.12%) Data Modelling
5 465 (15.19%) Problem-Solving
6 372 (12.15%) Continuous Improvement
7 330 (10.78%) Data Governance
8 325 (10.62%) ETL
9 323 (10.55%) Data Engineering
9 323 (10.55%) Visualisation
10 300 (9.80%) Agile
11 267 (8.72%) Data Pipeline
12 256 (8.36%) ERP
13 233 (7.61%) Actionable Insight
13 233 (7.61%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 225 (7.35%) Data Visualisation
15 217 (7.09%) Data Management
16 207 (6.76%) Data Analysis
17 205 (6.70%) CRM
18 204 (6.66%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 1,815 (59.29%) SQL
2 1,241 (40.54%) Python
3 151 (4.93%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 144 (4.70%) C#
5 113 (3.69%) JavaScript
6 84 (2.74%) PowerShell
7 64 (2.09%) T-SQL
8 53 (1.73%) VBA
9 45 (1.47%) R
10 35 (1.14%) TypeScript
11 26 (0.85%) Scala
12 24 (0.78%) Java
13 23 (0.75%) PL/SQL
14 17 (0.56%) Kusto Query Language
15 11 (0.36%) Bash
16 9 (0.29%) Bicep
16 9 (0.29%) VBScript
17 8 (0.26%) VB.NET
18 7 (0.23%) VB
19 6 (0.20%) Delphi
Qualifications
1 791 (25.84%) Azure Certification
2 321 (10.49%) Degree
3 101 (3.30%) Security Cleared
4 89 (2.91%) ACCA
5 84 (2.74%) CIMA
6 72 (2.35%) SC Cleared
7 52 (1.70%) Microsoft Certification
8 37 (1.21%) DBS Check
8 37 (1.21%) PMP
9 36 (1.18%) PMI Certification
10 35 (1.14%) Computer Science Degree
11 21 (0.69%) AAT
12 19 (0.62%) Master's Degree
13 17 (0.56%) CompTIA CySA+
14 13 (0.42%) CISSP
15 11 (0.36%) CompTIA Security+
16 10 (0.33%) SSCP
17 9 (0.29%) AWS Certification
17 9 (0.29%) CISA
18 8 (0.26%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 381 (12.45%) Data Quality
2 158 (5.16%) GDPR
3 71 (2.32%) QA
4 54 (1.76%) SLA
5 41 (1.34%) PMO
6 40 (1.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 39 (1.27%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 38 (1.24%) Accessibility
9 27 (0.88%) NIST
10 22 (0.72%) Actionable Recommendations
11 20 (0.65%) GRC
12 17 (0.56%) IFRS
13 11 (0.36%) PERC
14 7 (0.23%) IFRS 17
15 6 (0.20%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 5 (0.16%) TickIT
17 4 (0.13%) EMIR
17 4 (0.13%) ITGC
17 4 (0.13%) MiFID
17 4 (0.13%) NIST 800
System Software
1 60 (1.96%) Active Directory
2 21 (0.69%) VMware Infrastructure
3 17 (0.56%) Docker
4 6 (0.20%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 6 (0.20%) Virtual Servers
4 6 (0.20%) VMware NSX
4 6 (0.20%) vSphere
5 5 (0.16%) Virtual Desktop
6 4 (0.13%) BitLocker
7 3 (0.098%) IAG
7 3 (0.098%) Terminal Services
7 3 (0.098%) VMware Server
8 2 (0.065%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.033%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 38 (1.24%) Terraform
2 15 (0.49%) Ansible
3 13 (0.42%) Kubernetes
4 11 (0.36%) EnCase
4 11 (0.36%) FTK
5 10 (0.33%) Grafana
5 10 (0.33%) Microsoft Intune
6 9 (0.29%) Cisco CUCM
7 8 (0.26%) FortiGate
7 8 (0.26%) Single Sign-On
8 5 (0.16%) SCCM
9 3 (0.098%) Kibana
10 2 (0.065%) Control-M
10 2 (0.065%) Microsoft Clustering
11 1 (0.033%) MOM
11 1 (0.033%) Prometheus
11 1 (0.033%) SQL Sentry
11 1 (0.033%) SysTrack
11 1 (0.033%) vCenter Server
11 1 (0.033%) WSUS
Vendors
1 1,435 (46.88%) Microsoft
2 234 (7.64%) Databricks
3 126 (4.12%) SAP
4 116 (3.79%) Oracle
5 83 (2.71%) Google
6 60 (1.96%) Informatica
7 51 (1.67%) Salesforce
8 48 (1.57%) Dell
9 31 (1.01%) Adobe
9 31 (1.01%) Cisco
10 27 (0.88%) Alteryx
11 25 (0.82%) HubSpot
11 25 (0.82%) VMware
12 24 (0.78%) Cloudera
12 24 (0.78%) Denodo
12 24 (0.78%) Teradata
13 21 (0.69%) Sage
14 18 (0.59%) Intapp
15 17 (0.56%) Cognos
15 17 (0.56%) Concur