Business Intelligence Job Trends in Lancashire

Business Intelligence (BI)
North West > Lancashire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Lancashire requiring Business Intelligence skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 39 32
Rank change year-on-year +10 -7 +32
Permanent jobs citing Business Intelligence 36 38 11
As % of all permanent jobs in Lancashire 3.20% 4.64% 2.82%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.70% 5.18% 3.46%
Number of salaries quoted 14 8 8
10th Percentile - £35,900 £33,500
25th Percentile £22,625 £41,563 £36,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,500 £46,750 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -26.20% +10.00% -5.56%
75th Percentile £42,500 £54,793 £51,375
90th Percentile £84,900 £58,272 £54,000
North West median annual salary £50,000 £48,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.09% -11.82% +10.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Lancashire

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 Lancashire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 973 733 318
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Lancashire 86.41% 89.50% 81.54%
Number of salaries quoted 289 445 249
10th Percentile £25,087 £36,830 £27,400
25th Percentile £30,000 £41,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,500 £50,055 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.10% +5.38% +5.56%
75th Percentile £54,793 £59,081 £57,500
90th Percentile £65,692 £67,987 £70,000
North West median annual salary £50,000 £52,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% -5.45% -

Business Intelligence
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

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

Business Intelligence job vacancy trend in Lancashire

Business Intelligence
Salary Trend in Lancashire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing Business Intelligence.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing Business Intelligence

Business Intelligence
Salary Histogram in Lancashire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Business Intelligence in Lancashire over the 6 months to 2 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Business Intelligence in Lancashire

Business Intelligence
Job Locations in Lancashire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Business Intelligence within the Lancashire region over the 6 months to 2 January 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
Preston +9 15 £40,000 - 2
Blackburn - 6 £100,000 -
Skelmersdale - 5 £90,000 - 1
Business Intelligence
North West

Business Intelligence
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Lancashire 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:

Applications
1 17 (47.22%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (11.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (2.78%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 33 (91.67%) Power Platform
2 10 (27.78%) Azure
2 10 (27.78%) Azure AI
3 6 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (8.33%) AWS
4 3 (8.33%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 6 (16.67%) DHCP
1 6 (16.67%) DNS
1 6 (16.67%) Firewall
1 6 (16.67%) LAN
1 6 (16.67%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (91.67%) Power BI
2 10 (27.78%) Tableau
General
1 14 (38.89%) Social Skills
2 8 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
2 8 (22.22%) Finance
3 4 (11.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 4 (11.11%) Organisational Skills
3 4 (11.11%) Telecoms
4 1 (2.78%) Banking
4 1 (2.78%) Financial Institution
4 1 (2.78%) Legal
4 1 (2.78%) Manufacturing
4 1 (2.78%) Public Sector
4 1 (2.78%) Retail
Job Titles
1 15 (41.67%) Analyst
2 14 (38.89%) Data Analyst
3 10 (27.78%) Junior
3 10 (27.78%) Junior Analyst
3 10 (27.78%) Junior Data Analyst
4 6 (16.67%) 1st Line Support
5 4 (11.11%) Automation Specialist
5 4 (11.11%) Project Officer
5 4 (11.11%) Project Support Officer
5 4 (11.11%) Senior
5 4 (11.11%) Senior Project Officer
5 4 (11.11%) Senior Project Support Officer
5 4 (11.11%) Support Officer
6 1 (2.78%) Applications Support
6 1 (2.78%) Architect
6 1 (2.78%) Business Analyst
6 1 (2.78%) Business Intelligence Manager
6 1 (2.78%) Data Manager
6 1 (2.78%) IT Support
6 1 (2.78%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (8.33%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 4 (11.11%) FMCG
2 1 (2.78%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 6 (16.67%) Mac OS
1 6 (16.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (27.78%) AI
2 7 (19.44%) Stakeholder Management
3 6 (16.67%) Customer Service
3 6 (16.67%) Disaster Recovery
3 6 (16.67%) ITSM
4 5 (13.89%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (13.89%) Risk Management
5 4 (11.11%) Agile
5 4 (11.11%) Budget Control
5 4 (11.11%) Budgeting and Forecasting
5 4 (11.11%) Change Management
5 4 (11.11%) Collaborative Working
5 4 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
5 4 (11.11%) Cost Control
5 4 (11.11%) Data Management
5 4 (11.11%) Data Security
5 4 (11.11%) Decision-Making
5 4 (11.11%) Document Management
5 4 (11.11%) PRINCE2
5 4 (11.11%) Server Management
Programming Languages
1 17 (47.22%) SQL
2 10 (27.78%) Python
3 6 (16.67%) PowerShell
4 4 (11.11%) VBA
Qualifications
1 10 (27.78%) Azure Certification
2 2 (5.56%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (5.56%) Degree
3 1 (2.78%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (11.11%) Accessibility
1 4 (11.11%) PMO
2 1 (2.78%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (2.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
Systems Management
1 6 (16.67%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (2.78%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 20 (55.56%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.78%) ServiceNow