Business Intelligence Job Trends in Manchester

Business Intelligence (BI)
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Manchester requiring Business Intelligence skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 54 29 47
Rank change year-on-year -25 +18 +11
Permanent jobs citing Business Intelligence 95 176 134
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 3.41% 6.48% 5.77%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.24% 6.95% 6.26%
Number of salaries quoted 71 90 116
10th Percentile £30,750 £39,963 £31,875
25th Percentile £41,125 £41,250 £41,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £50,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.00% -16.67% +20.00%
75th Percentile £63,500 £66,389 £71,250
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,625 £75,000
North West median annual salary £50,000 £48,500 £53,000
% change year-on-year +3.09% -8.49% +6.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Manchester

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 Manchester.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,243 2,532 2,141
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 80.51% 93.23% 92.24%
Number of salaries quoted 1,320 1,181 1,706
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £33,858
25th Percentile £35,486 £40,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -
75th Percentile £72,500 £72,500 £72,325
90th Percentile £87,500 £86,250 £84,858
North West median annual salary £50,000 £52,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% -3.70% -1.82%

Business Intelligence
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Business Intelligence job vacancy trend in Manchester

Business Intelligence
Salary Trend in Manchester

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Business Intelligence.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Business Intelligence

Business Intelligence
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Business Intelligence in Manchester over the 6 months to 3 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Business Intelligence in Manchester

Business Intelligence
Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Business Intelligence within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 3 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
Oldham - 6 £42,000 - 1
Altrincham - 5 £27,500 -
Bolton 0 3 £47,500 +18.75% 1
Salford +6 1 £45,000 - 2
Stockport - 1 £50,000 - 1
Cheadle - 1 £55,000 -
Business Intelligence
North West

Business Intelligence
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester 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 6 (6.32%) SharePoint
2 5 (5.26%) WordPress
3 1 (1.05%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 32 (33.68%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (8.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (3.16%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (2.11%) Adobe XD
4 2 (2.11%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 6 (6.32%) NEC Housing
2 1 (1.05%) SAP ERP
2 1 (1.05%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 71 (74.74%) Power Platform
2 26 (27.37%) Azure
3 10 (10.53%) Cloud Computing
4 8 (8.42%) Power Automate
5 7 (7.37%) Dynamics 365
5 7 (7.37%) Snowflake
6 6 (6.32%) AWS
6 6 (6.32%) Azure Data Factory
6 6 (6.32%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 6 (6.32%) Entra ID
6 6 (6.32%) Microsoft 365
6 6 (6.32%) OneDrive
7 5 (5.26%) Azure AI
8 3 (3.16%) GCP
8 3 (3.16%) PowerApps
9 2 (2.11%) Amazon EMR
9 2 (2.11%) Amazon S3
9 2 (2.11%) AWS Lambda
9 2 (2.11%) SaaS
9 2 (2.11%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.05%) DAB
1 1 (1.05%) VPN
1 1 (1.05%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 71 (74.74%) Power BI
2 14 (14.74%) Tableau
3 10 (10.53%) SQL Server
4 9 (9.47%) Data Warehouse
5 7 (7.37%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 7 (7.37%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 5 (5.26%) Azure SQL Database
6 5 (5.26%) Data Vault
6 5 (5.26%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 4 (4.21%) BusinessObjects
7 4 (4.21%) Data Lake
7 4 (4.21%) Data Mining
8 3 (3.16%) Amazon Redshift
8 3 (3.16%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
9 2 (2.11%) Apache Iceberg
9 2 (2.11%) Snowflake Schema
10 1 (1.05%) BigQuery
10 1 (1.05%) MongoDB
10 1 (1.05%) PostgreSQL
10 1 (1.05%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 8 (8.42%) GitLab
2 2 (2.11%) Cypress.io
2 2 (2.11%) Jenkins
3 1 (1.05%) Gatling
3 1 (1.05%) JIRA
3 1 (1.05%) JMeter
3 1 (1.05%) LoadRunner
General
1 39 (41.05%) Finance
2 38 (40.00%) Social Skills
3 27 (28.42%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (15.79%) Manufacturing
5 12 (12.63%) Marketing
6 10 (10.53%) Public Sector
7 9 (9.47%) Telecoms
8 8 (8.42%) Electronics
9 7 (7.37%) Banking
10 6 (6.32%) Law
10 6 (6.32%) Presentation Skills
10 6 (6.32%) Retail
11 5 (5.26%) Investment Banking
12 4 (4.21%) Advertising
13 3 (3.16%) Organisational Skills
13 3 (3.16%) Pharmaceutical
14 2 (2.11%) Fire and Rescue
14 2 (2.11%) Games
14 2 (2.11%) Military
14 2 (2.11%) Police
Job Titles
1 39 (41.05%) Analyst
2 14 (14.74%) Senior
3 11 (11.58%) Developer
4 10 (10.53%) Data Analyst
4 10 (10.53%) Data Engineer
5 9 (9.47%) Financial Analyst
6 7 (7.37%) IT Support
6 7 (7.37%) Senior Analyst
7 6 (6.32%) Applications Support
7 6 (6.32%) Applications Support Analyst
7 6 (6.32%) Audio Visual Engineer
7 6 (6.32%) Junior
7 6 (6.32%) Senior Applications Support
7 6 (6.32%) Senior Applications Support Analyst
7 6 (6.32%) Senior Support Analyst
7 6 (6.32%) Snowflake Developer
7 6 (6.32%) Support Analyst
8 5 (5.26%) Commercial Analyst
8 5 (5.26%) Junior Analyst
8 5 (5.26%) Support Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (5.26%) HTML
2 3 (3.16%) .NET
2 3 (3.16%) PySpark
2 3 (3.16%) Snowpark
3 2 (2.11%) CSS
3 2 (2.11%) Framer.js
3 2 (2.11%) Jest
3 2 (2.11%) Next.js
3 2 (2.11%) React
4 1 (1.05%) FastAPI
4 1 (1.05%) Node.js
4 1 (1.05%) PyTorch
4 1 (1.05%) scikit-learn
4 1 (1.05%) Spring
4 1 (1.05%) Spring Boot
4 1 (1.05%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 11 (11.58%) Video Conferencing
2 10 (10.53%) Analytical Mindset
2 10 (10.53%) Social Media
3 7 (7.37%) Product Ownership
4 5 (5.26%) Data Structures
4 5 (5.26%) Onboarding
4 5 (5.26%) Self-Motivation
5 4 (4.21%) Cloud Native
6 2 (2.11%) Animation
6 2 (2.11%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (2.11%) Driving Licence
6 2 (2.11%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (2.11%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 14 (14.74%) Windows
2 6 (6.32%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (26.32%) Decision-Making
2 24 (25.26%) Agile
3 22 (23.16%) Analytics
4 18 (18.95%) Actionable Insight
5 17 (17.89%) Problem-Solving
6 16 (16.84%) Data Analysis
7 14 (14.74%) Data Science
8 13 (13.68%) AI
8 13 (13.68%) Data Modelling
8 13 (13.68%) Data Pipeline
8 13 (13.68%) Process Improvement
9 12 (12.63%) Budgeting and Forecasting
9 12 (12.63%) Stakeholder Management
10 11 (11.58%) Data Management
10 11 (11.58%) ETL
10 11 (11.58%) Financial Modelling
10 11 (11.58%) Machine Learning
11 10 (10.53%) Data Governance
11 10 (10.53%) Mentoring
11 10 (10.53%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 48 (50.53%) SQL
2 21 (22.11%) Python
3 6 (6.32%) ANSI SQL
3 6 (6.32%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 5 (5.26%) VBA
5 3 (3.16%) C#
5 3 (3.16%) T-SQL
5 3 (3.16%) TypeScript
6 2 (2.11%) Java
7 1 (1.05%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 12 (12.63%) Degree
2 10 (10.53%) DBS Check
3 9 (9.47%) Security Cleared
4 8 (8.42%) ACCA
4 8 (8.42%) CIMA
5 7 (7.37%) A+ Certification
6 6 (6.32%) DV Cleared
7 5 (5.26%) Azure Certification
8 3 (3.16%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (3.16%) SC Cleared
9 2 (2.11%) PMI Certification
9 2 (2.11%) PMP
10 1 (1.05%) AAT
10 1 (1.05%) Master's Degree
10 1 (1.05%) MBA
10 1 (1.05%) Numerate Degree
10 1 (1.05%) SAP Certification
10 1 (1.05%) Six Sigma Green Belt
10 1 (1.05%) Tableau Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (9.47%) Data Quality
2 7 (7.37%) QA
3 5 (5.26%) Cyber Essentials
3 5 (5.26%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 5 (5.26%) SLA
4 4 (4.21%) Accessibility
5 1 (1.05%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (1.05%) GDPR
5 1 (1.05%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (1.05%) Active Directory
1 1 (1.05%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (6.32%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.05%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 32 (33.68%) Microsoft
2 10 (10.53%) SAP
3 7 (7.37%) Oracle
4 6 (6.32%) Northgate
4 6 (6.32%) Polycom
5 4 (4.21%) Facebook
6 3 (3.16%) Anaplan
7 2 (2.11%) Databricks
7 2 (2.11%) Genesys
7 2 (2.11%) ServiceNow
7 2 (2.11%) UiPath
7 2 (2.11%) Verint
8 1 (1.05%) Adaptive Insights
8 1 (1.05%) Ariba
8 1 (1.05%) Atlassian
8 1 (1.05%) Cognos
8 1 (1.05%) Concur
8 1 (1.05%) Google
8 1 (1.05%) HubSpot
8 1 (1.05%) Salesforce