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 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 53 27 39
Rank change year-on-year -26 +12 +22
Permanent jobs citing Business Intelligence 92 175 149
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 3.15% 6.56% 5.89%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.96% 6.98% 6.48%
Number of salaries quoted 69 89 128
10th Percentile £34,250 £39,925 £32,125
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £42,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -13.04% +15.00%
75th Percentile £64,500 £66,389 £71,250
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,750 £75,000
North West median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £50,500
% change year-on-year - -0.99% +6.32%

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 2,325 2,507 2,301
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 79.71% 94.00% 90.95%
Number of salaries quoted 1,407 1,181 1,840
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,988 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -
75th Percentile £72,500 £72,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £87,500 £87,500 £84,056
North West median annual salary £50,000 £52,084 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% -0.79% -4.55%

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 14 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 14 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 -
Altrincham - 5 £27,500 -
Bolton -1 3 £47,500 +18.75% 1
Salford +4 1 £45,000 - 4
Stockport - 1 £50,000 - 3
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 (6.52%) SharePoint
2 5 (5.43%) WordPress
3 1 (1.09%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (1.09%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 31 (33.70%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (8.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (3.26%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (2.17%) Adobe XD
4 2 (2.17%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 6 (6.52%) NEC Housing
2 1 (1.09%) SAP ERP
2 1 (1.09%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 70 (76.09%) Power Platform
2 27 (29.35%) Azure
3 10 (10.87%) Cloud Computing
4 8 (8.70%) Power Automate
5 7 (7.61%) AWS
5 7 (7.61%) Dynamics 365
5 7 (7.61%) Snowflake
6 6 (6.52%) Azure Data Factory
6 6 (6.52%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 6 (6.52%) Entra ID
6 6 (6.52%) Microsoft 365
6 6 (6.52%) OneDrive
7 5 (5.43%) Azure AI
8 4 (4.35%) GCP
9 3 (3.26%) AWS Lambda
9 3 (3.26%) PowerApps
9 3 (3.26%) Serverless
10 2 (2.17%) Amazon EMR
10 2 (2.17%) Figma
10 2 (2.17%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.09%) DAB
1 1 (1.09%) VPN
1 1 (1.09%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 70 (76.09%) Power BI
2 14 (15.22%) Tableau
3 10 (10.87%) Data Warehouse
3 10 (10.87%) SQL Server
4 7 (7.61%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 6 (6.52%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 5 (5.43%) Azure SQL Database
6 5 (5.43%) Data Lake
6 5 (5.43%) Data Vault
6 5 (5.43%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 4 (4.35%) BusinessObjects
7 4 (4.35%) Data Mining
8 3 (3.26%) Amazon Redshift
8 3 (3.26%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
9 2 (2.17%) Apache Iceberg
9 2 (2.17%) Snowflake Schema
10 1 (1.09%) BigQuery
10 1 (1.09%) PostgreSQL
10 1 (1.09%) Qlik Sense
10 1 (1.09%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 8 (8.70%) GitLab
2 2 (2.17%) Cypress.io
2 2 (2.17%) Jenkins
3 1 (1.09%) Gatling
3 1 (1.09%) JIRA
3 1 (1.09%) JMeter
3 1 (1.09%) LoadRunner
General
1 39 (42.39%) Social Skills
2 38 (41.30%) Finance
3 28 (30.43%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (13.04%) Manufacturing
4 12 (13.04%) Marketing
5 10 (10.87%) Public Sector
6 9 (9.78%) Telecoms
7 8 (8.70%) Electronics
8 7 (7.61%) Banking
8 7 (7.61%) Presentation Skills
9 6 (6.52%) Law
9 6 (6.52%) Retail
10 5 (5.43%) Investment Banking
11 4 (4.35%) Advertising
12 3 (3.26%) Organisational Skills
13 2 (2.17%) Fire and Rescue
13 2 (2.17%) Games
13 2 (2.17%) Military
13 2 (2.17%) Police
14 1 (1.09%) Legal
Job Titles
1 39 (42.39%) Analyst
2 13 (14.13%) Senior
3 11 (11.96%) Developer
4 10 (10.87%) Data Engineer
5 9 (9.78%) Data Analyst
5 9 (9.78%) Financial Analyst
6 7 (7.61%) IT Support
6 7 (7.61%) Senior Analyst
7 6 (6.52%) Applications Support
7 6 (6.52%) Applications Support Analyst
7 6 (6.52%) Junior
7 6 (6.52%) Senior Applications Support
7 6 (6.52%) Senior Applications Support Analyst
7 6 (6.52%) Senior Support Analyst
7 6 (6.52%) Snowflake Developer
7 6 (6.52%) Support Analyst
8 5 (5.43%) Audio Visual Engineer
8 5 (5.43%) Business Intelligence Analyst
8 5 (5.43%) Junior Analyst
8 5 (5.43%) Support Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (5.43%) HTML
2 3 (3.26%) .NET
2 3 (3.26%) PySpark
2 3 (3.26%) Snowpark
3 2 (2.17%) CSS
3 2 (2.17%) Framer.js
3 2 (2.17%) Jest
3 2 (2.17%) Next.js
3 2 (2.17%) React
4 1 (1.09%) FastAPI
4 1 (1.09%) Kafka
4 1 (1.09%) Node.js
4 1 (1.09%) PyTorch
4 1 (1.09%) scikit-learn
4 1 (1.09%) Spring
4 1 (1.09%) Spring Boot
4 1 (1.09%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 10 (10.87%) Analytical Mindset
1 10 (10.87%) Social Media
1 10 (10.87%) Video Conferencing
2 7 (7.61%) Product Ownership
3 5 (5.43%) Data Structures
3 5 (5.43%) Onboarding
3 5 (5.43%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (4.35%) Cloud Native
5 2 (2.17%) Animation
5 2 (2.17%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (2.17%) Driving Licence
5 2 (2.17%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (2.17%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 14 (15.22%) Windows
2 6 (6.52%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (28.26%) Decision-Making
2 24 (26.09%) Agile
3 18 (19.57%) Actionable Insight
3 18 (19.57%) Analytics
3 18 (19.57%) Problem-Solving
4 17 (18.48%) Data Analysis
5 14 (15.22%) Data Science
5 14 (15.22%) Process Improvement
6 13 (14.13%) Data Modelling
6 13 (14.13%) Data Pipeline
7 12 (13.04%) AI
7 12 (13.04%) Budgeting and Forecasting
7 12 (13.04%) ETL
7 12 (13.04%) Stakeholder Management
8 11 (11.96%) Data Management
8 11 (11.96%) Financial Modelling
9 10 (10.87%) Machine Learning
9 10 (10.87%) Mentoring
9 10 (10.87%) Programme Management
10 9 (9.78%) Business Analysis
Programming Languages
1 44 (47.83%) SQL
2 19 (20.65%) Python
3 6 (6.52%) ANSI SQL
4 5 (5.43%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 5 (5.43%) VBA
5 3 (3.26%) C#
5 3 (3.26%) TypeScript
6 2 (2.17%) Java
6 2 (2.17%) T-SQL
7 1 (1.09%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 12 (13.04%) Degree
2 10 (10.87%) DBS Check
3 9 (9.78%) Security Cleared
4 8 (8.70%) ACCA
4 8 (8.70%) CIMA
5 7 (7.61%) A+ Certification
6 6 (6.52%) DV Cleared
7 5 (5.43%) Azure Certification
8 3 (3.26%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (3.26%) SC Cleared
9 2 (2.17%) PMI Certification
9 2 (2.17%) PMP
10 1 (1.09%) AAT
10 1 (1.09%) Master's Degree
10 1 (1.09%) MBA
10 1 (1.09%) Numerate Degree
10 1 (1.09%) SAP Certification
10 1 (1.09%) Six Sigma Green Belt
10 1 (1.09%) Tableau Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (7.61%) Data Quality
1 7 (7.61%) QA
2 5 (5.43%) Cyber Essentials
2 5 (5.43%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 4 (4.35%) Accessibility
4 3 (3.26%) SLA
5 1 (1.09%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (1.09%) GDPR
5 1 (1.09%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (1.09%) Active Directory
1 1 (1.09%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (6.52%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.09%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 33 (35.87%) Microsoft
2 10 (10.87%) SAP
3 7 (7.61%) Oracle
4 6 (6.52%) Northgate
5 5 (5.43%) Polycom
6 4 (4.35%) Facebook
7 3 (3.26%) Anaplan
8 2 (2.17%) Genesys
8 2 (2.17%) ServiceNow
8 2 (2.17%) UiPath
8 2 (2.17%) Verint
9 1 (1.09%) Adaptive Insights
9 1 (1.09%) Ariba
9 1 (1.09%) Cognos
9 1 (1.09%) Concur
9 1 (1.09%) Databricks
9 1 (1.09%) Google
9 1 (1.09%) HubSpot
9 1 (1.09%) Informatica
9 1 (1.09%) Salesforce