Business Intelligence Job Trends in the North of England

Business Intelligence (BI)
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring Business Intelligence skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 56 47 37
Rank change year-on-year -9 -10 +5
Permanent jobs citing Business Intelligence 360 421 486
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 3.43% 4.45% 6.50%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.18% 4.96% 7.18%
Number of salaries quoted 199 225 374
10th Percentile £30,750 £36,750 £31,000
25th Percentile £41,000 £41,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% - -
75th Percentile £66,875 £63,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £70,570 £75,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.00% +8.70% -4.17%

All Process & Methodology Skills
North of 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 the North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 8,617 8,495 6,771
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 82.05% 89.86% 90.58%
Number of salaries quoted 4,549 3,856 5,290
10th Percentile £27,750 £31,250 £29,726
25th Percentile £32,000 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% -1.04%
75th Percentile £66,250 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £81,250 £82,548
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Business Intelligence
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Business Intelligence job vacancy trend in the North of England

Business Intelligence
Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Business Intelligence.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Business Intelligence

Business Intelligence
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Business Intelligence in the North of England over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Business Intelligence in the North of England

Business Intelligence
Job Locations in the North of 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 North of England region over the 6 months to 1 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
North West -7 199 £50,000 +1.52% 76
Yorkshire -8 128 £60,000 +20.00% 62
North East +26 33 £53,750 -14.00% 22
Business Intelligence
England

Business Intelligence
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of 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 16 (4.44%) SharePoint
2 7 (1.94%) Apache Spark
3 5 (1.39%) Apache
3 5 (1.39%) WordPress
4 4 (1.11%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (0.83%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (0.56%) CMS
6 2 (0.56%) Umbraco
Applications
1 170 (47.22%) Microsoft Excel
2 20 (5.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 8 (2.22%) Microsoft Office
4 7 (1.94%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (1.11%) Chatbot
6 3 (0.83%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.56%) Adobe XD
7 2 (0.56%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 8 (2.22%) Dynamics CRM
1 8 (2.22%) Shopify
2 5 (1.39%) NEC Housing
3 4 (1.11%) SAP Business One
4 3 (0.83%) ResourceLink
5 2 (0.56%) Dynamics NAV
5 2 (0.56%) SAP ERP
5 2 (0.56%) SAP IBP
5 2 (0.56%) SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (0.28%) Dynamics AX
6 1 (0.28%) Magento
6 1 (0.28%) Oracle Applications
6 1 (0.28%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.28%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 287 (79.72%) Power Platform
2 130 (36.11%) Azure
3 77 (21.39%) Azure AI
4 30 (8.33%) AWS
5 29 (8.06%) Power Automate
6 25 (6.94%) Microsoft 365
7 22 (6.11%) PowerApps
8 18 (5.00%) Snowflake
9 17 (4.72%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 17 (4.72%) Dynamics 365
10 16 (4.44%) Azure Data Factory
11 12 (3.33%) Microsoft Copilot
12 11 (3.06%) SaaS
13 10 (2.78%) Cloud Computing
13 10 (2.78%) Entra ID
14 8 (2.22%) GCP
15 7 (1.94%) dbt
16 6 (1.67%) AWS CloudFormation
16 6 (1.67%) OneDrive
16 6 (1.67%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 7 (1.94%) Firewall
2 6 (1.67%) DHCP
2 6 (1.67%) DNS
2 6 (1.67%) LAN
2 6 (1.67%) WAN
3 4 (1.11%) VoIP
4 2 (0.56%) Intranet
4 2 (0.56%) VPN
5 1 (0.28%) DAB
5 1 (0.28%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 286 (79.44%) Power BI
2 113 (31.39%) Tableau
3 32 (8.89%) SQL Server
4 24 (6.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 23 (6.39%) Data Warehouse
6 15 (4.17%) Azure SQL Database
7 14 (3.89%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 13 (3.61%) Amazon Redshift
9 10 (2.78%) Data Lake
10 9 (2.50%) Data Vault
10 9 (2.50%) Power Query
11 8 (2.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 7 (1.94%) BusinessObjects
13 6 (1.67%) BigQuery
13 6 (1.67%) Looker
14 5 (1.39%) Apache Iceberg
14 5 (1.39%) Data Mining
15 4 (1.11%) Crystal Reports
15 4 (1.11%) OLAP
16 3 (0.83%) Oracle BI Publisher
Development Applications
1 8 (2.22%) GitLab
2 6 (1.67%) JIRA
3 2 (0.56%) Cypress.io
3 2 (0.56%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.28%) Gatling
4 1 (0.28%) Git
4 1 (0.28%) JMeter
4 1 (0.28%) LoadRunner
General
1 177 (49.17%) Social Skills
2 103 (28.61%) Finance
3 102 (28.33%) Analytical Skills
4 33 (9.17%) Manufacturing
5 29 (8.06%) Marketing
6 21 (5.83%) Presentation Skills
6 21 (5.83%) Public Sector
7 19 (5.28%) Telecoms
8 17 (4.72%) Law
9 14 (3.89%) Organisational Skills
9 14 (3.89%) Retail
10 12 (3.33%) Legal
11 11 (3.06%) Games
12 10 (2.78%) Banking
13 9 (2.50%) Electronics
13 9 (2.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 8 (2.22%) Advertising
15 5 (1.39%) Billing
15 5 (1.39%) Investment Banking
16 4 (1.11%) Military
Job Titles
1 169 (46.94%) Analyst
2 109 (30.28%) Data Analyst
3 76 (21.11%) Junior
4 75 (20.83%) Junior Analyst
4 75 (20.83%) Junior Data Analyst
5 55 (15.28%) Senior
6 35 (9.72%) Developer
7 25 (6.94%) Data Engineer
8 16 (4.44%) Senior Analyst
9 13 (3.61%) Lead
10 12 (3.33%) Architect
10 12 (3.33%) Business Analyst
10 12 (3.33%) Support Officer
11 11 (3.06%) Financial Analyst
12 10 (2.78%) Senior Data Engineer
13 9 (2.50%) Business Intelligence Analyst
13 9 (2.50%) Commercial Analyst
13 9 (2.50%) Data Manager
13 9 (2.50%) Senior Architect
13 9 (2.50%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (3.06%) .NET
2 8 (2.22%) HTML
3 6 (1.67%) XML
4 5 (1.39%) CSS
4 5 (1.39%) Pandas
5 4 (1.11%) REST
6 3 (0.83%) JSON
6 3 (0.83%) PySpark
6 3 (0.83%) React
6 3 (0.83%) Snowpark
7 2 (0.56%) .NET Framework
7 2 (0.56%) ASP.NET
7 2 (0.56%) ASP.NET Core
7 2 (0.56%) Framer.js
7 2 (0.56%) Jest
7 2 (0.56%) Next.js
7 2 (0.56%) Oracle Fusion
7 2 (0.56%) Razor View Engine
8 1 (0.28%) Node.js
8 1 (0.28%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 20 (5.56%) Analytical Mindset
2 14 (3.89%) Data Structures
3 11 (3.06%) Management Information System
3 11 (3.06%) Video Conferencing
4 10 (2.78%) Product Ownership
4 10 (2.78%) Self-Motivation
4 10 (2.78%) Social Media
5 7 (1.94%) Legacy Systems
5 7 (1.94%) Onboarding
6 5 (1.39%) Cloud Native
6 5 (1.39%) Low-Code
7 4 (1.11%) FMCG
8 3 (0.83%) Virtual Team
9 2 (0.56%) Animation
9 2 (0.56%) Data Protection Act
9 2 (0.56%) Digital Media
9 2 (0.56%) Driving Licence
9 2 (0.56%) Hybrid Cloud
9 2 (0.56%) NHS
9 2 (0.56%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 20 (5.56%) Windows
2 6 (1.67%) Mac OS
2 6 (1.67%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 113 (31.39%) AI
2 91 (25.28%) Decision-Making
3 70 (19.44%) Analytics
4 66 (18.33%) Problem-Solving
5 53 (14.72%) Actionable Insight
6 48 (13.33%) Continuous Improvement
7 47 (13.06%) Agile
7 47 (13.06%) Stakeholder Management
8 44 (12.22%) Data Analysis
8 44 (12.22%) Visualisation
9 43 (11.94%) Data Modelling
10 41 (11.39%) Process Improvement
11 37 (10.28%) Data Governance
12 34 (9.44%) ETL
13 33 (9.17%) Project Management
14 32 (8.89%) Mentoring
15 30 (8.33%) Data-Driven Decision Making
15 30 (8.33%) Migration
16 28 (7.78%) Data Science
16 28 (7.78%) WFM
Programming Languages
1 204 (56.67%) SQL
2 127 (35.28%) Python
3 21 (5.83%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 11 (3.06%) VBA
5 9 (2.50%) C#
5 9 (2.50%) PowerShell
5 9 (2.50%) T-SQL
6 6 (1.67%) ANSI SQL
6 6 (1.67%) Java
7 5 (1.39%) JavaScript
8 3 (0.83%) Bash
8 3 (0.83%) R
8 3 (0.83%) TypeScript
9 2 (0.56%) C
10 1 (0.28%) PHP
10 1 (0.28%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.28%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 75 (20.83%) Azure Certification
2 59 (16.39%) Degree
3 21 (5.83%) DBS Check
4 12 (3.33%) Security Cleared
5 10 (2.78%) ACCA
5 10 (2.78%) CIMA
5 10 (2.78%) PMI Certification
5 10 (2.78%) PMP
6 8 (2.22%) Master's Degree
7 7 (1.94%) A+ Certification
8 6 (1.67%) DV Cleared
9 5 (1.39%) BPSS Clearance
9 5 (1.39%) Computer Science Degree
9 5 (1.39%) SC Cleared
9 5 (1.39%) Six Sigma Green Belt
10 3 (0.83%) AAT
10 3 (0.83%) CIPD
11 2 (0.56%) ICAEW
11 2 (0.56%) Microsoft Certification
11 2 (0.56%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (9.17%) Data Quality
2 22 (6.11%) Accessibility
3 16 (4.44%) QA
4 13 (3.61%) GDPR
5 9 (2.50%) Cyber Essentials
5 9 (2.50%) PMO
6 6 (1.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 5 (1.39%) Actionable Recommendations
7 5 (1.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 5 (1.39%) SLA
8 2 (0.56%) IFRS
8 2 (0.56%) ISO 9001
8 2 (0.56%) WCAG
9 1 (0.28%) Disclosure Scotland
9 1 (0.28%) GMP
9 1 (0.28%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 4 (1.11%) Active Directory
1 4 (1.11%) Docker
Systems Management
1 13 (3.61%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (0.83%) Terraform
3 1 (0.28%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.28%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 159 (44.17%) Microsoft
2 20 (5.56%) SAP
3 14 (3.89%) ServiceNow
4 12 (3.33%) Oracle
5 10 (2.78%) Anaplan
6 9 (2.50%) Genesys
6 9 (2.50%) HubSpot
6 9 (2.50%) Verint
7 8 (2.22%) Databricks
8 7 (1.94%) Salesforce
9 6 (1.67%) Google
9 6 (1.67%) Northgate
9 6 (1.67%) Polycom
10 4 (1.11%) Facebook
11 3 (0.83%) Openreach
11 3 (0.83%) UiPath
12 2 (0.56%) Atlassian
13 1 (0.28%) iManage
13 1 (0.28%) Infor
13 1 (0.28%) Trend Micro