Business Intelligence Jobs in the North West

Business Intelligence (BI)
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West requiring Business Intelligence skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Business Intelligence over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 126 43 82
Rank change year-on-year -83 +39 -25
Permanent jobs citing Business Intelligence 220 467 312
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 2.80% 4.49% 4.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.93% 5.54% 4.35%
Number of salaries quoted 132 402 230
10th Percentile £33,750 £31,375 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,938 £38,813 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £50,238
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -0.47% +0.48%
75th Percentile £61,375 £65,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £73,872 £83,625 £77,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% +4.55%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

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 West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 7,516 8,426 7,175
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 95.78% 80.99% 95.42%
Number of salaries quoted 3,815 6,336 3,833
10th Percentile £25,480 £27,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £61,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £76,840 £80,000 £81,250
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%

Business Intelligence
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing Business Intelligence as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for Business Intelligence in the North West

Business Intelligence
Salary Trend in the North West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Business Intelligence in the North West.

Salary trend for Business Intelligence in the North West

Business Intelligence
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Business Intelligence in the North West over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Business Intelligence in the North West

Business Intelligence
Job Locations in the North West

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 West region over the 6 months to 31 May 2025. 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
Manchester -13 140 £55,000 - 108
Lancashire -45 44 £47,683 +5.96% 50
Merseyside -5 25 £52,500 +16.67% 24
Cheshire -13 11 £45,000 +12.50% 32
Business Intelligence
England

Business Intelligence
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 8 (3.64%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.36%) Apache
2 3 (1.36%) Apache Spark
2 3 (1.36%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.91%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (0.91%) nginx
4 1 (0.45%) Confluence
4 1 (0.45%) WordPress
Applications
1 43 (19.55%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (7.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 8 (3.64%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.45%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 6 (2.73%) Infor LN
2 5 (2.27%) NetSuite
2 5 (2.27%) Sage 200
2 5 (2.27%) Sage CRM
3 4 (1.82%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (1.36%) Dynamics NAV
5 2 (0.91%) SAP BPC
6 1 (0.45%) iTrent
6 1 (0.45%) NEC Housing
6 1 (0.45%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.45%) SAP Business One
6 1 (0.45%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 146 (66.36%) Power Platform
2 55 (25.00%) Azure
3 28 (12.73%) AWS
4 13 (5.91%) Azure Data Factory
5 12 (5.45%) Serverless
6 10 (4.55%) Microsoft 365
7 9 (4.09%) Snowflake
8 8 (3.64%) Dynamics 365
8 8 (3.64%) SaaS
9 7 (3.18%) Azure Logic Apps
10 6 (2.73%) Entra ID
11 5 (2.27%) Azure DevOps
11 5 (2.27%) Azure Functions
11 5 (2.27%) GCP
12 4 (1.82%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 4 (1.82%) Cloud Computing
12 4 (1.82%) Power Automate
12 4 (1.82%) PowerApps
13 3 (1.36%) AWS Lambda
13 3 (1.36%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.91%) Reverse Proxy
2 1 (0.45%) ADSL
2 1 (0.45%) Internet
2 1 (0.45%) Intranet
2 1 (0.45%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 145 (65.91%) Power BI
2 29 (13.18%) SQL Server
3 25 (11.36%) Tableau
4 15 (6.82%) Data Warehouse
4 15 (6.82%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 9 (4.09%) Big Data
5 9 (4.09%) Relational Database
6 6 (2.73%) Data Lake
6 6 (2.73%) NoSQL
6 6 (2.73%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 5 (2.27%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 5 (2.27%) Power Query
8 4 (1.82%) Azure SQL Database
8 4 (1.82%) Oracle Reports
8 4 (1.82%) PostgreSQL
8 4 (1.82%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 3 (1.36%) BusinessObjects
9 3 (1.36%) MongoDB
9 3 (1.36%) MySQL
9 3 (1.36%) SQL CLR
Development Applications
1 11 (5.00%) Git
2 4 (1.82%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 3 (1.36%) JIRA
4 2 (0.91%) GitLab
4 2 (0.91%) Oracle Forms
5 1 (0.45%) Eclipse
5 1 (0.45%) Eclipse RCP
5 1 (0.45%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.45%) MLflow
5 1 (0.45%) RStudio
5 1 (0.45%) Visual Studio
General
1 101 (45.91%) Social Skills
2 62 (28.18%) Finance
3 56 (25.45%) Analytical Skills
4 51 (23.18%) Organisational Skills
5 45 (20.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 30 (13.64%) Presentation Skills
7 18 (8.18%) Manufacturing
8 16 (7.27%) Retail
9 15 (6.82%) Marketing
10 6 (2.73%) Banking
11 5 (2.27%) Electronics
11 5 (2.27%) Telecoms
12 4 (1.82%) Arabic Language
12 4 (1.82%) Automotive
12 4 (1.82%) German Language
12 4 (1.82%) Italian Language
12 4 (1.82%) Law
12 4 (1.82%) Public Sector
13 3 (1.36%) Documentation Skills
13 3 (1.36%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 97 (44.09%) Analyst
2 44 (20.00%) Digital Analyst
3 29 (13.18%) Senior
4 25 (11.36%) Developer
5 22 (10.00%) Data Analyst
5 22 (10.00%) Data Engineer
6 20 (9.09%) Graduate
6 20 (9.09%) Graduate Analyst
7 17 (7.73%) Lead
8 13 (5.91%) Project Manager
9 11 (5.00%) Senior Analyst
10 9 (4.09%) Business Intelligence Developer
10 9 (4.09%) Financial Analyst
10 9 (4.09%) SQL Developer
11 8 (3.64%) Consultant
11 8 (3.64%) Senior Data Engineer
11 8 (3.64%) Software Engineer
12 7 (3.18%) Business Intelligence Analyst
12 7 (3.18%) Data Scientist
12 7 (3.18%) Systems Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (3.64%) .NET
1 8 (3.64%) CSS
1 8 (3.64%) HTML
2 6 (2.73%) ASP.NET
2 6 (2.73%) Node.js
3 5 (2.27%) React
4 4 (1.82%) GraphQL
4 4 (1.82%) Oracle Fusion
5 3 (1.36%) .NET Core
5 3 (1.36%) .NET Framework
5 3 (1.36%) CSS3
5 3 (1.36%) Entity Framework
5 3 (1.36%) HTML5
5 3 (1.36%) JSON
6 2 (0.91%) Apache NiFi
6 2 (0.91%) Kafka
6 2 (0.91%) REST
6 2 (0.91%) RESTful
6 2 (0.91%) Spring
6 2 (0.91%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 12 (5.45%) FMCG
1 12 (5.45%) Social Media
2 11 (5.00%) Product Ownership
3 10 (4.55%) Management Information System
4 8 (3.64%) Analytical Mindset
5 7 (3.18%) Cloud Native
6 6 (2.73%) Self-Motivation
7 5 (2.27%) Mobile App
8 4 (1.82%) Private Cloud
9 3 (1.36%) Algorithms
9 3 (1.36%) Hybrid Cloud
10 2 (0.91%) Data Protection Act
10 2 (0.91%) Data Structures
10 2 (0.91%) Legacy Systems
10 2 (0.91%) Life Science
11 1 (0.45%) Driving Licence
11 1 (0.45%) Enterprise Software
11 1 (0.45%) Public Cloud
11 1 (0.45%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 12 (5.45%) Windows
2 7 (3.18%) Windows Server
3 4 (1.82%) Windows Vista
4 1 (0.45%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 111 (50.45%) Analytics
2 70 (31.82%) Agile
3 59 (26.82%) Data Analytics
4 54 (24.55%) Artificial Intelligence
5 47 (21.36%) Time Management
6 46 (20.91%) Digital Strategy
6 46 (20.91%) Problem-Solving
6 46 (20.91%) Project Delivery
7 44 (20.00%) Technology Transformation
8 41 (18.64%) Decision-Making
9 37 (16.82%) Visualisation
10 31 (14.09%) Actionable Insight
10 31 (14.09%) Data Analysis
10 31 (14.09%) Data Modelling
11 27 (12.27%) ETL
12 26 (11.82%) Stakeholder Management
13 22 (10.00%) Statistics
14 21 (9.55%) Project Management
15 19 (8.64%) Analytical Thinking
15 19 (8.64%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 77 (35.00%) SQL
2 38 (17.27%) Python
3 15 (6.82%) T-SQL
4 12 (5.45%) JavaScript
5 8 (3.64%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 7 (3.18%) C#
6 7 (3.18%) Java
7 6 (2.73%) TypeScript
8 4 (1.82%) R
9 3 (1.36%) VBA
10 2 (0.91%) Bash
11 1 (0.45%) Ada
11 1 (0.45%) Groovy
11 1 (0.45%) PHP
11 1 (0.45%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.45%) PowerShell
11 1 (0.45%) Rust
Qualifications
1 80 (36.36%) Degree
2 23 (10.45%) DBS Check
3 18 (8.18%) Master's Degree
4 14 (6.36%) ACCA
4 14 (6.36%) CIMA
5 11 (5.00%) MBA
6 7 (3.18%) BPSS Clearance
7 6 (2.73%) Security Cleared
8 4 (1.82%) ICAEW
9 3 (1.36%) AWS Certification
9 3 (1.36%) DV Cleared
9 3 (1.36%) PhD
9 3 (1.36%) SC Cleared
10 2 (0.91%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 2 (0.91%) Azure Certification
10 2 (0.91%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (0.91%) Microsoft Certification
11 1 (0.45%) ITIL Certification
11 1 (0.45%) SnowPro
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (16.36%) Data Quality
2 7 (3.18%) IFRS
3 6 (2.73%) QA
4 5 (2.27%) Accessibility
5 3 (1.36%) GDPR
6 2 (0.91%) GAAP
6 2 (0.91%) SLA
7 1 (0.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.45%) SOC 2
System Software
1 7 (3.18%) VMware ESXi
2 3 (1.36%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.36%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (3.18%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (1.36%) Failover Clustering
2 3 (1.36%) Kubernetes
2 3 (1.36%) Terraform
3 1 (0.45%) Ansible
3 1 (0.45%) Istio
Vendors
1 64 (29.09%) Microsoft
2 46 (20.91%) Alteryx
3 17 (7.73%) SAP
4 12 (5.45%) Oracle
5 11 (5.00%) Capita
6 10 (4.55%) VMware
7 9 (4.09%) Informatica
8 7 (3.18%) Databricks
8 7 (3.18%) Veeam
9 6 (2.73%) Cognos
9 6 (2.73%) Infor
10 5 (2.27%) IBM
10 5 (2.27%) Sage
11 4 (1.82%) Concur
11 4 (1.82%) Hyperion
11 4 (1.82%) Salesforce
12 3 (1.36%) Google
12 3 (1.36%) Talend
13 2 (0.91%) Hitachi
14 1 (0.45%) MicroStrategy