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 29 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 127 45 83
Rank change year-on-year -82 +38 -29
Permanent jobs citing Business Intelligence 218 467 311
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 2.81% 4.55% 4.10%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.93% 5.59% 4.30%
Number of salaries quoted 131 403 229
10th Percentile £33,750 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £39,875 £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 £62,749 £65,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £83,500 £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 7,450 8,352 7,232
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 95.92% 81.31% 95.31%
Number of salaries quoted 3,764 6,302 3,849
10th Percentile £25,750 £27,500 £31,225
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 29 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 29 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 -12 140 £55,000 - 267
Lancashire -48 44 £47,683 +5.96% 79
Merseyside 0 24 £52,500 +16.67% 85
Cheshire -9 10 £40,000 -11.11% 169
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 (3.67%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.38%) Apache
2 3 (1.38%) Apache Spark
2 3 (1.38%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.92%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (0.92%) nginx
4 1 (0.46%) Confluence
4 1 (0.46%) WordPress
Applications
1 42 (19.27%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (7.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 8 (3.67%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.46%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 6 (2.75%) Infor LN
2 5 (2.29%) NetSuite
2 5 (2.29%) Sage 200
2 5 (2.29%) Sage CRM
3 4 (1.83%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (1.38%) Dynamics NAV
5 2 (0.92%) SAP BPC
6 1 (0.46%) iTrent
6 1 (0.46%) NEC Housing
6 1 (0.46%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.46%) SAP Business One
6 1 (0.46%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 145 (66.51%) Power Platform
2 53 (24.31%) Azure
3 28 (12.84%) AWS
4 13 (5.96%) Azure Data Factory
5 12 (5.50%) Serverless
6 10 (4.59%) Microsoft 365
6 10 (4.59%) Snowflake
7 8 (3.67%) Dynamics 365
7 8 (3.67%) SaaS
8 7 (3.21%) Azure Logic Apps
9 6 (2.75%) Entra ID
10 5 (2.29%) Azure DevOps
10 5 (2.29%) Azure Functions
10 5 (2.29%) GCP
11 4 (1.83%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 4 (1.83%) Cloud Computing
12 3 (1.38%) AWS Lambda
12 3 (1.38%) dbt
12 3 (1.38%) Power Automate
12 3 (1.38%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.92%) Reverse Proxy
2 1 (0.46%) ADSL
2 1 (0.46%) Internet
2 1 (0.46%) Intranet
2 1 (0.46%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 144 (66.06%) Power BI
2 28 (12.84%) SQL Server
3 25 (11.47%) Tableau
4 14 (6.42%) Data Warehouse
4 14 (6.42%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 9 (4.13%) Big Data
6 8 (3.67%) Relational Database
7 6 (2.75%) Data Lake
7 6 (2.75%) NoSQL
8 5 (2.29%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 5 (2.29%) Power Query
8 5 (2.29%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 4 (1.83%) Azure SQL Database
9 4 (1.83%) Oracle Reports
9 4 (1.83%) PostgreSQL
10 3 (1.38%) BusinessObjects
10 3 (1.38%) Data Hub
10 3 (1.38%) MySQL
10 3 (1.38%) SQL CLR
10 3 (1.38%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 11 (5.05%) Git
2 4 (1.83%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 3 (1.38%) JIRA
4 2 (0.92%) GitLab
4 2 (0.92%) Oracle Forms
5 1 (0.46%) Eclipse
5 1 (0.46%) Eclipse RCP
5 1 (0.46%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.46%) MLflow
5 1 (0.46%) RStudio
5 1 (0.46%) Visual Studio
General
1 101 (46.33%) Social Skills
2 63 (28.90%) Finance
3 56 (25.69%) Analytical Skills
4 50 (22.94%) Organisational Skills
5 45 (20.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 30 (13.76%) Presentation Skills
7 17 (7.80%) Manufacturing
7 17 (7.80%) Retail
8 15 (6.88%) Marketing
9 6 (2.75%) Banking
10 5 (2.29%) Electronics
10 5 (2.29%) Telecoms
11 4 (1.83%) Arabic Language
11 4 (1.83%) Automotive
11 4 (1.83%) German Language
11 4 (1.83%) Italian Language
11 4 (1.83%) Law
11 4 (1.83%) Public Sector
12 3 (1.38%) Advertising
12 3 (1.38%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 96 (44.04%) Analyst
2 44 (20.18%) Digital Analyst
3 29 (13.30%) Senior
4 23 (10.55%) Developer
5 22 (10.09%) Data Analyst
5 22 (10.09%) Data Engineer
6 20 (9.17%) Graduate
6 20 (9.17%) Graduate Analyst
7 17 (7.80%) Lead
8 13 (5.96%) Project Manager
9 11 (5.05%) Senior Analyst
10 9 (4.13%) Financial Analyst
10 9 (4.13%) SQL Developer
11 8 (3.67%) Consultant
11 8 (3.67%) Senior Data Engineer
11 8 (3.67%) Software Engineer
12 7 (3.21%) Business Intelligence Developer
12 7 (3.21%) Data Scientist
12 7 (3.21%) Systems Analyst
13 6 (2.75%) Insight Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (3.67%) .NET
1 8 (3.67%) CSS
1 8 (3.67%) HTML
2 6 (2.75%) ASP.NET
2 6 (2.75%) Node.js
3 5 (2.29%) React
4 4 (1.83%) GraphQL
4 4 (1.83%) Oracle Fusion
5 3 (1.38%) .NET Core
5 3 (1.38%) .NET Framework
5 3 (1.38%) CSS3
5 3 (1.38%) Entity Framework
5 3 (1.38%) HTML5
5 3 (1.38%) JSON
6 2 (0.92%) Apache NiFi
6 2 (0.92%) FastAPI
6 2 (0.92%) Kafka
6 2 (0.92%) REST
6 2 (0.92%) Spring
6 2 (0.92%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 12 (5.50%) FMCG
1 12 (5.50%) Social Media
2 11 (5.05%) Product Ownership
3 10 (4.59%) Management Information System
4 8 (3.67%) Analytical Mindset
5 7 (3.21%) Cloud Native
6 6 (2.75%) Self-Motivation
7 5 (2.29%) Mobile App
8 4 (1.83%) Private Cloud
9 3 (1.38%) Algorithms
9 3 (1.38%) Hybrid Cloud
10 2 (0.92%) Data Protection Act
10 2 (0.92%) Data Structures
10 2 (0.92%) Legacy Systems
10 2 (0.92%) Life Science
11 1 (0.46%) Driving Licence
11 1 (0.46%) Enterprise Software
11 1 (0.46%) Public Cloud
11 1 (0.46%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 12 (5.50%) Windows
2 7 (3.21%) Windows Server
3 4 (1.83%) Windows Vista
4 1 (0.46%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 110 (50.46%) Analytics
2 69 (31.65%) Agile
3 58 (26.61%) Data Analytics
4 53 (24.31%) Artificial Intelligence
5 47 (21.56%) Time Management
6 46 (21.10%) Digital Strategy
6 46 (21.10%) Project Delivery
7 45 (20.64%) Problem-Solving
8 44 (20.18%) Technology Transformation
9 41 (18.81%) Decision-Making
10 37 (16.97%) Visualisation
11 31 (14.22%) Data Analysis
11 31 (14.22%) Data Modelling
12 29 (13.30%) Actionable Insight
13 27 (12.39%) ETL
14 26 (11.93%) Stakeholder Management
15 22 (10.09%) Statistics
16 21 (9.63%) Project Management
17 19 (8.72%) Dashboard Development
18 18 (8.26%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 74 (33.94%) SQL
2 37 (16.97%) Python
3 14 (6.42%) T-SQL
4 12 (5.50%) JavaScript
5 8 (3.67%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 7 (3.21%) C#
6 7 (3.21%) Java
7 6 (2.75%) TypeScript
8 4 (1.83%) R
9 2 (0.92%) Bash
9 2 (0.92%) VBA
10 1 (0.46%) Ada
10 1 (0.46%) Groovy
10 1 (0.46%) PHP
10 1 (0.46%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.46%) PowerShell
10 1 (0.46%) Rust
Qualifications
1 80 (36.70%) Degree
2 23 (10.55%) DBS Check
3 18 (8.26%) Master's Degree
4 14 (6.42%) ACCA
4 14 (6.42%) CIMA
5 11 (5.05%) MBA
6 7 (3.21%) BPSS Clearance
7 6 (2.75%) Security Cleared
8 4 (1.83%) ICAEW
9 3 (1.38%) AWS Certification
9 3 (1.38%) DV Cleared
9 3 (1.38%) PhD
9 3 (1.38%) SC Cleared
10 2 (0.92%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 2 (0.92%) Azure Certification
10 2 (0.92%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (0.92%) Microsoft Certification
11 1 (0.46%) ITIL Certification
11 1 (0.46%) SnowPro
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (16.51%) Data Quality
2 7 (3.21%) IFRS
3 6 (2.75%) QA
4 4 (1.83%) Accessibility
4 4 (1.83%) GDPR
5 2 (0.92%) GAAP
5 2 (0.92%) SLA
6 1 (0.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.46%) SOC 2
System Software
1 7 (3.21%) VMware ESXi
2 3 (1.38%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.38%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (3.21%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (1.38%) Failover Clustering
2 3 (1.38%) Kubernetes
2 3 (1.38%) Terraform
3 1 (0.46%) Ansible
3 1 (0.46%) Istio
Vendors
1 62 (28.44%) Microsoft
2 46 (21.10%) Alteryx
3 17 (7.80%) SAP
4 12 (5.50%) Oracle
5 11 (5.05%) Capita
6 10 (4.59%) VMware
7 9 (4.13%) Informatica
8 7 (3.21%) Databricks
8 7 (3.21%) Veeam
9 6 (2.75%) Cognos
9 6 (2.75%) Infor
10 5 (2.29%) IBM
10 5 (2.29%) Sage
11 4 (1.83%) Concur
11 4 (1.83%) Hyperion
11 4 (1.83%) Salesforce
12 3 (1.38%) Google
12 3 (1.38%) Talend
13 2 (0.92%) Hitachi
14 1 (0.46%) NEC