Business Intelligence Job Trends in Northern Ireland

Business Intelligence (BI)
UK > Northern Ireland

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Northern Ireland requiring Business Intelligence skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 111 33 32
Rank change year-on-year -78 -1 +8
Permanent jobs citing Business Intelligence 9 8 21
As % of all permanent jobs in Northern Ireland 0.53% 2.48% 4.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.81% 2.76% 5.21%
Number of salaries quoted 4 0 20
10th Percentile £40,400 - -
25th Percentile £41,750 - £33,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 - £42,500
Median % change year-on-year - - +21.43%
75th Percentile £50,625 - £55,000
90th Percentile £56,250 - -
UK median annual salary £55,000 £56,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -1.79% -6.67% +4.35%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Northern Ireland

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 Northern Ireland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,105 290 403
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 65.62% 89.78% 79.17%
Number of salaries quoted 299 138 200
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £33,275
25th Percentile £41,250 £35,000 £42,800
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £50,000 £59,430
Median % change year-on-year +30.00% -15.87% +18.86%
75th Percentile £80,000 £69,313 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £87,750 £92,625
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -

Business Intelligence
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Business Intelligence job vacancy trend in Northern Ireland

Business Intelligence
Salary Trend in Northern Ireland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing Business Intelligence.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing Business Intelligence

Business Intelligence
Salary Histogram in Northern Ireland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Business Intelligence in Northern Ireland over the 6 months to 9 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Business Intelligence in Northern Ireland

Business Intelligence
Job Locations in Northern Ireland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Business Intelligence within the Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 9 October 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
County Antrim -48 8 £45,000 - 73
Newry - 1 £60,000 -
County Down - 1 £60,000 -
Business Intelligence
UK

Business Intelligence
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northern Ireland 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:

Applications
1 3 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (22.22%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 9 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 3 (33.33%) Azure
2 3 (33.33%) Azure AI
3 2 (22.22%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (11.11%) AWS
4 1 (11.11%) Power Automate
4 1 (11.11%) PowerApps
4 1 (11.11%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (100.00%) Power BI
2 3 (33.33%) Tableau
General
1 4 (44.44%) Finance
2 3 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (88.89%) Analyst
2 4 (44.44%) Data Analyst
3 3 (33.33%) Financial Analyst
3 3 (33.33%) Junior
3 3 (33.33%) Junior Analyst
3 3 (33.33%) Junior Data Analyst
4 2 (22.22%) Dynamics 365 Analyst
4 2 (22.22%) Senior
4 2 (22.22%) Senior Analyst
5 1 (11.11%) Analyst Developer
5 1 (11.11%) Business Intelligence Analyst
5 1 (11.11%) Business Intelligence Consultant
5 1 (11.11%) Business Intelligence Developer
5 1 (11.11%) Consultant
5 1 (11.11%) Developer
5 1 (11.11%) Report Analyst
5 1 (11.11%) Senior Analyst Developer
5 1 (11.11%) Senior Business Intelligence Analyst
5 1 (11.11%) Senior Data Analyst
5 1 (11.11%) Senior Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) SystemC
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (33.33%) AI
1 3 (33.33%) ERP
2 2 (22.22%) Decision-Making
2 2 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (11.11%) Actionable Insight
3 1 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (11.11%) Data Modelling
3 1 (11.11%) Data Transformation
3 1 (11.11%) Migration
3 1 (11.11%) Performance Metrics
3 1 (11.11%) Software Delivery
3 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 4 (44.44%) SQL
2 3 (33.33%) Python
3 1 (11.11%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 3 (33.33%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) Data Quality
1 1 (11.11%) PMO
Vendors
1 5 (55.56%) Microsoft
2 2 (22.22%) SAP
3 1 (11.11%) Oracle
3 1 (11.11%) Red Hat
3 1 (11.11%) Salesforce