Business Intelligence Jobs in Scotland

Business Intelligence (BI)
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland 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 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 89 108 77
Rank change year-on-year +19 -31 +8
Permanent jobs citing Business Intelligence 79 223 167
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 2.63% 3.27% 3.73%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.84% 3.59% 3.95%
Number of salaries quoted 56 136 91
10th Percentile £37,000 £28,216 £32,893
25th Percentile £37,574 £40,800 £41,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,223 £55,000 £47,709
Median % change year-on-year -8.69% +15.28% -4.10%
75th Percentile £60,000 £59,500 £66,250
90th Percentile £77,494 £61,250 £77,715
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% +4.55%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,783 6,212 4,229
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 92.70% 91.15% 94.46%
Number of salaries quoted 1,307 2,458 2,089
10th Percentile £30,300 £28,425 £32,000
25th Percentile £38,750 £40,000 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - -8.70% +4.55%
75th Percentile £61,250 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £80,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £57,443 £55,000 £60,899
% change year-on-year +4.44% -9.69% +1.50%

Business Intelligence
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing Business Intelligence as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Business Intelligence in Scotland

Business Intelligence
Salary Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Business Intelligence in Scotland.

Salary trend for Business Intelligence in Scotland

Business Intelligence
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Business Intelligence in Scotland over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Business Intelligence in Scotland

Business Intelligence
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Business Intelligence within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 30 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
Edinburgh +23 33 £58,750 +6.82% 77
Glasgow +80 25 £42,250 -23.18% 81
Moray - 4 £60,000 -
Fife -20 3 £60,000 +48.15% 7
South Ayrshire -29 3 £60,000 -2.04%
East Ayrshire - 3 £60,000 -
Aberdeen +20 2 £45,000 +12.50% 63
Dundee -1 1 £50,000 -
Renfrewshire -15 1 £47,000 +62.51% 12
West Dunbartonshire - 1 £55,000 -
Business Intelligence
UK

Business Intelligence
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 6 (7.59%) Apache
2 3 (3.80%) Apache Spark
3 2 (2.53%) SharePoint
4 1 (1.27%) Jupyter
Applications
1 11 (13.92%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (3.80%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (1.27%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 8 (10.13%) Infor LN
1 8 (10.13%) SAP BPC
2 2 (2.53%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (1.27%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 42 (53.16%) Power Platform
2 9 (11.39%) Azure
3 7 (8.86%) AWS
3 7 (8.86%) Power Automate
4 6 (7.59%) Snowflake
5 5 (6.33%) SaaS
6 4 (5.06%) Amazon S3
6 4 (5.06%) Amazon SageMaker
6 4 (5.06%) AWS Lambda
6 4 (5.06%) Azure Data Factory
6 4 (5.06%) Microsoft 365
6 4 (5.06%) Microsoft Copilot
6 4 (5.06%) Serverless
7 3 (3.80%) Dynamics 365
7 3 (3.80%) PowerApps
8 2 (2.53%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (2.53%) Azure Logic Apps
8 2 (2.53%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 2 (2.53%) dbt
8 2 (2.53%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.27%) Bluetooth
1 1 (1.27%) Ethernet
1 1 (1.27%) LoRaWAN
1 1 (1.27%) Modbus
1 1 (1.27%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (53.16%) Power BI
2 25 (31.65%) Tableau
3 13 (16.46%) SQL Server
4 9 (11.39%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 5 (6.33%) NoSQL
5 5 (6.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 4 (5.06%) Data Warehouse
6 4 (5.06%) Relational Database
7 3 (3.80%) Power Query
8 2 (2.53%) Amazon Redshift
8 2 (2.53%) Apache Iceberg
8 2 (2.53%) Azure SQL Database
8 2 (2.53%) Big Data
8 2 (2.53%) Data Lake
8 2 (2.53%) DynamoDB
8 2 (2.53%) Impala
8 2 (2.53%) Looker
8 2 (2.53%) Oracle ODI
8 2 (2.53%) RDBMS
8 2 (2.53%) Redshift Spectrum
Development Applications
1 8 (10.13%) Oracle Forms
2 5 (6.33%) Eclipse
2 5 (6.33%) Eclipse RCP
3 1 (1.27%) Git
3 1 (1.27%) Jenkins
3 1 (1.27%) JIRA
General
1 48 (60.76%) Finance
2 29 (36.71%) Analytical Skills
3 19 (24.05%) Social Skills
4 16 (20.25%) Banking
5 8 (10.13%) Police
6 7 (8.86%) Marketing
6 7 (8.86%) Public Sector
7 5 (6.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 5 (6.33%) Manufacturing
8 4 (5.06%) Electronics
8 4 (5.06%) Law
8 4 (5.06%) Telecoms
9 3 (3.80%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (2.53%) Agriculture
10 2 (2.53%) Automotive
10 2 (2.53%) Financial Institution
10 2 (2.53%) Investment Banking
10 2 (2.53%) Legal
10 2 (2.53%) Publishing
11 1 (1.27%) Retail
Job Titles
1 23 (29.11%) Senior
2 18 (22.78%) Analyst
2 18 (22.78%) Developer
3 12 (15.19%) Lead
4 8 (10.13%) Accountant
4 8 (10.13%) Project Accountant
4 8 (10.13%) Senior Accountant
4 8 (10.13%) Software Engineer
4 8 (10.13%) Team Leader
5 6 (7.59%) Business Intelligence Developer
5 6 (7.59%) Junior
6 5 (6.33%) Junior Software Engineer
6 5 (6.33%) Senior Developer
6 5 (6.33%) Senior Manager
7 4 (5.06%) Data Analyst
7 4 (5.06%) Data Manager
7 4 (5.06%) Robotic Process Automation Developer
8 3 (3.80%) Applications Support
8 3 (3.80%) Insight Analyst
8 3 (3.80%) Senior Business Intelligence Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (13.92%) HTML
2 7 (8.86%) CSS
3 5 (6.33%) JSP
3 5 (6.33%) Middleware
4 2 (2.53%) JSON
4 2 (2.53%) Kafka
5 1 (1.27%) .NET
5 1 (1.27%) ASP.NET Web API
5 1 (1.27%) HTML5
5 1 (1.27%) jQuery
5 1 (1.27%) PySpark
5 1 (1.27%) PyTorch
5 1 (1.27%) scikit-learn
5 1 (1.27%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 9 (11.39%) Management Information System
2 3 (3.80%) Low-Code
3 2 (2.53%) Algorithms
3 2 (2.53%) Cloud Native
3 2 (2.53%) Distributed Computing
3 2 (2.53%) IoT
3 2 (2.53%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (2.53%) Mobile Banking
3 2 (2.53%) Product Ownership
3 2 (2.53%) Replication
4 1 (1.27%) Acoustics
4 1 (1.27%) ARM Cortex
4 1 (1.27%) Credit Risk
4 1 (1.27%) Embedded Systems
4 1 (1.27%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.27%) FMCG
4 1 (1.27%) Learning Management System
4 1 (1.27%) Reference Data
4 1 (1.27%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 6 (7.59%) Linux
1 6 (7.59%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (39.24%) Analytics
2 25 (31.65%) Decision-Making
3 20 (25.32%) Problem-Solving
4 19 (24.05%) Artificial Intelligence
5 18 (22.78%) Data Science
6 16 (20.25%) Actionable Insight
6 16 (20.25%) ETL
7 15 (18.99%) Agile
8 14 (17.72%) Visualisation
9 13 (16.46%) Data Analysis
10 12 (15.19%) Collaborative Working
10 12 (15.19%) Machine Learning
10 12 (15.19%) Mentoring
10 12 (15.19%) Software Engineering
11 11 (13.92%) Continuous Improvement
11 11 (13.92%) Data Visualisation
12 10 (12.66%) Business Forecasting
12 10 (12.66%) SDLC
13 9 (11.39%) Dashboard Development
14 8 (10.13%) Revenue Recognition
Programming Languages
1 39 (49.37%) SQL
2 25 (31.65%) Python
3 10 (12.66%) Java
4 9 (11.39%) C#
5 5 (6.33%) Ada
5 5 (6.33%) R
5 5 (6.33%) Rust
6 4 (5.06%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 4 (5.06%) VBA
7 2 (2.53%) C++
7 2 (2.53%) JavaScript
8 1 (1.27%) Bash
8 1 (1.27%) C
8 1 (1.27%) PHP
8 1 (1.27%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 17 (21.52%) Degree
2 13 (16.46%) BPSS Clearance
3 12 (15.19%) ACCA
4 10 (12.66%) CIMA
5 3 (3.80%) Master's Degree
6 2 (2.53%) CFA
6 2 (2.53%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (2.53%) PhD
7 1 (1.27%) Azure Certification
7 1 (1.27%) DBS Check
7 1 (1.27%) HND
7 1 (1.27%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (1.27%) Security Cleared
7 1 (1.27%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (10.13%) GAAP
1 8 (10.13%) IFRS
2 5 (6.33%) Data Quality
3 4 (5.06%) QA
4 3 (3.80%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (1.27%) JTAG
5 1 (1.27%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (1.27%) Docker
1 1 (1.27%) Embedded Firmware
1 1 (1.27%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (2.53%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.27%) Terraform
Vendors
1 15 (18.99%) Oracle
2 13 (16.46%) Microsoft
2 13 (16.46%) SAP
3 8 (10.13%) Cognos
3 8 (10.13%) Infor
4 5 (6.33%) Google
5 4 (5.06%) Blue Prism
5 4 (5.06%) Databricks
5 4 (5.06%) UiPath
6 3 (3.80%) Genesys
6 3 (3.80%) Verint
7 1 (1.27%) Alteryx
7 1 (1.27%) Epicor
7 1 (1.27%) NVIDIA