Business Intelligence Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Business Intelligence (BI)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Business Intelligence skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 48 56 38
Rank change year-on-year +8 -18 +11
Permanent jobs citing Business Intelligence 1,670 1,533 1,956
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 3.94% 4.27% 5.67%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.02% 4.79% 6.39%
Number of salaries quoted 889 816 1,503
10th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,000 £41,259 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £47,573
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +15.61% -4.85%
75th Percentile £63,750 £71,250 £62,167
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £73,750
UK median annual salary £57,500 £62,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.00% +13.64% -8.33%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 33,283 31,985 30,588
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 78.49% 89.04% 88.64%
Number of salaries quoted 19,187 14,363 22,780
10th Percentile £27,750 £31,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £33,500 £41,250 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +5.77% -5.45%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Business Intelligence
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Business Intelligence job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Business Intelligence
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Business Intelligence.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Business Intelligence

Business Intelligence
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Business Intelligence in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Business Intelligence in the UK excluding London

Business Intelligence
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Business Intelligence within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 14 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
South East +14 402 £52,500 -16.00% 323
North of England -11 355 £52,500 +5.00% 168
Midlands +25 346 £50,000 -4.76% 134
West Midlands +21 223 £50,000 -9.09% 81
South West +25 216 £52,500 +1.94% 71
North West -4 198 £50,000 - 85
East of England +5 156 £47,125 -35.00% 65
Scotland +4 136 £48,750 -2.50% 30
Yorkshire -12 126 £54,500 +9.00% 59
East Midlands +40 119 £45,390 -9.22% 52
Wales +11 35 £42,500 -10.53% 23
Northern Ireland +16 33 £56,250 +40.63% 6
North East +27 31 £53,750 -14.00% 28
Business Intelligence
UK

Business Intelligence
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 57 (3.41%) SharePoint
2 23 (1.38%) Confluence
3 17 (1.02%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 12 (0.72%) Apache Spark
5 10 (0.60%) Apache Airflow
6 9 (0.54%) Apache
7 7 (0.42%) SAS
7 7 (0.42%) SugarCRM
8 6 (0.36%) Microsoft Exchange
9 5 (0.30%) WordPress
10 4 (0.24%) IIS
11 3 (0.18%) CMS
11 3 (0.18%) Tomcat
11 3 (0.18%) WebLogic
11 3 (0.18%) WebLogic Portal
12 2 (0.12%) Oracle Application Server
12 2 (0.12%) Oracle Workflow
12 2 (0.12%) TPMS
12 2 (0.12%) Umbraco
13 1 (0.060%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 717 (42.93%) Microsoft Excel
2 55 (3.29%) Microsoft Office
3 50 (2.99%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 19 (1.14%) Microsoft Project
5 15 (0.90%) MS Visio
6 12 (0.72%) Spreadsheet
7 11 (0.66%) Chatbot
8 7 (0.42%) InDesign
9 2 (0.12%) Adobe XD
9 2 (0.12%) Oracle Smart View
9 2 (0.12%) Sketch
9 2 (0.12%) Trello
10 1 (0.060%) Acrobat
10 1 (0.060%) Adobe Illustrator
10 1 (0.060%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 32 (1.92%) Oracle ERP
2 28 (1.68%) Dynamics CRM
3 16 (0.96%) Oracle Financials
4 15 (0.90%) Oracle EBS
4 15 (0.90%) Oracle Payables
4 15 (0.90%) Oracle Receivables
5 14 (0.84%) Oracle Assets
5 14 (0.84%) Oracle General Ledger
6 10 (0.60%) SAP Business One
6 10 (0.60%) Shopify
7 9 (0.54%) Dynamics NAV
8 8 (0.48%) Dynamics AX
9 7 (0.42%) SAP CO
10 6 (0.36%) NEC Housing
11 5 (0.30%) NetSuite
11 5 (0.30%) SAP IBP
11 5 (0.30%) Visualfiles
12 4 (0.24%) IBM Planning Analytics
13 3 (0.18%) Primavera
13 3 (0.18%) ResourceLink
Cloud Services
1 1,251 (74.91%) Power Platform
2 670 (40.12%) Azure
3 278 (16.65%) Azure AI
4 113 (6.77%) Microsoft 365
5 112 (6.71%) Power Automate
6 88 (5.27%) PowerApps
7 87 (5.21%) Azure Data Factory
8 80 (4.79%) Azure DevOps
9 76 (4.55%) AWS
10 75 (4.49%) Snowflake
11 60 (3.59%) Dynamics 365
12 54 (3.23%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 41 (2.46%) SaaS
14 34 (2.04%) GitHub
15 30 (1.80%) OCI
16 29 (1.74%) GCP
17 27 (1.62%) Microsoft Copilot
18 24 (1.44%) dbt
18 24 (1.44%) GitHub Copilot
19 15 (0.90%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 16 (0.96%) DHCP
1 16 (0.96%) DNS
1 16 (0.96%) Firewall
2 14 (0.84%) Network Security
3 11 (0.66%) Wireless
4 10 (0.60%) Intranet
5 9 (0.54%) TCP/IP
5 9 (0.54%) VoIP
6 7 (0.42%) Unified Communications
6 7 (0.42%) VPN
6 7 (0.42%) WAN
7 6 (0.36%) LAN
8 5 (0.30%) BGP
8 5 (0.30%) Modbus
8 5 (0.30%) MQTT
9 4 (0.24%) Cisco ASA
9 4 (0.24%) Cisco IOS
9 4 (0.24%) IPsec
9 4 (0.24%) VLAN
10 3 (0.18%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1,248 (74.73%) Power BI
2 431 (25.81%) Tableau
3 144 (8.62%) SQL Server
4 106 (6.35%) Data Warehouse
5 105 (6.29%) Data Lake
6 89 (5.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 76 (4.55%) SAP BW
8 59 (3.53%) Power Query
9 47 (2.81%) Azure SQL Database
10 43 (2.57%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 40 (2.40%) Metadata
12 38 (2.28%) BusinessObjects
13 34 (2.04%) Amazon Redshift
13 34 (2.04%) Oracle BI Publisher
14 32 (1.92%) Relational Database
15 27 (1.62%) Oracle Reports
16 25 (1.50%) MySQL
17 24 (1.44%) Crystal Reports
18 22 (1.32%) SQL Server Analysis Services
19 20 (1.20%) Looker
Development Applications
1 58 (3.47%) JIRA
2 48 (2.87%) Git
3 36 (2.16%) Oracle Forms
4 24 (1.44%) Jenkins
5 11 (0.66%) GitLab
6 4 (0.24%) Oracle APEX
7 3 (0.18%) ERwin
7 3 (0.18%) PowerDesigner
7 3 (0.18%) Visual Studio
8 2 (0.12%) Cypress.io
8 2 (0.12%) DBeaver
8 2 (0.12%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 1 (0.060%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.060%) GCC
9 1 (0.060%) JMeter
9 1 (0.060%) LoadRunner
9 1 (0.060%) Maven
9 1 (0.060%) SoapUI
9 1 (0.060%) SonarQube
9 1 (0.060%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 783 (46.89%) Social Skills
2 550 (32.93%) Finance
3 437 (26.17%) Analytical Skills
4 202 (12.10%) Manufacturing
5 194 (11.62%) Marketing
6 139 (8.32%) Public Sector
7 121 (7.25%) Telecoms
8 100 (5.99%) Electronics
9 89 (5.33%) Retail
10 56 (3.35%) Presentation Skills
11 39 (2.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 34 (2.04%) Law
13 33 (1.98%) Legal
14 32 (1.92%) Organisational Skills
15 25 (1.50%) Games
16 24 (1.44%) Billing
17 23 (1.38%) Banking
18 19 (1.14%) Advertising
18 19 (1.14%) Influencing Skills
19 12 (0.72%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 729 (43.65%) Analyst
2 381 (22.81%) Data Analyst
3 281 (16.83%) Junior
4 273 (16.35%) Junior Analyst
5 270 (16.17%) Junior Data Analyst
6 182 (10.90%) Developer
7 175 (10.48%) Senior
8 133 (7.96%) Lead
9 89 (5.33%) Data Engineer
10 71 (4.25%) Business Intelligence Analyst
11 69 (4.13%) Support Analyst
12 66 (3.95%) Report Analyst
13 62 (3.71%) Business Intelligence Developer
14 60 (3.59%) Consultant
15 55 (3.29%) Business Analyst
15 55 (3.29%) Senior Analyst
16 46 (2.75%) Architect
17 44 (2.63%) Applications Support
17 44 (2.63%) Financial Analyst
18 43 (2.57%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (2.75%) .NET
2 26 (1.56%) RESTful
2 26 (1.56%) SAP CAF
3 25 (1.50%) EDI
3 25 (1.50%) REST
4 21 (1.26%) XML
5 18 (1.08%) JSON
6 17 (1.02%) HTML
6 17 (1.02%) OAuth
6 17 (1.02%) OAuth2
6 17 (1.02%) React
6 17 (1.02%) SAML
7 16 (0.96%) Oracle Fusion
8 14 (0.84%) PySpark
9 13 (0.78%) CSS
10 10 (0.60%) Pandas
11 8 (0.48%) AngularJS
11 8 (0.48%) SOAP
12 7 (0.42%) ASP.NET
12 7 (0.42%) SAP CO-PA
Miscellaneous
1 101 (6.05%) Analytical Mindset
2 86 (5.15%) Management Information System
3 52 (3.11%) FMCG
4 51 (3.05%) Product Ownership
5 45 (2.69%) Onboarding
6 44 (2.63%) Self-Motivation
7 39 (2.34%) Data Structures
8 36 (2.16%) Driving Licence
9 32 (1.92%) Enterprise Software
10 28 (1.68%) Cloud Native
11 27 (1.62%) Legacy Systems
12 22 (1.32%) Low-Code
12 22 (1.32%) Social Media
13 10 (0.60%) Video Conferencing
14 9 (0.54%) Data Protection Act
14 9 (0.54%) IoT
15 8 (0.48%) NHS
15 8 (0.48%) SCADA
15 8 (0.48%) Security Posture
16 7 (0.42%) Manufacturing Execution System
Operating Systems
1 46 (2.75%) Windows
2 16 (0.96%) Linux
3 10 (0.60%) Mac OS
4 7 (0.42%) Windows 10
5 5 (0.30%) Unix
6 4 (0.24%) Windows Server
7 2 (0.12%) VMS
8 1 (0.060%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 500 (29.94%) Analytics
2 431 (25.81%) AI
3 412 (24.67%) Problem-Solving
4 371 (22.22%) Decision-Making
5 278 (16.65%) Continuous Improvement
6 247 (14.79%) ERP
7 236 (14.13%) Data Modelling
8 228 (13.65%) Agile
9 227 (13.59%) Visualisation
10 197 (11.80%) ETL
11 194 (11.62%) Actionable Insight
12 182 (10.90%) Data Analysis
13 163 (9.76%) Process Improvement
13 163 (9.76%) Stakeholder Management
14 155 (9.28%) Data Management
15 148 (8.86%) Data Visualisation
16 146 (8.74%) Data Governance
17 145 (8.68%) Project Management
18 124 (7.43%) Programme Management
19 120 (7.19%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 852 (51.02%) SQL
2 507 (30.36%) Python
3 94 (5.63%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 41 (2.46%) VBA
5 39 (2.34%) PL/SQL
6 37 (2.22%) C#
7 35 (2.10%) T-SQL
8 33 (1.98%) PowerShell
9 32 (1.92%) Java
10 31 (1.86%) JavaScript
11 21 (1.26%) R
12 19 (1.14%) Shell Script
13 8 (0.48%) TypeScript
14 7 (0.42%) Bash
15 6 (0.36%) ANSI SQL
15 6 (0.36%) Delphi
16 5 (0.30%) Kusto Query Language
17 4 (0.24%) Scala
17 4 (0.24%) VB.NET
18 3 (0.18%) Go
Qualifications
1 346 (20.72%) Degree
2 281 (16.83%) Azure Certification
3 110 (6.59%) Security Cleared
4 69 (4.13%) SC Cleared
5 57 (3.41%) ACCA
5 57 (3.41%) CIMA
6 48 (2.87%) DBS Check
7 42 (2.51%) CISSP
8 41 (2.46%) PMI Certification
8 41 (2.46%) PMP
9 30 (1.80%) CISM
9 30 (1.80%) Computer Science Degree
10 26 (1.56%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
10 26 (1.56%) Microsoft Certification
11 23 (1.38%) DV Cleared
12 21 (1.26%) Master's Degree
13 18 (1.08%) HNC
14 16 (0.96%) HND
15 11 (0.66%) A+ Certification
15 11 (0.66%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 209 (12.51%) Data Quality
2 62 (3.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 55 (3.29%) Accessibility
4 45 (2.69%) GDPR
5 42 (2.51%) PMO
6 40 (2.40%) QA
7 38 (2.28%) NIST
8 35 (2.10%) SLA
9 26 (1.56%) GRC
10 19 (1.14%) Cyber Essentials
11 15 (0.90%) Actionable Recommendations
12 12 (0.72%) PCI DSS
13 7 (0.42%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 6 (0.36%) ISO 9001
15 3 (0.18%) IFRS
16 2 (0.12%) GMP
16 2 (0.12%) P3O
16 2 (0.12%) WCAG
17 1 (0.060%) Disclosure Scotland
17 1 (0.060%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 20 (1.20%) Active Directory
2 18 (1.08%) Docker
3 13 (0.78%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (0.30%) Hyper-V
4 5 (0.30%) VMware ESXi
5 4 (0.24%) VMware NSX
6 2 (0.12%) Firmware
7 1 (0.060%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.060%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 27 (1.62%) Terraform
2 19 (1.14%) Single Sign-On
3 18 (1.08%) Microsoft Intune
4 12 (0.72%) Kubernetes
5 4 (0.24%) Autotask
5 4 (0.24%) vCenter Server
6 3 (0.18%) Ansible
6 3 (0.18%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
7 1 (0.060%) Argo
7 1 (0.060%) Grafana
7 1 (0.060%) Jamf Pro
7 1 (0.060%) MOM
7 1 (0.060%) NetBackup
7 1 (0.060%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.060%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 642 (38.44%) Microsoft
2 282 (16.89%) SAP
3 113 (6.77%) Oracle
4 47 (2.81%) Databricks
4 47 (2.81%) Salesforce
5 27 (1.62%) ServiceNow
6 23 (1.38%) Adobe
6 23 (1.38%) Verint
7 20 (1.20%) Anaplan
7 20 (1.20%) Google
8 18 (1.08%) Cisco
8 18 (1.08%) Genesys
9 17 (1.02%) Alteryx
10 14 (0.84%) HubSpot
10 14 (0.84%) VMware
11 11 (0.66%) Concur
12 10 (0.60%) Informatica
12 10 (0.60%) Zoho
13 8 (0.48%) Northgate
14 7 (0.42%) IBM