Business Intelligence Jobs in the UK excluding London

Business Intelligence (BI)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 20 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 77 59 67
Rank change year-on-year -18 +8 -10
Permanent jobs citing Business Intelligence 1,444 2,624 2,423
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 3.30% 3.67% 4.87%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.76% 4.57% 5.09%
Number of salaries quoted 1,084 1,990 1,678
10th Percentile £32,500 £32,500 £32,640
25th Percentile £40,875 £41,250 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £53,568 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.99% +7.14% -
75th Percentile £63,750 £64,359 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £75,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £57,500

All Process and 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 38,386 57,389 47,593
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 87.78% 80.36% 95.64%
Number of salaries quoted 19,749 37,848 27,387
10th Percentile £25,750 £27,750 £30,500
25th Percentile £32,951 £37,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £80,000 £82,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,249
% change year-on-year - -8.71% +0.42%

Business Intelligence
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Business Intelligence as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Business Intelligence in the UK excluding London

Business Intelligence
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Business Intelligence in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Business Intelligence in the UK excluding London

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 20 July 2025.

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 20 July 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
South East -1 425 £52,500 -4.55% 424
North of England -79 299 £52,500 +5.00% 370
Midlands -18 270 £55,000 +0.64% 228
South West +26 183 £55,000 +4.09% 170
North West -81 180 £52,500 +2.44% 210
West Midlands -13 175 £55,000 - 152
East of England -7 165 £47,500 -5.00% 133
Yorkshire -49 104 £57,375 +14.75% 134
East Midlands +11 90 £45,000 -2.70% 74
Scotland +23 84 £55,000 - 84
North East -18 15 £47,500 -17.39% 29
Wales -8 12 £42,500 -26.09% 35
Channel Islands +1 4 £87,500 +59.09%
Northern Ireland -6 3 £32,500 -13.33% 23
Isle of Man +11 2 £34,500 -41.77%
Business Intelligence
UK

Business Intelligence
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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
1 123 (8.52%) SharePoint
2 38 (2.63%) Apache Spark
3 24 (1.66%) IBM Domino
4 20 (1.39%) Microsoft Exchange
5 12 (0.83%) Apache
6 10 (0.69%) Apache Airflow
7 9 (0.62%) IIS
8 6 (0.42%) Confluence
8 6 (0.42%) Skype for Business
9 5 (0.35%) CMS
9 5 (0.35%) SugarCRM
10 3 (0.21%) ArcGIS
10 3 (0.21%) EPiServer
10 3 (0.21%) Exchange Server 2007
10 3 (0.21%) Exchange Server 2010
10 3 (0.21%) Exchange Server 2013
10 3 (0.21%) Office Communications Server
10 3 (0.21%) Oracle Workflow
10 3 (0.21%) SAS
10 3 (0.21%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 281 (19.46%) Microsoft Excel
2 63 (4.36%) Microsoft Office
3 30 (2.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 12 (0.83%) MS Visio
5 11 (0.76%) Chatbot
6 6 (0.42%) Microsoft Project
7 4 (0.28%) Spreadsheet
8 2 (0.14%) SPSS
9 1 (0.069%) AutoCAD
9 1 (0.069%) Oracle Smart View
9 1 (0.069%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 42 (2.91%) Infor LN
2 40 (2.77%) SAP BPC
3 26 (1.80%) Dynamics CRM
4 23 (1.59%) Sage 200
5 22 (1.52%) NetSuite
6 16 (1.11%) Sage CRM
7 14 (0.97%) SAP S/4HANA
8 11 (0.76%) Dynamics NAV
9 10 (0.69%) SAP FI
10 9 (0.62%) Dynamics AX
11 8 (0.55%) SAP CO
11 8 (0.55%) SAP FI/CO
12 6 (0.42%) Dynamics GP
13 5 (0.35%) Exchequer
13 5 (0.35%) Infor M3
14 4 (0.28%) Oracle EBS
14 4 (0.28%) Oracle EBS R12
14 4 (0.28%) Oracle Financials
14 4 (0.28%) Payment Gateway
14 4 (0.28%) ResourceLink
Cloud Services
1 923 (63.92%) Power Platform
2 458 (31.72%) Azure
3 131 (9.07%) Power Automate
4 127 (8.80%) AWS
5 110 (7.62%) PowerApps
6 100 (6.93%) Azure Data Factory
7 86 (5.96%) Microsoft 365
8 59 (4.09%) Dynamics 365
9 57 (3.95%) GCP
10 55 (3.81%) Snowflake
11 43 (2.98%) SaaS
12 41 (2.84%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 35 (2.42%) Azure Logic Apps
14 28 (1.94%) Azure DevOps
15 27 (1.87%) Entra ID
16 23 (1.59%) Serverless
17 18 (1.25%) Google Analytics
18 17 (1.18%) Amazon S3
19 16 (1.11%) GitHub
20 15 (1.04%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 25 (1.73%) Network Security
2 17 (1.18%) Firewall
3 14 (0.97%) VPN
4 13 (0.90%) DNS
5 12 (0.83%) DHCP
6 9 (0.62%) Wi-Fi
7 8 (0.55%) FTP
7 8 (0.55%) Internet
8 7 (0.48%) Ethernet
9 6 (0.42%) SAN
9 6 (0.42%) VoIP
10 5 (0.35%) Broadband
10 5 (0.35%) NAS
10 5 (0.35%) TCP/IP
10 5 (0.35%) Wireless
11 4 (0.28%) Intrusion Detection
12 3 (0.21%) Bluetooth
12 3 (0.21%) Modbus
12 3 (0.21%) MQTT
12 3 (0.21%) PuTTY
Database & Business Intelligence
1 920 (63.71%) Power BI
2 232 (16.07%) Tableau
3 213 (14.75%) Data Warehouse
3 213 (14.75%) SQL Server
4 132 (9.14%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 125 (8.66%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 124 (8.59%) Data Lake
7 86 (5.96%) Big Data
8 60 (4.16%) Power Query
9 42 (2.91%) Azure SQL Database
10 41 (2.84%) NoSQL
11 40 (2.77%) Relational Database
12 39 (2.70%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 33 (2.29%) BusinessObjects
14 28 (1.94%) BigQuery
14 28 (1.94%) Metadata
15 26 (1.80%) MySQL
16 25 (1.73%) Looker
17 22 (1.52%) Hadoop
17 22 (1.52%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 42 (2.91%) Oracle Forms
2 34 (2.35%) Git
3 32 (2.22%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 29 (2.01%) JIRA
5 17 (1.18%) Visual Studio
6 6 (0.42%) Jenkins
6 6 (0.42%) Subversion
7 5 (0.35%) GitLab
8 4 (0.28%) RStudio
9 3 (0.21%) ERwin
9 3 (0.21%) Team Foundation Server
10 2 (0.14%) ER Studio
10 2 (0.14%) PowerDesigner
11 1 (0.069%) Cypress.io
11 1 (0.069%) Mercurial
11 1 (0.069%) MLflow
11 1 (0.069%) Postman
11 1 (0.069%) Selenium
11 1 (0.069%) Vite
11 1 (0.069%) WiX
General
1 519 (35.94%) Finance
2 472 (32.69%) Social Skills
3 374 (25.90%) Analytical Skills
4 171 (11.84%) Manufacturing
5 163 (11.29%) Marketing
6 143 (9.90%) Law
7 106 (7.34%) Public Sector
8 88 (6.09%) Retail
9 87 (6.02%) Telecoms
10 80 (5.54%) Electronics
11 67 (4.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 59 (4.09%) Presentation Skills
13 53 (3.67%) Banking
14 47 (3.25%) Organisational Skills
15 43 (2.98%) Documentation Skills
16 39 (2.70%) Police
17 37 (2.56%) Legal
18 26 (1.80%) Advertising
19 23 (1.59%) Influencing Skills
20 17 (1.18%) Games
Job Titles
1 406 (28.12%) Analyst
2 250 (17.31%) Lead
3 208 (14.40%) Developer
4 198 (13.71%) Senior
5 107 (7.41%) Data Analyst
6 100 (6.93%) Data Engineer
7 80 (5.54%) Business Intelligence Analyst
8 68 (4.71%) Business Intelligence Developer
9 61 (4.22%) Support Analyst
10 55 (3.81%) Business Analyst
10 55 (3.81%) SQL Developer
11 54 (3.74%) Accountant
12 51 (3.53%) Team Leader
13 50 (3.46%) Financial Analyst
13 50 (3.46%) Senior Analyst
14 44 (3.05%) Data Manager
15 42 (2.91%) Power BI Analyst
16 40 (2.77%) Power BI Developer
17 39 (2.70%) Consultant
18 38 (2.63%) Project Accountant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (3.74%) .NET
2 26 (1.80%) XML
3 22 (1.52%) HTML
3 22 (1.52%) React
4 20 (1.39%) ASP.NET
4 20 (1.39%) EDI
4 20 (1.39%) JSON
5 19 (1.32%) Kafka
5 19 (1.32%) REST
6 18 (1.25%) .NET Framework
6 18 (1.25%) CSS
7 16 (1.11%) Web Services
8 15 (1.04%) PySpark
9 10 (0.69%) .NET Core
9 10 (0.69%) Node.js
10 9 (0.62%) Pandas
10 9 (0.62%) Spring
11 7 (0.48%) Oracle Fusion
11 7 (0.48%) RESTful
12 6 (0.42%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 107 (7.41%) Management Information System
2 66 (4.57%) Product Ownership
3 59 (4.09%) Analytical Mindset
4 49 (3.39%) Self-Motivation
5 31 (2.15%) Social Media
6 26 (1.80%) Cloud Native
7 22 (1.52%) Algorithms
8 21 (1.45%) Legacy Systems
9 20 (1.39%) Driving Licence
9 20 (1.39%) Onboarding
10 17 (1.18%) Mobile App
11 14 (0.97%) Data Structures
12 12 (0.83%) Replication
13 11 (0.76%) Enterprise Software
14 10 (0.69%) FMCG
14 10 (0.69%) IoT
15 9 (0.62%) Private Cloud
16 8 (0.55%) NHS
17 7 (0.48%) Embedded Systems
18 6 (0.42%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 47 (3.25%) Windows
2 21 (1.45%) Windows Server
3 14 (0.97%) Linux
4 8 (0.55%) Unix
5 7 (0.48%) Windows 10
6 4 (0.28%) AIX
6 4 (0.28%) Windows Vista
7 3 (0.21%) Android
7 3 (0.21%) Windows Server 2003
8 2 (0.14%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.14%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.069%) Robot Operating System
9 1 (0.069%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.069%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 492 (34.07%) Analytics
2 388 (26.87%) Problem-Solving
3 370 (25.62%) Decision-Making
4 260 (18.01%) Visualisation
5 245 (16.97%) Data Modelling
6 228 (15.79%) ETL
7 212 (14.68%) Data Analysis
8 201 (13.92%) ERP
9 190 (13.16%) Stakeholder Management
10 181 (12.53%) Agile
11 170 (11.77%) Actionable Insight
12 166 (11.50%) Data Analytics
12 166 (11.50%) Data Visualisation
13 164 (11.36%) Mentoring
14 155 (10.73%) Data Governance
15 151 (10.46%) Data Management
16 142 (9.83%) Artificial Intelligence
17 140 (9.70%) Data Engineering
18 138 (9.56%) Project Management
19 131 (9.07%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 659 (45.64%) SQL
2 245 (16.97%) Python
3 124 (8.59%) T-SQL
4 86 (5.96%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 69 (4.78%) C#
6 53 (3.67%) R
7 47 (3.25%) Java
8 44 (3.05%) JavaScript
9 40 (2.77%) PowerShell
10 25 (1.73%) PL/SQL
10 25 (1.73%) VBA
11 17 (1.18%) Bash
12 13 (0.90%) C
13 12 (0.83%) VB.NET
14 11 (0.76%) C++
15 10 (0.69%) TypeScript
16 5 (0.35%) PHP
16 5 (0.35%) VB
17 4 (0.28%) ABAP
17 4 (0.28%) Scala
Qualifications
1 254 (17.59%) Degree
2 100 (6.93%) DBS Check
3 99 (6.86%) ACCA
4 91 (6.30%) CIMA
5 82 (5.68%) Security Cleared
6 50 (3.46%) BPSS Clearance
7 45 (3.12%) Computer Science Degree
8 37 (2.56%) SC Cleared
9 35 (2.42%) Master's Degree
10 30 (2.08%) Azure Certification
11 23 (1.59%) CISSP
11 23 (1.59%) Microsoft Certification
12 21 (1.45%) CEH
12 21 (1.45%) CompTIA Security+
13 19 (1.32%) DV Cleared
14 17 (1.18%) AWS Certification
15 7 (0.48%) MBA
16 6 (0.42%) HNC
16 6 (0.42%) HND
17 5 (0.35%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 153 (10.60%) Data Quality
2 59 (4.09%) GDPR
3 47 (3.25%) IFRS
4 46 (3.19%) QA
5 38 (2.63%) GAAP
6 37 (2.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 34 (2.35%) Accessibility
8 23 (1.59%) NIST
9 21 (1.45%) PCI DSS
10 16 (1.11%) PMO
11 12 (0.83%) Actionable Recommendations
11 12 (0.83%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 7 (0.48%) Cyber Essentials
12 7 (0.48%) ISO 9001
13 6 (0.42%) SLA
14 4 (0.28%) GxP
15 3 (0.21%) GRC
16 2 (0.14%) COBIT
16 2 (0.14%) JTAG
16 2 (0.14%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 24 (1.66%) Active Directory
2 16 (1.11%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (0.83%) Docker
3 12 (0.83%) Firmware
3 12 (0.83%) VMware ESXi
4 11 (0.76%) Hyper-V
5 5 (0.35%) Embedded Firmware
5 5 (0.35%) HDFS
6 4 (0.28%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (0.21%) Apache Flume
7 3 (0.21%) ISA Server
7 3 (0.21%) vSphere
8 1 (0.069%) IAG
Systems Management
1 17 (1.18%) Kubernetes
2 13 (0.90%) Microsoft Intune
3 11 (0.76%) Terraform
4 5 (0.35%) Failover Clustering
4 5 (0.35%) FortiGate
5 4 (0.28%) Ansible
6 3 (0.21%) Kibana
6 3 (0.21%) logstash
6 3 (0.21%) Oozie
7 2 (0.14%) Autotask
7 2 (0.14%) Hadoop YARN
7 2 (0.14%) vCenter Server
8 1 (0.069%) Microsoft Clustering
8 1 (0.069%) Nessus
8 1 (0.069%) NetBackup
8 1 (0.069%) OpenVAS
8 1 (0.069%) Puppet
8 1 (0.069%) QRadar
8 1 (0.069%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.069%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 470 (32.55%) Microsoft
2 207 (14.34%) SAP
3 104 (7.20%) Oracle
4 76 (5.26%) Databricks
5 66 (4.57%) Google
6 56 (3.88%) Cognos
7 47 (3.25%) Infor
7 47 (3.25%) Salesforce
8 30 (2.08%) ServiceNow
9 28 (1.94%) Sage
10 25 (1.73%) Alteryx
11 24 (1.66%) VMware
12 18 (1.25%) Informatica
13 13 (0.90%) Cisco
14 12 (0.83%) Anaplan
14 12 (0.83%) IBM
14 12 (0.83%) Veeam
15 10 (0.69%) HubSpot
16 9 (0.62%) Capita
17 8 (0.55%) Fortinet