Business Intelligence Jobs

Business Intelligence (BI)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 17 February 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Feb 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 62 40 49
Rank change year-on-year -22 +9 -2
Permanent jobs citing Business Intelligence 2,498 4,223 6,659
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 4.16% 5.44% 6.03%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.45% 6.14% 6.31%
Number of salaries quoted 1,384 3,322 4,553
10th Percentile £37,825 £32,500 £35,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £42,250 £44,525
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £59,191
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -7.08% +7.62%
75th Percentile £78,750 £70,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £85,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £54,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +9.00% - +5.26%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 56,079 68,806 105,487
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 93.35% 88.70% 95.52%
Number of salaries quoted 24,889 51,337 64,382
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,500 £34,452
25th Percentile £46,250 £40,000 £45,528
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -12.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £54,882
% change year-on-year +10.00% -8.90% +7.61%

Business Intelligence
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Intelligence in the UK

Business Intelligence
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Business Intelligence in the UK

Business Intelligence
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Business Intelligence over the 6 months to 17 February 2025.

Salary histogram for Business Intelligence in the UK

Business Intelligence
Top 19 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 17 February 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
England -23 2,236 £60,000 +9.09% 1,281
UK excluding London -25 1,502 £54,500 +9.00% 671
Work from Home -20 904 £62,500 +13.64% 1,242
London -13 878 £75,000 +11.11% 645
North of England -21 392 £50,000 +5.26% 230
South East -33 331 £60,000 +9.09% 137
Midlands -41 269 £54,344 +8.69% 128
North West -38 235 £48,092 -3.82% 142
West Midlands -37 218 £55,000 +10.00% 89
East of England -9 169 £70,000 +47.37% 50
South West -22 157 £48,918 +2.99% 76
Yorkshire +1 147 £51,250 +7.89% 68
Scotland -3 140 £50,000 +4.10% 36
East Midlands -51 50 £47,500 - 39
Wales 0 33 £52,500 +54.41% 12
North East -39 14 £62,500 +42.86% 20
Northern Ireland -12 6 £40,000 +14.29% 6
Isle of Man +5 4 - - 1
Channel Islands 0 3 £78,750 -

Business Intelligence
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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
1 125 (5.00%) SharePoint
2 58 (2.32%) Apache
3 40 (1.60%) SAS
4 37 (1.48%) Apache Spark
5 35 (1.40%) Apache Airflow
6 15 (0.60%) Confluence
7 14 (0.56%) Microsoft Exchange
8 9 (0.36%) CMS
8 9 (0.36%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 6 (0.24%) WordPress
10 4 (0.16%) Headless CMS
10 4 (0.16%) Jupyter
10 4 (0.16%) Skype for Business
11 3 (0.12%) Luigi
11 3 (0.12%) SugarCRM
12 2 (0.080%) ArcGIS
12 2 (0.080%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
12 2 (0.080%) nginx
12 2 (0.080%) SharePoint Server
12 2 (0.080%) TPMS
Applications
1 452 (18.09%) Microsoft Excel
2 90 (3.60%) Microsoft Office
3 83 (3.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 16 (0.64%) MS Visio
5 15 (0.60%) Microsoft Project
6 13 (0.52%) Trello
7 12 (0.48%) Spreadsheet
8 9 (0.36%) Weka
9 5 (0.20%) Sketch
10 4 (0.16%) Adobe XD
10 4 (0.16%) Chatbot
10 4 (0.16%) InVision
10 4 (0.16%) Oracle Smart View
10 4 (0.16%) Zeplin
11 2 (0.080%) SPSS
12 1 (0.040%) Adobe Creative Suite
12 1 (0.040%) EPLAN
12 1 (0.040%) OrCAD
12 1 (0.040%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 71 (2.84%) Dynamics CRM
2 45 (1.80%) SAP S/4HANA
3 44 (1.76%) Infor LN
4 42 (1.68%) SAP BPC
5 28 (1.12%) Aladdin
6 26 (1.04%) Dynamics NAV
7 11 (0.44%) IBM Planning Analytics
8 10 (0.40%) iTrent
8 10 (0.40%) SAP Business One
9 9 (0.36%) Oracle EBS
10 8 (0.32%) Sage X3
11 7 (0.28%) Elite 3E
12 5 (0.20%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
12 5 (0.20%) Infor M3
12 5 (0.20%) NetSuite
12 5 (0.20%) Oracle Applications
13 4 (0.16%) Dynamics AX
13 4 (0.16%) Magento
13 4 (0.16%) Sage 200
13 4 (0.16%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 1,517 (60.73%) Power Platform
2 692 (27.70%) Azure
3 197 (7.89%) PowerApps
4 194 (7.77%) AWS
5 186 (7.45%) Dynamics 365
6 174 (6.97%) Power Automate
7 154 (6.16%) Microsoft 365
8 146 (5.84%) Azure Data Factory
9 136 (5.44%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 98 (3.92%) Snowflake
11 97 (3.88%) Azure DevOps
12 76 (3.04%) SaaS
13 73 (2.92%) GCP
14 69 (2.76%) GitHub
15 56 (2.24%) Azure Logic Apps
16 52 (2.08%) Serverless
17 40 (1.60%) Cloud Computing
18 38 (1.52%) Azure Functions
19 35 (1.40%) Amazon S3
20 31 (1.24%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 31 (1.24%) Firewall
2 27 (1.08%) Internet
3 24 (0.96%) Wireless
4 20 (0.80%) DNS
4 20 (0.80%) Wi-Fi
5 18 (0.72%) VPN
6 16 (0.64%) DHCP
7 15 (0.60%) LAN
8 10 (0.40%) Intranet
8 10 (0.40%) SAN
9 9 (0.36%) 4G
9 9 (0.36%) TCP/IP
9 9 (0.36%) WAN
10 8 (0.32%) VLAN
11 7 (0.28%) Modbus
11 7 (0.28%) Network Security
12 6 (0.24%) VRRP
13 5 (0.20%) 3G
13 5 (0.20%) GPRS
13 5 (0.20%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1,505 (60.25%) Power BI
2 431 (17.25%) Data Warehouse
3 346 (13.85%) Tableau
4 259 (10.37%) SQL Server
5 184 (7.37%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 177 (7.09%) Power Query
7 153 (6.12%) Data Lake
8 150 (6.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 109 (4.36%) GIS
10 100 (4.00%) Geospatial Data
11 82 (3.28%) Relational Database
12 74 (2.96%) Metadata
13 64 (2.56%) NoSQL
14 63 (2.52%) Azure SQL Database
15 61 (2.44%) SQL Server Analysis Services
16 53 (2.12%) PostgreSQL
17 52 (2.08%) Big Data
18 49 (1.96%) Data Mining
19 39 (1.56%) Qlik Sense
20 38 (1.52%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 79 (3.16%) JIRA
2 51 (2.04%) Git
2 51 (2.04%) Oracle Forms
3 36 (1.44%) Eclipse
4 35 (1.40%) Eclipse RCP
5 31 (1.24%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 26 (1.04%) Visual Studio
7 14 (0.56%) GitLab
8 13 (0.52%) Jenkins
9 10 (0.40%) ERwin
10 9 (0.36%) Robot Framework
11 8 (0.32%) Oracle APEX
12 7 (0.28%) Visual Studio Code
13 6 (0.24%) Bitbucket
13 6 (0.24%) PyCharm
13 6 (0.24%) Terragrunt
14 5 (0.20%) Mercurial
14 5 (0.20%) MLflow
14 5 (0.20%) Team Foundation Server
15 4 (0.16%) gulp
General
1 901 (36.07%) Social Skills
2 892 (35.71%) Finance
3 616 (24.66%) Analytical Skills
4 269 (10.77%) Marketing
5 180 (7.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 180 (7.21%) Manufacturing
6 163 (6.53%) Public Sector
7 120 (4.80%) Law
8 119 (4.76%) Telecoms
9 114 (4.56%) Organisational Skills
10 109 (4.36%) Presentation Skills
11 87 (3.48%) Electronics
12 84 (3.36%) Banking
12 84 (3.36%) Legal
13 79 (3.16%) Retail
14 51 (2.04%) Influencing Skills
15 46 (1.84%) Police
16 44 (1.76%) Publishing
17 28 (1.12%) Automotive
18 26 (1.04%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 587 (23.50%) Analyst
2 378 (15.13%) Senior
3 362 (14.49%) Developer
4 203 (8.13%) Lead
5 190 (7.61%) Data Engineer
6 161 (6.45%) Data Analyst
7 150 (6.00%) Architect
8 107 (4.28%) Business Manager
9 105 (4.20%) Business Intelligence Developer
10 100 (4.00%) Business Intelligence Analyst
11 93 (3.72%) Consultant
12 84 (3.36%) Senior Analyst
13 72 (2.88%) Financial Analyst
14 70 (2.80%) Digital Analyst
15 69 (2.76%) Data Architect
15 69 (2.76%) Senior Manager
16 63 (2.52%) Development Manager
17 61 (2.44%) Business Development Manager
17 61 (2.44%) Graduate
18 60 (2.40%) Power BI Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 130 (5.20%) HTML
2 87 (3.48%) CSS
3 77 (3.08%) .NET
4 59 (2.36%) Middleware
5 51 (2.04%) REST
6 46 (1.84%) JSON
7 40 (1.60%) Kafka
8 36 (1.44%) XML
9 35 (1.40%) JSP
10 22 (0.88%) React
11 20 (0.80%) Pandas
11 20 (0.80%) SOAP
12 17 (0.68%) Oracle Fusion
12 17 (0.68%) PySpark
12 17 (0.68%) Web Services
13 16 (0.64%) EDI
13 16 (0.64%) HTML5 Canvas
14 15 (0.60%) FHIR
15 13 (0.52%) .NET Framework
16 12 (0.48%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 189 (7.57%) Management Information System
2 122 (4.88%) Algorithms
3 76 (3.04%) Self-Motivation
4 69 (2.76%) Data Structures
5 51 (2.04%) Product Ownership
6 43 (1.72%) Social Media
7 39 (1.56%) Analytical Mindset
8 38 (1.52%) NHS
9 31 (1.24%) Virtual Team
10 26 (1.04%) Cyberattack
10 26 (1.04%) Onboarding
11 25 (1.00%) Derivative
11 25 (1.00%) Fixed Income
11 25 (1.00%) Hedge funds
12 24 (0.96%) Cloud Native
12 24 (0.96%) FMCG
13 23 (0.92%) Enterprise Software
13 23 (0.92%) Legacy Systems
14 21 (0.84%) Public Cloud
15 18 (0.72%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 140 (5.60%) Windows
2 81 (3.24%) Linux
3 33 (1.32%) Windows Server
4 18 (0.72%) Windows Vista
5 11 (0.44%) Unix
6 9 (0.36%) Ubuntu
7 8 (0.32%) Windows Server 2019
8 6 (0.24%) Windows Server 2012
9 4 (0.16%) Windows 10
10 3 (0.12%) Windows Server 2016
11 2 (0.080%) Mac OS
11 2 (0.080%) MVS
12 1 (0.040%) AIX
12 1 (0.040%) Android
12 1 (0.040%) Apple iOS
12 1 (0.040%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 857 (34.31%) Analytics
2 583 (23.34%) Problem-Solving
3 577 (23.10%) Visualisation
4 515 (20.62%) Decision-Making
5 455 (18.21%) Agile
6 438 (17.53%) Data Modelling
7 422 (16.89%) ETL
8 382 (15.29%) Data Visualisation
9 366 (14.65%) Data Analysis
10 340 (13.61%) Data Management
11 283 (11.33%) Actionable Insight
12 273 (10.93%) Data Analytics
13 257 (10.29%) Artificial Intelligence
14 242 (9.69%) Data Engineering
15 237 (9.49%) DevOps
16 235 (9.41%) Mentoring
17 233 (9.33%) Data Governance
18 203 (8.13%) CRM
19 187 (7.49%) Continuous Improvement
20 176 (7.05%) Data Science
Programming Languages
1 1,206 (48.28%) SQL
2 541 (21.66%) Python
3 150 (6.00%) C#
4 130 (5.20%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 130 (5.20%) T-SQL
5 114 (4.56%) JavaScript
6 112 (4.48%) Java
7 111 (4.44%) R
8 76 (3.04%) PowerShell
9 57 (2.28%) VBA
10 51 (2.04%) PL/SQL
11 46 (1.84%) C++
12 26 (1.04%) MATLAB
12 26 (1.04%) Scala
13 23 (0.92%) Ada
13 23 (0.92%) Rust
14 19 (0.76%) TypeScript
15 14 (0.56%) PHP
15 14 (0.56%) VB
16 13 (0.52%) C
Qualifications
1 526 (21.06%) Degree
2 160 (6.41%) Security Cleared
3 106 (4.24%) ACCA
3 106 (4.24%) SC Cleared
4 100 (4.00%) CIMA
5 85 (3.40%) BPSS Clearance
6 77 (3.08%) Computer Science Degree
7 70 (2.80%) Master's Degree
8 53 (2.12%) DV Cleared
9 50 (2.00%) DBS Check
10 41 (1.64%) Microsoft Certification
11 28 (1.12%) CISA
12 27 (1.08%) Azure Certification
12 27 (1.08%) CCAB
13 21 (0.84%) CFA
14 18 (0.72%) MBA
15 17 (0.68%) PhD
15 17 (0.68%) PMI Certification
16 14 (0.56%) HND
17 12 (0.48%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 281 (11.25%) Data Quality
2 96 (3.84%) QA
3 70 (2.80%) GDPR
4 44 (1.76%) IFRS
5 40 (1.60%) GAAP
6 38 (1.52%) SLA
7 26 (1.04%) ITGC
8 24 (0.96%) Accessibility
9 18 (0.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 15 (0.60%) HL7
11 12 (0.48%) PMO
12 11 (0.44%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 6 (0.24%) Actionable Recommendations
13 6 (0.24%) NCSC
13 6 (0.24%) NIST
13 6 (0.24%) SNOMED CT
14 5 (0.20%) GxP
14 5 (0.20%) ISO 9001
14 5 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
14 5 (0.20%) MiFID
System Software
1 56 (2.24%) Active Directory
2 27 (1.08%) Docker
3 16 (0.64%) Virtual Machines
4 12 (0.48%) Hyper-V
5 8 (0.32%) VMware Infrastructure
6 7 (0.28%) Firmware
7 6 (0.24%) HDFS
7 6 (0.24%) VMware ESXi
8 4 (0.16%) vSphere
9 3 (0.12%) Terminal Server
9 3 (0.12%) Virtual Desktop
9 3 (0.12%) XenApp
10 2 (0.080%) VMware NSX
10 2 (0.080%) VMware Workstation
10 2 (0.080%) XenDesktop
11 1 (0.040%) Embedded Firmware
11 1 (0.040%) pfSense
Systems Management
1 38 (1.52%) Kubernetes
2 21 (0.84%) Terraform
3 17 (0.68%) Microsoft Intune
4 10 (0.40%) FortiGate
5 7 (0.28%) Nagios
5 7 (0.28%) Prometheus
6 5 (0.20%) SCCM
7 4 (0.16%) Ansible
7 4 (0.16%) Grafana
7 4 (0.16%) Proxmox
8 3 (0.12%) vCenter Server
9 2 (0.080%) Hadoop YARN
9 2 (0.080%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
10 1 (0.040%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 1 (0.040%) Failover Clustering
10 1 (0.040%) Istio
10 1 (0.040%) Kibana
10 1 (0.040%) Kubeflow
10 1 (0.040%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 661 (26.46%) Microsoft
2 251 (10.05%) SAP
3 193 (7.73%) Databricks
4 165 (6.61%) Oracle
5 80 (3.20%) Google
6 78 (3.12%) Salesforce
7 73 (2.92%) Alteryx
8 66 (2.64%) Cognos
9 54 (2.16%) Infor
10 27 (1.08%) ServiceNow
11 25 (1.00%) BISAM
12 21 (0.84%) IBM
12 21 (0.84%) Informatica
13 19 (0.76%) Sage
14 16 (0.64%) Veeam
15 15 (0.60%) VMware
16 13 (0.52%) Intel
17 12 (0.48%) Adobe
17 12 (0.48%) Genesys
17 12 (0.48%) HP