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 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 52 48 50
Rank change year-on-year -4 +2 +2
Permanent jobs citing Business Intelligence 2,369 4,579 5,929
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 4.54% 4.66% 5.70%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.87% 5.41% 5.96%
Number of salaries quoted 1,620 3,542 3,901
10th Percentile £37,500 £33,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £76,000 £70,000 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £86,250 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% - -

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 48,641 84,574 99,457
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 93.26% 86.00% 95.63%
Number of salaries quoted 26,531 59,798 58,397
10th Percentile £30,580 £29,000 £34,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £61,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -10.57% +2.50%
75th Percentile £76,250 £72,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £98,750 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% +4.76%

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 30 April 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 30 April 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 -8 2,128 £60,000 +9.09% 1,908
UK excluding London -10 1,429 £55,000 +10.00% 998
Work from Home -5 832 £60,743 +10.44% 1,029
London -6 778 £72,500 +7.41% 986
South East +7 384 £57,500 +9.52% 226
North of England -49 369 £52,500 +5.00% 290
Midlands -28 261 £55,000 +4.76% 193
North West -52 237 £52,500 +5.00% 187
West Midlands -27 188 £56,500 +3.39% 133
East of England -11 160 £62,500 +28.87% 78
South West +6 140 £55,000 +15.79% 115
Yorkshire -5 123 £52,500 +5.37% 73
Scotland +38 90 £50,445 -8.28% 57
East Midlands -8 71 £49,250 +9.44% 57
Wales +4 16 £60,000 +14.29% 23
North East -25 13 £57,500 +27.78% 30
Northern Ireland -5 6 £32,500 -7.14% 27
Channel Islands +1 2 £78,750 - 2
Isle of Man +13 1 £34,500 -41.77%

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
1 152 (6.42%) SharePoint
2 46 (1.94%) Apache Spark
3 45 (1.90%) Apache
4 24 (1.01%) Microsoft Exchange
5 20 (0.84%) Apache Airflow
6 15 (0.63%) SAS
7 11 (0.46%) Confluence
8 9 (0.38%) CMS
9 8 (0.34%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 7 (0.30%) IIS
11 5 (0.21%) WordPress
12 4 (0.17%) Skype for Business
13 3 (0.13%) EPiServer
13 3 (0.13%) Moodle
13 3 (0.13%) SugarCRM
14 2 (0.084%) ArcGIS
14 2 (0.084%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
14 2 (0.084%) nginx
14 2 (0.084%) Oracle Application Server
14 2 (0.084%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 375 (15.83%) Microsoft Excel
2 85 (3.59%) Microsoft Office
3 70 (2.95%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 19 (0.80%) MS Visio
5 14 (0.59%) Microsoft Project
6 13 (0.55%) Trello
7 10 (0.42%) Chatbot
7 10 (0.42%) Maya
7 10 (0.42%) Spreadsheet
8 6 (0.25%) SPSS
9 2 (0.084%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 2 (0.084%) Adobe Illustrator
9 2 (0.084%) InDesign
9 2 (0.084%) Photoshop
10 1 (0.042%) AutoCAD
10 1 (0.042%) Oracle Smart View
10 1 (0.042%) Simulink
10 1 (0.042%) Sketch
10 1 (0.042%) SOLIDWORKS
10 1 (0.042%) SPSS Modeler
Business Applications
1 77 (3.25%) Dynamics CRM
2 52 (2.20%) Aladdin
3 44 (1.86%) Infor LN
4 43 (1.82%) SAP BPC
5 29 (1.22%) thinkFolio
6 19 (0.80%) SAP S/4HANA
7 15 (0.63%) Dynamics NAV
8 10 (0.42%) NetSuite
9 9 (0.38%) Dynamics AX
10 8 (0.34%) IBM Planning Analytics
10 8 (0.34%) iTrent
10 8 (0.34%) Oracle EBS
11 7 (0.30%) Infor M3
12 6 (0.25%) Oracle Applications
12 6 (0.25%) Sage 200
13 5 (0.21%) Dynamics GP
13 5 (0.21%) Elite 3E
14 4 (0.17%) Oracle General Ledger
14 4 (0.17%) Oracle Payables
14 4 (0.17%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 1,467 (61.92%) Power Platform
2 691 (29.17%) Azure
3 208 (8.78%) Power Automate
4 203 (8.57%) AWS
5 191 (8.06%) PowerApps
6 178 (7.51%) Azure Data Factory
7 164 (6.92%) Dynamics 365
8 139 (5.87%) Microsoft 365
9 119 (5.02%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 97 (4.09%) Snowflake
11 82 (3.46%) GCP
12 80 (3.38%) Azure DevOps
13 67 (2.83%) SaaS
14 58 (2.45%) Serverless
15 55 (2.32%) Azure Logic Apps
16 44 (1.86%) GitHub
17 38 (1.60%) Google Analytics
18 37 (1.56%) Azure Functions
19 32 (1.35%) Amazon S3
20 28 (1.18%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 22 (0.93%) Firewall
2 15 (0.63%) VPN
3 13 (0.55%) Internet
3 13 (0.55%) Wi-Fi
4 12 (0.51%) DNS
5 10 (0.42%) DHCP
6 9 (0.38%) Network Security
6 9 (0.38%) SAN
7 8 (0.34%) WAN
7 8 (0.34%) Wireless
8 7 (0.30%) FTP
8 7 (0.30%) Intrusion Detection
8 7 (0.30%) LAN
9 6 (0.25%) TCP/IP
10 4 (0.17%) ADSL
10 4 (0.17%) Ethernet
10 4 (0.17%) LTE
10 4 (0.17%) Modbus
10 4 (0.17%) VoIP
11 3 (0.13%) GPRS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1,460 (61.63%) Power BI
2 361 (15.24%) Tableau
3 352 (14.86%) Data Warehouse
4 247 (10.43%) SQL Server
5 201 (8.48%) Data Lake
6 172 (7.26%) Power Query
7 167 (7.05%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 127 (5.36%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 114 (4.81%) GIS
10 105 (4.43%) Big Data
11 95 (4.01%) Geospatial Data
12 79 (3.33%) Metadata
13 72 (3.04%) Azure SQL Database
14 61 (2.57%) Relational Database
15 60 (2.53%) NoSQL
16 47 (1.98%) SQL Server Analysis Services
17 39 (1.65%) Looker
17 39 (1.65%) MySQL
18 35 (1.48%) PostgreSQL
19 33 (1.39%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 62 (2.62%) JIRA
2 47 (1.98%) Oracle Forms
3 45 (1.90%) Git
4 40 (1.69%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 32 (1.35%) Visual Studio
6 26 (1.10%) Eclipse
6 26 (1.10%) Eclipse RCP
7 12 (0.51%) ERwin
8 11 (0.46%) Jenkins
9 7 (0.30%) GitLab
10 4 (0.17%) MLflow
10 4 (0.17%) Subversion
11 3 (0.13%) Bitbucket
11 3 (0.13%) ER Studio
11 3 (0.13%) Team Foundation Server
12 2 (0.084%) IBM UrbanCode
12 2 (0.084%) Oracle APEX
12 2 (0.084%) PowerDesigner
12 2 (0.084%) Visual Studio Team System
13 1 (0.042%) CMake
General
1 839 (35.42%) Finance
2 827 (34.91%) Social Skills
3 551 (23.26%) Analytical Skills
4 273 (11.52%) Marketing
5 194 (8.19%) Law
6 167 (7.05%) Manufacturing
7 161 (6.80%) Public Sector
8 149 (6.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 120 (5.07%) Organisational Skills
10 115 (4.85%) Telecoms
11 114 (4.81%) Banking
12 102 (4.31%) Presentation Skills
13 97 (4.09%) Electronics
14 89 (3.76%) Retail
15 87 (3.67%) Legal
16 57 (2.41%) Front Office
17 56 (2.36%) Influencing Skills
18 46 (1.94%) Publishing
19 44 (1.86%) Police
20 36 (1.52%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 583 (24.61%) Analyst
2 337 (14.23%) Senior
3 335 (14.14%) Developer
4 307 (12.96%) Lead
5 184 (7.77%) Data Engineer
6 148 (6.25%) Data Analyst
7 114 (4.81%) Architect
7 114 (4.81%) Business Manager
8 104 (4.39%) Business Intelligence Developer
9 96 (4.05%) Business Analyst
10 81 (3.42%) Consultant
11 80 (3.38%) Business Intelligence Analyst
12 78 (3.29%) Digital Analyst
12 78 (3.29%) Financial Analyst
12 78 (3.29%) Senior Analyst
13 63 (2.66%) Development Manager
14 61 (2.57%) Power BI Developer
15 60 (2.53%) Business Development Manager
16 55 (2.32%) Senior Data Engineer
17 53 (2.24%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 85 (3.59%) .NET
2 69 (2.91%) HTML
3 64 (2.70%) CSS
4 50 (2.11%) REST
5 45 (1.90%) JSON
6 42 (1.77%) Middleware
7 33 (1.39%) XML
8 30 (1.27%) PySpark
9 29 (1.22%) React
10 28 (1.18%) Web Services
11 27 (1.14%) .NET Framework
12 26 (1.10%) JSP
13 25 (1.06%) SOAP
14 24 (1.01%) EDI
15 18 (0.76%) Kafka
15 18 (0.76%) RESTful
16 16 (0.68%) ASP.NET
17 15 (0.63%) .NET Core
18 14 (0.59%) Oracle Fusion
18 14 (0.59%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 142 (5.99%) Management Information System
2 131 (5.53%) Algorithms
3 95 (4.01%) Product Ownership
4 90 (3.80%) Self-Motivation
5 51 (2.15%) Derivative
6 49 (2.07%) Fixed Income
6 49 (2.07%) Hedge funds
6 49 (2.07%) Onboarding
7 46 (1.94%) Cloud Native
8 45 (1.90%) Social Media
9 42 (1.77%) Data Structures
10 36 (1.52%) Analytical Mindset
11 27 (1.14%) Enterprise Software
12 26 (1.10%) PMI
13 25 (1.06%) Legacy Systems
14 22 (0.93%) NHS
15 20 (0.84%) Learning Management System
16 19 (0.80%) Credit Risk
16 19 (0.80%) FMCG
17 18 (0.76%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 90 (3.80%) Windows
2 45 (1.90%) Linux
3 15 (0.63%) Windows Server
3 15 (0.63%) Windows Vista
4 11 (0.46%) Windows 10
5 7 (0.30%) Unix
6 4 (0.17%) AIX
6 4 (0.17%) Android
6 4 (0.17%) Ubuntu
7 3 (0.13%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.13%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (0.084%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.042%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 885 (37.36%) Analytics
2 644 (27.18%) Problem-Solving
3 520 (21.95%) Visualisation
4 506 (21.36%) Decision-Making
5 425 (17.94%) Agile
6 415 (17.52%) Data Modelling
7 369 (15.58%) ETL
8 350 (14.77%) Data Management
9 340 (14.35%) Data Analysis
10 339 (14.31%) Data Visualisation
11 317 (13.38%) Actionable Insight
12 306 (12.92%) Artificial Intelligence
13 251 (10.60%) Data Governance
14 249 (10.51%) Data Analytics
15 234 (9.88%) Data Engineering
15 234 (9.88%) Mentoring
16 225 (9.50%) Stakeholder Management
17 218 (9.20%) Project Management
18 216 (9.12%) DevOps
19 210 (8.86%) Data Science
Programming Languages
1 1,101 (46.48%) SQL
2 500 (21.11%) Python
3 134 (5.66%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 131 (5.53%) C#
5 124 (5.23%) T-SQL
6 106 (4.47%) Java
7 93 (3.93%) R
8 88 (3.71%) JavaScript
9 77 (3.25%) PowerShell
10 46 (1.94%) PL/SQL
11 28 (1.18%) C++
12 25 (1.06%) Rust
13 23 (0.97%) Ada
14 22 (0.93%) Scala
14 22 (0.93%) TypeScript
15 19 (0.80%) VBA
16 11 (0.46%) Bash
17 9 (0.38%) VB.NET
18 8 (0.34%) MATLAB
19 7 (0.30%) X++
Qualifications
1 496 (20.94%) Degree
2 126 (5.32%) Security Cleared
3 89 (3.76%) ACCA
4 85 (3.59%) CIMA
4 85 (3.59%) DBS Check
5 82 (3.46%) BPSS Clearance
6 79 (3.33%) SC Cleared
7 69 (2.91%) Master's Degree
8 57 (2.41%) Computer Science Degree
9 47 (1.98%) DV Cleared
10 46 (1.94%) Microsoft Certification
11 44 (1.86%) Azure Certification
12 40 (1.69%) PMI Certification
13 19 (0.80%) CISSP
14 18 (0.76%) PhD
15 15 (0.63%) PMP
16 14 (0.59%) MBA
17 10 (0.42%) AAT
17 10 (0.42%) Numerate Degree
18 7 (0.30%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 281 (11.86%) Data Quality
2 95 (4.01%) GDPR
3 85 (3.59%) QA
4 56 (2.36%) Accessibility
5 45 (1.90%) IFRS
6 40 (1.69%) GAAP
7 25 (1.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 20 (0.84%) SLA
9 17 (0.72%) Cyber Essentials
10 13 (0.55%) Actionable Recommendations
10 13 (0.55%) PMO
11 11 (0.46%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 10 (0.42%) HL7
13 9 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 8 (0.34%) ISO 9001
14 8 (0.34%) NIST
15 6 (0.25%) GxP
16 4 (0.17%) COBIT
16 4 (0.17%) PCI DSS
17 3 (0.13%) MiFID
System Software
1 40 (1.69%) Active Directory
2 23 (0.97%) Docker
3 15 (0.63%) VMware Infrastructure
4 13 (0.55%) Hyper-V
5 8 (0.34%) Virtual Machines
6 6 (0.25%) HDFS
7 4 (0.17%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.084%) Embedded Firmware
8 2 (0.084%) Firmware
8 2 (0.084%) IAG
8 2 (0.084%) Terminal Server
9 1 (0.042%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.042%) VMware Workstation
9 1 (0.042%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 36 (1.52%) Kubernetes
2 28 (1.18%) Terraform
3 14 (0.59%) Microsoft Intune
4 8 (0.34%) Failover Clustering
5 7 (0.30%) Ansible
5 7 (0.30%) Prometheus
6 5 (0.21%) FortiGate
7 4 (0.17%) Grafana
7 4 (0.17%) SCCM
8 3 (0.13%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (0.084%) Hadoop YARN
9 2 (0.084%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
10 1 (0.042%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 1 (0.042%) CEMLI
10 1 (0.042%) Istio
10 1 (0.042%) Kubeflow
10 1 (0.042%) Nessus
10 1 (0.042%) OpenVAS
10 1 (0.042%) QRadar
10 1 (0.042%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 704 (29.72%) Microsoft
2 261 (11.02%) SAP
3 151 (6.37%) Oracle
4 150 (6.33%) Databricks
5 103 (4.35%) Google
6 96 (4.05%) Alteryx
7 83 (3.50%) Salesforce
8 63 (2.66%) Cognos
9 51 (2.15%) Infor
10 49 (2.07%) BISAM
11 44 (1.86%) ServiceNow
12 42 (1.77%) Informatica
13 31 (1.31%) Charles River
14 30 (1.27%) Calypso
15 28 (1.18%) IBM
15 28 (1.18%) SimCorp
16 22 (0.93%) VMware
17 19 (0.80%) Adobe
18 17 (0.72%) Dell
19 14 (0.59%) Aderant