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 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 59 52 52
Rank change year-on-year -7 0 0
Permanent jobs citing Business Intelligence 2,316 4,634 5,332
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 4.15% 4.47% 5.57%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.43% 5.32% 5.83%
Number of salaries quoted 1,609 3,560 3,558
10th Percentile £36,250 £33,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £44,000 £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 £75,000 £70,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £87,500 £90,000
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 52,256 87,133 91,481
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 93.58% 84.04% 95.51%
Number of salaries quoted 25,854 60,896 54,581
10th Percentile £28,822 £29,250 £34,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,000 £55,000 £60,899
Median % change year-on-year +3.64% -9.69% +1.50%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,564 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.13% -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 31 May 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 31 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
England -13 2,078 £60,000 +9.09% 2,277
UK excluding London -22 1,342 £55,000 +10.00% 1,122
Work from Home -35 834 £60,000 +4.35% 1,191
London -3 800 £70,000 +4.48% 1,289
South East -8 379 £52,500 -1.13% 268
North of England -73 349 £52,500 +5.00% 324
Midlands -41 252 £55,000 +4.76% 200
North West -83 220 £52,500 +5.00% 184
West Midlands -34 169 £55,000 - 136
South West +6 136 £59,000 +18.00% 117
East of England -30 126 £48,000 -2.54% 66
Yorkshire -24 119 £55,000 +10.00% 103
East Midlands -7 81 £50,000 +11.11% 59
Scotland +17 79 £50,223 -8.69% 78
North East -25 14 £53,750 +19.44% 41
Wales 0 11 £48,750 -11.36% 34
Northern Ireland -2 6 £32,500 -7.14% 16
Channel Islands +1 4 £87,500 - 27
Isle of Man +12 2 £34,500 -41.77% 4

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
1 159 (6.87%) SharePoint
2 51 (2.20%) Apache Spark
3 41 (1.77%) Apache
4 27 (1.17%) Microsoft Exchange
5 21 (0.91%) IBM Domino
6 20 (0.86%) Apache Airflow
7 12 (0.52%) CMS
8 11 (0.47%) SAS
9 10 (0.43%) Confluence
10 7 (0.30%) IIS
11 6 (0.26%) Moodle
11 6 (0.26%) Skype for Business
11 6 (0.26%) WordPress
12 4 (0.17%) Exchange Server 2013
12 4 (0.17%) Oracle Workflow
12 4 (0.17%) SharePoint Server
13 3 (0.13%) ArcGIS
13 3 (0.13%) EPiServer
13 3 (0.13%) Exchange Server 2007
13 3 (0.13%) Office Communications Server
Applications
1 374 (16.15%) Microsoft Excel
2 74 (3.20%) Microsoft Office
3 52 (2.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 15 (0.65%) MS Visio
5 13 (0.56%) Spreadsheet
6 12 (0.52%) Trello
7 11 (0.47%) Maya
8 10 (0.43%) Microsoft Project
9 8 (0.35%) Chatbot
10 6 (0.26%) SPSS
11 2 (0.086%) Adobe Creative Suite
11 2 (0.086%) Adobe Illustrator
11 2 (0.086%) InDesign
11 2 (0.086%) Photoshop
12 1 (0.043%) AutoCAD
12 1 (0.043%) Oracle Smart View
12 1 (0.043%) Sketch
12 1 (0.043%) SOLIDWORKS
12 1 (0.043%) SPSS Modeler
Business Applications
1 81 (3.50%) Dynamics CRM
2 59 (2.55%) Aladdin
3 44 (1.90%) Infor LN
4 43 (1.86%) SAP BPC
5 40 (1.73%) thinkFolio
6 25 (1.08%) NetSuite
7 22 (0.95%) Sage 200
8 16 (0.69%) Sage CRM
9 15 (0.65%) SAP S/4HANA
10 12 (0.52%) Dynamics NAV
11 10 (0.43%) Dynamics AX
12 9 (0.39%) Dynamics GP
13 8 (0.35%) IBM Planning Analytics
14 7 (0.30%) Infor M3
15 5 (0.22%) iTrent
15 5 (0.22%) Oracle EBS R12
15 5 (0.22%) SAP FI
16 4 (0.17%) Elite 3E
16 4 (0.17%) Oracle Payables
16 4 (0.17%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 1,449 (62.56%) Power Platform
2 721 (31.13%) Azure
3 223 (9.63%) Power Automate
4 222 (9.59%) AWS
5 202 (8.72%) PowerApps
6 190 (8.20%) Azure Data Factory
7 149 (6.43%) Microsoft 365
8 144 (6.22%) Dynamics 365
9 111 (4.79%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 102 (4.40%) Snowflake
11 93 (4.02%) GCP
12 85 (3.67%) Azure DevOps
13 69 (2.98%) SaaS
14 59 (2.55%) Azure Logic Apps
15 57 (2.46%) Serverless
16 40 (1.73%) GitHub
16 40 (1.73%) Google Analytics
17 32 (1.38%) dbt
17 32 (1.38%) Entra ID
18 30 (1.30%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 27 (1.17%) Firewall
2 16 (0.69%) VPN
3 12 (0.52%) DHCP
3 12 (0.52%) DNS
4 11 (0.47%) Wi-Fi
5 9 (0.39%) Internet
6 8 (0.35%) Network Security
6 8 (0.35%) TCP/IP
7 7 (0.30%) FTP
7 7 (0.30%) Intrusion Detection
8 6 (0.26%) SAN
9 5 (0.22%) Ethernet
10 4 (0.17%) LAN
10 4 (0.17%) WAN
10 4 (0.17%) Wireless
11 3 (0.13%) Intranet
11 3 (0.13%) NAS
12 2 (0.086%) LTE
12 2 (0.086%) Modbus
12 2 (0.086%) Reverse Proxy
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1,445 (62.39%) Power BI
2 374 (16.15%) Tableau
3 366 (15.80%) Data Warehouse
4 271 (11.70%) SQL Server
5 189 (8.16%) Data Lake
6 180 (7.77%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 152 (6.56%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 111 (4.79%) Big Data
9 84 (3.63%) Power Query
10 72 (3.11%) Metadata
11 71 (3.07%) Azure SQL Database
12 64 (2.76%) Relational Database
13 59 (2.55%) NoSQL
14 55 (2.37%) SQL Server Analysis Services
15 43 (1.86%) Looker
16 41 (1.77%) MySQL
17 39 (1.68%) PostgreSQL
18 34 (1.47%) BusinessObjects
19 32 (1.38%) BigQuery
20 30 (1.30%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 57 (2.46%) JIRA
2 47 (2.03%) Git
3 44 (1.90%) Oracle Forms
4 41 (1.77%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 29 (1.25%) Visual Studio
6 26 (1.12%) Eclipse
6 26 (1.12%) Eclipse RCP
7 12 (0.52%) Jenkins
8 7 (0.30%) ERwin
8 7 (0.30%) GitLab
9 6 (0.26%) Subversion
10 4 (0.17%) Bitbucket
10 4 (0.17%) MLflow
11 3 (0.13%) ER Studio
11 3 (0.13%) RStudio
11 3 (0.13%) Team Foundation Server
12 2 (0.086%) Octopus Deploy
12 2 (0.086%) PowerDesigner
12 2 (0.086%) TeamCity
12 2 (0.086%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 863 (37.26%) Finance
2 844 (36.44%) Social Skills
3 564 (24.35%) Analytical Skills
4 263 (11.36%) Marketing
5 204 (8.81%) Law
6 197 (8.51%) Manufacturing
7 170 (7.34%) Public Sector
8 147 (6.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 127 (5.48%) Telecoms
10 115 (4.97%) Electronics
11 94 (4.06%) Organisational Skills
12 90 (3.89%) Retail
13 89 (3.84%) Presentation Skills
14 86 (3.71%) Banking
15 81 (3.50%) Legal
16 66 (2.85%) Front Office
17 44 (1.90%) Police
18 43 (1.86%) Publishing
19 41 (1.77%) Influencing Skills
20 38 (1.64%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 636 (27.46%) Analyst
2 360 (15.54%) Developer
3 331 (14.29%) Senior
4 310 (13.39%) Lead
5 189 (8.16%) Data Engineer
6 161 (6.95%) Data Analyst
7 131 (5.66%) Business Analyst
8 124 (5.35%) Business Manager
9 118 (5.09%) Business Intelligence Developer
10 89 (3.84%) Business Intelligence Analyst
11 78 (3.37%) Senior Analyst
12 77 (3.32%) Architect
13 75 (3.24%) Financial Analyst
14 71 (3.07%) Power BI Developer
15 66 (2.85%) Consultant
15 66 (2.85%) Development Manager
16 64 (2.76%) Data Manager
17 63 (2.72%) Business Development Manager
17 63 (2.72%) SQL Developer
18 61 (2.63%) Digital Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 96 (4.15%) .NET
2 69 (2.98%) HTML
3 64 (2.76%) CSS
4 48 (2.07%) REST
5 42 (1.81%) JSON
5 42 (1.81%) Middleware
6 37 (1.60%) PySpark
7 34 (1.47%) XML
8 32 (1.38%) React
9 30 (1.30%) .NET Framework
10 27 (1.17%) Kafka
11 26 (1.12%) JSP
11 26 (1.12%) Web Services
12 24 (1.04%) EDI
13 22 (0.95%) ASP.NET
13 22 (0.95%) SOAP
14 19 (0.82%) .NET Core
15 17 (0.73%) RESTful
16 14 (0.60%) Spring
17 13 (0.56%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 136 (5.87%) Management Information System
2 106 (4.58%) Self-Motivation
3 97 (4.19%) Product Ownership
4 61 (2.63%) Derivative
5 59 (2.55%) Fixed Income
5 59 (2.55%) Onboarding
6 58 (2.50%) Hedge funds
7 53 (2.29%) Cloud Native
8 48 (2.07%) Analytical Mindset
9 44 (1.90%) Social Media
10 38 (1.64%) Data Structures
11 29 (1.25%) Enterprise Software
12 28 (1.21%) Legacy Systems
13 24 (1.04%) Algorithms
13 24 (1.04%) PMI
14 19 (0.82%) FMCG
14 19 (0.82%) Private Cloud
15 18 (0.78%) Reinsurance
16 15 (0.65%) Low-Code
17 14 (0.60%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 86 (3.71%) Windows
2 44 (1.90%) Linux
3 18 (0.78%) Windows Server
4 11 (0.47%) Windows 10
5 6 (0.26%) Unix
6 4 (0.17%) AIX
6 4 (0.17%) Android
6 4 (0.17%) Windows Server 2016
6 4 (0.17%) Windows Vista
7 3 (0.13%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.13%) Windows Server 2003
8 2 (0.086%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.043%) Robot Operating System
9 1 (0.043%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 861 (37.18%) Analytics
2 580 (25.04%) Problem-Solving
3 522 (22.54%) Decision-Making
4 499 (21.55%) Visualisation
5 420 (18.13%) Agile
6 404 (17.44%) Data Modelling
7 383 (16.54%) ETL
8 348 (15.03%) Data Analysis
9 315 (13.60%) Data Visualisation
10 291 (12.56%) Artificial Intelligence
11 263 (11.36%) Data Governance
12 262 (11.31%) Stakeholder Management
13 247 (10.66%) Actionable Insight
14 245 (10.58%) Data Analytics
15 235 (10.15%) Data Management
16 230 (9.93%) Project Management
17 229 (9.89%) Data Engineering
18 226 (9.76%) Mentoring
19 216 (9.33%) Data Science
20 208 (8.98%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 1,117 (48.23%) SQL
2 527 (22.75%) Python
3 155 (6.69%) T-SQL
4 139 (6.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 138 (5.96%) C#
6 97 (4.19%) Java
7 92 (3.97%) JavaScript
8 86 (3.71%) R
9 80 (3.45%) PowerShell
10 40 (1.73%) PL/SQL
11 25 (1.08%) Rust
11 25 (1.08%) TypeScript
11 25 (1.08%) VBA
12 23 (0.99%) Ada
13 21 (0.91%) Scala
14 18 (0.78%) C++
15 15 (0.65%) Bash
16 11 (0.47%) VB.NET
17 7 (0.30%) C
18 6 (0.26%) PHP
Qualifications
1 449 (19.39%) Degree
2 106 (4.58%) Security Cleared
3 89 (3.84%) DBS Check
4 84 (3.63%) ACCA
5 81 (3.50%) BPSS Clearance
6 80 (3.45%) CIMA
7 65 (2.81%) Master's Degree
8 62 (2.68%) Computer Science Degree
9 61 (2.63%) SC Cleared
10 52 (2.25%) Azure Certification
11 48 (2.07%) DV Cleared
11 48 (2.07%) Microsoft Certification
12 43 (1.86%) PMI Certification
13 24 (1.04%) CISSP
14 20 (0.86%) PMP
15 17 (0.73%) AWS Certification
16 15 (0.65%) MBA
17 6 (0.26%) ITIL Certification
17 6 (0.26%) Numerate Degree
17 6 (0.26%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 273 (11.79%) Data Quality
2 113 (4.88%) GDPR
3 94 (4.06%) QA
4 62 (2.68%) Accessibility
5 45 (1.94%) IFRS
6 40 (1.73%) GAAP
7 27 (1.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 24 (1.04%) Cyber Essentials
9 17 (0.73%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 16 (0.69%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 14 (0.60%) Actionable Recommendations
11 14 (0.60%) SLA
12 10 (0.43%) PMO
13 8 (0.35%) NIST
14 6 (0.26%) GxP
15 5 (0.22%) GRC
15 5 (0.22%) ISO 9001
16 4 (0.17%) COBIT
16 4 (0.17%) HL7
16 4 (0.17%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 37 (1.60%) Active Directory
2 28 (1.21%) Docker
3 20 (0.86%) VMware Infrastructure
4 13 (0.56%) Hyper-V
5 7 (0.30%) HDFS
5 7 (0.30%) VMware ESXi
6 6 (0.26%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (0.17%) Embedded Firmware
7 4 (0.17%) Firmware
8 3 (0.13%) ISA Server
9 2 (0.086%) IAG
10 1 (0.043%) Apache Flume
10 1 (0.043%) Virtual Desktop
10 1 (0.043%) vSphere
10 1 (0.043%) Xen
10 1 (0.043%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 36 (1.55%) Terraform
2 34 (1.47%) Kubernetes
3 14 (0.60%) Microsoft Intune
4 12 (0.52%) Failover Clustering
5 8 (0.35%) Ansible
6 6 (0.26%) FortiGate
7 4 (0.17%) SCCM
8 2 (0.086%) Hadoop YARN
8 2 (0.086%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.086%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 1 (0.043%) CEMLI
9 1 (0.043%) Istio
9 1 (0.043%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.043%) Kibana
9 1 (0.043%) logstash
9 1 (0.043%) Oozie
9 1 (0.043%) OpenVAS
9 1 (0.043%) Oracle ZFS
9 1 (0.043%) QRadar
9 1 (0.043%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 724 (31.26%) Microsoft
2 274 (11.83%) SAP
3 142 (6.13%) Databricks
4 134 (5.79%) Oracle
5 115 (4.97%) Google
6 82 (3.54%) Alteryx
7 81 (3.50%) Salesforce
8 70 (3.02%) Cognos
9 58 (2.50%) BISAM
10 51 (2.20%) Infor
11 42 (1.81%) ServiceNow
12 40 (1.73%) Charles River
13 39 (1.68%) Calypso
13 39 (1.68%) Informatica
13 39 (1.68%) SimCorp
14 33 (1.42%) Sage
15 31 (1.34%) IBM
16 29 (1.25%) VMware
17 19 (0.82%) Adobe
18 16 (0.69%) Aderant