Business Intelligence Job Trends in Wales

Business Intelligence (BI)
UK > Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Wales requiring Business Intelligence skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 47 61
Rank change year-on-year +24 +14 -9
Permanent jobs citing Business Intelligence 88 13 51
As % of all permanent jobs in Wales 5.16% 2.43% 2.76%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.59% 2.79% 3.66%
Number of salaries quoted 25 10 45
10th Percentile £35,000 - £32,250
25th Percentile £36,750 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £63,966 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -37.47% +21.84% +31.25%
75th Percentile £43,750 £82,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £69,000 £97,500 £81,120
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -4.35%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Wales

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 Wales.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,159 466 1,393
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 67.98% 87.10% 75.30%
Number of salaries quoted 763 272 1,063
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,543 £26,750
25th Percentile £36,000 £37,170 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,949 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.68% +13.22% -
75th Percentile £60,000 £67,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £70,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £58,033 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.39% +5.51% -10.10%

Business Intelligence
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Business Intelligence job vacancy trend in Wales

Business Intelligence
Salary Trend in Wales

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Business Intelligence.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Business Intelligence

Business Intelligence
Salary Histogram in Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing Business Intelligence in Wales over the 6 months to 21 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Business Intelligence in Wales

Business Intelligence
Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Business Intelligence within the Wales region over the 6 months to 21 May 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 Wales +12 57 £38,500 -39.81% 20
West Wales - 26 £42,500 - 2
North Wales -8 3 £35,000 - 1
Business Intelligence
UK

Business Intelligence
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wales 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 5 (5.68%) SharePoint
2 2 (2.27%) Apache Airflow
2 2 (2.27%) Confluence
Applications
1 61 (69.32%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (2.27%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (2.27%) Dynamics NAV
1 2 (2.27%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 72 (81.82%) Power Platform
2 64 (72.73%) Azure
3 60 (68.18%) Azure AI
4 5 (5.68%) PowerApps
5 3 (3.41%) Azure DevOps
5 3 (3.41%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (2.27%) dbt
6 2 (2.27%) Dynamics 365
6 2 (2.27%) GCP
6 2 (2.27%) Vertex AI
7 1 (1.14%) Azure Data Factory
7 1 (1.14%) Azure Data Lake Analytics
7 1 (1.14%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 1 (1.14%) Google Sheets
7 1 (1.14%) Power Automate
7 1 (1.14%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 6 (6.82%) Wireless
2 2 (2.27%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 72 (81.82%) Power BI
2 62 (70.45%) Tableau
3 3 (3.41%) Looker
4 2 (2.27%) BigQuery
4 2 (2.27%) GIS
4 2 (2.27%) MySQL
4 2 (2.27%) SQL Server
5 1 (1.14%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (1.14%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 2 (2.27%) Git
General
1 72 (81.82%) Social Skills
2 11 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (9.09%) Welsh Language
4 7 (7.95%) Law
5 6 (6.82%) Finance
5 6 (6.82%) Military
5 6 (6.82%) Telecoms
6 4 (4.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (2.27%) Billing
7 2 (2.27%) Legal
7 2 (2.27%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (1.14%) Banking
8 1 (1.14%) Games
8 1 (1.14%) Retail
Job Titles
1 65 (73.86%) Analyst
2 61 (69.32%) Data Analyst
2 61 (69.32%) Junior
3 60 (68.18%) Junior Analyst
3 60 (68.18%) Junior Data Analyst
4 6 (6.82%) Report Manager
5 4 (4.55%) Data Engineer
6 3 (3.41%) Senior
7 2 (2.27%) Accountant
7 2 (2.27%) Administrator
7 2 (2.27%) GIS Officer
7 2 (2.27%) IT Engineer
7 2 (2.27%) IT Support
7 2 (2.27%) IT Support Engineer
7 2 (2.27%) Senior Data Engineer
7 2 (2.27%) Support Engineer
7 2 (2.27%) Systems Accountant
8 1 (1.14%) 1st Line Support
8 1 (1.14%) Developer
8 1 (1.14%) Senior Manager
Miscellaneous
1 6 (6.82%) Management Information System
2 4 (4.55%) Data Structures
3 2 (2.27%) Raspberry Pi
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.27%) Linux
1 2 (2.27%) Ubuntu
1 2 (2.27%) Windows
1 2 (2.27%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (71.59%) AI
2 17 (19.32%) Problem-Solving
3 12 (13.64%) Continuous Improvement
4 11 (12.50%) Decision-Making
5 8 (9.09%) Translating Business Requirements
6 7 (7.95%) Data-Driven Decision Making
6 7 (7.95%) Time Management
7 6 (6.82%) Performance Metrics
8 5 (5.68%) Analytics
8 5 (5.68%) Process Improvement
9 4 (4.55%) Actionable Insight
9 4 (4.55%) Agile
9 4 (4.55%) Data Analysis
9 4 (4.55%) Data Engineering
9 4 (4.55%) Data Security
9 4 (4.55%) Migration
9 4 (4.55%) Validation
10 3 (3.41%) CI/CD
10 3 (3.41%) Data Pipeline
10 3 (3.41%) Data Science
Programming Languages
1 72 (81.82%) SQL
2 66 (75.00%) Python
3 3 (3.41%) R
4 2 (2.27%) Bash
4 2 (2.27%) Java
4 2 (2.27%) Kotlin
5 1 (1.14%) Google Apps Script
Qualifications
1 60 (68.18%) Azure Certification
2 5 (5.68%) Degree
3 2 (2.27%) DBS Check
3 2 (2.27%) HNC
3 2 (2.27%) HND
4 1 (1.14%) PMI Certification
4 1 (1.14%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (10.23%) Data Quality
2 1 (1.14%) GDPR
System Software
1 2 (2.27%) Active Directory
1 2 (2.27%) Virtual Machines
1 2 (2.27%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (2.27%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (2.27%) Kubernetes
1 2 (2.27%) Terraform
Vendors
1 72 (81.82%) Microsoft
2 2 (2.27%) Cisco
2 2 (2.27%) ESRI
2 2 (2.27%) Intapp
2 2 (2.27%) Meraki
2 2 (2.27%) MicroStrategy
2 2 (2.27%) Synology
2 2 (2.27%) Veeam
2 2 (2.27%) VMware
3 1 (1.14%) Anaplan
3 1 (1.14%) Databricks
3 1 (1.14%) Genesys
3 1 (1.14%) Google
3 1 (1.14%) ServiceNow
3 1 (1.14%) Verint