Business Intelligence (BI)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Business Intelligence skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Business Intelligence over the 6 months to 7 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 49 50 52
Rank change year-on-year +1 +2 -12
Permanent jobs citing Business Intelligence 4,552 5,718 9,261
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 4.62% 5.63% 5.88%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.39% 5.89% 6.15%
Number of salaries quoted 3,533 3,770 5,910
10th Percentile £33,500 £36,250 £36,225
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £76,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £87,000 £91,250 £86,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - - +6.38%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Business Intelligence is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,403 97,101 150,579
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.70% 95.61% 95.65%
Number of salaries quoted 59,565 57,006 82,680
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,515
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

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 7 May 2024.

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 7 May 2024. 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 +5 4,053 £55,000 -4.35% 1,251
UK excluding London +4 3,035 £50,000 - 784
Work from Home +2 1,996 £55,000 -0.75% 665
London +5 1,293 £67,500 - 510
North of England +10 847 £50,000 -0.47% 195
South East +7 642 £52,500 - 172
Midlands +6 609 £52,500 +16.67% 180
North West +30 464 £50,000 - 112
West Midlands +6 455 £55,000 +22.22% 112
South West -13 344 £48,265 -9.82% 93
East of England +61 265 £48,500 -3.00% 76
Yorkshire -9 264 £48,663 -11.33% 61
Scotland -25 223 £55,000 +15.79% 41
East Midlands -3 147 £45,000 -5.26% 68
North East +6 119 £45,000 -10.00% 22
Northern Ireland +41 52 £35,000 -22.22% 10
Wales -10 52 £52,500 +31.25% 25
Isle of Man - 3 £59,250 - 2
Channel Islands - 2 - -

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
1 379 (8.33%) SharePoint
2 95 (2.09%) SAS
3 66 (1.45%) Apache Spark
4 61 (1.34%) Confluence
5 51 (1.12%) Microsoft Exchange
6 41 (0.90%) Apache
7 34 (0.75%) Apache Airflow
8 33 (0.72%) IIS
9 21 (0.46%) WordPress
10 18 (0.40%) CMS
10 18 (0.40%) nginx
11 12 (0.26%) Drupal
12 11 (0.24%) IBM Notes
13 7 (0.15%) Oracle Application Server
14 6 (0.13%) Jupyter
15 3 (0.066%) Exchange Server 2013
15 3 (0.066%) Oracle Workflow
15 3 (0.066%) SharePoint 2010
15 3 (0.066%) SharePoint 2013
15 3 (0.066%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 842 (18.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 238 (5.23%) Microsoft Office
3 148 (3.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 59 (1.30%) Spreadsheet
5 37 (0.81%) MS Visio
6 31 (0.68%) SPSS
7 16 (0.35%) Microsoft Project
8 13 (0.29%) Trello
9 8 (0.18%) AutoCAD
10 6 (0.13%) OrCAD
10 6 (0.13%) UserZoom
11 5 (0.11%) InDesign
11 5 (0.11%) InfoPath
11 5 (0.11%) Photoshop
12 4 (0.088%) Doxygen
12 4 (0.088%) Oracle Smart View
12 4 (0.088%) Simulink
12 4 (0.088%) Sketch
13 3 (0.066%) Adobe XD
13 3 (0.066%) Autodesk Inventor
Business Applications
1 184 (4.04%) Dynamics CRM
2 31 (0.68%) Dynamics AX
3 19 (0.42%) Primavera
4 18 (0.40%) Infor SunSystems
5 17 (0.37%) Dynamics NAV
5 17 (0.37%) Elite 3E
6 16 (0.35%) iTrent
6 16 (0.35%) SAP BPC
7 15 (0.33%) NetSuite
8 14 (0.31%) Aladdin
9 13 (0.29%) SAP Business One
10 10 (0.22%) Maximo
10 10 (0.22%) SAP S/4HANA
11 8 (0.18%) Sage 200
12 7 (0.15%) Dynamics GP
13 6 (0.13%) JDE EnterpriseOne
13 6 (0.13%) Oracle Applications
13 6 (0.13%) SAP PLM
13 6 (0.13%) Teamcenter
14 5 (0.11%) HFM
Cloud Services
1 2,970 (65.25%) Power Platform
2 1,418 (31.15%) Azure
3 483 (10.61%) PowerApps
4 425 (9.34%) Power Automate
5 396 (8.70%) Microsoft 365
6 391 (8.59%) AWS
7 341 (7.49%) Dynamics 365
8 262 (5.76%) Azure Data Factory
9 178 (3.91%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 177 (3.89%) Azure DevOps
11 151 (3.32%) GCP
12 135 (2.97%) Snowflake
13 120 (2.64%) SaaS
14 89 (1.96%) Serverless
15 69 (1.52%) Google Analytics
16 67 (1.47%) Azure Logic Apps
17 62 (1.36%) Cloud Computing
18 57 (1.25%) GitHub
19 46 (1.01%) Entra ID
20 43 (0.94%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 80 (1.76%) Broadband
2 55 (1.21%) DNS
3 46 (1.01%) Firewall
4 35 (0.77%) Internet
5 34 (0.75%) Intranet
6 31 (0.68%) Network Security
7 26 (0.57%) DHCP
8 25 (0.55%) TCP/IP
9 22 (0.48%) WAN
10 21 (0.46%) Wireless
11 20 (0.44%) HTTP
12 19 (0.42%) VPN
13 18 (0.40%) DSL
13 18 (0.40%) MQTT
14 17 (0.37%) SSH
15 16 (0.35%) LAN
15 16 (0.35%) Unified Communications
16 15 (0.33%) SAN
17 13 (0.29%) SNMP
18 11 (0.24%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2,930 (64.37%) Power BI
2 851 (18.70%) Data Warehouse
3 818 (17.97%) SQL Server
4 645 (14.17%) Tableau
5 481 (10.57%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 373 (8.19%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 307 (6.74%) Data Lake
8 192 (4.22%) Azure SQL Database
9 189 (4.15%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 187 (4.11%) Relational Database
11 153 (3.36%) Big Data
12 151 (3.32%) Power Query
13 113 (2.48%) Data Mining
14 89 (1.96%) Metadata
15 83 (1.82%) Looker
15 83 (1.82%) MySQL
16 81 (1.78%) MongoDB
17 78 (1.71%) BusinessObjects
18 72 (1.58%) NoSQL
19 66 (1.45%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 204 (4.48%) JIRA
2 150 (3.30%) Git
3 79 (1.74%) Visual Studio
4 60 (1.32%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 34 (0.75%) Jenkins
6 25 (0.55%) Eclipse
7 20 (0.44%) GitLab
8 16 (0.35%) Cypress.io
8 16 (0.35%) Subversion
9 15 (0.33%) Bitbucket
9 15 (0.33%) Team Foundation Server
10 10 (0.22%) Oracle Forms
10 10 (0.22%) TeamCity
11 9 (0.20%) RStudio
12 8 (0.18%) MSTest
13 7 (0.15%) Mocha
14 6 (0.13%) Maven
15 5 (0.11%) IntelliJ
15 5 (0.11%) Visual Studio Code
16 4 (0.088%) Toad
General
1 1,573 (34.56%) Social Skills
2 1,481 (32.54%) Finance
3 1,022 (22.45%) Analytical Skills
4 532 (11.69%) Marketing
5 495 (10.87%) Public Sector
6 396 (8.70%) Retail
7 336 (7.38%) Manufacturing
8 276 (6.06%) Legal
9 258 (5.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 212 (4.66%) Law
10 212 (4.66%) Telecoms
11 191 (4.20%) Banking
12 185 (4.06%) Presentation Skills
13 183 (4.02%) Electronics
14 81 (1.78%) Organisational Skills
15 62 (1.36%) Influencing Skills
16 60 (1.32%) Pharmaceutical
17 55 (1.21%) Local Government
18 52 (1.14%) Advertising
19 49 (1.08%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 997 (21.90%) Analyst
2 908 (19.95%) Developer
3 544 (11.95%) Senior
4 378 (8.30%) Data Analyst
5 377 (8.28%) Lead
6 316 (6.94%) Data Engineer
7 313 (6.88%) Business Intelligence Developer
8 255 (5.60%) Architect
9 253 (5.56%) Consultant
10 207 (4.55%) Business Intelligence Analyst
11 150 (3.30%) Power BI Developer
12 145 (3.19%) Senior Developer
13 144 (3.16%) Senior Analyst
14 143 (3.14%) DBA
15 124 (2.72%) Data Manager
16 116 (2.55%) Power Platform Developer
17 109 (2.39%) Business Intelligence Manager
18 108 (2.37%) SQL DBA
19 104 (2.28%) Data Architect
20 102 (2.24%) Business Intelligence Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 242 (5.32%) .NET
2 195 (4.28%) HTML
3 153 (3.36%) CSS
4 103 (2.26%) React
5 88 (1.93%) AngularJS
6 85 (1.87%) REST
7 83 (1.82%) .NET Framework
8 77 (1.69%) JSON
9 69 (1.52%) ASP.NET
10 60 (1.32%) XML
11 53 (1.16%) Entity Framework
12 52 (1.14%) HTML5 Canvas
13 51 (1.12%) Kafka
13 51 (1.12%) Node.js
14 50 (1.10%) Web Services
15 45 (0.99%) PySpark
16 44 (0.97%) ASP.NET MVC
17 43 (0.94%) ASP.NET Web API
18 42 (0.92%) .NET Core
19 34 (0.75%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 274 (6.02%) Management Information System
2 175 (3.84%) Self-Motivation
3 126 (2.77%) Onboarding
4 121 (2.66%) Product Ownership
5 73 (1.60%) Algorithms
6 64 (1.41%) Data Structures
7 62 (1.36%) Cloud Native
8 61 (1.34%) Enterprise Software
8 61 (1.34%) IoT
8 61 (1.34%) NHS
9 55 (1.21%) Analytical Mindset
9 55 (1.21%) Low-Code
10 45 (0.99%) PMI
11 42 (0.92%) Data Centre
12 37 (0.81%) Public Cloud
13 33 (0.72%) FMCG
14 31 (0.68%) Taxonomies
15 27 (0.59%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
16 26 (0.57%) Driving Licence
16 26 (0.57%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 209 (4.59%) Windows
2 119 (2.61%) Linux
3 78 (1.71%) VMS
4 35 (0.77%) Windows Server
5 23 (0.51%) Unix
6 20 (0.44%) Windows 10
7 10 (0.22%) Windows Vista
8 7 (0.15%) Windows Server 2019
9 6 (0.13%) Windows Server 2016
10 5 (0.11%) Android
11 4 (0.088%) Windows Server 2012
12 3 (0.066%) Apple iOS
12 3 (0.066%) Embedded Linux
12 3 (0.066%) Mac OS
13 2 (0.044%) Ubuntu
14 1 (0.022%) Windows 7
14 1 (0.022%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,253 (27.53%) Analytics
2 911 (20.01%) Visualisation
3 865 (19.00%) Agile
4 825 (18.12%) Problem-Solving
5 773 (16.98%) ETL
6 711 (15.62%) Data Modelling
7 668 (14.67%) Data Analysis
8 603 (13.25%) Data Visualisation
9 560 (12.30%) Decision-Making
10 465 (10.22%) Machine Learning
11 457 (10.04%) Data Analytics
12 444 (9.75%) Data Science
13 421 (9.25%) Stakeholder Management
14 420 (9.23%) Artificial Intelligence
15 413 (9.07%) Data Governance
16 397 (8.72%) DevOps
17 392 (8.61%) Roadmaps
18 388 (8.52%) Project Management
19 387 (8.50%) Data Management
19 387 (8.50%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 2,198 (48.29%) SQL
2 828 (18.19%) Python
3 407 (8.94%) T-SQL
4 327 (7.18%) C#
5 320 (7.03%) JavaScript
6 238 (5.23%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 201 (4.42%) R
8 158 (3.47%) Java
9 120 (2.64%) PowerShell
9 120 (2.64%) TypeScript
10 82 (1.80%) PL/SQL
11 69 (1.52%) VBA
12 56 (1.23%) C
13 49 (1.08%) C++
14 45 (0.99%) Scala
15 41 (0.90%) PHP
16 39 (0.86%) MATLAB
17 24 (0.53%) Go
18 23 (0.51%) Bash
18 23 (0.51%) VB
Qualifications
1 899 (19.75%) Degree
2 240 (5.27%) Microsoft Certification
3 220 (4.83%) Security Cleared
4 161 (3.54%) DBS Check
5 152 (3.34%) Computer Science Degree
6 142 (3.12%) SC Cleared
7 108 (2.37%) Master's Degree
8 57 (1.25%) Azure Certification
9 51 (1.12%) PMI Certification
10 42 (0.92%) Numerate Degree
11 35 (0.77%) BPSS Clearance
12 29 (0.64%) DV Cleared
13 24 (0.53%) ITIL Certification
14 23 (0.51%) CISSP
15 18 (0.40%) CIMA
16 16 (0.35%) CRISC
16 16 (0.35%) PhD
17 15 (0.33%) MBA
18 14 (0.31%) CISM
19 13 (0.29%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 388 (8.52%) Data Quality
2 186 (4.09%) GDPR
3 123 (2.70%) QA
4 56 (1.23%) Accessibility
5 43 (0.94%) SLA
6 42 (0.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 34 (0.75%) PMO
8 32 (0.70%) Cyber Essentials
9 20 (0.44%) Actionable Recommendations
10 13 (0.29%) COBIT
10 13 (0.29%) NIST
11 12 (0.26%) ISO 9001
12 10 (0.22%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 9 (0.20%) GRC
14 6 (0.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 5 (0.11%) HMG Security Policy Framework
15 5 (0.11%) PCI DSS
16 4 (0.088%) IEC 61131
16 4 (0.088%) ISO 22301
16 4 (0.088%) NEBOSH
System Software
1 97 (2.13%) Active Directory
2 82 (1.80%) Virtual Machines
3 60 (1.32%) Docker
4 42 (0.92%) Firmware
5 22 (0.48%) VMware Infrastructure
6 15 (0.33%) Embedded Firmware
7 7 (0.15%) Hyper-V
8 6 (0.13%) vSphere
9 3 (0.066%) NFS
10 2 (0.044%) HDFS
10 2 (0.044%) Virtual Desktop
11 1 (0.022%) KVM
11 1 (0.022%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 64 (1.41%) Kubernetes
2 56 (1.23%) Terraform
3 21 (0.46%) Ansible
4 13 (0.29%) Grafana
4 13 (0.29%) WMI
5 12 (0.26%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 8 (0.18%) Microsoft Intune
7 7 (0.15%) Prometheus
8 6 (0.13%) Opsgenie
8 6 (0.13%) VxRail
8 6 (0.13%) ZABBIX
9 5 (0.11%) HP ALM
9 5 (0.11%) Single Sign-On
10 4 (0.088%) Kibana
11 3 (0.066%) Podman
11 3 (0.066%) SCCM
12 2 (0.044%) Failover Clustering
12 2 (0.044%) Foglight
13 1 (0.022%) Consul
13 1 (0.022%) vRealize
Vendors
1 1,719 (37.76%) Microsoft
2 341 (7.49%) SAP
3 273 (6.00%) Oracle
4 250 (5.49%) Databricks
5 175 (3.84%) Google
6 94 (2.07%) Alteryx
7 76 (1.67%) Salesforce
8 54 (1.19%) Cognos
9 43 (0.94%) VMware
10 38 (0.83%) Adobe
10 38 (0.83%) IFS
11 32 (0.70%) Informatica
12 29 (0.64%) IBM
13 26 (0.57%) Cisco
14 25 (0.55%) iManage
15 20 (0.44%) Aderant
15 20 (0.44%) Sophos
15 20 (0.44%) Sybase
16 18 (0.40%) Facebook
16 18 (0.40%) Infor