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 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 50 51 52
Rank change year-on-year +1 +1 -10
Permanent jobs citing Business Intelligence 4,582 5,574 9,450
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 4.59% 5.62% 5.88%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.38% 5.88% 6.14%
Number of salaries quoted 3,559 3,703 5,928
10th Percentile £33,500 £36,250 £36,250
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 £87,500 £91,250 £86,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - - +7.53%

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 85,135 94,784 153,905
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.22% 95.58% 95.76%
Number of salaries quoted 59,872 55,911 82,488
10th Percentile £29,089 £34,000 £33,635
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 £96,250
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 18 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 18 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 +3 4,075 £55,000 -4.35% 1,328
UK excluding London +7 3,036 £50,000 - 875
Work from Home +2 2,003 £55,000 -0.43% 643
London +4 1,315 £67,000 -0.74% 556
North of England +13 839 £50,000 -0.47% 213
South East +9 646 £52,500 - 237
Midlands +7 621 £52,500 +13.51% 174
West Midlands +9 465 £55,000 +22.22% 116
North West +39 461 £50,000 - 127
South West -9 343 £47,500 -9.52% 104
Yorkshire -6 261 £50,000 -8.90% 67
East of England +64 258 £48,500 -7.62% 71
Scotland -28 223 £55,000 +15.28% 40
East Midlands +3 148 £45,000 -5.26% 58
North East +6 117 £45,000 -10.00% 20
Northern Ireland +33 53 £35,000 -22.22% 11
Wales -12 52 £52,500 +31.25% 35
Isle of Man - 3 £59,250 - 1
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
1 376 (8.21%) SharePoint
2 94 (2.05%) SAS
3 68 (1.48%) Apache Spark
4 60 (1.31%) Confluence
5 48 (1.05%) Microsoft Exchange
6 41 (0.89%) Apache
7 33 (0.72%) Apache Airflow
7 33 (0.72%) IIS
8 21 (0.46%) WordPress
9 18 (0.39%) CMS
9 18 (0.39%) nginx
10 12 (0.26%) Drupal
11 11 (0.24%) IBM Notes
12 6 (0.13%) Oracle Application Server
13 5 (0.11%) Jupyter
14 4 (0.087%) Oracle Workflow
15 3 (0.065%) Exchange Server 2013
15 3 (0.065%) SharePoint 2010
15 3 (0.065%) SharePoint 2013
15 3 (0.065%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 844 (18.42%) Microsoft Excel
2 237 (5.17%) Microsoft Office
3 144 (3.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 59 (1.29%) Spreadsheet
5 35 (0.76%) MS Visio
6 31 (0.68%) SPSS
7 15 (0.33%) Microsoft Project
8 13 (0.28%) Trello
9 8 (0.17%) AutoCAD
10 6 (0.13%) OrCAD
10 6 (0.13%) UserZoom
11 5 (0.11%) InfoPath
12 4 (0.087%) Doxygen
12 4 (0.087%) Oracle Smart View
12 4 (0.087%) Simulink
12 4 (0.087%) Sketch
13 3 (0.065%) Adobe XD
13 3 (0.065%) Autodesk Inventor
13 3 (0.065%) InVision
14 2 (0.044%) Fusion 360
Business Applications
1 189 (4.12%) Dynamics CRM
2 31 (0.68%) Dynamics AX
3 21 (0.46%) Dynamics NAV
4 19 (0.41%) Primavera
5 18 (0.39%) Infor SunSystems
6 17 (0.37%) Elite 3E
7 16 (0.35%) NetSuite
7 16 (0.35%) SAP BPC
8 15 (0.33%) iTrent
9 14 (0.31%) Aladdin
10 13 (0.28%) SAP Business One
11 11 (0.24%) SAP S/4HANA
12 8 (0.17%) Maximo
12 8 (0.17%) Sage 200
13 7 (0.15%) Dynamics GP
14 6 (0.13%) JDE EnterpriseOne
14 6 (0.13%) Oracle Applications
14 6 (0.13%) SAP PLM
14 6 (0.13%) Teamcenter
15 5 (0.11%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 2,992 (65.30%) Power Platform
2 1,432 (31.25%) Azure
3 490 (10.69%) PowerApps
4 433 (9.45%) Power Automate
5 393 (8.58%) AWS
5 393 (8.58%) Microsoft 365
6 353 (7.70%) Dynamics 365
7 268 (5.85%) Azure Data Factory
8 191 (4.17%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 179 (3.91%) Azure DevOps
10 150 (3.27%) GCP
11 134 (2.92%) Snowflake
12 120 (2.62%) SaaS
13 87 (1.90%) Serverless
14 67 (1.46%) Google Analytics
15 64 (1.40%) Azure Logic Apps
16 61 (1.33%) Cloud Computing
17 56 (1.22%) GitHub
18 46 (1.00%) Entra ID
19 41 (0.89%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 80 (1.75%) Broadband
2 54 (1.18%) DNS
3 45 (0.98%) Firewall
4 37 (0.81%) Internet
5 34 (0.74%) Network Security
6 33 (0.72%) Intranet
7 25 (0.55%) DHCP
7 25 (0.55%) TCP/IP
8 23 (0.50%) WAN
9 22 (0.48%) HTTP
10 21 (0.46%) VPN
10 21 (0.46%) Wireless
11 18 (0.39%) DSL
11 18 (0.39%) MQTT
12 17 (0.37%) LAN
12 17 (0.37%) SSH
13 15 (0.33%) SAN
13 15 (0.33%) Unified Communications
14 13 (0.28%) SNMP
15 11 (0.24%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2,955 (64.49%) Power BI
2 870 (18.99%) Data Warehouse
3 817 (17.83%) SQL Server
4 646 (14.10%) Tableau
5 482 (10.52%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 366 (7.99%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 318 (6.94%) Data Lake
8 190 (4.15%) Azure SQL Database
9 188 (4.10%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 186 (4.06%) Relational Database
11 156 (3.40%) Big Data
12 154 (3.36%) Power Query
13 113 (2.47%) Data Mining
14 92 (2.01%) Metadata
15 86 (1.88%) BusinessObjects
16 84 (1.83%) MySQL
17 81 (1.77%) Looker
17 81 (1.77%) MongoDB
18 73 (1.59%) NoSQL
19 66 (1.44%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 204 (4.45%) JIRA
2 151 (3.30%) Git
3 85 (1.86%) Visual Studio
4 58 (1.27%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 32 (0.70%) Jenkins
6 25 (0.55%) Eclipse
7 20 (0.44%) GitLab
8 17 (0.37%) Cypress.io
9 16 (0.35%) Subversion
10 15 (0.33%) Bitbucket
10 15 (0.33%) Team Foundation Server
11 10 (0.22%) Oracle Forms
12 8 (0.17%) MSTest
12 8 (0.17%) RStudio
12 8 (0.17%) TeamCity
13 7 (0.15%) Mocha
14 6 (0.13%) Maven
15 5 (0.11%) IntelliJ
16 4 (0.087%) ERwin
16 4 (0.087%) Toad
General
1 1,586 (34.61%) Social Skills
2 1,483 (32.37%) Finance
3 1,032 (22.52%) Analytical Skills
4 513 (11.20%) Marketing
5 496 (10.82%) Public Sector
6 393 (8.58%) Retail
7 333 (7.27%) Manufacturing
8 281 (6.13%) Legal
9 265 (5.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 212 (4.63%) Law
11 208 (4.54%) Telecoms
12 188 (4.10%) Banking
13 182 (3.97%) Presentation Skills
14 178 (3.88%) Electronics
15 81 (1.77%) Organisational Skills
16 61 (1.33%) Influencing Skills
16 61 (1.33%) Pharmaceutical
17 57 (1.24%) Local Government
18 48 (1.05%) Advertising
18 48 (1.05%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 989 (21.58%) Analyst
2 908 (19.82%) Developer
3 538 (11.74%) Senior
4 376 (8.21%) Data Analyst
5 372 (8.12%) Lead
6 336 (7.33%) Data Engineer
7 314 (6.85%) Business Intelligence Developer
8 260 (5.67%) Architect
9 254 (5.54%) Consultant
10 212 (4.63%) Business Intelligence Analyst
11 151 (3.30%) Power BI Developer
12 146 (3.19%) Senior Analyst
13 143 (3.12%) Senior Developer
14 141 (3.08%) DBA
15 123 (2.68%) Data Manager
16 121 (2.64%) Power Platform Developer
17 107 (2.34%) SQL DBA
18 104 (2.27%) Business Intelligence Manager
18 104 (2.27%) Data Architect
19 101 (2.20%) Business Intelligence Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 246 (5.37%) .NET
2 193 (4.21%) HTML
3 152 (3.32%) CSS
4 102 (2.23%) React
5 86 (1.88%) AngularJS
6 84 (1.83%) .NET Framework
7 81 (1.77%) REST
8 75 (1.64%) JSON
9 68 (1.48%) ASP.NET
10 63 (1.37%) XML
11 54 (1.18%) Entity Framework
11 54 (1.18%) HTML5 Canvas
12 52 (1.13%) Web Services
13 51 (1.11%) Node.js
13 51 (1.11%) PySpark
14 50 (1.09%) Kafka
15 43 (0.94%) ASP.NET MVC
15 43 (0.94%) ASP.NET Web API
16 42 (0.92%) .NET Core
17 32 (0.70%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 276 (6.02%) Management Information System
2 174 (3.80%) Self-Motivation
3 135 (2.95%) Onboarding
4 121 (2.64%) Product Ownership
5 75 (1.64%) Algorithms
6 66 (1.44%) Data Structures
7 64 (1.40%) Cloud Native
7 64 (1.40%) Enterprise Software
8 63 (1.37%) NHS
9 61 (1.33%) IoT
10 60 (1.31%) Analytical Mindset
11 52 (1.13%) Low-Code
12 45 (0.98%) PMI
13 42 (0.92%) Data Centre
14 38 (0.83%) Public Cloud
15 34 (0.74%) FMCG
16 33 (0.72%) Taxonomies
17 28 (0.61%) Driving Licence
17 28 (0.61%) Legacy Systems
18 26 (0.57%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 214 (4.67%) Windows
2 118 (2.58%) Linux
3 78 (1.70%) VMS
4 36 (0.79%) Windows Server
5 23 (0.50%) Unix
6 19 (0.41%) Windows 10
7 10 (0.22%) Windows Vista
8 6 (0.13%) Windows Server 2019
9 5 (0.11%) Windows Server 2016
10 4 (0.087%) Windows Server 2012
11 3 (0.065%) Android
11 3 (0.065%) Apple iOS
11 3 (0.065%) Embedded Linux
11 3 (0.065%) Mac OS
12 2 (0.044%) Ubuntu
13 1 (0.022%) Windows 7
13 1 (0.022%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,254 (27.37%) Analytics
2 926 (20.21%) Visualisation
3 848 (18.51%) Agile
4 820 (17.90%) Problem-Solving
5 774 (16.89%) ETL
6 726 (15.84%) Data Modelling
7 676 (14.75%) Data Analysis
8 617 (13.47%) Data Visualisation
9 562 (12.27%) Decision-Making
10 465 (10.15%) Machine Learning
11 464 (10.13%) Data Analytics
12 443 (9.67%) Data Science
13 423 (9.23%) Artificial Intelligence
14 420 (9.17%) Data Governance
15 409 (8.93%) Stakeholder Management
16 400 (8.73%) DevOps
17 394 (8.60%) Roadmaps
18 393 (8.58%) Data Management
19 388 (8.47%) Migration
19 388 (8.47%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 2,217 (48.38%) SQL
2 839 (18.31%) Python
3 402 (8.77%) T-SQL
4 335 (7.31%) C#
5 320 (6.98%) JavaScript
6 250 (5.46%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 206 (4.50%) R
8 157 (3.43%) Java
9 120 (2.62%) PowerShell
10 116 (2.53%) TypeScript
11 79 (1.72%) PL/SQL
12 75 (1.64%) VBA
13 53 (1.16%) C
14 49 (1.07%) C++
15 44 (0.96%) Scala
16 38 (0.83%) MATLAB
16 38 (0.83%) PHP
17 24 (0.52%) Go
17 24 (0.52%) VB
18 23 (0.50%) Bash
Qualifications
1 929 (20.27%) Degree
2 242 (5.28%) Microsoft Certification
3 216 (4.71%) Security Cleared
4 161 (3.51%) DBS Check
5 159 (3.47%) Computer Science Degree
6 136 (2.97%) SC Cleared
7 109 (2.38%) Master's Degree
8 57 (1.24%) Azure Certification
9 51 (1.11%) PMI Certification
10 42 (0.92%) Numerate Degree
11 32 (0.70%) BPSS Clearance
12 29 (0.63%) DV Cleared
13 25 (0.55%) ITIL Certification
14 23 (0.50%) CISSP
15 18 (0.39%) CIMA
16 16 (0.35%) CRISC
16 16 (0.35%) PhD
17 15 (0.33%) MBA
18 14 (0.31%) CISM
19 13 (0.28%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 397 (8.66%) Data Quality
2 188 (4.10%) GDPR
3 119 (2.60%) QA
4 59 (1.29%) Accessibility
5 44 (0.96%) SLA
6 43 (0.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 32 (0.70%) Cyber Essentials
8 29 (0.63%) PMO
9 21 (0.46%) Actionable Recommendations
10 13 (0.28%) COBIT
10 13 (0.28%) NIST
11 12 (0.26%) ISO 9001
12 11 (0.24%) 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 (0.087%) ISO 22301
16 4 (0.087%) JTAG
16 4 (0.087%) NEBOSH
System Software
1 97 (2.12%) Active Directory
2 82 (1.79%) Virtual Machines
3 60 (1.31%) Docker
4 41 (0.89%) Firmware
5 21 (0.46%) VMware Infrastructure
6 15 (0.33%) Embedded Firmware
7 7 (0.15%) Hyper-V
8 6 (0.13%) vSphere
9 3 (0.065%) NFS
10 2 (0.044%) HDFS
11 1 (0.022%) KVM
11 1 (0.022%) Virtual Desktop
11 1 (0.022%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 64 (1.40%) Kubernetes
2 59 (1.29%) Terraform
3 21 (0.46%) Ansible
4 13 (0.28%) Grafana
4 13 (0.28%) WMI
5 12 (0.26%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 7 (0.15%) Microsoft Intune
6 7 (0.15%) Prometheus
7 6 (0.13%) Opsgenie
7 6 (0.13%) VxRail
7 6 (0.13%) ZABBIX
8 5 (0.11%) HP ALM
8 5 (0.11%) Single Sign-On
9 4 (0.087%) Kibana
10 3 (0.065%) Podman
10 3 (0.065%) SCCM
11 2 (0.044%) Failover Clustering
11 2 (0.044%) Foglight
12 1 (0.022%) Puppet
12 1 (0.022%) WSUS
Vendors
1 1,743 (38.04%) Microsoft
2 337 (7.35%) SAP
3 280 (6.11%) Oracle
4 263 (5.74%) Databricks
5 175 (3.82%) Google
6 91 (1.99%) Alteryx
7 75 (1.64%) Salesforce
8 54 (1.18%) Cognos
9 42 (0.92%) VMware
10 39 (0.85%) IFS
11 34 (0.74%) Informatica
12 32 (0.70%) Adobe
13 27 (0.59%) Cisco
13 27 (0.59%) IBM
14 25 (0.55%) iManage
15 21 (0.46%) Aderant
16 20 (0.44%) Sophos
16 20 (0.44%) Sybase
17 18 (0.39%) Facebook
17 18 (0.39%) Infor