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

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 49 50 52
Rank change year-on-year +1 +2 -13
Permanent jobs citing Business Intelligence 4,587 5,852 9,269
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 4.66% 5.65% 5.92%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.42% 5.91% 6.20%
Number of salaries quoted 3,551 3,854 5,981
10th Percentile £33,500 £36,250 £35,750
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 £76,316 £72,500
90th Percentile £86,250 £92,500 £86,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - - +5.26%

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 84,620 99,018 149,592
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.90% 95.62% 95.60%
Number of salaries quoted 59,724 58,165 83,321
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.57% +2.50% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,500 £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 4 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 4 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 +4 4,084 £55,000 -4.35% 1,212
UK excluding London 0 3,057 £50,000 - 760
Work from Home +2 2,014 £55,000 -0.75% 640
London +6 1,304 £67,500 - 495
North of England +9 851 £50,000 - 201
South East +6 651 £52,500 - 165
Midlands +6 609 £52,500 +16.67% 163
North West +31 466 £50,000 - 109
West Midlands +5 456 £55,000 +22.22% 97
South West -7 345 £49,029 -6.61% 92
East of England +61 268 £48,500 +0.52% 72
Yorkshire -8 265 £49,827 -9.21% 65
Scotland -26 227 £54,500 +14.74% 43
East Midlands -1 146 £45,000 -5.26% 66
North East +7 120 £45,000 -10.00% 27
Northern Ireland +37 54 £35,000 -22.22% 9
Wales -10 52 £52,500 +31.25% 23
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
1 381 (8.31%) SharePoint
2 98 (2.14%) SAS
3 71 (1.55%) Apache Spark
4 63 (1.37%) Confluence
5 50 (1.09%) Microsoft Exchange
6 45 (0.98%) Apache
7 34 (0.74%) Apache Airflow
8 33 (0.72%) IIS
9 21 (0.46%) WordPress
10 18 (0.39%) CMS
10 18 (0.39%) 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 (0.065%) Exchange Server 2013
15 3 (0.065%) IBM Domino
15 3 (0.065%) SharePoint 2010
15 3 (0.065%) SharePoint 2013
15 3 (0.065%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 854 (18.62%) Microsoft Excel
2 237 (5.17%) Microsoft Office
3 150 (3.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 60 (1.31%) Spreadsheet
5 37 (0.81%) MS Visio
6 31 (0.68%) SPSS
7 16 (0.35%) Microsoft Project
8 13 (0.28%) Trello
9 8 (0.17%) AutoCAD
10 6 (0.13%) InDesign
10 6 (0.13%) OrCAD
10 6 (0.13%) Photoshop
10 6 (0.13%) UserZoom
11 4 (0.087%) Doxygen
11 4 (0.087%) InfoPath
11 4 (0.087%) Oracle Smart View
11 4 (0.087%) Simulink
11 4 (0.087%) Sketch
12 3 (0.065%) Adobe XD
12 3 (0.065%) Autodesk Inventor
Business Applications
1 186 (4.05%) Dynamics CRM
2 31 (0.68%) Dynamics AX
3 19 (0.41%) Primavera
4 18 (0.39%) 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 (0.28%) SAP Business One
10 10 (0.22%) Maximo
10 10 (0.22%) SAP S/4HANA
11 8 (0.17%) 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 2,998 (65.36%) Power Platform
2 1,424 (31.04%) Azure
3 486 (10.60%) PowerApps
4 426 (9.29%) Power Automate
5 401 (8.74%) AWS
6 397 (8.65%) Microsoft 365
7 344 (7.50%) Dynamics 365
8 261 (5.69%) Azure Data Factory
9 179 (3.90%) Azure DevOps
10 175 (3.82%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 161 (3.51%) GCP
12 136 (2.96%) Snowflake
13 120 (2.62%) SaaS
14 91 (1.98%) Serverless
15 70 (1.53%) Google Analytics
16 67 (1.46%) Azure Logic Apps
17 64 (1.40%) Cloud Computing
18 62 (1.35%) GitHub
19 46 (1.00%) Entra ID
20 43 (0.94%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 80 (1.74%) Broadband
2 54 (1.18%) DNS
3 46 (1.00%) Firewall
4 36 (0.78%) Internet
5 34 (0.74%) Intranet
6 32 (0.70%) Network Security
7 25 (0.55%) DHCP
7 25 (0.55%) TCP/IP
8 22 (0.48%) WAN
9 20 (0.44%) HTTP
9 20 (0.44%) Wireless
10 19 (0.41%) MQTT
11 18 (0.39%) DSL
11 18 (0.39%) VPN
12 17 (0.37%) SSH
13 16 (0.35%) LAN
13 16 (0.35%) Unified Communications
14 15 (0.33%) SAN
15 13 (0.28%) SNMP
16 11 (0.24%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2,958 (64.49%) Power BI
2 852 (18.57%) Data Warehouse
3 825 (17.99%) SQL Server
4 659 (14.37%) Tableau
5 485 (10.57%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 379 (8.26%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 314 (6.85%) Data Lake
8 192 (4.19%) Azure SQL Database
8 192 (4.19%) Relational Database
9 191 (4.16%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 159 (3.47%) Big Data
11 154 (3.36%) Power Query
12 116 (2.53%) Data Mining
13 87 (1.90%) Looker
13 87 (1.90%) MySQL
14 85 (1.85%) Metadata
15 81 (1.77%) BusinessObjects
16 80 (1.74%) MongoDB
17 79 (1.72%) NoSQL
18 68 (1.48%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 207 (4.51%) JIRA
2 153 (3.34%) Git
3 79 (1.72%) Visual Studio
4 60 (1.31%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 38 (0.83%) Jenkins
6 24 (0.52%) 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 (0.17%) 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 (0.087%) Toad
General
1 1,580 (34.45%) Social Skills
2 1,499 (32.68%) Finance
3 1,038 (22.63%) Analytical Skills
4 535 (11.66%) Marketing
5 498 (10.86%) Public Sector
6 404 (8.81%) Retail
7 339 (7.39%) Manufacturing
8 279 (6.08%) Legal
9 258 (5.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 217 (4.73%) Law
11 215 (4.69%) Telecoms
12 200 (4.36%) Banking
13 188 (4.10%) Presentation Skills
14 185 (4.03%) Electronics
15 82 (1.79%) Organisational Skills
16 64 (1.40%) Influencing Skills
17 59 (1.29%) Pharmaceutical
18 56 (1.22%) Local Government
19 53 (1.16%) Advertising
20 50 (1.09%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 1,007 (21.95%) Analyst
2 918 (20.01%) Developer
3 555 (12.10%) Senior
4 379 (8.26%) Data Analyst
5 377 (8.22%) Lead
6 319 (6.95%) Business Intelligence Developer
7 316 (6.89%) Data Engineer
8 255 (5.56%) Architect
9 251 (5.47%) Consultant
10 210 (4.58%) Business Intelligence Analyst
11 155 (3.38%) Power BI Developer
12 147 (3.20%) Senior Analyst
13 146 (3.18%) Senior Developer
14 143 (3.12%) DBA
15 127 (2.77%) Data Manager
16 117 (2.55%) Power Platform Developer
17 110 (2.40%) Business Intelligence Manager
18 108 (2.35%) SQL DBA
19 106 (2.31%) Data Architect
20 104 (2.27%) Business Intelligence Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 240 (5.23%) .NET
2 195 (4.25%) HTML
3 155 (3.38%) CSS
4 103 (2.25%) React
5 87 (1.90%) AngularJS
6 85 (1.85%) REST
7 83 (1.81%) .NET Framework
8 78 (1.70%) JSON
9 69 (1.50%) ASP.NET
10 60 (1.31%) XML
11 55 (1.20%) Kafka
12 53 (1.16%) Entity Framework
12 53 (1.16%) HTML5 Canvas
13 50 (1.09%) Node.js
13 50 (1.09%) Web Services
14 44 (0.96%) ASP.NET MVC
14 44 (0.96%) PySpark
15 42 (0.92%) ASP.NET Web API
16 41 (0.89%) .NET Core
17 34 (0.74%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 273 (5.95%) Management Information System
2 175 (3.82%) Self-Motivation
3 131 (2.86%) Onboarding
4 123 (2.68%) Product Ownership
5 75 (1.64%) Algorithms
6 64 (1.40%) Data Structures
6 64 (1.40%) Enterprise Software
7 62 (1.35%) Cloud Native
7 62 (1.35%) IoT
8 60 (1.31%) NHS
9 57 (1.24%) Low-Code
10 56 (1.22%) Analytical Mindset
11 45 (0.98%) PMI
12 42 (0.92%) Data Centre
13 39 (0.85%) Public Cloud
14 33 (0.72%) FMCG
15 30 (0.65%) Taxonomies
16 26 (0.57%) Driving Licence
16 26 (0.57%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
16 26 (0.57%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 205 (4.47%) Windows
2 118 (2.57%) Linux
3 78 (1.70%) VMS
4 35 (0.76%) Windows Server
5 23 (0.50%) Unix
6 20 (0.44%) Windows 10
7 10 (0.22%) Windows Vista
8 6 (0.13%) Windows Server 2019
9 5 (0.11%) Android
9 5 (0.11%) Windows Server 2016
10 4 (0.087%) Windows Server 2012
11 3 (0.065%) Apple iOS
11 3 (0.065%) Embedded Linux
12 2 (0.044%) Mac OS
13 1 (0.022%) Ubuntu
13 1 (0.022%) Windows 7
13 1 (0.022%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,269 (27.67%) Analytics
2 927 (20.21%) Visualisation
3 880 (19.18%) Agile
4 834 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
5 787 (17.16%) ETL
6 720 (15.70%) Data Modelling
7 671 (14.63%) Data Analysis
8 616 (13.43%) Data Visualisation
9 567 (12.36%) Decision-Making
10 480 (10.46%) Machine Learning
11 467 (10.18%) Data Analytics
12 453 (9.88%) Data Science
13 430 (9.37%) Artificial Intelligence
14 429 (9.35%) Stakeholder Management
15 413 (9.00%) Data Governance
16 401 (8.74%) DevOps
17 397 (8.65%) Roadmaps
18 388 (8.46%) Project Management
19 386 (8.42%) Migration
20 385 (8.39%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 2,226 (48.53%) SQL
2 846 (18.44%) Python
3 413 (9.00%) T-SQL
4 328 (7.15%) C#
5 319 (6.95%) JavaScript
6 243 (5.30%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 205 (4.47%) R
8 159 (3.47%) Java
9 120 (2.62%) TypeScript
10 118 (2.57%) PowerShell
11 82 (1.79%) PL/SQL
12 71 (1.55%) VBA
13 58 (1.26%) C
14 49 (1.07%) C++
15 45 (0.98%) Scala
16 41 (0.89%) PHP
17 40 (0.87%) MATLAB
18 24 (0.52%) Bash
18 24 (0.52%) Go
19 23 (0.50%) VB
Qualifications
1 907 (19.77%) Degree
2 240 (5.23%) Microsoft Certification
3 222 (4.84%) Security Cleared
4 161 (3.51%) DBS Check
5 154 (3.36%) Computer Science Degree
6 143 (3.12%) SC Cleared
7 110 (2.40%) Master's Degree
8 55 (1.20%) Azure Certification
9 51 (1.11%) PMI Certification
10 42 (0.92%) Numerate Degree
11 35 (0.76%) BPSS Clearance
12 29 (0.63%) DV Cleared
13 24 (0.52%) ITIL Certification
14 23 (0.50%) CISSP
15 18 (0.39%) CIMA
16 16 (0.35%) CRISC
16 16 (0.35%) MBA
16 16 (0.35%) PhD
17 14 (0.31%) CISM
18 13 (0.28%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 386 (8.42%) Data Quality
2 187 (4.08%) GDPR
3 124 (2.70%) QA
4 56 (1.22%) Accessibility
5 43 (0.94%) SLA
6 42 (0.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 36 (0.78%) PMO
8 32 (0.70%) Cyber Essentials
9 20 (0.44%) Actionable Recommendations
10 13 (0.28%) COBIT
10 13 (0.28%) 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 (0.087%) IEC 61131
16 4 (0.087%) ISO 22301
16 4 (0.087%) NEBOSH
System Software
1 97 (2.11%) Active Directory
2 82 (1.79%) Virtual Machines
3 60 (1.31%) Docker
4 43 (0.94%) 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
10 2 (0.044%) Virtual Desktop
11 1 (0.022%) KVM
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 8 (0.17%) 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 (0.087%) Kibana
11 3 (0.065%) Podman
11 3 (0.065%) SCCM
12 2 (0.044%) Failover Clustering
12 2 (0.044%) Foglight
13 1 (0.022%) Consul
13 1 (0.022%) vRealize
Vendors
1 1,733 (37.78%) Microsoft
2 344 (7.50%) SAP
3 275 (6.00%) Oracle
4 254 (5.54%) Databricks
5 181 (3.95%) Google
6 95 (2.07%) Alteryx
7 76 (1.66%) Salesforce
8 54 (1.18%) Cognos
9 43 (0.94%) VMware
10 39 (0.85%) Adobe
11 38 (0.83%) IFS
12 32 (0.70%) Informatica
13 29 (0.63%) IBM
14 26 (0.57%) Cisco
15 25 (0.55%) iManage
16 20 (0.44%) Aderant
16 20 (0.44%) Sophos
16 20 (0.44%) Sybase
17 18 (0.39%) Facebook
17 18 (0.39%) Infor