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

6 months to
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 48 51 52
Rank change year-on-year +3 +1 -12
Permanent jobs citing Business Intelligence 4,593 5,720 9,255
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 4.63% 5.64% 5.87%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.41% 5.90% 6.13%
Number of salaries quoted 3,565 3,786 5,901
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 £86,900 £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 84,952 96,876 150,957
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.57% 95.60% 95.70%
Number of salaries quoted 59,894 57,115 82,331
10th Percentile £29,002 £34,000 £33,515
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.84% +1.67% +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 12 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 12 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 4,088 £55,000 -4.35% 1,220
UK excluding London +3 3,052 £50,000 - 772
Work from Home +2 2,012 £55,000 -0.75% 634
London +4 1,313 £67,500 - 479
North of England +10 845 £50,000 -0.47% 197
South East +10 652 £52,500 - 172
Midlands +5 616 £52,500 +13.58% 171
North West +35 463 £50,000 - 110
West Midlands +6 462 £55,000 +22.22% 106
South West -15 344 £49,029 -6.61% 99
East of England +60 264 £48,500 -3.00% 68
Yorkshire -7 264 £49,908 -9.06% 66
Scotland -25 225 £55,000 +15.54% 33
East Midlands -2 147 £45,000 -5.26% 65
North East +7 118 £45,000 -10.00% 21
Northern Ireland +35 53 £35,000 -22.22% 9
Wales -10 52 £52,500 +31.25% 30
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 (8.25%) SharePoint
2 94 (2.05%) SAS
3 67 (1.46%) Apache Spark
4 61 (1.33%) Confluence
5 50 (1.09%) Microsoft Exchange
6 41 (0.89%) 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%) Oracle Workflow
15 3 (0.065%) SharePoint 2010
15 3 (0.065%) SharePoint 2013
15 3 (0.065%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 848 (18.46%) Microsoft Excel
2 240 (5.23%) Microsoft Office
3 146 (3.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 59 (1.28%) Spreadsheet
5 37 (0.81%) MS Visio
6 31 (0.67%) SPSS
7 16 (0.35%) 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
1 187 (4.07%) Dynamics CRM
2 31 (0.67%) Dynamics AX
3 19 (0.41%) Primavera
4 18 (0.39%) Dynamics NAV
4 18 (0.39%) Infor SunSystems
5 17 (0.37%) Elite 3E
6 16 (0.35%) iTrent
6 16 (0.35%) NetSuite
6 16 (0.35%) SAP BPC
7 14 (0.30%) Aladdin
8 13 (0.28%) SAP Business One
9 11 (0.24%) SAP S/4HANA
10 10 (0.22%) Maximo
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 2,997 (65.25%) Power Platform
2 1,433 (31.20%) Azure
3 490 (10.67%) PowerApps
4 432 (9.41%) Power Automate
5 400 (8.71%) Microsoft 365
6 397 (8.64%) AWS
7 349 (7.60%) Dynamics 365
8 270 (5.88%) Azure Data Factory
9 183 (3.98%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 181 (3.94%) Azure DevOps
11 151 (3.29%) GCP
12 136 (2.96%) Snowflake
13 121 (2.63%) SaaS
14 89 (1.94%) Serverless
15 69 (1.50%) Google Analytics
16 65 (1.42%) Azure Logic Apps
17 62 (1.35%) Cloud Computing
18 57 (1.24%) GitHub
19 46 (1.00%) Entra ID
20 43 (0.94%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 80 (1.74%) Broadband
2 55 (1.20%) DNS
3 46 (1.00%) Firewall
4 36 (0.78%) Internet
5 34 (0.74%) Intranet
6 32 (0.70%) Network Security
7 26 (0.57%) DHCP
8 24 (0.52%) TCP/IP
9 22 (0.48%) WAN
10 21 (0.46%) 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%) SSH
13 16 (0.35%) LAN
14 15 (0.33%) SAN
14 15 (0.33%) Unified Communications
15 13 (0.28%) SNMP
16 11 (0.24%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2,957 (64.38%) Power BI
2 868 (18.90%) Data Warehouse
3 826 (17.98%) SQL Server
4 654 (14.24%) Tableau
5 480 (10.45%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 369 (8.03%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 315 (6.86%) Data Lake
8 193 (4.20%) Azure SQL Database
9 189 (4.11%) Relational Database
10 188 (4.09%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 158 (3.44%) Big Data
12 149 (3.24%) Power Query
13 114 (2.48%) Data Mining
14 93 (2.02%) Metadata
15 84 (1.83%) Looker
15 84 (1.83%) MySQL
16 82 (1.79%) BusinessObjects
16 82 (1.79%) MongoDB
17 74 (1.61%) NoSQL
18 67 (1.46%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 205 (4.46%) JIRA
2 150 (3.27%) Git
3 81 (1.76%) Visual Studio
4 59 (1.28%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 33 (0.72%) Jenkins
6 25 (0.54%) 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
11 9 (0.20%) RStudio
11 9 (0.20%) TeamCity
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 1,588 (34.57%) Social Skills
2 1,491 (32.46%) Finance
3 1,035 (22.53%) Analytical Skills
4 525 (11.43%) Marketing
5 498 (10.84%) Public Sector
6 395 (8.60%) Retail
7 337 (7.34%) Manufacturing
8 280 (6.10%) Legal
9 261 (5.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 213 (4.64%) Law
11 211 (4.59%) Telecoms
12 190 (4.14%) Banking
13 183 (3.98%) Presentation Skills
14 181 (3.94%) Electronics
15 81 (1.76%) Organisational Skills
16 65 (1.42%) Influencing Skills
17 61 (1.33%) Pharmaceutical
18 56 (1.22%) Local Government
19 50 (1.09%) Advertising
20 49 (1.07%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 1,009 (21.97%) Analyst
2 911 (19.83%) Developer
3 550 (11.97%) Senior
4 382 (8.32%) Data Analyst
5 374 (8.14%) Lead
6 328 (7.14%) Data Engineer
7 313 (6.81%) Business Intelligence Developer
8 258 (5.62%) Architect
9 254 (5.53%) Consultant
10 210 (4.57%) Business Intelligence Analyst
11 152 (3.31%) Power BI Developer
12 149 (3.24%) Senior Analyst
13 144 (3.14%) Senior Developer
14 143 (3.11%) DBA
15 125 (2.72%) Data Manager
16 119 (2.59%) Power Platform Developer
17 108 (2.35%) Business Intelligence Manager
17 108 (2.35%) SQL DBA
18 104 (2.26%) Data Architect
19 100 (2.18%) Business Intelligence Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 246 (5.36%) .NET
2 194 (4.22%) HTML
3 152 (3.31%) CSS
4 103 (2.24%) React
5 88 (1.92%) AngularJS
6 84 (1.83%) .NET Framework
6 84 (1.83%) REST
7 77 (1.68%) JSON
8 69 (1.50%) ASP.NET
9 62 (1.35%) XML
10 54 (1.18%) Entity Framework
10 54 (1.18%) HTML5 Canvas
11 52 (1.13%) Kafka
12 51 (1.11%) Node.js
12 51 (1.11%) Web Services
13 49 (1.07%) PySpark
14 44 (0.96%) ASP.NET MVC
15 43 (0.94%) ASP.NET Web API
16 42 (0.91%) .NET Core
17 34 (0.74%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 276 (6.01%) Management Information System
2 175 (3.81%) Self-Motivation
3 133 (2.90%) Onboarding
4 122 (2.66%) Product Ownership
5 74 (1.61%) Algorithms
6 65 (1.42%) Data Structures
7 64 (1.39%) Cloud Native
7 64 (1.39%) Enterprise Software
8 62 (1.35%) NHS
9 61 (1.33%) IoT
10 55 (1.20%) Analytical Mindset
10 55 (1.20%) Low-Code
11 45 (0.98%) PMI
12 42 (0.91%) Data Centre
13 37 (0.81%) Public Cloud
14 34 (0.74%) FMCG
15 31 (0.67%) Taxonomies
16 28 (0.61%) Driving Licence
17 27 (0.59%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
17 27 (0.59%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 210 (4.57%) Windows
2 119 (2.59%) Linux
3 78 (1.70%) VMS
4 35 (0.76%) Windows Server
5 23 (0.50%) Unix
6 19 (0.41%) Windows 10
7 10 (0.22%) Windows Vista
8 7 (0.15%) Windows Server 2019
9 6 (0.13%) 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 1,259 (27.41%) Analytics
2 924 (20.12%) Visualisation
3 863 (18.79%) Agile
4 826 (17.98%) Problem-Solving
5 775 (16.87%) ETL
6 724 (15.76%) Data Modelling
7 677 (14.74%) Data Analysis
8 616 (13.41%) Data Visualisation
9 561 (12.21%) Decision-Making
10 464 (10.10%) Data Analytics
10 464 (10.10%) Machine Learning
11 443 (9.65%) Data Science
12 422 (9.19%) Artificial Intelligence
13 420 (9.14%) Stakeholder Management
14 417 (9.08%) Data Governance
15 403 (8.77%) DevOps
16 394 (8.58%) Roadmaps
17 391 (8.51%) Project Management
18 390 (8.49%) Data Management
18 390 (8.49%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 2,232 (48.60%) SQL
2 839 (18.27%) Python
3 409 (8.90%) T-SQL
4 332 (7.23%) C#
5 323 (7.03%) JavaScript
6 241 (5.25%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 206 (4.49%) R
8 158 (3.44%) Java
9 120 (2.61%) PowerShell
9 120 (2.61%) TypeScript
10 82 (1.79%) PL/SQL
11 74 (1.61%) VBA
12 54 (1.18%) C
13 49 (1.07%) C++
14 46 (1.00%) Scala
15 39 (0.85%) PHP
16 37 (0.81%) MATLAB
17 24 (0.52%) Go
17 24 (0.52%) VB
18 23 (0.50%) Bash
Qualifications
1 921 (20.05%) Degree
2 242 (5.27%) Microsoft Certification
3 223 (4.86%) Security Cleared
4 161 (3.51%) DBS Check
5 156 (3.40%) Computer Science Degree
6 143 (3.11%) SC Cleared
7 108 (2.35%) Master's Degree
8 57 (1.24%) Azure Certification
9 51 (1.11%) PMI Certification
10 42 (0.91%) Numerate Degree
11 35 (0.76%) BPSS Clearance
12 28 (0.61%) 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%) PhD
17 15 (0.33%) MBA
18 14 (0.30%) CISM
19 13 (0.28%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 394 (8.58%) Data Quality
2 189 (4.11%) GDPR
3 124 (2.70%) QA
4 57 (1.24%) Accessibility
5 43 (0.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 43 (0.94%) SLA
6 32 (0.70%) Cyber Essentials
7 31 (0.67%) PMO
8 20 (0.44%) Actionable Recommendations
9 13 (0.28%) COBIT
9 13 (0.28%) NIST
10 12 (0.26%) ISO 9001
11 11 (0.24%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 9 (0.20%) GRC
13 6 (0.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 5 (0.11%) HMG Security Policy Framework
14 5 (0.11%) PCI DSS
15 4 (0.087%) IEC 61131
15 4 (0.087%) ISO 22301
15 4 (0.087%) NEBOSH
System Software
1 97 (2.11%) Active Directory
2 82 (1.79%) Virtual Machines
3 60 (1.31%) Docker
4 42 (0.91%) 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 (0.065%) 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 (1.39%) Kubernetes
2 57 (1.24%) 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%) Consul
12 1 (0.022%) vRealize
Vendors
1 1,734 (37.75%) Microsoft
2 340 (7.40%) SAP
3 283 (6.16%) Oracle
4 257 (5.60%) Databricks
5 175 (3.81%) Google
6 93 (2.02%) Alteryx
7 77 (1.68%) Salesforce
8 54 (1.18%) Cognos
9 43 (0.94%) VMware
10 39 (0.85%) IFS
11 35 (0.76%) Informatica
12 34 (0.74%) Adobe
13 29 (0.63%) IBM
14 26 (0.57%) Cisco
15 25 (0.54%) iManage
16 21 (0.46%) Aderant
17 20 (0.44%) Sophos
17 20 (0.44%) Sybase
18 18 (0.39%) Facebook
18 18 (0.39%) Infor