Business Intelligence jobs and careers
As the use of data in business gets more and more prevalent, companies are making significant investment into their BI systems to improve efficiency and increase productivity. The major benefits of having a functioning BI system, include faster reporting, improved data quality, and increased competitive advantage.
Why consider a career within Business Intelligence?
Analytics is now seen as the most important technology priority for companies around the world, and decision making in now more important than ever. There are a large range of industries that utilise Business intelligence such as; Financial Services, Healthcare, Government, Marketing and Sales, Oil and Gas and Transport.
Typical role titles include
Business Intelligence Developer
BI Developer
Lead Business Intelligence Developer
Lead BI Developer
Senior Business Intelligence Developer
Senior BI Developer
Business Intelligence Designer
BI Designer
Business Intelligence Architect
BI Architect
Business intelligence Project Manager
BI Project Manager
BI PM
Business intelligence Programme Manager
BI Programme Manager
Business Intelligence Manager
BI Manager
Business Intelligence Analyst
BI Analyst
Business Intelligence Consultant
BI Consultant
Head of Business Intelligence
Head of BI
Business Intelligence Analyst
BI Analyst
Business Intelligence Support Analyst
BI Support Analyst
Data visualisation analyst
Data Visualisation Developer
Data Visualisation Programmer
Qlik View Developer
Qlik View Programmer
Power BI Developer
Power BI Programmer
Tableau Developer
Tableau Programmer
Business Intelligence Developer
BI Developer
Business Intelligence Programmer
BI Programmer
SQL Developer
SQL Programmer
Data Warehouse Developer
DWH Developer
Data Warehouse Designer
DWH Designer
Data Analyst
Career progression example
Business Intelligence Developer
Senior Business Intelligence Developer
Business Intelligence Manager
Head of Business Intelligence
Salary Benchmarks
At an entry level, Business Intelligence professionals on average will be earning between £30k-£40k. At the mid-level you’d be looking to earn £50k-£60k and seniors would be looking to earn £70k+.
Senior Business Intelligence Contract Professionals can earn a day rate of £500 - £600 p/day, while mid-level developers earn a day rate £400 - £500 p/day.
Is it right for me? The skills it takes...
The skills needed can be split into 3 categories; programming skills, critical thinking skills and data analysis skills.
Programming skills: Data Modelling | Data Warehousing | ETL and Data Integration | OLAP Models Semantic Layer | Reporting | Dashboards | Presentation Layer | Master Data Management | Metadata Management | Predictive Analytics and Data Mining | Big Data and Streaming Data | SQL Server | Oracle | AWS | Azure | GCP | Google Cloud | Netezza | OBIEE | PL/SQL.
Critical thinking skills: Analysing | Applying Standards | Information Seeking | Logical Reasoning | Predicting | Transforming Knowledge.
Data analysis skills: Learning a scripting and statistical language | Adobe and Google Analytics | Reporting - skilled in reporting and data visualisation software | Strong presentation skills | Analytical and creative mind | Advanced Microsoft Excel | Experience with SQL programming.
What qualifications does it take?
Undergraduate Degree, software engineering, engineering or computer science field with technical skills in programming.
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Hugely successful marketing agency. Work on projects for some massive brands. Join a talented team with a wealth of experience. One of the UK’s most successful digital agencies have an exciting opportunity for a Data Scientist join the team at their Central London offices. You'll have a love for innovation and a passion to drive conversion and increase customer loyalty through data. What you'll be doing As a Data Scientist you will be responsible with supporting with the delivery of a projects such as customer segmentation, lifetime value modelling and propensity modelling. Using your problem solving skills and excitement for data you’ll help their clients make informed decisions on how to better utilize their data for business decisions. Working with well-known clients across the UK you will get to work on a wide range of projects and tools. What experience you'll need to apply • Experience with a statistical language like Python or R. • Proven experience in marketing analysis, reporting, optimisation & data manipulation. • Be able to query SQL databases • You should be able to work well both in a team or on your own • Communication skills are key as you’ll be speaking to both internal and external stakeholders to explain insights to non-technical audiences. • Degree educated in a data or numeric field What you'll get in return for your talents? The salary on this one is up to £45,000 (depending on experience) as well as a range of other benefits including; 25 days holiday, pension scheme, life assurance, healthcare programme, travel ticket season loan and more. Their offices are based in London and they have a strong client base in the South East. They’re offering good remote working options with occasional travel to London and client sites. What's next? Like the sound of this one? Send your CV in now for more info to Adam.
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Hugely successful marketing agency. Work on projects for some massive brands. Join a talented team with a wealth of experience. One of the UK’s most successful digital agencies have an exciting opportunity for a Data Analyst join the team at their Central London offices. You'll have a love for innovation and a passion to drive conversion and increase customer loyalty through data. What you'll be doing As a Data Analyst you will be responsible with supporting with the delivery of a projects such as customer segmentation, lifetime value modelling and propensity modelling. Using your problem solving skills and excitement for data you’ll help their clients make informed decisions on how to better utilize their data for business decisions. Working with well-known clients across the UK you will get to work on a wide range of projects and tools. What experience you'll need to apply • Experience with a statistical language like Python or R. • Proven experience in marketing analysis, reporting, optimisation & data manipulation. • Be able to query SQL databases • You should be able to work well both in a team or on your own • Communication skills are key as you’ll be speaking to both internal and external stakeholders to explain insights to non-technical audiences. • Degree educated in a data or numeric field What you'll get in return for your talents? The salary on this one is up to £45,000 (depending on experience) as well as a range of other benefits including; 25 days holiday, pension scheme, life assurance, healthcare programme, travel ticket season loan and more. Their offices are based in London and they have a strong client base in the South East. They’re offering good remote working options with occasional travel to London and client sites. What's next? Like the sound of this one? Send your CV in now for more info to Adam.
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One of the UK’s largest insurance companies. Friendly, sociable environment. Sitting in a new internal team. A great opportunity to understand a buyer’s journey across their websites. You’ll be drawing insights and making recommendations as to how to improve a customer’s experience. The role is all about knowing a customer’s journey from a digital perspective! Would you want to be a digital specialist? What you’ll be doingAs a Digital Journey Executive, you’ll be working to understand more about how to improve a customers experience on the website. Whether is buying products or simply not engaging, you’ll look to understand more about the customer’s and how you can approach them. You’ll be working to improve the website and presenting strong recommendations back to the stakeholders before working yourself! You’ll be delivering best in class insights, analysis, data and measurement that positively impacts the customer journey and consequentially the business performance.You’ll bring together the digital and offline data to create insight around where they could improve and what needs attention and highlight opportunity. What experience you’ll need to apply Experience with Google Analytics Experience with SQL Bonus for Python and R Knowledge of digital marketing principles (SEO, PPC) STEM Degree or experience with digital analytics Experience Analysing a digital/website/customer journey What you’ll get in return for your experience A base salary of up to £50,000 plus bonus and an excellent benefits package with up to 50% off their insurance products.What next?Please get in touch with Tegan with an updated CV today. Don’t hesitate to call/email with any questions.
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Working in a Software House. Innovative Technologies. Reporting to Senior Business Intelligence and Data Analytics Manager. An excellent opportunity for a graduate or junior Analyst who wants to expand their experience. The company need an extra pair of hands to assist their small, close knit analytics team. Want to be involved? What you’ll be doing As a Reporting & Insight Analyst you’ll be assisting with the production of reports across the business and externally. You’ll be utilising, learning and developing your analytical skills. You’ll be involved in working to explain aspects to technical and non-technical people so that anyone and everyone can understand the data! You’re someone who loves talking, analysing and creating insight. You’d be telling a story with the data and have the opportunity to automise aspects processes the business. If it sounds like you, apply now! What experience you’ll need to apply A STEM or Analytical Degree Experience with Excel Experience with SQL Bonus for any experience with R or Python What you’ll get in return for your experience A base salary of up to £25,000 plus an additional package!You’ll get strong training and great opportunities. It would also offer the future option to progress in a Data Science role.What next?Please get in touch with Tegan with an updated CV today. Don’t hesitate to call/email with any questions.
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Excellent opportunity to work for a leading financial services firm. Join at a time where the team is growing. Work with Data Analysts and learn new skills. Excellent opportunity to join a growing and quantitative marketing analytics team for a market leading financial services firm. Amazing opportunity for anyone looking to gain experience of working in a high calibre data & insight department. What you’ll be doing The successful Insight Analyst will work within the Data & Insight team and will immerse themselves in their customer data to ensure that the most is being made from all the customer data existing in the company. This role will be varied, and the Insight Analyst will be working on projects and various aspects to answer exciting questions and ongoing analysis for the business. Your role will involve delivering into data to produce measurable results for various departments; producing regular reports for monitoring purposes (across aspects like customer behaviour, products, client groups and more); and helping clients answer long term questions and tracking progress. What experience you’ll need to apply Degree in a numerate subject (STEM) Minimum of 1 years’ experience working within a data role Excellent SQL skills Strong communication skills Experience of data visualisation using Power BI, Tableau, Qlik, MicroStrategy or Spotfire What you’ll get in return for your experience A competitive base salary of £30K plus a great benefits package and bonus. Working for a market leading financial services firm What’s next? Please get in touch with Tegan with an up-to-date CV today. Don’t hesitate to call / email to discuss the finer details.
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High Calibre Business Innovative Technologies Working with the Senior Data Analysis Manager A great opportunity to join a global engineering firm who are innovative in everything they do and working with modern technologies. They are currently going through a team expansion thanks to an investment in their Data team. The company have the ambitious goal to double their staff load over the next few years, why wait to get involved? What you’ll be doing You’ll work as a Manager within the Finance team, line managing a team of BI and Data Analysts. As the team grows, you will be working to support business insight and reporting to improve the business’ decision making. You’ll be involved in developing and delivering the BI roadmap; mentoring and developing the team; maybe even developing some data solutions or visualisations yourself. As the BI Manager you’ll get the opportunity to lead projects to provide innovative solutions across reporting, insight, data quality and master data management. What experience you’ll need to apply Strong background and knowledge of business intelligence Experience using visualization tools (Tableau, PowerBI) SQL Skills Strong communication skills Management experience/leading a team Experience working with data platforms (e.g., Google BigQuery, SAP BW, SAP HANA) Bonus for any Cloud experience What you’ll get in return for your experience A base salary of up to £70,000 plus bonus and an excellent benefits package including 50% off products! What next Please get in touch with Tegan with an updated CV today. Don’t hesitate to call/email with any questions.
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Senior BI Analyst Global Engineering Firm High calibre business Innovative technologies Rewarded with training and development A great opportunity to join a global engineering firm who are innovative in everything they do and working with modern technologies. They are currently going through a team expansion thanks to an investment in their Data team. The company have the ambitious goal to double their staff load over the next few years, why wait to get involved?What you’ll be doingWorking as a key member in analytics, you’ll be bridging the gap between finance and technology for this forward-thinking, innovative business. Having data embedded in everything they do; this client need you to produce insightful analytics across the business.What experience you’ll need to apply Hands on experience with visualisation tools (Tableau, PowerBI, Looker) Experience using SQL Experience working with data platforms (Google BigQuery, SAP BW, SAP HANA) Strong communication skills A self-starter What you’ll get in return for your experience A base salary of up to £50,000 plus bonus and an excellent benefits package including 50% off products!In helping the business grow, you’ll also grow your career. Giving you the opportunity to expand your knowledge across various technologies, departments and global groups, you would be rewarded with training and development opportunities. What nextPlease get in touch with Tegan with an updated CV today. Don’t hesitate to call/email with any questions.
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Lead BI Analyst Global Engineering Firm High Calibre Business Innovative Technologies Opportunity to Grow and Develop A great opportunity to join a global engineering firm who are innovative in everything they do and working with modern technologies. They are currently going through a team expansion thanks to an investment in their Data team. The company have the ambitious goal to double their staff load over the next few years, why wait to get involved?What you’ll be doing You’ll work with the global team to be the Lead BI Analyst. As the team grows, you will be working to support business insight and reporting to improve the business’ decision making. As the Lead BI Analyst you’ll get the opportunity to lead projects to provide innovative solutions across reporting, insight, data quality and master data management.What experience you’ll need to apply Strong background and knowledge of business intelligence Experience using visualization tools (Tableau, PowerBI) Experience using SQL Strong communication skills Experience working with data platforms (e.g., Google BigQuery, SAP BW, SAP HANA) What you’ll get in return for your experience A base salary of up to £57,000 plus bonus and an excellent benefits package including 50% off products!What nextPlease get in touch with Tegan with an updated CV today. Don’t hesitate to call/email with any questions.
Data case studies
Candidate Experience
Alistair Rogers, Data Scientist
- Alistair is an experienced Data Scientist with working with clients across government, healthcare and banking sectors.
- While successfully working in London as a Data Scientist for one of the Big Four professional service companies, he was planning to move to Bristol and approached us to get an understanding of the local market, especially opportunities and skills in demand within Data in the South West well ahead of the move.
- We advised on opportunities and businesses in and around Bristol as well as in-demand skill sets so he could gather relevant exposure in advance.
- Once ready to make the move, we were able to match Alistair perfectly with an open opportunity. Equipping him with tips and advice, we guided him through the interview process and negotiated the salary that was in line with his expectations. Alistair started as a Data Scientist with OnCorps, a start-up FinTech firm.
"Alex and ADLIB were fantastic to work with and absolutely made the daunting experience of finding a job in a new city a lot easier! They take the time to understand the fields that they are recruiting for and even go to developer meetups to learn more about the areas that they recruit in. Would definitely recommend working with Alex and ADLIB."
Alistair Rogers, Data Scientist
LV=
Establishing a Data Science function
- LV= are one of the UK’s largest personal insurers who announced earlier this year that they were partnering with the University of Bristol to establish a team of Data Scientists and Engineers with the aim of making advancements in the field of Data Science by sharing knowledge, skills and opportunities.
- We initially worked with Venura as a candidate, finding him the role at LV=. He soon needed another two sets of hands, planning on growing his team to 3.
- To help him with this, we worked with him to truly understand his style of working and management, gathering a detailed brief that outlined the ideal candidates.
- By tapping into existing candidate pools and relationships, we were able to suggest a range of suitable candidates with a wide range of experience and that had the vital mix of technical and soft skills needed, to be working alongside University of Bristol as a team.
- This resulted in Venura/ LV= making two great Data Engineer hires.
“From finding me my current role to helping place two fantastic hires, ADLIB has been a pivotal role in the development of our team here at Bristol. The guys are easy to work with, friendly and most importantly inspire trust. I look forward to working with them in the future.”
Dr. Venura Perera, Data Science Manager at LV=
