business intelligence jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills

As of 2026-09-30, business intelligence appears in 1,207 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — Data Analyst has the most postings mentioning business intelligence, with demand share up 7.0% vs the prior 4 weeks.

Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-30

Postings · last 90 days
1,207
Demand vs prior month
up 7.0% vs the prior 4 weeks
Top role · 9.1% of skill postings
Top hiring metro
Alexandria

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Frequently asked questions about business intelligence

+Is business intelligence in demand in 2026?

Yes. business intelligence appears in 1,207 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-30. Data Analyst accounts for the most postings mentioning business intelligence (9.1% of all postings mentioning business intelligence).

+What jobs require business intelligence?

According to the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-30, among roles with at least 20 postings, the highest shares mentioning business intelligence are Business Intelligence Director (30.0% of that role’s postings mention business intelligence), Business Intelligence Manager (28.4% of that role’s postings mention business intelligence), AI Operations Specialist (20.0% of that role’s postings mention business intelligence).

+What skills are commonly paired with business intelligence?

Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-09-30), business intelligence most often appears alongside SQL, Tableau, Power BI, data visualization, Python.

+Where is business intelligence most in demand?

As of 2026-09-30, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring business intelligence are Alexandria, New York City, San Francisco, Toronto, Chicago, according to the Skillenai jobs index.

+How can I keep up with new business intelligence content and jobs?

Skillenai indexes news, blog posts, and research papers mentioning business intelligence alongside the jobs index. You can subscribe to a daily email digest of new business intelligence content from your Skillenai account.

+Which skills come before and after business intelligence?

The skill-flow chart shows skills documented in adjacent positions across observed employer changes. An outgoing skill is documented in the following position but not the preceding one. These are ideas to explore, not proven prerequisites, acquisition dates, or levels of mastery. Each ribbon counts employer moves with that skill pair; one move can contribute several pairs.

Weekly indexed postings requiring business intelligence — last 90 days

Salary distribution

Box = 25th–75th percentile · tick = median · whisker = 10th–90th · USD, annualized

Career paths around business intelligence

Skills documented before and after this skill across employer changes.

Historical career profiles · all locations

Skills before business intelligence

Before business intelligencepython → business intelligence: 5 observed employer moves with this skill pairdata analysis → business intelligence: 5 observed employer moves with this skill pairsql → business intelligence: 4 observed employer moves with this skill pairData quality → business intelligence: 3 observed employer moves with this skill pairdata integration → business intelligence: 3 observed employer moves with this skill pairdata warehouse → business intelligence: 3 observed employer moves with this skill pairTableau → business intelligence: 3 observed employer moves with this skill pairdata models → business intelligence: 3 observed employer moves with this skill pairbusinessintelligencepython: 5 movespython5 movesdata analysis: 5 movesdata analysis5 movessql: 4 movessql4 movesData quality: 3 movesData quality3 movesdata integration: 3 movesdata integration3 movesdata warehouse: 3 movesdata warehouse3 movesTableau: 3 movesTableau3 movesdata models: 3 movesdata models3 moves

Skills after business intelligence

After business intelligencebusiness intelligence → sql: 9 observed employer moves with this skill pairbusiness intelligence → Tableau: 8 observed employer moves with this skill pairbusiness intelligence → data governance: 6 observed employer moves with this skill pairbusiness intelligence → dashboards: 6 observed employer moves with this skill pairbusiness intelligence → Jira: 5 observed employer moves with this skill pairbusiness intelligence → Agile: 5 observed employer moves with this skill pairbusiness intelligence → data warehouse: 5 observed employer moves with this skill pairbusiness intelligence → Java: 5 observed employer moves with this skill pairbusinessintelligencesql: 9 movessql9 movesTableau: 8 movesTableau8 movesdata governance: 6 movesdata governance6 movesdashboards: 6 movesdashboards6 movesJira: 5 movesJira5 movesAgile: 5 movesAgile5 movesdata warehouse: 5 movesdata warehouse5 movesJava: 5 movesJava5 moves
How to read this chart · view counts

Each side is an independent set of observed employer moves, not the same people followed through three stages. Ribbon widths compare move counts within that side. Internal moves are not included.

The following position documents a skill that the preceding position does not. Skills must be linked to both positions, with clear dates and no overlap. One move can connect several skill pairs. These patterns suggest skills to explore; they do not establish prerequisites, when a skill was learned, or a higher skill level.

Source: Skillenai talent graph, historical career profiles. Historical descriptions and coverage can change. Only the leading published connections are shown.

Observed connections and move counts
ConnectionMoves
Before: python5
Before: data analysis5
Before: sql4
Before: Data quality3
Before: data integration3
Before: data warehouse3
Before: Tableau3
Before: data models3
After: sql9
After: Tableau8
After: data governance6
After: dashboards6
After: Jira5
After: Agile5
After: data warehouse5
After: Java5

Roles most likely to require business intelligence

Among roles with at least 20 postings in the same period.

RolePostings mentioning skill% of role postings mentioning skill
Business Intelligence Director1230.0%
Business Intelligence Manager2728.4%
AI Operations Specialist420.0%
Business Intelligence Lead719.4%
Data Consultant416.7%
Business Intelligence Specialist512.8%
Data Analytics Director312.5%
Business Intelligence Developer1311.7%
Marketing Analytics Director311.1%
Data Analytics Intern510.9%

Roles with the most business intelligence postings

RolePostings mentioning skillShare of skill postings
Data Analyst1109.1%
Business Analyst655.4%
Business Intelligence Analyst484.0%
Product Manager484.0%
Data Scientist383.1%
Data Engineer282.3%
Business Intelligence Manager272.2%
Program Manager201.7%
Data Architect161.3%
Business Intelligence Developer131.1%

Top companies posting jobs requiring business intelligence

Employers ranked by indexed job postings in the last 90 days.

Top companies posting jobs requiring business intelligence
CompanyPostings · 90 days
ProSidian Consulting36
WPP15
JJ12
Desjardins9
Cardinal Health8
Snowflake8
Sopra Steria7
Cohere Health7
Mixpanel7
ServiceNow7

Job postings indexed over the past 90 days, grouped by resolved employer. Counts are postings, not hires. Companies without a published page appear without a link.

Top metros hiring for business intelligence

NamePostingsShare
Alexandria363.0%
New York City322.7%
San Francisco221.8%
Toronto191.6%
Chicago181.5%
London161.3%
Boston151.2%
Berlin141.2%
Austin121.0%

Skills commonly paired with business intelligence

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How this was computed

Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-30. Skills are resolved against the Skillenai canonical taxonomy, so the same entity is counted whether a posting writes 'Python', 'Python 3', or 'python'. Role prevalence divides postings mentioning business intelligence by all postings for each role in the same window, ranking roles with at least 20 postings. Role distribution divides each role’s business intelligence postings by all business intelligence postings, including postings without a role. Shares need not sum to 100% for the displayed roles. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-requested skills). Adjusted posting share: 0.4% to 0.5%. Demand share change is the relative percentage change between these adjusted shares. Each employer-and-ATS group has at least 10 postings in each 90-day window; its earlier posting count supplies the same weight in both windows. The panel includes 2,596 identified employers and covers 68% of earlier and 72% of latest indexed postings. Windows: 2026-06-02 to 2026-08-31 and 2026-06-30 to 2026-09-28 (UTC; end dates excluded). The windows overlap by 62 days. Dates reflect indexing, not the employer’s posting date. This measures posting mix, not total hiring or market-wide demand. Matching excludes entrants and exits; changes in crawl completeness within an employer or ATS can still affect the result.

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Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
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90
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Compiled by Jared Rand · Data sourced from the Skillenai labor market index