# Business Intelligence Analysts

> Produce financial and market intelligence by querying data repositories and generating periodic reports. Devise methods for identifying data patterns and trends in available information sources.
- **Entity Type:** role
- **Schema Version:** role.v1
- **Soc Code:** 15-2051.01
- **Summary:** Produce financial and market intelligence by querying data repositories and generating periodic reports. Devise methods for identifying data patterns and trends in available information sources.

## Aliases

- Business Intelligence Analyst (BI Analyst)
- Competitive Intelligence Analyst
- Intelligence Analyst
- Market Intelligence Consultant
- Business Analyst
- Business Intelligence Consultant (BI Consultant)
- Business Intelligence Coordinator (BI Coordinator)
- Business Intelligence Specialist (BI Specialist)
- Market Intelligence Analyst
- Strategic Business and Technology Intelligence Consultant
- Analytical Data Miner
- Business Consultant

## Tasks

| Text | Type | Iwa |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Generate standard or custom reports summarizing business, financial, or economic data for review by executives, managers, clients, and other stakeholders. | Core | 4.A.3.b.6.c |
| Maintain or update business intelligence tools, databases, dashboards, systems, or methods. | Core | 4.A.3.b.1.f |
| Manage timely flow of business intelligence information to users. | Core | 4.A.3.b.2.f |
| Provide technical support for existing reports, dashboards, or other tools. | Core | 4.A.4.b.6.d |
| Identify and analyze industry or geographic trends with business strategy implications. | Core | 4.A.2.a.4.b |
| Document specifications for business intelligence or information technology reports, dashboards, or other outputs. | Core | 4.A.3.b.2.f |
| Create business intelligence tools or systems, including design of related databases, spreadsheets, or outputs. | Core | 4.A.2.b.2.f |
| Collect business intelligence data from available industry reports, public information, field reports, or purchased sources. | Core | 4.A.2.a.4.b |
| Disseminate information regarding tools, reports, or metadata enhancements. | Core | 4.A.4.a.2.c |
| Conduct or coordinate tests to ensure that intelligence is consistent with defined needs. | Core | 4.A.1.a.1.n |
| Synthesize current business intelligence or trend data to support recommendations for action. | Core | 4.A.2.a.4.b |
| Analyze competitive market strategies through analysis of related product, market, or share trends. | Core | 4.A.2.a.4.b |

## Emerging Tasks


## Activities

| Name | Iwa |
| --- | --- |
| Provide technical support for software maintenance or use. | 4.A.4.b.6.d |
| Develop models of information or communications systems. | 4.A.3.b.2.d |
| Analyze market or customer related data. | 4.A.2.a.4.b |
| Document technical specifications or requirements. | 4.A.3.b.6.i |
| Update knowledge about emerging industry or technology trends. | 4.A.2.b.3.a |
| Update computer database information. | 4.A.3.b.1.f |
| Develop information communication procedures. | 4.A.3.b.2.f |
| Document operational procedures. | 4.A.3.b.6.h |
| Report information to managers or other personnel. | 4.A.4.a.2.c |
| Create databases to store electronic data. | 4.A.2.b.2.f |
| Collect data about customer needs. | 4.A.1.a.1.n |
| Prepare analytical reports. | 4.A.3.b.6.c |

## Capabilities

| Name | Family | Value |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Computers and Electronics | knowledge | 4.29 |
| Reading Comprehension | essential_skill | 4 |
| Oral Comprehension | ability | 4 |
| Written Comprehension | ability | 4 |
| Oral Expression | ability | 4 |
| Written Expression | ability | 4 |
| Inductive Reasoning | ability | 4 |
| Active Listening | essential_skill | 3.88 |
| Speaking | essential_skill | 3.88 |
| Critical Thinking | essential_skill | 3.88 |
| Active Learning | essential_skill | 3.88 |
| Mathematics | knowledge | 3.82 |
| English Language | knowledge | 3.77 |
| Writing | essential_skill | 3.75 |
| Deductive Reasoning | ability | 3.75 |
| Judgment and Decision Making | transferable_skill | 3.62 |
| Information Ordering | ability | 3.62 |
| Category Flexibility | ability | 3.62 |
| Mathematics | essential_skill | 3.5 |
| Mathematical Reasoning | ability | 3.5 |
| Speech Clarity | ability | 3.5 |
| Complex Problem Solving | transferable_skill | 3.38 |
| Fluency of Ideas | ability | 3.38 |
| Speech Recognition | ability | 3.38 |
| Problem Sensitivity | ability | 3.25 |
| Flexibility of Closure | ability | 3.25 |
| Administration and Management | knowledge | 3.14 |
| Monitoring | essential_skill | 3.12 |
| Systems Analysis | transferable_skill | 3.12 |
| Systems Evaluation | transferable_skill | 3.12 |
| Time Management | transferable_skill | 3.12 |
| Originality | ability | 3.12 |
| Number Facility | ability | 3.12 |
| Near Vision | ability | 3.12 |
| Customer and Personal Service | knowledge | 3.1 |
| Learning Strategies | essential_skill | 3 |
| Coordination | transferable_skill | 3 |
| Instructing | transferable_skill | 3 |
| Economics and Accounting | knowledge | 3 |
| Social Perceptiveness | transferable_skill | 2.88 |

## Skills

| Name | Type |
| --- | --- |
| Reading Comprehension | Common Skill |
| Inductive Reasoning | Common Skill |
| Critical Thinking | Common Skill |
| Active Listening | Common Skill |
| Active Learning | Common Skill |
| Mathematics | Common Skill |
| English Language | Common Skill |
| Writing | Common Skill |
| Deductive Reasoning | Common Skill |
| Information Ordering | Specialized Skill |
| Microsoft PowerPoint | Common Skill |
| Microsoft Excel | Common Skill |
| Speech Recognition | Specialized Skill |
| Complex Problem Solving | Common Skill |
| Time Management | Common Skill |
| Systems Analysis | Specialized Skill |
| Unix Shell | Specialized Skill |
| Unix | Specialized Skill |
| Transact-SQL | Specialized Skill |
| Shell Script | Specialized Skill |
| SAP ERP | Specialized Skill |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux | Specialized Skill |
| PostgreSQL | Specialized Skill |
| Oracle SQL Developer | Specialized Skill |
| NoSQL | Specialized Skill |
| MySQL | Specialized Skill |
| MongoDB | Specialized Skill |
| Microsoft Word | Common Skill |
| Microsoft Visual Studio | Specialized Skill |
| Microsoft Visio | Specialized Skill |
| Microsoft SharePoint | Specialized Skill |
| Microsoft Project | Specialized Skill |
| Microsoft Outlook | Common Skill |
| Microsoft Access | Specialized Skill |
| Linux | Specialized Skill |
| Learning Strategies | Specialized Skill |
| JQuery | Specialized Skill |
| Instructing | Specialized Skill |
| IBM DB2 | Specialized Skill |
| Google Docs | Specialized Skill |

## Tools

| Example | Category | Hot | In Demand |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Amazon Web Services AWS software | Data base user interface and query software | yes | yes |
| Microsoft Azure software | Development environment software | yes | yes |
| Microsoft Excel | Spreadsheet software | yes | yes |
| Microsoft Office software | Office suite software | yes | yes |
| Microsoft Power BI | Business intelligence and data analysis software | yes | yes |
| Microsoft PowerPoint | Presentation software | yes | yes |
| Python | Object or component oriented development software | yes | yes |
| R | Object or component oriented development software | yes | yes |
| Salesforce software | Customer relationship management CRM software | yes | yes |
| SAP software | Enterprise resource planning ERP software | yes | yes |
| SAS | Analytical or scientific software | yes | yes |
| Snowflake | Data mining software | yes | yes |
| Structured query language SQL | Data base user interface and query software | yes | yes |
| Tableau | Business intelligence and data analysis software | yes | yes |
| Adobe Acrobat | Document management software | yes | no |
| AJAX | Web platform development software | yes | no |
| Alteryx software | Business intelligence and data analysis software | yes | no |
| Amazon DynamoDB | Data base management system software | yes | no |
| Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud EC2 | Data base user interface and query software | yes | no |
| Amazon Redshift | Data base user interface and query software | yes | no |
| Apache Cassandra | Data base management system software | yes | no |
| Apache Hadoop | Data base management system software | yes | no |
| Apache Hive | Data base management system software | yes | no |
| Apache Kafka | Development environment software | yes | no |
| Apache Spark | Business intelligence and data analysis software | yes | no |
| Apache Tomcat | Web platform development software | yes | no |
| Atlassian Confluence | Project management software | yes | no |
| Atlassian JIRA | Content workflow software | yes | no |
| Bash | Operating system software | yes | no |
| C | Development environment software | yes | no |
| C# | Object or component oriented development software | yes | no |
| C++ | Object or component oriented development software | yes | no |
| Django | Web platform development software | yes | no |
| Eclipse IDE | Development environment software | yes | no |
| Elasticsearch | Data base management system software | yes | no |
| Epic Systems | Medical software | yes | no |
| ESRI ArcGIS software | Geographic information system | yes | no |
| Extensible markup language XML | Enterprise application integration software | yes | no |
| Facebook | Web page creation and editing software | yes | no |
| Git | File versioning software | yes | no |

## Work Context

| Name | Value |
| --- | --- |
| E-Mail | 4.95 |
| Spend Time Sitting | 4.77 |
| Importance of Being Exact or Accurate | 4.41 |
| Determine Tasks, Priorities and Goals | 4.27 |
| Indoors, Environmentally Controlled | 4.24 |
| Freedom to Make Decisions | 4.23 |
| Telephone Conversations | 4.21 |
| Face-to-Face Discussions with Individuals and Within Teams | 4.21 |
| Work With or Contribute to a Work Group or Team | 4.14 |
| Time Pressure | 3.73 |
| Impact of Decisions on Co-workers or Company Results | 3.55 |
| Contact With Others | 3.32 |
| Level of Competition | 3.32 |
| Written Letters and Memos | 3.29 |
| Coordinate or Lead Others in Accomplishing Work Activities | 3.29 |
| Frequency of Decision Making | 3.23 |
| Work Outcomes and Results of Other Workers | 3.05 |
| Importance of Repeating Same Tasks | 2.91 |
| Spend Time Making Repetitive Motions | 2.82 |
| Consequence of Error | 2.73 |
| Physical Proximity | 2.71 |
| Public Speaking | 2.59 |
| Degree of Automation | 2.5 |
| Conflict Situations | 2.32 |
| Spend Time Using Your Hands to Handle, Control, or Feel Objects, Tools, or Controls | 2.18 |
| Deal With External Customers or the Public in General | 2 |
| Spend Time Standing | 2 |
| Dealing With Unpleasant, Angry, or Discourteous People | 1.86 |
| Exposed to Sounds, Noise Levels that are Distracting or Uncomfortable | 1.5 |
| Health and Safety of Other Workers | 1.45 |
| Indoors, Not Environmentally Controlled | 1.18 |
| Spend Time Walking or Running | 1.18 |
| Exposed to Extremely Bright or Inadequate Lighting Conditions | 1.14 |
| In an Enclosed Vehicle or Operate Enclosed Equipment | 1.09 |
| Outdoors, Exposed to All Weather Conditions | 1.05 |
| Exposed to Cramped Work Space, Awkward Positions | 1.05 |
| Exposed to Hazardous Equipment | 1.05 |
| Spend Time Keeping or Regaining Balance | 1.05 |
| Dealing with Violent or Physically Aggressive People | 1 |
| Outdoors, Under Cover | 1 |

## Preparation

- **Job Zone:** 4
- **Job Zone Name:** Job Zone Four: Considerable Preparation Needed
- **Education:** Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not.
- **Experience:** A considerable amount of work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is needed for these occupations. For example, an accountant must complete four years of college and work for several years in accounting to be considered qualified.
- **Svp Range:** (7.0 to < 8.0)

### Education Distribution

| Label | Percentage |
| --- | --- |
| Bachelor's Degree | 68.18 |
| Master's Degree | 22.73 |
| Associate's Degree (or other 2-year degree) | 4.55 |
| Post-Baccalaureate Certificate | 4.55 |

## Person Fit

| Name | Family | Value |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Conventional | career_interest_type | 5.79 |
| Information Technology | specific_interest_area | 5.46 |
| Investigative | career_interest_type | 5.41 |
| Mathematics/Statistics | specific_interest_area | 5.12 |
| Office Work | specific_interest_area | 5 |
| Finance | specific_interest_area | 4.45 |
| Enterprising | career_interest_type | 4.42 |
| Accounting | specific_interest_area | 4.32 |
| Dependability | work_style | 4 |
| Business Initiatives | specific_interest_area | 3.97 |
| Management/Administration | specific_interest_area | 3.11 |
| Attention to Detail | work_style | 3 |
| Social Science | specific_interest_area | 2.5 |
| Marketing/Advertising | specific_interest_area | 2.37 |
| Integrity | work_style | 2.32 |
| Public Speaking | specific_interest_area | 2.12 |

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| --- | --- | --- | --- |
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| 13-1161.00 | role-13-1161-00 | Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists | Primary-Short |
| 43-9111.00 | role-43-9111-00 | Statistical Assistants | Primary-Short |
| 11-2021.00 | role-11-2021-00 | Marketing Managers | Primary-Short |
| 13-1161.01 | role-13-1161-01 | Search Marketing Strategists | Primary-Long |
| 13-2054.00 | role-13-2054-00 | Financial Risk Specialists | Primary-Long |
| 15-2031.00 | role-15-2031-00 | Operations Research Analysts | Primary-Long |
| 15-1299.03 | role-15-1299-03 | Document Management Specialists | Primary-Long |
| 15-2051.02 | role-15-2051-02 | Clinical Data Managers | Primary-Long |
| 13-1111.00 | role-13-1111-00 | Management Analysts | Supplemental |
| 15-1243.00 | role-15-1243-00 | Database Architects | Supplemental |

## Career Clusters

| Cluster | Slug |
| --- | --- |
| Digital Technology | digital-technology |
| Financial Services | financial-services |
| Marketing & Sales | marketing-sales |

## Education Level

- **Category:** Bachelor's degree

## Study Programs

| Title | Slug |
| --- | --- |
| Biological and Biomedical Sciences | biological-and-biomedical-sciences |
| Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services | business-management-marketing-and-related-support-services |
| Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services | computer-and-information-sciences-and-support-services |
| Mathematics and Statistics | mathematics-and-statistics |
| Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies | multi-interdisciplinary-studies |
| Physical Sciences | physical-sciences |
| Social Sciences | social-sciences |

## Market

- **Median Wage:** 112590
- **Mean Wage:** 124590
- **Pct10Wage:** 63650
- **Pct25Wage:** 82630
- **Pct75Wage:** 155810
- **Pct90Wage:** 194410
- **Employment:** 233440
- **Area Title:** U.S.

## Industries


### Top

| Naics | Slug | Title | Level | Employment | Median Wage | Lq |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 54 | 54 | Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | Sector | 69410 | 117020 | 4.26 |
| 52 | 52 | Finance and Insurance | Sector | 41020 | 123570 | 4.35 |
| 51 | 51 | Information | Sector | 26840 | 137600 | 6.1 |
| 55 | 55 | Management of Companies and Enterprises | Sector | 26100 | 126940 | 6.14 |
| 56 | 56 | Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services | Sector | 14390 | 100780 | 1.05 |
| 62 | 62 | Health Care and Social Assistance | Sector | 13070 | 87870 | 0.37 |
| 31-33 | 31-33 | Manufacturing | Sector | 9240 | 118080 | 0.48 |
| 61 | 61 | Educational Services | Sector | 8700 | 79310 | 0.42 |
| 42 | 42 | Wholesale Trade | Sector | 7680 | 110930 | 0.84 |
| 524114 | 524114 | Direct Health and Medical Insurance Carriers | National industry | 6620 | 104950 | 9.74 |
| 561320 | 561320 | Temporary Help Services | National industry | 5290 | 99840 | 1.32 |
| 541330 | 541330 | Engineering Services | National industry | 3580 | 105400 | 2.05 |

### Concentrated

| Naics | Slug | Title | Level | Employment | Lq |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 524114 | 524114 | Direct Health and Medical Insurance Carriers | National industry | 6620 | 9.74 |
| 541720 | 541720 | Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities | National industry | 740 | 8.04 |
| 55 | 55 | Management of Companies and Enterprises | Sector | 26100 | 6.14 |
| 51 | 51 | Information | Sector | 26840 | 6.1 |
| 52 | 52 | Finance and Insurance | Sector | 41020 | 4.35 |
| 54 | 54 | Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | Sector | 69410 | 4.26 |
| 541330 | 541330 | Engineering Services | National industry | 3580 | 2.05 |
| 524210 | 524210 | Insurance Agencies and Brokerages | National industry | 2790 | 1.86 |
- **Count:** 45

## Ai Signals


## Ai Outlook


### Index

- **Value:** 96
- **Percentile:** 99
- **Band:** High
- **Version:** ai-exposure-index-v1

#### Components

| Percentile | Source |
| --- | --- |
| 95 | openai_gpts_are_gpts |
| 98 | microsoft_working_with_ai |
- **Component Count:** 2

### Exposure

| Source | Label | Value | Percentile | Band | Note |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| eloundou_gamma | LLM task exposure, γ (OpenAI / Eloundou) | 1 | 95 | High | Share of this job's tasks where a large language model plus simple tools could cut the time to do them by at least half. γ is capped at 1.0 and many jobs reach that ceiling, so treat a top score as 'in the top group', not a precise rank. |
| microsoft_applicability | AI assistant applicability (Microsoft) | 0.35716327602190434 | 98 | High | How applicable today's AI assistants are to this job's activities, measured from real Microsoft Copilot conversations. Applicability is not the same as replacement. |

### Eloundou

- **Alpha:** 0.3939393939393939
- **Beta:** 0.696969696969697
- **Gamma:** 1

### Usage Tasks

| Task | Usage Percent | Importance |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Generate standard or custom reports summarizing business, financial, or economic data for review by executives, managers, clients, and other stakeholders. | 0.22564901051316918 | 4.64 |
| Create business intelligence tools or systems, including design of related databases, spreadsheets, or outputs. | 0.06398695200259645 | 3.7 |
| Synthesize current business intelligence or trend data to support recommendations for action. | 0.03225024547161362 | 3.59 |
| Disseminate information regarding tools, reports, or metadata enhancements. | 0.01817927849832997 | 3.65 |
| Analyze competitive market strategies through analysis of related product, market, or share trends. | 0.01725490840519455 | 3.58 |
| Identify and analyze industry or geographic trends with business strategy implications. | 0.010784317753246593 | 3.86 |
- **Usage Release:** 2026-01-15-v4-plus-2025-03-27-v2

### Bls

- **Growth Percent:** 33.5
- **Growth Percentile:** 100
- **Direction:** Growing fast
- **Annual Openings Thousands:** 23.4
- **Annual Openings Percentile:** 80
- **Employment2024Thousands:** 245.9
- **Employment2034Thousands:** 328.3

### Sources

| Source | Version |
| --- | --- |
| bls_employment_projections | 2024-2034 |
| microsoft_working_with_ai | working-with-ai |
| openai_gpts_are_gpts | gpts-are-gpts |

## Counts

- **Tasks:** 17
- **Skills:** 107
- **Capabilities:** 120
- **Tools:** 203
- **Related Roles:** 20

## Source

- **Dataset:** gold.onet_role_starter_surface
- **Version:** 30.3
- **Generated At:** 2026-06-02T21:00:32.945303+00:00
- **Content Hash:** 94b686b8035e7606