Summary Report for:
15-1199.08 - 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.
This title represents an occupation for which data collection is currently underway.
Tasks | Tools & Technology | Education | Wages & Employment
Tasks
- Generate standard or custom reports summarizing business, financial, or economic data for review by executives, managers, clients, and other stakeholders.
- Synthesize current business intelligence or trend data to support recommendations for action.
- Analyze competitive market strategies through analysis of related product, market, or share trends.
- Analyze technology trends to identify markets for future product development or to improve sales of existing products.
- Collect business intelligence data from available industry reports, public information, field reports, or purchased sources.
- Conduct or coordinate tests to ensure that intelligence is consistent with defined needs.
- Create business intelligence tools or systems, including design of related databases, spreadsheets, or outputs.
- Disseminate information regarding tools, reports, or metadata enhancements.
- Document specifications for business intelligence or information technology (IT) reports, dashboards, or other outputs.
- Identify and analyze industry or geographic trends with business strategy implications.
Tools & Technology
Tools used in this occupation:
| Computer servers — Storage servers |
| Facsimile machines — Fax machines |
| High end computer servers — Data warehouse appliances |
| Photocopiers |
| Scanners |
Technology used in this occupation:
| Analytical or scientific software — Rogue Wave Software IMSL Numerical Libraries; SAS software; Statistical analysis software |
| Data base management system software — Microsoft SQL Server; Oracle procedural language/structured query language PL/SQL; Oracle software; Relational database software |
| Data base reporting software — Panorama NovaView; SAP BusinessObjects Crystal Reports; SAP BusinessObjects software; SiSense Prism |
| Data base user interface and query software — IBM DB2; Microsoft Access; Oracle Essbase; Transact-SQL |
| Data mining software — Data warehouse software; IBM Cognos Business Intelligence; Informatica Data Explorer; SAP Netweaver Business Warehouse |
Education
This occupation may require a background in the following science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) educational disciplines:
Wages & Employment Trends
National
Median wages data collected from Computer Occupations, All Other.
Employment data collected from Computer Occupations, All Other.
Industry data collected from Computer Occupations, All Other.
| Median wages (2011) | $38.43 hourly, $79,930 annual |
| Employment (2010) | 210,000 employees |
| Projected growth (2010-2020) | 
Slower than average (3% to 9%)
|
| Projected job openings (2010-2020) | 51,600 |
| Top industries (2010) |
State & National
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics 2011 wage data
and 2010-2020 employment projections
.
"Projected growth" represents the estimated change in total employment over the projections period (2010-2020). "Projected job openings" represent openings due to growth and replacement.