With the expansion of the business intelligence field, it is no longer limited to analysis. As more domains have started to adopt business intelligence, various subsets have emerged:

• Business Analyst: These analysts mine and collect data in multiple ways using the software. And then analyse the same on the industry trends and competitors in order to evaluate and communicate it with upper-level professionals.
• Business Intelligence Project Manager: A BI project manager establishes the plans for a project after consulting other professionals. These project plans usually define requirements, schedules, and resources.
• Business Intelligence Specialists: The specialists monitor strategic design and the maintenance of BI activities.
• Business Intelligence Consultants: These consultants apply BI solutions and manage projects for various clients.
• Business Intelligence Director: A BI director will be leading the design and development of business intelligence activities for the organization.

With BI getting more prominent, there has been a rise in confusion between business intelligence (BI) and business analytics (BA).

By definition:

Business Intelligence: It uses past and present to drive current business needs.

Business Analytics: Analyses only the past data to drive current needs.

Usage:

Business Intelligence: Runs current business operations.
Business Analytics: Changes business operations and improves productivity.

Ease of Operations:

Business Intelligence: For current business operations.
Business Analytics: For future business operations.

Field:

Business Intelligence: BI comes under Business Analytics.

Business Analytics: Contains data warehouse, information management etc.

According to various job portals; the average salaries of various BI job roles in India are:

• BI Analyst- ₹ 7,90,532 per year
• BI Manager- ₹ 10,07,544 per year
• BI Specialist- ₹12,81,082 per year
• BI Consultants- ₹10,76,000 per year
• BI Director- ₹30,00,000 per year