Business Intelligence Analyst Jobs

BI Analyst
UK

The median BI Analyst salary in the UK is £45,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 705 676 762
Rank change year-on-year -29 +86 -203
Permanent jobs requiring a Business Intelligence Analyst 210 284 528
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.20% 0.29% 0.32%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.22% 0.32% 0.33%
Number of salaries quoted 189 245 440
10th Percentile £27,350 £31,276 £34,900
25th Percentile £36,250 £37,000 £40,816
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £48,587 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.38% -2.83% +11.11%
75th Percentile £55,000 £57,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £71,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £40,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +4.94% -10.00% +12.50%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 97,260 88,990 160,374
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.78% 91.41% 96.06%
Number of salaries quoted 69,382 56,369 85,188
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,663
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,500 £50,173
% change year-on-year -6.54% +6.63% +5.63%

Business Intelligence Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Business Intelligence Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Business Intelligence Analyst in the UK

Business Intelligence Analyst
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Business Intelligence Analyst.

Salary trend for Business Intelligence Analyst in the UK

Business Intelligence Analyst
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Business Intelligence Analyst over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Business Intelligence Analyst in the UK

Business Intelligence Analyst
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Business Intelligence Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 28 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +18 192 £45,000 -10.00% 45
UK excluding London -37 157 £42,500 +4.94% 34
Work from Home +33 83 £43,500 -13.00% 15
London +95 52 £60,000 +9.09% 11
Midlands -13 44 £45,000 +15.38% 2
North of England +67 42 £36,750 -8.13% 9
West Midlands -7 31 £48,750 +25.00% 1
North West +20 27 £36,750 +5.00% 6
South West -17 24 £45,000 +5.88% 10
South East -20 17 £45,000 -2.91% 11
East Midlands -6 13 £42,500 -15.00% 1
East of England -6 13 £42,500 +6.25% 1
Yorkshire +85 10 £43,750 - 2
Scotland -56 10 £45,000 -14.29%
Wales -11 7 £32,500 -18.75% 1
North East -7 5 £32,500 -23.53% 1

Business Intelligence Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 28 May 2024, Business Intelligence Analyst job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Business Intelligence Analyst in the job title.

1 210 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
2 171 (81.43%) Power BI
2 171 (81.43%) Power Platform
3 162 (77.14%) SQL
4 94 (44.76%) Visualisation
5 87 (41.43%) Social Skills
6 86 (40.95%) Finance
7 80 (38.10%) Analytics
8 73 (34.76%) Data Visualisation
9 66 (31.43%) Data Analysis
10 64 (30.48%) Analytical Skills
11 58 (27.62%) Data Warehouse
12 56 (26.67%) Microsoft Excel
13 55 (26.19%) Problem-Solving
14 47 (22.38%) Data Modelling
15 45 (21.43%) Tableau
16 43 (20.48%) Azure
17 42 (20.00%) Decision-Making
17 42 (20.00%) Degree
18 41 (19.52%) Microsoft
18 41 (19.52%) Data Analysis Expressions
19 37 (17.62%) SQL Server Reporting Services
20 36 (17.14%) Python
21 31 (14.76%) ETL
22 28 (13.33%) Actionable Insight
22 28 (13.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
23 27 (12.86%) Dashboard Development
24 26 (12.38%) Computer Science
24 26 (12.38%) Power Query
25 25 (11.90%) Migration

Business Intelligence Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 5 (2.38%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.43%) Oracle Application Server
2 3 (1.43%) SAS
Applications
1 56 (26.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (3.33%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (2.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (1.90%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (1.43%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 6 (2.86%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.48%) Academy Housing
2 1 (0.48%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.48%) Oracle Cash Management
2 1 (0.48%) Oracle Receivables
2 1 (0.48%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 171 (81.43%) Power Platform
2 43 (20.48%) Azure
3 11 (5.24%) AWS
4 10 (4.76%) GCP
4 10 (4.76%) PowerApps
5 9 (4.29%) Snowflake
6 7 (3.33%) Dynamics 365
6 7 (3.33%) Google Analytics
7 6 (2.86%) Power Automate
8 4 (1.90%) Azure Data Factory
8 4 (1.90%) ChatGPT
8 4 (1.90%) Cloud Computing
9 2 (0.95%) WhatsApp
10 1 (0.48%) Adobe Analytics
10 1 (0.48%) Entra ID
10 1 (0.48%) Google Data Studio
10 1 (0.48%) OCI
10 1 (0.48%) SuccessFactors
Database & Business Intelligence
1 171 (81.43%) Power BI
2 58 (27.62%) Data Warehouse
3 45 (21.43%) Tableau
4 37 (17.62%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 26 (12.38%) Power Query
6 20 (9.52%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 19 (9.05%) SQL Server
8 13 (6.19%) Data Mining
9 12 (5.71%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
10 10 (4.76%) Looker
11 9 (4.29%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 8 (3.81%) QlikView
13 7 (3.33%) BigQuery
14 5 (2.38%) MS Access
14 5 (2.38%) Qlik Sense
14 5 (2.38%) Relational Database
15 4 (1.90%) Amazon QuickSight
15 4 (1.90%) MySQL
16 3 (1.43%) Oracle BI EE
16 3 (1.43%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 13 (6.19%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
2 1 (0.48%) Oracle Forms
General
1 87 (41.43%) Social Skills
2 86 (40.95%) Finance
3 64 (30.48%) Analytical Skills
4 28 (13.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 23 (10.95%) Retail
6 17 (8.10%) Presentation Skills
7 12 (5.71%) Retail Banking
8 10 (4.76%) Public Sector
9 9 (4.29%) Legal
10 8 (3.81%) Marketing
10 8 (3.81%) Pharmaceutical
11 6 (2.86%) Automotive
11 6 (2.86%) Documentation Skills
12 5 (2.38%) Law
12 5 (2.38%) Manufacturing
13 2 (0.95%) Advertising
13 2 (0.95%) Agriculture
13 2 (0.95%) Organisational Skills
14 1 (0.48%) Billing
14 1 (0.48%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.43%) HTML
2 1 (0.48%) .NET
2 1 (0.48%) D3.js
2 1 (0.48%) EDI
2 1 (0.48%) Flash
2 1 (0.48%) Pandas
2 1 (0.48%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 9 (4.29%) NHS
2 8 (3.81%) Mobile App
3 7 (3.33%) Analytical Mindset
4 5 (2.38%) Onboarding
5 4 (1.90%) Reinsurance
5 4 (1.90%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (1.43%) Management Information System
7 2 (0.95%) Digital Media
7 2 (0.95%) Photography
7 2 (0.95%) Renewable Energy
8 1 (0.48%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.48%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 210 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
2 94 (44.76%) Visualisation
3 80 (38.10%) Analytics
4 73 (34.76%) Data Visualisation
5 66 (31.43%) Data Analysis
6 55 (26.19%) Problem-Solving
7 47 (22.38%) Data Modelling
8 42 (20.00%) Decision-Making
9 31 (14.76%) ETL
10 28 (13.33%) Actionable Insight
11 27 (12.86%) Dashboard Development
12 26 (12.38%) Computer Science
13 25 (11.90%) Migration
14 23 (10.95%) Agile
14 23 (10.95%) Business Analysis
15 22 (10.48%) Data Analytics
15 22 (10.48%) Stakeholder Management
16 21 (10.00%) Requirements Gathering
17 18 (8.57%) Statistics
18 16 (7.62%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 162 (77.14%) SQL
2 41 (19.52%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 36 (17.14%) Python
4 23 (10.95%) T-SQL
5 6 (2.86%) R
6 5 (2.38%) PL/SQL
7 4 (1.90%) VBA
8 3 (1.43%) PHP
9 1 (0.48%) C#
9 1 (0.48%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 42 (20.00%) Degree
2 13 (6.19%) Computer Science Degree
3 12 (5.71%) DBS Check
4 9 (4.29%) Microsoft Certification
5 6 (2.86%) ITIL Certification
5 6 (2.86%) Numerate Degree
5 6 (2.86%) SnowPro
6 3 (1.43%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.48%) ACCA
7 1 (0.48%) CIMA
7 1 (0.48%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (4.29%) Actionable Recommendations
1 9 (4.29%) Data Quality
2 7 (3.33%) QA
3 4 (1.90%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 41 (19.52%) Microsoft
2 10 (4.76%) SAP
3 9 (4.29%) Google
4 8 (3.81%) Northgate
4 8 (3.81%) Oracle
5 7 (3.33%) YouTube
6 6 (2.86%) Civica
7 4 (1.90%) Salesforce
8 3 (1.43%) F5
9 1 (0.48%) Adobe
9 1 (0.48%) Alteryx
9 1 (0.48%) Databricks
9 1 (0.48%) Facebook
9 1 (0.48%) Instagram
9 1 (0.48%) Liquidlogic
9 1 (0.48%) MicroStrategy
9 1 (0.48%) OpenText
9 1 (0.48%) Twitter
9 1 (0.48%) Vertica
9 1 (0.48%) Workday