Business Intelligence Specialist Jobs

BI Specialist
UK

The median BI Specialist salary in the UK is £55,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 23 April 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
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 865 962 1199
Rank change year-on-year +97 +237 -359
Permanent jobs requiring a Business Intelligence Specialist 24 16 16
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.025% 0.015% 0.010%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.026% 0.017% 0.011%
Number of salaries quoted 24 8 8
10th Percentile £41,625 £39,888 £32,625
25th Percentile £47,500 £42,344 £36,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £45,000 £48,000
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% -6.25% +37.14%
75th Percentile £58,250 £50,781 £55,688
90th Percentile £66,250 £53,875 £58,125
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £46,250 £35,500
% change year-on-year +8.11% +30.28% +1.43%

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 92,477 96,786 147,852
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.63% 91.57% 96.05%
Number of salaries quoted 66,588 60,676 85,408
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.67% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,075
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

Business Intelligence Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Intelligence Specialist in the UK

Business Intelligence Specialist
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Business Intelligence Specialist in the UK

Business Intelligence Specialist
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Business Intelligence Specialist over the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Business Intelligence Specialist in the UK

Business Intelligence Specialist
Top 10 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Business Intelligence Specialist within the UK over the 6 months to 23 April 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 +115 17 £55,000 +22.22% 2
UK excluding London +4 12 £50,000 +8.11%
Work from Home +85 11 £55,000 +22.22% 1
East of England +41 9 £50,000 +40.85%
London +132 5 £62,500 +38.89% 2
North of England - 2 £50,000 -
West Midlands +22 1 £40,000 -14.67%
Midlands +12 1 £40,000 -14.67%
North East - 1 £55,000 -
North West - 1 £45,000 -

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

For the 6 months to 23 April 2024, Business Intelligence Specialist 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 Specialist in the job title.

1 24 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
2 18 (75.00%) Power BI
2 18 (75.00%) Power Platform
3 13 (54.17%) SQL
4 10 (41.67%) Data Analysis
5 9 (37.50%) Visualisation
6 8 (33.33%) Data Visualisation
6 8 (33.33%) Windows
7 7 (29.17%) Tableau
7 7 (29.17%) Analytical Skills
8 6 (25.00%) Analytics
8 6 (25.00%) BusinessObjects
8 6 (25.00%) NHS
8 6 (25.00%) Social Skills
8 6 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
9 5 (20.83%) Degree
9 5 (20.83%) Linux
9 5 (20.83%) Cognos
9 5 (20.83%) Data Warehouse
9 5 (20.83%) Relational Database
9 5 (20.83%) QlikView
9 5 (20.83%) Presales
10 4 (16.67%) Project Management
11 3 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
11 3 (12.50%) B2B
11 3 (12.50%) Microsoft
11 3 (12.50%) Data Analytics
11 3 (12.50%) Actionable Insight
11 3 (12.50%) Marketing
11 3 (12.50%) Data Interpretation

Business Intelligence Specialist 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 1 (4.17%) SAS
Applications
1 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 18 (75.00%) Power Platform
2 1 (4.17%) AWS
2 1 (4.17%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (8.33%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (75.00%) Power BI
2 7 (29.17%) Tableau
3 6 (25.00%) BusinessObjects
4 5 (20.83%) Data Warehouse
4 5 (20.83%) QlikView
4 5 (20.83%) Relational Database
5 1 (4.17%) Base SAS
5 1 (4.17%) Big Data
5 1 (4.17%) Data Mining
5 1 (4.17%) Power Query
General
1 7 (29.17%) Analytical Skills
2 6 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 3 (12.50%) Marketing
4 1 (4.17%) Banking
4 1 (4.17%) Finance
4 1 (4.17%) Legal
4 1 (4.17%) Manufacturing
4 1 (4.17%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (8.33%) HTML
2 1 (4.17%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 6 (25.00%) NHS
2 1 (4.17%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (4.17%) Data Structures
2 1 (4.17%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (4.17%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (4.17%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 8 (33.33%) Windows
2 5 (20.83%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
2 10 (41.67%) Data Analysis
3 9 (37.50%) Visualisation
4 8 (33.33%) Data Visualisation
5 6 (25.00%) Analytics
5 6 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
6 5 (20.83%) Presales
7 4 (16.67%) Project Management
8 3 (12.50%) Actionable Insight
8 3 (12.50%) B2B
8 3 (12.50%) Data Analytics
8 3 (12.50%) Data Interpretation
8 3 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
9 2 (8.33%) Collaborative Working
9 2 (8.33%) Computer Science
9 2 (8.33%) Dashboard Development
9 2 (8.33%) Data Architecture
9 2 (8.33%) Data Modelling
9 2 (8.33%) ETL
9 2 (8.33%) Statistics
Programming Languages
1 13 (54.17%) SQL
2 2 (8.33%) Python
2 2 (8.33%) T-SQL
3 1 (4.17%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 1 (4.17%) R
Qualifications
1 5 (20.83%) Degree
2 2 (8.33%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.17%) Actionable Recommendations
Vendors
1 5 (20.83%) Cognos
2 3 (12.50%) Microsoft
3 1 (4.17%) Oracle
3 1 (4.17%) SAP
3 1 (4.17%) Workday