Senior Business Intelligence Developer Job Trends in England

Senior BI Developer
UK > England

The median Senior BI Developer salary in England is £48,750 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 22 January 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 618 672 680
Rank change year-on-year +54 +8 +215
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Business Intelligence Developer 4 10 28
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.007% 0.021% 0.050%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.008% 0.023% 0.053%
Number of salaries quoted 4 4 24
10th Percentile - £40,850 £46,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £45,125 £47,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,750 £56,250 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.33% -2.17% -9.45%
75th Percentile £57,188 £64,188 £66,750
90th Percentile £61,125 £64,975 £76,250
UK median annual salary £48,750 £56,250 £57,500
% change year-on-year -13.33% -2.17% -4.17%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 49,569 44,148 52,848
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.99% 92.27% 95.08%
Number of salaries quoted 31,460 23,079 41,799
10th Percentile £28,750 £33,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £40,988
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £56,525
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +6.15% -9.56%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £76,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -8.33%

Senior Business Intelligence Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Senior Business Intelligence Developer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

Senior Business Intelligence Developer job vacancy trend in England

Senior Business Intelligence Developer
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for Senior Business Intelligence Developer job vacancies in England.

Salary distribution trend for Senior Business Intelligence Developer job vacancies in England

Senior Business Intelligence Developer
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Business Intelligence Developer in England over the 6 months to 22 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Senior Business Intelligence Developer in England

Senior Business Intelligence Developer
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Business Intelligence Developer within the England region over the 6 months to 22 January 2026. 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
North of England - 2 £42,500 -
Midlands - 2 £58,750 - 5
North West - 2 £42,500 -
West Midlands - 2 £58,750 - 5
Senior Business Intelligence Developer
UK

Senior Business Intelligence Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 22 January 2026, Senior Business Intelligence Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the England region featuring Senior Business Intelligence Developer in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 4 (100.00%) Power BI
1 4 (100.00%) Power Platform
1 4 (100.00%) SQL
1 4 (100.00%) Visualisation
2 2 (50.00%) Agile
2 2 (50.00%) Analytics
2 2 (50.00%) AWS
2 2 (50.00%) Azure
2 2 (50.00%) Azure Certification
2 2 (50.00%) Azure Data Factory
2 2 (50.00%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
2 2 (50.00%) Azure SQL Database
2 2 (50.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
2 2 (50.00%) Data Architecture
2 2 (50.00%) Data Governance
2 2 (50.00%) Data Modelling
2 2 (50.00%) Data Strategy
2 2 (50.00%) Data Visualisation
2 2 (50.00%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (50.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
2 2 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 2 (50.00%) DevOps
2 2 (50.00%) Dimensional Modelling
2 2 (50.00%) Kimball Methodology
2 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 2 (50.00%) Python
2 2 (50.00%) Requirements Gathering

Senior Business Intelligence Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 2 (50.00%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 4 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 2 (50.00%) AWS
2 2 (50.00%) Azure
2 2 (50.00%) Azure Data Factory
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (100.00%) Power BI
2 2 (50.00%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
2 2 (50.00%) Azure SQL Database
2 2 (50.00%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (50.00%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (50.00%) Banking
1 2 (50.00%) Finance
1 2 (50.00%) Games
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Analytical Mindset
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 4 (100.00%) Visualisation
2 2 (50.00%) Agile
2 2 (50.00%) Analytics
2 2 (50.00%) Data Architecture
2 2 (50.00%) Data Governance
2 2 (50.00%) Data Modelling
2 2 (50.00%) Data Strategy
2 2 (50.00%) Data Visualisation
2 2 (50.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
2 2 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 2 (50.00%) DevOps
2 2 (50.00%) Dimensional Modelling
2 2 (50.00%) Kimball Methodology
2 2 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 2 (50.00%) Requirements Gathering
2 2 (50.00%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) SQL
2 2 (50.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
2 2 (50.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) Azure Certification
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft