Business Intelligence Lead Job Trends in London

BI Leader
England > London

The median BI Leader salary in London is £150,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 December 2025.

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

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 376 421 431
Rank change year-on-year +45 +10 +232
Permanent jobs requiring a Business Intelligence Lead 3 17 8
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.022% 0.11% 0.045%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.024% 0.12% 0.048%
Number of salaries quoted 2 8 5
10th Percentile - £82,500 -
25th Percentile £137,500 £88,125 £59,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £150,000 £90,000 £61,500
Median % change year-on-year +66.67% +46.34% -25.45%
75th Percentile £162,500 £90,938 £71,250
90th Percentile - £93,750 £72,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year - -4.00% -12.28%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 12,433 14,742 16,770
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.78% 93.00% 95.20%
Number of salaries quoted 8,215 8,650 13,551
10th Percentile £35,750 £42,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% - +3.45%
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £120,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -1.64%

Business Intelligence Lead
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Business Intelligence Lead job vacancy trend in London

Business Intelligence Lead
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for Business Intelligence Lead job vacancies in London.

Salary distribution trend for Business Intelligence Lead job vacancies in London

Business Intelligence Lead Skill Set
Top 27 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 31 December 2025, Business Intelligence Lead 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 London region featuring Business Intelligence Lead in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Azure
1 3 (100.00%) Azure Data Factory
1 3 (100.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
1 3 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) Business Transformation
1 3 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 3 (100.00%) Coaching
1 3 (100.00%) Code Quality
1 3 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 3 (100.00%) Data Lake
1 3 (100.00%) DevOps
1 3 (100.00%) ETL
1 3 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 3 (100.00%) OO
1 3 (100.00%) Power BI
1 3 (100.00%) Power Platform
1 3 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 3 (100.00%) Software Delivery
1 3 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 3 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 3 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 3 (100.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
1 3 (100.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 3 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 3 (100.00%) Technical Debt
1 3 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
1 3 (100.00%) Technology Roadmap

Business Intelligence Lead Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) Azure
1 3 (100.00%) Azure Data Factory
1 3 (100.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
1 3 (100.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) Data Lake
1 3 (100.00%) Power BI
1 3 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 3 (100.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
1 3 (100.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
General
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) Business Transformation
1 3 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 3 (100.00%) Coaching
1 3 (100.00%) Code Quality
1 3 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 3 (100.00%) DevOps
1 3 (100.00%) ETL
1 3 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 3 (100.00%) OO
1 3 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 3 (100.00%) Software Delivery
1 3 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 3 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 3 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 3 (100.00%) Technical Debt
1 3 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
1 3 (100.00%) Technology Roadmap