Head of Business Intelligence Job Trends in the North of England

Head of BI
England > North of England

The median Head of BI salary in the North of England is £55,000 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 261 - 275
Rank change year-on-year - - +153
Permanent jobs requiring a Head of Business Intelligence 2 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.019% - 0.013%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.022% - 0.014%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £61,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 - £62,500
75th Percentile - - £63,750
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £75,000 £100,000 £130,000
% change year-on-year -25.00% -23.08% +85.71%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
North of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the North of 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 the North of England with a recognized job title 9,292 8,946 7,134
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 88.62% 94.19% 95.93%
Number of salaries quoted 5,301 4,308 5,636
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £32,000 £40,000 £38,734
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,500 £50,055 £51,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.11% -2.81% -1.90%
75th Percentile £66,250 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £81,642 £80,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -1.64%

Head of Business Intelligence
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Head of Business Intelligence job vacancy trend in the North of England

Head of Business Intelligence
Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for Head of Business Intelligence job vacancies in the North of England.

Salary distribution trend for Head of Business Intelligence job vacancies in the North of England

Head of Business Intelligence
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Head of Business Intelligence within the North of England region over the 6 months to 31 December 2025. 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
Yorkshire - 1 £55,000 -
North East - 1 - - 1
Head of Business Intelligence
England

Head of Business Intelligence Skill Set
Top 20 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 31 December 2025, Head of Business Intelligence 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 North of England region featuring Head of Business Intelligence in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Analytics
1 2 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) Actionable Insight
2 1 (50.00%) AWS
2 1 (50.00%) Azure
2 1 (50.00%) Data Governance
2 1 (50.00%) Data Modelling
2 1 (50.00%) Data Quality
2 1 (50.00%) Data Science
2 1 (50.00%) Data Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) Data Visualisation
2 1 (50.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
2 1 (50.00%) Power BI
2 1 (50.00%) Power Platform
2 1 (50.00%) Proactive Monitoring
2 1 (50.00%) Revenue Assurance
2 1 (50.00%) SQL
2 1 (50.00%) Visualisation

Head of Business Intelligence Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) AWS
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Power BI
General
1 1 (50.00%) Influencing Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Analytics
1 2 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) Actionable Insight
2 1 (50.00%) Data Governance
2 1 (50.00%) Data Modelling
2 1 (50.00%) Data Science
2 1 (50.00%) Data Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) Data Visualisation
2 1 (50.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
2 1 (50.00%) Proactive Monitoring
2 1 (50.00%) Revenue Assurance
2 1 (50.00%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Data Quality