Business Intelligence Developer Jobs in the South West

BI Developer
England > South West

The median BI Developer salary in the South West is £48,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 17 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 172 258 247
Rank change year-on-year +86 -11 +23
Permanent jobs requiring a Business Intelligence Developer 7 32 16
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 0.19% 0.34% 0.24%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.21% 0.36% 0.27%
Number of salaries quoted 5 21 16
10th Percentile £43,900 - £35,813
25th Percentile £46,000 £27,500 £36,719
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £42,500 £43,625
Median % change year-on-year +14.12% -2.58% +2.65%
75th Percentile £53,000 £56,250 £48,906
90th Percentile £56,600 £62,500 £68,750
England median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the South West. 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 South West with a recognized job title 3,373 8,984 5,976
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.85% 96.23% 89.03%
Number of salaries quoted 2,024 6,599 3,705
10th Percentile £27,250 £28,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £36,365 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £63,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £79,350
England median annual salary £56,800 £53,000 £60,800
% change year-on-year +7.17% -12.83% +1.33%

Business Intelligence Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Intelligence Developer in the South West

Business Intelligence Developer
Salary Trend in the South West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Business Intelligence Developer in the South West.

Salary trend for Business Intelligence Developer in the South West

Business Intelligence Developer
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Business Intelligence Developer within the South West region over the 6 months to 17 May 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
Bristol +51 3 £52,000 -13.33% 1
Gloucestershire +63 1 £48,500 +7.78% 1
Dorset +44 1 - -
Devon +19 1 - -
Cornwall - 1 £46,000 -
Business Intelligence Developer
England

Business Intelligence Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West

For the 6 months to 17 May 2025, Business Intelligence Developer 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 across the South West region featuring Business Intelligence Developer in the job title.

1 7 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
2 6 (85.71%) Power BI
2 6 (85.71%) Power Platform
3 4 (57.14%) Azure
3 4 (57.14%) SQL
4 3 (42.86%) ETL
5 2 (28.57%) Data Modelling
5 2 (28.57%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (28.57%) EDI
5 2 (28.57%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 2 (28.57%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 2 (28.57%) Use Case
5 2 (28.57%) Data Architecture
5 2 (28.57%) Performance Tuning
5 2 (28.57%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 2 (28.57%) Decision-Making
5 2 (28.57%) Visualisation
6 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
6 1 (14.29%) PowerApps
6 1 (14.29%) Power Automate
6 1 (14.29%) Architecture Governance
6 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
6 1 (14.29%) Requirements Gathering
6 1 (14.29%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
6 1 (14.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (14.29%) Mentoring
6 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (14.29%) Entra ID
6 1 (14.29%) Dashboard Development

Business Intelligence Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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:

Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (14.29%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 6 (85.71%) Power Platform
2 4 (57.14%) Azure
3 1 (14.29%) Azure Data Factory
3 1 (14.29%) Azure Synapse Analytics
3 1 (14.29%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (14.29%) Entra ID
3 1 (14.29%) Power Automate
3 1 (14.29%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (85.71%) Power BI
2 2 (28.57%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (28.57%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 2 (28.57%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (14.29%) Data Lake
3 1 (14.29%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (28.57%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (14.29%) Finance
1 1 (14.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 1 (14.29%) Local Government
1 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
1 1 (14.29%) Retail
1 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (28.57%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Learning Management System
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
2 3 (42.86%) ETL
3 2 (28.57%) Data Architecture
3 2 (28.57%) Data Modelling
3 2 (28.57%) Decision-Making
3 2 (28.57%) Performance Tuning
3 2 (28.57%) Use Case
3 2 (28.57%) Visualisation
4 1 (14.29%) Analytics
4 1 (14.29%) Architecture Governance
4 1 (14.29%) Collaborative Working
4 1 (14.29%) Dashboard Development
4 1 (14.29%) Data Governance
4 1 (14.29%) Data Strategy
4 1 (14.29%) Data Visualisation
4 1 (14.29%) Mentoring
4 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (14.29%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 4 (57.14%) SQL
2 1 (14.29%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) DBS Check
System Software
1 1 (14.29%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft