Business Intelligence Developer Job Trends in the Thames Valley

BI Developer
South East > Thames Valley

The median BI Developer salary in the Thames Valley is £61,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 January 2026.

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

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 149 169 180
Rank change year-on-year +20 +11 +54
Permanent jobs requiring a Business Intelligence Developer 17 10 16
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 0.42% 0.30% 0.40%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.46% 0.34% 0.42%
Number of salaries quoted 16 4 14
10th Percentile £43,750 - -
25th Percentile £45,938 £35,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,250 £40,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +53.13% -5.88% -5.56%
75th Percentile £64,063 £48,750 £50,938
90th Percentile £71,250 £51,000 £58,500
South East median annual salary £60,000 £50,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year +20.00% +17.65% -22.73%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Thames Valley

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the Thames Valley. 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 Thames Valley with a recognized job title 3,722 2,948 3,782
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.33% 87.12% 95.03%
Number of salaries quoted 2,171 1,457 2,692
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £43,911 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +14.29% -4.55%
75th Percentile £65,000 £75,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £90,000 £82,500
South East median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -13.04% +9.52% -4.55%

Business Intelligence Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Business Intelligence Developer job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Business Intelligence Developer
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for Business Intelligence Developer job vacancies in the Thames Valley.

Salary distribution trend for Business Intelligence Developer job vacancies in the Thames Valley

Business Intelligence Developer
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Business Intelligence Developer in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Business Intelligence Developer in the Thames Valley

Business Intelligence Developer
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 13 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
Buckinghamshire - 11 £62,500 - 1
Berkshire -9 6 £45,000 -5.26% 1
Business Intelligence Developer
South East

Business Intelligence Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 13 January 2026, 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 Thames Valley region featuring Business Intelligence Developer in the job title.

1 17 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 17 (100.00%) Power BI
1 17 (100.00%) Power Platform
1 17 (100.00%) SQL
2 10 (58.82%) Data Analysis Expressions
2 10 (58.82%) Problem-Solving
3 9 (52.94%) ETL
4 8 (47.06%) Analytics
4 8 (47.06%) Computer Science
4 8 (47.06%) Data Analytics
4 8 (47.06%) Degree
4 8 (47.06%) Visualisation
5 7 (41.18%) Budgeting
5 7 (41.18%) Budgeting and Forecasting
5 7 (41.18%) Business Strategy
5 7 (41.18%) Data Integration
5 7 (41.18%) Data Visualisation
5 7 (41.18%) Decision-Making
5 7 (41.18%) SAP
6 6 (35.29%) SAP CO
6 6 (35.29%) SAP CO-PA
6 6 (35.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 4 (23.53%) Tableau
8 3 (17.65%) Power Query
8 3 (17.65%) Snowflake
9 2 (11.76%) Azure
9 2 (11.76%) Azure Data Factory
9 2 (11.76%) Change Management
9 2 (11.76%) CI/CD
9 2 (11.76%) Dashboard Development

Business Intelligence Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (11.76%) SAS
Business Applications
1 6 (35.29%) SAP CO
Cloud Services
1 17 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 3 (17.65%) Snowflake
3 2 (11.76%) Azure
3 2 (11.76%) Azure Data Factory
4 1 (5.88%) AWS
4 1 (5.88%) dbt
4 1 (5.88%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (100.00%) Power BI
2 6 (35.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 4 (23.53%) Tableau
4 3 (17.65%) Power Query
5 2 (11.76%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (11.76%) MySQL
5 2 (11.76%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (11.76%) Relational Database
5 2 (11.76%) SQL Server
6 1 (5.88%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (5.88%) Looker
6 1 (5.88%) Semantic Layer
6 1 (5.88%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 2 (11.76%) Git
General
1 12 (70.59%) Finance
2 10 (58.82%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (41.18%) Manufacturing
3 7 (41.18%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (35.29%) SAP CO-PA
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
2 10 (58.82%) Problem-Solving
3 9 (52.94%) ETL
4 8 (47.06%) Analytics
4 8 (47.06%) Computer Science
4 8 (47.06%) Data Analytics
4 8 (47.06%) Visualisation
5 7 (41.18%) Budgeting
5 7 (41.18%) Budgeting and Forecasting
5 7 (41.18%) Business Strategy
5 7 (41.18%) Data Integration
5 7 (41.18%) Data Visualisation
5 7 (41.18%) Decision-Making
6 2 (11.76%) Change Management
6 2 (11.76%) CI/CD
6 2 (11.76%) Dashboard Development
7 1 (5.88%) Agile
7 1 (5.88%) AI
7 1 (5.88%) Data Analysis
7 1 (5.88%) Data Security
Programming Languages
1 17 (100.00%) SQL
2 10 (58.82%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 2 (11.76%) Python
4 1 (5.88%) PowerShell
4 1 (5.88%) R
4 1 (5.88%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (47.06%) Degree
2 1 (5.88%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.88%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 7 (41.18%) SAP
2 1 (5.88%) Informatica