Business Intelligence Specialist Job Trends in the Thames Valley

BI Specialist
South East > Thames Valley

The median BI Specialist salary in the Thames Valley is £62,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 23 December 2025.

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

6 months to
23 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 173 - 173
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Business Intelligence Specialist 3 0 6
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 0.076% - 0.19%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.082% - 0.20%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £61,250 - £35,840
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 - £42,920
75th Percentile £63,750 - £52,500
90th Percentile - - -
South East median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £42,920
% change year-on-year -3.85% +51.44% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 3,662 3,141 2,972
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.24% 89.36% 94.35%
Number of salaries quoted 2,094 1,619 2,227
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £43,911 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,000 £60,000 £54,500
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +10.09% -0.91%
75th Percentile £65,000 £75,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £90,000 £83,750
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -4.55%

Business Intelligence Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Business Intelligence Specialist job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Business Intelligence Specialist
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

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

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

Business Intelligence Specialist
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 Specialist within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 23 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
Buckinghamshire - 2 £62,500 - 1
Berkshire - 1 - - 1
Business Intelligence Specialist
South East

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

For the 6 months to 23 December 2025, Business Intelligence Specialist 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 Specialist in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Analytics
1 3 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
1 3 (100.00%) Data Analytics
1 3 (100.00%) ETL
1 3 (100.00%) Power BI
1 3 (100.00%) Power Platform
1 3 (100.00%) SQL
2 2 (66.67%) Budgeting
2 2 (66.67%) Budgeting and Forecasting
2 2 (66.67%) Business Strategy
2 2 (66.67%) Computer Science
2 2 (66.67%) Data Integration
2 2 (66.67%) Data Visualisation
2 2 (66.67%) Decision-Making
2 2 (66.67%) Degree
2 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (66.67%) SAP
2 2 (66.67%) SAP CO
2 2 (66.67%) SAP CO-PA
2 2 (66.67%) Visualisation
3 1 (33.33%) Actionable Insight
3 1 (33.33%) Azure
3 1 (33.33%) Azure Data Factory
3 1 (33.33%) Data Quality
3 1 (33.33%) Entra ID
3 1 (33.33%) Identity Access Management
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
3 1 (33.33%) Power Automate
3 1 (33.33%) Power Query

Business Intelligence Specialist 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:

Business Applications
1 2 (66.67%) SAP CO
Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 1 (33.33%) Azure
2 1 (33.33%) Azure Data Factory
2 1 (33.33%) Entra ID
2 1 (33.33%) Power Automate
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) Power BI
2 1 (33.33%) Power Query
2 1 (33.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
General
1 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
1 2 (66.67%) Manufacturing
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (66.67%) SAP CO-PA
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Analytics
1 3 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) Data Analytics
1 3 (100.00%) ETL
2 2 (66.67%) Budgeting
2 2 (66.67%) Budgeting and Forecasting
2 2 (66.67%) Business Strategy
2 2 (66.67%) Computer Science
2 2 (66.67%) Data Integration
2 2 (66.67%) Data Visualisation
2 2 (66.67%) Decision-Making
2 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (66.67%) Visualisation
3 1 (33.33%) Actionable Insight
3 1 (33.33%) Identity Access Management
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (33.33%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
1 3 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) Data Quality
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) SAP
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) Talend