Business Intelligence Developer Jobs in the UK excluding London

BI Developer
UK > UK excluding London

The median BI Developer salary in the UK excluding London is £45,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 30 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
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 507 578 586
Rank change year-on-year +71 +8 -93
Permanent jobs requiring a Business Intelligence Developer 70 193 171
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.18% 0.26% 0.29%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.20% 0.27% 0.33%
Number of salaries quoted 55 159 142
10th Percentile £37,500 £36,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,125 £41,250 £41,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - -5.26% -
75th Percentile £55,125 £57,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £67,250 £62,500 £66,150
UK median annual salary £52,750 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.48% -4.55% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the UK excluding 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 the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 35,540 70,800 51,694
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.25% 94.95% 89.10%
Number of salaries quoted 17,956 49,914 29,611
10th Percentile £26,500 £26,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £37,000 £35,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £50,000 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.00% -6.54% +6.63%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £81,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

Business Intelligence Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Intelligence Developer in the UK excluding London

Business Intelligence Developer
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Business Intelligence Developer in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Business Intelligence Developer in the UK excluding London

Business Intelligence Developer
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Business Intelligence Developer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Business Intelligence Developer in the UK excluding London

Business Intelligence Developer
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 30 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
Midlands +79 29 £45,000 -2.03% 52
West Midlands +53 24 £45,000 -6.74% 29
North of England +7 18 £47,000 +4.44% 55
Yorkshire +54 9 £49,000 +8.89% 17
North West -25 9 £44,250 +4.12% 30
South East +53 8 £45,000 -18.18% 58
Scotland +116 6 £45,000 - 24
East Midlands +44 5 £40,000 -5.88% 20
South West +78 4 £52,000 +22.35% 20
East of England +41 4 £54,250 -1.36% 26
Isle of Man - 1 - -
Business Intelligence Developer
UK

Business Intelligence Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 30 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 UK excluding London region featuring Business Intelligence Developer in the job title.

1 70 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
2 66 (94.29%) Power BI
2 66 (94.29%) Power Platform
3 53 (75.71%) SQL
4 32 (45.71%) Visualisation
4 32 (45.71%) Azure
5 31 (44.29%) ETL
6 27 (38.57%) Decision-Making
7 25 (35.71%) Data Modelling
8 24 (34.29%) Social Skills
9 23 (32.86%) Analytics
9 23 (32.86%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 22 (31.43%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 21 (30.00%) Data Warehouse
11 21 (30.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 19 (27.14%) Microsoft
13 18 (25.71%) Data Visualisation
13 18 (25.71%) Problem-Solving
14 17 (24.29%) PowerApps
14 17 (24.29%) Power Query
15 16 (22.86%) Actionable Insight
15 16 (22.86%) Finance
16 15 (21.43%) Data Quality
16 15 (21.43%) Azure Data Factory
16 15 (21.43%) Customer Service
17 14 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
17 14 (20.00%) Dashboard Development
18 13 (18.57%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
19 12 (17.14%) Power Automate
20 11 (15.71%) Data Governance

Business Intelligence Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Application Platforms
1 9 (12.86%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (10.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (4.29%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (1.43%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 66 (94.29%) Power Platform
2 32 (45.71%) Azure
3 17 (24.29%) PowerApps
4 15 (21.43%) Azure Data Factory
5 12 (17.14%) Power Automate
6 9 (12.86%) IaaS
6 9 (12.86%) PaaS
7 6 (8.57%) Microsoft 365
8 5 (7.14%) SuccessFactors
9 4 (5.71%) AWS
10 3 (4.29%) SaaS
11 2 (2.86%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 1 (1.43%) Amazon S3
12 1 (1.43%) Azure Logic Apps
12 1 (1.43%) Dynamics 365
12 1 (1.43%) GitHub
12 1 (1.43%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 66 (94.29%) Power BI
2 22 (31.43%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 21 (30.00%) Data Warehouse
3 21 (30.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 17 (24.29%) Power Query
5 9 (12.86%) SQL Server
5 9 (12.86%) Star Schema
6 5 (7.14%) BusinessObjects
7 4 (5.71%) Azure SQL Database
8 3 (4.29%) Data Lake
8 3 (4.29%) Tableau
9 2 (2.86%) Data Mart
10 1 (1.43%) Amazon Redshift
10 1 (1.43%) Metadata
10 1 (1.43%) Oracle ODI
10 1 (1.43%) Oracle Reports
10 1 (1.43%) PostgreSQL
10 1 (1.43%) PowerPivot
10 1 (1.43%) Relational Database
10 1 (1.43%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 13 (18.57%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
2 1 (1.43%) Visual Studio
General
1 24 (34.29%) Social Skills
2 16 (22.86%) Finance
3 14 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (7.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 4 (5.71%) Retail
6 3 (4.29%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (2.86%) Manufacturing
7 2 (2.86%) Marketing
7 2 (2.86%) Public Sector
8 1 (1.43%) Billing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (7.14%) XML
2 2 (2.86%) .NET
2 2 (2.86%) EDI
3 1 (1.43%) CSS
3 1 (1.43%) HTML
3 1 (1.43%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 10 (14.29%) Management Information System
2 4 (5.71%) Analytical Mindset
3 2 (2.86%) Low-Code
4 1 (1.43%) Data Structures
4 1 (1.43%) Learning Management System
4 1 (1.43%) Onboarding
4 1 (1.43%) PropTech
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
2 32 (45.71%) Visualisation
3 31 (44.29%) ETL
4 27 (38.57%) Decision-Making
5 25 (35.71%) Data Modelling
6 23 (32.86%) Analytics
7 18 (25.71%) Data Visualisation
7 18 (25.71%) Problem-Solving
8 16 (22.86%) Actionable Insight
9 15 (21.43%) Customer Service
10 14 (20.00%) Dashboard Development
11 11 (15.71%) CRM
11 11 (15.71%) Data Governance
12 10 (14.29%) Case Management
12 10 (14.29%) Data Mapping
12 10 (14.29%) Kimball Methodology
13 9 (12.86%) Critical Thinking
14 6 (8.57%) Continuous Improvement
14 6 (8.57%) Data-Driven Decision Making
14 6 (8.57%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 53 (75.71%) SQL
2 23 (32.86%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 10 (14.29%) Python
4 7 (10.00%) T-SQL
5 4 (5.71%) C#
6 2 (2.86%) PowerShell
7 1 (1.43%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 7 (10.00%) Degree
2 4 (5.71%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (4.29%) Azure Certification
3 3 (4.29%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (4.29%) Numerate Degree
4 1 (1.43%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (21.43%) Data Quality
2 1 (1.43%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 19 (27.14%) Microsoft
2 8 (11.43%) Databricks
3 5 (7.14%) SAP
4 3 (4.29%) Google
5 2 (2.86%) Salesforce
6 1 (1.43%) Cognos
6 1 (1.43%) Informatica
6 1 (1.43%) MicroStrategy
6 1 (1.43%) Oracle
6 1 (1.43%) PeopleSoft