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 20 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
20 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 536 564 581
Rank change year-on-year +28 +17 -84
Permanent jobs requiring a Business Intelligence Developer 55 196 178
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.14% 0.27% 0.30%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.15% 0.29% 0.34%
Number of salaries quoted 47 164 154
10th Percentile £37,000 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - -5.26% -
75th Percentile £56,250 £57,500 £58,438
90th Percentile £66,500 £62,500 £67,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £55,033
% change year-on-year +4.76% -4.60% +0.06%

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 36,162 67,952 52,783
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.75% 94.86% 89.22%
Number of salaries quoted 18,671 47,990 30,170
10th Percentile £26,968 £26,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £37,500 £35,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,564 £50,000 £53,059
Median % change year-on-year +3.13% -5.76% +6.12%
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 20 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 20 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 +56 29 £45,000 -3.23% 20
West Midlands +62 27 £45,000 -11.76% 12
South East +55 9 £45,000 -18.18% 19
North of England -8 8 £44,250 -1.67% 25
North West -45 6 £44,250 +4.12% 12
South West +76 5 £52,000 +22.35% 1
Scotland +120 2 £45,000 - 9
Yorkshire +56 2 £41,250 -8.33% 8
East of England +26 2 £48,750 -2.50% 6
East Midlands +19 2 £26,000 -38.82% 7
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 20 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 55 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
2 51 (92.73%) Power BI
2 51 (92.73%) Power Platform
3 35 (63.64%) SQL
4 29 (52.73%) Azure
5 28 (50.91%) Visualisation
6 23 (41.82%) Data Modelling
7 22 (40.00%) ETL
8 21 (38.18%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 21 (38.18%) Decision-Making
9 19 (34.55%) Problem-Solving
9 19 (34.55%) Analytics
10 18 (32.73%) Data Warehouse
10 18 (32.73%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 17 (30.91%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 15 (27.27%) Microsoft
12 15 (27.27%) Azure Data Factory
12 15 (27.27%) Power Query
13 14 (25.45%) Social Skills
13 14 (25.45%) Data Quality
14 13 (23.64%) Analytical Skills
14 13 (23.64%) Finance
14 13 (23.64%) Actionable Insight
15 12 (21.82%) Data Visualisation
16 11 (20.00%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
16 11 (20.00%) Kimball Methodology
16 11 (20.00%) PowerApps
16 11 (20.00%) Power Automate
17 10 (18.18%) Case Management
17 10 (18.18%) Dashboard Development

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 (16.36%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (10.91%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (5.45%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (1.82%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 51 (92.73%) Power Platform
2 29 (52.73%) Azure
3 15 (27.27%) Azure Data Factory
4 11 (20.00%) Power Automate
4 11 (20.00%) PowerApps
5 9 (16.36%) IaaS
5 9 (16.36%) PaaS
6 6 (10.91%) Microsoft 365
7 5 (9.09%) SuccessFactors
8 4 (7.27%) AWS
9 1 (1.82%) Amazon S3
9 1 (1.82%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 1 (1.82%) Dynamics 365
9 1 (1.82%) GitHub
9 1 (1.82%) SaaS
9 1 (1.82%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (92.73%) Power BI
2 18 (32.73%) Data Warehouse
2 18 (32.73%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 17 (30.91%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 15 (27.27%) Power Query
5 10 (18.18%) Star Schema
6 7 (12.73%) SQL Server
7 3 (5.45%) Azure SQL Database
8 2 (3.64%) Data Lake
8 2 (3.64%) Data Mart
8 2 (3.64%) Tableau
9 1 (1.82%) Amazon Redshift
9 1 (1.82%) Oracle ODI
9 1 (1.82%) Oracle Reports
9 1 (1.82%) PowerPivot
9 1 (1.82%) Qlik Sense
9 1 (1.82%) QlikView
9 1 (1.82%) Snowflake Schema
9 1 (1.82%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 11 (20.00%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
2 1 (1.82%) Visual Studio
General
1 14 (25.45%) Social Skills
2 13 (23.64%) Analytical Skills
2 13 (23.64%) Finance
3 5 (9.09%) Retail
4 4 (7.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 3 (5.45%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (1.82%) Billing
6 1 (1.82%) Law
6 1 (1.82%) Local Government
6 1 (1.82%) Manufacturing
6 1 (1.82%) Military
6 1 (1.82%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (5.45%) XML
2 2 (3.64%) .NET
2 2 (3.64%) EDI
3 1 (1.82%) CSS
3 1 (1.82%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 10 (18.18%) Management Information System
2 4 (7.27%) Analytical Mindset
3 2 (3.64%) Data Structures
4 1 (1.82%) Learning Management System
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
2 28 (50.91%) Visualisation
3 23 (41.82%) Data Modelling
4 22 (40.00%) ETL
5 21 (38.18%) Decision-Making
6 19 (34.55%) Analytics
6 19 (34.55%) Problem-Solving
7 13 (23.64%) Actionable Insight
8 12 (21.82%) Data Visualisation
9 11 (20.00%) Kimball Methodology
10 10 (18.18%) Case Management
10 10 (18.18%) Dashboard Development
10 10 (18.18%) Data Mapping
11 9 (16.36%) Critical Thinking
11 9 (16.36%) CRM
11 9 (16.36%) Customer Service
11 9 (16.36%) Data Governance
12 6 (10.91%) Data-Driven Decision Making
13 5 (9.09%) Data Analysis
13 5 (9.09%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 35 (63.64%) SQL
2 21 (38.18%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 5 (9.09%) Python
4 4 (7.27%) T-SQL
5 2 (3.64%) C#
6 1 (1.82%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 5 (9.09%) Degree
2 4 (7.27%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (5.45%) Azure Certification
3 3 (5.45%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (1.82%) DBS Check
4 1 (1.82%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (25.45%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 15 (27.27%) Microsoft
2 9 (16.36%) Databricks
3 5 (9.09%) SAP
4 3 (5.45%) Google
5 1 (1.82%) Cognos
5 1 (1.82%) Informatica
5 1 (1.82%) MicroStrategy
5 1 (1.82%) Oracle
5 1 (1.82%) PeopleSoft