Business Intelligence Manager Job Trends in the UK excluding London

BI Manager
UK > UK excluding London

The median BI Manager salary in the UK excluding London is £65,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 January 2026.

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

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 490 514 507
Rank change year-on-year +24 -7 +167
Permanent jobs requiring a Business Intelligence Manager 20 45 53
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.048% 0.12% 0.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.053% 0.13% 0.16%
Number of salaries quoted 16 13 40
10th Percentile £57,500 £52,900 £48,795
25th Percentile £59,125 £59,145 £53,635
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,500 £62,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.80% -7.41% +15.17%
75th Percentile £76,563 £67,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £78,125 £102,175 £74,438
UK median annual salary £70,000 £68,750 £67,500
% change year-on-year +1.82% +1.85% +3.85%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 37,951 33,588 32,956
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.41% 92.94% 95.36%
Number of salaries quoted 23,133 16,400 24,992
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £36,743
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £78,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -4.17%

Business Intelligence Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Business Intelligence Manager' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Business Intelligence Manager job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Business Intelligence Manager
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for Business Intelligence Manager job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Salary distribution trend for Business Intelligence Manager job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Business Intelligence Manager
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Business Intelligence Manager in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 11 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Business Intelligence Manager in the UK excluding London

Business Intelligence Manager
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 Manager within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 11 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
South East +36 11 £63,500 +2.42%
West Midlands +36 4 £75,000 +25.00%
Midlands +23 4 £75,000 +25.00%
North of England +6 3 £62,500 +2.89% 2
North West +15 2 £72,500 - 2
South West +5 2 £70,000 +7.69%
Yorkshire -19 1 £62,500 +2.89%
Business Intelligence Manager
UK

Business Intelligence Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 11 January 2026, Business Intelligence Manager 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 UK excluding London region featuring Business Intelligence Manager in the job title.

1 20 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
2 18 (90.00%) Power BI
2 18 (90.00%) Power Platform
3 15 (75.00%) SQL
4 11 (55.00%) Analytics
4 11 (55.00%) Data Warehouse
5 10 (50.00%) Decision-Making
5 10 (50.00%) Python
6 8 (40.00%) Data Governance
6 8 (40.00%) ETL
6 8 (40.00%) Microsoft
7 7 (35.00%) Azure
7 7 (35.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
7 7 (35.00%) Tableau
8 5 (25.00%) Data Analytics
8 5 (25.00%) Data Engineering
8 5 (25.00%) Data Modelling
8 5 (25.00%) Data Quality
8 5 (25.00%) Databricks
8 5 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
9 4 (20.00%) Data Visualisation
9 4 (20.00%) Master Data Management
9 4 (20.00%) Metadata
9 4 (20.00%) Roadmaps
9 4 (20.00%) Strategic Roadmap
9 4 (20.00%) Translating Business Requirements
9 4 (20.00%) Visualisation
10 3 (15.00%) Agile
10 3 (15.00%) Azure Data Factory
10 3 (15.00%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse

Business Intelligence Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Applications
1 5 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (15.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 18 (90.00%) Power Platform
2 7 (35.00%) Azure
3 3 (15.00%) Azure Data Factory
3 3 (15.00%) Snowflake
4 2 (10.00%) iPaaS
4 2 (10.00%) SaaS
5 1 (5.00%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (5.00%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Copilot
5 1 (5.00%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (90.00%) Power BI
2 11 (55.00%) Data Warehouse
3 7 (35.00%) Tableau
4 4 (20.00%) Metadata
5 3 (15.00%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
5 3 (15.00%) Data Lake
5 3 (15.00%) Qlik Sense
6 1 (5.00%) Crystal Reports
6 1 (5.00%) QlikView
6 1 (5.00%) SQL Server
General
1 6 (30.00%) Analytical Skills
1 6 (30.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (20.00%) Finance
3 3 (15.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 3 (15.00%) Manufacturing
4 2 (10.00%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (5.00%) Marketing
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.00%) Analytical Mindset
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
2 11 (55.00%) Analytics
3 10 (50.00%) Decision-Making
4 8 (40.00%) Data Governance
4 8 (40.00%) ETL
5 7 (35.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
6 5 (25.00%) Data Analytics
6 5 (25.00%) Data Engineering
6 5 (25.00%) Data Modelling
7 4 (20.00%) Data Visualisation
7 4 (20.00%) Master Data Management
7 4 (20.00%) Roadmaps
7 4 (20.00%) Strategic Roadmap
7 4 (20.00%) Translating Business Requirements
7 4 (20.00%) Visualisation
8 3 (15.00%) Break/Fix
8 3 (15.00%) Data Science
8 3 (15.00%) Data Strategy
8 3 (15.00%) Line Management
8 3 (15.00%) Workload Management
Programming Languages
1 15 (75.00%) SQL
2 10 (50.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (10.00%) Degree
2 1 (5.00%) Tableau Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (25.00%) Data Quality
2 2 (10.00%) Accessibility
3 1 (5.00%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (5.00%) GDPR
Vendors
1 8 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (25.00%) Databricks
3 3 (15.00%) Informatica
3 3 (15.00%) Oracle
4 1 (5.00%) Salesforce