Head of Business Intelligence Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Head of BI
UK > UK excluding London

The median Head of BI salary in the UK excluding London is £75,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 December 2025.

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

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 510 562 540
Rank change year-on-year +52 -22 +235
Permanent jobs requiring a Head of Business Intelligence 5 5 1
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.012% 0.013% 0.003%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.013% 0.014% 0.003%
Number of salaries quoted 3 4 1
10th Percentile £58,500 - -
25th Percentile £63,750 £90,000 £61,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £105,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -28.57% +68.00% -13.79%
75th Percentile £80,000 £110,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £81,500 - -
UK median annual salary £75,000 £100,000 £130,000
% change year-on-year -25.00% -23.08% +79.31%

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 37,904 34,869 29,181
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.34% 93.17% 95.28%
Number of salaries quoted 22,945 17,378 22,098
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £34,750 £40,000 £37,500
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 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -

Head of Business Intelligence
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Head of Business Intelligence job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Head of Business Intelligence
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

Head of Business Intelligence
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Head of Business Intelligence in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 31 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Head of Business Intelligence in the UK excluding London

Head of Business Intelligence
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 Head of Business Intelligence within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 31 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
Midlands +28 3 £77,500 -22.50%
West Midlands - 3 £77,500 -
North of England - 2 £55,000 - 1
North East - 1 - - 1
Yorkshire - 1 £55,000 -
Head of Business Intelligence
UK

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

For the 6 months to 31 December 2025, Head of Business Intelligence 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 Head of Business Intelligence in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
2 4 (80.00%) Azure
2 4 (80.00%) Power BI
2 4 (80.00%) Power Platform
2 4 (80.00%) SQL
3 3 (60.00%) Agile
3 3 (60.00%) Azure Data Factory
3 3 (60.00%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
3 3 (60.00%) Business Strategy
3 3 (60.00%) Data Engineering
3 3 (60.00%) Data Lake
3 3 (60.00%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (60.00%) Databricks
3 3 (60.00%) Microsoft
3 3 (60.00%) Waterfall
4 2 (40.00%) Analytics
4 2 (40.00%) Decision-Making
4 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 1 (20.00%) Actionable Insight
5 1 (20.00%) AWS
5 1 (20.00%) Data Governance
5 1 (20.00%) Data Modelling
5 1 (20.00%) Data Quality
5 1 (20.00%) Data Science
5 1 (20.00%) Data Strategy
5 1 (20.00%) Data Visualisation
5 1 (20.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
5 1 (20.00%) Proactive Monitoring
5 1 (20.00%) Revenue Assurance
5 1 (20.00%) Visualisation

Head of Business Intelligence 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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (80.00%) Azure
1 4 (80.00%) Power Platform
2 3 (60.00%) Azure Data Factory
3 1 (20.00%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (80.00%) Power BI
2 3 (60.00%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
2 3 (60.00%) Data Lake
2 3 (60.00%) Data Warehouse
General
1 3 (60.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (20.00%) Influencing Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
2 3 (60.00%) Agile
2 3 (60.00%) Business Strategy
2 3 (60.00%) Data Engineering
2 3 (60.00%) Waterfall
3 2 (40.00%) Analytics
3 2 (40.00%) Decision-Making
3 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (20.00%) Actionable Insight
4 1 (20.00%) Data Governance
4 1 (20.00%) Data Modelling
4 1 (20.00%) Data Science
4 1 (20.00%) Data Strategy
4 1 (20.00%) Data Visualisation
4 1 (20.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
4 1 (20.00%) Proactive Monitoring
4 1 (20.00%) Revenue Assurance
4 1 (20.00%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 4 (80.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Databricks
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft