Senior Business Intelligence Analyst Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Senior BI Analyst
UK > UK excluding London

The median Senior BI Analyst salary in the UK excluding London is £63,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 January 2026.

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

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 502 551 566
Rank change year-on-year +49 +15 +167
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Business Intelligence Analyst 7 15 7
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.017% 0.042% 0.020%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.018% 0.045% 0.021%
Number of salaries quoted 6 14 6
10th Percentile £52,500 - £45,625
25th Percentile £55,938 - £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,000 £40,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +57.50% -33.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £67,750 £46,341 £73,125
90th Percentile - £55,000 £73,750
UK median annual salary £63,000 £40,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +57.50% -42.86% +15.23%

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 38,388 33,377 32,893
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.52% 92.91% 95.32%
Number of salaries quoted 23,454 16,215 24,936
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £36,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,609 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.96% +5.22% -5.25%
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%

Senior Business Intelligence Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Senior Business Intelligence Analyst job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Senior Business Intelligence Analyst
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

Senior Business Intelligence Analyst
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 Senior Business Intelligence Analyst within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 14 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 +38 4 £63,500 +30.26% 3
Midlands +24 3 £57,500 +43.75%
West Midlands +23 3 £57,500 +43.75%
Senior Business Intelligence Analyst
UK

Senior Business Intelligence Analyst Skill Set
Top 28 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 14 January 2026, Senior Business Intelligence Analyst 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 Senior Business Intelligence Analyst in the job title.

1 7 (100.00%) Analytics
1 7 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
2 6 (85.71%) Data Modelling
2 6 (85.71%) Data Quality
2 6 (85.71%) Decision-Making
2 6 (85.71%) Power BI
2 6 (85.71%) Power Platform
2 6 (85.71%) Python
2 6 (85.71%) Tableau
3 5 (71.43%) SQL
4 4 (57.14%) Data Governance
4 4 (57.14%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (57.14%) Data-Driven Decision Making
4 4 (57.14%) ETL
4 4 (57.14%) Master Data Management
4 4 (57.14%) Metadata
4 4 (57.14%) Microsoft Excel
4 4 (57.14%) Roadmaps
4 4 (57.14%) Strategic Roadmap
4 4 (57.14%) Translating Business Requirements
5 3 (42.86%) Qlik Sense
6 2 (28.57%) Actionable Insight
6 2 (28.57%) Business Forecasting
6 2 (28.57%) Data Analysis
6 2 (28.57%) Logistics
6 2 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (28.57%) Statistical Modelling
7 1 (14.29%) Business Analytics

Senior Business Intelligence Analyst 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 4 (57.14%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 6 (85.71%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (85.71%) Power BI
1 6 (85.71%) Tableau
2 4 (57.14%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (57.14%) Metadata
3 3 (42.86%) Qlik Sense
General
1 6 (85.71%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (57.14%) Social Skills
3 2 (28.57%) Marketing
3 2 (28.57%) Spanish Language
4 1 (14.29%) Finance
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Analytics
1 7 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
2 6 (85.71%) Data Modelling
2 6 (85.71%) Decision-Making
3 4 (57.14%) Data Governance
3 4 (57.14%) Data-Driven Decision Making
3 4 (57.14%) ETL
3 4 (57.14%) Master Data Management
3 4 (57.14%) Roadmaps
3 4 (57.14%) Strategic Roadmap
3 4 (57.14%) Translating Business Requirements
4 2 (28.57%) Actionable Insight
4 2 (28.57%) Business Forecasting
4 2 (28.57%) Data Analysis
4 2 (28.57%) Logistics
4 2 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (28.57%) Statistical Modelling
5 1 (14.29%) Business Analytics
Programming Languages
1 6 (85.71%) Python
2 5 (71.43%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (85.71%) Data Quality