Business Intelligence Analyst Jobs

BI Analyst
UK

The median BI Analyst salary in the UK is £45,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 704 720 745
Rank change year-on-year +16 +25 -205
Permanent jobs requiring a Business Intelligence Analyst 210 287 522
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.21% 0.28% 0.33%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.23% 0.30% 0.35%
Number of salaries quoted 187 255 442
10th Percentile £26,750 £31,250 £32,525
25th Percentile £33,875 £37,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £46,350 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% -7.30% +5.26%
75th Percentile £56,250 £57,250 £61,875
90th Percentile £70,000 £69,000 £71,125
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £40,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +6.25% -11.11% +12.50%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 93,212 94,769 150,357
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.51% 96.09%
Number of salaries quoted 66,814 59,630 85,382
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,225
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

Business Intelligence Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Business Intelligence Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Business Intelligence Analyst in the UK

Business Intelligence Analyst
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Business Intelligence Analyst.

Salary trend for Business Intelligence Analyst in the UK

Business Intelligence Analyst
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Business Intelligence Analyst over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Business Intelligence Analyst in the UK

Business Intelligence Analyst
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Business Intelligence Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 4 May 2024. 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
England +33 189 £45,000 -2.91% 34
UK excluding London -34 157 £42,500 +6.25% 24
Work from Home +46 83 £43,500 -3.33% 15
London +74 51 £60,000 +9.09% 10
Midlands +8 44 £42,500 +8.97% 4
North of England +50 42 £36,750 -5.77% 5
West Midlands -1 31 £48,750 +25.00% 2
North West +22 27 £36,750 +1.38% 2
South West -14 22 £43,500 +2.35% 7
South East -6 16 £50,000 +7.87% 8
East of England +18 14 £41,250 +7.14%
East Midlands -4 13 £42,500 -15.00% 2
Scotland -60 12 £43,000 -4.44%
Yorkshire +95 10 £43,750 +0.33% 2
Wales -3 7 £32,500 -18.75%
North East -4 5 £32,500 -23.53% 1

Business Intelligence Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 4 May 2024, Business Intelligence Analyst 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 featuring Business Intelligence Analyst in the job title.

1 210 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
2 168 (80.00%) Power BI
2 168 (80.00%) Power Platform
3 158 (75.24%) SQL
4 90 (42.86%) Visualisation
5 88 (41.90%) Social Skills
6 83 (39.52%) Analytics
7 82 (39.05%) Finance
8 69 (32.86%) Data Visualisation
9 65 (30.95%) Analytical Skills
10 61 (29.05%) Data Analysis
11 58 (27.62%) Problem-Solving
12 56 (26.67%) Data Warehouse
13 55 (26.19%) Microsoft Excel
14 47 (22.38%) Data Modelling
15 46 (21.90%) Tableau
16 43 (20.48%) Decision-Making
17 42 (20.00%) Microsoft
17 42 (20.00%) Degree
18 41 (19.52%) Azure
19 39 (18.57%) Data Analysis Expressions
20 36 (17.14%) Python
21 34 (16.19%) SQL Server Reporting Services
22 31 (14.76%) ETL
23 27 (12.86%) Actionable Insight
23 27 (12.86%) Agile
23 27 (12.86%) Retail
23 27 (12.86%) T-SQL
24 26 (12.38%) Stakeholder Management
24 26 (12.38%) Computer Science

Business Intelligence Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 5 (2.38%) Oracle Application Server
1 5 (2.38%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.43%) SAS
Applications
1 55 (26.19%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (2.86%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (1.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (1.90%) Spreadsheet
4 3 (1.43%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 6 (2.86%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.48%) Academy Housing
2 1 (0.48%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.48%) Oracle Cash Management
2 1 (0.48%) Oracle Receivables
2 1 (0.48%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 168 (80.00%) Power Platform
2 41 (19.52%) Azure
3 11 (5.24%) AWS
3 11 (5.24%) PowerApps
3 11 (5.24%) Snowflake
4 9 (4.29%) GCP
4 9 (4.29%) Google Analytics
5 7 (3.33%) Dynamics 365
6 6 (2.86%) Power Automate
7 4 (1.90%) Azure Data Factory
7 4 (1.90%) ChatGPT
7 4 (1.90%) Cloud Computing
8 2 (0.95%) WhatsApp
9 1 (0.48%) Adobe Analytics
9 1 (0.48%) Entra ID
9 1 (0.48%) Google Data Studio
9 1 (0.48%) Microsoft 365
9 1 (0.48%) OCI
9 1 (0.48%) SuccessFactors
Database & Business Intelligence
1 168 (80.00%) Power BI
2 56 (26.67%) Data Warehouse
3 46 (21.90%) Tableau
4 34 (16.19%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 24 (11.43%) Power Query
6 22 (10.48%) SQL Server
7 20 (9.52%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 11 (5.24%) Data Mining
8 11 (5.24%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 8 (3.81%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
9 8 (3.81%) Looker
9 8 (3.81%) QlikView
10 6 (2.86%) BigQuery
10 6 (2.86%) Star Schema
11 5 (2.38%) MS Access
11 5 (2.38%) Oracle BI EE
11 5 (2.38%) Qlik Sense
11 5 (2.38%) Relational Database
12 4 (1.90%) Amazon QuickSight
12 4 (1.90%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 13 (6.19%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
2 1 (0.48%) Oracle Forms
General
1 88 (41.90%) Social Skills
2 82 (39.05%) Finance
3 65 (30.95%) Analytical Skills
4 27 (12.86%) Retail
5 25 (11.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 15 (7.14%) Presentation Skills
7 11 (5.24%) Public Sector
8 10 (4.76%) Marketing
9 9 (4.29%) Legal
10 8 (3.81%) Pharmaceutical
10 8 (3.81%) Retail Banking
11 6 (2.86%) Automotive
11 6 (2.86%) Documentation Skills
12 5 (2.38%) Law
12 5 (2.38%) Manufacturing
13 2 (0.95%) Advertising
13 2 (0.95%) Agriculture
13 2 (0.95%) Organisational Skills
14 1 (0.48%) Publishing
14 1 (0.48%) Social Housing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.38%) HTML
2 1 (0.48%) .NET
2 1 (0.48%) D3.js
2 1 (0.48%) EDI
2 1 (0.48%) Flash
2 1 (0.48%) Pandas
2 1 (0.48%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 9 (4.29%) NHS
2 8 (3.81%) Mobile App
3 6 (2.86%) Analytical Mindset
3 6 (2.86%) Onboarding
4 4 (1.90%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (1.43%) Management Information System
5 3 (1.43%) Reinsurance
6 2 (0.95%) Digital Media
6 2 (0.95%) Photography
6 2 (0.95%) Renewable Energy
7 1 (0.48%) Data Structures
7 1 (0.48%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.48%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 210 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
2 90 (42.86%) Visualisation
3 83 (39.52%) Analytics
4 69 (32.86%) Data Visualisation
5 61 (29.05%) Data Analysis
6 58 (27.62%) Problem-Solving
7 47 (22.38%) Data Modelling
8 43 (20.48%) Decision-Making
9 31 (14.76%) ETL
10 27 (12.86%) Actionable Insight
10 27 (12.86%) Agile
11 26 (12.38%) Computer Science
11 26 (12.38%) Stakeholder Management
12 25 (11.90%) Dashboard Development
13 24 (11.43%) Data Analytics
14 22 (10.48%) Requirements Gathering
15 21 (10.00%) Migration
16 20 (9.52%) Business Analysis
17 18 (8.57%) Statistics
18 16 (7.62%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 158 (75.24%) SQL
2 39 (18.57%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 36 (17.14%) Python
4 27 (12.86%) T-SQL
5 8 (3.81%) R
5 8 (3.81%) VBA
6 5 (2.38%) PHP
6 5 (2.38%) PL/SQL
7 1 (0.48%) C#
7 1 (0.48%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 42 (20.00%) Degree
2 13 (6.19%) Computer Science Degree
3 12 (5.71%) DBS Check
4 9 (4.29%) Microsoft Certification
5 6 (2.86%) ITIL Certification
5 6 (2.86%) Numerate Degree
6 4 (1.90%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.48%) ACCA
7 1 (0.48%) CIMA
7 1 (0.48%) MBA
7 1 (0.48%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (5.24%) Data Quality
2 7 (3.33%) Actionable Recommendations
2 7 (3.33%) QA
3 2 (0.95%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.48%) PMO
Vendors
1 42 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 11 (5.24%) SAP
3 10 (4.76%) Google
3 10 (4.76%) Oracle
4 8 (3.81%) Northgate
5 7 (3.33%) YouTube
6 6 (2.86%) Civica
7 4 (1.90%) Salesforce
8 3 (1.43%) F5
9 2 (0.95%) Advent
9 2 (0.95%) Bloomberg
9 2 (0.95%) FactSet
10 1 (0.48%) Adobe
10 1 (0.48%) Databricks
10 1 (0.48%) Facebook
10 1 (0.48%) MicroStrategy
10 1 (0.48%) OpenText
10 1 (0.48%) Twitter
10 1 (0.48%) Vertica
10 1 (0.48%) Workday