Business Intelligence Consultant Job Trends

BI Consultant
UK

The median BI Consultant salary in the UK is £85,000 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 650 686 664
Rank change year-on-year +36 -22 +283
Permanent jobs requiring a Business Intelligence Consultant 3 13 57
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.005% 0.024% 0.10%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.006% 0.026% 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 2 4 45
10th Percentile £70,250 £39,875 -
25th Percentile £74,375 £41,563 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £51,250 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +65.85% +7.89% -22.45%
75th Percentile £96,875 £61,250 £51,250
90th Percentile £101,750 - -
UK excluding London median annual salary - £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year - -5.26% -5.00%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides 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 54,426 49,714 53,040
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.72% 92.90% 95.25%
Number of salaries quoted 33,710 25,743 40,880
10th Percentile £28,500 £33,625 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,000 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,609 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.96% +5.22% -5.25%

Business Intelligence Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Business Intelligence Consultant job vacancy trend in the UK

Business Intelligence Consultant
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for Business Intelligence Consultant job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for Business Intelligence Consultant job vacancies in the UK

Business Intelligence Consultant
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Business Intelligence Consultant over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Business Intelligence Consultant in the UK

Business Intelligence Consultant
Top 5 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Business Intelligence Consultant within the UK 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
England +58 2 £85,000 +65.85% 2
London +51 2 £85,000 +47.83% 1
Work from Home +55 1 - -
UK excluding London +50 1 - - 1
Wales - 1 - -

Business Intelligence Consultant Skill Set
Top 28 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 14 January 2026, Business Intelligence Consultant 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 featuring Business Intelligence Consultant in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) Data Modelling
2 2 (66.67%) Analytics
2 2 (66.67%) Data Analysis Expressions
2 2 (66.67%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (66.67%) ETL
2 2 (66.67%) Power BI
2 2 (66.67%) Power Platform
2 2 (66.67%) SQL
3 1 (33.33%) BusinessObjects
3 1 (33.33%) Crystal Reports
3 1 (33.33%) Dashboard Development
3 1 (33.33%) Data Extraction
3 1 (33.33%) Data Integration
3 1 (33.33%) ERP
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (33.33%) NetSuite
3 1 (33.33%) Oracle
3 1 (33.33%) Oracle Database
3 1 (33.33%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (33.33%) Performance Metrics
3 1 (33.33%) Power Query
3 1 (33.33%) SAP
3 1 (33.33%) SAP Data Services
3 1 (33.33%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (33.33%) SQL Server
3 1 (33.33%) Storytelling

Business Intelligence Consultant Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (33.33%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (33.33%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (66.67%) Power BI
2 1 (33.33%) BusinessObjects
2 1 (33.33%) Crystal Reports
2 1 (33.33%) Oracle Database
2 1 (33.33%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (33.33%) Power Query
2 1 (33.33%) SAP Data Services
2 1 (33.33%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Data Structures
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) Data Modelling
2 2 (66.67%) Analytics
2 2 (66.67%) ETL
3 1 (33.33%) Dashboard Development
3 1 (33.33%) Data Extraction
3 1 (33.33%) Data Integration
3 1 (33.33%) ERP
3 1 (33.33%) Performance Metrics
3 1 (33.33%) Storytelling
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) Data Analysis Expressions
1 2 (66.67%) SQL
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle
1 1 (33.33%) SAP