Business Intelligence Data Analyst Jobs

BI Data Analyst
UK

The median BI Data Analyst salary in the UK is £45,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 20 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 705 861 914
Rank change year-on-year +156 +53 +259
Permanent jobs requiring a Business Intelligence Data Analyst 7 46 45
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.012% 0.046% 0.045%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.014% 0.049% 0.049%
Number of salaries quoted 7 42 40
10th Percentile £32,300 £26,750 £31,750
25th Percentile £35,625 £33,750 £36,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £42,500 £41,250
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% +3.03% -17.50%
75th Percentile £51,500 £55,938 £57,500
90th Percentile £62,500 £64,750 £67,875
UK excluding London median annual salary £43,750 £42,500 £39,000
% change year-on-year +2.94% +8.97% -2.50%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 50,981 94,642 91,089
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.74% 94.70% 91.53%
Number of salaries quoted 27,187 67,606 57,639
10th Percentile £29,500 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £71,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,564 £50,000 £53,059
% change year-on-year +3.13% -5.76% +6.12%

Business Intelligence Data Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Intelligence Data Analyst in the UK

Business Intelligence Data Analyst
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Business Intelligence Data Analyst in the UK

Business Intelligence Data Analyst
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Business Intelligence Data Analyst over the 6 months to 20 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Business Intelligence Data Analyst in the UK

Business Intelligence Data Analyst
Top 10 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Business Intelligence Data Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 20 May 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
England +116 7 £45,000 +5.88% 8
UK excluding London +136 6 £43,750 +2.94% 7
Work from Home +113 2 £46,500 +63.16% 4
South West +96 2 £38,750 -26.19% 1
North of England +48 2 £38,500 +35.09%
London +109 1 £72,500 +42.86% 3
South East +86 1 £55,000 +46.67% 3
Yorkshire +71 1 £45,000 +80.00%
East of England +32 1 £48,000 +68.42% 1
North West -9 1 £32,000 +12.28%

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

For the 6 months to 20 May 2025, Business Intelligence Data 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 Data Analyst in the job title.

1 7 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 7 (100.00%) Power BI
1 7 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 6 (85.71%) SQL
2 6 (85.71%) Social Skills
3 5 (71.43%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (71.43%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (71.43%) Data Analysis
4 4 (57.14%) Visualisation
4 4 (57.14%) Data Visualisation
5 3 (42.86%) Analytics
5 3 (42.86%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (42.86%) Finance
5 3 (42.86%) Python
5 3 (42.86%) Data Management
5 3 (42.86%) Data Warehouse
5 3 (42.86%) Data Collection
6 2 (28.57%) Power Automate
6 2 (28.57%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (28.57%) ETL
6 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (28.57%) Degree
6 2 (28.57%) Renewable Energy
6 2 (28.57%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (28.57%) Data Science
6 2 (28.57%) Decision-Making
6 2 (28.57%) GDPR
7 1 (14.29%) Scorecard
7 1 (14.29%) Reference Data Management
7 1 (14.29%) Dynamics 365

Business Intelligence Data 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 1 (14.29%) SAS
Applications
1 5 (71.43%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 7 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 2 (28.57%) Power Automate
3 1 (14.29%) Azure
3 1 (14.29%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (14.29%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (14.29%) PowerApps
3 1 (14.29%) SuccessFactors
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (100.00%) Power BI
2 3 (42.86%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (14.29%) BusinessObjects
3 1 (14.29%) Data Mining
3 1 (14.29%) Metadata
3 1 (14.29%) Power Query
3 1 (14.29%) QlikView
3 1 (14.29%) SAS EBI
3 1 (14.29%) SQL Server
3 1 (14.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (14.29%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) JIRA
1 1 (14.29%) Visual Studio
General
1 6 (85.71%) Social Skills
2 3 (42.86%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (42.86%) Finance
3 2 (28.57%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (14.29%) Banking
4 1 (14.29%) Organisational Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Analytical Mindset
1 2 (28.57%) Renewable Energy
2 1 (14.29%) Credit Risk
2 1 (14.29%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (14.29%) Data Structures
2 1 (14.29%) Reference Data
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
2 5 (71.43%) Data Analysis
2 5 (71.43%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (57.14%) Data Visualisation
3 4 (57.14%) Visualisation
4 3 (42.86%) Analytics
4 3 (42.86%) Data Collection
4 3 (42.86%) Data Management
5 2 (28.57%) Data Science
5 2 (28.57%) Decision-Making
5 2 (28.57%) ETL
5 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
6 1 (14.29%) Data Lineage
6 1 (14.29%) Data Protection
6 1 (14.29%) DevOps
6 1 (14.29%) Master Data Management
6 1 (14.29%) Metadata Management
6 1 (14.29%) Process Improvement
6 1 (14.29%) Reference Data Management
6 1 (14.29%) Scorecard
Programming Languages
1 6 (85.71%) SQL
2 3 (42.86%) Python
3 1 (14.29%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) Degree
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (28.57%) GDPR
2 1 (14.29%) California Consumer Privacy Act
2 1 (14.29%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Cognos
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft