Head of Business Intelligence Jobs

Head of BI
UK

As of 31 May 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Head of BI salary in the UK.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 685 861 959
Rank change year-on-year +176 +98 +272
Permanent jobs requiring a Head of Business Intelligence 17 46 9
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.030% 0.044% 0.009%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.034% 0.047% 0.010%
Number of salaries quoted 0 43 8
10th Percentile - £61,250 £64,850
25th Percentile - £64,150 £71,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £66,459 £98,750
Median % change year-on-year - -32.70% +46.30%
75th Percentile - £92,500 £106,563
90th Percentile - £112,500 £116,875
UK excluding London median annual salary - £65,400 £65,750
% change year-on-year - -0.53% +5.20%

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 50,444 98,297 87,491
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.33% 94.81% 91.34%
Number of salaries quoted 26,384 69,991 55,965
10th Percentile £28,750 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,748 £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 £70,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,000 £50,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year +2.00% -6.54% +6.49%

Head of Business Intelligence
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Head of Business Intelligence in the UK

Head of Business Intelligence
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Head of Business Intelligence in the UK

Head of Business Intelligence
Top 7 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 31 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
Work from Home +113 11 - - 2
England +140 10 - - 10
London +101 9 - - 10
UK excluding London +158 5 - -
Northern Ireland - 4 - -
Midlands +57 1 - -
West Midlands +48 1 - -

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

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

1 17 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
2 9 (52.94%) Analytics
2 9 (52.94%) Power BI
2 9 (52.94%) Power Platform
3 8 (47.06%) Data Modelling
3 8 (47.06%) Data Architecture
3 8 (47.06%) Visualisation
3 8 (47.06%) Data Management
3 8 (47.06%) Artificial Intelligence
4 7 (41.18%) Publishing
4 7 (41.18%) Agile
4 7 (41.18%) B2B
4 7 (41.18%) Data Warehouse
4 7 (41.18%) Use Case
4 7 (41.18%) User Stories
4 7 (41.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 7 (41.18%) UX Research
4 7 (41.18%) Product Vision
4 7 (41.18%) Social Skills
4 7 (41.18%) Strategic Thinking
4 7 (41.18%) Active Listening
4 7 (41.18%) B2B Sales
4 7 (41.18%) User Experience
5 6 (35.29%) People Management
5 6 (35.29%) Data Pipeline
5 6 (35.29%) Technical Leadership
6 3 (17.65%) Decision-Making
6 3 (17.65%) Line Management
6 3 (17.65%) Data Governance
6 3 (17.65%) CRM

Head of Business Intelligence 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:

Business Applications
1 2 (11.76%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (11.76%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 9 (52.94%) Power Platform
2 1 (5.88%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (52.94%) Power BI
2 7 (41.18%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (5.88%) SQL Server
3 1 (5.88%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (5.88%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 7 (41.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 7 (41.18%) Publishing
1 7 (41.18%) Social Skills
2 2 (11.76%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.76%) Taxonomies
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
2 9 (52.94%) Analytics
3 8 (47.06%) Artificial Intelligence
3 8 (47.06%) Data Architecture
3 8 (47.06%) Data Management
3 8 (47.06%) Data Modelling
3 8 (47.06%) Visualisation
4 7 (41.18%) Active Listening
4 7 (41.18%) Agile
4 7 (41.18%) B2B
4 7 (41.18%) B2B Sales
4 7 (41.18%) Product Vision
4 7 (41.18%) Strategic Thinking
4 7 (41.18%) Use Case
4 7 (41.18%) User Experience
4 7 (41.18%) User Stories
4 7 (41.18%) UX Research
5 6 (35.29%) Data Pipeline
5 6 (35.29%) People Management
5 6 (35.29%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 3 (17.65%) SQL
2 1 (5.88%) T-SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.88%) GDPR
Vendors
1 3 (17.65%) Microsoft
2 2 (11.76%) Sage