SQL BI Developer Jobs

SQL Business Intelligence Developer
UK

The median SQL Business Intelligence Developer salary in the UK is £45,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 2 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
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 679 885 930
Rank change year-on-year +206 +45 +123
Permanent jobs requiring a SQL BI Developer 12 17 53
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.023% 0.017% 0.051%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.026% 0.018% 0.056%
Number of salaries quoted 10 14 49
10th Percentile - £43,750 £42,500
25th Percentile £44,000 £49,063 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £63,750 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -29.41% +6.25% +11.11%
75th Percentile £46,000 £71,250 £76,250
90th Percentile £47,275 - £79,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -5.26% -13.64% +10.00%

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 46,967 93,227 95,240
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.30% 94.63% 91.55%
Number of salaries quoted 27,330 66,890 59,886
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,000 £38,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £52,900 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% -11.83% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% +5.00%

SQL BI Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured SQL BI Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for SQL BI Developer in the UK

SQL BI Developer
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SQL BI Developer.

Salary trend for SQL BI Developer in the UK

SQL BI Developer
Top 6 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SQL BI Developer within the UK over the 6 months to 2 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 +166 12 £45,000 -29.41% 9
UK excluding London +212 9 £45,000 -5.26% 7
Work from Home +173 9 £45,000 -29.41% 4
Midlands - 9 £45,000 - 3
West Midlands - 9 £45,000 - 3
London +106 3 £57,500 -14.81% 1

SQL BI Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 2 May 2025, SQL BI Developer 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 SQL BI Developer in the job title.

1 12 (100.00%) SQL
1 12 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 12 (100.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 12 (100.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 12 (100.00%) Azure
1 12 (100.00%) Power BI
1 12 (100.00%) Azure Data Factory
1 12 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 9 (75.00%) PowerApps
2 9 (75.00%) Power Automate
2 9 (75.00%) Customer Service
2 9 (75.00%) Decision-Making
2 9 (75.00%) Problem-Solving
2 9 (75.00%) Critical Thinking
2 9 (75.00%) Case Management
2 9 (75.00%) Data Quality
2 9 (75.00%) IaaS
2 9 (75.00%) Kimball Methodology
2 9 (75.00%) Analytics
2 9 (75.00%) Data Mapping
2 9 (75.00%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
2 9 (75.00%) PaaS
2 9 (75.00%) Star Schema
2 9 (75.00%) Management Information System
2 9 (75.00%) Finance
2 9 (75.00%) CRM
2 9 (75.00%) SharePoint
2 9 (75.00%) Data Warehouse
2 9 (75.00%) ETL
3 3 (25.00%) Cognos

SQL BI Developer 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 9 (75.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 12 (100.00%) Azure
1 12 (100.00%) Azure Data Factory
1 12 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 9 (75.00%) IaaS
2 9 (75.00%) PaaS
2 9 (75.00%) Power Automate
2 9 (75.00%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (100.00%) Power BI
1 12 (100.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 12 (100.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 9 (75.00%) Data Warehouse
2 9 (75.00%) Star Schema
3 3 (25.00%) Azure SQL Database
3 3 (25.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 9 (75.00%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 9 (75.00%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (25.00%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 9 (75.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
2 9 (75.00%) Analytics
2 9 (75.00%) Case Management
2 9 (75.00%) Critical Thinking
2 9 (75.00%) CRM
2 9 (75.00%) Customer Service
2 9 (75.00%) Data Mapping
2 9 (75.00%) Decision-Making
2 9 (75.00%) ETL
2 9 (75.00%) Kimball Methodology
2 9 (75.00%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (25.00%) Data Analysis
4 2 (16.67%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 12 (100.00%) SQL
2 3 (25.00%) T-SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (75.00%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 3 (25.00%) Cognos