Business Intelligence Developer Job Trends in the West Midlands

BI Developer
England > West Midlands

The median BI Developer salary in the West Midlands is £42,500 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 165 179 159
Rank change year-on-year +14 -20 +74
Permanent jobs requiring a Business Intelligence Developer 13 20 20
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 0.25% 0.48% 0.53%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.27% 0.52% 0.57%
Number of salaries quoted 10 17 19
10th Percentile - £40,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% +5.26% +2.76%
75th Percentile £53,750 £68,750 £54,875
90th Percentile £55,750 - £58,500
England median annual salary £54,250 £50,000 £51,000
% change year-on-year +8.50% -1.96% -7.27%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
West Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the West Midlands. 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 West Midlands with a recognized job title 4,749 3,866 3,538
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.84% 93.34% 93.80%
Number of salaries quoted 2,747 1,842 2,953
10th Percentile £28,750 £31,500 £26,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £49,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +6.06% -5.71%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £80,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -6.50%

Business Intelligence Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Business Intelligence Developer job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Business Intelligence Developer
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

Salary distribution trend for Business Intelligence Developer job vacancies in the West Midlands.

Salary distribution trend for Business Intelligence Developer job vacancies in the West Midlands

Business Intelligence Developer
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Business Intelligence Developer in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Business Intelligence Developer in the West Midlands

Business Intelligence Developer
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Business Intelligence Developer within the West Midlands region 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
Birmingham +11 4 £55,000 - 4
Wolverhampton - 3 £40,000 - 2
Coventry +3 2 £52,500 +16.67%
Walsall - 2 £42,500 -
Warwickshire +27 1 - -
Shropshire - 1 - - 1
Business Intelligence Developer
England

Business Intelligence Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands

For the 6 months to 14 January 2026, Business Intelligence Developer 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 across the West Midlands region featuring Business Intelligence Developer in the job title.

1 13 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 13 (100.00%) Power BI
1 13 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 9 (69.23%) SQL
3 7 (53.85%) Microsoft
4 6 (46.15%) Data Modelling
4 6 (46.15%) Data-Driven Decision Making
4 6 (46.15%) ETL
4 6 (46.15%) Visualisation
5 5 (38.46%) Analytics
5 5 (38.46%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 5 (38.46%) Data Visualisation
5 5 (38.46%) Problem-Solving
6 4 (30.77%) Python
7 3 (23.08%) Agile
7 3 (23.08%) Azure
7 3 (23.08%) Business Transformation
7 3 (23.08%) Data Warehouse
7 3 (23.08%) Decision-Making
7 3 (23.08%) E-Commerce
7 3 (23.08%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 2 (15.38%) Actionable Insight
8 2 (15.38%) Analytical Thinking
8 2 (15.38%) Azure Data Factory
8 2 (15.38%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
8 2 (15.38%) BusinessObjects
8 2 (15.38%) Collaborative Working
8 2 (15.38%) Continuous Improvement
8 2 (15.38%) Crystal Reports
8 2 (15.38%) Dashboard Development

Business Intelligence Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (7.69%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 2 (15.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (7.69%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 13 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 3 (23.08%) Azure
3 2 (15.38%) Azure Data Factory
3 2 (15.38%) SaaS
3 2 (15.38%) Snowflake
4 1 (7.69%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 1 (7.69%) Dataform
4 1 (7.69%) dbt
4 1 (7.69%) Power Automate
4 1 (7.69%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (100.00%) Power BI
2 3 (23.08%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (23.08%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 2 (15.38%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
3 2 (15.38%) BusinessObjects
3 2 (15.38%) Crystal Reports
3 2 (15.38%) Data Mining
3 2 (15.38%) MySQL
3 2 (15.38%) Power Query
3 2 (15.38%) SQL Server
3 2 (15.38%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 2 (15.38%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 2 (15.38%) Tableau
4 1 (7.69%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (7.69%) Data Lake
4 1 (7.69%) Snowflake Schema
General
1 7 (53.85%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (23.08%) Finance
2 3 (23.08%) Social Skills
3 1 (7.69%) Manufacturing
3 1 (7.69%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.69%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 2 (15.38%) Analytical Mindset
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
2 6 (46.15%) Data Modelling
2 6 (46.15%) Data-Driven Decision Making
2 6 (46.15%) ETL
2 6 (46.15%) Visualisation
3 5 (38.46%) Analytics
3 5 (38.46%) Data Visualisation
3 5 (38.46%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (23.08%) Agile
4 3 (23.08%) Business Transformation
4 3 (23.08%) Decision-Making
4 3 (23.08%) E-Commerce
5 2 (15.38%) Actionable Insight
5 2 (15.38%) Analytical Thinking
5 2 (15.38%) Collaborative Working
5 2 (15.38%) Dashboard Development
5 2 (15.38%) Data Analysis
5 2 (15.38%) Data Collection
5 2 (15.38%) ERP
5 2 (15.38%) Linear Regression
Programming Languages
1 9 (69.23%) SQL
2 5 (38.46%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 4 (30.77%) Python
4 2 (15.38%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (7.69%) Azure Certification
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (7.69%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (15.38%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 7 (53.85%) Microsoft
2 2 (15.38%) Databricks