Business Intelligence Developer Job Trends in Scotland

BI Developer
UK > Scotland

The median BI Developer salary in Scotland is £48,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 15 October 2025.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 149 146 152
Rank change year-on-year -3 +6 +76
Permanent jobs requiring a Business Intelligence Developer 7 5 6
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 0.27% 0.15% 0.24%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.33% 0.15% 0.25%
Number of salaries quoted 7 2 4
10th Percentile - £34,338 £46,675
25th Percentile £37,500 £37,094 £48,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £43,625 £53,750
Median % change year-on-year +11.17% -18.84% +41.45%
75th Percentile £57,500 £49,594 £61,875
90th Percentile £60,500 £52,013 £63,000
UK median annual salary £53,750 £56,000 £55,065
% change year-on-year -4.02% +1.70% +0.12%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Scotland

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Scotland. 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 Scotland with a recognized job title 2,144 3,253 2,418
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 81.80% 96.39% 96.68%
Number of salaries quoted 890 1,641 1,941
10th Percentile £25,600 £30,750 £25,000
25th Percentile £31,500 £40,000 £35,733
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £53,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.09% +0.95% -4.55%
75th Percentile £65,750 £70,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £82,548
UK median annual salary £53,500 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -2.73% -8.33% -

Business Intelligence Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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 Scotland.

Business Intelligence Developer job vacancy trend in Scotland

Business Intelligence Developer
Salary Trend in Scotland

Salary distribution trend for Business Intelligence Developer job vacancies in Scotland.

Salary distribution trend for Business Intelligence Developer job vacancies in Scotland

Business Intelligence Developer
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Business Intelligence Developer in Scotland over the 6 months to 15 October 2025.

Salary histogram for Business Intelligence Developer in Scotland

Business Intelligence Developer
Job Locations in Scotland

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 Scotland region over the 6 months to 15 October 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
Glasgow +7 6 £44,250 +1.43%
Business Intelligence Developer
UK

Business Intelligence Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland

For the 6 months to 15 October 2025, 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 Scotland region featuring Business Intelligence Developer in the job title.

1 7 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 7 (100.00%) SQL
2 6 (85.71%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 6 (85.71%) Power BI
2 6 (85.71%) Power Platform
3 4 (57.14%) ETL
3 4 (57.14%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 3 (42.86%) Infrastructure Transformation
5 2 (28.57%) Fintech
5 2 (28.57%) Requirements Gathering
5 2 (28.57%) Low-Code
5 2 (28.57%) End-to-End Testing
5 2 (28.57%) Finance
5 2 (28.57%) Validation
5 2 (28.57%) Agile
5 2 (28.57%) SaaS
5 2 (28.57%) Mentoring
6 1 (14.29%) Qlik Sense
6 1 (14.29%) Performance Tuning
6 1 (14.29%) Relational Database
6 1 (14.29%) Analytics
6 1 (14.29%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 1 (14.29%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (14.29%) Data Modelling
6 1 (14.29%) QlikView
6 1 (14.29%) Azure
6 1 (14.29%) Onboarding
6 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
6 1 (14.29%) Data Pipeline
6 1 (14.29%) Snowflake

Business Intelligence Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Cloud Services
1 6 (85.71%) Power Platform
2 2 (28.57%) SaaS
3 1 (14.29%) Azure
3 1 (14.29%) Azure Data Factory
3 1 (14.29%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (85.71%) Power BI
1 6 (85.71%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 4 (57.14%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (14.29%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (14.29%) Qlik Sense
3 1 (14.29%) QlikView
3 1 (14.29%) Relational Database
General
1 2 (28.57%) Finance
2 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Low-Code
2 1 (14.29%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
2 4 (57.14%) ETL
3 3 (42.86%) Infrastructure Transformation
4 2 (28.57%) Agile
4 2 (28.57%) End-to-End Testing
4 2 (28.57%) Fintech
4 2 (28.57%) Mentoring
4 2 (28.57%) Requirements Gathering
4 2 (28.57%) Validation
5 1 (14.29%) Actionable Insight
5 1 (14.29%) Analytics
5 1 (14.29%) Data Modelling
5 1 (14.29%) Data Pipeline
5 1 (14.29%) Decision-Making
5 1 (14.29%) Performance Tuning
Programming Languages
1 7 (100.00%) SQL
2 1 (14.29%) Data Analysis Expressions