BI Developer / Analyst jobs: skills and pay (October 2026)
150 open BI Developer / Analyst postings (1.1% of data & AI postings) as of October 18, 2026. Median published US pay: $130K (n=50).
BI Developer / Analyst pay by level
| Level (from title) | Median pay | Postings with pay (n) |
|---|---|---|
| Entry / junior | — | 1 |
| Mid (II) | — | 1 |
| Senior | $145K | 11 |
| Staff / lead | $135K | 14 |
| Level not stated | $124K | 23 |
Median of the published range midpoint, US postings in USD, annualized. Shown only when n ≥ 10; “—” means fewer.
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Top skills in BI Developer / Analyst postings
Share of BI Developer / Analyst postings that mention each skill.
| # | Skill | Share of BI Developer / Analyst postings | Postings | Companies | Week over week | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SQL language | 84.7% | 127 | 1,953 | needs more history | |
| 2 | Power BI bi | 61.3% | 92 | 473 | needs more history | |
| 3 | Tableau bi | 52.0% | 78 | 632 | needs more history | |
| 4 | Data modeling concept | 44.0% | 66 | 925 | needs more history | |
| 5 | Data quality governance | 41.3% | 62 | 1,200 | needs more history | |
| 6 | Python language | 37.3% | 56 | 2,580 | needs more history | |
| 7 | Data warehousing concept | 34.0% | 51 | 781 | needs more history | |
| 8 | Looker / LookML bi | 30.7% | 46 | 514 | needs more history | |
| 9 | ETL / ELT concept | 27.3% | 41 | 823 | needs more history | |
| 10 | dbt transformation | 20.0% | 30 | 890 | needs more history | |
| 11 | Statistics analytics | 18.0% | 27 | 1,449 | needs more history | |
| 12 | APIs / REST infra | 17.3% | 26 | 1,554 | needs more history | |
| 13 | Azure cloud | 16.7% | 25 | 809 | needs more history | |
| 14 | Snowflake platform | 16.0% | 24 | 882 | needs more history | |
| 15 | BigQuery platform | 15.3% | 23 | 576 | needs more history | |
| 16 | Semantic layer concept | 14.7% | 22 | 382 | needs more history | |
| 17 | Data governance governance | 14.0% | 21 | 599 | needs more history | |
| 18 | Excel bi | 14.0% | 21 | 322 | needs more history | |
| 19 | Privacy (GDPR/CCPA/PII) governance | 14.0% | 21 | 416 | needs more history | |
| 20 | AI agents genai | 13.3% | 20 | 1,583 | needs more history | |
| 21 | Git infra | 13.3% | 20 | 980 | needs more history | |
| 22 | Data catalog & lineage governance | 12.7% | 19 | 733 | needs more history | |
| 23 | Data mesh / data products concept | 10.7% | 16 | 537 | needs more history | |
| 24 | AWS cloud | 9.3% | 14 | 1,452 | needs more history | |
| 25 | Databricks platform | 9.3% | 14 | 601 | needs more history |