BI developer job description: template and real figures
A BI developer builds the dashboards and reports managers use to follow a business, in tools such as Tableau or Power BI. A template for hiring a BI developer, with what employers in today’s 155 open postings for this work ask for and offer. Copy it, fill in the brackets, then post the job free.
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- Open postings today
- 155
- Experience asked, median
- 3 years
- Postings that state pay
- 43%
- Median advertised pay
- $149K
- Open to remote work
- 21%
BI developer [Company] · [City, or Remote and the countries it is open to] · [Full-time] About us [Two sentences: what the company does, for whom, and one number that shows where it is now.] About the role Our BI developer builds the dashboards and reports managers use to follow a business, in tools such as Tableau or Power BI. You will report to [manager’s title] and work with [team]. What you will do - [The most important result of the first year, with a number] - [One more duty that is specific to this job] What we are looking for - [3]+ years of experience as a BI developer - Experience with SQL - Experience with Tableau - Experience with Snowflake - Experience with Looker - [One or two must-haves that are specific to this job] Pay and benefits - Pay range: $[lowest] – $[highest] a year, [plus equity or bonus if any] - Parental leave - Equity - Unlimited PTO - [Paid time off, health cover and the rest of your benefits] How to apply [What to send, the interview steps and how long they take. Name the date you will reply by.]
What today’s BI developer postings say
| Experience asked | Median 3 years; the middle half ask 2–5 years (103 postings name a number) |
|---|---|
| Pay advertised | $106K – $210K for the middle half; median $149K (63 postings with a yearly US-dollar range) |
| Skills named most | SQL (63%), Tableau (43%), Snowflake (25%), Looker (19%) |
| Benefits named most | Parental leave (14%), Equity (10%), Unlimited PTO (2%) |
| Most common level | Senior (20% of postings) |
| Titles employers use | Business Intelligence Analyst, Manager, Data Management & Visualization, Business Intelligence Engineer, Director, Data Management & Visualization, Principal Analytics Consultant (Power BI), Product Designer - Dashboard |
Counted from the 155 open postings for this work on Nov 15, 2026, read from employers’ own careers pages. Recounted on every update.
Questions about hiring a BI developer
- What should a BI developer job description include?
- What the person will achieve in the first year, the duties, the must-have experience, the pay range and how the hiring steps work. For this work, today’s postings name SQL, Tableau, Snowflake most often.
- Should a BI developer job posting show the salary?
- Yes, if you can: 43% of today’s 155 open BI developer postings here do. A range filters out people who would turn the offer down, and several US states and EU countries now require it.
- How many years of experience should I ask for?
- The median in today’s BI developer postings is 3 years. Ask for what the work needs: every extra year you require shrinks the pool of applicants.
- What does a BI developer do?
- A BI developer builds the dashboards and reports managers use to follow a business, in tools such as Tableau or Power BI. Postings for this work name SQL, Tableau, Snowflake most often.
- Is a BI developer an IT job?
- It sits in data and analytics on Jobs Every Hour. Not in the narrow sense: it is its own field, though most postings here are at technology companies.
- Can I become a BI developer with no experience?
- 8 of today’s 155 postings (5%) are junior roles or internships, and the median posting asks for 3 years. The steps, with today’s figures, are on the how-to-become page for this work.
- Can I learn BI developer work in three months?
- Enough to start on the skills postings name first (SQL, Tableau), and to build one or two projects to show; most employers still ask for a result you have delivered, so a first junior role or internship is the usual next step.
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