Business Intelligence Contracts in England

Business Intelligence (BI)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Business Intelligence skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Business Intelligence over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 40 46 50
Rank change year-on-year +6 +4 -9
Contract jobs citing Business Intelligence 1,711 2,438 3,541
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 4.63% 4.82% 4.98%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.35% 5.34% 5.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,216 1,775 2,654
10th Percentile £300 £300 £340
25th Percentile £400 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £515
Median % change year-on-year - -2.91% +5.64%
75th Percentile £613 £600 £619
90th Percentile £729 £700 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £515
% change year-on-year - -2.91% +5.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 48 41 41
10th Percentile £12.75 £19.06 £11.50
25th Percentile £15.51 £21.24 £14.25
Median hourly rate £24.00 £27.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% -10.00% +42.86%
75th Percentile £44.69 £48.75 £46.12
90th Percentile £80.00 £58.75 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £24.13 £26.13 £30.00
% change year-on-year -7.65% -12.92% +36.36%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Business Intelligence is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 31,985 45,619 64,566
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.53% 90.25% 90.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,974 32,022 45,804
10th Percentile £300 £325 £331
25th Percentile £413 £445 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +9.69%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £769 £749
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,225 1,607 1,769
10th Percentile £12.86 £10.94 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.31 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.50 £37.50 £24.35
Median % change year-on-year -5.33% +54.00% +1.46%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £63.15
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £37.34 £25.00
% change year-on-year -6.27% +49.36% -

Business Intelligence
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Business Intelligence as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Business Intelligence in England

Business Intelligence
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Business Intelligence in England.

Daily rate trend for Business Intelligence in England

Business Intelligence
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Intelligence in England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Business Intelligence in England

Business Intelligence
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Business Intelligence in England.

Hourly rate trend for Business Intelligence in England

Business Intelligence
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Business Intelligence in England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Business Intelligence in England

Business Intelligence
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Business Intelligence within the England region over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +13 875 £525 -0.94% 489
South East -4 190 £425 -5.56% 144
North of England -3 185 £450 -5.26% 203
South West +4 177 £538 +2.38% 81
Midlands 0 131 £445 -1.11% 137
North West -2 114 £453 +0.56% 108
West Midlands +3 93 £450 -7.69% 82
Yorkshire -6 61 £450 -14.29% 64
East of England -22 56 £410 -8.89% 56
East Midlands +2 37 £413 -2.94% 54
North East +15 9 £663 +32.50% 32
Business Intelligence
UK

Business Intelligence
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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
1 100 (5.84%) SharePoint
2 37 (2.16%) Confluence
3 29 (1.69%) Apache Spark
4 25 (1.46%) Microsoft Exchange
5 20 (1.17%) SAS
6 17 (0.99%) Apache
7 12 (0.70%) MTS
8 7 (0.41%) Apache Airflow
9 6 (0.35%) ArcGIS
10 3 (0.18%) Oracle Workflow
10 3 (0.18%) Tomcat
11 2 (0.12%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 2 (0.12%) CMS
11 2 (0.12%) IIS
11 2 (0.12%) Jadu
11 2 (0.12%) Jupyter
11 2 (0.12%) OpenStack
11 2 (0.12%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 1 (0.058%) GeoServer
12 1 (0.058%) NServiceBus
Applications
1 161 (9.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 64 (3.74%) Microsoft Office
3 42 (2.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 38 (2.22%) MS Visio
5 15 (0.88%) Microsoft Project
6 14 (0.82%) Spreadsheet
7 8 (0.47%) SPSS
8 3 (0.18%) Chatbot
8 3 (0.18%) MicroStation
9 2 (0.12%) Adobe XD
9 2 (0.12%) AutoCAD
9 2 (0.12%) InVision
9 2 (0.12%) Revit
9 2 (0.12%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 41 (2.40%) Dynamics CRM
2 33 (1.93%) Dynamics AX
3 18 (1.05%) SAP S/4HANA
4 16 (0.94%) Aladdin
5 14 (0.82%) Oracle EBS
6 13 (0.76%) Remedy ITSM
6 13 (0.76%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 12 (0.70%) Endur
7 12 (0.70%) EuroRunner
8 11 (0.64%) Aligne
9 6 (0.35%) Oracle Receivables
10 5 (0.29%) NetSuite
10 5 (0.29%) SimCorp Dimension
11 4 (0.23%) NEC Housing
11 4 (0.23%) Oracle ERP
11 4 (0.23%) Oracle Financials
11 4 (0.23%) Oracle General Ledger
11 4 (0.23%) Shopify
12 3 (0.18%) MIS ActiveH
12 3 (0.18%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 1,000 (58.45%) Power Platform
2 491 (28.70%) Azure
3 160 (9.35%) Power Automate
4 159 (9.29%) PowerApps
5 116 (6.78%) Azure DevOps
6 115 (6.72%) AWS
7 106 (6.20%) Dynamics 365
8 101 (5.90%) Azure Data Factory
9 99 (5.79%) Microsoft 365
10 55 (3.21%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 48 (2.81%) Snowflake
12 47 (2.75%) Entra ID
13 42 (2.45%) Serverless
14 41 (2.40%) GCP
15 32 (1.87%) Azure Functions
15 32 (1.87%) GitHub
16 28 (1.64%) Azure Logic Apps
17 24 (1.40%) PaaS
18 20 (1.17%) OCI
19 18 (1.05%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 25 (1.46%) Firewall
2 16 (0.94%) VPN
3 10 (0.58%) HTTP
4 9 (0.53%) FTP
4 9 (0.53%) LAN
4 9 (0.53%) WAN
4 9 (0.53%) Wireless
5 8 (0.47%) DNS
6 7 (0.41%) 3G
6 7 (0.41%) 4G
6 7 (0.41%) Unified Communications
7 6 (0.35%) Cisco ISE
7 6 (0.35%) TCP/IP
8 5 (0.29%) Internet
9 4 (0.23%) MegaStream
10 3 (0.18%) InfiniBand
10 3 (0.18%) Network Security
10 3 (0.18%) SNMP
10 3 (0.18%) SSL
11 2 (0.12%) Spanning Tree
Database & Business Intelligence
1 988 (57.74%) Power BI
2 261 (15.25%) Data Warehouse
3 203 (11.86%) SQL Server
4 198 (11.57%) Tableau
5 128 (7.48%) Data Lake
6 123 (7.19%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 80 (4.68%) Metadata
8 75 (4.38%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 72 (4.21%) Big Data
10 65 (3.80%) NoSQL
11 57 (3.33%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 55 (3.21%) Relational Database
13 49 (2.86%) Azure SQL Database
14 34 (1.99%) Qlik Sense
15 33 (1.93%) Power Query
15 33 (1.93%) QlikView
16 28 (1.64%) BusinessObjects
17 26 (1.52%) Metadata Repository
17 26 (1.52%) PostgreSQL
18 24 (1.40%) Looker
Development Applications
1 86 (5.03%) JIRA
2 26 (1.52%) Git
3 22 (1.29%) ERwin
4 20 (1.17%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 15 (0.88%) GitLab
5 15 (0.88%) Visual Studio
6 14 (0.82%) Jenkins
7 11 (0.64%) Team Foundation Server
8 9 (0.53%) Postman
9 6 (0.35%) NUnit
10 4 (0.23%) Cypress.io
11 3 (0.18%) Oracle APEX
11 3 (0.18%) Subversion
12 2 (0.12%) Appium
12 2 (0.12%) ER Studio
12 2 (0.12%) kappa
12 2 (0.12%) RStudio
12 2 (0.12%) SpecFlow
12 2 (0.12%) XCTest
12 2 (0.12%) XCUITest
General
1 680 (39.74%) Finance
2 481 (28.11%) Social Skills
3 434 (25.37%) Public Sector
4 374 (21.86%) Analytical Skills
5 367 (21.45%) Marketing
6 345 (20.16%) Manufacturing
7 333 (19.46%) Telecoms
8 310 (18.12%) Electronics
9 88 (5.14%) Retail
10 65 (3.80%) Banking
11 61 (3.57%) Presentation Skills
12 34 (1.99%) Influencing Skills
13 30 (1.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 30 (1.75%) Legal
14 29 (1.69%) General Ledger
14 29 (1.69%) Local Government
14 29 (1.69%) Pharmaceutical
15 28 (1.64%) Publishing
16 27 (1.58%) Front Office
17 23 (1.34%) Law
Job Titles
1 364 (21.27%) Analyst
2 283 (16.54%) Developer
3 204 (11.92%) Architect
4 158 (9.23%) Data Analyst
5 151 (8.83%) Business Intelligence Developer
6 147 (8.59%) Data Engineer
7 142 (8.30%) Senior
8 119 (6.95%) Consultant
9 113 (6.60%) Data Architect
10 111 (6.49%) Lead
11 98 (5.73%) Power BI Developer
12 96 (5.61%) Business Analyst
13 81 (4.73%) Project Manager
14 80 (4.68%) Business Intelligence Analyst
15 61 (3.57%) Azure Engineer
16 49 (2.86%) Senior Analyst
17 43 (2.51%) Solutions Architect
18 42 (2.45%) Power BI Analyst
19 41 (2.40%) Support Engineer
20 32 (1.87%) Data Scientist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (3.16%) JSON
2 44 (2.57%) .NET
3 37 (2.16%) XML
4 32 (1.87%) PySpark
5 30 (1.75%) HTML
6 25 (1.46%) CSS
7 21 (1.23%) Oracle Fusion
8 17 (0.99%) REST
9 16 (0.94%) RESTful
10 14 (0.82%) Web Services
11 13 (0.76%) JSON Schema
11 13 (0.76%) Microsoft Graph
12 11 (0.64%) HTML5 Canvas
12 11 (0.64%) Node.js
13 10 (0.58%) .NET Framework
14 9 (0.53%) jQuery
14 9 (0.53%) Swagger
15 8 (0.47%) SAML
15 8 (0.47%) SOAP
15 8 (0.47%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 85 (4.97%) Management Information System
2 71 (4.15%) NHS
3 61 (3.57%) Data Structures
4 57 (3.33%) Product Ownership
5 30 (1.75%) Onboarding
6 29 (1.69%) Data Protection Act
6 29 (1.69%) Reference Data
7 21 (1.23%) Hedge funds
8 20 (1.17%) Self-Motivation
9 19 (1.11%) Algorithms
10 16 (0.94%) Data Centre
10 16 (0.94%) Market Risk
11 14 (0.82%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 14 (0.82%) Freedom of Information
12 13 (0.76%) Greenfield Project
12 13 (0.76%) Life Science
13 12 (0.70%) Analytical Mindset
13 12 (0.70%) Derivative
14 11 (0.64%) Fixed Income
14 11 (0.64%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 72 (4.21%) Windows
2 35 (2.05%) Linux
3 23 (1.34%) Windows 10
4 20 (1.17%) Unix
5 15 (0.88%) Windows Server
6 8 (0.47%) VMS
7 6 (0.35%) Windows 7
7 6 (0.35%) Windows Server 2016
7 6 (0.35%) Windows Server 2019
8 3 (0.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 2 (0.12%) Android
9 2 (0.12%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.058%) Mac OS X
10 1 (0.058%) Windows Server 2008
10 1 (0.058%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.058%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 391 (22.85%) Analytics
2 379 (22.15%) Data Modelling
3 350 (20.46%) Agile
4 326 (19.05%) Programme Management
5 318 (18.59%) Digital Marketing
6 292 (17.07%) ETL
7 274 (16.01%) Visualisation
8 242 (14.14%) Problem-Solving
9 234 (13.68%) Data Analysis
10 179 (10.46%) Data Visualisation
11 175 (10.23%) DevOps
12 160 (9.35%) Migration
13 151 (8.83%) Stakeholder Management
14 148 (8.65%) Project Management
15 133 (7.77%) Data Management
16 122 (7.13%) Data Governance
17 116 (6.78%) Decision-Making
18 114 (6.66%) Data Architecture
19 111 (6.49%) Continuous Improvement
20 108 (6.31%) Data Integration
Programming Languages
1 633 (37.00%) SQL
2 252 (14.73%) Python
3 86 (5.03%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 74 (4.32%) PowerShell
5 63 (3.68%) T-SQL
6 60 (3.51%) C#
7 46 (2.69%) JavaScript
8 43 (2.51%) R
9 36 (2.10%) Java
10 35 (2.05%) PL/SQL
11 29 (1.69%) Scala
12 12 (0.70%) TypeScript
12 12 (0.70%) VBA
13 10 (0.58%) MATLAB
14 7 (0.41%) Shell Script
14 7 (0.41%) XPath
14 7 (0.41%) XQuery
15 6 (0.35%) Kusto Query Language
15 6 (0.35%) VB
16 5 (0.29%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 236 (13.79%) Security Cleared
2 172 (10.05%) SC Cleared
3 161 (9.41%) Degree
4 57 (3.33%) DV Cleared
5 32 (1.87%) Computer Science Degree
6 23 (1.34%) BPSS Clearance
7 16 (0.94%) Master's Degree
8 14 (0.82%) PMI Certification
9 13 (0.76%) CISSP
10 12 (0.70%) PMP
11 8 (0.47%) Microsoft Certification
12 7 (0.41%) AWS Certification
12 7 (0.41%) Postgraduate
13 6 (0.35%) Azure Certification
13 6 (0.35%) CIMA
13 6 (0.35%) CISM
13 6 (0.35%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
14 5 (0.29%) CESG Certified Professional
14 5 (0.29%) ITIL Certification
15 4 (0.23%) CLAS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 167 (9.76%) Data Quality
2 69 (4.03%) QA
3 46 (2.69%) GDPR
4 31 (1.81%) PMO
5 22 (1.29%) SLA
6 15 (0.88%) Accessibility
7 10 (0.58%) HL7
8 9 (0.53%) GxP
9 7 (0.41%) Actionable Recommendations
10 6 (0.35%) NIST
11 5 (0.29%) GAMP
11 5 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 5 (0.29%) JSP 440
11 5 (0.29%) RMADS
12 4 (0.23%) PCI DSS
13 3 (0.18%) IFRS
13 3 (0.18%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 2 (0.12%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 2 (0.12%) GRC
14 2 (0.12%) IFRS 17
System Software
1 45 (2.63%) Active Directory
2 18 (1.05%) Virtual Machines
3 12 (0.70%) Docker
4 8 (0.47%) NFS
5 6 (0.35%) HDFS
5 6 (0.35%) VMware Infrastructure
6 5 (0.29%) Hyper-V
7 4 (0.23%) Firmware
8 2 (0.12%) Oracle RAC
8 2 (0.12%) Virtual Desktop
8 2 (0.12%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.12%) VMware NSX
9 1 (0.058%) Apache ZooKeeper
Systems Management
1 24 (1.40%) Terraform
2 17 (0.99%) Single Sign-On
3 14 (0.82%) Microsoft Intune
4 9 (0.53%) Kubernetes
5 4 (0.23%) CA Service Virtualization
5 4 (0.23%) Puppet
5 4 (0.23%) QRadar
6 3 (0.18%) Ansible
6 3 (0.18%) Dell DRAC
6 3 (0.18%) Progress Chef
7 2 (0.12%) Jamf Pro
7 2 (0.12%) Kibana
7 2 (0.12%) Nessus
7 2 (0.12%) SysTrack
7 2 (0.12%) vCenter Server
7 2 (0.12%) WhatsUp Gold
8 1 (0.058%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
8 1 (0.058%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.058%) RSA Archer
8 1 (0.058%) SCOM
Vendors
1 440 (25.72%) Microsoft
2 408 (23.85%) SAP
3 143 (8.36%) Oracle
4 108 (6.31%) Databricks
5 48 (2.81%) Informatica
6 44 (2.57%) Salesforce
7 37 (2.16%) Google
8 32 (1.87%) Alteryx
9 29 (1.69%) ServiceNow
10 24 (1.40%) Remedy
11 23 (1.34%) Sparx
12 16 (0.94%) Adobe
12 16 (0.94%) Talend
13 14 (0.82%) CA
14 12 (0.70%) Bloomberg
15 11 (0.64%) BISAM
15 11 (0.64%) Dell
16 9 (0.53%) Hyperion
16 9 (0.53%) SolarWinds
16 9 (0.53%) VMware