Business Intelligence Contracts in the UK excluding London

Business Intelligence (BI)
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 40 42 41
Rank change year-on-year +2 -1 -5
Contract jobs citing Business Intelligence 847 1,129 1,547
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 4.13% 4.80% 5.05%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.88% 5.36% 5.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 609 816 1,187
10th Percentile £252 £225 £306
25th Percentile £363 £370 £384
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% - +5.56%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £585
90th Percentile £675 £675 £675
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £517
% change year-on-year - -3.19% +4.34%
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 26 35
10th Percentile £11.00 £12.50 £12.12
25th Percentile £13.50 £16.10 £14.25
Median hourly rate £22.86 £25.13 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -9.02% +9.24% +14.29%
75th Percentile £43.75 £41.63 £43.95
90th Percentile £80.00 £77.47 £51.97
UK median hourly rate £24.34 £24.50 £30.00
% change year-on-year -0.64% -18.33% +36.36%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 the UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17,341 21,054 27,253
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 84.49% 89.57% 88.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,323 14,598 19,040
10th Percentile £250 £256 £232
25th Percentile £375 £400 £386
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.57%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,053 1,291 1,337
10th Percentile £12.31 £11.00 £12.23
25th Percentile £15.17 £15.50 £14.00
Median hourly rate £38.00 £35.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.57% +75.00% -6.98%
75th Percentile £60.75 £65.00 £46.12
90th Percentile £72.82 £73.75 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year +1.39% +44.00% +2.04%

Business Intelligence
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Business Intelligence as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Business Intelligence in the UK excluding London

Business Intelligence
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Business Intelligence in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Business Intelligence in the UK excluding London

Business Intelligence
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Intelligence in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Business Intelligence in the UK excluding London

Business Intelligence
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Business Intelligence in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Business Intelligence in the UK excluding London

Business Intelligence
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Business Intelligence in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Business Intelligence in the UK excluding London

Business Intelligence
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 8 May 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
North of England +2 194 £450 -5.26% 200
South East -6 192 £425 -5.56% 166
South West +2 169 £535 +1.90% 97
Midlands +3 134 £425 -5.56% 184
North West +1 120 £464 +3.06% 114
West Midlands +4 93 £450 -8.86% 112
Scotland +45 86 £475 - 40
Yorkshire +2 64 £450 -10.00% 65
East of England -26 54 £393 -12.78% 74
East Midlands +4 40 £375 -11.76% 72
Wales +20 15 £500 +33.33% 26
Northern Ireland +12 13 £500 +17.65% 10
North East +12 9 £663 +32.50% 21
Business Intelligence
UK

Business Intelligence
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 36 (4.25%) SharePoint
2 21 (2.48%) Confluence
3 19 (2.24%) Microsoft Exchange
4 15 (1.77%) SAS
5 9 (1.06%) Apache
6 8 (0.94%) Apache Spark
7 3 (0.35%) ArcGIS
8 2 (0.24%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 2 (0.24%) CMS
8 2 (0.24%) Skype for Business
8 2 (0.24%) Umbraco
9 1 (0.12%) Apache Airflow
9 1 (0.12%) Exchange Server 2007
9 1 (0.12%) Exchange Server 2013
9 1 (0.12%) GeoServer
9 1 (0.12%) Jadu
9 1 (0.12%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.12%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.12%) WebLogic
Applications
1 115 (13.58%) Microsoft Excel
2 35 (4.13%) Microsoft Office
3 31 (3.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 14 (1.65%) Microsoft Project
5 10 (1.18%) MS Visio
6 7 (0.83%) Spreadsheet
7 4 (0.47%) SPSS
8 3 (0.35%) MicroStation
9 1 (0.12%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 13 (1.53%) Dynamics CRM
2 11 (1.30%) Remedy ITSM
3 9 (1.06%) Oracle ERP
3 9 (1.06%) Oracle Receivables
4 8 (0.94%) Oracle Cash Management
4 8 (0.94%) Oracle EBS
5 7 (0.83%) SAP S/4HANA
6 6 (0.71%) Oracle General Ledger
7 4 (0.47%) Dynamics AX
7 4 (0.47%) NetSuite
7 4 (0.47%) Oracle Assets
7 4 (0.47%) Oracle Payables
8 3 (0.35%) Maximo
8 3 (0.35%) SAP BPC
9 2 (0.24%) iTrent
9 2 (0.24%) SAP Business One
10 1 (0.12%) Cognos Business Intelligence
10 1 (0.12%) SAP CO
10 1 (0.12%) SAP ERP
10 1 (0.12%) SAP IBP
Cloud Services
1 529 (62.46%) Power Platform
2 202 (23.85%) Azure
3 75 (8.85%) Power Automate
4 71 (8.38%) PowerApps
5 67 (7.91%) Azure Data Factory
6 40 (4.72%) Dynamics 365
7 34 (4.01%) Azure DevOps
8 30 (3.54%) Snowflake
9 28 (3.31%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 28 (3.31%) Microsoft 365
10 25 (2.95%) AWS
10 25 (2.95%) OCI
11 19 (2.24%) Entra ID
11 19 (2.24%) Serverless
12 14 (1.65%) GCP
13 13 (1.53%) Azure Functions
14 9 (1.06%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 8 (0.94%) Azure Logic Apps
16 7 (0.83%) Collibra
16 7 (0.83%) Google Sheets
Communications & Networking
1 15 (1.77%) Firewall
2 8 (0.94%) VPN
3 7 (0.83%) 3G
3 7 (0.83%) 4G
4 6 (0.71%) Unified Communications
5 5 (0.59%) FTP
6 4 (0.47%) Cisco ISE
6 4 (0.47%) HTTP
6 4 (0.47%) LAN
6 4 (0.47%) MegaStream
6 4 (0.47%) WAN
6 4 (0.47%) Wireless
7 3 (0.35%) DNS
7 3 (0.35%) TCP/IP
8 2 (0.24%) Cisco ASA
8 2 (0.24%) InfiniBand
8 2 (0.24%) Network Security
8 2 (0.24%) Remote Desktop
8 2 (0.24%) SAN
8 2 (0.24%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 521 (61.51%) Power BI
2 109 (12.87%) Data Warehouse
3 89 (10.51%) Tableau
4 79 (9.33%) SQL Server
5 63 (7.44%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 55 (6.49%) Data Lake
7 42 (4.96%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 31 (3.66%) Relational Database
9 27 (3.19%) Power Query
10 26 (3.07%) Metadata
10 26 (3.07%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 23 (2.72%) Oracle Reports
12 21 (2.48%) Azure SQL Database
12 21 (2.48%) BusinessObjects
13 17 (2.01%) Big Data
14 16 (1.89%) Microsoft Analysis Services
15 14 (1.65%) Data Mining
16 13 (1.53%) MySQL
16 13 (1.53%) Qlik Sense
17 12 (1.42%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 53 (6.26%) JIRA
2 14 (1.65%) Git
3 11 (1.30%) Visual Studio
4 10 (1.18%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 7 (0.83%) GitLab
6 5 (0.59%) Jenkins
6 5 (0.59%) Team Foundation Server
7 4 (0.47%) ERwin
8 3 (0.35%) Cypress.io
8 3 (0.35%) ER Studio
8 3 (0.35%) Postman
9 2 (0.24%) kappa
10 1 (0.12%) Bitbucket
10 1 (0.12%) CA Release Automation
10 1 (0.12%) GoCD
10 1 (0.12%) Gradle
10 1 (0.12%) NUnit
10 1 (0.12%) Oracle APEX
10 1 (0.12%) Sonatype Nexus
10 1 (0.12%) Subversion
General
1 301 (35.54%) Finance
2 225 (26.56%) Social Skills
3 224 (26.45%) Public Sector
4 194 (22.90%) Analytical Skills
5 172 (20.31%) Manufacturing
6 169 (19.95%) Marketing
7 164 (19.36%) Telecoms
8 150 (17.71%) Electronics
9 36 (4.25%) Retail
10 24 (2.83%) Legal
11 21 (2.48%) Presentation Skills
12 20 (2.36%) Influencing Skills
13 17 (2.01%) Pharmaceutical
14 15 (1.77%) Local Government
15 13 (1.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 11 (1.30%) Law
17 9 (1.06%) Organisational Skills
18 8 (0.94%) Banking
18 8 (0.94%) Billing
19 7 (0.83%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 208 (24.56%) Analyst
2 149 (17.59%) Developer
3 113 (13.34%) Data Analyst
4 93 (10.98%) Business Intelligence Developer
5 77 (9.09%) Architect
6 72 (8.50%) Data Engineer
7 71 (8.38%) Senior
8 67 (7.91%) Power BI Developer
9 51 (6.02%) Lead
10 47 (5.55%) Business Intelligence Analyst
10 47 (5.55%) Consultant
11 46 (5.43%) Project Manager
12 34 (4.01%) Senior Analyst
12 34 (4.01%) Support Engineer
13 30 (3.54%) Data Architect
14 29 (3.42%) Solutions Architect
15 27 (3.19%) Business Analyst
16 25 (2.95%) Power BI Analyst
17 20 (2.36%) Azure Engineer
18 19 (2.24%) Desktop Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (2.48%) Oracle Fusion
2 15 (1.77%) .NET
3 12 (1.42%) HTML
3 12 (1.42%) XML
4 10 (1.18%) CSS
5 6 (0.71%) Web Services
6 5 (0.59%) JSON
6 5 (0.59%) PySpark
6 5 (0.59%) SOAP
7 4 (0.47%) .NET Framework
7 4 (0.47%) ADO
7 4 (0.47%) AngularJS
7 4 (0.47%) D3.js
7 4 (0.47%) Microsoft Graph
7 4 (0.47%) Middleware
7 4 (0.47%) REST
8 3 (0.35%) Entity Framework
8 3 (0.35%) Flask
8 3 (0.35%) Kafka
8 3 (0.35%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 51 (6.02%) NHS
2 42 (4.96%) Management Information System
3 21 (2.48%) Data Structures
4 17 (2.01%) Self-Motivation
5 14 (1.65%) CMDB
6 10 (1.18%) Data Protection Act
6 10 (1.18%) Onboarding
6 10 (1.18%) Product Ownership
7 9 (1.06%) Life Science
7 9 (1.06%) LIMS
8 6 (0.71%) Data Centre
8 6 (0.71%) Digital Signage
8 6 (0.71%) PKI
8 6 (0.71%) Smart Meter
9 5 (0.59%) DTCC
9 5 (0.59%) e-Health
9 5 (0.59%) Enterprise Software
9 5 (0.59%) Market Risk
10 4 (0.47%) FMCG
10 4 (0.47%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 46 (5.43%) Windows
2 20 (2.36%) Windows 10
3 12 (1.42%) Linux
3 12 (1.42%) Unix
4 9 (1.06%) Windows Server
5 7 (0.83%) VMS
6 6 (0.71%) Windows Server 2016
6 6 (0.71%) Windows Server 2019
7 5 (0.59%) Windows 7
8 1 (0.12%) Mac OS X
8 1 (0.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 201 (23.73%) Analytics
2 160 (18.89%) Programme Management
3 153 (18.06%) Digital Marketing
4 143 (16.88%) Visualisation
5 141 (16.65%) Data Modelling
6 137 (16.17%) ETL
7 124 (14.64%) Data Analysis
8 118 (13.93%) Agile
9 113 (13.34%) Problem-Solving
10 87 (10.27%) Data Visualisation
11 86 (10.15%) Migration
12 72 (8.50%) Project Management
13 71 (8.38%) Stakeholder Management
14 68 (8.03%) Data Management
15 61 (7.20%) ERP
16 59 (6.97%) DevOps
17 56 (6.61%) Data Analytics
18 53 (6.26%) Continuous Improvement
19 50 (5.90%) Decision-Making
20 46 (5.43%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 299 (35.30%) SQL
2 99 (11.69%) Python
3 46 (5.43%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 35 (4.13%) T-SQL
5 24 (2.83%) C#
6 21 (2.48%) PowerShell
7 17 (2.01%) JavaScript
7 17 (2.01%) R
8 15 (1.77%) Java
9 10 (1.18%) PL/SQL
9 10 (1.18%) Scala
10 7 (0.83%) VBA
11 4 (0.47%) VB
12 2 (0.24%) ABAP
12 2 (0.24%) MATLAB
12 2 (0.24%) Shell Script
13 1 (0.12%) HiveQL
13 1 (0.12%) Julia
13 1 (0.12%) Rust
13 1 (0.12%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 133 (15.70%) Security Cleared
2 100 (11.81%) SC Cleared
3 61 (7.20%) Degree
4 34 (4.01%) DV Cleared
5 16 (1.89%) BPSS Clearance
6 9 (1.06%) CISSP
7 7 (0.83%) Computer Science Degree
7 7 (0.83%) Master's Degree
8 5 (0.59%) CESG Certified Professional
8 5 (0.59%) PMI Certification
8 5 (0.59%) PMP
9 4 (0.47%) CISM
9 4 (0.47%) CLAS
9 4 (0.47%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (0.47%) TOGAF Certification
10 3 (0.35%) ACCA
10 3 (0.35%) CIMA
10 3 (0.35%) HNC
10 3 (0.35%) Postgraduate
10 3 (0.35%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 67 (7.91%) Data Quality
2 35 (4.13%) QA
3 24 (2.83%) PMO
4 18 (2.13%) GDPR
5 14 (1.65%) SLA
6 9 (1.06%) HL7
7 8 (0.94%) Accessibility
7 8 (0.94%) GxP
8 5 (0.59%) Disclosure Scotland
8 5 (0.59%) GAMP
8 5 (0.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 5 (0.59%) JSP 440
8 5 (0.59%) RMADS
9 4 (0.47%) Actionable Recommendations
9 4 (0.47%) NIST
10 3 (0.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 1 (0.12%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 1 (0.12%) ISO 9000
11 1 (0.12%) P3O
System Software
1 23 (2.72%) Active Directory
2 7 (0.83%) Virtual Machines
3 5 (0.59%) Docker
3 5 (0.59%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.35%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.24%) Firmware
5 2 (0.24%) HDFS
5 2 (0.24%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.24%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (0.24%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.12%) Apache ZooKeeper
6 1 (0.12%) NFS
Systems Management
1 16 (1.89%) Single Sign-On
2 8 (0.94%) Terraform
3 7 (0.83%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (0.47%) Kubernetes
5 3 (0.35%) Ansible
6 2 (0.24%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 2 (0.24%) Dell DRAC
6 2 (0.24%) Nessus
6 2 (0.24%) SysTrack
6 2 (0.24%) vCenter Server
7 1 (0.12%) Avamar
7 1 (0.12%) EMC NetWorker
7 1 (0.12%) Hadoop YARN
7 1 (0.12%) Jamf Pro
7 1 (0.12%) Kibana
7 1 (0.12%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
7 1 (0.12%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.12%) Puppet
7 1 (0.12%) SCOM
7 1 (0.12%) VxRail
Vendors
1 209 (24.68%) SAP
2 199 (23.49%) Microsoft
3 66 (7.79%) Oracle
4 44 (5.19%) Databricks
5 25 (2.95%) Salesforce
6 20 (2.36%) Remedy
7 16 (1.89%) Google
8 15 (1.77%) Alteryx
9 12 (1.42%) Atlassian
10 11 (1.30%) Informatica
10 11 (1.30%) ServiceNow
11 10 (1.18%) CA
12 8 (0.94%) VMware
13 7 (0.83%) Ab Initio
13 7 (0.83%) Dataiku
13 7 (0.83%) Trillium
14 6 (0.71%) Hyperion
15 5 (0.59%) Autodesk
15 5 (0.59%) Cisco
15 5 (0.59%) Talend