The first part of the table below looks at the demand for the Business Intelligence (BI) Consultant role in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Business Intelligence (BI) Consultant in their job title over the 3 months to 16 May 2012 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles currently tracked.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Business Intelligence (BI) Consultant
Location
3 months to
16 May 2012
Same period 2011Same period 2010
Rank495438419
Rank change year-on-year
Down-57Down-19
Matching contract IT job ads84143117
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK0.142 %0.233 %0.212 %
As % of the Job Titles category0.153 %0.251 %0.231 %
Number of daily rates quoted454458
Average daily rate£403£438£450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-8.00 %-2.77 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£325£339£335
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£565£625£550
UK excluding London average daily rate£425£450£450
% change year-on-year
-5.55 %-
Number of hourly rates quoted100
Average hourly rate£20.00--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£20.00--
IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryAll Job Titles
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
547785688250613
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK92.55 %92.70 %91.92 %
Number of daily rates quoted302013092924313
Average daily rate£400£425£410
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.88 %+3.65 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£240£250£225
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£575£600£600
UK excluding London average daily rate£350£350£325
% change year-on-year
-+7.69 %
Number of hourly rates quoted259529252766
Average hourly rate£18.75£20.00£19.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-6.25 %+2.56 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£11.00£11.00£10.75
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£40.00£40.50£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£18.00£20.00£18.00
% change year-on-year
-10.00 %+11.11 %

Business Intelligence (BI) Consultant
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Business Intelligence (BI) Consultant within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Business Intelligence (BI) Consultant Demand Trend

Business Intelligence (BI) Consultant
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Business Intelligence (BI) Consultant within the UK.

Business Intelligence (BI) Consultant Daily Rate Trend

Business Intelligence (BI) Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Business Intelligence (BI) Consultant within the UK over the 3 months to 16 May 2012.

Business Intelligence (BI) Consultant Daily Rate Histogram

Business Intelligence (BI) Consultant
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Business Intelligence (BI) Consultant within the UK.

Business Intelligence (BI) Consultant Hourly Rate Trend

Business Intelligence (BI) Consultant
Top 30 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Business Intelligence (BI) Consultant within the UK over the 3 months to 16 May 2012. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandDown-4568£400-11.11 %
LondonDown-1830£400-3.03 %
South EastNo change08£381-10.29 %
North WestDown-68£650+20.93 %
City of LondonUp+306£475-24.00 %
ManchesterDown-165£650+23.80 %
South WestDown-275£375+17.64 %
West MidlandsNew entry-5£275-
BerkshireDown-94£350-20.00 %
DorsetNew entry-4£375-
East of EnglandDown-33£450+12.50 %
East MidlandsDown-63£475-9.52 %
BournemouthNew entry-3£375-
BracknellNew entry-3£350-
ScotlandDown-22£550-
SuffolkNew entry-2£450-
EdinburghNew entry-2£550-
MidlandsUp+31--
HampshireUp+21£325-17.98 %
MerseysideDown-11--
BuckinghamshireDown-51£413+6.45 %
LiverpoolDown-71--
CambridgeshireDown-101£550+37.50 %
DerbyshireNew entry-1£375-
BirminghamNew entry-1--
East SussexNew entry-1--
DerbyNew entry-1£375-
Milton KeynesNew entry-1£413-
PooleNew entry-1--
ReadingNew entry-1--

Business Intelligence (BI) Consultant
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 16 May 2012, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Business Intelligence (BI) Consultant in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled with Business Intelligence (BI) Consultant in their job title.

1155 (100.00 %)Business Intelligence
259 (38.06 %)SAP
352 (33.55 %)SAP BI
448 (30.97 %)SQL
544 (28.39 %)SQL Server
643 (27.74 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
742 (27.10 %)SQL Server Integration Services
841 (26.45 %)Finance
936 (23.23 %)Data Warehouse
1033 (21.29 %)SAP BW
1033 (21.29 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
1132 (20.65 %)ETL
1230 (19.35 %)Microsoft
1329 (18.71 %)Business Objects
1423 (14.84 %)OLAP
1423 (14.84 %)MS Excel
1521 (13.55 %)SQL Server 2008
1619 (12.26 %)Oracle
1619 (12.26 %)BusinessObjects
1718 (11.61 %)Data Modelling
1815 (9.677 %)Cognos
1815 (9.677 %)MDX
1913 (8.387 %)Data Analysis
2010 (6.452 %)Banking
2010 (6.452 %)Data Extraction
2010 (6.452 %)SAP BPC
219 (5.806 %)SharePoint
228 (5.161 %)ABAP
228 (5.161 %)SQL Server 2005
228 (5.161 %)Performance Management

Business Intelligence (BI) Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 16 May 2012, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Business Intelligence (BI) Consultant in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled with Business Intelligence (BI) Consultant in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
115 (9.677 %)MDX
27 (4.516 %).NET
31 (0.645 %)Silverlight
31 (0.645 %)jQuery
31 (0.645 %)Middleware
31 (0.645 %)SAP XI
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
19 (5.806 %)SharePoint
25 (3.226 %)SAS
33 (1.935 %)SharePoint Server
42 (1.290 %)NetWeaver
IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
123 (14.84 %)MS Excel
23 (1.935 %)MS PowerPoint
23 (1.935 %)MS Office
31 (0.645 %)PowerPivot
31 (0.645 %)MS Visio
31 (0.645 %)MS Project
IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
110 (6.452 %)SAP BPC
25 (3.226 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
32 (1.290 %)SAP FI
32 (1.290 %)SAP HR
32 (1.290 %)SAP SD
32 (1.290 %)Dynamics CRM
41 (0.645 %)Dynamics AX
41 (0.645 %)Siebel Analytics
41 (0.645 %)Line 500
41 (0.645 %)Sage BI
41 (0.645 %)Oracle EBS R12
41 (0.645 %)Oracle Financials
41 (0.645 %)HFM
41 (0.645 %)SAP CO
41 (0.645 %)Oracle EBS
41 (0.645 %)SAP FI/CO
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
11 (0.645 %)IMAP
11 (0.645 %)Wireless
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
152 (33.55 %)SAP BI
244 (28.39 %)SQL Server
343 (27.74 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
442 (27.10 %)SQL Server Integration Services
536 (23.23 %)Data Warehouse
633 (21.29 %)SAP BW
633 (21.29 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
732 (20.65 %)ETL
823 (14.84 %)OLAP
921 (13.55 %)SQL Server 2008
1019 (12.26 %)BusinessObjects
118 (5.161 %)SQL Server 2005
118 (5.161 %)Oracle BI EE
127 (4.516 %)QlikView
127 (4.516 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
136 (3.871 %)Data Mining
144 (2.581 %)Oracle Reports
144 (2.581 %)DTS
144 (2.581 %)SAS Enterprise Guide
153 (1.935 %)SAS Enterprise Miner
IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
13 (1.935 %)Visual Studio
22 (1.290 %)Team Foundation Server
31 (0.645 %)ERwin
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
141 (26.45 %)Finance
210 (6.452 %)Banking
37 (4.516 %)Marketing
46 (3.871 %)Financial Institution
54 (2.581 %)Pharmaceutical
54 (2.581 %)Music
63 (1.935 %)Music Industry
63 (1.935 %)Retail
63 (1.935 %)Manufacturing
72 (1.290 %)Investment Banking
72 (1.290 %)French Language
81 (0.645 %)Danish Language
81 (0.645 %)Norwegian Language
81 (0.645 %)Swedish Language
81 (0.645 %)Advertising
81 (0.645 %)Publishing
81 (0.645 %)Back Office
81 (0.645 %)Telecoms
IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
110 (6.452 %)Data Extraction
26 (3.871 %)Social Media
33 (1.935 %)Data Integration
42 (1.290 %)NHS
51 (0.645 %)Data Conversion
51 (0.645 %)Clustering
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
12 (1.290 %)UNIX
21 (0.645 %)Windows
21 (0.645 %)Solaris
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1155 (100.00 %)Business Intelligence
218 (11.61 %)Data Modelling
313 (8.387 %)Data Analysis
48 (5.161 %)Performance Management
57 (4.516 %)Financial Analysis
57 (4.516 %)Stakeholder Management
57 (4.516 %)Data Management
66 (3.871 %)CRM
66 (3.871 %)Migration
66 (3.871 %)Business Analysis
75 (3.226 %)User Acceptance Testing
75 (3.226 %)Data Migration
84 (2.581 %)Project Management
93 (1.935 %)Data Cleansing
93 (1.935 %)Resource Management
93 (1.935 %)Predictive Modelling
93 (1.935 %)ERP
102 (1.290 %)Change Management
102 (1.290 %)Asset Management
102 (1.290 %)ITIL
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
148 (30.97 %)SQL
28 (5.161 %)ABAP
35 (3.226 %)PL/SQL
44 (2.581 %)C#
53 (1.935 %)T-SQL
62 (1.290 %)Java
71 (0.645 %)SAS Macro
71 (0.645 %)JavaScript
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
16 (3.871 %)SAP Certification
23 (1.935 %)SAS Certification
32 (1.290 %)Degree
41 (0.645 %)SC Cleared
41 (0.645 %)Security Cleared
41 (0.645 %)Six Sigma Black Belt
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (0.645 %)QA
11 (0.645 %)Solvency II
11 (0.645 %)SLA
IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
12 (1.290 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
11 (0.645 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
159 (38.06 %)SAP
230 (19.35 %)Microsoft
329 (18.71 %)Business Objects
419 (12.26 %)Oracle
515 (9.677 %)Cognos
66 (3.871 %)Facebook
66 (3.871 %)Twitter
75 (3.226 %)Informatica
83 (1.935 %)MicroStrategy
92 (1.290 %)Siebel
92 (1.290 %)Hyperion
101 (0.645 %)Netezza
101 (0.645 %)Infor
101 (0.645 %)BI-SAM
101 (0.645 %)Sage
101 (0.645 %)IBM
101 (0.645 %)Trillium
101 (0.645 %)PeopleSoft
101 (0.645 %)Teradata
101 (0.645 %)Ab Initio