Business Intelligence Developer Contract Job Trends in Birmingham

BI Developer
West Midlands > Birmingham

The median BI Developer daily rate in Birmingham is £425, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 7 November 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 71 67 70
Rank change year-on-year -4 +3 +6
Contract jobs requiring a Business Intelligence Developer 2 1 2
As % of all contract jobs in Birmingham 0.30% 0.14% 0.26%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.33% 0.15% 0.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £413 £397 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £398 £425
Median % change year-on-year +6.78% -6.35% -5.56%
75th Percentile £438 £399 £438
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median daily rate £444 £450 £438
% change year-on-year -1.39% +2.86% -2.78%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Birmingham

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Birmingham. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Birmingham with a recognized job title 610 684 741
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.37% 95.00% 95.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 413 446 507
10th Percentile £226 £200 £227
25th Percentile £363 £350 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £465
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +7.53% -2.11%
75th Percentile £563 £613 £600
90th Percentile £647 £734 £688
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% -4.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 12 22
10th Percentile - £15.75 £14.60
25th Percentile £12.62 £21.06 £15.75
Median hourly rate £19.25 £25.06 £28.02
Median % change year-on-year -23.19% -10.55% +47.47%
75th Percentile £26.51 £53.19 £67.50
90th Percentile £30.15 £57.05 -
West Midlands median hourly rate £25.15 £23.05 £22.20
% change year-on-year +9.11% +3.85% +25.25%

Business Intelligence Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Business Intelligence Developer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.

Business Intelligence Developer job vacancy trend in Birmingham

Business Intelligence Developer
Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Business Intelligence Developer job vacancies in Birmingham.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Business Intelligence Developer job vacancies in Birmingham

Business Intelligence Developer Skill Set
Top 20 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham

For the 6 months to 7 November 2025, Business Intelligence Developer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Birmingham region featuring Business Intelligence Developer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Power BI
1 2 (100.00%) Power Platform
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
2 1 (50.00%) BusinessObjects
2 1 (50.00%) Dashboard Development
2 1 (50.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
2 1 (50.00%) Data Integration
2 1 (50.00%) Data Modelling
2 1 (50.00%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (50.00%) Migration
2 1 (50.00%) Power Automate
2 1 (50.00%) Python
2 1 (50.00%) R
2 1 (50.00%) SAP
2 1 (50.00%) SDLC
2 1 (50.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (50.00%) Tableau
2 1 (50.00%) User Experience

Business Intelligence Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (50.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 1 (50.00%) Power Automate
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Power BI
2 1 (50.00%) BusinessObjects
2 1 (50.00%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (50.00%) Tableau
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Dashboard Development
2 1 (50.00%) Data Integration
2 1 (50.00%) Data Modelling
2 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (50.00%) Migration
2 1 (50.00%) SDLC
2 1 (50.00%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
2 1 (50.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
2 1 (50.00%) Python
2 1 (50.00%) R
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) SAP