Business Intelligence Specialist Contract Job Trends in Cardiff

BI Specialist
South Wales > Cardiff

The median BI Specialist daily rate in Cardiff is £400, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 28 February 2026.

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

6 months to
28 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 32 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Business Intelligence Specialist 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Cardiff 0.39% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.41% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 - -
South Wales median daily rate £400 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Cardiff

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Cardiff. 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 Cardiff with a recognized job title 241 169 222
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.51% 93.37% 95.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 185 138 185
10th Percentile £213 £185 £172
25th Percentile £300 £238 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £425 £425
Median % change year-on-year -2.94% - -5.56%
75th Percentile £503 £538 £531
90th Percentile £641 £616 £600
South Wales median daily rate £413 £413 £425
% change year-on-year - -2.94% -7.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 6 4
10th Percentile - £21.25 £11.90
25th Percentile £12.21 £21.31 £12.13
Median hourly rate £13.50 £24.00 £15.75
Median % change year-on-year -43.75% +52.38% +1.63%
75th Percentile £17.10 £27.25 £26.94
90th Percentile £20.53 £40.63 £43.03
South Wales median hourly rate £21.25 £25.27 £26.17
% change year-on-year -15.91% -3.45% +44.60%

Business Intelligence Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

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

Business Intelligence Specialist job vacancy trend in Cardiff

Business Intelligence Specialist
Daily Rate Trend in Cardiff

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Business Intelligence Specialist job vacancies in Cardiff.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Business Intelligence Specialist job vacancies in Cardiff

Business Intelligence Specialist Skill Set
Top 8 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cardiff

For the 6 months to 28 February 2026, Business Intelligence Specialist 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 Cardiff region featuring Business Intelligence Specialist in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
1 1 (100.00%) Dimensional Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Kalman Filter
1 1 (100.00%) Power BI
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
1 1 (100.00%) Refactoring
1 1 (100.00%) Star Schema

Business Intelligence Specialist Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cardiff 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Power BI
1 1 (100.00%) Star Schema
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Dimensional Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Kalman Filter
1 1 (100.00%) Refactoring
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analysis Expressions