Business Intelligence Contract Job Trends in Cardiff

Business Intelligence (BI)
South Wales > Cardiff

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cardiff requiring Business Intelligence skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 23 17 17
Rank change year-on-year -6 0 +14
Contract jobs citing Business Intelligence 11 18 19
As % of all contract jobs in Cardiff 4.40% 8.00% 8.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.26% 9.84% 9.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 14 14
10th Percentile £285 £161 £277
25th Percentile £304 £177 £307
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £363 £261 £448
Median % change year-on-year +38.76% -41.62% -10.50%
75th Percentile £411 £463 £519
90th Percentile £417 £500 £532
South Wales median daily rate £363 £261 £410
% change year-on-year +38.76% -36.28% -25.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £21.68
25th Percentile - - £22.31
Median hourly rate - - £24.25
75th Percentile - - £25.81
90th Percentile - - £26.23
South Wales median hourly rate - - £24.25

All Process and Methodology Skills
Cardiff

Business Intelligence falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Cardiff.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 209 183 208
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cardiff 83.60% 81.33% 90.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 161 132 164
10th Percentile £213 £167 £176
25th Percentile £290 £213 £220
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £405 £425 £421
Median % change year-on-year -4.71% +0.89% -6.39%
75th Percentile £488 £550 £538
90th Percentile £613 £650 £624
South Wales median daily rate £405 £425 £450
% change year-on-year -4.71% -5.56% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 7 6
10th Percentile £12.82 £21.62 £17.50
25th Percentile £13.08 £23.50 £18.81
Median hourly rate £16.22 £25.60 £24.25
Median % change year-on-year -36.65% +5.57% +42.52%
75th Percentile £20.56 £27.50 £38.50
90th Percentile £22.99 £38.00 £48.13
South Wales median hourly rate £19.19 £25.27 £26.58
% change year-on-year -24.06% -4.94% +33.51%

Business Intelligence
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

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

Business Intelligence job vacancy trend in Cardiff

Business Intelligence
Daily Rate Trend in Cardiff

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cardiff citing Business Intelligence.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cardiff citing Business Intelligence

Business Intelligence
Daily Rate Histogram in Cardiff

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Intelligence in Cardiff over the 6 months to 14 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Business Intelligence in Cardiff

Business Intelligence
Hourly Rate Trend in Cardiff

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cardiff citing Business Intelligence.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cardiff citing Business Intelligence

Business Intelligence
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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (36.36%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (18.18%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (9.09%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (9.09%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 8 (72.73%) Power Platform
2 4 (36.36%) GitHub
3 2 (18.18%) Azure
3 2 (18.18%) Azure Data Factory
3 2 (18.18%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (18.18%) Azure Synapse Analytics
3 2 (18.18%) GCP
3 2 (18.18%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (18.18%) Microsoft Purview
3 2 (18.18%) Power Automate
3 2 (18.18%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (72.73%) Power BI
2 3 (27.27%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (18.18%) Azure SQL Database
3 2 (18.18%) Data Lake
3 2 (18.18%) SQL Server
3 2 (18.18%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (9.09%) Oracle Database
4 1 (9.09%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (9.09%) Power Query
General
1 5 (45.45%) Social Skills
2 4 (36.36%) Public Sector
3 2 (18.18%) Documentation Skills
3 2 (18.18%) Finance
4 1 (9.09%) Electronics
4 1 (9.09%) Manufacturing
4 1 (9.09%) Marketing
4 1 (9.09%) Military
4 1 (9.09%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (27.27%) Analyst
1 3 (27.27%) Business Intelligence Developer
1 3 (27.27%) Developer
2 2 (18.18%) Data Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Business Intelligence Consultant
3 1 (9.09%) Consultant
3 1 (9.09%) Desktop Support
3 1 (9.09%) Desktop Support Technician
3 1 (9.09%) Desktop Technician
3 1 (9.09%) Installation Technician
3 1 (9.09%) Performance Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) Performance Reporting Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) Power BI Developer
3 1 (9.09%) Power BI Specialist
3 1 (9.09%) Report Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (18.18%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 5 (45.45%) NHS
2 4 (36.36%) Data Structures
3 1 (9.09%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (36.36%) Analytics
2 3 (27.27%) Data Architecture
2 3 (27.27%) ETL
2 3 (27.27%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (18.18%) Agile
3 2 (18.18%) Collaborative Working
3 2 (18.18%) Data Governance
3 2 (18.18%) Data Loss Prevention
3 2 (18.18%) DevOps
3 2 (18.18%) Migration
3 2 (18.18%) Programme Management
4 1 (9.09%) Change Control
4 1 (9.09%) Dashboard Development
4 1 (9.09%) Data Management
4 1 (9.09%) Digital Marketing
4 1 (9.09%) Internal Audit
4 1 (9.09%) Release Management
4 1 (9.09%) Six Sigma
4 1 (9.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (9.09%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 6 (54.55%) SQL
2 3 (27.27%) Python
3 2 (18.18%) T-SQL
4 1 (9.09%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 1 (9.09%) R
Qualifications
1 1 (9.09%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.09%) ISO 9001
Vendors
1 4 (36.36%) Microsoft
2 2 (18.18%) Google
3 1 (9.09%) Oracle
3 1 (9.09%) SAP