Business Intelligence Developer Contract Job Trends in Central London

BI Developer
London > Central London

The median BI Developer daily rate in Central London is £700, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 19 November 2025.

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

6 months to
19 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 124 118 134
Rank change year-on-year -6 +16 +51
Contract jobs requiring a Business Intelligence Developer 8 10 14
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 0.41% 0.43% 0.48%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.44% 0.46% 0.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 6 9
10th Percentile £444 £429 £323
25th Percentile £539 £484 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 £575 £525
Median % change year-on-year +21.74% +9.52% -4.55%
75th Percentile - £672 £588
90th Percentile £725 £701 £627
London median daily rate £550 £535 £550
% change year-on-year +2.80% -2.73% +10.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Central London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Central London. 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 Central London with a recognized job title 1,824 2,182 2,742
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.35% 93.09% 94.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,273 1,366 1,935
10th Percentile £325 £363 £345
25th Percentile £420 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - -
75th Percentile £675 £675 £688
90th Percentile £760 £775 £800
London median daily rate £538 £550 £563
% change year-on-year -2.27% -2.28% -2.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 23 19
10th Percentile £18.07 £21.48 £17.00
25th Percentile £20.18 £33.13 £20.09
Median hourly rate £27.04 £35.00 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.76% -2.78% -11.11%
75th Percentile £37.49 £85.63 £58.75
90th Percentile £58.85 £132.40 £69.75
London median hourly rate £26.89 £37.15 £37.50
% change year-on-year -27.62% -0.93% +11.94%

Business Intelligence Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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 Central London.

Business Intelligence Developer job vacancy trend in Central London

Business Intelligence Developer
Daily Rate Trend in Central London

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

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

Business Intelligence Developer
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Intelligence Developer in Central London over the 6 months to 19 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Business Intelligence Developer in Central London

Business Intelligence Developer
Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Business Intelligence Developer job vacancies in Central London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Business Intelligence Developer job vacancies in Central London

Business Intelligence Developer
Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Business Intelligence Developer within the Central London region over the 6 months to 19 November 2025. 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
City of London -6 8 £700 +21.74% 10
Business Intelligence Developer
London

Business Intelligence Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London

For the 6 months to 19 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 Central London region featuring Business Intelligence Developer in the job title.

1 8 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 8 (100.00%) Power BI
1 8 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 7 (87.50%) SQL
3 6 (75.00%) Analytics
4 5 (62.50%) Azure
4 5 (62.50%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 5 (62.50%) Data Modelling
4 5 (62.50%) Python
4 5 (62.50%) Visualisation
5 4 (50.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 4 (50.00%) Data Analysis
5 4 (50.00%) Data Lake
5 4 (50.00%) Decision-Making
6 3 (37.50%) Agile
6 3 (37.50%) Collaborative Working
6 3 (37.50%) Data Lineage
6 3 (37.50%) Databricks
6 3 (37.50%) Dataiku
6 3 (37.50%) Relational Database
7 2 (25.00%) Data Transformation
7 2 (25.00%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (25.00%) ETL
7 2 (25.00%) Power Query
7 2 (25.00%) Unit Testing
8 1 (12.50%) Actionable Insight
8 1 (12.50%) Asset Management
8 1 (12.50%) AWS
8 1 (12.50%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (12.50%) Azure Logic Apps

Business Intelligence Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London 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:

Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 8 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 5 (62.50%) Azure
3 4 (50.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 1 (12.50%) AWS
4 1 (12.50%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (12.50%) Azure Logic Apps
4 1 (12.50%) GCP
4 1 (12.50%) Power Automate
4 1 (12.50%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (100.00%) Power BI
2 4 (50.00%) Data Lake
3 3 (37.50%) Relational Database
4 2 (25.00%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (25.00%) Power Query
5 1 (12.50%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (12.50%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
5 1 (12.50%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (12.50%) Star Schema
5 1 (12.50%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Git
General
1 4 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (12.50%) Back Office
2 1 (12.50%) Banking
2 1 (12.50%) Front Office
2 1 (12.50%) Investment Banking
2 1 (12.50%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (12.50%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Derivative
1 1 (12.50%) Equities
1 1 (12.50%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
2 6 (75.00%) Analytics
3 5 (62.50%) Data Modelling
3 5 (62.50%) Visualisation
4 4 (50.00%) Data Analysis
4 4 (50.00%) Decision-Making
5 3 (37.50%) Agile
5 3 (37.50%) Collaborative Working
5 3 (37.50%) Data Lineage
6 2 (25.00%) Data Transformation
6 2 (25.00%) ETL
6 2 (25.00%) Unit Testing
7 1 (12.50%) Actionable Insight
7 1 (12.50%) Data Engineering
7 1 (12.50%) DevOps
7 1 (12.50%) Performance Tuning
7 1 (12.50%) PnL Attribution
7 1 (12.50%) Roadmaps
7 1 (12.50%) Target Operating Model
7 1 (12.50%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 7 (87.50%) SQL
2 5 (62.50%) Data Analysis Expressions
2 5 (62.50%) Python
3 1 (12.50%) Scala
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared
1 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) Data Quality
1 1 (12.50%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (37.50%) Databricks
1 3 (37.50%) Dataiku
2 1 (12.50%) Oracle