Business Intelligence Contract Job Trends in Central London

Business Intelligence (BI)
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Central London requiring Business Intelligence skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 44 41
Rank change year-on-year +15 -3 +13
Contract jobs citing Business Intelligence 131 92 124
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 6.51% 4.13% 4.71%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.21% 4.47% 5.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 96 56 90
10th Percentile £316 £416 £356
25th Percentile £384 £462 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £555 £550
Median % change year-on-year -9.91% +0.91% +2.33%
75th Percentile £628 £680 £688
90th Percentile £749 £715 £753
London median daily rate £490 £517 £550
% change year-on-year -5.22% -6.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £21.06 - -
25th Percentile £22.96 - -
Median hourly rate £27.10 - £38.00
75th Percentile £31.77 - -
90th Percentile £34.01 - -
London median hourly rate £31.65 £52.50 £38.00
% change year-on-year -39.71% +38.16% +69.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Central London

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 Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,817 2,056 2,344
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 90.26% 92.28% 88.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,265 1,284 1,680
10th Percentile £350 £363 £360
25th Percentile £425 £463 £462
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.09% - -
75th Percentile £668 £675 £688
90th Percentile £750 £775 £800
London median daily rate £525 £550 £563
% change year-on-year -4.55% -2.22% -4.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 26 18
10th Percentile £20.18 £19.67 £17.00
25th Percentile £25.47 £26.86 £19.82
Median hourly rate £26.11 £35.00 £27.66
Median % change year-on-year -25.40% +26.56% -20.99%
75th Percentile £41.75 £43.38 £44.56
90th Percentile £42.65 £112.00 £67.63
London median hourly rate £32.45 £35.00 £32.60
% change year-on-year -7.29% +7.38% -13.08%

Business Intelligence
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Business Intelligence job vacancy trend in Central London

Business Intelligence
Daily Rate Trend in Central London

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Business Intelligence

Business Intelligence
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Intelligence in Central London over the 6 months to 4 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Business Intelligence in Central London

Business Intelligence
Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Business Intelligence

Business Intelligence
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 within the Central London region over the 6 months to 4 January 2026. 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 +16 117 £500 -13.04% 137
West End of London +10 4 £475 -5.94% 4
City of Westminster +4 3 £475 - 2
Camden - 1 £400 - 1
Business Intelligence
London

Business Intelligence
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:

Application Platforms
1 11 (8.40%) SharePoint
2 7 (5.34%) Apache Spark
3 5 (3.82%) Confluence
4 4 (3.05%) Apache
5 3 (2.29%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (1.53%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.76%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 29 (22.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (4.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (3.82%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (2.29%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.76%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.76%) Trello
Business Applications
1 5 (3.82%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.53%) Oracle Financials
2 2 (1.53%) Oracle Payables
2 2 (1.53%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.76%) Oracle Assets
3 1 (0.76%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.76%) Oracle EBS R12
3 1 (0.76%) Oracle E-Business Tax
3 1 (0.76%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.76%) Oracle FAH
3 1 (0.76%) Oracle General Ledger
3 1 (0.76%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (0.76%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
3 1 (0.76%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.76%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 112 (85.50%) Power Platform
2 43 (32.82%) Azure
3 22 (16.79%) Power Automate
4 19 (14.50%) PowerApps
5 13 (9.92%) AWS
5 13 (9.92%) Azure DevOps
6 12 (9.16%) Dynamics 365
7 11 (8.40%) Azure Data Factory
8 9 (6.87%) Microsoft 365
9 8 (6.11%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 8 (6.11%) GCP
10 6 (4.58%) Entra ID
11 5 (3.82%) Snowflake
12 4 (3.05%) Amazon S3
12 4 (3.05%) Azure Logic Apps
12 4 (3.05%) Azure Machine Learning
12 4 (3.05%) dbt
12 4 (3.05%) Serverless
13 3 (2.29%) GitHub
13 3 (2.29%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.76%) HTTP
1 1 (0.76%) Hyperconnected
Database & Business Intelligence
1 111 (84.73%) Power BI
2 31 (23.66%) Tableau
3 21 (16.03%) Data Warehouse
4 11 (8.40%) Data Lake
5 6 (4.58%) Azure SQL Database
5 6 (4.58%) Power Query
6 5 (3.82%) Relational Database
6 5 (3.82%) SQL Server
7 4 (3.05%) Delta Lake
7 4 (3.05%) Looker
7 4 (3.05%) Metadata
7 4 (3.05%) MySQL
7 4 (3.05%) Oracle Reports
7 4 (3.05%) Snowflake Schema
8 3 (2.29%) BigQuery
8 3 (2.29%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
8 3 (2.29%) Oracle BI Publisher
9 2 (1.53%) Amazon QuickSight
9 2 (1.53%) Amazon Redshift
9 2 (1.53%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 9 (6.87%) JIRA
2 7 (5.34%) Git
3 3 (2.29%) Jenkins
4 2 (1.53%) SonarQube
5 1 (0.76%) Cypress.io
5 1 (0.76%) Oracle Forms
5 1 (0.76%) Selenium
General
1 56 (42.75%) Finance
2 36 (27.48%) Analytical Skills
3 34 (25.95%) Social Skills
4 16 (12.21%) Banking
5 11 (8.40%) Public Sector
6 10 (7.63%) Front Office
7 6 (4.58%) Investment Banking
7 6 (4.58%) Marketing
8 5 (3.82%) Back Office
9 4 (3.05%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (2.29%) Legal
10 3 (2.29%) Manufacturing
10 3 (2.29%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (1.53%) Automotive
11 2 (1.53%) Electronics
11 2 (1.53%) Financial Institution
11 2 (1.53%) General Ledger
11 2 (1.53%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (1.53%) Retail Banking
11 2 (1.53%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 32 (24.43%) Analyst
2 21 (16.03%) Developer
3 15 (11.45%) Lead
4 13 (9.92%) Data Engineer
5 12 (9.16%) Senior
6 11 (8.40%) Architect
6 11 (8.40%) Data Analyst
7 9 (6.87%) Business Intelligence Developer
7 9 (6.87%) Consultant
8 8 (6.11%) Data Scientist
9 7 (5.34%) Business Analyst
10 5 (3.82%) Data Architect
11 4 (3.05%) Banking Analyst
11 4 (3.05%) Business Intelligence Specialist
11 4 (3.05%) Power BI Developer
11 4 (3.05%) Programme Manager
11 4 (3.05%) Senior Analyst
11 4 (3.05%) Service Analyst
12 3 (2.29%) PMO Analyst
12 3 (2.29%) Senior Data Scientist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (5.34%) PySpark
1 7 (5.34%) scikit-learn
2 5 (3.82%) .NET
2 5 (3.82%) NumPy
2 5 (3.82%) Pandas
3 4 (3.05%) Microsoft Graph
3 4 (3.05%) Oracle Fusion
4 3 (2.29%) Kafka
4 3 (2.29%) Matplotlib
4 3 (2.29%) Seaborn
5 2 (1.53%) CSS
5 2 (1.53%) HTML
5 2 (1.53%) JSON
5 2 (1.53%) PyTorch
5 2 (1.53%) REST
5 2 (1.53%) TensorFlow
5 2 (1.53%) XML
6 1 (0.76%) ADO
6 1 (0.76%) Middleware
6 1 (0.76%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 6 (4.58%) Product Ownership
2 5 (3.82%) Algorithms
2 5 (3.82%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 5 (3.82%) Self-Motivation
3 4 (3.05%) Data Structures
3 4 (3.05%) Derivative
4 3 (2.29%) Data Centre
4 3 (2.29%) Equities
4 3 (2.29%) Greenfield Project
4 3 (2.29%) Management Information System
5 2 (1.53%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (1.53%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (1.53%) Interest Rate Derivative
5 2 (1.53%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (1.53%) Onboarding
5 2 (1.53%) Swaptions
6 1 (0.76%) Data Fabric
6 1 (0.76%) Distributed Computing
6 1 (0.76%) FMCG
6 1 (0.76%) Market Risk
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.53%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (42.75%) Analytics
2 40 (30.53%) Visualisation
3 39 (29.77%) Data Modelling
4 30 (22.90%) Agile
5 27 (20.61%) Data Governance
5 27 (20.61%) ETL
6 26 (19.85%) Data Visualisation
7 24 (18.32%) Problem-Solving
8 23 (17.56%) Actionable Insight
9 20 (15.27%) Data Engineering
10 19 (14.50%) Data Pipeline
10 19 (14.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 17 (12.98%) AI
11 17 (12.98%) Data Analysis
11 17 (12.98%) Decision-Making
11 17 (12.98%) DevOps
11 17 (12.98%) Migration
11 17 (12.98%) Stakeholder Management
12 14 (10.69%) Data Science
13 13 (9.92%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 62 (47.33%) SQL
2 33 (25.19%) Python
3 10 (7.63%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 7 (5.34%) Scala
5 6 (4.58%) PL/SQL
5 6 (4.58%) PowerShell
6 4 (3.05%) JavaScript
6 4 (3.05%) R
7 3 (2.29%) Korn
8 2 (1.53%) C#
8 2 (1.53%) IronPython
8 2 (1.53%) Java
8 2 (1.53%) T-SQL
8 2 (1.53%) VBA
9 1 (0.76%) C++
9 1 (0.76%) Groovy
9 1 (0.76%) LookML
Qualifications
1 13 (9.92%) Security Cleared
2 12 (9.16%) Degree
3 8 (6.11%) SC Cleared
4 7 (5.34%) Microsoft Certification
5 4 (3.05%) PMP
6 3 (2.29%) Azure Certification
6 3 (2.29%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (1.53%) CFA
7 2 (1.53%) Master's Degree
7 2 (1.53%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.76%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.76%) IIBA
8 1 (0.76%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (19.85%) Data Quality
2 9 (6.87%) GDPR
3 8 (6.11%) PMO
4 6 (4.58%) QA
5 3 (2.29%) Accessibility
5 3 (2.29%) Actionable Recommendations
5 3 (2.29%) SLA
6 2 (1.53%) Basel III
7 1 (0.76%) GAAP
7 1 (0.76%) GRC
7 1 (0.76%) IFRS
7 1 (0.76%) IFRS 9
7 1 (0.76%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 6 (4.58%) Active Directory
2 3 (2.29%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (2.29%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.53%) Terraform
3 1 (0.76%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 42 (32.06%) Microsoft
2 16 (12.21%) Databricks
3 11 (8.40%) Oracle
4 9 (6.87%) SAP
5 7 (5.34%) ServiceNow
6 5 (3.82%) Google
6 5 (3.82%) Salesforce
7 4 (3.05%) Workday
8 3 (2.29%) Planview
9 2 (1.53%) Adobe
9 2 (1.53%) BiZZdesign
9 2 (1.53%) Cognos
9 2 (1.53%) DocuSign
9 2 (1.53%) IBM
9 2 (1.53%) Informatica
9 2 (1.53%) MicroStrategy
9 2 (1.53%) Qualtrics
9 2 (1.53%) Sage
10 1 (0.76%) Automation Anywhere
10 1 (0.76%) UiPath