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 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 33 40 49
Rank change year-on-year +7 +9 +6
Contract jobs citing Business Intelligence 120 103 119
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 6.39% 4.43% 3.98%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.81% 4.83% 4.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 82 67 81
10th Percentile £323 £356 £363
25th Percentile £404 £452 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £535 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.87% -2.73% +4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £647 £675
90th Percentile £748 £717 £744
London median daily rate £500 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 1
10th Percentile £17.49 - -
25th Percentile £18.96 £146.25 -
Median hourly rate £27.10 £147.50 £38.00
Median % change year-on-year -81.63% +288.16% -
75th Percentile £35.63 £148.75 -
90th Percentile £35.85 - -
London median hourly rate £34.00 £52.50 £36.82
% change year-on-year -35.24% +42.60% +5.19%

All Process and 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 1,763 2,133 2,674
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 93.83% 91.78% 89.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,214 1,335 1,874
10th Percentile £328 £363 £358
25th Percentile £424 £466 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - -
75th Percentile £675 £688 £693
90th Percentile £750 £775 £800
London median daily rate £538 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -2.27% -4.35% -2.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 26 19
10th Percentile £17.61 £19.50 £14.25
25th Percentile £22.86 £28.06 £17.00
Median hourly rate £27.75 £35.00 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -20.71% +27.27% -36.05%
75th Percentile £38.88 £74.38 £52.75
90th Percentile £61.65 £124.75 £69.75
London median hourly rate £31.49 £38.29 £37.50
% change year-on-year -17.75% +2.09% -2.27%

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 November 2025.

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
Hourly Rate Histogram in Central London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Business Intelligence in Central London over the 6 months to 4 November 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Business Intelligence in Central London

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 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 +16 111 £525 -8.70% 434
Camden - 2 £400 -
West End of London +3 1 £400 -25.23% 4
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 16 (13.33%) SharePoint
2 6 (5.00%) Confluence
3 4 (3.33%) Apache Airflow
3 4 (3.33%) Apache Spark
4 3 (2.50%) Apache
4 3 (2.50%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (1.67%) Oracle Workflow
6 1 (0.83%) Luigi
6 1 (0.83%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 31 (25.83%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (9.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 7 (5.83%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (3.33%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (1.67%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.83%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.83%) Trello
Business Applications
1 5 (4.17%) Dynamics CRM
1 5 (4.17%) Salesforce CRM
2 3 (2.50%) Workday HCM
3 2 (1.67%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.83%) Oracle Assets
4 1 (0.83%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.83%) Oracle EBS R12
4 1 (0.83%) Oracle E-Business Tax
4 1 (0.83%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.83%) Oracle Financials
4 1 (0.83%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (0.83%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.83%) SAP Hybris
4 1 (0.83%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 96 (80.00%) Power Platform
2 43 (35.83%) Azure
3 21 (17.50%) Power Automate
4 18 (15.00%) PowerApps
5 12 (10.00%) AWS
5 12 (10.00%) Microsoft 365
6 10 (8.33%) Azure DevOps
6 10 (8.33%) Entra ID
6 10 (8.33%) Snowflake
7 9 (7.50%) Azure Data Factory
7 9 (7.50%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 9 (7.50%) Dynamics 365
7 9 (7.50%) GCP
8 6 (5.00%) PaaS
8 6 (5.00%) SaaS
9 5 (4.17%) dbt
10 4 (3.33%) Azure Logic Apps
10 4 (3.33%) GitHub
10 4 (3.33%) Serverless
10 4 (3.33%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.83%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 95 (79.17%) Power BI
2 23 (19.17%) Tableau
3 15 (12.50%) Data Warehouse
4 14 (11.67%) Data Lake
5 9 (7.50%) Relational Database
6 6 (5.00%) Power Query
7 5 (4.17%) Azure SQL Database
7 5 (4.17%) SQL Server
8 4 (3.33%) BigQuery
8 4 (3.33%) Data Mining
8 4 (3.33%) Metadata
8 4 (3.33%) Snowflake Schema
9 3 (2.50%) Delta Lake
9 3 (2.50%) Looker
9 3 (2.50%) Oracle Reports
9 3 (2.50%) PostgreSQL
9 3 (2.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 3 (2.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 2 (1.67%) Hadoop
10 2 (1.67%) Spotfire
Development Applications
1 10 (8.33%) JIRA
2 4 (3.33%) Git
3 2 (1.67%) SonarQube
4 1 (0.83%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.83%) Oracle Forms
4 1 (0.83%) Postman
4 1 (0.83%) ScriptRunner
4 1 (0.83%) Zephyr
General
1 54 (45.00%) Finance
2 40 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 34 (28.33%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (11.67%) Banking
5 8 (6.67%) Investment Banking
5 8 (6.67%) Presentation Skills
6 7 (5.83%) Marketing
7 6 (5.00%) Front Office
7 6 (5.00%) Public Sector
8 5 (4.17%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (2.50%) Back Office
9 3 (2.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (2.50%) Manufacturing
9 3 (2.50%) Retail
10 2 (1.67%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (1.67%) Electronics
10 2 (1.67%) Financial Institution
10 2 (1.67%) Legal
10 2 (1.67%) Retail Banking
10 2 (1.67%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 25 (20.83%) Analyst
2 20 (16.67%) Lead
3 17 (14.17%) Developer
4 16 (13.33%) Senior
5 15 (12.50%) Architect
6 12 (10.00%) Data Engineer
7 11 (9.17%) Consultant
7 11 (9.17%) Data Analyst
8 10 (8.33%) Business Analyst
9 6 (5.00%) Business Intelligence Developer
9 6 (5.00%) Data Architect
9 6 (5.00%) Senior Consultant
10 5 (4.17%) Senior Analyst
11 4 (3.33%) Risk Consultant
11 4 (3.33%) Senior Developer
11 4 (3.33%) Solutions Architect
12 3 (2.50%) Banking Analyst
12 3 (2.50%) Oracle Developer
12 3 (2.50%) Product Analyst
12 3 (2.50%) Senior Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (7.50%) .NET
2 5 (4.17%) Microsoft Graph
3 3 (2.50%) Lightning Web Components
3 3 (2.50%) PySpark
3 3 (2.50%) RESTful
3 3 (2.50%) Web Services
4 2 (1.67%) ADO
4 2 (1.67%) JSON
4 2 (1.67%) Kafka
4 2 (1.67%) Middleware
4 2 (1.67%) Oracle Fusion
4 2 (1.67%) REST
4 2 (1.67%) XML
5 1 (0.83%) .NET Core
5 1 (0.83%) Apache Avro
5 1 (0.83%) ASP.NET Web API
5 1 (0.83%) Pandas
5 1 (0.83%) scikit-learn
5 1 (0.83%) SOAP
5 1 (0.83%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 5 (4.17%) Self-Motivation
2 4 (3.33%) Market Risk
3 3 (2.50%) Data Structures
3 3 (2.50%) Derivative
3 3 (2.50%) Greenfield Project
3 3 (2.50%) Product Ownership
4 2 (1.67%) Algorithms
4 2 (1.67%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (1.67%) Cloud Native
4 2 (1.67%) Data Centre
4 2 (1.67%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (1.67%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 2 (1.67%) Interest Rate Derivative
4 2 (1.67%) Onboarding
4 2 (1.67%) Swaptions
5 1 (0.83%) CMDB
5 1 (0.83%) Equities
5 1 (0.83%) Management Information System
5 1 (0.83%) NHS
5 1 (0.83%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.67%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (38.33%) Analytics
2 37 (30.83%) Data Modelling
3 36 (30.00%) Agile
4 29 (24.17%) Problem-Solving
4 29 (24.17%) Visualisation
5 22 (18.33%) ETL
6 21 (17.50%) Data Governance
6 21 (17.50%) Decision-Making
7 18 (15.00%) Data Analysis
7 18 (15.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 17 (14.17%) Data Visualisation
8 17 (14.17%) DevOps
8 17 (14.17%) Migration
9 16 (13.33%) Actionable Insight
10 15 (12.50%) CRM
11 14 (11.67%) Data Engineering
12 13 (10.83%) Roadmaps
12 13 (10.83%) SDLC
12 13 (10.83%) Stakeholder Management
13 12 (10.00%) AI
Programming Languages
1 59 (49.17%) SQL
2 28 (23.33%) Python
3 10 (8.33%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 8 (6.67%) PowerShell
5 5 (4.17%) Java
5 5 (4.17%) PL/SQL
6 4 (3.33%) Scala
7 3 (2.50%) C#
7 3 (2.50%) Korn
7 3 (2.50%) R
7 3 (2.50%) VBA
8 2 (1.67%) Groovy
8 2 (1.67%) IronPython
8 2 (1.67%) JavaScript
9 1 (0.83%) Bash
9 1 (0.83%) Bicep
9 1 (0.83%) LookML
9 1 (0.83%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 17 (14.17%) Degree
2 9 (7.50%) Security Cleared
3 8 (6.67%) Microsoft Certification
4 7 (5.83%) SC Cleared
5 4 (3.33%) Azure Certification
5 4 (3.33%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (1.67%) ACCA
6 2 (1.67%) AWS Certification
6 2 (1.67%) CFA
7 1 (0.83%) CIMA
7 1 (0.83%) IIBA
7 1 (0.83%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.83%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.83%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (15.83%) Data Quality
2 9 (7.50%) GDPR
3 6 (5.00%) PMO
4 4 (3.33%) Basel II
5 3 (2.50%) COBIT
5 3 (2.50%) QA
6 2 (1.67%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.83%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.83%) GRC
7 1 (0.83%) NIST
System Software
1 7 (5.83%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.83%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (3.33%) Terraform
2 2 (1.67%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.83%) Grafana
3 1 (0.83%) Istio
3 1 (0.83%) Opsgenie
3 1 (0.83%) Prometheus
3 1 (0.83%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 42 (35.00%) Microsoft
2 15 (12.50%) Databricks
3 9 (7.50%) Oracle
4 8 (6.67%) SAP
5 7 (5.83%) Salesforce
6 6 (5.00%) ServiceNow
7 4 (3.33%) Google
8 3 (2.50%) Dataiku
8 3 (2.50%) Workday
9 2 (1.67%) Adobe
9 2 (1.67%) BiZZdesign
9 2 (1.67%) DocuSign
9 2 (1.67%) MicroStrategy
9 2 (1.67%) Planview
10 1 (0.83%) Ariba
10 1 (0.83%) Atlassian
10 1 (0.83%) Informatica
10 1 (0.83%) PeopleSoft
10 1 (0.83%) Progress
10 1 (0.83%) Remedy