Business Intelligence Contract Job Trends in the East Midlands

Business Intelligence (BI)
England > East Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the East Midlands requiring Business Intelligence skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 31 45 38
Rank change year-on-year +14 -7 -10
Contract jobs citing Business Intelligence 61 27 28
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 5.13% 3.54% 3.71%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.85% 4.13% 4.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 15 10
10th Percentile £213 £373 £301
25th Percentile £383 £394 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £464 £420 £365
Median % change year-on-year +10.42% +15.07% -14.12%
75th Percentile £538 £471 £388
90th Percentile £613 £495 £439
England median daily rate £500 £500 £500
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 3 6
10th Percentile - £19.40 -
25th Percentile - £20.75 £12.75
Median hourly rate £17.97 £23.00 £13.50
Median % change year-on-year -21.87% +70.37% -
75th Percentile £27.00 £30.98 £19.86
90th Percentile £39.30 £35.77 £22.74
England median hourly rate £30.00 £31.64 £30.00
% change year-on-year -5.18% +5.47% -7.18%

All Process & Methodology Skills
East Midlands

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 the East Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 891 654 602
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 74.87% 85.83% 79.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 445 446 413
10th Percentile £229 £221 £263
25th Percentile £400 £332 £358
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £410 £450
Median % change year-on-year +18.90% -8.89% -5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £500 £575
90th Percentile £653 £625 £623
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 135 59 36
10th Percentile £13.25 £14.83 £12.75
25th Percentile £14.56 £17.87 £14.82
Median hourly rate £17.97 £18.87 £20.75
Median % change year-on-year -4.77% -9.06% -37.86%
75th Percentile £27.73 £25.15 £26.80
90th Percentile £37.01 £25.42 £50.00
England median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +74.79% -41.51% +4.78%

Business Intelligence
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

Business Intelligence job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

Business Intelligence
Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Business Intelligence.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Business Intelligence

Business Intelligence
Daily Rate Histogram in the East Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Intelligence in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 11 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Business Intelligence in the East Midlands

Business Intelligence
Hourly Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Business Intelligence.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Business Intelligence

Business Intelligence
Hourly Rate Histogram in the East Midlands

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Business Intelligence in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 11 August 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Business Intelligence in the East Midlands

Business Intelligence
Contract Job Locations in the East Midlands

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 East Midlands region over the 6 months to 11 August 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
Lincolnshire +4 21 £370 -26.00% 14
Nottinghamshire -10 14 £463 +12.12% 9
Leicestershire -1 12 £525 - 12
Northamptonshire +16 7 £503 +19.64% 7
Derbyshire -8 4 £488 +5.41% 10
Business Intelligence
England

Business Intelligence
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands 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 3 (4.92%) Confluence
1 3 (4.92%) Oracle Workflow
2 2 (3.28%) SharePoint
Applications
1 11 (18.03%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (3.28%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (1.64%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (1.64%) OpenText VIM for SAP
1 1 (1.64%) Oracle Cash Management
1 1 (1.64%) Oracle Receivables
1 1 (1.64%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 53 (86.89%) Power Platform
2 27 (44.26%) Azure
3 10 (16.39%) Azure DevOps
4 7 (11.48%) Azure Data Factory
4 7 (11.48%) Power Automate
5 4 (6.56%) Microsoft 365
6 3 (4.92%) AWS
6 3 (4.92%) Dynamics 365
6 3 (4.92%) Microsoft Copilot
7 2 (3.28%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 1 (1.64%) Lucidchart
8 1 (1.64%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (1.64%) OCI
8 1 (1.64%) PowerApps
8 1 (1.64%) ShareGate
8 1 (1.64%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 53 (86.89%) Power BI
2 8 (13.11%) Power Query
3 7 (11.48%) SQL Server
4 6 (9.84%) Data Lake
5 5 (8.20%) Star Schema
6 3 (4.92%) Relational Database
7 2 (3.28%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (3.28%) PowerPivot
8 1 (1.64%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
8 1 (1.64%) Big Data
8 1 (1.64%) Delta Lake
8 1 (1.64%) MySQL
8 1 (1.64%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 1 (1.64%) Snowflake Schema
8 1 (1.64%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 1 (1.64%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 5 (8.20%) JIRA
2 3 (4.92%) Oracle Forms
General
1 29 (47.54%) Analytical Skills
2 25 (40.98%) Social Skills
3 10 (16.39%) Finance
4 9 (14.75%) Organisational Skills
5 8 (13.11%) Public Sector
6 4 (6.56%) Police
7 3 (4.92%) Banking
7 3 (4.92%) Manufacturing
8 2 (3.28%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (3.28%) Fire and Rescue
8 2 (3.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (1.64%) General Ledger
9 1 (1.64%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (1.64%) Law
9 1 (1.64%) Marketing
9 1 (1.64%) Retail
Job Titles
1 24 (39.34%) Analyst
2 15 (24.59%) Data Analyst
2 15 (24.59%) Developer
3 11 (18.03%) Senior
4 9 (14.75%) Data Engineer
5 7 (11.48%) Business Intelligence Developer
6 5 (8.20%) Architect
6 5 (8.20%) Data Architect
6 5 (8.20%) Lead
6 5 (8.20%) Power BI Developer
6 5 (8.20%) Senior Analyst
6 5 (8.20%) SQL Developer
7 4 (6.56%) Business Analyst
7 4 (6.56%) Senior Developer
7 4 (6.56%) Senior SQL Developer
8 3 (4.92%) Business Data Analyst
8 3 (4.92%) Business Intelligence Analyst
8 3 (4.92%) SAP Engineer
8 3 (4.92%) Senior Data Analyst
8 3 (4.92%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (6.56%) Oracle Fusion
2 3 (4.92%) PySpark
3 1 (1.64%) Flash
3 1 (1.64%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 6 (9.84%) Data Structures
2 4 (6.56%) Driving Licence
3 3 (4.92%) Management Information System
4 2 (3.28%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (1.64%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (50.82%) Data Modelling
2 23 (37.70%) Analytics
3 21 (34.43%) Decision-Making
4 19 (31.15%) Continuous Improvement
4 19 (31.15%) Problem-Solving
5 16 (26.23%) Visualisation
6 15 (24.59%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 13 (21.31%) DevOps
8 12 (19.67%) Actionable Insight
8 12 (19.67%) Data Analysis
9 11 (18.03%) Data Visualisation
9 11 (18.03%) ERP
9 11 (18.03%) Validation
10 9 (14.75%) Dashboard Development
10 9 (14.75%) Data Governance
10 9 (14.75%) Translating Business Requirements
11 8 (13.11%) AI
11 8 (13.11%) Data Pipeline
11 8 (13.11%) Stakeholder Management
12 7 (11.48%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 29 (47.54%) SQL
2 8 (13.11%) Python
3 7 (11.48%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 2 (3.28%) VBA
5 1 (1.64%) PowerShell
5 1 (1.64%) R
Qualifications
1 9 (14.75%) Security Cleared
2 5 (8.20%) Degree
3 2 (3.28%) BPSS Clearance
3 2 (3.28%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (1.64%) ACCA
4 1 (1.64%) CIMA
4 1 (1.64%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (1.64%) SC Cleared
4 1 (1.64%) Six Sigma Green Belt
4 1 (1.64%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (29.51%) Data Quality
2 3 (4.92%) GDPR
2 3 (4.92%) PMO
3 1 (1.64%) California Consumer Privacy Act
3 1 (1.64%) QA
3 1 (1.64%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (1.64%) SLA
Vendors
1 17 (27.87%) Microsoft
2 11 (18.03%) SAP
3 10 (16.39%) Oracle
4 9 (14.75%) Databricks
5 4 (6.56%) ServiceNow
6 1 (1.64%) Ariba
6 1 (1.64%) JD Edwards
6 1 (1.64%) OpenText