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 23 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 26 31
Rank change year-on-year -2 +5 -8
Contract jobs citing Business Intelligence 58 27 34
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 6.08% 4.87% 4.50%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.16% 5.64% 5.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 9 23
10th Percentile £154 £173 £166
25th Percentile £301 £250 £244
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £352 £385 £425
Median % change year-on-year -8.57% -9.41% -
75th Percentile £415 £600 £519
90th Percentile £451 - £550
England median daily rate £500 £500 £503
% change year-on-year - -0.60% -4.19%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 1 2
10th Percentile £16.20 - £8.68
25th Percentile £20.45 £21.25 £11.86
Median hourly rate £23.83 £22.50 £19.18
Median % change year-on-year +5.89% +17.34% -
75th Percentile £25.00 £23.75 £27.22
90th Percentile £28.85 - £30.84
England median hourly rate £23.75 £28.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year -15.18% +1.82% +0.92%

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 810 479 632
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 84.91% 86.46% 83.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 479 284 445
10th Percentile £189 £250 £200
25th Percentile £351 £348 £310
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £420 £425 £450
Median % change year-on-year -1.21% -5.53% -
75th Percentile £525 £538 £550
90th Percentile £625 £625 £670
England median daily rate £500 £525 £534
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.69% -2.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 98 21 52
10th Percentile £14.96 - £11.27
25th Percentile £16.35 £17.00 £14.56
Median hourly rate £17.87 £22.50 £17.83
Median % change year-on-year -20.58% +26.17% +5.96%
75th Percentile £23.75 £30.00 £44.75
90th Percentile £25.15 £39.68 £53.75
England median hourly rate £25.15 £34.00 £37.75
% change year-on-year -26.03% -9.93% +8.51%

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 23 January 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 23 January 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 23 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
Northamptonshire -9 16 £375 -16.61% 11
Lincolnshire +3 14 £158 -37.13% 11
Derbyshire +4 11 £350 +100.00% 15
Leicestershire -8 8 £440 +25.71% 28
Nottinghamshire -14 7 £344 -42.71% 24
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 10 (17.24%) Confluence
2 2 (3.45%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.72%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 10 (17.24%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (15.52%) Microsoft Project
3 5 (8.62%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (1.72%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 35 (60.34%) Power Platform
2 9 (15.52%) Azure
3 6 (10.34%) AWS
3 6 (10.34%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (5.17%) Azure Data Factory
4 3 (5.17%) PowerApps
5 2 (3.45%) Azure Service Bus
5 2 (3.45%) GCP
6 1 (1.72%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (1.72%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (1.72%) Google Workspace
6 1 (1.72%) Power Automate
6 1 (1.72%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (10.34%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (60.34%) Power BI
2 8 (13.79%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (5.17%) Hadoop
3 3 (5.17%) Metadata
3 3 (5.17%) Power Query
4 2 (3.45%) Big Data
4 2 (3.45%) Data Lake
4 2 (3.45%) Data Mining
4 2 (3.45%) NoSQL
4 2 (3.45%) Relational Database
4 2 (3.45%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 2 (3.45%) Tableau
5 1 (1.72%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (1.72%) Metadata Repository
5 1 (1.72%) Oracle Database
5 1 (1.72%) RDBMS
5 1 (1.72%) SQL Server
5 1 (1.72%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (1.72%) Sqoop
Development Applications
1 12 (20.69%) JIRA
General
1 34 (58.62%) Finance
2 20 (34.48%) Public Sector
3 19 (32.76%) Manufacturing
4 17 (29.31%) Marketing
5 16 (27.59%) Social Skills
6 15 (25.86%) Electronics
6 15 (25.86%) Telecoms
7 10 (17.24%) Banking
8 8 (13.79%) Analytical Skills
9 7 (12.07%) Corporate Banking
9 7 (12.07%) Retail Banking
10 4 (6.90%) Aerospace
10 4 (6.90%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (1.72%) Local Government
11 1 (1.72%) Publishing
11 1 (1.72%) Retail
Job Titles
1 10 (17.24%) Project Manager
2 8 (13.79%) Analyst
3 6 (10.34%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
3 6 (10.34%) 2nd Line Support
3 6 (10.34%) Desktop Support
3 6 (10.34%) IT Support
3 6 (10.34%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
4 5 (8.62%) Data Scientist
5 4 (6.90%) Technical Engineer
6 3 (5.17%) Architect
6 3 (5.17%) Banking Project Manager
6 3 (5.17%) Consultant
6 3 (5.17%) Data Architect
6 3 (5.17%) Data Engineer
6 3 (5.17%) Lead
6 3 (5.17%) Migration Technician
6 3 (5.17%) Support Engineer
6 3 (5.17%) Support Technician
6 3 (5.17%) Technical Support
6 3 (5.17%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.45%) Kafka
1 2 (3.45%) RabbitMQ
2 1 (1.72%) ADO
2 1 (1.72%) JSON
2 1 (1.72%) Web Services
2 1 (1.72%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (12.07%) PMI
1 7 (12.07%) Product Ownership
2 6 (10.34%) Data Centre
3 5 (8.62%) Cloud Native
3 5 (8.62%) Management Information System
4 2 (3.45%) EMV
5 1 (1.72%) Driving Licence
5 1 (1.72%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.72%) NHS
5 1 (1.72%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 6 (10.34%) Android
1 6 (10.34%) Mac OS
2 1 (1.72%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (32.76%) Agile
2 17 (29.31%) Stakeholder Management
3 16 (27.59%) Programme Management
4 15 (25.86%) Analytics
4 15 (25.86%) Digital Marketing
5 12 (20.69%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 11 (18.97%) Continuous Improvement
6 11 (18.97%) Problem-Solving
7 10 (17.24%) Decision-Making
7 10 (17.24%) Migration
7 10 (17.24%) Project Management
8 9 (15.52%) Data Modelling
8 9 (15.52%) Process Improvement
8 9 (15.52%) Resource Allocation
9 8 (13.79%) Actionable Insight
9 8 (13.79%) Change Management
9 8 (13.79%) Kanban
9 8 (13.79%) Scaled Agile Framework
9 8 (13.79%) Scrum
10 7 (12.07%) Lean Six Sigma
Programming Languages
1 17 (29.31%) SQL
2 10 (17.24%) Python
3 4 (6.90%) R
4 3 (5.17%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 3 (5.17%) Java
5 1 (1.72%) Google Apps Script
5 1 (1.72%) JavaScript
5 1 (1.72%) PowerShell
5 1 (1.72%) VBA
5 1 (1.72%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 19 (32.76%) Security Cleared
2 15 (25.86%) SC Cleared
3 11 (18.97%) Degree
4 9 (15.52%) PMP
5 8 (13.79%) Master's Degree
5 8 (13.79%) PMI Certification
6 7 (12.07%) MBA
6 7 (12.07%) SAFe Agilist
7 3 (5.17%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (3.45%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (1.72%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (12.07%) Basel III
1 7 (12.07%) QA
2 4 (6.90%) Data Quality
3 3 (5.17%) PMO
4 2 (3.45%) GDPR
4 2 (3.45%) PCI DSS
4 2 (3.45%) PSD2
5 1 (1.72%) GRC
5 1 (1.72%) HIPAA
Vendors
1 15 (25.86%) SAP
2 7 (12.07%) Microsoft
3 6 (10.34%) Apple
3 6 (10.34%) Cisco
3 6 (10.34%) Databricks
3 6 (10.34%) Dell
3 6 (10.34%) HP
4 3 (5.17%) Informatica
5 2 (3.45%) Sage
5 2 (3.45%) Talend
6 1 (1.72%) Ab Initio
6 1 (1.72%) Genesys
6 1 (1.72%) Google
6 1 (1.72%) Oracle
6 1 (1.72%) ServiceNow
6 1 (1.72%) Teradata
6 1 (1.72%) TSYS