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 10 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 32 49 37
Rank change year-on-year +17 -12 -1
Contract jobs citing Business Intelligence 63 21 30
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 4.85% 2.71% 3.84%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.44% 3.18% 4.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 12 9
10th Percentile £213 £383 £357
25th Percentile £367 £394 £358
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £464 £416 £375
Median % change year-on-year +11.41% +11.00% -14.29%
75th Percentile £538 £462 £425
90th Percentile £636 £472 £600
England median daily rate £500 £500 £500
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 2 5
10th Percentile - £20.55 -
25th Percentile - £23.62 £12.75
Median hourly rate £17.97 £28.98 £13.50
Median % change year-on-year -37.99% +114.67% -
75th Percentile £27.00 £34.10 £14.25
90th Percentile £39.30 £37.01 £19.95
England median hourly rate £29.96 £32.05 £30.30
% change year-on-year -6.52% +5.79% -6.27%

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 979 661 645
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 75.42% 85.40% 82.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 458 464 409
10th Percentile £235 £225 £267
25th Percentile £400 £344 £361
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £485 £410 £455
Median % change year-on-year +18.29% -9.89% -9.00%
75th Percentile £575 £500 £575
90th Percentile £650 £630 £625
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.95% -2.87% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 159 56 33
10th Percentile £12.76 £15.25 £12.75
25th Percentile £13.51 £17.87 £14.65
Median hourly rate £17.87 £18.87 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.30% +11.00% -38.18%
75th Percentile £25.75 £25.15 £50.00
90th Percentile £36.99 - £50.57
England median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +68.99% -41.51% +1.18%

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 10 September 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 10 September 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 10 September 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 +2 22 £370 -26.00% 10
Leicestershire +3 19 £525 +22.09% 18
Nottinghamshire -8 10 £494 +19.70% 17
Northamptonshire +11 4 £465 +12.05% 8
Derbyshire -8 4 £488 +5.41% 12
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 4 (6.35%) Oracle Workflow
2 2 (3.17%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.59%) Confluence
Applications
1 14 (22.22%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (3.17%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (1.59%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (3.17%) ContrOCC
2 1 (1.59%) Oracle Cash Management
2 1 (1.59%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 51 (80.95%) Power Platform
2 27 (42.86%) Azure
3 8 (12.70%) Azure DevOps
4 7 (11.11%) Power Automate
5 5 (7.94%) Azure Data Factory
6 4 (6.35%) Microsoft 365
6 4 (6.35%) Microsoft Copilot
7 3 (4.76%) AWS
7 3 (4.76%) Dynamics 365
8 2 (3.17%) Azure Databricks
8 2 (3.17%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 1 (1.59%) Lucidchart
9 1 (1.59%) Microsoft Purview
9 1 (1.59%) OCI
9 1 (1.59%) PowerApps
9 1 (1.59%) Salesforce Service Cloud
9 1 (1.59%) ShareGate
9 1 (1.59%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (80.95%) Power BI
2 8 (12.70%) Power Query
3 7 (11.11%) SQL Server
4 5 (7.94%) Data Lake
4 5 (7.94%) Star Schema
5 3 (4.76%) Relational Database
6 2 (3.17%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (3.17%) PowerPivot
7 1 (1.59%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
7 1 (1.59%) Big Data
7 1 (1.59%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 1 (1.59%) Snowflake Schema
7 1 (1.59%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (1.59%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 4 (6.35%) Oracle Forms
2 2 (3.17%) JIRA
General
1 32 (50.79%) Analytical Skills
2 25 (39.68%) Social Skills
3 10 (15.87%) Organisational Skills
4 9 (14.29%) Finance
5 7 (11.11%) Public Sector
6 5 (7.94%) Manufacturing
7 4 (6.35%) Police
8 2 (3.17%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (3.17%) Fire and Rescue
8 2 (3.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (3.17%) Local Government
9 1 (1.59%) Banking
9 1 (1.59%) General Ledger
9 1 (1.59%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (1.59%) Law
9 1 (1.59%) Retail
Job Titles
1 21 (33.33%) Analyst
2 20 (31.75%) Developer
3 12 (19.05%) Data Analyst
3 12 (19.05%) Senior
4 9 (14.29%) SQL Developer
5 8 (12.70%) Senior Developer
5 8 (12.70%) Senior SQL Developer
6 7 (11.11%) Business Intelligence Developer
7 6 (9.52%) Architect
7 6 (9.52%) Data Engineer
8 5 (7.94%) Data Architect
8 5 (7.94%) Lead
8 5 (7.94%) Power BI Developer
9 4 (6.35%) Business Analyst
10 3 (4.76%) Business Intelligence Analyst
10 3 (4.76%) Business Support Analyst
10 3 (4.76%) Data Manager
10 3 (4.76%) SAP Engineer
10 3 (4.76%) Senior Analyst
10 3 (4.76%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (7.94%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (1.59%) Flash
2 1 (1.59%) Lightning Web Components
Miscellaneous
1 6 (9.52%) Data Structures
1 6 (9.52%) Management Information System
2 4 (6.35%) Driving Licence
3 1 (1.59%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (44.44%) Data Modelling
2 27 (42.86%) Decision-Making
3 23 (36.51%) Continuous Improvement
3 23 (36.51%) Problem-Solving
4 19 (30.16%) Analytics
5 17 (26.98%) Visualisation
6 15 (23.81%) Actionable Insight
7 14 (22.22%) Dashboard Development
7 14 (22.22%) Data Analysis
7 14 (22.22%) ERP
7 14 (22.22%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 13 (20.63%) Data Visualisation
9 11 (17.46%) DevOps
9 11 (17.46%) Validation
10 9 (14.29%) AI
10 9 (14.29%) Data Governance
10 9 (14.29%) Performance Management
11 8 (12.70%) Data Management
11 8 (12.70%) Data Pipeline
11 8 (12.70%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 31 (49.21%) SQL
2 6 (9.52%) Python
3 5 (7.94%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 2 (3.17%) VBA
5 1 (1.59%) Apex Code
5 1 (1.59%) PowerShell
5 1 (1.59%) R
Qualifications
1 9 (14.29%) Security Cleared
2 5 (7.94%) Degree
3 2 (3.17%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (1.59%) ACCA
4 1 (1.59%) Azure Certification
4 1 (1.59%) CIMA
4 1 (1.59%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (1.59%) SC Cleared
4 1 (1.59%) Six Sigma Green Belt
4 1 (1.59%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (28.57%) Data Quality
2 3 (4.76%) GDPR
2 3 (4.76%) PMO
3 1 (1.59%) California Consumer Privacy Act
3 1 (1.59%) QA
Vendors
1 20 (31.75%) Microsoft
2 12 (19.05%) Databricks
2 12 (19.05%) SAP
3 11 (17.46%) Oracle
4 3 (4.76%) ServiceNow
5 2 (3.17%) Liquidlogic
6 1 (1.59%) JD Edwards
6 1 (1.59%) Salesforce