Business Intelligence Developer Contract Job Trends in the East of England

BI Developer
England > East of England

The median BI Developer daily rate in the East of England is £375, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 19 April 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 101 - 103
Rank change year-on-year - - +16
Contract jobs requiring a Business Intelligence Developer 9 0 8
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 0.42% - 0.42%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.46% - 0.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 0 3
10th Percentile £317 - -
25th Percentile £363 - £275
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 - £300
Median % change year-on-year - - -55.56%
75th Percentile £388 - £325
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £425 £450 £450
% change year-on-year -5.56% - -4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £26.50 - -
Median hourly rate £27.00 - -
75th Percentile £27.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £27.00 £25.00 £84.45
% change year-on-year +8.00% -70.40% +141.29%

All Contract IT Job Roles
East of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the East of England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the East of England with a recognized job title 1,944 835 1,709
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.70% 88.92% 89.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 889 443 797
10th Percentile £196 £211 £211
25th Percentile £350 £387 £315
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -1.60% +11.11% -5.26%
75th Percentile £589 £600 £556
90th Percentile £675 £675 £671
England median daily rate £508 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.33% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 552 169 565
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.99 £14.16
25th Percentile £17.69 £20.64 £16.30
Median hourly rate £28.00 £55.00 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year -49.09% +27.91% +26.47%
75th Percentile £65.00 £73.75 £63.75
90th Percentile £70.00 £85.00 £75.25
England median hourly rate £45.00 £32.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year +38.46% -7.14% -19.08%

Business Intelligence Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Business Intelligence Developer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Business Intelligence Developer job vacancy trend in the East of England

Business Intelligence Developer
Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Business Intelligence Developer job vacancies in the East of England.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Business Intelligence Developer job vacancies in the East of England

Business Intelligence Developer
Daily Rate Histogram in the East of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Intelligence Developer in the East of England over the 6 months to 19 April 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Business Intelligence Developer in the East of England

Business Intelligence Developer
Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Business Intelligence Developer job vacancies in the East of England.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Business Intelligence Developer job vacancies in the East of England

Business Intelligence Developer
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Business Intelligence Developer within the East of England region over the 6 months to 19 April 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
Essex - 7 £375 -
Cambridgeshire - 2 £211 - 1
Business Intelligence Developer
England

Business Intelligence Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England

For the 6 months to 19 April 2026, Business Intelligence Developer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the East of England region featuring Business Intelligence Developer in the job title.

1 9 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 9 (100.00%) SQL
2 8 (88.89%) Microsoft
3 7 (77.78%) Data Warehouse
3 7 (77.78%) Power BI
3 7 (77.78%) Power Platform
3 7 (77.78%) Sage
3 7 (77.78%) Technology Transformation
4 6 (66.67%) Analytics
4 6 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
4 6 (66.67%) Customer Engagement
4 6 (66.67%) Data Analysis
4 6 (66.67%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 6 (66.67%) Data Lineage
4 6 (66.67%) Data Quality
4 6 (66.67%) Data Validation
4 6 (66.67%) ETL
4 6 (66.67%) Kalman Filter
4 6 (66.67%) Microsoft Excel
4 6 (66.67%) Power Query
4 6 (66.67%) Requirements Gathering
4 6 (66.67%) Sage X3
4 6 (66.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 6 (66.67%) User Experience
4 6 (66.67%) Validation
4 6 (66.67%) VBA
4 6 (66.67%) ZAP BI
5 2 (22.22%) Crystal Reports
5 2 (22.22%) SQL Server
5 2 (22.22%) SQL Server Analysis Services

Business Intelligence Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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:

Applications
1 6 (66.67%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 6 (66.67%) Sage X3
2 2 (22.22%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 7 (77.78%) Power Platform
2 1 (11.11%) Google Ads
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (77.78%) Data Warehouse
1 7 (77.78%) Power BI
2 6 (66.67%) Power Query
2 6 (66.67%) ZAP BI
3 2 (22.22%) Crystal Reports
3 2 (22.22%) SQL Server
3 2 (22.22%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 2 (22.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 2 (22.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 2 (22.22%) Tableau
4 1 (11.11%) QlikView
General
1 7 (77.78%) Manufacturing
1 7 (77.78%) Social Skills
2 6 (66.67%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Management Information System
1 1 (11.11%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
2 7 (77.78%) Technology Transformation
3 6 (66.67%) Analytics
3 6 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
3 6 (66.67%) Customer Engagement
3 6 (66.67%) Data Analysis
3 6 (66.67%) Data Lineage
3 6 (66.67%) Data Validation
3 6 (66.67%) ETL
3 6 (66.67%) Kalman Filter
3 6 (66.67%) Requirements Gathering
3 6 (66.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 6 (66.67%) User Experience
3 6 (66.67%) Validation
4 1 (11.11%) Data Architecture
4 1 (11.11%) Decision-Making
4 1 (11.11%) Information Management
4 1 (11.11%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (100.00%) SQL
2 6 (66.67%) Data Analysis Expressions
2 6 (66.67%) VBA
3 2 (22.22%) T-SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (66.67%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 8 (88.89%) Microsoft
2 7 (77.78%) Sage