Business Intelligence Contracts in England

Business Intelligence (BI)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Business Intelligence skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Business Intelligence over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 36 39 46
Rank change year-on-year +3 +7 +4
Contract jobs citing Business Intelligence 1,263 1,736 2,430
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 5.19% 4.67% 4.82%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.69% 5.39% 5.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 860 1,238 1,769
10th Percentile £313 £300 £300
25th Percentile £406 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -2.91%
75th Percentile £613 £612 £606
90th Percentile £714 £729 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -3.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 48 40
10th Percentile £18.38 £12.75 £19.03
25th Percentile £22.72 £15.51 £21.24
Median hourly rate £28.60 £24.00 £26.13
Median % change year-on-year +19.17% -8.13% -12.92%
75th Percentile £32.05 £44.69 £49.31
90th Percentile £35.50 £80.00 £60.45
UK median hourly rate £27.50 £24.13 £25.25
% change year-on-year +13.98% -4.45% -19.84%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 22,202 32,193 45,529
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.16% 86.56% 90.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,534 21,105 31,969
10th Percentile £310 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £765
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 921 2,246 1,592
10th Percentile £14.42 £12.92 £10.87
25th Percentile £18.20 £16.01 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

Business Intelligence
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Business Intelligence as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Business Intelligence in England

Business Intelligence
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Business Intelligence in England.

Daily rate trend for Business Intelligence in England

Business Intelligence
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Intelligence in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Business Intelligence in England

Business Intelligence
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Business Intelligence in England.

Hourly rate trend for Business Intelligence in England

Business Intelligence
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Business Intelligence in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Business Intelligence in England

Business Intelligence
Contract Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
London -5 673 £525 - 1,718
South East +21 189 £525 +23.53% 865
North of England -11 132 £475 +5.56% 688
Midlands -2 93 £475 +7.95% 564
South West -11 85 £475 -11.63% 338
West Midlands -3 69 £485 +7.78% 334
North West -17 66 £530 +17.13% 379
Yorkshire 0 52 £447 -0.67% 234
East of England +15 39 £481 +22.61% 369
East Midlands -2 23 £413 +0.12% 198
North East +5 14 £450 -32.08% 77
Business Intelligence
UK

Business Intelligence
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 100 (7.92%) SharePoint
2 32 (2.53%) Confluence
3 21 (1.66%) Apache Spark
4 19 (1.50%) Apache Airflow
5 16 (1.27%) Microsoft Exchange
6 15 (1.19%) Apache
6 15 (1.19%) SAS
7 12 (0.95%) Oracle Workflow
8 6 (0.48%) Exchange Server 2013
8 6 (0.48%) Skype for Business
9 5 (0.40%) CMS
10 4 (0.32%) Oracle Self-Service HR
11 3 (0.24%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
11 3 (0.24%) Exchange Server 2003
11 3 (0.24%) Exchange Server 2007
11 3 (0.24%) Exchange Server 2010
11 3 (0.24%) Office Communications Server
11 3 (0.24%) Oracle Application Server
11 3 (0.24%) SharePoint Server
11 3 (0.24%) WebLogic
Applications
1 168 (13.30%) Microsoft Excel
2 37 (2.93%) Microsoft Office
3 34 (2.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 21 (1.66%) MS Visio
5 16 (1.27%) Oracle Smart View
6 12 (0.95%) Microsoft Project
7 7 (0.55%) Spreadsheet
8 5 (0.40%) InfoPath
9 2 (0.16%) Chatbot
9 2 (0.16%) Revit
9 2 (0.16%) SPSS
10 1 (0.079%) InVision
10 1 (0.079%) Simulink
10 1 (0.079%) Sketch
10 1 (0.079%) Stata
10 1 (0.079%) Trello
Business Applications
1 41 (3.25%) Aladdin
2 29 (2.30%) Dynamics CRM
3 14 (1.11%) thinkFolio
4 13 (1.03%) Oracle Payables
5 12 (0.95%) Oracle EBS R12
5 12 (0.95%) SAP S/4HANA
6 10 (0.79%) Oracle General Ledger
6 10 (0.79%) Oracle Receivables
7 8 (0.63%) Oracle Cash Management
8 7 (0.55%) NetSuite
8 7 (0.55%) Oracle Assets
9 6 (0.48%) Oracle EBS
9 6 (0.48%) Oracle Financials
10 5 (0.40%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
11 4 (0.32%) Cognos Business Intelligence
11 4 (0.32%) Endur
11 4 (0.32%) Oracle HRMS
11 4 (0.32%) Workday HCM
12 3 (0.24%) Dynamics AX
12 3 (0.24%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 756 (59.86%) Power Platform
2 311 (24.62%) Azure
3 119 (9.42%) AWS
4 116 (9.18%) PowerApps
5 107 (8.47%) Power Automate
6 72 (5.70%) Snowflake
7 69 (5.46%) Microsoft 365
8 61 (4.83%) Azure DevOps
8 61 (4.83%) GCP
9 60 (4.75%) Dynamics 365
10 58 (4.59%) Azure Data Factory
11 41 (3.25%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 41 (3.25%) GitHub
12 39 (3.09%) dbt
13 37 (2.93%) Serverless
14 27 (2.14%) SaaS
15 26 (2.06%) OCI
16 25 (1.98%) Azure Functions
17 22 (1.74%) GitHub Actions
18 20 (1.58%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 19 (1.50%) Firewall
2 17 (1.35%) VPN
3 11 (0.87%) Network Security
4 10 (0.79%) DNS
4 10 (0.79%) Internet
5 9 (0.71%) DHCP
5 9 (0.71%) SAN
6 6 (0.48%) LAN
7 5 (0.40%) WAN
7 5 (0.40%) Wireless
8 3 (0.24%) DDNS
8 3 (0.24%) IMAP
8 3 (0.24%) Intranet
8 3 (0.24%) iSCSI
8 3 (0.24%) Radio Access Network
8 3 (0.24%) Skype
8 3 (0.24%) SMTP
9 2 (0.16%) NAS
9 2 (0.16%) SMS
9 2 (0.16%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 752 (59.54%) Power BI
2 198 (15.68%) Tableau
3 195 (15.44%) Data Warehouse
4 90 (7.13%) SQL Server
5 67 (5.30%) Relational Database
6 66 (5.23%) Data Lake
7 51 (4.04%) Metadata
7 51 (4.04%) Oracle Reports
8 47 (3.72%) Oracle BI Publisher
9 46 (3.64%) Power Query
9 46 (3.64%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 44 (3.48%) Big Data
11 43 (3.40%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 40 (3.17%) PostgreSQL
13 28 (2.22%) Azure SQL Database
14 27 (2.14%) Snowflake Schema
15 25 (1.98%) Amazon Redshift
16 24 (1.90%) Qlik Sense
17 22 (1.74%) BigQuery
17 22 (1.74%) BusinessObjects
Development Applications
1 74 (5.86%) JIRA
2 34 (2.69%) Jenkins
3 31 (2.45%) Git
4 25 (1.98%) GitLab
4 25 (1.98%) Liquibase
5 21 (1.66%) Gradle
5 21 (1.66%) JUnit
5 21 (1.66%) Mockito
6 20 (1.58%) ERwin
7 13 (1.03%) Oracle Forms
8 9 (0.71%) Selenium
8 9 (0.71%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 9 (0.71%) Visual Studio
9 5 (0.40%) Subversion
9 5 (0.40%) Terragrunt
9 5 (0.40%) Visual Studio Code
10 4 (0.32%) PowerDesigner
10 4 (0.32%) SpecFlow
11 3 (0.24%) Hudson
11 3 (0.24%) ScriptRunner
General
1 462 (36.58%) Finance
2 422 (33.41%) Social Skills
3 272 (21.54%) Public Sector
4 245 (19.40%) Analytical Skills
5 232 (18.37%) Marketing
6 194 (15.36%) Manufacturing
7 191 (15.12%) Telecoms
8 181 (14.33%) Electronics
9 51 (4.04%) Banking
9 51 (4.04%) Presentation Skills
10 50 (3.96%) Front Office
11 33 (2.61%) Retail
12 30 (2.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 29 (2.30%) Organisational Skills
14 28 (2.22%) Local Government
15 20 (1.58%) Investment Banking
16 13 (1.03%) Military
17 12 (0.95%) Legal
18 11 (0.87%) Influencing Skills
19 10 (0.79%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 321 (25.42%) Analyst
2 208 (16.47%) Developer
3 140 (11.08%) Data Analyst
4 128 (10.13%) Architect
5 121 (9.58%) Senior
6 96 (7.60%) Data Engineer
7 94 (7.44%) Business Analyst
8 82 (6.49%) Lead
9 64 (5.07%) Business Intelligence Developer
10 58 (4.59%) Consultant
11 54 (4.28%) Data Architect
12 52 (4.12%) Power BI Developer
13 45 (3.56%) Business Intelligence Analyst
14 39 (3.09%) Business Manager
15 36 (2.85%) Azure Engineer
16 31 (2.45%) Fixed Income Business Analyst
17 30 (2.38%) Solutions Architect
18 26 (2.06%) Power BI Analyst
19 25 (1.98%) Senior Analyst
20 24 (1.90%) Report Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 51 (4.04%) .NET
2 41 (3.25%) Kafka
3 38 (3.01%) React
4 28 (2.22%) Oracle Fusion
5 27 (2.14%) PySpark
6 24 (1.90%) HTML
7 23 (1.82%) CSS
8 22 (1.74%) OpenAPI
8 22 (1.74%) Swagger
9 21 (1.66%) Spring
9 21 (1.66%) Spring Boot
10 17 (1.35%) XML
11 16 (1.27%) REST
12 14 (1.11%) .NET Framework
13 12 (0.95%) AngularJS
14 11 (0.87%) SOAP
14 11 (0.87%) Web Services
15 10 (0.79%) .NET Core
15 10 (0.79%) Entity Framework
15 10 (0.79%) HTML5 Canvas
Miscellaneous
1 49 (3.88%) Onboarding
2 41 (3.25%) Derivative
3 40 (3.17%) Hedge funds
4 39 (3.09%) Fixed Income
4 39 (3.09%) Management Information System
5 37 (2.93%) Product Ownership
6 26 (2.06%) Data Structures
6 26 (2.06%) NHS
7 22 (1.74%) Self-Motivation
8 21 (1.66%) Algorithms
8 21 (1.66%) Data Protection Act
9 19 (1.50%) Legacy Systems
10 15 (1.19%) Analytical Mindset
10 15 (1.19%) Greenfield Project
11 14 (1.11%) Low-Code
12 13 (1.03%) Cloud Native
13 12 (0.95%) FMCG
13 12 (0.95%) Virtual Team
14 10 (0.79%) Security Posture
15 9 (0.71%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 71 (5.62%) Windows
2 20 (1.58%) Linux
3 12 (0.95%) Windows 10
4 9 (0.71%) Unix
5 5 (0.40%) Mac OS
6 4 (0.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 4 (0.32%) Windows Server
7 3 (0.24%) Windows Server 2003
8 2 (0.16%) Android
8 2 (0.16%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.079%) Alpine Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 384 (30.40%) Analytics
2 317 (25.10%) Agile
3 304 (24.07%) Data Modelling
4 298 (23.59%) Problem-Solving
5 292 (23.12%) Visualisation
6 216 (17.10%) Data Analysis
7 201 (15.91%) Data Visualisation
8 191 (15.12%) Programme Management
9 187 (14.81%) Digital Marketing
10 178 (14.09%) Decision-Making
11 170 (13.46%) ETL
12 150 (11.88%) Data Governance
13 148 (11.72%) Migration
14 133 (10.53%) DevOps
15 130 (10.29%) Stakeholder Management
16 128 (10.13%) Actionable Insight
17 124 (9.82%) CI/CD
17 124 (9.82%) Data Management
18 110 (8.71%) Data Engineering
19 99 (7.84%) Data Integration
Programming Languages
1 585 (46.32%) SQL
2 284 (22.49%) Python
3 63 (4.99%) PowerShell
4 55 (4.35%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 50 (3.96%) JavaScript
6 46 (3.64%) C#
7 43 (3.40%) R
8 41 (3.25%) Java
9 40 (3.17%) PL/SQL
10 28 (2.22%) TypeScript
11 26 (2.06%) T-SQL
12 22 (1.74%) VBA
13 15 (1.19%) Bash
14 12 (0.95%) Scala
15 8 (0.63%) C++
15 8 (0.63%) VB
16 7 (0.55%) Bicep
16 7 (0.55%) Groovy
17 5 (0.40%) MATLAB
18 4 (0.32%) C
Qualifications
1 225 (17.81%) Security Cleared
2 168 (13.30%) SC Cleared
3 158 (12.51%) Degree
4 43 (3.40%) DV Cleared
5 42 (3.33%) Computer Science Degree
6 19 (1.50%) Azure Certification
7 15 (1.19%) Master's Degree
8 14 (1.11%) PMI Certification
9 12 (0.95%) PMP
10 9 (0.71%) Microsoft Certification
11 8 (0.63%) BPSS Clearance
12 7 (0.55%) Numerate Degree
13 5 (0.40%) AWS Certification
13 5 (0.40%) CCNA
13 5 (0.40%) Cisco Certification
13 5 (0.40%) MBA
14 4 (0.32%) ACCA
14 4 (0.32%) CIMA
14 4 (0.32%) ITIL Certification
14 4 (0.32%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 151 (11.96%) Data Quality
2 51 (4.04%) GDPR
3 41 (3.25%) QA
4 34 (2.69%) Accessibility
5 21 (1.66%) PMO
6 10 (0.79%) SLA
7 7 (0.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 5 (0.40%) JSP 440
9 4 (0.32%) Actionable Recommendations
9 4 (0.32%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 3 (0.24%) Basel II
10 3 (0.24%) IFRS
10 3 (0.24%) MiFID
10 3 (0.24%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 3 (0.24%) WCAG
11 2 (0.16%) Basel III
11 2 (0.16%) DICOM
11 2 (0.16%) HIPAA
11 2 (0.16%) HL7
11 2 (0.16%) RMADS
System Software
1 42 (3.33%) Active Directory
2 33 (2.61%) Docker
3 7 (0.55%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (0.32%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (0.24%) Brightmail
5 3 (0.24%) ISA Server
6 2 (0.16%) Firmware
6 2 (0.16%) NFS
6 2 (0.16%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.16%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.16%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.079%) Apache Flume
7 1 (0.079%) BitLocker
7 1 (0.079%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 33 (2.61%) Terraform
2 21 (1.66%) Kubernetes
3 14 (1.11%) Microsoft Intune
4 8 (0.63%) Ansible
5 7 (0.55%) Grafana
6 5 (0.40%) Prometheus
6 5 (0.40%) SCCM
7 4 (0.32%) Single Sign-On
8 3 (0.24%) Microsoft Clustering
9 2 (0.16%) HP Data Protector
9 2 (0.16%) Jamf Pro
9 2 (0.16%) NetBackup
9 2 (0.16%) Puppet
9 2 (0.16%) vRealize
9 2 (0.16%) vRealize Orchestrator
10 1 (0.079%) Argo
10 1 (0.079%) FortiGate
10 1 (0.079%) Opsgenie
10 1 (0.079%) Oracle RMAN
10 1 (0.079%) SCOrch
Vendors
1 269 (21.30%) Microsoft
2 254 (20.11%) SAP
3 103 (8.16%) Oracle
4 99 (7.84%) Databricks
5 53 (4.20%) Google
6 37 (2.93%) BISAM
7 35 (2.77%) ServiceNow
8 29 (2.30%) Salesforce
9 19 (1.50%) Alteryx
10 16 (1.27%) Informatica
11 15 (1.19%) SimCorp
12 14 (1.11%) Calypso
12 14 (1.11%) Charles River
13 13 (1.03%) Adobe
13 13 (1.03%) IBM
14 12 (0.95%) Ariba
15 10 (0.79%) VMware
16 9 (0.71%) Cognos
16 9 (0.71%) Talend
16 9 (0.71%) Workday