Business Intelligence Contracts in England

Business Intelligence (BI)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Business Intelligence skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Business Intelligence over the 6 months to 1 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 39 46 51
Rank change year-on-year +7 +5 -10
Contract jobs citing Business Intelligence 1,745 2,423 3,533
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 4.70% 4.82% 4.97%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.43% 5.34% 5.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,241 1,761 2,654
10th Percentile £300 £300 £338
25th Percentile £400 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £515
Median % change year-on-year - -2.91% +5.64%
75th Percentile £608 £613 £619
90th Percentile £729 £700 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £516
% change year-on-year - -3.10% +5.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 48 41 40
10th Percentile £12.75 £19.06 £11.50
25th Percentile £15.51 £21.24 £14.25
Median hourly rate £24.00 £27.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% -10.00% +42.86%
75th Percentile £44.69 £48.75 £46.26
90th Percentile £80.00 £58.75 £60.18
UK median hourly rate £24.13 £26.13 £31.50
% change year-on-year -7.65% -17.06% +43.18%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Business Intelligence is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 32,161 45,385 64,478
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.56% 90.22% 90.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,078 31,861 45,788
10th Percentile £300 £325 £331
25th Percentile £413 £444 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +8.59%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £768 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,252 1,585 1,771
10th Percentile £12.93 £10.91 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.96 £37.50 £24.50
Median % change year-on-year -4.12% +53.06% +2.08%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £63.75
UK median hourly rate £35.50 £36.42 £25.00
% change year-on-year -2.53% +45.69% -

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 2024.

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 2024.

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 2024. 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 +15 892 £525 -1.34% 574
North of England 0 193 £450 -5.26% 212
South East -6 192 £425 -5.56% 180
South West +3 175 £538 +2.38% 83
Midlands +2 138 £425 -5.56% 151
North West +1 118 £453 +0.56% 119
West Midlands +2 95 £450 -8.86% 90
Yorkshire -1 65 £450 -16.28% 66
East of England -23 55 £393 -12.78% 63
East Midlands +2 42 £375 -11.76% 60
North East +17 9 £663 +32.50% 27
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
1 103 (5.90%) SharePoint
2 35 (2.01%) Confluence
3 31 (1.78%) Apache Spark
4 25 (1.43%) Microsoft Exchange
5 20 (1.15%) SAS
6 17 (0.97%) Apache
7 12 (0.69%) MTS
8 7 (0.40%) Apache Airflow
9 6 (0.34%) ArcGIS
10 4 (0.23%) Oracle Workflow
11 3 (0.17%) Tomcat
12 2 (0.11%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 2 (0.11%) CMS
12 2 (0.11%) IIS
12 2 (0.11%) Jadu
12 2 (0.11%) Jupyter
12 2 (0.11%) OpenStack
12 2 (0.11%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 2 (0.11%) Umbraco
13 1 (0.057%) GeoServer
Applications
1 162 (9.28%) Microsoft Excel
2 64 (3.67%) Microsoft Office
3 41 (2.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 40 (2.29%) MS Visio
5 16 (0.92%) Microsoft Project
6 15 (0.86%) Spreadsheet
7 8 (0.46%) SPSS
8 3 (0.17%) Chatbot
8 3 (0.17%) MicroStation
9 2 (0.11%) Adobe XD
9 2 (0.11%) AutoCAD
9 2 (0.11%) InVision
9 2 (0.11%) Revit
9 2 (0.11%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 41 (2.35%) Dynamics CRM
2 33 (1.89%) Dynamics AX
3 18 (1.03%) SAP S/4HANA
4 17 (0.97%) Aladdin
5 15 (0.86%) Oracle EBS
6 13 (0.74%) Remedy ITSM
6 13 (0.74%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 12 (0.69%) Endur
7 12 (0.69%) EuroRunner
8 11 (0.63%) Aligne
9 8 (0.46%) Oracle Receivables
10 5 (0.29%) NetSuite
10 5 (0.29%) Oracle General Ledger
10 5 (0.29%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
10 5 (0.29%) SimCorp Dimension
11 4 (0.23%) NEC Housing
11 4 (0.23%) Oracle ERP
11 4 (0.23%) Oracle Financials
11 4 (0.23%) Shopify
12 3 (0.17%) MIS ActiveH
Cloud Services
1 1,018 (58.34%) Power Platform
2 501 (28.71%) Azure
3 164 (9.40%) Power Automate
3 164 (9.40%) PowerApps
4 119 (6.82%) Azure DevOps
5 112 (6.42%) AWS
6 110 (6.30%) Dynamics 365
7 106 (6.07%) Azure Data Factory
8 100 (5.73%) Microsoft 365
9 58 (3.32%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 48 (2.75%) Entra ID
10 48 (2.75%) Snowflake
11 44 (2.52%) Serverless
12 41 (2.35%) GCP
13 35 (2.01%) Azure Functions
14 33 (1.89%) GitHub
15 31 (1.78%) Azure Logic Apps
16 24 (1.38%) PaaS
17 23 (1.32%) OCI
18 19 (1.09%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 25 (1.43%) Firewall
2 16 (0.92%) VPN
3 10 (0.57%) HTTP
4 9 (0.52%) FTP
4 9 (0.52%) LAN
4 9 (0.52%) WAN
4 9 (0.52%) Wireless
5 7 (0.40%) 3G
5 7 (0.40%) 4G
5 7 (0.40%) DNS
5 7 (0.40%) Unified Communications
6 6 (0.34%) Cisco ISE
6 6 (0.34%) TCP/IP
7 4 (0.23%) Internet
7 4 (0.23%) MegaStream
8 3 (0.17%) InfiniBand
8 3 (0.17%) Network Security
8 3 (0.17%) SNMP
8 3 (0.17%) SSL
9 2 (0.11%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1,006 (57.65%) Power BI
2 265 (15.19%) Data Warehouse
3 214 (12.26%) SQL Server
4 196 (11.23%) Tableau
5 130 (7.45%) Data Lake
6 127 (7.28%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 86 (4.93%) Metadata
8 79 (4.53%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 75 (4.30%) Big Data
10 67 (3.84%) NoSQL
11 57 (3.27%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 54 (3.09%) Relational Database
13 50 (2.87%) Azure SQL Database
14 34 (1.95%) Qlik Sense
15 33 (1.89%) Power Query
16 32 (1.83%) QlikView
17 29 (1.66%) BusinessObjects
18 27 (1.55%) PostgreSQL
19 26 (1.49%) Metadata Repository
20 25 (1.43%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 87 (4.99%) JIRA
2 28 (1.60%) Git
3 23 (1.32%) ERwin
4 20 (1.15%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 17 (0.97%) Visual Studio
6 16 (0.92%) GitLab
7 14 (0.80%) Jenkins
8 11 (0.63%) Team Foundation Server
9 10 (0.57%) Postman
10 6 (0.34%) NUnit
11 4 (0.23%) Cypress.io
12 3 (0.17%) Oracle APEX
12 3 (0.17%) Subversion
13 2 (0.11%) ER Studio
13 2 (0.11%) kappa
13 2 (0.11%) Oracle Forms
13 2 (0.11%) RStudio
13 2 (0.11%) SpecFlow
13 2 (0.11%) XCTest
13 2 (0.11%) XCUITest
General
1 695 (39.83%) Finance
2 492 (28.19%) Social Skills
3 437 (25.04%) Public Sector
4 374 (21.43%) Analytical Skills
5 367 (21.03%) Marketing
6 346 (19.83%) Manufacturing
7 333 (19.08%) Telecoms
8 310 (17.77%) Electronics
9 89 (5.10%) Retail
10 74 (4.24%) Banking
11 61 (3.50%) Presentation Skills
12 33 (1.89%) Influencing Skills
13 31 (1.78%) Legal
14 30 (1.72%) General Ledger
14 30 (1.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 29 (1.66%) Local Government
15 29 (1.66%) Pharmaceutical
16 28 (1.60%) Front Office
16 28 (1.60%) Publishing
17 24 (1.38%) Law
Job Titles
1 369 (21.15%) Analyst
2 290 (16.62%) Developer
3 206 (11.81%) Architect
4 163 (9.34%) Data Analyst
5 150 (8.60%) Business Intelligence Developer
5 150 (8.60%) Data Engineer
6 145 (8.31%) Senior
7 125 (7.16%) Consultant
8 115 (6.59%) Data Architect
9 114 (6.53%) Lead
10 98 (5.62%) Power BI Developer
11 97 (5.56%) Business Analyst
12 81 (4.64%) Project Manager
13 80 (4.58%) Business Intelligence Analyst
14 62 (3.55%) Azure Engineer
15 48 (2.75%) Senior Analyst
16 43 (2.46%) Solutions Architect
17 42 (2.41%) Power BI Analyst
18 41 (2.35%) Support Engineer
19 33 (1.89%) Azure Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (3.09%) JSON
2 51 (2.92%) .NET
3 38 (2.18%) XML
4 32 (1.83%) PySpark
5 31 (1.78%) HTML
6 26 (1.49%) CSS
7 21 (1.20%) Oracle Fusion
8 17 (0.97%) REST
9 15 (0.86%) RESTful
9 15 (0.86%) Web Services
10 13 (0.74%) JSON Schema
10 13 (0.74%) Microsoft Graph
11 12 (0.69%) HTML5 Canvas
12 11 (0.63%) .NET Framework
12 11 (0.63%) Node.js
13 9 (0.52%) jQuery
13 9 (0.52%) Swagger
14 8 (0.46%) SAML
14 8 (0.46%) SOAP
14 8 (0.46%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 84 (4.81%) Management Information System
2 70 (4.01%) NHS
3 63 (3.61%) Data Structures
4 59 (3.38%) Product Ownership
5 31 (1.78%) Data Protection Act
5 31 (1.78%) Onboarding
6 29 (1.66%) Reference Data
7 25 (1.43%) Self-Motivation
8 22 (1.26%) Hedge funds
9 19 (1.09%) Algorithms
10 17 (0.97%) Data Centre
11 15 (0.86%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 15 (0.86%) Market Risk
12 14 (0.80%) Freedom of Information
13 13 (0.74%) Derivative
13 13 (0.74%) Greenfield Project
13 13 (0.74%) Life Science
14 12 (0.69%) Analytical Mindset
14 12 (0.69%) Fixed Income
14 12 (0.69%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 76 (4.36%) Windows
2 35 (2.01%) Linux
3 23 (1.32%) Windows 10
4 20 (1.15%) Unix
5 15 (0.86%) Windows Server
6 8 (0.46%) VMS
7 6 (0.34%) Windows 7
7 6 (0.34%) Windows Server 2016
7 6 (0.34%) Windows Server 2019
8 3 (0.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 2 (0.11%) Android
9 2 (0.11%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.057%) Mac OS X
10 1 (0.057%) Windows Server 2008
10 1 (0.057%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.057%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 392 (22.46%) Analytics
2 382 (21.89%) Data Modelling
3 355 (20.34%) Agile
4 326 (18.68%) Programme Management
5 318 (18.22%) Digital Marketing
6 295 (16.91%) ETL
7 275 (15.76%) Visualisation
8 245 (14.04%) Problem-Solving
9 232 (13.30%) Data Analysis
10 182 (10.43%) DevOps
11 181 (10.37%) Data Visualisation
12 164 (9.40%) Migration
13 154 (8.83%) Stakeholder Management
14 151 (8.65%) Project Management
15 134 (7.68%) Data Management
16 131 (7.51%) Data Governance
17 117 (6.70%) Decision-Making
18 115 (6.59%) Data Architecture
19 111 (6.36%) Continuous Improvement
20 110 (6.30%) Data Analytics
Programming Languages
1 651 (37.31%) SQL
2 263 (15.07%) Python
3 88 (5.04%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 77 (4.41%) PowerShell
5 64 (3.67%) C#
6 63 (3.61%) T-SQL
7 48 (2.75%) JavaScript
8 47 (2.69%) R
9 36 (2.06%) Java
9 36 (2.06%) PL/SQL
10 31 (1.78%) Scala
11 13 (0.74%) VBA
12 12 (0.69%) TypeScript
13 10 (0.57%) MATLAB
14 7 (0.40%) Shell Script
14 7 (0.40%) XPath
14 7 (0.40%) XQuery
15 6 (0.34%) Kusto Query Language
15 6 (0.34%) VB
16 5 (0.29%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 234 (13.41%) Security Cleared
2 168 (9.63%) SC Cleared
3 165 (9.46%) Degree
4 57 (3.27%) DV Cleared
5 34 (1.95%) Computer Science Degree
6 23 (1.32%) BPSS Clearance
7 17 (0.97%) Master's Degree
8 14 (0.80%) PMI Certification
9 13 (0.74%) CISSP
10 12 (0.69%) PMP
11 11 (0.63%) Microsoft Certification
12 7 (0.40%) AWS Certification
12 7 (0.40%) CIMA
12 7 (0.40%) Postgraduate
13 6 (0.34%) Azure Certification
13 6 (0.34%) CISM
13 6 (0.34%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
14 5 (0.29%) CESG Certified Professional
14 5 (0.29%) ITIL Certification
15 4 (0.23%) CLAS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 165 (9.46%) Data Quality
2 70 (4.01%) QA
3 48 (2.75%) GDPR
4 31 (1.78%) PMO
5 22 (1.26%) SLA
6 15 (0.86%) Accessibility
7 10 (0.57%) HL7
8 9 (0.52%) GxP
9 7 (0.40%) Actionable Recommendations
10 6 (0.34%) NIST
11 5 (0.29%) GAMP
11 5 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 5 (0.29%) JSP 440
11 5 (0.29%) RMADS
12 4 (0.23%) PCI DSS
13 3 (0.17%) GRC
13 3 (0.17%) IFRS
13 3 (0.17%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 2 (0.11%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 2 (0.11%) IFRS 17
System Software
1 49 (2.81%) Active Directory
2 19 (1.09%) Virtual Machines
3 12 (0.69%) Docker
4 8 (0.46%) NFS
5 6 (0.34%) HDFS
5 6 (0.34%) VMware Infrastructure
6 5 (0.29%) Hyper-V
7 4 (0.23%) Firmware
8 2 (0.11%) Virtual Desktop
8 2 (0.11%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.11%) VMware NSX
9 1 (0.057%) Apache ZooKeeper
9 1 (0.057%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.057%) VMware Server
9 1 (0.057%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 24 (1.38%) Terraform
2 17 (0.97%) Single Sign-On
3 14 (0.80%) Microsoft Intune
4 9 (0.52%) Kubernetes
5 7 (0.40%) Jamf Pro
6 4 (0.23%) CA Service Virtualization
6 4 (0.23%) Puppet
6 4 (0.23%) QRadar
7 3 (0.17%) Ansible
7 3 (0.17%) Dell DRAC
7 3 (0.17%) Progress Chef
8 2 (0.11%) Kibana
8 2 (0.11%) Nessus
8 2 (0.11%) SysTrack
8 2 (0.11%) vCenter Server
8 2 (0.11%) WhatsUp Gold
9 1 (0.057%) EMC NetWorker
9 1 (0.057%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
9 1 (0.057%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.057%) SCOM
Vendors
1 452 (25.90%) Microsoft
2 411 (23.55%) SAP
3 145 (8.31%) Oracle
4 112 (6.42%) Databricks
5 47 (2.69%) Informatica
6 45 (2.58%) Salesforce
7 37 (2.12%) Google
8 32 (1.83%) Alteryx
8 32 (1.83%) ServiceNow
9 24 (1.38%) Remedy
9 24 (1.38%) Sparx
10 16 (0.92%) Adobe
10 16 (0.92%) Talend
11 14 (0.80%) CA
12 13 (0.74%) Bloomberg
13 12 (0.69%) BISAM
14 11 (0.63%) Dell
15 10 (0.57%) VMware
16 9 (0.52%) Hyperion
16 9 (0.52%) SolarWinds