Business Intelligence Contract Job Trends in England

Business Intelligence (BI)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring Business Intelligence skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 35 36 44
Rank change year-on-year +1 +8 +7
Contract jobs citing Business Intelligence 1,540 1,669 1,867
As % of all contract jobs in England 5.50% 5.14% 4.50%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.04% 5.96% 5.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,039 1,060 1,299
10th Percentile £306 £300 £310
25th Percentile £404 £400 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.76%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £625
90th Percentile £725 £725 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 37 45
10th Percentile £15.50 £16.89 £15.08
25th Percentile £18.25 £24.50 £20.50
Median hourly rate £27.98 £32.50 £32.32
Median % change year-on-year -13.92% +0.56% +20.60%
75th Percentile £44.28 £57.50 £53.25
90th Percentile £64.17 £72.35 £68.40
UK median hourly rate £32.00 £30.59 £32.32
% change year-on-year +4.61% -5.35% +34.67%

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 25,489 28,010 36,967
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 90.96% 86.33% 89.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 16,168 17,141 25,572
10th Percentile £300 £313 £313
25th Percentile £405 £420 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £645 £656
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,564 1,197 1,463
10th Percentile £14.44 £15.00 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.87 £20.25 £19.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -41.51% -3.37% +42.26%
75th Percentile £47.00 £67.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £67.43 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £42.27 £42.50
% change year-on-year -40.49% -0.55% +44.07%

Business Intelligence
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Business Intelligence relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

Business Intelligence job vacancy trend in England

Business Intelligence
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Business Intelligence.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Business Intelligence

Business Intelligence
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Intelligence in England over the 6 months to 3 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Business Intelligence in England

Business Intelligence
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Business Intelligence.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Business Intelligence

Business Intelligence
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Business Intelligence in England over the 6 months to 3 October 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 3 October 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 +2 791 £525 - 515
North of England -14 192 £450 -5.26% 239
Midlands -2 164 £500 +11.61% 151
South East -14 153 £515 +0.49% 393
West Midlands -1 135 £515 +14.44% 98
South West +9 133 £475 -9.52% 104
North West -4 105 £450 - 136
Yorkshire -19 73 £449 -7.53% 83
East of England +6 51 £500 +15.94% 75
East Midlands -8 28 £413 +11.49% 52
North East +5 16 £475 -15.56% 22
Business Intelligence
UK

Business Intelligence
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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:

Application Platforms
1 123 (7.99%) SharePoint
2 38 (2.47%) Apache Airflow
3 37 (2.40%) Confluence
4 30 (1.95%) Microsoft Exchange
5 29 (1.88%) Oracle Workflow
5 29 (1.88%) SAS
6 24 (1.56%) Apache
7 23 (1.49%) Apache Spark
8 15 (0.97%) Oracle Self-Service HR
8 15 (0.97%) WebLogic
9 10 (0.65%) Exchange Server 2003
9 10 (0.65%) Exchange Server 2007
9 10 (0.65%) Exchange Server 2010
9 10 (0.65%) Exchange Server 2013
9 10 (0.65%) Office Communications Server
9 10 (0.65%) SharePoint Server
9 10 (0.65%) Skype for Business
10 9 (0.58%) HCL Notes
11 8 (0.52%) CMS
12 7 (0.45%) Oracle Application Server
Applications
1 252 (16.36%) Microsoft Excel
2 66 (4.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 65 (4.22%) Microsoft Office
4 29 (1.88%) MS Visio
5 27 (1.75%) Microsoft Project
6 14 (0.91%) Spreadsheet
7 5 (0.32%) Oracle Smart View
8 4 (0.26%) Chatbot
8 4 (0.26%) Photoshop
9 3 (0.19%) Adobe Illustrator
10 2 (0.13%) Maple
10 2 (0.13%) Trello
11 1 (0.065%) Adobe After Effects
11 1 (0.065%) Adobe Creative Suite
11 1 (0.065%) Adobe Premiere
11 1 (0.065%) Adobe XD
11 1 (0.065%) InVision
11 1 (0.065%) Simulink
11 1 (0.065%) SPSS
11 1 (0.065%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 42 (2.73%) Dynamics CRM
2 28 (1.82%) SAP S/4HANA
3 27 (1.75%) Oracle EBS
4 24 (1.56%) Aladdin
5 15 (0.97%) Oracle Payables
6 14 (0.91%) Oracle EBS R12
6 14 (0.91%) Oracle ERP
7 13 (0.84%) thinkFolio
8 11 (0.71%) Oracle Assets
9 9 (0.58%) Oracle General Ledger
9 9 (0.58%) Salesforce CRM
10 8 (0.52%) NetSuite
10 8 (0.52%) Oracle HRMS
10 8 (0.52%) Primavera
10 8 (0.52%) Workday HCM
11 7 (0.45%) Oracle Financials
12 5 (0.32%) Oracle Payroll
12 5 (0.32%) Remedy ITSM
12 5 (0.32%) SAP MDG
13 4 (0.26%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 975 (63.31%) Power Platform
2 427 (27.73%) Azure
3 166 (10.78%) AWS
4 139 (9.03%) Power Automate
5 132 (8.57%) PowerApps
6 94 (6.10%) Dynamics 365
7 93 (6.04%) Azure DevOps
7 93 (6.04%) Snowflake
8 90 (5.84%) Microsoft 365
9 89 (5.78%) GCP
10 88 (5.71%) Azure Data Factory
11 87 (5.65%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 65 (4.22%) SaaS
13 55 (3.57%) dbt
14 36 (2.34%) Entra ID
15 33 (2.14%) Azure Logic Apps
15 33 (2.14%) GitHub
16 32 (2.08%) OCI
17 31 (2.01%) Serverless
18 29 (1.88%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 23 (1.49%) DNS
2 14 (0.91%) DHCP
2 14 (0.91%) VPN
3 10 (0.65%) DDNS
3 10 (0.65%) SAN
4 9 (0.58%) Firewall
5 8 (0.52%) Wireless
6 7 (0.45%) Wi-Fi
7 6 (0.39%) Internet
8 5 (0.32%) LAN
8 5 (0.32%) Unified Communications
9 4 (0.26%) Network Security
9 4 (0.26%) SD-WAN
9 4 (0.26%) TCP/IP
9 4 (0.26%) VoIP
10 3 (0.19%) HTTP
10 3 (0.19%) Kerberos
10 3 (0.19%) WAN
11 2 (0.13%) BGP
11 2 (0.13%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 965 (62.66%) Power BI
2 210 (13.64%) Tableau
3 204 (13.25%) Data Warehouse
4 103 (6.69%) SQL Server
5 90 (5.84%) Data Lake
6 85 (5.52%) Power Query
7 58 (3.77%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 52 (3.38%) Metadata
8 52 (3.38%) Oracle Reports
9 51 (3.31%) Relational Database
10 48 (3.12%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 44 (2.86%) Azure SQL Database
12 43 (2.79%) BigQuery
13 42 (2.73%) Looker
14 38 (2.47%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 33 (2.14%) PostgreSQL
16 29 (1.88%) Big Data
17 27 (1.75%) Oracle Database
18 26 (1.69%) Amazon Redshift
18 26 (1.69%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 106 (6.88%) JIRA
2 61 (3.96%) Git
3 29 (1.88%) Jenkins
4 15 (0.97%) GitLab
5 14 (0.91%) Oracle Forms
6 12 (0.78%) Liquibase
7 8 (0.52%) Gradle
7 8 (0.52%) JUnit
7 8 (0.52%) MLflow
7 8 (0.52%) Mockito
8 6 (0.39%) DBeaver
8 6 (0.39%) ERwin
8 6 (0.39%) Oracle APEX
8 6 (0.39%) SonarQube
8 6 (0.39%) Visual Studio
9 5 (0.32%) Terragrunt
10 4 (0.26%) Clang
10 4 (0.26%) GCC
10 4 (0.26%) NeoLoad
11 3 (0.19%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 579 (37.60%) Finance
2 567 (36.82%) Social Skills
3 311 (20.19%) Analytical Skills
4 263 (17.08%) Public Sector
5 194 (12.60%) Marketing
6 178 (11.56%) Manufacturing
7 164 (10.65%) Telecoms
8 146 (9.48%) Electronics
9 108 (7.01%) Banking
10 50 (3.25%) Presentation Skills
11 41 (2.66%) Retail
12 39 (2.53%) Documentation Skills
12 39 (2.53%) Front Office
12 39 (2.53%) Investment Banking
12 39 (2.53%) Organisational Skills
13 36 (2.34%) Legal
14 34 (2.21%) Local Government
15 29 (1.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 16 (1.04%) Billing
17 14 (0.91%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 368 (23.90%) Analyst
2 226 (14.68%) Developer
3 163 (10.58%) Data Analyst
4 134 (8.70%) Data Engineer
5 123 (7.99%) Architect
6 121 (7.86%) Lead
7 112 (7.27%) Senior
8 109 (7.08%) Business Analyst
9 103 (6.69%) Consultant
10 80 (5.19%) Business Intelligence Developer
11 62 (4.03%) Power BI Developer
12 53 (3.44%) Data Architect
13 45 (2.92%) Project Manager
14 37 (2.40%) Business Intelligence Analyst
15 35 (2.27%) IT Support
16 34 (2.21%) Azure Engineer
17 32 (2.08%) Solutions Architect
18 31 (2.01%) Power Platform Developer
19 29 (1.88%) Business Manager
20 28 (1.82%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 56 (3.64%) .NET
2 45 (2.92%) PySpark
3 44 (2.86%) REST
4 35 (2.27%) Oracle Fusion
5 31 (2.01%) Kafka
6 22 (1.43%) HTML
7 20 (1.30%) JSON
8 18 (1.17%) SOAP
9 15 (0.97%) React
9 15 (0.97%) Web Services
10 14 (0.91%) CSS
11 13 (0.84%) Middleware
12 12 (0.78%) HTML5 Canvas
13 11 (0.71%) .NET Core
13 11 (0.71%) Pandas
13 11 (0.71%) XML
14 10 (0.65%) ADO
14 10 (0.65%) SailPoint
14 10 (0.65%) scikit-learn
14 10 (0.65%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 41 (2.66%) Legacy Systems
2 40 (2.60%) Onboarding
3 37 (2.40%) Data Structures
4 35 (2.27%) Management Information System
5 34 (2.21%) Derivative
6 32 (2.08%) Analytical Mindset
6 32 (2.08%) Product Ownership
7 29 (1.88%) Fixed Income
8 27 (1.75%) Low-Code
9 26 (1.69%) Data Protection Act
10 23 (1.49%) Data Centre
10 23 (1.49%) Hedge funds
11 21 (1.36%) Cloud Native
11 21 (1.36%) NHS
12 19 (1.23%) Algorithms
12 19 (1.23%) Self-Motivation
13 18 (1.17%) Replication
13 18 (1.17%) Virtual Team
14 17 (1.10%) Greenfield Project
15 14 (0.91%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 71 (4.61%) Windows
2 41 (2.66%) Linux
3 27 (1.75%) Unix
4 12 (0.78%) Mac OS
5 10 (0.65%) Android
5 10 (0.65%) Windows Server 2003
6 9 (0.58%) Windows Server
7 6 (0.39%) Windows 10
8 3 (0.19%) Apple iOS
9 2 (0.13%) Mac OS X
9 2 (0.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 2 (0.13%) Windows 8
9 2 (0.13%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 486 (31.56%) Analytics
2 382 (24.81%) Data Modelling
3 364 (23.64%) Agile
4 323 (20.97%) Visualisation
5 307 (19.94%) Problem-Solving
6 229 (14.87%) ETL
7 226 (14.68%) Decision-Making
8 204 (13.25%) Data Analysis
8 204 (13.25%) Stakeholder Management
9 200 (12.99%) Data Governance
10 189 (12.27%) Data Visualisation
11 184 (11.95%) Actionable Insight
12 181 (11.75%) DevOps
13 172 (11.17%) Migration
14 168 (10.91%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 160 (10.39%) Data Pipeline
15 160 (10.39%) Programme Management
16 146 (9.48%) Digital Marketing
17 145 (9.42%) CI/CD
18 144 (9.35%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 708 (45.97%) SQL
2 322 (20.91%) Python
3 91 (5.91%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 59 (3.83%) R
5 58 (3.77%) PowerShell
6 54 (3.51%) C#
7 51 (3.31%) PL/SQL
8 49 (3.18%) Java
9 47 (3.05%) JavaScript
10 29 (1.88%) T-SQL
11 21 (1.36%) VBA
12 18 (1.17%) Scala
12 18 (1.17%) TypeScript
13 14 (0.91%) Bash
14 12 (0.78%) C++
15 11 (0.71%) Bicep
16 8 (0.52%) C
17 7 (0.45%) Groovy
17 7 (0.45%) Korn
17 7 (0.45%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 284 (18.44%) Security Cleared
2 228 (14.81%) SC Cleared
3 130 (8.44%) Degree
4 40 (2.60%) DV Cleared
5 29 (1.88%) Azure Certification
5 29 (1.88%) Computer Science Degree
6 27 (1.75%) Microsoft Certification
7 25 (1.62%) Master's Degree
8 17 (1.10%) PMI Certification
9 14 (0.91%) BPSS Clearance
10 13 (0.84%) ACCA
10 13 (0.84%) PMP
11 12 (0.78%) CISSP
12 11 (0.71%) CIMA
13 9 (0.58%) AWS Certification
13 9 (0.58%) CESG Certified Professional
14 6 (0.39%) CISM
14 6 (0.39%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
15 5 (0.32%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 5 (0.32%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 214 (13.90%) Data Quality
2 72 (4.68%) GDPR
3 55 (3.57%) QA
4 44 (2.86%) Accessibility
4 44 (2.86%) PMO
5 32 (2.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 17 (1.10%) NIST
7 15 (0.97%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 14 (0.91%) SLA
9 12 (0.78%) COBIT
9 12 (0.78%) IFRS
10 9 (0.58%) RMADS
11 8 (0.52%) Basel II
11 8 (0.52%) NCSC
12 7 (0.45%) JSP 440
13 6 (0.39%) GxP
13 6 (0.39%) MiFID
14 5 (0.32%) Actionable Recommendations
15 4 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials
15 4 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 54 (3.51%) Active Directory
2 39 (2.53%) Docker
3 10 (0.65%) Brightmail
3 10 (0.65%) ISA Server
4 3 (0.19%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.19%) vSphere
4 3 (0.19%) XenApp
5 2 (0.13%) Firmware
5 2 (0.13%) Oracle RAC
5 2 (0.13%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.065%) HDFS
6 1 (0.065%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.065%) Xen
Systems Management
1 44 (2.86%) Terraform
2 32 (2.08%) Kubernetes
3 13 (0.84%) Microsoft Intune
4 12 (0.78%) SCCM
5 10 (0.65%) Microsoft Clustering
6 8 (0.52%) Ansible
6 8 (0.52%) Grafana
6 8 (0.52%) Single Sign-On
7 6 (0.39%) Kubeflow
7 6 (0.39%) Prometheus
8 4 (0.26%) Oracle RMAN
8 4 (0.26%) Puppet
9 3 (0.19%) Data Guard
9 3 (0.19%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 2 (0.13%) Kibana
10 2 (0.13%) McAfee ePO
10 2 (0.13%) Norton AntiVirus
10 2 (0.13%) RSA Archer
10 2 (0.13%) vCenter Server
11 1 (0.065%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 407 (26.43%) Microsoft
2 234 (15.19%) SAP
3 201 (13.05%) Oracle
4 103 (6.69%) Databricks
5 51 (3.31%) Google
6 43 (2.79%) Salesforce
7 32 (2.08%) ServiceNow
8 27 (1.75%) Cisco
8 27 (1.75%) Talend
9 22 (1.43%) Alteryx
10 20 (1.30%) BISAM
10 20 (1.30%) Splunk
11 19 (1.23%) Adobe
12 18 (1.17%) Informatica
13 17 (1.10%) Denodo
14 16 (1.04%) Dynatrace
15 15 (0.97%) Cognos
15 15 (0.97%) IFS
16 13 (0.84%) Calypso
16 13 (0.84%) Charles River