SQL BI Developer Contract Job Trends in England

SQL Business Intelligence Developer
UK > England

The median SQL Business Intelligence Developer daily rate in England is £306, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 31 January 2026.

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

6 months to
31 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 550 488 539
Rank change year-on-year -62 +51 +149
Contract jobs requiring a SQL BI Developer 2 3 12
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.006% 0.011% 0.032%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.007% 0.012% 0.034%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 11
10th Percentile £230 £411 £275
25th Percentile £258 £447 £338
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £306 £525 £400
Median % change year-on-year -41.81% +31.25% -11.11%
75th Percentile £353 £609 £522
90th Percentile £382 £649 £575
UK median daily rate £306 £525 £400
% change year-on-year -41.81% +31.25% -11.11%

All Contract IT Job Roles
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in 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 England with a recognized job title 30,294 24,680 35,343
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.61% 93.03% 93.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 19,296 15,229 23,868
10th Percentile £300 £300 £274
25th Percentile £406 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £645
90th Percentile £725 £750 £745
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,883 736 2,011
10th Percentile £14.82 £15.91 £13.29
25th Percentile £18.50 £21.25 £17.24
Median hourly rate £30.00 £35.00 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% -4.11% +4.29%
75th Percentile £63.75 £64.50 £62.48
90th Percentile £70.94 £75.00 £73.75
UK median hourly rate £29.60 £32.50 £36.50
% change year-on-year -8.92% -10.96% +4.29%

SQL BI Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

SQL BI Developer job vacancy trend in England

SQL BI Developer
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for SQL BI Developer job vacancies in England.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for SQL BI Developer job vacancies in England

SQL BI Developer
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SQL BI Developer in England over the 6 months to 31 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for SQL BI Developer in England

SQL BI Developer
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for SQL BI Developer job vacancies in England.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for SQL BI Developer job vacancies in England

SQL BI Developer
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 SQL BI Developer within the England region over the 6 months to 31 January 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
London -37 1 £401 -23.71%
East of England - 1 £211 - 3
SQL BI Developer
UK

SQL BI Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 31 January 2026, SQL BI 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 England region featuring SQL BI Developer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 2 (100.00%) T-SQL
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) Azure
2 1 (50.00%) Business Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Code Quality
2 1 (50.00%) Data Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) Data Pipeline
2 1 (50.00%) Data Privacy
2 1 (50.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (50.00%) ETL
2 1 (50.00%) Information Management
2 1 (50.00%) Inmon Methodology
2 1 (50.00%) Kimball Methodology
2 1 (50.00%) Oracle
2 1 (50.00%) Oracle BI EE
2 1 (50.00%) Oracle Database
2 1 (50.00%) Oracle Database 11g
2 1 (50.00%) Oracle ODI
2 1 (50.00%) Oracle RAC
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Tuning
2 1 (50.00%) PL/SQL
2 1 (50.00%) Project Management

SQL BI Developer Skill Set
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:

Business Applications
1 1 (50.00%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (50.00%) Oracle BI EE
2 1 (50.00%) Oracle Database
2 1 (50.00%) Oracle Database 11g
2 1 (50.00%) Oracle ODI
2 1 (50.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 1 (50.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (50.00%) Star Schema
General
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Freedom of Information
1 1 (50.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (50.00%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) Business Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Code Quality
2 1 (50.00%) Data Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) Data Pipeline
2 1 (50.00%) Data Privacy
2 1 (50.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (50.00%) ETL
2 1 (50.00%) Information Management
2 1 (50.00%) Inmon Methodology
2 1 (50.00%) Kimball Methodology
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Tuning
2 1 (50.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) Regression Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Scrum
2 1 (50.00%) SDLC
2 1 (50.00%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
1 2 (100.00%) T-SQL
2 1 (50.00%) PL/SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) QA
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle RAC
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) Oracle