Business Intelligence Developer Contract Job Trends in Essex

BI Developer
East of England > Essex

The median BI Developer daily rate in Essex is £325, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 25 August 2026.

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

6 months to
25 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 34 19 -
Rank change year-on-year -15 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Business Intelligence Developer 4 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Essex 1.15% 0.87% -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.25% 1.00% -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 0
10th Percentile £226 - -
25th Percentile £253 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 £400 -
Median % change year-on-year -18.75% - -
75th Percentile £388 - -
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median daily rate £375 £400 £300
% change year-on-year -6.25% +33.33% -29.41%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Essex

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Essex. 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 Essex with a recognized job title 321 100 125
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.24% 86.96% 96.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 131 51 61
10th Percentile £300 £175 £189
25th Percentile £350 £225 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £400 £375
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% +6.67% -27.68%
75th Percentile £561 £487 £500
90th Percentile £600 £525 £575
East of England median daily rate £500 £500 £425
% change year-on-year - +17.65% -10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 99 20 35
10th Percentile £15.94 £13.25 £16.65
25th Percentile £16.25 £14.44 £29.00
Median hourly rate £17.73 £31.33 £59.50
Median % change year-on-year -43.42% -47.35% +36.37%
75th Percentile £28.25 £72.38 £80.00
90th Percentile £73.00 £79.50 -
East of England median hourly rate £47.50 £41.48 £47.50
% change year-on-year +14.53% -12.68% +72.73%

Business Intelligence Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Essex

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 Essex.

Business Intelligence Developer job vacancy trend in Essex

Business Intelligence Developer
Daily Rate Trend in Essex

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Business Intelligence Developer job vacancies in Essex.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Business Intelligence Developer job vacancies in Essex

Business Intelligence Developer
Daily Rate Histogram in Essex

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Intelligence Developer in Essex over the 6 months to 25 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Business Intelligence Developer in Essex

Business Intelligence Developer
Hourly Rate Trend in Essex

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Business Intelligence Developer job vacancies in Essex.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Business Intelligence Developer job vacancies in Essex

Business Intelligence Developer
Contract Job Locations in Essex

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 Essex region over the 6 months to 25 August 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
Harlow - 2 £246 - 2
Maldon - 2 £375 -
Business Intelligence Developer
East of England

Business Intelligence Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Essex

For the 6 months to 25 August 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 Essex region featuring Business Intelligence Developer in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 4 (100.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
1 4 (100.00%) Power BI
1 4 (100.00%) Power Platform
1 4 (100.00%) Requirements Gathering
1 4 (100.00%) SQL
1 4 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 2 (50.00%) Analytics
2 2 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (50.00%) Customer Engagement
2 2 (50.00%) Data Analysis
2 2 (50.00%) Data Lineage
2 2 (50.00%) Data Modelling
2 2 (50.00%) Data Quality
2 2 (50.00%) Data Validation
2 2 (50.00%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (50.00%) ETL
2 2 (50.00%) Kalman Filter
2 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (50.00%) Power Query
2 2 (50.00%) Sage
2 2 (50.00%) Sage X3
2 2 (50.00%) Technology Transformation
2 2 (50.00%) User Experience
2 2 (50.00%) Validation
2 2 (50.00%) VBA
2 2 (50.00%) ZAP BI
3 1 (25.00%) Crystal Reports
3 1 (25.00%) Tableau

Business Intelligence Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Essex 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 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (50.00%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 4 (100.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (100.00%) Power BI
2 2 (50.00%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (50.00%) Power Query
2 2 (50.00%) ZAP BI
3 1 (25.00%) Crystal Reports
3 1 (25.00%) Tableau
General
1 2 (50.00%) Finance
1 2 (50.00%) Manufacturing
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 4 (100.00%) Requirements Gathering
1 4 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 2 (50.00%) Analytics
2 2 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (50.00%) Customer Engagement
2 2 (50.00%) Data Analysis
2 2 (50.00%) Data Lineage
2 2 (50.00%) Data Modelling
2 2 (50.00%) Data Validation
2 2 (50.00%) ETL
2 2 (50.00%) Kalman Filter
2 2 (50.00%) Technology Transformation
2 2 (50.00%) User Experience
2 2 (50.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
1 4 (100.00%) SQL
2 2 (50.00%) VBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (50.00%) Sage