Business Intelligence Contract Job Trends in Essex

Business Intelligence (BI)
East of England > Essex

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Essex 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 19 17 23
Rank change year-on-year -2 +6 +19
Contract jobs citing Business Intelligence 3 5 17
As % of all contract jobs in Essex 2.61% 3.85% 7.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.91% 4.76% 8.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 14
10th Percentile - £204 £236
25th Percentile - £247 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £318 £500
Median % change year-on-year +25.79% -36.40% +11.11%
75th Percentile - £359 £558
90th Percentile - £384 £575
East of England median daily rate £500 £431 £469
% change year-on-year +15.94% -8.00% +10.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £17.99 -
East of England median hourly rate £16.00 £15.98 £13.00
% change year-on-year +0.13% +22.92% -60.61%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Essex

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 Essex.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 103 105 190
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Essex 89.57% 80.77% 82.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 47 123
10th Percentile £195 £178 £201
25th Percentile £313 £222 £310
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £318 £500
Median % change year-on-year +41.51% -36.40% +3.09%
75th Percentile £525 £444 £580
90th Percentile £613 £550 £607
East of England median daily rate £514 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +14.11% -10.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 19 18
10th Percentile £13.25 £19.20 £20.50
25th Percentile - £27.71 £26.88
Median hourly rate £18.87 £59.50 £51.63
Median % change year-on-year -68.29% +15.25% -6.14%
75th Percentile £35.91 £77.50 £73.25
90th Percentile £75.00 £80.00 £79.65
East of England median hourly rate £22.57 £40.00 £19.81
% change year-on-year -43.58% +101.92% -5.67%

Business Intelligence
Job Vacancy Trend in Essex

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

Business Intelligence job vacancy trend in Essex

Business Intelligence
Daily Rate Trend in Essex

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

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

Business Intelligence
Hourly Rate Trend in Essex

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

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

Business Intelligence
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 within the Essex 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
Basildon - 2 £400 -
Business Intelligence
East of England

Business Intelligence
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (33.33%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Copilot
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) Power BI
2 2 (66.67%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (66.67%) Power Query
2 2 (66.67%) SQL Server
2 2 (66.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Architect
1 1 (33.33%) Business Intelligence Architect
1 1 (33.33%) Business Intelligence Developer
1 1 (33.33%) Consultant
1 1 (33.33%) Developer
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365 Consultant
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Consultant
1 1 (33.33%) Power BI Developer
1 1 (33.33%) Report Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) ETL
2 1 (33.33%) Actionable Insight
2 1 (33.33%) Data Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Data Visualisation
2 1 (33.33%) Document Management
2 1 (33.33%) Migration
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) Data Analysis Expressions
1 2 (66.67%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft