SQL BI Developer Contract Job Trends in Essex

SQL Business Intelligence Developer
East of England > Essex

The median SQL Business Intelligence Developer daily rate in Essex is £375, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 February 2026.

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

6 months to
13 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 - 33
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a SQL BI Developer 2 0 3
As % of all contract jobs in Essex 1.77% - 1.29%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.92% - 1.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £363 - £275
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 - £300
75th Percentile £388 - £325
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median daily rate £375 - £300

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 104 91 217
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.04% 96.81% 93.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 58 48 129
10th Percentile £185 £181 £193
25th Percentile £250 £272 £295
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £319 £450
Median % change year-on-year +17.47% -29.06% -
75th Percentile £500 £481 £551
90th Percentile £529 £569 £600
East of England median daily rate £475 £486 £475
% change year-on-year -2.31% +2.37% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 2 38
10th Percentile £12.75 £30.50 £12.64
25th Percentile £16.17 £31.25 £14.69
Median hourly rate £22.00 £32.50 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -32.31% - +38.30%
75th Percentile £48.75 £33.75 £57.50
90th Percentile £61.75 £34.50 £75.00
East of England median hourly rate £22.63 £59.40 £39.55
% change year-on-year -61.90% +50.19% +79.77%

SQL BI Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Essex

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 Essex.

SQL BI Developer job vacancy trend in Essex

SQL BI Developer
Daily Rate Trend in Essex

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

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

SQL BI Developer
Hourly Rate Trend in Essex

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

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

SQL BI 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 SQL BI Developer within the Essex region over the 6 months to 13 February 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
Maldon - 1 £375 -
SQL BI Developer
East of England

SQL BI Developer Skill Set
Top 27 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Essex

For the 6 months to 13 February 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 Essex region featuring SQL BI Developer in the job title.

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

SQL BI 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 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Power BI
2 1 (50.00%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (50.00%) Power Query
2 1 (50.00%) ZAP BI
General
1 2 (100.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Technology Transformation
2 1 (50.00%) Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Customer Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) Data Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Data Lineage
2 1 (50.00%) Data Validation
2 1 (50.00%) ETL
2 1 (50.00%) Kalman Filter
2 1 (50.00%) Requirements Gathering
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) User Experience
2 1 (50.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
2 1 (50.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
2 1 (50.00%) VBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Sage
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft