Business Intelligence Contract Job Trends in Glasgow

Business Intelligence (BI)
Scotland > Glasgow

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Glasgow requiring Business Intelligence skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 39 54 44
Rank change year-on-year +15 -10 +11
Contract jobs citing Business Intelligence 69 27 24
As % of all contract jobs in Glasgow 5.79% 3.62% 3.51%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.87% 4.03% 3.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 40 20 14
10th Percentile £320 £354 £110
25th Percentile £362 £439 £352
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £500 £400
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% +25.00% -8.57%
75th Percentile £528 £525 £449
90th Percentile £603 £548 £584
Scotland median daily rate £425 £500 £425
% change year-on-year -15.00% +17.65% -5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £16.92
Scotland median hourly rate - £27.40 £16.92
% change year-on-year - +61.94% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Glasgow

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 Glasgow.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,005 670 609
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow 84.31% 89.81% 89.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 535 410 423
10th Percentile £281 £300 £268
25th Percentile £363 £386 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £440
Median % change year-on-year - +2.27% -12.00%
75th Percentile £557 £538 £550
90th Percentile £675 £613 £652
Scotland median daily rate £468 £465 £450
% change year-on-year +0.54% +3.33% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 48 22 12
10th Percentile £13.39 £14.40 £15.39
25th Percentile £13.70 £16.84 £18.11
Median hourly rate £35.00 £17.72 £19.59
Median % change year-on-year +97.49% -9.53% +35.10%
75th Percentile £43.96 £25.95 £26.76
90th Percentile £77.50 £54.37 £41.70
Scotland median hourly rate £16.86 £19.97 £19.59
% change year-on-year -15.57% +1.94% +6.90%

Business Intelligence
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

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

Business Intelligence job vacancy trend in Glasgow

Business Intelligence
Daily Rate Trend in Glasgow

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

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

Business Intelligence
Daily Rate Histogram in Glasgow

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Intelligence in Glasgow over the 6 months to 8 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Business Intelligence in Glasgow

Business Intelligence
Hourly Rate Trend in Glasgow

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

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

Business Intelligence
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Glasgow 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 8 (11.59%) SharePoint
2 7 (10.14%) SharePoint Server
3 1 (1.45%) Apache
3 1 (1.45%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (1.45%) Confluence
Applications
1 10 (14.49%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (7.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (2.90%) AutoCAD
3 2 (2.90%) Chatbot
3 2 (2.90%) Revit
4 1 (1.45%) Civil 3D
4 1 (1.45%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (1.45%) Navisworks
4 1 (1.45%) ProjectWise
Business Applications
1 4 (5.80%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.45%) Integrated Workplace Management System
2 1 (1.45%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (1.45%) Oracle Financials
2 1 (1.45%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (1.45%) Sonata
2 1 (1.45%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 56 (81.16%) Power Platform
2 21 (30.43%) Snowflake
3 16 (23.19%) Azure
4 11 (15.94%) Power Automate
5 8 (11.59%) Entra ID
5 8 (11.59%) Microsoft 365
6 7 (10.14%) PowerApps
7 4 (5.80%) AWS
7 4 (5.80%) Dynamics 365
8 3 (4.35%) GCP
9 2 (2.90%) Azure AI
9 2 (2.90%) Google Gemini
9 2 (2.90%) SaaS
9 2 (2.90%) Vertex AI
10 1 (1.45%) Amazon EventBridge
10 1 (1.45%) Microsoft Copilot
10 1 (1.45%) OCI
10 1 (1.45%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
10 1 (1.45%) Salesforce Service Cloud
10 1 (1.45%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.45%) CTI
1 1 (1.45%) PSTN
1 1 (1.45%) RTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (81.16%) Power BI
2 17 (24.64%) Tableau
3 12 (17.39%) Data Warehouse
4 11 (15.94%) Relational Database
5 10 (14.49%) Metadata
6 8 (11.59%) Big Data
6 8 (11.59%) Snowflake Schema
7 6 (8.70%) SQL Server
7 6 (8.70%) Star Schema
8 5 (7.25%) Data Lake
9 4 (5.80%) MySQL
9 4 (5.80%) PostgreSQL
9 4 (5.80%) Semantic Layer
10 3 (4.35%) Oracle Reports
11 2 (2.90%) Oracle BI Publisher
12 1 (1.45%) Apache Iceberg
12 1 (1.45%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
12 1 (1.45%) Metadata Repository
12 1 (1.45%) Oracle Database
12 1 (1.45%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 10 (14.49%) Git
2 3 (4.35%) JIRA
3 1 (1.45%) ER Studio
3 1 (1.45%) ERwin
3 1 (1.45%) PowerDesigner
General
1 25 (36.23%) Social Skills
2 24 (34.78%) Analytical Skills
3 16 (23.19%) Finance
4 13 (18.84%) Banking
5 9 (13.04%) Documentation Skills
6 8 (11.59%) Investment Banking
7 4 (5.80%) Public Sector
8 3 (4.35%) Retail
8 3 (4.35%) Retail Finance
9 2 (2.90%) Legal
9 2 (2.90%) Manufacturing
9 2 (2.90%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (2.90%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (2.90%) Retail Banking
10 1 (1.45%) Corporate Banking
10 1 (1.45%) German Language
10 1 (1.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (1.45%) Law
10 1 (1.45%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 19 (27.54%) Analyst
2 16 (23.19%) Developer
3 12 (17.39%) Senior
4 11 (15.94%) Data Analyst
5 10 (14.49%) Data Engineer
6 7 (10.14%) Data Integration Engineer
6 7 (10.14%) Integration Engineer
6 7 (10.14%) Python Engineer
6 7 (10.14%) SharePoint Developer
6 7 (10.14%) Site Engineer
6 7 (10.14%) Site Reliability Engineer
6 7 (10.14%) Snowflake Engineer
7 5 (7.25%) Kafka Engineer
7 5 (7.25%) Lead
8 4 (5.80%) Data Modeller
8 4 (5.80%) Databricks Data Engineer
8 4 (5.80%) Databricks Engineer
8 4 (5.80%) Power BI Engineer
8 4 (5.80%) Senior Developer
8 4 (5.80%) UX Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (13.04%) REST
2 8 (11.59%) Kafka
3 7 (10.14%) CSS
3 7 (10.14%) HTML
3 7 (10.14%) React
3 7 (10.14%) SPFx
4 6 (8.70%) .NET
5 2 (2.90%) Semantic Kernel
6 1 (1.45%) JWT
6 1 (1.45%) Middleware
6 1 (1.45%) OAuth
6 1 (1.45%) Oracle Fusion
6 1 (1.45%) PySpark
6 1 (1.45%) SAML
6 1 (1.45%) SOAP
6 1 (1.45%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 14 (20.29%) Data Structures
2 5 (7.25%) Management Information System
3 4 (5.80%) AI Agents
3 4 (5.80%) Enterprise Software
4 3 (4.35%) Credit Risk
5 2 (2.90%) IoT
6 1 (1.45%) Cloud Native
6 1 (1.45%) Cyber Threat
6 1 (1.45%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (1.45%) Distributed Systems
6 1 (1.45%) IVR
6 1 (1.45%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (1.45%) Manufacturing Execution System
6 1 (1.45%) Mobile App
6 1 (1.45%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 4 (5.80%) Linux
1 4 (5.80%) Unix
2 1 (1.45%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (43.48%) Analytics
2 22 (31.88%) AI
3 21 (30.43%) Data Modelling
4 20 (28.99%) CI/CD
5 19 (27.54%) Agile
5 19 (27.54%) Data Pipeline
6 18 (26.09%) Visualisation
7 16 (23.19%) Continuous Improvement
7 16 (23.19%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 16 (23.19%) Validation
8 15 (21.74%) Data Engineering
9 13 (18.84%) Data Governance
10 12 (17.39%) Change Management
11 11 (15.94%) ETL
11 11 (15.94%) Stakeholder Management
11 11 (15.94%) Use Case
12 10 (14.49%) Actionable Insight
12 10 (14.49%) Data Analysis
12 10 (14.49%) LLM
13 9 (13.04%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 29 (42.03%) SQL
2 28 (40.58%) Python
3 11 (15.94%) JavaScript
4 7 (10.14%) TypeScript
5 5 (7.25%) C#
6 3 (4.35%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 2 (2.90%) PowerShell
8 1 (1.45%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (10.14%) BPSS Clearance
2 6 (8.70%) Security Cleared
3 5 (7.25%) SC Cleared
4 1 (1.45%) DV Cleared
4 1 (1.45%) SnowPro
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (27.54%) Data Quality
2 9 (13.04%) QA
3 2 (2.90%) Accessibility
3 2 (2.90%) GDPR
3 2 (2.90%) ISO 19650
4 1 (1.45%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (1.45%) Disclosure Scotland
4 1 (1.45%) GxP
4 1 (1.45%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (1.45%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 8 (11.59%) Grafana
Vendors
1 12 (17.39%) Microsoft
2 9 (13.04%) Databricks
3 8 (11.59%) Oracle
4 4 (5.80%) Google
5 3 (4.35%) GoldenSource
6 2 (2.90%) Foundry
7 1 (1.45%) Autodesk
7 1 (1.45%) Informatica
7 1 (1.45%) Salesforce
7 1 (1.45%) Sparx
7 1 (1.45%) Talend
7 1 (1.45%) Teradata