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 31 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 45 52 42
Rank change year-on-year +7 -10 +12
Contract jobs citing Business Intelligence 28 28 42
As % of all contract jobs in Glasgow 3.98% 3.41% 4.47%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.86% 3.65% 4.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 19 34
10th Percentile - £282 £286
25th Percentile £320 £356 £372
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £425 £445
Median % change year-on-year -2.94% -4.49% +4.71%
75th Percentile £520 £465 £500
90th Percentile £575 £475 £588
Scotland median daily rate £450 £450 £480
% change year-on-year - -6.25% +1.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £25.25 £51.25
Median hourly rate - £26.50 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year - -49.52% -
75th Percentile - £27.75 £53.75
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median hourly rate - £23.00 £21.64
% change year-on-year - +6.28% -

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 576 767 864
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow 81.82% 93.42% 92.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 365 489 546
10th Percentile £308 £310 £313
25th Percentile £381 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £494
Median % change year-on-year - -8.86% +3.95%
75th Percentile £575 £550 £600
90th Percentile £675 £607 £694
Scotland median daily rate £450 £453 £480
% change year-on-year -0.55% -5.73% +1.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 8 39
10th Percentile £16.11 £16.75 £13.50
25th Percentile £16.17 £18.88 £16.00
Median hourly rate £16.25 £23.17 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year -29.85% +28.69% +44.00%
75th Percentile £46.61 £67.56 £47.35
90th Percentile £54.00 £77.63 £65.00
Scotland median hourly rate £20.00 £23.00 £19.50
% change year-on-year -13.04% +17.95% +10.05%

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 31 March 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 9 (32.14%) SharePoint
2 6 (21.43%) SharePoint Server
3 2 (7.14%) Apache
3 2 (7.14%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (7.14%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 7 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (3.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (3.57%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (7.14%) IntelliMatch
1 2 (7.14%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (3.57%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (3.57%) Infor M3
2 1 (3.57%) Oracle Payables
2 1 (3.57%) Oracle Receivables
2 1 (3.57%) Sonata
Cloud Services
1 26 (92.86%) Power Platform
2 9 (32.14%) Azure
2 9 (32.14%) Power Automate
2 9 (32.14%) PowerApps
3 8 (28.57%) Microsoft 365
4 6 (21.43%) Entra ID
5 5 (17.86%) Snowflake
6 4 (14.29%) Dynamics 365
7 3 (10.71%) Microsoft Purview
8 2 (7.14%) Azure Data Factory
8 2 (7.14%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 1 (3.57%) Azure DevOps
9 1 (3.57%) Azure Functions
9 1 (3.57%) Boomi
9 1 (3.57%) Microsoft Copilot
9 1 (3.57%) OCI
9 1 (3.57%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.57%) Internet
1 1 (3.57%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (92.86%) Power BI
2 5 (17.86%) SQL Server
2 5 (17.86%) Tableau
3 4 (14.29%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (10.71%) Big Data
5 2 (7.14%) Azure SQL Database
5 2 (7.14%) Data Lake
5 2 (7.14%) Hadoop
5 2 (7.14%) Metadata
5 2 (7.14%) Oracle BI Publisher
5 2 (7.14%) Oracle Reports
5 2 (7.14%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (3.57%) MySQL
6 1 (3.57%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (3.57%) Power Query
6 1 (3.57%) QlikView
6 1 (3.57%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 3 (10.71%) Git
General
1 13 (46.43%) Finance
2 10 (35.71%) Documentation Skills
2 10 (35.71%) Social Skills
3 6 (21.43%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (21.43%) Public Sector
4 4 (14.29%) Banking
5 1 (3.57%) Billing
5 1 (3.57%) Investment Banking
5 1 (3.57%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (3.57%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (3.57%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 8 (28.57%) Developer
2 7 (25.00%) Analyst
3 6 (21.43%) Business Analyst
3 6 (21.43%) SharePoint Developer
4 3 (10.71%) Consultant
4 3 (10.71%) Data Engineer
5 2 (7.14%) Architect
5 2 (7.14%) Data Architect
5 2 (7.14%) Solutions Architect
5 2 (7.14%) Web Specialist
6 1 (3.57%) Business Intelligence Developer
6 1 (3.57%) Data Analyst
6 1 (3.57%) Data Manager
6 1 (3.57%) Oracle Consultant
6 1 (3.57%) Oracle Developer
6 1 (3.57%) Project Analyst
6 1 (3.57%) Project Manager
6 1 (3.57%) Site Engineer
6 1 (3.57%) SQL Server Consultant
6 1 (3.57%) Systems Accountant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (39.29%) REST
2 7 (25.00%) CSS
2 7 (25.00%) HTML
3 6 (21.43%) React
3 6 (21.43%) SPFx
4 2 (7.14%) SOAP
5 1 (3.57%) .NET
5 1 (3.57%) JSON
5 1 (3.57%) Kafka
5 1 (3.57%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (14.29%) Data Structures
2 1 (3.57%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (3.57%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 3 (10.71%) Linux
2 1 (3.57%) Unix
2 1 (3.57%) Windows
2 1 (3.57%) Windows Server
2 1 (3.57%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (35.71%) CI/CD
2 7 (25.00%) Agile
2 7 (25.00%) Migration
2 7 (25.00%) Visualisation
3 6 (21.43%) Data Modelling
3 6 (21.43%) Document Management
3 6 (21.43%) ERP
3 6 (21.43%) ETL
3 6 (21.43%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (17.86%) Data Integration
4 5 (17.86%) Data Pipeline
5 4 (14.29%) Analytics
5 4 (14.29%) Business Analysis
5 4 (14.29%) Data Analysis
5 4 (14.29%) Data Governance
5 4 (14.29%) Data Visualisation
5 4 (14.29%) Risk Management
5 4 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
6 3 (10.71%) Data Transformation
6 3 (10.71%) Performance Tuning
Programming Languages
1 8 (28.57%) SQL
2 7 (25.00%) JavaScript
2 7 (25.00%) TypeScript
3 6 (21.43%) Python
4 1 (3.57%) C#
4 1 (3.57%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 1 (3.57%) VBA
Qualifications
1 6 (21.43%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (7.14%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (3.57%) CCAB
3 1 (3.57%) Degree
3 1 (3.57%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (3.57%) Security Cleared
3 1 (3.57%) SnowPro
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (10.71%) Data Quality
1 3 (10.71%) GDPR
2 2 (7.14%) Accessibility
2 2 (7.14%) ISO 20022
2 2 (7.14%) ISO 8583
2 2 (7.14%) QA
2 2 (7.14%) SLA
2 2 (7.14%) WCAG
3 1 (3.57%) Disclosure Scotland
3 1 (3.57%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (3.57%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (3.57%) Grafana
Vendors
1 8 (28.57%) Microsoft
2 6 (21.43%) Oracle
3 3 (10.71%) Databricks
4 2 (7.14%) Alteryx
4 2 (7.14%) FIS
4 2 (7.14%) Fiserv
4 2 (7.14%) ServiceNow
4 2 (7.14%) SmartStream
5 1 (3.57%) Ariba
5 1 (3.57%) Infor
5 1 (3.57%) MuleSoft
5 1 (3.57%) Salesforce
5 1 (3.57%) SAP