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

6 months to
8 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 51 46 54
Rank change year-on-year -5 +8 -5
Contract jobs citing Business Intelligence 21 32 29
As % of all contract jobs in Glasgow 3.06% 4.12% 3.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.61% 4.48% 3.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 17 25
10th Percentile £284 £354 £333
25th Percentile £406 £375 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £440 £467
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% -5.78% +9.88%
75th Percentile £566 £475 £588
90th Percentile £639 £521 £618
Scotland median daily rate £500 £440 £500
% change year-on-year +13.64% -12.00% +11.11%
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 - £24.75 £21.64
% change year-on-year - +14.37% -13.44%

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 582 714 856
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow 84.72% 91.89% 92.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 365 428 560
10th Percentile £303 £313 £340
25th Percentile £400 £363 £407
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year - -10.00% +4.28%
75th Percentile £568 £550 £603
90th Percentile £640 £625 £700
Scotland median daily rate £450 £450 £480
% change year-on-year - -6.25% +1.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 12 25
10th Percentile £14.09 £16.75 £11.50
25th Percentile £16.17 £18.88 £15.42
Median hourly rate £23.75 £24.17 £16.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.72% +51.03% +50.52%
75th Percentile £52.50 £36.50 £19.50
90th Percentile £61.74 £62.75 £75.00
Scotland median hourly rate £20.00 £23.59 £19.50
% change year-on-year -15.22% +20.97% +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 8 February 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 4 (19.05%) Apache
1 4 (19.05%) Apache Airflow
1 4 (19.05%) Apache Spark
2 1 (4.76%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (28.57%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (4.76%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (4.76%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (4.76%) Infor M3
1 1 (4.76%) Oracle Payables
1 1 (4.76%) Oracle Receivables
1 1 (4.76%) Sonata
Cloud Services
1 20 (95.24%) Power Platform
2 4 (19.05%) Azure
2 4 (19.05%) Snowflake
3 3 (14.29%) Dynamics 365
3 3 (14.29%) Power Automate
3 3 (14.29%) PowerApps
4 2 (9.52%) Azure Data Factory
4 2 (9.52%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 2 (9.52%) Microsoft Purview
5 1 (4.76%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (4.76%) Azure Functions
5 1 (4.76%) Boomi
5 1 (4.76%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (4.76%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (95.24%) Power BI
2 8 (38.10%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (19.05%) Big Data
3 4 (19.05%) Hadoop
3 4 (19.05%) SQL Server
3 4 (19.05%) Tableau
4 2 (9.52%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (9.52%) Data Lake
4 2 (9.52%) Metadata
4 2 (9.52%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (4.76%) Oracle BI Publisher
5 1 (4.76%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (4.76%) Power Query
5 1 (4.76%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 4 (19.05%) Git
General
1 10 (47.62%) Finance
2 9 (42.86%) Social Skills
3 5 (23.81%) Public Sector
4 3 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (9.52%) Banking
6 1 (4.76%) Billing
6 1 (4.76%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (4.76%) French Language
6 1 (4.76%) Investment Banking
6 1 (4.76%) Legal
6 1 (4.76%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (4.76%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 4 (19.05%) Analyst
1 4 (19.05%) Data Engineer
2 3 (14.29%) Business Analyst
2 3 (14.29%) Consultant
2 3 (14.29%) Lead
3 2 (9.52%) Architect
3 2 (9.52%) Data Architect
3 2 (9.52%) Python Data Engineer
3 2 (9.52%) Python Engineer
3 2 (9.52%) Solutions Architect
3 2 (9.52%) Web Specialist
4 1 (4.76%) Cybersecurity Engineer
4 1 (4.76%) Developer
4 1 (4.76%) HR Consultant
4 1 (4.76%) Oracle HRMS Consultant
4 1 (4.76%) Oracle Specialist
4 1 (4.76%) Power BI Developer
4 1 (4.76%) Power Platform Consultant
4 1 (4.76%) Report Specialist
4 1 (4.76%) SQL Server Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (33.33%) REST
2 2 (9.52%) RESTful
2 2 (9.52%) SOAP
3 1 (4.76%) .NET
3 1 (4.76%) CSS
3 1 (4.76%) HTML
3 1 (4.76%) JSON
3 1 (4.76%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (9.52%) Data Structures
2 1 (4.76%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (4.76%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 4 (19.05%) Linux
2 1 (4.76%) Windows
2 1 (4.76%) Windows Server
2 1 (4.76%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (38.10%) ETL
2 7 (33.33%) Data Modelling
3 6 (28.57%) API Integration
3 6 (28.57%) Data Integration
3 6 (28.57%) Migration
3 6 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (23.81%) Data Governance
4 5 (23.81%) Performance Tuning
4 5 (23.81%) Visualisation
5 4 (19.05%) Agile
5 4 (19.05%) ERP
5 4 (19.05%) Stakeholder Management
6 3 (14.29%) Analytics
6 3 (14.29%) CI/CD
6 3 (14.29%) Data Visualisation
6 3 (14.29%) Decision-Making
6 3 (14.29%) Sprint Planning
7 2 (9.52%) Sprint Retrospective
7 2 (9.52%) Sprint Review
7 2 (9.52%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
Programming Languages
1 5 (23.81%) SQL
2 4 (19.05%) Python
3 1 (4.76%) C#
3 1 (4.76%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 1 (4.76%) JavaScript
3 1 (4.76%) TypeScript
3 1 (4.76%) VBA
Qualifications
1 1 (4.76%) Degree
1 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (14.29%) Data Quality
1 3 (14.29%) GDPR
2 2 (9.52%) Accessibility
2 2 (9.52%) WCAG
3 1 (4.76%) Disclosure Scotland
3 1 (4.76%) PMO
3 1 (4.76%) QA
Vendors
1 4 (19.05%) Databricks
1 4 (19.05%) Microsoft
2 3 (14.29%) ServiceNow
3 2 (9.52%) MobileIron
3 2 (9.52%) Oracle
4 1 (4.76%) Ariba
4 1 (4.76%) Infor
4 1 (4.76%) MuleSoft
4 1 (4.76%) Salesforce
4 1 (4.76%) SAP