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

6 months to
12 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 64 38
Rank change year-on-year +34 -26 +23
Contract jobs citing Business Intelligence 50 20 39
As % of all contract jobs in Glasgow 6.73% 2.62% 4.59%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.08% 2.80% 4.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 15 32
10th Percentile - £235 £121
25th Percentile £320 £276 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £367 £425 £445
Median % change year-on-year -13.76% -4.49% -7.53%
75th Percentile £475 £475 £500
90th Percentile £523 £495 £588
Scotland median daily rate £415 £450 £480
% change year-on-year -7.78% -6.25% +1.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £26.13
25th Percentile - - £30.32
Median hourly rate - - £38.38
75th Percentile - - £46.61
90th Percentile - - £50.89
Scotland median hourly rate - £19.30 £24.26
% change year-on-year - -20.43% -

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 619 714 786
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow 83.31% 93.46% 92.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 367 449 501
10th Percentile £306 £306 £275
25th Percentile £363 £399 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £458 £465 £475
Median % change year-on-year -1.51% -2.21% -
75th Percentile £575 £550 £575
90th Percentile £675 £601 £650
Scotland median daily rate £455 £463 £475
% change year-on-year -1.62% -2.63% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 11 38
10th Percentile £16.14 £16.75 £12.11
25th Percentile £16.17 £16.79 £16.00
Median hourly rate £28.09 £19.83 £27.88
Median % change year-on-year +41.65% -28.87% +95.63%
75th Percentile £60.59 £45.08 £50.55
90th Percentile £77.50 £75.24 £66.25
Scotland median hourly rate £20.00 £20.94 £19.34
% change year-on-year -4.49% +8.30% +18.98%

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 12 May 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 15 (30.00%) SharePoint
2 12 (24.00%) SharePoint Server
3 2 (4.00%) Apache
3 2 (4.00%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (4.00%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 8 (16.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (6.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (2.00%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (2.00%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (4.00%) IntelliMatch
1 2 (4.00%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (2.00%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (2.00%) Infor M3
2 1 (2.00%) Oracle Payables
2 1 (2.00%) Oracle Receivables
2 1 (2.00%) Sonata
Cloud Services
1 47 (94.00%) Power Platform
2 21 (42.00%) Snowflake
3 15 (30.00%) PowerApps
4 14 (28.00%) Azure
4 14 (28.00%) Microsoft 365
4 14 (28.00%) Power Automate
5 12 (24.00%) Entra ID
6 2 (4.00%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (4.00%) Dynamics 365
6 2 (4.00%) OCI
7 1 (2.00%) Azure Functions
7 1 (2.00%) Boomi
7 1 (2.00%) Microsoft Copilot
7 1 (2.00%) Microsoft Purview
7 1 (2.00%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.00%) Internet
1 1 (2.00%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 47 (94.00%) Power BI
2 12 (24.00%) Tableau
3 11 (22.00%) Big Data
4 8 (16.00%) Relational Database
5 7 (14.00%) SQL Server
6 5 (10.00%) MySQL
6 5 (10.00%) PostgreSQL
7 3 (6.00%) Snowflake Schema
8 2 (4.00%) Data Warehouse
8 2 (4.00%) Hadoop
8 2 (4.00%) Oracle BI Publisher
9 1 (2.00%) Oracle Reports
9 1 (2.00%) Power Query
9 1 (2.00%) QlikView
9 1 (2.00%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 12 (24.00%) Git
General
1 19 (38.00%) Documentation Skills
1 19 (38.00%) Finance
2 17 (34.00%) Social Skills
3 11 (22.00%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (20.00%) Banking
5 7 (14.00%) Investment Banking
6 5 (10.00%) Public Sector
7 1 (2.00%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (2.00%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (2.00%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 15 (30.00%) Developer
2 12 (24.00%) SharePoint Developer
3 11 (22.00%) Data Engineer
4 10 (20.00%) Analyst
5 7 (14.00%) Site Engineer
5 7 (14.00%) Site Reliability Engineer
6 6 (12.00%) Business Analyst
6 6 (12.00%) Data Integration Engineer
6 6 (12.00%) Integration Engineer
6 6 (12.00%) Kafka Engineer
6 6 (12.00%) Snowflake Engineer
7 5 (10.00%) Python Engineer
8 4 (8.00%) Senior
9 3 (6.00%) Data Analyst
9 3 (6.00%) Power BI Engineer
9 3 (6.00%) Snowflake Data Engineer
9 3 (6.00%) UX Engineer
10 2 (4.00%) Consultant
10 2 (4.00%) Oracle Developer
10 2 (4.00%) Project Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (30.00%) REST
2 13 (26.00%) CSS
2 13 (26.00%) HTML
3 12 (24.00%) React
3 12 (24.00%) SPFx
4 9 (18.00%) Kafka
5 1 (2.00%) .NET
5 1 (2.00%) JSON
5 1 (2.00%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 9 (18.00%) Data Structures
2 2 (4.00%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.00%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (2.00%) Cloud Native
3 1 (2.00%) CMDB
3 1 (2.00%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (2.00%) Distributed Systems
3 1 (2.00%) Low-Code
3 1 (2.00%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 7 (14.00%) Linux
2 5 (10.00%) Unix
3 1 (2.00%) Windows
3 1 (2.00%) Windows Server
3 1 (2.00%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (46.00%) CI/CD
2 18 (36.00%) AI
3 16 (32.00%) Data Pipeline
4 15 (30.00%) Agile
5 13 (26.00%) Visualisation
6 12 (24.00%) Analytics
6 12 (24.00%) Document Management
6 12 (24.00%) ETL
7 11 (22.00%) Data Integration
7 11 (22.00%) Risk Management
8 10 (20.00%) Data Modelling
8 10 (20.00%) Use Case
8 10 (20.00%) User Experience
9 9 (18.00%) Data Engineering
10 8 (16.00%) LLM
10 8 (16.00%) Observability
10 8 (16.00%) Problem-Solving
10 8 (16.00%) Root Cause Analysis
10 8 (16.00%) Site Reliability Engineering
11 7 (14.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 21 (42.00%) Python
2 15 (30.00%) SQL
3 13 (26.00%) JavaScript
3 13 (26.00%) TypeScript
4 1 (2.00%) C#
4 1 (2.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 1 (2.00%) VBA
Qualifications
1 12 (24.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 3 (6.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (6.00%) SnowPro
3 2 (4.00%) ITIL Certification
3 2 (4.00%) SC Cleared
4 1 (2.00%) CCAB
4 1 (2.00%) Degree
4 1 (2.00%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (18.00%) QA
2 2 (4.00%) Accessibility
2 2 (4.00%) Disclosure Scotland
2 2 (4.00%) ISO 20022
2 2 (4.00%) ISO 8583
2 2 (4.00%) SLA
2 2 (4.00%) WCAG
3 1 (2.00%) Data Quality
3 1 (2.00%) GDPR
3 1 (2.00%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (2.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 9 (18.00%) Grafana
Vendors
1 11 (22.00%) Databricks
2 10 (20.00%) Oracle
3 9 (18.00%) Microsoft
4 3 (6.00%) ServiceNow
5 2 (4.00%) Alteryx
5 2 (4.00%) FIS
5 2 (4.00%) Fiserv
5 2 (4.00%) SmartStream
6 1 (2.00%) Ariba
6 1 (2.00%) Infor
6 1 (2.00%) MuleSoft
6 1 (2.00%) Salesforce
6 1 (2.00%) SAP