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

6 months to
15 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 43 63 43
Rank change year-on-year +20 -20 +11
Contract jobs citing Business Intelligence 34 23 42
As % of all contract jobs in Glasgow 4.72% 2.83% 4.54%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.74% 3.03% 4.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 16 33
10th Percentile - £239 £185
25th Percentile £320 £282 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £425 £450
Median % change year-on-year -11.76% -5.56% -
75th Percentile £488 £456 £500
90th Percentile £575 £475 £588
Scotland median daily rate £425 £450 £480
% change year-on-year -5.56% -6.25% +1.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 2
10th Percentile - - £26.13
25th Percentile - £25.25 £30.32
Median hourly rate - £26.50 £38.38
Median % change year-on-year - -30.95% -
75th Percentile - £27.75 £46.61
90th Percentile - - £50.89
Scotland median hourly rate - £23.00 £22.95
% change year-on-year - +0.23% -

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 592 760 853
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow 82.22% 93.48% 92.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 372 484 548
10th Percentile £310 £300 £309
25th Percentile £375 £370 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year - -5.26% -
75th Percentile £575 £550 £588
90th Percentile £675 £604 £688
Scotland median daily rate £450 £460 £480
% change year-on-year -2.17% -4.17% +1.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 9 40
10th Percentile £16.11 £16.18 £13.75
25th Percentile £16.17 £16.75 £16.00
Median hourly rate £16.25 £19.83 £21.13
Median % change year-on-year -18.05% -6.14% +56.50%
75th Percentile £46.61 £65.00 £44.14
90th Percentile £54.00 £76.83 £63.75
Scotland median hourly rate £20.00 £22.44 £19.50
% change year-on-year -10.86% +15.06% +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 15 April 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 13 (38.24%) SharePoint
2 10 (29.41%) SharePoint Server
3 2 (5.88%) Apache
3 2 (5.88%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (5.88%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 6 (17.65%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.94%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.94%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (2.94%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (5.88%) IntelliMatch
1 2 (5.88%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (2.94%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (2.94%) Infor M3
2 1 (2.94%) Oracle Payables
2 1 (2.94%) Oracle Receivables
2 1 (2.94%) Sonata
Cloud Services
1 31 (91.18%) Power Platform
2 13 (38.24%) PowerApps
3 12 (35.29%) Azure
3 12 (35.29%) Microsoft 365
3 12 (35.29%) Power Automate
4 10 (29.41%) Entra ID
5 8 (23.53%) Snowflake
6 3 (8.82%) Dynamics 365
7 2 (5.88%) Microsoft Purview
7 2 (5.88%) OCI
8 1 (2.94%) Azure Data Factory
8 1 (2.94%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (2.94%) Azure Functions
8 1 (2.94%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 1 (2.94%) Boomi
8 1 (2.94%) Microsoft Copilot
8 1 (2.94%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.94%) Internet
1 1 (2.94%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (91.18%) Power BI
2 7 (20.59%) Tableau
3 5 (14.71%) SQL Server
4 4 (11.76%) Big Data
5 3 (8.82%) Data Warehouse
5 3 (8.82%) Oracle BI Publisher
6 2 (5.88%) Hadoop
6 2 (5.88%) MySQL
6 2 (5.88%) Oracle Reports
6 2 (5.88%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (5.88%) Relational Database
7 1 (2.94%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (2.94%) Data Lake
7 1 (2.94%) Metadata
7 1 (2.94%) Power Query
7 1 (2.94%) QlikView
7 1 (2.94%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 4 (11.76%) Git
General
1 16 (47.06%) Finance
2 15 (44.12%) Documentation Skills
3 10 (29.41%) Social Skills
4 6 (17.65%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (14.71%) Public Sector
6 4 (11.76%) Banking
7 1 (2.94%) Investment Banking
7 1 (2.94%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (2.94%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (2.94%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 13 (38.24%) Developer
2 10 (29.41%) SharePoint Developer
3 7 (20.59%) Analyst
4 6 (17.65%) Business Analyst
5 4 (11.76%) Data Engineer
6 3 (8.82%) Consultant
7 2 (5.88%) Cloud Developer
7 2 (5.88%) Kafka Engineer
7 2 (5.88%) Oracle Developer
7 2 (5.88%) Project Analyst
7 2 (5.88%) Project Manager
7 2 (5.88%) Report Developer
7 2 (5.88%) Site Engineer
7 2 (5.88%) Site Reliability Engineer
7 2 (5.88%) Snowflake Data Engineer
7 2 (5.88%) Snowflake Engineer
7 2 (5.88%) Web Specialist
8 1 (2.94%) HR Consultant
8 1 (2.94%) Oracle Specialist
8 1 (2.94%) Power Platform Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (41.18%) REST
2 11 (32.35%) CSS
2 11 (32.35%) HTML
3 10 (29.41%) React
3 10 (29.41%) SPFx
4 2 (5.88%) Kafka
5 1 (2.94%) .NET
5 1 (2.94%) JSON
5 1 (2.94%) SOAP
5 1 (2.94%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (14.71%) Data Structures
2 1 (2.94%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (2.94%) CMDB
2 1 (2.94%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 4 (11.76%) Linux
2 2 (5.88%) Unix
3 1 (2.94%) Windows
3 1 (2.94%) Windows Server
3 1 (2.94%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (44.12%) CI/CD
2 10 (29.41%) Document Management
3 9 (26.47%) Agile
4 8 (23.53%) Visualisation
5 7 (20.59%) Risk Management
6 6 (17.65%) Data Modelling
6 6 (17.65%) Data Pipeline
6 6 (17.65%) ERP
6 6 (17.65%) ETL
6 6 (17.65%) Migration
6 6 (17.65%) Problem-Solving
7 5 (14.71%) AI
7 5 (14.71%) Business Analysis
7 5 (14.71%) Data Integration
8 4 (11.76%) Analytics
8 4 (11.76%) Data Governance
8 4 (11.76%) Data Visualisation
8 4 (11.76%) Stakeholder Management
8 4 (11.76%) Validation
9 3 (8.82%) Data Transformation
Programming Languages
1 11 (32.35%) JavaScript
1 11 (32.35%) TypeScript
2 8 (23.53%) Python
2 8 (23.53%) SQL
3 1 (2.94%) C#
3 1 (2.94%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 1 (2.94%) VBA
Qualifications
1 10 (29.41%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (5.88%) ITIL Certification
2 2 (5.88%) SnowPro
3 1 (2.94%) CCAB
3 1 (2.94%) Degree
3 1 (2.94%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (2.94%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (8.82%) QA
2 2 (5.88%) Accessibility
2 2 (5.88%) Data Quality
2 2 (5.88%) GDPR
2 2 (5.88%) ISO 20022
2 2 (5.88%) ISO 8583
2 2 (5.88%) SLA
2 2 (5.88%) WCAG
3 1 (2.94%) Disclosure Scotland
3 1 (2.94%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (2.94%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (5.88%) Grafana
Vendors
1 8 (23.53%) Microsoft
1 8 (23.53%) Oracle
2 4 (11.76%) Databricks
3 3 (8.82%) ServiceNow
4 2 (5.88%) Alteryx
4 2 (5.88%) FIS
4 2 (5.88%) Fiserv
4 2 (5.88%) SmartStream
5 1 (2.94%) Ariba
5 1 (2.94%) Infor
5 1 (2.94%) MuleSoft
5 1 (2.94%) Salesforce
5 1 (2.94%) SAP