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

6 months to
2 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 38 50 46
Rank change year-on-year +12 -4 +10
Contract jobs citing Business Intelligence 67 29 20
As % of all contract jobs in Glasgow 5.56% 3.87% 2.93%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.61% 4.25% 3.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 22 11
10th Percentile £320 £269 £108
25th Percentile £339 £383 £236
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £500 £400
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% +25.00% -11.11%
75th Percentile £531 £525 £503
90th Percentile £605 £543 £588
Scotland median daily rate £425 £500 £425
% change year-on-year -15.00% +17.65% -8.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £17.56
25th Percentile - - £18.52
Median hourly rate - - £20.59
75th Percentile - - £23.11
90th Percentile - - £24.35
Scotland median hourly rate - £27.40 £20.59
% change year-on-year - +33.09% -

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 1,014 682 607
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow 84.15% 90.93% 89.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 549 414 427
10th Percentile £279 £300 £269
25th Percentile £363 £381 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £452 £440
Median % change year-on-year -0.44% +2.73% -12.00%
75th Percentile £564 £538 £550
90th Percentile £675 £613 £650
Scotland median daily rate £470 £470 £450
% change year-on-year - +4.44% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 48 22 13
10th Percentile £13.39 £14.40 £15.56
25th Percentile £13.70 £16.84 £18.50
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 £25.17
90th Percentile £77.50 £54.37 £40.90
Scotland median hourly rate £16.86 £19.97 £19.59
% change year-on-year -15.57% +1.94% +3.49%

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 2 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 9 (13.43%) SharePoint
2 8 (11.94%) SharePoint Server
3 1 (1.49%) Apache
3 1 (1.49%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (1.49%) Confluence
Applications
1 9 (13.43%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (7.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (2.99%) Chatbot
3 2 (2.99%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (1.49%) AutoCAD
4 1 (1.49%) Navisworks
4 1 (1.49%) ProjectWise
4 1 (1.49%) Revit
Business Applications
1 4 (5.97%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.49%) Integrated Workplace Management System
2 1 (1.49%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (1.49%) Oracle Financials
2 1 (1.49%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (1.49%) Sonata
2 1 (1.49%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 54 (80.60%) Power Platform
2 22 (32.84%) Snowflake
3 17 (25.37%) Azure
4 12 (17.91%) Power Automate
5 9 (13.43%) Entra ID
5 9 (13.43%) Microsoft 365
6 8 (11.94%) PowerApps
7 4 (5.97%) AWS
7 4 (5.97%) Dynamics 365
8 3 (4.48%) GCP
9 2 (2.99%) Azure AI
9 2 (2.99%) Google Gemini
9 2 (2.99%) Vertex AI
10 1 (1.49%) Amazon EventBridge
10 1 (1.49%) AWS Lambda
10 1 (1.49%) Microsoft Copilot
10 1 (1.49%) OCI
10 1 (1.49%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
10 1 (1.49%) Salesforce Service Cloud
10 1 (1.49%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.49%) CTI
1 1 (1.49%) PSTN
1 1 (1.49%) RTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 54 (80.60%) Power BI
2 16 (23.88%) Tableau
3 11 (16.42%) Data Warehouse
4 10 (14.93%) Relational Database
5 9 (13.43%) Big Data
6 7 (10.45%) Metadata
6 7 (10.45%) Snowflake Schema
7 6 (8.96%) SQL Server
7 6 (8.96%) Star Schema
8 5 (7.46%) Data Lake
9 4 (5.97%) MySQL
9 4 (5.97%) PostgreSQL
9 4 (5.97%) Semantic Layer
10 3 (4.48%) Oracle Reports
11 2 (2.99%) Oracle BI Publisher
12 1 (1.49%) Apache Iceberg
12 1 (1.49%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
12 1 (1.49%) Metadata Repository
12 1 (1.49%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 11 (16.42%) Git
2 2 (2.99%) JIRA
3 1 (1.49%) ER Studio
3 1 (1.49%) ERwin
3 1 (1.49%) PowerDesigner
General
1 24 (35.82%) Social Skills
2 21 (31.34%) Analytical Skills
3 17 (25.37%) Finance
4 13 (19.40%) Banking
5 11 (16.42%) Documentation Skills
6 8 (11.94%) Investment Banking
7 4 (5.97%) Public Sector
8 3 (4.48%) Retail
8 3 (4.48%) Retail Finance
9 2 (2.99%) Legal
9 2 (2.99%) Manufacturing
9 2 (2.99%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (2.99%) Retail Banking
10 1 (1.49%) Corporate Banking
10 1 (1.49%) German Language
10 1 (1.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (1.49%) Law
10 1 (1.49%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (1.49%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 19 (28.36%) Analyst
2 17 (25.37%) Developer
3 12 (17.91%) Senior
4 10 (14.93%) Data Analyst
4 10 (14.93%) Data Engineer
5 8 (11.94%) SharePoint Developer
6 7 (10.45%) Data Integration Engineer
6 7 (10.45%) Integration Engineer
6 7 (10.45%) Python Engineer
6 7 (10.45%) Site Engineer
6 7 (10.45%) Site Reliability Engineer
6 7 (10.45%) Snowflake Engineer
7 6 (8.96%) Kafka Engineer
8 4 (5.97%) Data Modeller
8 4 (5.97%) Databricks Data Engineer
8 4 (5.97%) Databricks Engineer
8 4 (5.97%) Power BI Engineer
8 4 (5.97%) Senior Developer
8 4 (5.97%) UX Engineer
9 3 (4.48%) Business Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (14.93%) REST
2 9 (13.43%) Kafka
3 8 (11.94%) CSS
3 8 (11.94%) HTML
3 8 (11.94%) React
3 8 (11.94%) SPFx
4 6 (8.96%) .NET
5 2 (2.99%) Semantic Kernel
6 1 (1.49%) JWT
6 1 (1.49%) Middleware
6 1 (1.49%) OAuth
6 1 (1.49%) Oracle Fusion
6 1 (1.49%) PySpark
6 1 (1.49%) SAML
6 1 (1.49%) SOAP
6 1 (1.49%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 14 (20.90%) Data Structures
2 4 (5.97%) Enterprise Software
2 4 (5.97%) Management Information System
3 3 (4.48%) AI Agents
3 3 (4.48%) Credit Risk
4 1 (1.49%) Cloud Native
4 1 (1.49%) CMDB
4 1 (1.49%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (1.49%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (1.49%) Distributed Systems
4 1 (1.49%) IoT
4 1 (1.49%) IVR
4 1 (1.49%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (1.49%) Manufacturing Execution System
4 1 (1.49%) Mobile App
4 1 (1.49%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 4 (5.97%) Linux
1 4 (5.97%) Unix
2 1 (1.49%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (40.30%) Analytics
2 22 (32.84%) AI
3 21 (31.34%) CI/CD
4 20 (29.85%) Data Modelling
5 19 (28.36%) Agile
6 18 (26.87%) Data Pipeline
7 16 (23.88%) Visualisation
8 15 (22.39%) Continuous Improvement
9 14 (20.90%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 14 (20.90%) Validation
10 13 (19.40%) Data Engineering
11 12 (17.91%) Change Management
11 12 (17.91%) Data Governance
11 12 (17.91%) Use Case
12 11 (16.42%) ETL
13 10 (14.93%) Data Integration
13 10 (14.93%) LLM
13 10 (14.93%) Stakeholder Management
13 10 (14.93%) User Experience
14 9 (13.43%) Generative AI
Programming Languages
1 29 (43.28%) SQL
2 26 (38.81%) Python
3 12 (17.91%) JavaScript
4 8 (11.94%) TypeScript
5 4 (5.97%) C#
6 2 (2.99%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 1 (1.49%) PL/SQL
7 1 (1.49%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 8 (11.94%) BPSS Clearance
2 4 (5.97%) Security Cleared
3 3 (4.48%) SC Cleared
4 2 (2.99%) SnowPro
5 1 (1.49%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (23.88%) Data Quality
2 8 (11.94%) QA
3 2 (2.99%) Accessibility
3 2 (2.99%) GDPR
4 1 (1.49%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (1.49%) Disclosure Scotland
4 1 (1.49%) GxP
4 1 (1.49%) ISO 19650
4 1 (1.49%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (1.49%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 9 (13.43%) Grafana
Vendors
1 12 (17.91%) Microsoft
2 10 (14.93%) Databricks
3 8 (11.94%) Oracle
4 4 (5.97%) Google
5 3 (4.48%) GoldenSource
6 2 (2.99%) Foundry
7 1 (1.49%) Autodesk
7 1 (1.49%) Informatica
7 1 (1.49%) Salesforce
7 1 (1.49%) ServiceNow
7 1 (1.49%) Sparx
7 1 (1.49%) Talend
7 1 (1.49%) Teradata