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

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 45 46 49
Rank change year-on-year +1 +3 -8
Contract jobs citing Business Intelligence 26 31 28
As % of all contract jobs in Glasgow 3.91% 4.26% 3.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.54% 4.66% 3.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 16 25
10th Percentile £315 £353 £351
25th Percentile £413 £372 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £426 £467
Median % change year-on-year +17.30% -8.73% +3.78%
75th Percentile £543 £460 £588
90th Percentile £575 £532 £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 0
Median hourly rate - £26.50 -
Scotland median hourly rate - £24.75 £19.50
% change year-on-year - +26.92% -15.22%

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 573 665 779
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow 86.17% 91.35% 92.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 371 408 507
10th Percentile £300 £311 £350
25th Percentile £400 £363 £411
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £445 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.12% -11.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £569 £538 £625
90th Percentile £630 £627 £700
Scotland median daily rate £468 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +3.89% -10.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 13 17
10th Percentile £14.09 £16.75 £14.05
25th Percentile £16.09 £18.50 -
Median hourly rate £23.75 £24.15 £16.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.66% +50.94% -46.16%
75th Percentile £52.50 £34.50 £19.50
90th Percentile £61.74 £43.73 £62.50
Scotland median hourly rate £20.00 £23.59 £18.21
% change year-on-year -15.22% +29.58% -1.59%

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 January 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 6 (23.08%) Apache
1 6 (23.08%) Apache Airflow
1 6 (23.08%) Apache Spark
2 1 (3.85%) SharePoint
Applications
1 11 (42.31%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (3.85%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (3.85%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (3.85%) Infor M3
1 1 (3.85%) Oracle Payables
1 1 (3.85%) Oracle Receivables
1 1 (3.85%) Sonata
Cloud Services
1 24 (92.31%) Power Platform
2 6 (23.08%) Snowflake
3 4 (15.38%) Azure
4 3 (11.54%) Dynamics 365
4 3 (11.54%) Power Automate
5 2 (7.69%) Azure Data Factory
5 2 (7.69%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 2 (7.69%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (3.85%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (3.85%) Azure Functions
6 1 (3.85%) Boomi
6 1 (3.85%) PowerApps
6 1 (3.85%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (92.31%) Power BI
2 12 (46.15%) Data Warehouse
3 7 (26.92%) Tableau
4 6 (23.08%) Big Data
4 6 (23.08%) Hadoop
5 3 (11.54%) SQL Server
6 2 (7.69%) Azure SQL Database
6 2 (7.69%) Data Lake
6 2 (7.69%) Metadata
6 2 (7.69%) Oracle Reports
6 2 (7.69%) Power Query
6 2 (7.69%) QlikView
6 2 (7.69%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (3.85%) Oracle BI Publisher
Development Applications
1 6 (23.08%) Git
General
1 16 (61.54%) Finance
2 11 (42.31%) Social Skills
3 7 (26.92%) Public Sector
4 6 (23.08%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (7.69%) Banking
6 1 (3.85%) Billing
6 1 (3.85%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (3.85%) French Language
6 1 (3.85%) Investment Banking
6 1 (3.85%) Legal
6 1 (3.85%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (23.08%) Data Engineer
2 4 (15.38%) Analyst
2 4 (15.38%) Consultant
2 4 (15.38%) Python Data Engineer
2 4 (15.38%) Python Engineer
3 3 (11.54%) Business Analyst
3 3 (11.54%) Lead
4 2 (7.69%) Architect
4 2 (7.69%) Business Intelligence Developer
4 2 (7.69%) Data Architect
4 2 (7.69%) Data Manager
4 2 (7.69%) Data Scientist
4 2 (7.69%) Developer
4 2 (7.69%) Oracle Consultant
4 2 (7.69%) Power BI Developer
4 2 (7.69%) Solutions Architect
5 1 (3.85%) Oracle HRMS Consultant
5 1 (3.85%) Oracle Specialist
5 1 (3.85%) Report Specialist
5 1 (3.85%) SQL Server Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (38.46%) REST
2 4 (15.38%) RESTful
3 3 (11.54%) SOAP
4 1 (3.85%) .NET
4 1 (3.85%) CSS
4 1 (3.85%) HTML
4 1 (3.85%) JSON
4 1 (3.85%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (7.69%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (3.85%) Data Structures
2 1 (3.85%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 6 (23.08%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (34.62%) Data Integration
1 9 (34.62%) Data Modelling
1 9 (34.62%) ETL
1 9 (34.62%) Visualisation
2 8 (30.77%) Analytics
2 8 (30.77%) API Integration
2 8 (30.77%) Problem-Solving
3 7 (26.92%) Performance Tuning
4 6 (23.08%) Agile
4 6 (23.08%) Data Governance
4 6 (23.08%) Decision-Making
4 6 (23.08%) ERP
4 6 (23.08%) Migration
5 5 (19.23%) Data Visualisation
5 5 (19.23%) Sprint Planning
6 4 (15.38%) Clean Code
6 4 (15.38%) Data Analysis
6 4 (15.38%) Performance Monitoring
6 4 (15.38%) Sprint Review
6 4 (15.38%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (30.77%) Python
2 7 (26.92%) SQL
3 2 (7.69%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 2 (7.69%) R
4 1 (3.85%) C#
4 1 (3.85%) Groovy
4 1 (3.85%) JavaScript
4 1 (3.85%) TypeScript
4 1 (3.85%) VBA
Qualifications
1 3 (11.54%) Degree
2 2 (7.69%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (7.69%) SC Cleared
2 2 (7.69%) Security Cleared
3 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (15.38%) Data Quality
1 4 (15.38%) GDPR
2 2 (7.69%) QA
3 1 (3.85%) Disclosure Scotland
3 1 (3.85%) PMO
Vendors
1 6 (23.08%) Databricks
2 5 (19.23%) ServiceNow
3 3 (11.54%) Microsoft
3 3 (11.54%) Oracle
4 2 (7.69%) MobileIron
5 1 (3.85%) Ariba
5 1 (3.85%) Infor
5 1 (3.85%) MuleSoft
5 1 (3.85%) Salesforce
5 1 (3.85%) SAP