Business Intelligence Contract Job Trends in Lancashire

Business Intelligence (BI)
North West > Lancashire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Lancashire requiring Business Intelligence skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 29 22 34
Rank change year-on-year -7 +12 -4
Contract jobs citing Business Intelligence 6 3 5
As % of all contract jobs in Lancashire 2.82% 2.01% 2.25%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.35% 2.44% 2.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 1 4
10th Percentile £324 - £378
25th Percentile £350 £463 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -21.05% - -
75th Percentile £415 £488 £563
90th Percentile £487 - £608
North West median daily rate £401 £490 £476
% change year-on-year -18.16% +3.05% +5.67%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Lancashire

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 Lancashire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 179 123 204
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Lancashire 84.04% 82.55% 91.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 95 58 117
10th Percentile £165 £270 £390
25th Percentile £363 £417 £493
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £455 £516 £623
Median % change year-on-year -11.86% -17.07% +19.71%
75th Percentile £567 £559 £717
90th Percentile £673 £624 £720
North West median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 51 20 53
10th Percentile £25.15 £24.65 £20.58
25th Percentile £41.94 £29.36 £45.88
Median hourly rate £45.46 £46.18 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year -1.56% - +15.39%
75th Percentile £64.83 £52.23 £50.00
90th Percentile £74.26 £65.93 £60.75
North West median hourly rate £31.50 £31.25 £35.50
% change year-on-year +0.80% -11.97% +33.81%

Business Intelligence
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Business Intelligence relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Lancashire.

Business Intelligence job vacancy trend in Lancashire

Business Intelligence
Daily Rate Trend in Lancashire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing Business Intelligence.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing Business Intelligence

Business Intelligence
Daily Rate Histogram in Lancashire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Intelligence in Lancashire over the 6 months to 19 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Business Intelligence in Lancashire

Business Intelligence
Hourly Rate Trend in Lancashire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing Business Intelligence.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing Business Intelligence

Business Intelligence
Contract Job Locations in Lancashire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Business Intelligence within the Lancashire region over the 6 months to 19 December 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Blackpool +6 3 £350 -
Preston - 2 £393 - 6
Business Intelligence
North West

Business Intelligence
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Lancashire 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:

Applications
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 6 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 2 (33.33%) AWS
2 2 (33.33%) Azure
2 2 (33.33%) Snowflake
3 1 (16.67%) GCP
3 1 (16.67%) Google Analytics
3 1 (16.67%) Google Tag Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Power Automate
3 1 (16.67%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (100.00%) Power BI
2 1 (16.67%) BigQuery
2 1 (16.67%) Looker
2 1 (16.67%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (16.67%) Finance
1 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
1 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Analyst
1 2 (33.33%) Developer
1 2 (33.33%) Performance Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Business Intelligence Developer
2 1 (16.67%) Data Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Digital Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Digital Performance Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Power BI Developer
2 1 (16.67%) Power Platform Developer
2 1 (16.67%) Senior
2 1 (16.67%) Senior Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Senior Performance Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (16.67%) .NET
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Low-Code
1 1 (16.67%) NHS
1 1 (16.67%) Product Ownership
1 1 (16.67%) Shadow IT
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Actionable Insight
2 2 (33.33%) Agile
2 2 (33.33%) Analytics
2 2 (33.33%) Decision-Making
2 2 (33.33%) Migration
2 2 (33.33%) Visualisation
3 1 (16.67%) CRM
3 1 (16.67%) Dashboard Development
3 1 (16.67%) Data Analysis
3 1 (16.67%) Data Modelling
3 1 (16.67%) Data Privacy
3 1 (16.67%) Data Visualisation
3 1 (16.67%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 1 (16.67%) Performance Analysis
3 1 (16.67%) Performance Measurement
3 1 (16.67%) Service Design
3 1 (16.67%) Statistical Analysis
3 1 (16.67%) User Experience
3 1 (16.67%) Validation
3 1 (16.67%) Visual Analytics
Programming Languages
1 4 (66.67%) SQL
2 1 (16.67%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) Accessibility
1 2 (33.33%) Data Quality
2 1 (16.67%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (16.67%) Databricks
2 1 (16.67%) Google