Business Intelligence Contract Job Trends in Leicestershire

Business Intelligence (BI)
East Midlands > Leicestershire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Leicestershire requiring Business Intelligence skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 17 15
Rank change year-on-year +5 -2 +8
Contract jobs citing Business Intelligence 20 6 7
As % of all contract jobs in Leicestershire 11.05% 4.55% 5.88%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 13.51% 6.00% 7.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 1
10th Percentile £399 - -
25th Percentile £472 £400 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £430 £425
Median % change year-on-year +22.09% +1.18% +150.00%
75th Percentile £563 £460 -
90th Percentile £608 - -
East Midlands median daily rate £470 £416 £375
% change year-on-year +12.91% +11.00% -14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £26.85 £18.50 -
Median hourly rate £28.20 £19.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +48.39% - -
75th Percentile £29.54 £19.50 -
90th Percentile - - -
East Midlands median hourly rate £22.49 £28.98 £13.50
% change year-on-year -22.41% +114.67% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Leicestershire

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 Leicestershire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 148 100 98
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leicestershire 81.77% 75.76% 82.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 79 63 71
10th Percentile £210 £132 £185
25th Percentile £313 £250 £294
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £360 £425
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -15.29% -
75th Percentile £575 £475 £500
90th Percentile £638 £535 £659
East Midlands median daily rate £483 £410 £450
% change year-on-year +17.80% -8.89% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 5 2
10th Percentile £13.10 £15.70 £21.03
25th Percentile £13.14 £18.50 £21.44
Median hourly rate £16.46 £20.50 £22.75
Median % change year-on-year -19.71% -9.89% +8.33%
75th Percentile £26.60 £21.30 £23.94
90th Percentile £30.38 £24.42 £24.28
East Midlands median hourly rate £17.87 £18.87 £17.66
% change year-on-year -5.30% +6.85% -35.78%

Business Intelligence
Job Vacancy Trend in Leicestershire

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

Business Intelligence job vacancy trend in Leicestershire

Business Intelligence
Daily Rate Trend in Leicestershire

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

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

Business Intelligence
Daily Rate Histogram in Leicestershire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Intelligence in Leicestershire over the 6 months to 18 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Business Intelligence in Leicestershire

Business Intelligence
Hourly Rate Trend in Leicestershire

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

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

Business Intelligence
Contract Job Locations in Leicestershire

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 Leicestershire region over the 6 months to 18 September 2026. 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
Leicester +5 13 £625 - 20
Market Harborough - 2 £525 -
Coalville - 1 - - 2
Business Intelligence
East Midlands

Business Intelligence
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leicestershire 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 4 (20.00%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 4 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (5.00%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 12 (60.00%) Power Platform
2 10 (50.00%) Azure
3 4 (20.00%) Microsoft Copilot
3 4 (20.00%) Power Automate
4 1 (5.00%) Azure Data Factory
4 1 (5.00%) Azure Databricks
4 1 (5.00%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (5.00%) Lucidchart
4 1 (5.00%) Salesforce Service Cloud
4 1 (5.00%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (60.00%) Power BI
2 3 (15.00%) Power Query
3 2 (10.00%) SQL Server
4 1 (5.00%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 4 (20.00%) Oracle Forms
2 1 (5.00%) JIRA
General
1 8 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 7 (35.00%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (20.00%) Manufacturing
3 4 (20.00%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (5.00%) Finance
4 1 (5.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (5.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 10 (50.00%) Developer
2 8 (40.00%) Senior
2 8 (40.00%) Senior Developer
2 8 (40.00%) Senior SQL Developer
2 8 (40.00%) SQL Developer
3 7 (35.00%) Analyst
4 5 (25.00%) Data Analyst
5 3 (15.00%) Lead
6 2 (10.00%) Business Analyst
7 1 (5.00%) Architect
7 1 (5.00%) Business Intelligence Developer
7 1 (5.00%) Data Scientist
7 1 (5.00%) Lead Architect
7 1 (5.00%) Lead Business Analyst
7 1 (5.00%) Lead Developer
7 1 (5.00%) Lead Solutions Architect
7 1 (5.00%) Salesforce Architect
7 1 (5.00%) SAP Analyst
7 1 (5.00%) SAP Business Analyst
7 1 (5.00%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (20.00%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (5.00%) Lightning Web Components
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.00%) Data Structures
1 1 (5.00%) Driving Licence
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (40.00%) Actionable Insight
1 8 (40.00%) ERP
2 7 (35.00%) Analytics
2 7 (35.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 7 (35.00%) Data Analysis
2 7 (35.00%) Process Improvement
3 6 (30.00%) Dashboard Development
3 6 (30.00%) Decision-Making
3 6 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (20.00%) Data Governance
4 4 (20.00%) Data Management
4 4 (20.00%) Digital Enablement
4 4 (20.00%) Digital Innovation
4 4 (20.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
4 4 (20.00%) Inventory Management
4 4 (20.00%) Master Data Management
4 4 (20.00%) Task Automation
4 4 (20.00%) Trend Analysis
4 4 (20.00%) User Experience
4 4 (20.00%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 11 (55.00%) SQL
2 3 (15.00%) Python
3 2 (10.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 1 (5.00%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 1 (5.00%) Azure Certification
1 1 (5.00%) Six Sigma Green Belt
1 1 (5.00%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (20.00%) Data Quality
2 1 (5.00%) QA
Vendors
1 9 (45.00%) Databricks
2 6 (30.00%) Microsoft
3 5 (25.00%) Oracle
3 5 (25.00%) SAP
4 1 (5.00%) JD Edwards
4 1 (5.00%) Salesforce
4 1 (5.00%) ServiceNow