Business Intelligence Developer Contract Job Trends in London

BI Developer
England > London

The median BI Developer daily rate in London is £503, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 18 December 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 326 316 327
Rank change year-on-year -10 +11 +109
Contract jobs requiring a Business Intelligence Developer 43 53 78
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.30% 0.35% 0.41%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.33% 0.38% 0.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 45 68
10th Percentile £379 £363 £322
25th Percentile £413 £450 £434
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £503 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.29% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £730 £588 £608
90th Percentile £800 £675 £641
England median daily rate £450 £450 £482
% change year-on-year - -6.54% +1.37%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in London with a recognized job title 13,187 14,093 17,699
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.31% 93.53% 93.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,735 9,130 12,805
10th Percentile £343 £335 £330
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £550 £563
Median % change year-on-year -3.18% -2.22% -3.02%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £684
90th Percentile £759 £799 £788
England median daily rate £510 £525 £533
% change year-on-year -2.86% -1.50% -3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 228 153 211
10th Percentile £17.50 £18.47 £17.75
25th Percentile £22.38 £23.80 £21.50
Median hourly rate £29.65 £35.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.30% - -
75th Percentile £57.13 £53.75 £58.75
90th Percentile £76.58 £80.75 £72.50
England median hourly rate £26.50 £36.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -26.39% -20.00% +38.46%

Business Intelligence Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Business Intelligence Developer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

Business Intelligence Developer job vacancy trend in London

Business Intelligence Developer
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Business Intelligence Developer job vacancies in London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Business Intelligence Developer job vacancies in London

Business Intelligence Developer
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Intelligence Developer in London over the 6 months to 18 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Business Intelligence Developer in London

Business Intelligence Developer
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Business Intelligence Developer job vacancies in London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Business Intelligence Developer job vacancies in London

Business Intelligence Developer
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Business Intelligence Developer within the London region over the 6 months to 18 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
Central London +3 8 £583 -7.54% 1
Business Intelligence Developer
England

Business Intelligence Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 18 December 2025, Business Intelligence Developer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the London region featuring Business Intelligence Developer in the job title.

1 43 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
2 37 (86.05%) Power BI
2 37 (86.05%) Power Platform
3 28 (65.12%) SQL
4 19 (44.19%) Data Modelling
4 19 (44.19%) Visualisation
5 18 (41.86%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 16 (37.21%) Analytics
6 16 (37.21%) Power Query
7 15 (34.88%) ETL
8 14 (32.56%) Azure
9 12 (27.91%) Data Warehouse
10 11 (25.58%) SC Cleared
10 11 (25.58%) Security Cleared
11 10 (23.26%) Decision-Making
12 9 (20.93%) Python
13 8 (18.60%) Microsoft Excel
14 7 (16.28%) Actionable Insight
14 7 (16.28%) Data Visualisation
15 6 (13.95%) Databricks
15 6 (13.95%) Microsoft
15 6 (13.95%) Oracle BI EE
15 6 (13.95%) Performance Optimisation
16 5 (11.63%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 5 (11.63%) Dashboard Development
16 5 (11.63%) Data Analysis
16 5 (11.63%) Data Engineering
16 5 (11.63%) Data Pipeline
16 5 (11.63%) Data Quality
16 5 (11.63%) Oracle

Business Intelligence Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 (9.30%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.33%) Oracle Application Server
Applications
1 8 (18.60%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (2.33%) FLEXCUBE
1 1 (2.33%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (2.33%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 37 (86.05%) Power Platform
2 14 (32.56%) Azure
3 5 (11.63%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 3 (6.98%) AWS
4 3 (6.98%) Azure Data Factory
4 3 (6.98%) Power Automate
5 2 (4.65%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (4.65%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (4.65%) GCP
5 2 (4.65%) PowerApps
5 2 (4.65%) Snowflake
6 1 (2.33%) Azure Logic Apps
6 1 (2.33%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (2.33%) Microsoft Copilot
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (86.05%) Power BI
2 16 (37.21%) Power Query
3 12 (27.91%) Data Warehouse
4 6 (13.95%) Oracle BI EE
5 5 (11.63%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 4 (9.30%) Data Lake
6 4 (9.30%) Oracle Database
6 4 (9.30%) Oracle ODI
6 4 (9.30%) SQL Server
6 4 (9.30%) Star Schema
7 3 (6.98%) Oracle Reports
7 3 (6.98%) Relational Database
7 3 (6.98%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 2 (4.65%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
8 2 (4.65%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 2 (4.65%) Snowflake Schema
8 2 (4.65%) Tableau
9 1 (2.33%) Amazon Athena
9 1 (2.33%) BigQuery
9 1 (2.33%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 1 (2.33%) Git
1 1 (2.33%) Oracle Forms
1 1 (2.33%) Visual Studio
General
1 20 (46.51%) Finance
2 11 (25.58%) Social Skills
3 8 (18.60%) Banking
4 7 (16.28%) Public Sector
5 5 (11.63%) Front Office
5 5 (11.63%) Investment Banking
6 4 (9.30%) Financial Institution
7 3 (6.98%) Back Office
7 3 (6.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (4.65%) Analytical Skills
8 2 (4.65%) Law
8 2 (4.65%) Legal
9 1 (2.33%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (2.33%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (2.33%) Retail
9 1 (2.33%) Retail Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.65%) Oracle Fusion
1 2 (4.65%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 3 (6.98%) Data Structures
1 3 (6.98%) Derivative
1 3 (6.98%) Equities
1 3 (6.98%) Reference Data
2 2 (4.65%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 1 (2.33%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (2.33%) Fixed Income
3 1 (2.33%) Freedom of Information
3 1 (2.33%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.65%) Linux
1 2 (4.65%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
2 19 (44.19%) Data Modelling
2 19 (44.19%) Visualisation
3 16 (37.21%) Analytics
4 15 (34.88%) ETL
5 10 (23.26%) Decision-Making
6 7 (16.28%) Actionable Insight
6 7 (16.28%) Data Visualisation
7 6 (13.95%) Performance Optimisation
8 5 (11.63%) Dashboard Development
8 5 (11.63%) Data Analysis
8 5 (11.63%) Data Engineering
8 5 (11.63%) Data Pipeline
9 4 (9.30%) Agile
9 4 (9.30%) Data Transformation
9 4 (9.30%) Unit Testing
10 3 (6.98%) Asset Management
10 3 (6.98%) Data Extraction
10 3 (6.98%) DevOps
10 3 (6.98%) Dimensional Modelling
Programming Languages
1 28 (65.12%) SQL
2 18 (41.86%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 9 (20.93%) Python
4 4 (9.30%) PL/SQL
5 2 (4.65%) Scala
5 2 (4.65%) T-SQL
6 1 (2.33%) Bicep
6 1 (2.33%) C#
6 1 (2.33%) Java
6 1 (2.33%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 11 (25.58%) SC Cleared
1 11 (25.58%) Security Cleared
2 1 (2.33%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (2.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (11.63%) Data Quality
2 3 (6.98%) Accessibility
3 2 (4.65%) QA
4 1 (2.33%) GDPR
4 1 (2.33%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (2.33%) Oracle RAC
Vendors
1 6 (13.95%) Databricks
1 6 (13.95%) Microsoft
2 5 (11.63%) Oracle
3 1 (2.33%) Alteryx
3 1 (2.33%) Bloomberg
3 1 (2.33%) Denodo
3 1 (2.33%) Hyperion
3 1 (2.33%) Reuters
3 1 (2.33%) ServiceNow