Business Intelligence Contract Job Trends in London

Business Intelligence (BI)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring Business Intelligence skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 31 34 41
Rank change year-on-year +3 +7 +13
Contract jobs citing Business Intelligence 933 759 839
As % of all contract jobs in London 6.52% 5.44% 4.67%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.13% 6.02% 5.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 611 506 570
10th Percentile £325 £300 £363
25th Percentile £407 £409 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £513 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.39% -6.82% -
75th Percentile £588 £634 £650
90th Percentile £700 £738 £738
England median daily rate £490 £500 £510
% change year-on-year -2.00% -1.96% -2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 7 15
10th Percentile £18.25 £24.65 £22.45
25th Percentile £19.02 £27.67 £30.62
Median hourly rate £31.65 £52.50 £38.00
Median % change year-on-year -39.71% +38.16% +69.00%
75th Percentile £42.23 £53.75 £48.29
90th Percentile £56.20 £64.25 £51.80
England median hourly rate £23.75 £28.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year -15.18% -3.45% +6.42%

All Process & Methodology Skills
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 13,078 12,600 15,967
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 91.33% 90.28% 88.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,638 8,043 11,412
10th Percentile £350 £350 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £563
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -2.22% -6.25%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 221 153 257
10th Percentile £18.25 £18.60 £16.48
25th Percentile £24.61 £23.80 £19.99
Median hourly rate £32.50 £35.00 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +7.69% -13.33%
75th Percentile £53.75 £53.75 £53.75
90th Percentile £69.36 £80.60 £73.75
England median hourly rate £25.15 £34.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year -27.10% -18.82% +21.43%

Business Intelligence
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Business Intelligence job vacancy trend in London

Business Intelligence
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

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

Business Intelligence
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Intelligence in London over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Business Intelligence in London

Business Intelligence
Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

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

Business Intelligence
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Business Intelligence in London over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Business Intelligence in London

Business Intelligence
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 within the London region over the 6 months to 14 January 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
Central London +14 127 £500 -13.04% 45
West London -6 24 £600 +29.73% 16
East London -5 4 £495 +13.14% 7
South London -16 3 £475 -5.00% 4
North London +1 2 £500 +96.08% 3
Business Intelligence
England

Business Intelligence
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 67 (7.18%) SharePoint
2 38 (4.07%) Confluence
3 35 (3.75%) Apache Spark
4 23 (2.47%) Apache Airflow
5 22 (2.36%) Apache
6 19 (2.04%) HCL Notes
7 10 (1.07%) Oracle Workflow
8 9 (0.96%) Mendix
9 8 (0.86%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 4 (0.43%) Jupyter
11 3 (0.32%) IIS
11 3 (0.32%) Tomcat
12 2 (0.21%) ArcGIS
12 2 (0.21%) Luigi
12 2 (0.21%) Microsoft Exchange
12 2 (0.21%) Moodle
12 2 (0.21%) Oracle Application Server
12 2 (0.21%) SAS
12 2 (0.21%) WebSphere
13 1 (0.11%) SAP Portal
Applications
1 145 (15.54%) Microsoft Excel
2 28 (3.00%) Microsoft Office
3 27 (2.89%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 17 (1.82%) MS Visio
5 16 (1.71%) Microsoft Project
6 4 (0.43%) Spreadsheet
7 3 (0.32%) Notion
7 3 (0.32%) Trello
8 1 (0.11%) Adobe After Effects
8 1 (0.11%) Adobe Premiere
8 1 (0.11%) Adobe XD
8 1 (0.11%) Oracle Smart View
8 1 (0.11%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 37 (3.97%) Dynamics CRM
2 13 (1.39%) SAP S/4HANA
3 12 (1.29%) Oracle Payables
4 10 (1.07%) Oracle General Ledger
5 9 (0.96%) Oracle Financials
6 7 (0.75%) Oracle ERP
7 6 (0.64%) Loan IQ
7 6 (0.64%) Oracle EBS
7 6 (0.64%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
8 5 (0.54%) Oracle Assets
9 4 (0.43%) Oracle Receivables
9 4 (0.43%) Remedy ITSM
10 3 (0.32%) Aladdin
10 3 (0.32%) NetSuite
10 3 (0.32%) Oracle EBS R12
10 3 (0.32%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
10 3 (0.32%) Salesforce CRM
11 2 (0.21%) FIS Private Capital Suite
11 2 (0.21%) iTrent
11 2 (0.21%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 682 (73.10%) Power Platform
2 325 (34.83%) Azure
3 129 (13.83%) Power Automate
4 117 (12.54%) AWS
5 115 (12.33%) PowerApps
6 87 (9.32%) Azure DevOps
7 83 (8.90%) Azure Data Factory
8 71 (7.61%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 71 (7.61%) Snowflake
9 70 (7.50%) Dynamics 365
10 57 (6.11%) Microsoft 365
11 53 (5.68%) GCP
12 49 (5.25%) Serverless
13 39 (4.18%) GitHub
14 35 (3.75%) Azure Logic Apps
15 33 (3.54%) dbt
16 32 (3.43%) Azure Functions
17 30 (3.22%) Amazon S3
18 22 (2.36%) Microsoft Copilot
19 21 (2.25%) Collibra
Communications & Networking
1 8 (0.86%) Network Security
2 7 (0.75%) Wireless
3 6 (0.64%) VPN
3 6 (0.64%) WAN
4 5 (0.54%) Firewall
4 5 (0.54%) HTTP
4 5 (0.54%) LAN
4 5 (0.54%) SD-WAN
5 4 (0.43%) BGP
5 4 (0.43%) BIG-IP
5 4 (0.43%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
5 4 (0.43%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
5 4 (0.43%) OSPF
6 1 (0.11%) DNS
6 1 (0.11%) Internet
6 1 (0.11%) NGN
6 1 (0.11%) SAN
6 1 (0.11%) Skype
6 1 (0.11%) Unified Communications
6 1 (0.11%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 676 (72.45%) Power BI
2 140 (15.01%) Tableau
3 137 (14.68%) Data Warehouse
4 96 (10.29%) Data Lake
5 84 (9.00%) SQL Server
6 49 (5.25%) Metadata
7 44 (4.72%) Power Query
8 41 (4.39%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 35 (3.75%) Relational Database
10 31 (3.32%) Azure SQL Database
10 31 (3.32%) Oracle BI Publisher
11 29 (3.11%) Oracle Reports
11 29 (3.11%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 28 (3.00%) Oracle Database
13 26 (2.79%) BigQuery
14 25 (2.68%) Delta Lake
15 24 (2.57%) Looker
16 22 (2.36%) Amazon Athena
17 21 (2.25%) Amazon Redshift
17 21 (2.25%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 65 (6.97%) JIRA
2 40 (4.29%) Git
3 15 (1.61%) Visual Studio
4 13 (1.39%) GitLab
5 10 (1.07%) Jenkins
6 6 (0.64%) Oracle Forms
6 6 (0.64%) SonarQube
7 4 (0.43%) ERwin
7 4 (0.43%) MLflow
7 4 (0.43%) Team Foundation Server
8 3 (0.32%) Oracle APEX
8 3 (0.32%) Selenium
9 2 (0.21%) Cypress.io
9 2 (0.21%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 2 (0.21%) Terragrunt
10 1 (0.11%) DBeaver
10 1 (0.11%) ER Studio
10 1 (0.11%) Metasploit
10 1 (0.11%) Visual Studio Code
10 1 (0.11%) Visual Studio Coded UI
General
1 385 (41.26%) Finance
2 284 (30.44%) Social Skills
3 196 (21.01%) Analytical Skills
4 131 (14.04%) Public Sector
5 93 (9.97%) Marketing
6 91 (9.75%) Banking
7 57 (6.11%) Manufacturing
7 57 (6.11%) Telecoms
8 52 (5.57%) Electronics
9 29 (3.11%) Financial Institution
10 26 (2.79%) Retail
11 22 (2.36%) Investment Banking
12 19 (2.04%) Front Office
13 18 (1.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 18 (1.93%) Legal
14 16 (1.71%) Organisational Skills
15 15 (1.61%) Documentation Skills
15 15 (1.61%) Local Government
15 15 (1.61%) Presentation Skills
16 14 (1.50%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 206 (22.08%) Analyst
2 185 (19.83%) Developer
3 133 (14.26%) Data Engineer
4 96 (10.29%) Senior
5 85 (9.11%) Lead
6 78 (8.36%) Data Analyst
7 74 (7.93%) Business Analyst
8 66 (7.07%) Architect
9 60 (6.43%) Consultant
10 53 (5.68%) Business Intelligence Developer
11 34 (3.64%) Power BI Developer
12 31 (3.32%) Power Platform Developer
13 29 (3.11%) Data Architect
14 27 (2.89%) Azure Engineer
15 24 (2.57%) Senior Data Engineer
16 23 (2.47%) Data Scientist
16 23 (2.47%) Project Manager
17 21 (2.25%) Azure Data Engineer
17 21 (2.25%) Senior Analyst
17 21 (2.25%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 53 (5.68%) PySpark
2 50 (5.36%) .NET
3 33 (3.54%) REST
4 29 (3.11%) Kafka
5 23 (2.47%) Oracle Fusion
6 21 (2.25%) Pandas
7 15 (1.61%) .NET Framework
7 15 (1.61%) HTML
7 15 (1.61%) JSON
7 15 (1.61%) React
7 15 (1.61%) SOAP
8 14 (1.50%) scikit-learn
9 12 (1.29%) NumPy
10 11 (1.18%) HTML5 Canvas
10 11 (1.18%) Middleware
11 10 (1.07%) Spark Streaming
12 9 (0.96%) Great Expectations
12 9 (0.96%) SailPoint
12 9 (0.96%) XML
13 8 (0.86%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 33 (3.54%) Data Structures
1 33 (3.54%) Product Ownership
2 26 (2.79%) Analytical Mindset
3 21 (2.25%) Onboarding
4 19 (2.04%) Data Protection Act
5 18 (1.93%) Cloud Native
6 17 (1.82%) Legacy Systems
6 17 (1.82%) Management Information System
7 16 (1.71%) Low-Code
8 14 (1.50%) Data Centre
9 13 (1.39%) Derivative
10 12 (1.29%) Algorithms
10 12 (1.29%) Virtual Team
11 11 (1.18%) Self-Motivation
12 10 (1.07%) Reinsurance
13 9 (0.96%) Enterprise Software
13 9 (0.96%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 9 (0.96%) NHS
14 8 (0.86%) Distributed Computing
14 8 (0.86%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 25 (2.68%) Windows
2 14 (1.50%) Windows Server
3 8 (0.86%) Unix
4 7 (0.75%) Android
4 7 (0.75%) Mac OS
5 6 (0.64%) Linux
6 3 (0.32%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 359 (38.48%) Analytics
2 269 (28.83%) Data Modelling
3 213 (22.83%) Agile
4 206 (22.08%) Visualisation
5 191 (20.47%) ETL
6 160 (17.15%) Decision-Making
7 154 (16.51%) Stakeholder Management
8 153 (16.40%) Data Governance
9 144 (15.43%) DevOps
10 143 (15.33%) Problem-Solving
11 139 (14.90%) Data Engineering
12 127 (13.61%) CI/CD
13 125 (13.40%) Data Analysis
14 118 (12.65%) Data Visualisation
15 111 (11.90%) Data Pipeline
16 110 (11.79%) AI
17 105 (11.25%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 104 (11.15%) Dashboard Development
19 103 (11.04%) Actionable Insight
20 101 (10.83%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 459 (49.20%) SQL
2 232 (24.87%) Python
3 71 (7.61%) C#
4 58 (6.22%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 49 (5.25%) JavaScript
6 45 (4.82%) PL/SQL
7 35 (3.75%) R
8 33 (3.54%) T-SQL
9 30 (3.22%) PowerShell
10 23 (2.47%) Java
11 16 (1.71%) VBA
12 15 (1.61%) Bicep
13 14 (1.50%) Scala
14 12 (1.29%) TypeScript
15 10 (1.07%) Formula Language
15 10 (1.07%) LotusScript
16 6 (0.64%) Groovy
17 5 (0.54%) Korn
18 4 (0.43%) MATLAB
19 3 (0.32%) VB
Qualifications
1 146 (15.65%) Security Cleared
2 131 (14.04%) SC Cleared
3 84 (9.00%) Degree
4 27 (2.89%) Computer Science Degree
5 26 (2.79%) Azure Certification
6 19 (2.04%) Microsoft Certification
6 19 (2.04%) PMI Certification
7 15 (1.61%) PMP
8 13 (1.39%) Master's Degree
9 10 (1.07%) AWS Certification
10 8 (0.86%) CFA
11 7 (0.75%) ACCA
11 7 (0.75%) CBAP
12 6 (0.64%) CIMA
13 5 (0.54%) BPSS Clearance
13 5 (0.54%) CCIE
13 5 (0.54%) CCNP
13 5 (0.54%) Cisco Certification
14 4 (0.43%) DV Cleared
14 4 (0.43%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 178 (19.08%) Data Quality
2 63 (6.75%) GDPR
2 63 (6.75%) QA
3 42 (4.50%) PMO
4 29 (3.11%) Accessibility
5 16 (1.71%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 7 (0.75%) GRC
6 7 (0.75%) HIPAA
6 7 (0.75%) IFRS
7 5 (0.54%) Actionable Recommendations
7 5 (0.54%) GAAP
7 5 (0.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 5 (0.54%) SLA
8 4 (0.43%) Basel III
8 4 (0.43%) IFRS 9
9 3 (0.32%) NIST
9 3 (0.32%) P3O
10 2 (0.21%) IFRS 17
10 2 (0.21%) MiFID
10 2 (0.21%) WCAG
System Software
1 19 (2.04%) Active Directory
2 18 (1.93%) Docker
3 1 (0.11%) Oracle RAC
3 1 (0.11%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.11%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 49 (5.25%) Terraform
2 24 (2.57%) Kubernetes
3 5 (0.54%) Ansible
4 4 (0.43%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (0.32%) Control-M
5 3 (0.32%) RSA Archer
6 2 (0.21%) HP ALM
6 2 (0.21%) SCCM
6 2 (0.21%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.21%) vRealize
7 1 (0.11%) Grafana
7 1 (0.11%) Jamf Pro
7 1 (0.11%) Kubeflow
7 1 (0.11%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.11%) Puppet
7 1 (0.11%) SCOM
7 1 (0.11%) Thomson Reuters DACS
7 1 (0.11%) WSUS
Vendors
1 268 (28.72%) Microsoft
2 109 (11.68%) Databricks
3 108 (11.58%) Oracle
4 100 (10.72%) SAP
5 35 (3.75%) ServiceNow
6 34 (3.64%) Salesforce
7 33 (3.54%) Google
8 19 (2.04%) Lotus
9 18 (1.93%) Cisco
10 17 (1.82%) Alteryx
10 17 (1.82%) Informatica
11 13 (1.39%) Citrix
12 12 (1.29%) Planview
13 10 (1.07%) Workday
14 9 (0.96%) HP
14 9 (0.96%) Kofax
15 8 (0.86%) MuleSoft
15 8 (0.86%) Remedy
16 7 (0.75%) Apple
16 7 (0.75%) MicroStrategy