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

6 months to
26 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 39 36 42
Rank change year-on-year -3 +6 +8
Contract jobs citing Business Intelligence 1,097 771 818
As % of all contract jobs in London 5.46% 5.76% 5.03%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.14% 6.23% 5.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 731 522 587
10th Percentile £358 £332 £305
25th Percentile £425 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £520
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +0.96% -0.95%
75th Percentile £603 £638 £620
90th Percentile £688 £788 £731
England median daily rate £500 £500 £500
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 15 15
10th Percentile £16.70 £21.67 £25.70
25th Percentile £20.75 £30.54 £35.92
Median hourly rate £26.95 £34.65 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -22.23% -34.00% +22.81%
75th Percentile £30.59 £47.23 £72.88
90th Percentile £57.50 £74.75 £84.75
England median hourly rate £29.96 £32.03 £30.00
% change year-on-year -6.45% +6.75% -7.18%

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 17,880 12,372 14,463
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.06% 92.50% 88.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,699 8,236 9,976
10th Percentile £360 £325 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% -1.82% -4.35%
75th Percentile £660 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £784 £800
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 291 254 191
10th Percentile £17.25 £16.50 £17.25
25th Percentile £19.85 £24.77 £22.00
Median hourly rate £35.50 £30.75 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +15.47% -12.16% -12.50%
75th Percentile £56.63 £48.44 £53.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.75 £71.25
England median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +74.79% -41.51% +1.18%

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 26 August 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 26 August 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 26 August 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 -3 150 £550 -0.45% 103
West London -4 24 £555 - 28
South London -6 12 £463 +42.31% 4
North London +1 4 £450 - 1
East London -4 1 £350 -33.33% 13
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 87 (7.93%) SharePoint
2 43 (3.92%) Confluence
3 38 (3.46%) Apache Airflow
4 33 (3.01%) Apache Spark
5 23 (2.10%) Apache
6 9 (0.82%) Oracle Workflow
6 9 (0.82%) SAS
7 7 (0.64%) Microsoft Exchange
8 5 (0.46%) Apache Solr
8 5 (0.46%) CMS
8 5 (0.46%) Mendix
9 4 (0.36%) Palantir Foundry
10 3 (0.27%) ArcGIS
10 3 (0.27%) HCL Notes
10 3 (0.27%) Kentico
11 2 (0.18%) PowerExchange
12 1 (0.091%) Appian
12 1 (0.091%) IIS
12 1 (0.091%) Oracle Self-Service HR
12 1 (0.091%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 154 (14.04%) Microsoft Excel
2 27 (2.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 19 (1.73%) Microsoft Project
4 18 (1.64%) MS Visio
5 15 (1.37%) Microsoft Office
6 11 (1.00%) Spreadsheet
7 5 (0.46%) Chatbot
8 3 (0.27%) Oracle Smart View
9 2 (0.18%) CPLEX
9 2 (0.18%) Notion
Business Applications
1 30 (2.73%) Dynamics CRM
2 11 (1.00%) Oracle EBS
3 10 (0.91%) Oracle Payables
4 9 (0.82%) Aladdin
5 8 (0.73%) Oracle Financials
5 8 (0.73%) Oracle General Ledger
5 8 (0.73%) Oracle Receivables
6 6 (0.55%) Oracle Assets
6 6 (0.55%) Oracle FAH
6 6 (0.55%) Remedy ITSM
7 5 (0.46%) BambooHR
8 4 (0.36%) iTrent
8 4 (0.36%) Oracle E-Business Tax
8 4 (0.36%) Oracle Internet Expenses
8 4 (0.36%) Oracle iProcurement
8 4 (0.36%) SAP S/4HANA
8 4 (0.36%) Workday HCM
9 3 (0.27%) Oracle Applications
9 3 (0.27%) Oracle ERP
9 3 (0.27%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 828 (75.48%) Power Platform
2 378 (34.46%) Azure
3 158 (14.40%) AWS
4 115 (10.48%) Power Automate
5 114 (10.39%) Snowflake
6 108 (9.85%) PowerApps
7 100 (9.12%) Azure DevOps
8 94 (8.57%) Dynamics 365
9 85 (7.75%) Azure Data Factory
10 80 (7.29%) dbt
11 72 (6.56%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 64 (5.83%) GCP
13 63 (5.74%) Microsoft Copilot
13 63 (5.74%) Serverless
14 59 (5.38%) Microsoft 365
15 52 (4.74%) GitHub
16 49 (4.47%) Amazon S3
17 37 (3.37%) AWS Lambda
18 34 (3.10%) Microsoft Purview
19 30 (2.73%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 11 (1.00%) DNS
2 10 (0.91%) Firewall
2 10 (0.91%) VPN
3 4 (0.36%) Network Security
4 3 (0.27%) DHCP
4 3 (0.27%) FTP
4 3 (0.27%) Internet
5 2 (0.18%) Broadband
5 2 (0.18%) NAS
5 2 (0.18%) SAN
5 2 (0.18%) SSL
6 1 (0.091%) HTTP
6 1 (0.091%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (0.091%) LAN
6 1 (0.091%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.091%) SSH
6 1 (0.091%) VoIP
6 1 (0.091%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 826 (75.30%) Power BI
2 210 (19.14%) Data Warehouse
3 168 (15.31%) Tableau
4 100 (9.12%) Data Lake
5 72 (6.56%) Power Query
6 68 (6.20%) SQL Server
7 55 (5.01%) Metadata
8 54 (4.92%) Star Schema
9 51 (4.65%) Amazon Redshift
10 43 (3.92%) BigQuery
11 37 (3.37%) Amazon Athena
11 37 (3.37%) Looker
12 34 (3.10%) Relational Database
12 34 (3.10%) Semantic Layer
12 34 (3.10%) Snowflake Schema
13 31 (2.83%) Oracle BI Publisher
14 26 (2.37%) Azure SQL Database
14 26 (2.37%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 24 (2.19%) SQL Server Reporting Services
16 22 (2.01%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 83 (7.57%) JIRA
2 45 (4.10%) Git
3 22 (2.01%) GitLab
4 11 (1.00%) Jenkins
5 10 (0.91%) Oracle Forms
6 6 (0.55%) Visual Studio
7 5 (0.46%) RStudio
7 5 (0.46%) Selenium
8 4 (0.36%) ERwin
8 4 (0.36%) JDeveloper
8 4 (0.36%) JMeter
8 4 (0.36%) MLflow
8 4 (0.36%) Terragrunt
9 3 (0.27%) ER Studio
9 3 (0.27%) PowerDesigner
10 2 (0.18%) Bitbucket
10 2 (0.18%) Charles Proxy
10 2 (0.18%) LoadRunner
10 2 (0.18%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 2 (0.18%) WebDriver
General
1 397 (36.19%) Finance
2 348 (31.72%) Social Skills
3 239 (21.79%) Analytical Skills
4 109 (9.94%) Banking
5 91 (8.30%) Public Sector
6 66 (6.02%) Retail
7 52 (4.74%) Marketing
8 42 (3.83%) Law
9 35 (3.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 28 (2.55%) Documentation Skills
11 23 (2.10%) Organisational Skills
12 22 (2.01%) Local Government
13 21 (1.91%) Investment Banking
14 19 (1.73%) Telecoms
15 17 (1.55%) Financial Institution
16 16 (1.46%) Legal
16 16 (1.46%) Manufacturing
17 15 (1.37%) Front Office
18 14 (1.28%) Influencing Skills
19 13 (1.19%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 275 (25.07%) Analyst
2 173 (15.77%) Developer
3 169 (15.41%) Architect
4 133 (12.12%) Data Engineer
5 124 (11.30%) Senior
6 116 (10.57%) Data Analyst
7 104 (9.48%) Lead
8 85 (7.75%) Business Analyst
9 64 (5.83%) Business Intelligence Developer
10 62 (5.65%) Consultant
11 60 (5.47%) Data Architect
12 48 (4.38%) Power BI Developer
13 42 (3.83%) Lead Architect
14 41 (3.74%) Power Platform Developer
15 35 (3.19%) Senior Developer
16 34 (3.10%) Business Intelligence Analyst
17 32 (2.92%) Functional Architect
17 32 (2.92%) Solutions Architect
18 30 (2.73%) Senior Data Engineer
19 28 (2.55%) Report Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 83 (7.57%) PySpark
2 69 (6.29%) Terraform
3 55 (5.01%) .NET
4 47 (4.28%) REST
5 30 (2.73%) Kafka
6 24 (2.19%) Oracle Fusion
7 20 (1.82%) JSON
7 20 (1.82%) React
8 15 (1.37%) Middleware
9 14 (1.28%) HTML5 Canvas
9 14 (1.28%) XML
10 13 (1.19%) HTML
11 11 (1.00%) CSS
12 10 (0.91%) Great Expectations
12 10 (0.91%) SOAP
13 9 (0.82%) .NET Framework
13 9 (0.82%) OAuth
13 9 (0.82%) RESTful
14 8 (0.73%) Apache Avro
14 8 (0.73%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 50 (4.56%) Data Structures
2 48 (4.38%) Product Ownership
3 43 (3.92%) Cloud Native
4 35 (3.19%) Onboarding
5 31 (2.83%) Legacy Systems
6 28 (2.55%) Management Information System
7 17 (1.55%) Analytical Mindset
7 17 (1.55%) Self-Motivation
8 15 (1.37%) Low-Code
9 13 (1.19%) Data Protection Act
9 13 (1.19%) Enterprise Software
9 13 (1.19%) FMCG
9 13 (1.19%) Reference Data
10 12 (1.09%) Clustering
10 12 (1.09%) Distributed Systems
11 10 (0.91%) CMDB
11 10 (0.91%) NHS
11 10 (0.91%) Reinsurance
11 10 (0.91%) Virtual Team
12 9 (0.82%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 22 (2.01%) Windows
2 18 (1.64%) Linux
3 12 (1.09%) Unix
4 8 (0.73%) Windows Server
5 4 (0.36%) Android
5 4 (0.36%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.18%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.091%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 447 (40.75%) Analytics
2 347 (31.63%) Data Modelling
3 284 (25.89%) Agile
4 242 (22.06%) Stakeholder Management
5 235 (21.42%) AI
6 223 (20.33%) CI/CD
7 219 (19.96%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 207 (18.87%) Migration
9 203 (18.51%) ETL
10 194 (17.68%) Decision-Making
11 192 (17.50%) Data Engineering
12 191 (17.41%) DevOps
13 184 (16.77%) Data Governance
14 174 (15.86%) Problem-Solving
15 168 (15.31%) Visualisation
16 167 (15.22%) Data Pipeline
17 144 (13.13%) Continuous Improvement
18 138 (12.58%) Validation
19 136 (12.40%) Data Analysis
19 136 (12.40%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 496 (45.21%) SQL
2 286 (26.07%) Python
3 122 (11.12%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 61 (5.56%) JavaScript
5 59 (5.38%) C#
6 42 (3.83%) PowerShell
7 31 (2.83%) T-SQL
8 27 (2.46%) R
9 21 (1.91%) PL/SQL
10 19 (1.73%) Java
11 17 (1.55%) VBA
12 16 (1.46%) TypeScript
13 10 (0.91%) Scala
14 9 (0.82%) Shell Script
15 6 (0.55%) Bash
15 6 (0.55%) Korn
16 5 (0.46%) Bicep
17 4 (0.36%) Kusto Query Language
17 4 (0.36%) LookML
18 3 (0.27%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 180 (16.41%) Security Cleared
2 156 (14.22%) SC Cleared
3 66 (6.02%) Degree
4 26 (2.37%) Azure Certification
4 26 (2.37%) Microsoft Certification
5 19 (1.73%) DBS Check
6 17 (1.55%) AWS Certification
7 15 (1.37%) Computer Science Degree
8 13 (1.19%) BPSS Clearance
9 10 (0.91%) DV Cleared
10 8 (0.73%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 8 (0.73%) PMI Certification
11 6 (0.55%) Master's Degree
12 5 (0.46%) PMP
12 5 (0.46%) Tableau Certification
13 4 (0.36%) ACCA
13 4 (0.36%) SnowPro
14 3 (0.27%) CISM
14 3 (0.27%) CISSP
14 3 (0.27%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 246 (22.42%) Data Quality
2 61 (5.56%) QA
3 57 (5.20%) GDPR
4 38 (3.46%) PMO
5 22 (2.01%) Accessibility
6 10 (0.91%) SLA
7 8 (0.73%) Actionable Recommendations
8 7 (0.64%) Solvency II
9 6 (0.55%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 4 (0.36%) ISO 20022
10 4 (0.36%) NCSC
10 4 (0.36%) PCI DSS
11 3 (0.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 3 (0.27%) P3O
12 2 (0.18%) Basel III
12 2 (0.18%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 2 (0.18%) COBIT
12 2 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials
12 2 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 1 (0.091%) IFRS 17
System Software
1 20 (1.82%) Active Directory
2 17 (1.55%) Docker
3 9 (0.82%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.18%) BitLocker
4 2 (0.18%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.091%) RACF
5 1 (0.091%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 17 (1.55%) Kubernetes
2 13 (1.19%) Ansible
3 11 (1.00%) Grafana
4 9 (0.82%) Microsoft Intune
4 9 (0.82%) Prometheus
5 6 (0.55%) Microsoft Clustering
6 5 (0.46%) Control-M
6 5 (0.46%) Single Sign-On
7 3 (0.27%) SCCM
8 2 (0.18%) SCOM
9 1 (0.091%) Apache Ranger
9 1 (0.091%) Nessus
9 1 (0.091%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 1 (0.091%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 375 (34.18%) Microsoft
2 152 (13.86%) Databricks
3 89 (8.11%) Oracle
4 34 (3.10%) ServiceNow
5 28 (2.55%) SAP
6 26 (2.37%) Google
7 23 (2.10%) Salesforce
8 21 (1.91%) Informatica
9 19 (1.73%) Alteryx
10 14 (1.28%) Workday
11 10 (0.91%) MicroStrategy
12 9 (0.82%) Dynatrace
12 9 (0.82%) Palantir
12 9 (0.82%) VMware
13 8 (0.73%) Adobe
13 8 (0.73%) Splunk
14 7 (0.64%) AppDynamics
15 6 (0.55%) BMC
15 6 (0.55%) Infoblox
15 6 (0.55%) Remedy