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 23 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 35 37 39
Rank change year-on-year +2 +2 +14
Contract jobs citing Business Intelligence 972 727 890
As % of all contract jobs in London 6.26% 5.42% 4.85%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.93% 5.98% 5.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 625 478 614
10th Percentile £350 £300 £363
25th Percentile £415 £414 £432
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £528
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -2.84% -1.86%
75th Percentile £590 £625 £647
90th Percentile £675 £775 £744
England median daily rate £489 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -2.20% - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 10 11
10th Percentile - £24.73 £26.24
25th Percentile £18.25 £28.31 £35.32
Median hourly rate £31.65 £29.07 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.88% -35.40% +100.13%
75th Percentile £42.50 £48.66 £48.29
90th Percentile £55.85 £60.88 £52.50
England median hourly rate £23.75 £28.00 £25.81
% change year-on-year -15.18% +8.49% -4.41%

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 14,026 12,165 16,262
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 90.28% 90.72% 88.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,387 7,830 11,626
10th Percentile £350 £350 £339
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -7.56%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 217 156 348
10th Percentile £17.80 £20.88 £16.00
25th Percentile £22.21 £25.94 £19.45
Median hourly rate £35.00 £37.25 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.04% +24.17% -15.49%
75th Percentile £56.50 £55.25 £49.91
90th Percentile £70.00 £78.58 £72.00
England median hourly rate £27.21 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -22.26% - -

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 23 February 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 23 February 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 23 February 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 +11 130 £521 -3.61% 69
West London +2 35 £601 +33.61% 26
South London -15 14 £463 -5.13% 5
East London +2 5 £495 +23.75% 4
North London -3 1 £500 +96.08% 7
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 61 (6.28%) SharePoint
2 42 (4.32%) Apache Spark
3 35 (3.60%) Confluence
4 27 (2.78%) Apache Airflow
5 26 (2.67%) Apache
6 14 (1.44%) HCL Notes
7 9 (0.93%) Mendix
8 8 (0.82%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 7 (0.72%) Oracle Workflow
10 4 (0.41%) Jupyter
11 3 (0.31%) IIS
12 2 (0.21%) ArcGIS
12 2 (0.21%) Microsoft Exchange
12 2 (0.21%) Oracle Application Server
12 2 (0.21%) WebSphere
13 1 (0.10%) Adobe Experience Manager
13 1 (0.10%) Kentico
13 1 (0.10%) Luigi
13 1 (0.10%) SAP Portal
13 1 (0.10%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 143 (14.71%) Microsoft Excel
2 21 (2.16%) Microsoft Office
2 21 (2.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 18 (1.85%) MS Visio
4 16 (1.65%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.31%) Notion
5 3 (0.31%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.31%) Trello
6 1 (0.10%) Adobe After Effects
6 1 (0.10%) Adobe Premiere
6 1 (0.10%) Adobe XD
6 1 (0.10%) Oracle Smart View
6 1 (0.10%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 32 (3.29%) Dynamics CRM
2 11 (1.13%) SAP S/4HANA
3 10 (1.03%) Oracle Payables
4 9 (0.93%) Oracle General Ledger
5 7 (0.72%) Oracle ERP
5 7 (0.72%) Oracle Financials
5 7 (0.72%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
6 6 (0.62%) Loan IQ
7 5 (0.51%) Oracle Receivables
8 4 (0.41%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 4 (0.41%) Remedy ITSM
9 3 (0.31%) Eloqua
9 3 (0.31%) iTrent
9 3 (0.31%) Oracle Assets
9 3 (0.31%) Oracle Cash Management
9 3 (0.31%) Oracle FAH
10 2 (0.21%) Elite 3E
10 2 (0.21%) SAP BPC
10 2 (0.21%) SAP FS
10 2 (0.21%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 710 (73.05%) Power Platform
2 347 (35.70%) Azure
3 142 (14.61%) AWS
4 122 (12.55%) Power Automate
5 104 (10.70%) PowerApps
6 92 (9.47%) Azure Data Factory
7 88 (9.05%) Azure DevOps
8 84 (8.64%) Snowflake
9 78 (8.02%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 66 (6.79%) Dynamics 365
11 65 (6.69%) GCP
12 63 (6.48%) Microsoft 365
13 54 (5.56%) Serverless
14 46 (4.73%) GitHub
15 41 (4.22%) dbt
16 38 (3.91%) Amazon S3
17 29 (2.98%) Microsoft Copilot
18 28 (2.88%) Azure Functions
19 25 (2.57%) SaaS
20 24 (2.47%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 7 (0.72%) Network Security
1 7 (0.72%) Wireless
2 5 (0.51%) HTTP
3 4 (0.41%) Firewall
3 4 (0.41%) VPN
3 4 (0.41%) WAN
4 3 (0.31%) LAN
4 3 (0.31%) SD-WAN
5 2 (0.21%) BGP
5 2 (0.21%) BIG-IP
5 2 (0.21%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
5 2 (0.21%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
5 2 (0.21%) OSPF
6 1 (0.10%) Hyperconnected
6 1 (0.10%) NGN
6 1 (0.10%) Skype
6 1 (0.10%) Unified Communications
6 1 (0.10%) VLAN
6 1 (0.10%) VXLAN
6 1 (0.10%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 699 (71.91%) Power BI
2 164 (16.87%) Tableau
3 146 (15.02%) Data Warehouse
4 100 (10.29%) Data Lake
5 93 (9.57%) SQL Server
6 59 (6.07%) Metadata
7 42 (4.32%) Power Query
7 42 (4.32%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 40 (4.12%) Looker
9 39 (4.01%) BigQuery
10 33 (3.40%) Delta Lake
11 31 (3.19%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 30 (3.09%) Relational Database
13 29 (2.98%) Azure SQL Database
14 26 (2.67%) Mixpanel
15 25 (2.57%) Amazon Athena
16 24 (2.47%) Oracle Reports
16 24 (2.47%) Snowflake Schema
17 23 (2.37%) Oracle BI Publisher
17 23 (2.37%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 59 (6.07%) JIRA
2 47 (4.84%) Git
3 17 (1.75%) Visual Studio
4 16 (1.65%) GitLab
5 12 (1.23%) Jenkins
6 9 (0.93%) ERwin
6 9 (0.93%) Team Foundation Server
7 3 (0.31%) MLflow
7 3 (0.31%) Oracle Forms
7 3 (0.31%) Selenium
7 3 (0.31%) SonarQube
7 3 (0.31%) Terragrunt
8 2 (0.21%) Cypress.io
8 2 (0.21%) ER Studio
8 2 (0.21%) PowerDesigner
8 2 (0.21%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 1 (0.10%) Metasploit
9 1 (0.10%) NUnit
9 1 (0.10%) SpecFlow
9 1 (0.10%) Visual Studio Coded UI
General
1 384 (39.51%) Finance
2 293 (30.14%) Social Skills
3 215 (22.12%) Analytical Skills
4 119 (12.24%) Public Sector
5 88 (9.05%) Banking
6 81 (8.33%) Marketing
7 48 (4.94%) Manufacturing
8 45 (4.63%) Telecoms
9 43 (4.42%) Electronics
10 29 (2.98%) Retail
11 25 (2.57%) Financial Institution
12 23 (2.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 19 (1.95%) Documentation Skills
14 14 (1.44%) Front Office
14 14 (1.44%) Local Government
14 14 (1.44%) Organisational Skills
14 14 (1.44%) Presentation Skills
14 14 (1.44%) Publishing
15 13 (1.34%) Influencing Skills
16 12 (1.23%) Legal
Job Titles
1 215 (22.12%) Analyst
2 177 (18.21%) Developer
3 161 (16.56%) Data Engineer
4 119 (12.24%) Senior
5 91 (9.36%) Lead
6 89 (9.16%) Data Analyst
7 78 (8.02%) Business Analyst
8 66 (6.79%) Consultant
9 64 (6.58%) Architect
10 50 (5.14%) Business Intelligence Developer
11 33 (3.40%) Senior Data Engineer
12 31 (3.19%) Power Platform Developer
13 30 (3.09%) Power BI Developer
14 27 (2.78%) Data Architect
15 26 (2.67%) Azure Engineer
15 26 (2.67%) Business Intelligence Analyst
15 26 (2.67%) Project Manager
16 24 (2.47%) Data Scientist
17 22 (2.26%) Senior Developer
17 22 (2.26%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 58 (5.97%) PySpark
2 42 (4.32%) .NET
3 34 (3.50%) Kafka
4 31 (3.19%) REST
5 23 (2.37%) Oracle Fusion
5 23 (2.37%) Pandas
6 19 (1.95%) Middleware
7 17 (1.75%) .NET Framework
7 17 (1.75%) React
8 16 (1.65%) Great Expectations
9 15 (1.54%) JSON
9 15 (1.54%) scikit-learn
9 15 (1.54%) SOAP
10 14 (1.44%) NumPy
11 11 (1.13%) HTML
11 11 (1.13%) HTML5 Canvas
12 10 (1.03%) Spark Streaming
12 10 (1.03%) XML
13 8 (0.82%) Web Services
13 8 (0.82%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 41 (4.22%) Data Structures
2 35 (3.60%) Product Ownership
3 32 (3.29%) Cloud Native
4 21 (2.16%) Analytical Mindset
5 20 (2.06%) Data Protection Act
5 20 (2.06%) Legacy Systems
6 19 (1.95%) Low-Code
7 18 (1.85%) Management Information System
8 14 (1.44%) Onboarding
9 13 (1.34%) Data Centre
10 12 (1.23%) Algorithms
10 12 (1.23%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 11 (1.13%) AI Agents
11 11 (1.13%) Reinsurance
12 10 (1.03%) PMI
13 8 (0.82%) Distributed Computing
13 8 (0.82%) NHS
13 8 (0.82%) Replication
13 8 (0.82%) Self-Motivation
14 7 (0.72%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 24 (2.47%) Windows
2 16 (1.65%) Windows Server
3 7 (0.72%) Android
3 7 (0.72%) Mac OS
4 3 (0.31%) Unix
5 2 (0.21%) Linux
5 2 (0.21%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 403 (41.46%) Analytics
2 305 (31.38%) Data Modelling
3 229 (23.56%) Visualisation
4 212 (21.81%) Agile
5 205 (21.09%) ETL
6 177 (18.21%) Decision-Making
7 176 (18.11%) Data Governance
8 167 (17.18%) Data Engineering
9 156 (16.05%) DevOps
10 152 (15.64%) Problem-Solving
11 148 (15.23%) AI
12 145 (14.92%) CI/CD
13 142 (14.61%) Data Visualisation
14 140 (14.40%) Stakeholder Management
15 132 (13.58%) Data Analysis
16 125 (12.86%) Data Pipeline
17 116 (11.93%) Actionable Insight
18 114 (11.73%) Dashboard Development
19 110 (11.32%) Migration
20 106 (10.91%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 502 (51.65%) SQL
2 254 (26.13%) Python
3 69 (7.10%) C#
3 69 (7.10%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 45 (4.63%) T-SQL
5 44 (4.53%) JavaScript
6 39 (4.01%) PL/SQL
7 33 (3.40%) R
8 26 (2.67%) PowerShell
9 17 (1.75%) Java
10 16 (1.65%) Bicep
11 14 (1.44%) Scala
11 14 (1.44%) VBA
12 10 (1.03%) Formula Language
12 10 (1.03%) LotusScript
13 9 (0.93%) TypeScript
14 6 (0.62%) Groovy
15 5 (0.51%) Korn
16 3 (0.31%) LookML
16 3 (0.31%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 149 (15.33%) Security Cleared
2 134 (13.79%) SC Cleared
3 87 (8.95%) Degree
4 28 (2.88%) Azure Certification
5 24 (2.47%) Computer Science Degree
6 22 (2.26%) PMI Certification
7 17 (1.75%) Microsoft Certification
8 16 (1.65%) PMP
9 14 (1.44%) Master's Degree
10 11 (1.13%) AWS Certification
11 10 (1.03%) BPSS Clearance
12 9 (0.93%) CBAP
13 6 (0.62%) ACCA
13 6 (0.62%) CIMA
14 4 (0.41%) CFA
14 4 (0.41%) IIBA
15 3 (0.31%) CCIE
15 3 (0.31%) Cisco Certification
15 3 (0.31%) DV Cleared
15 3 (0.31%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 219 (22.53%) Data Quality
2 74 (7.61%) GDPR
3 68 (7.00%) QA
4 49 (5.04%) PMO
5 30 (3.09%) Accessibility
6 14 (1.44%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 9 (0.93%) GRC
8 7 (0.72%) Actionable Recommendations
9 6 (0.62%) GAAP
9 6 (0.62%) HIPAA
10 5 (0.51%) IFRS
10 5 (0.51%) SLA
11 4 (0.41%) Basel III
11 4 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
12 3 (0.31%) IFRS 9
12 3 (0.31%) NIST
12 3 (0.31%) P3O
13 2 (0.21%) IFRS 17
13 2 (0.21%) PERC
13 2 (0.21%) Solvency II
System Software
1 20 (2.06%) Docker
2 12 (1.23%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.10%) Oracle RAC
3 1 (0.10%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.10%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.10%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 64 (6.58%) Terraform
2 26 (2.67%) Kubernetes
3 4 (0.41%) Control-M
4 3 (0.31%) Ansible
4 3 (0.31%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (0.31%) RSA Archer
5 2 (0.21%) Grafana
5 2 (0.21%) HP ALM
5 2 (0.21%) SCCM
5 2 (0.21%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.21%) vRealize
6 1 (0.10%) Jamf Pro
6 1 (0.10%) Kibana
6 1 (0.10%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.10%) SCOM
6 1 (0.10%) Thomson Reuters DACS
6 1 (0.10%) WSUS
Vendors
1 273 (28.09%) Microsoft
2 133 (13.68%) Databricks
3 104 (10.70%) Oracle
4 93 (9.57%) SAP
5 37 (3.81%) Google
6 34 (3.50%) Salesforce
7 33 (3.40%) ServiceNow
8 18 (1.85%) Informatica
9 16 (1.65%) Cisco
10 15 (1.54%) Citrix
11 14 (1.44%) Lotus
12 12 (1.23%) Planview
12 12 (1.23%) Workday
13 10 (1.03%) MuleSoft
14 9 (0.93%) HP
14 9 (0.93%) Kofax
14 9 (0.93%) MicroStrategy
14 9 (0.93%) VMware
15 7 (0.72%) Dell
15 7 (0.72%) Murex