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 1 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 40 37 35
Rank change year-on-year -3 -2 +17
Contract jobs citing Business Intelligence 1,031 705 918
As % of all contract jobs in London 5.35% 5.47% 5.25%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.02% 5.93% 5.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 693 466 659
10th Percentile £361 £350 £315
25th Percentile £425 £425 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £511
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +2.74% -2.67%
75th Percentile £600 £635 £625
90th Percentile £675 £788 £738
England median daily rate £500 £500 £500
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 15 13
10th Percentile £16.70 £28.36 £30.25
25th Percentile £19.19 £28.84 £41.25
Median hourly rate £25.50 £32.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.31% -41.82% +144.61%
75th Percentile £30.59 £37.38 £76.25
90th Percentile £45.50 £75.25 £86.75
England median hourly rate £29.98 £30.81 £24.22
% change year-on-year -2.68% +27.21% -1.16%

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 17,131 11,893 15,475
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.90% 92.25% 88.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,394 7,948 11,029
10th Percentile £360 £333 £343
25th Percentile £438 £425 £446
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £536 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.64% - -6.14%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £685
90th Percentile £763 £799 £800
England median daily rate £520 £515 £525
% change year-on-year +0.97% -1.90% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 266 223 303
10th Percentile £17.60 £16.50 £15.59
25th Percentile £23.91 £24.66 £20.01
Median hourly rate £37.50 £32.50 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +15.38% +8.33% -26.42%
75th Percentile £59.00 £49.88 £48.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.20 £68.60
England median hourly rate £46.90 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +86.48% -34.02% +1.65%

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 1 July 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 1 July 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 1 July 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 +5 138 £550 -3.51% 47
West London -6 28 £603 +33.89% 18
South London +10 23 £463 -2.63% 3
East London -6 2 £350 -33.33% 17
North London - 2 £364 - 2
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 65 (6.30%) SharePoint
2 39 (3.78%) Confluence
3 38 (3.69%) Apache Spark
4 33 (3.20%) Apache Airflow
5 21 (2.04%) Apache
6 8 (0.78%) SAS
7 7 (0.68%) HCL Notes
7 7 (0.68%) Microsoft Exchange
8 6 (0.58%) Mendix
9 5 (0.48%) CMS
9 5 (0.48%) Palantir Foundry
10 3 (0.29%) ArcGIS
10 3 (0.29%) Kentico
11 1 (0.097%) Apache Synapse
11 1 (0.097%) Appian
11 1 (0.097%) Camunda
11 1 (0.097%) IIS
11 1 (0.097%) Oracle Self-Service HR
11 1 (0.097%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 1 (0.097%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 137 (13.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 24 (2.33%) MS Visio
3 22 (2.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 18 (1.75%) Microsoft Project
5 12 (1.16%) Microsoft Office
6 9 (0.87%) Spreadsheet
7 3 (0.29%) Oracle Smart View
8 2 (0.19%) Chatbot
8 2 (0.19%) Notion
9 1 (0.097%) CPLEX
Business Applications
1 24 (2.33%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.58%) Aladdin
2 6 (0.58%) iTrent
3 5 (0.48%) BambooHR
3 5 (0.48%) Oracle EBS
4 4 (0.39%) Oracle General Ledger
4 4 (0.39%) Oracle Payables
5 3 (0.29%) Loan IQ
5 3 (0.29%) Oracle Financials
5 3 (0.29%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 3 (0.29%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
5 3 (0.29%) SAP S/4HANA
6 2 (0.19%) Adobe Campaign
6 2 (0.19%) Oracle Assets
6 2 (0.19%) Oracle Cash Management
6 2 (0.19%) Oracle ERP
6 2 (0.19%) Oracle Receivables
6 2 (0.19%) SAP Business One
6 2 (0.19%) SAP MM
6 2 (0.19%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 765 (74.20%) Power Platform
2 353 (34.24%) Azure
3 161 (15.62%) AWS
4 103 (9.99%) Snowflake
5 96 (9.31%) Power Automate
6 86 (8.34%) PowerApps
7 85 (8.24%) Azure DevOps
8 78 (7.57%) Azure Data Factory
9 77 (7.47%) GCP
10 73 (7.08%) Dynamics 365
11 68 (6.60%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 66 (6.40%) dbt
13 59 (5.72%) Microsoft 365
14 57 (5.53%) Serverless
15 56 (5.43%) Amazon S3
16 52 (5.04%) GitHub
17 51 (4.95%) Microsoft Copilot
18 37 (3.59%) AWS Lambda
19 32 (3.10%) Microsoft Purview
20 26 (2.52%) Copilot Studio
Communications & Networking
1 11 (1.07%) Firewall
2 10 (0.97%) DNS
2 10 (0.97%) VPN
3 5 (0.48%) Network Security
4 3 (0.29%) DHCP
4 3 (0.29%) FTP
4 3 (0.29%) Internet
5 2 (0.19%) LAN
5 2 (0.19%) NAS
5 2 (0.19%) SAN
5 2 (0.19%) SD-WAN
5 2 (0.19%) WAN
6 1 (0.097%) BGP
6 1 (0.097%) BIG-IP
6 1 (0.097%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
6 1 (0.097%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
6 1 (0.097%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (0.097%) OSPF
6 1 (0.097%) SSH
6 1 (0.097%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 758 (73.52%) Power BI
2 192 (18.62%) Data Warehouse
3 176 (17.07%) Tableau
4 99 (9.60%) Data Lake
5 77 (7.47%) SQL Server
6 61 (5.92%) Power Query
7 54 (5.24%) Metadata
8 53 (5.14%) BigQuery
9 46 (4.46%) Looker
10 44 (4.27%) Amazon Redshift
11 41 (3.98%) Amazon Athena
11 41 (3.98%) Star Schema
12 36 (3.49%) Relational Database
12 36 (3.49%) Snowflake Schema
13 31 (3.01%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 25 (2.42%) Delta Lake
15 24 (2.33%) Semantic Layer
16 23 (2.23%) Spark SQL
17 22 (2.13%) SQL Server Reporting Services
18 20 (1.94%) Mixpanel
Development Applications
1 66 (6.40%) JIRA
2 47 (4.56%) Git
3 22 (2.13%) GitLab
4 11 (1.07%) ERwin
5 9 (0.87%) Visual Studio
6 7 (0.68%) Jenkins
7 6 (0.58%) Team Foundation Server
8 5 (0.48%) PowerDesigner
9 4 (0.39%) ER Studio
9 4 (0.39%) JMeter
9 4 (0.39%) Oracle Forms
10 2 (0.19%) Bitbucket
10 2 (0.19%) Charles Proxy
10 2 (0.19%) LoadRunner
10 2 (0.19%) Selenium
10 2 (0.19%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 2 (0.19%) Terragrunt
10 2 (0.19%) WebDriver
11 1 (0.097%) GCC
11 1 (0.097%) SonarQube
General
1 403 (39.09%) Finance
2 316 (30.65%) Social Skills
3 208 (20.17%) Analytical Skills
4 104 (10.09%) Banking
5 88 (8.54%) Public Sector
6 48 (4.66%) Retail
7 45 (4.36%) Marketing
8 39 (3.78%) Law
9 29 (2.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 22 (2.13%) Documentation Skills
10 22 (2.13%) Investment Banking
10 22 (2.13%) Organisational Skills
11 19 (1.84%) Financial Institution
11 19 (1.84%) Telecoms
12 17 (1.65%) Legal
13 15 (1.45%) Front Office
13 15 (1.45%) Local Government
13 15 (1.45%) Manufacturing
14 13 (1.26%) Publishing
15 12 (1.16%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 242 (23.47%) Analyst
2 167 (16.20%) Developer
3 161 (15.62%) Data Engineer
4 136 (13.19%) Architect
5 129 (12.51%) Senior
6 102 (9.89%) Data Analyst
7 98 (9.51%) Lead
8 81 (7.86%) Business Analyst
9 66 (6.40%) Business Intelligence Developer
10 56 (5.43%) Consultant
11 44 (4.27%) Power BI Developer
12 41 (3.98%) Business Intelligence Analyst
12 41 (3.98%) Data Architect
13 40 (3.88%) Lead Architect
14 39 (3.78%) Power Platform Developer
15 38 (3.69%) Senior Data Engineer
16 32 (3.10%) Senior Developer
17 31 (3.01%) Functional Architect
18 29 (2.81%) Solutions Architect
19 22 (2.13%) Performance Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 71 (6.89%) PySpark
2 41 (3.98%) .NET
3 32 (3.10%) Kafka
3 32 (3.10%) REST
4 22 (2.13%) Middleware
5 21 (2.04%) Oracle Fusion
6 19 (1.84%) JSON
7 16 (1.55%) React
8 12 (1.16%) .NET Framework
8 12 (1.16%) Great Expectations
9 11 (1.07%) HTML
9 11 (1.07%) HTML5 Canvas
10 9 (0.87%) CSS
10 9 (0.87%) Pandas
11 8 (0.78%) Microsoft Graph
11 8 (0.78%) YAML
12 7 (0.68%) .NET Core
12 7 (0.68%) RESTful
12 7 (0.68%) SOAP
12 7 (0.68%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 53 (5.14%) Cloud Native
2 42 (4.07%) Data Structures
3 33 (3.20%) Product Ownership
4 30 (2.91%) Legacy Systems
5 20 (1.94%) Onboarding
6 19 (1.84%) Analytical Mindset
7 17 (1.65%) Management Information System
8 16 (1.55%) Data Protection Act
8 16 (1.55%) Self-Motivation
9 13 (1.26%) Low-Code
10 12 (1.16%) Distributed Systems
11 11 (1.07%) AI Agents
11 11 (1.07%) CMDB
11 11 (1.07%) NHS
12 10 (0.97%) Reference Data
13 9 (0.87%) Clustering
13 9 (0.87%) Derivative
13 9 (0.87%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 9 (0.87%) Greenfield Project
14 8 (0.78%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 15 (1.45%) Windows
2 11 (1.07%) Linux
2 11 (1.07%) Windows Server
3 6 (0.58%) Unix
4 3 (0.29%) Android
4 3 (0.29%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.097%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 446 (43.26%) Analytics
2 335 (32.49%) Data Modelling
3 247 (23.96%) Agile
4 226 (21.92%) AI
5 204 (19.79%) ETL
6 196 (19.01%) CI/CD
7 189 (18.33%) Visualisation
8 188 (18.23%) Data Engineering
9 182 (17.65%) Decision-Making
10 176 (17.07%) Migration
11 175 (16.97%) Data Governance
11 175 (16.97%) DevOps
12 173 (16.78%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 167 (16.20%) Problem-Solving
14 164 (15.91%) Data Pipeline
15 150 (14.55%) Stakeholder Management
16 136 (13.19%) Data Analysis
17 134 (13.00%) Continuous Improvement
18 130 (12.61%) Validation
19 116 (11.25%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 477 (46.27%) SQL
2 280 (27.16%) Python
3 107 (10.38%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 52 (5.04%) C#
5 48 (4.66%) T-SQL
6 43 (4.17%) JavaScript
7 27 (2.62%) PowerShell
7 27 (2.62%) R
8 21 (2.04%) PL/SQL
9 19 (1.84%) Java
10 14 (1.36%) TypeScript
11 13 (1.26%) Scala
12 12 (1.16%) Bicep
13 11 (1.07%) VBA
14 6 (0.58%) Korn
14 6 (0.58%) Shell Script
15 5 (0.48%) LookML
16 4 (0.39%) Bash
16 4 (0.39%) Formula Language
16 4 (0.39%) LotusScript
Qualifications
1 161 (15.62%) Security Cleared
2 140 (13.58%) SC Cleared
3 74 (7.18%) Degree
4 24 (2.33%) Azure Certification
5 20 (1.94%) Microsoft Certification
6 17 (1.65%) BPSS Clearance
6 17 (1.65%) DBS Check
7 16 (1.55%) Computer Science Degree
8 15 (1.45%) AWS Certification
9 7 (0.68%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 7 (0.68%) PMI Certification
10 6 (0.58%) Master's Degree
10 6 (0.58%) SnowPro
11 5 (0.48%) DV Cleared
11 5 (0.48%) Tableau Certification
12 4 (0.39%) CBAP
13 3 (0.29%) ACCA
13 3 (0.29%) IIBA
13 3 (0.29%) ISTQB
13 3 (0.29%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 243 (23.57%) Data Quality
2 76 (7.37%) GDPR
3 56 (5.43%) QA
4 43 (4.17%) PMO
5 13 (1.26%) Accessibility
6 8 (0.78%) Solvency II
7 7 (0.68%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 5 (0.48%) Actionable Recommendations
9 4 (0.39%) PCI DSS
10 3 (0.29%) GAAP
10 3 (0.29%) GRC
10 3 (0.29%) ISO 20022
10 3 (0.29%) NCSC
10 3 (0.29%) SLA
11 2 (0.19%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 2 (0.19%) COBIT
11 2 (0.19%) FATCA
11 2 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 2 (0.19%) MiFID
11 2 (0.19%) P3O
System Software
1 19 (1.84%) Active Directory
1 19 (1.84%) Docker
2 3 (0.29%) Virtual Machines
2 3 (0.29%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.097%) BitLocker
3 1 (0.097%) RACF
Systems Management
1 74 (7.18%) Terraform
2 18 (1.75%) Kubernetes
3 11 (1.07%) Grafana
4 8 (0.78%) Prometheus
5 6 (0.58%) Single Sign-On
6 5 (0.48%) Ansible
6 5 (0.48%) Microsoft Intune
7 4 (0.39%) Control-M
8 3 (0.29%) SCCM
9 1 (0.097%) Kibana
9 1 (0.097%) Nessus
9 1 (0.097%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 1 (0.097%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 333 (32.30%) Microsoft
2 141 (13.68%) Databricks
3 79 (7.66%) Oracle
4 35 (3.39%) Google
5 34 (3.30%) SAP
6 28 (2.72%) Salesforce
6 28 (2.72%) ServiceNow
7 19 (1.84%) Informatica
8 16 (1.55%) Alteryx
9 14 (1.36%) Workday
10 11 (1.07%) Palantir
11 10 (0.97%) Adobe
12 9 (0.87%) Citrix
13 8 (0.78%) Foundry
13 8 (0.78%) VMware
14 7 (0.68%) Amplitude
14 7 (0.68%) Dynatrace
14 7 (0.68%) Lotus
14 7 (0.68%) Murex
14 7 (0.68%) Splunk