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 24 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 36 39 38
Rank change year-on-year +3 -1 +13
Contract jobs citing Business Intelligence 1,027 674 874
As % of all contract jobs in London 5.86% 5.29% 4.89%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.60% 5.75% 5.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 673 453 611
10th Percentile £358 £330 £350
25th Percentile £425 £421 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -
75th Percentile £590 £638 £638
90th Percentile £688 £775 £738
England median daily rate £495 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -1.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 10 11
10th Percentile £19.20 £27.86 £26.24
25th Percentile £25.00 £28.60 £41.25
Median hourly rate £37.50 £29.07 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +29.00% -35.40% +100.13%
75th Percentile £42.50 £34.36 £56.25
90th Percentile £53.85 £54.25 £69.50
England median hourly rate £23.83 £28.60 £24.00
% change year-on-year -16.70% +19.17% -11.93%

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 15,557 11,724 15,799
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.81% 92.03% 88.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,420 7,969 11,310
10th Percentile £355 £350 £338
25th Percentile £430 £440 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.78%
75th Percentile £650 £685 £675
90th Percentile £756 £813 £800
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 260 170 331
10th Percentile £18.70 £16.66 £16.00
25th Percentile £25.11 £23.05 £19.96
Median hourly rate £35.50 £34.58 £29.00
Median % change year-on-year +2.68% +19.22% -25.64%
75th Percentile £57.50 £50.75 £47.50
90th Percentile £73.08 £63.75 £66.00
England median hourly rate £42.50 £30.62 £35.00
% change year-on-year +38.82% -12.53% -6.67%

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 24 April 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 24 April 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 24 April 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 +17 143 £525 -4.55% 48
West London +1 40 £603 +26.84% 19
South London -12 20 £463 -5.61% 7
East London -3 5 £495 -1.00% 13
North London +1 1 £178 -37.72% 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 61 (5.94%) SharePoint
2 45 (4.38%) Apache Spark
3 34 (3.31%) Confluence
4 33 (3.21%) Apache Airflow
5 22 (2.14%) Apache
6 17 (1.66%) HCL Notes
7 12 (1.17%) Mendix
8 4 (0.39%) IIS
8 4 (0.39%) Microsoft Exchange
9 3 (0.29%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 2 (0.19%) ArcGIS
10 2 (0.19%) Oracle Workflow
10 2 (0.19%) Palantir Foundry
10 2 (0.19%) SAS
10 2 (0.19%) WebSphere
11 1 (0.097%) Apache Synapse
11 1 (0.097%) Appian
11 1 (0.097%) Camunda
11 1 (0.097%) Oracle Application Server
11 1 (0.097%) Tomcat
Applications
1 150 (14.61%) Microsoft Excel
2 26 (2.53%) MS Visio
3 19 (1.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 16 (1.56%) Microsoft Project
5 10 (0.97%) Microsoft Office
6 9 (0.88%) Spreadsheet
7 3 (0.29%) Notion
7 3 (0.29%) Oracle Smart View
8 2 (0.19%) Trello
9 1 (0.097%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 28 (2.73%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (0.78%) Oracle General Ledger
3 7 (0.68%) Oracle Payables
3 7 (0.68%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
3 7 (0.68%) SAP S/4HANA
4 6 (0.58%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 5 (0.49%) BambooHR
5 5 (0.49%) Oracle Receivables
6 4 (0.39%) Loan IQ
6 4 (0.39%) Oracle Cash Management
7 3 (0.29%) Eloqua
7 3 (0.29%) Oracle FAH
7 3 (0.29%) Oracle Financials
8 2 (0.19%) Adobe Campaign
8 2 (0.19%) NEC Housing
8 2 (0.19%) Oracle Assets
8 2 (0.19%) Oracle EBS
8 2 (0.19%) SAP Business One
8 2 (0.19%) SAP MM
8 2 (0.19%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 745 (72.54%) Power Platform
2 353 (34.37%) Azure
3 147 (14.31%) AWS
4 111 (10.81%) Power Automate
5 100 (9.74%) Azure Data Factory
6 96 (9.35%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 91 (8.86%) PowerApps
8 87 (8.47%) Dynamics 365
9 85 (8.28%) Snowflake
10 84 (8.18%) Azure DevOps
11 80 (7.79%) GCP
12 60 (5.84%) Microsoft 365
13 55 (5.36%) Serverless
14 52 (5.06%) GitHub
15 50 (4.87%) dbt
16 49 (4.77%) Amazon S3
17 41 (3.99%) Microsoft Copilot
18 26 (2.53%) Microsoft Purview
19 25 (2.43%) Collibra
20 24 (2.34%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 7 (0.68%) Network Security
1 7 (0.68%) VPN
2 5 (0.49%) Firewall
3 4 (0.39%) DNS
3 4 (0.39%) FTP
3 4 (0.39%) HTTP
3 4 (0.39%) WAN
4 3 (0.29%) LAN
4 3 (0.29%) SD-WAN
5 2 (0.19%) BGP
5 2 (0.19%) BIG-IP
5 2 (0.19%) DHCP
5 2 (0.19%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
5 2 (0.19%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
5 2 (0.19%) Internet
5 2 (0.19%) OSPF
6 1 (0.097%) Skype
6 1 (0.097%) Unified Communications
6 1 (0.097%) VLAN
6 1 (0.097%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 735 (71.57%) Power BI
2 184 (17.92%) Tableau
3 175 (17.04%) Data Warehouse
4 109 (10.61%) Data Lake
5 100 (9.74%) SQL Server
6 59 (5.74%) Metadata
7 54 (5.26%) BigQuery
8 47 (4.58%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 45 (4.38%) Power Query
10 44 (4.28%) Looker
11 37 (3.60%) Star Schema
12 33 (3.21%) Snowflake Schema
13 32 (3.12%) Amazon Athena
14 31 (3.02%) Relational Database
15 28 (2.73%) Amazon Redshift
15 28 (2.73%) Azure SQL Database
15 28 (2.73%) Mixpanel
16 26 (2.53%) Spark SQL
17 25 (2.43%) Delta Lake
17 25 (2.43%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 57 (5.55%) JIRA
2 44 (4.28%) Git
3 16 (1.56%) Visual Studio
4 14 (1.36%) GitLab
5 13 (1.27%) Jenkins
6 12 (1.17%) ERwin
7 9 (0.88%) Team Foundation Server
8 5 (0.49%) PowerDesigner
8 5 (0.49%) Selenium
9 4 (0.39%) Oracle Forms
10 3 (0.29%) ER Studio
10 3 (0.29%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 3 (0.29%) Terragrunt
11 2 (0.19%) Bitbucket
11 2 (0.19%) Charles Proxy
11 2 (0.19%) Cypress.io
11 2 (0.19%) JMeter
11 2 (0.19%) WebDriver
12 1 (0.097%) NUnit
12 1 (0.097%) PeopleTools
General
1 423 (41.19%) Finance
2 301 (29.31%) Social Skills
3 207 (20.16%) Analytical Skills
4 101 (9.83%) Public Sector
5 90 (8.76%) Banking
6 67 (6.52%) Marketing
7 40 (3.89%) Law
8 36 (3.51%) Telecoms
9 30 (2.92%) Manufacturing
10 28 (2.73%) Financial Institution
11 27 (2.63%) Retail
12 25 (2.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 24 (2.34%) Electronics
14 23 (2.24%) Documentation Skills
15 20 (1.95%) Legal
16 15 (1.46%) Local Government
17 13 (1.27%) Front Office
17 13 (1.27%) Investment Banking
18 12 (1.17%) Presentation Skills
19 11 (1.07%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 240 (23.37%) Analyst
2 175 (17.04%) Data Engineer
3 165 (16.07%) Developer
4 131 (12.76%) Senior
5 110 (10.71%) Architect
6 101 (9.83%) Data Analyst
7 96 (9.35%) Lead
8 82 (7.98%) Business Analyst
9 59 (5.74%) Consultant
10 55 (5.36%) Business Intelligence Developer
11 40 (3.89%) Senior Data Engineer
12 37 (3.60%) Lead Architect
12 37 (3.60%) Power Platform Developer
13 34 (3.31%) Business Intelligence Analyst
14 32 (3.12%) Functional Architect
15 30 (2.92%) Power BI Developer
15 30 (2.92%) Senior Developer
16 29 (2.82%) Data Architect
17 26 (2.53%) Solutions Architect
18 23 (2.24%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 55 (5.36%) PySpark
2 41 (3.99%) .NET
2 41 (3.99%) Kafka
3 25 (2.43%) REST
4 24 (2.34%) Middleware
5 20 (1.95%) .NET Framework
6 19 (1.85%) Great Expectations
7 18 (1.75%) JSON
8 17 (1.66%) Oracle Fusion
8 17 (1.66%) React
9 15 (1.46%) Pandas
10 14 (1.36%) HTML
11 13 (1.27%) Spark Streaming
12 12 (1.17%) HTML5 Canvas
12 12 (1.17%) XML
13 11 (1.07%) SOAP
14 9 (0.88%) CSS
14 9 (0.88%) scikit-learn
15 8 (0.78%) NumPy
15 8 (0.78%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 44 (4.28%) Cloud Native
2 40 (3.89%) Data Structures
3 39 (3.80%) Product Ownership
4 26 (2.53%) Legacy Systems
5 21 (2.04%) Low-Code
6 19 (1.85%) Data Protection Act
7 14 (1.36%) Analytical Mindset
7 14 (1.36%) Management Information System
7 14 (1.36%) Self-Motivation
8 13 (1.27%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 13 (1.27%) Onboarding
9 10 (0.97%) AI Agents
9 10 (0.97%) Derivative
10 9 (0.88%) Algorithms
10 9 (0.88%) Clustering
10 9 (0.88%) Enterprise Software
11 8 (0.78%) Distributed Computing
11 8 (0.78%) NHS
12 7 (0.68%) Equities
12 7 (0.68%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 24 (2.34%) Windows
2 19 (1.85%) Windows Server
3 6 (0.58%) Linux
3 6 (0.58%) Unix
4 2 (0.19%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 439 (42.75%) Analytics
2 332 (32.33%) Data Modelling
3 220 (21.42%) ETL
4 210 (20.45%) Agile
5 201 (19.57%) Visualisation
6 192 (18.70%) Data Engineering
7 190 (18.50%) Decision-Making
8 185 (18.01%) AI
9 183 (17.82%) Data Governance
10 170 (16.55%) Migration
11 168 (16.36%) CI/CD
12 162 (15.77%) DevOps
13 153 (14.90%) Data Pipeline
14 150 (14.61%) Problem-Solving
15 140 (13.63%) Data Analysis
16 136 (13.24%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 126 (12.27%) Validation
18 123 (11.98%) Actionable Insight
19 121 (11.78%) Continuous Improvement
20 120 (11.68%) Data Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 530 (51.61%) SQL
2 285 (27.75%) Python
3 92 (8.96%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 69 (6.72%) C#
5 52 (5.06%) T-SQL
6 41 (3.99%) JavaScript
7 36 (3.51%) R
8 34 (3.31%) PL/SQL
9 28 (2.73%) PowerShell
10 21 (2.04%) Java
11 20 (1.95%) Scala
12 16 (1.56%) Bicep
12 16 (1.56%) VBA
13 11 (1.07%) Formula Language
13 11 (1.07%) LotusScript
14 10 (0.97%) TypeScript
15 6 (0.58%) Shell Script
16 4 (0.39%) LookML
17 3 (0.29%) Korn
17 3 (0.29%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 146 (14.22%) Security Cleared
2 126 (12.27%) SC Cleared
3 84 (8.18%) Degree
4 28 (2.73%) Azure Certification
5 25 (2.43%) Computer Science Degree
6 21 (2.04%) Microsoft Certification
7 14 (1.36%) PMI Certification
8 12 (1.17%) AWS Certification
8 12 (1.17%) BPSS Clearance
8 12 (1.17%) PMP
9 7 (0.68%) Master's Degree
10 6 (0.58%) ACCA
10 6 (0.58%) CBAP
10 6 (0.58%) IIBA
11 5 (0.49%) SnowPro
12 4 (0.39%) CIMA
12 4 (0.39%) Tableau Certification
13 3 (0.29%) CCIE
13 3 (0.29%) CCNP
13 3 (0.29%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 234 (22.78%) Data Quality
2 89 (8.67%) GDPR
3 71 (6.91%) QA
4 43 (4.19%) PMO
5 13 (1.27%) Accessibility
6 11 (1.07%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 8 (0.78%) Actionable Recommendations
8 7 (0.68%) GRC
9 6 (0.58%) GAAP
9 6 (0.58%) SLA
10 4 (0.39%) Basel III
10 4 (0.39%) IFRS
10 4 (0.39%) ISO 20022
10 4 (0.39%) Solvency II
11 3 (0.29%) IFRS 9
12 2 (0.19%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 2 (0.19%) FATCA
12 2 (0.19%) IFRS 17
12 2 (0.19%) P3O
12 2 (0.19%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 22 (2.14%) Docker
2 12 (1.17%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.29%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.19%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.097%) Oracle RAC
5 1 (0.097%) RACF
5 1 (0.097%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 66 (6.43%) Terraform
2 24 (2.34%) Kubernetes
3 5 (0.49%) Control-M
3 5 (0.49%) Grafana
3 5 (0.49%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (0.29%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (0.29%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.19%) Ansible
5 2 (0.19%) HP ALM
5 2 (0.19%) RSA Archer
5 2 (0.19%) SCCM
5 2 (0.19%) vRealize
6 1 (0.097%) Kibana
6 1 (0.097%) Nessus
6 1 (0.097%) SCOM
6 1 (0.097%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 1 (0.097%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 324 (31.55%) Microsoft
2 142 (13.83%) Databricks
3 96 (9.35%) Oracle
4 63 (6.13%) SAP
5 44 (4.28%) Google
6 35 (3.41%) ServiceNow
7 31 (3.02%) Salesforce
8 21 (2.04%) Informatica
9 20 (1.95%) Workday
10 18 (1.75%) Citrix
11 17 (1.66%) Lotus
12 12 (1.17%) Kofax
13 10 (0.97%) VMware
14 9 (0.88%) MuleSoft
15 8 (0.78%) Murex
15 8 (0.78%) Sage
16 7 (0.68%) Amplitude
16 7 (0.68%) MicroStrategy
16 7 (0.68%) Planview
17 6 (0.58%) Qualtrics