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

6 months to
22 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 39 37 40
Rank change year-on-year -2 +3 +11
Contract jobs citing Business Intelligence 1,064 758 883
As % of all contract jobs in London 5.37% 5.59% 5.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.04% 6.07% 5.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 712 505 643
10th Percentile £363 £350 £313
25th Percentile £431 £415 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £503 £525 £511
Median % change year-on-year -4.29% +2.74% -2.67%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £623
90th Percentile £688 £788 £731
England median daily rate £500 £500 £500
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 13 12
10th Percentile £16.70 £28.38 £28.88
25th Percentile £19.25 £29.07 £41.25
Median hourly rate £25.50 £34.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% -38.18% +15.79%
75th Percentile £42.50 £38.75 £76.88
90th Percentile £53.85 £80.75 £87.75
England median hourly rate £29.98 £31.64 £30.00
% change year-on-year -5.25% +5.47% -7.92%

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 17,625 12,495 14,990
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.94% 92.13% 88.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,646 8,354 10,656
10th Percentile £363 £330 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.91% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £680
90th Percentile £775 £788 £800
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 277 234 247
10th Percentile £17.60 £16.50 £16.24
25th Percentile £21.00 £24.66 £21.05
Median hourly rate £35.71 £30.90 £33.55
Median % change year-on-year +15.56% -7.89% -21.98%
75th Percentile £57.50 £49.75 £51.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.25 £71.25
England median hourly rate £47.50 £25.15 £40.00
% change year-on-year +88.87% -37.13% -6.98%

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 22 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 22 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 22 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 0 151 £550 - 112
West London 0 29 £538 -3.15% 15
South London -1 23 £463 +15.63% 8
North London - 4 £450 - 4
East London -5 1 £350 -33.33% 16
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 70 (6.58%) SharePoint
2 39 (3.67%) Apache Spark
2 39 (3.67%) Confluence
3 34 (3.20%) Apache Airflow
4 26 (2.44%) Apache
5 9 (0.85%) Oracle Workflow
6 8 (0.75%) Microsoft Exchange
7 7 (0.66%) SAS
8 5 (0.47%) CMS
8 5 (0.47%) Palantir Foundry
9 3 (0.28%) ArcGIS
9 3 (0.28%) HCL Notes
9 3 (0.28%) Kentico
9 3 (0.28%) Mendix
10 2 (0.19%) Apache Solr
11 1 (0.094%) Appian
11 1 (0.094%) Camunda
11 1 (0.094%) IIS
11 1 (0.094%) Oracle Self-Service HR
11 1 (0.094%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 139 (13.06%) Microsoft Excel
2 22 (2.07%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 20 (1.88%) Microsoft Project
4 19 (1.79%) MS Visio
5 14 (1.32%) Microsoft Office
6 8 (0.75%) Spreadsheet
7 4 (0.38%) Oracle Smart View
8 3 (0.28%) Chatbot
9 2 (0.19%) Notion
10 1 (0.094%) CPLEX
Business Applications
1 27 (2.54%) Dynamics CRM
2 11 (1.03%) Oracle EBS
3 10 (0.94%) Oracle Payables
4 8 (0.75%) Aladdin
4 8 (0.75%) Oracle Financials
4 8 (0.75%) Oracle Receivables
5 7 (0.66%) Oracle FAH
5 7 (0.66%) Oracle General Ledger
6 6 (0.56%) Oracle Assets
7 5 (0.47%) BambooHR
8 4 (0.38%) iTrent
8 4 (0.38%) Oracle E-Business Tax
8 4 (0.38%) Oracle Internet Expenses
8 4 (0.38%) Oracle iProcurement
8 4 (0.38%) SAP S/4HANA
9 3 (0.28%) Oracle Applications
9 3 (0.28%) Oracle ERP
9 3 (0.28%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
10 2 (0.19%) SAP MM
10 2 (0.19%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 786 (73.87%) Power Platform
2 366 (34.40%) Azure
3 160 (15.04%) AWS
4 108 (10.15%) Power Automate
5 107 (10.06%) Snowflake
6 96 (9.02%) PowerApps
7 85 (7.99%) Azure DevOps
7 85 (7.99%) Dynamics 365
8 82 (7.71%) Azure Data Factory
9 74 (6.95%) GCP
10 72 (6.77%) dbt
11 67 (6.30%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 60 (5.64%) Microsoft Copilot
13 55 (5.17%) Microsoft 365
14 54 (5.08%) Amazon S3
14 54 (5.08%) Serverless
15 50 (4.70%) GitHub
16 36 (3.38%) AWS Lambda
17 31 (2.91%) Copilot Studio
18 30 (2.82%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 11 (1.03%) DNS
1 11 (1.03%) Firewall
2 10 (0.94%) VPN
3 5 (0.47%) Network Security
4 3 (0.28%) DHCP
4 3 (0.28%) FTP
4 3 (0.28%) Internet
5 2 (0.19%) Broadband
5 2 (0.19%) NAS
5 2 (0.19%) SAN
6 1 (0.094%) HTTP
6 1 (0.094%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (0.094%) LAN
6 1 (0.094%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.094%) SSH
6 1 (0.094%) VoIP
6 1 (0.094%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 780 (73.31%) Power BI
2 202 (18.98%) Data Warehouse
3 176 (16.54%) Tableau
4 101 (9.49%) Data Lake
5 65 (6.11%) SQL Server
6 60 (5.64%) Power Query
7 53 (4.98%) Metadata
8 52 (4.89%) BigQuery
9 45 (4.23%) Looker
10 44 (4.14%) Amazon Redshift
11 43 (4.04%) Star Schema
12 37 (3.48%) Amazon Athena
13 35 (3.29%) Snowflake Schema
14 34 (3.20%) Relational Database
15 29 (2.73%) Semantic Layer
15 29 (2.73%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 26 (2.44%) Oracle BI Publisher
17 23 (2.16%) SQL Server Reporting Services
18 21 (1.97%) Azure SQL Database
19 20 (1.88%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 72 (6.77%) JIRA
2 44 (4.14%) Git
3 20 (1.88%) GitLab
4 10 (0.94%) Oracle Forms
5 9 (0.85%) Jenkins
6 7 (0.66%) ERwin
6 7 (0.66%) Visual Studio
7 6 (0.56%) Team Foundation Server
8 5 (0.47%) PowerDesigner
9 4 (0.38%) ER Studio
9 4 (0.38%) JDeveloper
9 4 (0.38%) JMeter
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%) WebDriver
11 1 (0.094%) GCC
11 1 (0.094%) SonarQube
General
1 405 (38.06%) Finance
2 329 (30.92%) Social Skills
3 226 (21.24%) Analytical Skills
4 107 (10.06%) Banking
5 91 (8.55%) Public Sector
6 46 (4.32%) Retail
7 45 (4.23%) Marketing
8 41 (3.85%) Law
9 27 (2.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 25 (2.35%) Documentation Skills
11 24 (2.26%) Organisational Skills
12 22 (2.07%) Investment Banking
13 17 (1.60%) Local Government
13 17 (1.60%) Telecoms
14 16 (1.50%) Front Office
14 16 (1.50%) Legal
15 14 (1.32%) Financial Institution
16 13 (1.22%) Manufacturing
17 12 (1.13%) Pharmaceutical
17 12 (1.13%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 263 (24.72%) Analyst
2 173 (16.26%) Developer
3 156 (14.66%) Architect
4 144 (13.53%) Data Engineer
5 131 (12.31%) Senior
6 120 (11.28%) Data Analyst
7 97 (9.12%) Lead
8 81 (7.61%) Business Analyst
9 61 (5.73%) Business Intelligence Developer
10 55 (5.17%) Consultant
11 53 (4.98%) Data Architect
12 44 (4.14%) Power Platform Developer
13 42 (3.95%) Business Intelligence Analyst
14 41 (3.85%) Power BI Developer
15 40 (3.76%) Lead Architect
16 36 (3.38%) Senior Developer
17 34 (3.20%) Senior Data Engineer
18 33 (3.10%) Solutions Architect
19 31 (2.91%) Functional Architect
20 25 (2.35%) Report Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 70 (6.58%) PySpark
2 45 (4.23%) .NET
3 34 (3.20%) REST
4 31 (2.91%) Kafka
5 22 (2.07%) Middleware
5 22 (2.07%) Oracle Fusion
6 21 (1.97%) JSON
7 16 (1.50%) React
8 14 (1.32%) XML
9 12 (1.13%) Great Expectations
10 11 (1.03%) HTML
11 10 (0.94%) .NET Framework
12 9 (0.85%) CSS
12 9 (0.85%) HTML5 Canvas
13 8 (0.75%) Apache Avro
13 8 (0.75%) Microsoft Graph
13 8 (0.75%) Pandas
13 8 (0.75%) RESTful
14 7 (0.66%) .NET Core
14 7 (0.66%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 53 (4.98%) Data Structures
2 50 (4.70%) Cloud Native
3 41 (3.85%) Product Ownership
4 35 (3.29%) Legacy Systems
5 25 (2.35%) Onboarding
6 21 (1.97%) Self-Motivation
7 20 (1.88%) Analytical Mindset
7 20 (1.88%) Management Information System
8 16 (1.50%) Data Protection Act
9 13 (1.22%) Distributed Systems
10 11 (1.03%) CMDB
10 11 (1.03%) Reference Data
11 10 (0.94%) AI Agents
11 10 (0.94%) FMCG
11 10 (0.94%) Reinsurance
12 9 (0.85%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 9 (0.85%) Greenfield Project
12 9 (0.85%) Life Science
12 9 (0.85%) NHS
13 8 (0.75%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 14 (1.32%) Linux
1 14 (1.32%) Windows
2 10 (0.94%) Unix
3 9 (0.85%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.28%) Android
4 3 (0.28%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.094%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 445 (41.82%) Analytics
2 356 (33.46%) Data Modelling
3 276 (25.94%) Agile
4 230 (21.62%) AI
5 203 (19.08%) ETL
6 195 (18.33%) CI/CD
7 189 (17.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 187 (17.58%) Migration
9 185 (17.39%) Data Engineering
10 183 (17.20%) Visualisation
11 182 (17.11%) Decision-Making
12 179 (16.82%) Data Governance
13 178 (16.73%) DevOps
14 174 (16.35%) Stakeholder Management
15 171 (16.07%) Problem-Solving
16 168 (15.79%) Data Pipeline
17 136 (12.78%) Validation
18 135 (12.69%) Data Analysis
19 132 (12.41%) Continuous Improvement
20 122 (11.47%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 487 (45.77%) SQL
2 282 (26.50%) Python
3 108 (10.15%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 49 (4.61%) C#
5 43 (4.04%) JavaScript
5 43 (4.04%) T-SQL
6 29 (2.73%) PowerShell
7 25 (2.35%) R
8 24 (2.26%) PL/SQL
9 19 (1.79%) Java
10 14 (1.32%) TypeScript
11 13 (1.22%) VBA
12 11 (1.03%) Scala
13 9 (0.85%) Shell Script
14 6 (0.56%) Bicep
14 6 (0.56%) Korn
15 5 (0.47%) LookML
16 4 (0.38%) Bash
17 3 (0.28%) Kotlin
17 3 (0.28%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 172 (16.17%) Security Cleared
2 151 (14.19%) SC Cleared
3 75 (7.05%) Degree
4 24 (2.26%) Azure Certification
5 18 (1.69%) DBS Check
5 18 (1.69%) Microsoft Certification
6 16 (1.50%) BPSS Clearance
7 15 (1.41%) AWS Certification
8 13 (1.22%) Computer Science Degree
9 8 (0.75%) DV Cleared
10 7 (0.66%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
11 6 (0.56%) Master's Degree
11 6 (0.56%) PMI Certification
11 6 (0.56%) SnowPro
12 5 (0.47%) Tableau Certification
13 4 (0.38%) TOGAF Certification
14 3 (0.28%) CISM
14 3 (0.28%) CISSP
14 3 (0.28%) CTC Cleared
14 3 (0.28%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 242 (22.74%) Data Quality
2 72 (6.77%) GDPR
3 57 (5.36%) QA
4 43 (4.04%) PMO
5 19 (1.79%) Accessibility
6 9 (0.85%) Actionable Recommendations
7 8 (0.75%) Solvency II
8 6 (0.56%) SLA
9 5 (0.47%) PCI DSS
9 5 (0.47%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 4 (0.38%) NCSC
11 3 (0.28%) ISO 20022
11 3 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 3 (0.28%) P3O
12 2 (0.19%) Basel III
12 2 (0.19%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 2 (0.19%) COBIT
12 2 (0.19%) Cyber Essentials
12 2 (0.19%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 1 (0.094%) NIST
System Software
1 18 (1.69%) Active Directory
2 13 (1.22%) Docker
3 3 (0.28%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (0.28%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.094%) BitLocker
4 1 (0.094%) RACF
Systems Management
1 65 (6.11%) Terraform
2 14 (1.32%) Kubernetes
3 12 (1.13%) Grafana
4 9 (0.85%) Prometheus
5 7 (0.66%) Ansible
6 6 (0.56%) Microsoft Intune
6 6 (0.56%) Single Sign-On
7 3 (0.28%) Control-M
7 3 (0.28%) SCCM
8 1 (0.094%) Apache Ranger
8 1 (0.094%) Kibana
8 1 (0.094%) Nessus
8 1 (0.094%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 1 (0.094%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 340 (31.95%) Microsoft
2 143 (13.44%) Databricks
3 82 (7.71%) Oracle
4 33 (3.10%) SAP
5 32 (3.01%) Google
6 27 (2.54%) Salesforce
6 27 (2.54%) ServiceNow
7 20 (1.88%) Informatica
8 18 (1.69%) Alteryx
9 16 (1.50%) Workday
10 10 (0.94%) Adobe
10 10 (0.94%) Palantir
11 8 (0.75%) Dynatrace
11 8 (0.75%) Foundry
11 8 (0.75%) Splunk
11 8 (0.75%) VMware
12 7 (0.66%) Amplitude
12 7 (0.66%) AppDynamics
12 7 (0.66%) Citrix
13 6 (0.56%) MicroStrategy