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 21 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 34 33 43
Rank change year-on-year -1 +10 +9
Contract jobs citing Business Intelligence 866 837 928
As % of all contract jobs in London 6.11% 5.33% 4.66%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.63% 5.97% 5.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 575 570 629
10th Percentile £325 £300 £363
25th Percentile £406 £400 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £641
90th Percentile £728 £731 £710
England median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 8 15
10th Percentile £18.25 £26.60 £19.75
25th Percentile £18.63 £29.82 £30.19
Median hourly rate £33.00 £52.50 £38.00
Median % change year-on-year -37.14% +38.16% +8.57%
75th Percentile £41.25 £77.19 £49.92
90th Percentile £56.43 £100.63 £52.95
England median hourly rate £23.75 £30.30 £32.32
% change year-on-year -21.60% -6.27% -4.94%

All Process and 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 13,068 14,030 17,858
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.28% 89.29% 89.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,592 9,056 12,811
10th Percentile £334 £350 £355
25th Percentile £425 £450 £461
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £537 £550 £569
Median % change year-on-year -2.36% -3.34% -3.56%
75th Percentile £655 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £800 £800
England median daily rate £505 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -3.81% -3.67% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 259 166 246
10th Percentile £17.98 £17.38 £18.68
25th Percentile £24.50 £23.98 £21.56
Median hourly rate £28.50 £37.50 £36.33
Median % change year-on-year -24.00% +3.21% -6.54%
75th Percentile £47.25 £55.94 £61.75
90th Percentile £67.87 £80.75 £76.25
England median hourly rate £25.15 £37.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -32.03% -16.85% +23.61%

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 21 November 2025.

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 21 November 2025.

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 21 November 2025. 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 +14 130 £525 -0.47% 351
West London -6 19 £500 +8.11% 35
East London -1 5 £525 +19.18% 22
South London -6 4 £400 -20.00% 9
North London -5 2 £500 +96.08% 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 (7.51%) SharePoint
2 35 (4.04%) Confluence
3 25 (2.89%) Apache Airflow
4 24 (2.77%) Apache Spark
5 15 (1.73%) Apache
6 11 (1.27%) Oracle Workflow
7 10 (1.15%) HCL Notes
8 8 (0.92%) Microsoft Exchange
9 6 (0.69%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 4 (0.46%) Jupyter
10 4 (0.46%) SAS
11 3 (0.35%) CMS
11 3 (0.35%) Luigi
11 3 (0.35%) Oracle Self-Service HR
12 2 (0.23%) Apache Solr
12 2 (0.23%) Headless CMS
12 2 (0.23%) Moodle
12 2 (0.23%) Tomcat
13 1 (0.12%) IIS
13 1 (0.12%) NetWeaver
Applications
1 139 (16.05%) Microsoft Excel
2 35 (4.04%) Microsoft Office
3 31 (3.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 17 (1.96%) Microsoft Project
5 14 (1.62%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.46%) Trello
7 3 (0.35%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.12%) Adobe After Effects
8 1 (0.12%) Adobe Premiere
8 1 (0.12%) Adobe XD
8 1 (0.12%) Notion
8 1 (0.12%) Oracle Smart View
8 1 (0.12%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 32 (3.70%) Dynamics CRM
2 16 (1.85%) SAP S/4HANA
3 12 (1.39%) Oracle Payables
4 11 (1.27%) Oracle EBS
5 9 (1.04%) Oracle Financials
6 8 (0.92%) Salesforce CRM
7 7 (0.81%) Oracle General Ledger
7 7 (0.81%) Workday HCM
8 6 (0.69%) Oracle Assets
8 6 (0.69%) Oracle ERP
9 5 (0.58%) NetSuite
10 4 (0.46%) Aladdin
10 4 (0.46%) Eloqua
10 4 (0.46%) Loan IQ
10 4 (0.46%) Oracle EBS R12
10 4 (0.46%) Remedy ITSM
10 4 (0.46%) SAP APO
10 4 (0.46%) SAP MDG
11 3 (0.35%) Elite 3E
11 3 (0.35%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 615 (71.02%) Power Platform
2 284 (32.79%) Azure
3 115 (13.28%) Power Automate
4 112 (12.93%) AWS
5 103 (11.89%) PowerApps
6 70 (8.08%) Azure DevOps
7 65 (7.51%) Dynamics 365
8 64 (7.39%) Azure Data Factory
9 63 (7.27%) GCP
9 63 (7.27%) Snowflake
10 55 (6.35%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 53 (6.12%) Microsoft 365
12 36 (4.16%) Serverless
13 35 (4.04%) dbt
14 29 (3.35%) Azure Logic Apps
15 25 (2.89%) Entra ID
15 25 (2.89%) GitHub
16 24 (2.77%) Amazon S3
16 24 (2.77%) Microsoft Copilot
16 24 (2.77%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (0.81%) Wireless
2 4 (0.46%) HTTP
2 4 (0.46%) Network Security
2 4 (0.46%) VPN
2 4 (0.46%) WAN
3 3 (0.35%) Firewall
3 3 (0.35%) LAN
3 3 (0.35%) SD-WAN
4 2 (0.23%) BGP
4 2 (0.23%) BIG-IP
4 2 (0.23%) DNS
4 2 (0.23%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
4 2 (0.23%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
4 2 (0.23%) OSPF
4 2 (0.23%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.12%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (0.12%) NGN
5 1 (0.12%) Skype
5 1 (0.12%) Unified Communications
5 1 (0.12%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 610 (70.44%) Power BI
2 135 (15.59%) Tableau
3 109 (12.59%) Data Warehouse
4 70 (8.08%) Data Lake
5 59 (6.81%) SQL Server
6 53 (6.12%) Power Query
7 43 (4.97%) Metadata
8 33 (3.81%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 33 (3.81%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 33 (3.81%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 31 (3.58%) Oracle Reports
10 30 (3.46%) Relational Database
11 26 (3.00%) BigQuery
12 24 (2.77%) Azure SQL Database
12 24 (2.77%) Looker
13 21 (2.42%) Amazon Redshift
14 19 (2.19%) Oracle Database
15 17 (1.96%) Delta Lake
16 15 (1.73%) NoSQL
17 14 (1.62%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 63 (7.27%) JIRA
2 39 (4.50%) Git
3 9 (1.04%) Visual Studio
4 7 (0.81%) GitLab
4 7 (0.81%) MLflow
5 6 (0.69%) Oracle Forms
5 6 (0.69%) SonarQube
6 5 (0.58%) ERwin
7 4 (0.46%) Clang
7 4 (0.46%) GCC
7 4 (0.46%) Oracle APEX
8 3 (0.35%) Jenkins
9 2 (0.23%) Bitbucket
9 2 (0.23%) Mercurial
9 2 (0.23%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 2 (0.23%) Subversion
10 1 (0.12%) Eclipse
10 1 (0.12%) Metasploit
10 1 (0.12%) Team Foundation Server
10 1 (0.12%) tSQLt
General
1 357 (41.22%) Finance
2 287 (33.14%) Social Skills
3 194 (22.40%) Analytical Skills
4 129 (14.90%) Public Sector
5 96 (11.09%) Marketing
6 82 (9.47%) Banking
7 61 (7.04%) Manufacturing
8 59 (6.81%) Telecoms
9 51 (5.89%) Electronics
10 30 (3.46%) Investment Banking
11 28 (3.23%) Retail
12 24 (2.77%) Presentation Skills
13 21 (2.42%) Front Office
14 19 (2.19%) Legal
14 19 (2.19%) Local Government
14 19 (2.19%) Organisational Skills
15 18 (2.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 17 (1.96%) Documentation Skills
17 16 (1.85%) Publishing
18 11 (1.27%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 202 (23.33%) Analyst
2 166 (19.17%) Developer
3 99 (11.43%) Data Engineer
4 87 (10.05%) Data Analyst
5 79 (9.12%) Senior
6 78 (9.01%) Lead
7 70 (8.08%) Architect
7 70 (8.08%) Business Analyst
8 58 (6.70%) Consultant
9 48 (5.54%) Business Intelligence Developer
10 38 (4.39%) Power BI Developer
11 27 (3.12%) Data Architect
12 26 (3.00%) Azure Engineer
13 25 (2.89%) Senior Analyst
14 23 (2.66%) Power Platform Developer
14 23 (2.66%) Project Manager
15 22 (2.54%) Solutions Architect
16 21 (2.42%) Azure Data Engineer
17 19 (2.19%) Oracle Developer
17 19 (2.19%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (5.43%) .NET
2 42 (4.85%) PySpark
3 36 (4.16%) REST
4 21 (2.42%) Oracle Fusion
5 20 (2.31%) Kafka
6 16 (1.85%) SOAP
7 15 (1.73%) HTML
7 15 (1.73%) Pandas
8 14 (1.62%) JSON
9 13 (1.50%) Web Services
10 12 (1.39%) scikit-learn
11 11 (1.27%) NumPy
12 10 (1.15%) .NET Framework
12 10 (1.15%) Middleware
12 10 (1.15%) RESTful
13 9 (1.04%) CSS
13 9 (1.04%) SailPoint
14 8 (0.92%) HTML5 Canvas
14 8 (0.92%) OAuth
14 8 (0.92%) Plotly
Miscellaneous
1 28 (3.23%) Analytical Mindset
2 25 (2.89%) Data Structures
3 21 (2.42%) Product Ownership
4 20 (2.31%) Onboarding
5 19 (2.19%) Legacy Systems
6 17 (1.96%) Data Protection Act
7 15 (1.73%) Management Information System
8 14 (1.62%) Data Centre
8 14 (1.62%) Derivative
9 13 (1.50%) Cloud Native
10 12 (1.39%) Algorithms
10 12 (1.39%) NHS
10 12 (1.39%) Reference Data
10 12 (1.39%) Reinsurance
10 12 (1.39%) Virtual Team
11 11 (1.27%) Low-Code
12 9 (1.04%) Fixed Income
12 9 (1.04%) Self-Motivation
13 8 (0.92%) Equities
14 7 (0.81%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 22 (2.54%) Windows
2 13 (1.50%) Linux
3 10 (1.15%) Unix
3 10 (1.15%) Windows Server
4 7 (0.81%) Android
4 7 (0.81%) Mac OS
5 3 (0.35%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 297 (34.30%) Analytics
2 244 (28.18%) Data Modelling
3 203 (23.44%) Visualisation
4 199 (22.98%) Agile
5 146 (16.86%) Problem-Solving
6 141 (16.28%) Stakeholder Management
7 140 (16.17%) ETL
8 138 (15.94%) Decision-Making
9 133 (15.36%) Data Governance
10 127 (14.67%) Data Analysis
11 123 (14.20%) Data Visualisation
12 113 (13.05%) DevOps
13 104 (12.01%) Data Engineering
14 102 (11.78%) Migration
15 100 (11.55%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 98 (11.32%) Actionable Insight
17 95 (10.97%) CI/CD
18 92 (10.62%) Data Pipeline
19 87 (10.05%) Dashboard Development
20 76 (8.78%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 414 (47.81%) SQL
2 212 (24.48%) Python
3 56 (6.47%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 51 (5.89%) C#
5 41 (4.73%) JavaScript
6 36 (4.16%) PL/SQL
7 35 (4.04%) R
8 32 (3.70%) PowerShell
9 25 (2.89%) T-SQL
10 24 (2.77%) Java
11 15 (1.73%) VBA
12 11 (1.27%) TypeScript
13 9 (1.04%) Scala
14 8 (0.92%) Bash
15 7 (0.81%) C++
15 7 (0.81%) Groovy
16 6 (0.69%) Bicep
17 5 (0.58%) Formula Language
17 5 (0.58%) LotusScript
17 5 (0.58%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 136 (15.70%) Security Cleared
2 123 (14.20%) SC Cleared
3 78 (9.01%) Degree
4 22 (2.54%) Computer Science Degree
5 20 (2.31%) Azure Certification
6 17 (1.96%) Microsoft Certification
7 14 (1.62%) PMI Certification
8 12 (1.39%) AWS Certification
9 11 (1.27%) Master's Degree
10 10 (1.15%) ACCA
11 9 (1.04%) CIMA
11 9 (1.04%) PMP
12 8 (0.92%) CFA
13 7 (0.81%) DV Cleared
14 6 (0.69%) BPSS Clearance
14 6 (0.69%) Cisco Certification
15 5 (0.58%) CCNP
16 4 (0.46%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
17 3 (0.35%) CCIE
17 3 (0.35%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 147 (16.97%) Data Quality
2 53 (6.12%) GDPR
3 52 (6.00%) QA
4 33 (3.81%) PMO
5 27 (3.12%) Accessibility
6 8 (0.92%) HIPAA
7 7 (0.81%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 6 (0.69%) GRC
8 6 (0.69%) IFRS
9 5 (0.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 4 (0.46%) Actionable Recommendations
10 4 (0.46%) COBIT
10 4 (0.46%) NIST
11 3 (0.35%) HL7
11 3 (0.35%) MiFID
11 3 (0.35%) SLA
12 2 (0.23%) Basel II
12 2 (0.23%) Def Stans
12 2 (0.23%) P3O
13 1 (0.12%) IFRS 9
System Software
1 25 (2.89%) Active Directory
2 8 (0.92%) Docker
3 3 (0.35%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.23%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.12%) Firmware
5 1 (0.12%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.12%) Xen
5 1 (0.12%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 34 (3.93%) Terraform
2 11 (1.27%) Kubernetes
3 5 (0.58%) Ansible
4 4 (0.46%) Kubeflow
4 4 (0.46%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (0.35%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (0.35%) Puppet
5 3 (0.35%) RSA Archer
5 3 (0.35%) SCCM
6 2 (0.23%) vCenter Server
6 2 (0.23%) vRealize
7 1 (0.12%) Grafana
7 1 (0.12%) HP ALM
7 1 (0.12%) Istio
7 1 (0.12%) Jamf Pro
7 1 (0.12%) Opsgenie
7 1 (0.12%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.12%) SCOM
7 1 (0.12%) Thomson Reuters DACS
7 1 (0.12%) WSUS
Vendors
1 242 (27.94%) Microsoft
2 101 (11.66%) SAP
3 96 (11.09%) Oracle
4 89 (10.28%) Databricks
5 38 (4.39%) Salesforce
6 30 (3.46%) ServiceNow
7 29 (3.35%) Google
8 16 (1.85%) Alteryx
8 16 (1.85%) Cisco
9 11 (1.27%) Adobe
10 10 (1.15%) Informatica
10 10 (1.15%) Lotus
11 9 (1.04%) Planview
11 9 (1.04%) Workday
12 8 (0.92%) HP
13 7 (0.81%) Apple
13 7 (0.81%) Citrix
13 7 (0.81%) Dataiku
13 7 (0.81%) Dell
14 6 (0.69%) DocuSign