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 5 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 39 38 41
Rank change year-on-year -1 +3 +11
Contract jobs citing Business Intelligence 1,107 760 827
As % of all contract jobs in London 5.50% 5.58% 5.08%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.18% 6.05% 5.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 747 511 599
10th Percentile £359 £350 £308
25th Percentile £431 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £513
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +2.44% -2.38%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £613
90th Percentile £688 £788 £725
England median daily rate £500 £500 £500
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 14 12
10th Percentile £16.70 £25.61 £28.88
25th Percentile £19.25 £29.07 £45.00
Median hourly rate £25.50 £33.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.73% -40.00% +30.18%
75th Percentile £46.25 £38.06 £76.88
90th Percentile £57.15 £78.00 £87.75
England median hourly rate £30.00 £31.64 £30.00
% change year-on-year -5.18% +5.47% -14.29%

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 17,923 12,563 14,469
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.03% 92.23% 88.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,813 8,414 10,214
10th Percentile £363 £325 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £541 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.62% -1.59% -4.35%
75th Percentile £660 £675 £688
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 296 248 196
10th Percentile £17.60 £16.50 £16.97
25th Percentile £20.02 £24.62 £22.00
Median hourly rate £36.00 £29.50 £35.25
Median % change year-on-year +22.03% -16.31% -14.59%
75th Percentile £57.50 £49.56 £55.00
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.25 £71.88
England median hourly rate £45.00 £25.15 £42.50
% change year-on-year +78.93% -40.82% -

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 5 August 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 5 August 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 5 August 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 +2 164 £550 - 112
West London -10 27 £531 -4.28% 16
South London 0 23 £463 +42.31% 7
North London +1 4 £450 - 2
East London -3 1 £350 -33.33% 17
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 78 (7.05%) SharePoint
2 40 (3.61%) Confluence
3 37 (3.34%) Apache Spark
4 35 (3.16%) Apache Airflow
5 26 (2.35%) Apache
6 9 (0.81%) Oracle Workflow
7 8 (0.72%) Microsoft Exchange
8 7 (0.63%) SAS
9 5 (0.45%) CMS
9 5 (0.45%) Palantir Foundry
10 4 (0.36%) Apache Solr
10 4 (0.36%) Mendix
11 3 (0.27%) ArcGIS
11 3 (0.27%) HCL Notes
11 3 (0.27%) Kentico
12 1 (0.090%) Appian
12 1 (0.090%) Camunda
12 1 (0.090%) IIS
12 1 (0.090%) Oracle Self-Service HR
12 1 (0.090%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 148 (13.37%) Microsoft Excel
2 22 (1.99%) Microsoft Project
3 21 (1.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 19 (1.72%) MS Visio
5 15 (1.36%) Microsoft Office
6 9 (0.81%) Spreadsheet
7 4 (0.36%) Chatbot
7 4 (0.36%) Oracle Smart View
8 2 (0.18%) CPLEX
8 2 (0.18%) Notion
Business Applications
1 30 (2.71%) Dynamics CRM
2 11 (0.99%) Oracle EBS
3 10 (0.90%) Oracle Payables
4 9 (0.81%) Aladdin
5 8 (0.72%) Oracle Financials
5 8 (0.72%) Oracle General Ledger
5 8 (0.72%) Oracle Receivables
6 6 (0.54%) Oracle Assets
6 6 (0.54%) Oracle FAH
7 5 (0.45%) BambooHR
8 4 (0.36%) iTrent
8 4 (0.36%) Oracle E-Business Tax
8 4 (0.36%) Oracle Internet Expenses
8 4 (0.36%) Oracle iProcurement
8 4 (0.36%) Remedy ITSM
8 4 (0.36%) SAP S/4HANA
9 3 (0.27%) Oracle Applications
9 3 (0.27%) Oracle ERP
9 3 (0.27%) SAP MDG
9 3 (0.27%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 828 (74.80%) Power Platform
2 381 (34.42%) Azure
3 160 (14.45%) AWS
4 115 (10.39%) Power Automate
5 113 (10.21%) Snowflake
6 105 (9.49%) PowerApps
7 94 (8.49%) Dynamics 365
8 91 (8.22%) Azure DevOps
9 88 (7.95%) Azure Data Factory
10 79 (7.14%) dbt
11 73 (6.59%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 71 (6.41%) GCP
13 60 (5.42%) Microsoft Copilot
14 56 (5.06%) Serverless
15 55 (4.97%) Microsoft 365
16 53 (4.79%) GitHub
17 52 (4.70%) Amazon S3
18 36 (3.25%) AWS Lambda
19 32 (2.89%) Microsoft Purview
20 29 (2.62%) Copilot Studio
Communications & Networking
1 11 (0.99%) DNS
1 11 (0.99%) Firewall
2 10 (0.90%) VPN
3 5 (0.45%) Network Security
4 3 (0.27%) DHCP
4 3 (0.27%) FTP
4 3 (0.27%) Internet
5 2 (0.18%) Broadband
5 2 (0.18%) NAS
5 2 (0.18%) SAN
5 2 (0.18%) SSL
6 1 (0.090%) HTTP
6 1 (0.090%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (0.090%) LAN
6 1 (0.090%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.090%) SSH
6 1 (0.090%) VoIP
6 1 (0.090%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 822 (74.25%) Power BI
2 216 (19.51%) Data Warehouse
3 178 (16.08%) Tableau
4 106 (9.58%) Data Lake
5 76 (6.87%) SQL Server
6 68 (6.14%) Power Query
7 53 (4.79%) Metadata
8 51 (4.61%) Star Schema
9 47 (4.25%) Amazon Redshift
9 47 (4.25%) BigQuery
10 43 (3.88%) Looker
11 36 (3.25%) Amazon Athena
12 35 (3.16%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 34 (3.07%) Relational Database
13 34 (3.07%) Snowflake Schema
14 32 (2.89%) Semantic Layer
15 30 (2.71%) SQL Server Reporting Services
16 28 (2.53%) Oracle BI Publisher
17 25 (2.26%) Azure SQL Database
18 23 (2.08%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 77 (6.96%) JIRA
2 48 (4.34%) Git
3 23 (2.08%) GitLab
4 11 (0.99%) Jenkins
5 10 (0.90%) Oracle Forms
6 6 (0.54%) ERwin
6 6 (0.54%) Visual Studio
7 5 (0.45%) PowerDesigner
8 4 (0.36%) JDeveloper
8 4 (0.36%) JMeter
9 3 (0.27%) ER Studio
9 3 (0.27%) Team Foundation Server
9 3 (0.27%) Terragrunt
10 2 (0.18%) Bitbucket
10 2 (0.18%) Charles Proxy
10 2 (0.18%) LoadRunner
10 2 (0.18%) Selenium
10 2 (0.18%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 2 (0.18%) WebDriver
11 1 (0.090%) RStudio
General
1 421 (38.03%) Finance
2 355 (32.07%) Social Skills
3 249 (22.49%) Analytical Skills
4 112 (10.12%) Banking
5 95 (8.58%) Public Sector
6 56 (5.06%) Retail
7 50 (4.52%) Marketing
8 42 (3.79%) Law
9 32 (2.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 27 (2.44%) Documentation Skills
11 24 (2.17%) Organisational Skills
12 23 (2.08%) Investment Banking
13 18 (1.63%) Front Office
13 18 (1.63%) Telecoms
14 17 (1.54%) Local Government
15 16 (1.45%) Financial Institution
16 15 (1.36%) Legal
16 15 (1.36%) Manufacturing
17 13 (1.17%) Publishing
18 12 (1.08%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 282 (25.47%) Analyst
2 175 (15.81%) Developer
3 159 (14.36%) Architect
4 148 (13.37%) Data Engineer
5 136 (12.29%) Senior
6 127 (11.47%) Data Analyst
7 101 (9.12%) Lead
8 86 (7.77%) Business Analyst
9 65 (5.87%) Business Intelligence Developer
10 57 (5.15%) Consultant
11 55 (4.97%) Data Architect
12 46 (4.16%) Power BI Developer
13 45 (4.07%) Business Intelligence Analyst
14 44 (3.97%) Power Platform Developer
15 40 (3.61%) Lead Architect
16 37 (3.34%) Senior Developer
17 34 (3.07%) Senior Data Engineer
18 33 (2.98%) Solutions Architect
19 31 (2.80%) Functional Architect
20 27 (2.44%) Report Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 76 (6.87%) PySpark
2 52 (4.70%) .NET
3 39 (3.52%) REST
4 29 (2.62%) Kafka
5 24 (2.17%) Oracle Fusion
6 23 (2.08%) JSON
7 21 (1.90%) Middleware
8 17 (1.54%) React
9 16 (1.45%) XML
10 13 (1.17%) HTML5 Canvas
11 12 (1.08%) HTML
12 10 (0.90%) .NET Framework
12 10 (0.90%) CSS
13 9 (0.81%) Great Expectations
13 9 (0.81%) Pandas
13 9 (0.81%) RESTful
13 9 (0.81%) SOAP
14 8 (0.72%) .NET Core
14 8 (0.72%) OAuth
14 8 (0.72%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 53 (4.79%) Data Structures
2 47 (4.25%) Cloud Native
3 45 (4.07%) Product Ownership
4 37 (3.34%) Legacy Systems
5 26 (2.35%) Onboarding
6 24 (2.17%) Management Information System
7 21 (1.90%) Analytical Mindset
7 21 (1.90%) Self-Motivation
8 15 (1.36%) Data Protection Act
9 13 (1.17%) Distributed Systems
9 13 (1.17%) Reference Data
10 12 (1.08%) FMCG
11 11 (0.99%) Clustering
11 11 (0.99%) CMDB
11 11 (0.99%) Reinsurance
12 10 (0.90%) Enterprise Software
12 10 (0.90%) NHS
13 9 (0.81%) Greenfield Project
13 9 (0.81%) Low-Code
13 9 (0.81%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 19 (1.72%) Windows
2 16 (1.45%) Linux
3 10 (0.90%) Unix
4 8 (0.72%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.27%) Android
5 3 (0.27%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.090%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 460 (41.55%) Analytics
2 370 (33.42%) Data Modelling
3 291 (26.29%) Agile
4 232 (20.96%) AI
5 215 (19.42%) ETL
5 215 (19.42%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 209 (18.88%) CI/CD
7 207 (18.70%) Stakeholder Management
8 206 (18.61%) Migration
9 198 (17.89%) Decision-Making
10 195 (17.62%) Data Governance
11 194 (17.52%) Data Engineering
12 186 (16.80%) Visualisation
13 185 (16.71%) DevOps
14 183 (16.53%) Problem-Solving
15 177 (15.99%) Data Pipeline
16 143 (12.92%) Validation
17 140 (12.65%) Data Analysis
18 135 (12.20%) Continuous Improvement
19 134 (12.10%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 519 (46.88%) SQL
2 292 (26.38%) Python
3 118 (10.66%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 57 (5.15%) C#
5 54 (4.88%) JavaScript
6 41 (3.70%) T-SQL
7 37 (3.34%) PowerShell
8 25 (2.26%) R
9 24 (2.17%) PL/SQL
10 19 (1.72%) Java
11 14 (1.26%) TypeScript
11 14 (1.26%) VBA
12 11 (0.99%) Scala
13 9 (0.81%) Shell Script
14 7 (0.63%) Bicep
15 6 (0.54%) Korn
16 5 (0.45%) Bash
17 4 (0.36%) LookML
18 3 (0.27%) Kotlin
18 3 (0.27%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 181 (16.35%) Security Cleared
2 158 (14.27%) SC Cleared
3 77 (6.96%) Degree
4 26 (2.35%) Azure Certification
5 21 (1.90%) Microsoft Certification
6 18 (1.63%) DBS Check
7 16 (1.45%) BPSS Clearance
7 16 (1.45%) Computer Science Degree
8 15 (1.36%) AWS Certification
9 10 (0.90%) DV Cleared
10 7 (0.63%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 7 (0.63%) Master's Degree
10 7 (0.63%) PMI Certification
11 5 (0.45%) Tableau Certification
11 5 (0.45%) TOGAF Certification
12 4 (0.36%) PMP
12 4 (0.36%) SnowPro
13 3 (0.27%) ACCA
13 3 (0.27%) CISM
13 3 (0.27%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 254 (22.94%) Data Quality
2 69 (6.23%) GDPR
3 61 (5.51%) QA
4 44 (3.97%) PMO
5 20 (1.81%) Accessibility
6 11 (0.99%) Actionable Recommendations
7 9 (0.81%) Solvency II
8 6 (0.54%) SLA
9 5 (0.45%) PCI DSS
9 5 (0.45%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 4 (0.36%) NCSC
11 3 (0.27%) ISO 20022
11 3 (0.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 3 (0.27%) P3O
12 2 (0.18%) Basel III
12 2 (0.18%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 2 (0.18%) COBIT
12 2 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials
12 2 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 1 (0.090%) NIST
System Software
1 18 (1.63%) Active Directory
2 14 (1.26%) Docker
3 7 (0.63%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.27%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.090%) BitLocker
5 1 (0.090%) RACF
Systems Management
1 63 (5.69%) Terraform
2 16 (1.45%) Kubernetes
3 12 (1.08%) Grafana
4 9 (0.81%) Ansible
4 9 (0.81%) Prometheus
5 6 (0.54%) Microsoft Intune
5 6 (0.54%) Single Sign-On
6 4 (0.36%) Control-M
6 4 (0.36%) Microsoft Clustering
7 3 (0.27%) SCCM
8 1 (0.090%) Apache Ranger
8 1 (0.090%) Kibana
8 1 (0.090%) Nessus
8 1 (0.090%) SCOM
8 1 (0.090%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 1 (0.090%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 362 (32.70%) Microsoft
2 156 (14.09%) Databricks
3 87 (7.86%) Oracle
4 32 (2.89%) SAP
5 30 (2.71%) Google
6 28 (2.53%) ServiceNow
7 25 (2.26%) Salesforce
8 19 (1.72%) Informatica
9 18 (1.63%) Alteryx
10 16 (1.45%) Workday
11 10 (0.90%) Adobe
11 10 (0.90%) Palantir
12 9 (0.81%) VMware
13 8 (0.72%) Amplitude
13 8 (0.72%) Dynatrace
13 8 (0.72%) Foundry
13 8 (0.72%) Splunk
14 7 (0.63%) AppDynamics
14 7 (0.63%) MicroStrategy
15 6 (0.54%) Citrix