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

6 months to
22 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 34 34 45
Rank change year-on-year 0 +11 +9
Contract jobs citing Business Intelligence 804 857 928
As % of all contract jobs in London 6.01% 5.38% 4.49%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.50% 6.02% 5.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 537 583 632
10th Percentile £325 £301 £360
25th Percentile £413 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £625 £650
90th Percentile £768 £731 £702
England median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 10 13
10th Percentile - £27.20 £19.50
25th Percentile £18.25 £34.51 £25.38
Median hourly rate £33.00 £52.50 £35.63
Median % change year-on-year -37.14% +47.35% +1.80%
75th Percentile £45.22 £78.13 £49.08
90th Percentile £60.38 £86.88 £52.75
England median hourly rate £24.00 £32.50 £27.50
% change year-on-year -26.15% +18.18% +1.93%

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 12,373 14,239 18,576
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.45% 89.33% 89.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,149 9,210 13,447
10th Percentile £333 £350 £363
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% -4.35% -2.13%
75th Percentile £663 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £800 £800
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 244 175 228
10th Percentile £18.06 £17.70 £18.45
25th Percentile £24.94 £24.17 £21.50
Median hourly rate £30.25 £38.07 £39.63
Median % change year-on-year -20.54% -3.92% +1.77%
75th Percentile £47.50 £57.50 £62.25
90th Percentile £64.93 £78.75 £76.63
England median hourly rate £25.15 £41.16 £44.50
% change year-on-year -38.89% -7.52% +27.14%

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 October 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 22 October 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 22 October 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 +14 119 £525 -0.94% 287
West London -6 16 £500 +6.38% 30
East London -3 4 £513 +16.35% 22
South London -6 4 £400 -11.11% 13
North London -2 2 £500 +96.08% 4
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 54 (6.72%) SharePoint
2 30 (3.73%) Confluence
3 19 (2.36%) Apache Airflow
4 17 (2.11%) Apache Spark
5 13 (1.62%) Oracle Workflow
6 10 (1.24%) Apache
7 9 (1.12%) HCL Notes
7 9 (1.12%) Microsoft Exchange
8 6 (0.75%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 5 (0.62%) Oracle Self-Service HR
10 4 (0.50%) Jupyter
10 4 (0.50%) Luigi
10 4 (0.50%) SAS
11 3 (0.37%) CMS
12 2 (0.25%) Apache Solr
12 2 (0.25%) ArcGIS
12 2 (0.25%) Headless CMS
12 2 (0.25%) Moodle
12 2 (0.25%) Tomcat
13 1 (0.12%) Mendix
Applications
1 116 (14.43%) Microsoft Excel
2 35 (4.35%) Microsoft Office
3 32 (3.98%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 15 (1.87%) Microsoft Project
4 15 (1.87%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.37%) Oracle Smart View
5 3 (0.37%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.25%) Trello
7 1 (0.12%) Adobe After Effects
7 1 (0.12%) Adobe Premiere
7 1 (0.12%) Adobe XD
7 1 (0.12%) Notion
7 1 (0.12%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 26 (3.23%) Dynamics CRM
2 15 (1.87%) Aladdin
3 14 (1.74%) Oracle EBS
3 14 (1.74%) SAP S/4HANA
4 12 (1.49%) Oracle Payables
5 8 (1.00%) Oracle Assets
5 8 (1.00%) Oracle Financials
6 7 (0.87%) Oracle General Ledger
6 7 (0.87%) Salesforce CRM
6 7 (0.87%) thinkFolio
6 7 (0.87%) Workday HCM
7 6 (0.75%) NetSuite
7 6 (0.75%) Oracle ERP
8 5 (0.62%) Oracle EBS R12
8 5 (0.62%) Oracle Payroll
9 4 (0.50%) Remedy ITSM
9 4 (0.50%) SAP APO
9 4 (0.50%) SAP MDG
10 3 (0.37%) Eloqua
10 3 (0.37%) Loan IQ
Cloud Services
1 559 (69.53%) Power Platform
2 254 (31.59%) Azure
3 107 (13.31%) AWS
4 100 (12.44%) Power Automate
5 88 (10.95%) PowerApps
6 67 (8.33%) Snowflake
7 63 (7.84%) Azure DevOps
8 62 (7.71%) GCP
9 55 (6.84%) Azure Data Factory
10 53 (6.59%) Dynamics 365
11 45 (5.60%) Microsoft 365
12 44 (5.47%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 41 (5.10%) dbt
14 28 (3.48%) SaaS
14 28 (3.48%) Serverless
15 27 (3.36%) Azure Logic Apps
16 24 (2.99%) Entra ID
16 24 (2.99%) GitHub
17 19 (2.36%) Amazon S3
17 19 (2.36%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 6 (0.75%) Wireless
2 5 (0.62%) Firewall
3 3 (0.37%) DHCP
3 3 (0.37%) DNS
3 3 (0.37%) Network Security
4 2 (0.25%) BGP
4 2 (0.25%) BIG-IP
4 2 (0.25%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
4 2 (0.25%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
4 2 (0.25%) LAN
4 2 (0.25%) OSPF
4 2 (0.25%) SD-WAN
4 2 (0.25%) TCP/IP
4 2 (0.25%) VPN
4 2 (0.25%) WAN
5 1 (0.12%) HTTP
5 1 (0.12%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (0.12%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 555 (69.03%) Power BI
2 123 (15.30%) Tableau
3 109 (13.56%) Data Warehouse
4 55 (6.84%) Data Lake
5 51 (6.34%) SQL Server
6 49 (6.09%) Power Query
7 38 (4.73%) Metadata
8 29 (3.61%) BigQuery
9 28 (3.48%) Oracle BI Publisher
10 27 (3.36%) Looker
10 27 (3.36%) Relational Database
10 27 (3.36%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 25 (3.11%) Oracle Reports
12 23 (2.86%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 22 (2.74%) Azure SQL Database
14 20 (2.49%) Amazon Redshift
15 15 (1.87%) Delta Lake
15 15 (1.87%) NoSQL
15 15 (1.87%) Oracle Database
16 14 (1.74%) Data Vault
Development Applications
1 57 (7.09%) JIRA
2 40 (4.98%) Git
3 9 (1.12%) GitLab
4 6 (0.75%) MLflow
4 6 (0.75%) Oracle Forms
4 6 (0.75%) SonarQube
5 5 (0.62%) ERwin
6 4 (0.50%) Clang
6 4 (0.50%) GCC
6 4 (0.50%) Oracle APEX
7 3 (0.37%) Liquibase
7 3 (0.37%) Visual Studio
8 2 (0.25%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.25%) Mercurial
8 2 (0.25%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 2 (0.25%) Subversion
8 2 (0.25%) Visual Studio Code
9 1 (0.12%) Metasploit
9 1 (0.12%) Team Foundation Server
9 1 (0.12%) tSQLt
General
1 326 (40.55%) Finance
2 274 (34.08%) Social Skills
3 177 (22.01%) Analytical Skills
4 109 (13.56%) Public Sector
5 83 (10.32%) Marketing
6 69 (8.58%) Banking
7 55 (6.84%) Telecoms
8 51 (6.34%) Manufacturing
9 44 (5.47%) Electronics
10 30 (3.73%) Front Office
10 30 (3.73%) Investment Banking
11 27 (3.36%) Retail
12 26 (3.23%) Presentation Skills
13 20 (2.49%) Organisational Skills
14 19 (2.36%) Legal
15 18 (2.24%) Local Government
16 17 (2.11%) Publishing
17 16 (1.99%) Documentation Skills
17 16 (1.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
18 10 (1.24%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 185 (23.01%) Analyst
2 143 (17.79%) Developer
3 83 (10.32%) Data Engineer
4 81 (10.07%) Data Analyst
5 77 (9.58%) Lead
6 73 (9.08%) Senior
7 72 (8.96%) Architect
8 67 (8.33%) Business Analyst
9 58 (7.21%) Consultant
10 43 (5.35%) Business Intelligence Developer
11 32 (3.98%) Data Architect
11 32 (3.98%) Power BI Developer
12 22 (2.74%) Azure Engineer
13 20 (2.49%) Power Platform Developer
13 20 (2.49%) Project Manager
13 20 (2.49%) Solutions Architect
14 19 (2.36%) Azure Data Engineer
14 19 (2.36%) Oracle Developer
15 18 (2.24%) Senior Analyst
15 18 (2.24%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (4.85%) .NET
2 36 (4.48%) PySpark
3 31 (3.86%) REST
4 14 (1.74%) Kafka
4 14 (1.74%) Oracle Fusion
4 14 (1.74%) Pandas
5 13 (1.62%) HTML
6 12 (1.49%) SOAP
7 11 (1.37%) JSON
8 10 (1.24%) Web Services
9 9 (1.12%) CSS
9 9 (1.12%) HTML5 Canvas
9 9 (1.12%) RESTful
9 9 (1.12%) scikit-learn
10 8 (1.00%) Middleware
10 8 (1.00%) NumPy
10 8 (1.00%) SailPoint
11 6 (0.75%) Microsoft Graph
12 5 (0.62%) .NET Core
12 5 (0.62%) GeoPandas
Miscellaneous
1 28 (3.48%) Analytical Mindset
2 25 (3.11%) Derivative
3 22 (2.74%) Onboarding
4 20 (2.49%) Data Structures
4 20 (2.49%) Fixed Income
5 18 (2.24%) Management Information System
6 17 (2.11%) Product Ownership
7 15 (1.87%) Hedge funds
7 15 (1.87%) Virtual Team
8 14 (1.74%) Algorithms
8 14 (1.74%) Legacy Systems
9 13 (1.62%) Data Protection Act
9 13 (1.62%) Reinsurance
10 12 (1.49%) Data Centre
11 11 (1.37%) Cloud Native
11 11 (1.37%) Greenfield Project
11 11 (1.37%) Low-Code
11 11 (1.37%) NHS
11 11 (1.37%) Reference Data
11 11 (1.37%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 17 (2.11%) Windows
2 13 (1.62%) Linux
3 10 (1.24%) Unix
4 6 (0.75%) Android
4 6 (0.75%) Mac OS
4 6 (0.75%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.37%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.25%) Mac OS X
6 2 (0.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.25%) Windows 8
6 2 (0.25%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 267 (33.21%) Analytics
2 229 (28.48%) Data Modelling
3 203 (25.25%) Agile
4 183 (22.76%) Visualisation
5 151 (18.78%) Problem-Solving
6 137 (17.04%) Decision-Making
7 128 (15.92%) ETL
8 126 (15.67%) Stakeholder Management
9 116 (14.43%) Data Analysis
10 114 (14.18%) Data Governance
11 112 (13.93%) Data Visualisation
12 101 (12.56%) DevOps
13 95 (11.82%) Data Engineering
14 94 (11.69%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 88 (10.95%) Migration
16 84 (10.45%) CI/CD
16 84 (10.45%) Data Pipeline
17 83 (10.32%) Actionable Insight
18 80 (9.95%) Dashboard Development
19 66 (8.21%) AI
Programming Languages
1 392 (48.76%) SQL
2 205 (25.50%) Python
3 51 (6.34%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 38 (4.73%) C#
5 33 (4.10%) PL/SQL
6 32 (3.98%) JavaScript
7 30 (3.73%) R
8 29 (3.61%) PowerShell
9 25 (3.11%) Java
10 19 (2.36%) T-SQL
11 13 (1.62%) VBA
12 8 (1.00%) Bash
13 7 (0.87%) Groovy
13 7 (0.87%) Scala
13 7 (0.87%) TypeScript
14 6 (0.75%) C++
15 5 (0.62%) Korn
15 5 (0.62%) MATLAB
16 4 (0.50%) Formula Language
16 4 (0.50%) LotusScript
Qualifications
1 121 (15.05%) Security Cleared
2 107 (13.31%) SC Cleared
3 69 (8.58%) Degree
4 16 (1.99%) Azure Certification
5 15 (1.87%) Computer Science Degree
5 15 (1.87%) Microsoft Certification
6 14 (1.74%) PMI Certification
7 12 (1.49%) Master's Degree
8 8 (1.00%) ACCA
8 8 (1.00%) PMP
9 7 (0.87%) DV Cleared
10 6 (0.75%) AWS Certification
10 6 (0.75%) CFA
10 6 (0.75%) CIMA
11 5 (0.62%) BPSS Clearance
11 5 (0.62%) Cisco Certification
12 4 (0.50%) CBAP
12 4 (0.50%) CCNP
13 3 (0.37%) CCNA
13 3 (0.37%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 125 (15.55%) Data Quality
2 46 (5.72%) GDPR
3 39 (4.85%) QA
4 32 (3.98%) PMO
5 25 (3.11%) Accessibility
6 8 (1.00%) HIPAA
6 8 (1.00%) IFRS
6 8 (1.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 5 (0.62%) Basel II
8 4 (0.50%) COBIT
8 4 (0.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 4 (0.50%) SLA
9 3 (0.37%) HL7
9 3 (0.37%) MiFID
9 3 (0.37%) NIST
10 2 (0.25%) Def Stans
10 2 (0.25%) GRC
10 2 (0.25%) P3O
11 1 (0.12%) EMIR
11 1 (0.12%) FISMA
System Software
1 26 (3.23%) Active Directory
2 5 (0.62%) Docker
3 3 (0.37%) XenApp
4 2 (0.25%) Firmware
4 2 (0.25%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (0.25%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.25%) vSphere
5 1 (0.12%) Xen
Systems Management
1 27 (3.36%) Terraform
2 5 (0.62%) Ansible
3 4 (0.50%) Kubeflow
3 4 (0.50%) Kubernetes
3 4 (0.50%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (0.37%) Puppet
5 2 (0.25%) McAfee ePO
5 2 (0.25%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.25%) Norton AntiVirus
5 2 (0.25%) SCCM
5 2 (0.25%) vCenter Server
6 1 (0.12%) Grafana
6 1 (0.12%) Istio
6 1 (0.12%) Jamf Pro
6 1 (0.12%) Opsgenie
6 1 (0.12%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.12%) RSA Archer
6 1 (0.12%) Thomson Reuters DACS
6 1 (0.12%) WSUS
Vendors
1 212 (26.37%) Microsoft
2 91 (11.32%) SAP
3 79 (9.83%) Oracle
4 78 (9.70%) Databricks
5 32 (3.98%) Google
6 30 (3.73%) Salesforce
7 26 (3.23%) ServiceNow
8 16 (1.99%) Alteryx
9 15 (1.87%) Cisco
10 13 (1.62%) Adobe
11 11 (1.37%) BISAM
12 9 (1.12%) Lotus
12 9 (1.12%) Planview
13 8 (1.00%) Calypso
13 8 (1.00%) Dell
13 8 (1.00%) HP
13 8 (1.00%) Workday
14 7 (0.87%) Charles River
14 7 (0.87%) Dataiku
14 7 (0.87%) Informatica