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

6 months to
29 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 38 37 42
Rank change year-on-year -1 +5 +9
Contract jobs citing Business Intelligence 1,084 756 838
As % of all contract jobs in London 5.46% 5.56% 5.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.14% 6.03% 5.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 728 507 607
10th Percentile £362 £346 £313
25th Percentile £431 £413 £418
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 13 12
10th Percentile £16.70 £28.38 £28.88
25th Percentile £19.25 £29.07 £45.00
Median hourly rate £25.50 £34.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% -38.18% +15.79%
75th Percentile £46.25 £38.75 £76.88
90th Percentile £57.15 £80.75 £87.75
England median hourly rate £30.00 £31.64 £30.00
% change year-on-year -5.18% +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 17,663 12,532 14,574
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.96% 92.17% 88.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,664 8,387 10,335
10th Percentile £363 £325 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% -1.82% -4.35%
75th Percentile £656 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £788 £800
England median daily rate £525 £512 £525
% change year-on-year +2.54% -2.48% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 289 242 212
10th Percentile £17.60 £16.50 £16.25
25th Percentile £19.85 £24.66 £22.00
Median hourly rate £35.50 £29.75 £34.00
Median % change year-on-year +19.33% -12.50% -18.07%
75th Percentile £57.00 £49.31 £54.06
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.23 £71.25
England median hourly rate £46.62 £25.15 £41.50
% change year-on-year +85.35% -39.40% -2.35%

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 29 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 29 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 29 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 +1 157 £550 - 56
West London -7 27 £550 -0.90% 13
South London -2 24 £463 +42.31% 2
North London - 4 £450 - 1
East London -3 1 £350 -33.33% 6
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 75 (6.92%) SharePoint
2 39 (3.60%) Confluence
3 37 (3.41%) Apache Spark
4 33 (3.04%) Apache Airflow
5 25 (2.31%) Apache
6 9 (0.83%) Oracle Workflow
7 8 (0.74%) Microsoft Exchange
8 7 (0.65%) SAS
9 5 (0.46%) CMS
9 5 (0.46%) Palantir Foundry
10 4 (0.37%) Mendix
11 3 (0.28%) Apache Solr
11 3 (0.28%) ArcGIS
11 3 (0.28%) HCL Notes
11 3 (0.28%) Kentico
12 1 (0.092%) Appian
12 1 (0.092%) Camunda
12 1 (0.092%) IIS
12 1 (0.092%) Oracle Self-Service HR
12 1 (0.092%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 146 (13.47%) Microsoft Excel
2 21 (1.94%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 21 (1.94%) Microsoft Project
3 19 (1.75%) MS Visio
4 14 (1.29%) Microsoft Office
5 8 (0.74%) Spreadsheet
6 4 (0.37%) Chatbot
6 4 (0.37%) Oracle Smart View
7 2 (0.18%) CPLEX
7 2 (0.18%) Notion
Business Applications
1 29 (2.68%) Dynamics CRM
2 11 (1.01%) Oracle EBS
3 10 (0.92%) Oracle Payables
4 9 (0.83%) Aladdin
5 8 (0.74%) Oracle Financials
5 8 (0.74%) Oracle General Ledger
5 8 (0.74%) Oracle Receivables
6 6 (0.55%) Oracle Assets
6 6 (0.55%) Oracle FAH
7 5 (0.46%) BambooHR
7 5 (0.46%) SAP S/4HANA
8 4 (0.37%) iTrent
8 4 (0.37%) Oracle E-Business Tax
8 4 (0.37%) Oracle Internet Expenses
8 4 (0.37%) Oracle iProcurement
9 3 (0.28%) Oracle Applications
9 3 (0.28%) Oracle ERP
9 3 (0.28%) SAP MDG
9 3 (0.28%) Workday HCM
10 2 (0.18%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 808 (74.54%) Power Platform
2 376 (34.69%) Azure
3 158 (14.58%) AWS
4 114 (10.52%) Power Automate
5 107 (9.87%) Snowflake
6 102 (9.41%) PowerApps
7 90 (8.30%) Dynamics 365
8 88 (8.12%) Azure DevOps
9 84 (7.75%) Azure Data Factory
10 73 (6.73%) dbt
11 71 (6.55%) GCP
12 69 (6.37%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 62 (5.72%) Microsoft Copilot
14 56 (5.17%) Microsoft 365
14 56 (5.17%) Serverless
15 53 (4.89%) Amazon S3
16 50 (4.61%) GitHub
17 36 (3.32%) AWS Lambda
18 32 (2.95%) Copilot Studio
19 30 (2.77%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 11 (1.01%) DNS
1 11 (1.01%) Firewall
2 10 (0.92%) VPN
3 5 (0.46%) Network Security
4 3 (0.28%) DHCP
4 3 (0.28%) FTP
4 3 (0.28%) Internet
5 2 (0.18%) Broadband
5 2 (0.18%) NAS
5 2 (0.18%) SAN
5 2 (0.18%) SSL
6 1 (0.092%) HTTP
6 1 (0.092%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (0.092%) LAN
6 1 (0.092%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.092%) SSH
6 1 (0.092%) VoIP
6 1 (0.092%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 802 (73.99%) Power BI
2 206 (19.00%) Data Warehouse
3 174 (16.05%) Tableau
4 102 (9.41%) Data Lake
5 70 (6.46%) SQL Server
6 64 (5.90%) Power Query
7 52 (4.80%) Metadata
8 49 (4.52%) BigQuery
9 48 (4.43%) Star Schema
10 45 (4.15%) Looker
11 44 (4.06%) Amazon Redshift
12 35 (3.23%) Amazon Athena
12 35 (3.23%) Relational Database
13 34 (3.14%) Snowflake Schema
14 32 (2.95%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 29 (2.68%) Semantic Layer
16 28 (2.58%) Oracle BI Publisher
17 25 (2.31%) SQL Server Reporting Services
18 23 (2.12%) Azure SQL Database
19 20 (1.85%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 74 (6.83%) JIRA
2 46 (4.24%) Git
3 21 (1.94%) GitLab
4 10 (0.92%) Oracle Forms
5 9 (0.83%) Jenkins
6 6 (0.55%) ERwin
6 6 (0.55%) Visual Studio
7 5 (0.46%) PowerDesigner
8 4 (0.37%) JDeveloper
8 4 (0.37%) JMeter
9 3 (0.28%) ER Studio
9 3 (0.28%) Team Foundation Server
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 (0.092%) GCC
11 1 (0.092%) Moq
General
1 411 (37.92%) Finance
2 341 (31.46%) Social Skills
3 240 (22.14%) Analytical Skills
4 107 (9.87%) Banking
5 92 (8.49%) Public Sector
6 52 (4.80%) Retail
7 47 (4.34%) Marketing
8 42 (3.87%) Law
9 29 (2.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 27 (2.49%) Documentation Skills
11 24 (2.21%) Organisational Skills
12 22 (2.03%) Investment Banking
13 18 (1.66%) Telecoms
14 17 (1.57%) Front Office
14 17 (1.57%) Local Government
15 16 (1.48%) Legal
16 14 (1.29%) Financial Institution
16 14 (1.29%) Manufacturing
17 13 (1.20%) Pharmaceutical
18 12 (1.11%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 272 (25.09%) Analyst
2 175 (16.14%) Developer
3 156 (14.39%) Architect
4 145 (13.38%) Data Engineer
5 133 (12.27%) Senior
6 125 (11.53%) Data Analyst
7 98 (9.04%) Lead
8 82 (7.56%) Business Analyst
9 63 (5.81%) Business Intelligence Developer
10 55 (5.07%) Consultant
11 53 (4.89%) Data Architect
12 44 (4.06%) Power Platform Developer
13 43 (3.97%) Business Intelligence Analyst
13 43 (3.97%) Power BI Developer
14 40 (3.69%) Lead Architect
14 40 (3.69%) Senior Developer
15 33 (3.04%) Senior Data Engineer
16 31 (2.86%) Functional Architect
16 31 (2.86%) Solutions Architect
17 27 (2.49%) Report Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 73 (6.73%) PySpark
2 50 (4.61%) .NET
3 39 (3.60%) REST
4 29 (2.68%) Kafka
5 24 (2.21%) Oracle Fusion
6 23 (2.12%) JSON
6 23 (2.12%) Middleware
7 16 (1.48%) React
7 16 (1.48%) XML
8 12 (1.11%) HTML
8 12 (1.11%) HTML5 Canvas
9 10 (0.92%) .NET Framework
9 10 (0.92%) CSS
10 9 (0.83%) Great Expectations
10 9 (0.83%) RESTful
10 9 (0.83%) SOAP
11 8 (0.74%) .NET Core
11 8 (0.74%) Apache Avro
11 8 (0.74%) Pandas
12 7 (0.65%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 53 (4.89%) Data Structures
2 48 (4.43%) Cloud Native
3 42 (3.87%) Product Ownership
4 38 (3.51%) Legacy Systems
5 26 (2.40%) Onboarding
6 22 (2.03%) Management Information System
7 21 (1.94%) Self-Motivation
8 20 (1.85%) Analytical Mindset
9 16 (1.48%) Data Protection Act
10 13 (1.20%) Distributed Systems
11 12 (1.11%) FMCG
11 12 (1.11%) Reference Data
12 11 (1.01%) CMDB
13 10 (0.92%) Enterprise Software
13 10 (0.92%) Low-Code
13 10 (0.92%) NHS
13 10 (0.92%) Reinsurance
14 9 (0.83%) AI Agents
14 9 (0.83%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 9 (0.83%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 16 (1.48%) Windows
2 15 (1.38%) Linux
3 10 (0.92%) Unix
4 8 (0.74%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.28%) Android
5 3 (0.28%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.092%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 448 (41.33%) Analytics
2 365 (33.67%) Data Modelling
3 288 (26.57%) Agile
4 228 (21.03%) AI
5 207 (19.10%) ETL
6 205 (18.91%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 203 (18.73%) CI/CD
8 199 (18.36%) Migration
9 193 (17.80%) Data Engineering
10 192 (17.71%) Decision-Making
11 190 (17.53%) Stakeholder Management
12 189 (17.44%) Data Governance
13 186 (17.16%) Visualisation
14 181 (16.70%) DevOps
15 178 (16.42%) Problem-Solving
16 175 (16.14%) Data Pipeline
17 140 (12.92%) Validation
18 137 (12.64%) Data Analysis
19 134 (12.36%) Continuous Improvement
20 128 (11.81%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 499 (46.03%) SQL
2 284 (26.20%) Python
3 113 (10.42%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 53 (4.89%) C#
5 51 (4.70%) JavaScript
6 39 (3.60%) T-SQL
7 32 (2.95%) PowerShell
8 25 (2.31%) R
9 24 (2.21%) PL/SQL
10 18 (1.66%) Java
11 14 (1.29%) TypeScript
11 14 (1.29%) VBA
12 11 (1.01%) Scala
13 9 (0.83%) Shell Script
14 6 (0.55%) Bicep
14 6 (0.55%) Korn
15 4 (0.37%) Bash
15 4 (0.37%) LookML
16 3 (0.28%) Groovy
16 3 (0.28%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 179 (16.51%) Security Cleared
2 157 (14.48%) SC Cleared
3 76 (7.01%) Degree
4 25 (2.31%) Azure Certification
5 20 (1.85%) Microsoft Certification
6 18 (1.66%) DBS Check
7 16 (1.48%) BPSS Clearance
8 15 (1.38%) AWS Certification
8 15 (1.38%) Computer Science Degree
9 10 (0.92%) DV Cleared
10 7 (0.65%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 7 (0.65%) Master's Degree
10 7 (0.65%) PMI Certification
11 5 (0.46%) Tableau Certification
12 4 (0.37%) PMP
12 4 (0.37%) SnowPro
12 4 (0.37%) TOGAF Certification
13 3 (0.28%) CISM
13 3 (0.28%) CISSP
13 3 (0.28%) CTC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 249 (22.97%) Data Quality
2 71 (6.55%) GDPR
3 58 (5.35%) QA
4 44 (4.06%) PMO
5 21 (1.94%) Accessibility
6 10 (0.92%) Actionable Recommendations
7 9 (0.83%) Solvency II
8 6 (0.55%) SLA
9 5 (0.46%) PCI DSS
9 5 (0.46%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 4 (0.37%) NCSC
11 3 (0.28%) ISO 20022
11 3 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 3 (0.28%) 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 (0.092%) NIST
System Software
1 19 (1.75%) Active Directory
2 13 (1.20%) Docker
3 5 (0.46%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.28%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.092%) BitLocker
5 1 (0.092%) RACF
Systems Management
1 61 (5.63%) Terraform
2 14 (1.29%) Kubernetes
3 12 (1.11%) Grafana
4 9 (0.83%) Prometheus
5 8 (0.74%) Ansible
6 6 (0.55%) Microsoft Intune
6 6 (0.55%) Single Sign-On
7 3 (0.28%) Control-M
7 3 (0.28%) SCCM
8 2 (0.18%) Microsoft Clustering
9 1 (0.092%) Apache Ranger
9 1 (0.092%) Kibana
9 1 (0.092%) Nessus
9 1 (0.092%) SCOM
9 1 (0.092%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 1 (0.092%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 354 (32.66%) Microsoft
2 153 (14.11%) Databricks
3 85 (7.84%) Oracle
4 34 (3.14%) SAP
5 31 (2.86%) Google
6 28 (2.58%) Salesforce
6 28 (2.58%) ServiceNow
7 20 (1.85%) Informatica
8 18 (1.66%) Alteryx
9 17 (1.57%) Workday
10 10 (0.92%) Adobe
10 10 (0.92%) Palantir
11 8 (0.74%) Dynatrace
11 8 (0.74%) Foundry
11 8 (0.74%) Splunk
12 7 (0.65%) Amplitude
12 7 (0.65%) AppDynamics
12 7 (0.65%) VMware
13 6 (0.55%) Citrix
13 6 (0.55%) MicroStrategy