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

6 months to
29 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 33 36 40
Rank change year-on-year +3 +4 +14
Contract jobs citing Business Intelligence 949 751 875
As % of all contract jobs in London 6.42% 5.40% 4.79%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.05% 5.97% 5.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 609 494 590
10th Percentile £325 £300 £363
25th Percentile £413 £413 £443
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £513 £540
Median % change year-on-year -3.41% -5.09% -1.27%
75th Percentile £588 £634 £650
90th Percentile £675 £750 £738
England median daily rate £495 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -1.00% - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 8 15
10th Percentile £18.25 £24.68 £25.72
25th Percentile £19.19 £27.64 £35.00
Median hourly rate £31.65 £29.60 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +6.94% -30.36% +89.01%
75th Percentile £42.50 £53.75 £48.29
90th Percentile £56.00 £61.63 £51.80
England median hourly rate £23.66 £27.75 £29.00
% change year-on-year -14.73% -4.31% +6.42%

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 13,453 12,575 16,185
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 91.03% 90.47% 88.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,910 7,994 11,570
10th Percentile £350 £350 £340
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £501 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.67% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 213 156 322
10th Percentile £18.25 £20.75 £16.25
25th Percentile £25.00 £24.66 £19.65
Median hourly rate £34.50 £35.00 £30.08
Median % change year-on-year -1.44% +16.36% -19.79%
75th Percentile £56.50 £53.75 £52.50
90th Percentile £71.60 £79.38 £72.73
England median hourly rate £25.15 £34.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year -26.03% -6.85% +4.29%

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 January 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 January 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 January 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 +11 123 £500 -8.68% 64
West London -3 29 £600 +33.33% 11
East London -2 5 £495 +13.14% 7
North London -1 2 £500 +96.08% 2
South London -19 2 £487 -2.55% 8
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 61 (6.43%) SharePoint
2 40 (4.21%) Apache Spark
3 37 (3.90%) Confluence
4 25 (2.63%) Apache Airflow
5 24 (2.53%) Apache
6 16 (1.69%) HCL Notes
7 9 (0.95%) Mendix
7 9 (0.95%) Oracle Workflow
8 8 (0.84%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 4 (0.42%) Jupyter
10 3 (0.32%) IIS
11 2 (0.21%) ArcGIS
11 2 (0.21%) Luigi
11 2 (0.21%) Microsoft Exchange
11 2 (0.21%) Oracle Application Server
11 2 (0.21%) Tomcat
11 2 (0.21%) WebSphere
12 1 (0.11%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 1 (0.11%) Apache Pig
12 1 (0.11%) Apache Synapse
Applications
1 143 (15.07%) Microsoft Excel
2 24 (2.53%) Microsoft Office
3 23 (2.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 18 (1.90%) MS Visio
5 15 (1.58%) Microsoft Project
6 4 (0.42%) Spreadsheet
7 3 (0.32%) Notion
7 3 (0.32%) Trello
8 1 (0.11%) Adobe After Effects
8 1 (0.11%) Adobe Premiere
8 1 (0.11%) Adobe XD
8 1 (0.11%) Oracle Smart View
8 1 (0.11%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 34 (3.58%) Dynamics CRM
2 12 (1.26%) Oracle Payables
3 11 (1.16%) SAP S/4HANA
4 10 (1.05%) Oracle General Ledger
5 9 (0.95%) Oracle Financials
6 7 (0.74%) Oracle ERP
6 7 (0.74%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
7 6 (0.63%) Loan IQ
8 5 (0.53%) Oracle Assets
8 5 (0.53%) Oracle EBS
8 5 (0.53%) Oracle Receivables
9 4 (0.42%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 4 (0.42%) Remedy ITSM
10 3 (0.32%) iTrent
10 3 (0.32%) Oracle Cash Management
10 3 (0.32%) Oracle FAH
10 3 (0.32%) Salesforce CRM
11 2 (0.21%) Aladdin
11 2 (0.21%) Elite 3E
11 2 (0.21%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 695 (73.23%) Power Platform
2 336 (35.41%) Azure
3 130 (13.70%) AWS
4 126 (13.28%) Power Automate
5 108 (11.38%) PowerApps
6 94 (9.91%) Azure DevOps
7 84 (8.85%) Azure Data Factory
8 77 (8.11%) Snowflake
9 72 (7.59%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 68 (7.17%) Dynamics 365
11 62 (6.53%) Microsoft 365
12 59 (6.22%) GCP
13 49 (5.16%) Serverless
14 44 (4.64%) GitHub
15 35 (3.69%) dbt
16 32 (3.37%) Amazon S3
16 32 (3.37%) Azure Logic Apps
17 31 (3.27%) Azure Functions
18 24 (2.53%) Microsoft Copilot
19 22 (2.32%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (0.74%) Wireless
2 6 (0.63%) Network Security
3 5 (0.53%) HTTP
4 4 (0.42%) VPN
4 4 (0.42%) WAN
5 3 (0.32%) Firewall
5 3 (0.32%) LAN
5 3 (0.32%) SD-WAN
6 2 (0.21%) BGP
6 2 (0.21%) BIG-IP
6 2 (0.21%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
6 2 (0.21%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
6 2 (0.21%) OSPF
7 1 (0.11%) DNS
7 1 (0.11%) Hyperconnected
7 1 (0.11%) NGN
7 1 (0.11%) Skype
7 1 (0.11%) VLAN
7 1 (0.11%) VXLAN
7 1 (0.11%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 688 (72.50%) Power BI
2 148 (15.60%) Tableau
3 139 (14.65%) Data Warehouse
4 97 (10.22%) Data Lake
5 88 (9.27%) SQL Server
6 55 (5.80%) Metadata
7 45 (4.74%) Power Query
8 39 (4.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 30 (3.16%) Oracle BI Publisher
10 29 (3.06%) BigQuery
10 29 (3.06%) Looker
10 29 (3.06%) Relational Database
10 29 (3.06%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 28 (2.95%) Oracle Reports
12 27 (2.85%) Amazon Athena
12 27 (2.85%) Azure SQL Database
12 27 (2.85%) Oracle Database
13 26 (2.74%) Delta Lake
14 23 (2.42%) Star Schema
15 21 (2.21%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 66 (6.95%) JIRA
2 39 (4.11%) Git
3 17 (1.79%) Visual Studio
4 13 (1.37%) GitLab
5 11 (1.16%) Jenkins
6 8 (0.84%) ERwin
7 7 (0.74%) Team Foundation Server
8 6 (0.63%) SonarQube
9 5 (0.53%) Oracle Forms
10 3 (0.32%) MLflow
10 3 (0.32%) Selenium
10 3 (0.32%) Terragrunt
11 2 (0.21%) Cypress.io
11 2 (0.21%) ER Studio
11 2 (0.21%) Oracle APEX
11 2 (0.21%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
12 1 (0.11%) DBeaver
12 1 (0.11%) NUnit
12 1 (0.11%) Visual Studio Code
12 1 (0.11%) Visual Studio Coded UI
General
1 384 (40.46%) Finance
2 293 (30.87%) Social Skills
3 196 (20.65%) Analytical Skills
4 127 (13.38%) Public Sector
5 91 (9.59%) Marketing
6 88 (9.27%) Banking
7 56 (5.90%) Manufacturing
8 53 (5.58%) Telecoms
9 51 (5.37%) Electronics
10 29 (3.06%) Retail
11 28 (2.95%) Financial Institution
12 21 (2.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 19 (2.00%) Front Office
13 19 (2.00%) Investment Banking
14 17 (1.79%) Presentation Skills
15 16 (1.69%) Documentation Skills
15 16 (1.69%) Legal
16 15 (1.58%) Local Government
16 15 (1.58%) Publishing
17 14 (1.48%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 208 (21.92%) Analyst
2 191 (20.13%) Developer
3 145 (15.28%) Data Engineer
4 105 (11.06%) Senior
5 89 (9.38%) Lead
6 78 (8.22%) Business Analyst
6 78 (8.22%) Data Analyst
7 63 (6.64%) Architect
8 61 (6.43%) Consultant
9 56 (5.90%) Business Intelligence Developer
10 37 (3.90%) Power BI Developer
11 31 (3.27%) Power Platform Developer
12 28 (2.95%) Senior Data Engineer
13 26 (2.74%) Data Architect
14 25 (2.63%) Azure Engineer
15 24 (2.53%) Data Scientist
16 22 (2.32%) Senior Analyst
17 21 (2.21%) Power BI Analyst
17 21 (2.21%) Project Manager
18 20 (2.11%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (5.69%) PySpark
2 49 (5.16%) .NET
3 33 (3.48%) Kafka
4 32 (3.37%) REST
5 24 (2.53%) Oracle Fusion
6 23 (2.42%) Pandas
7 17 (1.79%) .NET Framework
8 15 (1.58%) React
8 15 (1.58%) scikit-learn
8 15 (1.58%) SOAP
9 14 (1.48%) NumPy
10 13 (1.37%) Great Expectations
10 13 (1.37%) HTML
10 13 (1.37%) JSON
11 11 (1.16%) HTML5 Canvas
11 11 (1.16%) Middleware
12 10 (1.05%) Spark Streaming
13 9 (0.95%) SailPoint
14 8 (0.84%) Web Services
14 8 (0.84%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 34 (3.58%) Data Structures
2 33 (3.48%) Product Ownership
3 26 (2.74%) Cloud Native
4 21 (2.21%) Management Information System
5 20 (2.11%) Analytical Mindset
5 20 (2.11%) Data Protection Act
6 17 (1.79%) Low-Code
6 17 (1.79%) Onboarding
7 16 (1.69%) Legacy Systems
8 14 (1.48%) Data Centre
9 13 (1.37%) Algorithms
10 11 (1.16%) Derivative
11 10 (1.05%) PMI
11 10 (1.05%) Reinsurance
11 10 (1.05%) Self-Motivation
11 10 (1.05%) Virtual Team
12 9 (0.95%) AI Agents
12 9 (0.95%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 9 (0.95%) NHS
12 9 (0.95%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 24 (2.53%) Windows
2 16 (1.69%) Windows Server
3 7 (0.74%) Android
3 7 (0.74%) Mac OS
3 7 (0.74%) Unix
4 5 (0.53%) Linux
5 2 (0.21%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 365 (38.46%) Analytics
2 277 (29.19%) Data Modelling
3 217 (22.87%) Visualisation
4 210 (22.13%) Agile
5 196 (20.65%) ETL
6 166 (17.49%) Decision-Making
7 161 (16.97%) Data Governance
8 155 (16.33%) DevOps
9 150 (15.81%) Stakeholder Management
10 148 (15.60%) Problem-Solving
11 147 (15.49%) Data Engineering
12 133 (14.01%) CI/CD
12 133 (14.01%) Data Analysis
13 128 (13.49%) AI
14 126 (13.28%) Data Visualisation
15 114 (12.01%) Data Pipeline
16 106 (11.17%) Actionable Insight
17 104 (10.96%) Migration
18 103 (10.85%) Dashboard Development
18 103 (10.85%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 467 (49.21%) SQL
2 235 (24.76%) Python
3 71 (7.48%) C#
4 64 (6.74%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 45 (4.74%) JavaScript
5 45 (4.74%) PL/SQL
6 38 (4.00%) T-SQL
7 32 (3.37%) R
8 27 (2.85%) PowerShell
9 22 (2.32%) Java
10 16 (1.69%) Scala
10 16 (1.69%) VBA
11 14 (1.48%) Bicep
12 11 (1.16%) TypeScript
13 10 (1.05%) Formula Language
13 10 (1.05%) LotusScript
14 6 (0.63%) Groovy
15 4 (0.42%) Korn
16 3 (0.32%) BeanShell
16 3 (0.32%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 150 (15.81%) Security Cleared
2 135 (14.23%) SC Cleared
3 88 (9.27%) Degree
4 28 (2.95%) Azure Certification
4 28 (2.95%) Computer Science Degree
5 22 (2.32%) PMI Certification
6 20 (2.11%) Microsoft Certification
7 16 (1.69%) PMP
8 12 (1.26%) Master's Degree
9 11 (1.16%) AWS Certification
10 8 (0.84%) CBAP
11 7 (0.74%) CFA
12 6 (0.63%) ACCA
12 6 (0.63%) BPSS Clearance
12 6 (0.63%) CIMA
13 4 (0.42%) DV Cleared
13 4 (0.42%) IIBA
14 3 (0.32%) Cisco Certification
14 3 (0.32%) CISSP
14 3 (0.32%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 190 (20.02%) Data Quality
2 67 (7.06%) QA
3 66 (6.95%) GDPR
4 42 (4.43%) PMO
5 30 (3.16%) Accessibility
6 15 (1.58%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 9 (0.95%) GRC
8 6 (0.63%) GAAP
8 6 (0.63%) HIPAA
9 5 (0.53%) Actionable Recommendations
9 5 (0.53%) IFRS
9 5 (0.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 4 (0.42%) Basel III
10 4 (0.42%) SLA
11 3 (0.32%) IFRS 9
11 3 (0.32%) NIST
11 3 (0.32%) P3O
12 2 (0.21%) FATCA
12 2 (0.21%) IFRS 17
12 2 (0.21%) PERC
System Software
1 20 (2.11%) Active Directory
2 19 (2.00%) Docker
3 1 (0.11%) Oracle RAC
3 1 (0.11%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.11%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 57 (6.01%) Terraform
2 25 (2.63%) Kubernetes
3 4 (0.42%) Control-M
3 4 (0.42%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (0.32%) Ansible
4 3 (0.32%) RSA Archer
5 2 (0.21%) HP ALM
5 2 (0.21%) SCCM
5 2 (0.21%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.21%) vRealize
6 1 (0.11%) Grafana
6 1 (0.11%) Jamf Pro
6 1 (0.11%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.11%) Puppet
6 1 (0.11%) SCOM
6 1 (0.11%) Thomson Reuters DACS
6 1 (0.11%) WSUS
Vendors
1 265 (27.92%) Microsoft
2 115 (12.12%) Databricks
3 109 (11.49%) Oracle
4 100 (10.54%) SAP
5 37 (3.90%) Google
6 34 (3.58%) Salesforce
6 34 (3.58%) ServiceNow
7 18 (1.90%) Informatica
8 16 (1.69%) Cisco
8 16 (1.69%) Lotus
9 15 (1.58%) Citrix
10 12 (1.26%) Planview
11 10 (1.05%) Alteryx
11 10 (1.05%) MuleSoft
11 10 (1.05%) Workday
12 9 (0.95%) HP
12 9 (0.95%) Kofax
13 8 (0.84%) MicroStrategy
14 7 (0.74%) Dell
14 7 (0.74%) Murex