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

6 months to
19 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 39 38 41
Rank change year-on-year -1 +3 +8
Contract jobs citing Business Intelligence 1,083 770 820
As % of all contract jobs in London 5.39% 5.73% 5.06%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.05% 6.20% 5.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 724 519 597
10th Percentile £358 £331 £306
25th Percentile £425 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £520
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +0.96% -0.95%
75th Percentile £612 £627 £619
90th Percentile £688 £788 £731
England median daily rate £500 £500 £500
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 15 14
10th Percentile £16.70 £21.67 £28.43
25th Percentile £19.25 £29.07 £42.50
Median hourly rate £25.50 £34.00 £53.75
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% -36.74% +13.16%
75th Percentile £30.59 £40.98 £74.56
90th Percentile £57.50 £72.25 £85.75
England median hourly rate £29.96 £31.64 £30.00
% change year-on-year -5.31% +5.47% -7.18%

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 17,902 12,422 14,415
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.17% 92.40% 88.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,758 8,269 10,048
10th Percentile £361 £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 £663 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £511 £525
% change year-on-year +2.68% -2.61% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 288 254 197
10th Percentile £17.18 £16.50 £16.99
25th Percentile £19.50 £24.66 £22.00
Median hourly rate £35.50 £29.29 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +21.22% -16.33% -12.50%
75th Percentile £56.44 £48.44 £53.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.75 £71.50
England median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +74.79% -41.51% +5.81%

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 19 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 19 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 19 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 -2 150 £550 -0.45% 55
West London -11 27 £485 -12.61% 18
South London -1 13 £463 +42.31% 3
North London +1 4 £450 - 2
East London -7 1 £350 -33.33% 15
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 81 (7.48%) SharePoint
2 39 (3.60%) Apache Airflow
2 39 (3.60%) Confluence
3 36 (3.32%) Apache Spark
4 25 (2.31%) Apache
5 9 (0.83%) Oracle Workflow
6 8 (0.74%) Microsoft Exchange
7 7 (0.65%) SAS
8 5 (0.46%) Apache Solr
8 5 (0.46%) CMS
8 5 (0.46%) Mendix
9 4 (0.37%) Palantir Foundry
10 3 (0.28%) ArcGIS
10 3 (0.28%) HCL Notes
10 3 (0.28%) Kentico
11 2 (0.18%) PowerExchange
12 1 (0.092%) Appian
12 1 (0.092%) IIS
12 1 (0.092%) Oracle Self-Service HR
12 1 (0.092%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 149 (13.76%) Microsoft Excel
2 26 (2.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 19 (1.75%) Microsoft Project
4 18 (1.66%) MS Visio
5 15 (1.39%) Microsoft Office
6 10 (0.92%) Spreadsheet
7 5 (0.46%) Chatbot
8 3 (0.28%) Oracle Smart View
9 2 (0.18%) CPLEX
9 2 (0.18%) Notion
Business Applications
1 30 (2.77%) Dynamics CRM
2 11 (1.02%) 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
6 6 (0.55%) Remedy ITSM
7 5 (0.46%) BambooHR
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
8 4 (0.37%) SAP S/4HANA
8 4 (0.37%) Workday HCM
9 3 (0.28%) Oracle Applications
9 3 (0.28%) Oracle ERP
9 3 (0.28%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 819 (75.62%) Power Platform
2 371 (34.26%) Azure
3 156 (14.40%) AWS
4 115 (10.62%) Snowflake
5 114 (10.53%) Power Automate
6 106 (9.79%) PowerApps
7 97 (8.96%) Azure DevOps
8 93 (8.59%) Dynamics 365
9 83 (7.66%) Azure Data Factory
10 78 (7.20%) dbt
11 74 (6.83%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 67 (6.19%) GCP
13 60 (5.54%) Microsoft Copilot
14 56 (5.17%) Serverless
15 55 (5.08%) Microsoft 365
16 52 (4.80%) GitHub
17 50 (4.62%) Amazon S3
18 36 (3.32%) AWS Lambda
19 32 (2.95%) Microsoft Purview
20 30 (2.77%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 11 (1.02%) DNS
2 10 (0.92%) Firewall
2 10 (0.92%) VPN
3 4 (0.37%) 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
1 816 (75.35%) Power BI
2 208 (19.21%) Data Warehouse
3 162 (14.96%) Tableau
4 102 (9.42%) Data Lake
5 72 (6.65%) Power Query
6 70 (6.46%) SQL Server
7 53 (4.89%) Star Schema
8 51 (4.71%) Metadata
9 50 (4.62%) Amazon Redshift
10 44 (4.06%) BigQuery
11 37 (3.42%) Amazon Athena
11 37 (3.42%) Looker
12 34 (3.14%) Relational Database
12 34 (3.14%) Snowflake Schema
13 33 (3.05%) Semantic Layer
14 30 (2.77%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 29 (2.68%) Oracle BI Publisher
16 25 (2.31%) SQL Server Reporting Services
17 24 (2.22%) Azure SQL Database
18 20 (1.85%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 79 (7.29%) JIRA
2 44 (4.06%) Git
3 21 (1.94%) GitLab
4 12 (1.11%) Jenkins
5 10 (0.92%) Oracle Forms
6 6 (0.55%) Visual Studio
7 4 (0.37%) ERwin
7 4 (0.37%) JDeveloper
7 4 (0.37%) JMeter
7 4 (0.37%) Selenium
7 4 (0.37%) Terragrunt
8 3 (0.28%) ER Studio
8 3 (0.28%) MLflow
8 3 (0.28%) PowerDesigner
9 2 (0.18%) Bitbucket
9 2 (0.18%) Charles Proxy
9 2 (0.18%) LoadRunner
9 2 (0.18%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 2 (0.18%) WebDriver
10 1 (0.092%) Storybook
General
1 399 (36.84%) Finance
2 348 (32.13%) Social Skills
3 228 (21.05%) Analytical Skills
4 104 (9.60%) Banking
5 86 (7.94%) Public Sector
6 61 (5.63%) Retail
7 50 (4.62%) Marketing
8 42 (3.88%) Law
9 35 (3.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 28 (2.59%) Documentation Skills
11 22 (2.03%) Investment Banking
11 22 (2.03%) Organisational Skills
12 20 (1.85%) Local Government
12 20 (1.85%) Telecoms
13 17 (1.57%) Manufacturing
14 16 (1.48%) Financial Institution
14 16 (1.48%) Front Office
14 16 (1.48%) Legal
15 13 (1.20%) Publishing
16 12 (1.11%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 267 (24.65%) Analyst
2 179 (16.53%) Developer
3 164 (15.14%) Architect
4 134 (12.37%) Data Engineer
5 127 (11.73%) Senior
6 113 (10.43%) Data Analyst
7 104 (9.60%) Lead
8 86 (7.94%) Business Analyst
9 70 (6.46%) Business Intelligence Developer
10 59 (5.45%) Data Architect
11 57 (5.26%) Consultant
12 51 (4.71%) Power BI Developer
13 43 (3.97%) Power Platform Developer
14 41 (3.79%) Lead Architect
15 38 (3.51%) Senior Developer
16 33 (3.05%) Solutions Architect
17 32 (2.95%) Business Intelligence Analyst
17 32 (2.95%) Functional Architect
18 30 (2.77%) Senior Data Engineer
19 27 (2.49%) Report Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 77 (7.11%) PySpark
2 56 (5.17%) .NET
3 43 (3.97%) REST
4 31 (2.86%) Kafka
5 24 (2.22%) Oracle Fusion
6 20 (1.85%) JSON
6 20 (1.85%) React
7 16 (1.48%) Middleware
8 14 (1.29%) HTML5 Canvas
8 14 (1.29%) XML
9 13 (1.20%) HTML
10 11 (1.02%) CSS
11 10 (0.92%) .NET Framework
11 10 (0.92%) Great Expectations
11 10 (0.92%) SOAP
12 9 (0.83%) OAuth
12 9 (0.83%) Pandas
12 9 (0.83%) RESTful
13 8 (0.74%) .NET Core
13 8 (0.74%) Apache Avro
Miscellaneous
1 48 (4.43%) Data Structures
1 48 (4.43%) Product Ownership
2 46 (4.25%) Cloud Native
3 34 (3.14%) Legacy Systems
4 29 (2.68%) Onboarding
5 28 (2.59%) Management Information System
6 18 (1.66%) Analytical Mindset
6 18 (1.66%) Self-Motivation
7 13 (1.20%) Data Protection Act
7 13 (1.20%) Low-Code
7 13 (1.20%) Reference Data
8 12 (1.11%) Clustering
8 12 (1.11%) Distributed Systems
8 12 (1.11%) Enterprise Software
8 12 (1.11%) FMCG
9 11 (1.02%) CMDB
10 10 (0.92%) Virtual Team
11 9 (0.83%) Data Centre
11 9 (0.83%) Greenfield Project
11 9 (0.83%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 23 (2.12%) Windows
2 18 (1.66%) Linux
3 11 (1.02%) Unix
4 9 (0.83%) Windows Server
5 4 (0.37%) Android
5 4 (0.37%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.18%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.092%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 441 (40.72%) Analytics
2 352 (32.50%) Data Modelling
3 283 (26.13%) Agile
4 232 (21.42%) AI
5 226 (20.87%) Stakeholder Management
6 216 (19.94%) CI/CD
7 212 (19.58%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 206 (19.02%) Migration
9 204 (18.84%) ETL
10 191 (17.64%) Decision-Making
11 185 (17.08%) Data Engineering
11 185 (17.08%) DevOps
12 183 (16.90%) Data Governance
13 173 (15.97%) Problem-Solving
14 166 (15.33%) Data Pipeline
15 164 (15.14%) Visualisation
16 140 (12.93%) Validation
17 139 (12.83%) Continuous Improvement
18 136 (12.56%) Data Analysis
18 136 (12.56%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 493 (45.52%) SQL
2 281 (25.95%) Python
3 121 (11.17%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 60 (5.54%) C#
5 59 (5.45%) JavaScript
6 41 (3.79%) PowerShell
7 32 (2.95%) T-SQL
8 25 (2.31%) PL/SQL
9 20 (1.85%) Java
10 18 (1.66%) R
10 18 (1.66%) VBA
11 16 (1.48%) TypeScript
12 10 (0.92%) Scala
13 9 (0.83%) Shell Script
14 6 (0.55%) Bash
14 6 (0.55%) Korn
15 5 (0.46%) Bicep
16 4 (0.37%) Kusto Query Language
16 4 (0.37%) LookML
17 3 (0.28%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 176 (16.25%) Security Cleared
2 152 (14.04%) SC Cleared
3 68 (6.28%) Degree
4 25 (2.31%) Azure Certification
4 25 (2.31%) Microsoft Certification
5 18 (1.66%) DBS Check
6 15 (1.39%) AWS Certification
6 15 (1.39%) Computer Science Degree
7 13 (1.20%) BPSS Clearance
8 10 (0.92%) DV Cleared
9 8 (0.74%) PMI Certification
10 7 (0.65%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 7 (0.65%) Master's Degree
11 5 (0.46%) PMP
11 5 (0.46%) Tableau Certification
12 4 (0.37%) SnowPro
13 3 (0.28%) ACCA
13 3 (0.28%) CISM
13 3 (0.28%) CISSP
13 3 (0.28%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 238 (21.98%) Data Quality
2 60 (5.54%) GDPR
3 59 (5.45%) QA
4 38 (3.51%) PMO
5 22 (2.03%) Accessibility
6 8 (0.74%) Actionable Recommendations
7 7 (0.65%) SLA
7 7 (0.65%) Solvency II
8 5 (0.46%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 4 (0.37%) ISO 20022
9 4 (0.37%) NCSC
9 4 (0.37%) PCI DSS
10 3 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 3 (0.28%) P3O
11 2 (0.18%) Basel III
11 2 (0.18%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 2 (0.18%) COBIT
11 2 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials
11 2 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 1 (0.092%) NIST
System Software
1 20 (1.85%) Active Directory
2 16 (1.48%) Docker
3 9 (0.83%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.18%) BitLocker
4 2 (0.18%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.092%) RACF
5 1 (0.092%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 65 (6.00%) Terraform
2 17 (1.57%) Kubernetes
3 12 (1.11%) Ansible
4 11 (1.02%) Grafana
5 9 (0.83%) Prometheus
6 7 (0.65%) Microsoft Intune
7 6 (0.55%) Microsoft Clustering
8 5 (0.46%) Control-M
8 5 (0.46%) Single Sign-On
9 3 (0.28%) SCCM
10 2 (0.18%) SCOM
11 1 (0.092%) Apache Ranger
11 1 (0.092%) Nessus
11 1 (0.092%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
11 1 (0.092%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 368 (33.98%) Microsoft
2 149 (13.76%) Databricks
3 88 (8.13%) Oracle
4 34 (3.14%) ServiceNow
5 29 (2.68%) SAP
6 28 (2.59%) Google
7 24 (2.22%) Salesforce
8 20 (1.85%) Informatica
9 18 (1.66%) Alteryx
10 15 (1.39%) Workday
11 10 (0.92%) MicroStrategy
12 9 (0.83%) Adobe
12 9 (0.83%) Dynatrace
12 9 (0.83%) Palantir
12 9 (0.83%) VMware
13 8 (0.74%) Splunk
14 7 (0.65%) AppDynamics
14 7 (0.65%) Foundry
15 6 (0.55%) BMC
15 6 (0.55%) Infoblox