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

6 months to
13 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 34 34 44
Rank change year-on-year 0 +10 +10
Contract jobs citing Business Intelligence 854 838 919
As % of all contract jobs in London 6.07% 5.36% 4.60%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.57% 6.01% 5.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 565 569 622
10th Percentile £325 £300 £356
25th Percentile £413 £400 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £505 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.99% -3.81% -4.55%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £638
90th Percentile £738 £731 £700
England median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 9 14
10th Percentile £18.25 £26.90 £19.63
25th Percentile £19.02 £30.59 £27.79
Median hourly rate £34.00 £52.50 £36.82
Median % change year-on-year -35.24% +42.60% +5.19%
75th Percentile £41.25 £76.25 £48.69
90th Percentile £55.85 £93.75 £52.50
England median hourly rate £24.00 £30.59 £32.32
% change year-on-year -21.54% -5.35% -2.06%

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 12,998 13,947 17,898
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.41% 89.16% 89.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,554 8,992 12,876
10th Percentile £331 £350 £356
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% -4.35% -2.54%
75th Percentile £663 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £800 £800
England median daily rate £508 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -3.33% -3.67% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 259 166 245
10th Percentile £17.98 £17.38 £18.53
25th Percentile £24.77 £23.80 £21.25
Median hourly rate £29.50 £37.50 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -21.33% - -
75th Percentile £46.88 £55.56 £60.00
90th Percentile £65.50 £80.38 £77.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £36.08 £44.50
% change year-on-year -30.30% -18.92% +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 13 November 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 13 November 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 13 November 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 +13 125 £525 -0.94% 358
West London -7 19 £500 +8.11% 42
East London -3 6 £513 +16.35% 35
South London -7 4 £400 -11.11% 14
North London -3 2 £500 +96.08% 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 61 (7.14%) SharePoint
2 34 (3.98%) Confluence
3 26 (3.04%) Apache Spark
4 25 (2.93%) Apache Airflow
5 16 (1.87%) Apache
6 11 (1.29%) Oracle Workflow
7 10 (1.17%) HCL Notes
8 8 (0.94%) Microsoft Exchange
9 6 (0.70%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 4 (0.47%) Jupyter
10 4 (0.47%) SAS
11 3 (0.35%) CMS
11 3 (0.35%) Luigi
11 3 (0.35%) Oracle Self-Service HR
12 2 (0.23%) Apache Solr
12 2 (0.23%) Headless CMS
12 2 (0.23%) Moodle
12 2 (0.23%) Tomcat
13 1 (0.12%) Oracle Application Server
13 1 (0.12%) SAP Portal
Applications
1 131 (15.34%) Microsoft Excel
2 35 (4.10%) Microsoft Office
3 30 (3.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 17 (1.99%) Microsoft Project
5 15 (1.76%) MS Visio
6 3 (0.35%) Oracle Smart View
6 3 (0.35%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.35%) 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 31 (3.63%) Dynamics CRM
2 16 (1.87%) SAP S/4HANA
3 11 (1.29%) Oracle EBS
3 11 (1.29%) Oracle Payables
4 8 (0.94%) Oracle Financials
5 7 (0.82%) Oracle Assets
5 7 (0.82%) Salesforce CRM
5 7 (0.82%) Workday HCM
6 6 (0.70%) Aladdin
6 6 (0.70%) Oracle ERP
6 6 (0.70%) Oracle General Ledger
7 5 (0.59%) NetSuite
8 4 (0.47%) Eloqua
8 4 (0.47%) Oracle EBS R12
8 4 (0.47%) Remedy ITSM
8 4 (0.47%) SAP APO
8 4 (0.47%) SAP MDG
9 3 (0.35%) Elite 3E
9 3 (0.35%) Loan IQ
9 3 (0.35%) Oracle Payroll
Cloud Services
1 611 (71.55%) Power Platform
2 283 (33.14%) Azure
3 118 (13.82%) AWS
4 109 (12.76%) Power Automate
5 97 (11.36%) PowerApps
6 71 (8.31%) Azure DevOps
7 68 (7.96%) Snowflake
8 66 (7.73%) GCP
9 63 (7.38%) Azure Data Factory
10 61 (7.14%) Dynamics 365
11 52 (6.09%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 51 (5.97%) Microsoft 365
13 40 (4.68%) dbt
14 36 (4.22%) Serverless
15 28 (3.28%) Azure Logic Apps
16 26 (3.04%) GitHub
16 26 (3.04%) SaaS
17 25 (2.93%) Amazon S3
17 25 (2.93%) Entra ID
18 22 (2.58%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 7 (0.82%) Wireless
2 4 (0.47%) Network Security
2 4 (0.47%) VPN
2 4 (0.47%) WAN
3 3 (0.35%) Firewall
3 3 (0.35%) LAN
3 3 (0.35%) SD-WAN
4 2 (0.23%) BGP
4 2 (0.23%) BIG-IP
4 2 (0.23%) DNS
4 2 (0.23%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
4 2 (0.23%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
4 2 (0.23%) HTTP
4 2 (0.23%) OSPF
4 2 (0.23%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.12%) Internet
5 1 (0.12%) NGN
5 1 (0.12%) SAN
5 1 (0.12%) Unified Communications
5 1 (0.12%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 606 (70.96%) Power BI
2 141 (16.51%) Tableau
3 115 (13.47%) Data Warehouse
4 65 (7.61%) Data Lake
5 52 (6.09%) Power Query
5 52 (6.09%) SQL Server
6 43 (5.04%) Metadata
7 34 (3.98%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 32 (3.75%) Relational Database
9 31 (3.63%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 30 (3.51%) BigQuery
11 28 (3.28%) Looker
11 28 (3.28%) Oracle BI Publisher
12 27 (3.16%) Oracle Reports
13 25 (2.93%) Amazon Redshift
14 24 (2.81%) Azure SQL Database
15 18 (2.11%) Oracle Database
16 17 (1.99%) Delta Lake
17 15 (1.76%) Data Vault
17 15 (1.76%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 63 (7.38%) JIRA
2 40 (4.68%) Git
3 8 (0.94%) GitLab
3 8 (0.94%) Visual Studio
4 7 (0.82%) MLflow
5 6 (0.70%) SonarQube
6 5 (0.59%) ERwin
6 5 (0.59%) Oracle Forms
7 4 (0.47%) Clang
7 4 (0.47%) GCC
7 4 (0.47%) Oracle APEX
8 2 (0.23%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.23%) Jenkins
8 2 (0.23%) Mercurial
8 2 (0.23%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 2 (0.23%) Subversion
8 2 (0.23%) Terragrunt
8 2 (0.23%) Visual Studio Code
9 1 (0.12%) Eclipse
9 1 (0.12%) Metasploit
General
1 352 (41.22%) Finance
2 280 (32.79%) Social Skills
3 193 (22.60%) Analytical Skills
4 123 (14.40%) Public Sector
5 94 (11.01%) Marketing
6 78 (9.13%) Banking
7 60 (7.03%) Telecoms
8 59 (6.91%) Manufacturing
9 50 (5.85%) Electronics
10 31 (3.63%) Investment Banking
11 27 (3.16%) Retail
12 24 (2.81%) Presentation Skills
13 23 (2.69%) Front Office
14 22 (2.58%) Legal
15 21 (2.46%) Organisational Skills
16 19 (2.22%) Local Government
17 17 (1.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
18 16 (1.87%) Publishing
19 15 (1.76%) Documentation Skills
20 10 (1.17%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 196 (22.95%) Analyst
2 158 (18.50%) Developer
3 98 (11.48%) Data Engineer
4 88 (10.30%) Data Analyst
5 80 (9.37%) Senior
6 78 (9.13%) Lead
7 68 (7.96%) Architect
7 68 (7.96%) Business Analyst
8 60 (7.03%) Consultant
9 46 (5.39%) Business Intelligence Developer
10 36 (4.22%) Power BI Developer
11 29 (3.40%) Data Architect
12 24 (2.81%) Azure Engineer
12 24 (2.81%) Senior Analyst
13 23 (2.69%) Power Platform Developer
14 21 (2.46%) Project Manager
15 20 (2.34%) Azure Data Engineer
15 20 (2.34%) Technical Analyst
16 19 (2.22%) Oracle Developer
16 19 (2.22%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (5.04%) .NET
1 43 (5.04%) PySpark
2 33 (3.86%) REST
3 20 (2.34%) Kafka
4 17 (1.99%) Oracle Fusion
5 15 (1.76%) Pandas
6 13 (1.52%) HTML
6 13 (1.52%) SOAP
7 12 (1.41%) JSON
8 11 (1.29%) NumPy
8 11 (1.29%) Web Services
9 10 (1.17%) RESTful
9 10 (1.17%) scikit-learn
10 9 (1.05%) CSS
10 9 (1.05%) SailPoint
11 8 (0.94%) HTML5 Canvas
11 8 (0.94%) Middleware
12 7 (0.82%) .NET Framework
13 6 (0.70%) OAuth
13 6 (0.70%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 28 (3.28%) Analytical Mindset
2 22 (2.58%) Data Structures
2 22 (2.58%) Product Ownership
3 21 (2.46%) Onboarding
4 17 (1.99%) Legacy Systems
5 16 (1.87%) Data Protection Act
5 16 (1.87%) Derivative
5 16 (1.87%) Virtual Team
6 15 (1.76%) Management Information System
7 13 (1.52%) Cloud Native
7 13 (1.52%) Data Centre
7 13 (1.52%) Reinsurance
8 12 (1.41%) Algorithms
8 12 (1.41%) Fixed Income
8 12 (1.41%) NHS
8 12 (1.41%) Reference Data
9 11 (1.29%) Low-Code
10 10 (1.17%) Self-Motivation
11 9 (1.05%) Equities
12 7 (0.82%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 20 (2.34%) Windows
2 13 (1.52%) Linux
3 10 (1.17%) Unix
4 8 (0.94%) Windows Server
5 7 (0.82%) Android
5 7 (0.82%) Mac OS
6 3 (0.35%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 290 (33.96%) Analytics
2 250 (29.27%) Data Modelling
3 204 (23.89%) Visualisation
4 202 (23.65%) Agile
5 150 (17.56%) Problem-Solving
6 143 (16.74%) ETL
7 141 (16.51%) Decision-Making
8 139 (16.28%) Stakeholder Management
9 132 (15.46%) Data Governance
10 127 (14.87%) Data Analysis
11 124 (14.52%) Data Visualisation
12 112 (13.11%) DevOps
13 102 (11.94%) Data Engineering
14 100 (11.71%) Migration
15 98 (11.48%) Actionable Insight
16 95 (11.12%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 94 (11.01%) CI/CD
18 92 (10.77%) Data Pipeline
19 86 (10.07%) Dashboard Development
20 74 (8.67%) AI
Programming Languages
1 417 (48.83%) SQL
2 211 (24.71%) Python
3 55 (6.44%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 47 (5.50%) C#
5 39 (4.57%) JavaScript
6 33 (3.86%) PL/SQL
6 33 (3.86%) PowerShell
7 32 (3.75%) R
8 24 (2.81%) Java
9 22 (2.58%) T-SQL
10 14 (1.64%) VBA
11 9 (1.05%) Scala
11 9 (1.05%) TypeScript
12 8 (0.94%) Bash
13 7 (0.82%) C++
13 7 (0.82%) Groovy
14 6 (0.70%) Bicep
15 5 (0.59%) Formula Language
15 5 (0.59%) LotusScript
15 5 (0.59%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 132 (15.46%) Security Cleared
2 118 (13.82%) SC Cleared
3 75 (8.78%) Degree
4 20 (2.34%) Azure Certification
5 19 (2.22%) Computer Science Degree
6 17 (1.99%) Microsoft Certification
7 14 (1.64%) PMI Certification
8 11 (1.29%) AWS Certification
8 11 (1.29%) Master's Degree
9 9 (1.05%) ACCA
10 8 (0.94%) CFA
10 8 (0.94%) CIMA
10 8 (0.94%) PMP
11 7 (0.82%) BPSS Clearance
11 7 (0.82%) DV Cleared
12 6 (0.70%) Cisco Certification
13 5 (0.59%) CCNP
14 3 (0.35%) CCIE
14 3 (0.35%) CCNA
14 3 (0.35%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 142 (16.63%) Data Quality
2 52 (6.09%) GDPR
3 48 (5.62%) QA
4 34 (3.98%) PMO
5 27 (3.16%) Accessibility
6 8 (0.94%) HIPAA
7 7 (0.82%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 6 (0.70%) IFRS
9 5 (0.59%) GRC
9 5 (0.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 4 (0.47%) COBIT
10 4 (0.47%) NIST
10 4 (0.47%) SLA
11 3 (0.35%) Basel II
11 3 (0.35%) HL7
11 3 (0.35%) MiFID
12 2 (0.23%) Actionable Recommendations
12 2 (0.23%) Def Stans
12 2 (0.23%) P3O
13 1 (0.12%) EMIR
System Software
1 25 (2.93%) Active Directory
2 8 (0.94%) Docker
3 3 (0.35%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.23%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.12%) Firmware
5 1 (0.12%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.12%) Xen
5 1 (0.12%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 35 (4.10%) Terraform
2 10 (1.17%) Kubernetes
3 5 (0.59%) Ansible
4 4 (0.47%) Kubeflow
4 4 (0.47%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (0.35%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (0.35%) Puppet
5 3 (0.35%) SCCM
6 2 (0.23%) RSA Archer
6 2 (0.23%) vCenter Server
6 2 (0.23%) vRealize
7 1 (0.12%) Grafana
7 1 (0.12%) HP ALM
7 1 (0.12%) Istio
7 1 (0.12%) Jamf Pro
7 1 (0.12%) Opsgenie
7 1 (0.12%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.12%) SCOM
7 1 (0.12%) Thomson Reuters DACS
7 1 (0.12%) WSUS
Vendors
1 236 (27.63%) Microsoft
2 99 (11.59%) SAP
3 88 (10.30%) Databricks
4 83 (9.72%) Oracle
5 37 (4.33%) Salesforce
6 33 (3.86%) Google
7 28 (3.28%) ServiceNow
8 16 (1.87%) Alteryx
8 16 (1.87%) Cisco
9 11 (1.29%) Adobe
10 10 (1.17%) Informatica
10 10 (1.17%) Lotus
11 9 (1.05%) Planview
11 9 (1.05%) Workday
12 8 (0.94%) HP
13 7 (0.82%) Apple
13 7 (0.82%) Dataiku
13 7 (0.82%) Dell
13 7 (0.82%) MicroStrategy
14 6 (0.70%) DocuSign