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

6 months to
14 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 36 38 36
Rank change year-on-year +2 -2 +16
Contract jobs citing Business Intelligence 1,032 683 882
As % of all contract jobs in London 5.99% 5.40% 4.96%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.72% 5.89% 5.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 671 458 618
10th Percentile £363 £313 £363
25th Percentile £425 £420 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% -
75th Percentile £590 £638 £638
90th Percentile £675 £775 £750
England median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -0.99%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 10 13
10th Percentile £18.53 £27.86 £25.55
25th Percentile £25.38 £28.60 £41.25
Median hourly rate £34.58 £29.07 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +18.94% -35.40% +100.13%
75th Percentile £42.19 £34.36 £55.00
90th Percentile £52.90 £54.25 £67.10
England median hourly rate £23.83 £28.60 £24.22
% change year-on-year -16.70% +18.11% -11.95%

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 15,359 11,601 15,694
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.09% 91.69% 88.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,283 7,873 11,235
10th Percentile £353 £350 £338
25th Percentile £425 £444 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.78%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £675
90th Percentile £755 £800 £800
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 249 166 331
10th Percentile £18.25 £17.42 £16.00
25th Percentile £22.41 £23.90 £19.57
Median hourly rate £35.50 £35.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +1.43% +16.67% -23.08%
75th Percentile £56.00 £50.75 £48.92
90th Percentile £72.50 £63.75 £66.75
England median hourly rate £41.00 £31.88 £34.00
% change year-on-year +28.61% -6.24% -9.33%

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 14 April 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 14 April 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 14 April 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 +15 141 £525 -4.55% 132
West London +4 41 £603 +26.84% 19
South London -15 17 £463 -5.61% 6
East London -5 5 £495 -0.50% 16
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 62 (6.01%) SharePoint
2 48 (4.65%) Apache Spark
3 36 (3.49%) Apache Airflow
4 35 (3.39%) Confluence
5 26 (2.52%) Apache
6 15 (1.45%) HCL Notes
7 10 (0.97%) Mendix
8 4 (0.39%) Jupyter
9 3 (0.29%) ArcGIS
9 3 (0.29%) IIS
9 3 (0.29%) Microsoft Exchange
9 3 (0.29%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 2 (0.19%) Oracle Workflow
10 2 (0.19%) Palantir Foundry
10 2 (0.19%) SAS
10 2 (0.19%) WebSphere
11 1 (0.097%) Apache Synapse
11 1 (0.097%) Appian
11 1 (0.097%) Camunda
11 1 (0.097%) Oracle Application Server
Applications
1 152 (14.73%) Microsoft Excel
2 25 (2.42%) MS Visio
3 20 (1.94%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 16 (1.55%) Microsoft Project
5 13 (1.26%) Microsoft Office
6 8 (0.78%) Spreadsheet
7 3 (0.29%) Notion
8 2 (0.19%) Trello
9 1 (0.097%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 26 (2.52%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (0.78%) Oracle General Ledger
2 8 (0.78%) Oracle Payables
2 8 (0.78%) SAP S/4HANA
3 7 (0.68%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
4 6 (0.58%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 5 (0.48%) BambooHR
5 5 (0.48%) Oracle Receivables
6 4 (0.39%) Loan IQ
6 4 (0.39%) Oracle Cash Management
6 4 (0.39%) Oracle Financials
7 3 (0.29%) Eloqua
7 3 (0.29%) Oracle FAH
7 3 (0.29%) SAP Oil and Gas
8 2 (0.19%) Adobe Campaign
8 2 (0.19%) Oracle Assets
8 2 (0.19%) SAP Business One
8 2 (0.19%) SAP MM
8 2 (0.19%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 2 (0.19%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 749 (72.58%) Power Platform
2 364 (35.27%) Azure
3 158 (15.31%) AWS
4 108 (10.47%) Power Automate
5 98 (9.50%) Azure Data Factory
6 95 (9.21%) Snowflake
7 92 (8.91%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 89 (8.62%) PowerApps
9 88 (8.53%) Dynamics 365
10 86 (8.33%) GCP
11 83 (8.04%) Azure DevOps
12 62 (6.01%) Microsoft 365
13 54 (5.23%) dbt
13 54 (5.23%) Serverless
14 53 (5.14%) GitHub
15 49 (4.75%) Amazon S3
16 34 (3.29%) Microsoft Copilot
17 27 (2.62%) Collibra
18 25 (2.42%) Microsoft Purview
19 23 (2.23%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 7 (0.68%) Network Security
1 7 (0.68%) VPN
2 5 (0.48%) Firewall
3 4 (0.39%) DNS
3 4 (0.39%) HTTP
3 4 (0.39%) WAN
4 3 (0.29%) FTP
4 3 (0.29%) LAN
4 3 (0.29%) SD-WAN
5 2 (0.19%) BGP
5 2 (0.19%) BIG-IP
5 2 (0.19%) DHCP
5 2 (0.19%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
5 2 (0.19%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
5 2 (0.19%) Internet
5 2 (0.19%) OSPF
5 2 (0.19%) Wireless
6 1 (0.097%) Skype
6 1 (0.097%) Unified Communications
6 1 (0.097%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 739 (71.61%) Power BI
2 182 (17.64%) Data Warehouse
3 180 (17.44%) Tableau
4 110 (10.66%) Data Lake
5 95 (9.21%) SQL Server
6 63 (6.10%) Metadata
7 55 (5.33%) BigQuery
8 46 (4.46%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 45 (4.36%) Looker
10 41 (3.97%) Power Query
11 37 (3.59%) Snowflake Schema
12 33 (3.20%) Star Schema
13 32 (3.10%) Relational Database
14 31 (3.00%) Amazon Athena
15 30 (2.91%) Mixpanel
16 28 (2.71%) Azure SQL Database
16 28 (2.71%) Delta Lake
17 27 (2.62%) Amazon Redshift
18 26 (2.52%) OLAP
19 25 (2.42%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 56 (5.43%) JIRA
2 47 (4.55%) Git
3 16 (1.55%) Visual Studio
4 12 (1.16%) ERwin
4 12 (1.16%) GitLab
4 12 (1.16%) Jenkins
5 9 (0.87%) Team Foundation Server
6 4 (0.39%) PowerDesigner
7 3 (0.29%) ER Studio
7 3 (0.29%) Oracle Forms
7 3 (0.29%) Selenium
7 3 (0.29%) Terragrunt
8 2 (0.19%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.19%) Charles Proxy
8 2 (0.19%) Cypress.io
8 2 (0.19%) MLflow
9 1 (0.097%) GCC
9 1 (0.097%) NUnit
9 1 (0.097%) SpecFlow
9 1 (0.097%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 426 (41.28%) Finance
2 301 (29.17%) Social Skills
3 215 (20.83%) Analytical Skills
4 111 (10.76%) Public Sector
5 95 (9.21%) Banking
6 70 (6.78%) Marketing
7 41 (3.97%) Telecoms
8 40 (3.88%) Law
9 34 (3.29%) Manufacturing
10 29 (2.81%) Electronics
10 29 (2.81%) Retail
11 28 (2.71%) Financial Institution
12 25 (2.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 22 (2.13%) Documentation Skills
14 19 (1.84%) Legal
15 15 (1.45%) Front Office
15 15 (1.45%) Influencing Skills
15 15 (1.45%) Investment Banking
16 12 (1.16%) Presentation Skills
17 11 (1.07%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 233 (22.58%) Analyst
2 178 (17.25%) Data Engineer
3 170 (16.47%) Developer
4 131 (12.69%) Senior
5 114 (11.05%) Architect
6 101 (9.79%) Lead
7 99 (9.59%) Data Analyst
8 86 (8.33%) Business Analyst
9 56 (5.43%) Business Intelligence Developer
9 56 (5.43%) Consultant
10 39 (3.78%) Senior Data Engineer
11 35 (3.39%) Lead Architect
12 33 (3.20%) Functional Architect
13 32 (3.10%) Business Intelligence Analyst
13 32 (3.10%) Data Architect
14 30 (2.91%) Power BI Developer
14 30 (2.91%) Power Platform Developer
15 29 (2.81%) Senior Developer
16 26 (2.52%) Solutions Architect
17 23 (2.23%) Data Analytics Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 58 (5.62%) PySpark
2 42 (4.07%) Kafka
3 40 (3.88%) .NET
4 27 (2.62%) REST
5 23 (2.23%) Middleware
6 22 (2.13%) Pandas
7 20 (1.94%) Great Expectations
7 20 (1.94%) Oracle Fusion
8 19 (1.84%) .NET Framework
8 19 (1.84%) React
9 16 (1.55%) JSON
10 15 (1.45%) NumPy
11 14 (1.36%) HTML
12 13 (1.26%) Spark Streaming
13 12 (1.16%) HTML5 Canvas
13 12 (1.16%) scikit-learn
13 12 (1.16%) XML
14 10 (0.97%) SOAP
15 9 (0.87%) CSS
16 8 (0.78%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 45 (4.36%) Cloud Native
2 43 (4.17%) Data Structures
3 35 (3.39%) Product Ownership
4 22 (2.13%) Legacy Systems
5 20 (1.94%) Data Protection Act
6 19 (1.84%) Low-Code
7 17 (1.65%) Analytical Mindset
7 17 (1.65%) Onboarding
8 14 (1.36%) Management Information System
9 13 (1.26%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 13 (1.26%) Self-Motivation
10 12 (1.16%) Algorithms
11 10 (0.97%) AI Agents
11 10 (0.97%) Derivative
12 9 (0.87%) Clustering
13 8 (0.78%) Distributed Computing
13 8 (0.78%) Enterprise Software
14 7 (0.68%) Equities
14 7 (0.68%) PMI
14 7 (0.68%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 24 (2.33%) Windows
2 18 (1.74%) Windows Server
3 7 (0.68%) Unix
4 6 (0.58%) Linux
5 2 (0.19%) Android
5 2 (0.19%) Mac OS
5 2 (0.19%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 447 (43.31%) Analytics
2 340 (32.95%) Data Modelling
3 233 (22.58%) ETL
4 218 (21.12%) Visualisation
5 211 (20.45%) Agile
6 198 (19.19%) Data Engineering
7 195 (18.90%) Decision-Making
8 184 (17.83%) AI
9 183 (17.73%) Data Governance
10 167 (16.18%) Migration
11 163 (15.79%) CI/CD
12 160 (15.50%) DevOps
13 159 (15.41%) Problem-Solving
14 153 (14.83%) Data Pipeline
15 144 (13.95%) Data Analysis
16 139 (13.47%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 137 (13.28%) Data Visualisation
18 125 (12.11%) Actionable Insight
19 121 (11.72%) Continuous Improvement
20 120 (11.63%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 538 (52.13%) SQL
2 291 (28.20%) Python
3 91 (8.82%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 69 (6.69%) C#
5 50 (4.84%) T-SQL
6 42 (4.07%) JavaScript
7 35 (3.39%) R
8 33 (3.20%) PL/SQL
9 26 (2.52%) PowerShell
10 20 (1.94%) Scala
11 17 (1.65%) Java
12 16 (1.55%) Bicep
12 16 (1.55%) VBA
13 11 (1.07%) Formula Language
13 11 (1.07%) LotusScript
14 10 (0.97%) TypeScript
15 6 (0.58%) Shell Script
16 5 (0.48%) LookML
17 3 (0.29%) Korn
17 3 (0.29%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 153 (14.83%) Security Cleared
2 131 (12.69%) SC Cleared
3 83 (8.04%) Degree
4 28 (2.71%) Azure Certification
5 26 (2.52%) Computer Science Degree
6 20 (1.94%) Microsoft Certification
7 16 (1.55%) PMI Certification
8 12 (1.16%) BPSS Clearance
8 12 (1.16%) PMP
9 11 (1.07%) AWS Certification
10 8 (0.78%) Master's Degree
11 6 (0.58%) CBAP
12 5 (0.48%) ACCA
12 5 (0.48%) IIBA
12 5 (0.48%) SnowPro
13 4 (0.39%) CFA
13 4 (0.39%) CIMA
13 4 (0.39%) Tableau Certification
14 3 (0.29%) Cisco Certification
14 3 (0.29%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 240 (23.26%) Data Quality
2 87 (8.43%) GDPR
3 73 (7.07%) QA
4 48 (4.65%) PMO
5 19 (1.84%) Accessibility
6 11 (1.07%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 9 (0.87%) Actionable Recommendations
8 7 (0.68%) GRC
9 6 (0.58%) GAAP
9 6 (0.58%) SLA
10 4 (0.39%) Basel III
10 4 (0.39%) IFRS
10 4 (0.39%) Solvency II
11 3 (0.29%) IFRS 9
12 2 (0.19%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 2 (0.19%) FATCA
12 2 (0.19%) IFRS 17
12 2 (0.19%) ISO 20022
12 2 (0.19%) PCI DSS
12 2 (0.19%) PERC
System Software
1 23 (2.23%) Docker
2 13 (1.26%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.29%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.097%) Oracle RAC
4 1 (0.097%) RACF
4 1 (0.097%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.097%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 66 (6.40%) Terraform
2 25 (2.42%) Kubernetes
3 5 (0.48%) Control-M
4 4 (0.39%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (0.29%) Grafana
5 3 (0.29%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (0.19%) Ansible
6 2 (0.19%) HP ALM
6 2 (0.19%) RSA Archer
6 2 (0.19%) vRealize
7 1 (0.097%) Kibana
7 1 (0.097%) Nessus
7 1 (0.097%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.097%) SCCM
7 1 (0.097%) SCOM
7 1 (0.097%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 321 (31.10%) Microsoft
2 148 (14.34%) Databricks
3 92 (8.91%) Oracle
4 70 (6.78%) SAP
5 44 (4.26%) Google
6 37 (3.59%) ServiceNow
7 31 (3.00%) Salesforce
8 21 (2.03%) Informatica
9 20 (1.94%) Workday
10 17 (1.65%) Citrix
11 15 (1.45%) Lotus
12 10 (0.97%) Cisco
12 10 (0.97%) Kofax
12 10 (0.97%) MicroStrategy
13 9 (0.87%) MuleSoft
13 9 (0.87%) Planview
13 9 (0.87%) VMware
14 8 (0.78%) Murex
14 8 (0.78%) Sage
15 7 (0.68%) Amplitude