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

6 months to
14 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 33 37 39
Rank change year-on-year +4 +2 +15
Contract jobs citing Business Intelligence 976 738 893
As % of all contract jobs in London 6.36% 5.42% 4.82%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.02% 5.98% 5.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 627 488 609
10th Percentile £343 £300 £363
25th Percentile £414 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £538
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -4.65% -
75th Percentile £590 £638 £650
90th Percentile £675 £774 £744
England median daily rate £499 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -0.15% - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 8 13
10th Percentile £18.25 £24.68 £25.55
25th Percentile £18.72 £27.34 £35.00
Median hourly rate £34.00 £29.70 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +14.47% -33.99% +100.13%
75th Percentile £44.38 £55.00 £49.08
90th Percentile £56.20 £65.13 £52.15
England median hourly rate £23.66 £27.75 £26.24
% change year-on-year -14.73% +5.75% -2.13%

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 13,905 12,332 16,419
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 90.68% 90.64% 88.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,265 7,884 11,766
10th Percentile £350 £350 £338
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 £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 219 153 341
10th Percentile £18.25 £21.05 £16.02
25th Percentile £25.15 £25.75 £19.50
Median hourly rate £35.00 £37.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.41% +23.33% -15.49%
75th Percentile £56.25 £55.25 £50.75
90th Percentile £70.00 £79.75 £72.50
England median hourly rate £25.77 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -26.37% - -

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 February 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 February 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 February 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 +11 135 £515 -5.46% 52
West London -1 34 £600 +33.33% 20
South London -21 8 £475 -2.56% 10
East London -2 5 £495 +23.75% 7
North London -2 1 £500 +96.08% 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 63 (6.45%) SharePoint
2 42 (4.30%) Apache Spark
3 38 (3.89%) Confluence
4 25 (2.56%) Apache
4 25 (2.56%) Apache Airflow
5 15 (1.54%) HCL Notes
6 9 (0.92%) Mendix
7 8 (0.82%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 7 (0.72%) Oracle Workflow
9 4 (0.41%) Jupyter
10 3 (0.31%) IIS
11 2 (0.20%) ArcGIS
11 2 (0.20%) Microsoft Exchange
11 2 (0.20%) Oracle Application Server
11 2 (0.20%) WebSphere
12 1 (0.10%) CMS
12 1 (0.10%) Kentico
12 1 (0.10%) NetWeaver
12 1 (0.10%) SAP Portal
12 1 (0.10%) SAS
Applications
1 150 (15.37%) Microsoft Excel
2 23 (2.36%) Microsoft Office
3 22 (2.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 18 (1.84%) MS Visio
5 16 (1.64%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.31%) Notion
6 3 (0.31%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.31%) Trello
7 1 (0.10%) Adobe After Effects
7 1 (0.10%) Adobe Premiere
7 1 (0.10%) Adobe XD
7 1 (0.10%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 34 (3.48%) Dynamics CRM
2 11 (1.13%) SAP S/4HANA
3 10 (1.02%) Oracle Payables
4 9 (0.92%) Oracle General Ledger
5 7 (0.72%) Oracle ERP
5 7 (0.72%) Oracle Financials
5 7 (0.72%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
6 6 (0.61%) Loan IQ
7 5 (0.51%) Oracle Receivables
8 4 (0.41%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 4 (0.41%) Remedy ITSM
9 3 (0.31%) iTrent
9 3 (0.31%) Oracle Assets
9 3 (0.31%) Oracle Cash Management
9 3 (0.31%) Oracle FAH
10 2 (0.20%) Elite 3E
10 2 (0.20%) Lorenzo
10 2 (0.20%) Salesforce CRM
10 2 (0.20%) SAP FS
10 2 (0.20%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 718 (73.57%) Power Platform
2 348 (35.66%) Azure
3 143 (14.65%) AWS
4 125 (12.81%) Power Automate
5 109 (11.17%) PowerApps
6 92 (9.43%) Azure Data Factory
6 92 (9.43%) Azure DevOps
7 84 (8.61%) Snowflake
8 77 (7.89%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 68 (6.97%) Dynamics 365
10 64 (6.56%) GCP
11 63 (6.45%) Microsoft 365
12 52 (5.33%) Serverless
13 47 (4.82%) GitHub
14 37 (3.79%) dbt
15 36 (3.69%) Amazon S3
16 29 (2.97%) Azure Functions
17 28 (2.87%) Azure Logic Apps
18 27 (2.77%) Microsoft Copilot
19 24 (2.46%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (0.72%) Wireless
2 6 (0.61%) Network Security
3 5 (0.51%) HTTP
4 4 (0.41%) VPN
4 4 (0.41%) WAN
5 3 (0.31%) Firewall
5 3 (0.31%) LAN
5 3 (0.31%) SD-WAN
6 2 (0.20%) BGP
6 2 (0.20%) BIG-IP
6 2 (0.20%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
6 2 (0.20%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
6 2 (0.20%) OSPF
7 1 (0.10%) DNS
7 1 (0.10%) FTP
7 1 (0.10%) Internet
7 1 (0.10%) NGN
7 1 (0.10%) SAN
7 1 (0.10%) VLAN
7 1 (0.10%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 709 (72.64%) Power BI
2 163 (16.70%) Tableau
3 148 (15.16%) Data Warehouse
4 99 (10.14%) Data Lake
5 93 (9.53%) SQL Server
6 59 (6.05%) Metadata
7 46 (4.71%) Power Query
8 41 (4.20%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 39 (4.00%) BigQuery
10 38 (3.89%) Looker
11 32 (3.28%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 30 (3.07%) Delta Lake
13 29 (2.97%) Azure SQL Database
13 29 (2.97%) Relational Database
14 25 (2.56%) Amazon Athena
15 24 (2.46%) Mixpanel
15 24 (2.46%) Oracle Reports
15 24 (2.46%) Snowflake Schema
16 23 (2.36%) Oracle BI Publisher
16 23 (2.36%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 62 (6.35%) JIRA
2 44 (4.51%) Git
3 17 (1.74%) Visual Studio
4 16 (1.64%) GitLab
5 11 (1.13%) Jenkins
6 9 (0.92%) ERwin
7 8 (0.82%) Team Foundation Server
8 4 (0.41%) SonarQube
9 3 (0.31%) MLflow
9 3 (0.31%) Oracle Forms
9 3 (0.31%) Selenium
9 3 (0.31%) Terragrunt
10 2 (0.20%) Cypress.io
10 2 (0.20%) ER Studio
10 2 (0.20%) PowerDesigner
10 2 (0.20%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 1 (0.10%) Claude Code
11 1 (0.10%) DBeaver
11 1 (0.10%) Visual Studio Code
11 1 (0.10%) Visual Studio Coded UI
General
1 391 (40.06%) Finance
2 295 (30.23%) Social Skills
3 219 (22.44%) Analytical Skills
4 120 (12.30%) Public Sector
5 94 (9.63%) Banking
6 84 (8.61%) Marketing
7 50 (5.12%) Manufacturing
8 47 (4.82%) Telecoms
9 45 (4.61%) Electronics
10 29 (2.97%) Retail
11 25 (2.56%) Financial Institution
12 21 (2.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 19 (1.95%) Documentation Skills
14 16 (1.64%) Front Office
14 16 (1.64%) Investment Banking
14 16 (1.64%) Local Government
14 16 (1.64%) Organisational Skills
15 15 (1.54%) Publishing
16 14 (1.43%) Legal
16 14 (1.43%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 211 (21.62%) Analyst
2 181 (18.55%) Developer
3 162 (16.60%) Data Engineer
4 119 (12.19%) Senior
5 94 (9.63%) Lead
6 87 (8.91%) Data Analyst
7 78 (7.99%) Business Analyst
8 64 (6.56%) Architect
8 64 (6.56%) Consultant
9 51 (5.23%) Business Intelligence Developer
10 33 (3.38%) Senior Data Engineer
11 31 (3.18%) Power BI Developer
11 31 (3.18%) Power Platform Developer
12 27 (2.77%) Data Architect
13 26 (2.66%) Azure Engineer
13 26 (2.66%) Data Scientist
14 24 (2.46%) Business Intelligence Analyst
15 23 (2.36%) Project Manager
15 23 (2.36%) Solutions Architect
16 21 (2.15%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 59 (6.05%) PySpark
2 45 (4.61%) .NET
3 33 (3.38%) Kafka
4 31 (3.18%) REST
5 23 (2.36%) Oracle Fusion
5 23 (2.36%) Pandas
6 17 (1.74%) .NET Framework
7 16 (1.64%) Middleware
7 16 (1.64%) React
8 15 (1.54%) Great Expectations
8 15 (1.54%) scikit-learn
8 15 (1.54%) SOAP
9 14 (1.43%) JSON
9 14 (1.43%) NumPy
10 11 (1.13%) HTML
10 11 (1.13%) HTML5 Canvas
11 10 (1.02%) Spark Streaming
11 10 (1.02%) XML
12 8 (0.82%) Web Services
12 8 (0.82%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 38 (3.89%) Data Structures
2 34 (3.48%) Product Ownership
3 29 (2.97%) Cloud Native
4 20 (2.05%) Analytical Mindset
4 20 (2.05%) Legacy Systems
5 19 (1.95%) Data Protection Act
5 19 (1.95%) Low-Code
5 19 (1.95%) Management Information System
6 16 (1.64%) Onboarding
7 13 (1.33%) Algorithms
7 13 (1.33%) Data Centre
8 11 (1.13%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 10 (1.02%) AI Agents
9 10 (1.02%) PMI
9 10 (1.02%) Reinsurance
10 8 (0.82%) Distributed Computing
10 8 (0.82%) Reference Data
10 8 (0.82%) Self-Motivation
10 8 (0.82%) Virtual Team
11 7 (0.72%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 24 (2.46%) Windows
2 16 (1.64%) Windows Server
3 7 (0.72%) Android
3 7 (0.72%) Mac OS
4 4 (0.41%) Unix
5 2 (0.20%) Linux
5 2 (0.20%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 397 (40.68%) Analytics
2 303 (31.05%) Data Modelling
3 232 (23.77%) Visualisation
4 217 (22.23%) Agile
5 206 (21.11%) ETL
6 180 (18.44%) Decision-Making
7 169 (17.32%) Data Governance
8 163 (16.70%) Data Engineering
9 158 (16.19%) DevOps
10 156 (15.98%) Problem-Solving
11 145 (14.86%) AI
12 144 (14.75%) Stakeholder Management
13 141 (14.45%) CI/CD
13 141 (14.45%) Data Visualisation
14 135 (13.83%) Data Analysis
15 122 (12.50%) Data Pipeline
16 118 (12.09%) Actionable Insight
17 116 (11.89%) Dashboard Development
18 110 (11.27%) Migration
19 106 (10.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 496 (50.82%) SQL
2 254 (26.02%) Python
3 72 (7.38%) C#
4 71 (7.27%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 45 (4.61%) T-SQL
6 44 (4.51%) JavaScript
7 39 (4.00%) PL/SQL
8 32 (3.28%) R
9 27 (2.77%) PowerShell
10 18 (1.84%) Java
11 16 (1.64%) Bicep
12 15 (1.54%) Scala
12 15 (1.54%) VBA
13 12 (1.23%) TypeScript
14 10 (1.02%) Formula Language
14 10 (1.02%) LotusScript
15 6 (0.61%) Groovy
16 5 (0.51%) Korn
17 3 (0.31%) LookML
18 2 (0.20%) IronPython
Qualifications
1 147 (15.06%) Security Cleared
2 133 (13.63%) SC Cleared
3 92 (9.43%) Degree
4 29 (2.97%) Azure Certification
5 27 (2.77%) Computer Science Degree
6 22 (2.25%) PMI Certification
7 17 (1.74%) Microsoft Certification
8 16 (1.64%) PMP
9 13 (1.33%) Master's Degree
10 11 (1.13%) AWS Certification
11 9 (0.92%) BPSS Clearance
11 9 (0.92%) CBAP
12 7 (0.72%) CFA
13 6 (0.61%) ACCA
13 6 (0.61%) CIMA
14 4 (0.41%) IIBA
15 3 (0.31%) Cisco Certification
15 3 (0.31%) DV Cleared
15 3 (0.31%) MBA
15 3 (0.31%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 220 (22.54%) Data Quality
2 74 (7.58%) GDPR
3 71 (7.27%) QA
4 48 (4.92%) PMO
5 31 (3.18%) Accessibility
6 14 (1.43%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 9 (0.92%) GRC
8 6 (0.61%) Actionable Recommendations
8 6 (0.61%) GAAP
8 6 (0.61%) HIPAA
9 5 (0.51%) IFRS
9 5 (0.51%) SLA
10 4 (0.41%) Basel III
10 4 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 3 (0.31%) IFRS 9
11 3 (0.31%) NIST
11 3 (0.31%) P3O
12 2 (0.20%) FATCA
12 2 (0.20%) IFRS 17
12 2 (0.20%) PERC
System Software
1 20 (2.05%) Docker
2 14 (1.43%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.10%) Oracle RAC
3 1 (0.10%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.10%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.10%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 64 (6.56%) Terraform
2 25 (2.56%) Kubernetes
3 4 (0.41%) Control-M
4 3 (0.31%) Ansible
4 3 (0.31%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (0.31%) RSA Archer
5 2 (0.20%) HP ALM
5 2 (0.20%) SCCM
5 2 (0.20%) vRealize
6 1 (0.10%) Grafana
6 1 (0.10%) Jamf Pro
6 1 (0.10%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.10%) SCOM
6 1 (0.10%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.10%) Thomson Reuters DACS
6 1 (0.10%) WSUS
Vendors
1 274 (28.07%) Microsoft
2 126 (12.91%) Databricks
3 103 (10.55%) Oracle
4 95 (9.73%) SAP
5 37 (3.79%) Google
6 36 (3.69%) Salesforce
7 32 (3.28%) ServiceNow
8 18 (1.84%) Informatica
9 16 (1.64%) Cisco
10 15 (1.54%) Citrix
10 15 (1.54%) Lotus
11 12 (1.23%) Planview
11 12 (1.23%) Workday
12 10 (1.02%) MuleSoft
13 9 (0.92%) Alteryx
13 9 (0.92%) HP
13 9 (0.92%) Kofax
13 9 (0.92%) MicroStrategy
14 8 (0.82%) VMware
15 7 (0.72%) Dell