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

6 months to
5 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 35 40 35
Rank change year-on-year +5 -5 +15
Contract jobs citing Business Intelligence 1,017 682 891
As % of all contract jobs in London 5.71% 5.43% 5.04%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.46% 5.88% 5.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 670 458 634
10th Percentile £356 £331 £350
25th Percentile £425 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -0.94%
75th Percentile £590 £650 £638
90th Percentile £688 £788 £750
England median daily rate £492 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -1.60% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 11 10
10th Percentile £16.94 £28.21 £25.74
25th Percentile £19.23 £28.60 £41.25
Median hourly rate £28.03 £29.07 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -3.59% -38.80% +111.25%
75th Percentile £43.44 £44.21 £56.88
90th Percentile £54.80 £58.75 £71.43
England median hourly rate £23.83 £28.60 £24.00
% change year-on-year -16.70% +19.17% -4.00%

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 15,746 11,589 15,691
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.45% 92.20% 88.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,536 7,858 11,248
10th Percentile £356 £350 £338
25th Percentile £430 £438 £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 £760 £813 £800
England median daily rate £510 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.86% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 254 172 322
10th Percentile £18.75 £16.50 £16.00
25th Percentile £23.62 £22.73 £20.00
Median hourly rate £35.50 £34.25 £28.50
Median % change year-on-year +3.65% +20.18% -26.92%
75th Percentile £57.50 £50.56 £47.34
90th Percentile £74.63 £63.75 £65.68
England median hourly rate £45.46 £30.00 £36.05
% change year-on-year +51.53% -16.77% -2.97%

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 5 May 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 5 May 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 5 May 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 +8 144 £525 -4.55% 128
West London -1 39 £603 +26.84% 17
South London -13 21 £463 -5.61% 8
East London -5 4 £495 -15.74% 15
North London +2 1 £178 -34.26% 3
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 57 (5.60%) SharePoint
2 50 (4.92%) Apache Spark
3 35 (3.44%) Confluence
4 27 (2.65%) Apache Airflow
5 21 (2.06%) Apache
6 17 (1.67%) HCL Notes
7 12 (1.18%) Mendix
8 4 (0.39%) IIS
9 3 (0.29%) Microsoft Exchange
9 3 (0.29%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 3 (0.29%) SAS
10 2 (0.20%) ArcGIS
10 2 (0.20%) Oracle Workflow
10 2 (0.20%) Palantir Foundry
10 2 (0.20%) WebSphere
11 1 (0.098%) Apache Synapse
11 1 (0.098%) Appian
11 1 (0.098%) Camunda
11 1 (0.098%) Oracle Application Server
11 1 (0.098%) Tomcat
Applications
1 150 (14.75%) Microsoft Excel
2 26 (2.56%) MS Visio
3 19 (1.87%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 15 (1.47%) Microsoft Project
5 10 (0.98%) Microsoft Office
6 9 (0.88%) Spreadsheet
7 5 (0.49%) Notion
8 3 (0.29%) Oracle Smart View
9 2 (0.20%) Chatbot
10 1 (0.098%) Trello
Business Applications
1 25 (2.46%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (0.79%) Oracle General Ledger
3 7 (0.69%) Oracle Payables
3 7 (0.69%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
4 6 (0.59%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 6 (0.59%) SAP S/4HANA
5 5 (0.49%) BambooHR
5 5 (0.49%) Oracle Receivables
6 4 (0.39%) Loan IQ
6 4 (0.39%) Oracle Cash Management
7 3 (0.29%) iTrent
7 3 (0.29%) Oracle FAH
7 3 (0.29%) Oracle Financials
8 2 (0.20%) Adobe Campaign
8 2 (0.20%) Aladdin
8 2 (0.20%) Elite 3E
8 2 (0.20%) FIS Private Capital Suite
8 2 (0.20%) Lorenzo
8 2 (0.20%) NEC Housing
8 2 (0.20%) Oracle Assets
Cloud Services
1 737 (72.47%) Power Platform
2 349 (34.32%) Azure
3 144 (14.16%) AWS
4 105 (10.32%) Power Automate
5 96 (9.44%) Azure Data Factory
6 94 (9.24%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 86 (8.46%) PowerApps
8 83 (8.16%) Snowflake
9 82 (8.06%) Azure DevOps
9 82 (8.06%) GCP
10 80 (7.87%) Dynamics 365
11 58 (5.70%) Microsoft 365
12 54 (5.31%) GitHub
13 50 (4.92%) Serverless
14 48 (4.72%) dbt
15 45 (4.42%) Amazon S3
16 40 (3.93%) Microsoft Copilot
17 26 (2.56%) Microsoft Purview
18 24 (2.36%) Collibra
19 22 (2.16%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 9 (0.88%) VPN
2 8 (0.79%) DNS
2 8 (0.79%) Firewall
3 7 (0.69%) Network Security
4 3 (0.29%) DHCP
4 3 (0.29%) FTP
4 3 (0.29%) HTTP
4 3 (0.29%) SD-WAN
4 3 (0.29%) WAN
5 2 (0.20%) BGP
5 2 (0.20%) BIG-IP
5 2 (0.20%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
5 2 (0.20%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
5 2 (0.20%) Internet
5 2 (0.20%) LAN
5 2 (0.20%) OSPF
6 1 (0.098%) Hyperconnected
6 1 (0.098%) NGN
6 1 (0.098%) VLAN
6 1 (0.098%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 728 (71.58%) Power BI
2 177 (17.40%) Tableau
3 170 (16.72%) Data Warehouse
4 109 (10.72%) Data Lake
5 98 (9.64%) SQL Server
6 58 (5.70%) Metadata
7 56 (5.51%) BigQuery
8 49 (4.82%) Power Query
9 43 (4.23%) Looker
10 42 (4.13%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 36 (3.54%) Star Schema
12 33 (3.24%) Relational Database
13 31 (3.05%) Snowflake Schema
14 30 (2.95%) Amazon Athena
15 28 (2.75%) Spark SQL
16 27 (2.65%) Azure SQL Database
16 27 (2.65%) Delta Lake
16 27 (2.65%) Mixpanel
17 26 (2.56%) Amazon Redshift
18 24 (2.36%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 55 (5.41%) JIRA
2 44 (4.33%) Git
3 17 (1.67%) GitLab
4 14 (1.38%) Jenkins
5 13 (1.28%) Visual Studio
6 12 (1.18%) ERwin
7 9 (0.88%) Team Foundation Server
8 5 (0.49%) PowerDesigner
8 5 (0.49%) Selenium
9 4 (0.39%) Oracle Forms
10 3 (0.29%) ER Studio
10 3 (0.29%) JMeter
10 3 (0.29%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 2 (0.20%) Bitbucket
11 2 (0.20%) Charles Proxy
11 2 (0.20%) Cypress.io
11 2 (0.20%) Terragrunt
11 2 (0.20%) WebDriver
12 1 (0.098%) GCC
12 1 (0.098%) SpecFlow
General
1 420 (41.30%) Finance
2 306 (30.09%) Social Skills
3 207 (20.35%) Analytical Skills
4 97 (9.54%) Public Sector
5 94 (9.24%) Banking
6 61 (6.00%) Marketing
7 40 (3.93%) Law
8 31 (3.05%) Telecoms
9 29 (2.85%) Financial Institution
10 27 (2.65%) Retail
11 24 (2.36%) Documentation Skills
11 24 (2.36%) Manufacturing
12 22 (2.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 19 (1.87%) Electronics
13 19 (1.87%) Legal
14 15 (1.47%) Local Government
15 14 (1.38%) Organisational Skills
15 14 (1.38%) Presentation Skills
16 13 (1.28%) Investment Banking
17 12 (1.18%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 244 (23.99%) Analyst
2 170 (16.72%) Data Engineer
3 166 (16.32%) Developer
4 135 (13.27%) Senior
5 116 (11.41%) Architect
6 102 (10.03%) Data Analyst
7 93 (9.14%) Lead
8 84 (8.26%) Business Analyst
9 58 (5.70%) Business Intelligence Developer
10 54 (5.31%) Consultant
11 40 (3.93%) Senior Data Engineer
12 37 (3.64%) Lead Architect
13 35 (3.44%) Power Platform Developer
14 34 (3.34%) Business Intelligence Analyst
14 34 (3.34%) Power BI Developer
14 34 (3.34%) Senior Developer
15 32 (3.15%) Data Architect
15 32 (3.15%) Functional Architect
16 26 (2.56%) Solutions Architect
17 21 (2.06%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 58 (5.70%) PySpark
2 43 (4.23%) .NET
3 41 (4.03%) Kafka
4 28 (2.75%) REST
5 24 (2.36%) Middleware
6 21 (2.06%) .NET Framework
7 19 (1.87%) React
8 18 (1.77%) Great Expectations
9 17 (1.67%) JSON
9 17 (1.67%) Oracle Fusion
10 15 (1.47%) Pandas
11 14 (1.38%) HTML
12 12 (1.18%) HTML5 Canvas
13 11 (1.08%) SOAP
13 11 (1.08%) Spark Streaming
13 11 (1.08%) XML
14 9 (0.88%) CSS
14 9 (0.88%) scikit-learn
15 8 (0.79%) NumPy
15 8 (0.79%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 48 (4.72%) Cloud Native
2 40 (3.93%) Data Structures
3 37 (3.64%) Product Ownership
4 28 (2.75%) Legacy Systems
5 20 (1.97%) Low-Code
6 17 (1.67%) Data Protection Act
7 14 (1.38%) Analytical Mindset
7 14 (1.38%) Management Information System
7 14 (1.38%) Self-Motivation
8 12 (1.18%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 11 (1.08%) Onboarding
10 10 (0.98%) AI Agents
10 10 (0.98%) Derivative
11 9 (0.88%) Algorithms
11 9 (0.88%) Clustering
12 8 (0.79%) Distributed Computing
12 8 (0.79%) Enterprise Software
12 8 (0.79%) NHS
13 7 (0.69%) Distributed Systems
13 7 (0.69%) Equities
Operating Systems
1 22 (2.16%) Windows
2 19 (1.87%) Windows Server
3 7 (0.69%) Linux
4 5 (0.49%) Unix
5 2 (0.20%) Android
5 2 (0.20%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 428 (42.08%) Analytics
2 332 (32.65%) Data Modelling
3 222 (21.83%) ETL
4 215 (21.14%) Agile
5 198 (19.47%) Visualisation
6 192 (18.88%) Data Engineering
7 191 (18.78%) AI
8 185 (18.19%) Decision-Making
9 182 (17.90%) Data Governance
10 172 (16.91%) Migration
11 169 (16.62%) CI/CD
12 163 (16.03%) DevOps
13 152 (14.95%) Data Pipeline
14 151 (14.85%) Problem-Solving
15 141 (13.86%) Data Analysis
16 138 (13.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 128 (12.59%) Validation
18 121 (11.90%) Continuous Improvement
19 116 (11.41%) Data Visualisation
20 114 (11.21%) Actionable Insight
Programming Languages
1 518 (50.93%) SQL
2 283 (27.83%) Python
3 96 (9.44%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 68 (6.69%) C#
5 50 (4.92%) T-SQL
6 39 (3.83%) JavaScript
7 37 (3.64%) R
8 34 (3.34%) PL/SQL
9 24 (2.36%) Java
9 24 (2.36%) PowerShell
10 22 (2.16%) Scala
11 15 (1.47%) VBA
12 13 (1.28%) Bicep
13 11 (1.08%) Formula Language
13 11 (1.08%) LotusScript
13 11 (1.08%) TypeScript
14 6 (0.59%) Shell Script
15 4 (0.39%) Korn
15 4 (0.39%) LookML
16 3 (0.29%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 151 (14.85%) Security Cleared
2 129 (12.68%) SC Cleared
3 79 (7.77%) Degree
4 29 (2.85%) Azure Certification
5 21 (2.06%) Microsoft Certification
6 20 (1.97%) Computer Science Degree
7 14 (1.38%) PMI Certification
8 11 (1.08%) BPSS Clearance
8 11 (1.08%) PMP
9 9 (0.88%) AWS Certification
10 7 (0.69%) CBAP
10 7 (0.69%) Master's Degree
11 5 (0.49%) ACCA
11 5 (0.49%) IIBA
11 5 (0.49%) SnowPro
12 4 (0.39%) Tableau Certification
13 3 (0.29%) CCIE
13 3 (0.29%) CCNP
13 3 (0.29%) Cisco Certification
13 3 (0.29%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 233 (22.91%) Data Quality
2 84 (8.26%) GDPR
3 70 (6.88%) QA
4 42 (4.13%) PMO
5 13 (1.28%) Accessibility
6 11 (1.08%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 8 (0.79%) Actionable Recommendations
8 6 (0.59%) GAAP
8 6 (0.59%) GRC
8 6 (0.59%) SLA
9 4 (0.39%) Basel III
9 4 (0.39%) IFRS
9 4 (0.39%) ISO 20022
9 4 (0.39%) Solvency II
10 3 (0.29%) IFRS 9
11 2 (0.20%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 2 (0.20%) FATCA
11 2 (0.20%) IFRS 17
11 2 (0.20%) P3O
11 2 (0.20%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 24 (2.36%) Docker
2 11 (1.08%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.29%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.098%) Oracle RAC
4 1 (0.098%) RACF
4 1 (0.098%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 68 (6.69%) Terraform
2 25 (2.46%) Kubernetes
3 9 (0.88%) Grafana
4 6 (0.59%) Prometheus
5 5 (0.49%) Control-M
5 5 (0.49%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.20%) Ansible
6 2 (0.20%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.098%) HP ALM
7 1 (0.098%) Kibana
7 1 (0.098%) Nessus
7 1 (0.098%) RSA Archer
7 1 (0.098%) SCCM
7 1 (0.098%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
7 1 (0.098%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 313 (30.78%) Microsoft
2 141 (13.86%) Databricks
3 97 (9.54%) Oracle
4 57 (5.60%) SAP
5 43 (4.23%) Google
6 33 (3.24%) ServiceNow
7 29 (2.85%) Salesforce
8 21 (2.06%) Informatica
9 20 (1.97%) Workday
10 18 (1.77%) Citrix
11 17 (1.67%) Lotus
12 12 (1.18%) Kofax
13 9 (0.88%) MuleSoft
14 8 (0.79%) Alteryx
14 8 (0.79%) Murex
14 8 (0.79%) Sage
15 7 (0.69%) Adobe
15 7 (0.69%) Amplitude
15 7 (0.69%) Planview
15 7 (0.69%) VMware