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

6 months to
8 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 35 41
Rank change year-on-year +5 +6 +13
Contract jobs citing Business Intelligence 942 764 841
As % of all contract jobs in London 6.57% 5.36% 4.69%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.19% 5.94% 5.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 617 510 576
10th Percentile £325 £300 £363
25th Percentile £406 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £520 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.68% -5.55% -
75th Percentile £588 £638 £650
90th Percentile £693 £738 £738
England median daily rate £488 £500 £513
% change year-on-year -2.45% -2.44% -2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 7 15
10th Percentile £18.25 £24.65 £22.45
25th Percentile £19.02 £27.67 £30.62
Median hourly rate £31.65 £52.50 £38.00
Median % change year-on-year -39.71% +38.16% +69.00%
75th Percentile £42.23 £53.75 £49.92
90th Percentile £56.20 £64.25 £52.95
England median hourly rate £23.75 £29.00 £32.32
% change year-on-year -18.10% -10.27% +18.61%

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 13,101 12,867 15,950
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 91.42% 90.25% 89.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,660 8,239 11,384
10th Percentile £350 £350 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £563
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -2.22% -5.30%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.42% -2.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 224 159 245
10th Percentile £18.25 £18.08 £17.00
25th Percentile £24.58 £23.80 £20.00
Median hourly rate £32.48 £35.00 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -7.21% +7.69% -13.33%
75th Percentile £53.28 £54.50 £55.00
90th Percentile £69.18 £80.75 £73.75
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +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 8 January 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 8 January 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 8 January 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 +15 131 £500 -13.04% 100
West London -7 23 £600 +29.73% 17
East London -3 4 £495 +4.21% 8
South London -15 3 £475 -5.00% 3
North London -1 2 £500 +96.08% 2
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 66 (7.01%) SharePoint
2 38 (4.03%) Confluence
3 35 (3.72%) Apache Spark
4 23 (2.44%) Apache Airflow
5 21 (2.23%) Apache
6 17 (1.80%) HCL Notes
7 11 (1.17%) Oracle Workflow
8 8 (0.85%) Mendix
8 8 (0.85%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 4 (0.42%) Jupyter
10 3 (0.32%) IIS
10 3 (0.32%) Microsoft Exchange
10 3 (0.32%) Tomcat
11 2 (0.21%) ArcGIS
11 2 (0.21%) Luigi
11 2 (0.21%) Moodle
11 2 (0.21%) Oracle Application Server
11 2 (0.21%) SAS
11 2 (0.21%) WebSphere
12 1 (0.11%) SAP Portal
Applications
1 145 (15.39%) Microsoft Excel
2 28 (2.97%) Microsoft Office
3 26 (2.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 18 (1.91%) Microsoft Project
5 16 (1.70%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.42%) Notion
6 4 (0.42%) Spreadsheet
6 4 (0.42%) Trello
7 1 (0.11%) Adobe After Effects
7 1 (0.11%) Adobe Premiere
7 1 (0.11%) Adobe XD
7 1 (0.11%) Oracle Smart View
7 1 (0.11%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 39 (4.14%) Dynamics CRM
2 15 (1.59%) SAP S/4HANA
3 13 (1.38%) Oracle Payables
4 10 (1.06%) Oracle General Ledger
5 9 (0.96%) Oracle Financials
6 7 (0.74%) Oracle EBS
6 7 (0.74%) Oracle ERP
7 6 (0.64%) Oracle Assets
8 5 (0.53%) Loan IQ
8 5 (0.53%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
9 4 (0.42%) Aladdin
9 4 (0.42%) Oracle EBS R12
9 4 (0.42%) Oracle Receivables
9 4 (0.42%) Remedy ITSM
10 3 (0.32%) Eloqua
10 3 (0.32%) NEC Housing
10 3 (0.32%) NetSuite
10 3 (0.32%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
10 3 (0.32%) Salesforce CRM
11 2 (0.21%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 688 (73.04%) Power Platform
2 330 (35.03%) Azure
3 131 (13.91%) Power Automate
4 118 (12.53%) AWS
5 117 (12.42%) PowerApps
6 89 (9.45%) Azure DevOps
7 82 (8.70%) Azure Data Factory
8 72 (7.64%) Dynamics 365
9 71 (7.54%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 70 (7.43%) Snowflake
11 59 (6.26%) Microsoft 365
12 56 (5.94%) GCP
13 48 (5.10%) Serverless
14 37 (3.93%) GitHub
15 34 (3.61%) Azure Logic Apps
16 33 (3.50%) dbt
17 31 (3.29%) Azure Functions
18 30 (3.18%) Amazon S3
19 22 (2.34%) Microsoft Copilot
20 21 (2.23%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (0.74%) Network Security
1 7 (0.74%) Wireless
2 5 (0.53%) HTTP
2 5 (0.53%) VPN
2 5 (0.53%) WAN
3 4 (0.42%) Firewall
3 4 (0.42%) LAN
3 4 (0.42%) SD-WAN
4 3 (0.32%) BGP
4 3 (0.32%) BIG-IP
4 3 (0.32%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
4 3 (0.32%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
4 3 (0.32%) OSPF
5 2 (0.21%) DNS
6 1 (0.11%) DHCP
6 1 (0.11%) FTP
6 1 (0.11%) Internet
6 1 (0.11%) NGN
6 1 (0.11%) SAN
6 1 (0.11%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 682 (72.40%) Power BI
2 139 (14.76%) Tableau
3 136 (14.44%) Data Warehouse
4 95 (10.08%) Data Lake
5 79 (8.39%) SQL Server
6 49 (5.20%) Metadata
7 48 (5.10%) Power Query
8 41 (4.35%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 35 (3.72%) Relational Database
10 32 (3.40%) Azure SQL Database
10 32 (3.40%) Oracle BI Publisher
11 31 (3.29%) Oracle Reports
12 30 (3.18%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 27 (2.87%) Oracle Database
14 25 (2.65%) BigQuery
14 25 (2.65%) Delta Lake
15 23 (2.44%) Looker
16 21 (2.23%) Amazon Athena
16 21 (2.23%) Amazon Redshift
16 21 (2.23%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 67 (7.11%) JIRA
2 43 (4.56%) Git
3 14 (1.49%) Visual Studio
4 13 (1.38%) GitLab
5 10 (1.06%) Jenkins
6 7 (0.74%) Oracle Forms
7 6 (0.64%) SonarQube
8 4 (0.42%) MLflow
8 4 (0.42%) Oracle APEX
8 4 (0.42%) Team Foundation Server
9 3 (0.32%) ERwin
9 3 (0.32%) Selenium
10 2 (0.21%) Cypress.io
10 2 (0.21%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 2 (0.21%) Terragrunt
11 1 (0.11%) Clang
11 1 (0.11%) DBeaver
11 1 (0.11%) ER Studio
11 1 (0.11%) Visual Studio Code
11 1 (0.11%) Visual Studio Coded UI
General
1 390 (41.40%) Finance
2 285 (30.25%) Social Skills
3 199 (21.13%) Analytical Skills
4 133 (14.12%) Public Sector
5 97 (10.30%) Marketing
6 89 (9.45%) Banking
7 59 (6.26%) Manufacturing
8 57 (6.05%) Telecoms
9 52 (5.52%) Electronics
10 27 (2.87%) Retail
11 26 (2.76%) Financial Institution
12 23 (2.44%) Investment Banking
13 21 (2.23%) Front Office
14 18 (1.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 18 (1.91%) Legal
15 16 (1.70%) Local Government
15 16 (1.70%) Organisational Skills
15 16 (1.70%) Presentation Skills
16 14 (1.49%) Documentation Skills
16 14 (1.49%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 213 (22.61%) Analyst
2 178 (18.90%) Developer
3 130 (13.80%) Data Engineer
4 95 (10.08%) Senior
5 86 (9.13%) Lead
6 82 (8.70%) Data Analyst
7 75 (7.96%) Business Analyst
8 67 (7.11%) Architect
9 62 (6.58%) Consultant
10 48 (5.10%) Business Intelligence Developer
11 32 (3.40%) Power BI Developer
12 30 (3.18%) Power Platform Developer
13 28 (2.97%) Data Architect
14 27 (2.87%) Azure Engineer
15 26 (2.76%) Project Manager
16 23 (2.44%) Data Scientist
16 23 (2.44%) Senior Data Engineer
17 22 (2.34%) Power BI Analyst
17 22 (2.34%) Senior Analyst
17 22 (2.34%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (5.73%) PySpark
2 48 (5.10%) .NET
3 32 (3.40%) REST
4 29 (3.08%) Kafka
5 23 (2.44%) Oracle Fusion
6 21 (2.23%) Pandas
7 15 (1.59%) HTML
7 15 (1.59%) JSON
7 15 (1.59%) SOAP
8 14 (1.49%) .NET Framework
8 14 (1.49%) React
8 14 (1.49%) scikit-learn
9 13 (1.38%) NumPy
10 12 (1.27%) Middleware
11 10 (1.06%) HTML5 Canvas
11 10 (1.06%) Spark Streaming
12 9 (0.96%) SailPoint
12 9 (0.96%) XML
13 8 (0.85%) Plotly
13 8 (0.85%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 34 (3.61%) Data Structures
1 34 (3.61%) Product Ownership
2 26 (2.76%) Analytical Mindset
3 21 (2.23%) Onboarding
4 20 (2.12%) Data Protection Act
5 18 (1.91%) Management Information System
6 17 (1.80%) Cloud Native
6 17 (1.80%) Legacy Systems
7 15 (1.59%) Low-Code
8 14 (1.49%) Data Centre
8 14 (1.49%) Derivative
9 13 (1.38%) Self-Motivation
10 12 (1.27%) Virtual Team
11 11 (1.17%) Algorithms
11 11 (1.17%) Reinsurance
12 10 (1.06%) Enterprise Software
13 9 (0.96%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 9 (0.96%) NHS
13 9 (0.96%) PMI
14 8 (0.85%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 25 (2.65%) Windows
2 13 (1.38%) Windows Server
3 9 (0.96%) Unix
4 7 (0.74%) Android
4 7 (0.74%) Linux
4 7 (0.74%) Mac OS
5 3 (0.32%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 355 (37.69%) Analytics
2 272 (28.87%) Data Modelling
3 216 (22.93%) Agile
4 209 (22.19%) Visualisation
5 190 (20.17%) ETL
6 161 (17.09%) Decision-Making
7 157 (16.67%) Data Governance
8 152 (16.14%) Stakeholder Management
9 147 (15.61%) Problem-Solving
10 144 (15.29%) DevOps
11 137 (14.54%) Data Engineering
12 129 (13.69%) Data Analysis
13 123 (13.06%) CI/CD
13 123 (13.06%) Data Visualisation
14 111 (11.78%) Data Pipeline
15 108 (11.46%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 107 (11.36%) Actionable Insight
16 107 (11.36%) Migration
17 105 (11.15%) AI
18 102 (10.83%) Dashboard Development
Programming Languages
1 461 (48.94%) SQL
2 232 (24.63%) Python
3 68 (7.22%) C#
4 60 (6.37%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 48 (5.10%) JavaScript
6 44 (4.67%) PL/SQL
7 36 (3.82%) R
8 32 (3.40%) PowerShell
8 32 (3.40%) T-SQL
9 24 (2.55%) Java
10 16 (1.70%) VBA
11 14 (1.49%) Scala
12 12 (1.27%) Bicep
12 12 (1.27%) TypeScript
13 9 (0.96%) Formula Language
13 9 (0.96%) LotusScript
14 6 (0.64%) Groovy
15 5 (0.53%) Korn
16 4 (0.42%) MATLAB
17 3 (0.32%) VB
Qualifications
1 152 (16.14%) Security Cleared
2 137 (14.54%) SC Cleared
3 82 (8.70%) Degree
4 26 (2.76%) Computer Science Degree
5 25 (2.65%) Azure Certification
6 20 (2.12%) PMI Certification
7 19 (2.02%) Microsoft Certification
8 15 (1.59%) PMP
9 13 (1.38%) Master's Degree
10 10 (1.06%) AWS Certification
11 8 (0.85%) CFA
12 7 (0.74%) CBAP
13 6 (0.64%) ACCA
13 6 (0.64%) BPSS Clearance
13 6 (0.64%) CIMA
14 5 (0.53%) DV Cleared
15 4 (0.42%) CCIE
15 4 (0.42%) CCNP
15 4 (0.42%) Cisco Certification
15 4 (0.42%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 178 (18.90%) Data Quality
2 64 (6.79%) GDPR
3 62 (6.58%) QA
4 40 (4.25%) PMO
5 29 (3.08%) Accessibility
6 16 (1.70%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 7 (0.74%) HIPAA
7 7 (0.74%) IFRS
8 6 (0.64%) GRC
9 5 (0.53%) Actionable Recommendations
9 5 (0.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 5 (0.53%) SLA
10 4 (0.42%) Basel III
10 4 (0.42%) GAAP
10 4 (0.42%) IFRS 9
11 3 (0.32%) NIST
11 3 (0.32%) P3O
12 2 (0.21%) IFRS 17
12 2 (0.21%) MiFID
12 2 (0.21%) WCAG
System Software
1 22 (2.34%) Active Directory
2 17 (1.80%) Docker
3 1 (0.11%) Oracle RAC
3 1 (0.11%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.11%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.11%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 44 (4.67%) Terraform
2 23 (2.44%) Kubernetes
3 4 (0.42%) Ansible
3 4 (0.42%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (0.32%) Control-M
4 3 (0.32%) RSA Archer
4 3 (0.32%) SCCM
5 2 (0.21%) HP ALM
5 2 (0.21%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.21%) vRealize
6 1 (0.11%) Grafana
6 1 (0.11%) Jamf Pro
6 1 (0.11%) Kubeflow
6 1 (0.11%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.11%) Puppet
6 1 (0.11%) SCOM
6 1 (0.11%) Thomson Reuters DACS
6 1 (0.11%) WSUS
Vendors
1 272 (28.87%) Microsoft
2 109 (11.57%) Oracle
3 108 (11.46%) Databricks
4 102 (10.83%) SAP
5 36 (3.82%) Salesforce
6 33 (3.50%) Google
6 33 (3.50%) ServiceNow
7 18 (1.91%) Alteryx
8 17 (1.80%) Informatica
8 17 (1.80%) Lotus
9 15 (1.59%) Cisco
10 13 (1.38%) Citrix
11 12 (1.27%) Planview
12 11 (1.17%) Adobe
13 10 (1.06%) Workday
14 9 (0.96%) HP
14 9 (0.96%) MuleSoft
15 8 (0.85%) Kofax
16 7 (0.74%) Dell
16 7 (0.74%) MicroStrategy