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

6 months to
9 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 39 37 40
Rank change year-on-year -2 +3 +10
Contract jobs citing Business Intelligence 1,110 784 820
As % of all contract jobs in London 5.46% 5.85% 5.10%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.13% 6.32% 5.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 751 527 568
10th Percentile £350 £340 £303
25th Percentile £425 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -
75th Percentile £613 £632 £626
90th Percentile £688 £788 £731
England median daily rate £500 £500 £500
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 15 14
10th Percentile £16.70 £21.67 £25.40
25th Percentile £22.25 £30.54 £34.51
Median hourly rate £28.40 £34.65 £53.75
Median % change year-on-year -18.05% -35.53% +47.26%
75th Percentile £30.59 £47.23 £78.13
90th Percentile £57.50 £74.75 £86.13
England median hourly rate £29.48 £32.05 £30.30
% change year-on-year -8.02% +5.79% -6.27%

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 18,098 12,396 14,317
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.01% 92.48% 89.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,824 8,192 9,654
10th Percentile £359 £325 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% -2.27% -4.35%
75th Percentile £660 £675 £680
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £508 £525
% change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 292 255 178
10th Percentile £17.00 £17.03 £17.25
25th Percentile £19.76 £25.01 £22.28
Median hourly rate £35.50 £32.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +10.94% -8.57% -12.50%
75th Percentile £57.50 £49.63 £55.00
90th Percentile £86.93 £63.75 £72.81
England median hourly rate £43.50 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +72.96% -41.51% +0.58%

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 9 September 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 9 September 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 9 September 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 -4 151 £550 -0.45% 126
West London -13 21 £480 -4.00% 39
South London -3 12 £463 +68.18% 11
North London +1 4 £450 - 2
East London -3 1 £350 -33.33% 12
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 92 (8.29%) SharePoint
2 39 (3.51%) Confluence
3 36 (3.24%) Apache Airflow
4 33 (2.97%) Apache Spark
5 23 (2.07%) Apache
6 9 (0.81%) Oracle Workflow
6 9 (0.81%) SAS
7 8 (0.72%) Microsoft Exchange
8 5 (0.45%) Apache Solr
8 5 (0.45%) CMS
8 5 (0.45%) Mendix
9 4 (0.36%) Palantir Foundry
10 3 (0.27%) ArcGIS
10 3 (0.27%) Kentico
11 2 (0.18%) HCL Notes
11 2 (0.18%) PowerExchange
12 1 (0.090%) Appian
12 1 (0.090%) IIS
12 1 (0.090%) Oracle Self-Service HR
12 1 (0.090%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 158 (14.23%) Microsoft Excel
2 26 (2.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 18 (1.62%) Microsoft Project
4 15 (1.35%) MS Visio
5 13 (1.17%) Microsoft Office
6 10 (0.90%) Spreadsheet
7 7 (0.63%) Chatbot
8 3 (0.27%) Oracle Smart View
9 2 (0.18%) CPLEX
9 2 (0.18%) Notion
Business Applications
1 30 (2.70%) Dynamics CRM
2 11 (0.99%) Oracle EBS
2 11 (0.99%) Oracle Payables
3 9 (0.81%) Oracle Financials
3 9 (0.81%) Oracle General Ledger
3 9 (0.81%) Oracle Receivables
4 8 (0.72%) Aladdin
5 7 (0.63%) Oracle Assets
5 7 (0.63%) Oracle FAH
6 6 (0.54%) Remedy ITSM
7 5 (0.45%) Workday HCM
8 4 (0.36%) iTrent
8 4 (0.36%) Oracle E-Business Tax
8 4 (0.36%) Oracle Internet Expenses
8 4 (0.36%) Oracle iProcurement
9 3 (0.27%) Oracle Applications
9 3 (0.27%) Oracle ERP
9 3 (0.27%) SAP MDG
9 3 (0.27%) SAP S/4HANA
10 2 (0.18%) CA PPM
Cloud Services
1 841 (75.77%) Power Platform
2 390 (35.14%) Azure
3 155 (13.96%) AWS
4 119 (10.72%) Power Automate
5 117 (10.54%) Snowflake
6 112 (10.09%) PowerApps
7 108 (9.73%) Azure DevOps
8 93 (8.38%) Dynamics 365
9 88 (7.93%) Azure Data Factory
10 82 (7.39%) dbt
11 73 (6.58%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 70 (6.31%) Microsoft Copilot
13 67 (6.04%) Serverless
14 62 (5.59%) GCP
14 62 (5.59%) Microsoft 365
15 56 (5.05%) GitHub
16 48 (4.32%) Amazon S3
17 40 (3.60%) Microsoft Purview
18 37 (3.33%) AWS Lambda
19 33 (2.97%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 11 (0.99%) DNS
1 11 (0.99%) Firewall
2 8 (0.72%) VPN
3 4 (0.36%) Network Security
4 3 (0.27%) DHCP
4 3 (0.27%) FTP
5 2 (0.18%) Broadband
5 2 (0.18%) Internet
5 2 (0.18%) NAS
5 2 (0.18%) SAN
5 2 (0.18%) SSL
6 1 (0.090%) 4G
6 1 (0.090%) HTTP
6 1 (0.090%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (0.090%) LAN
6 1 (0.090%) Radio Access Network
6 1 (0.090%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.090%) SSH
6 1 (0.090%) VoIP
6 1 (0.090%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 839 (75.59%) Power BI
2 210 (18.92%) Data Warehouse
3 159 (14.32%) Tableau
4 104 (9.37%) Data Lake
5 81 (7.30%) Power Query
6 70 (6.31%) SQL Server
7 60 (5.41%) Metadata
8 57 (5.14%) Star Schema
9 46 (4.14%) Amazon Redshift
10 38 (3.42%) Looker
11 37 (3.33%) BigQuery
12 36 (3.24%) Snowflake Schema
13 35 (3.15%) Semantic Layer
14 34 (3.06%) Amazon Athena
14 34 (3.06%) Relational Database
15 31 (2.79%) Oracle BI Publisher
16 28 (2.52%) Azure SQL Database
17 26 (2.34%) Delta Lake
18 25 (2.25%) SQL Server Integration Services
19 24 (2.16%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 80 (7.21%) JIRA
2 56 (5.05%) Git
3 24 (2.16%) GitLab
4 12 (1.08%) Jenkins
5 10 (0.90%) Oracle Forms
6 7 (0.63%) RStudio
7 6 (0.54%) Selenium
7 6 (0.54%) Visual Studio
8 5 (0.45%) Terragrunt
9 4 (0.36%) ERwin
9 4 (0.36%) JDeveloper
9 4 (0.36%) JMeter
9 4 (0.36%) MLflow
10 3 (0.27%) ER Studio
10 3 (0.27%) PowerDesigner
11 2 (0.18%) Charles Proxy
11 2 (0.18%) LoadRunner
11 2 (0.18%) Postman
11 2 (0.18%) rollup.js
11 2 (0.18%) Storybook
General
1 403 (36.31%) Finance
2 354 (31.89%) Social Skills
3 250 (22.52%) Analytical Skills
4 109 (9.82%) Banking
5 89 (8.02%) Public Sector
6 68 (6.13%) Retail
7 52 (4.68%) Marketing
8 41 (3.69%) Law
9 35 (3.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 28 (2.52%) Documentation Skills
10 28 (2.52%) Organisational Skills
11 26 (2.34%) Local Government
12 21 (1.89%) Investment Banking
13 16 (1.44%) Front Office
13 16 (1.44%) Manufacturing
13 16 (1.44%) Telecoms
14 15 (1.35%) Influencing Skills
15 14 (1.26%) Financial Institution
15 14 (1.26%) Publishing
16 13 (1.17%) Legal
Job Titles
1 269 (24.23%) Analyst
2 173 (15.59%) Developer
3 162 (14.59%) Architect
4 143 (12.88%) Data Engineer
5 126 (11.35%) Senior
6 117 (10.54%) Data Analyst
7 101 (9.10%) Lead
8 76 (6.85%) Business Analyst
9 73 (6.58%) Consultant
10 67 (6.04%) Business Intelligence Developer
11 61 (5.50%) Data Architect
12 51 (4.59%) Power BI Developer
13 39 (3.51%) Lead Architect
13 39 (3.51%) Power Platform Developer
14 36 (3.24%) Senior Developer
15 35 (3.15%) Business Intelligence Analyst
16 31 (2.79%) Senior Data Engineer
17 30 (2.70%) Functional Architect
17 30 (2.70%) Solutions Architect
18 28 (2.52%) Report Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 90 (8.11%) PySpark
2 72 (6.49%) Terraform
3 57 (5.14%) .NET
4 49 (4.41%) REST
5 29 (2.61%) Kafka
6 23 (2.07%) Oracle Fusion
7 22 (1.98%) React
8 19 (1.71%) JSON
9 15 (1.35%) XML
10 14 (1.26%) HTML
11 13 (1.17%) HTML5 Canvas
12 12 (1.08%) CSS
13 11 (0.99%) Great Expectations
13 11 (0.99%) Middleware
14 9 (0.81%) .NET Core
14 9 (0.81%) Apache Avro
14 9 (0.81%) RESTful
14 9 (0.81%) SOAP
15 8 (0.72%) OAuth
15 8 (0.72%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 54 (4.86%) Data Structures
2 49 (4.41%) Product Ownership
3 41 (3.69%) Cloud Native
3 41 (3.69%) Onboarding
4 30 (2.70%) Legacy Systems
4 30 (2.70%) Management Information System
5 16 (1.44%) Analytical Mindset
5 16 (1.44%) Enterprise Software
5 16 (1.44%) Self-Motivation
6 15 (1.35%) Low-Code
7 13 (1.17%) AI Agents
7 13 (1.17%) Distributed Systems
7 13 (1.17%) FMCG
7 13 (1.17%) Reference Data
8 12 (1.08%) Clustering
8 12 (1.08%) Data Protection Act
9 11 (0.99%) Data Centre
9 11 (0.99%) NHS
10 10 (0.90%) Greenfield Project
10 10 (0.90%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 21 (1.89%) Windows
2 19 (1.71%) Linux
3 13 (1.17%) Unix
4 7 (0.63%) Windows Server
5 4 (0.36%) Android
5 4 (0.36%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.18%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.090%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 457 (41.17%) Analytics
2 350 (31.53%) Data Modelling
3 282 (25.41%) Agile
4 257 (23.15%) Stakeholder Management
5 249 (22.43%) AI
6 230 (20.72%) CI/CD
7 221 (19.91%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 207 (18.65%) Data Engineering
9 205 (18.47%) Migration
10 202 (18.20%) ETL
11 197 (17.75%) Data Governance
12 196 (17.66%) DevOps
13 194 (17.48%) Decision-Making
14 180 (16.22%) Problem-Solving
15 172 (15.50%) Data Pipeline
16 169 (15.23%) Visualisation
17 148 (13.33%) Continuous Improvement
18 141 (12.70%) Validation
19 134 (12.07%) Data Analysis
20 133 (11.98%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 511 (46.04%) SQL
2 296 (26.67%) Python
3 126 (11.35%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 66 (5.95%) JavaScript
5 62 (5.59%) C#
6 43 (3.87%) PowerShell
7 34 (3.06%) T-SQL
8 27 (2.43%) R
9 21 (1.89%) PL/SQL
10 18 (1.62%) Java
11 17 (1.53%) VBA
12 16 (1.44%) TypeScript
13 10 (0.90%) Scala
14 9 (0.81%) Shell Script
15 8 (0.72%) Bash
16 6 (0.54%) Bicep
16 6 (0.54%) LookML
17 5 (0.45%) Korn
17 5 (0.45%) Kusto Query Language
18 3 (0.27%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 169 (15.23%) Security Cleared
2 147 (13.24%) SC Cleared
3 63 (5.68%) Degree
4 29 (2.61%) Azure Certification
5 27 (2.43%) Microsoft Certification
6 19 (1.71%) DBS Check
7 17 (1.53%) AWS Certification
8 14 (1.26%) Computer Science Degree
9 13 (1.17%) BPSS Clearance
10 10 (0.90%) DV Cleared
11 8 (0.72%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
11 8 (0.72%) PMI Certification
12 7 (0.63%) Master's Degree
13 5 (0.45%) PMP
14 4 (0.36%) ACCA
14 4 (0.36%) SnowPro
14 4 (0.36%) Tableau Certification
14 4 (0.36%) TOGAF Certification
15 3 (0.27%) CISM
15 3 (0.27%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 258 (23.24%) Data Quality
2 60 (5.41%) QA
3 53 (4.77%) GDPR
4 39 (3.51%) PMO
5 22 (1.98%) Accessibility
6 12 (1.08%) SLA
7 9 (0.81%) Actionable Recommendations
8 6 (0.54%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 6 (0.54%) Solvency II
9 4 (0.36%) ISO 20022
9 4 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 4 (0.36%) PCI DSS
10 3 (0.27%) NCSC
10 3 (0.27%) P3O
10 3 (0.27%) SOC 2
11 2 (0.18%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 2 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials
11 2 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 2 (0.18%) GRC
11 2 (0.18%) NIST
System Software
1 20 (1.80%) Docker
2 19 (1.71%) Active Directory
3 9 (0.81%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.18%) BitLocker
5 1 (0.090%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 19 (1.71%) Kubernetes
2 15 (1.35%) Ansible
3 12 (1.08%) Microsoft Intune
4 11 (0.99%) Grafana
5 9 (0.81%) Prometheus
6 8 (0.72%) Single Sign-On
7 6 (0.54%) Microsoft Clustering
8 5 (0.45%) Control-M
9 3 (0.27%) SCCM
10 2 (0.18%) SCOM
11 1 (0.090%) Apache Ranger
11 1 (0.090%) Failover Clustering
11 1 (0.090%) Nessus
11 1 (0.090%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
11 1 (0.090%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 393 (35.41%) Microsoft
2 149 (13.42%) Databricks
3 90 (8.11%) Oracle
4 34 (3.06%) ServiceNow
5 27 (2.43%) SAP
6 23 (2.07%) Google
6 23 (2.07%) Salesforce
7 21 (1.89%) Informatica
8 20 (1.80%) Alteryx
9 11 (0.99%) MicroStrategy
9 11 (0.99%) Workday
10 9 (0.81%) Dynatrace
10 9 (0.81%) Palantir
10 9 (0.81%) VMware
11 8 (0.72%) Adobe
11 8 (0.72%) Splunk
12 7 (0.63%) AppDynamics
13 6 (0.54%) BMC
13 6 (0.54%) Infoblox
13 6 (0.54%) Remedy