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

6 months to
9 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 37 38 39
Rank change year-on-year +1 +1 +15
Contract jobs citing Business Intelligence 1,021 676 864
As % of all contract jobs in London 5.46% 5.53% 4.92%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.15% 5.99% 5.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 683 445 614
10th Percentile £358 £350 £316
25th Percentile £425 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £524
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +0.24% -0.24%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £625
90th Percentile £675 £788 £738
England median daily rate £500 £500 £500
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 14 13
10th Percentile £16.70 £28.33 £30.25
25th Percentile £17.94 £28.72 £41.25
Median hourly rate £28.55 £31.40 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -9.08% -42.90% +144.61%
75th Percentile £44.38 £37.81 £76.25
90th Percentile £55.75 £78.00 £86.75
England median hourly rate £29.00 £29.07 £24.22
% change year-on-year -0.24% +20.05% +3.59%

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 16,594 11,281 15,494
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.76% 92.27% 88.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,070 7,533 11,092
10th Percentile £358 £350 £340
25th Percentile £435 £425 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.78%
75th Percentile £650 £681 £675
90th Percentile £763 £800 £800
England median daily rate £515 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -0.96% -0.95% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 247 198 317
10th Percentile £18.48 £16.50 £15.50
25th Percentile £25.17 £24.66 £20.00
Median hourly rate £37.00 £32.70 £28.50
Median % change year-on-year +13.17% +14.72% -27.31%
75th Percentile £58.75 £49.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £79.25 £63.75 £68.30
England median hourly rate £47.25 £28.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year +65.79% -24.00% +4.17%

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 June 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 June 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 June 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 +5 143 £550 -3.51% 97
West London +4 33 £603 +33.89% 6
South London -2 22 £463 -2.63% 1
North London - 2 £364 -
East London -10 1 - - 9
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 49 (4.80%) SharePoint
2 43 (4.21%) Apache Spark
3 31 (3.04%) Apache Airflow
4 29 (2.84%) Confluence
5 22 (2.15%) Apache
6 12 (1.18%) HCL Notes
7 10 (0.98%) Mendix
8 8 (0.78%) SAS
9 5 (0.49%) Palantir Foundry
10 4 (0.39%) Microsoft Exchange
11 3 (0.29%) ArcGIS
11 3 (0.29%) CMS
11 3 (0.29%) Kentico
11 3 (0.29%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 2 (0.20%) Oracle Workflow
12 2 (0.20%) WebSphere
13 1 (0.098%) Appian
13 1 (0.098%) Camunda
13 1 (0.098%) Oracle Application Server
13 1 (0.098%) Oracle Self-Service HR
Applications
1 135 (13.22%) Microsoft Excel
2 20 (1.96%) MS Visio
3 19 (1.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 17 (1.67%) Microsoft Project
5 10 (0.98%) Spreadsheet
6 8 (0.78%) Microsoft Office
7 3 (0.29%) Oracle Smart View
8 2 (0.20%) Chatbot
8 2 (0.20%) Notion
Business Applications
1 24 (2.35%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.59%) Oracle General Ledger
2 6 (0.59%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 6 (0.59%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
3 5 (0.49%) BambooHR
3 5 (0.49%) Oracle EBS
3 5 (0.49%) Oracle Payables
4 4 (0.39%) Aladdin
5 3 (0.29%) iTrent
5 3 (0.29%) Loan IQ
5 3 (0.29%) Oracle ERP
5 3 (0.29%) Oracle FAH
5 3 (0.29%) Oracle Financials
5 3 (0.29%) Oracle Receivables
5 3 (0.29%) SAP S/4HANA
6 2 (0.20%) Adobe Campaign
6 2 (0.20%) Eloqua
6 2 (0.20%) SAP Business One
6 2 (0.20%) SAP MM
6 2 (0.20%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 750 (73.46%) Power Platform
2 358 (35.06%) Azure
3 156 (15.28%) AWS
4 93 (9.11%) Snowflake
5 90 (8.81%) Azure Data Factory
6 87 (8.52%) Azure DevOps
7 86 (8.42%) Power Automate
8 84 (8.23%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 79 (7.74%) GCP
10 73 (7.15%) PowerApps
11 68 (6.66%) Dynamics 365
12 58 (5.68%) dbt
13 57 (5.58%) GitHub
14 53 (5.19%) Microsoft 365
14 53 (5.19%) Serverless
15 52 (5.09%) Amazon S3
16 40 (3.92%) Microsoft Copilot
17 31 (3.04%) AWS Lambda
18 29 (2.84%) Microsoft Purview
19 24 (2.35%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 10 (0.98%) Firewall
2 9 (0.88%) DNS
2 9 (0.88%) VPN
3 4 (0.39%) Network Security
4 3 (0.29%) DHCP
4 3 (0.29%) FTP
4 3 (0.29%) Internet
5 2 (0.20%) LAN
5 2 (0.20%) NAS
5 2 (0.20%) SAN
5 2 (0.20%) SD-WAN
5 2 (0.20%) WAN
6 1 (0.098%) BGP
6 1 (0.098%) BIG-IP
6 1 (0.098%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
6 1 (0.098%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
6 1 (0.098%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (0.098%) OSPF
6 1 (0.098%) SSH
6 1 (0.098%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 742 (72.67%) Power BI
2 194 (19.00%) Data Warehouse
3 170 (16.65%) Tableau
4 113 (11.07%) Data Lake
5 95 (9.30%) SQL Server
6 58 (5.68%) Power Query
7 54 (5.29%) BigQuery
7 54 (5.29%) Metadata
8 46 (4.51%) Looker
9 38 (3.72%) Amazon Athena
9 38 (3.72%) Relational Database
9 38 (3.72%) Star Schema
10 37 (3.62%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 34 (3.33%) Amazon Redshift
12 32 (3.13%) Snowflake Schema
13 30 (2.94%) Spark SQL
14 28 (2.74%) Delta Lake
15 25 (2.45%) Azure SQL Database
16 24 (2.35%) Mixpanel
17 20 (1.96%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 51 (5.00%) JIRA
2 43 (4.21%) Git
3 21 (2.06%) GitLab
4 12 (1.18%) ERwin
5 10 (0.98%) Visual Studio
6 8 (0.78%) Jenkins
7 7 (0.69%) Team Foundation Server
8 5 (0.49%) PowerDesigner
9 4 (0.39%) JMeter
9 4 (0.39%) Oracle Forms
10 3 (0.29%) ER Studio
10 3 (0.29%) Selenium
10 3 (0.29%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 3 (0.29%) Terragrunt
11 2 (0.20%) Bitbucket
11 2 (0.20%) Charles Proxy
11 2 (0.20%) LoadRunner
11 2 (0.20%) WebDriver
12 1 (0.098%) GCC
12 1 (0.098%) SonarQube
General
1 405 (39.67%) Finance
2 294 (28.80%) Social Skills
3 198 (19.39%) Analytical Skills
4 101 (9.89%) Banking
5 85 (8.33%) Public Sector
6 49 (4.80%) Marketing
7 38 (3.72%) Law
8 34 (3.33%) Retail
9 27 (2.64%) Financial Institution
10 26 (2.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 22 (2.15%) Telecoms
12 21 (2.06%) Documentation Skills
13 18 (1.76%) Investment Banking
14 17 (1.67%) Front Office
15 16 (1.57%) Legal
15 16 (1.57%) Organisational Skills
16 13 (1.27%) Local Government
16 13 (1.27%) Manufacturing
16 13 (1.27%) Presentation Skills
17 11 (1.08%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 238 (23.31%) Analyst
2 174 (17.04%) Data Engineer
3 163 (15.96%) Developer
4 133 (13.03%) Senior
5 124 (12.14%) Architect
6 107 (10.48%) Lead
7 102 (9.99%) Data Analyst
8 72 (7.05%) Business Analyst
9 70 (6.86%) Business Intelligence Developer
10 58 (5.68%) Consultant
11 44 (4.31%) Senior Data Engineer
12 42 (4.11%) Lead Architect
13 39 (3.82%) Data Architect
14 38 (3.72%) Business Intelligence Analyst
14 38 (3.72%) Power BI Developer
14 38 (3.72%) Senior Developer
15 33 (3.23%) Power Platform Developer
16 31 (3.04%) Functional Architect
17 26 (2.55%) Solutions Architect
18 22 (2.15%) Performance Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 65 (6.37%) PySpark
2 38 (3.72%) Kafka
3 37 (3.62%) .NET
4 32 (3.13%) REST
5 25 (2.45%) Middleware
6 20 (1.96%) React
7 17 (1.67%) Oracle Fusion
8 16 (1.57%) JSON
9 15 (1.47%) .NET Framework
9 15 (1.47%) Great Expectations
10 14 (1.37%) HTML
11 12 (1.18%) Pandas
12 11 (1.08%) CSS
12 11 (1.08%) HTML5 Canvas
13 9 (0.88%) XML
14 8 (0.78%) Spark Streaming
14 8 (0.78%) YAML
15 7 (0.69%) Apache Avro
15 7 (0.69%) SOAP
16 6 (0.59%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 56 (5.48%) Cloud Native
2 37 (3.62%) Product Ownership
3 34 (3.33%) Data Structures
4 24 (2.35%) Legacy Systems
5 17 (1.67%) Low-Code
6 16 (1.57%) Data Protection Act
7 15 (1.47%) Analytical Mindset
7 15 (1.47%) Management Information System
7 15 (1.47%) Onboarding
7 15 (1.47%) Self-Motivation
8 13 (1.27%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 12 (1.18%) AI Agents
10 11 (1.08%) CMDB
10 11 (1.08%) Distributed Systems
10 11 (1.08%) NHS
11 10 (0.98%) Derivative
12 9 (0.88%) Greenfield Project
12 9 (0.88%) Reference Data
13 8 (0.78%) Clustering
13 8 (0.78%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 19 (1.86%) Windows
2 14 (1.37%) Windows Server
3 13 (1.27%) Linux
4 7 (0.69%) Unix
5 3 (0.29%) Android
5 3 (0.29%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.098%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 452 (44.27%) Analytics
2 331 (32.42%) Data Modelling
3 225 (22.04%) ETL
4 222 (21.74%) Agile
5 206 (20.18%) AI
6 198 (19.39%) Data Engineering
7 191 (18.71%) Visualisation
8 185 (18.12%) CI/CD
9 182 (17.83%) Decision-Making
10 175 (17.14%) Data Governance
11 170 (16.65%) DevOps
12 169 (16.55%) Migration
13 164 (16.06%) Data Pipeline
14 159 (15.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 156 (15.28%) Problem-Solving
16 130 (12.73%) Data Analysis
17 126 (12.34%) Continuous Improvement
18 123 (12.05%) Stakeholder Management
18 123 (12.05%) Validation
19 118 (11.56%) Dashboard Development
Programming Languages
1 507 (49.66%) SQL
2 280 (27.42%) Python
3 103 (10.09%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 55 (5.39%) C#
5 49 (4.80%) T-SQL
6 41 (4.02%) JavaScript
7 28 (2.74%) R
8 27 (2.64%) PowerShell
9 25 (2.45%) PL/SQL
10 22 (2.15%) Java
11 16 (1.57%) Scala
12 13 (1.27%) Bicep
13 11 (1.08%) TypeScript
13 11 (1.08%) VBA
14 8 (0.78%) Formula Language
14 8 (0.78%) LotusScript
15 6 (0.59%) Korn
15 6 (0.59%) Shell Script
16 4 (0.39%) Bash
16 4 (0.39%) LookML
Qualifications
1 156 (15.28%) Security Cleared
2 136 (13.32%) SC Cleared
3 74 (7.25%) Degree
4 27 (2.64%) Azure Certification
5 23 (2.25%) Microsoft Certification
6 17 (1.67%) Computer Science Degree
7 16 (1.57%) DBS Check
8 15 (1.47%) BPSS Clearance
9 11 (1.08%) AWS Certification
10 9 (0.88%) PMI Certification
11 6 (0.59%) Master's Degree
11 6 (0.59%) PMP
12 5 (0.49%) SnowPro
13 4 (0.39%) Tableau Certification
14 3 (0.29%) ACCA
14 3 (0.29%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
14 3 (0.29%) CBAP
14 3 (0.29%) DV Cleared
14 3 (0.29%) ISTQB
14 3 (0.29%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 243 (23.80%) Data Quality
2 77 (7.54%) GDPR
3 56 (5.48%) QA
4 41 (4.02%) PMO
5 12 (1.18%) Accessibility
6 10 (0.98%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 6 (0.59%) GAAP
7 6 (0.59%) SLA
7 6 (0.59%) Solvency II
8 5 (0.49%) Actionable Recommendations
9 4 (0.39%) Basel III
9 4 (0.39%) IFRS
9 4 (0.39%) ISO 20022
9 4 (0.39%) PCI DSS
10 3 (0.29%) GRC
10 3 (0.29%) IFRS 9
10 3 (0.29%) NCSC
11 2 (0.20%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 2 (0.20%) FATCA
11 2 (0.20%) IFRS 17
System Software
1 23 (2.25%) Docker
2 14 (1.37%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.29%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (0.29%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.098%) BitLocker
4 1 (0.098%) RACF
Systems Management
1 74 (7.25%) Terraform
2 21 (2.06%) Kubernetes
3 11 (1.08%) Grafana
4 8 (0.78%) Prometheus
5 6 (0.59%) Control-M
5 6 (0.59%) Single Sign-On
6 4 (0.39%) Ansible
7 3 (0.29%) Microsoft Intune
7 3 (0.29%) SCCM
8 1 (0.098%) Kibana
8 1 (0.098%) Nessus
8 1 (0.098%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 1 (0.098%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 324 (31.73%) Microsoft
2 138 (13.52%) Databricks
3 85 (8.33%) Oracle
4 39 (3.82%) Google
5 38 (3.72%) SAP
6 30 (2.94%) ServiceNow
7 26 (2.55%) Salesforce
8 20 (1.96%) Workday
9 19 (1.86%) Informatica
10 12 (1.18%) Alteryx
10 12 (1.18%) Lotus
11 11 (1.08%) Citrix
12 10 (0.98%) Adobe
12 10 (0.98%) Kofax
13 9 (0.88%) Foundry
13 9 (0.88%) VMware
14 7 (0.69%) Amplitude
14 7 (0.69%) Murex
14 7 (0.69%) Palantir
15 6 (0.59%) Qualtrics