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

6 months to
7 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 40 37 39
Rank change year-on-year -3 +2 +8
Contract jobs citing Business Intelligence 1,072 787 845
As % of all contract jobs in London 5.27% 5.87% 5.28%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.92% 6.34% 5.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 733 533 575
10th Percentile £332 £325 £300
25th Percentile £415 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -2.38% -
75th Percentile £613 £625 £625
90th Percentile £688 £785 £731
England median daily rate £500 £500 £500
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 16 11
10th Percentile £16.70 £18.25 £27.50
25th Percentile £25.25 £23.32 £38.42
Median hourly rate £28.40 £34.50 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -17.70% -34.29% +47.35%
75th Percentile £57.38 £52.69 £77.50
90th Percentile £60.88 £71.88 £80.00
England median hourly rate £29.98 £27.98 £32.50
% change year-on-year +7.17% -13.92% +0.56%

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 18,094 12,405 14,308
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.88% 92.57% 89.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,846 8,173 9,340
10th Percentile £359 £331 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% -1.82% -4.35%
75th Percentile £663 £663 £675
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 338 241 182
10th Percentile £16.01 £17.98 £17.28
25th Percentile £19.03 £25.01 £24.18
Median hourly rate £32.75 £30.00 £36.65
Median % change year-on-year +9.17% -18.14% -7.51%
75th Percentile £58.44 £47.50 £56.00
90th Percentile £81.25 £64.75 £78.72
England median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +59.05% -41.51% -3.37%

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 7 October 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 7 October 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 7 October 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 -4 149 £525 -4.55% 189
West London -13 18 £360 -28.00% 44
South London -7 7 £475 +46.15% 21
North London +2 4 £450 -10.00% 5
East London -4 2 £350 -33.33% 19
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 93 (8.68%) SharePoint
2 51 (4.76%) Confluence
3 37 (3.45%) Apache Airflow
4 28 (2.61%) Apache Spark
5 21 (1.96%) Apache
6 9 (0.84%) Microsoft Exchange
6 9 (0.84%) SAS
7 8 (0.75%) Oracle Workflow
8 7 (0.65%) CMS
9 5 (0.47%) Apache Solr
9 5 (0.47%) Mendix
10 3 (0.28%) Kentico
10 3 (0.28%) Palantir Foundry
11 2 (0.19%) ArcGIS
11 2 (0.19%) HCL Notes
11 2 (0.19%) PowerExchange
12 1 (0.093%) IIS
12 1 (0.093%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 152 (14.18%) Microsoft Excel
2 28 (2.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 17 (1.59%) Microsoft Project
4 14 (1.31%) Microsoft Office
4 14 (1.31%) MS Visio
5 10 (0.93%) Spreadsheet
6 7 (0.65%) Chatbot
7 3 (0.28%) Oracle Smart View
7 3 (0.28%) Productboard
8 2 (0.19%) CPLEX
8 2 (0.19%) Notion
Business Applications
1 30 (2.80%) Dynamics CRM
2 12 (1.12%) Oracle EBS
3 10 (0.93%) Aladdin
4 8 (0.75%) Oracle General Ledger
4 8 (0.75%) Oracle Payables
4 8 (0.75%) Oracle Receivables
5 7 (0.65%) Oracle FAH
5 7 (0.65%) Oracle Financials
5 7 (0.65%) Workday HCM
6 6 (0.56%) Oracle Assets
6 6 (0.56%) Remedy ITSM
7 4 (0.37%) iTrent
7 4 (0.37%) Oracle E-Business Tax
7 4 (0.37%) Oracle Internet Expenses
7 4 (0.37%) Oracle iProcurement
8 3 (0.28%) Oracle Applications
8 3 (0.28%) Oracle ERP
8 3 (0.28%) SAP MDG
8 3 (0.28%) SAP S/4HANA
9 2 (0.19%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 821 (76.59%) Power Platform
2 387 (36.10%) Azure
3 155 (14.46%) AWS
4 124 (11.57%) Power Automate
5 121 (11.29%) PowerApps
6 113 (10.54%) Snowflake
7 112 (10.45%) Azure DevOps
8 84 (7.84%) Azure Data Factory
9 82 (7.65%) dbt
10 76 (7.09%) Microsoft Copilot
11 70 (6.53%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 62 (5.78%) Dynamics 365
13 60 (5.60%) Serverless
14 58 (5.41%) Microsoft 365
15 52 (4.85%) Amazon S3
16 49 (4.57%) GCP
16 49 (4.57%) GitHub
17 45 (4.20%) Microsoft Purview
18 34 (3.17%) AWS Lambda
19 32 (2.99%) Copilot Studio
Communications & Networking
1 10 (0.93%) DNS
1 10 (0.93%) Firewall
2 7 (0.65%) VPN
3 4 (0.37%) Network Security
4 2 (0.19%) Broadband
4 2 (0.19%) DHCP
4 2 (0.19%) Internet
4 2 (0.19%) NAS
4 2 (0.19%) SAN
4 2 (0.19%) SSL
4 2 (0.19%) VoIP
5 1 (0.093%) CTI
5 1 (0.093%) FTP
5 1 (0.093%) HTTP
5 1 (0.093%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (0.093%) LAN
5 1 (0.093%) PBX
5 1 (0.093%) SSH
5 1 (0.093%) Unified Communications
5 1 (0.093%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 819 (76.40%) Power BI
2 202 (18.84%) Data Warehouse
3 154 (14.37%) Tableau
4 95 (8.86%) Data Lake
5 82 (7.65%) Power Query
6 73 (6.81%) SQL Server
7 62 (5.78%) Metadata
8 48 (4.48%) Star Schema
9 44 (4.10%) Amazon Redshift
10 40 (3.73%) Amazon Athena
11 35 (3.26%) Looker
12 34 (3.17%) Relational Database
13 33 (3.08%) Semantic Layer
14 30 (2.80%) Azure SQL Database
14 30 (2.80%) Oracle BI Publisher
15 27 (2.52%) Snowflake Schema
15 27 (2.52%) SQL Server Reporting Services
16 26 (2.43%) BigQuery
17 25 (2.33%) Delta Lake
17 25 (2.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 85 (7.93%) JIRA
2 58 (5.41%) Git
3 24 (2.24%) GitLab
4 12 (1.12%) Jenkins
5 10 (0.93%) Oracle Forms
6 7 (0.65%) RStudio
6 7 (0.65%) Visual Studio
7 6 (0.56%) Selenium
8 5 (0.47%) Terragrunt
9 4 (0.37%) JDeveloper
9 4 (0.37%) JMeter
10 3 (0.28%) ER Studio
10 3 (0.28%) MLflow
10 3 (0.28%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 2 (0.19%) LoadRunner
11 2 (0.19%) Postman
11 2 (0.19%) rollup.js
11 2 (0.19%) Storybook
11 2 (0.19%) WebDriver
11 2 (0.19%) webpack
General
1 365 (34.05%) Finance
2 357 (33.30%) Social Skills
3 259 (24.16%) Analytical Skills
4 114 (10.63%) Banking
5 92 (8.58%) Public Sector
6 66 (6.16%) Retail
7 50 (4.66%) Marketing
8 32 (2.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 28 (2.61%) Local Government
10 27 (2.52%) Organisational Skills
11 23 (2.15%) Documentation Skills
11 23 (2.15%) Influencing Skills
12 20 (1.87%) Legal
13 18 (1.68%) Investment Banking
13 18 (1.68%) Manufacturing
14 16 (1.49%) Financial Institution
15 14 (1.31%) Front Office
15 14 (1.31%) Pharmaceutical
15 14 (1.31%) Presentation Skills
15 14 (1.31%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 273 (25.47%) Analyst
2 187 (17.44%) Developer
3 128 (11.94%) Architect
4 125 (11.66%) Data Engineer
5 121 (11.29%) Senior
6 119 (11.10%) Data Analyst
7 80 (7.46%) Business Analyst
8 77 (7.18%) Business Intelligence Developer
9 73 (6.81%) Consultant
10 69 (6.44%) Lead
11 59 (5.50%) Power BI Developer
12 58 (5.41%) Data Architect
13 45 (4.20%) Power Platform Developer
14 32 (2.99%) Senior Developer
15 30 (2.80%) Business Intelligence Analyst
16 29 (2.71%) Senior Analyst
16 29 (2.71%) Senior Data Engineer
17 26 (2.43%) Report Analyst
17 26 (2.43%) Solutions Architect
18 24 (2.24%) Data Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 83 (7.74%) PySpark
2 70 (6.53%) Terraform
3 55 (5.13%) .NET
4 48 (4.48%) REST
5 22 (2.05%) Kafka
5 22 (2.05%) Oracle Fusion
5 22 (2.05%) React
6 18 (1.68%) JSON
7 14 (1.31%) XML
8 12 (1.12%) HTML5 Canvas
9 11 (1.03%) HTML
10 10 (0.93%) Pandas
10 10 (0.93%) SOAP
11 9 (0.84%) .NET Core
11 9 (0.84%) Middleware
11 9 (0.84%) OAuth
11 9 (0.84%) RESTful
11 9 (0.84%) Web Services
12 8 (0.75%) .NET Framework
12 8 (0.75%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 58 (5.41%) Data Structures
1 58 (5.41%) Product Ownership
2 42 (3.92%) Onboarding
3 36 (3.36%) Cloud Native
4 35 (3.26%) Legacy Systems
5 34 (3.17%) Management Information System
6 18 (1.68%) Low-Code
7 15 (1.40%) AI Agents
7 15 (1.40%) Enterprise Software
7 15 (1.40%) Self-Motivation
8 14 (1.31%) Distributed Systems
8 14 (1.31%) Reference Data
9 13 (1.21%) Analytical Mindset
9 13 (1.21%) NHS
10 12 (1.12%) Data Centre
10 12 (1.12%) Data Protection Act
10 12 (1.12%) FMCG
11 11 (1.03%) Virtual Team
12 10 (0.93%) Clustering
12 10 (0.93%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 22 (2.05%) Windows
2 15 (1.40%) Linux
3 9 (0.84%) Unix
4 7 (0.65%) Windows Server
5 4 (0.37%) Android
5 4 (0.37%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.19%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.093%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 448 (41.79%) Analytics
2 337 (31.44%) Data Modelling
3 297 (27.71%) Stakeholder Management
4 288 (26.87%) Agile
5 251 (23.41%) AI
6 219 (20.43%) CI/CD
7 211 (19.68%) Decision-Making
8 193 (18.00%) DevOps
9 192 (17.91%) Data Governance
10 189 (17.63%) Data Engineering
10 189 (17.63%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 181 (16.88%) Migration
12 180 (16.79%) ETL
13 174 (16.23%) Problem-Solving
14 168 (15.67%) Visualisation
15 154 (14.37%) Data Pipeline
16 153 (14.27%) Validation
17 138 (12.87%) Data Analysis
18 118 (11.01%) Dashboard Development
19 115 (10.73%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 513 (47.85%) SQL
2 280 (26.12%) Python
3 122 (11.38%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 64 (5.97%) JavaScript
5 62 (5.78%) C#
6 43 (4.01%) PowerShell
7 33 (3.08%) T-SQL
8 28 (2.61%) R
9 22 (2.05%) PL/SQL
10 17 (1.59%) Java
11 16 (1.49%) TypeScript
12 13 (1.21%) VBA
13 8 (0.75%) Bash
13 8 (0.75%) Bicep
14 6 (0.56%) Scala
14 6 (0.56%) Shell Script
15 5 (0.47%) Korn
15 5 (0.47%) Kusto Query Language
15 5 (0.47%) LookML
16 3 (0.28%) XMLA
Qualifications
1 164 (15.30%) Security Cleared
2 141 (13.15%) SC Cleared
3 68 (6.34%) Degree
4 28 (2.61%) Azure Certification
5 26 (2.43%) Microsoft Certification
6 20 (1.87%) BPSS Clearance
7 19 (1.77%) DBS Check
8 18 (1.68%) AWS Certification
9 16 (1.49%) PMI Certification
10 12 (1.12%) PMP
11 11 (1.03%) Computer Science Degree
12 10 (0.93%) DV Cleared
13 8 (0.75%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
13 8 (0.75%) Master's Degree
14 6 (0.56%) ACCA
15 5 (0.47%) CIMA
15 5 (0.47%) TOGAF Certification
16 4 (0.37%) CISM
16 4 (0.37%) CISSP
16 4 (0.37%) CTC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 281 (26.21%) Data Quality
2 57 (5.32%) QA
3 39 (3.64%) GDPR
4 30 (2.80%) PMO
5 21 (1.96%) Accessibility
6 12 (1.12%) SLA
7 11 (1.03%) Actionable Recommendations
8 6 (0.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 5 (0.47%) ISO 20022
9 5 (0.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 5 (0.47%) Solvency II
10 3 (0.28%) COBIT
10 3 (0.28%) GRC
10 3 (0.28%) NCSC
10 3 (0.28%) NIST
10 3 (0.28%) P3O
10 3 (0.28%) PCI DSS
10 3 (0.28%) SOC 2
11 2 (0.19%) Cyber Essentials
11 2 (0.19%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 18 (1.68%) Docker
2 17 (1.59%) Active Directory
3 9 (0.84%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.19%) BitLocker
5 1 (0.093%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 18 (1.68%) Kubernetes
2 15 (1.40%) Ansible
3 12 (1.12%) Microsoft Intune
4 11 (1.03%) Grafana
5 9 (0.84%) Prometheus
6 6 (0.56%) Microsoft Clustering
7 5 (0.47%) Single Sign-On
8 4 (0.37%) Control-M
9 3 (0.28%) SCCM
10 2 (0.19%) SCOM
11 1 (0.093%) Apache Ranger
11 1 (0.093%) Failover Clustering
11 1 (0.093%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 372 (34.70%) Microsoft
2 148 (13.81%) Databricks
3 91 (8.49%) Oracle
4 31 (2.89%) ServiceNow
5 23 (2.15%) Salesforce
6 20 (1.87%) Alteryx
7 19 (1.77%) SAP
8 18 (1.68%) Informatica
9 17 (1.59%) Google
10 12 (1.12%) MicroStrategy
10 12 (1.12%) Workday
11 10 (0.93%) Dynatrace
12 9 (0.84%) VMware
13 8 (0.75%) Palantir
13 8 (0.75%) Splunk
14 7 (0.65%) AppDynamics
15 6 (0.56%) Adobe
15 6 (0.56%) BMC
15 6 (0.56%) Planview
15 6 (0.56%) Remedy