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

6 months to
7 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 34 35 40
Rank change year-on-year +1 +5 +14
Contract jobs citing Business Intelligence 948 741 900
As % of all contract jobs in London 6.37% 5.43% 4.82%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.02% 6.00% 5.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 608 486 614
10th Percentile £336 £300 £363
25th Percentile £413 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £538
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -4.65% -
75th Percentile £588 £625 £650
90th Percentile £675 £774 £738
England median daily rate £488 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -2.40% - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 8 14
10th Percentile £18.25 £24.68 £25.64
25th Percentile £18.48 £27.64 £35.16
Median hourly rate £29.58 £40.55 £43.75
Median % change year-on-year -27.07% -7.31% +94.57%
75th Percentile £41.25 £55.00 £48.69
90th Percentile £56.30 £65.13 £51.98
England median hourly rate £23.50 £28.00 £28.37
% change year-on-year -16.07% -1.30% +9.92%

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 13,506 12,355 16,544
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 90.78% 90.53% 88.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,992 7,845 11,870
10th Percentile £350 £350 £338
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 207 153 346
10th Percentile £18.25 £20.80 £16.01
25th Percentile £24.81 £25.00 £19.28
Median hourly rate £34.00 £37.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.11% +23.33% -14.29%
75th Percentile £56.25 £55.25 £51.50
90th Percentile £70.00 £79.75 £72.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -28.14% - -

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 7 February 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 February 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 February 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 +8 127 £510 -7.27% 103
West London 0 31 £601 +33.61% 16
East London -2 5 £495 +23.75% 7
South London -22 3 £487 -2.55% 10
North London -2 1 £500 +96.08% 1
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 63 (6.65%) SharePoint
2 39 (4.11%) Apache Spark
3 38 (4.01%) Confluence
4 25 (2.64%) Apache Airflow
5 24 (2.53%) Apache
6 15 (1.58%) HCL Notes
7 9 (0.95%) Mendix
8 8 (0.84%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 7 (0.74%) Oracle Workflow
10 4 (0.42%) Jupyter
11 3 (0.32%) IIS
12 2 (0.21%) ArcGIS
12 2 (0.21%) Microsoft Exchange
12 2 (0.21%) Oracle Application Server
12 2 (0.21%) WebSphere
13 1 (0.11%) Adobe Experience Manager
13 1 (0.11%) CMS
13 1 (0.11%) NetWeaver
13 1 (0.11%) SAS
13 1 (0.11%) Tomcat
Applications
1 141 (14.87%) Microsoft Excel
2 23 (2.43%) Microsoft Office
3 22 (2.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 17 (1.79%) MS Visio
5 15 (1.58%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.32%) Notion
6 3 (0.32%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.32%) 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 34 (3.59%) Dynamics CRM
2 11 (1.16%) SAP S/4HANA
3 10 (1.05%) Oracle Payables
4 9 (0.95%) Oracle General Ledger
5 8 (0.84%) Oracle Financials
6 7 (0.74%) Oracle ERP
6 7 (0.74%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
7 6 (0.63%) Loan IQ
8 5 (0.53%) Oracle Receivables
9 4 (0.42%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 4 (0.42%) Remedy ITSM
10 3 (0.32%) iTrent
10 3 (0.32%) Oracle Assets
10 3 (0.32%) Oracle Cash Management
10 3 (0.32%) Oracle EBS
10 3 (0.32%) Oracle FAH
11 2 (0.21%) Aladdin
11 2 (0.21%) Elite 3E
11 2 (0.21%) Lorenzo
11 2 (0.21%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 693 (73.10%) Power Platform
2 341 (35.97%) Azure
3 133 (14.03%) AWS
4 130 (13.71%) Power Automate
5 112 (11.81%) PowerApps
6 94 (9.92%) Azure DevOps
7 88 (9.28%) Azure Data Factory
8 82 (8.65%) Snowflake
9 72 (7.59%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 68 (7.17%) Dynamics 365
11 64 (6.75%) Microsoft 365
12 60 (6.33%) GCP
13 48 (5.06%) Serverless
14 44 (4.64%) GitHub
15 34 (3.59%) dbt
16 31 (3.27%) Amazon S3
16 31 (3.27%) Azure Logic Apps
17 30 (3.16%) Azure Functions
18 28 (2.95%) Microsoft Copilot
19 23 (2.43%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (0.74%) Wireless
2 6 (0.63%) Network Security
3 5 (0.53%) HTTP
4 4 (0.42%) VPN
4 4 (0.42%) WAN
5 3 (0.32%) Firewall
5 3 (0.32%) LAN
5 3 (0.32%) SD-WAN
6 2 (0.21%) BGP
6 2 (0.21%) BIG-IP
6 2 (0.21%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
6 2 (0.21%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
6 2 (0.21%) OSPF
7 1 (0.11%) FTP
7 1 (0.11%) Internet
7 1 (0.11%) NGN
7 1 (0.11%) SAN
7 1 (0.11%) Skype
7 1 (0.11%) Unified Communications
7 1 (0.11%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 686 (72.36%) Power BI
2 153 (16.14%) Tableau
3 137 (14.45%) Data Warehouse
4 93 (9.81%) Data Lake
5 85 (8.97%) SQL Server
6 54 (5.70%) Metadata
7 45 (4.75%) Power Query
8 36 (3.80%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 33 (3.48%) BigQuery
9 33 (3.48%) Looker
10 29 (3.06%) Relational Database
11 27 (2.85%) Azure SQL Database
11 27 (2.85%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 26 (2.74%) Delta Lake
12 26 (2.74%) Oracle BI Publisher
12 26 (2.74%) Oracle Database
13 25 (2.64%) Oracle Reports
14 24 (2.53%) Amazon Athena
14 24 (2.53%) Snowflake Schema
15 21 (2.22%) OLAP
Development Applications
1 63 (6.65%) JIRA
2 37 (3.90%) Git
3 17 (1.79%) Visual Studio
4 13 (1.37%) GitLab
5 11 (1.16%) Jenkins
6 7 (0.74%) ERwin
6 7 (0.74%) Team Foundation Server
7 6 (0.63%) SonarQube
8 3 (0.32%) MLflow
8 3 (0.32%) Oracle Forms
8 3 (0.32%) Selenium
8 3 (0.32%) Terragrunt
9 2 (0.21%) Cypress.io
9 2 (0.21%) ER Studio
9 2 (0.21%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 1 (0.11%) Metasploit
10 1 (0.11%) NUnit
10 1 (0.11%) PeopleTools
10 1 (0.11%) SpecFlow
10 1 (0.11%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 380 (40.08%) Finance
2 284 (29.96%) Social Skills
3 196 (20.68%) Analytical Skills
4 120 (12.66%) Public Sector
5 91 (9.60%) Banking
6 87 (9.18%) Marketing
7 54 (5.70%) Manufacturing
8 51 (5.38%) Telecoms
9 49 (5.17%) Electronics
10 27 (2.85%) Retail
11 25 (2.64%) Financial Institution
12 21 (2.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 19 (2.00%) Front Office
14 17 (1.79%) Documentation Skills
14 17 (1.79%) Investment Banking
15 16 (1.69%) Local Government
16 15 (1.58%) Legal
16 15 (1.58%) Organisational Skills
16 15 (1.58%) Publishing
17 14 (1.48%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 202 (21.31%) Analyst
2 189 (19.94%) Developer
3 151 (15.93%) Data Engineer
4 113 (11.92%) Senior
5 93 (9.81%) Lead
6 77 (8.12%) Data Analyst
7 76 (8.02%) Business Analyst
8 62 (6.54%) Consultant
9 60 (6.33%) Architect
10 54 (5.70%) Business Intelligence Developer
11 33 (3.48%) Power BI Developer
12 32 (3.38%) Power Platform Developer
13 30 (3.16%) Senior Data Engineer
14 25 (2.64%) Azure Engineer
14 25 (2.64%) Data Architect
15 24 (2.53%) Data Scientist
16 22 (2.32%) Project Manager
16 22 (2.32%) Senior Analyst
16 22 (2.32%) Senior Developer
17 20 (2.11%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 55 (5.80%) PySpark
2 48 (5.06%) .NET
3 33 (3.48%) Kafka
4 31 (3.27%) REST
5 24 (2.53%) Oracle Fusion
6 23 (2.43%) Pandas
7 17 (1.79%) .NET Framework
8 16 (1.69%) React
9 15 (1.58%) scikit-learn
9 15 (1.58%) SOAP
10 14 (1.48%) Great Expectations
10 14 (1.48%) NumPy
11 13 (1.37%) Middleware
12 12 (1.27%) HTML
12 12 (1.27%) JSON
13 11 (1.16%) HTML5 Canvas
14 10 (1.05%) Spark Streaming
15 8 (0.84%) SailPoint
15 8 (0.84%) Web Services
15 8 (0.84%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 35 (3.69%) Data Structures
2 34 (3.59%) Product Ownership
3 28 (2.95%) Cloud Native
4 21 (2.22%) Management Information System
5 18 (1.90%) Analytical Mindset
5 18 (1.90%) Data Protection Act
5 18 (1.90%) Legacy Systems
5 18 (1.90%) Low-Code
6 16 (1.69%) Onboarding
7 14 (1.48%) Data Centre
8 13 (1.37%) Algorithms
9 11 (1.16%) AI Agents
10 10 (1.05%) Derivative
10 10 (1.05%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 10 (1.05%) PMI
10 10 (1.05%) Reinsurance
11 9 (0.95%) Self-Motivation
11 9 (0.95%) Virtual Team
12 8 (0.84%) Distributed Computing
12 8 (0.84%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 24 (2.53%) Windows
2 16 (1.69%) Windows Server
3 7 (0.74%) Android
3 7 (0.74%) Mac OS
4 4 (0.42%) Unix
5 2 (0.21%) Linux
5 2 (0.21%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 379 (39.98%) Analytics
2 286 (30.17%) Data Modelling
3 223 (23.52%) Visualisation
4 212 (22.36%) Agile
5 195 (20.57%) ETL
6 171 (18.04%) Decision-Making
7 161 (16.98%) Data Governance
8 155 (16.35%) DevOps
9 154 (16.24%) Data Engineering
10 146 (15.40%) Problem-Solving
10 146 (15.40%) Stakeholder Management
11 139 (14.66%) AI
12 136 (14.35%) CI/CD
13 134 (14.14%) Data Analysis
14 132 (13.92%) Data Visualisation
15 113 (11.92%) Data Pipeline
16 109 (11.50%) Actionable Insight
17 107 (11.29%) Dashboard Development
18 106 (11.18%) Migration
19 102 (10.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 466 (49.16%) SQL
2 241 (25.42%) Python
3 70 (7.38%) C#
4 67 (7.07%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 44 (4.64%) JavaScript
6 42 (4.43%) PL/SQL
7 39 (4.11%) T-SQL
8 29 (3.06%) R
9 26 (2.74%) PowerShell
10 17 (1.79%) Java
11 16 (1.69%) VBA
12 15 (1.58%) Scala
13 14 (1.48%) Bicep
14 12 (1.27%) TypeScript
15 10 (1.05%) Formula Language
15 10 (1.05%) LotusScript
16 6 (0.63%) Groovy
17 4 (0.42%) Korn
18 3 (0.32%) LookML
19 2 (0.21%) IronPython
Qualifications
1 143 (15.08%) Security Cleared
2 129 (13.61%) SC Cleared
3 91 (9.60%) Degree
4 29 (3.06%) Computer Science Degree
5 28 (2.95%) Azure Certification
6 22 (2.32%) PMI Certification
7 19 (2.00%) Microsoft Certification
8 16 (1.69%) PMP
9 13 (1.37%) Master's Degree
10 11 (1.16%) AWS Certification
11 9 (0.95%) CBAP
12 7 (0.74%) CFA
13 6 (0.63%) ACCA
13 6 (0.63%) BPSS Clearance
13 6 (0.63%) CIMA
14 4 (0.42%) IIBA
15 3 (0.32%) CCIE
15 3 (0.32%) Cisco Certification
15 3 (0.32%) DV Cleared
15 3 (0.32%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 200 (21.10%) Data Quality
2 71 (7.49%) QA
3 69 (7.28%) GDPR
4 43 (4.54%) PMO
5 31 (3.27%) Accessibility
6 14 (1.48%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 9 (0.95%) GRC
8 6 (0.63%) GAAP
8 6 (0.63%) HIPAA
9 5 (0.53%) Actionable Recommendations
9 5 (0.53%) IFRS
10 4 (0.42%) Basel III
10 4 (0.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 4 (0.42%) SLA
11 3 (0.32%) IFRS 9
11 3 (0.32%) NIST
11 3 (0.32%) P3O
12 2 (0.21%) FATCA
12 2 (0.21%) IFRS 17
12 2 (0.21%) PERC
System Software
1 20 (2.11%) Docker
2 16 (1.69%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.11%) Oracle RAC
3 1 (0.11%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.11%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 59 (6.22%) Terraform
2 25 (2.64%) Kubernetes
3 4 (0.42%) Control-M
4 3 (0.32%) Ansible
4 3 (0.32%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (0.32%) RSA Archer
5 2 (0.21%) HP ALM
5 2 (0.21%) SCCM
5 2 (0.21%) vRealize
6 1 (0.11%) Grafana
6 1 (0.11%) Jamf Pro
6 1 (0.11%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.11%) SCOM
6 1 (0.11%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.11%) Thomson Reuters DACS
6 1 (0.11%) WSUS
Vendors
1 269 (28.38%) Microsoft
2 121 (12.76%) Databricks
3 103 (10.86%) Oracle
4 98 (10.34%) SAP
5 35 (3.69%) Google
5 35 (3.69%) Salesforce
6 34 (3.59%) ServiceNow
7 17 (1.79%) Informatica
8 16 (1.69%) Cisco
9 15 (1.58%) Citrix
9 15 (1.58%) Lotus
10 12 (1.27%) Planview
11 10 (1.05%) Alteryx
11 10 (1.05%) MuleSoft
11 10 (1.05%) Workday
12 9 (0.95%) HP
12 9 (0.95%) Kofax
12 9 (0.95%) MicroStrategy
13 7 (0.74%) Dell
13 7 (0.74%) VMware