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 4 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 34 34 43
Rank change year-on-year 0 +9 +10
Contract jobs citing Business Intelligence 886 859 894
As % of all contract jobs in London 6.17% 5.46% 4.66%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.72% 6.08% 5.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 584 586 606
10th Percentile £325 £300 £363
25th Percentile £406 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.58% -6.68% -
75th Percentile £594 £625 £650
90th Percentile £725 £731 £734
England median daily rate £489 £500 £513
% change year-on-year -2.20% -2.44% -2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 7 15
10th Percentile £18.25 £24.65 £19.75
25th Percentile £19.40 £27.67 £30.19
Median hourly rate £32.83 £52.50 £38.00
Median % change year-on-year -37.48% +38.16% +0.66%
75th Percentile £41.25 £53.75 £49.92
90th Percentile £51.83 £64.25 £52.95
England median hourly rate £23.66 £30.00 £31.41
% change year-on-year -21.13% -4.49% -4.82%

All Process and 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 13,187 14,123 17,197
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 91.80% 89.82% 89.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,685 9,134 12,308
10th Percentile £338 £350 £356
25th Percentile £425 £450 £459
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £526 £550 £567
Median % change year-on-year -4.45% -3.04% -3.86%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £688
90th Percentile £763 £800 £800
England median daily rate £500 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -4.76% -3.67% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 248 166 231
10th Percentile £18.25 £17.25 £18.78
25th Percentile £24.58 £23.80 £21.75
Median hourly rate £29.75 £37.25 £36.28
Median % change year-on-year -20.13% +2.67% -7.57%
75th Percentile £47.56 £53.75 £60.63
90th Percentile £66.50 £80.75 £76.25
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +18.90%

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 4 December 2025.

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 4 December 2025.

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 4 December 2025. 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 +15 129 £510 -4.67% 57
West London -7 23 £555 +20.00% 26
East London -4 5 £510 +15.78% 20
South London -10 4 £400 -23.81% 14
North London -2 2 £500 +96.08% 5
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 70 (7.90%) SharePoint
2 39 (4.40%) Confluence
3 32 (3.61%) Apache Spark
4 25 (2.82%) Apache Airflow
5 19 (2.14%) Apache
6 14 (1.58%) HCL Notes
7 11 (1.24%) Oracle Workflow
8 7 (0.79%) Microsoft Exchange
9 6 (0.68%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 4 (0.45%) Jupyter
11 3 (0.34%) Luigi
11 3 (0.34%) Mendix
11 3 (0.34%) SAS
12 2 (0.23%) IIS
12 2 (0.23%) Moodle
12 2 (0.23%) Tomcat
13 1 (0.11%) Adobe Experience Manager
13 1 (0.11%) Kentico
13 1 (0.11%) SAP Portal
13 1 (0.11%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 143 (16.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 35 (3.95%) Microsoft Office
3 34 (3.84%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 18 (2.03%) Microsoft Project
4 18 (2.03%) MS Visio
5 4 (0.45%) Spreadsheet
5 4 (0.45%) Trello
6 3 (0.34%) Notion
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 35 (3.95%) Dynamics CRM
2 17 (1.92%) SAP S/4HANA
3 12 (1.35%) Oracle Payables
4 9 (1.02%) Oracle EBS
4 9 (1.02%) Oracle Financials
5 8 (0.90%) Salesforce CRM
6 7 (0.79%) Oracle General Ledger
6 7 (0.79%) Workday HCM
7 6 (0.68%) Oracle Assets
7 6 (0.68%) Oracle ERP
8 4 (0.45%) Aladdin
8 4 (0.45%) Loan IQ
8 4 (0.45%) NEC Housing
8 4 (0.45%) NetSuite
8 4 (0.45%) Oracle EBS R12
8 4 (0.45%) Remedy ITSM
8 4 (0.45%) SAP APO
9 3 (0.34%) Elite 3E
9 3 (0.34%) Eloqua
9 3 (0.34%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 637 (71.90%) Power Platform
2 296 (33.41%) Azure
3 127 (14.33%) Power Automate
4 115 (12.98%) PowerApps
5 114 (12.87%) AWS
6 70 (7.90%) Azure DevOps
6 70 (7.90%) Dynamics 365
7 66 (7.45%) Snowflake
8 62 (7.00%) GCP
9 61 (6.88%) Azure Data Factory
10 59 (6.66%) Microsoft 365
11 52 (5.87%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 38 (4.29%) Serverless
13 35 (3.95%) dbt
14 29 (3.27%) Azure Logic Apps
15 26 (2.93%) Azure Functions
16 25 (2.82%) Amazon S3
16 25 (2.82%) Microsoft Copilot
17 24 (2.71%) Entra ID
18 23 (2.60%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 7 (0.79%) Wireless
2 6 (0.68%) Network Security
3 5 (0.56%) HTTP
3 5 (0.56%) VPN
3 5 (0.56%) WAN
4 4 (0.45%) Firewall
4 4 (0.45%) LAN
4 4 (0.45%) SD-WAN
5 3 (0.34%) BGP
5 3 (0.34%) BIG-IP
5 3 (0.34%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
5 3 (0.34%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
5 3 (0.34%) OSPF
6 2 (0.23%) DNS
6 2 (0.23%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.11%) DHCP
7 1 (0.11%) FTP
7 1 (0.11%) Internet
7 1 (0.11%) SAN
7 1 (0.11%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 631 (71.22%) Power BI
2 148 (16.70%) Tableau
3 114 (12.87%) Data Warehouse
4 68 (7.67%) Data Lake
5 54 (6.09%) SQL Server
6 52 (5.87%) Power Query
7 46 (5.19%) Metadata
8 32 (3.61%) Relational Database
9 31 (3.50%) Oracle BI Publisher
9 31 (3.50%) Oracle Reports
10 29 (3.27%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 27 (3.05%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 25 (2.82%) BigQuery
13 23 (2.60%) Azure SQL Database
13 23 (2.60%) Looker
13 23 (2.60%) Oracle Database
14 19 (2.14%) Amazon Redshift
14 19 (2.14%) Star Schema
15 18 (2.03%) Delta Lake
16 17 (1.92%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 65 (7.34%) JIRA
2 38 (4.29%) Git
3 10 (1.13%) Visual Studio
4 7 (0.79%) GitLab
4 7 (0.79%) Jenkins
4 7 (0.79%) MLflow
5 6 (0.68%) Oracle Forms
5 6 (0.68%) SonarQube
6 4 (0.45%) Clang
6 4 (0.45%) GCC
6 4 (0.45%) Oracle APEX
7 2 (0.23%) ERwin
7 2 (0.23%) Mercurial
7 2 (0.23%) Subversion
7 2 (0.23%) Team Foundation Server
8 1 (0.11%) Eclipse
8 1 (0.11%) Metasploit
8 1 (0.11%) NUnit
8 1 (0.11%) Selenium
8 1 (0.11%) SpecFlow
General
1 376 (42.44%) Finance
2 295 (33.30%) Social Skills
3 198 (22.35%) Analytical Skills
4 132 (14.90%) Public Sector
5 98 (11.06%) Marketing
6 85 (9.59%) Banking
7 63 (7.11%) Manufacturing
8 62 (7.00%) Telecoms
9 54 (6.09%) Electronics
10 29 (3.27%) Retail
11 28 (3.16%) Investment Banking
12 25 (2.82%) Presentation Skills
13 21 (2.37%) Front Office
14 20 (2.26%) Legal
14 20 (2.26%) Organisational Skills
15 17 (1.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 17 (1.92%) Local Government
16 16 (1.81%) Documentation Skills
17 15 (1.69%) Publishing
18 14 (1.58%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 204 (23.02%) Analyst
2 165 (18.62%) Developer
3 100 (11.29%) Data Engineer
4 85 (9.59%) Data Analyst
5 84 (9.48%) Senior
6 77 (8.69%) Lead
7 74 (8.35%) Business Analyst
8 66 (7.45%) Architect
9 61 (6.88%) Consultant
10 46 (5.19%) Business Intelligence Developer
11 37 (4.18%) Power BI Developer
12 28 (3.16%) Power Platform Developer
13 27 (3.05%) Senior Analyst
14 24 (2.71%) Azure Engineer
14 24 (2.71%) Project Manager
15 23 (2.60%) Data Architect
16 22 (2.48%) Data Scientist
16 22 (2.48%) Solutions Architect
17 20 (2.26%) Azure Data Engineer
17 20 (2.26%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (5.30%) .NET
2 43 (4.85%) PySpark
3 32 (3.61%) REST
4 24 (2.71%) Kafka
5 21 (2.37%) Oracle Fusion
6 17 (1.92%) Pandas
7 15 (1.69%) JSON
7 15 (1.69%) SOAP
8 14 (1.58%) scikit-learn
9 13 (1.47%) NumPy
10 12 (1.35%) .NET Framework
10 12 (1.35%) HTML
10 12 (1.35%) Web Services
11 10 (1.13%) HTML5 Canvas
11 10 (1.13%) Middleware
11 10 (1.13%) RESTful
12 9 (1.02%) SailPoint
13 8 (0.90%) Plotly
13 8 (0.90%) React
14 7 (0.79%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 32 (3.61%) Data Structures
2 28 (3.16%) Analytical Mindset
3 26 (2.93%) Product Ownership
4 22 (2.48%) Legacy Systems
5 21 (2.37%) Onboarding
6 17 (1.92%) Data Protection Act
7 14 (1.58%) Cloud Native
7 14 (1.58%) Data Centre
7 14 (1.58%) Derivative
7 14 (1.58%) Low-Code
7 14 (1.58%) Management Information System
8 13 (1.47%) Algorithms
9 12 (1.35%) Reference Data
9 12 (1.35%) Virtual Team
10 11 (1.24%) Reinsurance
10 11 (1.24%) Self-Motivation
11 9 (1.02%) Enterprise Software
11 9 (1.02%) NHS
11 9 (1.02%) PMI
12 8 (0.90%) Equities
Operating Systems
1 23 (2.60%) Windows
2 12 (1.35%) Linux
3 10 (1.13%) Unix
4 9 (1.02%) Windows Server
5 7 (0.79%) Android
5 7 (0.79%) Mac OS
6 3 (0.34%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 312 (35.21%) Analytics
2 255 (28.78%) Data Modelling
3 213 (24.04%) Agile
4 208 (23.48%) Visualisation
5 149 (16.82%) Problem-Solving
5 149 (16.82%) Stakeholder Management
6 146 (16.48%) Data Governance
6 146 (16.48%) Decision-Making
6 146 (16.48%) ETL
7 127 (14.33%) Data Analysis
8 125 (14.11%) Data Visualisation
9 116 (13.09%) DevOps
10 110 (12.42%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 106 (11.96%) Data Engineering
11 106 (11.96%) Migration
12 103 (11.63%) CI/CD
13 101 (11.40%) Data Pipeline
14 99 (11.17%) Actionable Insight
15 88 (9.93%) Dashboard Development
16 85 (9.59%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 415 (46.84%) SQL
2 224 (25.28%) Python
3 58 (6.55%) C#
3 58 (6.55%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 45 (5.08%) JavaScript
5 40 (4.51%) R
6 38 (4.29%) PL/SQL
7 29 (3.27%) PowerShell
8 26 (2.93%) Java
9 23 (2.60%) T-SQL
10 16 (1.81%) VBA
11 13 (1.47%) Scala
12 12 (1.35%) TypeScript
13 7 (0.79%) C++
13 7 (0.79%) Formula Language
13 7 (0.79%) Groovy
13 7 (0.79%) LotusScript
14 6 (0.68%) Bash
15 5 (0.56%) Korn
15 5 (0.56%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 133 (15.01%) Security Cleared
2 120 (13.54%) SC Cleared
3 84 (9.48%) Degree
4 23 (2.60%) Computer Science Degree
5 17 (1.92%) Azure Certification
5 17 (1.92%) PMI Certification
6 12 (1.35%) Master's Degree
6 12 (1.35%) Microsoft Certification
7 11 (1.24%) PMP
8 9 (1.02%) ACCA
8 9 (1.02%) AWS Certification
9 8 (0.90%) CFA
9 8 (0.90%) CIMA
10 7 (0.79%) Cisco Certification
11 6 (0.68%) CBAP
11 6 (0.68%) CCNP
11 6 (0.68%) DV Cleared
12 5 (0.56%) BPSS Clearance
13 4 (0.45%) CCIE
14 3 (0.34%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 157 (17.72%) Data Quality
2 60 (6.77%) GDPR
3 58 (6.55%) QA
4 37 (4.18%) PMO
5 28 (3.16%) Accessibility
6 9 (1.02%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 8 (0.90%) HIPAA
8 6 (0.68%) GRC
9 5 (0.56%) Actionable Recommendations
9 5 (0.56%) IFRS
9 5 (0.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 4 (0.45%) COBIT
10 4 (0.45%) NIST
11 3 (0.34%) MiFID
11 3 (0.34%) P3O
11 3 (0.34%) SLA
12 2 (0.23%) Def Stans
12 2 (0.23%) PERC
12 2 (0.23%) WCAG
13 1 (0.11%) IFRS 9
System Software
1 22 (2.48%) Active Directory
2 13 (1.47%) Docker
3 3 (0.34%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.23%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.11%) Oracle RAC
5 1 (0.11%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.11%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 32 (3.61%) Terraform
2 15 (1.69%) Kubernetes
3 6 (0.68%) Ansible
4 4 (0.45%) Kubeflow
4 4 (0.45%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (0.34%) Puppet
5 3 (0.34%) RSA Archer
5 3 (0.34%) SCCM
6 2 (0.23%) HP ALM
6 2 (0.23%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.23%) vCenter Server
6 2 (0.23%) vRealize
7 1 (0.11%) Jamf Pro
7 1 (0.11%) Opsgenie
7 1 (0.11%) SCOM
7 1 (0.11%) Thomson Reuters DACS
7 1 (0.11%) WSUS
Vendors
1 255 (28.78%) Microsoft
2 106 (11.96%) SAP
3 100 (11.29%) Databricks
4 98 (11.06%) Oracle
5 38 (4.29%) Salesforce
6 33 (3.72%) ServiceNow
7 30 (3.39%) Google
8 18 (2.03%) Alteryx
9 16 (1.81%) Cisco
10 14 (1.58%) Lotus
11 11 (1.24%) Adobe
11 11 (1.24%) Informatica
12 10 (1.13%) Planview
12 10 (1.13%) Workday
13 9 (1.02%) HP
14 8 (0.90%) Citrix
15 7 (0.79%) Apple
15 7 (0.79%) Dell
15 7 (0.79%) MicroStrategy
15 7 (0.79%) Remedy