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 27 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 34 34 42
Rank change year-on-year 0 +8 +12
Contract jobs citing Business Intelligence 885 864 901
As % of all contract jobs in London 6.23% 5.43% 4.62%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.75% 6.06% 5.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 581 590 610
10th Percentile £325 £300 £362
25th Percentile £405 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £515 £540
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% -4.63% -1.82%
75th Percentile £600 £634 £650
90th Percentile £725 £731 £730
England median daily rate £492 £500 £513
% change year-on-year -1.60% -2.44% -2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 8 15
10th Percentile £18.25 £26.60 £19.75
25th Percentile £18.63 £29.82 £30.19
Median hourly rate £33.00 £52.50 £38.00
Median % change year-on-year -37.14% +38.16% +0.66%
75th Percentile £41.25 £77.19 £49.92
90th Percentile £56.43 £100.63 £52.95
England median hourly rate £23.75 £30.00 £32.32
% change year-on-year -20.83% -7.18% -2.06%

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 13,115 14,259 17,505
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.27% 89.59% 89.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,616 9,203 12,553
10th Percentile £335 £350 £355
25th Percentile £425 £450 £460
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £527 £550 £568
Median % change year-on-year -4.14% -3.08% -3.81%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £800 £799
England median daily rate £501 £525 £548
% change year-on-year -4.67% -4.11% -0.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 253 172 238
10th Percentile £18.25 £17.25 £18.55
25th Percentile £24.50 £23.80 £21.50
Median hourly rate £29.50 £37.50 £35.44
Median % change year-on-year -21.33% +5.81% -10.28%
75th Percentile £47.50 £55.81 £60.00
90th Percentile £67.30 £80.75 £75.38
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.43 £45.00
% change year-on-year -29.01% -21.27% +23.29%

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 27 November 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 27 November 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 27 November 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 +12 131 £505 -5.61% 69
West London -7 19 £555 +20.00% 35
East London -2 5 £525 +19.18% 29
South London -4 4 £400 -23.81% 11
North London -3 2 £500 +96.08% 4
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 67 (7.57%) SharePoint
2 36 (4.07%) Confluence
3 27 (3.05%) Apache Spark
4 24 (2.71%) Apache Airflow
5 17 (1.92%) Apache
6 11 (1.24%) Oracle Workflow
7 10 (1.13%) HCL Notes
8 8 (0.90%) Microsoft Exchange
9 6 (0.68%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 4 (0.45%) Jupyter
10 4 (0.45%) SAS
11 3 (0.34%) CMS
11 3 (0.34%) Luigi
11 3 (0.34%) Oracle Self-Service HR
12 2 (0.23%) Apache Solr
12 2 (0.23%) Headless CMS
12 2 (0.23%) Moodle
12 2 (0.23%) Tomcat
13 1 (0.11%) IIS
13 1 (0.11%) NetWeaver
Applications
1 141 (15.93%) Microsoft Excel
2 35 (3.95%) Microsoft Office
3 33 (3.73%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 18 (2.03%) Microsoft Project
5 15 (1.69%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.45%) Trello
7 3 (0.34%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.11%) Adobe After Effects
8 1 (0.11%) Adobe Premiere
8 1 (0.11%) Adobe XD
8 1 (0.11%) Notion
8 1 (0.11%) Oracle Smart View
8 1 (0.11%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 36 (4.07%) Dynamics CRM
2 16 (1.81%) SAP S/4HANA
3 12 (1.36%) Oracle Payables
4 11 (1.24%) Oracle EBS
5 9 (1.02%) Oracle Financials
6 8 (0.90%) Salesforce CRM
7 7 (0.79%) Oracle General Ledger
7 7 (0.79%) Workday HCM
8 6 (0.68%) Oracle Assets
8 6 (0.68%) Oracle ERP
9 5 (0.56%) NetSuite
10 4 (0.45%) Aladdin
10 4 (0.45%) Eloqua
10 4 (0.45%) Loan IQ
10 4 (0.45%) Oracle EBS R12
10 4 (0.45%) Remedy ITSM
10 4 (0.45%) SAP APO
10 4 (0.45%) SAP MDG
11 3 (0.34%) Elite 3E
11 3 (0.34%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 627 (70.85%) Power Platform
2 294 (33.22%) Azure
3 124 (14.01%) Power Automate
4 114 (12.88%) AWS
5 110 (12.43%) PowerApps
6 72 (8.14%) Azure DevOps
6 72 (8.14%) Dynamics 365
7 65 (7.34%) Azure Data Factory
8 63 (7.12%) GCP
8 63 (7.12%) Snowflake
9 58 (6.55%) Microsoft 365
10 53 (5.99%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 38 (4.29%) Serverless
12 35 (3.95%) dbt
13 29 (3.28%) Azure Logic Apps
14 25 (2.82%) Amazon S3
14 25 (2.82%) Entra ID
14 25 (2.82%) GitHub
14 25 (2.82%) Microsoft Copilot
15 24 (2.71%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 7 (0.79%) Wireless
2 5 (0.56%) HTTP
3 4 (0.45%) Network Security
3 4 (0.45%) VPN
3 4 (0.45%) WAN
4 3 (0.34%) Firewall
4 3 (0.34%) LAN
4 3 (0.34%) SD-WAN
5 2 (0.23%) BGP
5 2 (0.23%) BIG-IP
5 2 (0.23%) DNS
5 2 (0.23%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
5 2 (0.23%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
5 2 (0.23%) OSPF
5 2 (0.23%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.11%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (0.11%) NGN
6 1 (0.11%) Skype
6 1 (0.11%) Unified Communications
6 1 (0.11%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 621 (70.17%) Power BI
2 136 (15.37%) Tableau
3 116 (13.11%) Data Warehouse
4 71 (8.02%) Data Lake
5 59 (6.67%) SQL Server
6 54 (6.10%) Power Query
7 48 (5.42%) Metadata
8 33 (3.73%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 33 (3.73%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 32 (3.62%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 31 (3.50%) Oracle Reports
11 30 (3.39%) Relational Database
12 26 (2.94%) BigQuery
13 25 (2.82%) Azure SQL Database
14 23 (2.60%) Looker
15 21 (2.37%) Amazon Redshift
16 20 (2.26%) Oracle Database
17 18 (2.03%) Delta Lake
18 17 (1.92%) Star Schema
19 16 (1.81%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 65 (7.34%) JIRA
2 40 (4.52%) Git
3 12 (1.36%) Visual Studio
4 8 (0.90%) GitLab
5 7 (0.79%) MLflow
6 6 (0.68%) Oracle Forms
6 6 (0.68%) SonarQube
7 5 (0.56%) ERwin
8 4 (0.45%) Clang
8 4 (0.45%) GCC
8 4 (0.45%) Jenkins
8 4 (0.45%) Oracle APEX
9 3 (0.34%) Team Foundation Server
10 2 (0.23%) Bitbucket
10 2 (0.23%) Mercurial
10 2 (0.23%) Subversion
11 1 (0.11%) Eclipse
11 1 (0.11%) NUnit
11 1 (0.11%) Selenium
11 1 (0.11%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 367 (41.47%) Finance
2 294 (33.22%) Social Skills
3 201 (22.71%) Analytical Skills
4 132 (14.92%) Public Sector
5 99 (11.19%) Marketing
6 82 (9.27%) Banking
7 64 (7.23%) Manufacturing
8 62 (7.01%) Telecoms
9 54 (6.10%) Electronics
10 30 (3.39%) Retail
11 29 (3.28%) Investment Banking
12 26 (2.94%) Presentation Skills
13 21 (2.37%) Front Office
14 19 (2.15%) Legal
14 19 (2.15%) Organisational Skills
15 18 (2.03%) Documentation Skills
15 18 (2.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 18 (2.03%) Local Government
16 16 (1.81%) Publishing
17 11 (1.24%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 204 (23.05%) Analyst
2 168 (18.98%) Developer
3 98 (11.07%) Data Engineer
4 84 (9.49%) Data Analyst
5 81 (9.15%) Senior
6 79 (8.93%) Lead
7 72 (8.14%) Architect
7 72 (8.14%) Business Analyst
8 60 (6.78%) Consultant
9 47 (5.31%) Business Intelligence Developer
10 37 (4.18%) Power BI Developer
11 27 (3.05%) Data Architect
12 26 (2.94%) Azure Engineer
13 25 (2.82%) Senior Analyst
14 24 (2.71%) Power Platform Developer
14 24 (2.71%) Project Manager
15 22 (2.49%) Solutions Architect
16 21 (2.37%) Azure Data Engineer
17 19 (2.15%) Oracle Developer
17 19 (2.15%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (5.54%) .NET
2 42 (4.75%) PySpark
3 36 (4.07%) REST
4 22 (2.49%) Kafka
5 21 (2.37%) Oracle Fusion
6 16 (1.81%) HTML
6 16 (1.81%) SOAP
7 15 (1.69%) JSON
7 15 (1.69%) Pandas
8 13 (1.47%) Web Services
9 12 (1.36%) scikit-learn
10 11 (1.24%) .NET Framework
10 11 (1.24%) Middleware
10 11 (1.24%) NumPy
11 10 (1.13%) RESTful
12 9 (1.02%) CSS
12 9 (1.02%) OAuth
12 9 (1.02%) SailPoint
13 8 (0.90%) HTML5 Canvas
13 8 (0.90%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 28 (3.16%) Analytical Mindset
2 27 (3.05%) Data Structures
3 24 (2.71%) Product Ownership
4 20 (2.26%) Legacy Systems
4 20 (2.26%) Onboarding
5 18 (2.03%) Data Protection Act
6 15 (1.69%) Management Information System
7 14 (1.58%) Cloud Native
7 14 (1.58%) Data Centre
7 14 (1.58%) Derivative
8 12 (1.36%) Algorithms
8 12 (1.36%) Reference Data
8 12 (1.36%) Virtual Team
9 11 (1.24%) Low-Code
9 11 (1.24%) Reinsurance
10 10 (1.13%) NHS
11 9 (1.02%) Fixed Income
11 9 (1.02%) Self-Motivation
12 8 (0.90%) Equities
13 7 (0.79%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 23 (2.60%) Windows
2 13 (1.47%) Linux
3 11 (1.24%) Windows Server
4 10 (1.13%) Unix
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
1 303 (34.24%) Analytics
2 249 (28.14%) Data Modelling
3 209 (23.62%) Agile
4 200 (22.60%) Visualisation
5 151 (17.06%) Problem-Solving
6 147 (16.61%) Stakeholder Management
7 146 (16.50%) ETL
8 144 (16.27%) Decision-Making
9 138 (15.59%) Data Governance
10 124 (14.01%) Data Analysis
11 122 (13.79%) Data Visualisation
12 116 (13.11%) DevOps
13 107 (12.09%) Migration
14 105 (11.86%) Data Engineering
14 105 (11.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 99 (11.19%) CI/CD
16 98 (11.07%) Data Pipeline
17 97 (10.96%) Actionable Insight
18 87 (9.83%) Dashboard Development
19 82 (9.27%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 414 (46.78%) SQL
2 212 (23.95%) Python
3 56 (6.33%) C#
4 55 (6.21%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 45 (5.08%) JavaScript
6 39 (4.41%) PL/SQL
7 35 (3.95%) R
8 33 (3.73%) PowerShell
9 27 (3.05%) T-SQL
10 25 (2.82%) Java
11 15 (1.69%) VBA
12 12 (1.36%) TypeScript
13 10 (1.13%) Scala
14 8 (0.90%) Bash
15 7 (0.79%) C++
15 7 (0.79%) Groovy
16 6 (0.68%) Bicep
17 5 (0.56%) Formula Language
17 5 (0.56%) LotusScript
17 5 (0.56%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 139 (15.71%) Security Cleared
2 125 (14.12%) SC Cleared
3 88 (9.94%) Degree
4 23 (2.60%) Computer Science Degree
5 20 (2.26%) Azure Certification
6 17 (1.92%) Microsoft Certification
7 15 (1.69%) PMI Certification
8 13 (1.47%) Master's Degree
9 12 (1.36%) AWS Certification
10 11 (1.24%) ACCA
10 11 (1.24%) PMP
11 10 (1.13%) CIMA
12 8 (0.90%) CFA
13 7 (0.79%) DV Cleared
14 6 (0.68%) BPSS Clearance
14 6 (0.68%) Cisco Certification
15 5 (0.56%) CCNP
16 4 (0.45%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
17 3 (0.34%) CCIE
17 3 (0.34%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 147 (16.61%) Data Quality
2 56 (6.33%) GDPR
3 54 (6.10%) QA
4 35 (3.95%) PMO
5 28 (3.16%) Accessibility
6 8 (0.90%) HIPAA
6 8 (0.90%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 6 (0.68%) GRC
8 5 (0.56%) IFRS
8 5 (0.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 4 (0.45%) Actionable Recommendations
9 4 (0.45%) COBIT
9 4 (0.45%) NIST
10 3 (0.34%) MiFID
10 3 (0.34%) SLA
11 2 (0.23%) Def Stans
11 2 (0.23%) HL7
11 2 (0.23%) P3O
11 2 (0.23%) WCAG
12 1 (0.11%) IFRS 9
System Software
1 26 (2.94%) Active Directory
2 10 (1.13%) Docker
3 3 (0.34%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.23%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.11%) Firmware
5 1 (0.11%) Oracle RAC
5 1 (0.11%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.11%) Xen
5 1 (0.11%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 33 (3.73%) Terraform
2 13 (1.47%) Kubernetes
3 5 (0.56%) Ansible
4 4 (0.45%) Kubeflow
4 4 (0.45%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (0.45%) Single Sign-On
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%) vCenter Server
6 2 (0.23%) vRealize
7 1 (0.11%) Grafana
7 1 (0.11%) Istio
7 1 (0.11%) Jamf Pro
7 1 (0.11%) Opsgenie
7 1 (0.11%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.11%) SCOM
7 1 (0.11%) Thomson Reuters DACS
7 1 (0.11%) WSUS
Vendors
1 255 (28.81%) Microsoft
2 106 (11.98%) SAP
3 99 (11.19%) Oracle
4 91 (10.28%) Databricks
5 38 (4.29%) Salesforce
6 31 (3.50%) ServiceNow
7 29 (3.28%) Google
8 16 (1.81%) Alteryx
8 16 (1.81%) Cisco
9 11 (1.24%) Adobe
10 10 (1.13%) Informatica
10 10 (1.13%) Lotus
11 9 (1.02%) HP
11 9 (1.02%) Planview
11 9 (1.02%) Workday
12 8 (0.90%) Citrix
13 7 (0.79%) Apple
13 7 (0.79%) Dell
13 7 (0.79%) MicroStrategy
14 6 (0.68%) Bloomberg