SQL BI Developer Contract Job Trends in London

SQL Business Intelligence Developer
England > London

The median SQL Business Intelligence Developer daily rate in London is £675, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 15 September 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 442 - 375
Rank change year-on-year - - +78
Contract jobs requiring a SQL BI Developer 5 0 5
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.025% - 0.031%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.026% - 0.033%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 5
10th Percentile - - £393
25th Percentile £663 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 - £400
Median % change year-on-year - - -30.43%
75th Percentile £688 - £500
90th Percentile - - £590
England median daily rate £513 - £450
% change year-on-year - - +5.88%

All Contract IT Job Roles
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in London with a recognized job title 18,886 12,270 15,135
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.25% 92.67% 94.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,176 8,216 10,170
10th Percentile £363 £325 £342
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 £658 £671 £675
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £505 £525
% change year-on-year +3.96% -3.81% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 384 207 182
10th Percentile £17.60 £17.00 £17.54
25th Percentile £21.93 £23.00 £23.80
Median hourly rate £39.50 £30.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +29.51% -12.86% -6.67%
75th Percentile £63.10 £50.25 £57.13
90th Percentile £81.25 £66.34 £74.69
England median hourly rate £43.50 £25.15 £47.50
% change year-on-year +72.96% -47.05% +5.56%

SQL BI Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'SQL BI Developer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

SQL BI Developer job vacancy trend in London

SQL BI Developer
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for SQL BI Developer job vacancies in London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for SQL BI Developer job vacancies in London

SQL BI Developer
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for SQL BI Developer job vacancies in London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for SQL BI Developer job vacancies in London

SQL BI Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 15 September 2026, SQL BI Developer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the London region featuring SQL BI Developer in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) Agile
1 5 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 5 (100.00%) Power BI
1 5 (100.00%) Power Platform
1 5 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 4 (80.00%) Azure
2 4 (80.00%) Azure Data Factory
2 4 (80.00%) Data Modelling
3 3 (60.00%) Aladdin
3 3 (60.00%) Analytics
3 3 (60.00%) Data Analysis
3 3 (60.00%) dbt
3 3 (60.00%) Investment Management
3 3 (60.00%) Python
3 3 (60.00%) SAP Commerce Cloud
3 3 (60.00%) Scrum
3 3 (60.00%) SDLC
3 3 (60.00%) Snowflake
3 3 (60.00%) Snowflake Schema
4 2 (40.00%) Asset Management
4 2 (40.00%) ETL
4 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
4 2 (40.00%) Requirements Gathering
4 2 (40.00%) SQL
4 2 (40.00%) T-SQL
5 1 (20.00%) .NET
5 1 (20.00%) Analytical Thinking
5 1 (20.00%) ASP.NET
5 1 (20.00%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (20.00%) Break/Fix

SQL BI Developer Skill Set
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 1 (20.00%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 3 (60.00%) Aladdin
Cloud Services
1 5 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 4 (80.00%) Azure
2 4 (80.00%) Azure Data Factory
3 3 (60.00%) dbt
3 3 (60.00%) SAP Commerce Cloud
3 3 (60.00%) Snowflake
4 1 (20.00%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (20.00%) Power Automate
4 1 (20.00%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (100.00%) Power BI
1 5 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 3 (60.00%) Snowflake Schema
3 1 (20.00%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (20.00%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (20.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (20.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Git
1 1 (20.00%) Visual Studio
General
1 4 (80.00%) Finance
1 4 (80.00%) Front Office
1 4 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) .NET
1 1 (20.00%) ASP.NET
1 1 (20.00%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Agile
1 5 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
2 4 (80.00%) Data Modelling
3 3 (60.00%) Analytics
3 3 (60.00%) Data Analysis
3 3 (60.00%) Investment Management
3 3 (60.00%) Scrum
3 3 (60.00%) SDLC
4 2 (40.00%) Asset Management
4 2 (40.00%) ETL
4 2 (40.00%) Requirements Gathering
5 1 (20.00%) Break/Fix
5 1 (20.00%) Critical Thinking
5 1 (20.00%) CRM
5 1 (20.00%) Dashboard Development
5 1 (20.00%) Data Extraction
5 1 (20.00%) Performance Tuning
5 1 (20.00%) Risk Management
5 1 (20.00%) Trend Analysis
5 1 (20.00%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 3 (60.00%) Python
2 2 (40.00%) SQL
2 2 (40.00%) T-SQL
3 1 (20.00%) C#
3 1 (20.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft