Business Intelligence Developer Contract Job Trends in Manchester

BI Developer
North West > Manchester

The median BI Developer daily rate in Manchester is £438, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 28 November 2025.

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

6 months to
28 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 90 78 98
Rank change year-on-year -12 +20 +24
Contract jobs requiring a Business Intelligence Developer 4 7 8
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 0.35% 0.59% 0.50%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.39% 0.63% 0.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 7 7
10th Percentile £379 £408 £289
25th Percentile £405 £416 £316
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £450 £350
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +28.57% -12.50%
75th Percentile £459 £475 £431
90th Percentile £465 £480 £475
North West median daily rate £438 £423 £375
% change year-on-year +3.55% +12.67% -11.76%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Manchester

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Manchester. 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 Manchester with a recognized job title 1,038 1,109 1,489
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.62% 93.98% 93.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 693 639 1,089
10th Percentile £300 £313 £285
25th Percentile £375 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £580 £575 £588
90th Percentile £668 £675 £675
North West median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 75 43 62
10th Percentile £16.41 £15.92 £14.81
25th Percentile £18.97 £21.25 £17.20
Median hourly rate £22.32 £32.50 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year -31.34% +66.67% -2.50%
75th Percentile £30.07 £46.25 £48.47
90th Percentile £53.30 £65.00 £66.13
North West median hourly rate £29.60 £30.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -1.33% -14.29% +74.43%

Business Intelligence Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Business Intelligence Developer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Business Intelligence Developer job vacancy trend in Manchester

Business Intelligence Developer
Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Business Intelligence Developer job vacancies in Manchester.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Business Intelligence Developer job vacancies in Manchester

Business Intelligence Developer
Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Business Intelligence Developer job vacancies in Manchester.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Business Intelligence Developer job vacancies in Manchester

Business Intelligence Developer Skill Set
Top 27 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester

For the 6 months to 28 November 2025, Business Intelligence 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 Manchester region featuring Business Intelligence Developer in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 4 (100.00%) Power BI
1 4 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 3 (75.00%) Data Modelling
2 3 (75.00%) SQL
2 3 (75.00%) Visualisation
3 2 (50.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 2 (50.00%) Data Extraction
3 2 (50.00%) Data Governance
3 2 (50.00%) Data Pipeline
3 2 (50.00%) Decision-Making
3 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (50.00%) Supply Chain Management
4 1 (25.00%) Actionable Insight
4 1 (25.00%) Agile
4 1 (25.00%) Analytics
4 1 (25.00%) Business Analytics
4 1 (25.00%) Data Quality
4 1 (25.00%) Data Visualisation
4 1 (25.00%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (25.00%) ETL
4 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
4 1 (25.00%) Relational Database
4 1 (25.00%) SQL Server
4 1 (25.00%) Tableau
4 1 (25.00%) T-SQL

Business Intelligence Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester 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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (100.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (100.00%) Power BI
2 1 (25.00%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (25.00%) Relational Database
2 1 (25.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (25.00%) Tableau
General
1 2 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Data Structures
1 2 (50.00%) FMCG
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
2 3 (75.00%) Data Modelling
2 3 (75.00%) Visualisation
3 2 (50.00%) Data Extraction
3 2 (50.00%) Data Governance
3 2 (50.00%) Data Pipeline
3 2 (50.00%) Decision-Making
3 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (50.00%) Supply Chain Management
4 1 (25.00%) Actionable Insight
4 1 (25.00%) Agile
4 1 (25.00%) Analytics
4 1 (25.00%) Business Analytics
4 1 (25.00%) Data Visualisation
4 1 (25.00%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) SQL
2 2 (50.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 1 (25.00%) T-SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft