Microsoft BI Developer Contract Job Trends in Manchester

Microsoft Business Intelligence Developer
North West > Manchester

The median Microsoft Business Intelligence Developer daily rate in Manchester is £463, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 3 October 2025.

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

6 months to
3 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 85 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Microsoft BI Developer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 0.10% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £456 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 - -
75th Percentile £469 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median daily rate £463 - £425
% change year-on-year - - +6.25%

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 921 1,102 1,566
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.28% 93.95% 93.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 589 640 1,138
10th Percentile £300 £315 £284
25th Percentile £393 £401 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £490 £500
Median % change year-on-year -8.16% -2.00% -
75th Percentile £575 £588 £588
90th Percentile £665 £675 £675
North West median daily rate £450 £488 £500
% change year-on-year -7.69% -2.50% +3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 79 37 65
10th Percentile £13.00 £15.58 £14.71
25th Percentile £16.79 £21.25 £16.62
Median hourly rate £22.32 £32.50 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year -31.34% +71.05% -5.00%
75th Percentile £31.83 £62.50 £46.88
90th Percentile £63.75 £81.90 £70.00
North West median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £33.54
% change year-on-year -28.16% +4.35% +43.39%

Microsoft BI Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Microsoft BI Developer job vacancy trend in Manchester

Microsoft BI Developer
Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Microsoft BI Developer job vacancies in Manchester.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Microsoft BI Developer job vacancies in Manchester

Microsoft BI Developer Skill Set
Top 19 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester

For the 6 months to 3 October 2025, Microsoft 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 Manchester region featuring Microsoft BI Developer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) T-SQL
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Visualisation
1 1 (100.00%) Data Visualisation
1 1 (100.00%) Tableau
1 1 (100.00%) Data Quality
1 1 (100.00%) Business Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Relational Database
1 1 (100.00%) Power BI
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
1 1 (100.00%) Data Pipeline

Microsoft BI 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 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (100.00%) Power BI
1 1 (100.00%) Relational Database
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) Tableau
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Business Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Data Pipeline
1 1 (100.00%) Data Visualisation
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) T-SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft