Business Intelligence Developer Contracts in the Midlands

BI Developer
England > Midlands

The median BI Developer daily rate in the Midlands is £398, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 102 122 143
Rank change year-on-year +20 +21 +30
Contract jobs requiring a Business Intelligence Developer 9 11 24
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.47% 0.40% 0.70%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.52% 0.43% 0.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 9 16
10th Percentile £346 £300 £205
25th Percentile £360 £313 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £398 £375 £425
Median % change year-on-year +6.13% -11.76% +6.25%
75th Percentile £538 £388 £481
90th Percentile £598 £440 £538
England median daily rate £450 £453 £463
% change year-on-year -0.55% -2.16% +2.78%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the Midlands. 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 the Midlands with a recognized job title 1,725 2,532 3,256
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.13% 91.84% 94.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,147 1,707 2,290
10th Percentile £200 £213 £223
25th Percentile £356 £325 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year - - +3.26%
75th Percentile £552 £588 £588
90th Percentile £638 £688 £675
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 106 213 128
10th Percentile £12.62 £11.84 £12.35
25th Percentile £14.00 £14.27 £15.21
Median hourly rate £18.82 £19.59 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -3.94% -2.05% +16.33%
75th Percentile £28.18 £35.00 £28.88
90th Percentile £35.58 £54.60 £61.50
England median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
% change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%

Business Intelligence Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Job postings that featured Business Intelligence Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Business Intelligence Developer in the Midlands

Business Intelligence Developer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Business Intelligence Developer in the Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Business Intelligence Developer in the Midlands

Business Intelligence Developer
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Intelligence Developer in the Midlands over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Business Intelligence Developer in the Midlands

Business Intelligence Developer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Business Intelligence Developer in the Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for Business Intelligence Developer in the Midlands

Business Intelligence Developer
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Business Intelligence Developer within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
West Midlands +12 8 £398 +6.13% 9
East Midlands - 1 - - 1
Business Intelligence Developer
England

Business Intelligence Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Business Intelligence Developer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Midlands region featuring Business Intelligence Developer in the job title.

1 9 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
2 8 (88.89%) Power BI
2 8 (88.89%) Power Platform
3 5 (55.56%) SQL
4 4 (44.44%) Data Modelling
4 4 (44.44%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 4 (44.44%) Visualisation
5 3 (33.33%) Decision-Making
5 3 (33.33%) Power Query
5 3 (33.33%) AWS
5 3 (33.33%) Data Integration
6 2 (22.22%) SC Cleared
6 2 (22.22%) Security Cleared
6 2 (22.22%) Google
6 2 (22.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 2 (22.22%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (22.22%) Microsoft
6 2 (22.22%) SAP
6 2 (22.22%) Python
6 2 (22.22%) R
6 2 (22.22%) Data Visualisation
6 2 (22.22%) Tableau
6 2 (22.22%) Requirements Gathering
6 2 (22.22%) Social Skills
6 2 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (22.22%) Azure
6 2 (22.22%) Actionable Insight
7 1 (11.11%) Databricks
7 1 (11.11%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (11.11%) Presentation Skills

Business Intelligence Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (11.11%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 8 (88.89%) Power Platform
2 3 (33.33%) AWS
3 2 (22.22%) Azure
4 1 (11.11%) GCP
4 1 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (11.11%) SuccessFactors
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (88.89%) Power BI
2 3 (33.33%) Power Query
3 2 (22.22%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (22.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 2 (22.22%) Tableau
4 1 (11.11%) Big Data
4 1 (11.11%) BusinessObjects
4 1 (11.11%) Data Mining
4 1 (11.11%) Hadoop
4 1 (11.11%) MySQL
4 1 (11.11%) Oracle ODI
4 1 (11.11%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (11.11%) RDBMS
4 1 (11.11%) Relational Database
4 1 (11.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
General
1 2 (22.22%) Social Skills
2 1 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (11.11%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (11.11%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Analytical Mindset
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
2 4 (44.44%) Data Modelling
2 4 (44.44%) Visualisation
3 3 (33.33%) Data Integration
3 3 (33.33%) Decision-Making
4 2 (22.22%) Actionable Insight
4 2 (22.22%) Data Visualisation
4 2 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (22.22%) Requirements Gathering
5 1 (11.11%) Agile
5 1 (11.11%) CI/CD
5 1 (11.11%) Dashboard Development
5 1 (11.11%) Data Analysis
5 1 (11.11%) Data Extraction
5 1 (11.11%) Dimensional Modelling
5 1 (11.11%) Migration
5 1 (11.11%) SDLC
5 1 (11.11%) Storytelling
5 1 (11.11%) User Experience
5 1 (11.11%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 5 (55.56%) SQL
2 4 (44.44%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 2 (22.22%) Python
3 2 (22.22%) R
4 1 (11.11%) C#
4 1 (11.11%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (22.22%) SC Cleared
1 2 (22.22%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (22.22%) Google
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft
1 2 (22.22%) SAP
2 1 (11.11%) Databricks
2 1 (11.11%) Oracle