Business Intelligence Contracts in the Midlands

Business Intelligence (BI)
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands requiring Business Intelligence skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Business Intelligence over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 31 29 32
Rank change year-on-year -2 +3 -4
Contract jobs citing Business Intelligence 93 133 203
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 4.86% 4.82% 5.90%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.55% 5.87% 6.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 52 101 140
10th Percentile £360 £200 £263
25th Percentile £393 £350 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £440 £450
Median % change year-on-year +7.95% -2.22% -6.15%
75th Percentile £541 £563 £575
90th Percentile £638 £698 £639
England median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -2.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 7 3
10th Percentile £16.25 £10.28 £20.05
25th Percentile £17.70 £12.75 £21.53
Median hourly rate £18.87 £13.50 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year +39.78% -43.75% -46.67%
75th Percentile £20.38 £17.99 £24.94
90th Percentile £21.95 £26.34 £25.50
England median hourly rate £28.60 £24.00 £26.13
% change year-on-year +19.17% -8.13% -12.92%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,676 2,266 3,045
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 87.57% 82.19% 88.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,099 1,510 2,125
10th Percentile £200 £237 £250
25th Percentile £358 £356 £370
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £495
Median % change year-on-year - -4.04% +4.21%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £588
90th Percentile £650 £700 £675
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 93 172 119
10th Percentile £12.62 £11.07 £11.96
25th Percentile £13.81 £13.81 £15.05
Median hourly rate £18.13 £19.00 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year -4.58% +7.22% +1.37%
75th Percentile £24.22 £35.00 £26.81
90th Percentile £36.55 £55.00 £55.50
England median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%

Business Intelligence
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Job postings citing Business Intelligence as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Business Intelligence in the Midlands

Business Intelligence
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Business Intelligence in the Midlands

Business Intelligence
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

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

Daily rate histogram for Business Intelligence in the Midlands

Business Intelligence
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Business Intelligence in the Midlands

Business Intelligence
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 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 -3 69 £485 +7.78% 176
East Midlands -2 23 £413 +0.12% 86
Business Intelligence
England

Business Intelligence
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 12 (12.90%) SharePoint
2 4 (4.30%) Oracle Self-Service HR
2 4 (4.30%) Oracle Workflow
3 2 (2.15%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (1.08%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 21 (22.58%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (6.45%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (5.38%) InfoPath
4 3 (3.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (1.08%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (1.08%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (1.08%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 5 (5.38%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (4.30%) Oracle HRMS
3 2 (2.15%) Oracle ERP
3 2 (2.15%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (1.08%) Oracle EBS R12
4 1 (1.08%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (1.08%) Oracle iProcurement
4 1 (1.08%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (1.08%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (1.08%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 72 (77.42%) Power Platform
2 24 (25.81%) Azure
3 16 (17.20%) PowerApps
4 15 (16.13%) Power Automate
5 12 (12.90%) Microsoft 365
6 10 (10.75%) AWS
7 9 (9.68%) Dynamics 365
8 7 (7.53%) Serverless
9 5 (5.38%) Azure Functions
9 5 (5.38%) Azure Logic Apps
9 5 (5.38%) Entra ID
9 5 (5.38%) GCP
10 4 (4.30%) Asana
10 4 (4.30%) Snowflake
11 3 (3.23%) Azure DevOps
11 3 (3.23%) Copilot Studio
12 2 (2.15%) AWS Lambda
12 2 (2.15%) Azure Data Factory
12 2 (2.15%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 2 (2.15%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.08%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 72 (77.42%) Power BI
2 15 (16.13%) Data Warehouse
3 8 (8.60%) Relational Database
4 7 (7.53%) SQL Server
4 7 (7.53%) Tableau
5 6 (6.45%) RDBMS
6 5 (5.38%) Power Query
6 5 (5.38%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 5 (5.38%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 4 (4.30%) Oracle Database
8 3 (3.23%) Amazon Redshift
9 2 (2.15%) Big Data
9 2 (2.15%) BusinessObjects
9 2 (2.15%) Metadata
9 2 (2.15%) NoSQL
9 2 (2.15%) Oracle BI Publisher
9 2 (2.15%) Oracle Reports
10 1 (1.08%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
10 1 (1.08%) Data Lake
10 1 (1.08%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 5 (5.38%) JIRA
2 3 (3.23%) Oracle Forms
3 2 (2.15%) Jenkins
3 2 (2.15%) Visual Studio
4 1 (1.08%) Git
4 1 (1.08%) Selenium
4 1 (1.08%) SpecFlow
4 1 (1.08%) WebDriver
General
1 47 (50.54%) Social Skills
2 27 (29.03%) Analytical Skills
3 18 (19.35%) Finance
4 12 (12.90%) Public Sector
5 11 (11.83%) Presentation Skills
6 6 (6.45%) Local Government
6 6 (6.45%) Manufacturing
7 5 (5.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (4.30%) Law
8 4 (4.30%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (2.15%) Electronics
9 2 (2.15%) Marketing
9 2 (2.15%) Retail
9 2 (2.15%) Telecoms
10 1 (1.08%) Aerospace
10 1 (1.08%) Games
10 1 (1.08%) General Ledger
10 1 (1.08%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (1.08%) Military
Job Titles
1 18 (19.35%) Analyst
2 16 (17.20%) Developer
3 13 (13.98%) Lead
4 9 (9.68%) Architect
4 9 (9.68%) Business Intelligence Developer
4 9 (9.68%) Data Analyst
5 8 (8.60%) Power BI Developer
6 7 (7.53%) Solutions Architect
7 5 (5.38%) Consultant
7 5 (5.38%) Data Engineer
7 5 (5.38%) Project Manager
7 5 (5.38%) Senior
8 4 (4.30%) Automation Architect
8 4 (4.30%) IT Manager
8 4 (4.30%) IT Project Manager
8 4 (4.30%) Oracle Specialist
9 3 (3.23%) Business Intelligence Analyst
9 3 (3.23%) Customer Support Manager
9 3 (3.23%) Senior Analyst
9 3 (3.23%) Support Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (7.53%) .NET
2 5 (5.38%) .NET Framework
2 5 (5.38%) ASP.NET
2 5 (5.38%) ASP.NET MVC
2 5 (5.38%) CSS
2 5 (5.38%) Entity Framework
2 5 (5.38%) HTML
2 5 (5.38%) HTML5 Canvas
3 4 (4.30%) LDAP
4 3 (3.23%) Kafka
5 2 (2.15%) React
5 2 (2.15%) XML
6 1 (1.08%) ADO
6 1 (1.08%) JSON
6 1 (1.08%) Middleware
6 1 (1.08%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 6 (6.45%) Data Centre
2 5 (5.38%) Enterprise Cloud
2 5 (5.38%) Enterprise Software
2 5 (5.38%) Onboarding
3 4 (4.30%) Security Posture
3 4 (4.30%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (3.23%) Cloud Native
4 3 (3.23%) Management Information System
4 3 (3.23%) Product Ownership
5 2 (2.15%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (2.15%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (1.08%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (1.08%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 5 (5.38%) Linux
1 5 (5.38%) Windows
2 2 (2.15%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (29.03%) Problem-Solving
2 25 (26.88%) Analytics
3 21 (22.58%) Data Analysis
4 20 (21.51%) Data Modelling
4 20 (21.51%) Migration
4 20 (21.51%) Visualisation
5 19 (20.43%) Decision-Making
6 17 (18.28%) Agile
7 16 (17.20%) Data Visualisation
8 15 (16.13%) Stakeholder Management
8 15 (16.13%) Workflow
9 14 (15.05%) Data Analytics
10 11 (11.83%) Data Governance
11 10 (10.75%) CRM
12 9 (9.68%) Data Integration
12 9 (9.68%) ETL
12 9 (9.68%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 8 (8.60%) Continuous Improvement
13 8 (8.60%) Project Management
13 8 (8.60%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 52 (55.91%) SQL
2 15 (16.13%) Python
3 8 (8.60%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 7 (7.53%) C#
5 6 (6.45%) JavaScript
6 3 (3.23%) PowerShell
6 3 (3.23%) R
6 3 (3.23%) VB
7 2 (2.15%) Java
7 2 (2.15%) PL/SQL
7 2 (2.15%) Scala
7 2 (2.15%) T-SQL
7 2 (2.15%) TypeScript
7 2 (2.15%) VBA
Qualifications
1 8 (8.60%) Degree
2 6 (6.45%) Security Cleared
3 4 (4.30%) SC Cleared
4 2 (2.15%) AWS Certification
4 2 (2.15%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 2 (2.15%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (1.08%) Azure Certification
5 1 (1.08%) CITP
5 1 (1.08%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (1.08%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (15.05%) Data Quality
2 5 (5.38%) PMO
2 5 (5.38%) SLA
3 4 (4.30%) GDPR
4 2 (2.15%) Accessibility
5 1 (1.08%) QA
System Software
1 6 (6.45%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.15%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (4.30%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (2.15%) Kubernetes
3 1 (1.08%) Grafana
3 1 (1.08%) SCCM
Vendors
1 25 (26.88%) Microsoft
2 13 (13.98%) Oracle
3 8 (8.60%) SAP
4 6 (6.45%) ServiceNow
5 5 (5.38%) CyberArk
6 4 (4.30%) Databricks
7 2 (2.15%) Google
7 2 (2.15%) UiPath
8 1 (1.08%) Cisco
8 1 (1.08%) Citrix
8 1 (1.08%) Dell
8 1 (1.08%) HP
8 1 (1.08%) Informatica
8 1 (1.08%) Nexthink
8 1 (1.08%) QAD
8 1 (1.08%) Remedy
8 1 (1.08%) Splunk