Business Intelligence Contracts in the North of England

Business Intelligence (BI)
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England 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 53 42 39
Rank change year-on-year -11 -3 +16
Contract jobs citing Business Intelligence 132 191 281
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 4.01% 4.01% 4.82%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.45% 4.67% 5.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 96 138 191
10th Percentile £311 £346 £320
25th Percentile £400 £395 £412
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £550 £525 £588
90th Percentile £631 £638 £688
England median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -2.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 15 0
10th Percentile £22.63 £11.00 -
25th Percentile £22.72 £13.50 -
Median hourly rate £27.50 £20.77 -
Median % change year-on-year +32.40% - -
75th Percentile £32.08 £43.75 -
90th Percentile £34.27 - -
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
North of England

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 North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,966 4,089 5,288
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 90.02% 85.76% 90.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,908 2,506 3,674
10th Percentile £263 £300 £302
25th Percentile £378 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £563 £588 £600
90th Percentile £650 £675 £688
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 154 355 207
10th Percentile £13.83 £11.03 £10.63
25th Percentile £18.20 £12.45 £15.25
Median hourly rate £28.75 £17.50 £27.70
Median % change year-on-year +64.29% -36.82% +49.73%
75th Percentile £55.76 £44.41 £45.05
90th Percentile £82.56 £53.90 £65.00
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 North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Intelligence in the North of England

Business Intelligence
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Business Intelligence in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for Business Intelligence in the North of England

Business Intelligence
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

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

Daily rate histogram for Business Intelligence in the North of England

Business Intelligence
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Business Intelligence in the North of England.

Hourly rate trend for Business Intelligence in the North of England

Business Intelligence
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

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 North of England 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
North West -17 66 £530 +17.13% 382
Yorkshire 0 52 £447 -0.67% 236
North East +5 14 £450 -32.08% 78
Business Intelligence
England

Business Intelligence
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 8 (6.06%) SharePoint
2 4 (3.03%) Confluence
3 3 (2.27%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (1.52%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.76%) Apache
5 1 (0.76%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.76%) SAS
Applications
1 25 (18.94%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (2.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (2.27%) MS Visio
3 2 (1.52%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.76%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.76%) Revit
4 1 (0.76%) Trello
Business Applications
1 7 (5.30%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (2.27%) NetSuite
3 2 (1.52%) SAP ERP
3 2 (1.52%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.76%) SAP PS
4 1 (0.76%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 93 (70.45%) Power Platform
2 40 (30.30%) Azure
3 18 (13.64%) PowerApps
4 12 (9.09%) Microsoft 365
5 10 (7.58%) Azure Data Factory
5 10 (7.58%) Power Automate
6 9 (6.82%) AWS
6 9 (6.82%) Dynamics 365
7 8 (6.06%) Azure DevOps
8 5 (3.79%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 4 (3.03%) GCP
9 4 (3.03%) Snowflake
10 3 (2.27%) SuccessFactors
11 2 (1.52%) Azure Functions
11 2 (1.52%) Cloud Composer
11 2 (1.52%) Google Analytics
11 2 (1.52%) Kong
11 2 (1.52%) Lucidchart
11 2 (1.52%) Serverless
12 1 (0.76%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.52%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 93 (70.45%) Power BI
2 30 (22.73%) Tableau
3 17 (12.88%) Data Warehouse
4 11 (8.33%) PostgreSQL
4 11 (8.33%) Relational Database
5 9 (6.82%) Metadata
6 8 (6.06%) SQL Server
7 7 (5.30%) Data Lake
8 6 (4.55%) Power Query
8 6 (4.55%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 4 (3.03%) MySQL
9 4 (3.03%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 3 (2.27%) Big Data
10 3 (2.27%) QlikView
11 2 (1.52%) Hadoop
11 2 (1.52%) Looker
11 2 (1.52%) Metadata Repository
11 2 (1.52%) NoSQL
11 2 (1.52%) Qlik Sense
11 2 (1.52%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 12 (9.09%) Jenkins
2 11 (8.33%) GitLab
2 11 (8.33%) JIRA
2 11 (8.33%) Liquibase
3 10 (7.58%) Gradle
3 10 (7.58%) JUnit
3 10 (7.58%) Mockito
4 4 (3.03%) Git
4 4 (3.03%) Visual Studio
5 2 (1.52%) Cucumber
5 2 (1.52%) Hudson
5 2 (1.52%) REST Assured
5 2 (1.52%) Selenium
6 1 (0.76%) ERwin
6 1 (0.76%) Flyway
6 1 (0.76%) ScriptRunner
6 1 (0.76%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 1 (0.76%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 36 (27.27%) Public Sector
1 36 (27.27%) Social Skills
2 32 (24.24%) Finance
3 25 (18.94%) Marketing
4 22 (16.67%) Manufacturing
5 20 (15.15%) Analytical Skills
6 19 (14.39%) Electronics
6 19 (14.39%) Telecoms
7 6 (4.55%) Retail
8 3 (2.27%) Banking
8 3 (2.27%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (1.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.76%) Automotive
10 1 (0.76%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.76%) Military
10 1 (0.76%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.76%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 36 (27.27%) Analyst
2 24 (18.18%) Developer
3 19 (14.39%) Data Analyst
4 11 (8.33%) Senior
5 10 (7.58%) Architect
6 9 (6.82%) Business Analyst
6 9 (6.82%) Business Intelligence Analyst
7 8 (6.06%) Business Intelligence Developer
7 8 (6.06%) Lead
7 8 (6.06%) Power BI Developer
8 7 (5.30%) Consultant
8 7 (5.30%) Data Engineer
9 6 (4.55%) Performance Analyst
9 6 (4.55%) Software Engineer
10 5 (3.79%) Business Intelligence Consultant
10 5 (3.79%) DevOps Engineer
10 5 (3.79%) Java Developer
10 5 (3.79%) Java Engineer
10 5 (3.79%) Java Software Engineer
10 5 (3.79%) React Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (8.33%) React
2 10 (7.58%) Kafka
2 10 (7.58%) OpenAPI
2 10 (7.58%) Spring
2 10 (7.58%) Spring Boot
2 10 (7.58%) Swagger
3 3 (2.27%) .NET
4 2 (1.52%) CSS
4 2 (1.52%) HTML
4 2 (1.52%) Jest
4 2 (1.52%) Node.js
4 2 (1.52%) pytest
4 2 (1.52%) Sass
5 1 (0.76%) ARM Templates
5 1 (0.76%) D3.js
5 1 (0.76%) Matplotlib
5 1 (0.76%) Pandas
5 1 (0.76%) scikit-learn
5 1 (0.76%) Shiny
5 1 (0.76%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 7 (5.30%) Management Information System
2 6 (4.55%) NHS
3 5 (3.79%) Algorithms
4 4 (3.03%) Data Protection Act
4 4 (3.03%) Onboarding
5 3 (2.27%) Data Structures
5 3 (2.27%) FMCG
6 2 (1.52%) Client/Server
6 2 (1.52%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (1.52%) Low-Code
6 2 (1.52%) Product Ownership
6 2 (1.52%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.76%) Distributed Computing
7 1 (0.76%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (0.76%) IoT
7 1 (0.76%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (0.76%) PMI
7 1 (0.76%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.52%) Linux
1 2 (1.52%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (0.76%) Alpine Linux
2 1 (0.76%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (29.55%) Problem-Solving
2 38 (28.79%) Visualisation
3 36 (27.27%) Agile
4 27 (20.45%) Decision-Making
5 25 (18.94%) Data Analysis
5 25 (18.94%) DevOps
6 24 (18.18%) Migration
7 23 (17.42%) Data Modelling
8 22 (16.67%) Data Visualisation
8 22 (16.67%) ETL
9 20 (15.15%) Analytics
9 20 (15.15%) CI/CD
10 19 (14.39%) Digital Marketing
10 19 (14.39%) Programme Management
11 15 (11.36%) Data Governance
12 14 (10.61%) Data Science
13 12 (9.09%) Data Management
13 12 (9.09%) Software Engineering
13 12 (9.09%) TDD
14 11 (8.33%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 59 (44.70%) SQL
2 16 (12.12%) Python
3 13 (9.85%) Java
4 10 (7.58%) TypeScript
5 9 (6.82%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 6 (4.55%) T-SQL
7 3 (2.27%) Bash
7 3 (2.27%) R
8 2 (1.52%) JavaScript
8 2 (1.52%) PL/SQL
8 2 (1.52%) VB
9 1 (0.76%) Bicep
9 1 (0.76%) C#
9 1 (0.76%) Groovy
9 1 (0.76%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 20 (15.15%) SC Cleared
1 20 (15.15%) Security Cleared
2 13 (9.85%) Degree
3 2 (1.52%) CCNA
3 2 (1.52%) CCNP
3 2 (1.52%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (1.52%) Master's Degree
3 2 (1.52%) Tableau Certification
4 1 (0.76%) CBAP
4 1 (0.76%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (0.76%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (0.76%) PMI Certification
4 1 (0.76%) RIBA
4 1 (0.76%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (12.88%) Data Quality
2 4 (3.03%) Accessibility
2 4 (3.03%) GDPR
2 4 (3.03%) PMO
3 2 (1.52%) WCAG
System Software
1 12 (9.09%) Docker
2 2 (1.52%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 6 (4.55%) Kubernetes
2 4 (3.03%) Ansible
2 4 (3.03%) Terraform
3 2 (1.52%) Grafana
3 2 (1.52%) HP Data Protector
3 2 (1.52%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (1.52%) NetBackup
3 2 (1.52%) Prometheus
4 1 (0.76%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 31 (23.48%) Microsoft
2 26 (19.70%) SAP
3 9 (6.82%) Databricks
4 6 (4.55%) Google
5 3 (2.27%) Fortinet
5 3 (2.27%) Infoblox
5 3 (2.27%) ServiceNow
6 2 (1.52%) Brio
6 2 (1.52%) Dell
6 2 (1.52%) Liquidlogic
6 2 (1.52%) Oracle
6 2 (1.52%) Sage
6 2 (1.52%) Veritas
6 2 (1.52%) Virgin Media
7 1 (0.76%) Atlassian
7 1 (0.76%) Autodesk
7 1 (0.76%) Informatica
7 1 (0.76%) MuleSoft
7 1 (0.76%) Ping Identity
7 1 (0.76%) Workday