Business Intelligence Developer Contract Job Trends in the North West

BI Developer
England > North West

The median BI Developer daily rate in the North West is £438, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 14 December 2025.

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

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 134 105 127
Rank change year-on-year -29 +22 +25
Contract jobs requiring a Business Intelligence Developer 7 16 10
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 0.28% 0.74% 0.38%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.31% 0.79% 0.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 10 8
10th Percentile £384 £206 £319
25th Percentile £408 £368 £353
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £423 £375
Median % change year-on-year +3.55% +12.67% -14.77%
75th Percentile £466 £470 £447
90th Percentile £484 £476 £475
England median daily rate £450 £470 £500
% change year-on-year -4.26% -6.00% +5.26%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
North West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the North West. 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 North West with a recognized job title 2,238 2,014 2,453
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.09% 92.90% 92.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,459 1,134 1,695
10th Percentile £213 £259 £300
25th Percentile £358 £386 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +2.56%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £600
90th Percentile £666 £656 £675
England median daily rate £510 £525 £534
% change year-on-year -2.86% -1.69% -2.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 214 122 163
10th Percentile £17.30 £15.53 £16.04
25th Percentile £20.11 £18.00 £17.75
Median hourly rate £31.75 £27.31 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +16.25% -21.96% +64.51%
75th Percentile £56.63 £46.18 £46.53
90th Percentile £70.00 £67.25 £64.75
England median hourly rate £26.50 £37.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -28.38% -17.78% +38.46%

Business Intelligence Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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 the North West.

Business Intelligence Developer job vacancy trend in the North West

Business Intelligence Developer
Daily Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Business Intelligence Developer job vacancies in the North West.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Business Intelligence Developer job vacancies in the North West

Business Intelligence Developer
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Intelligence Developer in the North West over the 6 months to 14 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Business Intelligence Developer in the North West

Business Intelligence Developer
Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Business Intelligence Developer job vacancies in the North West.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Business Intelligence Developer job vacancies in the North West

Business Intelligence Developer
Contract Job Locations in the North West

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 North West region over the 6 months to 14 December 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
Manchester -11 4 £438 -2.78% 1
Merseyside -6 1 £500 +135.29%
Cheshire -25 1 - - 5
Lancashire - 1 £410 -
Business Intelligence Developer
England

Business Intelligence Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West

For the 6 months to 14 December 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 North West region featuring Business Intelligence Developer in the job title.

1 7 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 7 (100.00%) Power BI
1 7 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 6 (85.71%) Data Modelling
2 6 (85.71%) SQL
3 4 (57.14%) Visualisation
4 3 (42.86%) Data Pipeline
4 3 (42.86%) Microsoft
4 3 (42.86%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (42.86%) SQL Server
5 2 (28.57%) Actionable Insight
5 2 (28.57%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 2 (28.57%) Data Extraction
5 2 (28.57%) Data Governance
5 2 (28.57%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (28.57%) Decision-Making
5 2 (28.57%) Microsoft Excel
5 2 (28.57%) Relational Database
5 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (28.57%) Star Schema
5 2 (28.57%) Supply Chain Management
5 2 (28.57%) T-SQL
6 1 (14.29%) Agile
6 1 (14.29%) Analytics
6 1 (14.29%) AWS
6 1 (14.29%) Azure
6 1 (14.29%) Business Analytics
6 1 (14.29%) Capita
6 1 (14.29%) Computer Science
6 1 (14.29%) Computer Science Degree

Business Intelligence Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (14.29%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 7 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 1 (14.29%) AWS
2 1 (14.29%) Azure
2 1 (14.29%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (100.00%) Power BI
2 3 (42.86%) SQL Server
3 2 (28.57%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (28.57%) Relational Database
3 2 (28.57%) Star Schema
4 1 (14.29%) Power Query
4 1 (14.29%) Tableau
General
1 4 (57.14%) Social Skills
2 3 (42.86%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Finance
3 1 (14.29%) Local Government
3 1 (14.29%) Manufacturing
3 1 (14.29%) Organisational Skills
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) Data Structures
2 2 (28.57%) FMCG
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
2 6 (85.71%) Data Modelling
3 4 (57.14%) Visualisation
4 3 (42.86%) Data Pipeline
4 3 (42.86%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (28.57%) Actionable Insight
5 2 (28.57%) Data Extraction
5 2 (28.57%) Data Governance
5 2 (28.57%) Decision-Making
5 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (28.57%) Supply Chain Management
6 1 (14.29%) Agile
6 1 (14.29%) Computer Science
6 1 (14.29%) Data Integration
6 1 (14.29%) Data Science
6 1 (14.29%) Data Visualisation
6 1 (14.29%) ERP
6 1 (14.29%) ETL
6 1 (14.29%) Mathematics
6 1 (14.29%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 6 (85.71%) SQL
2 2 (28.57%) Data Analysis Expressions
2 2 (28.57%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (14.29%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) Data Quality
1 1 (14.29%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (42.86%) Microsoft
2 1 (14.29%) Capita
2 1 (14.29%) Sage
2 1 (14.29%) SAP