Business Intelligence Contract Job Trends in the North West

Business Intelligence (BI)
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North West requiring Business Intelligence skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 57 51 43
Rank change year-on-year -6 -8 -9
Contract jobs citing Business Intelligence 138 89 97
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 3.65% 4.03% 4.06%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.41% 4.54% 4.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 61 60 60
10th Percentile £400 £308 £318
25th Percentile £435 £385 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +11.11% -5.26%
75th Percentile £588 £550 £512
90th Percentile £625 £647 £575
England median daily rate £500 £500 £500
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 1 1
10th Percentile £21.08 - -
25th Percentile £28.50 £22.50 £63.25
Median hourly rate £29.96 £25.00 £66.50
Median % change year-on-year +19.84% -62.41% +144.49%
75th Percentile £30.00 £27.50 £69.75
90th Percentile £55.45 - -
England median hourly rate £30.00 £31.64 £30.00
% change year-on-year -5.18% +5.47% -7.18%

All Process & Methodology Skills
North West

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 West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,129 1,959 2,012
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 82.71% 88.68% 84.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,820 1,271 1,212
10th Percentile £277 £280 £310
25th Percentile £400 £375 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £454 £500
Median % change year-on-year +10.25% -9.30% -
75th Percentile £599 £575 £588
90th Percentile £676 £663 £675
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 332 124 169
10th Percentile £16.01 £13.50 £10.95
25th Percentile £24.18 £18.87 £16.06
Median hourly rate £45.00 £27.19 £34.21
Median % change year-on-year +65.52% -20.53% -2.26%
75th Percentile £73.00 £56.19 £51.91
90th Percentile £85.00 £74.63 £70.90
England median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +74.79% -41.51% +3.61%

Business Intelligence
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Business Intelligence relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Business Intelligence job vacancy trend in the North West

Business Intelligence
Daily Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Business Intelligence.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Business Intelligence

Business Intelligence
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Intelligence in the North West over the 6 months to 12 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Business Intelligence in the North West

Business Intelligence
Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Business Intelligence.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Business Intelligence

Business Intelligence
Hourly Rate Histogram in the North West

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Business Intelligence in the North West over the 6 months to 12 August 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Business Intelligence in the North West

Business Intelligence
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 within the North West region over the 6 months to 12 August 2026. 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 +3 98 £500 +8.11% 121
Cheshire -10 17 £525 -5.19% 25
Merseyside -11 15 £435 -13.00% 25
Lancashire -16 4 £400 -15.79% 30
Cumbria -12 2 - - 4
Business Intelligence
England

Business Intelligence
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 8 (5.80%) Confluence
2 6 (4.35%) SharePoint
3 3 (2.17%) Apache
4 2 (1.45%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (1.45%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.72%) CMS
5 1 (0.72%) Mendix
5 1 (0.72%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.72%) SAS
5 1 (0.72%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 27 (19.57%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (5.07%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (3.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (2.90%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (2.90%) MS Visio
5 3 (2.17%) AutoCAD
5 3 (2.17%) Navisworks
5 3 (2.17%) ProjectWise
5 3 (2.17%) Revit
6 1 (0.72%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 6 (4.35%) Remedy ITSM
2 5 (3.62%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (2.90%) Primavera
3 4 (2.90%) SAP MM
4 3 (2.17%) Integrated Workplace Management System
5 1 (0.72%) Dynamics AX
5 1 (0.72%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.72%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.72%) ResourceLink
5 1 (0.72%) SAP BPC
5 1 (0.72%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.72%) SAP IBP
5 1 (0.72%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 109 (78.99%) Power Platform
2 52 (37.68%) Azure
3 18 (13.04%) AWS
4 17 (12.32%) Power Automate
5 14 (10.14%) PowerApps
6 10 (7.25%) Azure Data Factory
7 9 (6.52%) Azure DevOps
7 9 (6.52%) SaaS
8 8 (5.80%) Microsoft 365
9 7 (5.07%) Azure Monitor
9 7 (5.07%) dbt
9 7 (5.07%) Serverless
9 7 (5.07%) Snowflake
10 6 (4.35%) AWS Lambda
10 6 (4.35%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 6 (4.35%) Dynamics 365
10 6 (4.35%) GCP
11 5 (3.62%) Amazon SageMaker
11 5 (3.62%) Azure Machine Learning
11 5 (3.62%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 7 (5.07%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 109 (78.99%) Power BI
2 23 (16.67%) Data Warehouse
3 18 (13.04%) SQL Server
4 17 (12.32%) Power Query
5 15 (10.87%) Data Lake
6 14 (10.14%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 11 (7.97%) Tableau
8 9 (6.52%) MySQL
9 7 (5.07%) Looker
10 6 (4.35%) Semantic Layer
10 6 (4.35%) Snowflake Schema
10 6 (4.35%) Star Schema
11 5 (3.62%) Amazon Redshift
11 5 (3.62%) BigQuery
11 5 (3.62%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 4 (2.90%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
12 4 (2.90%) Delta Lake
13 3 (2.17%) Metadata
13 3 (2.17%) SAP BW
13 3 (2.17%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 11 (7.97%) JIRA
2 10 (7.25%) Git
3 1 (0.72%) Claude Code
3 1 (0.72%) Hudson
3 1 (0.72%) Oracle Forms
3 1 (0.72%) Toad
3 1 (0.72%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 39 (28.26%) Social Skills
2 31 (22.46%) Finance
3 27 (19.57%) Analytical Skills
4 20 (14.49%) Manufacturing
5 9 (6.52%) Banking
6 6 (4.35%) Retail
7 5 (3.62%) Law
8 4 (2.90%) Marketing
8 4 (2.90%) Presentation Skills
8 4 (2.90%) Public Sector
9 3 (2.17%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (1.45%) Aviation
10 2 (1.45%) Investment Banking
10 2 (1.45%) Local Government
11 1 (0.72%) Billing
11 1 (0.72%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.72%) Multimedia
11 1 (0.72%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (0.72%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 26 (18.84%) Developer
2 21 (15.22%) Analyst
3 20 (14.49%) Business Intelligence Developer
3 20 (14.49%) Power BI Developer
4 18 (13.04%) Senior
5 11 (7.97%) Data Engineer
6 10 (7.25%) Data Analyst
6 10 (7.25%) Lead
7 9 (6.52%) Architect
8 7 (5.07%) Data Architect
8 7 (5.07%) DBA
8 7 (5.07%) Security Engineer
8 7 (5.07%) SQL DBA
9 6 (4.35%) Automation Specialist
9 6 (4.35%) Business Intelligence Analyst
9 6 (4.35%) Consultant
10 5 (3.62%) Project Manager
10 5 (3.62%) Senior Developer
11 4 (2.90%) Administrator
11 4 (2.90%) Coordinator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (8.70%) PySpark
2 5 (3.62%) Langfuse
3 3 (2.17%) REST
4 2 (1.45%) AWS CDK
5 1 (0.72%) .NET
5 1 (0.72%) .NET Core
5 1 (0.72%) .NET Framework
5 1 (0.72%) AngularJS
5 1 (0.72%) EDI
5 1 (0.72%) Elastic Stack
5 1 (0.72%) Entity Framework
5 1 (0.72%) Microsoft Graph
5 1 (0.72%) RabbitMQ
5 1 (0.72%) React
5 1 (0.72%) RESTful
5 1 (0.72%) SOAP
5 1 (0.72%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 13 (9.42%) Management Information System
2 8 (5.80%) AI Agents
3 6 (4.35%) Clustering
3 6 (4.35%) Data Structures
3 6 (4.35%) Replication
4 5 (3.62%) Analytical Mindset
4 5 (3.62%) Low-Code
4 5 (3.62%) Onboarding
5 4 (2.90%) CMDB
5 4 (2.90%) Legacy Systems
6 3 (2.17%) Data Protection Act
6 3 (2.17%) Distributed Computing
6 3 (2.17%) FMCG
7 2 (1.45%) Algorithms
7 2 (1.45%) Cloud Native
7 2 (1.45%) Data Fabric
7 2 (1.45%) Life Science
8 1 (0.72%) Enterprise Cloud
8 1 (0.72%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.72%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 14 (10.14%) Windows
2 7 (5.07%) Windows Server
3 5 (3.62%) Apple iOS
3 5 (3.62%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (48.55%) Analytics
2 40 (28.99%) Data Modelling
3 34 (24.64%) Visualisation
4 30 (21.74%) ETL
5 28 (20.29%) Migration
6 27 (19.57%) Stakeholder Management
7 26 (18.84%) AI
8 25 (18.12%) Problem-Solving
9 24 (17.39%) Agile
9 24 (17.39%) CI/CD
9 24 (17.39%) Data Visualisation
10 22 (15.94%) Workflow
11 21 (15.22%) Data Analysis
12 18 (13.04%) Data Transformation
13 17 (12.32%) Data Analytics
14 16 (11.59%) Continuous Improvement
14 16 (11.59%) DevOps
14 16 (11.59%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 15 (10.87%) Roadmaps
16 14 (10.14%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 63 (45.65%) SQL
2 25 (18.12%) Python
3 20 (14.49%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 14 (10.14%) T-SQL
5 13 (9.42%) PowerShell
6 2 (1.45%) C#
7 1 (0.72%) Java
7 1 (0.72%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.72%) MATLAB
7 1 (0.72%) VBA
Qualifications
1 18 (13.04%) Degree
1 18 (13.04%) Security Cleared
2 13 (9.42%) SC Cleared
3 9 (6.52%) BPSS Clearance
4 7 (5.07%) Microsoft Certification
5 6 (4.35%) Azure Certification
6 5 (3.62%) AWS Certification
6 5 (3.62%) CISSP
6 5 (3.62%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 4 (2.90%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.72%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.72%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (26.81%) Data Quality
2 7 (5.07%) GRC
3 4 (2.90%) QA
4 3 (2.17%) ISO 19650
4 3 (2.17%) PMO
5 2 (1.45%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.72%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.72%) GDPR
6 1 (0.72%) NCSC
6 1 (0.72%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (4.35%) Virtual Machines
2 2 (1.45%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 7 (5.07%) SCOM
2 6 (4.35%) Terraform
3 2 (1.45%) Apache Ranger
3 2 (1.45%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.72%) Prometheus
4 1 (0.72%) SCCM
Vendors
1 54 (39.13%) Microsoft
2 23 (16.67%) ServiceNow
3 20 (14.49%) Databricks
4 18 (13.04%) SAP
5 8 (5.80%) Splunk
6 7 (5.07%) BeyondTrust
6 7 (5.07%) CrowdStrike
7 6 (4.35%) Remedy
7 6 (4.35%) Salesforce
8 5 (3.62%) OpenAI
8 5 (3.62%) UiPath
9 4 (2.90%) Alteryx
9 4 (2.90%) Atlassian
9 4 (2.90%) Oracle
10 3 (2.17%) Autodesk
10 3 (2.17%) Workday
11 2 (1.45%) Cloudera
11 2 (1.45%) Google
11 2 (1.45%) Infor
11 2 (1.45%) Informatica