Business Intelligence Developer Contract Job Trends in Scotland

BI Developer
UK > Scotland

The median BI Developer daily rate in Scotland is £538, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 3 June 2026.

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

6 months to
3 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 119 115 120
Rank change year-on-year -4 +5 +35
Contract jobs requiring a Business Intelligence Developer 2 5 7
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 0.10% 0.31% 0.33%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% 0.33% 0.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 5 7
10th Percentile £476 - £370
25th Percentile £497 £413 £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £425 £438
Median % change year-on-year +26.47% -2.86% -9.09%
75th Percentile £572 £475 £500
90th Percentile £589 - £525
UK median daily rate £450 £425 £450
% change year-on-year +5.88% -5.56% -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Scotland

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Scotland. 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 Scotland with a recognized job title 1,810 1,496 2,026
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.21% 94.21% 94.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 913 873 1,242
10th Percentile £292 £255 £200
25th Percentile £400 £363 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% - -5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £538 £557
90th Percentile £675 £600 £637
UK median daily rate £513 £504 £525
% change year-on-year +1.69% -4.00% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 135 57 128
10th Percentile £12.64 £15.85 £12.30
25th Percentile £13.50 £16.84 £16.00
Median hourly rate £20.00 £18.51 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year +8.05% -5.08% +5.41%
75th Percentile £61.50 £24.66 £58.13
90th Percentile £77.50 £43.65 £66.00
UK median hourly rate £42.50 £28.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year +51.79% -25.33% -16.67%

Business Intelligence Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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 Scotland.

Business Intelligence Developer job vacancy trend in Scotland

Business Intelligence Developer
Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Business Intelligence Developer job vacancies in Scotland.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Business Intelligence Developer job vacancies in Scotland

Business Intelligence Developer
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Intelligence Developer in Scotland over the 6 months to 3 June 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Business Intelligence Developer in Scotland

Business Intelligence Developer
Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Business Intelligence Developer job vacancies in Scotland.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Business Intelligence Developer job vacancies in Scotland

Business Intelligence Developer
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

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 Scotland region over the 6 months to 3 June 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
Glasgow -7 1 £475 +11.76%
Edinburgh - 1 £600 - 2
Business Intelligence Developer
UK

Business Intelligence Developer Skill Set
Top 27 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland

For the 6 months to 3 June 2026, 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 Scotland region featuring Business Intelligence Developer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Migration
1 2 (100.00%) Power BI
1 2 (100.00%) Power Platform
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
2 1 (50.00%) Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) Data Development
2 1 (50.00%) Data Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (50.00%) Data Transformation
2 1 (50.00%) Deployment Automation
2 1 (50.00%) ETL
2 1 (50.00%) Kalman Filter
2 1 (50.00%) Knowledge Transfer
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Optimisation
2 1 (50.00%) Power Query
2 1 (50.00%) QlikView
2 1 (50.00%) Root Cause Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Snowflake
2 1 (50.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (50.00%) Validation
2 1 (50.00%) Windows
2 1 (50.00%) Windows Server
2 1 (50.00%) Windows Server 2016

Business Intelligence Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (50.00%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Power BI
2 1 (50.00%) Power Query
2 1 (50.00%) QlikView
2 1 (50.00%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (50.00%) Publishing
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Data Structures
1 1 (50.00%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
1 1 (50.00%) Windows Server
1 1 (50.00%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Migration
2 1 (50.00%) Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) Data Development
2 1 (50.00%) Data Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (50.00%) Data Transformation
2 1 (50.00%) Deployment Automation
2 1 (50.00%) ETL
2 1 (50.00%) Kalman Filter
2 1 (50.00%) Knowledge Transfer
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Optimisation
2 1 (50.00%) Root Cause Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft