Business Intelligence Contract Job Trends in Scotland

Business Intelligence (BI)
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring Business Intelligence skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 56 59 75
Rank change year-on-year +3 +16 -5
Contract jobs citing Business Intelligence 57 63 69
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 3.72% 3.74% 2.91%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.25% 4.17% 3.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 25 49
10th Percentile £285 £359 £340
25th Percentile £416 £378 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £440 £500
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% -12.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £540 £488 £588
90th Percentile £575 £555 £675
UK median daily rate £488 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -2.50% - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 1
10th Percentile - £19.15 -
25th Percentile - £22.50 £18.25
Median hourly rate - £23.00 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year - +17.95% -15.22%
75th Percentile - £27.75 £20.75
90th Percentile - £28.13 -
UK median hourly rate £23.66 £27.50 £32.32
% change year-on-year -13.95% -14.91% -2.06%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,342 1,511 2,163
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 87.48% 89.67% 91.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 772 894 1,334
10th Percentile £238 £230 £250
25th Percentile £398 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £450 £498
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% -9.55% +4.74%
75th Percentile £550 £538 £588
90th Percentile £625 £650 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 94 44 55
10th Percentile £14.05 £15.07 £12.13
25th Percentile £17.90 £19.59 £16.00
Median hourly rate £20.00 £23.00 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +27.78% +1.58%
75th Percentile £25.15 £24.18 £55.00
90th Percentile £54.38 £32.66 £69.25
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £43.33
% change year-on-year -22.62% -24.99% +23.80%

Business Intelligence
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Business Intelligence job vacancy trend in Scotland

Business Intelligence
Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Business Intelligence.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Business Intelligence

Business Intelligence
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Intelligence in Scotland over the 6 months to 19 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Business Intelligence in Scotland

Business Intelligence
Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Business Intelligence.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Business Intelligence

Business Intelligence
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 within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 19 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
Glasgow +1 32 £500 +17.30% 12
Edinburgh +4 23 £500 +16.41% 7
Dundee - 1 £115 -
Business Intelligence
UK

Business Intelligence
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:

Application Platforms
1 7 (12.28%) Apache
1 7 (12.28%) Apache Airflow
1 7 (12.28%) Apache Spark
2 4 (7.02%) SharePoint
Applications
1 18 (31.58%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (3.51%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (1.75%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (1.75%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 7 (12.28%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (5.26%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (1.75%) Infor M3
3 1 (1.75%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (1.75%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (1.75%) Sonata
Cloud Services
1 51 (89.47%) Power Platform
2 11 (19.30%) Azure
2 11 (19.30%) Power Automate
3 10 (17.54%) Dynamics 365
3 10 (17.54%) Snowflake
4 8 (14.04%) PowerApps
5 4 (7.02%) AWS
6 3 (5.26%) Azure Data Factory
6 3 (5.26%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 3 (5.26%) GCP
6 3 (5.26%) Microsoft Purview
7 2 (3.51%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (3.51%) Azure Functions
7 2 (3.51%) Serverless
8 1 (1.75%) Boomi
8 1 (1.75%) Microsoft 365
8 1 (1.75%) Microsoft Copilot
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (89.47%) Power BI
2 16 (28.07%) Data Warehouse
3 11 (19.30%) Tableau
4 7 (12.28%) Big Data
4 7 (12.28%) Hadoop
5 4 (7.02%) Metadata
5 4 (7.02%) Oracle Reports
6 3 (5.26%) Data Lake
6 3 (5.26%) Power Query
6 3 (5.26%) SQL Server
7 2 (3.51%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
7 2 (3.51%) Azure SQL Database
7 2 (3.51%) QlikView
7 2 (3.51%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 1 (1.75%) BusinessObjects
8 1 (1.75%) BusinessObjects XI
8 1 (1.75%) NoSQL
8 1 (1.75%) Oracle BI Publisher
Development Applications
1 8 (14.04%) Git
General
1 29 (50.88%) Finance
2 28 (49.12%) Social Skills
3 20 (35.09%) Public Sector
4 13 (22.81%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (12.28%) Banking
6 4 (7.02%) Presentation Skills
7 3 (5.26%) Influencing Skills
7 3 (5.26%) Retail Banking
8 2 (3.51%) Electronics
8 2 (3.51%) Manufacturing
8 2 (3.51%) Marketing
8 2 (3.51%) Retail
8 2 (3.51%) Telecoms
9 1 (1.75%) Billing
9 1 (1.75%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (1.75%) French Language
9 1 (1.75%) Investment Banking
9 1 (1.75%) Legal
9 1 (1.75%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 15 (26.32%) Analyst
2 10 (17.54%) Data Analyst
3 8 (14.04%) Developer
4 7 (12.28%) Data Engineer
5 6 (10.53%) Consultant
5 6 (10.53%) Power Platform Developer
6 5 (8.77%) Business Analyst
7 4 (7.02%) Lead
7 4 (7.02%) Python Data Engineer
7 4 (7.02%) Python Engineer
8 3 (5.26%) Architect
8 3 (5.26%) Data Architect
8 3 (5.26%) Dynamics 365 Developer
8 3 (5.26%) HR Analyst
8 3 (5.26%) HR Data Analyst
8 3 (5.26%) Oracle Analyst
8 3 (5.26%) Oracle HRMS Analyst
8 3 (5.26%) Project Manager
9 2 (3.51%) Business Intelligence Analyst
9 2 (3.51%) Business Intelligence Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (21.05%) REST
2 4 (7.02%) RESTful
3 3 (5.26%) Oracle Fusion
3 3 (5.26%) SOAP
4 2 (3.51%) .NET
4 2 (3.51%) JSON
5 1 (1.75%) CSS
5 1 (1.75%) HTML
5 1 (1.75%) NumPy
5 1 (1.75%) Pandas
5 1 (1.75%) PySpark
5 1 (1.75%) Streamlit
5 1 (1.75%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (7.02%) Analytical Mindset
2 2 (3.51%) Data Structures
2 2 (3.51%) FMCG
2 2 (3.51%) Greenfield Project
2 2 (3.51%) Low-Code
2 2 (3.51%) Onboarding
3 1 (1.75%) Cloud Native
3 1 (1.75%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (1.75%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (1.75%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 7 (12.28%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (31.58%) Agile
1 18 (31.58%) Problem-Solving
2 15 (26.32%) Data Modelling
3 13 (22.81%) Analytics
3 13 (22.81%) Data Governance
3 13 (22.81%) Visualisation
4 12 (21.05%) Data Analysis
4 12 (21.05%) Data Integration
4 12 (21.05%) Migration
5 11 (19.30%) Decision-Making
5 11 (19.30%) ETL
6 9 (15.79%) Performance Tuning
7 8 (14.04%) API Integration
7 8 (14.04%) Data Visualisation
8 7 (12.28%) Actionable Insight
8 7 (12.28%) CRM
8 7 (12.28%) Sprint Planning
8 7 (12.28%) Stakeholder Management
9 6 (10.53%) Dashboard Development
9 6 (10.53%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 15 (26.32%) SQL
2 11 (19.30%) Python
3 8 (14.04%) C#
3 8 (14.04%) JavaScript
4 6 (10.53%) PowerShell
5 4 (7.02%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 2 (3.51%) R
6 2 (3.51%) TypeScript
7 1 (1.75%) Groovy
7 1 (1.75%) VBA
Qualifications
1 5 (8.77%) Degree
2 3 (5.26%) SC Cleared
2 3 (5.26%) Security Cleared
3 2 (3.51%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (3.51%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (1.75%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (19.30%) Data Quality
2 9 (15.79%) GDPR
3 5 (8.77%) Disclosure Scotland
4 4 (7.02%) QA
5 3 (5.26%) PMO
6 1 (1.75%) P3O
System Software
1 1 (1.75%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 17 (29.82%) Microsoft
2 8 (14.04%) Databricks
3 6 (10.53%) Oracle
4 5 (8.77%) ServiceNow
5 3 (5.26%) SAP
6 2 (3.51%) MobileIron
7 1 (1.75%) Ariba
7 1 (1.75%) Infor
7 1 (1.75%) Informatica
7 1 (1.75%) MuleSoft
7 1 (1.75%) Salesforce
7 1 (1.75%) Talend