Business Intelligence Contract Job Trends in the South East

Business Intelligence (BI)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Business Intelligence skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 57 43 33
Rank change year-on-year -14 -10 +17
Contract jobs citing Business Intelligence 249 157 232
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 3.78% 4.35% 5.41%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.65% 4.89% 6.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 153 110 140
10th Percentile £285 £222 £242
25th Percentile £380 £400 £373
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £515 £511
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% +0.73% +4.60%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £650
90th Percentile £626 £650 £726
England median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 1 7
10th Percentile - - £33.05
25th Percentile £38.25 £81.50 £41.25
Median hourly rate £58.31 £83.00 £58.38
Median % change year-on-year -29.75% +42.18% +112.27%
75th Percentile £86.13 £84.50 £64.73
90th Percentile £92.13 - -
England median hourly rate £29.96 £24.00 £31.55
% change year-on-year +24.83% -23.92% +5.47%

All Process & Methodology Skills
South East

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 South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 5,352 3,211 3,586
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 81.21% 88.87% 83.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,088 2,015 2,165
10th Percentile £275 £213 £259
25th Percentile £417 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £510
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -1.96% -2.86%
75th Percentile £620 £588 £625
90th Percentile £713 £650 £688
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 703 330 181
10th Percentile £13.45 £13.50 £16.25
25th Percentile £16.33 £16.17 £30.00
Median hourly rate £45.00 £20.79 £58.49
Median % change year-on-year +116.45% -64.46% +7.58%
75th Percentile £70.00 £41.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £88.00 £69.65 £75.00
England median hourly rate £38.72 £25.15 £42.50
% change year-on-year +53.96% -40.82% -5.56%

Business Intelligence
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Business Intelligence job vacancy trend in the South East

Business Intelligence
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Business Intelligence.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Business Intelligence

Business Intelligence
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Intelligence in the South East over the 6 months to 15 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Business Intelligence in the South East

Business Intelligence
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Business Intelligence.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Business Intelligence

Business Intelligence
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Business Intelligence in the South East over the 6 months to 15 October 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Business Intelligence in the South East

Business Intelligence
Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 15 October 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
Thames Valley -26 100 £500 -6.72% 115
Berkshire -28 55 £565 -5.83% 72
Hampshire -31 46 £525 -10.64% 39
West Sussex +1 43 £380 +78.82% 20
Surrey -3 34 £500 +25.00% 52
Buckinghamshire -6 34 £475 +11.76% 25
Oxfordshire -22 11 £375 +66.67% 20
Middlesex - 7 - -
East Sussex - 7 £616 - 12
Kent - 6 £473 - 10
Business Intelligence
England

Business Intelligence
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 12 (4.82%) SharePoint
2 11 (4.42%) Confluence
3 3 (1.20%) Apache
3 3 (1.20%) ArcGIS
3 3 (1.20%) Oracle Application Server
4 2 (0.80%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (0.80%) Apache Superset
4 2 (0.80%) SAS
5 1 (0.40%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.40%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 46 (18.47%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (3.61%) Microsoft Project
3 7 (2.81%) Spreadsheet
4 6 (2.41%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 7 (2.81%) Remedy ITSM
2 3 (1.20%) Maximo
2 3 (1.20%) Oracle Payables
2 3 (1.20%) Oracle Receivables
2 3 (1.20%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.80%) iTrent
3 2 (0.80%) Oracle ERP
3 2 (0.80%) Oracle General Ledger
3 2 (0.80%) Primavera
3 2 (0.80%) SAP Business One
3 2 (0.80%) SAP QM
4 1 (0.40%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.40%) NEC Housing
4 1 (0.40%) Oracle Assets
4 1 (0.40%) Oracle Cash Management
4 1 (0.40%) Oracle EBS R12
4 1 (0.40%) Oracle Financials
4 1 (0.40%) Oracle Payroll
4 1 (0.40%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.40%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 191 (76.71%) Power Platform
2 60 (24.10%) Azure
3 18 (7.23%) Power Automate
4 16 (6.43%) Azure DevOps
5 15 (6.02%) AWS
6 12 (4.82%) Serverless
7 11 (4.42%) PowerApps
8 10 (4.02%) Azure Data Factory
8 10 (4.02%) Dynamics 365
9 9 (3.61%) dbt
10 8 (3.21%) Azure Logic Apps
10 8 (3.21%) Snowflake
11 7 (2.81%) Azure Functions
11 7 (2.81%) GCP
11 7 (2.81%) Microsoft Copilot
12 6 (2.41%) Microsoft 365
12 6 (2.41%) SaaS
12 6 (2.41%) Smartsheet
13 5 (2.01%) Azure Databricks
13 5 (2.01%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 7 (2.81%) Broadband
2 2 (0.80%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (0.40%) Mobile Backhaul
3 1 (0.40%) OpenFlow
3 1 (0.40%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 188 (75.50%) Power BI
2 22 (8.84%) Tableau
3 21 (8.43%) Data Warehouse
4 16 (6.43%) Data Lake
5 11 (4.42%) Oracle BI Publisher
5 11 (4.42%) SQL Server
6 10 (4.02%) Oracle Reports
7 7 (2.81%) BusinessObjects
7 7 (2.81%) Metadata
7 7 (2.81%) Power Query
8 6 (2.41%) Qlik Sense
8 6 (2.41%) Relational Database
8 6 (2.41%) SAP Data Services
9 4 (1.61%) Apache Cassandra
9 4 (1.61%) Couchbase
9 4 (1.61%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
9 4 (1.61%) GIS
9 4 (1.61%) MySQL
9 4 (1.61%) Semantic Layer
10 3 (1.20%) Tableau Desktop
Development Applications
1 21 (8.43%) JIRA
2 9 (3.61%) Git
3 4 (1.61%) Jenkins
3 4 (1.61%) JUnit
4 2 (0.80%) Oracle Forms
4 2 (0.80%) Postman
5 1 (0.40%) Burp Suite
5 1 (0.40%) ERwin
5 1 (0.40%) GitLab
5 1 (0.40%) JMeter
5 1 (0.40%) RStudio
5 1 (0.40%) Selenium
5 1 (0.40%) SoapUI
5 1 (0.40%) TestRail
5 1 (0.40%) Toad
General
1 84 (33.73%) Social Skills
2 55 (22.09%) Analytical Skills
3 54 (21.69%) Finance
4 19 (7.63%) Public Sector
5 13 (5.22%) Aerospace
5 13 (5.22%) Retail
6 11 (4.42%) Organisational Skills
7 10 (4.02%) Marketing
8 9 (3.61%) Legal
9 8 (3.21%) Documentation Skills
10 6 (2.41%) Manufacturing
11 5 (2.01%) Banking
12 4 (1.61%) Influencing Skills
12 4 (1.61%) Publishing
13 3 (1.20%) Aviation
13 3 (1.20%) Billing
13 3 (1.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 3 (1.20%) Local Government
13 3 (1.20%) Telecoms
14 2 (0.80%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 63 (25.30%) Analyst
2 37 (14.86%) Senior
3 34 (13.65%) Data Analyst
4 30 (12.05%) Developer
5 17 (6.83%) Architect
5 17 (6.83%) Business Analyst
6 16 (6.43%) Lead
7 14 (5.62%) Consultant
7 14 (5.62%) Data Engineer
7 14 (5.62%) Project Manager
8 11 (4.42%) Business Intelligence Developer
9 10 (4.02%) Microsoft Engineer
10 9 (3.61%) Senior Analyst
11 8 (3.21%) Senior Manager
12 7 (2.81%) Data Business Analyst
13 6 (2.41%) Data Architect
13 6 (2.41%) Oracle Consultant
13 6 (2.41%) Systems Analyst
14 5 (2.01%) Business Intelligence Analyst
14 5 (2.01%) Data Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (5.62%) REST
2 10 (4.02%) Oracle Fusion
3 7 (2.81%) Middleware
4 6 (2.41%) EDI
5 5 (2.01%) .NET
5 5 (2.01%) SOAP
5 5 (2.01%) Terraform
6 4 (1.61%) CSS
6 4 (1.61%) Hibernate
6 4 (1.61%) HTML
6 4 (1.61%) JPA
6 4 (1.61%) jQuery
6 4 (1.61%) PySpark
6 4 (1.61%) Spring
6 4 (1.61%) Spring Boot
6 4 (1.61%) Spring MVC
7 3 (1.20%) JSON
7 3 (1.20%) Microsoft Graph
8 2 (0.80%) React
8 2 (0.80%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 14 (5.62%) Data Structures
2 12 (4.82%) Onboarding
3 11 (4.42%) Product Ownership
4 9 (3.61%) Clustering
4 9 (3.61%) Management Information System
5 7 (2.81%) PKI
5 7 (2.81%) Social Media
6 5 (2.01%) Analytical Mindset
7 4 (1.61%) AI Agents
7 4 (1.61%) FMCG
7 4 (1.61%) Mainframe
8 3 (1.20%) NHS
8 3 (1.20%) Operational Technology
8 3 (1.20%) PMI
8 3 (1.20%) Self-Motivation
9 2 (0.80%) Autonomous Agent
9 2 (0.80%) Cloud Native
9 2 (0.80%) Data Centre
9 2 (0.80%) Housing Association
9 2 (0.80%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 8 (3.21%) Windows
2 7 (2.81%) Windows Server
3 4 (1.61%) Unix
4 3 (1.20%) Linux
5 1 (0.40%) Android
5 1 (0.40%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 84 (33.73%) Analytics
2 73 (29.32%) Data Modelling
3 69 (27.71%) Stakeholder Management
4 67 (26.91%) Decision-Making
5 54 (21.69%) Agile
6 45 (18.07%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 43 (17.27%) ETL
8 42 (16.87%) Continuous Improvement
9 40 (16.06%) AI
10 37 (14.86%) Visualisation
11 36 (14.46%) Problem-Solving
12 34 (13.65%) Actionable Insight
13 32 (12.85%) Data Governance
14 31 (12.45%) Data Engineering
15 30 (12.05%) Data Analysis
16 28 (11.24%) Data Pipeline
17 27 (10.84%) CI/CD
17 27 (10.84%) Migration
18 26 (10.44%) Roadmaps
19 25 (10.04%) Dashboard Development
Programming Languages
1 114 (45.78%) SQL
2 28 (11.24%) Python
3 19 (7.63%) JavaScript
4 13 (5.22%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 11 (4.42%) T-SQL
6 10 (4.02%) PL/SQL
6 10 (4.02%) PowerShell
7 6 (2.41%) Java
8 5 (2.01%) C#
9 4 (1.61%) Shell Script
10 3 (1.20%) X++
11 2 (0.80%) C
11 2 (0.80%) R
11 2 (0.80%) TypeScript
11 2 (0.80%) VBA
12 1 (0.40%) Gremlin
12 1 (0.40%) Groovy
12 1 (0.40%) JCL
12 1 (0.40%) LookML
Qualifications
1 60 (24.10%) Security Cleared
2 33 (13.25%) SC Cleared
3 21 (8.43%) Degree
4 16 (6.43%) DV Cleared
5 10 (4.02%) Microsoft Certification
6 8 (3.21%) PMI Certification
7 6 (2.41%) PMP
8 5 (2.01%) Azure Certification
8 5 (2.01%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (1.20%) ACCA
9 3 (1.20%) CIMA
9 3 (1.20%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (1.20%) DBS Check
9 3 (1.20%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 2 (0.80%) CAPM
10 2 (0.80%) CISSP
10 2 (0.80%) Tableau Certification
11 1 (0.40%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 1 (0.40%) Chartered Engineer
11 1 (0.40%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 52 (20.88%) Data Quality
2 17 (6.83%) PMO
3 13 (5.22%) QA
4 8 (3.21%) Actionable Recommendations
4 8 (3.21%) GDPR
5 3 (1.20%) GMP
5 3 (1.20%) IFRS
5 3 (1.20%) SLA
6 2 (0.80%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.40%) Disclosure Scotland
7 1 (0.40%) GRC
7 1 (0.40%) ISO 19650
System Software
1 7 (2.81%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.20%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (2.01%) Kubernetes
2 3 (1.20%) Grafana
3 2 (0.80%) Ansible
4 1 (0.40%) CEMLI
Vendors
1 93 (37.35%) Microsoft
2 40 (16.06%) SAP
3 37 (14.86%) Oracle
4 28 (11.24%) Databricks
5 15 (6.02%) ServiceNow
6 9 (3.61%) Salesforce
7 8 (3.21%) Google
8 7 (2.81%) BMC
8 7 (2.81%) Remedy
9 6 (2.41%) Baan
9 6 (2.41%) Informatica
10 4 (1.61%) Ariba
10 4 (1.61%) IBM
11 3 (1.20%) ESRI
11 3 (1.20%) Teradata
11 3 (1.20%) Workday
12 2 (0.80%) Adobe
12 2 (0.80%) IFS
12 2 (0.80%) OpenAI
12 2 (0.80%) Splunk