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 17 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 35 29 48
Rank change year-on-year -6 +19 -2
Contract jobs citing Business Intelligence 288 184 216
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 4.71% 6.10% 3.77%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.83% 6.67% 4.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 170 130 124
10th Percentile £284 £280 £202
25th Percentile £380 £402 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £525 £425
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +23.53% -
75th Percentile £550 £647 £517
90th Percentile £603 £700 £684
England median daily rate £500 £500 £500
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 4 9
10th Percentile £14.51 £22.36 £22.24
25th Percentile £30.94 £28.59 £22.61
Median hourly rate £37.00 £32.05 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year +15.44% -48.72% +50.31%
75th Percentile £80.07 £33.10 £80.00
90th Percentile £82.25 £34.99 £84.45
England median hourly rate £31.50 £30.00 £24.22
% change year-on-year +5.00% +23.89% +6.44%

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 4,944 2,760 4,733
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 80.90% 91.51% 82.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,129 1,742 2,731
10th Percentile £280 £250 £263
25th Percentile £413 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £500 £501
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -0.20% -0.79%
75th Percentile £610 £600 £625
90th Percentile £700 £663 £700
England median daily rate £518 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -0.48% -0.95% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 482 205 473
10th Percentile £15.05 £13.25 £13.01
25th Percentile £23.00 £15.12 £18.32
Median hourly rate £52.50 £24.66 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +112.90% -50.68% -4.76%
75th Percentile £82.25 £55.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £88.00 £75.00 £76.96
England median hourly rate £47.00 £27.45 £37.75
% change year-on-year +71.22% -27.28% +7.09%

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 17 June 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 17 June 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 17 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
Thames Valley -20 120 £500 -16.67% 57
Berkshire -19 79 £505 -15.83% 25
Hampshire -1 76 £450 -25.00% 27
West Sussex +7 44 £380 -5.00% 15
Surrey -14 28 £500 +11.11% 16
Buckinghamshire -16 28 £425 -10.53% 15
Oxfordshire -20 13 £500 +40.35% 18
Kent +6 6 - - 11
East Sussex -2 6 £538 +43.33% 4
Home Counties - 2 - -
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 22 (7.64%) SharePoint
2 13 (4.51%) Confluence
3 3 (1.04%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.69%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.69%) Oracle Application Server
4 2 (0.69%) Oracle Workflow
5 1 (0.35%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.35%) Apache
5 1 (0.35%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.35%) ArcGIS
5 1 (0.35%) CMS
5 1 (0.35%) SAS
Applications
1 57 (19.79%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (6.25%) Microsoft Project
3 7 (2.43%) Microsoft Office
4 5 (1.74%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (1.04%) Oracle Smart View
6 1 (0.35%) Acrobat
6 1 (0.35%) Adobe Illustrator
6 1 (0.35%) InDesign
6 1 (0.35%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.35%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.35%) Trello
Business Applications
1 10 (3.47%) Remedy ITSM
2 8 (2.78%) iTrent
3 7 (2.43%) Oracle EBS R12
4 6 (2.08%) Oracle ERP
5 5 (1.74%) Oracle 11i
6 4 (1.39%) Adobe Campaign
7 3 (1.04%) Eloqua
7 3 (1.04%) Salesforce CRM
8 2 (0.69%) NEC Housing
8 2 (0.69%) Oracle Assets
8 2 (0.69%) Oracle Cash Management
8 2 (0.69%) Oracle EBS
8 2 (0.69%) Oracle Payables
8 2 (0.69%) Oracle Receivables
8 2 (0.69%) SAP Business One
8 2 (0.69%) SAP QM
8 2 (0.69%) SAP S/4HANA
9 1 (0.35%) SAP ERP
9 1 (0.35%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 210 (72.92%) Power Platform
2 63 (21.88%) Azure
3 25 (8.68%) Azure DevOps
3 25 (8.68%) Power Automate
4 20 (6.94%) PowerApps
5 15 (5.21%) Microsoft 365
6 14 (4.86%) AWS
6 14 (4.86%) Microsoft Copilot
7 13 (4.51%) Serverless
8 11 (3.82%) Copilot Studio
9 9 (3.13%) GCP
10 8 (2.78%) Azure Functions
10 8 (2.78%) SuccessFactors
11 7 (2.43%) Azure Logic Apps
11 7 (2.43%) dbt
11 7 (2.43%) Snowflake
12 6 (2.08%) Amazon S3
12 6 (2.08%) Dynamics 365
12 6 (2.08%) Entra ID
12 6 (2.08%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.04%) Intranet
2 1 (0.35%) DHCP
2 1 (0.35%) DNS
2 1 (0.35%) Firewall
2 1 (0.35%) VPN
2 1 (0.35%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 210 (72.92%) Power BI
2 28 (9.72%) Oracle BI Publisher
3 25 (8.68%) Data Warehouse
3 25 (8.68%) Oracle Reports
4 21 (7.29%) Tableau
5 16 (5.56%) SQL Server
6 10 (3.47%) Data Lake
7 8 (2.78%) Qlik Sense
7 8 (2.78%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 6 (2.08%) Metadata
8 6 (2.08%) Relational Database
8 6 (2.08%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 5 (1.74%) Big Data
9 5 (1.74%) BusinessObjects
9 5 (1.74%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 5 (1.74%) Star Schema
10 4 (1.39%) Amazon Redshift
10 4 (1.39%) Apache Cassandra
10 4 (1.39%) Couchbase
10 4 (1.39%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 31 (10.76%) JIRA
2 9 (3.13%) Git
3 4 (1.39%) Jenkins
3 4 (1.39%) JUnit
4 2 (0.69%) Oracle Forms
4 2 (0.69%) Postman
4 2 (0.69%) Toad
5 1 (0.35%) ERwin
5 1 (0.35%) GitLab
5 1 (0.35%) Hudson
5 1 (0.35%) Oracle APEX
5 1 (0.35%) SoapUI
5 1 (0.35%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (0.35%) TestRail
General
1 75 (26.04%) Social Skills
2 73 (25.35%) Analytical Skills
3 68 (23.61%) Finance
4 24 (8.33%) Retail
5 20 (6.94%) Documentation Skills
6 16 (5.56%) Public Sector
7 15 (5.21%) Marketing
8 6 (2.08%) Organisational Skills
9 5 (1.74%) Aerospace
9 5 (1.74%) Banking
9 5 (1.74%) Manufacturing
9 5 (1.74%) Military
9 5 (1.74%) Telecoms
10 4 (1.39%) Influencing Skills
11 3 (1.04%) Advertising
11 3 (1.04%) Legal
12 2 (0.69%) Billing
12 2 (0.69%) Electronics
12 2 (0.69%) Pharmaceutical
12 2 (0.69%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 83 (28.82%) Analyst
2 45 (15.63%) Data Analyst
3 37 (12.85%) Developer
4 30 (10.42%) Architect
5 29 (10.07%) Senior
6 21 (7.29%) Data Engineer
7 20 (6.94%) Lead
8 19 (6.60%) PMO Analyst
9 17 (5.90%) Business Intelligence Developer
9 17 (5.90%) Oracle Developer
10 15 (5.21%) Business Analyst
10 15 (5.21%) Consultant
11 11 (3.82%) Microsoft Engineer
11 11 (3.82%) Platform Architect
11 11 (3.82%) Power Platform Architect
11 11 (3.82%) Report Developer
12 10 (3.47%) Azure Engineer
12 10 (3.47%) Project Manager
13 9 (3.13%) E-Commerce Specialist
14 8 (2.78%) DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (5.56%) REST
2 15 (5.21%) Oracle Fusion
3 6 (2.08%) SOAP
4 5 (1.74%) JSON
4 5 (1.74%) Middleware
5 4 (1.39%) CSS
5 4 (1.39%) EDI
5 4 (1.39%) Hibernate
5 4 (1.39%) HTML
5 4 (1.39%) JPA
5 4 (1.39%) jQuery
5 4 (1.39%) Spring
5 4 (1.39%) Spring Boot
5 4 (1.39%) Spring MVC
5 4 (1.39%) XML
6 3 (1.04%) .NET
6 3 (1.04%) ADO
7 2 (0.69%) RESTful
7 2 (0.69%) TensorFlow
7 2 (0.69%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 13 (4.51%) Data Structures
2 10 (3.47%) PKI
3 9 (3.13%) Management Information System
4 8 (2.78%) Clustering
4 8 (2.78%) CMDB
5 7 (2.43%) Product Ownership
6 6 (2.08%) FMCG
6 6 (2.08%) Legacy Systems
7 3 (1.04%) Analytical Mindset
7 3 (1.04%) Mainframe
7 3 (1.04%) Marketing Technology
7 3 (1.04%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (0.69%) Algorithms
8 2 (0.69%) Data Centre
8 2 (0.69%) Housing Association
8 2 (0.69%) NHS
8 2 (0.69%) Onboarding
8 2 (0.69%) Wiki
9 1 (0.35%) Cloud Native
9 1 (0.35%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 12 (4.17%) Windows
2 10 (3.47%) Windows Server
3 4 (1.39%) Unix
4 1 (0.35%) Android
4 1 (0.35%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.35%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (22.92%) Data Modelling
2 63 (21.88%) Agile
3 61 (21.18%) Analytics
4 51 (17.71%) Decision-Making
5 48 (16.67%) Data Analysis
5 48 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
6 47 (16.32%) Problem-Solving
7 39 (13.54%) ETL
7 39 (13.54%) Visualisation
8 37 (12.85%) DevOps
9 36 (12.50%) ERP
10 35 (12.15%) Migration
11 30 (10.42%) Data Visualisation
11 30 (10.42%) Validation
12 29 (10.07%) Process Improvement
12 29 (10.07%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 28 (9.72%) Data Governance
14 27 (9.38%) Dashboard Development
14 27 (9.38%) Requirements Gathering
15 25 (8.68%) Data Pipeline
Programming Languages
1 110 (38.19%) SQL
2 18 (6.25%) PowerShell
3 17 (5.90%) JavaScript
3 17 (5.90%) Python
4 15 (5.21%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 15 (5.21%) T-SQL
5 14 (4.86%) PL/SQL
6 9 (3.13%) C#
7 6 (2.08%) Java
8 5 (1.74%) Shell Script
9 4 (1.39%) VBA
10 3 (1.04%) Bicep
10 3 (1.04%) R
10 3 (1.04%) X++
Qualifications
1 60 (20.83%) Security Cleared
2 35 (12.15%) SC Cleared
3 16 (5.56%) Degree
4 10 (3.47%) DV Cleared
5 6 (2.08%) BPSS Clearance
5 6 (2.08%) PMP
6 5 (1.74%) ACCA
7 4 (1.39%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (1.39%) DBS Check
8 3 (1.04%) CIMA
8 3 (1.04%) Master's Degree
8 3 (1.04%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (1.04%) PMI Certification
9 1 (0.35%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.35%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.35%) CompTIA Security+
9 1 (0.35%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 1 (0.35%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (14.93%) Data Quality
2 22 (7.64%) GDPR
2 22 (7.64%) PMO
3 15 (5.21%) QA
4 11 (3.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (1.39%) Accessibility
5 4 (1.39%) IFRS
5 4 (1.39%) SLA
6 2 (0.69%) Actionable Recommendations
6 2 (0.69%) COBIT
6 2 (0.69%) NIST
7 1 (0.35%) GRC
System Software
1 15 (5.21%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.35%) BitLocker
2 1 (0.35%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 3 (1.04%) Microsoft Intune
1 3 (1.04%) SCCM
1 3 (1.04%) Terraform
2 2 (0.69%) CEMLI
3 1 (0.35%) Grafana
3 1 (0.35%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 72 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 52 (18.06%) Oracle
3 33 (11.46%) SAP
4 13 (4.51%) IFS
5 12 (4.17%) Databricks
6 11 (3.82%) ServiceNow
7 10 (3.47%) BMC
7 10 (3.47%) Remedy
8 8 (2.78%) Salesforce
8 8 (2.78%) Workday
9 6 (2.08%) Adobe
9 6 (2.08%) Google
10 4 (1.39%) Baan
11 3 (1.04%) OpenAI
11 3 (1.04%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
12 2 (0.69%) Alteryx
12 2 (0.69%) Cognos
12 2 (0.69%) Concur
12 2 (0.69%) Foundry
12 2 (0.69%) Palantir