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 28 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 50 45 37
Rank change year-on-year -5 -8 +13
Contract jobs citing Business Intelligence 262 150 224
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 4.00% 4.27% 5.00%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.98% 4.79% 6.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 151 104 134
10th Percentile £281 £222 £240
25th Percentile £383 £400 £391
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £520 £513
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +1.46% +10.81%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £675
90th Percentile £627 £650 £734
England median daily rate £500 £500 £500
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 2 4
10th Percentile £29.66 - £31.53
25th Percentile £35.07 - £47.70
Median hourly rate £38.25 £32.05 £60.76
Median % change year-on-year +19.34% -47.25% +103.15%
75th Percentile £82.25 - £64.73
90th Percentile £87.43 - -
England median hourly rate £29.96 £32.00 £30.30
% change year-on-year -6.38% +5.63% -13.44%

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 5,265 3,133 3,717
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 80.44% 89.11% 82.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,113 1,958 2,216
10th Percentile £275 £219 £256
25th Percentile £419 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £510
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -1.96% -1.92%
75th Percentile £615 £588 £625
90th Percentile £706 £650 £688
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 641 313 215
10th Percentile £13.44 £13.50 £16.00
25th Percentile £16.38 £15.91 £30.00
Median hourly rate £48.72 £22.19 £58.30
Median % change year-on-year +119.56% -61.94% +11.05%
75th Percentile £69.50 £50.00 £71.57
90th Percentile £87.83 £69.47 £78.75
England median hourly rate £41.00 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +63.02% -41.51% -3.37%

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 28 September 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 28 September 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 28 September 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 -14 105 £495 -7.65% 175
Berkshire -29 58 £550 -8.14% 101
Hampshire -23 53 £525 -4.55% 56
West Sussex +3 47 £380 +117.14% 25
Buckinghamshire -4 38 £475 +2.70% 51
Surrey -1 33 £500 +25.00% 77
Oxfordshire -29 9 £388 +72.22% 23
Middlesex - 7 - -
East Sussex - 7 £616 - 15
Kent - 4 £550 - 17
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 13 (4.96%) SharePoint
2 12 (4.58%) Confluence
3 4 (1.53%) Oracle Application Server
4 3 (1.15%) ArcGIS
5 2 (0.76%) Apache
5 2 (0.76%) Apache Superset
5 2 (0.76%) SAS
6 1 (0.38%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.38%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 51 (19.47%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (3.44%) Microsoft Project
3 7 (2.67%) Spreadsheet
4 6 (2.29%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.38%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 8 (3.05%) Remedy ITSM
2 7 (2.67%) iTrent
3 3 (1.15%) Maximo
3 3 (1.15%) Oracle ERP
3 3 (1.15%) Oracle Payables
3 3 (1.15%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (0.76%) Oracle EBS R12
4 2 (0.76%) Oracle General Ledger
4 2 (0.76%) Primavera
4 2 (0.76%) SAP Business One
4 2 (0.76%) SAP QM
4 2 (0.76%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.38%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.38%) NEC Housing
5 1 (0.38%) Oracle 11i
5 1 (0.38%) Oracle Assets
5 1 (0.38%) Oracle Cash Management
5 1 (0.38%) Oracle Financials
5 1 (0.38%) Oracle Payroll
5 1 (0.38%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 201 (76.72%) Power Platform
2 63 (24.05%) Azure
3 21 (8.02%) Azure DevOps
4 18 (6.87%) Power Automate
5 15 (5.73%) AWS
6 13 (4.96%) Serverless
7 11 (4.20%) Azure Data Factory
7 11 (4.20%) PowerApps
8 10 (3.82%) Dynamics 365
9 8 (3.05%) Azure Logic Apps
10 7 (2.67%) Azure Functions
10 7 (2.67%) dbt
10 7 (2.67%) GCP
10 7 (2.67%) Microsoft Copilot
10 7 (2.67%) SaaS
10 7 (2.67%) SuccessFactors
11 6 (2.29%) Amazon S3
11 6 (2.29%) Smartsheet
11 6 (2.29%) Snowflake
12 5 (1.91%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 7 (2.67%) Broadband
2 2 (0.76%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (0.38%) Mobile Backhaul
3 1 (0.38%) OpenFlow
3 1 (0.38%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 198 (75.57%) Power BI
2 25 (9.54%) Data Warehouse
3 24 (9.16%) Tableau
4 14 (5.34%) Data Lake
4 14 (5.34%) Oracle Reports
5 12 (4.58%) Oracle BI Publisher
5 12 (4.58%) SQL Server
6 8 (3.05%) Power Query
7 7 (2.67%) BusinessObjects
7 7 (2.67%) Metadata
8 6 (2.29%) Qlik Sense
8 6 (2.29%) Relational Database
8 6 (2.29%) SAP Data Services
9 4 (1.53%) Apache Cassandra
9 4 (1.53%) Couchbase
9 4 (1.53%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
9 4 (1.53%) GIS
9 4 (1.53%) MySQL
9 4 (1.53%) Oracle ODI
10 3 (1.15%) PowerPivot
Development Applications
1 21 (8.02%) JIRA
2 7 (2.67%) Git
3 4 (1.53%) Jenkins
3 4 (1.53%) JUnit
4 2 (0.76%) Oracle Forms
4 2 (0.76%) Postman
5 1 (0.38%) Burp Suite
5 1 (0.38%) ERwin
5 1 (0.38%) GitLab
5 1 (0.38%) JMeter
5 1 (0.38%) RStudio
5 1 (0.38%) Selenium
5 1 (0.38%) SoapUI
5 1 (0.38%) TestRail
5 1 (0.38%) Toad
General
1 90 (34.35%) Social Skills
2 60 (22.90%) Analytical Skills
3 53 (20.23%) Finance
4 19 (7.25%) Public Sector
5 17 (6.49%) Retail
6 14 (5.34%) Aerospace
7 12 (4.58%) Documentation Skills
7 12 (4.58%) Organisational Skills
8 10 (3.82%) Marketing
9 6 (2.29%) Legal
9 6 (2.29%) Manufacturing
10 5 (1.91%) Banking
11 4 (1.53%) Publishing
11 4 (1.53%) Telecoms
12 3 (1.15%) Billing
12 3 (1.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 3 (1.15%) Influencing Skills
13 2 (0.76%) Aviation
13 2 (0.76%) General Ledger
13 2 (0.76%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 67 (25.57%) Analyst
2 40 (15.27%) Data Analyst
3 36 (13.74%) Senior
4 32 (12.21%) Developer
5 18 (6.87%) Architect
6 17 (6.49%) Business Analyst
7 16 (6.11%) Lead
8 15 (5.73%) Data Engineer
9 14 (5.34%) Project Manager
10 13 (4.96%) Business Intelligence Developer
10 13 (4.96%) Consultant
11 11 (4.20%) Microsoft Engineer
12 8 (3.05%) Azure Engineer
12 8 (3.05%) Senior Manager
13 7 (2.67%) Azure DevOps Engineer
13 7 (2.67%) DevOps Engineer
13 7 (2.67%) HR Analyst
13 7 (2.67%) HR Data Analyst
14 6 (2.29%) Data Architect
14 6 (2.29%) Data Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (5.73%) REST
2 10 (3.82%) Oracle Fusion
3 7 (2.67%) Middleware
4 6 (2.29%) EDI
5 5 (1.91%) .NET
5 5 (1.91%) SOAP
5 5 (1.91%) Terraform
6 4 (1.53%) CSS
6 4 (1.53%) Hibernate
6 4 (1.53%) HTML
6 4 (1.53%) JPA
6 4 (1.53%) jQuery
6 4 (1.53%) Spring
6 4 (1.53%) Spring Boot
6 4 (1.53%) Spring MVC
7 3 (1.15%) JSON
7 3 (1.15%) PySpark
8 2 (0.76%) Microsoft Graph
8 2 (0.76%) RESTful
8 2 (0.76%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 15 (5.73%) Data Structures
2 12 (4.58%) Onboarding
3 11 (4.20%) Product Ownership
4 8 (3.05%) Clustering
4 8 (3.05%) Management Information System
4 8 (3.05%) PKI
5 7 (2.67%) Social Media
6 5 (1.91%) Analytical Mindset
6 5 (1.91%) FMCG
7 4 (1.53%) Mainframe
7 4 (1.53%) Operational Technology
8 3 (1.15%) PMI
8 3 (1.15%) Self-Motivation
9 2 (0.76%) Data Centre
9 2 (0.76%) Digital TV
9 2 (0.76%) Housing Association
9 2 (0.76%) Hybrid Cloud
10 1 (0.38%) Cloud Native
10 1 (0.38%) Reinsurance
10 1 (0.38%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 9 (3.44%) Windows
2 8 (3.05%) Windows Server
3 4 (1.53%) Unix
4 3 (1.15%) Linux
5 1 (0.38%) Android
5 1 (0.38%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 83 (31.68%) Analytics
2 75 (28.63%) Data Modelling
3 68 (25.95%) Stakeholder Management
4 65 (24.81%) Decision-Making
5 57 (21.76%) Agile
6 44 (16.79%) ETL
7 42 (16.03%) Problem-Solving
8 41 (15.65%) Continuous Improvement
8 41 (15.65%) Visualisation
9 39 (14.89%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 34 (12.98%) AI
11 33 (12.60%) Data Analysis
11 33 (12.60%) Data Governance
12 32 (12.21%) Actionable Insight
13 31 (11.83%) Dashboard Development
13 31 (11.83%) DevOps
14 30 (11.45%) Migration
14 30 (11.45%) Validation
15 28 (10.69%) CI/CD
15 28 (10.69%) Data Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 116 (44.27%) SQL
2 26 (9.92%) Python
3 20 (7.63%) JavaScript
4 15 (5.73%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 12 (4.58%) T-SQL
6 11 (4.20%) PL/SQL
6 11 (4.20%) PowerShell
7 6 (2.29%) Java
8 5 (1.91%) C#
9 4 (1.53%) Shell Script
10 3 (1.15%) X++
11 2 (0.76%) C
11 2 (0.76%) R
11 2 (0.76%) TypeScript
11 2 (0.76%) VBA
12 1 (0.38%) Groovy
12 1 (0.38%) JCL
Qualifications
1 70 (26.72%) Security Cleared
2 39 (14.89%) SC Cleared
3 22 (8.40%) Degree
4 17 (6.49%) DV Cleared
5 10 (3.82%) Microsoft Certification
6 8 (3.05%) PMI Certification
7 6 (2.29%) PMP
8 5 (1.91%) Azure Certification
9 4 (1.53%) ACCA
9 4 (1.53%) BPSS Clearance
10 3 (1.15%) CIMA
10 3 (1.15%) Computer Science Degree
10 3 (1.15%) DBS Check
10 3 (1.15%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 2 (0.76%) CAPM
11 2 (0.76%) CISSP
11 2 (0.76%) Tableau Certification
12 1 (0.38%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 1 (0.38%) Chartered Engineer
12 1 (0.38%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 51 (19.47%) Data Quality
2 17 (6.49%) QA
3 14 (5.34%) PMO
4 12 (4.58%) GDPR
5 5 (1.91%) Actionable Recommendations
6 3 (1.15%) GMP
6 3 (1.15%) IFRS
6 3 (1.15%) SLA
7 2 (0.76%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.76%) GRC
8 1 (0.38%) Disclosure Scotland
8 1 (0.38%) ISO 19650
8 1 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 8 (3.05%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.15%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (1.91%) Kubernetes
2 3 (1.15%) Grafana
3 2 (0.76%) Ansible
4 1 (0.38%) CEMLI
Vendors
1 97 (37.02%) Microsoft
2 44 (16.79%) SAP
3 43 (16.41%) Oracle
4 26 (9.92%) Databricks
5 16 (6.11%) ServiceNow
6 8 (3.05%) BMC
6 8 (3.05%) Google
6 8 (3.05%) Remedy
6 8 (3.05%) Salesforce
6 8 (3.05%) Workday
7 6 (2.29%) Baan
7 6 (2.29%) IFS
8 5 (1.91%) Informatica
9 4 (1.53%) Ariba
9 4 (1.53%) IBM
10 3 (1.15%) ESRI
10 3 (1.15%) Teradata
11 2 (0.76%) Adobe
11 2 (0.76%) Splunk
12 1 (0.38%) Alteryx