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 5 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 36 30 51
Rank change year-on-year -6 +21 -2
Contract jobs citing Business Intelligence 280 186 191
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 4.78% 6.20% 3.46%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.88% 6.77% 4.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 179 128 116
10th Percentile £287 £275 £204
25th Percentile £375 £362 £233
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £525 £425
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +23.53% -5.56%
75th Percentile £564 £638 £503
90th Percentile £650 £700 £675
England median daily rate £492 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -1.60% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 5 9
10th Percentile £14.89 £21.22 £22.61
25th Percentile £20.50 £25.75 £24.43
Median hourly rate £36.71 £32.05 £80.00
Median % change year-on-year +14.54% -59.94% +101.26%
75th Percentile £80.06 - £84.45
90th Percentile £82.25 £34.57 -
England median hourly rate £23.83 £28.60 £24.00
% change year-on-year -16.70% +19.17% -4.00%

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 4,759 2,747 4,675
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 81.21% 91.54% 84.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,102 1,755 2,737
10th Percentile £280 £254 £250
25th Percentile £408 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% - -1.48%
75th Percentile £613 £600 £623
90th Percentile £713 £675 £700
England median daily rate £510 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.86% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 434 173 434
10th Percentile £15.25 £13.85 £13.00
25th Percentile £22.79 £15.25 £18.20
Median hourly rate £52.50 £28.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +87.50% -41.05% -5.00%
75th Percentile £81.76 £62.50 £62.50
90th Percentile £88.00 £75.00 £76.86
England median hourly rate £45.46 £30.00 £36.05
% change year-on-year +51.53% -16.77% -2.97%

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 5 May 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 5 May 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 5 May 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 -11 132 £500 -13.04% 60
Berkshire -17 87 £525 -16.00% 29
Hampshire +5 85 £450 -23.40% 27
Buckinghamshire -9 32 £425 -19.43% 19
West Sussex -6 25 £408 +5.84% 10
Surrey -23 21 £525 +43.84% 30
Oxfordshire -16 13 £500 +25.00% 13
Kent -7 6 - - 20
East Sussex +3 5 £459 +22.40% 10
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 29 (10.36%) SharePoint
2 10 (3.57%) Confluence
3 3 (1.07%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.71%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.71%) Oracle Application Server
5 1 (0.36%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.36%) Apache
5 1 (0.36%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.36%) ArcGIS
5 1 (0.36%) CMS
5 1 (0.36%) Oracle Workflow
5 1 (0.36%) SAS
Applications
1 67 (23.93%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (6.07%) Microsoft Project
3 14 (5.00%) Microsoft Office
4 5 (1.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (1.07%) Oracle Smart View
6 1 (0.36%) Acrobat
6 1 (0.36%) Adobe Illustrator
6 1 (0.36%) InDesign
6 1 (0.36%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.36%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.36%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.36%) Trello
Business Applications
1 8 (2.86%) iTrent
1 8 (2.86%) Remedy ITSM
2 6 (2.14%) Oracle EBS R12
2 6 (2.14%) Oracle ERP
3 5 (1.79%) Oracle 11i
4 4 (1.43%) Adobe Campaign
5 3 (1.07%) Eloqua
5 3 (1.07%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.71%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.36%) NEC Housing
7 1 (0.36%) Oracle Assets
7 1 (0.36%) Oracle Cash Management
7 1 (0.36%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.36%) Oracle Receivables
7 1 (0.36%) SAP Business One
7 1 (0.36%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.36%) SAP Hybris
7 1 (0.36%) SAP QM
7 1 (0.36%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 195 (69.64%) Power Platform
2 64 (22.86%) Azure
3 31 (11.07%) Microsoft 365
4 26 (9.29%) Azure DevOps
5 21 (7.50%) Power Automate
6 18 (6.43%) PowerApps
7 14 (5.00%) AWS
7 14 (5.00%) Microsoft Copilot
8 11 (3.93%) Copilot Studio
8 11 (3.93%) SaaS
9 10 (3.57%) Serverless
10 8 (2.86%) SuccessFactors
11 7 (2.50%) GCP
12 6 (2.14%) Azure Functions
12 6 (2.14%) Entra ID
12 6 (2.14%) GitHub
12 6 (2.14%) OneDrive
12 6 (2.14%) Snowflake
13 5 (1.79%) Azure Data Factory
13 5 (1.79%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.07%) Firewall
1 3 (1.07%) Intranet
1 3 (1.07%) VPN
2 2 (0.71%) BGP
2 2 (0.71%) Junos
2 2 (0.71%) OSPF
3 1 (0.36%) 2G
3 1 (0.36%) 5G
3 1 (0.36%) DHCP
3 1 (0.36%) DNS
3 1 (0.36%) Ethernet VPN
3 1 (0.36%) LTE
3 1 (0.36%) Mobile Backhaul
3 1 (0.36%) VoIP
3 1 (0.36%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 195 (69.64%) Power BI
2 35 (12.50%) Oracle BI Publisher
3 33 (11.79%) Oracle Reports
4 27 (9.64%) Data Warehouse
5 23 (8.21%) Tableau
6 14 (5.00%) SQL Server
7 8 (2.86%) Big Data
7 8 (2.86%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 7 (2.50%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
8 7 (2.50%) Metadata
8 7 (2.50%) Relational Database
8 7 (2.50%) Star Schema
9 6 (2.14%) Data Lake
9 6 (2.14%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 5 (1.79%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 4 (1.43%) BusinessObjects
11 4 (1.43%) Data Mining
11 4 (1.43%) Qlik Sense
12 3 (1.07%) Amazon Redshift
12 3 (1.07%) OLAP
Development Applications
1 31 (11.07%) JIRA
2 6 (2.14%) Git
3 1 (0.36%) GitLab
3 1 (0.36%) Hudson
3 1 (0.36%) Oracle APEX
3 1 (0.36%) Oracle Forms
3 1 (0.36%) Postman
3 1 (0.36%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 1 (0.36%) Toad
General
1 85 (30.36%) Social Skills
2 81 (28.93%) Analytical Skills
3 78 (27.86%) Finance
4 25 (8.93%) Public Sector
5 22 (7.86%) Retail
6 21 (7.50%) Documentation Skills
7 20 (7.14%) Marketing
8 15 (5.36%) Organisational Skills
9 13 (4.64%) Telecoms
10 12 (4.29%) Influencing Skills
11 10 (3.57%) Manufacturing
12 9 (3.21%) Electronics
13 5 (1.79%) Military
14 4 (1.43%) Advertising
15 3 (1.07%) Aerospace
15 3 (1.07%) Pharmaceutical
16 1 (0.36%) Banking
16 1 (0.36%) General Ledger
16 1 (0.36%) Legal
16 1 (0.36%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 74 (26.43%) Analyst
2 41 (14.64%) Data Analyst
3 33 (11.79%) Developer
4 26 (9.29%) Architect
5 23 (8.21%) Senior
6 22 (7.86%) PMO Analyst
7 20 (7.14%) Data Engineer
7 20 (7.14%) Lead
8 18 (6.43%) Consultant
8 18 (6.43%) Oracle Developer
9 14 (5.00%) Business Intelligence Developer
10 11 (3.93%) Platform Architect
10 11 (3.93%) Power Platform Architect
10 11 (3.93%) Report Developer
11 10 (3.57%) Azure Engineer
11 10 (3.57%) Business Analyst
12 9 (3.21%) E-Commerce Specialist
12 9 (3.21%) Project Manager
13 8 (2.86%) DevOps Engineer
13 8 (2.86%) Integration Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (5.36%) Oracle Fusion
2 14 (5.00%) REST
3 6 (2.14%) ADO
4 3 (1.07%) EDI
4 3 (1.07%) JSON
4 3 (1.07%) SOAP
4 3 (1.07%) XML
5 2 (0.71%) Matplotlib
5 2 (0.71%) Middleware
5 2 (0.71%) PySpark
5 2 (0.71%) PyTorch
5 2 (0.71%) Seaborn
5 2 (0.71%) TensorFlow
5 2 (0.71%) YAML
6 1 (0.36%) AngularJS
6 1 (0.36%) Apache Beam
6 1 (0.36%) Kafka
6 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Graph
6 1 (0.36%) Node.js
6 1 (0.36%) Oracle GoldenGate
Miscellaneous
1 10 (3.57%) Data Structures
2 8 (2.86%) Analytical Mindset
2 8 (2.86%) CMDB
2 8 (2.86%) Management Information System
2 8 (2.86%) PKI
3 6 (2.14%) Clustering
3 6 (2.14%) Product Ownership
4 5 (1.79%) Legacy Systems
4 5 (1.79%) NHS
5 4 (1.43%) FMCG
6 3 (1.07%) Algorithms
6 3 (1.07%) Marketing Technology
6 3 (1.07%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (0.71%) Cloud Native
7 2 (0.71%) Driving Licence
7 2 (0.71%) Housing Association
7 2 (0.71%) Mainframe
7 2 (0.71%) Onboarding
7 2 (0.71%) Wiki
8 1 (0.36%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 10 (3.57%) Windows
2 8 (2.86%) Windows Server
3 4 (1.43%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (20.36%) Analytics
1 57 (20.36%) Problem-Solving
2 55 (19.64%) Agile
3 54 (19.29%) Data Modelling
4 49 (17.50%) Stakeholder Management
5 47 (16.79%) Data Analysis
6 42 (15.00%) Decision-Making
7 39 (13.93%) DevOps
8 38 (13.57%) Visualisation
9 33 (11.79%) ERP
10 32 (11.43%) ETL
11 31 (11.07%) Data Governance
12 30 (10.71%) Migration
13 29 (10.36%) Data Visualisation
13 29 (10.36%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 25 (8.93%) Process Improvement
14 25 (8.93%) Validation
15 23 (8.21%) Performance Tuning
15 23 (8.21%) Requirements Gathering
16 22 (7.86%) Dashboard Development
Programming Languages
1 80 (28.57%) SQL
2 18 (6.43%) Python
3 16 (5.71%) PowerShell
4 12 (4.29%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 9 (3.21%) JavaScript
6 7 (2.50%) C#
6 7 (2.50%) PL/SQL
7 6 (2.14%) T-SQL
8 5 (1.79%) R
9 3 (1.07%) Bicep
9 3 (1.07%) VBA
10 1 (0.36%) Java
10 1 (0.36%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.36%) X++
Qualifications
1 67 (23.93%) Security Cleared
2 43 (15.36%) SC Cleared
3 22 (7.86%) Degree
4 8 (2.86%) DV Cleared
4 8 (2.86%) Master's Degree
5 5 (1.79%) ACCA
5 5 (1.79%) BPSS Clearance
6 4 (1.43%) PMP
7 3 (1.07%) CIMA
7 3 (1.07%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (1.07%) DBS Check
7 3 (1.07%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 2 (0.71%) JNCIA
8 2 (0.71%) JNCIP
8 2 (0.71%) JNCIS
8 2 (0.71%) Oracle Certification
9 1 (0.36%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.36%) CompTIA Security+
9 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.36%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (15.00%) Data Quality
2 25 (8.93%) PMO
3 19 (6.79%) GDPR
4 13 (4.64%) QA
5 11 (3.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (1.43%) Accessibility
7 3 (1.07%) SLA
8 2 (0.71%) COBIT
8 2 (0.71%) NIST
9 1 (0.36%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.36%) GRC
9 1 (0.36%) IFRS
System Software
1 13 (4.64%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.36%) BitLocker
2 1 (0.36%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 3 (1.07%) Microsoft Intune
1 3 (1.07%) SCCM
1 3 (1.07%) Terraform
2 1 (0.36%) CEMLI
2 1 (0.36%) Grafana
2 1 (0.36%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 74 (26.43%) Microsoft
2 52 (18.57%) Oracle
3 39 (13.93%) SAP
4 13 (4.64%) Databricks
5 12 (4.29%) IFS
6 9 (3.21%) ServiceNow
7 8 (2.86%) BMC
7 8 (2.86%) Remedy
7 8 (2.86%) Workday
8 7 (2.50%) Salesforce
9 6 (2.14%) Adobe
10 3 (1.07%) Baan
10 3 (1.07%) Foundry
10 3 (1.07%) Informatica
10 3 (1.07%) OpenAI
10 3 (1.07%) Palantir
10 3 (1.07%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
11 2 (0.71%) Cisco
11 2 (0.71%) Cognos
11 2 (0.71%) Talend