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 29 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 44 31 52
Rank change year-on-year -13 +21 -10
Contract jobs citing Business Intelligence 186 244 215
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 4.45% 6.03% 4.07%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.11% 6.99% 4.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 131 152 143
10th Percentile £222 £280 £205
25th Percentile £400 £373 £288
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £511 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.20% +7.63% -9.52%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £588
90th Percentile £650 £724 £638
England median daily rate £490 £500 £513
% change year-on-year -2.00% -2.44% -2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 8 15
10th Percentile £19.86 £24.25 £21.02
25th Percentile £20.50 £37.38 £22.15
Median hourly rate £22.00 £50.44 £32.32
Median % change year-on-year -56.38% +56.06% +51.74%
75th Percentile £23.50 £64.73 £50.00
90th Percentile £60.10 - £59.33
England median hourly rate £23.66 £30.00 £31.41
% change year-on-year -21.13% -4.49% +3.83%

All Process and 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 3,639 3,490 4,759
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 87.02% 86.19% 89.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,321 2,143 3,078
10th Percentile £222 £250 £215
25th Percentile £400 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £523
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -2.01% +2.05%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £618
90th Percentile £675 £688 £688
England median daily rate £502 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.48% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 396 159 251
10th Percentile £14.52 £16.20 £16.50
25th Percentile £16.66 £26.13 £25.13
Median hourly rate £22.00 £54.36 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -59.53% +3.54% +21.84%
75th Percentile £41.00 £70.00 £65.93
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £76.53
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.02 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.17% -21.31% +19.85%

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 29 November 2025.

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 29 November 2025.

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 29 November 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
Thames Valley -13 100 £535 +4.65% 87
Berkshire -18 66 £574 +4.32% 38
Hampshire -8 57 £520 -16.80% 34
Buckinghamshire +5 25 £475 +5.56% 27
West Sussex - 18 £325 - 24
Surrey -7 17 £413 -8.33% 14
Oxfordshire -8 9 £225 -37.93% 25
Home Counties - 2 £550 -
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 34 (18.28%) SharePoint
2 14 (7.53%) Microsoft Exchange
3 10 (5.38%) Exchange Server 2003
3 10 (5.38%) Exchange Server 2007
3 10 (5.38%) Exchange Server 2010
3 10 (5.38%) Exchange Server 2013
3 10 (5.38%) Office Communications Server
3 10 (5.38%) SharePoint Server
3 10 (5.38%) Skype for Business
4 4 (2.15%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.54%) CMS
5 1 (0.54%) Confluence
5 1 (0.54%) Jupyter
5 1 (0.54%) SAS
5 1 (0.54%) WebLogic
Applications
1 48 (25.81%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (9.68%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (3.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (3.23%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (1.08%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (3.23%) Salesforce CRM
2 5 (2.69%) Oracle ERP
3 3 (1.61%) Oracle Assets
3 3 (1.61%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (1.61%) Oracle General Ledger
3 3 (1.61%) Oracle Payables
3 3 (1.61%) Oracle Receivables
3 3 (1.61%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
3 3 (1.61%) Primavera
4 2 (1.08%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (1.08%) Oracle Cash Management
4 2 (1.08%) SAP MDG
4 2 (1.08%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.54%) CA PPM
5 1 (0.54%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 97 (52.15%) Power Platform
2 38 (20.43%) Azure
3 24 (12.90%) Microsoft 365
4 16 (8.60%) GCP
5 14 (7.53%) AWS
5 14 (7.53%) OCI
6 12 (6.45%) PowerApps
7 11 (5.91%) SaaS
8 8 (4.30%) Dynamics 365
9 6 (3.23%) Azure DevOps
10 5 (2.69%) dbt
10 5 (2.69%) Entra ID
10 5 (2.69%) Microsoft Purview
11 4 (2.15%) Cloud Computing
12 3 (1.61%) Adobe Analytics
12 3 (1.61%) GitHub
12 3 (1.61%) GitHub Actions
12 3 (1.61%) Power Automate
13 2 (1.08%) Collibra
13 2 (1.08%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 12 (6.45%) VPN
2 10 (5.38%) DDNS
2 10 (5.38%) DHCP
2 10 (5.38%) DNS
2 10 (5.38%) SAN
3 2 (1.08%) 2G
3 2 (1.08%) 5G
3 2 (1.08%) BGP
3 2 (1.08%) Firewall
3 2 (1.08%) Junos
3 2 (1.08%) LTE
3 2 (1.08%) Mobile Backhaul
3 2 (1.08%) OSPF
3 2 (1.08%) SD-WAN
3 2 (1.08%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 97 (52.15%) Power BI
2 29 (15.59%) Tableau
3 23 (12.37%) Oracle BI Publisher
4 16 (8.60%) Oracle Reports
5 12 (6.45%) Data Warehouse
6 9 (4.84%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
6 9 (4.84%) Oracle BI EE
6 9 (4.84%) Relational Database
7 8 (4.30%) SQL Server
8 6 (3.23%) Data Lake
9 5 (2.69%) Crystal Reports
10 4 (2.15%) Metadata
11 3 (1.61%) BusinessObjects
11 3 (1.61%) MySQL
11 3 (1.61%) PostgreSQL
11 3 (1.61%) Qlik Sense
11 3 (1.61%) SAP Data Services
11 3 (1.61%) Tableau Desktop
11 3 (1.61%) Tableau Server
12 2 (1.08%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 7 (3.76%) JIRA
2 5 (2.69%) Git
3 3 (1.61%) Jenkins
3 3 (1.61%) JUnit
3 3 (1.61%) Storybook
4 1 (0.54%) NeoLoad
4 1 (0.54%) Visual Studio
General
1 95 (51.08%) Social Skills
2 66 (35.48%) Finance
3 49 (26.34%) Analytical Skills
4 31 (16.67%) Public Sector
5 30 (16.13%) Telecoms
6 25 (13.44%) Manufacturing
6 25 (13.44%) Marketing
7 24 (12.90%) Electronics
8 17 (9.14%) Organisational Skills
9 10 (5.38%) Influencing Skills
10 8 (4.30%) Documentation Skills
11 5 (2.69%) Banking
12 4 (2.15%) Legal
12 4 (2.15%) Local Government
13 3 (1.61%) Retail
14 2 (1.08%) General Ledger
15 1 (0.54%) Advertising
15 1 (0.54%) Aerospace
15 1 (0.54%) Billing
15 1 (0.54%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 41 (22.04%) Analyst
2 25 (13.44%) Data Analyst
2 25 (13.44%) Developer
3 15 (8.06%) Oracle Developer
4 13 (6.99%) Administrator
4 13 (6.99%) Support Engineer
5 11 (5.91%) Lead
5 11 (5.91%) Project Manager
6 10 (5.38%) Exchange Engineer
6 10 (5.38%) Exchange Support
7 9 (4.84%) Architect
7 9 (4.84%) Report Developer
7 9 (4.84%) Senior
8 8 (4.30%) Consultant
8 8 (4.30%) Systems Administrator
9 7 (3.76%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
9 7 (3.76%) Data Engineer
9 7 (3.76%) Oracle Project Manager
10 6 (3.23%) IFS Systems Administrator
10 6 (3.23%) Resource Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (9.68%) Oracle Fusion
2 4 (2.15%) ADO
3 3 (1.61%) CSS
3 3 (1.61%) HTML
3 3 (1.61%) React
3 3 (1.61%) REST
3 3 (1.61%) RESTful
3 3 (1.61%) Spring
3 3 (1.61%) Spring Boot
3 3 (1.61%) Vitest
3 3 (1.61%) Web Services
4 2 (1.08%) BAPI
4 2 (1.08%) IDoc
4 2 (1.08%) Pandas
4 2 (1.08%) Plotly
4 2 (1.08%) PySpark
4 2 (1.08%) SAP Basis
4 2 (1.08%) SOAP
5 1 (0.54%) ODBC
5 1 (0.54%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 14 (7.53%) Data Structures
2 10 (5.38%) Replication
3 7 (3.76%) Analytical Mindset
4 6 (3.23%) NHS
5 5 (2.69%) Legacy Systems
6 4 (2.15%) Management Information System
6 4 (2.15%) Product Ownership
7 3 (1.61%) Algorithms
7 3 (1.61%) Cloud Native
8 2 (1.08%) CMDB
8 2 (1.08%) Greenfield Project
8 2 (1.08%) IoT
8 2 (1.08%) Life Science
8 2 (1.08%) Operational Technology
8 2 (1.08%) Renewable Energy
9 1 (0.54%) AS400
9 1 (0.54%) Data Protection Act
9 1 (0.54%) Driving Licence
9 1 (0.54%) LIMS
9 1 (0.54%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 15 (8.06%) Windows
2 10 (5.38%) Windows Server 2003
3 4 (2.15%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.54%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (24.19%) Problem-Solving
2 43 (23.12%) Data Modelling
3 37 (19.89%) Visualisation
4 35 (18.82%) Analytics
5 32 (17.20%) Agile
6 31 (16.67%) Decision-Making
7 29 (15.59%) Stakeholder Management
8 28 (15.05%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 26 (13.98%) Actionable Insight
9 26 (13.98%) Data Analysis
10 24 (12.90%) Data Visualisation
11 22 (11.83%) Migration
11 22 (11.83%) Programme Management
12 21 (11.29%) Digital Marketing
13 19 (10.22%) ITIL
14 18 (9.68%) ERP
14 18 (9.68%) Project Management
14 18 (9.68%) Validation
15 17 (9.14%) Collaborative Working
15 17 (9.14%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 57 (30.65%) SQL
2 26 (13.98%) Python
3 11 (5.91%) R
4 5 (2.69%) PowerShell
5 4 (2.15%) PL/SQL
6 3 (1.61%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 3 (1.61%) Java
6 3 (1.61%) JavaScript
6 3 (1.61%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 41 (22.04%) Security Cleared
2 28 (15.05%) SC Cleared
3 24 (12.90%) Degree
4 12 (6.45%) DV Cleared
5 10 (5.38%) Master's Degree
6 4 (2.15%) CCAB
7 3 (1.61%) ACCA
7 3 (1.61%) CIMA
7 3 (1.61%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (1.08%) JNCIA
8 2 (1.08%) JNCIP
8 2 (1.08%) JNCIS
9 1 (0.54%) CIPFA
9 1 (0.54%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.54%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (12.37%) Data Quality
2 9 (4.84%) GDPR
3 7 (3.76%) PMO
3 7 (3.76%) QA
4 3 (1.61%) SLA
5 2 (1.08%) COBIT
5 2 (1.08%) GRC
5 2 (1.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (1.08%) NIST
6 1 (0.54%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 13 (6.99%) Active Directory
2 10 (5.38%) Brightmail
2 10 (5.38%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 10 (5.38%) Microsoft Clustering
2 1 (0.54%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 48 (25.81%) Microsoft
1 48 (25.81%) Oracle
2 37 (19.89%) SAP
3 14 (7.53%) Salesforce
4 9 (4.84%) IFS
5 6 (3.23%) OpenAI
5 6 (3.23%) ServiceNow
6 4 (2.15%) Databricks
7 3 (1.61%) Adobe
7 3 (1.61%) Foundry
7 3 (1.61%) Google
7 3 (1.61%) Palantir
8 2 (1.08%) Cisco
8 2 (1.08%) Cognos
8 2 (1.08%) Hyperion
8 2 (1.08%) Informatica
8 2 (1.08%) Juniper
8 2 (1.08%) Talend
9 1 (0.54%) Alteryx
9 1 (0.54%) TikTok