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 21 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 45 31 48
Rank change year-on-year -14 +17 +3
Contract jobs citing Business Intelligence 281 193 212
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 4.27% 5.67% 3.94%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.26% 6.29% 4.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 158 130 130
10th Percentile £268 £263 £232
25th Percentile £365 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £525 £475
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +10.53% +11.76%
75th Percentile £550 £647 £638
90th Percentile £600 £700 £738
England median daily rate £500 £500 £500
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 3 2
10th Percentile £24.17 - £24.30
25th Percentile £32.76 - £29.63
Median hourly rate £37.12 £32.05 £42.00
Median % change year-on-year +15.82% -23.69% +49.15%
75th Percentile £80.15 £34.15 £57.13
90th Percentile £82.25 £35.41 £64.10
England median hourly rate £30.00 £31.64 £30.00
% change year-on-year -5.18% +5.47% -7.92%

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 5,340 3,067 4,449
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 81.22% 90.05% 82.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,370 1,908 2,643
10th Percentile £280 £250 £263
25th Percentile £413 £400 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £518
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -3.39% +0.49%
75th Percentile £610 £600 £638
90th Percentile £700 £675 £700
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 532 270 385
10th Percentile £15.72 £13.50 £13.25
25th Percentile £25.60 £15.13 £19.25
Median hourly rate £57.64 £21.99 £54.88
Median % change year-on-year +162.19% -59.94% +9.75%
75th Percentile £82.25 £52.90 £70.00
90th Percentile £88.00 £75.00 £77.30
England median hourly rate £47.50 £25.15 £40.00
% change year-on-year +88.87% -37.13% -6.43%

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 21 July 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 21 July 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 21 July 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 -35 102 £475 -20.83% 45
Hampshire -8 82 £510 -11.30% 27
Berkshire -34 68 £523 -16.40% 21
West Sussex +1 48 £380 -5.00% 6
Surrey -16 29 £500 +36.99% 14
Buckinghamshire -23 19 £475 +8.57% 18
Oxfordshire -17 15 £500 +122.22% 6
Kent +8 8 £475 - 7
East Sussex +2 5 £616 +64.27% 7
Home Counties -1 2 - -
Middlesex - 1 - - 3
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 16 (5.69%) SharePoint
2 11 (3.91%) Confluence
3 3 (1.07%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.71%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.71%) Oracle Application Server
4 2 (0.71%) Oracle Workflow
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%) SAS
Applications
1 52 (18.51%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (4.27%) Microsoft Project
3 6 (2.14%) Spreadsheet
4 4 (1.42%) Microsoft Office
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%) Trello
Business Applications
1 12 (4.27%) Remedy ITSM
2 8 (2.85%) iTrent
3 7 (2.49%) Oracle EBS R12
4 6 (2.14%) Oracle ERP
5 5 (1.78%) Oracle 11i
6 4 (1.42%) Adobe Campaign
7 3 (1.07%) Eloqua
7 3 (1.07%) Salesforce CRM
7 3 (1.07%) SAP Business One
8 2 (0.71%) NEC Housing
8 2 (0.71%) Oracle Assets
8 2 (0.71%) Oracle Cash Management
8 2 (0.71%) Oracle Payables
8 2 (0.71%) Oracle Receivables
8 2 (0.71%) SAP QM
8 2 (0.71%) SAP S/4HANA
9 1 (0.36%) Oracle EBS
9 1 (0.36%) SAP ERP
9 1 (0.36%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 205 (72.95%) Power Platform
2 61 (21.71%) Azure
3 20 (7.12%) Azure DevOps
4 18 (6.41%) Power Automate
5 15 (5.34%) AWS
6 12 (4.27%) PowerApps
7 11 (3.91%) Serverless
8 9 (3.20%) GCP
9 8 (2.85%) Microsoft 365
9 8 (2.85%) SuccessFactors
10 7 (2.49%) Amazon S3
10 7 (2.49%) dbt
10 7 (2.49%) Dynamics 365
10 7 (2.49%) Snowflake
11 6 (2.14%) AWS Lambda
11 6 (2.14%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 6 (2.14%) OneDrive
12 5 (1.78%) AWS Step Functions
12 5 (1.78%) Azure Data Factory
12 5 (1.78%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.36%) Broadband
1 1 (0.36%) DHCP
1 1 (0.36%) DNS
1 1 (0.36%) Firewall
1 1 (0.36%) Intranet
1 1 (0.36%) VPN
1 1 (0.36%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 204 (72.60%) Power BI
2 26 (9.25%) Data Warehouse
2 26 (9.25%) Oracle BI Publisher
2 26 (9.25%) Oracle Reports
3 23 (8.19%) Tableau
4 18 (6.41%) SQL Server
5 9 (3.20%) Data Lake
6 8 (2.85%) Metadata
6 8 (2.85%) Qlik Sense
7 7 (2.49%) BusinessObjects
7 7 (2.49%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 6 (2.14%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 6 (2.14%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 5 (1.78%) Relational Database
9 5 (1.78%) SAP Data Services
10 4 (1.42%) Amazon Redshift
10 4 (1.42%) Apache Cassandra
10 4 (1.42%) Big Data
10 4 (1.42%) Couchbase
10 4 (1.42%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 23 (8.19%) JIRA
2 9 (3.20%) Git
3 4 (1.42%) Jenkins
3 4 (1.42%) JUnit
4 2 (0.71%) Oracle Forms
4 2 (0.71%) Postman
4 2 (0.71%) Toad
5 1 (0.36%) ERwin
5 1 (0.36%) GitLab
5 1 (0.36%) Hudson
5 1 (0.36%) Oracle APEX
5 1 (0.36%) SoapUI
5 1 (0.36%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (0.36%) TestRail
General
1 72 (25.62%) Analytical Skills
1 72 (25.62%) Social Skills
2 57 (20.28%) Finance
3 26 (9.25%) Retail
4 18 (6.41%) Documentation Skills
5 17 (6.05%) Marketing
5 17 (6.05%) Public Sector
6 8 (2.85%) Organisational Skills
7 6 (2.14%) Aerospace
8 5 (1.78%) Banking
8 5 (1.78%) Manufacturing
8 5 (1.78%) Military
9 3 (1.07%) Advertising
9 3 (1.07%) Legal
9 3 (1.07%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (1.07%) Telecoms
10 2 (0.71%) Aviation
10 2 (0.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (0.71%) Pharmaceutical
10 2 (0.71%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 80 (28.47%) Analyst
2 44 (15.66%) Data Analyst
3 35 (12.46%) Developer
4 27 (9.61%) Senior
5 24 (8.54%) Architect
6 22 (7.83%) Lead
7 17 (6.05%) Business Analyst
7 17 (6.05%) Oracle Developer
8 16 (5.69%) Data Engineer
9 12 (4.27%) Business Intelligence Developer
9 12 (4.27%) Consultant
9 12 (4.27%) Project Manager
10 11 (3.91%) Microsoft Engineer
10 11 (3.91%) PMO Analyst
10 11 (3.91%) Report Developer
11 9 (3.20%) Azure Engineer
11 9 (3.20%) E-Commerce Specialist
12 8 (2.85%) Azure DevOps Engineer
12 8 (2.85%) DevOps Engineer
13 7 (2.49%) HR Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (6.41%) REST
2 16 (5.69%) Oracle Fusion
3 6 (2.14%) SOAP
4 5 (1.78%) EDI
4 5 (1.78%) JSON
4 5 (1.78%) Middleware
5 4 (1.42%) CSS
5 4 (1.42%) Hibernate
5 4 (1.42%) HTML
5 4 (1.42%) JPA
5 4 (1.42%) jQuery
5 4 (1.42%) Spring
5 4 (1.42%) Spring Boot
5 4 (1.42%) Spring MVC
5 4 (1.42%) XML
6 3 (1.07%) .NET
6 3 (1.07%) PySpark
7 2 (0.71%) PyTorch
7 2 (0.71%) Seaborn
7 2 (0.71%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 13 (4.63%) Data Structures
2 12 (4.27%) PKI
3 10 (3.56%) Clustering
3 10 (3.56%) Management Information System
4 8 (2.85%) CMDB
5 6 (2.14%) FMCG
5 6 (2.14%) Legacy Systems
5 6 (2.14%) Product Ownership
6 5 (1.78%) Onboarding
7 4 (1.42%) Operational Technology
8 3 (1.07%) Mainframe
8 3 (1.07%) Marketing Technology
8 3 (1.07%) Self-Motivation
9 2 (0.71%) Algorithms
9 2 (0.71%) Analytical Mindset
9 2 (0.71%) Data Centre
9 2 (0.71%) Housing Association
9 2 (0.71%) Wiki
10 1 (0.36%) Distributed Computing
10 1 (0.36%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 14 (4.98%) Windows
2 12 (4.27%) Windows Server
3 4 (1.42%) Unix
4 1 (0.36%) Android
4 1 (0.36%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.36%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 69 (24.56%) Analytics
2 67 (23.84%) Data Modelling
3 66 (23.49%) Agile
4 62 (22.06%) Decision-Making
5 55 (19.57%) Stakeholder Management
6 48 (17.08%) Data Analysis
7 43 (15.30%) Problem-Solving
8 42 (14.95%) Visualisation
9 40 (14.23%) ETL
9 40 (14.23%) Migration
10 39 (13.88%) ERP
10 39 (13.88%) Validation
11 36 (12.81%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 34 (12.10%) Dashboard Development
13 32 (11.39%) Data Governance
14 31 (11.03%) Actionable Insight
14 31 (11.03%) Continuous Improvement
14 31 (11.03%) DevOps
15 30 (10.68%) Data Visualisation
15 30 (10.68%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 122 (43.42%) SQL
2 21 (7.47%) Python
3 19 (6.76%) JavaScript
4 18 (6.41%) PowerShell
5 17 (6.05%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 15 (5.34%) PL/SQL
6 15 (5.34%) T-SQL
7 9 (3.20%) C#
8 6 (2.14%) Java
9 5 (1.78%) Shell Script
10 3 (1.07%) Bicep
10 3 (1.07%) R
10 3 (1.07%) X++
11 2 (0.71%) VBA
Qualifications
1 66 (23.49%) Security Cleared
2 37 (13.17%) SC Cleared
3 21 (7.47%) Degree
4 14 (4.98%) DV Cleared
5 8 (2.85%) PMP
6 7 (2.49%) BPSS Clearance
7 6 (2.14%) ACCA
8 5 (1.78%) Microsoft Certification
8 5 (1.78%) PMI Certification
9 4 (1.42%) CIMA
9 4 (1.42%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (1.42%) DBS Check
10 3 (1.07%) Azure Certification
10 3 (1.07%) Master's Degree
11 2 (0.71%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 1 (0.36%) AWS Certification
12 1 (0.36%) CISA
12 1 (0.36%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 51 (18.15%) Data Quality
2 23 (8.19%) GDPR
3 18 (6.41%) PMO
3 18 (6.41%) QA
4 11 (3.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (1.78%) SLA
6 4 (1.42%) Accessibility
6 4 (1.42%) IFRS
7 2 (0.71%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (0.71%) COBIT
7 2 (0.71%) GRC
7 2 (0.71%) NIST
8 1 (0.36%) ISO 19650
System Software
1 15 (5.34%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.36%) BitLocker
2 1 (0.36%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 4 (1.42%) Terraform
2 3 (1.07%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (1.07%) SCCM
3 2 (0.71%) CEMLI
4 1 (0.36%) Grafana
4 1 (0.36%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 70 (24.91%) Microsoft
2 55 (19.57%) Oracle
3 40 (14.23%) SAP
4 14 (4.98%) ServiceNow
5 13 (4.63%) IFS
6 12 (4.27%) BMC
6 12 (4.27%) Databricks
6 12 (4.27%) Remedy
7 10 (3.56%) Salesforce
8 8 (2.85%) Adobe
8 8 (2.85%) Workday
9 6 (2.14%) Google
10 5 (1.78%) Baan
11 3 (1.07%) Informatica
11 3 (1.07%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
12 2 (0.71%) Concur
12 2 (0.71%) Foundry
12 2 (0.71%) NEC
12 2 (0.71%) Palantir
13 1 (0.36%) ESRI