Business Intelligence Contracts in the South East

Business Intelligence (BI)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East requiring Business Intelligence skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Business Intelligence over the 6 months leading up to 4 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 29 51 47
Rank change year-on-year +22 -4 -7
Contract jobs citing Business Intelligence 192 216 246
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 5.91% 3.78% 4.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.52% 4.57% 4.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 130 126 163
10th Percentile £278 £205 £205
25th Percentile £401 £325 £225
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% - -10.00%
75th Percentile £647 £573 £575
90th Percentile £700 £700 £618
England median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 6 13
10th Percentile - £22.59 £16.38
25th Percentile - £32.39 £21.05
Median hourly rate £32.05 £71.25 £28.16
Median % change year-on-year -55.02% +153.02% +46.29%
75th Percentile £34.15 £83.34 £58.75
90th Percentile £35.41 £84.45 £79.19
England median hourly rate £30.81 £24.22 £24.50
% change year-on-year +27.21% -1.16% +8.89%

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 2,946 4,730 5,197
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 90.65% 82.72% 89.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,831 2,752 3,550
10th Percentile £250 £260 £250
25th Percentile £393 £405 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £515
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -0.49% +3.00%
75th Percentile £600 £635 £623
90th Percentile £663 £700 £700
England median daily rate £515 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -1.90% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 243 449 235
10th Percentile £13.50 £13.00 £15.50
25th Percentile £15.13 £18.32 £21.81
Median hourly rate £24.00 £49.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -51.02% -2.00% +122.22%
75th Percentile £53.75 £67.81 £64.56
90th Percentile £74.75 £78.75 £75.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £38.12 £37.50
% change year-on-year -34.02% +1.65% +45.12%

Business Intelligence
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Business Intelligence as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Business Intelligence in the South East

Business Intelligence
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Business Intelligence in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Business Intelligence in the South East

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 4 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Business Intelligence in the South East

Business Intelligence
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Business Intelligence in the South East.

Hourly rate trend 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 4 July 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 +17 104 £600 +33.33% 371
Berkshire +26 92 £600 +24.48% 231
Hampshire +29 42 £600 -5.88% 146
Surrey +14 24 £384 -9.71% 106
West Sussex +12 15 £400 -5.88% 74
Buckinghamshire -8 7 £438 - 81
Oxfordshire -3 5 £294 -28.79% 64
Kent -10 3 £205 - 59
East Sussex - 3 £375 - 58
Home Counties 0 2 £550 -
Business Intelligence
England

Business Intelligence
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 31 (16.15%) SharePoint
2 7 (3.65%) Exchange Server 2003
2 7 (3.65%) Exchange Server 2007
2 7 (3.65%) Exchange Server 2010
2 7 (3.65%) Exchange Server 2013
2 7 (3.65%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (3.65%) Office Communications Server
2 7 (3.65%) SharePoint Server
2 7 (3.65%) Skype for Business
3 3 (1.56%) Apache Airflow
3 3 (1.56%) CMS
4 2 (1.04%) Oracle Workflow
4 2 (1.04%) SAS
5 1 (0.52%) Confluence
Applications
1 21 (10.94%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (4.69%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (3.13%) MS Visio
4 2 (1.04%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (1.04%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 6 (3.13%) Oracle EBS
2 3 (1.56%) Oracle EBS R12
2 3 (1.56%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (1.04%) Maximo
3 2 (1.04%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 2 (1.04%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 1 (0.52%) CA PPM
4 1 (0.52%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.52%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.52%) Oracle BPM
4 1 (0.52%) Primavera
4 1 (0.52%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 93 (48.44%) Power Platform
2 40 (20.83%) Azure
3 16 (8.33%) Microsoft 365
4 13 (6.77%) AWS
5 10 (5.21%) Dynamics 365
6 9 (4.69%) GCP
7 7 (3.65%) OCI
7 7 (3.65%) Snowflake
8 6 (3.13%) Cloud Computing
9 5 (2.60%) PowerApps
9 5 (2.60%) SaaS
10 4 (2.08%) Azure DevOps
10 4 (2.08%) Power Automate
11 3 (1.56%) Azure AKS
11 3 (1.56%) Azure Data Factory
11 3 (1.56%) Azure Monitor
11 3 (1.56%) Azure Storage
11 3 (1.56%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 3 (1.56%) Azure Table
11 3 (1.56%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 14 (7.29%) VPN
2 8 (4.17%) DNS
3 7 (3.65%) DDNS
3 7 (3.65%) DHCP
3 7 (3.65%) Firewall
3 7 (3.65%) Internet
3 7 (3.65%) SAN
4 6 (3.13%) Network Security
5 3 (1.56%) Radio Access Network
6 1 (0.52%) Cisco Firepower
6 1 (0.52%) Cisco IOS
6 1 (0.52%) Cisco ISE
6 1 (0.52%) HTTP
6 1 (0.52%) Junos
6 1 (0.52%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 93 (48.44%) Power BI
2 26 (13.54%) Data Warehouse
3 24 (12.50%) Tableau
4 13 (6.77%) Oracle BI Publisher
5 10 (5.21%) Data Lake
6 9 (4.69%) Oracle Reports
7 8 (4.17%) Metadata
7 8 (4.17%) Relational Database
8 7 (3.65%) SQL Server
9 6 (3.13%) Big Data
9 6 (3.13%) Power Query
9 6 (3.13%) Qlik Sense
10 5 (2.60%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 4 (2.08%) Amazon Redshift
11 4 (2.08%) Azure SQL Database
11 4 (2.08%) Crystal Reports
12 3 (1.56%) NoSQL
12 3 (1.56%) Oracle BI EE
12 3 (1.56%) Semantic Layer
13 2 (1.04%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 8 (4.17%) ERwin
2 5 (2.60%) Git
3 4 (2.08%) PowerDesigner
3 4 (2.08%) Selenium
4 3 (1.56%) Jenkins
5 2 (1.04%) JIRA
6 1 (0.52%) ER Studio
6 1 (0.52%) Postman
General
1 66 (34.38%) Finance
2 53 (27.60%) Telecoms
3 52 (27.08%) Public Sector
4 51 (26.56%) Social Skills
5 45 (23.44%) Marketing
6 43 (22.40%) Manufacturing
7 42 (21.88%) Electronics
8 35 (18.23%) Analytical Skills
9 8 (4.17%) Presentation Skills
10 4 (2.08%) Documentation Skills
10 4 (2.08%) Legal
11 3 (1.56%) Banking
11 3 (1.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 3 (1.56%) Military
12 2 (1.04%) Billing
12 2 (1.04%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (1.04%) Local Government
13 1 (0.52%) French Language
13 1 (0.52%) Organisational Skills
13 1 (0.52%) Retail
Job Titles
1 36 (18.75%) Analyst
2 34 (17.71%) Architect
3 23 (11.98%) Developer
4 21 (10.94%) Active Directory Architect
5 20 (10.42%) Senior
6 17 (8.85%) Data Analyst
7 13 (6.77%) Support Engineer
8 12 (6.25%) Business Analyst
9 11 (5.73%) Data Engineer
10 10 (5.21%) Business Intelligence Developer
11 8 (4.17%) Power BI Developer
12 7 (3.65%) Consultant
12 7 (3.65%) Data Modeller
12 7 (3.65%) Exchange Engineer
12 7 (3.65%) Exchange Support
12 7 (3.65%) IT Manager
12 7 (3.65%) IT Services Manager
12 7 (3.65%) Lead
12 7 (3.65%) Report Developer
12 7 (3.65%) Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (4.17%) Oracle Fusion
2 4 (2.08%) .NET
2 4 (2.08%) Kafka
3 3 (1.56%) .NET Core
3 3 (1.56%) ADO
3 3 (1.56%) ARM Templates
4 2 (1.04%) MDX
5 1 (0.52%) .NET Framework
5 1 (0.52%) ODBC
Miscellaneous
1 8 (4.17%) NHS
2 7 (3.65%) Replication
2 7 (3.65%) Self-Motivation
2 7 (3.65%) Video Conferencing
3 4 (2.08%) Cloud Native
3 4 (2.08%) Legacy Systems
3 4 (2.08%) LIMS
3 4 (2.08%) Onboarding
4 3 (1.56%) Data Protection Act
4 3 (1.56%) Low-Code
4 3 (1.56%) Product Ownership
5 2 (1.04%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (1.04%) IoT
5 2 (1.04%) Learning Management System
5 2 (1.04%) Life Science
5 2 (1.04%) Renewable Energy
6 1 (0.52%) FPGA
6 1 (0.52%) Management Information System
6 1 (0.52%) Verilog
6 1 (0.52%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 38 (19.79%) Windows
2 7 (3.65%) Windows Server 2003
3 4 (2.08%) Windows 10
4 3 (1.56%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (28.13%) Analytics
2 45 (23.44%) Data Modelling
3 44 (22.92%) Digital Marketing
4 41 (21.35%) Agile
4 41 (21.35%) Programme Management
5 28 (14.58%) Actionable Insight
6 26 (13.54%) Visualisation
7 25 (13.02%) Data Analysis
8 23 (11.98%) Decision-Making
8 23 (11.98%) Stakeholder Management
9 22 (11.46%) Problem-Solving
9 22 (11.46%) Test Automation
10 21 (10.94%) Identity Access Management
10 21 (10.94%) Migration
11 20 (10.42%) ETL
12 19 (9.90%) Data Visualisation
13 18 (9.38%) Validation
14 16 (8.33%) Dashboard Development
14 16 (8.33%) Data Migration
15 15 (7.81%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 66 (34.38%) SQL
2 29 (15.10%) PowerShell
2 29 (15.10%) Python
3 8 (4.17%) R
4 7 (3.65%) Bash
5 5 (2.60%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 4 (2.08%) Java
6 4 (2.08%) VBA
7 3 (1.56%) Bicep
7 3 (1.56%) C#
7 3 (1.56%) Scala
8 1 (0.52%) ABAP
8 1 (0.52%) C
8 1 (0.52%) C++
8 1 (0.52%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.52%) VB
8 1 (0.52%) XMLA
Qualifications
1 52 (27.08%) Security Cleared
2 30 (15.63%) DV Cleared
3 23 (11.98%) Degree
4 17 (8.85%) SC Cleared
5 11 (5.73%) Computer Science Degree
6 7 (3.65%) Master's Degree
7 4 (2.08%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (1.56%) ACCA
8 3 (1.56%) AWS Certification
8 3 (1.56%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 3 (1.56%) Azure Certification
8 3 (1.56%) CIMA
9 2 (1.04%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (1.04%) Numerate Degree
9 2 (1.04%) PMI Certification
10 1 (0.52%) CCAB
10 1 (0.52%) CIPFA
10 1 (0.52%) CTC Cleared
10 1 (0.52%) PMP
10 1 (0.52%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (8.85%) Data Quality
2 8 (4.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (3.65%) COBIT
3 7 (3.65%) NIST
4 6 (3.13%) QA
5 5 (2.60%) PMO
6 2 (1.04%) GDPR
6 2 (1.04%) GRC
6 2 (1.04%) JSP 440
7 1 (0.52%) MIL-STD-1553
System Software
1 28 (14.58%) Active Directory
2 7 (3.65%) Brightmail
2 7 (3.65%) ISA Server
3 3 (1.56%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (3.65%) Microsoft Clustering
2 6 (3.13%) Kubernetes
3 5 (2.60%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (1.56%) Grafana
4 3 (1.56%) Prometheus
4 3 (1.56%) Terraform
5 1 (0.52%) Ansible
5 1 (0.52%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 54 (28.13%) SAP
2 48 (25.00%) Microsoft
3 24 (12.50%) Oracle
4 8 (4.17%) Databricks
5 7 (3.65%) Salesforce
6 5 (2.60%) Google
6 5 (2.60%) OpenAI
7 4 (2.08%) Adobe
7 4 (2.08%) IFS
8 3 (1.56%) Cognos
8 3 (1.56%) ServiceNow
9 2 (1.04%) Alteryx
9 2 (1.04%) Hyperion
9 2 (1.04%) MicroStrategy
9 2 (1.04%) Sparx
9 2 (1.04%) TikTok
9 2 (1.04%) Virgin Media
9 2 (1.04%) Workday
10 1 (0.52%) Citrix
10 1 (0.52%) Juniper